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GEORGE C. MAHONEY (elected 1907), 97 College avenue. Superintendent and Secretary .- CHARLES S. CLARK. 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). NATHAN H. REED (term expires 1912). GEORGE E. ELLIOTT (term expires 1911). WINSOR L. SNOW (term expires 1912). WILLIAM A. FLAHERTY (term expires 1911) (died December 23, 1909).
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS. (Term, one year.)
FRED B. CLAPP. J. ROBERT FENELON.
JOHN FRANKLIN STACKPOLE. JAMES WILSON.
GEORGE I. CANFIELD. 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 1910). ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF (term expires 1911).
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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 (died October 12, 1909). HERBERT E. BOWMAN (from December 9). Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1909.
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Overseers of the Poor. Office, City Hall Annex. (Term, three years.) EDWARD B. WEST, Chairman (term expires 1912). ALBERT W. EDMANDS (term expires 1911). 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 1911). EDWIN D. SIBLEY (term expires 1912). FREDERIC W. COOK, City Clerk (term expires 1911).
Public Library Trustees. (Term, three years.)
EDWARD C. BOOTH, Chairman (term expires 1910). JOHN B. VIALL (term expires 1911). J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1911). FREDERICK W. PARKER (term expires 1912). THOMAS M. DURELL (term expires 1910). WILLIAM L. BARBER (term expires 1910). CHARLES L. NOYES (term expires 1911). FREDERICK W. HAMILTON (term expires 1912). WILLIAM H. BURGESS (term expires 1912).
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. 1
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.
480
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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. City Solicitor. FRANK W. KAAN, 50 State street, Boston.
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City Auditor. CLARENCE T. BRUCE.
City Engineer. ERNEST W. BAILEY. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Commissioner of Streets. ASA B. PRICHARD. 1
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.
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights.
WALTER I. FULLER (appointed February 11, 1909). Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.
Water Commissioner. FRANK E. MERRILL. 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.
Chief of Police. CHARLES A. KENDALL (appointed February 25, 1909). Office, Police Building, Bow street.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. JAMES R. HOPKINS. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.
City Physician. C. CLARK TOWLE, M. D. 24 Prospect Hill avenue.
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Inspector of Plumbing.
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DUNCAN C. GREENE. Office hour: 8 to 9 A. M.
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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1909.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. JULIUS E. RICHARDSON (died October 12, 1909). HERBERT E. BOWMAN (appointed December 9, 1909). 310 Broadway.
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. Deputy Sealer, BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT. 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.
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Burial Agent. UNDER REVISED LAWS, CHAPTER 79, SECTION 20. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue. :
Constables.
GEORGE H. CARLETON. EUGENE A. CARTER.
WINSLOW W. COFFIN.
THOMAS DAMERY.
CHARLES L. ELLIS.
CHARLES C. FOLSOM.
PATRICK J. GARVIN.
ARTHUR L. GILMAN.
WILLIAM D. HAYDEN. FRANKLIN W. HOPKINS.
DENNIS KELLEY. JAIRUS MANN. CHARLES B. PALMER.
ROBERT R. PERRY.
MALCOLM E. STURTEVANT.
CHARLES E. WOODMAN.
Measurers of Wood and Bark. WILLIAM B. HOLMES, 317 Broadway. OSCAR A. DYKENS, 34 Chestnut street. WILLIAM G. GOODWIN, 8 Holland street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS. --
Measurer of Grain. EVERETT C. EMERY.
Public Weigher in Charge of City Scales at City Ledge. WILLIAM H. WHITCOMB.
Weighers of Coal.
DANIEL F. ASH.
GEORGE H. MARSH.
EDGAR H. BARKER.
JOHN A. MARSH.
ELMER E. BEACHAM.
FRANK T. McMAHON.
JOHN L. BLAKE.
JOHN J. McMAHON.
WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN.
PHILIP C. McMAHON.
MICHAEL J. CANNEY.
GEORGE H. MOORE.
CORNELIUS COAKLEY.
CARL T. NORDBERG.
CONSTANCE M. COVENEY.
FRANK J. OBERLE.
ELLSWORTH J. CULLEN.
LEWIS O'BRIEN.
WILLIAM G. CUMMINGS.
JAMES P. O'NEILL.
ALBERTUS L. DAKIN.
JOHN J. O'NEILL.
HOWARD H. DAVENPORT.
MARK W. PATTEN.
CHARLES F. DOHERTY.
LOTTIE L. RICE.
AMHERST F. DURKEE.
OBADIAH E. RING.
WILLIAM H. ROBINSON.
OSCAR A. DYKENS.
AVERY U. ROCKWOOD.
EVERETT C. EMERY.
JOHN J. RYAN.
FRED L. ESTEY.
ABRAM SIMON.
JOHN D. FLYNN. 1
STILSON H. SMITH. E
CHARLES T. GARLAND.
ORREN S. TARR.
WILLIAM E. GERRISH.
FRANK A. TEELE.
WILLIAM G. GOODWIN.
WILLIAM J. THOMPSON.
