Report of the city of Somerville 1884, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 364


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BUILDINGS.


The house of steamer company No. 1 was painted outside, the past year, and will require a new floor the coming year. The house of hose company No. 4 was also painted ; and the stable, fence, and storehouse connected with hook and ladder house No. 1 have been repaired and painted, and the general appearance of that station has been greatly improved. The store-shed in rear of hose-house No. 1 was repaired and painted, and new doors were placed in the back of the hose-house. A new furnace was also provided for heat- ing this house.


The house of hose company No. 2 is in good condition inside : the exterior requires painting, and a storage-shed should be erected in the rear.


FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.


This important branch of the service required great attention the past year. On account of the innumerable telephone-wires stretching in all directions, there has been frequent interference with our wires ; but, by prompt attention, no serious consequences resulted.


Our fire-alarm system has three circuits ; and if one of these is dis- abled, no alarm can be given in that portion of the city covered by


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such circuit. I recommend that the circuits be made smaller, and that the three be divided into eight ; so that, if one becomes disabled, but a small portion of the city will be without the alarm ; the proxim- ity of the other circuits furnishing adequate facilities in an emergency.


This is a most important matter, and should receive careful con- sideration. Some means should be devised for giving a more effec- tive alarm in the Spring Hill District, either by attaching a striker to the Baptist church bell,, or connecting with the whistle of some manufactory.


Thirty-four new poles were set ; one and one-half miles of new wire strung ; and one street-alarm box (19), and three office-boxes (221, 228, and 229), were located. These office-boxes were paid for by the owners of the premises wherein they are located, but will be used to give alarms for fire in the immediate vicinity.


Another matter of importance would be the connecting of the fire- alarm of the adjoining cities of Boston and Cambridge with that of Somerville : the advantage to be gained by having the means of promptly concentrating a strong force would far outweigh the small expense attending its construction.


HOSE.


There are now 5,550 feet of cotton hose in the department. Three hundred and fifty feet were destroyed at Walker's Oil Works and the Bleachery fire, but that has been replaced by the purchase of an equal amount of new hose. There should be sufficient hose in the depart- ment for an immediate change from wet to dry after service, as it impairs the usefulness of hose to allow it to remain on the reel wet more than twenty-four hours.


One thousand dollars should be applied for the purchase of hose the coming year. The old leather hose in the department is unfit for service.


HYDRANTS.


One of the most important auxiliaries to the successful working of the fire department is an adequate supply of water, and this can be obtained only by a sufficient number of hydrants. While there were over two hundred buildings erected the past year, there were only three new hydrants set. Naturally, the smaller the number of hydrants, the more hose is required ; and less effective streams are obtained through long lines of hose. It is obvious that it is more economical


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to set hydrants than it is to purchase new hose. The city now has three hundred hydrants. Hydrants should be located in the following places ; namely : -


Hawkins Court


2


New Church Street .


1


Summer Street, two hundred feet west of School Street


1


Summer Street, corner of School Street


1


Somerville Avenue, opposite Bleachery Gate


1


Beacon Street, near Charles River Railroad stables


1


Dover Street, opposite Union horse-railroad stables


1


Evergreen Avenue, corner of Thurston Street


1


Dartmouth Street, between Evergreen Avenue and Broadway


1


School Street, opposite schoolhouse . 1 .


Tufts Street, opposite schoolhouse .


·


1


Austin Street, opposite Benedict Street


.


1


Mystic Avenue, corner of Austin Street


.


1


Making in all


14


FIRE-ALARMS.


The total number of alarms given in the city the past year was . 45


Amount of losses


$92,977 15


Amount of insurance


97,150 00


Insurance paid


80,300 00


Net loss .


12,677 15


CAUSES OF FIRE-ALARMS.


Coals from stove


2


Blast from furnace


3


Fire in Medford


1


Defective chimneys .


3


Fire in Cambridge


3


Sparks from locomotive


3


Incendiary


4


Sparks from chimney


2


Explosion of oil-tank


1


Curtain in contact with gas-jet


1


Burning of rubbish .


3


Sparks from fire in Cambridge .


1


.


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Fire-crackers £ Explosion of kerosene-lamp


1


2


Bonfire


1


Burning out chimney


1


Burning fence by an insane person


1


Fire in Boston .


2


Painters' rags .


1


Making fire with kerosene (fatal result)


1


Rags stuffed in flue .


1


Drying plastering


1


False alarm


1


Unknown


4


Explosion of an empty naphtha barrel


1


MANUAL FORCE.


The manual force of the department consists of sixty-one (61) men. For a record of their attendance at fires, I refer you to a report of the chairman of the committee.


