Report of the city of Somerville 1899, Part 33

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 430


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Nason, Charles C., 21 Wigglesworth street, Carpenter. Nealley, Edwin F., 109 Glen street, Salesman.


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Nelson, Willard C., 2 Hillside avenue, Artist. Nickerson, John D., 5 Wellington avenue, Clerk. Niles, James H., 4 Fairlee street, Meats.


Nolan, John A., 26 Prescott street, Glass blower. Nye, Thomas V. B., 51 Cedar street, Salesman.


O'Malley, Patrick J., 21 Dane avenue, Barrel dealer. O'Neil, Bernard, 373 Washington street, Pedler. Onthank, Charles H., 47 Munroe street, Provisions. Osborne, Arthur D., 59 Columbus avenue, Clerk.


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Packard, Frank E., 93 Mt. Vernon street, Conductor. Page, George Amos, 21 Webster avenue, Plumber. Paine, Robert S., 382 Elm street, Bookkeeper. Parker, William S., 142 Perkins street, Upholsterer. Parsons, Charles F., 16 Park street, Clerk. Peck, Henry A., 41 Boston street, Printer. Peckham, George W., 75 Central street, Real estate. Peirce, Abner F., 26 Bartlett street, Salesman. Peirce, Cyrus H., 75 Marshall street, No occupation. Pendleton, Martin V. B., 63 Concord avenue, Carpenter. Pennock, Samuel M., 47 Sargent avenue, Clerk. Perham, Edwin R., 22 Marshall street, Express. Perkins, Francis C., 81 Pearl street, Salesman. Perkins, G. Henry, 16 Arthur street, Insurance. Perry, Irving S., 16 Pleasant avenue, Broker. Perry, Oliver H., 373 Elm street, Real estate. Philbrick, Charles S., 50 Morrison street, Milk inspector. Phillips, Bernard C., 8 Charlestown street, Glass cutter. Pillsbury, Luther B., 130 Walnut street, Real estate. Plaisted, Arthur I., 17 Franklin street, Electrician. Plaisted, William D., 17 Franklin street, Salesman.


391


JURY LIST.


Pond, George W., 91 Bay State avenue, Salesman. Pote, Othniel M., 23 Howe street, Foreman. Pratt, Edgar J., 10 Park street, Tin plate worker. Preston, Henry, 87 Franklin street, Laborer. Prichard, Charles E., 145 Walnut street, Salesman. Prichard, George W., 2 Bean court, Teamster. Prime, George W., 78 Partridge avenue, Painter. Puffer, David, Jr., 24 Hall avenue, Produce. Pugh, Samuel, 269 Summer street, Clerk. Pushee, Leslie D., 93 Liberty avenue, Clerk.


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Ramsdell, Charles H., 53 Tufts street, Real estate. Rand, George T., 336 Highland avenue, Bookbinder. Rawson, James, 24 Marshall street, House painter. Raymond, Marcus M., 37 Jaques street, No occupation. Read, Joseph, 21 Maple street, Laborer.


Reardon, Thomas F., 34 Rossmore street, Barrels. Reed, Cyrus A., 14 Farragut avenue, Upholsterer. Rice, Israel P., 9 Linden circle, Carpenter.


Rich, Isaac L., 50 Rush street, Builder. Rich, Samuel B., 49 Francesca avenue, Fish. Rich, Sewall M., 381 Medford street, Agent. Richards, Samuel T., 127 Summer street, Bookkeeper. Richardson, Benjamin H., 102 Curtis street, Clerk.


Richardson, G. Herbert, 56 Franklin street, Clerk. Richardson, Homer L., 88 Albion street, Compositor. Rideout, Henry N. W., 7 Howe street, Clerk. Kidler, Parker, 37 Ames street, Salesman. Ring, Frank W., 12 Wheatland street, Driver. Rinn, Daniel H., 17 Wesley park, Victualler. Rivinius, Frederick W., 642-A Somerville avenue, Inspector. Robie, Albert E., 56 Vernon street, Clerk. Robinson, Francis H., 36 Beach street, Clerk. Robinson, William F. S., 84 Pearl street, Artist. Rogers, Frederick R., 13 Dickinson street, Driver. Rolfe, Frank A., 30 Dover street, Dry goods. Ross, William M., 22 Fanning avenue, Grainer. Russell, Arthur J., 51 Beacon street, Printer. Russell, Eugene L., 1196 Broadway, Clerk. Ryan, Michael E., 10 Murdock street, Shipper.


