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THE JOURNAL PRESS
MERIDEN, CONN.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERLIN
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 28, 1912
PRESS OF
THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
MERIDEN, CONN.
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ANNUAL REPORT
ORDERS DRAWN BY SELECTMEN FROM SEPTEMBER 2I, 191I1 TO
SEPTEMBER 28, 1912.
Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1911.
Sept. 21 1
B. H. Atwater, services as Auditor....
$25 00
21 2
L. A. Westcott, services as Auditor ...
25 00
Oct. 6 3
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part payment on
annual school appropriation .......
11200 00
6 4
J. T. Molumphy, part of special appro-
priation for Kensington school ....
92 50
6 5
T. B. Wickwire, 7,055 ft. plank, at $28
per M,, less freight paid by Mr..
Wickwire ..........
166 94
6 6
F. H. Shaw, salary and fees as Town
Clerk and Treas., August and Sep-
tember, 1911 ....................
47 33
6 7
John McInerney,. repairs on harness..
6 60
6 8
New England Trap Rock Co., 80,000
lbs. 3/4 -inch stone for East Berlin
44 00
6 9
Treasurer of Hartford County, county
tax ....... .....................
607 72
6 10
Alice P. Upson, payment of note of
Fourth School District ............
400 00
6 11
Wm. Fagan, services as Registrar ....
53 00
6 12
H. L. Mills, 1.keg No. 6 nails ........
2 50
6 13
M. D. Stanley, 1/2 bushel grass seed ...
4 00
6 14
Housatonic Power Co., lights at Ken-
sington and Town Hall ..........
6 10
6 15
John Emerson, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Larson ..........................
16 00
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4
Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1911.
Oct. 6 16
W. S. Hart, work on ballot boxes
$3 20
6 17
Mrs., Wm. Long, I month's board for
Mrs. Carroll .............. 6 ......
10 00
6 1-8
A. Kasprow, I month's rent for Mrs.
Adams.........................
8 00
6 19
W. H. Gibney, I 'month's salary $67,
cash paid clerical work on Town
Report, $10; H. Chapin, team, $6.
expenses Board of. Selectmen to
Meriden, $2.10. car fare, 1910-11, $5
90 10
6 20
Herald Pub. Co,', notice of town
meeting........................
4 75
6 21
Journal Pub. Co., printing and bind-
ing 500 Town "Reports .........
79 50
6 22
Conn. Hospital for Insane, board of
Luke Foiren, Emma Sautter, Mrs.
Collins .......78
87
6 23
W. B. Hart., 2 days work on highway,
man and team ...................
10 00
6 24
Stewart Pr inting Co., printing for
-Registrars ......................
22 75
6 25
-Geo. W. Ventres, repairs and horse -
shoeing .........................
13 50
6 26
Conn. Trap Rock, Co., 82,500 lbs. 3/4 -in.
stone...........................
33 00
6 27
New Haven County Sanitarium, care
of Geo.. T. Arthur, from Aug. 2 to
Oct. 11 1911 .....................
34 85
6 28
N. Y.2 N. H. & H. R. R., extra freight
on stone .........................
2.00
6 29
E. E. Skinner, salary $70, 1 month's
1 0
board Miss Gerrity, $10; 1 mouth's
board Mike Fox, $10; cash paid ex-
press on Town Reports, 50 cents. .
90 50
6 30
H. Skinner, I month's work at barn
15 00
6 31
J. W. Woodruff, 3 months' allowance
for Miss Sperry, $15; supplies for
almshouse, $5.67 ..................
20 67
32
Dr. Geo. P. Dunham, services as Health
Officer .........................
53 60
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Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1911.
Oct. 6 33
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight on car
of plank, charged to T. B. Wickwire
$30 60
6 34
New Britain National Bank, temporary
loan ............................
51000 00
6 341/2
Ed, Slater. feed for stock ............
174 25
6 35
A. Sweet, 2.0 days' -work on highway. .
35 00
6 36
H. Skinner, . 231/2 days' work on high-
way............................
41 13
6 37
L. Klees, 201/2 clays' work on highway
35 88
6 38
W. Klees, 201/2 days' work on highway
35 88
6 39
P. Dantone, 18 clays' work on highway
31,50
6 40
J. Kerrigan, 20 clays' work on highway
35 00
6 41
J. Paddelli, 18 days' work on highway
31 50
Nov. 6 42
E. E. Skinner, salary $70, board of
Miss Gerrity, $10; board of Mike
Fox, $10 ........................
90 00
6 43
H. Skinner, 1 month's work .at barn.:
1.5 00
6 44
H. Wales Lines Co., the for highway
6 00
6 45
W. D. Dunhain, 1,135 lbs. straw .....
9 08
6 46
Alice P. Upson, interest on Peck note
in, full ...........................
10 55
6 47
W. I. Alling, expenses as Assessor. . . .
5 57
6 48
Pasteur Institute, care of Hall child, to
be repaid by state ...............
114 00
6 49
E. E. Austin, commission on taxes,
$83.42; 1 ton coal for Mrs. Green,
$7.50, charged to Torrington .....
90 92
6 50
New Britain Herald, notice of special
town meeting ....................
2 00
6 51
E. E. Honiss, supplies for Mrs. Turner
charged to Meriden ..............
28 15
6 52
American Paper Goods - Co., use of
water trough 6 years ............
18 00
6 53
East Berlin idiiling Co., 1 ton coal for
Mrs. Frisbie, $7.50; hay and grain
for stock, $92.30 ................
99 80
6 54
D. McMillan, bedding for almshouse
8 99
6 55
A. Lawrence, 1 night's work on high-
way, July 3rd ...................
2 50
6 56
Mrs. Wm. Long, 1 month's board for
Mrs. Carroll, Oct . ................
10 00
ti I
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6
Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1911.
Nov. 6 57
City of New Britain, 6 gratings for
highway .....................
$4 50
6 58
H. L. Mills, 1 keg nails, $2.50; barn
broom, 50 cents .................
3 00
6 59
J. O'Donnell, work on highway,
charged to state .................
3 00
6 60
R. Murray Est., 55 loads gravel to
Oct. 20 .........................
5 50
6 601/2
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part of school ap-
propriation ....................
2000 00
6 61
New Britain National Bank, interest
on loans ..........6 .............
125 00
6 62
Roy Gibney, services as janitor at hall,
Oct. ............................
5 00
6 63
Wm. Luby, 46 hours' work on highway,
$11.50; 700 brick .for highway, $3.50
15 00
6 64
James Clark, J night's work on high-
way, July 3rd ...................
2 50
6 65
W. H. Gibney, 1 month's salary, Oct.
67 00
6 66
Southern N. E. Telephone Co., rent of
'phones to Dec. 1 6 ...............
34 30
6 67
A. Sweet, 16 days' labor on highway.
28 00
6 68
H. Skinner, 181/2 days' work on high-
way............................
32 38
6 69
Wm. Klees, 161/2 days' work on high-
way............................
28 88
6 70
Louis Klees, 161/2 days' work on high-
way ............................
28 88
6 71
Peter Dontone, 14 days' work on high-
way........6...................
24 50
6 72
James Kerrigan, 16 days' work on
_
highway ........................
28 00
6 73
Joe Padelli, 14 days' work on highway
24 50
6 74
N. W. Baldwin, services as Selectman
to Nov. 7 ......... ...6........
12 50
6 75
J. J. Fitzsimmons, services as Select-
man to Nov. 7 ..................
7 50
6 76
J. J. Morse, services as Registrar ....
74 00
25 77
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part of school ap-
propriation ......................
19500 00
Dec. 5 78
H. Skinner, 1 month's work at farm..
15 00
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1912.
Jan. 8
8
99 Leon Leclair, horseshoeing and repairs
from July 31 to Dec. 30, 1911 ..... 18 40
100 T. H. Kehoe, printing 1,000 -order
blanks .......................... 4 50
Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1911.
Dec. 5 79
E. E. Skinner, salary, $70; board of
Miss Gerrity, $10; Mike Fox, $10;
cash paid, $1.00 .................
$91
a so
New Haven County Sanitarium care
Geo. T. Arthur ...................
15 96
5 81
Hartford County Sanitarium, care of
Geo. T. Arthur ..................
20 00
5 82
Roy Gibney, services as janitor at hall
5 00
5 83
C. B. Dolge & Co., supplies for Board
of Health ......................
28 50
5 84
A. Elmgren, 267 loads gravel ........
26 70
5 85
Mrs. Wm. Long, 1 month's board for
Mrs. Carroll .....................
10 00
5 86
A. Kasparow, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Adams .........................
16 00
5 87
John McInerney, repairs on harness
4 810
5 88
H. Wales Lines Co., the for highway
8 64
5 89
Conn. Trap Rock Quarries, 125,750 lbs.
stone...........................
72 25
5 90
Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1,600
tax lists ........................
8 15
5 91
State Treasurer; personal tax ; .........
429 94
5 92
Henry Austin, 1 night's -work on high-
way, July 3 .....................
2 50
5 93
W. H. Gibney, 1 month's salary ....
67 00
5 94
F. H. Shaw, services as Town Clerk
and Treasurer ..................
60 07
5 95
A. Bambara, use of shop for, voting ..
10 00
5 96
E. E. Austin, commission on taxes to
Dec. 2, 1911....... .......
