Report of the city of Somerville 1906, Part 23

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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Adjusting Matters.


The suit between this city and the city of Newton in the Murphy case is still pending. The case spoken of in our last


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report between the town of Braintree and this city for aid ren- dered the Pickering family by the town of Braintree is in its in- fancy, as the suit was brought in December last, and will prob- ably not be tried for some time, if ever, as Braintree has brought suit against Waltham in the same case, and is to try that first. There has been no decision yet in the Bridget Condon case with the city of Worcester, but we hope to have it tried soon. The Cooper case has been satisfactorily settled with the common- wealth.


Appropriation.


The appropriation for the miscellaneous account, $14,000, would have been none too much for the year only for the fact that we have held up the bills for the support of the feeble- minded at Waverley since 1905, as there is some question in reference to the liability of cities and towns to pay them. The matter is now being settled in the court. Our unpaid bills for feeble-minded amount to nearly $1,200 for 1906. By not pay- ing these bills, we were able to assist the city home account somewhat, and still show a balance of some $1,286.65 at the end of the year.


Prosperous Times.


During 1906 work has been plenty, wages have been good, and all who really desired work and were reliable could obtain it. There has been no year since 1885 when general prosperity was so apparent and lasted through the year as it has in the year just closed. This is one of the chief reasons why we were able to expend so small an amount during the year, and yet we have relieved all of the needy cases that have come to our attention.


Death of the City Physician.


Dr. A. B. Dearborn, who was appointed city physician by Mayor Pope in 1890, died August 19, 1906. He had held this office with slight interruption during these years, and had given general satisfaction and was highly esteemed by all with whom he came in contact. He was kind-hearted and very conscien- tious in the discharge of his duties. In his business relations with the poor department we always found him upright, honest, and very accommodating in his work.


New City Physician.


The mayor appointed, to fill the vacancy, Dr. C. Clarke Towle, who had been the assistant city physician for nearly two


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years, and is admirably fitted to fill the place. He is methodical in keeping his accounts, prompt in making returns of visits made, kind to the poor, and we are sure that no more ideal appoint- ment could have been made. He carried out the same plan of his predecessor in relation to medicine, buying at wholesale, and carrying a supply with him when making his visits, this being a much more economical way and quite as effective as to give pre- scriptions, although the local druggists find some fault.


Pleasant Relations.


Our relations with other cities and towns and with the state continue to be very pleasant, although we do not always think alike, but we try to get at the facts in all of the cases. The offi- cials with whom we do business are as a class very reasonable, and are willing to do the right thing. As usual, we attach to this report the tables giving the work in detail. Thanking all of the members of the board for courtesies received, I am,


Yours with respect, C. C. FOLSOM, General Agent.


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Table No. 1. FULL SUPPORT (DURING THE YEAR).


In our city home (men 26, women 10)


36


In our city home (men 15, women 8), December 31, 1906 .


23


In private families


2


In Somerville hospital


210


In hospitals in other towns and cities for the sick


60


In hospital for dipsomaniacs .


4


In hospital for epileptics .


7


Table No. 2. PARTIAL SUPPORT ( OUTDOOR RELIEF ).


Families


212


Persons aided


.


.


1,016 7


Burials


Permits to Tewksbury almshouse . ·


·


.


.


.


12


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Table No. 3. REIMBURSEMENTS.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$1,501 40


City of Boston .


1,349 48


.


Brockton


20 00


06


Cambridge


1,244 74


66


6


Chelsea


23 00


66 Everett


1 15


Fall River


238 25


Gloucester


52 17


Haverhill


32 50


Malden


69 79


Marlboro


11 75


Medford


69 00


66


Newburyport


19 50


66


Newton


66


66 Quincy


123 98


66


Springfield


164 72


16


Woburn


78 00


Town of Andover


66


66


Belmont


18 69


66


Blackstone


80 14


66


Leominster


52 17


66


Montague


46 87


66


Stonehanı


6 00


66


Truro


21 75


Weston


$5,922 65


Table No. 4. SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL ( PATIENTS ON CITY BEDS).


