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Police Signal System.
The police signal system has been given constant atten- tion and is giving excellent service.
Boxes have been thoroughly tested and all found to be in perfect working order.
Supervision of Poles and Wires on the Streets.
The same attention has been given to the condition of poles and wires on the streets as in previous years.
A large number of defective poles have been replaced by companies owning the same.
New poles have been placed in locations granted for the purpose of supplying light and telephone service, and aban- doned poles have been removed.
New poles.
Re- Re- placed. moved.
Re- set.
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. .
17
14
29
6
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. .
37
239
22
2
Boston Elevated Railway Co.
9
2
2
1
Permits given to the New England Telephone & Tele- . graph Co. for attachments to Edison Co.'s poles 367
Permits given to the Edison Electric Illuminating
Co. for attachments to New England Telephone Co.'s poles
39
330
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Street Lighting.
The matter of street lighting has had the same attention as in previous years and a number of additional lights have been placed in various parts of the city.
Jan. 1, 1916. Jan. 1, 1917.
Magnetites
128
129
Nitrogen incandescents 600 c. p.
362
367
Incandescents 100 c. p. .
91
100
Incandescents 40 c. p. .
.
.
898
912
·
Recommendations.
I respectfully recommend that :-
Additional ordinances be made to further govern the in- stallation of electric wires and appliances in the city.
An assistant inspector be employed to be able to thor- oughly cover all old installations in the city.
Conclusion.
I wish to thank his honor, the Mayor, the members of the Board of Aldermen, and the several departments for the courtesies received.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER I. FULLER,
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights.
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS.
-
SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS.
Location : Somerville City Hall (near centre of the city) is 234 miles northerly from State House in Boston.
Greatest extent of the City north and south about 4.2 miles.
Greatest extent of the City cast and west about 2.1 miles.
Elevation Highland avenue at City Hall 105 feet above mean low water. Lowest building elevation in the city 13 feet. Highest building elevation in the city 145 feet.
Area of city, including land and water, about 4.22 square miles. Land, 2,461.50 acres; water and marsh, 238.50 acres. Population 1915, census, 86,854. Present population, estimated, 90,000. Entire population on line of pipe and supplied with water.
Water works owned by City of Somerville. Construction commenced in 1868. Source of supply : Metropolitan system, taking water of the Nashua river at Clinton, Mass.
Range of pressure on street mains : Low service 35 to 65 pounds. High service 45 to 100 pounds.
Mayor. HON. ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF.
Water Commissioner. FRANK E. MERRILL.
Office of the Water Department. Room 10, City Hall.
Department Buildings and Yard. Cedar street, near Broadway.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER.
OFFICE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER, January, 1917. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
I present herewith my report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1916, this being the forty-third annual report of the water department and my seventeenth as water com- missioner :-
Revenue and Expenditures.
Water bills have been issued as follows :-
"Annual" water charges, amounting to . $53,903 00
"Additional" water charges, amounting to 2,115 50
"Metered" water charges, amounting to
187,588 46
$243,606 96
Annual and
Metered.
Additional.
Abatements on above charges . $1,422 96
$468 01
$1,890 97
Income from sale of water
$241,715 99
Receipts from water service assessments
$3,837 53
Receipts for labor and materials sold :- Miscellaneous accounts .
2,873 77
6,711 30
Total income of water works .
$248,427 29
This amount was used as follows :-
For water works purposes :-
Water works maintenance . $50,102 33
Water works extension ·
17,087 84
Miscellaneous accounts
2,873 77
$70,063 94
Interest on water loan bonds
840 00
Maturing water loan bonds .
5,000 00
Metropolitan water works assessment
110,468 29
Maintenance water works buildings
1,346 06
For other municipal purposes :-- Surplus to general revenue account
$60,709 00
$187,718 29
60,709 00
$248,427 29
In addition to the appropriations from water income to other municipal purposes enumerated above, water has been furnished without charge to all the city departments that have required its use and it is paid for out of the income from sale of water.
333
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Department Receipts and Disbursements. WATER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Dr.
Cr.
