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30
Oak St. Place
Oak St.
Northerly
Private.
4
85
Oakland Ave.
Marshall St.
School St.
Public.
40
440
155
Olive Sq.
Lake St.
Southerly
Private.
Public.
40
1,050
-
Orchard
Cambridge Line
Meacham St.
Public.
40
1,625
.
Osgood
Granite St.
Private.
40
1,200
Oxford
School St.
Oxford
Beacon St.
Cambridge Line
Public. Private. Public.
30+
50
100
-
Minnie Ave.
Meacham St.
Northeasterly
Private.
40
-
250
Montgomery Ave
Montrose St.
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
12
Moreland
Main St.
Meacham St.
Private.
40
Mortimer Pl.
Marshall St.
Southeasterly
Private.
20
Mountain Ave.
Linden Ave.
Porter St.
Private.
22
Mousal Pl.
North Union St. Curtis St.
B. & M. R. R.
Private.
20
200
Mt. Pleasant Av.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
700
Mt. Vernon Ave.
Main St.
Meacham St.
Private.
50
Monroe
Walnut St.
High St.
Private.
40
Union St.
Public.
60
350
200
Newman Place
Cedar St.
Southeasterly
Private. Private.
10+ about 10
. 650
-
Norfolk
Webster Ave.
Cambridge Line
Public.
North Union
Mystic Ave.
Northeasterly
Private.
30
Olive Ave.
Linden Ave.
Southeasterly
Private.
about 15
100
Oliver
Franklin St.
Cross St.
Easterly &west'ly Wigglesworth St Central St.
450
Otis
Cross St.
40
1,330
-
about 30
25
Montrose Ct.
Broadway
Wellington Ave
Mystic Ave.
Private.
40
200
100
Newton
Webster Ave.
100
Mystic Ave.
640
530
350
LENGTH.
493
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
STREET.
FROM
To
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public.
Private.
Packard Ave.
Broadway
Medford Line Northwesterly
Private.
20
200
Park Ave.
Elm St.
Wallace St.
Public.
40
450
Park Place
Laurel St.
Easterly
Private.
30
220
Park Place
Park Pl.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
150
Park
Somerville Ave.
Beacon St.
Public.
50
1,300
150
Partridge Ave.
Vernon St.
Broadway
Public.
40
1,457
100
Paulina
Broadway
Holland St.
Private.
40
300
Pearl
Mt. Vernon St.
Medford St.
Public.
50
4,450
Pearl St. Place
Pearl St.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
200
*Pearson Ave.
Morrison Ave.
Boston Ave.
Private.
45
1,300
Pembroke Ct.
Pembroke St.
Southwesterly
Private.
25
130
Pembroke
Central St.
Sycamore St.
Private.
40
440
Perkins Place
Perkins St.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
200
Perkins
Franklin St.
Charlestown line Southeasterly
Public.
40
1,350
125
Pinckney
Washington St. Beech St.
Spring St.
Private.
30
.
390
Pleasant Ave.
Walnut St.
Vinal Ave.
Public.
40
470
-
Poplar Ct.
Poplar St.
Southeasterly
Private.
10
80
Poplar
Somerville Ave.
Linwood St.
Private.
30
350
Poplar
Linwood St.
Joy St.
Private.
35
300
Porter Av.
Porter St.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
220
Porter Place
Porter St.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
195
Porter
Elm St.
Summer St.
Public.
45
1,150
830
Prescott
Summer St. School St.
Highland Ave. Summer St.
Public.
40
800
1,900/
Prospect
Washington St.
Cambridge Line
Public.
50
2,050
Prospect Hill Av
Medford St.
High St.
Public.
40
450
130
Putnam
Summer St.
Highland Ave.
Public.
50
1,240
-
Quincy
Somerville Ave.
Summer St.
Public.
40
700
-
Randolph Pl.
Cross St.
Westerly
Private.
15
Raymond Ave.
