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5 00
176 76
Davis.
Repairs and improvements .
$95 61
Furniture
15 00
Repairing furniture
32 00
Repairing heating apparatus
28 72
Teaming furniture
1 50
Water
28 00
Gas
1 76
202 59
Durell.
Repairs and improvements
$104 73
Furniture
5 00
Repairing furniture
10 50
Repairing heating apparatus
7 61
Water
13 00
Insurance
50 00
Supplies
6 17
.
197 01
Amount carried forward
$3,279 36
714
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$3,279 36
Edgerly.
Repairs and improvements
$282 10
Repairing furniture
108 29
Repairing heating apparatus
59 48
Teaming furniture
8 25
Water
13 60
Gas
29 39
Insurance
357 50
Supplies
7 94
866 55
Forster.
Repairs and improvements
$415 52
Furniture
3 75
Concrete walks
7 80
Water
95 00
Gas
67 39
Insurance
96 50
685 96
Franklin.
Repairs and improvements .
$92 37
Furniture
4 00
Repairing furniture
4 00
Repairing heating apparatus
90 73
Teaming furniture
11 75
Water
25 00
Supplies
4 65
232 50
Amount carried forward .
.
$5,064 37
715
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$5,064 37
Glines.
Repairs and improvements
$1,760 25
Furniture
63 50
Repairing furniture
20 60
Repairing heating apparatus
187 41
Concrete walks
172 25
Teaming furniture
4 89
Water
75 60
Gas
6 38
Insurance
200 00
Final payment
heating
con-
300 00
Supplies
2,801 41
Hanscom.
Repairs and improvements .
$187 40
Furniture
18 65
Repairing furniture
5 62
Concrete walks
26 00
Teaming furniture
5 25
Water
6 25
Gas
38
Insurance
153 13
Supplies
32 797
435 45
Harvard.
Repairs and improvements
$6 95
Repairing heating apparatus
.
15 70
Water
13 00
35 65
Amount carried forward .
$8,336 88
.
10 53
tract of 1896
716
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$8,336 88
1,875 11
Latin High.
Repairs and improvements .
$2,329 07
Furniture
67 98
Repairing furniture
111 40
Repairing heating apparatus
215 61
Teaming furniture
2 40
Water
279 60
Gas
176 98
Insurance
325 00
Supplies
37 60
3,545 64
Highland.
Repairs and improvements
·
$344 22
Repairing furniture
122 53
Concrete walks
13 00
Water
60 00
Gas
35 07
Insurance
37 50
Supplies
6 74
·
45 50
Repairing furniture
33 84
Repairing heating apparatus
·
26 80
Teaming furniture
80
Water
8 40
Gas
144 88
Electric current for motor
127 30
Supplies
.
9 08
·
·
619 06
Amount carried forward .
$14,376 69
English High.
Repairs and improvements
$1,478 51
Furniture
717
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$14,376 69
Hodgkins.
Repairs and improvements
$178 23
Furniture
200 43
Repairing furniture
6 00
Repairing heating apparatus
77 51
Care of grounds
53 36
Teaming furniture
4 13
Water
47 60
Gas
14 02
Insurance
100 00
Supplies
93 53
Sewer assessment
32 80
807 61 .
Jackson.
Repairs and improvements
$110 98
Furniture
50 50
Repairing furniture
6 00
Repairing heating apparatus
58 22
Teaming furniture
2 00
Water
13 00
.
240 70
Knapp.
Repairs and improvements
·
$375 05
Furniture
59 40
Repairing furniture
18 50
Repairing heating apparatus
146 15
Care of grounds
201 23
Teaming furniture
5 00
Water
28 00
Gas
44 27
Insurance
50 00
Supplies
14 27
=
941 87
Amount carried forward .
$16,366 87
·
718
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $16,366 87
Lincoln.
Repairs and improvements
$30 71
Repairing furniture
4 00
Repairing heating apparatus
·
41 50
Teaming furniture
1 00
Water
13 00
Supplies
.
93 87
Morse.
Repairs and improvements
$231 72
Furniture
120 22
Repairing furniture
56 75
Repairing heating apparatus
129 59
Teaming furniture
2 00
Water
25 00
Gas
19 89
Insurance
187 50
Supplies
5 83
778 50
Pope.
Repairs and improvements
$203 35
Repairing furniture
.
24 78
Repairing heating apparatus
55 38
Care of grounds
59 25
Teaming furniture
5 00
Water
42 00
Gas
13 44
Supplies
04
410 24
Amount carried forward
.
$17,649 48
·
.
.
.
3 66
719
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward . .
$17,649 48
Prescott.