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Saben, Edward E., 110 Pearl street, Insurance. Sallaway, George H., 63 Putnam street, Provisions. Sanborn, Charles H., 223 School street, Steam heating. Sanborn, William A., 11 Oakland avenue, Brick manufacturer. Sanborn, William F., 17 Benedict street, Cigars. Savage, Peter J., 10 Dane avenue, Machinist. Sawyer, Edward K., 32 Main street, Clerk. Schrafft, William E., 49 Belmont street, Candy. Sears, Eben, 25 Dartmouth street, Boiler inspector. Shattuck, Elwin H., 75 Harris street, Metal spinner. Shaw, William H., 92 Central street, Clerk. Sheeran, John J., 17 Merriam street, Grocer. Sibley, Alfred M., 42 Oxford street, Mason.


392


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Sibley, Elton S., 42 Oxford street, Metal engraver. Skelton, Daniel J., 10 Burnside avenue, Carpenter.


Smith, Albert E., 11 Church street, Cooper.


Smitlı, William, 13 Smith avenue, Cabinetmaker. Smith, William H., 79 Irving street, Printer.


Snow, Elwin T., 8 Pinckney place, Edge tool maker.


Snow, John C. H., 60 Mt. Vernon street, Carpenter and builder.


Snow, Walter H., 42 Derby street, Groceries and provisions.


Snow, William A., 17 Francesca avenue, Ornamental iron. Snowman, Albert E., 22 Park street, Shipper. Solomon, William H., 12 Berkeley street, Real estate.


Spaulding, Daniel B., 8 Hancock street, No occupation.


Spellman, Thomas, 11 Ward street, Grease collector. Spencer, George, 39 Houghton street, Cabinetmaker.


Spike, Daniel R., 25 Marshall street, Janitor. Sprague, Walter A., 42 Prospect street, Telegrapher. Stacey, George W., 14 Albion street, Clerk.


Stackpole, J. Frank, 238 Broadway, Restaurant.


Staples, Mendall G., 42 Prospect street, Teamster.


Starbird, George M., 102 Pearl street, Carpenter.


Steele, Danforth S., 8 Leslie place, Foreman. Stevens, John A., 30 Church street, Painter. Stevens, John E., 7 Linden avenue, Painter.


Stevens, Oliver A., 46 Beacon street, Engineer, Globe building. Stillings, Rufus, 23 Arthur street, Printer.


Stodder, George F., 4 Cross street, Fish dealer.


Stuart, Lewis R., 21 Delaware street, Dry goods.


Studley, Stillman S., 130 Sycamore street, Clerk.


Sturtevant, Richard H., 31 Walnut street, Beef dealer.


Symonds, Irving F., 14 Greene street, No occupation.


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Tarbox, Horace E., 30 Austin street, Mason. Teele, F. Warren, 37 Electric avenue, Electrical engineer. Teele, Samuel F., 73 Curtis street, Farmer. Thompson, Charles W., 27 Lake street, Clerk. Thompson, Joseph M., 66 Marshall street, Collector.


Thompson, William H. J., 55 Concord avenue, Carpenter. Thomson, Emerson, 33 Pinckney street, Clerk. Thurgood, Augustus, 42 Hudson street, Salesman. Timson, L. Edgar, 50 Webster street, Clerk. Tobin, Thomas J., 134 Tremont street. Clerk. Trefren, Aura S., 2 Brooks street, Carpenter. Tribble, Hiram, 50 Chandler street, Salesman. Tucker, D. Wallis, 241 Elm street, Shipper. Tuckett, Charles R., 12-A Kensington avenue, Architect.


