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Veazie street, 6-inch gate, 13 feet 4 inches out from north line, on east line of Marshall street.
Willow avenue, 12-inch gate, 16 feet 8 inches out from east line, on north line of Frederick avenue.
Summary of Statistics
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1906.
In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association.
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS.
SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population by census of 1905, 69,272.
Date of construction: commenced in 1868.
By whom owned: City of Somerville.
Source of supply: Metropolitan water system.
Mode of supply: water is delivered into the city's mains, under both high and low pressures, by the Metropolitan Water Works.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER.
1. Estimated total population at date, 71,000.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 71,000.
3. Estimated population supplied, 71,000.
4. Total consumption for the year, 2,248,741,000 gallons.
7. Average daily consumption, 6,301,000 gallons.
8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 89.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
MAINS.
1. Kind of pipe, cast-iron.
2. Sizes, from 4-inch to 20-inch. -
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3. Extended 5,369 feet during year.
5. Total now in use, 91.3 miles.
6. Cost of repairs per mile, $.86.
7. Number of leaks per mile, .09.
9. Number of hydrants added during year (public and private), 17.
10. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,067.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 18.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 1,376.
14. Number of blow-offs, 136.
15. Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
SERVICES.
16. Kind of pipe: Lead; wrought iron-lead-lined; wrought iron- cement-lined; cast-iron.
18.
17. Sizes, one-half to six inches.
20. Extended 8,520 feet.
Total now in use, 74.05 miles.
21. Number of service taps added during the year, 210.
22. Number now in use, 11,489.
24. Average cost of service for the year, $21.13.
25. Number of meters added, 768; discontinued, 30.
26. Number now in use, 2,829.
27. Percentage of services metered, 24.55.
28. Percentage of receipts from metered water, 40.87.
29. Number of motors and elevators added, 0.
30. Number now in use, 9 (included in number of meters).
FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
From Water Rates : -
A. Fixture rates ·
.
.
.
$133,886 92 92,533 42
C. Total from consumers .
$226,420 34
M. From other sources : - Metropolitan Water Works
$ 800 30 3,929 80
Water service assessments Costs for non-payment
45 00
Labor and materials sold
3,105 01
Water Works Construction : -
GG. Extension of mains ·
$8,136 78
HH.
Extension of services
4,724 12
II. Extension of meters ·
6,334 96
KK. Total construction ·
.
.
.
LL. Unclassified expenses : - Metropolitan water assessment Refunds to consumers
97,160 08
.
5 10
MM. Balance : - (aa) Ordinary · Total balance
66,907 64
. $66,907 64
N. Total
.
Disposition of balance : applied to other municipal purposes.
O. Cost of works to date $874,698 99
P. Bonded debt at date .
R. Average rate of interest, 4 per cent. · 86,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
N. Total
$234,300 45
Water Works Maintenance : - AA. Operation ( management and repairs ) . . .
$27,946 76
BB. Special :- Miscellaneous accounts .
3,150 01
CC. Total maintenance .
$31,096 77 3,935 00
DD. Interest on bonds .
.
.
.
16,000 00
EE. Payment of bonds .
.
.
.
·
.
$234,300 45 .
.
B. Meter rates ·
.
.
.
.
$19,195 86
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
--
OFFICE OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, February 13, 1907.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-I herewith present to you the annual report of the fire department for the year ending December 31, 1906.
Fire Alarms.
Number of bell alarms
204
Number of still alarms 133 .
Total alarms Thirty-four of the bell alarms were false.
337
Value.
Loss.
Insurance.
Value of buildings at risk
$361,950 00
Damage to buildings
28,404 44
Insurance on buildings .
272,750 00
Value of contents
- 157,940 00
Damage to contents
20,182 25
Insurance on contents
111,575 00
Total value of risks
519,890 00
Total damage .
48,586 69
Total insurance
384,325 00
Manual Force.
The manual force of the department consists of thirty- seven permanent men and eighty call men; total, 117, divided as follows :-
Chief engineer
1
Assistant engineer
1
Three engine companies
40
Two hook and ladder companies
27
Three hose companies
28
Two combination chemical and hose companies
16
One chemical engine company
3
One chief's driver
1
Total number of men .
117
Apparatus in Service.
