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The Water Board has two recommendations to make to the City Council. There are now 7,051 feet of pipe in Somerville streets near the Cambridge line, owned by Cambridge, and 247 houses on these mains are supplied with water by the Cambridge department.
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The amount paid in rates to Cambridge by these water takers amounts to $5,000 a year. The Cambridge pipes are small and in bad condition, and the pressure is inadequate to give a satisfactory supply. These pipes could be replaced by the Somerville depart- ment at an expense of from $7,000 to $10,000. Allowing that the cost would be $10,000, under the present contract with Boston our city could get $2,500 a year of the water rates, so that the whole cost of the improvement would be repaid in four years, and the in- vestment would grow steadily more profitable each year as vacant lots are built upon. The Water Board recommends, therefore, that an appropriation be made to do this work during the coming year.
Another question that is worthy of consideration is, whether it would not be well for Somerville to purchase the Mystic Water System outright. The interest of the Boston Water Board in this supply seems to be growing less as the Cochituate system is ex- tended and improved, and it is believed that Boston would like to dispose of the Mystic system, and supply its whole territory from the Cochituate sources. The Mystic water has been severely criti- cised, but the fact remains that it is the only available supply for Somerville at present, and the Water Board believes that it can be improved so that there will be no objection to it. If the system can be secured at a low price, Somerville will do well to acquire it. The profit from it would be very great, and if the system were wholly controlled by the city which it chiefly serves, better care could be taken of it, and the supply could be greatly improved.
In closing its report, the Water Board desires to express its appre- ciation of the services rendered by City Engineer Horace L. Eaton, and by Hon. C. E. Rymes, in connection with the high service system. A detailed statement of the workings of the department for the year is given in the appended report of Superintendent Dennett, which is commended to the consideration of the City Council.
J. O. HAYDEN. RICHARD DOWD. ADNA C. WINNING. WALTER C. MENTZER. SAMUEL W. HOLT.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Somerville Mystic Water Board :
GENTLEMEN,-I present a detailed report of the work of the Somerville Mystic Water Works, performed under my supervision during the year ending Dec. 31, 1889. An inventory of tools, ap- pliances and stock on hand, is included.
DISTRIBUTION MAINS.
These were extended 13,777 feet, making the present total in the city, 56 miles 4,161 feet. There were relaid 4,493 feet of cast-iron pipe, in place of an equal amount of cement-lined pipe. The breaks on mains numbered 41, and 125 feet of pipe were used in their re- pair. Of these breaks, 23 occurred on 4-inch, 10 on 6-inch, 7 on 8-inch, and 1 on 10-inch mains.
EXTENSION OF MAIN PIPE.
Alpine street, to a dead end, 685 feet of 6-inch.
Arthur street, to a dead end, 464 feet of 6-inch.
Belmont street, from stand-pipe, and connecting with Summer street, 227 feet of 14-inch.
Belmont place, to a dead end, 198 feet of 12-inch.
Bowdoin street, to a dead end, 361 feet of 6-inch.
Cross street, to a dead end, 48 feet of 4-inch.
Dana street, to a dead end, 318 feet of 6-inch. Derby street, to a dead end, 220 feet of 6-inch. Edmonds street, to a dead end, 286 feet of 6-inch. Elm street, to a dead end, 176 feet of 6 inch.
Gibbons street, to a dead end, 689 feet of 6-inch.
Gorham street, to a dead end, 349 feet of 6-inch. Granite street, to a dead end, 103 feet of 6-inch. Grant street, to a dead end, 603 feet of 6-inch.
Green street, to a dead end, 327 feet of 6-inch.
Greenville street, connecting with Monroe street, 39 feet of 6-inch.
Harrison street, connecting with Mondamin court, 315 feet of 6-inch.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Highland avenue, connecting with high service, 4,118 feet of 10-inch.
Ivaloo street, connecting with Harrison street, 350 feet of 6-inch. James street, to a dead end, 113 feet of 6-inch.
Monroe street, connecting with Greenville street, 26 feet of 6-inch.
Montrose street, connecting with Sycamore street, 35 feet of 6-inch.
Paine court, to a dead end, 169 feet of 12-inch.
Partridge avenue, connecting with Medford and Vernon streets. 4 1,035 feet of 6-inch.
