Report of the city of Somerville 1890, Part 23

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 494


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81 71


1,926 13


Prescott.


Repairs .


$258 66


Furniture


43 27


Repairing furniture .


20 59


Insurance


75 00


Flag-staff


44 54


442 06


Amount carried forward


$18,193 24


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


423


Amount brought forward


$18,193 24


Prospect Hill.


Repairs .


$41 65


Furniture


13 75


Flag-staff


69 13


124 53


188 "Somerville avenue.


Carpentering (fitting up room)


$7 85


Repairing furniture .


2 00


Rent


110 50


120 35


Spring Hill.


Repairs .


4 75


Sycamore-street Chapel.


Carpentering (fitting up room)


$29 84


Rent


275 00


304.84


Union.


Repairs .


$2 75


Furniture


1 33


Removing night soil


8 00


12 08


Webster.


Repairs .


.


$85 84


Furniture


4 00


Repairing furniture .


1 00


Flag-staff


8 79


Removing night soil


16 00


115 63


Amount carried forward


.


$18,875 42


424


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $18,875 42


Superintendent of Schools' Office.


Rent and heat .


$277 00


Office sign


10 50


287 50


Total


$19,162 92


Carriage hire .


5 00


Total expenditure .


$19,167 92


.


SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD TWO ACCOUNT


(Knapp School).


CREDIT.


Appropriation : -


Balance unexpended in 1889 $10,272 86


Transfer from Interest account 1,948 31


Total credit .


$12,221 17


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


Dearborn Bros. & Co. (on account contract)


$7,677 06


Dearborn Bros. & Co., extras . 357 42


S. Edwin Tobey, balance on account architect services .


239 22


Fuller-Warren Co., ventilating, heat- ing, and sanitaries


2,755 62


J. B. Hunter & Co., hardware . 300 00


Oliver Whyte & Co., wire screens 81 35


P. O'Connell, grading


42 50


Amounts carried forward . $11,453 17


$12,221 17


425


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amounts brought forward $11,453 17 $12,221 17


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel .


168 00


Total expenditure


11,621 17


Balance unexpended .


$600 00


SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD TWO ACCOUNT


( Washington street ).


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$50,000 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-.


Herbert T. Allen and Joanna R.


Davis (land )


$14,979 80


Loring & Phipps, architects' services, Taxes


1,160 88


Total expenditure


16,287 68


Balance unexpended .


$33,712 32


SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD THREE ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$35,000 00


DEBIT.


Charles B. Sanborn, land . $7,200 00


Loring & Phipps, architects' services, 885 37


Taxes 65 80


Water service (service pipe)


28 85


Total expenditure


8,180 0:2


Balance unexpended .


$26,819 98


·


147 00


426


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MORSE SCHOOLHOUSE ADDITION ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation :-


Balance unexpended in 1889 $3,060 12


Transfer from Schoolhouse in Ward


Two account (Washington street), 16,500 00


Transfer from Excess and Deficiency account 4,951 06


Transfer from Interest account


1,383 89


Total credit


$25,895 07


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


Dearborn Bros. & Co., balance on


account contract ·


$20,283 00


Dearborn Bros. & Co., extras . ·


1,167 12


S. Edwin Tobey, balance on account architect services .


471 45


Fuller & Warren Co., heating, sani- taries, and ventilating


2,975 00


R. J. Nourse, gas piping . 140 00


J. B. Hunter & Co., hardware 285 00


T. S. Brown, dropping ceiling


300 00


Labor, grading basement . 75 60


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel ·


197 90


Total expenditure .


$25,895 07


427


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


HIGHLAND SCHOOLHOUSE ADDITION.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$15,000 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures : - :


George M. Starbird, on account con-


tract


$9,000 00


Samuel D. Kelley, on account archi- tect services .


300 00


Smead Warming & Ventilating Co., heating and ventilating .


4,280 00


J. E. Bell, blackboards .


210 94


Total expenditure . .


13,790 94


Balance unexpended


$1,209 06


EXPENDITURES BY THIS COMMITTEE ON MIS- CELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.


City Hall expenses :


gas .


$12 18


electric lighting


366 30


fuel .


188 51


water


10 80


telephone connections


35 80


repairs and furniture


743 74


incidentals


118 63


Preparing rooms for elections and caucuses


185 06


Rent of


25 00


Repairing ballot boxes


7 00


Amount carried forward


$1,693 02


.