Repairs and improvements
$381 10
Repairing furniture
47 50
Repairing heating apparatus
294 50
Teaming furniture
1 75
Water
101 30
Gas
43 13
Insurance
173 36
Supplies
6 80
1,049 84
Prospect Hill.
Repairs and improvements
$660 37
Furniture
109 20
Repairing furniture
11 10
Repairing heating apparatus
40 18
Care of grounds
16 25
Teaming furniture
6 50
Water
13 00
Insurance
56 25
Supplies
2 40
915 25
180 25
Maintenance of repair shop (labor and materials) School supplies (brushes, dusters, baskets, soap, etc.)
625 30
Carriage hire, traveling expenses, etc.
57 15
Incidentals
24 25
Total debit
$20,501 52
720
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOL CONTINGENT, JANITORS' SALARIES ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$16,500 00
Transfer from Interest account
1,430 11
Total credit
$17,930 11
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Balance of 1896 unpaid Jan-
uary 1, 1897
$1,430 11
For salaries of janitors of
school buildings for the year 1897 16,352 55
Total debit
17,782 66
Balance unexpended
$147 45
CITY BUILDING, CORNER HIGHLAND AVENUE AND WALNUT STREET, IMPROVEMENT OF, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$5,000 00
Transferred from Schoolhouse,
Land in Ward Two account 6,600 00
Total credit
$11,600 00
Amount carried forward .
$11,600 00
721
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward . ·
$11,600 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For architect's services .
$547 90
Carpenter work
3,401 81
Mason work
2,206 64
Heating apparatus
682 29
Plumbing
579 55
Painting
323 09
Plastering
565 00
Roofing
668 67
Gasfitting
42 76
Gas fixtures
191 95
Electrical work
94 06
Lumber
1,279 58
Hardware
183 21
Fireproofing
65 00
Stairs and balustrades
232 00
Vault doors
100 00
Dumb waiter
50 00
Furniture, carpets, and
window shades
342 28
Connecting meter
9 98
Insurance
10 00
Cleaning building
11 66
Total debit
11,587 43
Balance unexpended
$12 57
CITY HALL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Balance unexpended December
31, 1896
$8,261 93
Appropriated in 1897 .
9,000 00
Amount carried forward
$17,261 93
722
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward ·
$17,261 93
Transferred from Excess and
Deficiency account 1,178 02
Transferred from Schoolhouse, Land, Ward Two account 1,105 25
Receipts for old furniture .
20 00
Total credit
$19,565 20
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Alfred H. Hines, balance of
contract for construction
$7,000 00
Alfred H. Hines, extra work .
45 50
Foster, Ellingwood & Harvey, balance of heating contract Foster, Ellingwood & Harvey, extra work
525 00
274 97
Covering pipes with asbestos .
175 80
Carpenter work
1,006 25
Painting .
320 68
Plumbing
136 25
Mason work
339 84
Gasfitting
67 97
Electrical work, wiring, sup- plies, etc. .
723 63
Vault work and doors
387 00
Gas and electric fixtures .
1,135 98
Furniture, counters, vault fit- tings, etc.
5,076 16
Carpets and matting
1,773 99
Window shades
32 50
Lumber
56 65
Paint and hardware
154 29
Annunciator
77 06
Amounts carried forward
$19,309 52
$19,565 20
.
.
.
723
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amounts brought forward
$19,309 52
$19,565 20
Brass rails
75 00
Bronze letters .
28 00
Labor on tablet
27 50
Marble signs
41 08
Marble work
13 20
Grading
49 00
Express
1 90
Total debit
19,545 20
Balance unexpended
$20 00
SCHOOLHOUSE, ENGLISH HIGH ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$500 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
To Schoolhouse Incidentals account, for amount expended for changes at English High School
$500 00
SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND, WARD TWO ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$10,000 00
DEBIT.
Transferred to City Building, corner Highland avenue and Walnut street, improvement of, account $6,600 00
Amounts carried forward . $6,600 00
$10,000 00
724
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $6,600 00 $10,000 00
Transferred to City Hall Im-
provement account 1,105 25
Transferred to Electrical Depart- ment account 600 00
Transferred to Schoolhouse,
Spring Hill District account
1,000 00
Transferred to Schoolhouse,
Ward One account
600 00
Total debit
9,905 25
Balance unexpended
$94 75
SCHOOLHOUSE, SPRING HILL DISTRICT ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$53,500 00
Transferred from Schoolhouse,
Land, Spring Hill District . account 500 00
Transferred from Schoolhouse,
Land, Ward Two account 1,000 00
Total credit
$55,000 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Sarah H. Hayden, land .