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Underhill, Charles L., 157 Central street, Carriage repairing, etc. Underhill, Jesse J., 20 Madison street, Coal and wood. Upton, Henry J., 45 Florence street, Rubber worker.


Van Buskirk, Charles, 20 Prescott street, Frame worker. Veazie, William, 135 Walnut street, No occupation. Vincent, Francis X., 95-B Prospect street, Printer. Vivian, James H., 210 Medford street, Salesman. Vreeland, Edward B., 121 Central street, Wood, coal, hay, etc.


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JURY LIST.


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Walker, Granville A., 9 Loring street, Painter. Walker, Irason B., 10 Union square, Blacksmith.


Walker, Thomas G., 5 Dell street, Foreman, N. P. & P. Co. Ward, Benjamin A., 22 Milton street, Tailor. Washburn, Frank D., 18 Park street, Student.


Watson, Frank L., 21 Aldersey street, Paints and oils. Watson, George B., 55 Sargent avenue, Foreman tinshop.


Watters, James, 41 Mystic avenue, Music. Watts, George A., 18 Maple avenue, Mechanic.


Webber, Edward O., 79 Partridge avenue, Rubber worker.


Webber, Orrin H., 88 Jaques street, Carpenter.


Welch, James T., 303 Highland avenue, Mason.


Wemyss, George D., 29 Ames street, Furniture manufacturer. Wentworth, Frank H., 61 Dartmouth street, Salesman. Whitaker, Joseph W., rear 146 Sycamore street, Clerk, B. & M. R. R. White, Christopher J., 9 Concord avenue, Clerk. White, Clifford F., 41 Greenville street, Watchman.


White, Frank H., 14 Montgomery avenue, Map mounter.


White, Henry F., 18 Grant street, Plater.


White, J. Harvey, 38 Browning road, Produce.


White, Joseph A., 150 Hudson street, Carpenter.


White, Maurice J., 52 Linwood street, Clerk.


Whiton, George F., 20 Otis street, Leather.


Wiggin, Walter S., 42 Walnut street, Clerk.


Wilber, John F., 69 Franklin street, Compositor.


Wilde, George, 104 Broadway, Clerk. Wilkins, Albert S., 22 South Church street, Carpenter.


Willey, Clarence H., 26 Dartmouth street, Hay, etc.


Williams, Frank G., 37 Albion street, Milk dealer and livery stable.


Willoughby, George T., 111 Central street, Builder.


Wilson, John R., 60 Albion street, Carpenter.


Wilson, William B., 10 Lincoln avenue, Superintendent.


Winslow, Isaac S., 38 Spring street, No occupation.


Winterbottom, Charles J., 21 School street, Candy. Wood, Charles H., 7 Bigelow street, Clerk. Woodbury, Frederick A., 79 Marshall street, Boots and shoes. Woods, Thomas S., 69 Joy street, Carpenter. Wright, Frank E., 7 Bowdoin street, Machinist.


Wright, Herbert E., 47 Pearl street, Milk cans. Wyatt, Charles B., 10 Linden avenue. Machinist.


Wyman, Charles B., 67 Thurston street, Restaurant.


Yeaton, George W., 49 Day street, Yard master. Yelland, Henry, 5 Munroe street, Bottler. Young, Willis A., 49 Cedar street, Carpenter.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1899.


Mayor. GEORGE O. PROCTOR, 44 Spring street.


Board of Aldermen.


WARD ONE.


F. DE WITT LAPHAM .


3 Hathorn street.


ORICE M. GRACEY


, 23 Webster street.


WARD TWO.


FRENCH O. J. TARBOX


21} Summer street ..


WILLIAM H. ENNIS


16 Bowdoin street.


WARD THREE.


FREDERICK M. KILMER, President


420 Broadway. .


FRANCIS M. WILSON ·


. 103 Cross street.


WARD FOUR.


SILAS L. CUMMINGS


. 251 Elm street.


