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The expenses have been $5,399.83. Leaving a bal- ance in the treasury of $2,224.06. Of the $5,399.83, the sum of $4,102.31 has been spent for books.
The salary paid the Assistant Librarian is $600. A second assistant has been employed a portion of the time for several months past, and the largely increasing work of the Library will soon render it necessary to make the situation a permanent one.
As a proof of the increase of the Librarian's labors, we append a statement of the number of books taken out and returned for the several months, since the Library was opened.
May,
1,700
June,
2,000
July,
2,087
August,
2,075
September,
2,059
October,
2,392
November,
.
2,714
December,
3,020
January,
3,438
February,
3,208
In February there were four days less in which books could .be taken out than in the month previous.
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On the last day of February, 320 volumes were given out, which is the largest number delivered on any day since the opening of the Library.
The number of book-takers now registered, is 2,220.
It is earnestly desired to have another room as soon as practicable, where those who wish, may have the op- portunity of reading the best periodical literature, and of consulting works, which from their large size or great value, are properly reserved as books of reference.
The Trustees desire here to acknowledge the generous co-operation of the City Government, and of the citizens generally, in this important educational work. They have endeavored to make the Public Library a fountain of choice reading, open freely to all classes of the com- munity, and they commend it as such, to the continued kindness and patronage of their fellow-citizens, trusting that it will contribute largely to their enjoyment, and pro- mote general intelligence and morality.
JOHN P. MARSHALL, AUSTIN BELKNAP, WM. H. FURBER, QUINCY A. VINAL, CHAS. G. POPE,
CHAS. H. GUILD,
CHAS. LOWE, SAM'L A. CARLTON,
Board of Trustees.
SOMERVILLE, MARCH 3, 1874.
REPORT
OF
COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
Your Committee report that the whole length of Sew- ers completed this season is 13,514 feet, something over 2₺ miles, at a total cost of $40,995 .- 54 dollars.
We present herewith a schedule, showing at a glance the location, size and length, of each Sewer built under the City Government.
Sewers built in Somerville during the year 1873.
LENGTHS AND DIAMETERS.
STREET.
6 feet.
7 feet.
30 × 24
2S
2.4
24 × 20
20
18
15 Pipe.
Dirt Catchers.
LINCOLN .
103
WASHINGTON
126
CONCORD AVENUE
276
SPRINGFIELD
775
1
BROADWAY .
2404
1
MARSHALL
63
PEARL . .
135
50
1
MEDFORD
618 1278
SUMMER
797
1
CEDAR .
882
497
2
SUMMER
223
SYCAMORE
1173
SCHOOL
531
1
WEBSTER .
539
THURSTON
717
WARREN AVENUE .
714
328
MILK
21 1219
4
SOUTH .
45
21 1219
198
668 3682 882 5191 1608
45
11
1
1
Making a total of 13,514 feet of Sewer in 1873, some- thing over 2} miles. Of this length, 13,469 feet was constructed of brick, and 45 feet of cement pipe.
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The following table shows the location, length, and size of each Sewer built in the year 1872, at a cost of $29,119. 5 9 dollars.
Sewers built in Somerville during the year 1872.
LENGTHS AND DIAMETERS.
STREETS.
30 × 45
30 × 45
plank.
24 × 36
20 × 30
19 × 26
18 × 24
16 × 21
18
15
15 cement.
12 cement.
9 cement.
Man hole.
PROSPECT
1801
3
WASHINGTON
4843
403
130
2
BONAIR
1465
MT. BENEDICT
511
SCHOOL
900
SCHOOL CITY HALL
76
116
SOUTH
338
WAVERLEY.
207 1562
4
WASHINGTON
1306
FRANKLIN
657%
BOW
5091
MYRTLE
849
PEARL
493
FRANKLIN AVE. ..
5016
NEW FLORENCE ..
500
WALNUT.
462
MOSSLAND
259
PROSPECT
310
CONCORD AVE.
750
MT. VERNON
219
1513 1562
493 6572
600 180}
219 870%
462
750 5898 339
116
130
107
12
Making a total of 12,491 .- 35 feet of Sewer in 1872, equal to nearly 23 miles. Of this length 11,759 .- 3.5 feet was constructed of brick, 575 feet of cement pipe, and 1562 feet of timber.
JACOB T. GLINES, CLARKE BENNETT,
PERSON DAVIS,
Committee on Sewers.
