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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DISTRICTS.
We have continued the comparison, by districts, of the number of deaths, the prevalence of the principal causes of death, the prevalence of dangerous diseases, and the number of nuisances abated.
The ten health districts are indicated on the accompanying map, which also shows the locations of sewers constructed prior to January 1, 1879, and the locations of the several cases reported and of fatal cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in 1883.
The soil and elevation of the different districts are as follows : -
SOIL. - In Districts I., II., III., V., VI., VII., VIII. and X., and a part of IX., the soil is chiefly clay or clayey gravel, with considerable ledge in Districts VII. and VIII. ; and in District IV. and the remainder of District IX. it is sandy.
ELEVATION. - In Districts I., III. and IV. and that part of District VIII. which borders on Mystic River the elevation is low, and in the remainder of the city it is generally high, ranging in parts of Districts II., V., VI., VII., VIII. and X., from 90 to 145 feet above mean low tide.
The four following tables show -
First. - The area, the estimated population, number of dwell- ings and people to each dwelling in the several districts in the year 1883, and the number of deaths in each district for the last ten years (exclusive of deaths at the McLean Insane Asylum), with the rate per thousand of population.
Second .- The five principal causes of death in Somerville in 1883, with the number of deaths from each and the rate per thousand of population, in each district.
Third .- The number of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria and typhoid fever reported and the number of deaths from each of these diseases in each district in 1883, and the number of cases and number of deaths per thousand of population.
Fourth .- The number of nuisances abated in each district in 1883.
MAP OF ...
SOMERVILLE,
1883. SCALE.
Showing Locations of Diseases Dangerous to the Public Health, for the year 1883
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Boundaries of Health Dists.
REPORTED CASES, 1883.
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TABLE OF DEATHS IN EACH DISTRICT DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS, EXCLUSIVE OF DEATHS IN THE MCLEAN ASYLUM.
Districts .
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I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
Ent. City.
Area . .
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337 A.
107 A.
93 A.
171 A.
361 A.
285 A.
194 A.
482 A.
174 A.
456 A.
2,660 A.
Population . . .
5,222
5,096
1,975
3,504
5,479
1,210
2,993
S91
1,592
701
28,663
Dwellings . . .
775
721
303
531
S65
270
473
170
290
145
4,543
Average in each dwelling . . .
6.7
7.1
6.5
6.6
6.3
4.5
6.3
5.2
5.5
4.8
6.3
Year.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
Deaths.
per 1,000.
No. of
Rate
Deaths.
per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
Deaths.
Rate
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
No. of
Rate
per 1,000.
1874 .
147
37
53
14
24
16
86
33
67
16
37
26
17
18
15
3
S
475
22
1875 .
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149
37
84
22
26
17
56
21
75
18
29
32
32
14
18
19
15
12
7
15
486
22
1876 .
113
30
62
17
17
12
62
24
78
20
23
26
25
12
11
17
25
10
20
426
21
1877 .
126
32
57
15
18
12
57
22
61
15
31
34
29
13
12
18
32
27
10
428
20
1878 .
92
22
50
12
32
21
53
19
53
12
24
25
32
14
15
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17
14
7
Co
375
17
1879
92
21
50
12
29
18
62
22
77
17
14
14
22
9
14
19
16
12
9
16
385
16
1880 .
104
23
56
13
3-4
20
55
18
70
15
30
28
32
12
19
24
12
10
11
18
423
17
1881 .
111
23
64
14
41
48
15
62
12
36
32
38
14
18
22
19
13
8
12
445
17
1882
119
24
57
12
42
22
58
17
72
14
32
27
43
15
11
13
17
13
19
464
17
1883 .
138
26
59
12
49
25
60
17
76
14
40
51
17
17
19
28
18
9
13
527
18
10 years .
1,191|
27
592
14
312
19
597
20
691
15
293
29
330
13
147
20
199
15
82
14
4,434
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
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In 1883.
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No. of
Rate
Deaths.
per 1,000.
No. of
Rate
Rate
Rate
No. of
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per 1,000.
Deathe.
Rate
per 1,000.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN SOMERVILLE IN 1883 WITH THE NUMBER AND RATE IN EACH DISTRICT.
