Report of the city of Somerville 1911, Part 41

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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Turner, Walter F., 15 Highland road, Salesman.


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Ulm, Albert A., 59 Preston road, Printer. Underwood, Louis F., 50 Meacham road, Bookkeeper. Upton, Samuel, 102 Glenwood road, Machinist.


Valentine, Paul R., 2 Bolton st., Clerk. VanBuren, John D., 45 Tufts st., Carriage painter VanCor, Charles J., 12 Miner st., Salesman. VanHorne, Jesse A., 309 Broadway, Clerk. Vanner, Samuel A., 7 Thurston st., Manager. Van Ummersen, Richard, 97 Munroe st., Asst. fr'ght agt.


Varney, Charles A., 25 Teele ave., Inspector. Vaughan, Ernest L., 20 Berkeley st., Druggist. Vincent, James N., 11 Lovell st., Printer. Vorce, Martin E., 29-A Putnam st., Newsdealer.


Wadleigh, William Y., 65 Boston st., Wholesale grocer. Wainwright, Charles H., 29 Cambria st., Civil engineer. Waite, Frank A., 14 Main st., Clerk. Wakefield, Chester K., 21 Flint st., Insurance agent. Waldron, Ralph D., 44 Albion st., Clerk. Walker, Andrew R., 4 Florence st., Teamster. Walker, George, 26 Wallace st., Salesman.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Walker, Granville A., 9 Loring st., Painter. Walker, Henry I., 99 School st., Hardware dealer.


Walker, Thomas G., 5 Dell st., Foreman. Wallace, William E., 68 Glenwood road, Decorator. Ward, Dana F., 145 Lowell st., Fish dealer. Ward, Irving H., 24 Wesley park, Salesman. Warren, Herbert D., 24 Banks st., Bookkeeper. Waterman, Wilbur C., 15-A Maple ave., Clerk. Watson, Harry S., 42 Boston st., Clerk. Watters, Robert D., 16 Ames st., Buyer. Waugh, W. Whitney, 125 Highland road, Salesman. Webster, Alexander S., 22 Walnut st., Teamster. Weeks, Edward H., 67 Rush st., Salesman. Welch, James R., 24 Hall st., Bookkeeper. Wentworth, Walter. E., 4 Farragut ave., Superintendent. Wheeler, Frank A., 34 Evergreen ave., Bookkeeper. Whipple, William D., 74 Josephine ave., Clerk. Whitaker, William L., 5 Lexington ave., Superintendent. White, Frank H., 14 Montgomery ave., Map mounter. Whiting, Edward E., 67 Ossipee road, Reporter. Whiting, George, 61 Mt. Vernon st., Milk contractor.


Whitney, Gorham H., 35 Adams st., Superintendent. Whittier, Henry F., 30 Delaware st., Super. of Account. Wiggin, Albert L., 13 Knapp st., Merchant. Wilbur, Moses F., 58 Irving st., Hay and grain dealer. Wiley, Henry C., 75 Thurston st., Broker. Williams, Stewart H., 43 Franklin st., Stenographer. Williston, Belvin T., 3 Monmouth st., Engraver. Willoughby, George T., 111 Central st., Builder. Wilson, Harry A., 23 Brastow ave., Foreman. Wilson, J. Albert, Jr., 52 Brastow ave., Musician. Wilson, Thomas G., 9 Irving st., Clerk. Winslow, George H., 95 Liberty ave., Clerk. Wisdom, Arthur E., 84 Avon st., Clerk. Withington, Henry A., 189 Summer st., Manager. Wolf, John, Jr., 13 Fosket st., Produce merchant.


Wood, George A., 40 Laurel st., Lumber merchant .. Woodley, Edward W., 25 Kidder ave., Printer. Woodman, John O. H., 13 Gorham st., Clerk. Woodward, Leonard S., 52 Dartmouth st., Bookkeeper.


Wright, Edwin A., 31 Pearl st., Superintendent. Wright, John Edward, 18 Buckingham st .. Electrician.


Wyman, George A., 20 Brastow ave., Mechan. engineer. Wyman, Harry E., 18 Tower st., Manager.


Yates, W. Dudley, 22 Powder House ter., Superintendent. Yeaton, Charles E., 129 Central st., Carpenter.