Steam fire engines
3
Two hook and ladder trucks
2
Chemical engines
1
Combination chemical and hose
2
Hose wagons
6
436
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Apparatus in Reserve.
One combination ladder and chemical truck . 1
One plain ladder truck .
1
Two hose reels .
.
2
Horses.
The number of horses owned and maintained, forty-one.
The apparatus is in good condition, except engine No. 4, which is now being rebuilt.
Recommendations.
I recommend that six permanent men be added to the man- ual force.
That a steam fire engine be placed in the Clarendon-hill fire station.
That a chemical and a steam fire engine be placed in the Union-square fire station.
That a tower ladder truck be placed in the Union-square fire station, to take the place of the village truck now there. The ladders now in use are not of sufficient length to reach the top of many high buildings.
As a partial preventative of giving false alarms of fire, I recommend that keyless doors be placed on fire alarm boxes.
The Legislature of 1905 passed an act to authorize cities and towns to establish a municipal building fund. A copy of the act is herewith presented, and I recommend its acceptance by the city government.
An Act to Authorize Cities and Towns to Establish Municipal Building Insurance Funds.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :-
Section 1. Any city or town which accepts the provisions of this act may establish and maintain a municipal building insurance fund, from which any municipal buildings or other property damaged or destroyed by fire, lightning or otherwise, may be repaired, rebuilt or replaced by other buildings or property to be used in lieu thereof.
Section 2. Any such city or town may raise money for the pur- poses of this act, not exceeding in amount in any one year one twentieth of one per cent. of its assessed valuation; but no money shall be raised for such purpose while the amount of the fund equals or exceeds one per cent. of such valuation.
Section 3. The fund established under this act by any city or town shall be managed and administered as provided in section fifteen of chapter twenty-seven of the Revised Laws, by the sinking fund com- missioners thereof. if such there be, or by any municipal board of com- missioners or trustees having charge of its trust or sinking funds; and if in any such city or town such commissioners or trustees have not been established sinking fund commissioners shall be elected in the manner provided in section fourteen of chapter twenty-seven of the Revised laws.
Section 4. This act may be accepted by any city by a concurrent vote of both branches of the city council, and by any town by a majority of
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CHIEF ENGINEEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
the voters present and voting thereon at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 17, 1905. Chapter 191. Acts and Resolves for 1905.
The school buildings are unoccupied a large portion of the year. A fire that begins in a vacant building usually becomes of large proportions when it is discovered. The value of the public buildings and contents is about $2,000,000, and none of them are insured.
In the month of August the National Board of Underwriters requested that their representative be privileged to examine appliances of the fire department used in extinguishing fires. They were furnished every facility to test the apparatus, includ- ing the engines and the fire alarm telegraph.
They have made a report in which they ask that the call force of firemen be discontinued, and a permanent force be em- ployed in its place. The latter proposition if put into opera- tion would increase the salaries paid to firemen $60,000. While the terms suggested by the underwriters may be desirable from their point of view, they are not a necessity.
The problem of greater security against fire is not wholly solved by adding to the fire extinguishing force, either in men or apparatus, but rather in erecting buildings that are slow to catch fire, and that will reasonably resist fire.
If the great insurance interests sincerely desire to do some- thing practicable to prevent the fire waste, they should make a reduction in the rate of insurance to the owners of the buildings, who will place metallic gutters and non-inflammable roofs upon them. The shingle roof is a menace to the city in time of fire, and they are also a menace to the pecuniary interests of the in- surance companies. Underwriters should hold out some in- ducement to have them discontinued.
The establishing of fire limits, within which no building can be erected unless the outer walls and the roof are made of some non-inflammable material, would be of great help to the firemen in bringing a conflagration under control.
Causes of Bell Alarms.
Accidental
3
Boiling over of fat
1
Burglar burning matches
1
Blue-flame oil stove
2
Breaking gas fixture .
2
Burning rubbish .
3
Bovs and matches
5
Children playing with matches
11
Clothing hanging over stove .
2
Curtain in contact with gas jet .
5
438
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Chimney fire .
7
Candle left burning in chair
1
Cigarette smoking on lounge .
2
Clothing in contact with lamp .
1
Can Albany grease on furnace ·
1
Candle on Christmas tree in contact
1
Children lighting papers from stove Dropping lighted match
1
Defective chimney
2
Defective chimney fiue
2
Defective stove pipe
1
1
Draperies in contact with candle
1
Dust and shavings in furnace pipe .
