Report of the city of Somerville 1907, Part 42

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


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Tuttle, Herbert L., 22 Everett avenue, Clothing dealer.


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Ulm, Albert A., 59 Preston road, Printer. Upton, Samuel, 102 Glenwood road, Foreman.


Valentine, Paul R., 2 Bolton street, Clerk. Van Buren, John D., 1512 Alston street, Carriage painter. Van Buskirk, Charles, 20 Prescott street, Wheelwright. Varney, Chas. A., 408 Highland ave., Telephone insp'tr. Vickery, William J., 15 Quincy street, Paper box cutter. Vreeland, Edward B., 121 Central st., Coal & wood dir. Vroom, Hallett R., 26 Clark street, Teamster.


Waitt, Ernest L., 61 Simpson avenue, Editor. Walker, George, 26 Wallace street, Salesman.


496


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Walker, Granville A., 9 Loring street, Painter. Walker, J. Edwin, 64 Temple street, Engineer.


Walker, Thomas G., 5 Dell street, Foreman. Wanless, David, 21 Grove street, Salesman. Ward, Benjamin A., 22 Milton street, Tailor.


Ware, Francis A., 54 Dartmouth street, Insurance agent. Warren, Charles V., 17 Melvin street, Plumber.


Waters, Harry G., 101 Orchard street, Clerk. Waters, Morgan, 11 Sanborn avenue, Assistant supt.


Watson, Thomas J., 22 Fellsway West, Compositor. Watters, James, 41 Mystic avenue, Clerk.


Watts, George A., 18 Maple avenue, Mechanic. Webber, Edward O., 77 Partridge avenue, Janitor. Webber, Herbert L., 70 Columbus avenue, Painter. Weeks, Walter I., 36 Francesca avenue, Salesman. Welch, James T., 303 Highland avenue, Mason. Wemyss, George D., 29 Ames street, Wood worker. Wentworth, Frank H., 61 Dartmouth street, Salesman. Wentworth, Ransom D., 14 Hathorn st., Stable keeper. Weston, Charles F., 23 Conwell street, Bookbinder.


Weston, Howard H., 50 Jaques street, Milk dealer. Wheeler, Charles J., 32 Mead street, Painter.


Wheeler, Frank F., 11 Mossland street, Painter.


Wheeler, Homer C., 16 Kidder avenue, Receiving clerk. Whitcomb, Seth H., 59 Summer street, Nurse. White, Christopher J., 86 Prospect street, Laborer. White, Frank H., 14 Montgomery avenue, Map mounter. White, George H., 25 Meacham street, Machinist. White, J. Harvey, 411 Broadway, Agent.


Whitney, James F., 40 Dartmouth street, Railroad acct.


Whiton, Erastus, 12 Aldrich street, Clerk.


Whiton, George F., 20 Otis street, Leather dealer.


Wholey, James, 25 Oak street, Laborer ..


Wiggin, Walter S., 74 Walnut street, Salesman.


Williams, Charles C., 10 Oakland avenue, Manager.


Williams, Charles H., 45 Lexington avenue, Carpenter. Williams, James, 166 Sycamore street, No occupation.


Williams, James A., 212-A Somerville avenue, Carpenter. Williston, Belvin T., 3 Monmouth street, Mech. engineer. Willoughby, George T., 111 Central street, Builder. Wilson, Jonas W., 19 Houghton street, Teamster. Winsor, Martin C., 65 Cross street, Iron salesman.


Winters, John M., 275 Washington street, Electrician. Winters, William H., 275 Washington street, Engineer. Wood, Charles, 25 Columbus avenue, Locksmith. Wood Herbert W., 75 Wallace street, Shell comb maker.


Wood, James, 40 Tower street, Locksmith.


Woodbury, Frederick A., 240-A School st., Shoe dealer. Woods, George H., 13 West street, Agent. Worcester, Vernon H., 1134 Broadway, Clerk. Wright, John Edward, 73 Beacon street, Clerk.


