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Total number of all kinds sealed
113,876
7,793
121,669
Number of scales adjusted and sealed
45
96
Number of weights adjusted and sealed
9
37
Number of dry measures adjusted and sealed
2
1
Number of liquid measures adjusted and sealed
3
Total number adjusted and sealed
59
134
193
Number of scales tagged for repairs
14
9
Number of scales repaired as ordered
8
1
Total number tagged and repaired
22
10
32
Number of scales condemned
5
3
Number of weights condemned .
1
2
Number of dry measures condemned
9
37
Number of liquid measures condemned
1,811
12
Number of yard sticks condemned .
4
Total number condemned
1,826
58
1,884
115,783
7,995
Total number tested in and out of office
123,778
Expenditures for year 1907 :-
Telephone
$29 60
Printing books and supplies
78 70
Amount paid for team
270 00
Amount paid for helper
286 00
Salary of sealer
1,100 00
Total expenditures
$1,764 30
Receipts for the year 1907 :- Appropriation
$1,300 00
Received fees for sealing and adjusting
442 90
1,742 90
Deficiency
21 40
$1,764 30
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JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
January 16, 1908.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
The following is my report as city solicitor for the year 1907 :-
Abolition of Grade Crossings. The commission appointed by the superior court, consisting of George W. Wiggin, George F. Swain, and James D. Colt, have held several public hearings in the Tremont building, Boston, in regard to the abolition of the five grade crossings in this city of the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad. At these hearings, persons repre- senting the Fresh Pond Ice Company, the American Tube Works, and several other business interests along the line of the railroad were fully heard. The regular public hearings have been closed, and plans are in preparation under the direction of the commission. There is good reason to expect that the work of the commission will soon be finished.
Lowell-street Bridge. Actions brought in the supreme court by the railroad corporations, to determine the validity of the decrees made by the county commissioners, were set down for a hearing in January, 1908, and will go to the full bench of that court for adjudication.
Other Cases in Court. Three highway accident cases have been settled for $100, $350, and $650, respectively, with the approval of the mayor and the street commissioner.
In another highway accident case the plaintiff was non- suited by agreement, and the case was disposed of without ex- pense to the city.
A highway accident case for injuries received in Washing- ton street by reason of a hole in snow and ice at a catch basin, whereby it was claimed an accident was caused, resulting in the death of the person injured, was tried before a jury of the su- perior court. The amount claimed was $5,000. A verdict was given against the city for $1,000. On the application of the city, the verdict was reduced by the court to $900, and then entirely set aside. The case was reported to the full bench of the supreme court and was argued in November. No decision has yet been given.
A petition in the superior court for the abatement of taxes was dismissed by agreement without costs.
An action brought for damages to property in Hall street, claimed to have been caused by the filling of a water course in an adjoining estate with ashes and other refuse by the board of
464
ANNUAL REPORTS.
health, was argued last year before the full bench of the supreme court, after a verdict of a jury in the superior court for $400 against the city, and has been decided in favor of the city.
An action long pending in the superior court, brought by the commonwealth against the city for expenses incurred in the support of paupers settled in Somerville, was adjusted for $737.75, being much less than the amount claimed.
An action brought in the superior court by the city, against a drain layer on his bond, was settled for the full amount of the judgment and costs previously paid by the city. 1
An action brought against the city of Newton, for expenses incurred in the support of a pauper, was tried in the superior court, and judgment given in favor of the defendant. By agreement previously made with the city of Boston, full reim- bursement was made to this city.
Alewife Brook Improvement. As the result of many hearings before legislative committees and the metropolitan park com- mission, the legislature passed an act, chapter 529 of the year 1907, for the purification of Alewife brook and adjacent drain- age areas. The cost to the cities and towns concerned is not to exceed $125,000, and is to be apportioned according to the fol- lowing percentages: Cambridge, 47; Arlington, 24; Belmont, 17 ; Somerville, 12.