$1,452 50
Abbie E. Taylor, land .
1,837 50
City of Somerville, taxes on land 20 76
Amounts carried forward
$3,310 76
$55,000 00
725
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
$55,000 00
Amounts brought forward $3,310 76 W. L. Clark & Co., on ac- count contract 17,000 00 · Aaron H. Gould, on account architect's services .
1,712 00
City of Somerville, water service
55 92
Express
75
Total debit
22,079 43
Balance unexpended
$32,920 57
SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD ONE ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Balance unexpended December
31, 1896
$19,002 22
Appropriated in 1897 . 5,000 00
Transferred from Schoolhouse, Land, Ward Two account
600 00
Total credit $24,602 22
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Edward F. Staples, balance of contract for construction $17,500 00 Edward F. Staples, extra work 604 50 Isaac Coffin & Co., contract for heating and ventilating apparatus 3,148 00
Amounts carried forward . $21,252 50
$24,602 22
726
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$21,252 50 $24,602 22
T. M. Sargent, balance on ac-
977 51
Fireproofing
206 25
Construction tramway
14 50
Painting
21 24
Plumbing
48 07
Gas fixtures
70 00
Window guards
79 80
Metal letters and figures
84 00
Furniture, carpets, and window shades
1,195 52
Grading, laying drain, etc.
122 21
Edgestones and curbing
217 01
Cleaning building
16 00
Total debit
24,597 41
Balance unexpended
$4 81
EXPENDITURES BY THIS COMMITTEE FROM MIS- CELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
City Hall Expenses :-
For repairs building
.
$713 61
Repairing heating appa-
ratus
8 00
Furniture
195 95
Repairing furniture
·
78 25
Electric lighting
536 81
Gas
75 55
Fuel
321 29
Water
65 10
.
Amount carried forward · $1,994 56
count architect's services . Extra foundation for steps
292 80
727
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$1,994 56
Telephones
524 67
Supplies
116 72
Express on bundles
20 31
Labor, watchman, etc.
519 50
Laundry
24 00
Insurance
337 50
Typewriting machine
96 75
Moving safes
35 00
$3,669 01
City Hall Annex :-
For janitor's salary
$140 00
Electric lighting
8 59
Fuel
75 03
Supplies
6 29
229 91
City Messenger's Teams :- For maintenance
638 35
Election Expenses :-
-For fitting up voting precincts,
repairs of boxes, fit- tings, etc.
$434 62
Care of rooms for elections
and caucuses
.
86 40
Rent of rooms for elec-
tions and caucuses
57 00
578 02
Total expenditures
$5,115 29
CITY HALL IMPROVEMENT.
The improvement of the City Hall building, which was com- menced in 1896, has been completed during the year, and the new quarters occupied by the several departments. Greatly improved
728
ANNUAL REPORTS.
accommodations have been furnished, new vaults constructed, and the offices refurnished with modern furniture and fittings for the better transaction of municipal business, so that the building in its present enlarged and improved condition affords practically all the advantages that could be had with a new building and at a great saving to the city.
The total cost of the improvements, including heating appa- ratus, furniture, fittings, etc., was $35,682.73.
CITY HALL ANNEX.
The building corner of Highland avenue and Walnut street, formerly used as a fire station, but abandoned by the department after the erection of the Central Fire Station, has been enlarged by the addition of a small wing and put in thorough repair, entirely remodeled inside, and rearranged for office purposes. Excellent accommodations, with separate entrances, have been provided for the Superintendent of Schools and the Overseers of the Poor on the first floor, and the entire second floor has been fitted for the use of the Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R.
The same general exterior appearance of the building has been preserved, and the addition built on the westerly side is of the same style as the original building.
The occupying of this building by the Superintendent of Schools has made it possible to furnish accommodations for an additional class at the English High School, by the alteration of the offices formerly occupied by the Superintendent, at a cost of about $500; while by the removal of the Overseers of the Poor from the Police building and the transferring of their former offices to the Chief of Police, the chief has been furnished with accommodations which have long been needed for the proper transaction of the business of his department.
The total cost of the changes and improvements at the City Hall Annex was $11,587.43.
729
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
MARTIN W. CARR SCHOOL.
Under authority of an order of the City Council, dated July 14, land adjoining the westerly side of the Beech-street School lot was purchased as follows: Land of Sarah H. Hayden, front- ing on Beech street, containing about 4,150 square feet, for thirty- five cents per foot, and land of Abbie E. Taylor, fronting on Elm place, containing about 5,250 square feet, for thirty-five cents per foot. The buildings located on the Beech-street lot and known as the Beech-street and Spring-hill schoolhouses have been removed, and the Beech-street lot, together with the two lots purchased as aforesaid, were used as the location for a twelve- room school building.