ISAAC M. STORY


. 238 Summer street.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


Regular meetings, second, third, and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month.


Common Council.


WARD ONE.


ROBERT BURNS


21 Lincoln st. .


WILLARD P. P. THOMSON


CHARLES H. RAMSDELL


33 Pinckney st. 53 Tufts street.


EDWARD E. SABEN


. 110 Pearl street.


WARD TWO.


ARTHUR P. VINAL


36 Walnut street.


WILLIAM F. BARKER


29-A Putnam street .. .


HENRY C. BRINE .


23 Greene street.


JOSEPH S. PIKE, JR.


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53 Preston street.


WARD THREE.


CHARLES A. GRIMMONS, President


72 Thurston st. .


WILLIAM H. CUSHMAN


SAMUEL T. LITTLEFIELD


T. FRANKLIN PRESTON


6 Evergreen avenue .. 361 Broadway.


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19 Hudson street.


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395


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1899.


WARD FOUR.


JOHN F. FOSTER


25 Kingston street.


PAUL J. SMITH


79 Irving street. .


JOSEPH P. BOYCE


78 Liberty avenue.


EDWIN F. CUSHING


. 72 Central street.


CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


Regular meetings, Thursday evenings next following the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of each month.


Joint Standing Committees of the City Council.


ACCOUNTS. - Aldermen Gracey and Ennis; Councilmen Saben, Boyce, and Barker.


CITY ENGINEERING. - Aldermen Lapham and Kilmer; Councilmen Rams- dell, Preston, and Brine.


CLAIMS. - The Mayor, Alderman Ennis; the President of the Common Council, Councilmen Smith and Boyce.


ELECTRIC LINES. - Aldermen Wilson, Kilmer, and Cuinmings; Council- men Vinal and Littlefield.


FINANCE. - The Mayor, Aldermen Kilmer and Story; the President of the Common Council, Councilmen Burns, Vinal, Cushman, and Smith.


FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Aldermen Kilmer and Gracey; Councilmen Vinal, Foster, and Thomson.


FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS. - Aldermen Wilson and Cummings; Council- men Littlefield, Boyce, and Ramsdell.


HIGHWAYS. - Aldermen Lapham and Cummings; Councilmen Cushman. Pike, and Cushing.


LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. - The Mayor, Alderman Kilmer; the President of the Common Council, Councilmen Foster and Pike.


ORDINANCES. - Aldermen Gracey and Tarbox ; Councilmen Saben, Pike, and Thomson.


PRINTING. - Aldermen Tarbox and Story; Councilmen Foster, Brine, and Preston.


PUBLIC GROUNDS. - Aldermen Story and Wilson; Councilmen Smith, Saben, and Brine.


PUBLIC PROPERTY. - Aldermen Cummings and Kilmer; Councilmen Burns, Preston, and Barker.


SOLDIERS' RELIEF. - Aldermen Cummings and Tarbox ; Councilmen Cush- ing, Ramsdell, and Littlefield.


WATER .- Aldermen Ennis and Gracey ; the President of the Common Council, Councilmen Littlefield and Barker.


Joint Special Committee.


GRADE CROSSINGS, ABOLISHING OF. - Aldermen Tarbox and Story; Coun- cil men Foster, Ramsdell, and Littlefield.


Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen.


ELECTIONS AND RETURNS. - Aldermen Ennis, Gracey, and Tarbox.


ENROLLED ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. - Aldermen Story, Ennis, and Lapham.


396


ANNUAL REPORTS.


LICENSES. - Aldermen Wilson, Lapham, and Cummings. POLICE. - The Mayor, Aldermen Wilson and Lapham.


SEWERS. - Aldermen Kilmer, Gracey, and Story.


SPECIAL BUILDING PERMITS. - Aldermen Lapham and Kilmer. STATE AID. - Aldermen Gracey, Wilson, Story, and Tarbox.


Standing Committees of the Common Council.


ELECTIONS AND RETURNS. - Councilmen Thomson, Littlefield, and Brine. ENROLLED ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. - Councilmen Burns, Cush- man, and Boyce.


