Report of the city of Somerville 1907, Part 38

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 548


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Fire Alarms.


Number of bell alarms


253


Number of still alarms 158


Total alarms


411


Number in excess of 1906


74


Value of buildings at risk


$450,475 00


Damage to buildings


36,656 00


Insurance on buildings


323,590 00


Value of contents


212,172 00


Damage to contents


39,190 00


Insurance on contents


145,284 00


Total value of risks .


662,647 00


Total damage


75,846 00


Total insurance .


468,874 00


Manual Force.


The manual force of the department consists of 120 men, divided into companies as follows :-


Permanent Men.


Callmen.


Chief engineer


1


Assistant engineer


1


Engine Co. No. 1


6


7


Engine Co. No. 2


5


9


Engine Co. No. 4


5


7


Hose and Chemical Co. No. 6 .


4


5


Hose and Chemical Co No. 7


3


5


Hose Co. No. 2 .


2


8


Hose Co. No. 3.


2


8


Hose Co. No. 5


2


8


Ladder and Chemical Co. No. 1


3


12


Ladder Co. No. 2


2


12


Chemical A


3


Total number of men


. 39


81 120


Apparatus in Service.


Steam fire engines


3


Chemical engine


1


Combination chemical and hose wagons


2


Ladder truck


1


Ladder truck with chemical tanks


1


Hose wagons


6


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.


448


ANNUAL REPORTS. !


Horses.


The number of horses owned and maintained, 41, divided as fol- lows :---


Chief engineer


1


Central station


12


Engine Co. No. 2


5


Engine Co. No. 4


5


Union-square station


5


Hose Co. No. 2


2


Hose Co. No. 5


2


Hose Co. No. 6


4


Hose Co. No. 7


2


Ladder Co. No. 2


3


Total


41


Fire Hose.


There is in service in the department 10,600 feet of good hose and 900 feet of second-hand hose on auxiliary hose reels. All the hose has been tested, and that which could not stand the pressure of 100 pounds has been condemned for fire purposes, and 700 feet of same has been transferred to park department, 800 feet to street department, 450 feet to water department, and 600 feet to the sewer department; 1,290 pounds of worthless hose has been sold for $25.83, and the money paid to the city treasurer.


Recommendations.


I recommend that a new combination chemical and hose wagon be placed in the Clarendon-hill fire station to take the place of the apparatus now there, which is unsafe for use by reason of age.


That the steam fire engine at Clarendon-hill station be placed in service.


That a chemical engine be placed in service in the Union- square fire station.


That an automobile chemical engine be stationed at Union square, such engines having been pronounced a success by parties who have used them. It would be valuable in extin- guishing small fires and economical in its operation.


I renew the recommendation made last year that Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1905, permitting the establishing of a sinking fund from which any municipal building damaged or destroyed by fire may be repaired or replaced by another building in lieu thereof. A copy of said act is herewith submitted.


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


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CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.


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 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.


I again recommend, as in former years, that shingle roofs on all buildings throughout the city be discontinued and re- placed by non-inflammable materials.


Fire Alarms and Causes thereof.


Accidental


2


Automobile


2


Burning of rubbish


2


Brush fires


2


Bonfires


4


Boiling over of tar


3


Boiling over of oil


1


Boiling over of fat


1


Broken gas pipe .


1


Children playing with matches


15


Chimney fires


6


Cleansing clothes with naphtha


2


Curtains in contact with gas jets


7


Candle upset in bed


1


Child playing with gas light


1


Defective chimneys


2


Dry house overheated


1


Electric cars


2


Explosion of stove polish


1


Explosion of chemical tank


1


Fire crackers on roof .


2


Fireworks on roof


3


Fire in Medford


2


Fire in Boston


2


False alarms


.


41


Combustion


9


Cigarette smoking


5


Clothing hanging over stoves


3


Drying plastering


2


3


Electric wires


-


450


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Grass fires


11


Gas stove in contact with woodwork


1


Gas cock falling out.


1


Hot ashes on floor


1


Hot ashes in barrels


3


Incendiaries


14


Kerosene lamps upset


6


Kerosene oil heaters


2


Lighting matches going to closet


6


Lamp left burning on chair


1


Leaking gas tube in bathroom .


1


Mattresses in yards


2


Overheated oven


1


Overheated oil, stoves


3


Overheated coal stoves


2


Paper hanging with gasolene torch .


