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93 75
Emptying privy vaults
16 00
.
197 67
$8,700 92
Carriage hire .
5 00
$8,705 92
Morse. ·
11 25
276
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD THREE (BINGHAM SCHOOL) ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$8,500 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For 20,896 square feet of land on
Lowell Street, at 9 cents . $1,880 64
on account of contract 5,600 00
architect's services and plans (on ac- count) . 320 00
water-service pipe
27 88*
lumber and labor in locating cellar ·
3 22
Total debit
$7,831 74
Balance unexpended
$668 26
SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD FOUR (BURNS SCHOOL) ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$8,500 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For 16,080 square feet of land, Cherry Street, at 12 cents . $1,929 60 on account of contract for building .. 5,400 00, on account architect's services and for plans and specifications 320 00 . water service . 29 00
lumber and labor in locating cellar .
4 72
Total debit .
$7,683 32
Balance unexpended . . .
$816 68
277
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation (balance from year 1885) . $311 55
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For granite steps and curbing
258 75
Balance unexpended .
$52 80
EXPENDITURES BY THIS COMMITTEE FROM THE APPRO- PRIATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
For City Hall expenses : -
gas .
$260 87
fuel .
243 76
water
31 37
ice (for 1885) .
40 00
resetting bank curbing and discontin-
uing old driveway
217 64
pay of assistant janitor
180 00
repairs and furniture
386 74
incidentals
113 18
$1,473 56
voting-list boards and ballot-boxes and teaming
same
45 50
preparing rooms for caucuses and elections
35 03
rent of rooms for caucuses and elections .
105 00
raising and lowering flag-staffs and repairing flags and halliards
44 69
rebuilding fence at cemetery
46 00
ringing bells July 4 .
3 00
removing flag-staff in Union Square .
54 50
new flag-staff at police building
295 00
platform at police building for Inauguration Day,
20 10
tools for superintendent of public buildings .
1 96
salary of assistant janitor of Public Library
180 00
·
$2,304 34
278
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
The only improvement under this account involving any con- siderable expense was made at the Bell School. The castings of the furnaces were worn out and could not be replaced because the patterns had been destroyed, and as new apparatus of some kind had to be provided, it was deemed best, in so large a building, to put in steam. Accordingly, plans and specifications were obtained for heating the building by steam, and a contract was made, by authority of the city council, with A. B. Franklin, who was the lowest bidder, for the sum of $2,383.79, which, with his bill for extras of $11.56, and the cost of the plans and specifications, $40, carpentering, $34.50, and masonry, $10.50, made the total outlay for this improvement $2,480.35. The apparatus has thus far given excellent satisfaction, and we believe the money was well spent.
A violent storm in the month of March tore the tinning from the roof of the High Schoolhouse, and the weather was so severe and the position of the building is so exposed, that it could not be re-tinned at once; consequently, the roof had to be covered with canvas temporarily, and a large canvas tent was spread in the hall for the protection of the building. The re-tinning was done with wooden strips nailed through into every rafter, so that it seems impossible for the damage to be repeated. The total cost of repairing the damage, including the temporary use of canvas, was, as before stated, $641.67.
NEW SCHOOLHOUSES.
Land has been bought on Lowell Street in Ward Three, and on Cherry Street in Ward Four, and two four-room brick school- houses have been partially constructed thereon. The one on Lowell Street has been partially slated, and the other is ready for slating.
Messrs. J. H. Coon & Co. are the contractors for both build- ings, under one contract, for the sum of $21,000 ; and Mr. George F. Loring is the architect. The contract does not include heating apparatus or furniture.
The building on Cherry Street has been named the Burns School, in honor of our present mayor ; and the one on Lowell
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Street has been named the Bingham School, in honor of Col. Norman W. Bingham, for many years a member of the school committee.
PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING.
The bill of Martin Mullen for granite curbing in front of the library grounds, and for two granite steps at the entrance to the building, amounting to $291.25, which was left unpaid last year, has been settled for the sum of $258.75, as appears in the fore- going statement of the account.
For the committee,
DANIEL C. STILLSON, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 1, 1887.
Accepted and referred to the next city council to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 1, 1887. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS, Jan. 1, 1887. To the City Council of Somerville:
The committee on fuel and street lights submits the following final report for the year 1886 : -
SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
$5,200 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For fuel to Beach Street School .