Pearl street, to a dead end, 190 feet of 6-inch.
Rossmore street, to a dead end, 447 feet of 6-inch.
Skehan street, to a dead end, 248 feet of 22-inch.
Summit street, to a dead end, 254 feet of 6-inch.
Sycamore street, to a dead end, 148 feet of 6-inch.
Ware street, to a dead end, 245 feet of 6-inch.
Wesley street, to a dead end, 170 feet of 6-inch. West street, to a dead end, 250 feet of 14-inch.
Williams street, to a dead end, 190 feet of 6-inch.
Wyatt street, to a dead end, 391 feet of 6-inch. Total, 13,777 feet.
HIGH SERVICE.
There was used in constructing the high service :
364 feet of 6-inch pipe.
1,603 feet of 10-inch pipe.
1,877 feet of 12-inch pipe.
8,172 feet of 14-inch pipe. 520 feet of 18-inch pipe.
12,536 feet.
The above statement includes the pipe laid in Broadway, from Cedar street to Central street ; Central street, from Broadway to Highland avenue ; Highland avenue, from Central street to Cedar street ; Belmont street, from Highland avenue to Summer street ; Cedar street, from Highland avenue to Broadway. It also includes the pipe used in setting the different hydrants, and that employed for six blow-offs, viz : 1 on Highland avenue, 1 on Belmont street, and 4 at entrance to pumping station. For crossing Cedar-street bridge, 105 feet 8 inches of steel pipe were required.
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STREETS RELAID.
Cedar Street, 50 feet of 12-inch in place of 6-inch.
Central Street, 52 feet of 12-inch in place of 12-inch. Florence Street, 424} feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Franklin Street, 511 feet of 8-inch in place of 6-inch. London Street, 390 feet of 4-inch in place of 4-inch Medford Street, 939 feet of 8-inch in place of 8-inch.
Medford Street, 65₺ feet of 12-inch in place of 12-inch.
Myrtle Street, 494 feet of 8-inch in place of 8-inch.
Pearl Street, 257 feet of 8-inch in place of 8-inch. Perkins Street, 194 feet of 8-inch in place of 6-inch.
Somerville Avenue, 439 feet of 10-inch in place of 8-incli.
Washington Street. 600 feet of 10-inch in place of 8-inch. Willow Avenue, 77 feet of 12-inch in place of 6-inch. Total, 4493 feet.
There still remain in service about ten miles of old, contract pipe, all of which is in a weak condition and liable to burst at any time. The pipe made by the city prior to 1877 is also unreliable, many breaks having occurred on it within the last two years.
The condition of the cement-lined pipe in the following named streets is such that I recommend the substitution therefor of cast- iron pipe, to the amounts and of the sizes specified, during the com- ing year :-
Bow street, from Somerville avenue, 760 feet of 8-inch.
Warren avenue, from Bow street to Columbus avenue, 716 feet of 8-inch.
Medford street. from Somerville avenue to Cambridge line, 1,570 feet of 8-inch.
Cross street. from Everett avenue to Flint street, 700 feet of 6-inch.
Oliver street, from Franklin to Cross street, 1,100 feet of 6-inch.
Washington street. from Myrtle street to Prospect street, 3,400 feet of 10-inch.
Marshall street, from Medford street to Broadway, 1,750 feet of 8-inch.
Dane street, from Somerville avenue to Washington street, 1,400 feet of 6-inch.
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GATES.
The following named gates were set in connection with the high service, to Dec. 31, 1889 :-
1 18-inch on Cedar street, South Broadway line.
1 14-inch on Cedar street, South Broadway line.
1 14-inch on Broadway, near Cedar street.
1 14-inch on Broadway, near Central street.
1 14-inch on Central street, near Broadway.
1 14-inch on Central street, N. side of bridge.
1 14-inch on Central street, S. side of bridge.
1 14-inch on Central street, N. of Highland avenue.
1 14-inch on Highland avenue, W. of Central street.
1 14-inch on Highland avenue, E. of Belmont street.
1 14-inch on Belmont street, S. of Highland avenue.
1 14-inch on Belmont street, near stand pipe.
1 14-inch on Belmont street, at stand-pipe.
1 14-inch on Belmont street, north side Summer street.