Yerxa, Robert A., 71 Berkeley st., Manager. Young, Alfred M., 8 Cutter park, Optician. Young, Benjamin A., 8 Everett st., Clerk.


Young, George E., 67 Grant st., Paper hanger.


Young, Herbert L., 43 Quincy st., Clerk.


CHARLES P. LINCOLN, Chairman, EDWIN D. SIBLEY, DOUGLASS B. FOSTER, REDERIC W. COOK, Board of Registrars of Voters.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1911.


Mayor. Charles A. Burns, 27 Thurston Street.


Board of Aldermen. President, RALPH M. SMITH. Vice-President, GERALD A. GARDNER. WARD ONE.


Fred E. Hanley, Alderman-at-large .


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William H. Smith .


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Wallace E. Loveless


40 Oliver street 16 Mystic street 47 Glen street


WARD TWO.


George A. Wilson, Alderman-at-large


Edmond Russell


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Alfred J. Toomey


32 Springfield street 36 Lincoln parkway 18 Linden street


1 WARD THREE. 1


Charles W. Boyer, Alderman-at-large


Frank R. Dunklee


Oscar W. Codding


50 Highland avenue 5 Prospect Hill avenue 21 Pleasant avenue


WARD FOUR.


William P. Jones, Alderman-at-large


Charles W. Hodgdon


Leod Macleod


13-A Maple avenue 22 Wigglesworth street 13 Wesley street


WARD FIVE. 1


Gerald A. Gardner, Alderman-at-large


Richard F. Churchill


Charles A. Draper


1 8 Hudson street 16 Winter Hill Circle 442 Broadway


1 WARD SIX.


Oscar H. Belding, Alderman-at-large


Joseph O. Knox


Oscar G. Sargent


1 WARD SEVEN.


Ralph M. Smith, Alderman-at-large


William B. Brown


Harry G. Chase


City Clerk-FREDERIC W. COOK.


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Assistant City Clerk-HOWARD E. WEMYSS.


Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at 8 o'clock, except when such Thursday is a holiday, in which case the meeting is held on the preceding Tuesday evening.


182 Highland avenue 109 Rogers avenue 36 Cedar street


80 Bay State avenue 72 Wallace street 37 Sawyer avenue


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen.


APPOINTMENTS-Aldermen Gardner, Jones, Smith of Ward 1, Sargent and Codding.


FINANCE-The President, Aldermen Belding, Hanley, Hodgdon, Russell, Codding and Churchill.


LEGISLATIVE MATTERS-Aldermen Boyer, Hodgdon, Hanley, Churchill and Wilson.


LICENSES AND PERMITS-Aldermen Smith of Ward 1, Brown, Dunklee, Sargent, Draper, Macleod and Toomey.


PUBLIC PROPERTY-Aldermen Belding, Brown, Loveless, Toomey and MacLeod.


PUBLIC SAFETY-Aldermen Russell, Knox, Dunklee, Draper and Chase. PUBLIC WORKS-Aldermen Jones, Gardner, Boyer, Chase, Wilson, Knox and Loveless.


School Committee.


Chairman .- HENRY H. FOLSOM. Vice-Chairman .- GEORGE C. MAHONEY. (Term, two years, except members ex-officiis.)


CHARLES A. BURNS, Mayor (ex-officio), 27 Thurston street.


RALPH M. SMITH, President Board of Aldermen (ex-officio), 80 Bay State avenue.


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WARD ONE.


MARY G. WHITING (elected 1909), 61 Mt. Vernon street. EMORY F. CHAFFEE (elected 1910), 109 Pearl street.


WARD TWO.


DANIEL H. BRADLEY (elected 1909), 19 Concord avenue. THOMAS M. CLANCY (elected 1910), 52 Springfield street.


WARD THREE.


GEORGE E. WHITAKER (elected 1909), 75 Walnut street. ALBERT C. ASHTON (elected 1910), 33 Columbus avenue.


1 WARD FOUR.


CHARLES A. KIRKPATRICK, JR. (elected 1909), 27 Sewall street. GEORGE W. FOSTER (elected (1910), 8 Oakland avenue.