1
Electric car
5 1
Electric wires
3
Electric switch box
1
Fumigating
2
Fire crackers
2
Fire in Boston
1
Fire in Cambridge
2
Fire in dump
8 34
Grass fire
5
Heat from fire
1
Hot ashes
5
Incendiary
9
Kerosene lamp overturned
4 2
Kettle tar fire
1
Light mistaken for fire
1
Lighting matches to get oil
1
Lightning
1
Lighted cigar in waste basket
1 3
Lighted cigar on awning . .
1
Mattress in vard
1
Match in waste basket
1
Oil stove
2
Overheated furnace
2
Plumbers' furnace
1
Pipe left lighted in coat
1
Painter's torch
1 4
Rats and matches
3
Rags thrown under sink
2
Smoke thought to be fire .
1
Spark from machine .
1
Spark from stove
1
Spark from railroad .
6
Smoke from peanut roaster
1
Snap match .
3
Thawing water pipe
3
Unknown
3
2
Cars off track run into switchhouse Combustion
4
2
Dog upsetting lamp .
1
Elevated wires under bridge
False alarms
Kerosene lamp explosion
Lighted cigar in waste barrel
Pipe smoking on lounge
Spark from chimney .
8
204
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CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Roster of Department.
James R. Hopkins Edward W. Ring
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Wilfred Young,
Aug. 7, 1874,
Captain,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
Frank Langer,
July 4, 1854,
Lieutenant,
Wood Moulder,
Trull st.
John W. Bartlett,
Feb. 22, 1862,
Engineman,
Fireman,
Lowell st.
Percival L. Lowell,
July 1, 1877,
Asst. Engineman,
Fireman,
Marshall st.
Frank R. Rametti,
Dec. 26, 1873, Feb. 28, 1867,
Driver,
Fireman,
Avon st.
Lyle Sterling,
Driver,
Fireman,
Summer st.
Fred S. Young,
Feb. 1, 1867,
Hoseman,
Water Dept.,
Oxford st.
Oscar J. Lingley,
April 5, 1860,
Hoseman,
Milkman,
Avon st.
Benjamin F. Johnson,
Nov. 20, 1864,
Hoseman,
R. R. Yard Man,
Medford st.
Sewall M. Rich,
Nov. 6, 1866,
Hoseman,
Merchant,
Medford st.
Joseph W. Mess,
Sept. 25, 1863,
Hoseman,
Milkman,
Chester ave.
Everett W. Bray,
Feb. 17, 1872,
Hoseman,
Prov. Clerk,
Alston st.
.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Benjamin H. Pond,
Oct. 25, 1867,
Captain,
Fireman,
Columbus ave.
Lewis E. Seymour,
March 25, 1873,
Driver,
Engineman,
Fireman,
Maple ave.
Walter H. Young,
Dec. 25, 1869,
Asst. Engineman,
Fireman,
Fountain ave.
Charles Spike,
Feb. 8, 1875,
Driver,
Fireman,
Grant st.
Robert Geaton,
Feb. 22, 1861,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Bradley st.
Cornelius A. Doherty,
April 30, 1873,
Hoseman,
Milk Dealer,
Cross st.
Edward W. Burgess,
Aug. 3, 1859, Aug. 11, 1866,
Hoseman,
Woodworker,
Brook st.
Frederick W. Kimball, Charles T. Garland,
Nov. 15, 1871,
Hoseman,
Coal Dealer,
Pearl st.
Thomas E. Nagle,
Nov. 7, 1869,
Hoseman,
Teamster,
Oliver st.
Robert F. Garland,
June 23, 1866,
Hoseman,
Laundryman,
Cross st.
Charles M. Craig,
Nov. 4, 1878,
Hoseman,
Teamster,
Highland ave.
David L. Stevens,
March 17, 1873,
Hoseman,
Blacksmith,
Brook st.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
John Gillooly,
June 9, 1856,
Captain,
Fireman,
Winslow ave.
Danforth S. Steele,
Sept. 9, 1850,
Lieutenant,
Foreman,
Leslie pl.
Lindorf D. Bixby,
Jan. 31, 1841,
Engineman,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
George H. Crosby,
Sept. 14, 1881,
Asst. Engineman,
Fireman,
Cross st.