Amount appropriated by board of alder-
men from estimated sales of water and operating receipts of the water de- partment · ·
$44,000 00
Amount transferred from the Water
Works Extension account . ·
10,000 00
Department accounts
836 25
Materials furnished for extension of the water works
11,779 03
Amount expended for labor and materials for operation, maintenance, and re- newal of the water works .
$50,102 33
1
Amount expended for materials used in extension of the water works · Miscellaneous accounts
2,873 77
Labor and materials furnished municipal departments
836 25
Amount transferred to Water Works Ex- tension account
950 00
Unexpended balance .
73 90
$66,615 28
$66,615 28
WATER WORKS EXTENSION ACCOUNT.
Dr
Cr.
Amount appropriated by board of alder- men from estimated sales of water and operating receipts of the water department
Amount transferred from Water Main- tenance account
950 00
Amount transferred from other munici- pal departments
2,300 00
Labor and materials furnished other municipal departments
852 10
Amount expended for labor and ma- terials used in extension of the water works
$17,087 84
Amount transferred to
Water Main-
10,000 00
Unexpended balance . .
.
14 26
$27,102 10
$27,102 10
Cost of Water Works.
The total cost of the water works on December 31, 1915, as represented by the expenditures. from ap- propriations for water works extension was . ·
$1,021,574 45
Expended during the year 1916, on extension account . 17,087 84
Total expenditures, December 31, 1916 Water Debt.
$1,038,662 29
.
.
11,779 03
-
$23,000 00
tenance account .
Water loan bonds have been issued on funded debt ac- count to the amount of $1,017,000; this has been reduced by $1,101,000, leaving the water debt on December 31, 1916, $16,000.
334
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The outstanding bonds mature as follows :-
YEAR.
AMOUNT.
YEAR.
AMOUNT.
1917
$5,000
1919
$4,000
1918
5,000
1920
2,000
Water Works Income from 1898 and its Distribution.
The water income and its distribution from 1898 to 1916, inclusive, is shown in the following table :-
Total water income, years 1898 to 1916, inclusive . $4,349,956 71 Distribution :-
Water Works Account.
Water Works Construction, Renewal,
Maintenance and Operation
$1,079,265 23
Water bonds
·
·
258,000 00
Interest
85,175 00
Metropolitan Water Assessments
1,644,427 04
Maintenance Water Works buildings
(1916)
1,346 06
$3,068,213 33
Other Municipal Accounts.
Various municipal departments through specific appropriations and general revenue account .
$1,281,743 38
$4,349,956 71
STREET MAINS, GATES, HYDRANTS, ETC., LAID, SET AND REMOVED IN 1916.
STREET.
DESCRIPTION.
LAIn,
ABANDONED.
SET.
REMOVED.
SET.
REMOVED.
SET.
REMOVED.
Size
Feet.
Size.
Feet.
Size,
No.
Size.
No.
Size.
No.
Size.
No
No.
Size.
No
Auburn avenue Bow street
Gate on hydrant branch ; 13 feet east from west line of Bow street and 102 feet north from Warren avenue.
Main gate; 20 feet east from the west line of Bow street and on the south line of Walnut street.
10"
1 1
6"
1
1
6"
1
Broadway, opp. Cross st.
Blow-off ; 31 feet south from the north line of Broadway and 17 feet 6 inches west from the east line of Cross street.
6"
16
6ª
1
Broadway
Hydrant ; 90 feet east from Mt. Pleasant street (removed from 50 feet east from Mt. Pleasant street).
Carter terrace
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Summer street, to point ou south line of Summer street and 13 feet 4 inches out from east line of Carter terrace. Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Hillsdale road to connection with main pipe in West Adams street and 13 feet, 4 inches north from the south line of Chetwynd road.
8'
238
8"
2
Cummings street
Street main ; from connection with 12 inch main pipe in Mystic avenue to point 238 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue and 13 feet, 4 inches east from the west line of Cummings street.
Hydrant : 238 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 8 feet, 6 inches south from the north line of Day street. Hydrant ; 5 feet west from Hanson street.
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Marshall street to 6 inch gate set on the east line of Marshall street and 2 feet north from the south line of private way.
Gr
12
6'
-
12
11
G"
1
4º
1
Hydrant ; 118 feet north from the north line of Hudson street.