To his Honor the Mayor and the chairman of the committee, from whom I have received earnest support during the past four years, I extend my sincere thanks.


To each individual member of the committee, my thanks are due for your co-operation in all things appertaining to the welfare of the department.


To the officers and members of the department, for their cheerful compliance with the rules and orders, and their zeal shown in extin- guishing fires, I extend my grateful thanks.


I also thank Chief Parkhurst and the police force for many favors received ; and all who have in any way contributed to our success, either by encouraging words or good deeds, I tender the assurance of my sincere appreciation.


Respectfully submitted.


JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief Engineer.


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1885.


Report accepted, and referred to the next city council to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1885.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


1


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, Jan. 3, 1885. To the City Council of Somerville.


THE following is the final report of the committee on public prop- erty for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884 : -


POLICE-STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


. $1,800 00


Receipts, for rent of halls


669 50


Total credit


2,469 50


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For janitor's salary


750 00


janitor's substitute in vacation


14 00


gas


314 10


gasoline


165 50


water .


20 79


fuel .


408 55


insurance


170 00


repairs and improvements of buildings and furniture . · 251 60


plans and specifications of building 20 00


incidental expenses


52 66


Total debit


2,167 20


Balance unexpended


.


$302 30


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


. $8,000 00


Transfers : --


From excess and deficiency


account . . 1,000 00


interest account . · 1,000 00


health department account . 400 00


2,400 00


Receipts for articles sold


30 00


Total credit


10,430 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For improvements .


. 4,693 19


repairs


. 4,251 26


furniture


220 96 ·


rent


390 00 ·


insurance .


40 00


plans of buildings erected in previous


years


90 00


emptying privy-vaults .


113 50


salary of superintendent of public buildings


518 27


carriage-hire


12 00


Total debit


10,329 18


Balance unexpended


$100 82


The expenditures at the several schoolhouses were as follows : -


Advent Chapel.


Rent .


$90 00


Furniture .


2 87


92 87


Beech Street.


Repairs


162 53


Amount carried forward


.


.


$255 40


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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward .


$255 40


Bell.


Repairs


243 54


Furniture


8 40


Plans


15 00


266 94


Bennett.


Repairs


122 17


Emptying privy-vaults


28 00


150 17


Brastow.


Repairs


Cedar Street.


Repairs


22 59


Emptying privy-vaults


.


14 00


36 59


Edgerly.


Repairs


140 33


Plans


15 00


155 33


Eberle Hall.


Rent


·


Furniture .


9 88


84 88


Forster.


Improvements


(fire-hose and speaking-


tubes)


27 45


Repairs


798 00


Furniture .


6 40


Insurance .


20 00


851 85


Franklin.


Repairs


267 35


Emptying privy-vaults


·


26 00


293 35


Amount carried forward .


$2,156 92


.


.


75 00


.


62 41


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$2,156 92


Harvard.


Repairs


27 60


Emptying privy-vaults


7 00


34 60


High.


Improvements (two new rooms in third story,


with radiators for same) .


947 00


Repairs


528 86


Furniture .


22 80


Plans


35 00


Insurance .


20 00


1,553 66


Highland.


(Including primary room in Clarendon Block.)


Improvements (new water closets in yard), 1,740 24


Repairs


219 09


Furniture .


217 87


2,177 20


Jackson.


Repairs .


359 98


Emptying privy-vaults


28 00


387 98


Lincoln.


(Including rooms hired since the burning of the school-


house.)


Repairs


263 37


Furniture


17 30


Rent .


25 00


Plans


5 00


310 67


Morse.


Repairs


195 47


Furniture


10 50


205 97


Amount carried forward


$6,827 00


·


.


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299


Amount brought forward .


$6,827 00


Prescott.


Improvements (new boiler)


1,978 50


Repairs


453 44


Furniture .


3 94


Plans


20 00


2,455 88


Prospect Hill.


Repairs


158 84


Emptying privy-vaults


3 50


162 34


Spring Hill.


Repairs


38 56


Tufts Street (old).


Rent .


200 00


Repairs


7 42


207 42


Less furniture sent to the new Davis School,


84 00


123 42


Union.


Repairs


46 12


Webster.


Repairs


133 59


Furniture .