$71 46
Bell
.
323 00
Bennett
164 65
Brastow
68 81
Cedar Street
48 37
Clarendon Block “
43 41
Cummings
49 80
Davis 66
219 33
Edgerly
682 42
Forster
671 55
Franklin
163 25
Harvard
31 28
High
66
493 96
Highland
496 74
Jackson
181 94
Lincoln
236 63
Morse
66
227 92
Prescott
393 55
Prospect Hill
161 51
Amounts carried forward .
. $4,729 58
$5,200 00
Appropriation
284
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $4,729 58
$5,200 00
For fuel to Spring Hill School
29 09
Union
23 90
Webster
146 37
Total expenditure
4,928 94
Balance unexpended .
$271 06
STREET LIGHTS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$9,500 00
Receipts : -
For new street lamps erected, 17 at $20, $340 00
naphtha barrels sold ·
9 00
repairs of street lamps damaged by teams
60 98
409 98
Total credit
$9,909 98
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For gas, -
to Charlestown Gas Com-
pany . . $1,873 54
to Cambridge Gas Light Company
2,339 03
$4,212 57
lighting and care of lamps, -
to Christopher Burke to May 1 . 723 06
to sundry other persons to Dec. 31 1,456 46
2,179 52
1,004 88 new street lamps
repairs of street lamps
559 91
supplies (naphtha, alcohol, etc.)
402 16
incidentals (advertising for proposals,
etc.)
70 37
Amounts carried forward
· $8,429 41
$9,909 98
1
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
Amounts brought forward $8,429 41
$9,909 98
For street signs .
31 50
moving street lamps
23 48
changing naphtha lamps to oil lamps
53 23
posts and lanterns on hand (sixteen
posts and thirty-six lanterns)
324 75
Total expenditures
8,862 37
Balance unexpended .
$1,047 61
FUEL.
The following are the prices paid for fuel : -
To George M. Winslow & Co., under contract for year ending July 1, 1886, $4.45 per ton for furnace and egg coal, $5.15 for stove coal ; $8.00 per cord for hardwood, and $7.00 for soft wood ; and to B. F. Wild & Co., under contract for year ending July 1, 1887, $4.38 per ton for furnace and egg coal, $4.80 per ton for stove coal ; $6.50 per cord for hard wood, and $5.50 for soft wood.
STREET LIGHTS.
Christopher Burke's contract for lighting and cleaning the street lamps, both gas and oil, for a compensation of thirty-nine cents per month for each lamp, expired on the first day of May last ; and since that date the work has been directly in charge of the super- intendent of public buildings and lights under the supervision of this committee.
The committee, after careful consideration, established the prices to be paid for lighting and taking care of gas lamps at thirty-five cents per month each, and of oil lamps at fifty-five cents (it being understood that the average number of lightings per month should be about twenty-two), making the average price substantially the same as that paid Mr. Burke last year ; and the superintendent was authorized to employ suitable parties to do the work. This change in the method of lighting has given good satisfaction to the committee, and, we have reason to believe, to the public as well.
A change was also made, about the last of October, in the fixtures used in the oil lamps. The naphtha fixtures had become so much worn that it did not pay to continue repairing them, and in view of the constant danger from explosion of the naphtha in the lamps, as well as of that on storage, and for other reasons, it
286
ANNUAL REPORTS.
was deemed best to do away with these fixtures, and to substitute common kerosene oil lamps. They give as good a light as the naphtha fiturxes, can be run as cheaply, and the first cost is less.
The committee on street lights of 1885 recommended, in their final report, that a few lights of greater brilliancy than those com- monly used be placed in the public squares and thoroughfares ; and, believing in the wisdom of this suggestion, we have erected three lamps with thirty-feet burners in Union Square, and have changed from four-feet to thirty-feet burners one lamp in Davis Square, one on Broadway at the corner of Franklin Street, and one on Broadway at the corner of Marshall Street.
The average time when the lights are extinguished is half past twelve.
The price paid for gas during the entire year has been $1.65 per thousand feet, except in he thirty-feet lamps, for which the price is $1.50 per thousand.' ?.
The price collected from abutrers for each lamp erected has been continued at twenty dollars.