6ª
8
Maine avenue
Hydrant ; 83 feet north from Pennsylvania avenue.
6'
Hydrant ; 66 feet south from Mystic avenue.
7
6"
Maine terrace
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Maine avenue to point 168 feet east from the east line of Maine avenue and 10 feet, 8 inches north from the south line of Maine terrace.
195
1
Medford street
Main gate ; 13 feet east from the west line of Medford street and on the south line of Greenville street.
Hydrant ; 13 feet north from Prospect Hill avenue.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 8 feet south from Greenville street.
| Gate on hydrant branch ; opposite Chester avenue. Hydrant; 171 feet north from Marshall street.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 50 feet north from Hennessey court.
6'
1
Michigan avenue
Street main ; from connection with 12 inch main pipe in Broadway opposite Glen street to connection with 12 inch main pipe in Broadway (in sidewalk) at Michigan avenue, 13 feet, 4 inches west from the west line of Michigan avenue. Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Middlesex avenue at point 23 feet north from the north line of Mystic avenue to point 293 feet north from the north line of Mystic avenue and 11 feet east from the west line of Middlesex avenue.
Hydrant ; 70 feet north from the north line of Mystic avenue.
G'
1
1
1
Mystic avenue
Street main ; from 12 inch main pipe in Mystic avenue at connection with Fellsway West main, crosses Fellsway West diagonally from starting point to point in sidewalk 5 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue, tlience continuing in sidewalk in that location to connection with 8 inch main pipe in Cummings street at point 290 feet east from the east line of Fellsway West.
Main gate; 21 feet north from th : south line of Mystic avenue and on the west line of Fellsway West.
()sgood street
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Osgood street at point 13 feet. 4 inches east from the west line of Loring street, to point 32 feet west from the west line of Loring street and 13 feet, 4 inches south from the northi line of Osgood street.
Parkdale street
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Washington street to point 25 feet south from the south line of Washington street and 13 feet, 4 inches west from the east line of l'arkdale street.
10
63
104
1
Pearl street
Gate on hydrant branch ; 6 feet west from Walnut street. Gate on hydrant branch ; 72 feet east from Bradley street.
Hydrant ; 108 feet east from Marshall street.
Pinckney place
Street main replaced ; from connection with main pipe in Pinckney street to point 126 feet east from the east line of Pinckney street.
155
155
7
Pinckney place
Hydrant ; 126 feet east from the east line of Pinckney street (for blow-off purposes. )
Rogers avenue Rose street
Hydrant; 255 feet north from Morrison avenue.
Street main; from connection with main pipe in Washington street to point 25 feet south from the south line of Washington street and 13 feet, 4 inches west from the east line of Rose street.
00
1 1
Snmerville avenue
Gate on hydrant branch ; 76 feet east from Hawkins street and 14 feet north from the south line of Somerville avenue.
Hydrant ; 275 feet south from Columbus avenue.
6ª
11
1
1
1
1
1
Union square
Ware street
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Russell road to connection with main pipe in Ware street at point 43 feet west from the west line of Dow street and 13 feet 4 inches south from the north line of Ware street.
138
6'
111
1 1
1
6" G
33 11
6"
6'
1 1
Gate on hydrant branch ; 243 feet east from Parker street and 15 feet south from the north line of Washington street. Hydrant ; 50 feet east from Bowdoin street.
Gate on hydrant branch; opposite l'erry street and 17 feet south from the north line of Washington street.
Hydrant ; 9 feet east from Leland street.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 13 feet, 6 inches south from the north line of Washington street and 112 feet east from Dane street.
Main gate ; 20 feet south from the north line of Washington street and on the west line of Parkdale street.
10"
1 1
2,041
155
51
0
1
0
(S. end)|
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Marshall street to 6 inch gate set on the east line of Marshall street and 2 feet south from the north line of private way.
Line street Lowell street
Hydrant ; 272 feet west from the west line of Cooney street.
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Hudson street. to point 118 feet north from the north line of Hudson street and 13 feet, 4 inches east from the west line of Lowell street.