Boston, Lowell, and Lawrence Electric Railroad Company. Hearings were given by the Massachusetts railroad commis -- sioners on the petition of this company for a location between Lowell and Boston through Somerville. From information ob- tained at the hearings, it appeared that the company intended to erect a structure here which would be a detriment to property in its vicinity, and that the operation of the railroad would give the people of this city little in the way of facilities for travel. I joined in the opposition to the petition. The commission re- fused to grant the petitioner a certificate of location.
Very respectfully, FRANK W. KAAN, City Solicitor.
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 1, 1908.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The following is respectfully submitted as the thirty-sixth annual report of the city clerk of the city of Somer- ville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1907 :---
The receipts and payments were as follows :-
Receipts.
Balance from year 1906, being for dog li- censes issued in December, 1906 :- --
2 males at $2.00 $4 00
2 females at $5.00 10 00
$14 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treas- urer in December, 1906, 4 at $.20 . 80
$13 20
For dog licenses issued in 1907 :-
1,579 males at $2.00
$3,158 00
294 females at $5.00
1,470 00
84 spayed at $2.00
168 00
5 breeders' licenses at $25.00
125 00
$4,921 00
Recording mortgages, assignments, etc., 755 papers
$455 50
Certificates of marriage intentions, 835 at $.50, and 1 duplicate
418 00
Furnishing copies of records
56 75
Licenses :- To collect junk, 45 at $10.00 $450 00
For junk shop, 1 at $25.00 25 00
475 00
For billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys, 12 li- censes for 33 tables and 6 alleys, at $2.00 $78 00 ·
fee for 1 table paid back on 1906 account 2 00
76 00
To auctioneers, 27 at $2.00
54 00
To sell fireworks, 43 at $1.00
43 00
To keep intelligence offices, 5 at $2.00
10 00
For amusements, 38 licenses for 90 per- formances, at $1.00 .
90 00
To street musicians, 10 li- censes for 20 persons, at $.50 $10 00
Amounts carried forward
$1,678 25
$4,934 20
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward .
4 licenses for 8 persons refused but money not called for, at $.50 4 00
$1,678 25 $4,934 20
To slaughter, 7 at $1.00 . $7 00
1 refused but money not called for, at $1.00 . 1 00
8 00
Repairing and sale of junk badges
1 75
Sale of old ballots .
2 00
Recording and issuing liquor licenses, 35 at $1.00 . · .
35 00
Permits to transport liquors, 23 at $1.00 · ·
$23 00
14 refused, but money not called for
14 00
1 granted in 1906, issued and paid in 1907 1 00
$38 00
6 refused in 1906, paid
back in 1907 · 6 00
32 00
Interest on deposits
12 49
1,783 49
Total receipts
$6,717 69
Payments.
To Joseph O. Hayden, county treasurer, June 1 and December 1, receipts for dog licenses from December 1, 1906, to November 30, 1907, both inclusive :- 1,579 males at $2.00
$3,158 00
295 females at $5.00
1,475 00
83 spayed at $2.00
166 00
5 breeders' licenses at $25.00
125 00
$4,924 00
Less city clerk's fees, 1,962 at $.20
392 40
$4,531 60
To the city treasurer, monthly :-
City clerk's fees for issuing and recording dog licenses, 1,962 at $.20 .
$392 40
All the receipts above specified, except for dog licenses
1,783 49
2,175 89
Total payments .
$6,707 49
Balance January 1, 1908, being for dog li- censes issued in December, 1907 :-
2 males at $2.00
$4 00
1 female at $5.00
5 00
1 spayed at $2.00
2 00
$ 11 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer, 4 at $.20 . · 80
$10 20
-
14 00
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CITY CLERK.
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Licenses and Permits.
Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of re- ceipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the board of aldermen and issued without charge, as follows :-
Amusements, Somerville High School Athletic Association, ball games (fees remitted) .
Auctioneers (to veterans of the Civil War) Innholders
4
Common victuallers
Common victuallers, transferred to new owners
4
Drain layers
Drain layers, bond not filed :
0
8
Newsboys
91
Junk collectors, to cry calling in streets
45
To cry goods in streets .
