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1
0.25
X.
4
1.61
11
4.42
8
3.22
3
1 21
1
0.41
Total
97
1.73
84
1.50
70
1.25
70
1.25
54
0.96
TABLE OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1896.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DISTRICTS.
Cases
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of Pop.
1,000 of Pop.
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of Pop.
Death per
1,000 of Pop.
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of Pop.
-Death per
1,000 of Pop.
I.
S
2
1.12
0.28
85
16
11.96
2.25
10
1.04
....
II.
4
..
....
60
7
10.73
1.25
or co?
4
1.61
0.72
III.
7
. .
1.49
....
28
1
5.97
0.21
2
1.07
0.43
IV.
12
. .
2.14
....
41
7
7.32
1.25
11
2
1.97
0.36
V.
25
. .
2.24
....
68
8
6.09
0.72
13
8
1.16
0.72
VI.
17
..
...
43
4
7.18
0.67
:
1.00
....
VII.
23
1
3.45
0.15
46
5
6.87
0.75
3
1.05
0.45
VIII.
23
1
8.44
0.38
30
5
11.00
1.83
3
2.93
1.10
IX.
7
1
1.77
0.25
14
·
3.54
1
6.03
0.41
2
3.22
0.81
Total .
142
07
2.53
0.09
430
54
7.68
0.93
88
26
1.57
0.46
.
..
6.43
....
15
2.78
0.51
X.
16
81819
. .
0.72
Death per
Cases
Cases
,
*
.
Deaths.
Deaths.
DISTRICTS.
2.84
RATES PER THOUSAND OF POPULATION OF CASES OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED, AND OF DEATHS FROM THE SAME, IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1895.
AVERAGE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
DISTRICTS.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
I. .
( Cases . Deaths
3.55 1.51 0.82 2.05 1.80 0.77 .. 0.55 0.14 .... 0.38 ....
6.43 0.83 0.95 8.86 1.13 1.36 0.36 0.12 0.12 0.57 0.23 0.11
|13.98 1.44 1.15 2.73 0.57 0.14 0.86 1. 01 . . . .
4.47 5.19 0.86 1.12 11.96 1.40
5.78|
3.41
1.05 0.07
II. .
( Cases . Deaths
0.42 2.37 0.69
0.79 1.45 1.18 .... 0.66 0.39
9.75 0.49 0.37 0.37 0.24
4.07 0.93 1.04 0.23 0.47 .... ....
4.45 1.30 0.74 0.18 0.18
2.10 4.27 1.86 0.19|1.11 0.74
..
1.25 0.72
0.59
0.40
1II. .
( Cases . Deaths
7.97 3.18 1.09 .. 0.73 0.37
8.53 4.44 2.39 0.34 1.02 0.61
11.38 1.89 0.95 0.63 0.95 0.31|
9.58 0.79 1.59 11.98 4.44 1.33 0.53 0.27 ... 1.99 1.33 ....
5.32 7.77 1.33 0.22 0.66
1.49
5.97 1.07 0.21 0.43
8.04 0.53
4.07 0.74
0.25
IV. .
S Cases . Deaths
0.21 1.64 ....
0.19,0.39 0.39
....
7.78 1 02 3.83 0.34 0.11 0.56
5.47 1.13 1.71 0 11 0.23 0.57
5.75 2.49 1.34 0.38 0.67 0.38
4.13 6.05 0.48 0.09|1.25 0.29
2.24
6.09.1.16 0.72 0.72
5.05 0.17
2.91 0.43
1.49 0.41
'VI. .
§ Cases . ¿ Deaths
.... 0.59 1.19
2.25.0.56 2.81 ... 0.56 0.56
14.57 2 08 4.16
6.26 1.56 1.25 0.62 0.31 . . .. 0.52
9.85 0.94 0.94 0.75 . . . . 0.18
3.03 2.08 0.57 0.19|0.38 . ... · ·
2.84
7.18 1.00 0.67 .... .