CONSUMPTION.
PNEUMONIA.
DIPHTHERIA.
CHOLERA INFANTUM.
HEART DISEASE.
DISTRICTS.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
1,000 of pop.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
1,000 of pop.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
1,000 of pop.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
No. of
No. per
1,000 of pop.
1
23
4.40
15
2.87
3
0.57
14
2.68
2
0.38
II .
13
2.55
5
0.98
5
0.98
1
0.20
3
0.59
III
9
4.56
2
1.01
3
1.52
2
1.01
1.52
IV .
10
2.85
9
2.56
1
0.29
3
0.86
4
1.14
V.
5
0.91
2
0.37
8
1.46
2
0.37
6
1.10
VI.
3
2.48
2
1.65
2
1.65
4
3.31
2
1.65
VII .
7
2.34
3
1.00
or
1.67
VIII .
4
4.50
1
1.12
IX .
6
3.77
3
1.88
4
2.51
1
0.63
1
0.63
X. .
1
1.43
1
1.43
Total .
81
2.83
42
1.47
31
1.08
27
0.94
25
0.87
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TABLE OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1883.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DISTRICT.
Cases
reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
I. .
10
12
1.91
0.38
17
3
3.25
0.57
26
Or
4.98
0.96
II .
18
3.53
0.20
22
5
4.32
0.98
5
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·
0.98
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JII . .
6
·
3.04
13
3
6.58
1.52
2
.
2
1.71
0.57
V. .
01
.
2.74
42
S
7.67
1.46
9
4
1.64
0.73
VI. .
16
1
13.22
0.83
8
2
6.61
1.65
4
1
3.31
0.83
VII . .
11
2
3.68
0.67
16
or
5.31
1.67
1
0.33
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VIII . .
3
3.37
7
7.86
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IX . .
4
2.51
10
4
6.28
2.51
1
1
0.63
0.63
X.
2.85
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Total .
84.
6
2.93
0.21
156
31
5.44
1.08
54
13
1.88
10.45
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IV . .
1
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0.29
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19
1
5.42
0.29
6
1.01
1.00
3
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Cases
Cases
1,000 of pop.
Deaths. .
2
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
NUISANCES ABATED IN EACHI DISTRICT IN 1883. -
District.
I.
II.
III. IV.
VI. VII. VIII IX.
X.
Total.
Population
5222 5096 1975 3504 5479 1210 2993
891 1592
701 28,663
Ashes in cellar
1
3
Cellar damp
6
3
?
1
3
1
1
1
33
Cesspool defective
66
offensive
1
1
1
3
1
3
10
66
under house
1
1
2
Connections of drainage pipes defective.
21 28
11
7
17
2
5
1
2
1
72
6.
emptying in cellar.
6
6
4
1
?
2
1
1
31
66
emptying on surface
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
defective
10
2
1
5
6
2
1
34 7
Manure exposed and offensive.
7
1
2
5
1
1
3
1
21
No house-drainage facilities ... Offal in cellar
1
1
1
66
on land
17
4
1
1
2
1
1
37
Offensive odor in dwellings
and about
2
?
?
1
?
1
4
1
15
Opening in drain-pipe in cellar
1
1
3
1
2
8
Premises filthy.
10
1
1
3
17
Privy filthy .
2
1
1
49
11
1
13
S
12
1
1
99
66
leaking
1
1
1
1
?
4
36
28
6
27
18
1-
1
2
140
Slaughter-house offensive
1
1
Slops thrown on surface.
10
1
3
1
1
19
Soil-pipe clogged.
1
1
not ventilated.
3
2
1
1
9
Stable and stable-premises filthy and offensive .. .
1
?
2
1
1
3
6
5
3
1
1
26
on surface.
1
8
3
1
1
14
Waste-pipe clogged.
1
1
2
2
1
3
66
not trapped.
22
17
24
36
S
18
5
1
186
Water-closet defective
1
1
1
1
5
3
1
13
66
insufficiently sup- plied with water
2
1
2
2
14
66
not supplied with water
1
1
2
4
3
3
2
8
3
1
24
not trapped.