Curtis St.
North St.
Public.
40
1,345
110
Reed's Ct.
Oliver St.
Southwesterly
Private.
20
105
Remick Ct.
Cutter St.
Southeasterly
Private.
10
-
100
Richardson
Lowell St.
Lawrence St.
Private.
35
Richdale Ave.
School St.
Sycamore St.
Public.
40
875
Roberts
Lawrence St.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
Robinson
Central St.
Bartlett St.
Private.
40
645
Rogers Ave.
Morrison Ave.
Broadway
Private.
45
1,700 *
Roseland
Beacon St.
Cambridge Line
Public.
40
100
Rossmore
Somerville Ave.
Washington St.
Private.
40
Rush
Broadway
Flint St.
Public.
40
1,400
Russell
Elm St.
Cambridge Line
Public.
40
700
1
Sacramento
Somerville Ave. Warren Ave.
Walnut St.
Public.
40
280
Sargent Ave.
Broadway
Mills St.
Public.
40
522
Sartwell Ave.
Cedar St.
Cherry St.
Private.
35
School
Somerville Ave.
Highland Ave.
Public.
40
1,870
School
Highland Ave.
Broadway
Public.
50
2,500
Sellon Pl.
Marshall St.
Private.
12
120
Sewall Ct.
Sewall St.
Northwesterly Southwesterly
Private.
25
-
190
-
2,000
Palmer Ave.
Franklin St.
Parker Place
Porter St.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
Parker
Washington St.
Fremont Ave.
Private.
35
200
Patten Ct.
Cutter St.
Southeasterly
Private.
8
Pearl
Crescent St.
Mt. Vernon St.
Public.
Private.
24
1,170
380
Pitman
Spring St.
Belmont St.
Private.
26
50
1,050
-
Preston
College Ave.
Curtis St.
Private.
40
ʹ
ʻ
Prospect Place
Prospect St.
E. Newton St.
Private.
20
Record's Place
Broadway
Southwesterly
Private.
10
30
-
150
Richmond hi'hds
Madison St.
Southerly
Private.
Private.
40
600
Sanborn Ave.
-
-
.
-
* Proposed.
244
Pinckney Place
Pinckney St.
Perkins St.
Public.
40
45
Porter
Summer St.
Highland Ave.
Private.
Public.
Professors' Row
480
170
525
Cambridge Line
Private.
60
LENGTH.
400
Pitman
775
40
494
ANNUAL REPORTS.
LENGTH.
STREET.
FROM
To
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public.
Private.
Sewall
Grant St.
Temple St.
Public.
40
615
Shawmut Pl.
Shawmut St.
Alston St.
Private.
30
Shawmut
Washington St. Somerville Ave.
Cross St.
Public.
40
550
310
Sherman Pl.
Sargent Ave.
Marshall St.
Private.
10
250
Sherman
Somerville Ave.
Frost Ave.
Private.
35
270
Sibley Ct.
Cutter St.
Northwesterly
Private.
10
100
Sibley Pl.
Cutter St.
Northwesterly
Private.
10
100
Simpson Ave.
Broadway
Holland St.
Private.
40
825
Skehan
Dane St.
Durhamn St.
Private.
30
720
Smith Ave.
Beacon St.
Line St.
Private.
25+
200
Snow Pl.
Belinont St.
Easterly
Private.
30
160
Snow Pl.
Snow Place
Northerly
Private.
25
100
Snow Terrace
Jaques St.
Soutnwesterly
Private.
16
120
E. Camb Line.
Union Sq.
Public.
75
2,300
.
Union Square
N. Camb. Line
Public.
70
8,800
940
*Southwick Ave.
Morrison Ave.
Boston Ave.
Private.
40
990
Spring Ct
Westerly
Private.
20
200
Spring
Summer St.
Public.
40
1,200
-
. Springfield
Cambridge Line
Public.
40
800
200
Marshall St.
School St.