6.49 0.22
2.66 0.36
2.28
1.21
VII. .
5 Cases . ¿ Deaths
5.26 3.37 0.95
1.80 0.88 2.47
9.17 . ...
4.59 1.39 0.79
4.69
....
0.15.
....
0.62 2.81 3.44 1.09 0.31 0.31 .. . . 0.31
3.45 0.15
6.87 1.05 0.75 0.45
4.54 0.14
0.18
0.27
VIII.
( Cases . Deaths
3.27 4.08 1.63 .... 0.81
...
... 10.76
....
7.79 0.78 2.73
5.59 1.75 2.73
6.35 1.38 1.92 0.27 ... |0 55
2.77 2.49 1.65 1.77 ... . 0.28 0.28 /0.25
3.54 2.78 ..... 0.51
4 32 0 08
2.16 0.17
1.75
IX. .
§ Cases . ¿ Deaths
·
1.79 2.23 0.45 ... 10.45' ....
....
. .
0.78
3.59 0.90 1.80
6.49 2.59 1.73
.. 8.23 4.76 2.60 0.43 ...
6.43 ....
6.03 3.22 0.41 0.81
6.78 0.26
2.71 0.54|
2.99
1.27
City. .
S Cases . Deaths
4.01 2.89 0.97 2.97 1.62 1.26 0.07.0.540.24 1
8.06 0.85|1.61 0.30 0.17 0.24 -
6.23 1.12 1.18 0.38,0.22 0.26
8.59 2.09|1.10 0.96,0.53 0.24
2.53 4.12 4.68 1.16 0.32 0.81 0.19, 0.09
7.68 1.57 0.96 0.46
5.22 0.31
0.52
0.27
..
0.21
...
3.06 1.53
4.96 0.71 ...
5.68 1.13 1.70 0.57 . ..
0.65
. .
..
. ...
1.83 1.10
5.02 0.19
0.49
0.43
X. .
( Cases . ¿ Deaths
4.13 1.03 2.06 .... 1.03 ....
9.71 0.97 .0.97
8.89 2.73 1.36 1.37 ·
....
....
0.05 0.42 0.25
...
5.19 0.89 0.36 0.36 0.18
5.70,0.35 0.34 14.37 3.73 0.74 0.86 . . . . 0.17 2.24'1 49 0.18
5.41 5.60 1.49 0.74 1.68 0.37
2.14
7.32 1.97 1.25 0.36
5.65 0.66
3.71 0.95
0.21
V. .
§ Cases . ¿ Deaths
6.34 2.34 0.91 0.26 0.26 0.26
3.65 1:22 0.97
0.12
.
6.58 4.19 2.39
... 0.24
0 45
1.46 0.21 0.19 0.19 0.19
8.29 4.56 0.82 0.41,0.82 0.41
4.52 2.49 1.66 8.44 11.00 2.93 0.38
...
0.72 10.73 1.61
3.34 0.08
3.08
1.39
.... ..
..
0.28, 2.25 ....
0.69 0.73
1.07
.. 0.42 0.28
3.28,6.57 1.03 3.47 1.35 1.16
1.01
...
ANNUAL REPORTS.
468
3.86
1.47
4.20 2.94 0.42
....
0.31
1.63
0.12
1.88
0.35
469
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
NUISANCES ABATED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1895.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
·JIIA
IX.
X.
Total
Population (estimated) .
7,104 5,591 4,688 5,602 11,160 5,992 6,697
2,725 3,953 2,488 56,000
Cellar damp
4
3
6
5
1
4
6
5
2
3
39
Cesspool offensive
1
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
13
Cesspool overflowing
1
1
1
1
3
9
5
21
Connections of drainage pipes defective .
9
4
4
3
4
6
3
3
2
2
40
Cow-barn offensive
10
4
4
1
1
2
3
4
2
1
32
Drainage emptying into cellar
3
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
16
Drainage emptying on surface
4
2
2
3
1
1
2
1
6
Drain-pipe defective.
6
1
3
1
4
3
4
2
2
3
29
Feeding cows on fruit .
decayed
Fish offal .
1
1
1
..