Charles F. Hathaway,
Feb. 11, 1876, May 10, 1873,
Driver, Driver,
Hoseman,
Painter,
College ave.
James I. King,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Elm ct.
Eugene H. Jones,
June 17, 1864,
Hoseman,
Lineman,
Morrison ave.
John B. Rufer,
Blacksmith,
Chandler st.
George H. Keay,
March 16, 1869, Sept. 23, 1868,
Hoseman,
Fish Dealer,
Winslow ave,
·
Chief Engineer
27 Summit ave
.
Assistant Engineer .
Medford st.
§ Lieutenant,
Fireman,
New Cross st.
Clarence V. Cook,
Oct. 1, 1858,
Hoseman,
Vegetable Dealer, Otis st.
Grove st.
Robert W. Jesson, John F. Berton,
Fireman, Fireman,
Pitman st.
Feb. 14, 1857, March 30, 1865,
Hoseman,
440
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Francis W. Ring,
Aug. 7, 1854,
Captain,
Fireman,
Wheatland st.
Charles H. Timson,
May 27, 1859,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
Daniel R. Spike,
March 22, 1844,
Hoseman,
Janitor,
Marshall st.
Harry V. Spike,
Aug. 2, 1874,
Hoseman,
Clerk,
Grant st.
Charles A. Woodbury,
Jan. 31, 1859,
Hoseman,
Milk Dealer,
Frederic E. Cushing,
Dec. 20, 1845,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Benjamin Marble,
May 1, 1870,
Hoseman,
Fish Dealer,
Sargent ave.
J. Walter Holmes,
Sept. 8, 1875,
Hoseman,
Victualler,
Marshall st.
Charles P. Fowler,
May 24, 1879,
Hoseman,
Clerk,
Hamlet st.
Fred E. Knowles,
Jan. 14, 1878,
Hoseman,
Milk Dealer,
Jaques st.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 3.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Henry J. Turner,
Feb. 24, 1865,
Captain,
Fireman,
Somerville ave.
Alfred R. Higgins,
Feb. 25, 1849,
Lieutenant,
Park Laborer,
Prospect st.
Joseph F. Green,
Aug. 9, 1878,
Driver,
Fireman,
Mystic st.
Thomas W. Joy,
Feb. 22, 1856,
Hoseman,
Cooper,
Hawkins st.
Edward A. Parker,
Oct. 29, 1851,
Hoseman,
Park Laborer,
Prescott st.
Francis S. Brown,
Feb. 4, 1845,
Hoseman,
Watchman,
Columbus ave.
Walter J. Green,
Oct. 25, 1868,
Hoseman,
Florist,
Somerville ave.
Peter J. Kelley,
March 29, 1879, Hoseman,
Teamster,
Fountain ave.
Thomas L. Deegan,
Oct. 15, 1877,
Hoseman,
Blacksmith,
Mystic st.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 5.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Edwin F. Trefren,
March 28, 1858,
Captain,
Fireman,
Lowell st.
Harry F. Bucknam,
Sept. 21, 1872,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
William J. Blaisdell,
May 16, 1846,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Summer 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,
Elm place.
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.
Arthur M. Gilman,
Aug. 19, 1866,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
College ave.
Elmer C. Shiere,
Apr. 29, 1878,
Driver,
Fireman,
Elm st.
Charles H. Bridges,
Nov. 29, 1848,
Hoseman,
Machinist,
Westminster st.
Homer A. White, William Stern,
Sept. 19, 1873,
Hoseman,
Paperhanger,
Newbury st.
HOSE AND CHEMICAL COMPANY NO. 7.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
George W. Bridges,
March 22, 1876, Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Newbury st.
Arthur C. Sellon,
July 16, 1863,
Driver,
Fireman,
Hancock st.
George R. Dale,
June 22, 1871,
Hoseman,
Firemalı,
Josephine ave.
June 14, 1870,
Hoseman,
Electrician,
Hudson st.
March 26, 1876,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Highland ave.
Apr. 6, 1869,
Hoseman,
Carpenter,
Hudson st.
William P. Young,
Hoseman,
Plumber,
Cedar st.
Frederick L. Jensen,
Jan. 24, 1877, July 2, 1872,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Highland ave.
Harry G. White, Charles W. Hughes, Alfred M. Pride,
July 27, 1865,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Newbury st.