1
600
2
12
24
20
REPORT OF CITY CLERK.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
MARRIAGES.
Number of intentions issued in 1873, 210
More than last year,
54
Marriages Registered, 169
NATIONALITY OF THOSE REGISTERED.
Both parties American,
97
66 Foreign,
54
American Groom and Foreign Bride,
6
Foreign 66 66 American "
12
First marriage of
295
Second 66 66
42
Third 66
1
Number of persons,
338
Number of couples,
169
Oldest person married,
Aged 67 66
Youngest " 6:
15
BIRTHS.
Whole number of births registered in 1873 was 723
Less than last year,
59
Number of Males, 369
" Females,
354
Born of American parents,
254
6 " Foreign
402
American Male and Foreign Female,
30
Foreign American " 37
136 -
DEATHS.
Whole number of Deaths for the year 1873,
425
More than last year,
25
Oldest person Decceased,
Aged 96
Under 10 years of age,
214
Males 109
Females 105
Between 10 years and 20,
22
66
10
66
12
66
20
30,
41
15
66
26
66
30
40,
36
11
66
25
66
40
50,
23
66
12
66
11
66
50
60,
27
66
16
66
11
66
60
70,
24
66
11
13
66
70
66
80,
30
66
11
66
19
80
90,
6
66
4
2
65
90
66
100,
2
66
1
66
1
425
200
225
THE PLACES OF THEIR NATIVITY.
Born in Somerville,
181
Other places in the United States,
149
Foreign,
93
Unknown,
2
·
CHARLES E. GILMAN, City Clerk.
LIST
OF
CITY OFFICERS
FOR 1873.
MAYOR. GEORGE O. BRASTOW. SUMMER STREET. (Office City Hall.)
ALDERMEN. Ward 1.
WILLIAM H. FURBER
Mt. Vernon street.
EZRA D. CONANT
Pearl street.
Ward 2.
CLARK BENNETT
.
Prospect street.
NATHAN TUFTS, JR.
·
Summer street.
Ward 3.
JACOB T. GLINES
Broadway.
AUSTIN BELKNAP
.
Central street.
Ward 4.
PERSON DAVIS
·
Elm street.
CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES .
Summer street.
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COMMON COUNCIL. CHARLES G. POPE, President.
Ward 1.
EDWARD A. CURTIS
CROMWELL G. ROWELL
JOHN VIALL
CHARLES G. POPE
Lincoln street.
Ward 2.
OWEN S. KNAPP
School street.
GEORGE S. ROLLINS
Garden street.
JOHN T. BOLTON
Highland Avenue.
GEORGE A. MAYNARD
Highland Avenue.
Ward 3.
STEPHEN W. FULLER
Walnut street.
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS
Adams street.
HENRY F. WOODS
Foster street
WALTER S. BARNES
. Vernon street.
Ward 4.
THOMAS H. LORD
Chestnut Court.
WESLEY C. CRANE
Summer street.
JOHN H. BROOKHOUSE
. Willow Avenue.
GEORGE A. PRATT
. Summer street.
CITY CLERK.
CHARLES E. GILMAN
·
Walnut street.
(Office, City Hall.)
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
AARON SARGENT
Broadway
(Office, City Hall.)
Mt. Vernon street Pearl street.
Webster street.
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CITY AUDITOR.
CHARLES E. GILMAN
Walnut street (Office, City Hall.)
CITY SOLICITOR.
SELWYN L. BOWMAN
Broadway.
CITY ENGINEER.
LORING R. HORNE.
Residence, Chelsea. (Office, City Hall.)
CITY PHYSICIAN.
WILLIAM W. Dow
School St. and Union Sq.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
SOLOMON DAVIS
Cross street.
CITY MESSENGER.
JAIRUS MANN
Boards at Hotel Warren.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
MELVILLE C. PARKHURST
Milk street. (Office at Police Station.)
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
FRANKLIN HENDERSON
Central street.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JAMES R. HOPKINS
Wigglesworth street.
WATER BOARD.
CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES Chairman, Summer street.
ROBERT A. VINAL, Clerk, Walnut street.
CUTLER DOWNER
Central street.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM Oak street.
HORACE HASKINS . Franklin street.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
GEORGE O. BRASTOW, (Mayor,)
Summer street
Chairman, ex officio,
(Office, City Hall.)
CHARLES G. POPE
Lincoln street.
(President of the Common Council,) ex officio.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM Oak street.