.


$1,475 96


428


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $1,693 02


Distributing and collecting ballot boxes . 9 15


Preparing hall for inauguration 4 00


Rental of seven sets telephone instruments in public


buildings from Sept. 1, 1890, to Sept. 1, 1891 105 00


Carriage hire


4 00


Incidentals


.


232 68


Expenses on Rifle Range :-


insurance . $6 00


rent of land one year from Oct. 1,


1889, to Oct. 1, 1890 150 00


156 00


City Messenger's team : -


maintenance (including one extra horse and new


buggy, $547.50)


997 53


Net expenditure


$3,201 38


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


At this building the cells have received new water-closets, and the walls have been painted, all at an expense of $555.


The roof has been repaired during the year, at a cost of $93.58. The dock in the police court-room has been enlarged, at a cost of $70. The balance of expenses was for janitor's salary, fuel, gas, etc.


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


At the Davis School a concrete walk was laid from Tufts street, and also from Glen street, at a cost of $60.


At the Edgerly School the rooms formerly occupied by the jani tor and his family have been fitted up for school purposes. By this. change seventy-five more scholars are accommodated in this building.


The room at No. 188 Elm street, which was used to relieve the Highland School, has been discontinued.


At the Forster School an entirely new system of ventilation, with indirect heat for each room, has been placed in the building; the


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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


sanitaries have also been improved, and a new boiler has been placed in the building, made necessary by the change of ventilation. This building, until recently, has been heated entirely by direct steam. The system was placed in the building by A. A. Sanborn, at a cost of $4,785, exclusive of sanitaries, carpentering, and mason work. The basement room has also been fitted up during the year for school purposes.


The High School wood work, and also the metal work on the outside of the building, has been painted, and the walls at the side of the stairways have received two coats of paint.


By an order dated May 28, a contract was made with George M. Starbird for an addition of four rooms to the Highland School building, at a cost of $13,436. The building has been raised and the addition made in accordance with plans made by Samuel D. Kelley. The Smead warming and ventilating system has also been placed in the building, at a cost of $4,280; speaking tubes and electric bells have also been placed in the building. The building is now finished and the school-rooms occupied, although all of the bills for the addi- tion have not as yet been paid.


The Morse School, which has received an addition of six rooms by contract with Messrs. Dearborn Bros. & Co., under an order dated September 4, 1889, at a cost of $24,987, has been finished during the year, and the Fuller-Warren system of heating, ventilating, and sanitaries has been placed in the building, at a cost of $2,975. The entire cost of the addition was $31,334.95.


There has also been paid, as will be seen by referring to the general table of expenses to the various school buildings, for repairs and improvements at this building a sum amounting to $1,926.13, which expense was largely contracted by annexing the addition to the original building, and also for new furniture for the additional rooms. There has also been expended $120 for concrete walks at the rear of the building on the west side.


The new eight-room brick building in Ward Two, now known as the Knapp School, has been finished during the year by contract with Messrs. Dearborn Bros. & Co., dated May 27, 1889, in accordance with plans and specifications made by S. Edwin Tobey, architect. The Fuller-Warren system of heating, ventilating, and sanitaries has been placed in this building, under an order dated May 8, 1889. The entire cost of this building, including the land ($4,903.50), was


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


$31,851.81, the bills for which have all been paid except $600, due on account of the contract. The school-room recently used in the Eberle Building has been discontinued, and the scholars have been transferred to the Knapp and Bell schools.


In pursuance of an order dated June 11, land was purchased of Herbert T. Allen and Joanna R. Davis, situated at the corner of Washington and Boston streets, for the erection of a twelve-room brick school building, at a cost of $14,979.80. A contract was also made with James McNeil, of 509 Columbus avenue, Boston, for the erection of the building in accordance with plans and specifications made by Messrs. Loring & Phipps, at a cost of $42,875.00. The foun- dation was partly laid during the year, but work has now been dis- continued until spring.


In pursuance of an order dated May 14, land was purchased of Charles H. Sanborn, on Jaques street, for the erection of an eight- room brick school building, at a cost of $7,200.00. A contract was also made for the construction of the building with J. B. Wilson, of Charlestown, for the sum of $32,500, in accordance with plans and specifications made by Messrs. Loring & Phipps. The foundation for this building is partly laid, but work has been discontinued for the present on account of the season.


For the committee,


ALVANO T. NICKERSON, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


REPORT 1


OF THE


INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 28, 1891.