39
To cry aloud in streets to announce calling : Umbrella menders
Umbrella mender and locksmith
To ring bell in streets :-
Ice cream venders
5
Scissors sharpeners
8
To set up and use engines :- Electric motors, 12 licenses for 17 motors Gas engines
17
Steam engines .
10
To erect or use buildings for gasoline .
6
To blast rock or stone
3
To maintain projections over sidewalks :- Awnings
7
Banner
1
Barber's pole
1
Bay windows
2
Electric lights
2
Flag and flag pole
1
Signs
18
To erect guy post and cable .
1
To move buildings through streets
3
To Salvation Army to parade, sing, and play on musical instru- ments in streets
2
To hold open-air meetings
1
For children to take part in entertainment
1
To keep lying-in hospital
.
1
Gas and Pole Locations.
The Cambridge Gas Light Company and the Charlestown Gas and Electric Company have been granted permission to lay gas mains in sundry streets.
Permission has also been given the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts and the Edi- son Electric Illuminating Company of Boston to erect poles for the support of wires in various streets.
In every case of such permission to use the streets, a suit- able agreement for the protection of the interests of the city must be filed with the city clerk before the order can become operative.
.
1
To lay pipe under sidewalk
1
.
24
3
54
2
2
1
3
To set and maintain hitching post
468
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Births.
Number of births reported by physicians and midwives for 1907 :-
Males Females
860
770
A canvass of the city is at present being made under the direction of the city clerk, as required by section 5, chapter 29, of the Revised Laws, to ascertain the facts required for record relative to all children born therein during the year.
As the information derived from such canvass will not be available in time sufficient for its incorporation in this report, a statement in full of the births of 1907 will be given in the city clerk's report for the year 1908.
Marriages.
Number of intention certificates issued in 1907
835
Less than previous year
14
Marriages registered
890
Less than previous year
6
Both parties American
470
Both parties foreign
208
American groom and foreign bride
118
Foreign groom and American bride
94
890 couples
First marriage of
1,595
Second marriage of
178
Third marriage of
.
7
890 couples
Deaths.
(Exclusive of still-births.)
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1907
997
Less than previous year
7
Males
455
Females
542
997
Under ten years of age .
238
10 and under 20 years of age
31
20 and under 30 years of age
66
30 and under 40 years of age
55
40 and under 50 years of age
75
50 and under 60 years of age
111
60 and under 70 years of age
152
70 and under 80 years of age 80 and under 90 years of age
90
90 years of age and over
997
Age of oldest person deceased
100 yrs. 9 mos. 4 dys.
Born in Somerville
233
Born in other places in the United States
417
Of foreign birth
338
Birthplace unknown
9
997
165
14
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CITY CLERK.
Number of deaths in January
95
66
66
February
74
66
66
66
May
72
June
72
July
63
66
66
August
69
66
66
September
65
66
66
October
92
66
66
November
86
66
66
60
December
131
997
The number of still-births recorded during the year was seventy-five. In addition to the above, 164 deaths which oc- curred elsewhere were recorded in Somerville, almost the entire number of persons deceased having been residents of this city.
Voting Precincts.
In my report of last year, I called attention to the fact that precinct two of ward seven had nearly reached the legal limit of 1,000 voters. By an order of the board of aldermen approved March 15, 1907, this precinct was divided into two precincts by a line beginning at the Cambridge line, and following the middle line of Cameron avenue in a northeasterly direction to Holland street, and thence in the same general direction across Holland street, through the proposed street, across land of the city of Somerville known as the Holland-street ledge, to Broadway, across Broadway, and following the middle line of Packard ave- nue to the Medford line.
The southerly of these two new precincts is numbered two, and the northerly three. A room in the Hodgkins schoolhouse on Holland street is used for the polling place for precinct two, and a room in the Lincoln schoolhouse on Broadway for pre- cinct three.
Precinct one of ward five has at present the largest number of registered voters of any precinct in the city, there being 863 names on the list at the close of registration November 20, 1907.