6'
128
1
8
111
-
1
1
6"
1
1
1 1
1
54
12"
1 1
Middlesex avenue
12'
265
12"
3.0
12"
1
43
1
1
1
1
1
6ª
1
Stone avenue Summer street
Hydrant ; 53 feet west from Harvard street.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 8 feet eist from School street.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 191 feet west from School street. Gate in hydrant branch ; 52 feet west from Preston road. Gate on hydrant branch; 19 feet west from Laurel street. Gate on hydrant branch ; 59 feet east from Central street.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 267 feet east from Webster avenue and 17 feet north from the south line of Union square.
1 1
Hydrant; 258 feet west from Curtis street.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 156 feet west from Bonner avenue. Hydrant ; 6 feet east from Kingman road.
Street main ; from connection with main pipe in Washington street at point 13 feet west from the east line of Hawkins street and 21 feet north from the south line of Washington street.
Hydrant : 7 feet west from the west line of Hawkins strect (projected).
1 111 1 1
1
4"
1
6
1 11
1
6ª
1
4'
1
6
1 1
1
4'
1
1 1
6ª
-
6"
1
32
Chetwynd road
8'
230
6'
1
4'
1
Day st. opp. Herbert st. Durham street Dykeman Circle (N. end)
PIPE.
GATES.
HYDRANTS.
BLOW-OFFS.
Hydrant ; 481 feet west from Cross street.
Gate on hydrant branch ; 7 feet north from Walnut street. Hydrant ; 23 feet west from Wesley park.
6"
1
1
1
1
6'
11
1
63
1-
11
1
8º
6'
1ª
Size.
Washington street
335
WATER DEPARTMENT.
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM-CONSTRUCTION.
STREET MAINS.
Approximate number of feet of street mains in the city, January 1, 1916, (including hydrant branches and blow-offs)
534,658
Feet of street mains laid in 1916
1,981
Feet of hydrant branches laid in 1916
44
Feet of blow-off branches laid in 1916 . 16
Total feet of pipe laid
2,041
Feet of street mains abandoned
155
Net increase in feet of pipe .
1,886
Total approximate feet of pipe in the city
536,544
Total pipe mileage, approximately .
101.63
The sizes and lengths of pipe laid and abandoned are as follows :-
Size.
Feet Laid.
Feet Aband.
Size.
Feet Laid.
Feet Aband.
1"
0
155
564
0
2"
43
0
10"
63
0
4"
155
0
12"
639
0
6"
577
0
The street mains laid during the year are as follows :-
Street.
Size of Pipe.
Feet Laid.
Fect Aband.
Aband.
Carter terrace
6"
32
Chetwynd road
8"
238
Cummings street
8"
230
Dykeman circle
6"
24
Lowell street
128
Maine terrace
6"
195
Michigan avenue
12"
54
Middlesex avenue
12"
265
Mystic avenue
12"
320
Osgood street
2"
43
Parkdale street
10"
63
Pinckney place
4"
155
155
1"
Rose street
8'
63
Ware street
138
Washington street
33
Hydrant branches and blow-off pipes
60
Total
2,041
155
Hydrants, Gates, Etc.
Number of fire hydrants in city, January 1, 1916
1,153
Number set during the year
22
Number removed during the year 15
Net increase in number of hydrants
7
Total number of public fire hydrants . .. 1,160
Size
336
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Number of private fire hydrants, January 1, 1916
61
Number set by private companies during the year
In yard of the Vacuum Company, Mystic avenue, 3
3
Total number of private fire hydrants re- ceiving their supply from the city mains Number of gates in city, January 1, 1916. ....
1,682
Number set during the year for new streets 16
Number of section gates set. 4
Number set on hydrant branches 30
Number set on blow-off branches 1
51
Total number of gates in city.
1,733
Number of check-valves in city January 1, 1916
8
Number set or removed during the year. 0
8
Number of blow-offs in city January 1, 1916 .. Number added during the year.
1
Total number of blow-offs
174
Number of waterposts in city January 1, 1916 79 Number set or removed during the year. 0
Total number of waterposts. 79
Number of drinking fountains in city, Janu- ary 1, 1916. .
9
Number set or removed during the year .....
0
Total number of drinking fountains in city
9
Water Services.