5 00


Emptying privy-vaults


7 00


145 59


9,798 91


Salary of superintendent of public buildings Carriage-hire


518 27


12 00


Total, as above


$10,329 18


300


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLHOUSE ON SCHOOL STREET (CUMMINGS SCHOOL) ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation . $11,400 00


Transfer from excess and deficiency account, 2,500 00


Total credit 13,900 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For land (11,300 square feet at 21 cents), 2,373 00


filling around building . ·


315 32


building (on account contract) 9,000 00


architect's services (on account) . 300 00


furniture and utensils . 371 57


wooden walks around building 30 69


insurance


206 50


advertising for proposals


14 04


Total debit


12,611 12


Balance unexpended


$1,288 88


SCHOOLHOUSE ON TUFTS STREET (DAVIS SCHOOL) ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation . . $9,000 00


Transfer from excess and deficiency account, 3,000 00


Total credit


12,000 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures : ---


For filling around building (the city hav- ing owned the land since 1874) 218 12


building (on account contract) .


8,000 00


architect's services (on account) . 300 00


furniture and utensils . 455 60


wooden walks around building


32 64


Amounts carried forward . · . $9,006 36


$12,000 00


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301


Amounts brought forward .


$9,006 36


$12,000 00


insurance .


206 50


advertising for proposals


14 03


Total debit


9,226 89


Balance unexpended


$2,773 11


LINCOLN SCHOOLHOUSE (REBUILDING) ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$500 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For blanks for soliciting proposals 1 00


altering water-service pipe .


2 50


removing débris after fire


42 80


foundation (on account contract)


482 25


mason's part (on account contract)


490 00


Total debit


1,018 55


Excess of expenditures


$518 55


.


PUBLIC-LIBRARY BUILDING ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$15,000 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For masonry (on account of contract and


extras )


8,342 39


carpentry (on account of contract and extras) . 2,984 38


stained-glass windows .


55 50


architect's services


671 95


water-service pipe


80 32


copper box for corner-stone


1 50


Amounts carried forward .


$12,136 04


$15,000 00


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $12,136 04


$15,000 00


insurance .


155 00


grading lot, and work on driveways


616 77


soliciting proposals


1 50


Total debit


12,909 31


Balance unexpended


$2,090 69


EXPENDITURES BY THIS COMMITTEE FROM THE APPROPRI- ATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.


For City Hall expenses : -


gas


$306 70


fuel


236 32


ice


30 00


water .


52 75


repairs and furniture


195 56


incidentals


187 73


For fitting up ward-room in Forster School .


139 73


voting-list boards and ballot-boxes, and teaming same,


91 93


rent of rooms for caucuses and elections


128 00


posting notices of elections


11 50


raising and lowering flag-staffs, and repairing flags 32 00


ringing bells .


9 00


repairing city pound


40 49


preparing cemetery for Memorial Day


15 00


advertising for plans for public library, and cost of


travel in visiting other library buildings


23 20


Total expenditure


. $1,574 86


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.


At the Highland School, the water-closets have been removed from the building, and new ones have been provided in an independent building erected in the school-yard. This has cost, as hereinbefore stated, $1,740.24.


At the Prescott School, the old boiler, which was under the middle


1,009 06


preparing rooms for caucuses and elections


74 95


·


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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


of the building, has been removed, and a new one has been set con- tiguous to the northerly wall, at a cost, as before stated, of $1,978.50.


At the high school, two new schoolrooms were made in the third story, under the direction of the committee on public property of 1883 : but, as they were not finished in season to have the bills ap- proved by that committee, the expense has been met this year ; the total cost, including new radiators which have been provided this year, and the architect's services, as hereinbefore stated, amounting to $947. The outside of this house has also been repointed, at a cost of $185.


At the Forster School, a considerable expense, which we have classed as repairs, has been necessitated by the extension of Evergreen Ave- nue through the school-yard. A new fence and a stone wall, with stone steps, have been built on the line of the avenue ; a new division fence has been placed between the boys' and girls' yards, and the yards have been graded.


The new law providing for free text-books has also caused quite a large outlay for book-closets.


In addition to the expenditures above specified, furniture has been bought, to the value of $734.77, and used temporarily in various schools ; and during the Christmas vacation it has been placed in the new Cummings and Davis Schools, together with one set of second- hand seats and desks, appraised at $84, sent from the old Tufts Street School : and as schoolhouse incidentals account has received credit for the same, from the special appropriations for the new schoolhouses, it has been eliminated from the account in making this report.


A new feature in this department this year has been the employ- ment of a competent carpenter, at a salary of $800 per annum. He has, under the direction of this committee, the general care of all the buildings in our charge. He makes repairs of carpentry himself, with such help as is needed, and has general supervision of all other mechanics employed, and of all contract work. This measure was in the nature of an experiment ; but we are fully satisfied that it has · proved of great benefit to the city, and recommend that it be con- tinued. The superintendent has been paid in all, from this appro- priation, $593.34, commencing April 4 : but he has earned in work on the fire department buildings nine dollars, and on the City Hall, new ward-room in the Forster School, and voting-lists boards and ballot- boxes, and at the several polling places, all of which is chargeable to Miscellaneous Account, $66.07, for which schoolhouse incidentals


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


account has received credit ; leaving the net cost to this account for his salary, as above stated, $518.27.


