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Smith's Elk
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21.3
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Hires
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22.6
15.5
Eclipse
.12
22.9
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Vermont
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22.9
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Standard
11
22.6
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Defiance
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19.6
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Gold
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Pet
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21.6
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Peerless
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Peerless
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Van Camps
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St. Charles
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Globe
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Flies.
Probably the most common method of transmission of typhoid bacilli to milk is through the handling of milk with fingers soiled with typhoid excreta, yet there is no doubt that the typhoid fly (common house fly) is capable of transmitting the germs by traveling over the excreta, then alighting on the edge of some milk utensil or bathing in the milk.
Allow such milk to stand a few hours, especially in a warm room, and the possibility of feeding typhoid bacilli to a number of people at the same time is good. It is good policy to screen all openings in the stable, especially in the milk room.
It is estimated that over one million dollars is expended annually for screens in the United States because someone leaves filth and dirt scattered promiscuously about in which flies may breed.
"Flies in the dining room usually precede a nurse in the
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sick room, and screens on the windows may prevent crepe on the door."-Healthologist.
Despite out-door precautions flies will multiply.
Despite screens flies will enter human habitations.
By taking advantage of the following suggestions the number of flies may be materially lessened: Flies dislike mignonette blossoms (they avoid rooms containing them), common white clover (the blossoms in vases set about the room seem to irritate the fly and cause it to seek other surroundings).
Carbolic acid, twenty drops on a hot stove lid or shovel, causes them extreme discomfort, and will help drive them from the room. When carbolic acid is used all but one shade should be drawn, and the room is thus rendered semi-dark. A single window or door should be wide open to permit egress.
Bichromate of potash, one dram in two ounces of sweet- ened water, kills them. Numerous so-called poisonous fly- papers are equally effective.
Poisons cannot be universally recommended.
Formaldehyde in water, one tablespoonful to a pint, left in a room will drive them away.
The fumes from formaldehyde candles, for sale by many druggists, will drive them out of the house. These candles also fumigate the home. However, they cannot be used while the rooms are occupied, and will readily kill any animal life they may reach.
Common commercial disinfectants and deodorizers will help exterminate the fly. Discrimination, however, is needed in purchasing these preparations. Some are wholly worthless. The advice of a competent person should be sought before they are purchased.
The above are not exterminants, but are recommended by the United States Bureau of Entomology. Some of the remedies outlined may kill the fly, others will drive them from the premises. All of them are good materials to use in the combat against this insect.
Legislation.
There can be no doubt that the great number of measures introduced annually to the legislature endeavoring to regulate the production, distribution, and sale of milk in this common- wealth are causing such a controversy as to injure dealers and consumers alike.
While some of the people who instigate such measures are honest and sincere in their purpose the consuming public are reaping a reward in many ways never contemplated.
The publicity given to milk legislation in the past three years has had a tendency to irritate and antagonize the pro- ducer and distributor, make the consumer uncertain as to the
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quality of the milk he is receiving, and is in my opinion uncalled for.
It seems to me that as Greater Boston now has the finest milk supply of any large city in the world, and this condition has been brought about by LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH, it is only reasonable to expect them to be able to show in the next few years a reasonable improvement.
Such important changes cannot be brought about in a moment, and much time is being wasted in misdirected effort.
Oleomargarine.
There are seventeen dealers licensed to sell butterine until May 31, 1913.
One dealer was prosecuted for selling without a license.
Vinegar.
Routine examinations were made of samples of vinegar during the year, and all, with two exceptions, were found to be of good standard quality.
Recommendations.
1. That milk be sold in bottles only and when dealers persist in selling tank or can milk that they be required to display a sign which states that "This milk is suitable for cooking purposes only" (required in New York at the present time).
2. That milk distributors be required by law to pay a nominal license fee for each team used (the same as stores are now required to do).
3. That it shall constitute a misdemeanor for milk dealers to use bottles redeemed from the ash heap. That junk dealers be prohibited having same in their possession.
4. That no dealer be allowed to bottle milk unless con- tainers have been sterilized with live steam.
5. That consumers purchase only bottled milk, refusing to patronize a dealer who handles milk in any other way.
6. That consumers report to this office any violation of the milk rules and regulations that may come to their attention.
7. That consumers consult this department in regard to the sanitary condition of dairies and bottling establishments through whom they obtain their milk supply.
8. That physicians report by telephone to this office cases of enteritis and tonsilitis, with the name of the dealer supplying the milk.
The health department in a community is able to control disease in proportion to the completeness and exactness of its knowledge of the occurrence of cases. With full information
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of existing cases it can work effectively ; it can direct its efforts at prophylaxis against the disease itself; it can work in the light of knowledge of the situation.