Wright, Walter H., 54 Vinal avenue, Manufacturer. Wyatt, Charles B., 10 Linden avenue, Machinist. Wyer, James C., 45 Pearl street, Engineer.


Wyman, Charles B., 67 Thurston st., Restaurant keeper.


York, Ernest A., 10 Thorndike street, Driver. Young, David, 372 Highland avenue, Blacksmith. Young, Herbert L., 65 Franklin street, Clerk. Younker, Richard E., 9 Rossmore street, Wheelwright.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1907.


Mayor. CHARLES A. GRIMMONS, 72 Thurston street.


Board of Aldermen.


President - LEONARD W. COLE. Vice-President - DAVID C. THEALL.


WARD ONE.


THOMAS W. SUTHERLAND, Alderman-at-large


30 Tufts street.


WILLIAM F. REMICK .


·


16 Cutter street.


GEORGE A. LORD


4 Pearl street.


WARD TWO.


DAVID BERGLIND, Alderman-at-large


53 Dickinson street.


JOSEPH A. HALEY


·


7 Linden street.


PHILIP KOEN


97 Concord avenue.


WARD THREE.


LEONARD W. COLE, Alderman-at-large


. 5 Homer square.


WILLIAM M. ARMSTRONG


. 91 Summer street.


CLARENCE A. SMITH


25 Munroe street.


WARD FOUR,


DAVID C. THEALL, Alderman-at-large


250 Broadway.


GEORGE W. HARVEY


. 8 Chester avenue.


AMOS W. SHEPARD ·


191 Broadway.


WARD FIVE.


JESSE S. NEWCOMB, Alderman-at-large,


106 Glenwood road. 27 Thurston street.


J. FRANK MIXER


119 Central street.


WARD SIX.


CHESTER S. MCFARLAND, Alderman-at-large,


21 Cedar street. 30 Brastow avenue.


RICHARD Y. GOOD


CHARLES W. ELDRIDGE'


109 Rogers avenue.


WARD SEVEN.


JAMES DAVIS, Alderman-at-large


EDWARD H. KINGMAN


85 Chandler street. 14 Kenwood street.


ROBERT M. LAVENDER .


. 20 Westminster street.


City Clerk -FREDERIC W. COOK.


Assistant City Clerk -HOWARD E. WEMYSS.


Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at 8 o'clock.


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CHARLES A. BURNS


498


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen.


ACCOUNTS. - Aldermen Good, Haley and Harvey.


BONDS. - Aldermen Sutherland, Berglind and Kingman.


CITY ENGINEERING. - Aldermen Burns, McFarland and Koen.


CLAIMS .- The President, Aldermen Sutherland and Berglind.


ELECTIONS. - Aldermen Theall, Mixer and Lord.


ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS. - Aldermen McFarland, Kingman, Harvey, Mixer and Armstrong.


FINANCE. - The President, Aldermen Mixer, Theall, Sutherland, Davis, McFarland and Berglind.


FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Aldermen Sutherland, Burns, Eldridge, Harvey and Haley.


GRADE CROSSINGS. - Aldermen Armstrong, Lavender, Burns, Rem- ick and Koen.


HIGHWAYS. - Aldermen Theall, Remick, Davis, Newcomb, Smith, Eldridge and Koen.


LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. - The President, Aldermen Shepard and Newcomb.


LICENSES. - Aldermen Remick, Berglind and Kingman.


ORDINANCES AND RULES. - Aldermen McFarland, Burns and Shepard.


POLICE .- The President, Aldermen Armstrong and Good.


PRINTING. - Aldermen Newcomb, Lavender and Smith.


PUBLIC GROUNDS. - Aldermen Newcomb, Eldridge, Smith, Laven- der and Haley.


PUBLIC PROPERTY. - Aldermen Armstrong, Shepard, Lord, Good and Haley.


SEWERS. - Aldermen Davis, Shepard and Lord.


SPECIAL BUILDING PERMITS. - Aldermen Mixer, Theall and Lav- ender.


STATE AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF. - Aldermen Kingman, Good and Koen.


WATER. - Aldermen Davis, Smith and Lord.


