The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-11
CHESHIRE,S ANNUAL REPORT

Of Selecimen and Treasurer Together With
 Other Town Otiicers-A High School Lot
 Purchased With the Hotchkiss Fund
 Two Hundred and SeVenty-seven TrampS
 Sheltered During the Year.
 The annual report of the selectmen
 and treasurer of the town of Cheshire
 together with reports of the school vis-
 itors, burial ground trustees and health
 officer, for the year ending September
 15, 1895, has been recently issued, The
 selectmens report gives the various
 itemzed amounts paid out during the
 year, the total expenses of the year be-
 ing $12,452.S7. The cash in the hands of the treasurer is $26S16. By the treas
 urer's report the total amount of cash
 paid out by him is SIP, ,36O.7S, The re- port of the burial ground trustees shows
 the receipts to have been $544,7S and ex-
 penditures $132. 31, leaving a balance on
 hand of $412.47. In the permanent fund
 there are town orders to the amount of
 $500.
 The report of the board of health
 states that during the spring whooping
 cough was quite prevalent, although
 both parents and teachers of schools
 showed 8 willingness to be guided by
 the laws established for the restriction of those suffering from contagious dis eases. But one death is known to have directly resulted from this disease. It is a matter of reorganization that such precautions were taken that no primary
 case was followed by a secondary one,
 The health officer would again call the
 attention of citizens to the neglected
 but important subject of vaccination.
 Many of our children and young people,
 if exposed, would readily become vic
 tims of the smallpox. It would seem
 proper that some suitable building
 should be provided for the reception of
 cases of severe contagious diseases. The report of the trustees of the Phil oca Hotchkiss fund of $1000, given to the selectmen of the town for the pur- pose of purchasing site upon which to erect high school building, states that the trustees in January, 1895, after care ful cOnsiderati ton, found suitable site for a high school building. situated on Bunnell street. west of the M. F. church 200 feet front and 266 feet deep; the lot is centrally located and near Main street This land has been bought and
 the price, s1,oOO, paid for it.'AThe inter- est received and rent of the lot in the town treasurer's hands is $72,35. There is a balance of SIP 35 in the bank for the high school fund.
 Acting school visitors report shows that if the smaller schools are closed, as has been proposed the question of transporting the children to a school in another district arises, and if the town takes the course of providing con veyances the expense will be nearly as much as the cost of maintaining the schools.
 Another problem before the town is the question of accommodations for the high school. If the number of scholars increase the next year IS they have the present the present accommodations will not be sufficient, and larger buf1d- l ing or more rooms will be needed. The | number of scholars after the very large class of 1897 has graduated will proba- | bly, not be much more than at pres | ent.
 The first year of the high school has 1 been successful one, and 1t has been | we'll patronized. having thrty-eight | scholars The board has decided on l having a three years course.
 The total expenses of the school dur | ing the past year has been s4,950.56 and | the estimated expense for the coming | year is $4,700. The estimated receipts | for school purposes is S99OO, and the 1 board recommends the appropriation l of this amount for the support of the l schools during the ensuing year. | The report also contains an inventory 1 list of highway and personal property on the town farm, amounting to $2.361- A. An interesting fact mentioned in the report is that 277 tramps have been | furnished a nights lodging during the l year