Report of the city of Somerville 1903, Part 31

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 492


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Highland ave.


Charles A. Frink,


Hoseman,


Undertaker, Fireman,


West st.


Robert W. Jesson,


June 17, 1864, Sept. 18, 1865, March 16, 1869, March 27, 1869, April 23, 1873, May 10, 1873,


Driver,


Fireman,


Winslow ave.


Danfortlı S. Steele,


Foreman,


Leslie pl.


Lindorf D. Bixby,


Sept. 9, 1850, Jan. 31, 1841,


July 30, 1869, Feb. 11, 1876, April 28, 1868, Feb. 14, 1857, March 30, 1865,


Asst. Engineman, Driver, Hoseman,


§ Lieutenant,


Fireman,


Cross st.


Charles Spike,


Feb. 8, 1875,


Medford st.


Sewall M. Rich,


Nov. 6, 1866,


Hoseman,


Fireman,


Morrison ave.


Pitman st.


.


Chief Engineer


27 Summit ave.


392


ANNUAL REPORTS.


HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Francis W. Ring,


Aug. 7, 1854,


Captain,


Fireman,


Wheatland st.


Daniel R. Spike,


March 22, 1844,


Lieutenant,


Janitor,


Broadway.


Henry A. Angier,


April 30, 1838,


Driver,


Fireman,


Jaques st.


William F. Marble,


June 22, 1852,


Hoseman,


Fish Dealer,


Moreland st.


Harry V. Spike,


Aug. 2, 1873,


Hoseman,


Clerk,


Sargent ave.


Charles A. Woodbury,


Jan. 31, 1859,


Hoseman,


Foreman,


Sargent ave.


Frederic E. Cushing,


Dec. 20, 1845,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Marshall st.


Benjamin Marble,


May 1, 1870,


Hoseman,


Clerk,


Temple st.


Sept. 13, 1861,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Marshall st.


John H. Pattee, Jr., J Walter Holmes,


Sept. 8, 1875,


Hoseman,


Victualler,


Marshall st.


HOSE COMPANY NO. 3.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Henry J. Turner,


Feb. 24, 1865,


Driver,


Hoseman,


Watchman,


Columbus ave.


Thomas W. Joy,


Feb. 22, 1856,


Hoseman,


Cooper,


Somerville ave.


Alfred R. Higgins,


Feb. 25, 1849,


Hoseman,


Park Laborer,


Prospect st.


Edward A. Parker,


Oct. 29, 1851,


Hoseman,


Park Laborer,


Prescott st.


Walter J. Green,


Oct. 25, 1868,


Hoseman,


Florist,


Somerville ave.


Joseph F. Green,


Aug 9, 1878,


Hoseman,


Teamster,


Mystic st.


Peter J. Kelley,


March 29, 1879, Hoseman,


Teamster,


Mystic st.


HOSE COMPANY NO. 5.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Edwin F. Trefren,


March 28, 1858, Captain,


Fireman,


Lowell st.


William J. Blaisdell,


May 16, 1846,


Lieutenant,


Painter,


Summer st.


Abner Peterson,


Feb. 28, 1879,


Driver,


Fireman,


Porter st.


Martin E. Driscoll,


Dec. 21, 1872,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Miller st.


Horace L. Dunklee,


Dec. 12, 1854,


Hoseman,


Fireman,


Somerville ave.


George R. Green,


Feb. 27, 1866,


Hoseman,


Florist,


Somerville ave.


Albert F. McGrath,


July 14, 1877,


Hoseman,


Butcher,


Lowell st.


Otto T. Teakles,


March 22, 1871,


Hoseman,


Plasterer,


Atherton st.


Frederick G. Jones,


Nov. 26, 1866,


Hoseman,


Patrol Driver,


Somerville ave.


Adam H. Gibby, Jr.,


Sept. 2, 1874,


Hoseman,


Electrician,


Summer st.


HOSE AND CHEMICAL COMPANY NO. 6.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Joseph A. Cribby,


Aug. 22, 1864,


Captain,


Fireman,


Newbury st.


George W. Bridges,


March 22, 1876,


Lieutenant,


Fireman,


Westminster st.


John T. Coneeny,


Nov. 2, 1876,


Driver,


Fireman,


Ellsworth st.


Walter M. Brown, Elmer C. Shiere,


Apr. 29, 1878,


Hoseman,


Clerk,


Elm st.