School Committee.


Chairman. - FREDERICK A. P. FISKE. Vice-Chairman .- J. WALTER SANBORN. ( Term, two years, except members ex-officiis. ) CHARLES A. Grimmons, Mayor (ex-officio), 72 Thurston street.


LEONARD W. COLE, Pres. Board of Aldermen (ex-officio), 5 Homer square.


WARD ONE.


HENRY F. CURTIS ( elected 1905 ), 145 Perkins street.


ELMER H. SPAULDING (elected 1906 ), 44 Tufts street.


WARD TWO.


DANIEL H. BRADLEY ( elected 1905 ), 19 Concord avenue. THOMAS M. CLANCY ( elected 1906 ), 52 Springfield street.


WARD THREE.


GEORGE E. WHITAKER (elected 1905), 75 Walnut street.


WILBUR S. CLARKE ( elected 1906 ), 40 Vinal avenue.


499


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1907.


WARD FOUR.


CHARLES A. KIRKPATRICK, Jr. (elected 1905), 27 Sewall street. GEORGE W. FOSTER ( elected 1906 ), 7 Evergreen avenue.


WARD FIVE.


HENRY H. FOLSOM ( elected 1905 ), 29 Albion street. J. WALTER SANBORN ( elected 1906 ), 183 Central street.


WARD SIX.


FREDERICK A. P. FISKE ( elected 1905 ), 44 Cherry street. LEON M. CONWELL ( elected 1906), 1 Harvard place.


WARD SEVEN.


GEORGE C. MAHONEY ( elected 1905), 415 Highland avenue. HENRIETTA B. H. ATTWOOD (elected 1906), 12 Park avenue.


Superintendent and Secretary. - GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH. Office, City Hall Annex. Hours : 8 A. M. to 5 P. M., except Saturdays ; Saturdays, 8 to 10 A. M.


Regular meetings, last Monday evening of each month, except July and August, when none are held, and December, when meetings are on the third and fourth Fridays.


Assessors.


(Term, three years. ) GEORGE W. PERKINS, Chairman, (term expires 1910). BENJAMIN F. THOMPSON ( term expires 1908). NATHAN H. REED ( term expires 1909). GEORGE E. ELLIOTT (term expires 1908 ). WINSOR L. SNOW ( term expires 1909).


ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.


( Term, one year. )


FRED B. CLAPP. JOHN J. SHEERAN. CHARLES F. CUDDY.


JOHN FRANKLIN STACKPOLE JAMES WILSON. JAMES A. BUTLER.


Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Board of Health.


(Term, two members, two years; one member, one year ). ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman ( term expires 1908 ). ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF (term expires 1909 ). WESLEY T. LEE, M. D. ( term expires 1908 ). Clerk. - WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. Agent. - CALEB A. PAGE. Medical Inspector - FRANK L. MORSE, M. D. Superintendent Collection of Ashes and Offal. - EDGAR T. MAYHEW. Inspector of Animals and Provisions. - CHARLES M. BERRY. Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. - JULIUS E. RICHARDSON.


Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


500


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Overseers of the Poor. Office, City Hall Annex. (Term, three years. ) EDWARD B. WEST, Chairman ( term expires 1909 ). ALBERT W. EDMANDS ( term expires 1908 ). HERBERT E. MERRILL ( term expires 1910 ). Agent. - CHARLES C. FOLSOM. Secretary. - CORA F. LEWIS. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M. ; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Registrars of Voters. ( Term, three years. ) CHARLES P. LINCOLN, Chairman ( term expires 1910 ). CHARLES E. PARKS ( term expires 1908). EDWIN D. SIBLEY (term expires 1909). FREDERIC W. COOK, City Clerk ( term expires 1908).