The following is a table of street lamps, showing the additions during the year : -
GAS LAMPS.
Charlestown Gas.
Cambridge Gas.
Oil lamps.
Total.
4 feet.
30 feet.
4 feet.
30 feet.
Lamps in the city Jan. 1. 1886, as per last report . .
178
. .
216
..
70
464
· Deduct for correction in numbers of gas lamps .
1
2
..
·
..
177
214
.
70
461
..
..
4
3
9
16
9
..
4
4
17
186
222
3
83 2
494
Changed from oil to gas
1
. .
1
..
..
187
223
3
81
494
Changed from 4-feet to 30-feet .
2
2
1
1
..
185
2
222
4
81
494
Erected during the year at expense of city . Erected during the year at expense of abut- ters .
287
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
The lamps erected at the city's expense, except the 30-feet gas lamps hereinbefore enumerated, have been placed on main avenues, in front of city property and in front of large tracks of vacant land, as follows : --
Broadway at Alewife Brook.
" Willow Bridge, east side. 66 66 west side.
66 " corner of Cedar Street at City Farm.
" Elm Street.
66
" Willow Avenue.
in front of Lincoln School.
Medford Street, between Somerville Avenue and the Fitchburg Railroad.
Medford Street, between Walnut Street and Lowell Railroad.
Somerville Avenue, corner Church Street.
Walnut Street, at Lowell Railroad bridge.
Washington Street, between Prospect and Mystic Streets.
Washington Street, corner Franklin Street.
For the committee,
MOSES G. STEELE, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY SOLICITOR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 23, 1887.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual re- ports. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 24, 1887. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
SOMERVILLE, Feb. 14, 1887.
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN, - I beg leave to present the following as my eleventh annual report. Outside of advice during the year to de- partments and city officers, which of course year by year requires increased time and attention, there have been two matters to which I have given much labor. The first relates to the applica- tion which I was instructed by your honorable body to make to the General Court for a general act, providing in substance that cities and towns, whose sinking funds consisted wholly or in part of their own bonds or securities, might apply the same toward the payment of their funded debt, and be allowed a period not exceed- ing twenty years for the payment of the remainder. A hearing was had April 21, 1886, before the committee on cities, at which his Honor the Mayor and myself presented your views upon the matter. Some time afterwards the secretary of our sinking fund commissioners presented in writing to the committee his own and the objections of the commissioners to the proposed legislation. This communication naturally produced an unfavorable impression in the minds of some of the committee, and retarded their action upon the bill proposed. The outcome was a divided sentiment upon the expediency of any general legislation upon the subject, although the committee expressed themselves as unanimously in favor of reporting a special act for the city of Somerville, em- bodying all the provisions of the bill as presented. This the Mayor and I did not feel authorized or inclined to accept, as we did not desire to impair the first-class credit of the city by any adverse or unfriendly conclusions that might be drawn from the very fact of obtaining exceptional legislation.
Late in the session, the committee, by a divided vote, reported in favor of a general bill, or rather voted so to report ; but as it was
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
then too late to expect a patient discussion of its merits in the General Court, it was considered best to let the matter pass until another year.
The second matter to which my attention was directed was the new water contract with the city of Boston, which, for reasons set forth in my last annual report, failed last year of execution. The efforts of our Water Board were renewed early this year, and were most persistently prosecuted, with the gratifying results with which you are all familiar.
During the year nine claims have been heard by the committee on claims. I have attended all the hearings, and from time to time have given the committee my opinion as to the proper dis- position of these demands. The following summary will furnish you, I believe, all necessary information concerning the same : -
1. Claim of Susan McCauley, for injuries to her person, upon Somerville Avenue, Jan. 24, 1886. Suit was brought upon this claim, and Oct. 28, 1886, we were present to defend the case in the Superior Court at East Cambridge, but the plaintiff failed to appear, and the case was non-suited.
2. John A. Hart's claim for injuries upon Cutter Street, Feb. 8, 1886, was settled by the Mayor, upon my recommendation, for a small sum.
3 and 4. Claims of the East Cambridge Savings Bank and of Ellen Gibbons, for damages by alleged raising of grade of Linwood Street. The petitioners, for reasons that I need not take your time to explain, were, upon my recommendation, given leave to withdraw, and we have heard nothing from them since.
