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" vaccine virus
11 00
" fumigating (sulphur, pans, &c.)
17 48
" disinfectants
15 50
" badge for inspector 6 00 ,
."' care of ash dumps
145 20
." expressing
85
." oil of peppermint 25 00
."' books, stationery, printing, &c. 53 38
" carriage hire 14 00
"' rent of post-office box . ·
4 00
Total debit
$5,226 54
Balance unexpended .
$499 46
J. FRANK WELLINGTON, CHARLES H. CRANE, ALVAH B. DEARBORN.
INDEX
TO THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
PAGE
Ashes .
234
Cows .
233.
Dangerous diseases .
238.
Death rate, 1889 (at end of mortality table)
238
Deaths
236
Diphtheria .
238
Districts
240.
Expenses
245
Goats
233
Grease
233
House offal .
235
Map
240₺
Membership
231
Nuisances
231-232
Organization
233
Permits
233
Population (at end of mortality table)
238
Private streets
233
Scarlet fever
238
Sewers
236
Swine .
233
Typhoid fever
239 ·
TABLES.
Mortality in Somerville, 1889
. 236
66 rates of, in districts, in last ten years
241
Nuisances abated, 1889
. 232
66 in districts, 1889 .
244
Principal causes of death, in districts, 1889 ·
242
Scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever, 1889
239.
66
deaths in last 10 years 239.
66
6
66
in districts, 1889 . 242
66
66
in last 7 years 243.
.
.
. 236
Night-soil
231
Pedlers
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
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.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council :
I hereby present my report as City Physician for the year ending December 31, 1889.
Nine hundred and twenty-three visits have been made upon 334 different persons. Of that number, 149 are foreign born, and of the 185 native born, more than two-thirds are of foreign-born parentage.
There have been 16 deaths, 1 each of the following diseases : Bronchitis, apoplexy, pneumonia, typhoid fever, diphtheria, menin- gitis, fistula, scarlet fever ; 6 of consumption, 2 of heart disease. Eight certificates of death have been given where persons died un- attended by a physician. Eight women have been attended in child- birth.
Thirty-two visits have been made at the police station in attend- ance on 20 persons,-18 men and 2 women.
Ten persons have been examined for the police force under the civil service law.
Sixty-four children have been vaccinated.
Thirteen persons have been examined for insanity, and the same committed to the asylum.
Respectfully submitted,
ALVAH B. DEARBORN, City Physician.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 13, 1890.
Concurred in.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To the City Council of Somerville
In presenting their annual report, the trustees do not hesitate to express no sinall degree of pride in the prosperous condition of the Public Library. By this we mean that the immediate custodians have been constant and faithful in the discharge of their duties, and assiduous in their attention to the wants of the public ; the actual demand for reading matter has largely increased ; the purchase of 'books has been made with careful discrimination ; improved con- veniences "made, and the general usefulness of the institution as a whole, strengthened.
It is perhaps needless to say, that the appropriation for the last year has been entirely expended in providing the ordinary wants of a library in our fast growing city. Indeed, the trustees were obliged to resist the purchase of many books of value and importance from the want of funds. And it seems to them, that the annual appropri- ations must be enlarged rather than lessened, or the public must otherwise forego many of the most valuable of the new publications. voluminous as they are.
The librarian in her report has given many important statistics, which render it unnecessary to go into any details here, and her report is respectfully submitted herewith, for further information than is here given.
CHAS. S. LINCOLN,
Chairman-
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Somerville Public Library :
GENTLEMEN, -In accordance with the regulations of the library, my seventeenth annual report is herewith respectfully submitted.
ACCESSIONS.
We have now in the library 17,045 volumes. Of this number, 1162 have been added during the past year. Three new magazines have been placed in the reading room. "Political Science Quarterly," "' New England Magazine," and " Chautauquan," making with this addition fifty periodicals, magazines, and reviews. Twelve books have been given by a friend of the library, and the "Somerville Journal," and " Somerville Citizen " have each presented us with a file of their papers from the beginning.
For our reference room some valuable books have been purchased. Each year a few books are added, and thus, slowly, without any special appropriation, it is becoming more and more useful. In the department of "Natural History " several illustrated works have been entered, such as " Birds of Europe," "Nests and Eggs of British Birds," "Parrots in Captivity," " British Fishes," also the "' Indian Tribes of North America," "Dictionary of Gardening," " Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians," "Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings," and a full set of " Harper's Weekly," bound in thirty- one volumes.
