Report of the city of Somerville 1901, Part 39

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Somerville > Report of the city of Somerville 1901 > Part 39


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39


Swain, Noah R., 17 Hathorn street, Tailor.


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


475


JURY LIST.


Taapken, John D., 233 Holland street, Grocer. Tarbox, French O. J., 37 Victoria street, Foreman. Tarbox, Horace E., 30 Austin street, Mason. Teele, Samuel F., 73 Curtis street, Farmer. Tewksbury, J. Gardiner, 34 Pinckney street, Paper dealer. Thomas, Joseph M., 23 Stickney ave., Produce dealer. Thompson, Charles W., 27 Lake street, Clerk.


Thompson, Joseph M., 66 Marshall street, Collector.


Thompson, William H. J., 55 Concord avenue, Carpenter. Thomson, Emerson, 10 Pinckney street, Clerk. Thurgood, Augustus, 42 Hudson street, Salesman. Tilden, Elmer E., 80 Porter street, Bookkeeper. Timson, L. Edgar, 50 Webster street, No occupation. Titcomb, Josiah P., 20 Mt. Vernon street, No occupation. Titus, Anson M., 10 Raymond avenue, Bookkeeper. Tomfohrde, Richard, 216 Highland ave., Restaurant kpr. Toothaker, Charles W., 24 Kensington ave., milk dealer. Torrey, William C., 8 Bowers avenue, Superintendent. Towne, Henry A., 41 Webster street, Moulder.


Tribble, Hiram, 50 Chandler street, Salesman. Tucker, Frank P., 50 Dartmouth street, Manufacturer. Tuckett, Charles R., 166 Broadway, Architect. Tuttle, Herbert L., 22 Everett avenue, Clerk. Twitchell, Francis A., 120 Prospect street, Clerk.


U Upton, Henry J., 45 Florence street, Rubber worker.


Van Buskirk, Charles, 20 Prescott street, Frame worker. Vanderslice, Isaac, 34 Wallace street, Clothing dealer. Vaupel, Louis H. W., 109 College avenue, Agent. Vincent, Francis X., 95-B Prospect street, Printer. Vivian, James H., 210 Medford street, Salesman. Vreeland, Edward B., 121 Central st., Hay & grain dlr.


Walker, George, 26 Wallace street, Salesman. Walker, Granville A., 9 Loring street, Painter. Walker, J. Edwin, 64 Temple street, Engineer. Walker, Thomas G., 5 Dell st., Foreman, N. P. & P. Co. Wanless, David, 21 Grove street, Salesman. Ward, Benjamin A., 22 Milton street, Tailor. Ware, Francis A., 54 Dartmouth street, Manufacturer. Washburn, Frank D., 18 Park street, Student. Watson, Frank L., 21 Aldersey street, Paint dealer. Watters. James, 41 Mystic avenue, Musician Watts, George A., 18 Maple avenue, Mechanic. Waugh, J. Robert, 36-A Linden ave., Carpenter. Webber, Edward O., 73 Partridge ave., Rubber worker. Webber, Orrin H., 94 Jaques street; Carpenter. Welch, James T., 303 Highland avenue, Mason. Wemyss, George D., 29 Ames street, Furniture mfr. Wentworth, Edwin B., 15 Edmands street, Clerk. Wentworth, Frank H., 61 Dartmouth street, Salesman.


-


476


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Weston, Howard H., 50 Jaques street, Milk dealer. Whitaker, Joseph W., 42-A Charnwood road, Clerk.


White, Christopher J., 38 Concord avenue, Clerk.


White, Clifford F., 71 Boston street, Watchman. White, Frank H., 14 Montgomery avenue, Map mounter. White, Henry F., 18 Grant street, Plater. White, J. Harvey, 411 Broadway, Agent.


White, Joseph A., 150 Hudson street, Carpenter. White, Maurice J., 52 Linwood street, Clerk.


Whiton, Erastus, 45 Webster street, Clerk. Whiton, George F., 20 Otis street, Leather dealer.


Wiggin, Walter S., 74 Walnut street, Clerk.


Wilde, George, 104 Broadway, Clerk.