1 12-inch, on Cedar street, S. Broadway.
1 12-inch on Broadway, E. Central.
1 12-inch on Cedar street, opposite pumping station.
1 12-inch on Cedar street, opposite pumping station.
1 12-inch on Cedar street, opposite pumping station.
1 12-inch on Cedar street, near Murdock street.
1 12-inch on Cedar street, near railroad crossing.
1 12-inch on Cedar street, N. Highland avenue.
1 12-inch on Broadway, near 30-inch main.
1 10-inch on Highland avenue, W. Belmont street.
1 6-inch on Highland avenue, W. Belmont street (blow-off).
1 6-inch on Highland avenue, W. Belmont street (blow-off).
1 6-inch at pumping station, blow-off on 12-inch.
1 6-inch at pumping station, blow-off on 12-inch.
1 6-inch at pumping station, blow-off on 14-inch.
1 6-inch at pumping station, blow-off on 18-inch.
30 Gates were set as follows, on mains extended during the year : West street, N. line Hathorn, 1 1-inch.
Dana street, N. line Pearl, 1 6-inch.
Wesley street, N. line Bow, 1 6-inch.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER-WORKS.
Skehan street, S. line Hanson, 1 3-inch.
Gibbens street, W. line Central, 1 6-inch. . Summit street, E. line Elm, 1 6-inch. Bowdoin street, S. line Washington, 1 6-inch.
Wyatt street, S. line Washington, 1 6-inch. Montrose street, E. line Sycamore, 1 6-inch. Belmont place, E. line Belmont, 1 12-inch. Villa avenue, near line Elm court, 1 4-inch.
. Grant street, N. line Broadway, 1 6-inch. Grant street, S. line Jaques, 1 6-inch. Highland avenue, W. line Willow avenue, 1 10-inch. Highland avenue, E. line Willow avenue, 1 10-inch. Highland avenue, W. line Cedar street, 1 10-inch. Highland avenue, E. line Cedar street, 1 10-inch. Highland avenue, E. line Grove street, 1 10-inch.
Highland avenue, W. line Belmont street, 1 10-inch.
Highland avenue, W. line Belmont street (blow-off), 1 6-inch.
Partridge avenue, S. line Medford, 1 6-inch.
Partridge avenue, N. line Vernon, 1 6-inch. Ivaloo street, W. line Park, 1 6-inch.
Harrison street, N. line Mondamin court, 1 6-inch.
Derby street, E. line Temple, 1 6-inch.
Edmonds street, S. line Broadway, 1 6-inch.
Arthur street, S. line Broadway, 1 6-inch.
Spring street, N. line Beech, 1 4-inch.
Washington street, W. Bonner avenue, 1 8-inch.
Cross street, N. line Broadway, 1 4-inch.
Rossmore street, N. line Somerville avenue, 1 6-inch.
Alpine street, E. line Cedar, 1 6-inch. Willow avenue, N. line Highland avenue, 1 12-inch.
Willow avenue, S. line Highland avenue, 1 12-inch.
Cedar street, S. line Highland avenue, 1 12-inch.
Making a total of 565 gates in the city, to date, exclusive of those on the high service.
The re-laying of larger mains made the following-named changes in gates necessary :
Florence street, 4-inch gate replaced by 6-inch.
Franklin street, 6-inch gate replaced by 8-inch.
Washington street. 8-inch gate replaced by 10-inch.
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Somerville avenue, 8-inch gate replaced by 10-inch.
Sixty-nine gates, found leaking, were packed ; 185 gate boxes were cleaned of refuse ; 36 gate boxes were replaced by new ones, and 69 were brought to grade of street.
HYDRANTS.
Twenty-nine hydrants were set, the locations of which are :
Belmont street, near stand-pipe on high service.
Belmont street, foot of hill, toward Highland avenue.
Bowdoin street, near dead end.
Broadway, opposite Cedar street, on high service.
Broadway, 500 feet E. of Cedar street.
Buckingham street, corner Garden street.
Cedar street, corner Murdock street.
Cedar street, corner Albion street.
Cedar street, near railroad.
Cedar street, opposite pumping station.
Franklin street, near Pearl street.
Gibbens street, near dead end.
Gibbens street, near Central street.
Highland avenue, opposite West street.
