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Secretary. CORA F. LEWIS.
Clerk. JEANNETTE M. HUTCHINS.
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, 1916.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-The reports of the general agent and the warden of the City Home, with tables showing the work, are herewith submitted. Philip Koen, a valued member of the board for some years, resigned late in the fall, owing to his removal from the city, and the Mayor appointed in his place Michael Coll, otherwise the members of the board, agent, clerks and warden and matron of the City Home remain the same as last year. Our Home Hospital has been well pat- ronized and is nearly full at the present time. We were somewhat handicapped at the beginning of the year at the City Farm owing to the wet weather, and later by scarcity of farm labor, but the good prices helped out so that the reve- nue from the Home and Farm amounted to $5,491.74, only about $100 less than last year. We now have forty-three in- mates in the Home. We have had during the year eighty- four. We are aiding at the present time under the Mother's Aid Law, fifty-four families, containing 287 children; the amount given is from $3.00 to $11.00 per week, according to the number of children and the conditions. We are paying out under this law about $1,500 per month in cash, besides groceries and fuel. The friendly law suit between Somer- ville and the Commonwealth referred to a year ago in our re- port has been decided in the Supreme Court of the State in favor of Somerville. The total collections for the department were $27,581.18; the total expenditures for the department were $63,353.03; the net cost to the city for charity during the year was $35,771.85.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY F. CURTIS, Overseers A. W. EDMANDS, ~ of the
MICHAEL COLL, Poor.
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REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT.
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1916.
To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen,-The following is a brief report of the work of the department for the year 1916. There has been quite a falling off in the number of families and persons aided during 1916 from that of the year previous, owing I suppose to the fact that business has been good and work opportunities plenty. Very few families have been aided where there was a man at home. The Mother's Aid cases continue to influ- ence larger amounts in other cases. I wish to thank the mem- bers of the board and all connected with the department for their universal courtesy and help during the year. Tables showing our work are herewith submitted.
Sincerely, C. C. FOLSOM, General Agent.
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256
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table No. 1.
FULL SUPPORT (During the year).
In city home (men 53, women 31) 84 In city home December 31, 1916 . 43 In private families 16
In hospitals for the sick in other towns, cities and state 77
In care of state division minor wards (children) . 10
Table No. 2. PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief).
Families
350
Persons aided (including hospital cases) . 1,672
Burials .
15
Permits to state infirmary . .
25
Average expense to the city for each (carriage for 8)
$1 89
Table No. 3. AID UNDER 1913 LAW.
Number of applications from widows or deserted women 77
Number of families aided at close of year
54
Number of children
Amount earned by mothers and children over fourteen, . 287
each week $216 00
Amount allowed each family, from $3.00 to $11.00 per week Number of out of town families . .
8
Number having no settlement .
·
·
16
257
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Table No. 4. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$9,981 97
City of Boston .
3,821 36
66
Brockton
280 23
Cambridge
4,571 78
€6
Everett
411 65
Gloucester
10 00
" Haverhill
20 00
Lawrence
69 0
66
Lowell
136 67
Lynn
31 43
Malden
22 85
66
Medford
167 22
66
New Bedford
107 40
66
Newton .
134 45
66
Salem
11 43
60
66
Springfield
15 33
Town of Amherst
211 33
173 34
66
Duxbury
138 66
66
¥
Framingham
262 60
66
Lancaster
7 73
66
Marshfield
118 00
66
Medfield
8 00
Northboro
31 66
66
Peabody
365 16
66
Saugus
34 00
66
66 Stoneham
18 00
66
66
Wakefield
93 17
66
Whitman
283 10
66
Winchendon
7 14
Individuals
47 19
$22,110 87
Table No. 5. SOMERVILLE' HOSPITAL (PATIENTS ON CITY BEDS).
Patients having settlement in Somerville
133
Patients having settlement in other cities or towns
57
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state) 71
Total number of patients sent to hospital .
261
Money paid hospital by the city for patients settled in Somerville
$7,000 00
Amount reimbursed to the city and paid to the hospital
for patients not settled in Somerville
2,272 08
Total paid to the hospital
$9,272 08
66
66
Worcester
124 29
Burlington
78 41
66
Concord
68 38
Easton
18 45
Sandwich
12 00
Sterling
6 00
Woburn
162 56
Arlington
.
Chelsea
48 93
6.
258
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table No. 6.
POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1883 TO 1916, INCLUSIVE.
Year.
Population (Estimated).