When a re-division of the ward is made, it would seem ad- visable to rearrange the existing precinct lines so that the num- ber of precincts would remain unchanged and the number of voters in each precinct be more nearly the same.
It does not appear necessary, however, to make any change. in this precinct the present year.
66
March
103
66 April
75
66
470
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Assessed Polls and Registered Voters. MEN'S LISTS.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
As- sessed Polls, May 1. 1907.
Nov. 21. 1906.
Re- vised Lists of Aug. 1. 1907.
Added in Sept. and Oct., 1907.
Oct. 16. 1907.
Added in Nov., 1907.
Nov. 20, 1907.
Nov. 5, 1907.
Voted Voted Dec. 10, 1907.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
1,303 534
733 350
634 295 296
56 17
690 312
..
690 312
410 205
217
539
362
12
308
6
314
202
250
667
389
341
3
344
3
347
205
280
3,043
1,834
1,566
88
1,654
9
1,663
1,022
1,179
Ward 2
Precinct 1
1,269
415
14
384 538 361
10
371
206
213
3,514
1,372
1,227
56
1,283
34
1,317
798
783
Ward 3 ·
Precinct 1
990
671
628 698
41 32
669 730
54
784
521
471
2,194
1,431
1,326
73
1,399
108
1,507
997
887
Ward 4
Precinct. 1
1,287
792
732
31 34
554
4
558
413
336
2,200
1,358
1,252
65
1,317
8
1,325
924
794
Ward 5
Precinct 1
1,328
836
785
74
859
4
863
663
505
694
409
374
32
406
4
410
282
2:20
5
=
3
890
514
466
22
488
8
496
336
276
2,912
1,759
1,625
128
1,753
16
1,769
1,281
1,001
Ward 6
Precinct 1
1,521
870
778
57 102
835 692 642
2
644
472
330
3,732
2,106
1,895
274
2,169
5
2,174
1,524
1,121
Ward 7
Precinct 1
1,414
747
714
81
795
10
805
558
443
880
964
451
28
479
7
486
349
292
7
3
946
...
446
59
505
7
512
362
285
3,240
1,711
1,611
168
1,779
24
1,803
1,269
1,020
City
20,835
11,571
10,502
852
11,354
204
11,558
7,815
6,785
·
1
1
1
·
.
2
.
·
2
1,390
558
370 495 362
43
15
553
356
344
2
.
.
3
.
·
·
·
4
.
.
.
2
2
1,204
667
691
498
378
6
3
1,007
569
590 527
115
763
4
767
511
458
2
913
566
520
5
.
4
839
554
413
6
7
2
3
4
3
855
399
-1
54
723
476
416
2
1,204
760
236
226
9
393
432
-1
2
471
WOMEN'S VOTING LISTS.
WARD.
PRECINCT.
Nov. 21, 1906.
Revised Lists of Aug. 1, 1907.
Added in Sept. and Oct., 1907.
October 16. 1907.
Added in Nov., 1907.
Nov. 20 1907.
Voted Decem- ber 10, 1907.
Ward 1
Precinct 1
23
23
..
23
23
3
1
2
6
3
. .
1
1
. .
71
66
. .
66
.
66
3
Ward 2
Precinct 1
4
4
4
. .
4
"
2
66
3
1
1
. .
1
. .
1
..
10
10
. .
..
10
..
Ward 3 "
Precinct 1
30
25
25
..
25
3
-
3
·
..
45
4
85
70
..
..
70
7
Ward 4
Precinct 1
17
16
..
16
1
17
3
4
·
19
19
. .
19
. .
19
1
36
35
35
1
36
4
Ward 5
Precinct 1
37
36
..
5
2
·
3
11
10
..
10
1
11
. .
57
54
..
54
2
56
4
Ward 6
Precinct 1 66
37
35
35
35
1
18
16
..
16
. .
16
..
6
.
60
54
54
54
1
Ward 7
Precinct 1
87
82
..
82
2
84
14
134
66
. .
66
1
67
5
7
3
...
44
44
44
..