5. The claim of Eliza Young, for personal injuries upon Franklin Street, Jan. 8, 1886, has ripened into a suit in the Superior Court at Cambridge, which is now pending.
6. The claim of Casey and Kearney for injuries to a team, May 7, 1886, upon Maple Street, resulted in a committee report that no further action was necessary.
7. In the case of the claim of Leonard C. Seavey, for damage to horse and wagon by the alleged careless handling of a hydrant upon Broadway, June 14, 1886, the petitioner was given leave to withdraw.
8. Claim of Horatio Wellington & Co. for damage to horse, June 30, 1886, upon Emerson Street, was settled, upon my recom- mendation, by payment of the sum of thirty dollars.
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REPORT OF CITY SOLICITOR.
9. In the case of B. F. Allen, claimant of compensation for use of his land at corner of Somerville Avenue and Medford Street, by the city as a dumping place, the committee reported no further action necessary.
I have tried or otherwise disposed of the following cases in court during the year : -
1. The application of Benjamin Hadley and others came up before the county commissioners of Middlesex County, March 16, 1886. The petitioners asked for a jury to assess their grade damages upon Linwood Street. The commissioners refused their request.
2. The case of George P. Deshon, for injuries received upon Day Street, was tried before a jury in the Superior Court at Cambridge, May 10, 1886, and resulted in a verdict of thirteen hundred dollars against the city.
3. The case of Col. C. G. Rowell, for injuries received upon Pearl Street, came up for trial before a jury in the Superior Court at Cambridge, June 14, 1886. The case was opened to the jury, and the jury viewed the driveway upon which the plaintiff fell, when the case was suspended in order to enable me to submit to the city council a proposition for settlement then made to me by plaintiff's counsel. This proposition was to settle for twelve hundred dollars ; and the city council deemed it for the interests of the city to settle for that sum, which was accordingly done.
4. The case of Hannah E. Dodge, for injuries received upon Washington Street, was tried before a jury in the Superior Court at Cambridge, June 16 and 17, 1886, and resulted in a verdict of fifteen hundred dollars against the city.
5. The case of Susan McCauley, for injuries received upon Somerville Avenue, resulted favorably to the city, Oct. 28, 1886, in the manner I have already described in another place in this report.
6. The case of Frederic Ayer and others, trustees of the estate of the late Dr. J. C. Ayer, to quash the sewer assessments levied upon their land upon Morrison and Cedar Streets, was argued by me before the Supreme Court, Nov. 10 and 11, 1886, and has not as yet been decided by that tribunal.
The following cases, to which the city is a party, were pending at the close of the last municipal year : -
1. Mayor and Aldermen of Somerville v. Fitchburg Railroad
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Company, before the county commissioners of Middlesex County. Petition for grade crossing of railroad location at Sacramento Street.
2. Parker v. Somerville, before Supreme Judicial Court in Middlesex County. Bill in equity to restrain nuisance alleged to be caused by the city upon Mystic Flats.
3. Parker v. Somerville, before county commissioners of Middlesex County. Damages for injury to real estate by nuisance growing out of sewage.
4. Squire v. Somerville, before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Damages for conversion of box-drain.
5. Mayor and Aldermen v. Boston and Lowell Railroad Com- pany, before the county commissioners of Middlesex County. Petition for repairs in bridges across railroad location in Somer- ville.
6. The case of Frederick Ayer et al., trustees, etc., petitioners for a writ of certiorari to quash sewer assessments on Morrison and Cedar Streets, already referred to.
7. Shea v. Somerville, before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries upon Russell Street, Oct. 14,1885.
8. Joslin v. Cole et al. Action for false arrest and imprison- ment.
9. Mullin v. Somerville, before the Superior Court at Boston. An action of contract for extra stone work, etc., upon the Public Library grounds. This case will be settled as soon as an admin- istrator is appointed, the plaintiff having died since the institution of the suit.
10. William H. Mahoney v. County Commissioners of Middle- sex County. Petition for mandamus to compel the respondents to issue an order for a jury to revise the assessment of land damages by the Mayor and Aldermen of Somerville, upon the extension of Evergreen Avenue.