Highland avenue, corner Willow avenue.
Highland avenue, corner Fanning avenue.
Highland avenue, opposite Eastman place.
Highland avenue, between Porter and Belmont streets.
Highland avenue, opposite Belmont street, on high service.
James street, near dead end.
Madison street, midway between School and Sycamore streets.
Medford street, near Jackson street.
Medford street, near Washington street.
Partridge avenue, corner Vernon street.
Partridge avenue, between Medford and Vernon streets.
Partridge avenue, near Medford street.
Sanborn avenue, 100 feet E. of Walnut street.
School street, near Montrose street.
Warren avenue, between Bow street and Sanborn avenue.
The total number of hydrants in the city is now 401. Nine were removed and new ones substituted ; 36 were dug up and had their- wastes repaired, new valves put in, etc., and 10 were thoroughly
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER-WORKS.
overhauled and repaired in the department shops. £ These hydrants were discontinued :-
One on Cameron street, near Cambridge line.
in Union Square, easterly side.
" on Somerville avenue, corner Bow street.
on Washington street, corner Hawkins street.
All the hydrants were kept in repair and received constant atten- tion.
The two Lowry hydrants formerly connected with the cement- lined mains in Union Square, were removed when those mains were re-laid with cast-iron pipe. They will be re-set in other localities hereafter to be decided upon.
SERVICES.
There were laid 475 services, at an average cost of $17.70 each, making the total number 5885, and giving a total length of 38 miles, 3,402 feet. For various reasons 40 services were put in to re-place old ones.
There were 79 leaks, of which 30 were occasioned by broken leads, 10 by settling of earth, 12 by picks, 13 by defective couplings, 14 by defective soldering. Twenty-five services had such repairs as new stop and waste cocks, washers, etc. ; 2 were lowered in Bowdoin street, to allow passage of sewer, and 3 were lowered to prevent freezing ; 39 were dug up and tapped at corporation ; 49 old wooden service boxes were replaced by iron ones.
Water was turned off for repairs in 154 instances.
STAND PIPES.
One new stand pipe was located on Medford street, near Broad- way. Those on Elm street, opposite Morrison street, Broadway, near Montgomery avenue, and in Cutter Square were re-set. One was removed from Elm street, near railroad crossing. Twenty were packed and oiled, and 13 received general repairs. All had the best of care.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
These all received the customary attention and supplies of dippers, chains, etc. The one in front of the Hill Building, Union Square, has been thoroughly repaired and is now in good order.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In the shop the iron pipe for the services was lined, cut and fitted, and the lead pipe connections were made. The usual repairs ou gates and hydrants were made, and gate boxes made and fitted.
STOCK AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE JAN. 1, 1890.
Cast-iron pipe
$6.069 73 ·
Special castings
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2,436 84
Gates and hydrants
1.301 44
Service pipe and material
379 56
Sundry material
83 80
$10,271,37
TOOLS AND FURNITURE,
Special patterns
$1,000 00
Tools and machinery for water-works
1,054 40
Tools for water services.
430 75
Stable department,
1,421 50
Office furniture,
520 00
NATHANIEL DENNETT,
Superintendent.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 12, 1890.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 13, 1890. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HON. CHARLES G. POPE, Chairman ex-officio.
COL. HERBERT E. HILL
Ward One.
MR. EDWARD B. WEST
Ward Two.
MR. DANIEL C. STILLSON .
Ward Three.
MR. CHARLES G. BRETT, President
Ward Four.
COMMITTEES:
On Investigation and Relief
MESSRS. BRETT AND WEST.
On Finance
MESSRS. HILL AND STILLSON. CHARLES C. FOLSOM, General Agent. FRANK W. KAAN, Secretary.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To the Honorable the City Council of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN,-At the request of the Overseers of the Poor, the General Agent has submitted to them his report of the work of this department for the year 1889. This report, together with the accompanying tables, they adopt as their official report.
CHARLES G. POPE, Chairman. CHARLES G. BRETT, President. HERBERT E. HILL. EDWARD B. WEST. DANIEL C. STILLSON.
REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT.
Overseers of the Poor, City of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN, -I have the honor to submit to you my report for the year ending December 31, 1889.