School Committee.


GEORGE O. PROCTOR, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. CHARLES A. GRIMMONS, President of the Common Council, ex officio.


( Term, three years. ) WARD ONE.


S. NEWTON CUTLER ( elected 1897), 28 Flint street. SANFORD HANSCOM ( elected 1896 ), 3 Webster street. GEORGE S. POOLE ( elected 1898 ), 46 Mt. Vernon st.


WARD TWO.


ALVAH B. DEARBORN ( elected 1897 ), 34 Bow street. JAMES F. BEARD ( elected 1896 ), 17 Prospect Hill avenue. FRED W. GILBERT ( elected 1893 ). 101 School street.


WARD THREE.


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN ( elected 1898 ), 85 Central street. FRANK H. HARDISON ( elected 1897 ), 192 Central street.


GEORGE W. W. WHITING ( elected 1896 ), 280 Broadway.


WARD FOUR.


MARTIN W. CARR ( elected 1896 ), 74 Craigie street. GEORGE A. MILES ( elected 1897 ), 249 Elm street. HENRIETTA B. H. ATTWOOD ( elected 1898 ), 18 Herbert street. Superintendent and Secretary, GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH. Office, City Hall Annex.


Hours : 8 A. M. to 12 M., and 1.30 to 5 P. M ; Saturdays, 8 to 10.30 A. M. Regular meetings, last Monday evening of each month.


Assessors. ( Term, three years. ) BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON, Chairman ( term expires 1902 ). HARRY A. TRUE ( term expires 1901 ). NATHAN H. REED ( term expires 1900 ).


Assistant Assessors. ( Term, one year. ) WARD ONE. FRED B. CLAPP.


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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1899.


WARD TWO. CHARLES C. FARRINGTON.


WARD THREE.


EDGAR T. MAYHEW. WARD FOUR. FRANK A. TEELE.


Clerk of Assessors. ALBERT B. FALES.


Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M. .


Board of Health. ( Term, three years. )


ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman ( term expires 1900 ). WILLIAM F. HOLMES, M. D. ( term expires 1901 ). ALVANO T. NICKERSON ( term expires 1902 ). Clerk, WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. Agent, CALEB A. PAGE.


Superintendent Collection of Ashes and Offal, GEORGE W. S. HUSE. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Overseers of the Poor. Office, City Hall Annex. GEORGE O. PROCTOR, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. ( Term, four years. )


EDWARD B. WEST, President ( term expires 1903 ). ALBERT W. EDMANDS ( term expires 1901 ).


HERBERT E. MERRILL ( term expires 1902 ). JAMES H. BUTLER ( term expires 1900 ). Agent, CHARLES C. FOLSOM. Secretary, CORA F. LEWIS.


Office open : 8 A. M. to 12 M., 1 to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


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Water Commissioners. ( Term, three years. ) GEORGE D. WEMYSS, President ( term expires 1900 ), 5 Austin street. GEORGE A. KIMBALL ( term expires 1901 ), 33 Warren avenue.


WILLIAM FRANKLIN HALL ( term expires 1902 ), 345 Broadway. FRANK E. MERRILL, Superintendent and Clerk. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


398


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Registrars of Voters. ( Term : City Clerk, one year; other members, three years. ) CROMWELL G. ROWELL, Chairman ( term expires 1900 ). CHARLES P. LINCOLN ( term expires 1901 ). CHARLES E. PARKS ( term expires 1902 ). GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.


Trustees of the Public Library. (Term, three years.) CHARLES S. LINCOLN, Chairman ( term expires 1900 ). CHARLES A. WEST ( term expires 1901 ). JOHN B. VIALL ( term expires 1902). EDWARD C. BOOTH ( term expires 1901 ). CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES ( term expires 1900 ). GEORGE W. PERKINS ( term expires 1901 ). CHARLES H. BROWN ( term expires 1900).


J. FRANK WELLINGTON ( term expires 1902 ). CHARLES W. SAWYER ( term expires 1902 ). Librarian and Secretary, SAM WALTER FOSS.