1
3
...
. .
Goats kept in cellar .
1
2
3
Hennery offensive
3
2
2
1
3
1
1
2
17
Hens kept in cellar .
3
3
1
2
1
1
2
2
15
Horse-shed offensive.
2
1
5
1
2
3
2
16
Infected bedding
1
1
1
2
5
Manure exposed and sive .
1
2
2
2
2
5
1
2
23
Manure pit defective
2
1
1
1
2
1
8
Offal on land
1
1
2
5
Offensive odor in and about dwellings.
3
1
1
1
1
1
8
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
11
5
Premises filthy
2
4
4
2
4
6
1
1
28
Premises untidy
4
4
6
3
8
5
4
3
62
Privy-vault defective
20
1
2
7
1
4
3
2
1
2
43
Privy-vault full.
4
4
1
8
4
3
2
3
46
Privy-vault offensive
12
11
17
5
24
8
10
4
5
136
Rubbish in cellar
2
5
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
4
·
1
1
1
. .
2
1
3
2
2
12
3
1
1
7
2
8
4
5
5
1
37
Stable without drainage
4
2
2
6
2
7
3
6
6
2
40
Stagnant water on surface
1
2
2
3
1
1
10
Waste-pipe not trapped .
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
15
8
2
2
2
1
15
Water - closet insufficiently
2
1
1
2
6
Water-closet offensive
3
1
....
...
1
1
6
Water in cellar .
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
16
Water under stable
4
1
1
2
1
2
1
12
Total
202
65
69
105
44
111
74
107
46
48
871
1
1
1
...
...
...
14
Pigs kept in cellar
1
Pigeons kept in house
Pigs kept without license.
1
1
5
2
1
..
5
Stable infected with glanders. Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive
Waste-pipe defective
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
10
.
Water-closet defective .
1
1
2
3
Goats kept without license
4
...
.....
2
. .
1
1
2
Drainage defective
14
28
Drainage not ventilated .
2
offen-
3
1
. .
Opening in drain-pipe in cel- lar
16
1
40
Sewage flowing under floor
Sewer gas in house
Slops thrown on surface
2 2
4
supplied with water
-
.
...
18
470
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND EXPENDITURES THEREFROM.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Receipts :-
For permits to keep swine and goats and to collect grease 61.00
Fee from owners of dogs while in pound 177.00
Sale of offal to Hannibal S.
Paul
800.00
Somerville Hospital, naphtha 4.50
Total credit
21,042.50
Expenditures :-
For Agent's salary
$1,200.00
Salary of Superintendent of collection of ashes and offal
900.00
Collecting ashes .
5,458.00
Collecting offal .
10,351.00
Burying dead animals .
80.15
Stable. expenses (including repairs and lighting) . ·
777.66
Vaccine virus
26.65
Wagons and sleds, and re- pairing same . .
622.55
Exchange of horse
51.24
Horse doctoring
42.00
Harnesses and horse clothing
150.45
Hay, straw and grain .
2,467.20
Horseshoeing
355.91
Amounts carried forward,
$00,000.00
$21,042.50
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
471
Amounts brought forward
$00,000.00
$21,042.50
Tools, and repairing same .
50.73
!
Expense of dog pound
357.79
Books, stationery, printing, advertising and postage . Incidentals ·
90.25
339.38
Total expenditure
23,320.96
Amount overdrawn
$2,278.46
ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman, ALVANO T. NICKERSON, ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
Board of Health.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 10, 1897. Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Re- ports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 11, 1897. Referred to Committee on Printing to be printed in the Annual Reports in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HON. ALBION A. PERRY, Chairman, ex-officio. HERBERT E. MERRILL,
Ward One.
EDWARD B. WEST, President,
. Ward Two.
EZRA D. SOUTHER,
Ward Three. ALBERT W. EDMANDS,
Ward Four.
COMMITTEES. .