Expenditures.
1883
27,000
$15.959.80
1884
28,000
17,272.52
1885
*29,992
16,430.3%
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
City Home,
5,528.83
Miscellaneous, $29,171.15
35,793.58
1902
63,500
Miscellaneous, $28,667.04
36,063.68
1903
65,500
Miscellaneous, $30,470.20
38,018.59
City Home,
7,548.39
Miscellaneous, $20,476.54
27,039.65
City Home, 6,563.11
Miscellaneous, $17,527.88
25,002.24
1906
72,000
Miscellaneous, $18,237.53
25,044.32
City Home, 6,806.79
1907
74,000
Miscellaneous, $17,852.20
24,853.43
City Home, 7,001.23
$
1908
75,500
Miscellaneous, $17,955.34
24,830.90
City Home, 6,875.56
S
1909
75,500
Miscellaneous, $16,843.17
24,406.00
City Home, 7,562.83
S
1910
*77,236
Miscellaneous, $16,110.42
1
23,806.31
City Home, 7,695.89
S
1911
78,000
Miscellaneous, $16,327.56 City Home, 7,842.03
24,169.59
1912
81,000
City Home,
8,998.97
1913
82,000
Miscellaneous, $21,827.73 City Home, 10,945.95
32,773.68
1914
85,000
Miscellaneous, $35,619.68 City Home, 11,200.25
46,819.93
1915
88,000
5
Miscellaneous, $45,490.98
56,709.63
City Home, 11,218.65
Miscellaneous, $51,759.62
1916
90,000
City Home,
11,593.41
63,353,03
1901
62,500
City Home, 6,622.43
City Home,
7,396.64
1904
69,500
1905
*69,272
City Home, 7,474.36
Miscellaneous, $19,201.33
28,200.30
*Census,
Table No. 7. EXPENDITURES, IN DETAIL, FOR THE YEAR 1916.
1916.
Cash Allowance.
Med. Att. and Medicine.
Board.
Groceries.
Somerville Poor in Other Cities and Towns.
Dry Goods and Shoes.
Burials.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Sundries.
Telephone.
Stationery and Printing.
Somerville Hospital.
State Institutions.
Other Institutions.
Nursing.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns 1913 Law.
Total.
January . .
$16.07
$84.45
$156.36
$1,740.00
$299.86
$10.50
$30.00
$383.32
$307.62
$8.40
$1,861.20
$ 8.83
$58.51
$150.00
$92.80
$20.00
$15.00
$171.99
$5,414.91
February .
15.35
7.41
89.08
1,255.46
1.899.06
121.00
383.32
239.34
3.00
1,243.42
18.95
24.52
150.00
13.33
5,463.24
March
16.07
15.94
237.21
1,412.00
1,864.16
30.00
383.32
233.08
16.00
1,348.30
9.20
150.00
8.75
5,724.03
April .
15.72
9.24
141.30
1,319.00
113.12
26.00
383.32
9.85
10.00
1,258.08
9.43
150.00
202.50
2.75
3,650.31
May
16.07
57.61
118.57
1,152.00
43.50
5.00
55.00
383.32
7.92
1,359.55
9.36
2.69
150.00
. . .
30.00
6.00
686.65
3,939.69
July
16.07
173.43
1,212.00
69 71
11.75
3,844.06
August . .
16.07
99.42
976.00
1,655.59
36.00
383.32
19.95
1,383.80
9.26
35.28
150.00
10.00
18.75
4,793.44
September
27.72
345.23
860 00
55.35
383.32
1.00
1,462.25
7.16
12.73
150.00
62.57
11.00
88.00
3,466.33
October . .
36.64
21.15
160.96
873.00
371.48
28.00
443.32
4.00
1,431.69
11.03
2.94
150.00
369.00
6.25
853.04
4.762.50
November .
32.86
6.65
140.13
839.55
566.98
383.32
181.59
1,500.45
9.51
150.00
20.00
6.75
104.67
3,942.46
December .
33.78
47.92
131.57
543.60
165.59
30.00
383.48
158.23
979.03
. . .
. . .
10.00
4.50
83.34
3,203.12
Totals . .
$258.14
$260.29
$2,014.99 $13,208.61
$7,181.86 $15.50
$356.00
$4,660.00
$1,129.71
$73.02
$16,633.31
$110.86 $162.61
$2,272.08
$912.90
$222.28
$95.50
$2,087.69
$51,655.35
. . .