Plans and specifications prepared by Aaron H. Gould, archi- tect, were adopted for the construction of a twelve-room brick building, three stories in height, with a wardroom in the base- ment and an assembly hall on the third floor, and contracts have been made with W. L. Clark & Co. for construction for the sum of $44,330, and with A. A. Sanborn for heating and ventilating apparatus for the sum of $5,525.
The assembly hall on the third floor is planned in such man- ner that it can be divided into two classrooms, should a future committee consider it advisable, making this building a fourteen- room building.
As it is the intention of the School Committee to use the building as a training school, several smaller recitation rooms have been provided, and when completed this will be one of the largest, best equipped, and most convenient schoolhouses in the city.
It will be ready for occupancy for the fall term of 1898.
SANFORD HANSCOM SCHOOL.
The plans and specifications were adopted and the contract for construction made for this building by the City Council of 1896, and the work was commenced during its term, but was not completed until the fall term of 1897.
730
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Under authority of the City Council a contract for the heat- ing and ventilating apparatus was made with Isaac Coffin & Co. for the sum of $3,148.
This is a six-room brick building, with a wardroom in the basement, constructed with all modern improvements and with improved heating, ventilating, and sanitary apparatus, and is a marked addition to the East Somerville district.
The total cost of the land and building, including heating and ventilating apparatus, furniture, fittings, etc., was $40,595.19.
MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS.
At the Latin High School extensive and much-needed re- pairs have been made. A new roof has been constructed, and the building has been thoroughly repaired and painted.
At the English High School the rooms formerly occupied as offices by the Superintendent of Schools have been converted into an additional classroom by the removal of partitions and minor changes in the arrangement of doors, closets, etc.
At the Glines School the sanitary apparatus has been re- moved, and entirely new apparatus of the most modern pattern substituted.
The usual amount of repairs and improvements necessary from time to time have been made at the various schoolhouses and public buildings, a detailed statement of which is given in the report of the Superintendent of Public Buildings.
For the Committee, JOSIAH N. PRATT, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 16, 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 16, 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS, January 1, 1898.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL : -
Gentlemen,-In accordance with city ordinance, the follow- ing report of this department for the year ending December 31, 1897, is respectfully submitted.
The number of building permits issued during the year was 414, covering 459 buildings, classified as follows :-
WARDS.
TOTALS.
Single dwellings
5
35
70
135
245
Alterations and additions
13
34
45
30
122
Stores
1
8
4
5
18
Shops
3
2
1
6
Stores and tenements
1
1
2
4
Sheds
8
7
6
5
26
Storehouses
1
2
2
·
.
·
1
2
Hotels
. .
. .
1
32
97
145
185
459
Families .
10
114
157
284
565
·
3
7
1
11
Stables
. .
4
6
3
13
Offices
.
·
·
1
·
.
2
5
Churches
2
Brick buildings
3
3
Manufactories
1
1
1
2
3
4
Double dwelling blocks
. .
1
.
734
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Frequent examinations have been made of buildings in course of construction or alteration, and in all cases of faulty con- struction, violation of ordinance, or danger from fire, the owners and builders have, on notice, complied with the orders of the Inspector.
Special attention has been given to the following cases :-
Woodwork too near chimney 25
Cellar walls improperly built 2
Brick partition walls ordered
3
Ordinance violated
2
City buildings have been erected or additions made thereto as follows :-
One six-room schoolhouse, corner of Webster and Glen streets, completed.
The changes I recommended in my last year's report regard- ing amendments to the building ordinance have been made by the City Council, and I feel sure that great good will result in the construction of all classes of buildings.
I would still recommend that fire limits be established in the following-named places :-
Davis square, Gilman square, Union square, and sections in- cluding John P. Squire's buildings and those of the North Pack- ing and Provision Company. Also that no wooden building or wooden additions to existing buildings be erected within said limits.
The number of plumbing permits issued during the year was 621, covering 616 buildings.
Permits for plumbing in old buildings . 337
Permits for plumbing in new buildings . 277
Number of recorded inspections 1,404
Number of buildings in which pipes were
tested with water . 523
-
735
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
The Inspector has kept himself informed of the condition of the plumbing as the buildings have progressed, and, as necessity required, given directions how the work should be done.
The following is the number of licenses and renewals of licenses issued to plumbers during the year, under the Acts of 1893 and 1894, and receipts for the same paid to the City Treasurer :-
Number of master plumbers' licenses issued 5
$10 00
Number of journeymen plumbers' li-
censes issued .