When there are a number of cases of any disease there is usually some one or more sources from which it is being spread, and it is only when cases are reported that the health department can ascertain their relationship to each other, or their common source of infection when such exists.
It is only through the notification of cases that outbreaks due to infected milk can be recognized and proper remedies applied.
9. That the public screen all doors, windows, and porches, and assist in every way to exterminate the fly.
Appreciation.
wish to express my appreciation to the members of I the board of health and others who have cheerfully assisted me in carrying on my work, and also to the Somerville press, who have kindly given me space to express my views on the milk question.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. BOWMAN, Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Board of Overseers of the Poor. HENRY F. CURTIS, M. D., President, ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Vice-President. . PHILIP KOEN.
Committees. ON FINANCE, INVESTIGATION AND RELIEF, AND CITY HOME-Dr. Curtis, Mr. Edmands and Mr. Koen.
Secretary. CORA F. LEWIS.
General Agent. CHARLES C. FOLSOM.
City Physician. C. CLARKE TOWLE, M, D.
Warden and Matron, City Home. Mr. and Mrs. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN.
Office. . City Hall Annex, Highland Avenue.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1912.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-Herewith the Board of the Overseers of the Poor presents its report for the year 1912, which includes reports of the agent and the warden of the city home.
With extremely favorable weather conditions, and a good demand for labor, we have had this year little pressing and unusual call for aid.
In spite of this, the increased charges from outside cities and towns and a natural growth in the cost of supplies have brought the aggregate of expense very near the figures sub- mitted for the yearly outlay of this department, and we have felt it impossible, even with the greatest economy, to keep within our given appropriation.
It seems as if, this year more than usual, we have realized the effect of higher prices. The usual amounts have been given, but the reduced purchasing power has caused more frequent demands.
At the city home a favorable condition of the market has yielded better prices for our crops, enough to offset the increase in price for purchases, and the loss of income from sundry boarders.
Our hospital annex is, as we may say, complete, and is proving a very convenient and necessary addition, for which we are duly grateful.
An office for the warden and a waiting-room of some kind for those who come to visit inmates is here very much needed, as, outside of the rooms of the family, there is no place but the dining room where people can be received.
The work in the different departments through the year has been most satisfactory.
Very respectfully,
HENRY F. CURTIS, Overseers A. W. EDMANDS, of the
PHILIP KOEN, Poor
. REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT.
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1912. To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass .:-
Gentlemen,-There has been expended in the year just closed under the direction of your board the sum of $28,200.30, divided as follows : Miscellaneous Account, $19,201.33, and City Home Account, $8,998.97. The warden's report gives details of the latter expenditures. In reference to the Miscellaneous Account I will explain why we expended $2,873.77 more than we did the previous year.
We paid other cities and towns $1,547.85 more last year than the year before. We cannot control this item of expense. All we can do is to be sure that the persons so aided belong to us, and that the expenditure was necessary and reasonable.
We also paid out $817.75 more for food than in the previous year, also more for medicine, burials, fuel, and to the Somerville Hospital. The total amount does not always increase steadily year by year, but varies. Next year we may have to expend more than we ever have in a year before, or the expense may be less.
We investigate each case as it comes up both in the city and out, and do what seems to us best under the circumstances. In my judgment the law is correct in allowing the board to expend what seems to it necessary, and not be obliged to keep within the appropriation.
Many of our people believe we should spend more money for the poor than we have done in the past, and this may be true, but I think there is as little suffering in this city as in any of its size in the commonwealth. The work of the department is fully abreast that of other cities.
In this, my twenty-eighth year with the board, I wish to thank each member and all others connected with the depart- ment, including our able and conscientious city physician, Dr. Towle, for the very cordial relation that has and does exist in the work of the department.
Very respectfully,
C. C. FOLSOM,
General Agent.
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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Table No. 1. FULL SUPPORT (DURING THE YEAR).
In city home (men 37, women 22) 59
In city home December 31, 1912 (men 19, women 18) 37
In private families
4
In hospitals for the sick in other towns, cities, and state . 105
In care of state division minor wards .
4
Table No. 2.
PARTIAL SUPPORT (OUTDOOR RELIEF).
Families
297
Persons aided (including hospital cases)
1,220
Burial's
8
Permits to state infirmary . .
16
Average expense to the city for each (carriage for two)
$1 11
Table No. 3.
REIMBURSEMENTS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$1,471 70
City of Boston .
782 04
66
66 Cambridge
658 79
66
Chicopee
24 29
Everett
156 00
66
Haverhill
31 43
66
Holyoke
15 71
66
Lowell .
