The old Winthrop School House, on East street, contains twelve rooms, only four of which are occupied for Primary Schools.

The Expenses of the Grammar Schools, for Repairs, Supplies and Fuel, are as follows, viz:

The new Grammar School House, situ

ated on B and 3d streets, was commenced in 1855, and was finished and occupied in August, 1856.

The building cost

The land cost

$47,242 00

12,356 00

$59,598 00

A contract was entered into, by which this building is to be warmed by a steam apparatus. If this method does not prove sufficient to heat the building, to the satisfaction of the Committee on Public Buildings, after two months fair trial, the contractors, by agreement, are to remove the same, without any cost to the City.

The new Grammar School House on

Springfield street, was commenced in 1855, and finished October, 1856, at a cost of

The land on which the building is erected belonged to the City.

The new Grammar School House on Summer street, was commenced in 1854; the site for this building was changed in 1855, and the house was

$45,000 00

finished in 1856, at a cost of

Cost of land,

$57,489 00

8,900 00

$66,389 00

A contract was also entered into to heat this building

by steam, as in the case of the South Boston School

House; the Committee on Public Buildings for the year 1855, being of the opinion that if the steam apparatus could warm these buildings, it would produce a more beneficial heat than could be obtained by any other process. It was an experiment, and up to this time, so far as the Summer street School House is concerned, this method of heating has not answered the expectations of the contractors, but has entirely failed to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended. The contractors are now putting in additional works; and should these prove insufficient, the whole apparatus is to be taken away, and the City is secure from any liability therefor.

The Phillips School House has been altered and repaired, for the better accommodation of scholars, at a cost of

$2,430 00

A new building has been erected on
Summer street, East Boston, for an En-
gine House, at a cost of

The basement of the Court House has
been arranged with cells, which are
used by the Police Department.
The cost of building the same was

The cost of the furniture was

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$3,000 00

2,800 00 560 00

$3,360 00

A commencement was made to alter quite extensively, the Police Station, No. 5, but the proceedings were suspended by order of the City Council.

There are now 408 cells in the building
on Deer Island, none of which are
occupied. These cells were commenced
in 1855, and finished in 1856, at a
cost of
A building to be used as a workshop, has
been erected in the yard to the House
of Correction, at South Boston, at a
cost of

$42,000 00

3,316 00

PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF THE COUNTY.

Expenses for Repairs, Supplies and Fuel.

Court House,

$5,712 76

Registry of Deeds and Probate Office,
House of Reception,

600 68 14 60

$6,328 04