3 50
Number of master plumbers' licenses re- newed . . Number of journeymen plumbers' li-
17 8 50
censes renewed .
14 7 00
$29 00
Applications for master plumbers' licenses rejected
3 Applications for journeymen plumbers' licenses rejected . 1
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK C. FULLER, Inspector of Buildings.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 16, 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 16, 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence,
WM. P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, January 1, 1898.
TO THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL : -
Gentlemen,-In compliance with City Ordinance No. 19, Section 8, this report is respectfully submitted.
Repairs, alterations, and additions have been made during the past year at the several city buildings, as follows :-
Beech-street School .- This has been torn down and a new brick building, containing fourteen rooms, is in course of con- struction, to be completed for the September term.
Luther V. Bell School .- Furniture added and slight repairs made.
Bennett School .- Heating apparatus repaired, furniture repaired.
Bingham School .- Heating apparatus repaired, furniture repaired.
Burns School .- Repairs of furniture and heating apparatus. Cedar-street School .- Small repairs.
Cummings School .- Furniture repaired, heating apparatus repaired.
Davis School .- Small repairs and improvements.
Durell School .- Repairs and improvements.
Edgerly School .- Considerable repairing was done on the furniture and heating apparatus.
Forster School .- Halls painted, concrete repaired, and other improvements as needed.
740
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Franklin School .- Closets added, furniture repaired, and heating apparatus repaired.
Jacob T. Glines School .- Extensive changes were made by changing old sanitaries to the most modern closets, which makes this one of the best equipped schools in the city ; some changes were made in chimney to improve draft, and good results ob- tained; furniture repaired, concrete walks, and some grading completed.
Sanford Hanscom School .- Slight repairs have been made, some alterations in furniture, etc.
Harvard School .- Small repairs of furniture and heating apparatus.
English High School .- Improvements were made by taking the office of the Superintendent of Schools and making of it a classroom for fifty scholars, furniture repaired, and other needed repairs.
Latin High School .- Extensive repairs were made on this building. New roof, slate and copper, with repairs on other parts of building. All rooms, wall, and ceilings were painted, all woodwork varnished, and furniture scraped and newly var- nished, heating apparatus repaired, hall floors newly laid, new treads on part of stairs.
Highland School .- Ceilings and walls painted, furniture and concrete walk repaired, and old fence around building removed.
William H. Hodgkins School .- Furniture repaired, grounds around building graded, and loam put on and seeded, heating apparatus repaired.
Jackson School .- Fences repaired, also furniture and heating apparatus.
O. S. Knapp School .- Walls and ceilings in part of rooms painted, new shades in some rooms, blackboards, furniture, and heating apparatus repaired, grounds graded and seeded, and one room in hall enlarged and used for schoolroom.
Lincoln School .- Repairs on furniture and heating ap- paratus.
Morse School .- Repairing of heating apparatus and furni- ture, new shades in part of rooms.
741
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Pope School .- Furniture repaired, some new shades fur- nished, basement walls whitened, store rooms enlarged, heater placed in principal's room, heating apparatus repaired.
Prescott School .- Fences painted, furniture repaired, also heating apparatus, new deflectors in six rooms, and other needed improvements.
Prospect Hill School .- Two new rooms fitted for school pur- poses, furniture repaired.
Spring Hill School .- This building has been torn down to make room for the new Beech-street building.
Additional repairs and improvements have been made as occasion has required.
FREDERICK C. FULLER,
Superintendent of Public Buildings.
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REPORT OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTRIC LINES.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 12, 1898.
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 12, 1898.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF SUPT. OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS, City Hall, December 24, 1897. S
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL : -
Gentlemen,-I herewith present my second annual report as Superintendent of Electric Lines for the year ending December 31,1897.
The fire alarm system is in good working order, and all alarms for the year have been transmitted correctly. Four (4) new boxes have been placed in service and located as follows: Box 326, Meacham and Fremont streets; box 448, West End Street Railway Company's carhouse, Broadway ; box 122, Wash- ington and Mt. Vernon streets; box 156, Mystic avenue and North Union street.
The West End Street Railway Company's emergency wagon houses at Charlestown and Cambridge have been connected with the alarm, and arrangements made for the wagons to respond to boxes where there are trolley wires in the vicinity.
Electric lights have been placed in most of the engine houses, and arranged to light at the first stroke of the gong, thereby greatly facilitating the department in responding to night alarms. The work of wiring has been done by this department at a very small cost to the city. This department has also done all the wiring for lights in the City Hall Annex and Pumping Station. The city has been saved a large amount by this department's tak- ing charge of all repairs and maintenance of everything of an electrical character in all buildings belonging to the city.
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