Accepted and 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, January 28, 1891.


WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem.


REPORT


OF THE


INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.


OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS, - December 31, 1890.


To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council : -


GENTLEMEN, -I herewith submit a report of the Department for the Inspection of Buildings.


The total number of permits granted for the erection of new buildings was 607, classified as follows: -


Dwelling-houses . 503


Stables 52


Shops, including those for mechanical work and for the sale of merchandise 12


Dwellings and stores combined . 3


Sheds and carriage houses .


13


Factories


3


Apartment houses


8


Storehouses


1


Club-house and store .


1


Bakery


1


Number of permits carried forward


597


434


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Number of permits brought forward .


597


Public halls and stores


2


Offices


2


Miscellaneous


6 607


There were also granted permits to make additions to


buildings to the number of .


40


Total number of permits . 647


Permits have been refused to persons who desired to erect dwelling-houses on posts, instead of building on a foundation of stone.


Nearly all the buildings erected have shingle roofs and wooden gutters.


The use of this material for covering roofs in a thickly popu- lated district is dangerous, and contributes towards creating a con- flagration. Its use should be prohibited.


Our building ordinance, which perhaps is sufficiently exacting in its provisions for a country town, where buildings are not in close proximity to one another, is not suited and does not give that security desired in a city where buildings are erected so near to each other that if one of them is on fire, and the fire gets on to the outside of it, it will quickly set fire to adjacent buildings.


I have heretofore recommended that this ordinance be changed, so that in the construction of buildings, both on the inside and out- side, they will be less liable to take fire.


I renew my recommendation so as to prohibit the use of any material in covering roofs that will allow them to readily ignite when sparks fall upon them.


Shingle roofs and wooden gutters are the cause of many great conflagrations.


When a fire reaches the outside of a building, sparks carried by the wind fall on the roofs of other buildings remote from the appara- tus of the Fire Department, and although these fires are small in the beginning, their dimensions soon become alarming, resulting in a great fire. If we act wisely in the construction of buildings, fires which do occur can be extinguished, and the loss on property will only be a


435


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.


misfortune to a few persons; while if we delay, and neglect to take proper measures of protection, we invite a public calamity.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES R. HOPKINS,


Inspector of Buildings.


REPORT


OF THE


INSPECTOR OF MILK.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 3, 1891.


Referred to the next City Council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 3, 1891. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


INSPECTOR OF MILK.


SOMERVILLE, December 30, 1890.


To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Council : -


I herewith submit my report as milk inspector for the year end- ing December 31, 1890.


I have, during the year, given 238 licenses to sell milk ; fifty- three registers to sell milk from stores ; twelve licenses to sell oleo- margarine.


I have also collected and tested 230 samples from milkmen and stores. I am glad to inform you that my report is very favorable as to the quality of the milk sold in this city. Only fifteen samples have required notice. I have tested many dairies for milkmen, all gener- ally good.


Of the 238 licenses granted, 101 were to persons who keep cow s in Somerville and vicinity, - from one to twenty cows each.


These people deliver their milk directly to our citizens. It is of a very excellent quality. This proves to be a check on the dealers in


440


ANNUAL REPORTS.


railroad milk, requiring them to keep up the standard, or they lose their trade.


All milk dealers seem anxious to handle a good article, and are very willing to have their milk tested.


I have nothing special to report in the oleo trade. Only a few persons in Somerville sell the article.


I have not been called upon to examine vinegar. All samples that I have examined have been of a good quality.


One hundred and fifty-one dollars and fifty cents ($151.50) have been paid into the city treasury.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS CUNNINGHAM,


Milk Inspector.


REPORT


OF THE


CITY SOLICITOR.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 11, 1891.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 11, 1891. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


CITY SOLICITOR.


SOMERVILLE, February 11, 1891.


To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council : -


I respectfully submit my report as city solicitor for the year end- ing December 31, 1890.


The following are the cases now pending in the courts to which the City of Somerville is a party :-


1. Parker vs. Somerville- Before County Commissioners of Middlesex County. Damages on account of land alleged to have been taken for a sewer by the city.


2. Squire vs. Somerville- Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Damages for conversion of box drain.


3. Boston & Lowell Railroad Company vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Petition in regard to repairs and reconstruction of bridges across railroad location in Somerville and assessment of expenses thereof.