383.32
2.75
1,392.68
18.13
8.53
150.00
248 60
4.00
86.67
3,451.26
June .
15.72
.
.
221.73
1,026.00
147.17
383.32
1.412.86
7.41
150.00
9.92
. .
. . .
. .
. ..
10.00
622.08
Cash Paid Out.
259
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Overseers of the Poor of Somerville. SINCE THE REORGANIZATION IN 1885.
+ Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-officio 1885
1888 inclusive
+ Col. Herbert E. Hill .
t Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman .
1885
1887
Hon. Edward Glines
1885
1887
t Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)
1885 Apr. 1893
Edward B. West (president May, 1894- February, 1912)
1888
to 1912 66
+ Daniel C. Stillson
1888 Apr. 1892
¡ Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio Nathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April, 1894) .
1890 Apr. 1894
+ Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman ex- officio ·
1892
1895
66
+ James G. Hinckley
May,
1892
1894
Albert W. Edmands
May, 1893
to date*
+ Herbert E. Merrill
May, 1894
1909
+ Ezra D. Souther
1895 Feb. 1898 (Died)
James H. Butler
March, 1898
1899
Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman, ex- officio
1899
Henry F. Curtis, M. D.
·
1910 to date*inclusive
Philip Koen
1912 Nov. 9, 1916 .
Michael Coll · November, 1916 to date*inclusive
*Present member.
t Deceased.
Table No. 8. RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS).
Appropriations and transfers
$51,759 62 22,110 87
Reimbursements
Total receipts
$73,870 49
Total expenditures
.
51,759 62
Net expenditures
·
29,648 75
.
1889
1891
Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio ·
1896
1898 inclusive
·
1885
1889
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.
City Home, January 1, 1917.
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. 1916 :-
Table No. 1. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Farm produce sold .
$3,984 41
Board of sundry persons .
1,507 33
$5,491 74
Table No. 2. LIVING EXPENSES.
Salaries and wages :-
Warden and matron
$1,350 00
Domestic labor
2,037 79
Farm labor
1,532 25
Other expenses :-
Groceries and provisions
3,407 41
Dry goods, clothing and shoes
359 25
Drugs and medicine
117 43
Kitchen utensils and supplies .
67 39
Farm equipment
428 67
Live stock and feed
137 94
Garbage
375 10
Hay, grain and straw
1,056 91
Horse shoeing .
49 10
Harness and horse clothing
7 50
Telephone
61 69
Seeds and garden expenses
167 13
All other expenses
423 07
Credits :-
Farm produce
$3,984 41
Board of sundry persons .
1,507 33
$5,491 74
Net living expenses
$6,086 89
.
.
$11,578 63
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
261
Table No. 3.
Number of weeks' board of inmates
1,953-4
Number of males admitted during 1916 .
33
Number of females admitted during 1916
16
Number of males discharged during 1916
21
Number of females discharged during 1916
7
Number of males supported during 1916 .
49
Number of females supported during 1916
29
Number of males died during 1916 .
8
Number of females died during 1916
7
Number of inmates in home, December 31, 1916
42
City Home Hospital.
Number of weeks' board .
475-4
Number of patients admitted
29
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1916
9
Table No. 4. FARM ACCOUNT. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Farm produce sold
$3,984 41
Produce used at home
250 00
Milk used at home
551 04
$4,785 45
EXPENSES.
Wages for help .
$1,427 25
Feed for one horse
176 15
Feed for three cows
528 45
Shoeing one horse
16 37
Harness and horse clothing
7 50
Farm equipment
428 67
Garbage
375 10
Live stock
137 94
Seeds and fertilizer
167 13
$3,264 56
Balance
$1,520 89
Table No. 5.
Reimbursements
$5,491 74
Net expenditures
6,086 89
Transfer
14 78
Appropriation
$11,593 41 11,500 00
Overdraw
$93 41
Respectfully submitted, J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN,
Warden.
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.
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REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN, Somerville, January 1, 1917.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The work of your City Physician during the year 1916 is presented in the following abstract :-
Office consultations and treatments
563
Total outside visits .
1,502
Confinements
13
Vaccinations
81
Visits at City Home .
146
Attended at police station
53
Examinations :-
For legal department .
29
For highway department
17
For police department
58
For fire department
24
For water department
3
Respectfully submitted,
C. CLARKE TOWLE, City Physician.
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1916.
To His Honor, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-As required by the Acts of the Legislature of 1913, the Planning Board herewith submits its annual re- port for the year ending December 31, 1916.