WARD FIVE


HENRY H. FOLSON (elected 1909), 103 Central street. J: WALTER SANBORN (elected 1910), 183 Central street.


WARD SIX.


FREDERICK A. P. FISKE (elected 1909), 44 Cherry street. MARY R. BREWER (elected 1910), 170 Summer street.


WARD SEVEN. 1


GEORGE C. MAHONEY (elected 1909), 97 College avenue. i


LILLA H. TAINTER (elected 1910), 46 Chester street.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1911 501


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.


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


Assessors. (Term, three years.) GEORGE W. PERKINS, Chairman (term expires 1913). NATHAN H. REED (term expires 1912). -


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GEORGE E. ELLIOTT (term expires 1914). WINSOR L. SNOW (term expires 1912). - HARRY VAN IDERSTINE (term expires 1914). مـ


Assistant Assessors. (Term, one year.) :


FRED B. CLAPP. J. ROBERT FENELON.


JOHN FRANKLIN STACKPOLE. JAMES WILSON.


GEORGE I. CANFIELD. 1 WILLIAM H. WALLACE. 1


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.) WESLEY T. LEE, M. D., Chairman (term expires 1912). WILLIAM P. FRENCH (term expires 1912). JACKSON CALDWELL (term expires 1913). Clerk, GEORGE H. GALPIN. i 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 .- HERBERT E. BOWMAN. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


Overseers of the Poor. Office, City Hall Annex. (Term, three years.)


EDWARD B. WEST, Chairman (term expires 1912). ALBERT W. EDMANDS (term expires 1914). HENRY F. CURTIS, M. D. (term expires 1913). -


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1 Agent .- CHARLES C. FOLSOM. Secretary .- CORA F. LEWIS. Office open: 8 A. M. to 4 p. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.


502 !


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Registrars of Voters. 1 (Term, three years.) 1


CHARLES P. LINCOLN, Chairman (term expires 1913). EDWIN D. SIBLEY (term expires 1912). DOUGLASS B. FOSTER (term expires 1914). FREDERIC W. COOK, City Clerk (term expires 1914).


Public Library Trustees. (Term, three years.)


THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman (term expires 1913). J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1914). FREDERICK W. PARKER (term expires 1912). 1


WILLIAM L. BARBER (term expires 1913). CHARLES L. NOYES (term expires 1914). FREDERICK W. HAMILTON (term expires 1912).


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WILLIAM H. BURGESS (term expires 1912). (Resigned June 8, 1911.) CHARLES M. AMBROSE (term expires 1913). GEORGE WHITING (term expires 1914).


WILLIAM H. DOLBEN (appointed September 14, 1911, to fill vacancy; term expires 1912).


Librarian and Secretary .- SAM WALTER Foss (died February 26, 1911). DREW B. HALL (elected April 17, 1911).


Library open 9 A. M. to 9 P. M., and the reading room Sundays, 2 to 6 P. M. City Clerk.


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FREDERIC W. COOK.


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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.


City Solicitor.


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FRANK W. KAAN, 50 State street, Boston.


City Auditor.


CLARENCE T. BRUCE.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1911. 503


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


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Commissioner of Streets. 1 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.


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights. WALTER I. FULLER. 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. Office, Police Building, Bow street. -


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Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. SEWALL M. RICH. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.


City Physician. C. CLARK TOWLE, M. D. 24 Prospect Hill avenue. -


Inspector of Plumbing. DUNCAN C. GREENE. i


Office hour: 8 to 9 A. M.


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. HERBERT E. BOWMAN. 1


Office hours : 9 A. M. to 12 M., except Saturdays.


504


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, 1 60 Prescott street. 1


Inspector of Petroleum. SEWALL M. RICH. 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 hours: 9 A. M. to 12 M.


Fence Viewers.


LAMBERT M, MAYNARD, 1


i 90 Highland avenue.


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CHARLES M. BERRY, 1


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.


WINSLOW W. COFFIN.


THOMAS DAMERY.


JAIRUS MANN.


CHARLES L. ELLIS.


JOHN J. MCCARTHY. :


CHARLES C. FOLSOM.


CHARLES B. PALMER.


PATRICK J. GARVIN.


ROBERT R. PERRY.