Private.
40
-
450
Stone Ave.
Union Sq.
Columbus Ave.
Public.
40
676
.
Stone Pl.
Stone Ave.
Southeasterly
Private.
30
14.5
Summit Ave.
Walnut St.
Vinal Ave.
Public.
45
470
Summit
Elm St.
Billingham St.
Public.
40
262
175
Sunnyside Ave.
Walnut St.
Wigglesworth St
Private.
35
250
Sycamore
Broadway
Medford St.
Public.
45
1,250
550
'Sycamore Sycamore Sydney
Richdale Ave.
Highland Ave.
Private.
33
800
Wheatland St.
Temple St.
Private.
40
925
Talbot
Packard Ave.
Southeasterly
Private.
40
500
Taunton
So. Wyatt St.
Easterly to angle Marion St.
Private.
20
95
Taylor PI.
Somerville Ave.
Southerly
Private.
15
200
Taylor
Mystic Ave.
Sidney St.
Private.
40
310
Temple
Broadway
Mystic Ave.
Public.
66
1,540
400
Tennyson
Forster St.
Medford St.
Public.
40
469
400
Thorpe Pl.
Highland Ave.
Southwesterly
Private.
30
1,660
150
Tower
Crown St.
Ilighland Ave. Southeasterly
Private.
about 10
75
Treinont Trull
Webster Ave. Vernon St.
Medford St.
Private.
40
.
1
200
Tube Works Ct.
Southwesterly
Private.
20
150
Tufts
Cross St.
Public.
40
940
Tyler
Dane St.
Public.
40
404
Union
Broadway
Mystic Ave.
Public.
40
330
Union Pl.
Linwood St.
Southwesterly
Private.
10
-
100
Veazie
Walnut St.
Bradley St.
Private.
40
650
Vernon
Central St.
Public.
40
740
Vernon
Jenny Lind Ave
JennyLind Ave. Lowell St.
Private.
30
-
600
StamfordTerrace Stickney Ave. Stiles
Cameron Ave.
Cambridge Line
Private.
40
200
St. James Ave.
Elm St.
Summer St.
Public.
40
488
Summer
Bow St.
Elin St.
Public.
45
7,700
-
Sumner
Lawrence St.
Northwesterly
Private.
20
-
Medford St.
Richdale Ave.
Private.
40
30
170
Taunton
Angle
:Tenney .Ct.
Mystic Ave.
Northeasterly
Private.
30
Tennyson
Medford St.
Pembroke St.
Private.
40
Thorndike
Holland St.
Kingston St.
Private.
40
580
Thurston
Broadway
Tyler St.
Northeasterly
Private.
25
40
550
Tremont Pl.
Tremont St.
Cambridge Line
Public.
40
589
1,050
Trull Lane
Highland Ave.
Oxford St.
Private.
15
Somerville Ave. Washington St. Vine St.
Richdale Ave.
Public.
40
Tower Ct.
Beacon St.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
Somerville Ave. Somerville Ave. South
Medford St.
Westerly
Private.
30
Somerville Ave. Somerville Ave. Concord Ave.
Merriam Ave.
Private.
40
200
Shedd
*Proposed.
-
450
Private.
Private.
495
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
LENGTH.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public.
Private.
Villa Ave.
Winslow Ave. Dane St.
Arlington BRR Vine St.
Private. Private.
35
200
Village
Summer St.
Highland Ave.
Public.
45
1,400
200
Vine Ct.
Vine St.
Northwesterly.
Private.
25
140
Vine
Somerville Ave.
Hanson St.
Private.
40
-
780
Vine
Hanson St.
Beacon St.
Private.
25
650
Virginia
Aldrich St.
Jasper St.
Public.
40
405
-
Wade Ct.
Cedar St.
Westerly
Private.
20
180
Waldo
Highland Ave.
Hudson St.
Private.
40
Wallace
Holland St. .
Broadway Broadway
Public.