118 61
5 97
S. E. & W. G. Brown, feed for stock,
$126.97; 1 ton coal- for Mrs. Green,
charged to Town of Torrington, $8
134 95
5 971/2
F. N. Bacon, schools ................
2,600 00
5 98
W. L. Hatch, bond for Town Treasurer
21 00
1912.
Jan. 8
8
99 Leon Leclair, horseshoeing and repairs
from July 31 to Dec. 30, 1911 ..... 18 40
100 T. H. Kehoe, printing 1,000 -order
blanks .......................... 4 50
O
s
Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
AmoLmt.
1912.
Jan., 8 101
E. E. Honiss, supplies to Mrs. Turner,
$18, charged to Meriden; supplies
for hall, $1.10 � .................
$19 10
S. 102
City Coal & Wood Co., tile for highway
22 32
8 103
Mrs. Baker, care and clothing for baby
found on railroad at Berlin depot.
5 00
8 104
East -Berlin Milling Co., 1 ton coal for
Mrs. Frisbie, $7.50; feed for stock,
$34.60 ...........................
42 10
8 105
Mrs. Wm. Long, 1 month's board for
Mrs. Carroll .....................
10 00
8 106
Conn. Hospital for Insane, 3 months'
board for Mrs. Collins, Miss Sautte.r
and Luke ;Foiren, $26.29 each ', .. ,
8 87
8 107
Norwich Hospital for Insane, board of
Peter Gerrity ...................
19 99
8 108
J. W. Richie, expenses as Fire Warden
6 65
8 109
Hartford County Sanitarium, care of
Geo. T. Arthur .... ..... ........
15 43
8 110
Housatonic Power Co., lights at Berlin
and Kensington to Dec. 1, 1911...
i
17 89
8 111
Edward Slater, feed for stock to .Tan.
4, 1912 ....'....................
88 60
8 112
Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., books
for Assessors .....................
6 50
8 1.1.3
New Britain Lumber & Coal Co., plank
and railing for bridge ............
40 55
8 114
W. J. Dunlay & Co., burial of unknown
man . killed. at Berlin depot, Sept.
25, 1911 .........................
22 50
8 115
N. L. Beckley, 2,820 lbs straw, $26.79;
28 loads gravel; $2.80 ............
29 59
8 11.6
Geo. P. Dunham, Al. D., return of
births and deaths, $6.75; services as
Health Officer, $30.90; care of John
Lick, $3.00 ......................
40 65
8 117
E. E. Austin, coal for Town Clerk,
,
$7.75; Mrs. Turner, $7.75, charged
Meriden; Town House, $7.50 ......
23 (10
8 118
State of Connecticut, official. ballots for
.
town election ....................
14 00
a
Date.
No.
To Whom. Paid.
Amount.
1912.
Jan. 8
119
John Elverson, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Larson, Oct. and Nov. ...........
$16 00
8
120
C. J. Thompson, 17 loads gravel ......
1 70
8
121
Conn. Contracting Co., stone for depot
road ............................
216 15
8
122
Hartford Printing Co., 600 personal
tax cards .......................
2 75
8
123
J. C. Rowley, 2 7-10 days' work on
highway, man and team .........
14 00
8
124
H. N. Dickinson, 13 weeks' allowance
for Mrs. Frisbie .................
1.3 00
8
125
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at barn
15 00
8
126
E. E. Skinner, salary, $70; 1 month's
board, Miss Gerrity, $10; 1 month's
board Mike Fox, $10 .............
90 00
8
127
H. H. Damon, work at Town Hall ....
1 05
.8
128
J. W. Woodruff, 3 months' allowance,
Miss Sperry, $1.5; supplies for Town
Farm, $2.45 .. . ..................
17 45
8
129
New Britain National Bank, temporary
loan ............................
51000 00
8
1.30
A. Sweet, 181/2 days' work on highway
32 38
8
1.31
Louis Iilees, 18 days' work on highway
31 50
8
1.32
Peter Dontone, 18 days' work on high-
wav ............................
31 50
8
133
James Kerrigan, 1.5 days' work on
highway ........................
26 25
1 8
1.34
Wm. I11ees, 17 days' work on highway
29 75
8
135
Joe Padelli, 1.8 days' work on high-
way............................
31 50
8
136
W. H. Gibney, 1 month's salary .....
67 00
27
138
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part of school ap-
propriation ......................
1,000 00
Feb. 5
1.39
Mrs. Wni. Long, 1 month's -board for
Mrs. Carroll .....................
10 00
F
5
140
Thos. D. Bradstreet, State Comptroller,
balance due state on Beach Swamp
road............................
8 50
5
141
John McInerney, repairs on harness to
•
Jan. 25 .........................
4 30
5
142
East Berlin Milling Co., feed for stock
27 20
IO
Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
Feb. 5 143
A. Kasparow, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Adams ......... . .............
$16 00
5 144
W. I. Alling, services as ' Assessor ....
87 50
5 145
James Durkee, 9 loads gravel ........
90
5 146
Hartford County Sanitarium, care of
Geo. Arthur .....................
8 00
5 147
Geo. B. Carter, services as Assessor,
$87.50; expenses, $2.83 ...........
90 33
5 148
Fred Hubbard, services as Assessor ..
85 00
5 149
New Britain National Bank, tempo-
rary loan, interest ...............
125 00
5 150
Alex Elmgren, 151 loads gravel .....
15 10
5 151
John Emerson, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Larson ............. ............
16 00
5 152
New Britain Trust Co., interest on
bonds, 6 months .................
1,760 00
5 153
United Electric Light & Water Co.,
lights at Kensington, $6.66; at
Town Clerk's office and hall, $11.40
18 30
5 154
Wm. Moore, work on trees by order of
Tree Warden ....................
5 25
5 155
H. C. Austin, work on trees for Tree
Warden .........................
27 00
5 156
W. B. Hart, 1/2 cord wood for Town
Clerk's office ....................
3 50
5 157
Conn. Contracting Co., balance due on
stone depot road .................
26 55
5 158
Isaac Dunham, 17 loads gravel ......
1 70
5 159
E. E. Austin, 1 ton coal, Town Clerk's
office, $8; 500 lbs. coal for Mrs.
Steady, $2.00 ....................
10 00
5 160
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at barn
15 00
2 161
E. E. Skinner, salary, $70; board of
Miss Gerrity, $10; Mike Fox, $10 ..
90 00
2 162
F. H. Shaw, Treas., services as Town
Clerk and Treasurer, to r'eb. 1, 1912
43 09
2 163
Herald Pub. Co., notice of special
town ineeting ...................
4 50
2 164
Roy Gibney, janitor services at hall
Dec. and Jan .....................
10 00
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Date.
No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
Feb. S
165
W. H. Gibney, salary $67; military en-
rollment, $SO; postage, $1.00 ......
$88.00
2
166
J. J. Fitzsimmons, 5 loads gravel, 50
cents; services, $7.50 .............
8 00
21
167
B. F. Gaffney, probate fees in Foiren
case ............................
25 95
21
168
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part of school ap-
propriation ......................
1,000 00
Afar. 5
169
E. E. Austin, coal for Town Farm,
$15.50; Town Clerk, $S; Mrs.
Spezio, 40 cents .................
23 90
5
170
W. H. Shumway, services Board of Re-
lief 1 1912 .......................
20 00
5
171
H. H. Damon, work on pipes at hall...
4 32
5
172
E. E. Skinner, salary $70; board Miss
Gerrity, $10; Mike Fox, $10 ......
90 00
5
173
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at
barn............................
15 00
5
174
S. M. Cowles, supplies for Mrs. Green
and Town Farm .................
15 00
5
175
United Electric Light & Water Co.,
lights at Kensington, $3.33; at
Berlin, $6.48 ....................
9 81
5
176
Mrs. Win. Long, I month's board for
Mrs. Carroll ....................
10 00
5
177
East Berlin Milling Co., 1 ton coal for
Mrs. Frisbie, $7.75; feed for stock,
$26.80 ..........................
34 55
5
178
Norman Van M. Peck, 1,054 ft. 21/2 -in.
plank, 1,678 ft. 4x4 bridge timber
at $25 per M .....................
68 30
5
179
W. H. Gibney, salary .................
67 00
5
ISO
Roy Gibney, janitor services .........
5 00
5
181
N. W. Baldwin, services as Selectman
.12 50
5
182
Southern N. E. Telephone Co., tele-
phones at Almshouse, Town Clerk's
office and Selectmen's office ......
32 10
April 2
183
E. E. Honiss, supplies to Mrs. Turner,
Jan., F`eb. and Mar., 1912, charged
to Meriden ......................
26 35
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Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
April 2 184
J. W. Woodruff, 3 months' supplies to
Miss Sperry, $15; supplies to alms-
house, $3.70 .......................
$18 70
2 185
Herald Pub. Co., notice for Tax -Col-
lector ..........................
a 25
2 186
John Emerson, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Larson ..........................
16 00
2- 187
United Electric Light & Water Co.,
lights at Kensington, $3.33; , at
Berlin, $6.84 .... I ................
10 17
2 188
Geo. H. Branfield, work on tax books..
50 00
2 189
H. N. Dickenson, 13 weeks' allowance
for Mrs. Frisbie .................
13 00
2 190
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part of school ap-
propriation ......................
1,500 00
2 191
F. H. Shaw, services as Town Clerk and
Treasurer ....................40
65
2 192
F. H. Shaw, making enrollment for per-
sonal tax .......................