ON INVESTIGATION AND RELIEF -- Mr. West and Mr. Merrill. ON FINANCE - Mr. Edmands and Mr. Souther. CHARLES C. FOLSOM, General Agent. CORA F. LEWIS, Secretary. ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D., City Physician. Office, Police Building, Bow Street.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, POLICE BUILDING, Bow ST., Dec. 31, 1896.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-The annual report of the Overseers of the Poor, with the annexed tables, is herewith submitted. The mem- bership of the Board remains the same as in the year 1895.
The year 1896 has been a very active one in the Poor Department of this city; more than the usual number of "Out of Work Cases" have been reported. About the usual number of cases have been reported where the husband and father has de -- serted his family. We see about the usual number of "Heads of Families" in the "Dock" at the Police Court, and we ask the same old questions, "What can be done to furnish work for those who desire it, and to compel all others to support their families?" Quite a large number of men who work for the city in the sum- mers and are inclined to spend all their earnings as they go (for things necessary or otherwise), come to the Overseers of the Poor in winter for help for their families. We cannot refuse them, if they are really destitute; but we propose hereafter to ask them to refund this amount to the city, when they have work, especially in cases where the parties are inclined to spend their money foolishly.
The total amount expended by this Department during the year 1896 was $21,999.79, we were reimbursed to the amount of $3,346.86, making the net expenses of the Department $18,- 652.93-$1,800.04 more than the year 1895.
In 1889 our net expenditures were $12,370.30, in 1896 they have been $6,282.63 more than in the year 1889. We shall cer-
477
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
tainly require an appropriation for 1897 of at least $20,000.00 to meet the expenses of the year.
The insane, as well as the sane, "full support cases," are increasing slowly, but surely, as our population increases.
We have outgrown our "Safe" accommodations and many of our valuable records are entirely unprotected from fire. We respectfully ask that something be done as soon as possible to provide us with a "Fire-proof Vault" where our records, which have been prepared with so much care, can be securely kept for future reference.
A man enlisted in 1861 and served on Somerville quota. Was killed in 1862. His widow, who lived in this city, became insane in 1868, and was committed to an insane asylum at the city's expense and has been insane since; she is now in a private family, being boarded at the same rate as charged by the asylum. About three years ago we began to make an effort for a pension for this widow. Frank W. Kaan, Esq., of this city was appointed her guardian and he, as well as the Board of Overseers, have left no stone unturned to furnish the Government with the necessary evidence, with the following results: $183.47, back pay, etc., has already been sent to her guardian, and $3,890.26, back pension, has been allowed with $12 per month hereafter, which will make her self-supporting in the future. The city has already paid out for her support $5,000.00. She is now about seventy years old and is quite well physically, and is likely to live many years.
We renew the recommendation of the last eleven years, to the effect that an Almshouse be erected as soon as possible, for the use of the Department in caring for the unfortunate poor of the city.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed)
ALBION A. PERRY, Chairman, ex-officio. HERBERT E. MERRILL, Ward One. EDWARD B. WEST, President, Ward Two. EZRA D. SOUTHER, Ward Three. ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Ward Four.
Board of Overseers of the Poor.
478
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE No. 1. PARTIAL SUPPORT. (Out-door Relief. )
Families aided .
302
Persons aided
1,173
Burials
13
Permits to the Tewksbury Almshouse .
9
TABLE No. 2.
FULL SUPPORT. (During the year.)
In almshouses .
23
In private families
17
In hospitals
44
In Massachusetts School for the Feeble-minded 4
Insane persons in private families 4
Insane persons in hospitals
70
TABLE No. 3. FULL SUPPORT. (At present time, Dec. 31, 1896.)
In out-of-town almshouses . 13
In private families 12
Insane in hospitals (we are reimbursed for three)
51
Insane in private families 4
In hospitals, sane
2
479
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TABLE No. 4. RECAPITULATION.
Appropriation
$17,150.00
Reimbursements
3,346.86
Total receipts
$20,496.86
Total expenditures
21,999.79
Account overdrawn
$1,502.93
Net expenditures .
18,652.93
TABLE No. 5.
REIMBURSEMENTS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$1,003.89
City of Boston .