40
3,830
222
Walter
Wulnut St.
Bradley St.
Private.
40
548
Ward
Medford St.
Earl St.
Private.
30
610
Warren Ave.
Union Sq.
Columbus Ave.
Public.
40
650
100
Warwick
Cedar St.
Cambridge Line Southeasterly
Private.
40
630
Washington Ave
Washington St.
Northerly
Public.
75
1,060
Washington
Franklin Ave.
Fitchburg R. R. Cambridge Line Northerly
Private.
25
250
Waverly
Washington St.
Southerly
Private.
35
200
Ware
Curtis St.
Northwesterly
Private.
40
700
Webster Ave.
Union Sq.
Cambridge Line
Public.
49.5
1,950
-
Webster
Franklin St.
Cross St.
Public.
40
215
Wellington Ave.
Montgomery Av
Easterly
Public.
40
405
350
Wesley
Angle
Otis St.
Private.
30
250
West
Hawthorne St.
Arlington B RR Broadway
Private.
40
525
Wheatland
Broadway
Jaques St.
Public.
40
495
855
Wheeler
Pinckney St.
Mt. Vernon St.
Private.
40
269
Whipple
Hawthorne St.
Arlington BR R
Private.
30
575
White
Elm St.
Cambridge Line
Private.
20
300
White St. Pl.
White St.
Southeasterly Pearl St.
Private.
40
740
William
Chandler St.
Elm St.
Public.
40
381
150
Willoughby
Central St.
Sycamore St.
Private.
30
400
Willow Ave.
Elm St.
Broadway
Public.
50
3,440
150
*Willowdale
Willow Ave.
Easterly
Private.
40
-
550
Wilson Ave.
Broadway
B. & L. R. R.
Private.
20
310
Wilton
Lowell St.
Lawrence St.
Private.
35
470
Windom
Elm St.
Summer St.
Public.
40
300
Winslow Ave.
Elm St.
Grove St.
Public.
40
514
Winter
Elm St.
Holland St.
Private.
30
430
Winter Hill Cir.
Broadway
Northeasterly
Private.
25
177
Winthrop Ave. Woodbine
Centre St.
Lowell St.
Private.
30
600
*Woods Ave.
North St.
Alewife Brook
Private.
40
1,350
Wyatt Ct.
South Wyatt St.
Westerly
Private.
13
200
Wyatt (South)
Concord Ave.
Northerly
Private.
40
400
Wyatt (North)
Washington St.
Southerly
Private.
40
350
York Terrace
Central St.
Harvard Pl.
Public.
40
267
Total
263,450
179,741
-
Wellington Ave.
Walnut St.
Montgomery Av.
Private.
40
1
Wesley Pk.
Wesley Sq.
Northeasterly
Wesley
Pearl St.
N. East to angle
Private.
30
165
West
Broadway
Heath St.
Private.
30
590
Wheatland
Jaques St.
Mystic Ave.
Private.
Private.
20
200
Williams Ct.
Porter St.
Northwesterly
Private.
30
Willow Pl.
Cambridge Line
South St.
Private.
25
Winslow Ave.
Grove St.
Clifton St.
Private.
40
-
572
Broadway
Mystic Ave.
Public.
50
1,170
-
-
Public, 49.9 miles ; private, 34.04 miles.
*Proposed.
-
Walnut
Bow St.
Walter Pl.
Walter St.
Southewsterly
Private.
40
18
350
Washington
Charlestown line
Franklin Ave.
Public.
60 to 100
3,870
Washington
Fitchburg R. R.
Public.
60
2,380
Water
South St.
Public.
40
1,350
370
Vinal Ave.
Vinal
Richardson St.
Northeasterly
Private.
20
-
.
Warren
Medford St.
Private.
30
-
-
Weston Ave.
Clarendon Ave.
Public.
40
1,000
85
Private.
40
40
Wigglesworth
Bonair St.