1


Painter's torch


2


Plumber's lamp


1


Paint and varnish


1


Rubbish in cellar


2


Rubbish in yard


4


Rubbish left in building


1


Rats and matches


5


Rags for wiping stoves


2


Salamander stove


1


Stepping on snap matches


8


Smoke from stove


3


Smoke from chimney .


3


Spark in charcoal


2


Spark from blacksmith's forge


1


Spark in machine shop


1


Sparks from railroad .


5


Spark from roofer's furnace


1


Sparks on awnings


3


Sparks on roofs from chimneys


11


Sparks from tobacco pipes


5


Thawing out water pipes


6


Total


253


In addition to the notices of fire alarms received by the fire alarm system, notices of fires by the Central telephone, the local telephone, oral notices, automatic signals from factories, district telephone, notice of engine going to Charlestown, and notice of hose No. 2 going to Medford have been received at the Central fire station. This shows the importance of there being a man always at the desk at the Central fire station to receive calls for services required. There is only one telephone connected with the fire department that can be used for general business. There have been fifty-eight oral and telephone calls for the fire apparatus at the Central station, and thirty-three times the ap- paratus at other stations has been sent to fires from the Central station. This record shows the necessity of having a greater number of men at this station.


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451


Service of Companies in Fire Department, Year 1907.


Engine 1.


Engine 2.


Engine 4.


Hose 2.


Hose 3.


Hose 5.


Hose and Chemical 6.


Hose and Chemical 7.


Chemical A.


Hook and Ladder 1.


Hook and Ladder 2.


Totals.


Bell alarms responded to


188


104


81


101


138


132


69


107


153


148


123


1,344


Still alarms responded to


10


44


9


32


6


20


11


11


22


.


·


.


446


167


143


301


171


241


150


150


341


219


189


2,518


Feet of hose used


14,450


13,400


8,350


12,800


11,450


12,850


2,900


6,050


2,000


10,000


26,250


14,700


·


·


.


70


93


80


140


65


240


.


·


.


219


3,354


2,314


6,575


Chemical extinguishers used


.


7


33


26


18


24


40


·


·


.


18


3


155


Gallons of chemical water used


.


·


·


.


·


.


.


668


1,458


4,000


1,325


7,451


Times on duty at other stations


.


·


2


7


4


· ·


·


13


.


.


.


.


.


·


·


·


·


· ·


·


CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.


.


.


.


·


·


.


.


82,250


Feet of chemical hose used


52,950


Feet of ladders used


.


.


·


·


.


.


.


Miles traveled


2


167


10


452


ANNUAL REPORTS.


In Memoriam


Captain Melvin B. Ricker, born August 30, 1841, died Sep- tember 7, 1907. He was, for a term of forty years, a member of the fire department of this city, seventeen years of which he was captain in command of hook and ladder company No. 1. He was an excellent fireman, greatly esteemed by his associates, and a worthy citizen.


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CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Roster of Department.


James R. Hopkins Edward W. Ring


·


Chief Engineer


27 Summit ave.


·


Assistant Engineer .


. Medford st.


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,


Bartlett st.


John W. Bartlett,


Feb. 22, 1862,


Engineman,


Fireman,


Albion st.


Lyle Sterling,


Feb. 28, 1867,


Driver,


Fireman,


Knapp st.


Percival L. Lowell,


July 1, 1877,


Asst. Engineman,


Fireman,


Walnut st.


Frank R. Rametti,


Dec. 26, 1873, Mar. 29, 1879, Feb. 1, 1867,


Driver,


Fireman,


Fountain ave.


Fred S. Young,


April 5, 1860,


Hoseman,


Milkman,


Avon st.


Oscar J. Lingley, 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,


Merchant,


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 28, 1873,


§ Lieutenant, { Driver,


Fireman,


New Cross st.


Clarence V. Cook,


Oct. 1, 1858,


Engineman, Asst. Engineman,


Fireman,


Maple st. Fountain ave.


Walter H. Young, Robert Geaton,


Feb. 22, 1861,


Hoseman,


Hoseman,


Milk Dealer,


Cross st. Otis st.


Edward W. Burgess, Frederick W. Kimball,


Aug. 11, 1866,


Hoseman, Hoseman,


Woodworker,


Everett ave.