ANSEL LEWIS
Webster street.
HORACE CHAPIN
Beach street.
ASSESSORS.
JOHN C. MAGOUN
Broadway.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM
.
Oak street.
S. M. SMITH
Flint street.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ward 1.
H. M. MOORE
Myrtle street.
S. HANSCOM
S. S. WOODCOCK
Pearl street.
Ward 2.
G. W. DURELL
Summer street.
O. S. KNAPP
School street.
EDWIN MILLS
Dane street.
Ward 3.
S. M. PENNOCK
.
Sycamore street.
HENRY N. SPENCER
.
Sycamore street.
REUBEN WILLIS Broadway.
Ward 4.
BENJAMIN G. BROWN
Professors' Row.
HORACE CHAPIN
Beach street.
R. H. CONWELL
Curtis street.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
JOSHUA H. DAVIS
Myrtle street.
Perkins street.
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1873.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
On Finance. - Mayor, Aldermen Bennett, Furber, President of the Council, Councilmen Rowell, Knapp, Woods, and Brook- house.
Accounts. - Aldermen Davis and Glines, Councilmen May- nard, Crane and Viall.
Public Property. - Aldermen Furber and Tufts, Councilmen Brookhouse, Curtis and Hodgkins.
Water. - Aldermen Conant and Davis, President of Council, Councilmen Knapp and Fuller.
State Aid and Soldiers' Relief. - Aldermen Furber and Ben- nett, Councilmen Hodgkins, Knapp and Rowell.
Fuel and Street Lights. - Aldermen Tufts and Conant, Councilmen Lord, Woods and Curtis.
Fire Department. - Aldermen Belknap and Rymes, Council- men Curtis, Barnes and Rollins.
Highways. - Aldermen Rymes and Tufts, Councilmen Viall, Maynard and Fuller.
Printing. - Alderman Furber, Councilmen Rollins and Hodgkins.
Burial Grounds. - Aldermen Davis and Glines, Councilmen Woods, Bolton and Pratt.
Ordinances. - Aldermen Bennett and Fuller, Councilmen Fuller, Rowell and Lord.
Claims. - Mayor, Alderman Conant, President of the Coun- cil, Councilmen Maynard and Lord.
Health. - Aldermen Belknap and Conant, Councilmen Crane, Barnes and Bolton.
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COMMITTEES OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Police. - Mayor, Aldermen Belknap and Tufts.
Election and Returns. - Aldermen Bennett and Glines.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. - Aldermen Furber and Davis.
Drains and Sewers. - Aldermen Glines, Davis and Bennett.
Licenses. - Aldermen Conant and Glines.
COMMITTEES OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Elections and Returns. - Councilmen Bolton, Barnes and Pratt.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. - Councilmen Crane, Rollins and Viall.
LIST
OF
CITY OFFICERS
FOR 1874.
MAYOR. WILLIAM H. FURBER. MOUNT VERNON STREET. (Office City Hall.)
ALDERMEN. Ward 1.
E. A. CURTIS
Mount Vernon street.
C. G. ROWELL
Pearl street.
Ward 2.
CLARK BENNETT R. L. SPEAR,
Prospect street.
Berkeley street.
Ward 3.
S. W. FULLER,
Walnut street.
GEORGE H. DICKERMAN,
·
Central
Ward 4.
THOMAS H. LORD, . Chestnut Court.
FRANKLIN N. POOR, . . Chester street.
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COMMON COUNCIL. WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, President.
Ward 1.
BYRON ROBERTS
Franklin street.
H. R. BISHOP
. Broadway.
RICHARD E. NICKERSON
Pearl street.
MARK LEIGHTON.
Benedict Avenue.
Ward 2.
I. M. BENNETT
Homer Place.
E. L. HASKELL
.
Milk street.
D. A. SANBORN, JR. ·
Prospect street.
E. M. JACKMAN
Summit Avenue.
Ward 3.
WM. H. HODGKINS
STEWART FRENCH
B. P. LOVEJOY
Marshall street
S. M. PENNOCK
Sycamore street.
Ward 4.
JOHN H. BROOKHOUSE
J. B. DAVID
JOHN J. BROWN
Chestnut Court.
WM. BLANCHARD
Dover street.
CHARLES E. GILMAN
CITY CLERK.
.
Walnut street.
(Office City Hall.)
TREASURER AND COLLECT- ? OF TAXES. AARON SARGENT .