-
.
287
Private.
25
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 10, 1894. 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 10, 1894.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT, January . 1, 1894.
To the City Council of Somerville :-
The following is the final report of the Committee on Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1893 :-
The manual force of the department consists of eighty-five men, including the chief and assistant engineers.
The apparatus in service consists of two steam-fire engines, one ladder truck, four hose wagons, and one combination hose, chemical and ladder wagon.
A valuable addition to the apparatus has been made by the purchase of a third size rotary engine, with a capacity of seven hundred gallons per minute. This engine is not in continual ser- vice, but is kept perfectly equipped for immediate use in case of a large fire, accident, or repairs to the engines in service. For con- venience it is known as the relief engine.
BUILDINGS.
The several buildings used by the department are in fair con- dition. Hose house No. 1, Webster Street, has been repaired and painted, both inside and out, the heating apparatus put in good condition and the building made comfortable and presentable.
Hose houses No.'s 2, 3, and 5, ladder house 1 and engine house 4 have each received the repairs necessary to keep them in good condition. No repairs have been made on the house of en- gine No. 1. This building is used as headquarters of the fire alarm
500
ANNUAL REPORTS.
service. In the cellar is placed the battery, and in an upper room are the instruments so vitally important in giving a correct alarm. This room is also used as a sleeping room for the firemen perman- ently employed at this station. The building does not require ex- tensive repairs, but an addition should be made for the accommo- dation of a chemical engine. Previous committees have often ad- vised this, and the committee of 1891 had plans prepared, by the direction of the City Council, for such enlargements, to furnish ac- commodations for a chemical engine and the fire-alarm telegraph system.
Your committee was desirous of carrying out these plans, but the City Council did not see fit to furnish the necessary appropria- tion. Nothing, therefore, has been done toward enlarging the fire- alarm system or placing in service a chemical engine.
Your committee desires to emphasize the necessity of carrying forward these important projects. As the entire city is now de- pendent on three circuits where there should be ten, and as much property is jeopardized by the lack of signal boxes, while neither circuits nor boxes can be added until a larger battery room is sup- plied, we urge either the enlarging of the house of engine No. 1, or the early erection of the proposed building on Highland Avenue near Cedar Street with ample room therein for the battery.
The removal of the Unitarian church will necessitate the pur- chase of a new fire-alarm bell, which can be placed in the tower of engine house No. 1.
The building at the junction of Medford Street and Highland Avenue, formerly known as the Brastow School house, has, by order of the City Council, been placed in charge of the Committee on Fire Department. In it are kept the relief engine and hose carriage, ready for immediate use, and supplies for the alarm system.
HYDRANTS.
The economy of having hydrants at frequent intervals should be so well understood that whenever a street water pipe is laid they should be placed within two hundred and fifty feet of each other. When so placed, short pieces of hose only are needed to
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
reach fires, and such lines give effective streams, owing to less friction. Good hose costs about seventy cents per foot and soon decays ; while a hydrant ready for service costs fifty dollars and will last twenty five years at least. The cost of a hydrant will buy but about seventy feet of hose. A stream of water from a one-inch nozzle through one thousand feet of hose, with a hydrant pressure of forty pounds, will reach a height of thirty-four feet and will discharge fifty-nine gallons per minute. With three hundred feet of hose and the same conditions the height reached will be fifty- nine feet, and the quantity discharged will be one hundred and three gallons, or nearly double the amount that can be used through the long line. The cost of the long line is about seven hundred dollars, and of the short, effective one, but two hundred and ten dollars. This shows the economy of placing hydrants near together.
CHEMICAL ENGINE.
The value of a chemical engine for extinguishing small fires is so well understood that we renew the recommendation of former years that a chemical engine be bought and placed in service. It should be located on Central Hill, where it would be equally serviceable for wards one, two and three. If the City Council, for any reason, should not desire to make the necessary alterations in the house of engine No. 1 for this apparatus it could be placed in the relief fire station on Medford Street. The cost of fitting up this building, including a suitable stable, would be only a few hundred dollars.