The board met and organized with Oscar W. Codding as chairman and Waldo E. Dodge as secretary, the rest of the board consisting of David J. Kelley, Clarence D. Waterhouse, and Charles W. Hodgdon.
Since the Acts of 1913, wherein the Planning Board was created, an ordinance has been passed providing for a Plan- ning Board, as now composed, of five members, the term of office of one member to expire each year, and providing further that appointments to fill vacancies be made for the balance of any unexpired term. As the Planning Board was originally constituted, the majority of the members of the board were likely to change each year, and consequently the board had not the nucleus necessary to give proper study to the problems and questions before it.
The duties of a Planning Board are to make careful studies of the resources, possibilities, and needs of the city or town, with special reference to the proper housing of its peo- ple. A complete map or set of maps should be prepared under the direction of the City Engineer for the use of the Plan- ning Board which should embrace as many of the physical and topographical facts as possible, showing the Park and Playground system, area served by school centres, the loca- tion of industrial plants, transportation facilities, density of population, also probable fire districts and business centres. Comprehensive plans should be drawn showing the develop- ment of the city along artistic, architectural and business lines.
His Honor, Mayor Z. E. Cliff, and President Fleming of the Board of Aldermen attended one meeting of the board, as well as Superintendent of Schools Clark and Fire Chief Rich. Their advice was of the greatest assistance to this board dur- ing the past year. Henry Sterling, secretary of the Home- stead Commission, addressed the board on City Planning, and his suggestions were also very helpful.
The Planning Board is always willing and is desirous of receiving suggestions from the different civic bodies in Som- erville, as well as from any of its citizens, intended to assist the board in matters pertaining to the welfare of the city.
During the past year the board has spent considerable
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time on the following subjects, and makes recommendations as follows :-
1. Junior High School System .- The City Government has inaugurated a system of Junior High Schools, and after holding public hearings relative to the matter and investigat- ing the subject thoroughly, it has been decided to establish four centres for the work, two of which are already in opera- tion, one in the Winter Hill district, one in East Somerville, and a building for one in West Somerville nearing comple- tion, leaving the Union Square district as yet unprovided for, although the city owns a lot of land on Vinal avenue, upon which at some future time it is intended to erect a building for this purpose. This board feels, however, and recom- mends that immediate steps be taken to build the proposed Junior High School in order that this district be provided for and the entire system completed.
2. Fire Protection .- The City being composed almost entirely of wooden buildings, this board has considered the advisability of taking steps towards safeguarding the homes and the lives of its people. The matter of fire protection is one that has been taken up by our City Government in the past, but as yet no action has been taken. Fire districts have been established in neighboring cities, leading to a better class of building construction. This board therefore recommends that fire districts be established in and about the business squares of the city without further delay.
3. Widening of Bridge Street .- An important matter considered by this board, together with the Cambridge Plan- ning Board, was a proposed plan of widening Bridge street in Cambridge. £ Somerville avenue, together with Bridge street in Cambridge, constitutes the main artery of travel
from Somerville to Boston. Thousands of passengers are carried daily over this thoroughfare. More trucking and ex- pressing is done over these streets than any other highway of Somerville. Practically all produce from the market gardens in the outlying towns is transported to Boston by this route. Somerville avenue between Medford street and the Cambridge line has a width of fifty-one feet from curb to curb, while Bridge street is narrowed down to only thirty-three feet from curb to curb. Nearly all our congestion of passenger trans- portation on both the Highland avenue and Somerville avenue line of cars occurs between the Somerville-Cambridge line and Kelley square, Cambridge, on this narrow street. On one side of Bridge street we find nothing but small, dilapidated dwelling houses, mostly of wooden construction, which have long since passed their usefulness for residential purposes, many of which are now vacant, with windows either broken in or boarded up, and having but little taxable value. Not
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only are they an eyesore to the thousands who view them daily, but they constitute a great fire menace to that section and especially to the lumber yards, coal pockets and manu- facturing buildings which line the opposite side of the street.
We therefore recommend that our City Government im- mediately take steps to obtain the necessary legislation to effect this much needed improvement.