Charles H. Bridges,


Nov. 29, 1848,


Hoseman,


Machinist,


Westminster st.


Homer A. White,


July 27, 1865,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Highland ave.


George H. Keay,


Sept. 23, 1868,


Hoseman,


Fish dealer,


Herbert st.


HOSE AND CHEMICAL COMPANY NO. 7.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Arthur M. Gilman,


Aug. 19, 1866,


Lieutenant,


Fireman,


College ave.


Arthur C. Sellon,


July 15, 1863,


Driver,


Fireman,


Hancock st.


George R. Dale,


June 22, 1871,


Hoseman,


Fireman,


Lexington ave.


Harry G. White,


June 14, 1870,


Hoseman,


Electrician,


Hudson st.


Charles W. Hughes,


March 26, 1876,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Highland ave.


Hoseman,


Mason,


Hudson st.


Wm. E. Bucknam, Jr., Alfred M. Pride,


Oct. 12, 1870, Apr. 6, 1869,


Hoseman,


Carpenter,


Hudson st.


Lieutenant,


Fireman,


Somerville ave.


Francis S. Brown,


Feb. 4, 1845,


Sept. 6, 1863,


Hoseman,


Teamster,


Highland ave.


393


CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.


CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY A.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION. RESIDENCE.


Wilfred Young, Frank L. Draper, Charles H. Timson,


Aug. 7, 1874,


Lieutenant,


Fireman,


Highland ave.


July 31, 1852,


Operator,


Fireman,


Chester ave.


May 27, 1859,


Driver,


Fireman,


Broadway.


HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Melvin B. Ricker,


Aug. 30, 1841,


Captain,


Fireman,


Prospect st.


Horace P. Ewell,


Feb. 28, 1857,


Lieutenant,


Carpenter,


Bow-st. pl.


Richard F. Clarkson,


May 18, 1859,


Driver,


Fireman,


Homer sq.


William A. McLane,


Jan. 7, 1860,


Ladderman,


Engineer,


Clark st.


Patrick J. Follon,


March 3, 1859,


Ladderman,


Laborer,


School st.


James D. Perkins,


Nov. 25, 1858,


Ladderman,


Paperhanger,


Bow-st. pl.


James E. Thompson,


Sept. 1, 1869,


Ladderman,


Laborer,


Broadway.


John H. Ford,


July 16, 1859,


Ladderman,


Painter,


Oak st.


Frank H. Eaton,


Feb. 1, 1855,


Ladderman,


Teamster,


Prospect pl.


Charles A. Caswell,


Jan. 18, 1870,


Ladderman,


Teamster,


Webster ave.


Herbert L. Webber,


Nov. 9, 1869,


Ladderman,


Painter,


Columbus ave.


John H. Foy,


May 16, 1867,


Ladderman,


Painter,


Somerville ave.


George A. Row,


Jan. 19, 1867,


Ladderman,


Teamster,


Somerville ave.


Charles M. Davis,


Dec. 5, 1878,


Ladderman,


Mason,


Washington st.


HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 2.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Horace W. Hutchins,


Aug. 26, 1866,


Captain,


Fireman,


Hudson st.


Charles E. Shaw,


Oct. 13, 1854,


Lieutenant,


Paperhanger,


Eastman pl.


Harry F. Bucknam,


Sept. 21, 1872,


Driver,


Fireman,


Highland ave. .


John E. Hill,


Dec. 25, 1845,


Ladderman,


Salesman,


Cherry st.


Clarence H. Alley,


March 16, 1869,


Ladderman,


Carpenter,


Highland ave.


Clarence T. Conant,


Dec. 10, 1868,


Ladderman, Ladderman,


Plumber,


Alpine st.


Le Baron Emery,


May 11, 1859,


Ladderman,


Painter,


Alpine st.


John H. Givan,


June 9, 1865,


Ladderman,


Grocer,


Francis st.


Charles F. Mills,


Aug. 26, 1876,


Ladderman,


Carpenter,


Alpine st.


Joseph E. Emery,


Aug. 2, 1870,


Ladderman,


Painter,


Alpine st.


Milkman,


Hudson st.


William J. Kennedy,


March 19, 1863,


Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief Engineer.


REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.


OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, January 4, 1904.


To the Honorable, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I respectfully submit a report of the doings of the police department for the year ending December 31, 1903.