HOSE.
There are now seventy-eight hundred feet of hose in service. None was purchased last year but some will be required the coming year.
To sum up our city's immediate wants for fire protection, we would specify an enlargement of the Fire Alarm Telegraph System, the placing in service on Highland Avenue near Cedar Street of a
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
hook and ladder truck, and an addition to engine house No. 1 and the placing therein of a chemical engine.
Your committee are quite familiar with the operations of the department and cheerfully commend the officers and other men- bers for their promptness and efficiency ; but we are not unmind- ful that the liability of, and conditions for, a disastrous conflagra- tion increase every day. It is a fact not generally known, that Somerville has more dwelling houses to the acre than any other city in the State. This close proximity of buildings (especially as they are of wood with shingle roofs) furnishes the conditions for such a conflagration. With this knowledge we lay these matters before the City Council, believing that if our recommendations are adopted our city will be well well protected until greater growth necessitates further additions.
The appropriation, receipts and expenditures are shown by the following statements :-
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$41,000.00
Receipts :-
For manure sold
$57.80
old copper and zinc
39.53 96.53
Total credit
$41,096.53
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For salaries of permanent men 15,861.93
salaries of call men
8,646.00
substitute drivers
3,210.27
new hose
225.00
improvements and repairs of
apparatus and vehicle . 972.08
Amounts carried forward . $28,915.28
$41,096.53
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
503
Amounts brought forward . $28,915.28 120.00
$41,096.53
new vehicle and apparatus ·
improvements and repairs of buildings and furniture and new furniture
1,467.63
maintenance and extension of fire-alarm telegraph .
1,914.43
hose and hose pipe and repair- ing same 418.25
grain and feed . ·
762.97
hay and straw
1,127.65
horse shoeing . ·
413.51
horse medicine and doctoring
118.11
harnesses and repairing same
147.80
fuel
757.64
supplies .
·
133.66
water for hydrants .
3,220.00
water for department buildings .
130.00
gas
671.36
ice .
37.50
washing and ironing
230.39
telephones
144.50
hand fire extinguishers
180.60
insurance
74.00
incidentals
1,220.16
total debit
$42,205.44
amount overdrawn
$1,108.91
For the committee, FRANK E. FITTS, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 24, 1894. Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 25, 1894.
Concurred in.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1893.
To the Committee on Fire Department :-
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith present to you a report of the operations of this department for the year 1893. It includes a statement of the number of fire alarms, both bell and still alarms, the loss of property by fire and the amount of insurance thereon, a roster of the manual force, the apparatus in service, and other interesting information.
I desire to express to his Honor, the Mayor and to the Com- mittee, my sincere thanks for their co-operation in all matters ap- pertaining to the efficiency of the department.
MANUAL FORCE.
The manual force of the department consists of
One Chief Engineer 1
One Assistant Engineer 1
Two Steam fire engine Companies of 14 men each 28
Four Hose Companies of 10 men each 40
One Ladder Company
·
16
Total
. 86
APPARATUS IN SERVICE.
The apparatus in service consists of two steam fire engines, each of a capacity of 700 gallons per minute ; five hose wagons,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
each equipped with 900 feet of 2} inch hose, 43 feet of ladders and two pony chemical extinguishers ; one ladder truck with 370 feet of ladders, jumping canvas, gun for firing a life line, and numer- ous small tools. The total amount of hose is 8,000 feet. Reserve apparatus consists of one steam fire engine, one hose carriage and one ladder truck.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
The fire alarm telegraph has 53 signal boxes from which an alarm can be given. All of these boxes are locked and require keys to open them before an alarm can be given, except one (Box 443, Davis Square). Any responsible citizen can have a key by applying to the chief engineer.
