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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
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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
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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.
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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
180
301 315
2
2
66
2
2
5
·
Oct. 1.
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REPORT OF CITY CLERK.
WOMEN'S LISTS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
Dec. 1, 1889.
Revised Lists of Nov. 7.
Added in Novem- ber.
Decem- ber 1.
Voted Decem- ber 2.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
14
4
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1
2
19
9
1
10
1
1
3
16
5
3
8
2
1
1
1
1
1
52
18
5
23
4
Ward 2
Precinct 1
28
17
2
19
6
2
3
6
1
1
2
1
2
4
4
2
1
3
2
2
2
1
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66
3
2
19
14
4
18
11
3
3
18
10
5
15
11
3
4
5
3
2
5
2
56
31
11
42
24
Ward 4
Precinct 1
10
3
4
2
6
4
4
3
7
4
1
5
2
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4
20
12
1
13
6
43
23
6
29
13
City
225
106
28
134
53
2
34
12
2
14
3
2
2
74
34
6
40
12
Ward 3
Precinct 1
14
4
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4
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5
4
4
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GEORGE I. VINCENT,
City Clerk.
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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.
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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.
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. 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.
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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.
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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