Charles T. Garland,


Nov. 15, 1871,


Hoseman,


Coal Dealer,


Pearl st.


Charles M. Craig,


Nov. 4, 1878,


Hoseman,


Teamster,


Highland ave.


Robert F. Garland,


June 23, 1866,


Hoseman,


Laundryman,


Cross st.


David L. Stevens,


March 17, 1873, Hoseman,


Black smith,


Broadway.


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,


Highland ave.


Robert W. Jesson,


Highland ave.


Charles F. Hathaway, John F. Berton,


May 10, 1873, Feb. 11, 1876, Feb. 14, 1857, March 30, 1865,


Driver, Driver, Hoseman,


Painter,


Morrison ave.


James I. King,


Eugene H. Jones,


June 17, 1864,


Hoseman, Hoseman,


Lineman,


Morrison ave.


Hoseman,


Blacksmith,


Chandler st.


John B. Rufer, George H. Keay,


March 16, 1864, Sept. 23, 1868,


Hoseman,


Fish Dealer,


Ellington road,


Driver,


Fireman,


Medford st.


Peter J. Kelley,


Hoseman,


Water Dept.,


Oxford st.


Fireman, Painter,


Tennyson st.


Cornelius A. Doherty,


Dec. 25, 1869,


April 30, 1873, Aug. 3, 1859,


Produce,


Fireman,


Fireman,


Grove st.


Painter,


Elm ct.


454


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,


Marshall st.


Daniel R. Spike,


March 24, 1844,


Hoseman,


Cooper,


Marshall st.


Harry V. Spike,


Aug. 2, 1874,


Hoseman,


Clerk,


Grant st.


Frederick E. Cushing,


Dec. 20, 1845,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Marshall st.


Benjamin Marble,


May 1, 1870,


Hoseman,


Fish Dealer,


Sargent ave.


J. Walter Holmes, Charles P. Fowler,


May 24, 1879,


Hoseman,


Clerk,


Hamlet st.


Fred E. Knowles,


Jan. 27, 1878,


Hoseman,


Milk Dealer,


Melvin 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,


Somerville ave.


Thomas W. Joy,


Feb. 22, 1856,


Hoseman,


Cooper,


Somerville ave.


Edward A. Parker,


Oct. 29, 1851,


Hoseman,


Park Laborer,


Prescott st.


Francis S. Brown,


Feb. 4, 1845,


Hoseman,


Locksmith, Florist,


Somerville ave.


Charles M. Davis,


Dec. 5, 1878,


Hoseman,


Mason,


Washington st.


Thomas L. Deegan,


Oct. 15, 1877,


Hoseman,


Blacksmith,


Mystic st.


James F. Ward,


Feb. 26, 1879,


Hoseman,


Teamster,


Hillside park.


Charles J. McNamara,


Aug. 29, 1881,


Hoseman,


Blacksmith,


Washington 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,


Patrol driver,


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.


Adam H. Gibby,


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,


Grove st.


Joseph A. Sander,


Apr. 28, 1868,


Fireman,


Fireman,


Grove st.


Charles H. Bridges,


Nov. 29, 1848,


Hoseman,


Machinist,


Westminster st.


July 27, 1865,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Newbury st.


Sept. 2, 1874,


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,


Fireman,


Josephine ave.


June 14, 1870,


Hoseman,


Electrician,


Hudson st.


March 26, 1876, Hoseman,


Painter,


Highland ave.


Apr. 6, 1879, Hoseman,


Carpenter,


Hudson st.


July 2, 1872,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Highland ave.


Sept. 1, 1884,


Hoseman,


Laborer,


Highland ave.


Sept. 8, 1875,


Hoseman,


Victualler,


Temple st.


Columbus ave.


Walter J. Green,


Oct. 25, 1868,


Hoseman,


Homer A. White, William Stern,


Harry G. White, Charles W. Hughes, Alfred M. Pride,


Frederick L. Jensen, William F. Wade,


455


CHIEF ENGINEER, FIRE DEPARTMENT.


CHEMICAL A.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


John T. Coneeny, Charles Spike, Frederick L. Jensen,


Nov. 2, 1876,


Lieutenant,


Fireman,


Ellsworth st.


Feb. 8, 1875,


Operator,


Fireman,


Grant st.


July 2, 1872,


Driver,


Fireman,


Highland Ave.


HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Frank L. Draper


July 31, 1852,


Lieutenant,


Fireman,


Chester ave.


Herbert L. Webber,


Nov. 9, 1869,


Driver,


Fireman,


Columbus ave.


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, July 16, 1859, 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.


George A. Copithorne,


Nov. 14, 1880,


Ladderman,


Clerk,


School st.


Joseph G. Haney,


Nov. 7, 1883,


Ladderman,


Clerk,


Fountain ave.


HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 2.


NAME.


BORN.


RANK.


OCCUPATION.


RESIDENCE.


Horace W. Hutchins,


Aug. 26, 1866,


Captain,


Fireman,


Hall st.


Charles E. Shaw,


Oct. 13, 1857,


Lieutenant,


Paperhanger,


Eastman rd.


George F. Bixby,


March 27, 1869,


Driver, Ladderman,


Fireman,


Highland ave.


John E. Hill,


Dec. 25, 1845,


Ladderman,


Milkman,


Hudson st.


William J. Kennedy,


Dec. 10, 1868, March 19, 1863,


Ladderman,


Plumber,


Woodbine st.


LeBaron Emery,


May 11, 1859, June 9, 1865, Aug. 26, 1876,


Ladderman, Ladderman, Ladderman,


Carpenter,


Alpine st. Hudson st.


Joseph E. Emery,


Aug. 2, 1870,


Ladderman,


Painter,


David B. Nixon,


March 4, 1869,


Ladderman,


Painter,


Hudson 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.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief Engineer, Fire Department.


Alpine st.


John H. Givan,


Grocer,


Highland ave.


Charles F. Mills,


Salesman,


Cherry st.


Clarence T. Conant,


Ladderman,


Laborer,


Broadway pl.


John H. Ford,


Ladderman,


Painter,


Oak st.


Frank H. Eaton,


Painter,


REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.


OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, - January 1, 1908.


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, 1907, with suggestions and recommendations for your consideration :


Arrests.


Whole number of arrests made .


1,819


Americans


943


Foreign born


876


1,819


Males


1,701


Females


118


Residents


1,087


Non-residents


732


of which 1,359 were confined in the lockup.


Arrests for crimes against good order as follows :-


Bastardy


7


Contempt of court


5


Cruelty to animals


2


Disturbing the peace


35


Drunkenness


909


Keeping unlicensed dog


3


Lewdness


7


Neglect to support family


32


Peddling without license


2


Stubbornness


8


Vagrancy


18


Violation of automobile laws


1


Violation of city ordinances


106


Violation of gaming laws


3


Violation of health food laws


32


Violation of liquor laws


6


Violation of Lord's day


81


Walking on railroad track .


19


1,289


Crimes Against the Person.


2


Assault and battery


206


Assault felonious


13


Murder


2


Threats


5


228


Adultery


Neglected children


13


1,819


1,819


457


CHIEF OF POLICE.


Crimes Against Property.


Attempt to commit arson


1


.


Breaking and entering


48


Evading railroad fare


6


Fraud


1


Larceny


112


Malicious mischief


73


Wilful trespass


20


261


-


1,778


Miscellaneous Reports.


Buildings found open and secured


601


Defective streets reported


588


Obstructions in streets reported


69


Larcenies reported


285


Amount of property reported stolen


7,936


Water pipes reported leaking


81


Number of street light reports


4,289


Police Signal, Patrol Wagon, and Ambulance Service.


Number of on duty reports made by the patrolmen


231,293


Number of wagon runs .


1,006


Number of prisoners conveyed to station


1,095


Number of miles run with wagon .


1,633


Number of telephone calls


12,804


Number of ambulance calls


459


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 gasoline automobile patrol wagon and ambulance similar to the one used by the city of Springfield (Mass.) police department can be in- stalled 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.


I also recommend that the city provide a saddle horse and one motor-cycle for the use of this department, and also provide extra police officers to obtain information concerning the char- acter and fitness or qualifications of any of the inhabitants for jury service for the registrars of voters as provided by Chapter 348, Acts of 1907.


Intoxicating Liquors and Licenses.