Arrests.


Whole number of arrests made


1,846


Males


.


1,756


Females


90


Americans


942


Foreigners


904


Miscellaneous.


NUMBER HELD FOR TRIAL FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES AND OFFENCES.


Assault and battery


123


Assault felonious


3


Bastardy


6


Breaking and entering building


31


Contempt of court


3


Disturbing the peace


29


Drunkenness


917


Forgery


1


Fraud


2


Idle and disorderly


4


Incest


1


Keeping for sale adulterated food


19


Keeping disorderly house


3


Larceny


3


Larceny from person


8


Lewdness


6


Malicious mischief


20


Neglected children


18


Neglect to support family


10


Profane swearing


2


Receiving stolen property


4


Stubborn child


10


Threats


1


Violation of city ordinances


7


Violation of liquor law


6


Violation of Lord's Day


64


Vagrancy


115


Wilful trespass


80


Total


1,761


28


Peddling without license


12


Unlawfully keeping Great Dane dog


77


Violation of health regulations


10


Walking on railroad track .


138


Larceny in building


395


CHIEF OF POLICE.


POLICE SIGNAL, PATROL WAGON AND AMBULANCE SERVICE.


Number of on-duty reports made by patrolmen .


213,828


Number of runs made with wagon 1,153


Number of prisoners conveyed to station


1,334


Number of miles run with wagon .


1,930


Number of telephone calls registered


9,818


Number of persons conveyed in the ambulance


306


In General.


While the number of arrests has increased somewhat this year over any previous year, there has been less crime, as the table of arrests shows only an increase in minor offenses and a less number of serious cases.


Two officers were retired upon half pay, on account of being incapacitated for further police service, and the vacancies were filled by new men; the department now consists of a chief, one captain, three lieutenants, five sergeants, one inspector, and forty- one regular and ten reserve patrolmen; total, sixty-two, all of whom are well equipped with revolvers, hand-cuffs, and clubs.


Official Roster of Department.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, CHIEF.


Robert R. Perry, Captain.


Dennis Kelley, Lieutenant.


Eugene A. Carter, Lieutenant.


Charles E. Woodman, Lieutenant.


Edward McGarr, Sergeant.


Arthur E. Keating, Sergeant.


Eugene H. Gammon, Sergeant.


Thomas Damery, Inspector.


Patrolmen.


Phineas W. Skinner.


Edward M. Carter.


Francis A. Perkins.


George L. Smith.


Jacob W. Skinner.


William H. Johnston.


David A. Bolton.


Theodore E. Heron.


Ira S. Carleton.


Michael T. Kennedy.


Ezra A. Dodge.


Charles W. Stevens.


Daniel G. Simons.


Jotham Chisholm.


John A. Dadmun.


Elmer E. Drew.


George L. Rice.


Myron S. Gott.


Charles W. Reick.


Herbert Hilton. Charles E. Byrnes.


Hudson M. Howe.


Charles W. Allen.


Ernest S. Goff.


Frederick J. Balcom.


Frank H. Graves.


Sanford S. Lewis.


Harry L. Allen.


Henry A. Sudbey.


William J. Sutherland.


Harvey R. Fuller.


Thomas F. McNamara.


Albion L. Staples.


Frederick H. Googins.


James J. Pollard. Samuel Burns.


William J. Davidson.


Eugene A. Woodsum.


John A. Ray.


Frank C. Hopkins.


George H. Carleton, Sergeant.


James M. Harmon, Sergeant.


John E. Fuller.


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396


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Reserve Police Force.


Louis F. Arnold. James M. Lynch. Martin Sharry. Robert T. Blair. Theodore S. Hall.


Charles S. Johnston. George E. Reece. Henry Y. Gilson.


Ernest Howard. George A. C. Peters.


In conclusion, I wish to thank the honorable Edward Glines, mayor, the board of aldermen, the honorable justices, and the clerk of the police court for their uniform support to myself and officers of the department. To the officers in my command I also extend thanks for their constant support and strict attention to duty.


Respectfully submitted, MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Chief of Police.


REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, City Hall Annex, Somerville, January 7, 1904.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


The following report of the sealer of weights and measures for the year ending December 31, 1903, is respectfully sub- mitted.