706.63
" Gloucester
3.00
Lawrence
12.55
" Lynn
4.03
Malden
25.90
Newton
38.25
" Salem
10.00
" Waltham
17.20
" Worcester
22.90
Town of Canton
2.98
Lexington .
98.25
" No. Andover
152.17
" Revere
135.81
" Stoneham
52.31
Guardians and Relatives, etc.
731.43
Money refunded
35.53
.
.
.
" Cambridge
286.03
.
$3,346.86
" Danvers
8.00
TABLE No. 6. EXPENDITURES, IN DETAIL, FOR THE YEAR 1896.
1896.
Rent.
Board.
Groceries.
Towns and Cities.
Public Institutions
Boots and Shoes.
Dry Goods.
Burial.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Sundries.
Total,
January .
$49.00
$75.82
$420.39
$964.74 $2,359.12
$11.90
$262.50
$147.26
$20.40
$4,311.13
February,
49.00
73.61
228.06
188.03
10.95
3.35
262.49
105.01
39.85
960.35
March
49.00
229.39
355.08
2,152.90
15.60
262.51
104.92
25.48
3,194.88
April .
46.00
88.92
201.14
8.57
42.25
11.00
10.00
262.51
112.40
782.79
May
40.00
139.75
209.90
73.10
327.85
3.20
5.50
10.00
262.50
31.65
1,103.45
June
51.00
164.43
235.24
116.57
1,903.90
10.20
15.00
262.49
13.61
2,772.44
August
40.43
132.96
197.59
332.47
5.75
4.75
41.00
262.50
20.85
2,445.49
October .
40.43
68.18
266.61
· 230.56
648.37
10.30
3.00
40.00
262.51
21.18
31.36
1,622.50
November
40.28
96.20
223.36
33.21
9.50
262.50
143.05
41.93
850.03
December
40.43
90.82
165.00
211.78
5.25
6.13
262.49
121.43
29.35
932.68
Total .
$530.85
$1,418.40
$2,902.57
$3,164.57 $9,558.50
$99.40
$17.98 |$116.00 $3,150.00
$642.85
$398.67
$21,999.79
TABLE No. 7. GROSS EXPENDITURES FROM 1883 TO 1896, INCLUSIVE.
1883. 1884. 1885. $15,959.80 $17,272.52 $16,430.32
1886. $14,341.83
1887. $13,430.89
1888. $13,375.98
1889. $14,610.92
1890. $15,261.14
1891. $15,980.49
1892. $17,015.30
1893.
1896.
1894. 1895. $17,799.58 |$19,733.13 $20,755.46 $21,999.79
·
.
·
·
·
·
·
·
.
·
·
262.50
18.28
989.98
September
40.28
168.77
249.71
1,657.63
1.00
262.50
13.51
2,034.07
July
45.00
89.55
150.49
1,005.54
466.48
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·
· .
·
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REPORT
OF THE
CITY PHYSICIAN.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 24, 1897. Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Re- ports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Reference concurred in. IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 24, 1897. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN, January 1, 1897. $
To HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, AND THE CITY COUNCIL :-
Gentlemen,-I present the following as a summary of the work done by me as city physician for the year ending De- cember 31, 1896 :-
Twelve hundred and ninety-one visits have been made.
Number of persons treated at my office, three hundred and thirteen.
One hundred and forty persons have had teeth extracted.
Twelve women were attended in childbirth.
Ninety-five children have been vaccinated.
Number of visits at the police station, thirty-four.
Nineteen persons were examined for the police force, and eighteen for permanent men in the fire department.
Six visits were made and certificates given where persons had died unattended by a physician.
Respectfully submitted,
ALVAH B. DEARBORN, City Physician.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 24, 1897.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, and sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 24, 1897.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS, January 1, 1897.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL :-
Gentlemen,-The Committee on Highways presents the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1896:
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . $60,000.00
Receipts and credits :-
Transfer from Highways, City Stable Account 250.00
Transfer from Sidewalks' Account 349.78
Transfer from Interest Account 1,500.00
For bills approved in pay-rolls Nov. 23, 1892, and May 5, 1894, not called for 20.00
For labor and materials furnished prior to Jan. 1, 1896, the bills for which remained uncol- lected that day
282.15
Rent of dwelling at City Farm .