221
192
..
192
3
195
19
City
.
540
481
.
481
6
487
38
3
12
11
..
11
. .
11
..
4
30
29
. .
2
2
5
5
5
. .
5
.
.
9
8
..
8
1
37
4
5
6
2
.
3
5
3
3
..
3
. .
7
2
·
2
55
45
. .
. .
45
. .
3
..
3
29
29
8
..
1
CITY CLERK.
..
36
10
70
2
·
472
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Elections.
The following is a statement of the votes cast, in the several wards of the city, for the candidates for the various offices, at the state election held November 5, 1907 :-
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
GOVERNOR.
Charles W. Bartlett,
Anti-Merger,
26
56
9
12
26
15
18
162
Thomas F. Brennan,
Socialist Labor, Socialist,
12
13
8
15
17
26
16
107
Hervey S. Cowell,
Prohibition,
39
9
6
8
11
13
86
Curtis Guild, Jr.,
Republican,
502
262
679
646
825
959
878
4,751
Thomas L. Hisgen,
Ind. League,
237
227
149
143
235
291
215
1,497
Henry M. Whitney,
Democratic, Ind. Citizens, Dem. Citizens
11
16
6
6
14
14
5
72
Nom. Paper,
5
13
1
1
3
4
1
28
23
23
23
11
21
19
35
155
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
E. Gerry Brown,
Independ. League, Anti-Merger,
281
283
171
181 10
276 15 761
9
4
79
Eben S. Draper,
Republican,
483
206
642
599
878
857
4,426
Walter J. Hoar,
Socialist Labor, Socialist, Prohibition,
7
12
3
2
5
10
8
47
Robert Lawrance,
13
11
9
17
15
26
15
106
Jonathan S. Lewis,
4
2
12
11
16
24
24
93
George A. Schofield,
Dem. Cit. Nom.
172
216
121
76
147
175
87
994
Rosie Aylward, Blank,
44
51
33
28
.. 46
59
28
289
SECRETARY.
Solon W. Bingham,
Prohibition, Dem. Cit. Nom.
9
6
11
12
18
20
21
97
Odilon Z. E. Charest,
Paper, Democratic, Socialist,
22
15
15
27
24
32
21
156
William M. Olin,
Republican,
569
251
747
712
895
1,053
999
5,226 63
Arthur E. Reimer,
Socialist Labor,
4
15
10
8
3
13
10
Dennis J. Ring,
162
170
80
64
147 83
179
107
909
Blank,
80
114
54
46
88
62
527
TREASURER AND RECEIVER- GENERAL.
Albert Barnes,
Edward J. Cantwell,
152
137
86 741
7 80 692
3 145 893
13 169 1,032
111 1,000
50 880 5,168 58
William P. Connery,
5
19
10
5
1-
9
3
Daniel F. Doherty,
183
251
88
55
122
148
46
893
16
13
12
19
19
28
19
126
7
9
17
9
12
26
20
100
92
108
43
57
80
99
61
540
5
7
1
1
2
8
3
27
John W. Brown,
151
173
102
69
112
156
74
837 93
Henry M. Whitney,
11
8
10
14
18
21
11
246
1,780
John T. Cahill,
18
17
6
80
55
111
139
49
837
John Hall, Jr.,
Socialist Labor, Ind. League, Republican, Anti-Merger,
5
13
9
Arthur B. Chapin,
562
248
§ Dem. Cit. Nom. Paper, Democratic, Socialist, Prohibition,
Charles E. Hitchcock, Edward Kendall, Blank,
Paper, Democratic,
1
1
Ind. League,
176
227
Henry M. Whitney,
Henry M. Whitney, Blank,
312
473
CITY CLERK.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
AUDITOR.
Joao Claudino,
Socialist Labor, § Dem. Cit. Nom.
5
10
..