There has also been an attempt made to collect a complete history of the " Massachusetts Regiments." These are becoming valuable and are already difficult to obtain. Our list is, however, nearly complete ; only two are wanting.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The grounds have received unusual care this year, and have well repaid the attention. The shelving of the round room, in the second story, has been completed, and government documents placed there.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Our small room can now be used for patent office reports. and official gazettes, which are fast accumulating.
Space is thus obtained in the lower room. where the shelves are- gradually filling up.
CIRCULATION.
The circulation for 305 library days has been 88,381. Of this- number, 87,581 were for home use and 800 for reference in the building. The busiest week was in March, when 2,108 were given out. The largest on any day was 780.
We have had 332 books bound, a larger number than ever before. Many of these were juvenile books, which, being not strongly bound at first, could not stand the constant wear. Some of our best books soon show loose leaves ; and it is one of the things insisted upon, that every book as it comes in shall be examined. as ill-usage in this way is soon discovered. A large number have been withdrawn, completely worn out.
The work in this department has gone ou smoothly and har- moniously, and on an average 1200 books a month have been covered. This does not include books of history. biography. essays, or books of travel, which circulate without the paper covers.
We lose with regret the services of Miss Hopkins, on account of ill-health. She has been with us five years.
REGISTRATION.
One thousand four hundred and thirty new names have been registered this year, which is rather more than usual ; and indeed in every department the work gradually grows more extensive, as it should in a growing library. People are not content now to read what some favorite author says on a particular subject, but ask for all that we have on both sides of the subject, and take the conflict- ing materials away with them to form in their own minds an un- prejudiced opinion.
This is one of the best uses of a public library. which knows no sect in religion or politics, but grants a fair chance to every reliable author fully to speak his own mind. All the schools are now sup- plied with our catalogues. and we always welcome the suggestions of the teachers with regard to the purchase of such books as they may find useful in their work.
256
ANNUAL REPORTS.
We have not had as many applications from this source as usual. This may be owing to the fact that their wants had been in part anticipated by us.
Works on electricity and photography have been in demand, also works on mechanical drawing and engraving. A man going "West" is anxious to read about "Colorado"; another wants all we have about "Florida."
"Can you give me something about the 'Game Laws'?" says one, while another wishes to know about "Sheep farming."
"Where can I read about Halloween ?" inquires one ; or "I would like a book about Arbor Day," or "Can you find me any description of our National Park?" Then the history of the "Great Fire of Chicago" is wanted, or the "Commerce of England" is to be looked up, or the oldest account of "Yucatan."
"I want to know about the 'Tides,'" says a school girl ; another wanted to read about "Day and Night." The essay, "Each and All," was looked for, which proved to be a poem.
The "Roads of Middlesex County" was wanted by a bicyclist. " We are intending to build in the spring." says another. "and wish to see the best books on the subject."
One little girl wanted to read about "Sarah." (Sarah Crewe was what she wanted.) Another said she was writing a composition, and wanted a book about "praise." "Find something humorous for my sick wife, if you please ; I want to see her smile," said one of our readers recently.
Bright, cheerful books, like cheerful people, are always welcome. At our Library Conference at St. Louis, Mr. Cutter, of the Boston Athenæum Library, said : "There are three causes for the rejection of a book-inaccuracy in science, evil intent, and dullness. For the book which will mislead the reader there is an antidote in the book written on the other side, but for the book that will send one to sleep there is no remedy." It is always a pleasure to find for any one the desired book or the important essay, and we are always dis- appointed if the search proves unsuccessful ; but in a small library like ours there is never more than enough material to supply the first comers for particular subjects under discussion at the various read .. ing clubs and associations of the city.
HARRIET A. ADAMS, Librarian.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF CITY TREASURER.
CR
Appropriation
$3,000 00
Dog-licenses
2,382 90
Fines
293 76
Catalogues
44 05
Books
15 50
Expended in excess of appropriation
415 45
$6,151 66
DR.
Salaries
$1,874 88
Books
2,520 81
Printing and stationery
406 67
Binding
146 95
Newspapers
12 00
Gas
182 01
Fuel
233 05
Water .
29 00
Repairs .