$136.00
Less water rates 45.00
91.00
Value of tools and property on hand Jan. 1, 1896
10,799.55
Value of materials on hand Jan. 1, 1896 1,878.50
Total credit
$75,170.98
488
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-.
For laying out Avon, Banks, Cam- bria, Houghton, Lee, Lowell and Westminster streets, and Benton, Cameron and Elec- tric avenue (advertising no- tice of hearings) . $114.50
Construction of Streets :-
Burnside avenue from: Elm street to Summer street
$903.00
Fanning avenue, from High- land ave. to Lexington ave. . Hall avenue, from Elm street to Liberty avenue 413.50
403.85
Hancock street, from Elin
street to Summer street 1,324.15
Kenwood street, from Elm
street to Billingham street 124.70
Kidder avenue, from Elm
street to Willow avenue 524.40
Rossmore street, from Somer- ville avenue to Washington street 272.55
Summit street, from Elm street to Billingham street 236.10
Trull street, from Medford street to Vernon street . 477.00
Warwick street, from Cedar street to Warwick avenue 315.10
4,994.35
Street crossings
1,291.32
Street signs erected .
127.75
Amount carried forward
$6,527.92
489
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amount brought forward .
·
.
$6,527.92
Repairs and improvements of streets, and paving of gut- ters, in connection with set- ting of edgestones :
Auburn avenue, westerly side, from Cross street, in front of estates of Stockdon and oth- ers, paving $139.40
Bartlett street, westerly side, from Vernon street to Med- ford street, paving 299.70
Belmont street, northeasterly side, from Summer street to estate of Joseph K. James, paving .
56.76
Beacon street, northerly side, from Miller street to the Fitchburg railroad bridge, paving
662.44
Beacon street, northerly side, from Washington street to Vine street, paving .
337.03
Bond street, in front of estate of Robert Duddy and others, paving 39.05
Broadway, southwesterly side, from Central street to Adams street, paving ·
398.33
Broadway, northeasterly side, from No. 257 to No. 303, paving 440.03
Central street, westerly side, from Highland avenue to Gib- bens street, paving 97.65
Amounts carried forward ·
$2,470.39
$6,527.92
490
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $2,470.39 $6,527.92
Central street, westerly side,
from Westwood road to es- tate of John Haigh, paving . 92.36
Derby street, northerly side, from Temple street to Grant
street :-
Paving
330.45
Repairs
364.05
Elm street, easterly side, from
Morrison street to Nathan
Tufts Park :-
Paving
406.15
Repairs
1,076.18
Elm street, northerly side, from Cherry street to Willow ave- nue, paving ·
659.75
Franklin street, easterly side,
from Franklin avenue to Washington street, paving . 161.65
Highland avenue, northeasterly side, from Central street to Grove street :---
Paving
1,517.58
Repairs .
838.42
Highland avenue, southwesterly side, from Crocker street to Tower street, paving ·
59.40
Highland avenue, southwesterly side, from Crocker street to Porter street, paving .
144.16
Holland street, in front of the William H. Hodgkins school- house, paving 134.60
Amounts carried forward
$8,255.14
$6,527.92
491
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amounts brought forward $8,255.14 $6,527.92
Hudson street, southerly side, from Lowell street to Cedar street, paving
1,198.00
Kenwood street, both sides, from Elm street to Summit street, paving
250.25
Kidder avenue, in front of the estate of C. W. Lowell, paving Madison street, southwesterly side, from School street to Sycamore street, paving ·
56.20
186.90
Medford street, in front of the estate of Messrs. Blaney and Robinson, paving 45.55
Mossland street, easterly side, from Somerville avenue to about one hundred feet from Elm street, paving 121.50
Oxford street, northeasterly side, in front of estate of Maynard and others, paving 90.90
Pearl street, northeasterly side, from Walnut street to the James A. Litchfield estate, paving
473.35
Pinckney street, in front of the estate of William N. Young, paving 20.50
Rossmore street, both sides, from Somerville avenue to Washington street, paving . 510.90 Robinson street, northerly side, from Central street to Bart- lett street, paving 243.60
Amounts carried forward
$11,452.79
$6,527.92
492
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward ·
$11,452.79 $6,527.92
School street, westerly side,
from Highland avenue to Madison street, paving 3.00
St. James avenue, westerly side, from Elm street to Summer street, paving .