1
1
2
1
1
10
2
1
1
1
1
16
308
123
72
115
176
72
14
37
9
1004
1
1
10
2
2
37
Drain-pipe clogged
Hens kept in cellar.
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
70
Drainage defective .
11
3
19
?
1
1
4
overflowing.
2
3
1
1
4
Privy-vault full.
not properly structed.
con-
:
8
Stagnant water in house-cellar. 66
defective
leaking
1
1
offensive
Well-water unfit for use.
Wooden waste-pipes and drains
.4
offensive.
1
2
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND EXPENDITURES THEREFROM, 1883.
$3,000 00
APPROPRIATION,
RECEIPTS : -
For fees for permits to keep swine and goats and to collect grease,
$292 00
Ashes sold,
80 38
372 38
Total credit,
$3,372 38
EXPENDITURES : -
For Inspector's salary,
$500 00
Collecting ashes,
2,416 94
Collecting offal,
292 17
Fumigating,
322 66
Oil of peppermint,
11 20
Vaccine virus,
19 00
Burying dead animals,
10 50
Books, stationery, printing, adver.
tising and postage,
137 50
Thermometers and an anemometer,
39 00
Abating nuisances,
18 38
Hack hire,
37 00
Post-office box,
3 00
Meals,
5 00
Expressing, etc.
1 25
Care of a typhus fever patient,
whose settlement was in Boston
and to which city a bill has
been rendered,
345 67
Total debit,
4,159 27
Excess of expenditures,
$786 89
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GEORGE A. KIMBALL, C. E. GEO. C. SKILTON. THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D.
INDEX
TO THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
PAGE
Ashes
190
Dangerous Diseases .
196
Death Rate, 1883 (at end of mortality table) 195
Deaths .
194
Diphtheria
196
Districts
202
Expenses
206
Goats
189
Grease
189
House Offal
190
Map .
206
Membership
187
Night Soil
191
Nuisances
187
Organization 187
Permits
18
196 Scarlet Fever
School Buildings 191
Sewers 191
189
Typhoid Fever
196
TABLES.
Diphtheria in 1883, Inspector's Report 201a
Mortality in Somerville, 1883
194
Rates of, in Districts, 1874 to 1883 . 203
Nuisances Abated, 1883 . 188
in Districts, 1883 205
Principal Causes of Death, in Districts, 1883 .
204
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever, 1883
201
66
Deaths, 1877 to 1883, 201
66
in Districts, 1883 . . 204
Swine
REPORT
OF THE
CITY PHYSICIAN.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, January 17, 1884.
Referred to the Committee on printing, to be printed with the Annual Reports for 1883. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 17, 1884.
DOUGLAS FRAZER, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council :-
GENTLEMEN : - I respectfully present my second annual report as City Physician.
This report, is, of necessity, an imperfect one, as I was pros- trated by sickness for two months during the busiest season of the year, and have been compelled to rely upon the other physicians for a report of the work done during this time.
I wish here, publicly, to thank my brother physicians for their kindness, both to me and to the city patients, during my sick- ness.
I have made, during the year, 2,541 visits : of these, 350 were surgical ; 52 visits were made to persons at the police station. I have, in accordance with the law, viewed the bodies, and given certificates of the probable cause of death (making a post-mor- tem examination in two cases), of 16 persons who died unattended by a physician. I have examined 10 persons, supposed to be in- sane, and have given certificates in six cases. I have vaccinated 302 persons at my office and elsewhere. Seventy-one persons had teeth extracted at my office.
In compliance with the city ordinances, I have examined 4 applicants for the police force. I have, with the other gentlemen of the Board of Health, spent a great deal of time in the exami- nation of the several school-houses in the city.
In closing this report, I desire to repeat my wish, expressed in the last annual report, that an almshouse, with suitable accom-
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modations for sick paupers, be provided. Every day of my prac- tice strengthens my belief that this is the only way of properly caring for these unfortunate people.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D. City Physician.
SOMERVILLE, January 16, 1884.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES. OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Feb 27, 1SS4.
Referred to the Committee on printing, to be printed with the Annual Reports for 1SS3. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 28, 1884.