.
Broadway.
(Office City Hall.)
CITY AUDITOR.
CHARLES E. GILMAN
Walnut street.
(Office City Hall.)
Adams street.
.
Chester street.
Willow Avenue.
Belmont street.
145 CITY SOLICITOR. CHARLES ROBINSON, JR. .
House at Newton.
CITY ENGINEER.
CHARLES D. ELLIOT
Thorpe Avenue.
(Office City Hall.)
CITY PHYSICIAN.
HORACE CHAPIN
House Beach street.
(Office Union Square.)
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL. SOLOMON DAVIS
Cross Street.
CITY MESSENGER.
JAIRUS MANN. Boards at Warren Hotel, Union Square.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
MELVILLE C. PARKHURST Milk street. (Office Police Station.)
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. FRANKLIN HENDERSON Central street.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. JAMES R. HOPKINS Wigglesworth street.
WATER BOARD.
CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES, President. Summer street.
ROBERT A. VINAL, Clerk. Walnut street.
CUTLER DOWNER
Central street.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM . Oak street.
HORACE HASKINS
Franklin street.
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OVERSEERS OF POOR.
WM. H. FURBER, (Mayor)
Chairman, ex officio,
Mt. Vernon street. (Office City Hall. )
WM. H. HODGKINS
Adams street.
(President of the Common Council,) ex officio.
ANSEL LEWIS
Webster street.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM
Oak street.
HORACE CHAPIN
Beach street.
(Office of Overseers of Poor, Union Square.)
ASSESSORS.
JOHN C. MAGOUN
Broadway.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM
Oak street.
(Office City
Hall.)
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WM. H. FURBER, ( Mayor)
Chairman, ex officio.
Mt. Vernon street.
(Office City Hall.)
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS Adams street.
(President of the Common Council,) ex officio.
Ward 1.
SANFORD HANSCOM
S. S. WOODCOCK
HENRY M. MOORE
Perkins street.
Pearl street.
Myrtle street.
GEORGE W. DURELL
CHARLES D. LOWE
DANIEL E. CHASE
Ward 2.
Summer street.
Summer street.
Park street.
Ward 3.
HENRY F. SPENCER
REUBEN WILLIS .
JAMES E. WHITNEY
.
Sycamore street.
Broadway.
JOHN C. TENNEY .
Canal street.
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Ward 4.
HORACE CHAPIN
Beach street.
CHARLES F. KING .
BENJAMIN G. BROWN
Professors' Row.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Accounts. - Aldermen Davis and Spear, Councilmen Bishop, Bennett and David.
Burial Grounds. - Aldermen Rowell and Lord, Councilmen Laighton, Brookhouse and Lovejoy.
Claims. - The Mayor, and Alderman Rowell, the President of the Council, and Councilmen Brown and Laighton.
Finance. - The Mayor, Aldermen Bennett and Rowell, the President of the Council, Councilmen Brookhouse, Pennock, Sanborn and Roberts.
Fuel and Street Lights. - Aldermen Lord and Dickerman, Councilmen Lovejoy, Bishop and Sanborn.
Fire Department. - Aldermen Lord and Curtis, Councilmen Nickerson, French and David.
Highways. - Aldermen Fuller and Poor, Councilmen Brook- house, Laighton and Sanborn.
Health. - Aldermen Fuller and Spear, Councilmen Roberts, Haskell and Brown.
Ordinances. - Aldermen Rowell and Fuller, Councilmen Pennock, Blanchard and Bennett.
Public Property. - Aldermen Curtis and Spear, Councilmen Brown, Lovejoy and Nickerson.
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Printing. - Alderman Spear, Councilmen Bennett and Rob- erts.
State Aid and Soldiers' Relief. - Aldermen Rowell and Ben- nett, Councilmen David, Nickerson and French.
Water. - Aldermen Curtis and Dickerman, President of the Council and Councilmen Jackman and Blanchard.
COMMITTEES OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Drains and Sewers. - Aldermen Bennett, Poor and Dicker- man.
Elections and Returns. - Aldermen Dickerman and Lord.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. - Aldermen Lord and Fuller.
Licenses. - Aldermen Bennett and Poor.
Police. - The Mayor, Aldermen Fuller and Curtis.
COMMITTEES OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Elections and Returns. - Councilmen Haskell, Pennock and Bishop.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. - Councilmen Blanch- ard, French and Jackman.
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