MALCOLM E. STURTEVANT.


WILLIAM J. WARD.


CHARLES E. WOODMAN.


ANTHONY J. ZIEGAL.


Measurer of Wood and Bark.


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WILLIAM B. HOLMES, - 317 Broadway. -


Measurer of Grain.


EVERETT C. EMERY. -


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ARTHUR L. GILMAN.


FREDERICK A. HANSCOM.


JAMES A. HARMON.


WILLIAM D. HAYDEN.


FRANKLIN W. HOPKINS. DENNIS KELLEY.


CHARLES A. KENDALL. 1


505


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1911.


Public Weigher in Charge of City Scales at City Ledge. i WILLIAM H. WHITCOMB.


Weighers of Coal.


DANIEL F. ASH.


GEORGE H. MARSH.


EDGAR H. BARKER.


JOHN A. MARSH.


ELMER E. BEACHAM.


OSMAN T. MARSH.


JOHN L. BLAKE.


JOHN W. MASON.


CONSTANCE M. COVENEY.


GEORGE H. MOORE.


ELLSWORTH J. CULLEN.


MARION NICHOLSON.


HARRY H. CUMMINGS.


FRANK J. OBERLE.


WILLIAM G. CUMMINGS.


LEWIS O'BRIEN.


ALBERTUS L. DAKIN.


JAMES P. O'NEILL.


CHARLES F. DOHERTY.


JOHN J. O'NEILL.


AMHERST F. DURKEE.


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MARK W. PATTEN.


WILLIAM J. DWYER.


OBADIAH E. RING.


EVERETT C. EMERY.


WILLIAM H. ROBINSON.


FRED L. ESTEY.


WALTER K. SMITH.


CHARLES T. GARLAND.


WILLIAM E. GERRISH.


HELEN T. GOULD.


GARFIELD J. GRILLS.


WILLIAM J. THOMPSON. WILLIAM A. THURSTON. JOHN P. TULLY.


WILLIAM H. IRELAND.


JAMES JOHNSTON.


C. JENNIE WALLACE. JAMES WALLACE. THOMAS WALSH.


THOMAS C. LAMB.


WILLIAM M. LENNAN.


CHARLES H. WARD.


FRANK T. McMAHON.


ROBERT F. WARREN.


JOHN J. McMAHON.


JOHN H. WOODMAN.


Weighers of Beef.


ALBERT E. BAKER.


F. A. BENNETT.


THOMAS S. PARKER. WILLIAM E. ROEDER. GEORGE RYAN.


OLIVER BRYANT.


CARL BURROWS.


CARL F. SAMPSON.


GEORGE M. CHISHOLM.


WILLIS B. SARGENT.


WILLIAM J. DOONER.


WALTER SAVAGE. EDWIN F. SEASLEY.


JOHN FLAHERTY.


WILLIAM E. SHACKLEY.


I. W. FORSAITH.


FRANK H. SHAW.


VINCENT GRAVES.


FRED HARRIS. 1


ROBERT E. SMITH. 1 LEONARD STICKLEY. L. G. TRAFTON. 1


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M. J. MCCORMACK.


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ARTHUR F. MASON.


JOSEPH F. TYTER.


REUBEN W. MEAD.


JOSEPH MURPHY.


GEORGE C. WILLIAMS, TOBIAS YAVNER,


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CHARLES ELLARD.


ANDREW C. STEELE.


JOSEPH F. HAUSE.


J. FRANK TALBOT. FRANK A. TEELE.


SYLVANUS R. KNEELAND.


INDEX.


PAGE


City Clerk, Report of .


459


Receipts


459


Payments


Licenses and Permits


461


Gas and Pole Locations


461


Births


462


Marriages .


462 463


Deaths


Assessed Polls and Registered Voters . .


464


Women's Voting Lists


465


Elections


466


Liquor License Question .


472


City Engineer, Report of .


316


Engineering Department, Statement of Expenses


316


Classification of Expenses, Assistants' Salaries .


316


Office Records and Value of Instruments


317


General Work .


317


Stone Bounds


318


Streets Accepted in 1911 .


319


Length of Public Streets in Each Ward


319


Paving


319


Table of Street Construction .