Wilkins, Albert S., 22 South Church street, Carpenter. Wilkins, Frederick L., 22 South Church street, Clerk. Willey, Clarence H., 26 Dartmouth st., Hay & Grain dlr. Williams, Charles H., 45 Union square, Carpenter. Williams, James, 166 Sycamore street, No occupation. Williams, Paulinus F., 1 Hillside avenue, Lumber dealer. Willoughby, George T., 111 Central street, Builder. Wilson, John R., 60 Albion street, Carpenter. Wilson, William B., 3 Hillside avenue, Superintendent. Winslow, Isaac S., 38 Spring street. No occupation. Winsor, Martin C., 65 Cross street, Salesman. Winterbottom, Charles J., 13 Walnut street, Undertaker. Winward, Edwin, 123 Orchard street, Pension agent. Wyatt, Charles B., 10 Linden avenue, Machinist. Wyman, Charles B., 67 Thurston st., Restaurant keeper.


Yeaton, George W., 49 Day street, Yard master. Yelland, Henry, 5 Munroe street, Slipper. York, Ernest A., 10 Thorndike street, Baker. Young, David, 372 Highland avenue, Blacksmith. Young, Willis A., 49 Cedar street, Carpenter. Younker, Richard E., 9 Rossmore street, Wheelwright.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1901.


Mayor. EDWARD GLINES, 129 Highland avenue. Board of Aldermen.


President - ARTHUR P. VINAL. Vice-President - JOSEPH S. PIKE, JR.


WARD ONE.


RANSOM D. WENTWORTH, Alderman-at-large


.


22 Flint street.


JAMES WATTERS


. 41 Mystic avenue.


CHARLES S. GILMAN


. 11 Hathorn street.


WARD TWO.


HORACE A. BELCHER, Alderman-at-large


12 Webster avenue.


JAMES W. KENNEY


4 Concord avenue.


THOMAS H. NAUGHTON


.


32 Dane avenue.


WARD THREE.


ARTHUR P. VINAL, Alderman-at-large . .


. 36 Walnut street.


JOSEPH S. PIKE, JR.


.


53 Preston street.


JACKSON CALDWELL


50 Preston street.


WARD FOUR.


WILLIAM H. CUSHMAN, Alderman-at-large


82 Marshall street.


HOWARD LOWELL


. 46 Gilman street.


EDWIN N. SIMONDS


. 47 Jaques street.


WARD FIVE.


SAMUEL T. LITTLEFIELD, Alderman-at-large


321 Broadway.


T. FRANKLIN PRESTON


WILLIAM H. WOODBERRY


. 19 Hudson street. 181 Central street.


WARD SIX.


JAMES F. REYNOLDS, Alderman-at-large


DANIEL M. FRYE


WILLIAM L. WAUGH


. 12 Belmont place. 232 Highland avenue. 46 Spencer avenue.


WARD SEVEN.


PAUL J. SMITH, Alderman-at-large 79 Irving street. J. WILLARD JONES 50 Francesca avenue. ORAMEL P. WALKER 31 Conwell avenue.


City Clerk - GEORGE I. VINCENT. Assistant City Clerk - FREDERIC W. COOK.


Regular meetings, first and third Wednesday evenings of each month, at 8 o'clock.


478


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen.


ACCOUNTS. - Aldermen Preston, Wentworth and Kenney.


BONDS. - Aldermen Littlefield, Pike and Walker.


CITY ENGINEERING. - Aldermen Caldwell, Simonds and Waugh.


CLAIMS. - The President, Aldermen Smith and Frye.


ELECTIONS. - Aldermen Reynolds, Lowell and Belcher.


ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS. - Aldermen Kenney, Reynolds, Watters, Pike and Lowell.


FINANCE .- The President, Aldermen Cushman, Smith, Reynolds, Kenney, Wentworth and Littlefield.


FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Aldermen Preston, Reynolds, Jones, Cushman and Watters.


GRADE CROSSINGS. - Aldermen Lowell, Caldwell, Belcher, Woodberry and Jones.


HIGHWAYS. - Aldermen Wentworth, Caldwell, Walker, Belcher and Little- field.


LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. - The President, Aldermen Cushman and Walker. LICENSES. - Aldermen Pike, Preston and Jones.


ORDINANCES AND RULES. - Aldermen Watters, Frye and Woodberry.