Number of services in city January 1, 1916, (approximately) 13,233
Number laid during the year. 202
Number permanently discontinued. 15
Net increase in services. 187
Total number of water services in city ..
13,420
Amount received for services laid in 1916 ....
$4,689 63
Number feet service pipe in city January 1, 1916 457,427
Number feet laid during the year .6,995
Number feet discontinued. 740
Net increase in feet of service pipe 6,255
Total feet service pipe in city (approxi- mately) 463,682
64
Total number of check-valves
173
337
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Size and length of service pipes laid in 1916 :- 5/8" 3/4" 1" 11/2" 2" 4"
6" 8"
16-536' 169-5755' 7-202'
4-123' 0 1-54' 4-325' 1-con. 5
Number of fire services installed during 1916. Locations. Size . The Vacuum Company, Mystic avenue. 8'
Cummings School, School street. 4" 6"" Burns School, Cherry street. City Home, Broadway.
6" .. . .. Junior High School, Holland street.
...
6"
Water Meters.
Number of water meters in city, January 1, 1916 Number installed during the year, new.
637
Number reset
65
Number removed on account of permanent or temporary discontinuance of water and for substitution of other meters. 94
608
Number of motor registers in service.
5
Total number of meters and registers.
9,763
Per cent. of all services metered 73.47
The kinds and sizes of all meters now installed are shown in the following table :-
Operating Meters December 31, 1916.
KIND.
Total.
3/. 11
1"
2'
3"
4"
6"
Nash
176
176
Empire
5
5
Crown
5
3
3
2
2
2
17
Gem
1
Hersey
4
1
1
2
8
Hersey Disc
257
21
9
1
4
292
Trident
503
43
23
7
6
2
3
7
Trident Comp.
8
2
2
12
Union .
16
13
7
1
4
41
Union Special
13
1
2
16
Columbia .
64
64
King
662
662
Lambert .
4,125
155
27
4,308
Worthington Disc .
3,515
21
1
3
3,540
Worthington
1
1
2
Keystone .
24
24
Totals .
9,352
269
75
18
27
8
7
2
9,758
Motor and ele- vator registers
5
9,763
Torrent
1
1
582
Trident Crest
2
13 1
Turbine
SIZE.
9,150
702
Net increase in number of operating meters
1
338
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The meters installed in 1916 were classed as follows :-
Applications of property owners
159
New services
203
General installation .
.
. 275
Reset
65
Total
702
Meters were removed for the following causes :
Vacancies and temporary non-use of water . 67
Services permanently discontinued . 7
Replaced by other meters
20
Total
94
Under the provisions of the Metropolitan Water Act it is necessary that there be installed in this city at least 411 meters each year on services previously unmetered, and meters on all new services when they go into regular use. The number of meters set during the year in excess of the actual requirements of the state law was twenty-three.
The following table gives a summary of the pipes and fixtures of the water system December 31, 1916 :-
Summary of Pipes and Fixtures.
Feet of main pipe (approximately)
536,544
Feet of service pipe (approximately)
463,682
Service connections (approximately)
13,420
Public fire hydrants
1,160
Private fire hydrants
64
Gates
1,733
Check valves
8
Meters
9,758
Motor registers
5
Waterposts
79
Blow-offs
174
Drinking fountains and troughs
9
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM-MAINTENANCE. Street Mains.
Nine leaks have appeared in the street mains, which were speedily repaired.
Examinations were made of sections of pipe which have been cut from the mains in several streets, for evidences of tuberculation. Very little was found in the pieces removed and it is not felt that the distributing pipes are noticeably affected by this condition.
No evidences of electrolytic destruction of the mains has appeared during the year.
The 1" main supplying houses in Pinckney place was found of insufficient capacity for further use and was replaced with a 4" cast iron main.
.
339
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Hydrants and Gates.
In addition to the usual inspection of hydrants during the winter season, a general examination is being made of all city hydrants ; such repairs as are necessary are given them and a record is kept of their condition.
Plans are under way for a survey of the city for data enabling us to make a complete and accurate record of all street mains, hydrants, gates, etc., connected with the dis- tribution system.
Services.