382 83
Labor
131 15
Expressing
41 15
Incidentals
48 66
Insurance
142 50
$6,151 66
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 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, Jan. 3, 1890. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS, Dec. 31, 1889. To the City Council of Somerville :
The following is respectfully submitted as the final report of this committee for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889 :
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . $42,000 00 Receipts and credits :
For labor and materials furnished prior to Jan 1, 1889, the bills for which re- mained uncollected that day . $370 50
rent of dwellings at City
Farm $136 00
less repairs and water rates 21 69
114 31 484 81
transfer from Highways Account (steam road-roller) 250 00
Value of material on hand Jan. 1, 1889
1,328 51
Value of property on hand Jan. 1, 1889 8,344 60
Net gain on city teams, tools, property and materials
3,246 18
Total credit
$55,654 10
DEBIT.
Expenditures :
For construction of North street . $699 60
construction of Church street ·
211 83
construction of Lake street
587 55
construction of Wesley park
49 00
construction of Boston street, from
Walnut street to Washington
street . ·
722 64
Amount carried forward .
. . $2,270 62
.
262
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . . $2,270 62
street crossings ·
2,097 07
street signs
9 98
repairs and improvements of streets,
and paving of gutters in connec- tion with the setting of edge- stones :
Bond street, at Robert Duddy's, pav- ing
$78 47
Boston street, from Walnut street to
Washington street, paving .
1,873 53
Broadway, in front of estate of S. P. Langmaid, paving 50 95
Buckingham street, Beacon street to Dimick street, paving
210 05
repairs
71 00
Cedar street, east side, from Elm street to Summer street, paving .
406 80
Elm street, from Lowell R. R. to Winslow avenue, paving 24 00
Highland avenue (southwest side) from near Davis square to Grove street, paving 106 30
repairs . 77 20
Morgan street, paving
204 75
repairs
91 00
Morrison street, Grove street to
Appleton street, paving $09 30 .
Morrison street, west side, from
Grove street to C. A. Colcord's southerly line, paving . .
96 45
Oliver street, from Cross street to Glen street, paving . .
423 20
Otis street, from Cross street to
Dana street, paving 620 17
repairs
187 80
Amounts carried forward,
$4,830 97
$4,377 67
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amounts brought forward · $4,830 97
$4,377 67
Sanborn avenue, north side, from
Walnut street to Warren avenue, paving . 49 90
repairs
101 80
School Street, from Somerville Ave.
to Summer Street, paving 314 40
School Street, Northwest side, from Medford Street to Evergreen Ave. paving 236 85
Thurston Street, from Evergreen Ave. to Broadway, paving .
523 85
repairs
187 80
Walnut Street, from Columbus Ave. to Bow Street, paving . repairs
204 04
189 21
6,638 82
Cost to City of sidewalks, the bricks and edgestones for which were furn- ished by the abutters
751 03
Ordinary repairs of streets: -
Beacon Street from railroad bridge to Sacramento Street 1,737 00
Broadway, from Franklin Street to Boston line ·
435 84
Bow Street, from Union Square to Summer Street
106 10
Cedar Street, from Summer Street to Elm Street . 43 00
Cross Street, from Broadway to Med- fort Street . 991 20
Franklin Street, from Washington St. to Oliver Street 480 64
Ivaloo Street, from Beacon Street to Park Street 222 02
Marshall Street, from Broadway lo Pearl Street 402 85
Amounts carried forward
$4,418 65 $11,767 52
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
1
Amounts brought forward $4,418 65 $11,767 52
Medford Street, from Washington Street to Walnut Street
1,493 02
Myrtle Street, from Pearl Street to Brow of hill 59 80
Newton Street, from Webster Ave. to Concord Avenue 199 33
Oakland Avenue, from School Street to Marshall Street 139 31
Somerville Avenue, from Cambridge Line to Craigie Street
2,656 20
School Street, from Lowell R. R. to Oxford Street 269 70
Summer Street, from School Street to Bow Street 469 60
Webster Avenue, from Union Square to Cambridge Line
706 83
general repairs
11,554 26
21,966 70
repairs of stone paving
695 75
repairs of brick sidewalks
1,689 67
removing snow and ice, and care of slippery sidewalks .
219 14
cleaning streets .
4,839 25
clearing and repairing streets after the construction of sewers and catch-basins
1,130 21
planting trees, furnished by citizens .
101 35
trimming trees
418 77
removing trees
7 40
use of horse at Broadway Park ·
14 40
building shed for steam road roller at city farm
185 62
sewer assessment, Glen Street .
40 07
sidewalk assessment, Oliver Street .