POLICE. - The President, Aldermen Preston and Jones.


PRINTING. - Aldermen Wentworth, Gilman and Waugh.


PUBLIC GROUNDS. - Aldermen Smith, Littlefield, Frye, Kenney and Si- monds.


PUBLIC PROPERTY. - Aldermen Pike, Naughton, Waugh, Gilman and Woodberry.


SEWERS. - Aldermen Smith, Lowell and Naughton.


SPECIAL BUILDING PERMITS. - Aldermen Caldwell, Naughton and Waugh.


STATE AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF. - Aldermen Cushman, Watters and Frye.


WATER. - Aldermen Naughton, Simonds and Gilman.


School Committee.


Chairman. - S. NEWTON CUTLER. Vice-Chairman .- GEORGE A. MILES. ( Term, two years. )


WARD ONE. S. NEWTON CUTLER ( elected 1899 ), 28 Flint street.


GEORGE S. POOLE ( elected 1900 ), 46 Mt. Vernon street.


WARD TWO. JOHN H. O'NEIL ( elected 1899 ), 44 Oak street.


EDWARD J. FLYNN ( elected 1900 ), 1 Tremont place.


WARD THREE.


DANA W. BENNETT ( elected 1900 ), 41 Putnam street.


ALVAH B. DEARBORN ( elected 1900 for unexpired term ), 34 Bow street.


479


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1901.


WARD FOUR.


GEORGE W. W. WHITING (elected 1899 ), 282 Broadway. WILLIAM P. JONES ( elected 1900), 13-A Maple avenue.


WARD FIVE.


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN ( elected 1899 ), 85 Central street. J. WALTER SANBORN ( elected 1900 ), 183 Central street.


WARD SIX.


FREDERICK A. P. FISKE (elected 1399), 44 Cherry street. FRED M. CARR (elected 1900), 12 Westwood road.


WARD SEVEN.


GEORGE A. MILES ( elected 1899 ), 249 Elm street. HENRIETTA B. H. ATTWOOD ( elected 1900), 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 A. M.


Regular meetings, last Monday evening of each month, except July and August, when none are held, and December, when meeting is on last Friday.


Assessors. ( Term, three years. )


ALBERT B. FALES, Chairman ( term expires 1904 ). BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON ( term expires 1902). NATHAN H. REED ( term expires 1903). HARRY A. TRUE ( term expires 1903 ). JESSE J. UNDERHILL ( term expires 1902 ).


ASSISTANT ASSESSORS. ( Term, one year. )


FRED B. CLAPP. EDGAR T. MAYHEW.


CHARLES C. FARRINGTON. JAMES WILSON.


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


Board of Health.


(Term, two members, two years; one member, one year. ) ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman ( term expires 1902 ). ALVANO T. NICKERSON ( term expires 1903 ). ARTHUR R. PERRY, M. D. ( 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.


480


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Overseers of the Poor. Office, City Hall Annex. ( Term, three years. ) EDWARD B. WEST, Chairman ( term expires 1903 ). ALBERT W. EDMANDS ( term expires 1902 ). HERBERT E. MERRILL ( term expires 1904 ). 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.


Registrars of Voters.


( Term of City Clerk, one year; other members three years. ) CROMWELL G. ROWELL, Chairman ( term would expire 1903 ), died Sept. 9. . CHARLES P. LINCOLN, elected chairman Oct. 7, ( term expires 1904). CHARLES E. PARKS ( term expires 1902 ). LEVI F. S. DAVIS, appointed Oct. 2, to fill vacancy. GEORGE I. VINCENT, City Clerk.


Public Library Trustees. ( Term, three years. ) CHARLES A. WEST, Chairman ( term expires 1904). JOHN B. VIALL ( term, expires 1902). EDWARD C. BOOTH ( term expires 1904). GEORGE W. PERKINS ( term expires 1904). J FRANK WELLINGTON ( term expires 1902 ). CHARLES W. SAWYER ( term expires 1902 ). IRVING G. HALL ( term expires 1903 ). HOWARD D. MOORE ( term expires 1903 ). FREDERICK W. PARKER ( term expires 1903 ). Librarian and Secretary. - SAM WALTER FOSS.