During the year, plans have been procured, so far as practicable, of public buildings erected in former years, and of which plans were not secured when they were built. The city should have plans of every modern building it owns ; so that when additions, alterations, or re- pairs are to be made, the manner of construction may be seen.


SCHOOLHOUSE ON SCHOOL STREET (CUMMINGS SCHOOL).


This building, which is of wood, and contains four schoolrooms, is nearly completed ; and the following bills therefor remain unpaid : - Favor T. B. Blaikie & Son, balance reserved under con- tract . $894 00


" Magee Furnace Company, for heating-apparatus 550 00


$1,444 00


To this must be added the sum due the architect, Mr. J. F. Ober, being five per cent of the cost of the building, less $300 already paid. The above figures are exclusive of the carpenter's extras, and the cost of furnishing two of the four schoolrooms ; furniture having been as yet provided for but two rooms.


SCHOOLHOUSE ON TUFTS STREET (DAVIS SCHOOL).


This is also a four-room wooden building erected on the land on Tufts Street bought by the city for a school-lot in 1874. Bills remain unpaid as follows : -


Favor William B. Stinson, balance reserved under contract, $2,574 00 Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Company, for heating and ventilating apparatus 780 00


$3,354 00


The charges of the architect, Mr. S. D. Kelley, are five per cent of the cost of the building ; and he has been paid on account, $300.


Two schoolrooms also remain to be furnished, and the contractor's extras are to be added to the foregoing figures.


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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


LINCOLN SCHOOLHOUSE (REBUILDING).


The Lincoln Schoolhouse was destroyed by fire on the morning of Oct. 22 ; and measures were at once taken to rebuild, and the work is now progressing.


The contracts are as follows : -


With C. F. Palmer, for the foundation . $643 00


66


masonry, exclusive of founda-


tion . 1,485 00


" J. H. Stevens, for the carpentry


8,850 00


$10,978 00


And the compensation for the architect, Mr. George F. Loring, is to be five per cent of the cost.


We have approved pay-roll in favor of Mr. Palmer on account of the foundation . $482 25


And on account of the masonry 490 00


And other small bills have been approved, as before stated, for


46 30


Making


.


$1,018 55


As yet, only $500 have been appropriated for this work by the city council : but the old building, with its contents, was insured for $6,500, which will be applied to this account as it is received from the insurance companies ; leaving some $4,500 to be provided for, besides the furniture and heating-apparatus.


PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING.


This building, which is of brick, and stands on the Central Hill land, between the city hall and the Unitarian church, has been erected, as per plans by George F. Loring, architect, according to the requirements of the first contracts, which were exclusive of interior finish and heating.


The bills are all paid except the sums reserved under the contracts, which are as follows : -


Favor W. L. Clark & Co., masons, for contract work and


extras


$1,262 61


F. C. Fuller, carpenter


643 02


Total .


. $1,905 63


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


The masonry contract price was $9,078, and the extras were $679, making $9,757.


The carpentry contract price was $3,535, and the extras were $92.40, making $3,627.40.


The contracts just closed are with William B. Stinson, for the in- terior finish, for $9,981.00; and with the Walker & Pratt Manufac- turing Company, for the steam-heating apparatus, for $1,175.00. Some grading remains to be done, the driveways are unfinished, and a walk must be laid from Highland Avenue.


Mr. George F. Loring also furnishes the plans for the interior finish, and his compensation will be five per cent.


For the committee,


ALBION A. PERRY, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET-LIGHTS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1SS5.


Report accepted, and referred to the next city council to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1885.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET-LIGHTS, Jan 3, 1885. To the City Council of Somerville.


THE committee on fuel and street-lights submits the following final report for the year 1884 : -


SCHOOL-FUEL ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


. $5,000 00


Less transfer to sewers account


300 00


Net credit


4,700 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For fuel to Advent Chapel School 19 72


Beech Street


·


70 41


Bell 66


·


362 10


Bennett 66


.


183 02


Brastow


47 23


Cedar Street


66


67 95


Cummings


(School


Street)


64 41


Clarendon Block School 26 04


Davis School (Tufts Street)


57 50


Amounts carried forward .