7
2
11
6
41
Joseph A. Conry,
{Paper, Democratic,
182
258
89
68
123
135
59
914
Thomas E. Finnerty,
Ind. League,
145
159
84
67
133
165
87
840
George G. Hall,
Socialist,
20
12
16
20
27
31
27
153
James F. Pease,
Prohibition,
17
3
13
22
21
22
21
119
Henry E. Turner,
Republican,
549
239
729
668
870
1,032
986
5,073
Blank,
104
117
66
72
105
128
83
675
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Allen Coffin,
Prohibition,
40
9
13
27
20
30 987
27 950
166 4,925
John McCarty,
Socialist,
20
18
13
17
20
32
18
138
James E. McConnell,
Democratic,
200
274
97
63
135
150
61
980
William N. Osgood,
Ind. League,
160
143
107
94
156
198
130
988
Harvey H. Pratt,
Anti-Merger,
13
7
2
5
8
13
5
53
Gilbert G. Smith,
4
9
4
1
4
8
4
34
Blank,
78
92
48
59
74
106
74
531
COUNCILLOR.
Amos L. Betts,
Prohibition,
26
10
29
29 649
38 873
37 1,063
52 898
5,147
Thomas Hooper,
Ind. League,
231
256
142
153
247
267
184 135
967
SENATOR.
George E. Gookin, 2nd, Ind. League,
302 568
311 259
163 723
146 686
267 881
315 1,036
217 967
1,721 5,120
Elmer A. Stevens,
Republican,
John P. Quinland,
152
228
111
92
133
172
85
973
REPRESENTATIVES, 25TH DIST. (3)
William E. Dunning,
Ind. League,
277
...
152
140
251
820
Sidney B. Keene,
Republican,
524
701
626
788
....
. .
...
775
659
882
Edwin H Marks,
Ind. League,
223
125
100
197
645
Charles L. Underhill,
515
698
611
814
2,638
John Diggins,
1
....
1
....
...
....
1
Blank,
942
....
539
636
910
....
....
3,027
REPRESENTATIVES, 26TH DIST. (3)
Charles V. Blanchard,
Republican,
..
. .
. .
. . .
1,030
968
2,272
Charles E. Butterworth,
Ind. League,
246
. .
. .
300
198
744
Wilbur S. Porter,
Ind League,
241
272
186
699
William H. Smith,
Republican,
1,012
883
2,258
William L. Waugh,
Republican,
237
920
865
2,022
Caleb A . Page.
1
1
Ned Ryan,
1
Willie J. Claig,
1
1
Blank,
....
1,032
....
. .
...
1,036
707
2,775
.. .
1
Frederick White,
1
Albion A. Perry,
....
....
...
1
. .
....
2,639
Robert Luce,
Republican,
584
315
726
Blank,
142
217
100
93
123
157
Dana Malone,
Republican,
507
246
713
658
864
..
....
....
Republican,
....
.
363
...
....
1
....
..
. .
. .
TOTAL.
221
Walter S. Glidden,
Republican,
623
1,480
1
Blank,
1
.. .
274
. . .
2,900
Socialist Labor,
WARDS.
474
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Francis Bigelow,
Republican,
504
233
676 80
48
17
31
29 174
1,352
Blank,
126
193 145
16 138 87
18 146 97
211 128
175
104
862
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS. (2)
James H. Christie,
Ind. League,
259
243
128
110
209 216
239 245
167
1,355
George B. Glidden,
Ind. League,
237
253
136
119
Matthew H. Quick,
Prohibition,
32
19
41
28
35
51
42
248
David T. Strange,
Republican,
472
215
652
598
755
855
820
4,367
Edward Everett Thompson,
Republican,
448
211
639
564
733
873
785
4,253 263
Charles A. Ward,
22
14
26
39
36
72
54
Blank,
574
641
372
390
578
713
502
3,770
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
John J. Higgins, § Ind. League, ¿ Republican,
738
394
827
772 71
1,042 148
1,216 165
1,109
6,098
John J. McClure, Jr.,
Democratic,
194
286
107
....
....
1
...
1
89
118
.... 63
81
.. 91
142
96
680
SHERIFF.