100 00
2 193
Hartford County Sanitarium, care of
Geo. Arthur ......................
34 28
2 194
City of New Britain, use of six men
from Water Department, fighting
fire on West Mt . ................
6 40
19.5
Geo. W. Ventres, horseshoeing and re-
pairs, Nov. 1, 1911, to Mar. 22, 1912
21 70
2 1-96
Boston Spring Co., two pair Sampson
springs for road wagon ..........
5 00
2 .197
Conn. Hospital for Insane, 3 months'
board for L. F"oiren, Miss Sautter
and Mrs. Collins to April 1, 1912
78 00
2 198
Norwich State Hospital, 3 months'
board of Peter Gerrity ...........
26 00
2 199
Grant Skinner, I month's work at barn
15 00
2 200
E. E. Skinner, salary $70;. 1 mouth's
board, Miss Gerrity, $10; 1 month's
board, M. Fox $10; cash paid ex-
press, 25 cents ..................
90 25
2 201
Good Roads Machinery Co., casting
for road machine ................
75
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Date.. No.
To Whom Paid..
Amount.
1912.
April 2 202
A. Kasparow, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Adams, Feb. and March ..........
$16 00
2 203
J. M. Taylor, services as member
Board of Relief, 1912 ............
20 00
• 2 204
Mrs. Wm. Long, 1 month's board for
Mrs. Carroll, March .............
10 00
2 205
Earl Gibney, janitor services at hall,
1 month ........................
5 00
2 206
W. H. Gibney, 1 month Is salary .....
67 00
2 207
Laura Austin, soldiers' ' burial allow-
ance for Stephen Austin, to be re-
paid by State of Connecticut .....
35 00
2 208
R. M. Griswold, M. D., return of births
and deaths, and . care of town .poor
50 25
2 209
A. Sweet, 13 3-10 days' work on high-
way ............................
23 28
2 210
Louis Klees, 171/2 - days' work on high-
way ............................
30 63
2 211
Peter Dontone, 11 days' work on high-
way............................
19 25
2 212
Wm. Klees, 161/2 days' work on high-
way ...................
28 88
2 213
Joe Padelli, 7 8-10 dayswork on high-
way...............................
13 65
2 214
B. F. Gaffney, balance due Aetna Heat-
ing Co., amount under attachment
aiqd held by town, in full to date. .
400 .00
May 7 215
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part of school ap-
propriation ......................
21000 00
7 216
Geo. P. Dunham, M. D., services as
Health Officer to April 1 .........
36 90
7 217
S. Robinton, one grey mare for farm.
200 00
7 218
United Electric Light and. Water Co.,
lights at Kensington, $3.33; at
Town Hall and Town Clerk's office,
$5.16 ............................
8 49
7 219
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight on
car of plank, deducted from bill of
T. B. Wickwire ..................
71 10
7 220
Eastern Herald Printing Co., printing
for Board . of Relief ..............
4 50
I4
Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
May 7 221
Earl Gibney, janitor services month of
April.............................
$6 00
1 222
S. M. Cowles, 2 .months' supplies Mrs.
. Green, charged to :Torrington .....
12 00
7 223
W. H. Gibney, 1 .month's salary, April
67 00
7 224
City of New Britain, probate expenses
as ordered by state ..............
389 74
7 225
East Berlin Milling Co., feed for stock
54 25
7 226
J. M. Belden, 1 car hay for Town Farm
326 76
7 227
W. J. Richie, Fire Warden, services
April 12 and 13 .................
10 25
7 228
F. H. Shaw, making rate book ..... I...
50 00
7 229
Beckley Milling Co., feed for stock ...
75 80
7 230
Besse -Leland Co., supplies for Mike
Fox............................
4 73
7 231
Hartford County Sanitarium, care of
Geo. Arthur, April 1 to May 1 ....
17 14
7 232
A. Kasparow, 1 month's rent for Mrs.
Adams ..........................
8 00
7 233
H. L. Mills, supplies for town to April
291 1912 ........................
5 34
7 234
J. McInerney, new collars and repairs
to harness to April 20 ..........
21 35
7 235
Mrs. Wm. Long, 1 month's hoard for
Mrs. Carroll, April ...............
10 00
7 236
E. E. Skinner, salary $70; 1 month's
board, Miss Gerrity, $10; 2 weeks'
board, Mike Fox, $5.00 ...........
85 00
7 237
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at farm
15 00
7 238
Berlin Veteran Association, annual ap-
propriation .....................
40 00
7 239
A. Sweet, 161/2 days' work on high-
way.............................
28 88
7 240
N. W. Baldwin, work on highway, $7;
two meetings Selectmen, $5 .......
12 00
7 241
Louis Klees, 20 2-10 days' work on
highway ........................
35 36
7 242
Peter Dontone, 20 days' work on high-
way............................
35 01
7 243
Wm. Klees, 20 days' work on highway
35 01
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To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
May 7 .244
Joe Padelli, 13 9-10 dayswork on
highway ........................
$24 33
7 245
H. Skinner, 10 days ''work on highway
17 50
7 246
W. D. Dunham, 5 days' work on high-
way............................
8 75
June 3 247
T. B. Wickwire, 9,134 ft. 21/2 -inch plank
at $28 per M, less freight ........
183 90
3 248
E. E. Austin, commission on taxes to
June 3rd ........................
525 34
4 249
E. M. Carter, work on railing at hall..
2 10
4 250
Joseph. Golden, work on highway ......
2 00
4 251
W. J. Richie, work at fire May 3rd ...
8 70
4 252
A. Kasparow, 1 month's rent for Mrs.
Adams .........................
8 00
4 253
Mrs. Wm. Long, 1 month's board for
Mrs. Carroll, May ........:......
10.00
4 254
East Berlin Milling -Co., feed and
straw for farm to June 1 ........
84 55
4 255
Leon LeClair, horseshoeing and repairs
1.4 90
4 256
E. E. Honiss, Treas., appropriation for
Village Improvement Society .....
30 00
4 257
E. E. Honiss, supplies f or Mrs. Turner,
charged to Meriden .... ...... ..
21 85
4 258
E. E. Skinner, salary, $70; 1 month's
board for Miss Gerrity, $10; 1
month's board for Mike Fox, $10
90 00
4 259
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at barn,
.Town Farm .......................
15 00
4 260
United Electric Light and Water Co.,
lights at Kensington, $3.33; at Ber-
lin, $1.08 .......................
4 41
4 261
F. N. Bacon, Treas., .part of school ap-
propriation .....................
12500 00
4 262
W. H. Gibney, 1 month's salary .....
67 00
4 263
John Emerson, 2 months.' rent for Mrs.
Larson ..........................
16 00
4 264
Francis , Deming, insurance on Town
hall ..........73
60
4 265
State of Connecticut, woman's ballots
for October election .............
8 35
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Date.. No.
To Whom Paid..
Amount.
1912.
June '4 266
F. H. Shaw, services as Town Clerk
.and Treasurer, to June 1 ..........
$41 47
4 267
Southern N. E. Telephone Co., tele-
phones for town officers ............
31 05
4 268
A. Sweet, 19 days' work on highway.
33 26
4 269
H. Skinner, 211/2 days' work on high-
way......... ....................
37 63
4 270
Louis Klees, 181/2 days' work on
highway ........................
32 38
4 271
Peter Dontone, 171/2 days' work on
highway ......................
30 63
272
171/2 days' work on high-
Joe Padelli, .1-1)
way ............................
way
30 65
4 27.3
Wm. Klees, 18 (lays' work on highway
31 50
4 274
Wm. Dunham, 15 days' work on high-
way............................
26 25
July 3 275
H. Wales Lines C.O., supplies for high-
way.............................
18 37
3 276
S. E. Brown, feed for stock ..........
73 80
3 277
H. L. Mills, supplies for town ......
4 50
3 278
Norwich State 'Hospital, board of
Peter Gerrity, from April 12 to
July 1, 1912 .....................
26 00
3 279
Conn. Hospital for Insane, 3 months'
board for Mrs. Collins, Miss Sautter
and L. Foiren, April 1 to July 1..
78 00
3 280
Geo. H. Baldwin, 2 9-10 days' work on
highway, man and team .........
11 50
3 281
Hartford County Sanitarium, care of
Geo. T. Arthur ...................
17 77
3 282
F. L. Wilcox, 4,550 lbs. hay at $28 per
ton.............................
63 20
3 283
S. M. Cowles, 2 months' supplies for
Mrs. Green, charged, to town of
Torrington ......................
12 00
3 284
Dr. B. D. Radcliffe, care of sick horse
5 00
3 285
A. Kasparow, I month's rent for Mrs.
Adams.
8 00
3 286
United Electric Light and Water Co.,
lights at Kensington, $3.33; at Ber-
lin, $3.12 .......................
6 45
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Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
July 3 287
Herald Publishing Co., notice of spe-
cial town meeting ..............:
$1 75
3 288
John McInerney, repairs on harness..
9 55
3 289
H. N. Dickenson, 1.3 weeks' allowance
for Mrs. Frisbie .................
13 00
3 290
F. H. Shaw, recording 52 tax liens at
75 cents each ....................
39 00
3 291
O. M. Shaw, clerical work ...........
.1 20
3 292
F. N. Bacon, Treas., part of school ap-
propriation .....................