The work has been carried on with the same end in view as in the year 1888, viz., to encourage self-reliance, to assist the destitute, to provide for those who are in distress, and to prevent suffering as much as possible, every case being treated according to its merits. and at the same time the expenses of the department being kept as low as practicable under the circumstances.
The appropriation was $14,000. Of this amount, $500 was trans- ferred to the account of "Indigent Soldiers and Sailors." The total expenditure for the year was $14,610.92, as against $13,375.98 in the year 1888 The increase of $1,234.94 in the expenses was due to the following reasons : First, the exchange of a small safe for a large fire-proof safe, suitable for protecting the books and records from fire if one should occur ; second, an increase in the expenses for the insane. In the year 1888 there was paid public institutions for the care of the insane, $4,542.38 ; in the year 1889. $5,548.65, an increase of $1,006.27. This includes a bill from the Commonwealth for the support, during several years, of Mary Doughty, an insane woman. whose settlement was not determined until last spring, she giving no account of herself during her con- finement in the Taunton Insane Hospital. This bill amounted to $495. The whole matter was referred to the City Solicitor, and upon his advice the bill was paid.
There has been a controversy with the city of Cambridge in re- gard to a bill of about $80 for board and treatment of a pauper in Carney Hospital, the question in dispute being whether his settle- ment was in So'nerville. This matter has been referred to the city solicitors of the two cities, and may be decided finally by the Su- preme Court.
During the past year 207 families, comprising 696 persons, have been aided in their homes ; 875 orders have been given on different stores for groceries, amounting to $2.009.73 ; 254 orders for fuel on
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Horatio Wellington & Co., and Dunning & Underhill, amounting to $517.95 ; orders for clothing and boots and shoes, amounting to $206.95 ; orders to pay in whole or in part the burial of 11 persons, at an expense of $97.
There has been paid other cities and towns $1,609 for partial or full support of paupers having a settlement in this city.
In January, 1889, the number of families being assisted by the payment of rent was 22; in December, only 18; a decrease of 4 during the year. I shall ask the Board to stop paying rent for 3 or 4 others in the spring. In January, 1890, there were 22 sane and 28 insane persons for whose support the city was paying in full; in December, 23 sane and 32 insane. The city is reimbursed for 2 of these through guardians. These 55 persons are in insane hospitals, in almshouses of the State and of other towns and cities, and in private families. Of these there have died during the year 1 sane and 3 insane persons ; 1 other sane person disappeared last November.
Full board has been paid temporarily for several sane and insane persons, most of them being sick and after recovery being able to take care of themselves. During the year 8 persons were committed to the State Almshouse at Tewksbury ; 40 applicants were refused aid for various good reasons.
For further information I will refer you to the tables prepared by the Secretary.
Thanking you for your courtesy and co-operation during the year,
I am, very respectfully yours,
C. C. FOLSOM.
TABLE NO. 1.
PARTIAL SUPPORT (OUT-DOOR RELIEF).
Families aided during the year
. 207
Persons
. 696
Persons having a settlement in Somerville 332 ·
" other cities and towns · 193
66 no settlement, chargeable in part to
the State 171
Persons aided in other cities and towns chargeable to
Somerville
. 76
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TABLE NO. 2. FULL SUPPORT.
During the whole year, sane .
19
66 " insane
25
.. part of the year, sane
24
" insane
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18
In almshouses
10
In private families
24
In Boston hospitals .
14
Total number aided during the whole or part of the year
. 86
TABLE No. 3.
PAY ROLLS FOR
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
January
$2,913 20
$2,578 43
$3,296 01
$2,769 41
$3,139 51
$2,881 88
February
9S0 45
1,198 38
965 30
834 62
852 68
777 66
March
1,487 43
2,293 47
908 12
1,296 90
1,245 99
1,792 66
April.
1,716 54
1,400 97
1,805 75
1,073 43
1,035 71
696 96
May,
718 23
639 81
662 41
691 49
523 61
602 42
June
1,750 43
1,211 58
972 22
927 13
1,480 64
1,627 10
July
1,415 09
2,373 39
1,663 89
1,500 01
883 96
1,212 09
August
1,231 11
710 83
590 00
510 11
755 07
503 27
September
2,072 35
898 50
774 84
1,431 86
1,571 43
1,599 93
October
1,023 72
1,773 42
1,395 11
725 01
678 14
1,356 86
November
928 79
434 94
669 28
696 69
727 12
715 27
December
1,135 18
916 60
638 90
974 20
478 12
844 82
Total.