GEORGE F. GROGAN.
JOHN P. TULLY.
ALBERT F. HACKETT.
ADALA C. HIGGINS. :
ELIZABETH M. L. WALLACE.
THOMAS WALSH.
CHARLES H. WARD.
JOHN H. WOODMAN.
LUCIEN L. WOODMAN.
Weighers of Beef.
GEORGE RYAN.
OLIVER BRYANT.
CARL BURROWS.
GEORGE M. CHISHOLM.
JAMES DENNEHY.
WILLIAM J. DOONER.
FRED HARRIS.
ARTHUR F. MASON.
REUBEN W. MEAD. JOSEPH MURPHY. THOMAS S. PARKER.
HERBERT D. REED.
WILLIS B. SARGENT. WALTER SAVAGE.
EDWIN F. SEASLEY.
FRANK H. SHAW.
ROBERT E. SMITH.
LEONARD STICKLEY. .
L. G. TRAFTON. JOSEPH F. TYTER. GEORGE C. WILLIAMS. TOBIAS YAVNER.
ALBERT E. BAKER.
ALFRED A. WALDRON.
WILLIAM F. HOULIHAN.
SYLVANUS R. KNEELAND.
WILLIAM M. LENNAN.
FRANK H. LOCKE.
WILLIAM J. DWYER.
INDEX.
PAGE
City Clerk, Report of
445
Receipts
445
Payments
446
Licenses and Permits
447
Gas and Pole Locations
447
Births
448
Marriages
449
Deaths
449
Assessed Polls and Registered Voters
451
Women's Voting Lists
452
Elections
453
Liquor License Question
458
City Engineer, Report of
320
Engineering Department, Statement of Expenses
320
Classification of Expenses . ·
320
Grade Crossings Account, Statement of Expenses
321
General Work
322
Length of Public Streets in Each Ward
326
Miles of Edgestone, Brick, Granolithic, and Gravel Side- walks in Each Ward
326
Table of Sidewalks Constructed in 1909
327
Table of Street Construction
327
Stone Bounds
328
Block Plans, etc.
328
Bridges and Grade Crossing Work
329
Lowell Street Bridge
330
Sewer Department
331
Sewers Construction, Statement of Expenses
331
Summary of Work
333
Metropolitan Sewer Connections
334
New Work
334
Sewers Maintenance, Statement of Expenses
335
Sewers Built in 1909
337
Public Grounds Department .
336
Public Grounds, Statement of Expenses Table of Streets
340
City Government and Officers for 1908
476
City Physician, Report of
319
City Solicitor, Report of
443
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of
21
Public Property
21
Funded Debt
21
Resources
23
Appropriations from Funded Debt and from Income Cash
24
Assets and Liabilities
25
Balance Sheet
25
Appendix
26
Statement of Accounts
55
Balances
145
Approval of Treasurer's Report
148
Office Records and Value of Instruments
322
Streets Accepted in 1909
326
344
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484
INDEX.
Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner)
379
Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner) .
356
Commissioner of Water (see · Water Commissioner)
386
Electric Lines and Lights, Commissioner, Report of Inspection
386
Fire Alarm System .
387
Police Signal System
388
Supervision of Poles, Wires, etc.
388
Street Lighting
389
Financial Statement
389
Recommendations
Fire Department, Chief of, Report of
431
Fire Alarms
431
Manual Force
431
Apparatus in Service
432
Apparatus in Reserve
432
Horses ·
432
Bell Alarms and Causes Thereof . Service of Companies, 1909
434
Health, Board of, Report of
281
Organization, Officers, etc.
281
Nuisances .
282
Permits
283
Pedlers
283
Ashes and Offal
284
Stables
285
Board of Infants
285
Deaths
285
Mortality
287
Dangerous Diseases
289,293, 298
Tables
291
Medical Inspection of Schools
292
Hospital for Contagious Diseases
294
Bacteriological Department
294, 300
Undertakers
295
Examiners of Plumbers .
295
Financial Statement .
295
Medical Inspector, Report of
298
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of .
306
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of
304
Inspector of Buildings (see Public Buildings, Commissioner), Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of . Jury List
461
Mayor's Inaugural Address .
3
Revision of City Charter
City Departments
Licenses
6
Playgrounds
New Bridges
7
Alewife Brook .
New Athletic Field
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Metropolitan Boulevard
8 8
Our Water-Front
8
Police Court
9
Financial Condition of the City
9
Industrial Education
18
7 7
Care of the Streets .
304
379
306
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5
7
392
390
432
485
INDEX.
The Two Branches of the Government Commendation of Department Heads .
18
Medical Inspector, Report of
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
298, 299, 300, 302
Typhoid Fever
298, 300, 303
Tuberculosis
298, 300, 302
Contagious Disease Hospital
298
Bacteriological Department
300
Ordinances
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
310
Report of General Agent
312
Full Support
314
Partial Support
314
Reimbursements
314
Somerville Hospital
315
Population and Gross Expenditures
315
Overseers of the Poor Since 1885 .