The pony express business, so-called, is a legalized cloak under which many violations of the law can be safely committed. Chapter 517, Acts of 1907, makes it an offence for a common carrier to receive intoxicating liquors for distribution in no-


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license cities or towns, unless they are regularly and lawfully conducting a general express business, but that does not apply to the authorities of this city except that of the propriety of grant- ing a license for such purpose to persons not conducting a gen- eral express business on account of said Acts and Resolves.


In General.


The force has not been increased since April 21, 1906, nearly two years, and there is one vacancy since June 17, 1907.


Sergeant Eugene H. Gammon resigned June 17, Patrolman Harry L. Allen resigned March 27, and Ira S. Carleton was re- tired May 9.


There was one death ; David J. Hanna died July 17. The new officers appointed were: Joseph A. Dwyer, Thomas P. Walsh, and Clyde W. Steeves.


In conclusion, I want to thank the Honorable Charles A. Grimmons, mayor, the board of aldermen, and the several heads of departments for support and encouragement given me in the discharge of the duties of my office, also, I thank more cheerfully than ever the officers, rank and file of my department for their valuable support and commendable performance of their duties.


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In Memoriam


David J. Hanna, Died July 17, 1907. 1


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Official Roster of Department.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST, Chief of Police.


Robert R. Perry, Captain.


Eugene A. Carter, Lieutenant.


Edward McGarr, Sergeant.


James M. Harmon, Sergeant.


Dennis Kelley, Lieutenant.


Charles E. Woodman, Lieutenant.


George H. Carleton, Sergeant.


Thomas Damery, Inspector.


PATROLMEN.


Allen, Charles W.


Howe, Hudson M.


Johnston, Charles S.


Belzarini, Louis J.


Blair, Robert T.


Keane, Edinund J.


Bolton, David A.


Kennedy, Michael T.


Burns, Samuel


Lewis, Sanford S.


Carter, Edward M.


Lynch, James M.


Chisholm, Jotham


Crossman, Claude L.


Cummings, John J.


Dadmun, John A.


Davidson, William J.


Davies, Edward M.


Dodge, Ezra A.


Ray, John A.


Downey, Denis


Reed, Walter


Reick, Charles W.


Rice, George L. -


Sharry, Martin


Simons, Daniel G.


Simons, Lemuel J.


Skinner, Jacob W.


Smith, George L.


Stevens, Charles W.


Sudbey, Henry A.


Sutherland, William J.


Woodsum, Eugene A.


RESERVE POLICE FORCE.


Burns, Joseph J. Doolin, Patrick J. Dwyer, Joseph A.


Groves, Walter L. Hopkins, Edward J.


Jones, Frederick G. Kenney, William G. Mulqueeney, Dennis G.


Steeves, Clyde W. Walsh, Thomas P. 1


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


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Phillips, James E.


Pollard, James J.


Drew, Elmer E.


Fuller, Harvey R.


Gilson, Henry Y.


Goff, Ernest S.


Googins, Frederick H.


Gott, Myron S.


Graves, Frank H.


Heron, Theodore E.


Hilton, Herbert


Hopkins, Frank C.


Howard, Ernest


McNamara, Thomas F.


Neylon, Denis


Perkins, Francis A.


Peters, George A. C.


Arnold, Louis F.


Johnston, William H.


REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, - City Hall Annex, Somerville, January 3, 1908.


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


The following report of the sealer of weights and measures for the year 1907 is respectfully submitted :-


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 in- habitants 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 treasurers, shall re- ceive a fee of one dollar for sealing each platform balance if weighing five thousand pounds or more, and fifty cents if weigh- ing 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, alterations and adjustments made by him.


Where 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 advertising in the Somerville Journal and the Somerville Reporter in March, 1907.


During the year the sealer visited all places in the city where goods were bought or sold, tested all scales, weights and meas- ures, sealed those which were found correct, and condemned all found beyond repair and useless.


One hundred and ninety-three scales, weights and measures were adjusted before sealing, twenty-three scales were tagged for repairs, nine of which were repaired as ordered, and the re- maining fourteen put out of use.


Work done in weights and measures during the year 1907 :-


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No. of Tests in the Office.


No. of Tests Outside of Office.


Total No. of Tests in and Outside of Office.


Number of scales sealed


263


1,219


Number of weights sealed .


198


3,899


Number of dry measures sealed


502


1,098


Number of tin liquid measures sealed


787


1,443


Number of glass jars sealed


112,096


Number of yard sticks sealed


134


Number of coal baskets sealed .




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