4. Joslin vs. Cole et al. - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for false arrest and imprisonment.


5. Knowles vs. Somerville- Before Superior Court in Middlesex


444


ANNUAL REPORTS.


County. Damages on account of land alleged to have been taken by the city for a sewer.


6. Wanamaker vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Mid- dlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received upon Broadway, February 6, 1887.


7. Philbrook vs. Somerville - Before United States Circuit Court. Action for damages for alleged violation of the Knibbs patent for a relief valve on steam fire-engines. This action was commenced May 20, 1887, and similar actions were brought against other cities. Som- erville and the other defendant cities put their cases into the hands of Livermore & Fish, patent solicitors. At a hearing, November 14, 1888, the court decided for the defendant, and the appeal from that decision is still pending.


8. Grover vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received upon Union street.


9. Maggie E. Norwood vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received upon Cedar street, November 2, 1889.


10. Walter H. Snow vs. Somerville-Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received upon Jaques street, February 15, 1890.


11. Frederick Rileyvs. Somerville - Petition to enforce mechanic's lien on Concord-square Schoolhouse. Before Superior Court for Middlesex County.


12. Metropolitan Sewer Commissioners vs. Somerville-Before Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. Petition for appoint- ment of commissioners to assess expenses. Questions raised as to constitutionality of act.


13. William H. Kelly vs. Somerville- Before Superior Court for Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received upon Somerville avenue, November 25, 1890.


The above comprise all the cases now pending in the courts except ---


Aldrich vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Highland avenue, August 2, 1889.


Foss vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County.


445


REPORT OF CITY SOLICITOR.


Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on High- land avenue, August 2, 1889.


A settlement of the last two cases above named has been arranged for by payment to plaintiffs of $150, which the sewer contractors, who were responsible for the condition of the street, will pay.


The following cases have also been disposed of :-


Lindsay vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Highland avenue, August 30, 1889. The sewer contractors, who were responsible for the condition of the street, paid the plaintiff $337.15 in settlement.


Condon vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Beacon street, January 30, 1890. Settled by payment of $450 to the plaintiff.


Shea vs. Somerville - Before Superior Court in Middlesex County. Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Russell street, October 14, 1885. Settled by payment of $50 to the plaintiff.


It thus appears that the total amount expended by the city dur- ing the year on account of actions brought against it was $500.


In most of the cases which came before the committee on claims the petitioners were given leave to withdraw, and as we have not heard from such cases since, I need not trouble you with a recital of them.


All which is respectfully submitted,


SELWYN Z. BOWMAN,


City Solicitor.


REPORT


OF THE


CITY CLERK.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 11, 1891.


Accepted and 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, February 11, 1891. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, February, 11, 1891.


To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council: -


GENTLEMEN, -The following is respectfully submitted as the report of the City Clerk of Somerville for the year ending December 31, 1890 :-


CASH.


The receipts and payments were as follows : -


RECEIPTS.


1


Balance from year 1889, being for dog licenses issued in December, 1889,-


21 males at $2.00 $42 00 2 females at 5.00 10 00 $52 00


Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer in December, 1889, 23 at .20 4 60


Amount carried forward $47 40


450


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


For dog licenses issued in 1890, -


1,203 males .


at $2.00 $2,406 00


2, under Chap. 272, Acts of 1890, 2.00 4 00


135 females at 5.00 675 00


3,085 00


$3,132 40


recording mortgages, assignments, etc. .


$324 75


marriage certificates .


435 at .50


217 50


licenses to collect junk


37 at 2.00


74 00


(apothecaries') to sell liquor 13 at 1.00


13 00


for billiard and pool tables (three licenses) 11 tables at 2.00


22 00


66 to auctioneers


13 at 2.00


26 00


66 for intelligence offices . 5 at 2.00


10 00


66 to sell fireworks .


47 at 1.00


47 00


66 for amusements (tent show 1


day) .


2 at 50 00


(tent show 2 days)


1 at 60.00


19 at 1.00


179 00


recording and posting naturalization notice .


50


furnishing copies of records .


3 50


interest on deposits


20 00


$937 25


Total receipts


$4,069 65


PAYMENTS.


To Joseph O. Hayden, county treasurer, June 1 and Dec. 1, dog license fees,-


1,223 males . at $2.00 $2,446 00 2 under Chap. 272, Acts of 1890, 2.00 4 00


137 females .


at 5.00


685 00


Amount carried forward . $3,135 00


$47 40


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REPORT OF CITY CLERK.