11. Rufus B. Stickney v. City of Somerville Petition for a jury to revise betterment assessments upon forty lots of land for extension of Evergreen Avenue.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL C. DARLING,
City Solicitor.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY CLERK.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
Annual report of the receipts of his office for the year ending Dec. 31, 1886 ; also the registration of marriages, births, and deaths for the same period.
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1886.
Recording mortgages and assignments . $302 74
Fees for licensing dogs 190 60 .
11 auctioneers' licenses
22 00
34 junk licenses
68 00
321 marriage certificates
160 50
1 billiard table 4 00
12 liquor licenses .
12 00
$759 84
All of which has been paid to the city treasurer, and his receipt taken for the same.
MARRIAGES IN 1886.
Number of intentions issued in 1886 321
Increase over last year .
30
Marriages registered in 1886 .
354
NATIONALITY OF THOSE REGISTERED.
Both parties American
185
foreign 94
American groom and foreign bride .
42
Foreign groom and American bride
33
- 354 couples.
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REPORT OF CITY CLERK.
First marriage of
627
Second .
76
Third .
4
Fourth .
1
354 couples.
Oldest person married
67
Youngest
. 17
Youngest couple married : -
Bridegroom
19
Bride
18
BIRTHS.
Number of births registered in 1886
· 722
Less than last year
20
Males .
352
Females
.
370
Born of American parents
· 323
" " foreign 60 . 264
American father and foreign mother
66
Foreign father and American mother
69
Number of cases of twins
10
DEATHS.
Whole number of deaths in Somerville in 1886 . 493
Less than last year
55
Number of males .
. 228
Number of females
265
493
Under 10 years of age
Between 10 and 20
22
66 20 " 30
.
56
66
40 66 50
32
.
50 " 60
39
60 66 70
46
66 70 66 80
40
66
80
90
30
60
90 " 100
5
-
493
Oldest person deceased, 95 years, 11 months, 26 days.
173 .
.
30 40
. 50
.
722
722
·
298
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NATIONALITY.
Born in Somerville
164
" " other places in United States 219
Foreign birth
110
493
Number of deaths returned by undertakers
493
January
27
February
46
March .
38
April
43
May
47
June
32
July
47
August .
4+;
September
43
October
43
November
38
December
.
41
- 493
.
.
.
For classification of diseases, see report of Board of Health.
CHARLES E. GILMAN. City Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF MILK.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 9, 1887.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 10, 1887.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
SOMERVILLE, Jan. 31, 1887. To his Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Council:
GENTLEMEN, - During the year ending Dec. 31, 1886, I have granted eighty-three new, and renewed one hundred forty-five milk licenses. I have also granted twenty-eight registers to parties who retail milk in stores. There are now one hundred and thirty-five registered places for retailing milk. I have taken and tested three hundred and forty-seven samples of milk, and have sent or carried forty-nine notices to persons where the samples did not come up to the full standard. In no case has it been necessary to institute a prosecution, as I have found it better to advise with the parties, and they have found it better to sell good milk. There have been but two complaints from individuals who thought they were receiv- ing poor milk. In both cases the cream had been removed for breakfast coffee.
In almost every other case in which the milk was below the standard, it was because the milk in the top of the cans had been sold without properly mixing the milk ; or, to be more accurate, it was sold before the cream was stirred in.
The milkmen licensed by me dispose of some six thousand cans of milk daily in Somerville and the adjoining cities ; and I hear of but few prosecutions, and less convictions. Milk is now brought from a great distance, and the supply is generally bountiful and the quality good. Milk is distributed in our city directly from about seven hundred cows owned and milked by the sellers. I have also licensed twenty-one persons to deal in oleomargarine and butterine, but since the United States has taken up the license business, I think there are but few who now deal in the article ; in fact, I have found but two stores where the article is kept
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
openly. I am free to say, that, in my opinion, the gentlemen engaged in the extensive business of the milk supply of our city and others, will compare very favorably for honesty, integrity, and fair dealing with any business class in our community.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM,
Milk Inspector.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1887.
MAYOR. MARK F. BURNS. Residence, 95 Perkins Street ; office, City Hall.
ALDERMEN. ELBRIDGE G. PARK, President.
WARD ONE.
ELDRIDGE G. PARK
NATHAN H. REED
.
.
. Arlington Street.
. Florence Street.
WARD TWO.
SAMUEL W. HOLT
DANA W. BENNETT
Washington Street.
WARD THREE.