Sargent ave. Marshall st.
441
CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHEMICAL A.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Frank L. Draper
July 31, 1852,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Chester Ave.
George F. Bixby
March 27, 1869,
Driver,
Fireman,
John T. Coneeny
Nov. 2, 1876,
Operator,
Fireman,
Highland Ave. Ellsworth st.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Melvin B. Ricker,
Aug. 30, 1841,
Captain,
Fireman,
Prospect st.
Herbert L. Webber,
Nov. 9, 1869,
Lieutenant,
Painter,
Columbus ave.
Richard F. Clarkson,
May 18, 1859,
Driver,
Fireman,
Homer sq.
Joseph A. Sander,
Apr. 28, 1868,
Fireman,
Fireman,
Grove st.
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,
Ladderman,
Paperhanger, Laborer,
Broadway
John H. Ford,
July 16, 1859,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Oak st.
Frank H. Eaton,
Feb. 1, 1855,
Ladderman,
Laborer,
Prospect pl.
John H. Foy,
May 16, 1867,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Somerville ave.
Charles M. Davis,
Dec. 5, 1878,
Ladderman,
Mason,
Washington st.
George A. Row,
Jan. 19, 1867,
Ladderman,
Teamster,
Somerville ave.
Israel Y. Hall,
June 24, 1878,
Ladderman,
Laborer,
Homer sq.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 2.
NAME.
BORN.
RANK.
OCCUPATION.
RESIDENCE.
Horace W. Hutchins,
Aug. 26, 1866,
Captain,
Fireman,
Hancock st.
Charles E. Shaw,
Oct. 13, 1857,
Lieutenant,
Paperhanger,
Eastman rd.
John E. Hill,
Dec. 25, 1845,
Ladderman,
Ladderman,
Milkman,
Hudson st.
William J. Kennedy,
LeBaron Emery,
March 19, 1863, May 11, 1859, June 9, 1865,
Ladderman, Ladderman, Ladderman, Ladderman,
Grocer, Carpenter,
Alpine st.
Joseph E. Emery,
Aug. 2, 1870,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Alpine st.
David B. Nixon,
March 4, 1869,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Cedar st.
James A. Butler,
Oct. 29, 1881,
Ladderman,
Clerk,
Lowell st.
George A. Givan,
Oct. 8, 1863,
Ladderman,
Clerk,
Eastman rd.
Walter H. Thomas,
Nov. 12, 1850,
Ladderman,
Janitor,
Highland ave
SUBSTITUTES.
Charles J. McNamara,
William L. Larson,
Joseph G. Haney,
Walter J. Fuller,
Eugene L. Russell.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief Engineer, Fire Department.
Cherry st.
Clarence T. Conant,
Dec. 10, 1868,
Plumber,
Woodbine st.
Alpine st.
John H. Givan,
Highland ave.
Charles F. Mills,
Aug. 26, 1876,
Painter,
Salesman,
Bow st. pl.
James E. Thompson,
Sept. 1, 1869,
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, January 1, 1907.
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, 1906, with suggestions and recommendations for your considera- tion :-
Arrests.
Whole number of arrests made
1,774
Americans .
905
Foreign born
869
1,774
Males
1,684
Females
90
Residents
1,091
Non-residents
683
1,774
of which 1,359 were confined in the lockup.
Arrests for crimes against the person as follows :-
1
Assault and battery
6
Murder
11
Threats
150
Crimes against property :-
Arson
Breaking and entering buildings
59
Burning a building to defraud insurance company
1
Fraud
112
Larceny
19
Malicious mischief
13
Receiving stolen goods
8
Trespass
Crimes against good order :-
9
Bastardy
4
Carrying weapons
9
Conspiracy
4
Contempt of court
54
Disturbing the peace
943
Drunkenness
Amount carried forward
-
1,023 - -
224
Abandoning child
131
Assault felonious
1
3
9
1,774
443
CHIEF OF POLICE.
Amount brought forward
. 1,023
Evading railroad fare .
1
Forgery
2
Keeping for sale adulterated food
18
Keeping unlicensed dog
2
Neglected children
3
Neglect to support family
37
Perjury
1
Polygamy
1
Practicing veterinary medicine .
1
Stubbornness
10
Vagrancy
17
Violating automobile laws
Violating city ordinances
135
Violating health laws .