Patients having settlement in Somerville


79


Patients having settlement in other cities and towns ·


47


Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state) .


84


Total number of patients sent to hospital


210


Money paid hospital by the city for patients settled in Somerville $5,000 00


Amount reimbursed to the city and paid to the hospital for patients not settled in Somerville


2,466 63


Total paid to the hospital


$7,466 63


66 Salem


60.25


Waltham


241 12


Worcester


6 25


116 75


Falmouth


25 00


226 80


21 43


.


.


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Table No. 5. POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1883 TO 1906, INCLUSIVE.


Population


Year.


(Estimated).


Expenditures.


1883


27,000


$15,959 80


1884


28,000


17,272 52


1885


*29,992


16,430 32


1886


32,000


14,341 83


1887


34,000


13,430 89


1888


36,000


13,375 98


1889


39,000


14,610 92


1890


*40,117


15,261 14


1891


43,000


15,980 49


1892


46,000


17,015 30


1893


48,000


17,799 58


1894


50,000


19,733 13


1895


*52,200


20,755 46


1896


54,000


21,999 79


1897


56,000


25,681 47


1898


57,500


28,522 21


1899


60,000


28,924 39


1900


*61,643


City home,


5,528.83


1901


62,500


City home,


6,622.43


1902


63,500


City home,


7,396.64


1903


65,500


City home,


7,548.39


Miscellaneous, $20,476.54


1904


69,500


City home,


6,563.11


1905


.


*69,272


City home, 7,474.36


Miscellaneous, $18,237.53


1906


·


72,000


City home,


6,806.79


25,044 32


*Census.


Miscellaneous, $23,697.62


29,226 45


Miscellaneous, $29,171.15


35,793 58


Miscellaneous, $28,667.04


36,063 68


Miscellaneous, $30,470.20


38,018 59


27,039 65


Miscellaneous, $17,527.88


25,002 24


Table No. 6. EXPENDITURES, IN DETAIL, FOR THE YEAR 1906.


1906.


Dry Goods.


Board.


Groceries.


Somerville Poor in Other . Cities and Towns


Boots and Shoes.


Medicine.


Burials.


Salaries.


Fuel.


Sundries.


Cash Paid Out.


Tele- phone.


Stationery and Printing.


Somerville Hospital.


State Hospital.


Foxboxo Hospital.


Feebie- minded School.


Epileptic Hospital. Rutland Sanatorium.


Total.


January .


$2 00


$32 72


$660 25


$655 56


$11 60


$31 92


$ 10 00


$341 66


$191 94


$6 90


$16 98


70


$10 35


$79 48


$48 29


$130 00


$2,230 35


February .


57 00


455 50


144 53


7 50


341 66


129 85


11 00


5 50


$17 02


5 25


March


32 72


653 28


5 00


4 30


341 66


1 29 61


1 00


16 07


.


$133 33


167 14


1,484 11


April


32 16


545 48


15 50


341 66


5 85


4 00


28 45


1 65


399 99


40 86


1,415 60


May


52 57


518 36


438 36


10 55


20 00


341 66


5 00


24 55


31 68


133 33


119 48


June


1 00


126 87


423 60


1 83


341 66


10 00


17 15


9 00


133 33


.


98 43


.


1,079 29


September


90 87


345 00


40 75


5 00


341 66


1 00


1 00


13 35


1 21


133 33


183 39


1,301 56


October


66 79


500 03


20 50


24 73


5 00


323 66


4 60


16 40


.


.


10 00


133 33


70 81


10 71


1,424 22


December


66 79


308 07


454 16


34 98


15 00


291 74


94 88


7 40


15 40


1,000 00


.


Totals .


$3 00


$788 01


$5,746 66


$2,705 65


$62 10


$156 56


$65 00


$3,982 00


$661 73


$41 50


$192 93


$94 88


$ 60 90


$2,466 63


$338 00


$247 48


$624 50


$18,237 53


.