HARRISON ALDRICH
.
. Gilman Street.
JOHN F. KENNARD
.
. Howe Street.
WARD FOUR.
WALTER C. MENTZER .
. Cedar Street.
BERNARD W. LAWRENCE
. Holland Street. ·
CLERK OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
CHARLES E. GILMAN.
Washington Street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMMON COUNCIL. CHARLES L. NORTH, President.
GEORGE D. WEMYSS
GEORGE M. STARBIRD .
CHARLES M. HEMENWAY
RICHARD DOWD .
.
Austin Street.
Pearl Street.
. Perkins Street.
. Charles Street.
WARD TWO.
CHARLES L. NORTH
TIMOTHY C. DWYER
PATRICK F. DEADY
.
. Oak Street.
. High Street.
WARD THREE.
EDWARD O'BRIEN
ROBERT DUDDY
EZRA D. SOUTHER .
MARTIN L. KING .
. Lowell Street.
. Bond Street.
. Pembroke Street.
. Cross Street.
WARD FOUR.
LOUIS E. MERRY .
EDWARD H. BRADSHAW
GEORGE O. PROCTOR
D. WALLIS TUCKER
.
.
.
Dover Street.
. Cambria Street.
. Spring Street.
. Elm Street.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1887.
ACCOUNTS. - Aldermen Aldrich, Mentzer ; Councilmen King, Hemenway, Proctor.
CITY ENGINEERING. - Aldermen Holt, Bennett; Councilmen Merry, Starbird, King.
CLAIMS. - His Honor the Mayor; Alderman Holt; the Presi- dent of the Common Council ; Councilmen Hemenway, Merry.
. High Street.
. Somerville Avenue.
JOHN W. MACDONALD .
WARD ONE.
.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1887. 305
FINANCE. - His Honor the Mayor; Aldermen Park, Bennett ; the President of the Common Council; Councilmen Bradshaw, Wemyss, Souther, Deady.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Aldermen Lawrence, Kennard : Council- men Wemyss, Tucker, Duddy.
FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS. - Aldermen Aldrich, Reed ; Coun- cilmen Dwyer, Proctor, King.
HIGHWAYS. - Aldermen Holt, Reed ; Councilmen O'Brien, Brad- shaw, Dwyer.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. - His Honor the Mayor; Alderman Mentzer; the President of the Common Council; Councilmen Starbird, Hemenway.
ORDINANCES. - Aldermen Bennett, Reed ; Councilmen Souther, Tucker, Dowd.
PRINTING. - Aldermen Kennard, Lawrence ; Councilmen Duddy, Deady, Wemyss.
PUBLIC GROUNDS. - Aldermen Reed, Kennard; Councilmen Merry, Souther, Macdonald.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. - Aldermen Park, Mentzer; Councilmen Duddy, Starbird, Macdonald.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF. - Aldermen Reed, Holt ; Councilmen O'Brien, Merry, Dowd.
WATER. - Aldermen Mentzer, Kennard; the President of the Common Council ; Councilmen O'Brien, Dowd.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
ELECTIONS. - Aldermen Park, Lawrence.
ENROLLED ORDINANCES. - Aldermen Aldrich, Park.
LICENSES. - Aldermen Lawrence, Holt.
POLICE. - His Honor the Mayor ; Aldermen Aldrich, Mentzer.
SEWERS. - Aldermen Bennett, Aldrich, Lawrence.
STATE AID. - Aldermen Bennett, Park, Mentzer, Kennard.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
BUILDING PERMITS. - Aldermen Holt, Lawrence.
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306
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
ELECTIONS AND RETURNS. - Councilmen Tucker, Dowd, Mac- donald.
ENROLLED ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS .- Councilmen Souther, Deady, Proctor.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MARK F. BURNS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
CHARLES L. NORTH, President of the Common Council, ex officio.
(Term, three years.) WARD ONE.
JOHN H. BUTLER (elected 1884) . Pearl Street.
S. NEWTON CUTLER (elected 1885)
HORACE C. WHITE, M. D. (elected 1886)
. Pearl Street.
. Arlington Street.
WARD TWO.
A. H. CARVILL, M. D. (elected 1885)
JAMES F. BEARD (elected 1886) .
CHARLES I. SHEPARD (elected 1884)
. Bow Street.