Public Library Trustees. (Term, three years. ) EDWARD C. BOOTH, Chairman ( term expires 1910). JOHN B. VIALL ( term expires 1908). J. FRANK WELLINGTON ( term expires 1908 ). IRVING G. HALL ( term expires 1909 ). HOWARD D. MOORE ( term expires 1909). FREDERICK W. PARKER ( term expires 1909 ). THOMAS M. DURELL ( term expires 1910). WILLIAM L. BARBER ( term expires 1910 ). CHARLES L. NOYES ( term expires 1908 ). Librarian and Secretary. - SAM WALTER FOSS. Library open 9 A. M. to 9 P. M., and the reading room Sundays 2 to 6 P. M.


City Clerk. FREDERIC W. COOK. Assistant City Clerk. - HOWARD E. WEMYSS. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. JOSEPH S. PIKE. Office open : 8 A. M. to 2 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


City Messenger. JAIRUS MANN.


Mayor's Secretary.


FRED E. WARREN.


501


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1907.


City Solicitor. FRANK W. KAAN, 50 State street, Boston.


City Auditor.


CHARLES S. ROBERTSON.


City Engineer. ERNEST W. BAILEY. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Clerk of Committees and Departments.


WILLIAM P. MITCHELL. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M ; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Commissioner of Streets.


ASA B. PRICHARD. Office hour : 9.30 to 10 A. M.


Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings.


WALTER T. LITTLEFIELD. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M., Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Inspector of Plumbing. DUNCAN C. GREENE. Office hour : 8 to 9 A. M.


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights.


MELVIN F. UNDERWOOD. Office hour : 9 to 9.30 A. M.


Water Commissioner.


FRANK E. MERRILL. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M. ; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Chief of Police. MELVILLE C. PARKHURST. Office, Police Building, Bow street.


Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. JAMES R. HOPKINS. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.


502 :


ANNUAL REPORTS.


City Physician. C. CLARK TOWLE, M. D. 23 Bow street. Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. JULIUS E. RICHARDSON, 310 Broadway. Inspector of Trees. CHARLES I. BUCKNAM.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, 60 Prescott street.


Inspector of Petroleum. JAMES R. HOPKINS. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.


Sealer of Weights and Measures. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, Office, City Hall Annex.


Office open : November 1 to March 31, inclusive, 9 A. M. to 12 M .; April 1 to October 31, inclusive, 9 A. M. to 12 M., Fridays and Saturdays only.


Fence Viewers. LAMBERT M. MAYNARD, 90 Highland avenue. CHARLES M. BERRY, 60 Prescott street.


Burial Agent. UNDER REVISED LAWS, CHAPTER 79, SECTION 20. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue. Constables.


GEORGE H. CARLETON. EUGENE A. CARTER.


WILLIAM D. HAYDEN.


FRANKLIN W. HOPKINS.


WINSLOW W. COFFIN.


DENNIS KELLEY.


JAMES J. COMFORT. THOMAS DAMERY. ALVAH E. DEARBORN.


JAIRUS MANN.


CHARLES B. PALMER.


MELVILLE C. PARKHURST.


JOHN M. DRISCOLL.


ROBERT R. PERRY.


CHARLES L. ELLIS.


CHRISTOPHER J. PURCE.


CHARLES C. FOLSOM.


MALCOLM E. STURTEVANT.


PATRICK J. GARVIN.


CHARLES E. WOODMAN.


Measurers of Wood and Bark. WILLIAM B. HOLMES, 317 Broadway. OSCAR A. DYKENS, 34 Chestnut street. WILLIAM J. GOODWIN, S Holland street.


503


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1907.


Measurer of Grain. ARTHUR R. FITTS. Public Weigher in Charge of City Scales at City Ledge. EDWARD L. GRANT. Weighers of Coal.


DANIEL F. ASH.


SUSIE MAGEE.


JOHN F. AYLWARD.


GEORGE H. MARSH.


ALBERT E. BAKER.


JOHN A. MARSH.


EDGAR H. BARKER.


GEORGE F. MCALLISTER.


ELMER E. BEACHAM.


JOHN MCDONALD.


JOHN L. BLAKE.


JOHN W. MCIVER.


JEFFERSON D. CAMERON.


JOHN MCKENNA.


ANGUS W. CAMPBELL.


HENRY T. MCLEAN.


MICHAEL J. CANNEY.