.


618 08


9 50


341 66


8 15


6 25


133 33


68 23


1,783 99


August


66 79


479 59


10 00


341 66


3 00


24 15


20 77


133 33


. · 3' 00


133 33


59 90


1,154 94


November


64 87


455 00


252 96


291 66


103 60


14 78


. .


.


.


16 50 7 00


2,295 42


133 26


1.197 70


July


97 86


402 50


142 00


1,174 81


1,695 54


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Overseers of the Poor of Somerville. SINCE THE REORGANIZATION IN 1885.


tHon. Mark F. Burns, chairman ex-officio .


1885


1888 inclusive


¡Colonel Herbert E. Hill


1885


1889


66


Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman


1885


1887 66


Hon. Edward Glines


1885


1887 66


+Charles G. Brett, president


1885 April 1893


66


Edward B. West, president


1888 to date* 66


+Daniel C. Stillson


1888 April 1892


66


+Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio


1889


1891 66


Nathan H. Reed, president


1890 April 1894


#Hon. Wm. H. Hodgkins, chairman ex-officio, 1892


1895


66


James G. Hinckley , May 1892


1894 66


Albert W. Edmands


May 1893 .


to date* 66


Herbert . E. Merrill


May 1894 to


date* 66


"Ezra D. Souther


1895 Feb.


1898 (Died)


Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio .


1896


1898 inclusive


James H. Butler .


March 1898


1899


Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman ex-officio, 1899


*Present member.


Deceased.


Table No. 7. RECAPITULATION ( MISCELLANEOUS ).


Appropriation


$14,000 00 5,922 65


Total receipts


$19,922 65 18,237 53


Total expenditures


Balance


$1,685 12


Net expenditures


12,314 88


.


·


·


·


.


Reimbursements


REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.


CITY HOME, January 1, 1907.


To the Overseers of the Poor, City of Somerville, Mass .:-


Gentlemen,-I submit the following as the report of the warden of the city home for the year ending December 31, 1906 :-


Table No. 1. REIMBURSEMENTS.


Produce and pork sold


$3,863 32


Board of sundry persons


45 00


$3,908 32


Table No. 2. LIVING EXPENSES.


Salaries and wages .


$2,349 45


Groceries and provisions


1,757 46


Dry goods


218 59


Boots and shoes


38 90


Hay and grain


610 23


Seeds and fertilizer


109 31


House furnishings


30 70


Kitchen furnishings


34 80


Sundries


55 44


Farm sundries


158 25


Cash paid by warden, car fares for warden, inmates, and laborers


41 05


Medicine


38 79


Shoeing horses


39 25


Repairs on wagons and tools


85 50


Repairs on sash


28 54


Ice


33 50


General repairs


175 47


Swill and bedding


332 01


New tools


172 60


Live stock


240 00


Telephone


$6,586 37


Credits :---


Produce and pork sold .


$3,863 32


Board for sundry persons


45 00


3,908 32


Net living expenses


$2,678 05


Table No. 3.


Number weeks' board of inmates .


1,092 2-7


Average weekly cost of inmates


$2 45


Number of males admitted during 1906


13


Number of females admitted during 1906


8


.


.


.


36 53


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Number of males discharged during 1906 12


Number of females discharged during 1906 . 4


Number of males supported during 1906 28


Number of females supported during 1906 .


14


Number of males died during 1906


1


Number of females died during 1906


2


Number of inmates in home January 1, 1907,


24


Table No. 4. FARM ACCOUNT. REIMBURSEMENTS.


Produce and pork sold


$3,863 32 279 99


Produce used at city home


.


$4,143 31


EXPENSES.


Wages for help


$1,122 35


Feed for one horse


152 25


Shoeing one horse


9 81


Repairs on wagons and tools


85 50


Repairs on sash


28 54


Swill and bedding


332 01


Farm sundries


158 25


Seed and fertilizers


108 66


$1,997 37


Balance


$2,145 94


Table No 5. PERMANENT REPAIRS AND FIXTURES.