1,500 00
3 293
Andrew Lawrence, work and material
on Beckley turnpike and Blair
bridges .,...'....................
38 00
3 294
J. J. Fitzsimmons, services as Select-
man ............................
12 50
3 295
J. W. Woodruff, 3 months' supplies for
Miss Sperry, .$15; supplies for
Almshouse, $3.15 ................
18 15
3 296
Good Roads Machinery Co., two
scraper blades at $8.50 ..........
17 00
3 297
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at
barn town farm ...............
15 00
298
E. E. Skinner, salary $70; 1 month's
board for Miss Gerrity, $10; 3
weeks' board for M. Fox, $7.50 ...
87 50
3 299
W. H. Gibney, 1 month's salary, $67;
postage, 60 cents; carfare, $2.50 ..
70 10
3 300
Dr. Geo. P. Dunham, services as Health
Officer to July 1 .................
48 30
3 301
A. Sweet, 271/2 days' work on, highway
48 13
3 302
H. Skinner, 29 days' work on highway
54 00
3 303
Joe Padelli, 281/2 days' work on high-
way......... ...................
49 88
3 304
Peter Dontolle, 281/2 days' work on
highway ........................
49 88
3 305
Wm.' Klees, 281/2 days' work on high-
way............................
49 88
3 306
Louis Klees, 29 days' work on highway
50 75
3 307
W. D. Dunham, 271/2 days' work on
highway ........................
48 13
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Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
July 5 308
B. F. Gaffney, part payment attorneys'
fees for Selectmen, Assessors,
Board of Relief and School Com-
mittee ...........................
$200 00
12 309
F. N. Bacon, Treas., balance on school
appropriation of $18,000.00 .......
2,200 00
20 310
C. J. Thompson, 85 loads gravel at 15
cents ...........................
12 75
Aug. 5 311
United Light and Water Co., lights at
Berlin, $1.00; at Kensington, $3.33
4 33
5 312
F. H. Shaw, seervices as Town Clerk
and Treas. ......................
56 74
5 313
New Britain Trust Co., town bonds
Nos. 3 and 4 paid in full, 6 months'
interest on town bonds to Feb. 1,
1912, $1,760 .....................
3,760 00
5 314
Hartford (bounty Sanitarium, care of
Geo. T. Arthur ...................
29 14
5 315
M. R. Dunham, 1,610 lbs. straw at
$18 per ton ...................
14 49
5 316
John Emerson, 2 months' rent for Mrs.
Larson .........................
16 00
5 317
Dr. B. D. Radcliffe, care of sick horse
7 75
5 318
E. E. Honiss, 9 weeks' supplies for
Mrs. Turner, $18, charged to Meri-
den; 2 boxes axle grease, 25 cents. .
18 25
5 319
G. W. Ventres, horse shoeing and re-
pairs from April 27 to July 11, 1912
12 15
5 320
New Britain Lumber & Coal Co., 100 ft.
11/2x10 -inch, $3.50; 3 bbls. cement,
$4.65 ............................
8 15
5 321
Conn. Children's Aid Society, 2
months' board Freddy Bush ......
20 00
5 322
Kensington Library Assn., annual ap-
propriation ......................
50 00
5 323
Conn. Trap Rock Quarries, 297,940 lbs.
stone for highway ...............
163 87
5 324
H. H. Damon, repairs at almshouse,
gutter and pipe .................
24 75
5 325
Berlin Library Association, annual ap-
propriation ......................
50 00
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Date. No.
To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
Aug. 5 326
Stewart Printing Co., posters for Reg-
istrars ..............
$1 55
a 327
H. L. Mills, one grindstone ..........
5 00
5 328
A. Kasparow, I month's rent for Mrs.
Adams..........................
8 00
5 329
B. C. Porters' Sons, burial of Jennie
Lowe............................
25 00
5 330
S. M. Cowles, supplies for Mrs. Green
July.............................
6 00
0 331
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at farm
15 UO
5 332
E. E. Skinner, salary $70; 1 month's
board, Mike Fox, $10; 1 month's
board, Miss Gerrity, $10; cash paid
50 cents ........................
90 50
5 333
Case, Lockwood &' Brainard Co., quit
claim book for Town Clerk .......
20 75
5 334
S. W.,Baldwin, services as Selectman
to Aug. 6 .......................
15 00
5 335
W. H. Gibney, 1 month's salary, July.
6V 00
5 336
A. Sweet, 221/2 days' work on highway
39 38
5 337
H. Skinner, 231/2 days' work on high-
way.............. I ..............
42 13
5 338
W. D. Dunham., 23 days' work on high-
way............................
40 26
5 339
Peter Dontone, 221/2 days' work on
highway ........................
39 38
5 340
Joe Padelli, 21 clays' work on highway
36 76
5 341
Wm. Xlees, 231/2 days' work on high-
way.............................
41 13
5 342
Louis Klees, 231/2 days' work on high-
way............................
41 13
5 343
P. M. Savage, rebate on taxes paid
twice in same year ...............
23 46
10 344
H. H. Damon, supplies for almsbouse.
80
10 345
Leon 'LeClair, horseshoeing and re-
pairs from May 30, to Aug. 11, 1912
59 4-5
10 346
E. M. Carter, work on water pipes at
Town Hall ......................
2 00
10 347
United Electric Light and Water Co'.,
lights at Kensington, - $3.33; at
Town Hall, $1.08 ................
4 41
Date. No.
1912.
Aug. 10 348
10 349
10 350
1-0 351
10 352
10 353
10 354
10 355
10 35-6
10 357
10 358
10 359
10 360
10 361
10 362
10 363
10 364
10 365
10 366
10 367
10 368
10 369
10 370
10 371
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To Whom. Paid.
Amount.
W. H. Gibney, salary ...............
$67,00
Sarah Winchell, land for new highway
200 00
Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1,000
license ballots ....................
40
Hartford Printing Co., two Collector's
books .............................
6 00
W. J. Richie, services as Fire Warden,
self and Deputy to July 1st, 1912..
13 30
Henry Austin, services ' as officer July
4th and 29th ....................
4 75
Andrew Lawrence, painting bridges. .
material for same .................
66 25
Gold & Weinberg, setting tires and
repairs .........................
4 50
S. M. Cowles, supplies for Mrs. Green,
charged to Torrington ............
6 00
W. B. Hart, 4 days' work on East Ber-
lin highway, man and team, $20.00;
34 loads gravel $3.40 ............
23 40
A. Kasparow, I month's rent for Mrs.
Adams, Aug . ....................
8 00
John McInerney, repairs on harness
July 6th to Aug. 4th .............
3 60
S. P. Storrs, medicine for horse ......
75
G. A. Simons, flag for East Berlin
school .................. * ........
3 50
W. W. Fagan, services as Registrar..
5 00
J. J. Morse, services as Registrar ...
5 00
N. W. Baldwin, services as Selectman
7 50
W. J. Dunlay, burial of men killed by
cars Aug. 17, 1912 ...............
42 50
Southern N. E. Telephone Co., rent of
telephones ...................
30 95
A. Sweet, 21 days work on high-
way ...................
36 75
H. Skinner, 24 days' work on highway
44 25
Louis Flees, 24 days' work on high-
way ............................
42 00
Peter Dontone, 24 days' work on high-
way............................
42 00
Joe Padelli, 23 days' work on highway
42 -00
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To Whom Paid.
Amount.
1912.
Aug. 10 372
Wm. Klees; 17 dayswork on highway
$29 75
10 373
Wm. Dunham, 22 days' work on high-
way............................
38 50
10 374
East Berlin Milling Co., feed for stock
71 10
10 375
Beckley Milling Co., feed for stock ..
74 95
10 376
J. J. Fitzsimmons, services as Select-
man............................
7 50
10 377
E. E. Skinner, salary, $70; 1 month's
board for Miss Gerrity, $10; 1
month's board for M. Fox, $10;
horse medicine, 85 cents .........
90 85
10 378
Grant Skinner, 1 month's work at
barn, Town Farm ................
15 00
28 379
A. Sweet, 19 days' work on highway. .
33 25
28 380
H. Skinner, 11 2-10 days' work on
highway ........................
19 59
28 381
L. Klees, 191/2 days' work on highway
34 13
28 382
Joe Padelli, 18 days' work on highway
31 50
28 383
P. Dontone, 17 days' work on highway
29 75
28 384
V
J. Kerrigan, 19 days' work on highway.
33 25
28 385
W. Klees, l8 days' work on highway..
31 50
Total Town Orders ..............
$48,770 70
W. H. GIBNEY,
Selectmen
N. W. BALDWIN,
J. J. FITZSIMMONS, Town
of Berlin.
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Berlin have
this clay
examined the accounts of the Selectmen of the Town of Berlin, com-
pared the vouchers therefor and find them correct.
BRYAN H. ATWATER,
L. A. WESTCOTT,
Auditors.
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SUMMARY.