DOUGLAS FRAZER, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To the Members of the City Council :-
GENTLEMEN : - The librarian's annual statement, hereto ap- pended, shows a gratifying increase in the circulation and wise use of our books. It is evident that many of the teachers of our public schools, are coming to direct their pupils to valuable works of reference not only, but to profitable books for general informa- tion and literary culture. The trustees feel that such action is to be commended, as helping to give the library its rightful place and use among the free educational agencies, which the city does well to provide and foster. The book committee keep in mind in their purchases, this function of the library, and are grateful to all parents or teachers who will furnish hints, or lists of books, that may assist them in making selections. The trustees would remind such persons and the public, that a supplementary catalogue will be at once issued, which will furnish information concerning the additions of the last four years. They would also remind your honorable Board, that the necessity of this publication is a reason for asking for a somewhat larger appropriation for the coming year.
The plans presented to your Board by us, at the opening of the year, for a one-story addition to the City Hall, at an estimated · expense of four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500), to secure needed additional accommodations for the library, did not meet the views of the committee on public property, which proposed instead a removal of the library to the basement of the high school- building. This project was found to be for so many reasons unde- sirable that it was dropped, and no further action in the matter has been taken. The trustees are still of opinion that their proposed
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plan is the least expensive of feasible ones, to furnish the ad- ditional room that grows more necessary with every year. Of course, it would be much more desirable to have a new library building if that can be brought about. The trustees are sorry to say that a movement initiated by the librarian, and actively co- operated in by them, to secure by subscription a generous sum towards erecting such a building, has not met with so general response as they had hoped and expected ; and they can only commend anew to you, and to the people of Somerville, the need which should somehow speedily be met, for the adequate and con- venient use of our books, and for the credit and good name of our growing and increasingly prosperous city.
The financial statement of the year is as follows :-
BALANCE, from 1882,
$100 29
APPROPRIATION,
1,500 00
Dog licenses,
1,083 63
Fines.
241 56
Catalogues,
31 30
$2,956 78
EXPENDED FOR SALARIES,
$1,307 31
Books,
1,212 75
Printing,
. 177 00
Binding,
70 17
Newspapers,
12 00
Stamps,
15 00
Insurance,
18 75
Clock,
3 00
Repairs,
8 00
Map,
2 50
Expressing,
41 85
$2,868 33
BALANCE to credit in account, 1884,
88 45
$2,956 78
For the Trustees,
HENRY H. BARBER,
President ..
SOMERVILLE, Dec. 31, 1883.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 217
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
During the past year the library has been open 306 days, and 70,531 books have been delivered ; of this number 1,195 have been used here.
Our cyclopædias, dictionaries and other books of reference have never been so much used, as the teachers send their pupils daily for information to be found in them.
The whole number of books in the library is 10,574. The num- ber of books bound during the year was 206, not including the periodicals : 102 were withdrawn because worn out. The number of books covered was, 10,858, and 2,000 postal notices were writ- ten and sent.
The largest delivery on any. one day was 690, and the smallest 63.
Our circulation steadily increases, and there is also a great gain in the intelligent use of the books. When the alarm sounds for closing schools, we know that our room will be filled in conse- quence, and the reading table be surrounded with eager readers. The conditions required are neatness and a quiet deportment.
Our books are generally well used, and free from pencil marks, and but few fines have been imposed for that cause during the year. Our inconveniences it is useless to recount, but our added cares each year would be greatly diminished could we only have ample room.
H. A. ADAMS.
Librarian.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 2, 1SS4.
Report accepted and referred to the next City Council, to be printed in the Annual Reports of 1883. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in. IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 2, 1884. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS, Jan. 2, 1884. To the City Council of Somerville : -
The Committee on Highways submits the following report of the work of the department for the year 1883 : -
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND PROPERTY.
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.