Painting and water-coloring walls .


$19 94


Concrete around greenhouse .


9 10


Building platform for pigs


24 55


Rail on new range


9 00


Cement


3 50


Sewer assessment


154 33


Living expenses


6,586 37


Total expenditures


$6,806 79


Table No. 6. RECAPITULATION.


Appropriation


$2,500 00


Reimbursements


3,908 32


Net expenditures


2,898 47


Total expenditures


$6,806 79


Total receipts .


6,408 32


Account overdrawn


$398 47


Respectfully submitted, J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN, Warden.


1


$220 42


REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.


OFFICE OF CITY PHYSICIAN, Somerville, January 21, 1907.


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


Gentlemen,-The year 1906 was marked by the death in office of Alvah B. Dearborn, much loved and widely respected city physician for many years.


The records of the poor department show work done by the city physician and his assistant for the period from January 1 to August 19 to be summarized as follows : house visits, 960 ; office calls, 554; confinements, 14; vaccinations, 19; teeth extracted, 50; visits at the police station, 16. During the remainder of the year, from August 20 to December 31, inclusive, 811 house visits have been made, 495 patients have received office treatment, 4 women have been attended in confinement. 108 children vac- cinated, and 18 cases treated at the police station.


Patients at the Somerville contagious hospital were under the care of your city physician from April 4 to October 3, during which time ?08 visits were made at the hospital.


Very respectfully, C. CLARKE TOWLE,


City Physician.


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.


OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 15, 1907.


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


Gentlemen,-In accordance with the provisions of the city charter, the following report of the work done and expense in- curred for the year ending December 31, 1906, by the depart- ments and appropriations under my charge and supervision, in- cluding Engineering, Grade Crossings, Sewers Construction, Sewers Maintenance, Public Grounds, and other public works, is herewith presented.


ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.


Statement of Expenses, 1906.


Salary City Engineer


$2,800 00


Salaries of assistants


(see itemized state- .


ment) ·


8,045 77


. Stakes, tools, and general supplies (outside work) . Draughting materials and office supplies (in- side work) .


46 72


Setting stone bounds for defining street lines (materials)


82 16


Car fares


236 05


Maintenance of team


146 15


Telephone, postage, and incidentals


142 20


Total debit .


$11,581 82


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$11,500 00


. Amount received for making acceptance plans


51 00


Amount received from City Engineer for telephone service .


31 24


Total credit


$11,582 24


Balance unexpended .


$0 42


.


·


82 77


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Classification of Expenses, Assistants' Salaries.


Sewers,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, and all engineering work relating to sewers . $1,692 67 . Highways, -- comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving, and all other engineering relating to the department 1,418 77 · Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, titles, costs, and assessments 922 89


Water Works,-comprising lines, grades, locations of mains, gates, hydrants, and services, and other mat- ters relating to water department 366 26 · Public Grounds,-comprising surveys, plans, estimates, profiles, and grades, including laying out of parks, and grounds, and boulevards 182 41


Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction, Street Numbering,-comprising locations of buildings, plans, and affixing street numbers on houses


47 86


Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishing of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading . ·


184 67


City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, ac- ceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, bridges, etc.


1,070 78


Middlesex Registry,-comprising copying of plans and ab- stracts from deeds and examination of titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracings of street acceptance and sewer taking plans filed for record ·


147 84


Railway, Telephone, Electric Light, and Gas Light Com- panies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles and office notes, locations of poles and conduits .


52 51


Stone Bounds,-locating and setting


52 51


Office Work,-comprising records of all locations, index- ing, typewriting, calculations, and general draughting, Miscellaneous Work,-comprising preliminary surveys, designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for different committees .


58 75


538 17


Vacations, Holidays, and Sickness


$8,045 77


Special work on grade crossings (charged to Grade Cross- ings account)


282 51


Grade Crossings Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES, 1906.