11 48
repairs of Boston Avenue bridge
86 76
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Wellington Avenue 6 33
Amount carried forward
$43,180 42
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amount brought forward $43,180 42
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Virginia Street 6 00
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Howe Street and land damages 156 63 advertising notice of hearing, laying out Montgomery Avenue 6 32
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Wheatland Street . ·
11 30
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Belmont street ·
· 11 00
advertising notice of hearing, laying out James street . 6 50
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Dana street 6 75
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Raymond avenue ·
8 50
advertising notice of hearing, laying out St. James avenue . advertising notice of hearing, laying out Sanborn avenue · advertising notice of hearing, laying out Greenville street 11 65
10 00
advertising notice of hearing, laying out Hawkins street 11 00
one-half-cost of maintaining Middle- sex avenue bridge for the year 1888 ; the other half being paid by the town of Medford 351 79
superintendent's salary
1,500 00
board of superintendent's horses ·
416 03
rent of superintendent's telephone
40 10
tax on Wakefield gravel land
25 26
tax on Winchester gravel land . ·
10 88
tax on Waltham gravel
land
$120 70
less received for pasturage 120 00
70
Amount carried forward
$45,780 83
.
10 00
266
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $45,780 83
repairs of Oliver street shed 15 20
sundry small expenses
164 05
books, stationery and printing .
54 60
private work, etc., the bills for which remain uncollected 536 22
Value of materials on hand this day
1,237 31
Value of property on hand this day :
horses
4,750 00
carts and implements used with
horses .
1,963 50
harnesses and horse clothing
289 60
stable utensils and property ·
144 50
tools, tool chests, etc. ·
216 00
stone crusher, engine and fittings
1,051 80
8,415 40
Total debit
$56,203 61
Amount overdrawn .
$549 51
Labor and materials have also been furnished, for which payment has been made to the City Treasurer, or credit received as fol- lows: to
Private parties, constructing driveways, side- walks, etc.
$729 25
Fire Department account, constructing driveway, Somerville avenue, corner of Lowell street . 102 07
Public grounds account, gravel for Broad- way park
171 60
Use of horse at park .
36 00 207 60
Total .
$1,038 92
We have also sold
Hay (rowen) from city farm, for .
$24 00
The profit and loss account on city teams, tools, property and materials, is as follows :
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
DR.
Tools, etc. (depreciation)
$270 44
Repairs of tools (depreciation)
164 01
Holland Street ledge
932 98
Total
CR.
Gravel
$2,398 77 .
Crushed stone
1,287 63
City teams
927 21
Total
$4,613 61
Not excess of credit over charges $3,246 18
The ledge has been worked during the year the same as in previ- ous years, during the winter and early spring months ; the prices charged for the stone delivered at the crusher, was forty-five cents per single load, and for ballast delivered on the street 10 cents per load ; at the above named prices the ledge shows a profit for the year of $932.98 ; there remained on hand, December 31st, 300 loads of stone for the crusher, and 100 loads of ballast.
Crushed stone has been charged where it has been used at seventy- five cents per load at the crusher, 700 loads remained on hand, December 31st ; this account shows a profit of $1,287.63, which is due no doubt to the time saved in loading the carts directly from the storage bins, which were built in 1888 ; previous to that time the carts were loaded by manual labor.
All the gravel used during the year has been taken from the gravel bank, owned by the City in Waltham, and brought here by the Fitch- burg Railroad Company ; 7920 yards were received at the Dane Street dump, at an expense for transporting of sixty cents per yard, or $4,752.00 for the entire amount. All the stone taken from the gravel has been sent to the crusher, and credited to the gravel account, after charging this account with the teaming of the stones to the crusher ; there is at the present time 150 loads of gravel on hand.
The charges to the city teams account are for,
Horses (depreciation) .
.
$200 00
Carts and implements, used with horses (depreciation) . 68 00
Repairs of same .
764 07
$1,367 43
-
268
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Harnesses and horse clothing (depreciation) .
303 95
Repairs of same .
106 60
Stable utensils and property (depreciation)
101 63
Stable expenses and repairs
1,339 93
Grain and feed
2,306 46
Hay and straw
802 75
Horse shoeing
501 42
Horse medicine and doctoring
48 19
Cutting hay at City Farm (the same being used in the stable
165 99
. Total .
. $6,762 99
The credit to city teams account for earnings has been based at $1.40 per day for each horse when working, amounting to $7,690.20, which is a profit of $927.21.
A pair of horses have been purchased during the year at a cost of $500.00. There are at present twenty-three horses owned by the city and used in this department, including two used by the Superintendent.