FRANK T. MCMAHON.


ALFRED B. CLARK.


JOHN J. MCMAHON.


PATRICK COFFEY.


PHILIP C. MCMAHON.


HARRY A. CRAWFORD.


GEORGE H. MOORE.


WILLIAM G. CUMMINGS.


STEPHEN M. MORAN.


HOWARD H. DAVENPORT.


EDWARD E. NUTTING.


FRED C. DINSMORE.


FRANK OBERLE.


CHARLES F. DOHERTY.


JOHN J. O'NEILL.


THOMAS A. DUNLAP.


MARK W. PATTEN.


AMHERST F. DURKEE.


CHARLES W. PORTER.


OSCAR A. DYKENS.


LOTTIE L. RICE.


FRED L. ESTEY. FRANK H. FREEMAN.


OBADIAH E. RING.


CHARLES T. GARLAND.


JOHN J. RYAN.


WILLIAM E. GERRISH.


ABRAM SIMON.


WILLIAM G. GOODWIN.


WILLIAM G. SMITH.


JOHN H. GRAY.


WILLIAM C. STICKLE.


GEORGE F. GROGAN.


ALBERT F. HACKETT.


FRANK A. TEELE.


JAMES HAYDEN.


WILLIAM J. THOMPSON.


AGNES HELLEN.


ALFRED A. WALDRON.


ADALA HIGGINS.


ELIZABETH M. L. WALLACE.


THOMAS WALSH.


CHARLES H. WARD.


JOHN H. WOODMAN.


LUCIAN L. WOODMAN.


Weighers of Beef.


ALBERT E. BAKER.


THOMAS S. PARKER.


OLIVER S. BRYANT.


HERBERT D. REED.


GEORGE M. CHISHOLM. WILLIAM J. DOONER. ALFRED G. DYMOND. FREDERICK A. GEILING. FRED HARRIS.


JOHN P. ROUSE. WILLIAM B. SARGENT.


WALTER SAVAGE.


ROBERT E. SMITH.


WALTER M. TOWER.


GEORGE L. HORTON.


JOSEPH F. TYTER.


REUBEN W. MEAD.


TOBIAS YAVNER.


WILLIAM F. HOULAHAN.


IDA C. HOULIHAN.


GRACE ABBIE HURD.


FRED M. HUTCHINSON. SYLVANUS R. KNEELAND, Jr.


WILLIAM H. ROBINSON.


ORRIN S. TARR.


INDEX.


PAGE


City Clerk, Report of


465


Receipts


465


Payments


Licenses and Permits


467


Gas and Pole Locations .


467


Births, Marriages, and Deaths


468


Voting Precincts


469


Assessed Polls and Registered Voters


470


Women's Voting Lists


471


Elections


472-477 478


City Engineer, Report of


321


Engineering Department, Statement of Expenses


321


Grade Crossings, Statement of Expenses


322


Office Records and Value of Instruments


323


General Work


323


Streets Accepted, 1907


326


Length of Public Streets


327


Miles of Edgestone, Brick and Gravel Sidewalk in Each Ward


327


Table of Street Construction .


327


Perambulation of Somerville-Medford Boundary Line


330


Abolition of Grade Crossing .


330


Stone Bounds


332


Sewer Department .


347


Statement of Expenses, Sewers Construction


347


Summary of Work


349


Metropolitan Sewer Connections


349


New Work


352


Public Grounds Department


354


Statement of Expenses, Public Grounds Table of Streets


356


City Government and Officers for 1907


497


City Physician, Report of


320


City Solicitor, Report of


463


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of


17


Public Property


17, 22


Funded Debt


19


Appropriations from Funded Debt and from Income Cash


20


Assets and Liabilities


21


Balance Sheet .


22


Appendix


49


Statement of Accounts


140


Balances


142


Approval of Treasurer's Report


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights (see Electric


Lines and Lights, Commissioner)


411


.


350


Statement of Expenses, Sewers Maintenance


359


17, 27


Resources


20


21


Liquor License Question


466


INDEX.