Special attention has again been given to the renewal of house services in streets where the highway department has undertaken paving and sidewalk work.
Service troubles are on the increase with advancing numbers and age of the pipes and require our constant at- tention. We note from the jobbing records, as one item only, that during the past year 1,066 service pipes were cleaned out on account of poor pressure due to clogging of the pipes and fittings.
Water Assessments and Consumption.
The annual assessments paid by this city as its propor- tionate part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan water works are given below :-
Year.
Sinking Fund.
Maintenance.
Interest.
Maturing Bonds.
Total.
1898
No division made
$14,250 19
1899
66
20,975 58
1900
28,689 24
1901
$12,491 73
$12,033 79
$32,291 24
56,816 76
1902
19,014 85
12,955 64
30,427 40
62,397 89
1903
15,748 56
12,763 10
48,776 77
77,288 43
1904
16,404 42
15,393 87
54,938 64
86,736 93
1905
21.358 11
13,666 71
55,535 91
90,560 73
1906
22,345 50
17,412 51
57,402 07
97,160 08
1907
25,365 30
18,880 01
62,089 30
106,334 61
1908
24,865 73
15,221 12
68,604 23
108,691 08
1909
24.812 23
21,220 56
66,540 41
112,573 20
1910
25,018 52
18,212 28
66,825 45
110,056 25
1911
25,424 55
19,573 82
69,849 26
$246 66
115,094 29
1912
24,469 82
16,111 70
68,205 16
445 46
109,232 14
1913
24,930 94
20,691 19
70,206 83
491 92
116,320 88
1914
14.190 98
22,488 71
73,138 81
180 63
109,999 13
1915
14,164 65
21,376 07
74,111 12
1,129 50
110,781 34
1916
13,249 71
21,643 98
74,058 98
1,515 62
110,468 29
$1,644,427 04
There has been credited to the city by the common- wealth as its proportion of the amounts received from en- trance fees, water supplied outside the district, and water furnished to water companies the sum of $9,056.10.
340
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The daily consumption of water in Somerville, as re- corded by the Venturi meters, operated by the Metropolitan water works, is shown below by months for the year 1916 :--
Gallons Gallons
Gallons
Month.
per day. per capita
Month.
Gallons per day. per capita
January
. 6,228,300
71
July
6,031,900
68
February
6,509,400
74
August
. 6,440,900
72
March
.6,217,000
70
September
.6,202,600
69
April
5,628,700
63
October
6,335,100 71
May
. 5,873,800
66
November .6,247,000 70
Tune
.5,904,800
66
December .6,580,700
73
The consumption for the year was :-
Low-service system
1,733,507,000 gallons
High-service system
529,702,000 gallons
Total consumption
2,263,209,000 gallons
Average daily consumption
6,183,600 gallons
Average daily consumption, per capita, for Somerville
69 gallons
Average daily consumption,
per capita, for
Metropolitan district
89 gallons
The following table shows the daily per capita consump- tion of water in the cities and towns in the Metropolitan Water District for the year 1916, as registered by the Metro- politan meters :-
City or Town. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year
Arlington
50
49
50
52
57 57 52
67 54
79 63
60
68 57
55 50
55 59
Belmont
45
47
49
51
53
66 63 71
66 72
70 72
69 72
73
72
74
74
Lexington
58
60
62
64
69
71
73
81
76
75
69
65
69 49
Medford
43
44
46
44
47
45
46
51
49
49
47
45
44
45
Milton
42
43
45
49
51
40
35
37
41
43
42 63
55 53
54
73
72
58 59
Swampscott
48
50
49
48
57
66
58 79
84
73
67
73
70
65
Winthrop
46
46
48
49
50
54
65
65 70
60
Met. Dist.
93
95
93
85
87
87
89
91
89
51 89
48 86
53 44 89 89
Boston
112 114 111 100 102 102 104 106 104 104 101 106 105
Chelsea
69
74
71
66
74
75
47
48
49
50
53
54
53
49
47
48
46
Melrose
43
43
44
43
46
62
60
61
66
68
72
56
56
62 59
65 48
45 76
Watertown
59
60
61
60
64
65
63
64 72
64
59
54
59
Revere
55
59 74 55
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