Section 21, chapter 62, of the Revised Laws provides that sealers of weights and measures shall annually give public notice, by advertisement or by posting in one or more public places in their respective cities and towns, notices to all inhabitants or persons having usual places of business therein who use weights, measures or balances for the purpose of selling goods, wares, merchandise, or other commodities, or for public weighing, to bring in their weights, measures and balances to be adjusted and sealed. Such sealers shall attend in one or more convenient places, and shall adjust, seal and record all weights, measures and balances so brought in.


Section 34 of the same chapter provides that each sealer of weights and measures, including the county treasurer, shall re- ceive a fee of one dollar for sealing each platform balance if weighing 5,000 pounds or more, and fifty cents if weighing less than that amount, and three cents each for sealing all other weights, measures, scales, beams, or balances. He shall also have a reasonable compensation for all necessary repairs, altera- tions and adjustments made by him.


When weights, measures and balances are sealed, as pro- vided in Section 21 (that is, brought to the office), no fee is charged for sealing.


In compliance with the foregoing Section 21, the customary notice was given by advertisement in the Somerville Journal in March.


During the year the sealer visited all places in the city where goods were sold or bought, and tested and sealed all scales, weights and measures which were found correct, and condemned all found beyond repair and useless. One hundred and thirty- four scales, weights and measures were adjusted before sealing, and nine scales were tagged for repairs, five of which were re- paired as ordered, and the remaining four put out of use.


Work done in the office during the year 1903 was as follows :---


398


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Number of scales sealed


225


Number of weights sealed 201


Number of dry measures sealed .


542


Number of glass milk jars sealed


63,516


Number of tin liquid measures and milk cans sealed


4,283


Number of coal baskets sealed


50


Total number of all kinds sealed .


68,817


Number of scales adjusted and sealed


36


Number of weights adjusted and sealed


8


Number of dry measures adjusted and sealed


1


Total number adjusted and sealed


45


Number of scales tagged for repairs .


4


Number of scales repaired as ordered


3


Total number tagged and repaired Number of scales condemned


8


Number of dry measures condemned .


12


Number of liquid measures condemned


2,122


Number of coal baskets condemned .


4


Total number condemned


2,146


Total number of tests of all kinds in the office .


71,015


Work done outside of the office :-


Number of scales sealed


1,081


Number of weights sealed


3,613


Number of dry measures sealed .


1,006


Number of liquid measures sealed


1,292


Number of yard sticks sealed


89


Number of coal baskets sealed


8


Total number sealed


7,089


Number of scales adjusted and sealed


61


Number of weights adjusted and sealed


27


Number of dry measures adjusted and sealed


1


Total number adjusted and sealed Number of scales tagged for repairs .


5


Number of scales repaired as ordered


2


Total number tagged and repaired


7


Number of scales condemned


2


Number of dry measures condemned . Number of liquid measures condemned


6


Number of yard sticks condemned


2


Number of coal baskets condemned


2


Total number condemned


39


Total number of tests outside of the office . . 7,224


Total number of tests in and out of the office Receipts for the year 1903 :-


Appropriation


$1,200 00


Received for sealing


392 27


Received for adjusting .


4 50


$1,598 77


89


27


. 78,239


.


399


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


Expenditures for the year 1903 :-


Printing, books, and supplies


$61 03


Amount paid helper


159 00


Amount paid for team


210 00


Salary of sealer


1,000 00


.


$1,430 03


Unexpended balance


$166 74


There has been a marked increase in the business of this de- partment since 1897, my first year as sealer. The number of tests for that year was 9,663, while in the year 1903 the number was 78,239, or more than eight times as many in 1903 as in 1897. The increase has been mostly in work brought to the office, for which there is no charge for sealing; consequently the receipts have not increased at the same rate as the work. In 1897 the re- ceipts were $283.78, and in 1903 they were $396.77, making an increase in receipts of only forty per cent., while the work has in- creased over eight hundred per cent.


JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, Sealer of Weights and Measures.


REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.


Somerville, February 16, 1904.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-The following is my report as city solicitor for the year 1903.


By chapter 129 of the Acts of the Legislature of the year 1903, the city was authorized to use for a public school or any other municipal purpose such portions of the land on Highland avenue and Hudson street, acquired in the year 1902 for the erec- tion of an armory, as are not occupied by the armory building.