Legal services (City Solicitor) $223 24


Surveys and plans (engineer's assistants)


282 51


Printing, advertising, etc.


$603 79


CREDIT.


Balance of appropriation unexpended December 31, 1905, $977 30


Balance on hand


$373 51


1,019 71


Total


98 04


64 22


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Office Records and Value of Instruments.


Number of survey note-books, sewer permit books, and deed books 255


Number of plans, including sewers, highways, parks, house lots, etc. 6,000


Value of field instruments, tools, and office instruments . $2,000


The total cost of maintaining the city engineer's department since it was established (1872-1906, both years inclusive) has amounted to $237,247.15.


General Work. The number of assistants employed during the year on engineering work varied from eight to eleven.


The department has made designs, plans, estimates of cost of contemplated and completed public works, etc., as required by various orders of the board of aldermen and committees. All survey notes, records, and plans made of sewers, drains, highway work, water works, grade crossing work, etc., have been filed for future reference.


All plans of estates in Somerville recorded at the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, have been copied, titles examined, and abstracts from deeds made for the purpose of assessments, and the proportional part of the cost of new work computed, and schedules of assessments made out showing the property owners ; and copies made of all city plans where land has been taken for highways or sewers, and these have been filed and recorded at the Registry, East Cambridge.


Plans have been made and photographs taken where acci- dents have occurred on the city work or where boundaries were in dispute, for the use of the city solicitor in court cases and hearings ; and special plans and data prepared for hearings re- lating to the proposed bridges and approaches on Lowell street, over the Southern division, and the abolition of all grade cross- ings on the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad.


A number of street names have been changed and plans made showing a re-numbering of the buildings, and all old num- bering plans revised, new houses plotted, and numbers assigned ; some of the old main thoroughfares should be re-numbered throughout their entire length, so as to eliminate half numbers and letters now being used, as many of these old streets have outgrown their original numbering.


There are many streets. avenues, courts, and places in the city of the same or very similar name, which should be changed to prevent the confusion and inconvenience now existing.


Stone monuments have been set at a number of street inter- sections and angles to define and preserve the true lines of public streets, and this work should be continued as much as possible each year. By setting these stone bounds or monuments, in


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Portland cement concrete, at the level of the surface of the ground, or flush with the surface of the sidewalk, they can also be used as permanent "Bench Marks" throughout the city by establishing their exact elevations, and thereby being a great convenience and saving of time in giving grades, not only for the city engineering department, but also for all other surveyors.


Lines and grades have been given for the erection of new city buildings, and plans and sketches made for the laying out of the surrounding grounds.


About 146 street lines and grades have been given by the department during the year for builders and private parties apply- ing for established grades and lines in connection with the erec- tion of buildings and fences and grading of property.


Plans have been made by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, of Boston, the New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company, West End Street Railway Company, Charles- town Gas and Electric Company, and Cambridge Gas Light Company, and filed in this office, showing the various locations of poles, tracks, and conduits in this city which have been granted by the board of aldermen during the year; and work has been continued under a special act of the legislature, with reference to the city of Somerville, passed in April, 1905, whereby the electric light and telephone companies are placing their overhead wires in conduits underground in certain specified streets, and remov- ing all poles from these streets.


The telephone and electric light companies have extended their underground conduits in Broadway during the year 212 feet and 2,590 feet, respectively, making a total of underground con- duits in the city January 1, 1907, belonging to the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company 12.07 miles, and the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, 1.10 miles.


Lines and grades have been given for laying 5,189.7 linear feet of new water mains varying in size from six inches to twelve inches in diameter. Two hundred and fourteen house services, eighteen gates, and seventeen hydrants have been located and recorded, sketches and plans made showing the same, and the large water works map corrected to date.


Eighty-one services were re-located, principally on account of new permanent pavement being laid in certain streets where . it was advisable to place an extra pipe in the sidewalks. Some of the trench work on the extension of water mains the past year has been done by contract with the lowest bidder, at a consider- able saving in cost to the city, the average cost being twenty-six cents per lineal foot for excavation and re-filling done by con- tract.