Library open 9 A. M. to 9 P. M., and the reading room Sundays from 3 to 7 P. M.


City Clerk.


GEORGE I. VINCENT. Assistant City Clerk. - FREDERIC W. COOK. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.


JAMES F. BEARD. Office open : 8 A. M. to 2 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


City Messenger.


JAIRUS MANN.


481


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1901.


Mayor's Secretary.


FRED E. WARREN.


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


City Auditor. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, City Hall.


City Engineer. ERNEST W. BAILEY. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Clerk of Committees and Departments.


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


Commissioner of Streets.


JOHN P. PRICHARD. Office hour : 9 A. M.


Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings.


FREDERICK C. FULLER. Office hours : 8 A. M. to 12 M.


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


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights.


EDWARD BACKUS. Office hour : 8.30 to 9.30 A. M.


Water Commissioner. FRANK E. MERRILL. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Chief of Police.


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


482


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. JAMES R. HOPKINS. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.


City Physician. ARTHUR R. PERRY, M. D. ( resigned September 3 ). 258 Elm street, 18 Bow street. ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D. (appointed September 6). 34 Bow street.


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. JULIUS E. RICHARDSON, 310 Broadway.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, 60 Prescott street.


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue.


Fence Viewers.


LAMBERT M. MAYNARD, 90 Highland avenue.


CHARLES M. BERRY, 60 Prescott street.


Burial Agents. UNDER CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1896.


JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue.


CALEB A. PAGE, 19 Webster avenue.


Constables.


GEORGE H. CARLETON, EUGENE A. CARTER.


CHRISTOPHER C. CAVANAGH.


CHRISTOPHER J. CAVANAGH. CHARLES H. COLGATE. CHARLES L. ELLIS.


CHARLES C. FOLSOM. PATRICK J. GARVIN. WILLIAM D. HAYDEN.


FRANKLIN W. HOPKINS.


DENNIS KELLEY.


JOHN J. KENNEY.


JAIRUS MANN.


EDWARD MCGARR.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST.


ROBERT R. PERRY.


CLIFTON P. SANBORN. ALBION L. STAPLES.


CHARLES E. WOODMAN.


483


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1901.


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


Measurers of Grain.


JOHN CRAIG.


JOSEPH BAILEY.


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


Weighers of Coal.


EDGAR H. BARKER.


EDWARD LOWMAN.


CHARLES P. BRANN.


JOHN MACDONALD.


ERNEST P. COOKE.


JOHN J. MACMAHON.


CHARLES V. DOHERTY.


JOHN MANSFIELD.


AMHERST F. DURKEE.


JOHN A. MARSH.


JOEL J. FISHER.


JOHN J. MASTERS.


JOHN D. FLYNN.


GEORGE H. MOORE.


JOHN W. GATELY.


CHARLES E. ROCKWELL.


CHARLES W. GOODWIN.


WILLIAM C. STICKLE.


GEORGE GROGAN.


FRANK A. TEELE.


SIDNEY E. HAYDEN.


CHARLES H. TUCKER.


STEPHEN M. G. HALE.


BERT WALBRIDGE.


DANIEL W. HURLEY.


CORNELIUS LINNEHAN.


ALFRED A. WALDRON. CHARLES H. WARD.


NATHAN E. WILLIS.


Weighers of Beef.


RALPH O. BROCK. D. WARNER DANFORTH. CLARENCE EDWARDS


FREDERICK A. GEILING. ROBERT E. SMITH. EDWARD M. WHEELER.


INDEX.


PAGE


City Clerk, Report of


447


Receipts


447


Payments


448


Licenses and Permits


448


Births


449


Marriages


450


Deaths


451


Assessed Polls and Registered Voters .


452


Elections


454 458


Term of Office of City Clerk .


459


Publications


459


Card Index to Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths Ordinances .


460


City Engineer, Report of


320


Engineering Department


320


Streets Accepted in 1901


321


Length of Accepted Streets in Each Ward .


322


Expenses, Engineering Department


323


Office Records and Value of Instruments


324


Table of Sidewalks Constructed


after page 324


Sewer Department


325


Table of Sewers Constructed in 1901


. after page 326


Table of Storm Drains Constructed to 1902 .


after page 326


Table of Separate System Sewers Constructed to 1902 Storm Drains Constructed


after page 326 327


Metropolitan Sewer Connections


327, 328


Payments for Metropolitan Sewer System .