By chapter 327, a special commission was created, consisting of the mayors of Cambridge and Somerville and the chairmen of the boards of selectmen of Arlington and Belmont, to make cer- tain improvements in Alewife brook and its tributaries. The matter was referred by the commission in large part to the city engineer of Somerville; but action has been delayed at the re- quest of the metropolitan park commissioners, who are now en- gaged in investigations with a view to the improvement of the shores of Mystic river at the same time.


With representatives of other municipalities, I joined in suc - cessful opposition to the petition by the mayor of Newton for the withdrawal of that city from the metropolitan water district, by which its contribution to the expenses of the district would have ceased.


A petition by the town of Wakefield for legislation obliging the north metropolitan sewerage district to pay $180,000, for the cost of constructing a large drain within the limits of that town, was opposed by myself and by representatives of several other municipalities in the district, at hearings before committees of the legislature. The expense to Somerville of the legislation proposed would exceed $25,000, and, if it were treated as a prece- dent, the expense would become much greater than that sum. A bill on the petition, notwithstanding the opposition, was reported on favorably by several committees of the legislature and passed both houses. Believing the bill to be an unjust measure, I ob- tained from mayors and other officials of the cities of Somerville, Cambridge, Medford, Malden, Melrose and Everett, and the towns of Belmont, Arlington and Winchester, letters to the gov- ernor requesting him to veto the bill, and presented the letters to him, with a written statement of facts and arguments, together with documents bearing upon the subject matter, and took part


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CITY SOLICITOR.


in a hearing before him. The governor vetoed the bill and the house failed to pass it over his veto.


The bridge over Mystic river at Middlesex avenue, author- ized by chapter 491 of the acts of the year 1901, has been com- pleted and the question of apportioning the cost among Somer- ville and other municipalities will soon come before the courts for adjustment.


Agreements have been made with the owners of certain ledges in West Somerville, under chapter 504 of the acts of the year 1902, which will probably prevent any repetition of the at- tempts of previous years to secure legislation obliging the city to grant licenses to blast in that district. No agreement has been. made as yet with the city of Cambridge, which also desired the privilege of blasting in its ledge.


Petitions for the abolition of five grade crossings of the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad and the cross- ing of the Boston & Albany division of the New York and Hud- son River railroad at Somerville avenue are still pending in the superior court, awaiting action on the part of the railroads or of the city government.


Thirty-five cases are now pending in various courts, in which the city is interested.


A case brought by the contractor who constructed the Win- throp-avenue storm water drain was settled, after many hearings before an auditor, for about the sum originally offered by the city, with interest. Two land damage suits for change of grade in Myrtle street were settled for $112.50 each, and one for change of grade in Broadway was settled for $500. Four highway acci- dent cases were settled for $40, $90, $100, and $750, respectively. A case was tried for injuries claimed by a woman to have been received by falling into a manhole in the Sacramento-street sub- way, and a verdict was given in favor of the city. A case was tried for injuries received by a workman from blasting during the excavation by the city of a trench for a sewer, and a verdict was given in favor of the city. Two highway accident cases were settled without expense to the city ; by a drain layer, in one case, and by a property owner, in the other, who were summoned in by the city to defend. Suits brought by the city against a con- tractor and against the Boston Elevated Railway Company to re- cover expenses incurred by the city in connection with a former highway accident case, which was decided against the city after trial, were settled, the contractor paying the city the sum of $1,000, being the full amount of the verdict against the city in the original case.


Very respectfully, FRANK W. KAAN, City Solicitor.


REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.


OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, - January 28, 1904.


To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-The following is respectfully submitted as the thirty-second annual report of the city clerk of the city of Som- erville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1903.


The receipts and payments were as follows :-


Receipts.


Balance from year 1902, being for dog li- cense issued in December, 1902 :-


1 female at $5.00


$5 00


Less city clerk's fee paid to the treasurer in December, 1902, 1 at $.20


20


$4 80


For dog licenses issued in 1903 :-


1,536 males at $2.00


$3,072 00


299 females at $5.00


1,495 00


29 spayed at $2.00


58 00


4 breeders' licenses at $25.00


100 00


Recording mortgages, assignments, etc., 706 papers


$442 25


Certificates of marriage intentions, 693


346 50


Furnishing copies of records


37 25


Licenses :-


To collect junk, 30 at $10.00


300 00


For junk shop, 2 at $25.00


50 00


For billiard and pool tables and bowling


· alleys, 18 licenses, for 57 tables and 9 alleys, at $2.00 132 00


For roller skating rink


10 00


To private detectives, 2 at $10.00


20 00


To auctioneers, 23 at $2.00


46 00


To sell fireworks, 56 at $1.00


56 00


To keep intelligence offices, 13 at $2.00


26 00


For amusements, 23 at $1.00 .