Library open : 9 A. M. to 6 P. M .; Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Reading room open Sundays from 3 to 7. P. M.


City Clerk. GEORGE I. VINCENT.


Office open : S A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. JOHN F. COLE.


Office open : S A. M. to 2 P. M .; Saturdays, S A. M. to 12 M.


Messenger to City Council. JAIRUS MANN.


City Solicitor. FRANK W. KAAN, 50 State street, Boston.


City Auditor. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, City Hall.


City Engineer. ERNEST W. BAILEY.


Office open : S A. M. to 5 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


399


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1899.


Clerk of Committees. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, S A. M. to 12 M.


Superintendent of Streets. JOHN P. PRICHARD. Office hour : 9 A. M.


Inspector of Buildings and Superintendent of Public Buildings.


FREDERICK C. FULLER. Office hours : 8 to 10 A. M.


Inspector of Plumbing. DUNCAN C. GREENE. Office hour : 8 to 9 A. M.


Superintendent of Electric Lines and Lights. EDWARD BACKUS. Office hour: 8.30 to 9.30 A. M.


Chief of Police. MELVILLE C. PARKHURST. Office, Police Building, Bow street.


Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.


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JAMES R. HOPKINS.


Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.


City Physician. ARTHUR R. PERRY, M. D., 258 Elm street, 55 Bow street.


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. CHARLES S. PHILBRICK, 50 Morrison street.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, 14 Miller street.


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Sealer of Weights and Measures. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue.


400


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Fence Viewers. LAMBERT M. MAYNARD, 90 Highland avenue. CHARLES M. BERRY, 14 Miller street.


Burial Agents. UNDER CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1896. JAMES F. DAVLIN, 15 Kingman court. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue.


Constables.


JAIRUS MANN. ROBERT R. PERRY.


CHARLES C. FOLSOM.


EDWARD MCGARR.


CHRISTOPHER C. CAVANAUGH.


CHARLES L. ELLIS.


EUGENE A. CARTER.


PATRICK J. GARVIN.


GEORGE H. CARLETON.


OWEN L. CASEY.


Measurer of Wood and Bark. WILLIAM B. HOLMES, 317 Broadway.


Measurers of Grain.


JOHN CRAIG.


JAMES McFADZEAN.


Public Weigher in Charge of City Scales, Union Square. FULTON O'BRION.


Weighers of Coal.


CHARLES H. TUCKER.


SIDNEY E. HAYDEN.


ROBERT A. YERXA.


IRWIN L. SMITH.


FRANK A. TEELE.


CHARLES P. BRANN.


ALFRED A. WALDRON.


AMHERST F. DURKEE.


CHARLES E. ROCKWELL.


JOEL J. FISHER. CHARLES H. WARD.


C. EDWARD BYRNES.


H. CARLETON ABBOTT.


JOHN A. MARSH.


EDGAR H. BARKER. WILLIAM HOULAHAN.


GEORGE H. MOORE.


JOHN J. MASTERS.


OTTO POWLOWSKI.


GEORGE GROGAN.


BERT WALBRIDGE. CLINTON E. SOMES.


ROBERT A. MURRAY.


CHARLES W. FURLONG.


JOSEPH J. GILES. DENNIS KELLEY.


CLARENCE TUCKER.


CHARLES H. COLGATE.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST. WILLIAM D. HAYDEN.


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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1899.


Weighers of Beef.


D. WARNER DANFORTH.


CHARLES H. TUCKER.


CLINTON E. SOMES.


EDWARD M. WHEELER.


THOMAS K. MARTIN.


THOMAS W. LANE.


AMHERST F. DURKEE.


JOEL J. FISHER. C. EDWARD BYRNES.


CHARLES E. ROCKWELL.


CHARLES H. WARD.


JOHN J. MASTERS.


GEORGE GROGAN.


ROBERT A. MURRAY.


CHARLES W. FURLONG.


BERT WALBRIDGE.


Police Department.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Chief.