505


Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings, Commissioner)


404


Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner) 371


Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner) 415


Electric Lines and Lights, Commissioner, Report of 411


Electrical Department


411


Fire Alarm


411


Police Signal


412


Underground Wires


412


Street Lights


412


Recommendations


412


Statement of Accounts


413


Fire Department, Chief of, Report of .


447


Fire Alarms


447


Manual Force


447


Apparatus in Service


447


Horses


448


Fire Hose


448


Recommendations


448


Municipal Building Insurance Funds


448 449


Service of Companies


451


In Memoriam


452


Roster of Department


453 279


Health, Board of, Report of .


279


Nuisances


280 281


Permits


282


Ashes and Offal


282


Stables


284


Board of Infants Deaths


284,291


Dangerous Diseases


288, 290, 292, 300, 304 289 290


Hospital for Contagious Diseases


291, 301


Medical Inspection of Schools


292


List of Diseases


292


Bacteriological Department


294, 304


Undertakers


294


Examiners of Plumbers


294


Milk Regulations


294


Keeping of Medical and Surgical Appliances in Factories,


296


Financial Statement


297


Medical Inspector, Report of


300


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of


307


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of


309


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of


307


Inspector of Buildings (see Public Buildings, Commissioner),


404


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of


309


Inspector of Trees, Report of (see Trees, Inspector of, Report of)


395


Jury List .


Mayor's Inaugural Address


Tax Rate


4


Funded Debt


5


Taxable Property


4


Taxes


7


Appropriations


7


Recommendations


12


284


Disinfection


Tables


Organization, Officers,'etc ..


Pedlers


Fire Alarms and Causes Thereof


482-496 3


506


INDEX.


Grade Crossings


13


Soldiers' Monument


16


Medical Inspector, Report of


300


Scarlet Fever


Diphtheria


300 301


Tuberculosis


301


Smallpox


301


Contagious Disease Hospital


301 304


Ordinances


Overseers of the Poor, Report of


479-481 311


Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc.


311


Report of Agent


313


Full Support


315


Partial Support


315


Reimbursements


315


Somerville Hospital


316


Population and Gross Expenditures, 1883 to 1907


316


Overseers of the Poor since 1885 .


317


Recapitulation


317


Expenditures in Detail


317


City Physician, Report of


318 320


Police, Chief of, Report of


456


Crimes Against the Person


456


Crimes Against Property


457


Miscellaneous Reports


457


Police Signal, Patrol Wagon and Ambulance Service Suggestions and Recommendations


457


Intoxicating Liquors and Licenses In General


457


In Memoriam


459


Roster of Department


460


Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor) . Population


311


Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of


148, 224, 445 404


Addition to Benjamin G. Brown School


404


Brown School Heating Plant


404


Addition to Sanford Hanscom School .


405


Hanscom School Heating Plant


405


City Hall Vault


405


Incinerating Plant


406


Pope School Heating System


406


Care and Repair of Public Buildings


406


Heating and Ventilating


407


Heating and Ventilating Systems in the School Buildings


407


Sanitary Conditions


408


Inspection of Buildings


409


Buildings Condemned


409 409


Public Grounds (see City Engineer) Public Library .


262


Receipts and Expenditures


263


Report of the Trustees


264


Report of the Librarian


267


Cataloguing Department


267


Books Added


267


Binding


267


Permits


321


262


Board of Trustees, Officers, etc.


457


Arrests


456


458


City Home, Report of Warden


300


Typhoid Fever


Bacteriological Department


INDEX.


507


Books Withdrawn


267


School Department .


268


Reference and Art Department


269


Children's Department


271


Agencies ·


272


General Work .


272


List of Donations


275


Conclusion


School Department


Report of the School Committee


Members, Officers, Committees, etc.