322


Miles of Edgestone, Gravel, Granolithic, and Brick Side- walks in Each Ward 323


Sidewalks Constructed


323


Bridges and Grade Crossings


325


Statement of Expenses, Grade Crossings


325


Perambulation of Boundary Lines


326


Sewers Construction, Statement of Expenses


327


Summary of Work .


329


Metropolitan Sewer Connections


329 330


Maintenance Account, Statement of Expenses


330


Sewers and Storm Drains Built in 1911


331


Parks and Playgrounds .


332


Cost of Constructing Reinforced Concrete Grand Stand and Football and Baseball Fields


334


Parks and Playgrounds, Maintenance, Statement of Ex- penses


336


Table of Streets


340


City Physician, Report of


315


City Solicitor, Report of


458


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of .


21


Public Property


21


Funded Debt


22


Resources .


24


Appropriations from Funded Debt and from Income


25


Cash


25


Assets and Liabilities


26


Balance Sheet .


26


Appendix .


27


General Accounts and Balances


35


Statement of Accounts, etc. .


51


Approval of Treasurer's Report


151


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City Government and Officers for 1911


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499


New Work


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460


INDEX.


507


PAGE


Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Com- missioner)


376


Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner)


352


Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner)


387


Electric Lines and Lights Commissioner, Report of Inspection of Wiring in Buildings


382


Fire Alarm System .


383


Police Signal System


384


Supervision of Poles and Wires


384


Street Lighting


385


Financial Statement


385


Recommendations


386


Fire Department, Chief of, Report of .


435


Fire Alarms


435


Service of Companies


437


Fire Stations and Equipment .


438


Manual Force .


439


W. Foster Wade


439


Horses


440 440


Hose


440


Recommendations


443


Health, Board of, Report of


273


Organization, Officers, etc.


273


Nuisances ·


274


Permits


Pedlers .


275 276


Ashes and Offal


277


Stables


278


Board of Infants


278


Deaths


278, 280, 283


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284


Hospital for Contagious Diseases


286, 291 .


Tuberculosis Hospital


286, 291


Bacteriological Department


286


Undertakers


287


Examiners of Plumbers .


287


Financial Statement


287


Medical Inspector, Report of .


291


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of .


299


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of


297


Inspector of Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner) 376


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of . Jury List


299 478


Mayor's Inaugural Address .


The Financial Situation .


Assessment of Property


Our Main Thoroughfares


The High School Problem


Somerville Field


Grade Crossings Abolition


Hospital Work


The Public Library


Fire Department Equipment .


Inspection of Electric Wiring


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Mortality Statistics


279, 280


Diseases Dangerous to Public Health .


281, 283, 286, 291, 294


Medical Inspection of Schools


297


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Recapitulation


435


Bell Alarms and Causes .


382


508


INDEX.


PAGE


Betterment of the Police Service .


10


Liquor Licenses


10


Readjustment of Street Lights


10


Light and Power for Central Hill Buildings


11


Bathing Facilities


11


Metropolitan District Development


11


Finance Committee Report .


11


Financial Statement


13


Medical Inspector, Report of


291


Scarlet Fever


291


Diphtheria


291


Typhoid Fever .


291


Tuberculosis


291


Contagious Disease Hospital .


291


Bacteriological Department


294


Ordinances


Overseers of the Poor, Report of


306


Report of Overseers of the Poor .


307


Report of General Agent


308


Full Support


310


Partial Support


310


Reimbursements


310


Somerville Hospital .


311


Population and Gross Expenditures


311


Overseers of the Poor Since 1885 Recapitulation


312


Expenditures in Detail ·


312


City Home, Report of Warden


313


City Physician, Report of


315


Police, Chief of, Report of


445


Arrests


445


Offenses Against the Person .


445


Offenses Against Property


445 446


Recapitulation


447


Miscellaneous Reports


447


Intoxicating Liquor .


449 449


Automobile Patrol-Ambulance


450


Roster of Department


450


Changes in Department .


451


Sickness and Disability


451


Comparisons of Arrests.


452


Regulation of Liquor Traffic .


453


Detective Service


453


Automobile Patrol-Ambulance


453


Performance of Duties .


453


Recommendations


454 306


Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor) . Population


195, 207, 311


Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of Inspection of Buildings .