4 29
66
Malden
29 30
66
Medford
147 78
New Bedford
2 05
Newton
147 68
66
66 Quincy
65 71
12 92
66
Woburn
19 70
66
Worcester
5 80
Town of Arlington
5 71
Burlington
78 41
66
Falmouth
19 29
66
Hanover
60 81
Hudson
12 86
Middleboro
27 14
66
Orange
51 43
66
Provincetown
15 73
Saugus
45 64
66
Sheffield
30 00
66
Walpole
21 43
66
Weston
4 28
66
Whitman
112 92
6 10
Board of Health (for cash paid in Board of Health case) .
$4,098 13
66 Chelsea
2 86
Gloucester
6 90
Lynn
21 43
Springfield
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table No. 4. SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (PATIENTS ON CITY BEDS).
Patients having settlement in Somerville .
103
Patients having settlement in other cities or towns . 67
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state) .
81
Total number of patients sent to hospital .
251
Money paid hospital by the city for patients settled in Somerville
$5,000 00
Amount reimbursed to the city and paid to the hospital for patients not settled in Somerville .
2,122 88
Total paid to the hospital
$7,122 88
Table No. 5.
POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1883 TO 1912, INCLUSIVE.
Year.
Population (Estimated).
Expenditures.
1883
27,000
$15,959.80
1884
28,000
17,272.52
1885
*29,992
16,430.32
1886
32,000
14,341.83
1887
34,000
13,430.89
1888
36,000
13,375.98
1889
39,000
14,610.92
1890
*40,117
15,261.14
1891
43,000
15,980.49
1892
46,000
17,015.30
1893
48,000
17,799.58
1894
50,000
19,733.13
1895
*52,200
20,755.46
1896
54,000
21,999.79
1897
56,000
25,681.47
1898
57,500
28,522.21
1899
60,000
28,924.39
1900
*61,643
Miscellaneous, $23,697.62
29,226.45
1901
62,500
City Home, 6,622.43
Miscellaneous, $28,667.04
36,063.68
City Home, 7,396.64
Miscellaneous, $30,470.20
38,018.59
1904
69,500
City Home, 6,563.11
1905
*69,272
City Home, 7,474.36
1906
72,000
City Home,
6,806.79
1907
74,000
City Home, 7,001.23
1908
75,500
City Home, 6,875.56
24,830.90
1909
75,500
Miscellaneous, $16,843.17 7,562.83
24,406.00
1910
*77,236
Miscellaneous, $16,110.42 7,695.89 City Home,
23,806.31
1911
78,000
City Home,
7,842.03
Miscellaneous, $19,201.33
1912
81,000
City Home,
8,998.97
28,200.30
*Census.
City Home, 5,528.83
Miscellaneous, $29,171.15
35,793.58
1902
63,500
1903
65,500
City Home, 7,548.39
Miscellaneous, $20,476.54
27,039.65
Miscellaneous, $17,527.88
25,002.24
Miscellaneous, $18,237.53
25,044.32
Miscellaneous, $17,852.20
24,853.43
Miscellaneous, $17,955.34
City Home,
Miscellaneous, $16,327.56
24,169.59
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Table No. 6. EXPENDITURES, IN DETAIL, FOR THE YEAR 1912.
1912.
Medicine.
Board.
Groceries.
Somerville Poor in Other Cities and Towns.
Boots and Shoes.
Dry Goods.
Burials.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Sundries.
Cash Paid Out.
Telephone.
Stationery and Printing.
Somerville Hospital.
State Infirmary.
Nursing.
Mass. Hospital School.
Total.
January . .
$52.98
$165.98
$814.00
$858.78
$13.25
$10.00
$334.66
$169.52
$6.00
$26.00
$17.91
$3.25
$12.86
$37.75
$2,522.94
February
54.77
97.44
470.50
719.99
25.00
316.66
113.31
12.00
3.45
8.22
7.97
57.15
6.75
1,893.21
March .
6.80
137.16
514.25
117.28
10.00
341.67
107.72
1.50
13.35
8.34
29.00
.
8.75
$45.14
1,740.96
April .
3.30
124.66
467.50
544.76
363.99
4.51
6.30
11.05
6.94
133.33
24.54
1,690.88
May
47.46
106.86
484.50
95.58
9.50
5.00
333.99
35.06
4.00
6.75
133.33
49.14
21.25
44.57
1,376.99
June
9.92
128.16
466.50
20.00
73.00
324.99
13.85
6.85
1.88
133.33
15.25
.
·
.
.
.. .