Amount brought forward $3,135 00


Less city clerk's fees, 1,362 at .20 272 40


$2,862 60


To John F. Cole, city treasurer, monthly, city clerk's fees for issuing dog licenses, 1,340 at .20


$268 00


All of the "receipts" above speci- fied, except for dog licenses 937 25


1,205 25


Total payments


$4,067 85


Balance January 1, 1891, being for dog


license issued in December, -


1 male at $2.00 $2 00


Less city clerk's fee paid to city treasurer 20


$1 80


BIRTHS.


Number of births in Somerville in 1890 registered


937


More than previous year


46


Males


. 505


Females .


. 432


937


Born of American parents


381


foreign . 365


66 66 American father and foreign mother 99


66 foreign father and American mother 92


937


Number of cases of twins


10


452


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MARRIAGES.


Number of intention certificates issued


434


More than previous year


31


Marriages registered


446


More than previous year


22


Both parties American


210


foreign


137


American groom and foreign bride


60


Foreign groom and American bride


39


-446 couples.


First marriage of


827


Second


57


Third 66


7


Fifth 66 66


1


-446 couples.


Oldest groom aged .


71


66 bride "


69


Youngest groom aged


18


bride 66


15


Youngest couple aged, -


Groom


18


Bride


18


DEATHS.


Number of deaths in Somerville in 1890 668


More than previous year


70


Males


338


Females .


330


668


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REPORT OF CITY CLERK.


Under 10 years of age


Between 10 and 20 years of age


243 23 68


.


66


66


40 66


50


66 66


. 46


66


.


66


60 70


66


66


80


" 90


66


24


66


.


.


5 668


Age of oldest person deceased


95


Born in Somerville .


. 226


other places in the United States


. 270


Of foreign birth


. 169


Birthplaces unknown


3


66


" February


51


66


66 66


May


52


66


66


66


, June


32


66


66


66 " July


70


.


69


66


66


66


66 ' September


61


66


66 " October


47


66


66


66 " November


56


66


66


" December


67


668


The number of still-births recorded during the year was 34


The causes of death may be found in the report of the Board of Health.


668


Number of deaths in January .


60


66 March


50


April


.


59 78 67


66


30 50 90 20


30 66


66 66


16 66


.


55


40


70 80 66 66 66 66 66 " 100 60 66 66


" August .


.


53


454


ANNUAL REPORTS.


VOTERS.


MEN'S LISTS.


WARD.


PRECINCT.


December 1,


1889.


Added in Mar.,


April, Sept.


Total.


Revised Lists of


Added in Oct.


Nov. 1.


Added in Nov.


Dec. 1.


Voted Nov. 4.


Voted Dec. 2.


Ward 1


Precinct 1 66


321


1


322


251 286


50 29 42


310


7


317


241


181


.€


1


4


319


1


320


213


104


317


45


362


271


283


1,308


7


1,315


1,018


225


1,243


59


1,302


975


842


Ward 2


Precinct 1


385


5


390


333


74


407


10


417


340


287


407


5


412


356


81


437


5


442


380


323


248


248


186


61


247


5


252


211


180


313


2


315


244


80


324


10


334


268


219


272


1


273


195


252


44


296


217


254


1,625


13


1,638


1,314


353


1,667


74


1,741


1,416


1,263


Ward 3


Precinct 1


373


1


374


303


85


388


3


391


305


211


3


‹‹


303


6


309


265


57


322


2


324


258


192


3


3


403


7


410


364


59


423


2


425


349


270


66


3


4


.


200


3


203


176


30


206


4


210


171


141


1,279


17


1,296


1,108


231


1,339


11


1,350


1,083


814


Ward 4


Precinct 1


288


9


297


257


53


310


5


315


261


214


4


2


219


4


223


180


43


223


8


231


184


140


4


3


245


4


249


218


32


250


9


259


213


168


4


4


322


6


328


285


46


331


27


358


270


249


1,074


23


1,097


940


174


1,114


49


1,163


928


771


City


5,286


60


5,346


4,380


983


5,363


193


5,556


4,402


3,690


.


1


2


.


325


2


327


239


198


1


3


.


343


3


346


268


66


.


2


·


3


.


4


.


2


.


5


306 317


224


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WOMEN'S LISTS.


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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1891.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1891.


MAYOR. CHARLES G. POPE.


BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ALVANO T. NICKERSON, President.