ROBERT R. PERRY, Captain.


DENNIS KELLEY, Sergt.


EDWARD MCGARR, Sergt.


CHARLES E. WOODMAN, Sergt. (Promoted from patrolman Oct. 20.)


EUGENE A. CARTER, Sergt.


JOHN E. FULLER.


ALBION L. STAPLES.


JUDSON W. OLIVER.


FRANCIS A. PERKINS.


GEORGE W. BEAN.


CHARLES S. THRASHER.


GEORGE L. SMITH.


WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON.


EDWARD M. CARTER. ARTHUR E. KEATING. 1 JOHN G. KNIGHT. THEODORE E. HERON.


EUGENE H. GAMMON.


JACOB W. SKINNER.


IRA S. CARLTON.


DAVID A. BOLTON.


CHARLES W. STEVENS.


JAMES M. HARMON.


ULYSSES G. SKINNER.


MICHAEL T. KENNEDY.


SAMUEL BURNS.


DANIEL G. SIMONS.


JOTHAM CHISHOLM.


FRED H. GOOGINS.


ELMER E. DREW.


WILLIAM J. DAVIDSON.


EUGENE A. WOODSUM.


JOHN A. DADMUN.


PHINEAS W. SKINNER.


GEORGE L. RICE.


JOHN HAFFORD.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Lockup Keeper.


HERBERT HILTON.


JOHN A. RAY.


Reserve Police.


MYRON S. GOTT.


CHARLES W. REICK.


FREDERICK A. GEILING. CLARENCE EDWARDS.


ALFRED A. WALDRON.


WILLIAM HOULAHAN.


OTTO POWLOWSKI.


CHRIS. C. CAVANAUGH, Sergt.


GEORGE A. BODGE (died Nov. 4): GEORGE H. CARLETON.


JAMES J. POLLARD.


EZRA A. DODGE.


INDEX.


City Clerk, Report of


376


Receipts and Payments


376


Births


377


Marriages


377


Deaths


378


Assessed Polls and Registered Voters


379


City Engineer, Report of


Engineering Department


298


Sewer Department


301


Table of Sewers Constructed


after page 302 .


Public Grounds Department


30-4


Powder-House Boulevard


305


Highways


306


Table of Sidewalks Constructed


after page 306


Water Department


303


Table of Streets


309


City Government and Officers for 1899


394


City Physician, Report of


297


City Solicitor, Report of


374


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of


27


Public Property


27,32


Funded Debt


27,56


Resources


29


Statement of Accounts


48


Balance Sheet


after page 48


Balances


120


Electric Lines


348


Street Lighting


349


Fire Department, Chief Engineer, Report of Fire Alarms, Losses, etc.


337, 339


Manual Force


337


Apparatus and Equipment


337


Fire Duty Performed


338, 340


Fire Stations


338


Fire Department, Committee on, Report of


335


New Station, etc.


336


Fuel and Street Lights, Committee on, Report of Statement of Accounts


345 345


Prices of Fuel


346


Electric Lights


346


Welsbach Lights


347


Health, Board of, Report of . Organization


273


Inspection of Animals and Provisions


274, 289


Nuisances


274


Glanders


275


Cows


276


Swine


.


276


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Electric Lines and Lights, Superintendent, Report of


348


.


.


337


Roster


340


Statement of Accounts


335


273


298


403


INDEX. T.


Grease


276


Manure


276


Pedlers


276


Ashes


276


House Offal


278


Stables


278


Board of Infants


279


Deaths


279


Population and Death Rate


281


Diseases Dangerous to Public Health


282-287


Map of the City


after page 284


Undertakers


288


Appropriations, Expenditures, etc.


321


Paving Washington Street


324, 325


Paving Davis Square


325


Edgestones and Paving Stock


325


Miscellaneous


326


Tables of Streets Constructed, Streets Repaired, Sidewalks Constructed, Driveways Constructed, and Street Cross- ings Laid


327


Inspector of Buildings, Report of


368


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of


370


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of .