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During the year the department has made plans and estab- lished grades for the acceptance, under the betterment act, of eleven new public streets, a total length of 1.02 miles, and one street widening plan, and made plans showing the discontinuance of two streets and a portion of another : copies of these plans have been made and filed at the Middlesex Registry at East Cambridge, as required by law.


Five hundred twelve and eight-tenths square feet of land have been taken on the northerly side of Mossland street, at Elm street, and two hundred seven and four-tenths square feet of land taken on the southerly side of Mossland street, at Somerville avenue, for the purpose of widening the roadway.


Frost avenue, Sherman street, and the southwesterly end of Edmands street have been discontinued as streets, a length of nine hundred six feet.


Five plans have been made for acceptance of private streets during the year as ordered, but not as yet made public, and there are plans for acceptance of twelve other private streets, previously made, on file in the office that, for various reasons, are still un- accepted as public ways.


Ten streets have been constructed during the year, a lengthi of four thousand three hundred twenty-eight feet, where better- ment assessments have been levied on the abutting property amounting to $3,228.38.


The total length of public streets in the city is 71.229 miles, and private streets, 23.033 miles.


Lines and grades have been given for setting twelve thou- sand eight hundred thirty-five and two-tenths linear feet (2.43 miles) of new edgestone and the re-setting of eleven thousand eight hundred four and five-tenths feet (2.24 miles) of old edge- stone, and measurements taken for computing assessments; the total length of edgestone set being in excess of the previous year by about two thousand six hundred fifty-four feet.


Ten thousand five hundred and thirty-two square yards of new brick sidewalks and four thousand six hundred ninety-nine and five-tenths square yards of granolithic and tar concrete side- walks have been laid (about 4.24 miles in length), and five thou- sand six hundred ninety-nine and eight-tenths square yards of old brick sidewalks re-laid ; the total yardage laid being in excess of the previous year by about nine thousand one hundred four yards.


The average cost for the year of setting edgestone with gravel sidewalk has been ninety-eight cents per linear foot, and laying brick sidewalks one dollar and three cents per square yard,


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


which is in excess of the previous year on account of a slight in- creased cost of materials and labor.


Four thousand two hundred seventy-eight and five-tenths square yards of new paved gutters have been laid, and six hun- dred eighty-nine and six-tenths square yards of new vitrified brick and granite crossings and driveways constructed; two thousand two and one-tenth square yards of old gutters, drive- ways, and crossings have been re-laid, all requiring lines, grades, and measurements.


(See tables in this report for cost of new work, 1906, and total lengths of sidewalks constructed in the city to date.)


Streets Accepted as Public Highways in 1906 under the Betterment Act.


NAME OF STREET.


WARD.


FROM


To


Width in Feet.


Length in Feet.


Date of Acceptance.


Ash ave.


5


Meacham st.


E Albion st.


40


554


June 15


Calvin


2


Washington st. .


Beacon st


30 and 40


655


April 27


Cleveland


6


Central st.


Harvard st.


40


459


Oct. 26


Franklin ave.


1


Washington st. . Walnut st. .


Northwesterly


32.71


167


Sept. 14


Heath


5


Mt. Vernon ave.


Moreland st. .


40


361


Nov. 9


Hinckley


5


Broadway .


30 and 35


579


June 29


Jasper


4


Pearl st.


Richardson st. Gilman st.


40


283


June 15


Loring


3


Somerville ave.


Osgood st.


40


413


Nov. 23


Moreland


5


Meacham st. .


Mystic ave.


40


780


Oct. 26


Mossland


6


Widening at Elm Broadway . .


Warner st.


40


564


Nov. 23


Total


(1.021 miles)


..


5,393


Length of Public Streets in Each Ward.


Miles.


Ward one


9.291


Ward two


7.952


Ward three


7.370


Ward four


9.147


Ward five


11.056


Ward six


11.591


Ward seven


14.822


.


Franklin st.


20


575


July 27




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