Report of the city of Somerville 1893, Part 28

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 680


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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


501


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


502


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,


508


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) .


509


REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


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.


510


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


.


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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