. Prospect Hill Av.
. High Street.
WARD THREE.
NORMAN W. BINGHAM (elected 1885)
Q. F. DICKERMAN (elected 1886)
WILLIAM P. HILL (elected 1884) .
. School Street.
· Central Street.
. Sycamore Street.
WARD FOUR.
MARTIN W. CARR (elected 1884) . .
Prof. BENJAMIN G. BROWN (elected 1885)
H. P. MAKECHNIE, M. D. (elected 1886) . Elm Street.
Superintendent and Secretary, J. H. DAVIS,
. Craigie Street.
. Professors' Row.
Myrtle Street.
PRINCIPAL ASSESSORS. (Term, three years.)
STILLMAN H. LIBBY (elected 1886), Chairman, Elm Street.
GEORGE W. HADLEY (elected 1885) . Perkins Street.
BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON (elected 1887) .
. Summit Avenue.
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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1887.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS. (Term, one year.)
GEORGE W. BARTLETT, Ward One .
WILLIAM A. FLAHERTY, Ward Two
HIRAM D. SMITH, Ward Three .
SAMUEL T. RICHARDS, Ward Four .
. Mt. Vernon Street.
. Washington Street.
. Cross Street.
. Summer Street.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
(Term, Physician, three years ; other members, two years.)
GEORGE A. KIMBALL (appointed 1887), Chairman. Office, City Hall.
GEORGE C. SKILTON (appointed 1886) . Walnut Street.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D. (appointed 1885) . Bow Street.
Clerk, GEORGE I. VINCENT
Office, City Hall.
Inspector, WILLIAM H. BRINE . 40 Houghton Street.
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS.
(Term, three years.)
NATHAN TUFTS (elected 1886) . Summer Street.
HENRY F. WOODS (elected 1885)
. Sycamore Street.
EZRA D. CONANT (elected 1887)
. Pearl Street.
Treasurer, AARON SARGENT, Broadway.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
MARK F. BURNS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. HERBERT E. HILL (elected 1886 for 4 years) . Mt. Vernon Street. CHARLES S. LINCOLN (elected 1885 for 2 years) . Laurel Street.
EDWARD GLINES (elected 1885 for 3 years) . Highland Avenue. CHARLES G. BRETT (elected 1885 for 4 years). Hall Street.
Agent, CHARLES C. FOLSOM, Office, Police Building, Bow Street. Secretary, GEORGE T. LINCOLN, Office, Police Building, Bow Street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS:
CHARLES E. GILMAN, City Clerk. CROMWELL G. ROWELL (appointed 1886 for unexpired term). JOHN R. CONANT (appointed 1884 for 3 years). SAMUEL G. A. TWYCROSS (appointed 1886 for 3 years) .
SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.
(Term, one year.)
J. ORLIN HAYDEN, President . . Hill Building, Union Square.
WALTER S. BARNES
Highland Avenue.
CHARLES H. BROWN
Sycamore Street.
JOHN B. VIALL
·
Webster Street.
RICHARD T. BLACKWELL
Somerville Avenue.
Superintendent of Water Works, NATHANIEL DENNETT.
Office, Prospect Street, corner Somerville Avenue.
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
(Term, three years. )
CHARLES S. LINCOLN (elected 1885), President, Laurel Street.
CHARLES G. POPE (elected 1885) . · J. HENRY FLITNER (elected 1886), Secretary, GEORGE A. BRUCE (elected 1886) . Highland Avenue. WILLIAM E. WELD (elected 1887) . Harvard Street.
JAMES E. WHITAKER (elected 1887)
. Sycamore Street.
WILLIAM H. BRINE (elected 1886)
. Highland Avenue.
SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D. (elected 1887) . Webster Street.
CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES (elected 1885) .
. Summer Street.
Franklin Street. Day Street.
Librarian, HARRIET A. ADAMS. Assistant Librarian, LIZZIE A. STEVENS.
CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
CHARLES E. GILMAN. Office, City Hall.
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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1887.
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. JOHN F. COLE. Office, City Hall.
CITY MESSENGER. JAIRUS MANN. Office, City Hall.
CITY SOLICITOR.
SAMUEL C. DARLING. Office, 18 Rogers Building, Boston.
CITY AUDITOR.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR. Office, City Hall.