289


Jury List


383


Map of the City


after page 284


Mayor's Inaugural Address


. 3


City Finances


3


Public Schools


9


Cost of Maintaining Schools


11


Highways


12


Sidewalks


14


Parks and Boulevards


15


Water Department


17


Sewers and Storm Drains


18


Fire Department


20


Police Department


21


Public Library


21


Health Department


22


Weights and Measures


22


Street Lights and Electric Wires


23


Poor Department


23


Somerville Hospital


24


Shade trees


24


Street Watering


24


Law Department


25


Accounts


25


Somerville's Soldiers and Sailors


25


New City Charter


26


Ordinances


Overseers of the Poor, Report of


291


Members of Board, Committees, Officers, etc. Appropriation


292


Somerville Hospital


292, 294


City Home


292


Full Support


294


Partial Support


294


Appropriation, Expenditures, Reimbursements


295,296


City Physician's Report .


297


Principal Causes of Death


286


Appropriation and Expenditures


288


32 i


Highways, Committee on, Report of


.


382


291


404


INDEX.


Public Buildings, Superintendent, Report of


366


Public Library


205


Members, Officers, Committees, Employees ·


205


Report of Trustees


206


Enlargement of Building


206


Report of Librarian


209


Circulation


209


Books Added


209


Visitors in Reference and Reading Rooms


209


Card Catalogue


210


The Library and the Schools


210


Reading Committee


212


List of Donations


213


Recommendations


216


Receipts and Expenditures


218


Public Property, Committee on, Report of


351


Police Station Maintenance


351


Schoolhouse Maintenance


351


Expenditures on Various Buildings


351, 352


School Janitors' Salaries


358


Burns School Addition


358, 363


Schoolhouse Ward Two, Albion A. Perry School


359, 363


Forster School Improvement or Annex


359, 364


Highland School Sanitary Improvement


360, 364


Prescott School Heating and Ventilating Armory


360


Public Library Addition


361-363


Almshouse


361, 362


City Hall Expenses


362


City Hall Annex


362


City Messenger's Teams


362


Election Expenses


362


Miscellaneous Improvements


121


Report of School Committee


121


Members, Officers, Committees, Meetings, Office Hours


122, 123


Report of Superintendent


124


Summary of Statistics


124


School Buildings


125


Perry School (Cut after page 120)


125, 162


Burns School Enlargement (Cut after page 122)


127


Forster School Annex


128


Old Buildings Abandoned


128


Pupils


129, 164


Teachers


129, 164


Expenditures


130


Per Capita Cost


131


Salaries Paid


131, 197


Increased Accommodations


132


Defective Lighting


134


Time Lost


136


The Latin School


136


The English High School


139


Grammar Schools


140


Nature Study


141


Primary Schools


142


Kindergartens


143


Paris Exposition


145


Penmanship


145


Manual Training


146


365


School Department


360


405


INDEX.


The Public Library and Schools


147


Evening Schools


148


Ethical Instruction


149


School Aesthetics


150


Parents and Teachers


151


The Principal's Relation to the Community


153


Past School Boards


154, 184


Organization of the Schools


156


Statistical Tables. Appendix


164


Sealer of Weights and Measures


372


Sewers, Committee on, Report of Maintenance Account


332


Construction Account


333


Support of Poor Department. Water Department


219


Members, etc.


219


Report of Commissioners


220


High Service


220, 228


Water Supply


222


Renewals, Extensions, etc.


222, 227, 228, 235, 240


Water Revenue


222


Finances


224,226


Cost of Water Works


224


Water Debt


224


Report of Superintendent


226


Inspection Department


227


Pumping Plant


229


General Construction


230


Service Department


230,270


Meter Department


231, 268


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


231, 235, 240, 244, 260


Buildings and Grounds


232


Metropolitan Water Works


233


Drinking Fountains and Troughs


233


Electrolysis


234


Water Posts


266


Bursts and Leaks


269


Property of Department


271


Report of Engineer at Pumping Station


272


(See Overseers of the Poor.)


332





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