Town poor ............................................ $1,000 23
Feed for stock, town farm .......... ....... .......... 11452 77
Insane poor ............................................ 385 73
Care of George Arthur ................... ............ 192 47
Selectmen's expenses ........... ......... ........_ ..... 10 20
Books, printing and stationery .......................... 98 30
Selectmen's salary ..................................... 891 50
Pasteur treatment ..................................... 114 00
Commission on taxes ................................... 727 37
Veterinary and medicine .............................. 14 35
Election expenses ..................................... 35 55
Town report ........................................... 90 00
Teamhire ............................................ 6 00
Interest on loans ...................................... 250 00
Lights at Kensington .................................. 39 97
Light, fuel, janitor and repairs at hall .................. 124 09
Recording liens ................... 39 00
Insurance .... 73 60
Village Improvement Society ........................... 30 00
Veteran Association ................................... 40 00
Making rate book .... 50 00
Expenses of Probate Court ............................ 389 74
Horse for farm .................................... 200 00
State highway account ................................. 8 50
Donations to libraries ....................... 100 00
Work on trees .............:........................ 32 25
Enrolling military ..................................... 20 00
Work on tax book. .................................... 50 00
Personal tax enrollment ................................. 100 00
Soldiers' burial allowance 35 00
Fire Warden ......................................... 45 30
Vital statistics ........................................ 16 75
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Roads and bridges .....................................
$31940 28
Almshouse, supplies ....................................
86 26
Almshouse, Superintendent .............................
840 00
Personal taxes ........................................
429 94
Blacksmithing and repairs to harness, etc . ...............
194 80
Rebate on taxes .......................................
23 46
Land for highway ....................................
200 00
Flag for school ........................................
3 50
Legal expenses and probate fees .........................
225 95
Interest on bonds ......................................
3,520 00
Bonds paid at maturity ................................
21000 00
Town schools..................I........................
181000 00
Bond for Treasurer .....................................
21 00
Telephone service .......................................
128 40
New Kensington school ................................
492 50
Town Clerk, salary ....................................
290,25
Auditors..............................................
50 00
Assessors ...........................................
26840
Board of Relief .......................................
40 00
County tax ............................................
607 72
Upson note of 4th school district, interest and principal ..
410 55
Registrars .............................................
.137 00
Temporary loans .......................................
10,000 00
Health Officer and supplies .............................
198 20
Total ......................................
$481770 70
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BALANCE DUE ON TAX LISTS.
Joseph J. Morse, Collector, list of 1888 ...................
$238
23
George L. Taylor,
Collector, list
of
1899
....... ...........
117
38
George L. Taylor,
Collector, list
of
1890
..................
211
91
George L. Taylor,
Collector, list
of
1891
...................
239
13
George L. Taylor,
Collector, list
of
1892
..................
593
01
George L. Taylor,
Collector, list
of
1893
..................
711
94
Wm. H. Webster,
Collector, list
of
1894
..................
529
68
Wm. H. Webster,
Collector, list
of
1895
..................
616
51
Francis H. Shaw,
Collector, list
of
1896
...................
266
57
Francis H. Shaw,
Collector, list
of
1897
. , ..... ..........
231
48
Francis H. Shaw,
Collector, list
of
1898
..................
547
00
Francis H. Shaw,
Collector, list
of
189-9
...............
503
05
George Bunce, Collector, list of
1900 .....................
466
21
Elmer E. Austin,
Collector, list
of
1901
..................
263
38
Francis H. Shaw,
Collector, list
of
1902
..................
505
11
Philip A. Seibert,
Collector, list
of
1903
...................
11179
03
Philip A. Seibert,
Collector, list
of
1904
..................
697
36
Philip A. Seibert,
Collector, list
of
1905
..................
723
78
Philip A. Seibert,
Collector, list
of
1906
..................
G12
88
Philip A. Seibert.,
Collector, list
of
1907
..................
823
45
Elmer E. Austin,
Collector, list
of
1908
..................
793
82
Elmer E. Austin,
Collector, list
of
1909
..................
1X7 7
71
Elmer E. Austin,
Collector, list
of
1910
..................
1,480
62
Elmer E. Austin,
Collector, list
of
1911,
$31,473.29 ........
81148
26
Total .............................................
$22,387
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ASSETS OF TOWN
New Kensington School ................................ $32,000 00
Three new school houses ............................... 211000 00
Town farm, 20 acres and one wood lot .................. 21700 00
Gravel lot, Blue Hills ................. 150 00
New Town Hall and vault ............................ 41600 00
Hay and feed at farm ............................... 400 00
Road -tools and small tools ............................. 250 00
Plank and bridge timber ................................ 250 00
Six horses ........................................... 1,200 00
Harnesses, etc. 100 00
Due from Town of New Britain, care of Landry T°amily:. 650 00
Due town f or rent ............ 80 00
Due from Meriden, care of Turners .............. • • • • . • • • 80 00
Due from Cromwell ................. 21 20
Due from Middletown .............................. • • • 11 21
Total .............................. $632492 11
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CASH RECEIVED BY FIRST SELECTMAN
Rent of hall .......................................... $207 50
J. W. Collins, rebate Mrs. Allen's board, Middletown ..... 102 00
W. N. Baldwin, turnips sold ........................... 7 50
J. J. Fitzsimmons, Pond school ........................ 975 00 '
E. P. Dunham, wood lot sold ........................... 190 00
Contrell Construction Co., work done by town team on sub-
way........................................0..0.... 37 00
New Britain National. bank, temporary loans 10,000 00
To five pool table licenses .............................. 50 00
Total $11,569 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
TOWN OF BERLIN IN ACCOUNT WITH FRANCIS H. SHAW, TREAS.
By balance from last year ..............................
$3,868 11
By liquor licenses .....................................
1,620 00
By rebate sundries ....................................
49 96
By school tuition out of town ..........................
132 15
From state common school grant ........................
11734 75
By transportation of scholars ...........................
300 15
By tuition rebate from state .. .........................
1,514 06
By cash, dividends Phoenix bank ......................
24 00
By cash, rent of hall from Selectmen ...................
207 50
By cash, William H. Gibney, turnips sold ...............
7 50
By cash, school house sold ............................
975 00
By cash, wood lot sold .... ..... .....................
190 00
By cash, State Treasurer, rebate on dogs ..............
307 08
By cash, W. H. Gibney, from Prosecuting Officer ..........
718 87
By cash, William H. Gibney, temporary loan ..............
10,000 00
By cash, tax on banks, insurance and stocks ...........
2,506 39
By cash, taxes collected ...............................
31,640 69
By cash, William H. Gibney, pool table license ............
50 00
Cantreel Construction Company, labor ..................
37 00
By rebate sundries, School Treasurer ....................
96 50
By rebate, W. H., Gibney, Mrs. Collins' board ...........
102 00
By cash, hunters' licenses ..............................
97 00
By cash, dog licenses ................ .................
365 64
Rebate on telephone ..................................
4 20
Total ..........................................
$56,548 55
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CONTRA.
Cash paid Selectmen's orders issued the past year ........ $481770 70
Cash paid Judge Town Court, orders 705 31
Cash paid Judge of Town Court, salary ......... . .. . . . . ... 250 00
Cash paid Prosecuting Officer, salary .................... 250 00
Cash by hunters' and dogs' licenses ........... ........ 507 20
Cash balance ......................................... 61065 34
Total.......................................... $561548 55
By cash, E. E. Austin, Collector.
List of 1901, principal ................. $ 7 20
List of 1901, interest .. ............... 3 39
List of 1901, liens .................... 1 50
By cash, Philip A. Seibert, Collector.
List of 1903, principal ................. 9 67
List of 1903, interest .................. 4 49
List of 1903, liens 1 50
By cash, Philip A. Seibert, Collector.
List of 1904, principal ................. 18 43
List of 1904, interest 5 16
List of 1904, liens 1 50
By cash, Philip A. Seibert, Collector.
List of 1905, principal_ ........... 66 69
List of 1905, interest ...... .... ..... 23 35
List of 1905, liens ..................... 5 25
By cash, Philip A. Seibert, Collector.
List of 1906, principal ................ 151 51
List of 1906, interest 50 10
List of 1906, liens ..................... 2 25
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By cash, Philip A. Seibert, Collector.
List of 1907, principal .................
170 63
List of 1907, interest ..................
44 62
List of 1907, liens ......................
75
By cash, E. E. Austin, Collector.
List of 1908, principal .................
505 64
List of 1908, interest ...................
103 26
List of 1908, liens . .....................
. 8 25
By ca4h, E. E. Austin, Collector.
List of 1909, principal ................... 1,339 IS
List of 1909, interest .................. 155 31
List of 1909, liens ..................... 1 16 50
By cash, E. E. Austin, Collector.
List of 1910, principal ................. 5,433 08
List of 1910, interest ................ - - 280 13
List of 1910, liens ..................... 6 00
By cash, E. E. Austin, Collector.
List of 1911, principal .................. 23,325 03
List of 1911, interest .................... 13 01
Total taxes collected .................. $31,640 69
F. H. SHAW, Town Treasurer.
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Berlin have this day
examined the accounts of the Treasurer of the Town of Berlin, com-
pared the vouchers therefor and find them correct.
September 27, 1912.
BRYAN H. ATWATER,
L. A. WESTCOTT, Auditors.t
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TOWN BOND ACCOUNT.
TOWN OF BERLIN IN ACCOUNT WITH FRANCIS H. SHAW, TREAS.
Town bonds issued August 1, 1910 ................ ; $901000 00
CONTRA.
