Report of the city of Somerville 1916, Part 18

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 432


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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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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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