376


Additional Accommodations City Hall .


377


Girls' Trade School


378


City Home Addition


378


Branch Libraries


379


S. Newton Cutler School


379


Vault Fittings . .


380


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473


306


Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc.


312


Offenses Against Public Order


Police Signal Service and Ambulance Reports


377


509


PAGE


Additional Window Space Police Building


381


Public Grounds (see City Engineer)


316


Public Library


263


Board of Trustees, Officers, etc. .


263


Report of the Trustees .


265


Libraries, Agencies, Hours for Business, Staff


266


Report of the Librarian .


267


Growth


267


Registration


268


Use of Books


268


Publications and Exhibitions


268


The Staff


269


Accessions


270


Deposits


270


Circulation


270


Financial Statement


271


Report of the School Committee .


152


Members, Officers, Committees, etc.


153, 154


Report of Superintendent


155


School Attendance


155, 195, 208, 216


School Census .


156, 195, 207, 217


Schoolhouses


157, 195, 201


Cost of the Schools


195, 196, 198, 201, 202


High School


159, 209


High School Accommodations


166


State-Aided Vocational Schools


168


Summer Playgrounds


170, 188


Dental Dispensary .


172


Truancy


172, 212, 261, 262


Work of the Schools


173


Course of Study


174


Changes of Teachers


174, 220, 223


Teachers' Salaries


175, 199, 201, 239


Conclusion


177


Mrs. Emma B. Jones


179


Miss Annie E. McCarty


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Somerville Teachers' Association


180


Somerville Teachers' Club


181


Industrial School for Girls


182


Industrial School for Boys, Principal of, Report of .


184


School Savings Banks


192


Appendix


194


Population and School Census


195, 207


Teachers


195, 199, 220, 223, 239, 246


198, 203, 205


Sight and Hearing


200


Cost of Maintaining Schools, 1911


202


Annual Cost of Maintaining Schools Annual Cost Per Capita .


205


Evening Schools


213, 214, 260


Promotions


218, 219


Graduation Exercises


225


Graduates .


. 212, 215, 226


Organization of School Board, 1912


237


Teachers in Service January, 1912 .


239, 246


Janitors


247


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204


Per Capita Cost


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INDEX.


381


School Department .


152


510


INDEX.


PAGE


Distribution of Pupils Text-books


248, 249


224, 250


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of


456


Sewers (see City Engineer) .


316


Street Commissioner, Report of .


352


Paving


Holland Street Ledge


353


Stone Crusher .


353


Street Cleaning


353


Bridges


354


Shade Trees


354


Elm-Leaf Beetles


354


Leopard Moth .


354


Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths


354


Subways


355


Sprinkling Streets


355


Steam Rollers .


355


Sidewalks


355


Snow and Ice


356


Underground Wires


356


Accepted Streets


356


Sidewalks Maintenance


357


Street Railways


357


Emergency Calls


357


Miscellaneous


358


Recommendations


359


Statement of Accounts .


359


Streets Constructed in 1911


366


Streets Repaired


367


Sidewalks Constructed


368


Gutters Paved .


372


Driveways Constructed


373


Driveways Discontinued


373 373


Streets Accepted


374


Street Crossings Laid


375


Street Opening


375


Length of Accepted Streets in Each Ward .


375


Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor)


306


Water Commissioner, Report of . Statement of Accounts .


388 389


Water Debt


389


Water Works Income and Distribution


390


Water Distribution .


390


Street Mains


390


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


392


Water Services .


392


Water Meters .


393, 396, 399


Summary of Pipes and Fixtures


394


Maintenance and Operation .


394


Service Maintenance


396


Buildings and Grounds


397


Department Efficiency


397


Teaming Equipment


398


Water Assessments and Consumption


398


Meterage


399


Water Income .


400


In General


.


400


Driveways Widened


387


Cost of Water Works


352


INDEX.


511


Information Regarding Use of Water Meters


401


Gates Set in New Locations .


407


Fire Hydrants


410


Location of Hydrants


412


Private Hydrants


430


Locations of Waterposts


430


Locations of Drinking Fountains .


432


Statistics


432


Financial Statistics


434


PAGE


Gates Removed


409





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