23 00


To street musicians, 22 persons at $.50


11 00


To slaughter cattle, 5 at $1.00


5 00


For recording and issuing liquor licenses, 30 at $1.00


30 00


Junk collectors' badges, 2 at $.50


1 00


Interest on deposits


24 06


1,560 06


Total receipts


$6,289 86


.


$4,725 00


at $.50


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CITY CLERK.


Payments.


To Joseph O. Hayden, county treasurer, June 1 and December 1, receipts for dog licenses from December 1, 1902, to November 30, 1903, both in- clusive :-


1,534 males at $2.00


$3,008 00


300 females at $5.00


1,500 00


29 spayed at $2.00


58 00


4 breeders' licenses at $25.00


100 00


Less city clerk's fees, 1,867 at $.20


373 40


$4,352 60


To the city treasurer, monthly :-


City clerk's fees for issuing and recording dog licenses, 1,868 at $.20 . .


$373 60


All the receipts above specified, except for dog licenses . 1,560 06


1,933 66


Total payments


$6,286 26


Balance January 1, 1904, being for dog li- censes issued in December :-


2 males at $2.00 ·


$4 00


treasurer, 2 at $.20 .


40


$3 60


Licenses and Permits.


In addition to the licenses mentioned in the foregoing state- ment, licenses and permits, granted by the Board of Aldermen, for which no fee is charged, have been issued as follows :-


Innholders


4


Common victuallers


41


Auctioneers (to veterans of the Civil War)


6


Drain layers


14


Newsboys


273


Newsboys' licenses revoked


9


To cry calling in streets :-


Junk collectors


30


Umbrella mender


1


Umbrella mender and locksmith


1


To cry goods in streets


33


Number in addition granted but not called for


13


To ring bell in streets :--


Ice cream venders


3


Number in addition granted but not called for Scissors' sharpeners


3


Number in addition granted but not called for


1


To Socialist party to hold series of meetings on public grounds To set up and use engines :- gas engine


1


steam engine


1


To set up and use furnace, with 10-horse electric motor, for melt- ing iron


1


To blast rock or stone


5


5


1


Less city clerk's fees paid to the city


$4,726 00


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


To maintain projections over sidewalks :-


signs druggist's mortar sign


transparency


bay-windows


To set and maintain hitching posts


To erect and maintain posts and guy wires while building bridge, To suspend campaign flag over street


To move buildings through streets


To build carriage-shed-addition to stable within i8 inches of line of lot


1


To play musical instruments in wagon moving through streets dur- ing political campaign (fee remitted)


1


To Somerville Fourth of July Association to use certain public grounds for the purposes of the celebration


1


For use of part of Central Hill Park by Ladies' Volunteer Aid So- ciety, July 4


1


To charitable organization to parade in streets with music (fee remitted)


To semi-military organization to drill on public park


1 1


The West End Street Railway Company has been granted locations for a turnout in Springfield street, about midway be- tween the two ends of the street, and an extension of the turnout in Concord avenue into Springfield street.


The same company has also been granted a new location for its tracks in Broadway, from the parkway to Marshall street, for the purpose of straightening them so as to lessen the friction in running heavy cars.


Permission has been given to operate the cars on all these lo- cations by the overhead single trolley electric system of motive power.


Locations have been granted in the streets for gas mains, and for poles for the support of electric wires to be used for tele- phonic and electric lighting, heating and power purposes.


Before an order granting any of these privileges to use the streets takes effect an agreement is filed by the company obtain- ing such privilege, for the adequate protection of the city.


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CITY CLERK.


Births.


Number of births (exclusive of still-births) in Somer-


ville in 1903 registered


1,626


More than previous year


. 101 Males


827


Females


799


Born of American parents 536


Born of foreign parents


693


Born of American father and foreign mother


Born of foreign father and American mother 205


186


Born of American mother and father of unknown nationality 2


Born of foreign mother and father of unknown nation- ality


4


Number of still-births in Somerville in 1903 registered




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