WARD ONE.


CHARLES B. SANBORN


CLARENCE H. WILLEY


4 Austin Street.


11 Flint Street.


WARD TWO.


ALLEN F. CARPENTER


10 Park Street.


JEREMIAH J. LYONS


46 Highland Avenue.


WARD THREE.


ALVANO T. NICKERSON


CHARLES B. OSGOOD .


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334 Broadway.


71 Gilman Street.


WARD FOUR.


ALBERT W. EDMANDS


WILLIAM A. HUNNEWELL .


155 Summer Street.


9 Mason Avenue.


CLERK.


GEORGE I. VINCENT.


460


ANNUAL REPORTS.


COMMON COUNCIL. .FRANK E. DICKERMAN, President.


WARD ONE.


EDRIC ELDRIDGE


88 Pearl Street.


GEORGE W. PRICHARD


Mystic Street.


S. WALKER JANES


142 Washington Street.


ISAIAH H. WILEY


5 Webster Street.


WARD TWO.


FRANK E. FITTS


FRANKLIN J. HAMBLIN


WARREN J. ROBINSON


17 Vinal Avenue.


40 Columbus Avenue.


WARD THREE.


WILLIAM L. BARBER


36 Marshall Street.


FRANK E. DICKERMAN


THOMAS S. WENTWORTH


350 Broadway.


STILLMAN G. SMITH


37 Sewall Street.


WARD FOUR.


NEWELL F. CASWELL


43 Cedar Street.


SOLOMON S. HIGGINS


158 Summer Street.


211 Holland Street.


408 Highland Avenue.


CLERK.


CHARLES S. ROBERTSON.


FRANKLIN F. PHILLIPS


CHARLES A. G. WINTHER


17 Pleasant Avenue.


30 Walnut Street


JAMES W. BEAN


85 Central Street.


461


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1891.


JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.


ACCOUNTS. - Aldermen Hunnewell, Osgood ; Councilmen Ham- blin, Wiley, Robinson.


CITY ENGINEERING. - Aldermen Carpenter, Edmands ; Council- men Prichard, Higgins, Smith.


CLAIMS. - His Honor the Mayor ; Alderman Nickerson ; the President of the Common Council ; Councilmen Winther, Bean.


FINANCE. - His Honor the Mayor ; Aldermen Edmands, Osgood ; the President of the Common Council ; Councilmen Janes, Fitts, Barber, Phillips.


FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Aldermen Sanborn, Edmands ; Councilmen Phillips, Bean, Smith.


FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS. - Aldermen Hunnewell, Osgood ; Councilmen Robinson, Wentworth, Wiley.


HIGHWAYS. - Aldermen Carpenter, Willey ; Councilmen Barber, Winther, Janes.


LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. - His Honor the Mayor ; Alderman Lyons ; the President of the Common Council ; Councilmen Phillips, Hamblin.


ORDINANCES - Aldermen Lyons, Hunnewell ; Councilmen Fitts, Caswell, Wentworth.


PRINTING. - Aldermen Willey, Nickerson ; Councilmen Robinson, Smith, Caswell.


PUBLIC GROUNDS. - Aldermen Osgood, Willey ; Councilmen Win- ther, Bean, Prichard.


PUBLIC PROPERTY. - Aldermen Nickerson, Lyons ; Councilmen Eldridge, Caswell, Wentworth.


SOLDIERS' RELIEF. - Aldermen Sanborn, Edmands ; Councilmen Eldridge, Higgins, Barber.


WATER. - Aldermen Lyons, Willey ; the President of the Common Council ; Councilmen Higgins, Hamblin.


462


ANNUAL REPORTS.


COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


STANDING COMMITTEES.


ELECTIONS. - Aldermen Lyons, Nickerson.


ENROLLED ORDINANCES. - Aldermen Hunnewell, Willey.


LICENSES. - Aldermen Willey, Hunnewell.


POLICE. - His Honor the Mayor ; Aldermen Nickerson, Carpenter.


SEWERS. - Aldermen Edmands, Sanborn, Osgood.


STATE AID. - Aldermen Osgood, Carpenter, Sanborn, Hunnewell.


SPECIAL COMMITTEE.


BUILDING PERMITS. - Aldermen Carpenter, Sanborn.


STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.


ELECTIONS AND RETURNS. - Councilmen Fitts, Smith, Eldridge.