14.71
1,552.44
September
40.83
135.52
535.50
164.33
342.32
3.80
8.61
133.33
1.50
52.57
1,418.31
October . .
10.60
127.86
480.50
190.00
4.25
26.00
356.99
4.10
4.75
8.30
133.33
24.00
1,372.68
November .
9.35
127.09
382.00
517.30
356.99
162.75
6.17
8.40
9.50
133.33
26.50
.
.
.
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.
.
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.
.. .
. .
Totals .
$255.82
$1,420.97
$5,523.00
$4,237.30
$27.00
$2.00
$164.00
$4,082.00
$557.81
$37.15
$136.73
$102.46
$58.35
$2,122.88
$145.65
$158.50
$169.71
$19,201.33
.
·
.
.
.
5.65
10.34
133.33
4.00
1,566.10
July
10.71
90.72
396.50
574.86
15.00
324.99
August
9.10
101.44
511.25
434.42
324.99
8.65
14.55
133.33
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.
. . .
·
.
·
27.43
1,133.71
December .
.
78.08
359.76
7.25
4.95
.
.
.
.
656.24
.
$2.00
1,739.38
$400.00
.
1,193.73
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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
317
Overseers of the Poor of Somerville. SINCE THE REORGANIZATION IN 1885.
+Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman ex-officio . 1885
1888 inclusive
៛Colonel Herbert E. Hill
· 1885
1889
Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman
. 1885
1887
Hon. Edward Glines
1885
1887
#Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892.
1885
April
1893
Edward B. West (president May, 1894-1912) . +Daniel C. Stillson
1888
to
1911
+Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio .
1889
1891
Nathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April, 1894)
1890
April 1894
66
+Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman ex- officio .
1892
1895
James G. Hinckley
May 1892
Albert W. Edmands .
May 1893
to date*
Herbert E. Merrill .
May 1894
1909
+Ezra D. Souther
1895.
Feb. 1898 (Died)
Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio .
1896
1898 inclusive
James H. Butler
March 1898
1899
Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman, ex- officio
1899
Henry F. Curtis, M.D.
1910 to
date*
Philip Koen ·
.
*Present member.
¡Deceased.
Table No. 7. RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS).
Appropriation .
.
$16,500 00 4,098 13
Reimbursements
Total receipts
$20,598 13
Total expenditures
19,201 33
Balance
$1,396 80
Net expenditures
$15,103 20
.
.
1912 to date*
1
1894
66
1888
April
1892
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.
City Home, January 1, 1913.
To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen,-I submit the following as the report of the warden of the city home for the year ending December 31, 1912 :-
Table No. 1. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Farm produce sold .
$4,283 16
Board of sundry persons .
. 817 52 .
$5,100 68
Table No. 2. LIVING EXPENSES.
Salaries and wages
$3,180 97
Groceries and provisions
2,384 16
Dry goods .
406 04
Boots and shoes
75 13
Hay and grain .
977 70
Seed
92 25
House furnishings
79 50
Kitchen furnishings
37 06
Sundries
243 13
Cash paid by warden, car fares for warden, inmates, and laborers
86 10
Medicine
82 82
Horse shoeing
40 00
Live stock .
278 95
Repairs on sash
19 06
Repairs on wagons
77 90
Telephone .
40 22
Farm sundries
322 24
Pig account
407 30
Ice
50 05
Credits :-
Farm produce .
$4,283 16
Board of sundry persons
817 52
$5,100 68
Net living expenses .
$3,779 90
Table No 3.
Number of weeks' board of inmates . 1,845
Number of males admitted during 1912
21
Number of females admitted during 1912
10
Number of males discharged during 1912
10
Number of females discharged during 1912 .
7
Number of males supported during 1912
37
Number of females supported during 1912 .
22
Number of males died during 1912
7
Number of females died during 1912 .
1.
Number of inmates in home December 31, 1912 .
37
$8,880 58
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
319
Table No. 4. FARM ACCOUNT. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Farm produce sold .
$4,283 16
Produce used at city home
300 00
Milk used at city home .
438 00
$5,021 16
EXPENSES.
Wages for help
$1,143 15
Feed for one horse .
162 81
Feed for three cows
488 43
Shoeing one horse .
13 33
Repairs on wagons and sash .
102 90
Farm sundries .
279 24
Garbage and bedding
407 30
Live stock
278 95
Seed
92 25
$2,968 36
Balance
$2,052 80
Table No. 5. REPAIRS.
Repairs on pig yard
Painting wall and general repairs .
$118 39
Living expenses
8,880 58
$8,998 97
Table No. 6.