APPROPRIATION, $32,000 00
RECEIPTS AND CREDITS : -
For labor and materials furnished in 1882, the bills for which re- mained uncollected Jan. 1, 1883, as stated in our last annual report, $177 33
Labor and materials furnished in 1881, the bills for which re- mained uncollected Jan. 1, 1883, 45 10
Rent of dwellings at City Farm, 136 00
Pasturage at Waltham
Gravel Land for
1881, 1882, and 1883, $160 00
Less expenses of said land,-
Taxes,
$115 60
Labor and team-
ing, $68.68,less
stone to crush-
er, $32.40, 36 28
151 88
8 12
Amounts carried forward,
$366 55
$32,000 00
222
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward, $366 55 $32,000 00
Pasturage at Tufts Street Land, 5 00
Excess of charges for materials over the cost, as hereinafter specified, 662 78
Gross earnings of city teams, at $1.50 per
day for each horse, $6,105 00
Less cost of mainte- nance, as hereinaf- ter specified, 5,370 37
734 63
1,768 96
Value of materials on hand Jan. 1, 1883,
767 48
Value of tools and property on hand Jan. 1, 1883, 6,830 65
Total credit,
$41,367 09
EXPENDITURES : -
For construction of Austin Street,
$956 60
66 Cottage Avenue,
458 66
66 Herbert Street,
270 94
66 Jaques Street,
1,137 44
66 Newbury Street,
735 78
Laying out Evergreen Avenue, extension (advertising and re- cording release),
11 30
Street crossings,
242 02
Street signs,
39 47
Repairs of Summer Street, from Putnam Street to one hundred
feet east of Central Street, necessitated by the laying of horse-railroad tracks, 567 63
Repairs of streets and paving gut- ters in connection with the set- ting of edgestones : -
Amount carried forward,
$4,419 84
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amount brought forward, $4,419 84
Aldersey Street repairs, (includ- ing grading lot and repairing fence), $264 73
Aldersey Street paving, 400 82
Austin Street 66
936 13
Concord Avenue repairs, 66 66 paving,
618 56
Davis Square repairs,
paving,
106 32
Glen Street repairs, between
Broadway and Webster, 241 46
Glen Street paving, between Broadway and Webster, 828 34
Glen Street repairs, between
Pearl and Flint,
232 61
Glen Street paving, between
339 25
Herbert Street paving,
101 75
4,652 03
Widening and repairing Mystic Avenue from the Park to the Boston line,
3,002 38
Ordinary repairs of streets : -
Benedict Street, near Austin,
47 04
Brickyard Lane,
226 99
Broadway, from Holland Street to Alewife Brook,
395 36
Curtis Street,
479 81
Medford Street, from Washing- ton to Cross,
527 65
Poplar Street,
122 74
Somerville Avenue, east of Laurel
Street,
2,021 54
Summer Street, from Belmont to Cedar, 159 14
Webster Street,
302 68
General repairs,
5,458 98
9,741 93
Amount carried forward,
$21,816 18
Pearl and Flint,
316 85
265 21
224
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward, $21,816 18
Repairs of stone paving, 232 97
Repairs of brick sidewalks, 664 83
Cost to city of sidewalks, the bricks and edgestones for which have been furnished by abutters,
487 83
Repairs of streets and paving of gutters, made necessary by said sidewalks, 270 75
Paving gutters and resetting edgestones at N. Gilson's estate on Linden Avenue, 96 06
Cost to city of openings for streets, the paving-stock used being furnished by the land- owners, 54 82
Half cost of changing stone drive- ways to brick driveways, the other half being paid by abut- ters, 19 76
Clearing and repairing streets after the laying of water and gas pipes and the construction of sewers, (including for clearing Summer Street between Ash- land and Cherry Streets, and macadamizing and gravelling sam'e between Cedar and Cherry Streets, $606,45), 703 78
Removing snow and ice, and care of icy sidewalks,
1,877 70
Cleaning streets,
2,092 85
One half cost of maintaining Mid- dlesex Avenue Bridge for the year 1882, the other half being paid by the town of Medford,
421 84
Repairs of Middlesex Avenue Dike,
52 80
Setting trees, 87 58
Trimming trees,
20 87
Amount carried forward,