ENROLLED ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. - Councilmen Rob- inson, Higgins, Wiley.


463


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1891.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


CHARLES G. POPE, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. FRANK E. DICKERMAN, President of the Common Council, ex officio.


(Term, three years.)


WARD ONE.


S. NEWTON CUTLER (elected 1888). HORACE C. WHITE, M. D. (elected 1889). SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D. (elected 1890).


WARD TWO.


ALPHONSO H. CARVILL, M. D. (elected 1888). JAMES F. BEARD (elected 1889). THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D. (elected 1890).


WARD THREE.


NORMAN W. BINGHAM (elected 1888). QUINCY E. DICKERMAN (elected 1889). HELEN J. SANBORN (elected 1890).


WARD FOUR.


GILES W. BRYANT, M. D. (elected 1889). MARTIN W. CARR (elected 1890). ADDIE B. UPHAM (elected 1888).


CLARENCE E. MELENEY, Superintendent and Secretary.


464


ANNUAL REPORTS.


ASSESSORS.


(Term, three years.)


BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON (term expires 1893). GEORGE W. HADLEY (term expires 1894). SAMUEL T. RICHARDS (term expires 1892).


ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.


(Term, one year.)


WARD ONE.


JOSHUA H. DAVIS.


WARD TWO.


WILLIAM A. FLAHERTY.


WARD THREE.


EDGAR T. MAYHEW.


WARD FOUR. HARRY A. TRUE.


BOARD OF HEALTH.


(Term : Physician, three years ; other members, two years.)


J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1893), Chairman. CHARLES H. CRANE (term expires 1892). ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D. (term expires 1892). Clerk, WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. Inspector, CALEB A. PAGE.


465


. CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1891.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Office, Police Building, Bow Street.


CHARLES G. POPE, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. (Term, four years.) CHARLES G. BRETT (term expires 1893). EDWARD B. WEST (term expires 1891). DANIEL C. STILLSON (term expires 1892). NATHAN H. REED (term expires 1894). Agent, CHARLES C. FOLSOM. Secretary, FRANK W. KAAN.


SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.


Office, Prospect Street, corner Somerville Avenue. (Term, three years.)


GEORGE D. WEMYSS (term expires 1894), 5 Austin Street. ALBION A. PERRY (term expires 1893), 366 Broadway. GEORGE A. KIMBALL (term expires 1892), 21 Prospect Hill Avenue. NATHANIEL DENNETT, Supt. Water Works. FRANK E. MERRILL, Clerk.


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


(Term : City Clerk, one year ; other members, three years.) CROMWELL G. ROWELL (term expires 1894), Chairman. CHARLES P. LINCOLN (term expires 1892). WILLIAM B. HAWES (term expires 1893). GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.


466


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.


(Term, three years.)


CHARLES S. LINCOLN, Chairman (term expires 1894). WILLIAM E. WELD, Secretary (term expires 1893). GEORGE A. BRUCE (term expires 1892). JAMES E. WHITAKER (term expires 1893). JOHN B. VIALL (term expires 1893). J. HENRY FLITNER (term expires 1892). CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES (term expires 1894). ELIJAH C. CLARK (term expires 1892). CHARLES H. BROWN (term expires 1894). Librarian, HARRIET A. ADAMS.


CITY OFFICERS.


CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN. GEORGE I. VINCENT.


CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. JOHN F. COLE.


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MESSENGER TO CITY COUNCIL. JAIRUS MANN.


CITY SOLICITOR. SELWYN Z. BOWMAN.


CITY AUDITOR. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON.


CITY ENGINEER. HORACE L. EATON.


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.


THOMAS H. EAMES.


468


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LIGHTS. THOMAS R. ROULSTONE.


CHIEF OF POLICE. MELVILLE C. PARKHURST.


CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. JAMES R. HOPKINS.


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INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.


JAMES R. HOPKINS to May 13. THOMAS R. ROULSTONE from May 13.


SUPERINTENDENT OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES.


JAMES R. HOPKINS.


CITY PHYSICIAN. ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D.


INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR. THOMAS CUNNINGHAM.


INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS AND OF ANIMALS INTENDED FOR SLAUGHTER.


D. WARREN DANFORTH.


469


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1891.


CLERK OF ASSESSORS AND COMMITTEES. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL.


ASSISTANT CLERK OF ASSESSORS AND COMMITTEES. ALBERT B. FALES.