Aug. 1, 1911. Paid Bond No. 1, Berlin Savings
bank ..................................... $ ' 11000 00
Aug. 1, 1911. Paid Bond No. 2, Savings Bank
of New Britain ............................ 1,000 00
Aug. 1, 1912. Paid Bond No. 3, Aetna Lif e In-
surance Co .................................. 1,000 00
Aug. 1, 1912. Paid Bond No. 4, Aetna Life In-
surance Co . ........................ ....... 1,000 00
--- 4Y000 00
Total Bonds outstanding ........................... $86)000 00
Attest
F. H. SHAW,
Town Treasurer,
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REPORT OF THE TOWN SCHOOL COMMITTER.
To the Citizens and Taxpayers of the Town of Berlin:
Your Town School Committee is represented as follows:
J. T. Molumphy, President.
A. L. Woodruff, Secretary.
F. N. Bacon, Treasurer.
J. W. Dows, Superintendent.
S. M. Cowles.
E. W. Dyer.
E. G. Roche.
F. F. Hanford.
W. W. Fagan.
E. E. Honiss.
Term expires
1912
Terni expires
I913
Term expires
Ig -I2
Term expires
1912
Term expires
19'13
Term expires
1913
Term expires
1914
Term expires
I944 -
Term expires
1912
Term expires
1914
Our expenditures for the year have been as follows:
Text books ........................................... $280 96
School supplies ....................................... 456 25
Office supplies ........................................ 157 48
Teachers' salaries ..................................... 82541 36
Salary and expense of Treasurer ....................... 100 00
Fuel 484 37
High school tuition ................................... 3,453 50
High school transportation .............:... ...... 600 25
Janitors............................................... 11424 00
Repairs................................. a.............. 1,008 45
Enumeration .......................................... 38 55
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Tuition, New Britain and Southington $57 00
Library............................................... 157 22
Transportation, Grade IX., Stockings' Corner and Local .. 510 10
Telephones..........:................................. 46 70
Express and cartage ...................... ........... 63 13
Total for 1911-1912 ............................. $171379 32
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
1911.
Nov.
2
E. E. Honiss ...............................
$0
73
2
E. T. Graham .............................
80
27
E. E. Babb & Co . ..........................
115
85
27.
E. Tucker's Sons Co . .......................
1
65
27
Conn. State Board of Education ..............
66
27
Milton Bradley & Co. ......................
206.
78
Dec.
15
Conn. State Board of Education .............
54
15
E. E. Babb & Co . ...................... ...
8
19
15
A. N. Palmer Co . ...........................
7
92
15
G. H. and E. W. Abbe .....................
4
00
1912.
Jan.
9
E. E. Babb & Co. ..........................
8
76
9
Bonner -Preston Co . ........................
2
65
9
Bonner -Preston Co . ................:.......
90
Feb.
23
Gustav Fisher & Co . .......................
2
30
23
A. H. and E. W. Abbe .....................
8
75
23
Herbert Mills ...............................
1
50
23
A. N. Palmer Co . .........................
50
Mar.
1
Milton Bradley & Co . ......................
43
80
April
1
P. Garvan ....... .. .....................
6
00
1
The Curran Co . ............................
9
65
1
A. H. and E. W. Abbe .....................
67
1
Conn. State Board of Education .. .........
4
10
1
E. Tucker's Sons Co . ......................
2
15
17
Mellen & Hewes Co . .......................
7
50
17
Bonner -Preston & Co. .....................
1
60
May
24
Milton Bradley Co . .......................
60
June
12
Mellen & Hewes Co . .......................
4
50.
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33
1912.
June 12 A. N. Palmer Co. ............... .. .... $0 66. 4
29 Edith Mather ........... ........ ...... 1 04
July 13 The A. N. Palmer Co. ....................... 1 50
Total ................................... $456 25
FUEL.
1911.
TEXT BOOKS.
Oct.
30
E. E. Austin, coal ...........................
$343
75
The Palmer Co. ...........................
30
W. B. Hart, wood ..........................
46
00'
Nov.
27
East Berlin Milling Co., wood ..............
4
50
1912.
2
D. Appleton & Co . ...................... ..
10
Jan.
9
W. B. Hart, wood .........................
3
50
Feb.
23
C. E. Nott, wood ...........................
6
87
Mar.
1
E. E. Austin, coal ..........................
30
00
3
1
W. J. Seibert, wood .......................
2
50
April
1
East Berlin Milling Co., coal ........... ....
7
00
Dec. 15
17
East Berlin Milling Co., coal ..............
7
50
May
24
C. E. Nott, wood ...........................
5
50
24
East Berlin Milling' Co., coal ................
9
00
June
12
E. E. Austin, coal .........................
18
25
Total ................................... $484 37
TEXT BOOKS.
1911.
Nov. 2
The Palmer Co. ...........................
$9
00
2
J. A. Lions Co . .......................... .
49
93.
2
Rand, McNally & Co. ...... .............
16
60
2
D. Appleton & Co . ...................... ..
10
40
2
Ginn & Co . ..................... *...........
9
60
27
D. Appleton & Co . ..........................
10
40
27
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .....................
6
22
27
D. C. Heath ...............................
3
81
27
Ginn & Co . ................................
12
67
27
Conn. State Board Education ..............
17
40
Dec. 15
American Book Co. .......................
22
00
15
Edward E. Babb & Co. ......................
44
63,;
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-1912.
April 1 Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .................... $12 40
17 The A. N. Palmer Co. ..................... 3 84
June 12 McLoughlan Bros. ......................... 52 06
Total ..................................... $280 96
LIBRARY BOOKS.
1911.
Nov. 27 Edward E. Babb & Co. ........• .... $29 75
27 Correct, English Pub. Co. ................... 5 4.0
1912.
Mar. I Kenney Bros. and Walkins .............
5 20
April 17 Correct English Pub. Co. ................... 4. 65
June 12 MeLoughlan Bros. .......................... 111 24
12 Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .................... 98
Total ....... ................... $157.22
TELEPHONE.
1911.
Oct. 6 Southern N. E. Telephone Co. .............. * $11 80
1912.
Jan. 9 Southern N. E. Telephone 'Co. ............. 11 50
April 6 Southern N. E. Telephone Co . .............. 11 5,0
Sept. 14 Southern N. E. Telephone Co. ................ 11 90
Total....................... ........... $46 70
ENUMERATION,
1911.
Nov. 27 E. S. Belden'-...,.,.,., ................. ....... $38 55
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FREIGHT AND CARTAGE.
1911.
Nov.
2
G. H. Baldwin ............................
$16 79
17
W. J. Seibert ................ ......... ....
4 00
_27
E. Martino ...............................
7 95
27
W. J. Ritchie ...............................
1 00
1912.
Jan.
9
G. H. Baldwin .............................
8 93
Feb.
23
E. Martino ............................. •
5 66
May
14
E. Martino ................................
18 80
Total ....................................
$63 13
OFFICE SUPPLIE'S.
1911.
Nov:
8
J. B. Perry, stamps ........................
$5 QO
Dec.
1
Adkins Printing Co., stationery .............
4 25
15
E. L. Graham, typewriting ..................
50
1912.
Feb.
23
E. L. Graham, typewriting ..................
50
April
1
J. B. Perry, stamps ........................
5 00
17
E. L. Graham, typewriting ..................
40
17
A. B. Dick Co., stationery .................
56 38
17
Marjorie Moore, stationery .................
11 00
May
24
Adkins Printing Co., stationery ..............
18 45
June
12
Plimpton Mfg. Co., book :........... ....
2 75
July
13
J. W. Dows, expenses .. .. • • • . • • • • • • • • • • •
52 40
13
E. L. Graham; typewriting ............ ..
85
Total ...................................
$157 48
LABOR AND MATERIAL.
WORTHINGTON.
1911.
Oct.
26
W. J. ' Seibert, carting water ................
$5 00
27
E. G. Roche, labor and material ............
6 .;89
SOUTH.
1911.
-
A
27
E. G. Roche, labor and material .............
,z6
Nov.
1911.
J. T. Molumphy, labor on well .. .:........
1 25
Dec.
Oct.
31
Eduard Slater, labor on heater ............
$3.50
15
31
W. H. Griswold, rent of land ..............
5 00
Nov.
17
W. J. Seibert, carting water .................
5 00
Dec.
15
Davenport & Feeler, sanitary analysis .......
10 00
1912.
30 75
9
Feb.
23
James W. Woodruff, janitor supplies ........
4 98
Mar.
1
W. J. Seibert, repairs ...... .... ..... .....
50
April
1
G. W. Hanford, carting water .......: ......
4 00
Total ....................
17
Edward Slater, labor on heater ......
June
14
F. V. Streeter, tuning piano .................
5 00
July
13
G. W. Hanford, carting water .... .........
3 50
Aug.
.14
C. L. Pomeroy, well digging ................
224 52
14
W. H. Griswold, land rent .................
5 011
14
G. L. Woodruff, janitor supplies .............
2 70
Total ....'................................
$290 5)9
SOUTH.
1911.
-
Oct.
27
E. G. Roche, labor and material .............
$4 69
Nov.
27
J. T. Molumphy, labor on well .. .:........
1 25
Dec.
15
H. H. Damon, labor and material :..........
5 79
15
J. T. Molumphy, labor on well ...............
1 50
1912.
i
Jan.,
9
E. G. Roche, labor and material .............
18' 80
9
N. A. Pelletier, labor and material ..........
30 75
9
H. H. Damon, labor .......................
2 56
April
1
H. H. Damon, labor and material ............
13 29
'17
The Porter & Dyson Co., clock ..............