4. Street Car Service .- The street car service in our City is an ever present problem. This is a matter that has been taken up in past years by our City Government and civic or- ganizations with a view of obtaining relief. The main ar- teries of travel to Boston are Somerville avenue, Highland avenue and Broadway, and it is a fact that there are not enough cars and the infrequent service does not care for the travel on these lines. As a means of relieving this congestion this board has, with the Cambridge Planning Board, consid- ered the advisability of establishing a new artery from Elm street, West Somerville, through Beech street, Cambridge, with a view of diverting some of the traffic from the present overcrowded street car lines. This might eventually lead to a cross-town line, making better connection with the cities north and south of Somerville. This board therefore recom- mends that the City Government investigate the matter, and, if necessary, take the question up with the Public Service Commission to obtain the necessary relief.
5. Branch Library, Prospect Hill .- This building is in bad repair inside and out, and the grounds surrounding same are in a neglected condition. This board therefore recom- mends that steps be taken to improve the condition of this building as well as the grounds surrounding same.
6. Old Buildings .- There are numerous old and dilapi- dated buildings scattered around the city that are unsightly, a detriment to public health, and a fire menace to our city. Under existing statutes these buildings may be removed, and the Planning Board recommends that immediate steps be taken toward their removal, as recommended in this board's previous reports dated 1914 and 1915.
5. Clean-up Week .- This city, in common with other cities and towns, has held a clean-up week, the object of which is the cleaning up of the streets, premises of the householders, and vacant lots of land. Great success has attended these campaigns in the past, and this board recommends that this feature be made a semi-annual affair, one clean-up week to be held in the Spring and one held in the Fall.
As recommended in the Planning Board's report of 1915, space should be provided in the City Hall where the board may keep its maps and data collected by it in order that the
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same may be accessible to the members of the board at all times.
The sum of fifty dollars was appropriated for the use of the Planning Board for the year 1916. If the Planning Board is to successfully accomplish the work for which it was origi- nally intended, it is necessary that a sufficiently large ap- propriation be made for the necessary data and equipment. To effectually consummate the plans of this board for the coming year a complete survey of the City should be made and this board supplied with proper topographical maps, etc. Planning Boards in other cities and towns which have demon- trated their valuc to those cities and towns have been pro- vided with money with which to carry on their work. This board therefore recommended that an appropriation of at least two hundred and fifty dollars be made available for the year 1917.
OSCAR W. CODDING, Chairman. CHARLES W. HODGDON, CLARENCE D. WATERHOUSE, DAVID J. KELLEY, WALDO E. DODGE,
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Secretary.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, Somerville, January 10, 1917. 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, 1916, by the Engineering Department and appropriations under my charge and supervision, including the accounts of City En- gineer, sewers construction, sewers maintenance, parks main- tenance, playgrounds maintenance, and other public works, is herewith presented.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. City Engineer Account. Statement of Expenses, 1916.
Salary of City Engineer .
$3,000 00
Salaries of assistants (see itemized state-
ment following) . Stakes, tools and general supplies (out- side work) .
78 17
Draughting materials and office supplies (inside work) · .
296 61
Car fares and miscellaneous expenses
193 90
Maintenance of automobile for all divi-
sions of engineering department
(new auto, $735.00; maintenance,
$480.31) .
1,215 31
Telephone, postage and expressing
.
Incidentals .
70 50
Total expenditure
$12,328 15
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$12,500 00
$12,500 00
Balance unexpended (transferred to other accounts) $171 85
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 work relating to the department . · Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, inspection, titles, costs and assessments . Bridges and Grade Crossings,-comprising surveys, plans, profiles, estimates, lines and grades, etc. .
$1,020 00
1,295 00
995 00
10 00
7,363 22
(assistants)
110 44
268
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Water Works,-comprising lines, grades, locations of mains, gates, hydrants and services and other mat- ters relating to the department .
495 00
Public Grounds and Parks,-comprising surveys, plans, estimates, profiles and grades, including laying out of parks and playgrounds and boulevard . 415 00 . Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction and laying out of grounds . · Street Numbering,-comprising locations of buildings, plans, and assigning street numbers 295 00
45 00
Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishing of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading ·
255 00
City Survey, -- comprising establishing of street lines, acceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, etc. ·
590 00
Middlesex Registry,-comprising copying of plans, and abstracts from deeds and examination of titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracing of street accept- ance and sewer taking plans filed for record .
275 00
Private Corporations, Railway, Telephone, Electric Light and Gas Light Companies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles and office notes, locations of poles and conduits .
120 00
Office Work,-comprising record of all locations, index- ing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calculations, reports, and general draughting 1,180 70 Miscellaneous Work, -- comprising preliminary surveys, . designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for different committees 92 00
Vacations and Sickness
280 52
Total
$7,363 22
Office Records and Value of Instruments.
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