John R. Fairbairn,
Republican,
661 26
329
780
742
940 71 142
1,151 39
1,082 36
5,685 244
Albion A. Weeks,
Prohibition,
12
28
32
George W. Wilkins,
215
298
99
59
1
169
61
1,043
Seavey,
120
.... 159
90
91
127
165
90
842
SHALL THE PROPOSED AMEND- MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL, TO REMOVE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND NOTARIES PUBLIC BE
APPROVED AND RATIFIED ?
Number of "Yes" votes, Number of "No" votes, Blank,
556 133
400 122
606 112
541 108
767 141
900 188 436
775 138 356
4,545 942 2,328
333
276
279
275
373
811 114
941 107
916 46
4,696
George A. DeLord,
Democratic,
164
221
780
Austin B. Robbins,
Prohibition,
8
6
125
George W. C. Smith,
Ind. League,
220
270
64
1,035
John B. Moran,
1
..
...
1
J. B. Moran, Blank,
Democratic,
..
1
Blank,
168
1,374
Prohibition,
....
615
475
CITY CLERK.
1
The following is a statement of the votes cast in the several wards of the city, for the candidates for the various offices, and on the question of granting liquor licenses, at the city election held December 10, 1907 :-
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
9
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
MAYOR.
John F. Foster,
Republican Ind. Nom. Paper, ( Ind. League, Republican, Democratic,
193
164
198
127
225
296
388
1,591
Charles A. Grimmons,
641
219 386
590 76
604 51
699 69 1
702 108
34
4,047 1,031 1
Jessie S. Newcomb, Blank,
.... 38
14
23
.. 12
.. 15
6
115
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 1.
George A. Lord,
Republican,
729
268
659 1
649
789
824
799
4,717 1
Neil O'Donnell,
... 450
515
227
... 145
212
297
.... 221
2,067
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 2.
David Berglind,
Republican,
617
417
637 1
603 ....
773
799
768
4,614
W. C. Daggett,
Warren C. Daggett, Blank,
... 562
364
249
191
... 228
322
.... 252
2,168
ALDERMAN.AT-LARGE, WARD 3.
Leonard W. Cole,
Republican,
634 156
351
705 107
590 77
722 130
757 164
695 144
4,454 907
Edwin H. Marks,
Ind. League,
Seth Mason,
William Armstrong,
.... 389
.... 303
73
.... 127
149
200
181
1,422
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 4.
William E. Dunning,
§ Ind. League, ¿ Democratic,
271
286
121
106 599 89
690 150
214
191
1,481
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 5.
J. Frank Mixer,
Republican,
604
267
635 ....
615 ....
843 1 1
793
749
4,506
John Kilmartin,
....
....
....
1
Charles F. Maguire,
... 575
516
.... 252
179
156
.... .... 328
271
2,277
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 6.
Henry A. Diehl,
Ind. League, Republican,
534
178
78 574 81 154
55 572 50
149 632 92
146 763 119 93
107 694 35 184
731 3,947 885 1,222
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 7.
Andrew J. H. Bickford, Ind. League,
Edward H. Kingman,
Republican,
176 519
156 192
100 580
82 556
141 684
153 715
159 739 1
967 3,985
George T. Rand,
1
Blank,
484
.... 435
207
156
176
253
121
1,832
...
2
129
....
1 1
George W. Harvey,
Republican,
557
718
710
4,051
Blank,
351
Robert W. Houley,
Democratic,
228
280
Blank,
316
230
117
128
161
189
119
1,253
John H. O'Neil,
307
...
..
. .
....
....
1
..
..
....
....
1 1
Blank,
1
Blank,
101
95
Richard Y. Good,
191 306
586 180
Blank,
2
·
WARDS.
592
476
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 1.
John Diggins,
Ind. Citizen, Democratic,
632
....
....
....
632
James D. Hayden,
Republican,
598
....
Leslie E. A. Smith,
Republican,
598
...
...
.
....
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 2.
Albert H. Bassett,
Republican,
179
....
..
179
Joseph A. Haley,
Democratic,
466
466
Philip Koen,
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