3
Violating liquor laws .
18
Violating Lord's day .
77
Walking on railroad track
14
1,370
;
1,744
Miscellaneous Reports.
Buildings found open and secured
629
Defective streets reported .
472
Obstructions in streets reported .
96
I.arcenies reported
268
Amount reported stolen
$7,811
Water pipes reported leaking
57
Number of street light reports
2,224
Police Signal, Patrol Wagon, and Ambulance Service.
Number of on duty reports made by the patrolmen
233,612
Number of wagon runs .
1,156
Number of prisoners conveyed in wagon
1,265
Number of miles run by wagon
1,718
Number of telephone calls
11,182
Number of ambulance calls responded to
353
Suggestions and Recommendations.
I renew my recommendation of last year, to equip this de- partment with an automobile, and I am more than ever satisfied that with such an addition a very much better record of arrests for crimes of an aggravated nature could be made by the depart- ment.
I am also satisfied of the need of a sub-police station in ward seven, as recommended last year, but if a combination gaso- line automobile patrol wagon and ambulance similar to the one used by the city of Springfield (Mass.) police department can be installed in the service of this department and located in said ward, it would answer many of the calls and be a great relief to the teams now used until a station is erected. Ambulance ser- vice is in great demand, as you will see by the miscellaneous re-
Peddling without license
2
Profanity
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
ports. The cost of maintenance of the new one suggested would be much less than to supply horses and continually feed them.
Intoxicating Liquors and Licenses.
The illegal traffic in intoxicating liquors has been looked after by the police with some considerable success during the year ; search warrants have been served, and where liquors were found, prosecutions have followed. There are thirty-three drug- gists and forty expressmen licensed to engage in the traffic of intoxicating liquors.
There are also thirty-seven junk and old rag dealers licensed to cry their calling in and through the streets.
Persons licensed as above quite often abuse their authority, and it appears to me that licenses to engage in such business should only be given to persons of known good character. All such persons are by the laws under police surveillance, and the authorities granting such licenses should co-operate with the police.
In General.
At the beginning of the year the mayor very candidly said he would be responsible to the citizens of Somerville for the management and efficiency of this department; later on he met the entire force assembled for inspection and instruction; the latter we got in earnest and to the point, but the management was not changed. I am held responsible to the mayor for the conduct and management of the department. I hope the result of our conduct and work will merit brief mention in the mayor's next inaugural address.
The force was increased May 17 by the appointment of eight more patrolmen, making the total number of the department seventy-two in rank and file (see official roster). March 23 Patrolman John E. Fuller was retired upon a pension, and Charles E. Byrnes resigned to accept a position upon the Mas- sachusetts district police.
Frederick J. Balcom died June 17, 1906.
In Memoriam
Frederick J. Balcom,
Died June 17, 1906.
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CHIEF OF POLICE.
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.
George H. Carleton, Sergeant.
Eugene H. Gammon, Sergeant. James M. Harmon, Sergeant.
Thomas Damery, Inspector.
PATROLMEN.
Allen, Charles W.
Allen, Harry L.
Arnold, Louis F.
Johnston, Charles S.
Blair, Robert T.
Johnston, William H.
Bolton, David A.
Keane, Edinund J.
Burns, Samuel
Kennedy, Michael T.
Carleton, Ira S.
Lewis, Sanford S.
Carter, Edward M.
Chisholm, Jotham
Crossman, Claude L.
Cummings, John J.
Dadmun, John A.
Peters, George A. C.
Phillips, James E.
Davidson, William J. Davies, Edward M. Dodge, Ezra A.
Ray, John A. Reick, Charles W.
Downey, Denis
Drew, Elmer E.
Fuller, Harvey R.
Gilson, Henry Y.
Simons, Daniel G.
Simons, Lemuel J.
Skinner, Jacob W.
Smith, George L.
Stevens, Charles W.
Sudbey, Henry A.
Hilton, Herbert
Sutherland, William J.
Woodsum, Eugene A.
RESERVE POLICE FORCE.
Burns, Joseph J.
Belzarini, Louis J.
Doolin, Patrick J.
Groves, Walter L.
Hanna, David J.
Hopkins, Edward J.
jones, Frederick G.
Kenney, William G.
Mulqueeney, Dennis G.
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