4 00
Total ....................
$82 63
KENSINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
191E
Oct.. 4 The Housatonic Power Co. ................... $6 00
27 E. G. Roche, labor and material . ........... 29 53
1 4
3i
1911.
Nov.
8
The Housatonic Power Co . .................
3 10
27
G. K. Spring Co., repairs and motor ........
3 20
Dec.
1
The Housatonic Power Co. ......... .......
4 24 '
1912.
Jan.
3
The Housatonic Power Co. ..................
4 87
9
E. G. Roche, labor and material ............
21 42
9
A. H. Bergeron, labor ......................
8 75
Feb.
2
The Housatonic Power Co. ... ............
7 00
Mara
1
G. K. Spring. Co., labor on motor ....... ...
15 50
1
United Electric Co . ........................
8 92
11
W. W. Fagan, labor and material .. . . ..
11 38
23
E. G. Roche, labor and material ..... ... ..
13 28
April
1
United Electric Co . ........................
7 16
1
A. H. Bergeron, labor ......................
13 25
'
1
T. H. Brady, 1 gauge glass ...................
25
17
Edward Slater, valves, labor on boiler ......
6 00
.
17
F. T. McDonough ............................
7 43
May
1
United Electric . Light Co. ..................
4 96
6
F. Wentor, labor and material ..............
9 78
- -
24
F. T. McDonough, repairing on motor and
pump.......................... .... ..
12 00
24
F. T. McDonough, repairing on motor and
pump. ............................ .....
3 20
June
1.
United Electric Light Co . ..................
3 88
12
W. B. Hart, cleaning closets ................
4 00
1
July
2
United Electric Light Co. ..................
2 90
13
A. H. and E. W. Abbe ............. ..... ..
2 60
13
A. H. Bergeron, labor and material ........
1 65
Total ........... ..... ...... .........
$281 25
HUBBARD.
+� 1911.
Oct.
31
Edward Slater, labor and batteries .......... `
$3 50
1912.
Mar,
1
E. W. Bowers, labor and material ...........
26.07
April
1
F. Hubbard, labor and material ..............
3 95
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. 1912.
April 17 Edward Slater, labor and material ....... $5 00
May 24. R. A. Clark, bill of 1906 .................... 23 63
July 2 F. Hubbard, janitor supplies ................. 4 00
Total ................................... $66 15
1912.
June 12 F. M. Stevens, cleaning closets ....... $2 00
BLliE HILLS.
1911.
Oct. 27
E. G. Roche, labor and material .............
$104 35
Nov. 2
Mrs. S. Russenberger, cleaning ....... .......
2 00
17
N. A. Pelletier, labor and material ..........
69 69
Dec. 1
W. -N. Fanning, carting gravel ...............
4 00
1912.
Jana 9
E. G.. Roche, labor and material ..............
36 75
9
N. A. Pelletier ........ ,... . ............
9 25
Mar. 1
J. L. Hammett, blackboards ..... .... ...
25 .69
15
E. G. Roche, labor and material .............
18 00
Total ... .................... . .......
$269 73
LEDGE*
1911.
Nov. 27
J. W. Fagan, labor and material... .........
$1 50
POND.
1912.
Mar. 23
E. G. Roche, labor and material .........
$14 60
SELDEN.
1912.
June 12 F. M. Stevens, cleaning closets ....... $2 00
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SUMMARY.
Teachers achers ..............................................
$8, ►41 36
Janitors...............................................
1,42400
Text Books ...........................................
280 96
Supplies, School ......
456 25
Supplies, ....................
Suppli's, Office
-'15-7 48
Library ......... ......
157 22...........
Fuel..................................................
484 37
Freight and cartage .....................................
63 13
Telephone .............................................
46 70
Enumeration ...........................................
38 55
Repairs ................................................
1,008 45
Tuition High School ................... ................
3)4513. 50
Tuition, Southington .....................................
57 010
Transportation, High School ............................
25
1',
Transportation, Local ......................... ..........
510 10
Treasurer .......... * .....................................
100 00
Total ........................................ ...... -$17.1379
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RECEIPTS.
Received from Berlin Town Treasurer ........... .........
$18,000 00
Received from other sources ..............................
28 40
Balance from 1910-1911 ..................... I ...........
1487
Total ........................................ $18,043 20
EXPENDITURES.
Expenditures ...... .................................... 17,379 32
Balance ............. ............ $663 95
F. N. BACON, Treas.
We have this day examined the books and accounts of the Town.
School Committee and found them correct.
BRYAN H. ATWATER Auditors.
L. A. WESTCOTT,
Berlin September 18, 1912.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF
THE TOWN OF BERLIN, CONN.
ATTENDANCE.
Ninth Grade Our ninth grade this year graduated the
largest class Berlin has ever sent from its graded schools.' This
was due. to.giving ten pupils an opportunity to do eight years'
work in eight years. These ten were graduated with the'
ninth grade.
Although ten of the pupils were advanced one year faster
than the course of study outlined, the class enters high school
fifteen years of age. Sixty per cent. -of the class should' have
been high- school students last- year if conditions had 'been
business -like during their nine years of school.
Whit o year late'?—First: The attendance shows that pa-
rents do not care whether the pupils ' get through school at the
normal age. Second: The course of study is based on poor at-
tendance. Studies must be made slow for a community
where the children come to school -irregularly.' The Berlin
course of. study is based on the assumption of poor attend-
ance, and it is' slow.
Good Student Work Comparative figures show 'hat of ,the
pupils who do enter high school, twenty-five per cent. are
faster than the grade arrangement. There is a given amount
of: -grade work to do to enter high school. If a town has a
nine grade system this fast twenty-five per cent. saves a year
somewhere and does the work in eight years. If the town
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work in seven. But only a very exceptional child can "clear
the bars two years in nine.
If a town has a poor attendance, a slow nine grade course
is required to suit the majority of the pupils who are work-
ing only part time and irregularly. . This poor attendance on
the part of some is neighborhood business. A child who stays
out of school half a day a week holds back his class. His
classmates wait to -day while he learns what they learned yes-
terday-while
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Can we not get in Berlin attendance that permits the schools
to carry a course, of study?
,Vormal Age for Grades
Enter Grade I
6 years old
II
7 .years old
III
8 years old
IV
9 years old
V
Io years old
VI
II years old
VII
I2 years old
VIII
13 years old
Enter high school at
14 years old
College . at
18 years old
Professional school
22 years old
' BERLIN AGE RECORD JUNE, 1942.
Grade IX 13 yrs. 14 yrs. 15 yrs. 16 yrs. 17 yrs.
No. pupils, 30 7 5
10 5 3
REPAIRS.
Blue Hills - Tastefully painted outside, new neat flag pole,
outbuildings rebuilt, interior entirely renovated and furnished
with slate blackboards, Blue Hills building is one of the best
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equipped rural schools in the state. It is a bright spot by the
country roadside.
South School The room now in use in this building was
repainted, the walls tinted, and the broken plaster blackboards
replaced with slate. The interior of this building is now in
good repair.
Worthington School This summer an artesian well was
driven on the school grounds. The drills went down ninety-
eight feet through sixty _feet of blue trap rock to abundant
good water. The water rises to the sixty-eight foot level, and
is raised the remaining thirty. feet by force pump.
Kensington School Utilizing the stone posts and rails from
the West Lane school a fine, sturdy f ence has been placed
along the east side of the playground at Kensington at small
expense.
Beckley School Last year slate blackboards were placed in
the primary grade room. It is planned to give this attractive
school a playground equipment that will develop the values of
its extensive grounds.
ENUMERATION.
Each vear in October a census or enumeration is taken of
all the children in the town over three years of age and less
than sixteen. For each child so enumerated the state pays
the town $2.25 a year. This year the enumeration returned
771 children, -netting the town $1,734.75 state money.
The returns have been arranged in a table, and although
there is not space to discuss the table here, it is interesting
and may be found on the next page.
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LACK. OF MONEY.
Text-Books—The past two years, in an endeavor to put the
school appropriation. down as low as it would go, ,we have
pared the text -book, and. supply accounts .too closely. Books
needed. in one building have been borrowed from extras in
another. A new pupil entering the loaning school forced
new exchange. Meantime books wearing out have absorbed
this stray surplus. This year. the replenishing of. the stock
which should have been going on the past two years is upon
us and we cannot escape.
Maps ,Excepting the grammar room at Beckley there is no
case of maps in any school in town.- Case maps are necessary
to strong work in geography. Eight maps on rollers are con--
ta_ined- in a wooden case about fifteen inches high. This case
is fastened to the wall and during class time may be drawn
clown before pupils in a second and returned as easily. A
good teacher covers the entire set of countries in a fifteen
minute location drill.
PERCIVAL DISTRICT:
Petition Petitioners met with the school board , on two oc-
casions, and urged reopening: the Percival school..
First Because of the number of very small children living
nearby.
Second Because of the distance to the graded school a L -
Kensington.
The Percival is the first building that logicaljy would be
opened if the graded school should become too small to aceorn
l��odate the population.
rFhere are at present, in the graded school 30o pupils an, -I 380
seats.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, IgI2-IgI3.
TOWN OF BERLIN, CONN.
Fall term opens Tuesday after Labor day, September 3, 1912,
and closes the Friday before Christmas, December 20, 1912.