$17,272 52
$16,430 32
$14,341 83
$13,430 89
$13,375 98
$14,610 92
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TABLE No. 4. EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1889.
Rent.
Board.
Groceries.
Towns and Cities.
Public Institutions.
Boots and Shoes.
Dry Goods.
Burials.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Sundries .!
Totals.
.
January
·
$99 00
$101 75
$283 05
$790 87 $1,214 03
$42 35
$6 00
$10 00
$120 83
$169 85
$44 15
$2,881 88
February
103 00
88 00
218 51
22 39
77 57
7 60
18 75
-
120 83
100 06
20 95
777 66
March
99 00
141 75
226 05
31 09
1,031 00
13 00
5 00
120 84
102 88
22 05
1,792 66
April
105 00
86 78
123 70
62 57
162 80
13 25
- -
-
22 03
696 96
May .
123 00
88 18
233 60
90 )
120 83
-
27 81
602 42
June .
109 00
171 78
79 50
11 50
1,087 82
2 50
10 00
120 84
3 15
31 01
1,627 10
July .
92 00
96 18
194 00
511 14
138 15
11 50
17 00
120 83
17 60
13 69
1,212 09
August .
92 00
103 04
117 30
8 50
11 50
19 00
120 83
-
31 10
503.27
September .
92 00
189 92
196 77
36 59
908 81
6 75
35 00
120 84
13 25
1,599 93
October
102 00
126 33
156 00
122 35
428 18
18 25
20 75
5 00
120 83
-
257 17
1,356 86
November .
87 00
113 43
159 75
12 00
6 29
5 25
15 00
. 120 83
124 41
71 31
715 27
December .
87 00
106 90
21 50
494 00
1 50
120 84
13 08
844 82
Totals
.
$1190 00 $1414 04
$2,009 73 $1609 00
$5,548 65
$130 95
76 00
$97 00 $1450 00
$517 95
$567 60 $14,610 92 -
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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120 83
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TABLE NO. 5.
RECEIPTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$556 47
City of Boston
574 00
Cambridge .
99 15
Lowell
19 85
Salem
3 00
66 Quincy
54 90
Haverhill
18 75
66 Malden
5 55
Newton
2 05
Town of Clinton
23 50
Groton
13 00
Arlington .
34 68
Leominster
87 50
Oakland
6 85
Methuen
23 50
،، Stoneham .
32 00
Northfield .
30 25
Guardians and relatives of paupers and insane persons
651 62
J. B. Eastman, return of overpayment on a bill for gro- ceries
4 00
Total
. $2,240 62
TABLE NO. 6.
RECAPITULATION.
Received from the Commonweath, cities, towns, and individuals
. $2,240 62
Appropriation
. 14,000 00
Total receipts
. $16,240 62
Total expenditures
14,610 92 .
Transferred to account of "Indigent Soldiers and Sailors"
500 00
15,110 92
Balance
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$1,129 70 .
Net expenditures
. 12,370 30
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 12, 1890.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 13, 1890. CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, MASS, Jan. 22, 1890.
To His Honor the Mayor aud the City Council.
GENTLEMEN,- Agreeably with law and usage, the Board of Health presents herewith its twelfth annual report, consisting of a condensed statement of the sanitary conditions of Somerville and the doings of the Board during the year ending Dec. 31, 1889.
MEMBERSHIP.
Mr. Charles H. Crane was appointed to the Board, April 25, 1888 for two years. Alvah B. Dearborn, M. D., was appointed City Physician by the Mayor and Aldermen, Jan. 16, 1889, for three years, and became, ex-officio, a member of the Board. Mr. J. Frank Wellington was appointed Jan 23, 1889, by the Mayor and Aldermen, for two years.
ORGANIZATION.
The Board organized Feb. 5, by electing officers as follows :- Chairman, J. FRANK WELLINGTON. Clerk, WILLIAM P MITCHELL. Inspector, CALEB A. PAGE.
NUISANCES.
The tabulated method of reporting nuisances abated is continued in this report ; the arrangement being by the months when the com- plaints were received.
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