$28,900 62
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS. 225
Amount brought forward, $28,900 62
Balance of cost of drinking foun- tain in Union Square, 194 37
Repairs of dwellings at City Farm, 222 73
Tax on Wakefield gravel land,
23 87
Tax on Winchester gravel land,
9 47
Collecting ashes, $2,461 77
Less credit from Health De-
partment account, 2,416 94
44 83
Repairs of tools,
119 96
Salaries of Superintendent and Acting Superintendent, 1,370 00
Board of Superintendent's horses,
153 15
Rent of Superintendent's telephone,
12 20
Books, stationery and printing,
91 10
Sundry small expenses,
43 96
Private work, the bills for which
remain uncollected,
209 31
Value of tools, etc., Jan. 1, 1883,
$216 45
Added during the year, 194 39
$410 84
Value of the same Dec. 31, 1883,
383 25
Depreciation,
27 59
Value of materials on hand
Dec. 31, 1883,
705 63
Value of property on hand
Dec. 31, 1883 : -
Horses,
$3,750 00
Carts and implements used with horses, 2,162 25
Harnesses and horse-clothing, 595 00
Stable-utensils and property, 127 65
Tools, tool-house and tool-chests,
383 25
Stone crusher and fittings,
1,206 60
8,224 75
Total debit,
$40,353 54
Balance unexpended, 15
$1,013 55
226
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The earnings and expenses of the City Teams have been as follows : -
EARNINGS, at $1.50 per day for each horse, $6,105 00
EXPENSES : -
For grain,
$1,682 12
Hay and straw,
744 73
Cutting hay,
66 22
Shoeing,
378 22
Doctoring and medicine,
140 03
Repairs of carts and imple- ments used with horses,
414 36
Repairs of harnesses,
167 58
Stable expenses and repairs of stable (including pay of stable- man), 1,027 78
Value of carts and im-
plements used with
horses, Jan. 1, 1883, $1,923 70
Added during the year, 484 70
Total,
$2,408 40
Value of same Dec. 31, 1883, 2,162 25
Depreciation, 246 15
Value of harnesses and
1
horse-clothing Jan. 1, 1883, $576 00
Added during the year, 272 02
Total, $848 02
Value of same Dec. 31, 1883, 595 00
Depreciation, 253 02
Amounts carried forward,
$5,120 21
$6,105 00
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amounts brought forward, Value of horses Jan. 1, 1883, $2,605 00
$5,120 21 $6,105 00
Added during the year, (6), $1,625 00 Less for three horses sold, 195 00
1,430 00
Total, $4,035 00 Value of same Dec. 31, 1883, 3,750 00
Depreciation (includ- ing two horses that died),
285 00
$5,405 21
Value of stable utensils and property, Dec. 31, 1883, $127 65
Value of same, Jan. 1, 1883, as re- ported by Supt., $57 00 Added during the year, 35 81
Total, 92 81
Increase, 34 84
Total expense of city teams, 5,370 37
Excess of earnings, as 1 hereinbefore stated under the heading of " Receipts and Cred- its," $734 63
228
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The following statement shows the difference between the charges for materials and the cost of the same :- For Gravel,-
Charges for same delivered, -
1,541 loads, 75c. $1,155 75 12 $1.00 12 00
Total,
$1,167 75
Paid F. O. 'Reed, and
others, for gravel
from Ten Hills Farm, $208 40
Paid City of Chelsea,
for gravel from Everett, 46 95
Cost of teaming,
600 64
Total, 855 99
Excess of charges, $311 76
For Sand,-
Charges for same delivered,- " 647 loads $1.00 $647 00
50 66 75c., 37 50
$684 50
Amt. on hand, Dec. 31, 1883, 25 loads $1.00
25 00
Total,
$709 50
Estimated value of'
sand on hand,
Jan. 1, 1883, $206 38
Paid Charles J. Simp- son for sand, 142 20
Cost of teaming, 334 57
Total, 683 15
Excess of charges, 26 35
For edge-stones and par- ing stock,- Charges for same, the weight of paving
stones being esti- mated by measure- ment, $5,510 02
Amounts carried forward, $5,510 02 $338 11
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amounts brought forward, $5,510 02
Value of stock on hand, Dec. 31, 1883, 85 19
$338 11
Total, $5,595 21 Cost of edgestones an paving stock, 5,421 69
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