328


Expense of Sewers Construction, 1901 .


329


Sewers Maintenance


329


Sewers Maintenance Account, 1901


330


Public Grounds Department


331


Public Grounds Department, Expenses Table of Streets


336


Names and Locations of Public Squares


348


City Government and Officers for 1901


477


City Physician, Report of


319


City Solicitor, Report of


446


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of


46


Public Property


46, 52


Funded Debt


46, 57


Resources


49


Appropriations from Funded Debt and Income ยท Cash


50


Assets and Liabilities


50


after page 50, 51


71


Balances


161


Approval of Treasurer's Report


163


380


Electric Lines and Lights, Commissioner, Report of Electric Lines


380


.


49


Balance Sheet


Statement of Accounts


333


Liquor License Question


460


485


INDEX.


PAGE


Street Lighting Expenditures


382, 383


Fire Department, Chief of, Report of .


Fires


Manual Force


428


Equipment


429,432


Service


430


Recommendations


431


Roster of Department


436


In Memoriam


437


Fire Department Account


277


Health, Board of, Report of .


277


Inspector of Animals and Provisions


277, 304


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar


277, 306 277


Superintendent Collection of Ashes and Offal Nuisances


278


Glanders


279


Swine


279


Goats


279


Grease


279


Manure


279


Pedlers


279


Ashes


279


House Offal


281


Stables


281


Board of Infants


282


Population and Death Rate


284


Diseases Dangerous to the Public Health


285, 300,301


Smallpox Hospital


288


Free Vaccination


288


Medical Inspection of Schools


289


Bacteriological Examinations


290


Report of the Bacteriologist


297


Map of the City


after page 298


Principal Causes of Death


300


Undertakers


302


Examiners of Plumbers


302


Appropriation and Expenditures


302


Inspector of Buildings (see Public Buildings, Commissioner).


370


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of


306


Jury List


463


Map of the City


after page 298


Mayor's Inaugural Address


3


The Financial Problem


4


Funded Debt


5


Taxable Property


5


The City's Finances


6


Highways


13


Sidewalks


15


Watering Streets Bridges


16


16


Grade Crossings


17


Discipline


430


Causes of Fires and Bell Alarms


433


Organization


279


Cows


282


Deaths


291


Districts


304


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of


381


428


428


428


486


INDEX.


PAGE


Engineering Department


17


Sanitary Conditions


19


Health of the City


21


Department of Electric Lines and Lights


22


Street Lighting


23


Buildings Department:


24


Public Grounds and Boulevards


24


Paul Revere Park


26


Clarendon Hill Ledge


26


Connecting Fells and Fens


27


Schools


27


The People's University


29


Assessors' Department


29


Police Department


30


Fire Department


31


Water Department


32


Poor Department


34


Law Department


35


Sealer of Weights and Measures


36


Eight Hours of Labor


36


The Brown-Tail Moth


37


Armory


37


Somerville Hospital


38


Approach to City Hall


38


Audit of Treasurer's Accounts


38


Soldiers' Relief


39


Fourth of July Celebration


39


Honor to Whom Honor Is Due


39


An Invitation to Our Neighbors


40


Social Advantages


41 41


The Dawn of a New Era


43


Ordinances


Overseers of the Poor, Report of


308


Insane


309


Somerville Hospital


310, 313


City Home


310, 315, 316, 317


Full Support


312


Partial Support


312


Reimbursements


312, 316


Population and Gross Expenditures, 1883-1901


313


Expenditures. 1901


314


Property at City Home


316


Report of Warden of City Home .


317


Report of City Physician


319


Police, Chief of, Report of


438


Arrests


438, 439


Miscellaneous Reports


438


In Memoriam


438


Police Signal and Patrol Wagon


440


Ambulance Service


440


Recommendations


440


Police Pensions


440


In General


441


Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor).


308


Population


167, 284, 313


Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of


. 370


A City of Homes


461


Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc.


308


Roster of Police Department


441


487


INDEX.