CITY ENGINEER.
GEORGE A. KIMBALL. Office, City Hall.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
FRANK G. WILLIAMS, Albion Street. Office, City Hall.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LIGHTS
THOMAS R. ROULSTONE. Office, City Hall.
SUPERINTENDENT OF TELEGRAPH
AND TELEPHONE LINES.
JAMES R. HOPKINS, Summit Avenue.
.
310
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CHIEF OF POLICE. MELVILLE C. PARKHURTT, Police Station, Bow Street.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. JAMES R. HOPKINS. Office, Engine House, Highland Avenue.
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS. JAMES R. HOPKINS, Summit Avenue.
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR .. THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, Oak Street.
CITY PHYSICIAN. THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D., 14 Bow Street.
CLERK OF ASSESSORS AND COMMITTEES.
GEORGE I. VINCENT. Office, City Hall.
ASSISTANT CLERK OF ASSESSORS AND COMMITTEES.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. Office, City Hall.
CONSTABLES.
JAIRUS MANN. ROBERT R. PERRY.
CHARLES C. FOLSOM. EDWARD MCGARR. C. C. CAVANAGH.
WM. H. BRINE (Houghton St.). WILLIAM D. HAYDEN. SAMUEL R. DOW.
JOSEPH J. GILES.
GEORGE CULLIS.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1887.
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FIELD DRIVERS.
JOHN E. FULLER.
JUDSON W. OLIVER.
GEORGE H. CARLETON.
PATRICK BENCH.
DENNIS KELLY. CHARLES S. THRASHER.
GEORGE W. BEAN. CHARLES L. ELLIS.
JAMES F. FOLEY.
FENCE VIEWERS.
DAVID A. SANBORN. CHARLES D. ELLIOTT.
POUND KEEPER. CHARLES A. SMALL.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. NOAH HARDING, Sycamore Street.
SURVEYOR OF WOOD, BARK, AND LUMBER. SAMUEL T. LITTLEFIELD.
SURVEYOR OF STONE, BRICK, AND PLASTER WORK. ALFRED M. SIBLEY.
SURVEYOR OF MECHANICS' WORK. CHARLES D. ELLIOT.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
J. C. COUSINS. D. W. DANFORTH. JOHN CRAIG.
UNDERTAKERS.
WILLIAM A. FLAHERTY. P. H. RAFFERTY. PATRICK RAFFERTY.
E. H. MARSH. THOMAS J. BARKER. HORACE D. RUNEY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
M. C. PARKHURST, Chief.
R. R. PERRY, Captain.
S. R. Dow, Sergeant.
EDWARD MCGARR, Sergeant.
C. C. CAVANAGH, Sergeant.
JOHN E. FULLER.
P. W. SKINNER.
A. L. STAPLES.
J. W. OLIVER.
S. A. BROWN. JOHN HAFFORD.
GEORGE W. BEAN.
IVAN LAIGHTON.
GEORGE L. SMITH.
M. H. KINSLEY.
EDWARD M. CARTER.
G. A. BODGE.
E. F. FALES.
DENNIS KELLY. GEORGE H. CARLETON.
J. F. JOHNSON.
E. A. CARTER.
H. H. MILLER. FRANCIS A. PERKINS.
EDWARD E. HAMBLEN. .
JAMES F. FOLEY.
CHARLES S. THRASHER.
CHARLES L. ELLIS.
WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON.
M. C. PARKHURST, Lock-up Keeper.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1887.
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MEETINGS.
.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Thursday evenings following the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Last Monday evening of each month.
INDEX.
PAGE
City Government and Officers for 1886
3
66 66 1887
303
Mayor's Inaugural Address .
Report of the Board of Health
66
Chief Engineer of Fire Department
263
66
66 City Clerk
295
66
City Engineer .
249
66 66
66 Physician
211
66
" Solicitor
289
66
66
Committee on Fire Department
259 281
66
66
" Fuel and Street Lights
223
269
66
66
6 : " Public Property 66 66 Sewers
,243
299
66
Overseers of the Poor
183
66 School Committee
125
66
Somerville Mystic Water Board
167
66
Trustees of the Public Library
215
Water Contract
179
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Commissioners of the Sinking Funds
31
121
66 " Highways
Inspector of Milk
15 193
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