Reimbursements
$5,100 68
Net expenditures
3,898 29
Total expenditures
$8,998 97
Appropriation
8,500 00
Overdrawn
$498 97
Respectfully submitted,
J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN,
Warden.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN, Somerville, January 1, 1913.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The work of your city physician during the year 1912 is presented in the following abstract :- Office consultations and treatments 748
Total outside visits .
1,263
Confinements
.
15
Vaccinations
170
Visits at city home .
53
Attended at police station
45
Examinations :--
For legal department
20
For highway department .
16
For police department
1
For fire department .
1
Respectfully submitted,
C. CLARKE TOWLE, City Physician.
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REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 28, 1913. 5 To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-In accordance with the provisions of the city charter, the following report of the work done and expense incurred for the year ending December 31, 1912, by the En- gineering department and appropriations under my charge and supervision, including the accounts of City Engineer, Grade Crossings, Sewers Construction, Sewers Maintenance, Public Grounds, Parks and Playgrounds and other public works, is herewith presented.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
City Engineer Account. Statement of Expenses, 1912.
Salary of City Engineer
$3,000 00
Salaries of assistants (see itemized state-
ment following)
7,634 10
Stakes, tools, and general supplies (outside work)
159 26
Draughting materials and office supplies (inside work)
211 99
Car fares . .
200 45
Maintenance of automobile .
500 66
Setting stone bounds
50 15
Telephone, postage, expressing, and in- cidentals
141 39
Total debit
CREDIT. $11,898 00
Appropriation
$11,500 00
Amount received for making acceptance
plans
68 00
Amount received from other accounts, ser- vices rendered
330 00
Total credit
$11,898 00
Classification of Expenses, Assistants' Salaries.
Sewers,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, and all engineer- ing work relating to sewers
Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving, and all other engineering relating to the department . .
$1,363 80
982 70
.
322
ANNUAL REPORTS.
:
Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, titles, costs, and assessments . · Bridges and Grade Crossings,-comprising surveys, plans,
697 40
profiles, estimates, lines and grades, etc. . 132 90
Water Works,-comprising lines, grades, locations of mains, gates, hydrants and services, and other matters relating to the department . Public Grounds and Parks,-comprising surveys, plans, estimates, profiles and grades, including laying out of parks and playgrounds and boulevards . 777 30
443 40
Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction and laying out of grounds . .
103 80
Street Numbering,-comprising locations of buildings, plans, and affixing street numbers on houses .
236 50
Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishing of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading .
181 80
City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, acceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, etc. . ·
756 20
Middlesex Registry,-comprising copying of plans, and abstracts from deeds and examination of titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracings of street acceptance and sewer taking plans filed for record, Private Corporations, Railway, Telephone, Electric Light, and Gas Light Companies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles, and office notes, locations of poles and conduits .
175 10
Stone Bounds,-locating and setting
147 50
Miscellaneous Work,-comprising preliminary surveys, designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for different committees 141 20
Vacations, Holidays, and Sickness 536 60
Total
$7,634 10
Office Records and Value of Instruments.
Number of survey note-books, sewer permit books, dced books, calculation books and record books,-three hundred and thirty-five.
Number of plans, including sewers, highways, parks, house lots, etc.,-six thousand eight hundred and ten.
Value of field instruments, tools, and office instruments . $2,500 00
The number of assistants employed during the year on engineering work varied from eight to eleven.
The total cost of maintaining the Engineering department (City Engineer account) since it was established (1872-1912, both years inclusive) has amounted to $308,223.61.
General Work. Under the title of Engineering Depart- ment a varied line of city work is carried on each year,
143 40
Office Work,-comprising records of all locations, index- ing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calculations, reports, and general draughting 814 50
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CITY ENGINEER.
including the designing and superintending of the construction and maintenance of sewers, parks, playgrounds, boulevards, bridges, and other public works as may be authorized; the making of such surveys, plans, profiles, estimates, descriptions of property, specifications and contracts for work as the mayor, board of aldermen, or any committee or department may require; the custody of all plans and data relating to the laying out, widening, or discontinuing of streets, and the recording and indexing of all work under the control of the city engineer.
The city ordinances require that the city engineer must be consulted on all work where the advice of a civil engineer would be of service ; and no structure of any kind can be placed upon, beneath, or above any street by any department of the city, corporation, or individual, until a plan is furnished showing the location and approved by him.
During the year the department made plans and estab- lished grades for the acceptance, under the betterment act, of fifteen new public streets, a total length of 6,917 feet.
Ten plans have been made of private streets for accept- ance as public streets during the year, as ordered, but not as yet made public, and there are plans for acceptance of nine other private streets, previously made, on file in the office that for various reasons are still unaccepted as public ways.
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