PAGE


Inspection of Buildings


370


Inspection of Plumbing


371


Lincoln School


371


Bell School


372


Davis School


372


Forster School Annex


372


Sanford Hanscom School


372


English High School


372


Fire Buildings


School Buildings, Care and Repair


373


Benjamin G. Brown School


373


City Hall Annex


373


Public Library Building


374


Police Building


374


City Home


374 374


Health Department Buildings


375


Highway Department Buildings


375


Clark Bennett School


375


Fuel Bids


376 376


Consumption of Fuel


Cost of Maintenance of Buildings


378, 379


Public Library


Trustees, Officers, Committees, Librarian, Employees


259


Isaac Pitman Poetry Fund


260


Report of the Trustees .


261


Report of the Librarian .


264


Cataloguing Department


264


Books Withdrawn


265


Books Added


266 266


Reference and Art Department


266


School Department


267


Children's Department


268 269


List of Donations


270


General Work


273


Circulation


273


Circulation of Children's Room


273


The New Stack Room


274


Binding


274


House Delivery


274


General Statistics


276


Conclusion


276


School Department.


164


Report of School Committee


164


Members, Officers, Committees, Meetings, Office Hours


165, 166, 218, 219, 250


Report of Superintendent


167


Summary of Statistics


167


Population


167


School Buildings


167,168,219


Teachers


167,178,219


Attendance


167, 168, 219


Cost of Schools


Additional School Accommodations


168, 185, 219 172


Receipts and Expenditures


260


Isaac Pitman Art Fund


260


Binding


Gifts


259


Pest House


373 373


George L. Baxter School


488


INDEX.


PAGE


High School Accommodations


173


High School Courses


175


School Census


177


Pupils


177,219


Latin High School .


179, 210, 219


English High School


180, 213, 219


Grammar and Primary Schools


182, 209,219


Kindergartens


183, 209


Evening Schools


184, 217,219


Time Schedules


187


Hygiene


189


School Athletics


189


Medical Inspection


190


Manual Training and Domestic Science


190, 216


Vacation Schools


191


Penmanship, Drawing, and Music


194, 216, 217


Schools and Public Library


204, 217


Condition of the Schools


205


In Memoriam


208


Organization of Somerville Schools


209


Promotions


210


Sewing


216


Gymnastics


216


Recesses


216


Corporal Punishment


217


Student Teachers


217


The Public Library


217


Truants


218,219


Janitors


218


Supervision


218


Appendix. with Table of Contents Salaries Paid


219


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of


443


Sewers (see City Engineer).


325


Street Commissioner, Report of


349


Street Cleaning


349


Wide Tires


350


City Ledge


350


Bridges


350


Subways


351


Union Square


351


Cross Street


351


Brown-Tail Moth


351


Shade Trees


352


Street Openings


352


Miscellaneous Work


352


Recommendations


353


Detailed Statement of Expenditures


354-360


Streets Constructed


361


Streets Repaired


362


Sidewalks Constructed


363, 364, 365


Length of Edgestones and Brick Sidewalks in Each Ward


365


Gutters Paved


366


Driveways Constructed


368


Street Crossings Laid


368


Streets Accepted in 1901 .


369


Length of Accepted Streets in Each Ward .


369


251


Watering Streets


349


489


INDEX.


Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor). Water Commissioner, Report of .


384


Water Income


Department Receipts and Disbursements


387


Cost of Water Works


388


Water Debt


388


Inspection and Waste


390 390 391


Renewal of Street Mains


391


Drinking Fountains and Troughs


392


Service Department


393 393


Meter Department


394


Appendix .


.


395 396 399


Hydrants-Construction Account .


401


Hydrants-Renewal Account


401


Locations of Hydrants


402


List of Private Hydrants


417


Gates-Construction Account


418


Gates-Renewal Account


419


Check Valves-Construction Account


420


Locations of Water Posts


420


Locations of Drinking Fountains .


422


Meter Table


423


Defects in Street Mains


424


Water Services


425


Summary of Statistics


426


Summary of Pipes and Fixtures


394


Metropolitan Water Works


Mains Laid, Gates, Hydrants, etc., set in 1901


Pipes Relaid, Gates and Hydrants Reset in 1901


PAGE


308


385


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


Extension of Street Mains


-





Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.