390.10
Stickney avenue, westerly side, from Marshall street to School street, paving 154.60
Summit street, both sides, from Elm street to Billingham street, paving
135.10
Washington street, southerly side, from Sanborn Field to Y. M. C. A. grounds, paving 286.65 William street, southerly side, from Chandler street to Elm street, paving 156.35
$12,648.59
Ordinary repairs of streets :----
Beacon street, from railroad bridge to Kent street and from Smith avenue to Cam- bridge line
2,000.23
Cedar street, from railroad bridge to Highland avenue . 143.80 Cross street, from Broadway to Medford street 582.60
Frost avenue, from Somerville avenue to Tube Works 141.13
Mystic avenue, from Charles- town line to Austin street, and from the Medford line to Temple street .
4,820.93
Amounts carried forward ·
$7,688.69
$19,176.51
493
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amounts brought forward $7,688.69
$19,176.51
Pearl street 264.19
Perkins street, from the Boston line to Franklin street . 279.50
Summer street, from Willow avenue to Davis square ·
616.40
Willow avenue, from Broadway to railroad crossing
996.75
General repairs
14,076.24
23,921.77
Street opening, Knowlton street at Tufts street Resetting edgestones
19.91
531.61
Removing snow and ice and care of slippery sidewalks
2,875.05
Repairs of stone paving
191.83
Repairs of brick sidewalks .
1,203.75
Cleaning streets
6,753.08
Trimming, setting and removing trees . /00.05
Wakefield gravel land, taxes for 1896
14.00
Waltham gravel land, taxes for 1894, 1895 and 1896 484.21
Water used in drinking fountains .
47.50
Building retaining wall, Washington street, from railroad bridge to Tufts street
317.93
Buildingfor North street gravel land (lumber) Superintendent's salary
1,521.39
Superintendent's team (board of) .
209.83
Superintendent's telephone . 2.75
One-half cost of maintenance of Middlesex avenue bridge, the other half being paid by the City of Medford 647.95
Cost to city of sidewalks, the bricks and edge- stones, for which were paid by the abutters (see Table F, at end of this report)
1,461.40
Books, stationery and printing
83.65
Amount carried forward
$60,208.98
44.81
494
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward :
$60,208.98
Sundry small expenses
1,057.40
Private work, the bills for which remain un- collected 271.67
Value of materials on hand this day .
1,678.00
Value of tools and personal property on hand this day :-
Horses
$3,150.00
Carts and implements used with horses
2,664.00
Harnesses and horse clothing
411.00
Stable utensils and property
323.70
Tools
852.30
Stone crusher and fittings
2,518.20
Steam road roller No. 1 .
500.00
Steam road roller No. 2 .
3,500.00
$13,919.20
Less payment for steam road roller No. 2, from special appropriation for highways, "Steam Road Roller"
$3,500.00
$10,419.20
Net loss on tools, property and materials
2,500.82
Total debit
$76,136.07
Amount overdrawn . $965.09
Labor and materials have also been furnished and property sold, for which credit has been received, as follows :- Private parties, constructing driveways and side- walks $2,092.47
Public property account, setting inside edgestone around the William H. Hodgkins schoolhouse 416.39 Sidewalks account, materials and use of horses 1,700.96
Total
$4,209.82
495
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
The profit and Loss account on city teams, tools, property and materials is as follows :-
DEBIT.
Steam road roller No. 1 (deprecia-
ciation)
$1,500.00
Tools (depreciation)
623.15
Repairs of tools
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