The locations of Signal boxes are as follows :-
12. Junction Somerville avenue and Linwood street.
13. McLean Asylum.
14. Cross street, corner Gilman street.
15. Washington street, corner Myrtle street.
16. Webster street, (Hose House No. 1).
17. Lincoln street, corner of Perkins street.
18. Broadway, corner of Mt. Vernon street.
19. Medford street, corner of Washington street.
21. Medford street, corner of South street.
23. South street, (Howe & Putney Pork House).
24 Webster avenue, (School house) .
25. Washington street, corner of Prospect street, (Hose House No. 3).
26. Concord Square, corner of Springfield street.
27. Bow street, (Police Station) .
28. Somerville avenue, corner of Laurel street.
29. Washington street, opposite Dane street.
31. Highland avenue, corner of Walnut street, (Engine House No. 1).
32. Bonair street, opposite Dana street.
33 Medford street, corner of Dartmouth street.
34. Marshall street, (Hose House No. 2) .
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35. Broadway, Junction of Main street.
36. Central street, corner of Vernon street.
37. Magoun Square.
38. Cedar street, corner of Clyde street.
4. Powder House Square.
41. Summer street, corner of Cedar street.
42. Beacon street, corner of Kent street.
43. Holland street, between Wallace and Irving streets.
45. Summer street, between Spring and Belmont streets.
46 Junction of Elm street and Somerville avenue.
46. Duplicate ; Hose House, No. 5, Somerville Avenue.
47. Highland avenue, corner of Grove street, (Engine House, No. 4).
48. Broadway, corner of Curtis street.
49. Professors' Row, College Hill
112. John P. Squire & Co's, Somerville avenue.
113. Fitchbug Railroad Company Freight Yard.
115. Franklin street, opposite Oliver street.
116. Broadway, near Autumn street.
119. Somerville avenue, corner of Medford strect.
217. Summer street, corner of School street.
221. North Packing and Provision Co's, Medford street.
224. Prospect street, near Oak street.
225. Union Square, Masonic Building.
227. American Tube Works, Frost avenue.
228. Middlesex Bleachery, Somerville avenue.
231. Boston street, corner of Greenville street.
331. Gilman square.
332. Pearl street, corner of Aldrich street.
334. Wheatland street, corner of Jaques street.
335. Melrose street, off Mystic avenue.
421. Highland avenue, corner Central street.
443. Davis square.
447. Elm street, corner of William street.
SPECIAL SIGNALS.
55. No. school.
6-6-6. Police call. 7-7-7. Military call.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Additional signal boxes are necessary in the following loca- tions :-
Bartlett street, corner of Ames street.
Beacon street, corner of Concord avenue.
Bond street, corner of Heath street. Bradley street, corner of Veazie street. Broadway, corner of Cedar street. Broadway, corner of Franklin street. Campbell Park.
Curtis street, corner of Conwell avenue.
Elm street, corner of Cherry street.
Elm street, corner of Willow avenue. Holland street, corner of Elmwood street.
Houghton street, corner of Oak street.
Linwood street, corner of Poplar street.
Mystic avenue, near North Union Street.
Orchard street, corner of Day street.
Somerville Hospital.
Temple street, corner of Derby street.
Washington street, corner of Mt. Vernon street.
Washington street, opposite Wyatt street.
FIRE ALARMS AND CAUSES.
Total number of bell alarms
93
Total number of still alarms 24
Total loss by fire $26,655.35
Total insurance on property
$214,225.00
The causes for which the bell alarms were given were as fol- lows :-
Breaking and explosion of kerosene lamp
6
Burning of electric light switch box
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3
Burning of rubbish 4
Children playing with matches
5
Defective chimney
11
2
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Drying plastering
· 2
Explosion of grease tank .
.
1
Fire crackers on roof
4
Gas jet in contact with wood work
1
Hot ashes in wooden box .
2
Igniting of alcohol
1
Igniting of Naphtha
2
Igniting of oil from defective pipe
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