316
Recapitulation
316
Expenditures in Detail
317
City Home, Report of Warden
317
City Physician, Report of
319
Police, Chief of, Report of
435
Offences Against the Person .
435
Offences Against Public Order
436
Miscellaneous Reports
437
Police Signal Service and Ambulance Reports .
438
Official Roster of Department
438
Performance of Duties
439
Police Building and Equipment
439
Improvements
439
Recommendations
440
Conclusion
440
Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor) Population
197,392
Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of Somerville Beach
379
Contagious Hospital
379
Care of School Buildings
380
Heating and Ventilating
382
Sanitaries, Cummings and Davis Schools Toilets
383
Installation of Heating and Ventilating System, Highland School
384
Inspection of Buildings .
384
Public Grounds (see City Engineer)
320
Public Library
246
Board of Trustees, Officers, etc.
246
Receipts and Expenditures
248
Report of the Trustees
250
Report of the Librarian .
254
Cataloguing Department
254
Books Added
254
Books Withdrawn
254
Binding
255
The Children's Department
255
Arrests
435
Offences Against Property
435
311
379
382
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298
298
459
310
Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc.
486
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INDEX.
The School Department .
255
Reference and Art Department
256
Binding
257
Agencies
258
General Work .
259
The 1915 Exhibit
262
List of Donations
263
West Somerville Carnegie Branch Library
264
Conclusion
266
Dedicatory Exercises at the West Somerville Carnegie Branch Library
267
School Department
149
Report of the School Committee .
149
Members, Officers, Committees, etc.
150, 151, 234
Report of Superintendent
152 152
School Buildings
152, 155, 191
Teachers
Attendance for Year
152, 157, 165, 210, 212, 227 152, 154, 198, 203, 206 153 .
Attendance in December
Cost of Schools
153, 162, 163, 164, 192, 194, 196 153 154
School Registration
157,212
The Latin School
158, 183, 199, 207
The English School
159, 160, 184, 199, 207
Elementary Schools
160, 177, 182, 203 161,182
Evening Schools
161, 164, 186, 203, 204
Per Capita Cost
164, 193, 195 165
Teachers' Salaries
166,186,202 167
Pupils
197,200, 201, 237,240 167
Manual Training
176, 185, 240 176 177
School Efficiency
179
Mrs. Henrietta B. H. Attwood
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Miss Charlotte F. Mott .
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Organization
182
Primary Schools
182
Grammar Schools
182
Promotions
183, 208, 209 185
Sewing Music
185
Gymnastics
185
Recesses
185
Corporal Punishment
185
Drawing
186
Penmanship
186
Cadet Teachers
186
The Public Library
186
Janitors
187,235
Supervision
187
Somerville Teachers' Association .
188
Somerville Teachers' Club
189
Appendix
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190
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Kindergartens
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Truancy
School Hygiene
Industrial Education
High School 'Accommodations
Length of Elementary Course
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Summary of Statistics
Miscellaneous
Changes of Teachers
487
INDEX.
Population and School Census
197
Pupils by Grades
200
Graduates ,
202, 205, 214
Resignation of Teachers
210
Books
213,242
Graduation Exercises
214
Organization of School Board, 1910
225
Supplementary Tables
236
Decrease of Membership
237
Ratio of the Sexes
237
Somerville High School Athletic Association Amendments to Rules of School Committee Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of Sewers (see City Engineer) .
320
Holland Street Ledge
357
357
Bridges
358
Shade Trees
359
Subways
353
Sprinkling Streets
353
Steam Rollers .
359
Granolithic Sidewalks
359
Snow and Ice
359
Underground Wires
360
Accepted Streets
360
Sidewalks Maintenance
361
Street Railways
361
Emergency Call
361
Tarvia
361
Suppression of the Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths
361
Elm-Leaf Beetle
362
The Leopard Moth .
362
Miscellaneous
362
Recommendations
362
Statement of Accounts
365
Streets Constructed .
371
Streets Repaired
372
Sidewalks Constructed
373, 374
Gutters Paved
375
Driveways Constructed
376
Driveway Discontinued .
376
Streets Accepted
377
Street Crossings Laid
378
Length of Accepted Streets
378
Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor)
Water Commissioner, Report of
392
Statement of Accounts
393
Cost of Water Works
394
Water Debt
394
Water Works Income and Distribution
395
Extension of Water Distribution System Hydrants, Gates, etc.
397
Water Services
398
Water Meters
398
Summary of Pipes and Fixtures
399
Maintenance and Operation
399
Water Assessments and Consumption . .
400
Stone Crusher
Street Cleaning
357
245
441
Street Commissioner, Report of
356
243
395
311
488
INDEX.
Meterage
402
Gates Set in New Locations .
404
Gates Removed
406
Hydrants Set in New Locations .
407
Hydrants Removed
408
Hydrant Renewal Account
408
Location of Hydrants
403
Private Hydrants .
426
Waterposts, Locations
426
Location of Drinking Fountains
428
Statistics
428
Financial Statistics
430
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