Report of Superintendent


Summary of Statistics


School Buildings


Teachers


146, 154, 166, 177, 180, 195, 196, 236, 253


Attendance


146, 149, 225, 233


Cost of Schools


147, 162, 219,221, 223


147


School Year


147


Population


148, 224 150


School Accommodations, Elementary Schools


151


Latin School


155, 197, 226


English School Elementary Schools


156, 189,200,226 158, 170,196 159


Kindergartens


160, 196


Evening High School


160,205,231


Elementary Evening Schools


161, 205, 230 161


Per Capita Cost


164, 220,222


Schoolhouses


166,218 166


Truancy


167,205,229


Stamp Savings


168 170


Manual Training


170, 189,203


Sewing


172, 204


Medical Inspection


173,194 174


Grammar Masters


176, 195


Teachers' Salaries


177, 195,253


Merit Plan of Salary Increase Tenure of Office of Teachers .


181


School Books


182, 216, 239


Administration


185


Changes of Fifteen Years


187


Appendix I.


High School Manual Training


192


Licensing of Minors


192


Cadet Teachers


193, 205, 260 195


Organization ;


196


Promotions


196, 235


Music


204


Gymnastics


204


Recesses


204


144, 145, 215, 251, 260 146 146 146


Additional Accommodations, High Schools


Industrial Education


Vacation Schools


Training of Teachers


Public Library and Schools


Eye and Ear Tests


179


Backward Children


184


Recapitulation


185


Personal


188


189


Amendments to Rules of School Committee


Schedule of Salaries


180


Miscellaneous


278


143 143


508


INDEX.


Corporal Punishment


204


Drawing


204


Penmanship


205


The Public Library


205


Janitors


205,261


Supervision


205


Old Schoolhouses


206


History of Present Schools


207


Somerville Teachers' Association


212


Members of School Board


215


Appendix II.


217


Pupils by Grades


227


Graduates


229, 231, 233, 239


Membership, etc., High School


234


Resignation of Teachers .


236


Graduation Exercises


239


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of Sewers (see City Engineer)


321


Street Commissioner, Report of Permanent Paving


371


Central and Lake Streets


372


College Avenue


372


City Ledge


372


Stone Crusher


373


Street Cleaning


373


Bridges


373


Shade Trees


373


Subways


374


Street Watering


374


Granolithic Sidewalks


374


Steam Rollers


375


Snow and Ice


375


Wires Underground


376


Accepted Streets


376, 393


Perambulation of Boundary Lines


376


Street Railways


377


Emergency Call


378


Miscellaneous


378


Recommendations


379


Streets Constructed .


386


Sidewalks Constructed


388,390


Gutters Paved .


391


Driveways Constructed


392


Driveways Discontinued .


392


Driveways Relocated


392


Driveways Extended


392


Streets Accepted in 1907


393


Street Crossings Laid


394


Length of Accepted Streets


394


Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor)


311


Trees, Inspector of, Report of Protecting Property Owners .


395


The Gypsy Moth


395


Life History


396


Distribution


396


Food Plants


396


Remedies


396


Sidewalks Maintenance


376


Street Openings .


377


Statement of Accounts


380


Streets Repaired


387


395


461


371


ÍNDEX.


509


Natural Enemies


397


The Brown-Tail Moth


397


Life History .


398


Nettling by the Caterpillars Remedies


399


Natural Enemies


400


Incinerating Apparatus


400


The Parasite Problem


401 401


Elm Leaf Beetle


401


Remedy


402


Miscellaneous


402


Properties of Department


402


Recommendations


402


Statement of Account


403


Water Commissioner, Report of .


415


Statement of Accounts


416


Cost of Water Works


416


Water Debt


416


Water Works Income and Distribution


417


Extension of Water Distribution System Meters


418


Summary of Pipes and Fixtures


419 419


Water Assessments and Consumption . Compulsory Meterage


421


Mains Laid, Gates, Hydrants, etc.


423


Hydrants, Renewal


424


Hydrants, Construction


425


Hydrants, Removal .


425 425


Location of Hydrants


426-443


Locations of Water Posts


443


Locations of Drinking Fountains .


444


Summary of Statistics


445


Consumption of Water


445


Distribution System


445


Financial Statistics


446


Maintenance


420


Gates, Construction


417


The Japanese Bug


399


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