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$5,000 00
Transfer to Highways Account . 250 00
Net credit ..
4,750 00
DEBIT.
Steam road roller
4,750 00
SIDEWALKS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation $8,200 00 ·
Credit : Advertising paid for in 1888 19 40
From Highways Account (on Elm
St. sidewalk)
15 36
Total credits.
$8,234 76
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amount brought forward
$8,234 75
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For Boston street sidewalks. Walnut to Washington street 2,973 15
Buckingham street sidewalk, Beacon to Dimick street . 383 50
Cedar street sidewalk, easterly side
Elm to Summer street . 1,358 99
Dartmouth street sidewalks, Broad- way to Medford street . 2,101 13
Elm street sidewalk, easterly side, Boston and Lowell Railroad to Winslow avenue . 355 50
Highland avenue sidewalk, Davis Square to Grove street 468 68
Highland avenue sidewalk, in front of estate of J. E. Cayzer 84 77
Morrison street sidewalk, Grove to Appleton street 495 83
Morrison street sidewalk. Grove street southerly to southerly line of estate of C. A. Colcord . 336 24
Morgan street sidewalks, Beacon to Park streets 504 22
Oliver street sidewalks, Cross to Glen streets
1,458 88
Otis street sidewalks, S. W. side, Cross to Dana streets 631 34
Otis street sidewalks, N. E. side, Cross to Dana streets 548 59
1,001 98
Putnam street sidewalks, S. E. side Summer street to Highland ave. . School street sidewalk, Somerville avenue to Summer street 644 84
School street sidewalk, Medford street to Evergreen avenue 741 82
Amounts carried forward
$14,089 46
$14,089 46
270
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $14,089 46 $14,089 46
Thurston street sidewalk, Broadway to Evergreen avenue 1,039 17
Walnut street sidewalk, Highland avenue to Bow street
1,238 96
Total cost of sidewalks
$16,367 59
Less Assessments
8,183 81
Net cost to city
$8,183 78
Advertising notices of hearing for sidewalk in Broadway, Marshall to School street 6 00
Sidewalk in Elm street, near Linden avenue to Mossland street .
16 00
· Sidewalk in Medford street, School street to Medford street bridge 6 00
Sidewalk in Prospect street, Somer- ville avenue to Washington street . 7 00 Total Debit 35 00
$8,218 78
Balance unexpended
$15 98
NEW STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
Sixteen private ways have been laid out and accepted by the city as public streets during the year, as follows :-
Belmont street, from Highland avenue to Summer street.
Church street, from Somerville avenue to land of N. C. Hawkins and Alice E. Lake.
Dana street, from Pearl street to Everett avenue.
Greenville street, from Medford street to High street.
Hawkins street from Somerville avenue to Washington street. James street, from Pearl street to Veazie street.
Lake street, from Hawkins street to Church street. Montgomery avenue, from Broadway to Wellington avenue. Raymond avenue, from Curtis street to North street. Sanborn avenue, from Warren avenue to Walnut street. St. James avenue, from Summer street to Elm street.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Virginia street, from Aldrich street to Jasper street.
Wellington avenue, from Walnut street to the southeasterly line of Montgomery avenue.
Wesley park, from Wesley square to northeast end of said park. Wheatland street, from Broadway to Jaques street.
Boston street, which was graded and gravelled in 1888, from Prospect Hill avenue, westerly, to a point near Mr. A. T. Kidder's, easterly line, has been graded and gravelled its entire length to Wash- ington Street during the year, and the gutters have been paved, and edgestones set on both sides from Walnut street to Washington street.
Church street, from Somerville avenue to Lake street has been macadanized and graveled.
Dana street has been partly constructed from Pearl street to within about one hundred feet of Everett avenue.
Lake street has been graded and put in good condition.
Montgomery avenue has been partly constructed, and the side- walks raised to grade.
Sanborn avenue has been graveled and raised to grade.
St. James avenue has been partly constructed and the sidewalks have been raised.
Wellington avenue has been partially constructed and the side- walks raised to grade.
Wesley park has been graveled, but not finished.
North street, from the Medford Line southerly to the Cook estate, has been put in thorough condition, having been ballasted graveled and stoned; the sidewalk has also been raised to conform to the grade of the street.
GENERAL REPAIRS.
The usual amount of repairs on the various streets have received the same attention as in previous years ; the sum expended for said repairs amounts to $11,554.26.
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