Suitable Person to Cause to be Properly Interred the Bodies of Honorably Discharged Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Under Chapter 395, Acts of 1889. JESSE J. UNDERHILL.


CONSTABLES.


JAIRUS MANN.


WILLIAM D. HAYDEN.


ROBERT R. PERRY.


SAMUEL R. Dow.


CHARLES C. FOLSOM.


JOSEPH J. GILES.


EDWARD McGARR.


GEORGE CULLIS.


CHRISTOPHER C. CAVANAGH. DENNIS KELLY.


EUGENE A. CARTER.


FIELD DRIVERS.


CHRISTOPHER C. CAVANAGH. CHARLES S. THRASHER. GEORGE H. CARLETON. GEORGE W. BEAN.


JOHN E. FULLER.


JACOB W. SKINNER.


CHARLES L. ELLIS. JOHN G. KNIGHT.


THEODORE E. HERON.


FENCE VIEWERS.


CHARLES A. PEARSON. LAMBERT M. MAYNARD.


470


ANNUAL REPORTS.


POUND KEEPER. CHARLES A. SMALL.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. AMMIEL COLMAN, 34 Marshall Street.


MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK. SAMUEL T. LITTLEFIELD.


MEASURER OF GRAIN. JOHN CRAIG.


WEIGHERS OF COAL.


JOHN CRAIG. GEORGE K. WALCOTT.


CHARLES H. TUCKER.


D. WARNER DANFORTH. THADDEUS HARRINGTON. C. C. WOOLEY.


G. E. SLACK.


WEIGHERS OF HAY AND STRAW.


JOHN CRAIG. THADDEUS HARRINGTON. CHARLES A. TUCKER. C. C. WOOLEY.


G. E. SLACK.


WEIGHERS OF BEEF.


D. WARNER DANFORTH.


CHARLES H. TUCKER.


C. C. WOOLEY.


THADDEUS HARRINGTON. GEORGE K. WALCOTT. G. E. SLACK.


471


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1891.


WEIGHERS OF BOILERS AND HEAVY MACHINERY.


THADDEUS HARRINGTON.


GEORGE K. WALCOTT.


CHARLES H. TUCKER. C. C. WOOLEY. G. E. SLACK.


UNDERTAKERS.


WILLIAM A. FLAHERTY.


EDWARD H. MARSH.


ALFRED E. MANN.


PATRICK RAFFERTY.


HORACE D. RUNEY.


WILLIAM A. FRINK.


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Chief.


ROBERT R. PERRY, Captain.


SAMUEL R. Dow, Sergeant.


EDWARD McGARR, Sergeant.


CHRIS. C. CAVANAGH, Sergeant.


JOHN E. FULLER.


PHINEAS W. SKINNER.


ALBION L. STAPLES.


SAMUEL A. BROWN.


JUDSON W. OLIVER.


JOHN HAFFORD.


GEORGE W. BEAN.


MYRON H. KINSLEY.


GEORGE L. SMITH.


GEORGE A. BODGE.


EDWARD M. CARTER.


DENNIS KELLY.


JOHN F. JOHNSON.


GEORGE H. CARLETON.


EUGENE A. CARTER.


HUBERT H. MILLER.


EDWARD E. HAMBLEN.


FRANCIS A. PERKINS.


CHARLES L. ELLIS.


CHARLES S. THRASHER.


CHARLES E. WOODMAN.


WILLIAM H. JOHNSON.


ARTHUR E. KEATING.


JOHN G. KNIGHT.


STEPHEN S. SMITH.


JACOB W. SKINNER.


THEODORE E. HERON.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Lock-up Keeper.


PATRICK H. RAFFERTY.


THOMAS J. BARKER.


472


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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.


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INDEX.


PAGE


City Government and Officers for 1890


3


66


1891


459


Mayor's Inaugural Address .


17


Meetings


Report of the Board of Health


293


Chief Engineer of Fire Department


397


66


City Clerk


449


60


66


Engineer .


353


66


66


Solicitor


443


Treasurer and Collector of Taxes


Committee on Fire Department


391


66


Fuel and Street Lights


407


66


66 Highways


325


66


66


66 Public Property


415


Sewers


345


66 Inspector of. Buildings


433


Inspector of Milk


439


Overseers of the Poor


283


66 School Committee .


149


66


Somerville Mystic Water Board


233


66


Trustees of the Public Library


315


66


66


66


66. Physician .


311


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