Winter term opens the Monday after Christmas, Decem-
ber 30, 1912, and closes the last Friday in !March, March 28,
19'.13•
Spring term opens April 7; closes June 30, 1913-
Holidays—Thanksgiving
913.Holidays Thanksgiving and day following, Nov. 28, 29.
Berlin Fair, Sept. 24 and Sept. 27 P. m.
Fast Day.
Memorial Day.
County and State Institutes.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
J. T. Molumphy, Pres., A. L. Woodruff, Sec.,
F. N. Bacon, Treas.', E. W. Dyer,
S. M. Cowles, E. G. Roche,
F. F. Hanford, W. W. -Fagan,
E. E. Honiss.
TEXT BOOKS.
Morton's Geography, Montgomery's History,
Southworth -Stone Arithmetic, Modern English,
Davidson's Physiology, Palmer -method,
Goff & Mayne's Agriculture, Farnam's Civics,
Brooks', Jones's, Cyr's Readers.
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1.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The booklet of rules and regulations guiding the town
schools as revised this summer by the school board contains
the portions quoted below which are of general interest.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
Regular meetings of the Town School Committee shall be
held on the second Monday of each month at the Town Hall,
at S :oo p. -m., and special meetings may be called by the Pres-
ident or Secretary at any time, and must be called by the Sec-
retary at the request of any three members.
SUPERINTENDENT.
The, Superintendent has office hours -at the Kensington
Grammar school the second and fourth Mondays of each
month from 3 to 4 P. m.
COMPLAINTS.
To facilitate fair and speedy treatment of complaints, the
Board outlines the following procedure:
First—Diff erences shall be placed f or settlement with parties
-first hand to causes i. e., parents, teacher, principal.
If this conference cannot arrange the differences satisfac-
torily, the case goes
Second To the ' superintendent of schools. If .not possible
of settlement in this second court, aggrieved parties may ap-
peal to the School- Board.
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REVERENCE AND. KINDLINESS.
It is earnestly recommended that the opening exercises con-
sist of reading a brief passage of Scripture by the teacher, f ol-
lowed by singing, and repeating the Lord's Prayer. Teachers
are cautioned to avoid religious discussions and arguments and
when children ask direct questions on the subject to refer such
questions to the parents.
SOLICITING.
Teachers shall not allow agents of any, description to give
or circulate any advertising notices in the schools, or to of-
fer any article for sale; nor shall teachers procure contribu-
tions for any object from their pupils, without written per-
mission from the Superintendent.
STORM SIGNAL.
Storm signal sounded at 8 a. m. signifies no school the morn-
ing session. Storm signal at II a. m. signifies no school the
afternoon session.
PUPILS.
I. All pupils must attend school regularly and seasonably,
or furnish a satisfactory reason for any deviation from the
same.
BEGINNERS.
2. Classes are made up the first week of the Fall term.,
September, and the first week of the Winter term, January.
Pupils over five and under seven years of age beginning
50.
school must enter the first week of the Septemberterm, or first
week of the January term.
Pupils over seven years of age Imay enter at -any time, but
it is -to the interest of the child to enter the first week in Sep-
tember or the first week in January, when classes are being
made up, that he or she may have an even start with classmates.
HARMFUL PUPILS.
Any pupil whose conduct is injurious to the best interests
of the school may be suspended by the principal, immediate
notice of such suspension, with reason therefor, being sent to
the parent or guardian and to the Superintendent of Schools.
HOLIDAYS.
The holidays shall be Thanksgiving Day and the day fol-
lowing, New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Fast Day,
Memorial Day, Christmas Day, County and State Institutes.
EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES.
Parents desiring to put their child to work in a factory must
appear in person before the principal of the school where
their child last attended and make written application for a
work certificate for the child.
Parents are. required to bring with them:
First 'A doctor's statement that the child is in good health.
Second—A statement from the future employer that he will
employ the child if certificate can be granted.
Third—A Town Clerk's certificate of the child's .birth. If
the child is not registered with the Town Clerk, a church rec-
ord, or the family Bible, or, in the case of children born in
another country, the passport. Original records required.
With these records before her the principal fills ' out a card
concerning the child, certifies that the child has sufficient edu-
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cation to satisf y the state's literacy requirement f or working
children, and sends all the forms to Hartford, fromwhence
a certificate is issued.
The state' agent does not no,w issue certificates.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Other states have always looked askance at the educational
rating of Connecticut. Her comparative standing on the na-
tional -tables has been low for a New England state.
Recently, however, our state has quickened in its Work, evi-
denced especially by the remarkable number of pupils who are
pleading for the benefits of high school instruction.
So immense is the demand that our high schools are no long-
er adequate.
Berlin, in common with other towns of the state, shows the
state-wide quickening. Every year an. increasing number of
pupils enter high school, and slight deterrents offered do . not
influence the impulse.
Berlin has this year sixty-three pupils in the various high
schools, apportioned as follows
Pupils Tuition Cost
New Britain High, 48 $80.00 $3,840.00
Meriden High, 2 80.00 16o.00
Middletown High,
13 80.00 I040.00
Total, 63 $5040 00
Transportation, 753.00.
Total Cost, $5Y793.00
Last year the total cost was $4,053.75•
The increased cost of high, school this year is $1,739.25•
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The State of Connecticut pays us $30 each for every pupil
we have in high school, and also pays half the transportation.
For our sixty-three pupils we shall. therefore receive from
the state $2,266.50, which reduces the high school expense to
the town to $3,526.50.
Respectfully submitted,
J. T. MOLUMPHY,
A: L. WOODRUFF,
E. N. BACON,
S. M. COWLES.,
E. W. DYER,
E. G. RoCHE.,
F. F. HANFORD.,
W. W.- FAGAN,
E. E. HONISS.
53
HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Berlin:
In accordance with the statutes, the report of the Health
Officer for the year ending August 31st, 1912, is hereby pre-
sented.
No epidemic of any kind has visited the town during. the
present year. There have been four cases of measles reported.
Ten cases of scarlet fever were reported from various sec-
tions of the town; there could be no communication of pa-
tients. All cases of scarlet fever, with one exception, were of
a mild type -and with no death.
Only four cases of diphtheria reported during the: year, and
no death. Antitoxin was furnished by the state in two in-
stances only.
In compliance with Chapter 161, Public Acts of _ 1911, the
State Board of Health has contracted for the free distribu-
tion of tetanus and diphtheria antitoxins. When a physician
is called to treat a case requiring the use of antitoxin, a proper
requisition paper is to be filled out. This requisition must
bear the name of the patient, the signature of the attending
physician and the endorsement of the local Health Officer.
This is then presented to the druggist who will deliver f rom
f resh stock such quantities of antitoxin as may be * therein
his q urn
the physician who
named. Clinical report blanks are f u P Y
is expected to make his report to the Secretary of the State
Board of Health.
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Four cases of tuberculosis have been reported. Three of
the four cases were reported by attending physicians_ of tuber-
culosis hospitals. There were three deaths. The law con-
cerning the reporting and care of tuberculosis has been
changed by the last legislature. Under the original act, it be
came the duty of the attending physician, owner, occupant or
person having charge of the premises to notify the local Health
Officer, but the law, as now .amended, places the responsibilit
of reporting solely upon the attending pY h sician. J' Y
DISINFECTION OF PREMISES.
"In case of the ,vacation of any apartment ors
remise
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death, by a person having tuberculosis, the physician signing
the death certificate, or in case of removal th
eref rom of any
such person, the attending` physician, if an if 'there Y, or e be s
none, the person having charge of such apartments or prem-
lses, shall, within twenty-four hours after such death or re-
moval, give notice to the Health Officer of the city, town or
borough wherein such apartments or premises are located, and
such apartments or premises so vacated shall not again be oc-
cupied until duly disinfected, cleansed or renovated as herein-
after provided."
Thirty-six samples of milk have been collected from the var-
ious milkmen during the summer and winter months and sent
to the state laboratory f or analysis. The supply is good, is
produced in our immediate vicinity and delivered in good con-
dition. . The reports returned show a continued improvement
in the quality of the milk, with one or two exceptions. In
only one instance has the milk been f ound to be watered. I
'wish, at this time, to gladly acknowledge the readiness and will-
ingness with which the dealers have responded tom requests
heart
for samples, and their o Y q
. Y co-operation in their efforts to
improve their milk supply.
Before the_ "beginning - of the school year each room
In every. schoolhouse in town was thoroughly disinfected
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with formaldehyde gas. All outhouses and closets were per-
sonally' inspected, f ound to be in good condition and, I think,
were never in better sanitary condition than at present. The
School Board fully appreciates the advantages of sanitary con-
ditions in and about the school buildings and grounds and the
great bearing it has upon the Health of school children and the
ultimate success of school work.
Concerning the use _ of the common drinking cup, this reg-
ulation was passed by the State Board of Health: "It shall be
unlawful on and after January i, 1912, to provide a common
drinking cup in, or upon the premises of, any public building,
hotel, restaurant, theatre, public hall, schoolhouse or store;
and in any public park, street, railroad station, railroad car
or steamboat."
Very few complaints of public nuisances have been received
this year, showing the readiness of the citizens of this town to
do their share in making a delightful place in which to live.
The Health Officer cannot know of all nuisances existing in
town, and hereby takes this opportunity of asking all citizens
-for their co-operation in this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. P. DUNHAM, M. D.,
Health Officer.