$898 38


$4 700 00


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . · $898 38


$4,700 00


Edgerly School


·


528 52


Forster 66


599 42


Franklin


146 82


Harvard 66


63 61


High 66


489 90


Highland "


489 02


Jackson


172 02


Lincoln


128 40


Morse


247 04


Prescott


387 85


Prospect Hill School


210 93


Spring Hill 66


52 31


Union 66


.


40 70


Webster 66


143 77


Total for fuel .


4,598 69


For advertising for proposals . .


24 70


Total expenditure


4,623 39


Balance unexpended


$76 61


STREET-LIGHTS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation . $7,500 00


Less transfer to sewers ac-


count


400 00


Net appropriation . 7,100 00


Receipts : -


For new street-lamps erected


(32 at $20) 640 00


repair of street-lamp dam- aged by team . 26 06


666 06


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


Total credit (Amount carried forward ) . $7,766 06


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311


Amount brought forward . $7,776 06


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For gas ; -


to Charlestown Gas Com- pany 1,791 02


to Cambridge Gas-light Com-


pany


2,031 03


3,822 05


lighting and care of lamps,


to R. T. Blackwell 278 46


to Christopher Burke 1,941 66


2,220 12


new street lamps


645 87


repairs of street-lamps


279 20


supplies (naphtha, alcohol, etc.) .


268 70


incidentals (advertising for proposals, etc.) 5 45


street-signs


28 50


changing oil-lamps to gas-lamps .


5 50


moving street-lamp


12 87


Total expenditure


7,288 26


Balance unexpended


$477 80


FUEL.


Fuel was furnished the first six months by W. M. Hadley, under contract, and for the following prices : Furnace-coal $5.55, egg- coal $5.60, and stove-coal $5.70, per ton ; hard wood $8.50, and soft wood $6, per cord. The present contract, for the year ending July 1, 1885, is with Horatio Wellington & Co., at prices as follows : Fur- nace and egg coal $4.93, and stove-coal $5.20, per ton ; hard wood $8.50, and soft wood $6, per cord.


STREET-LIGHTS.


The street-lamps were lighted in January by Mr. R. T. Blackwell, whose father, Mr. Hugh Blackwell, had the contract for the year ending March 1, 1884, and died Dec. 28, 1883, as stated in the last annual report of this committee. Mr. Hugh Blackwell was paid forty cents


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


per lamp per month ; but his son did not consider himself bound to carry out his father's contract, and thought forty cents an inadequate compensation for the hardest month of the year. He was, therefore, paid three and one-quarter cents per lamp per night ; which, as he lit twenty-one nights, amounted to sixty-eight and one-quarter cents per lamp for the month.


In January a contract was made with Christopher Burke, who was the lowest bidder, for the lighting and care of the lamps for the year commencing Feb. 1, 1884, at forty-two cents per lamp per night.


The prices for gas have been as follows : In January, February, and March, $2.15 per thousand feet ; in April, $2 to the Cambridge Company, and $2.15 to the Charlestown Company ; in May and June, $1.90 to the Cambridge Company, and $2.15 to the Charlestown Company ; in July and August, $1.90 to the Cambridge Company, and $2 to the Charlestown Company ; and for the remainder of the year, $1.90 to both companies.


The system of lighting is the same as heretofore ; i.e., to light every cloudy night, and when there is no moon : but Sept. 1, the hour for extinguishing was changed from twelve o'clock to three o'clock ; and this was accomplished without materially changing the cost of lighting as compared with former years, owing to the more favorable price secured for gas.


The following is a table of street-lamps in the city : -


GAS-LAMPS.


Naphtha Lamps.


Total.


Charlestown Gas.


Cambridge Gas.


Lamps in the city Jan. 1, 1884


166


190


52


408


Changed from naphtha to gas


-


3


3


-


166


193 17


49


408


Lamps erected during the year


2


16


35


Total, Dec. 31, 1884 .


168


210


65


443


This table varies somewhat from the one published in this commit- tee's last annual report, because four oil-lamps in the Charlestown gas district, and two in the Cambridge district, were changed to gas- lamps in 1883 ; and the changes were not noted in last year's table.


Thirty-five new street-lamps have been provided in the past year, three of which were erected at the city's expense, - one being at the


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET-LIGHTS. 313


Davis School on Tufts Street, one in front of Grand Army Hall, Wash- ington Street, and the other at the Bennett School, corner of Joy and Poplar Streets ; and for each of the remaining thirty-two the city treasurer has received the sum of twenty dollars.


The cost of new street-lamps, as shown in the foregoing statement, is incomplete, as the Cambridge Gas Company's bill for setting lamps for the last quarter has not been received, during which period twelve gas-lamps have been erected in Ward Four, and one in Ward Two; and the bills for posts and lanterns for nine of these also remain unpaid.




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