Report of the city of Somerville 1916, Part 26

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


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53


57


66


54


55


Stoneham


51


46


49


57


Quincy


.58


58


58


58


Somerville


71


70


57


51


72 106 166 230 211 160 103


58 110


Everett


77


82


80


48


47


37


42


Nahant


65


56


69


71;


70


59 69


Malden


48


47


69


67


68


68


46


45


64 71


74


47 52


45


49


63


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


The district, in order of consumption, beginning with the lowest, stands as follows for the year 1916 :-


Per Cent


GALLONS.


of


City or Town.


per Day.


Per Capita per Day.


Metered.


Milton


371,300


42


100


Melrose


781,800


45


100


Medford


1,487,000


46


100


Malden


2,460,200


49


96.11


Belmont


447,800


52


100


Winthrop


707,800


53


100


Stoneham


437,900


58


98.59


Arlington


929,400


59


100


Revere


1,591,200


59


73.57


Swampscott


445,400


59


100


Quincy


2,499,400


59


91.42


Watertown


1,125,500


65


100


Chelsea


3,070,900


68


99.77


Lexington


389,400


69


94.44


Somerville


6,183,600


69


73.47


Everett


2,891,400


74


54.67


Boston


80,358,800


105


58.35


Nahant


159,000


110


69.26


Total District


106,337,800


89


70.81


INTER-SYSTEM CONNECTIONS.


There are numerous connections between the Metro- politan water system and our local distribution system, some of which are continually open and equipped with Venturi meters through which our supply is obtained; others are closed, but equipped with meters, which may be opened and become operative in case of need from increased consump- tion; still others are closed and not metered but may be opened to bring in an additional quantity of water in case of an emergency.


Arrangements have been made with the Metropolitan Water Board so that should a conflagration or other emer- gency cause a need of more water, connections normally closed may be speedily opened by their men.


Following is a list of the connections between our local distribution system and the mains controlled by the Metro- politan water works :-


Low-service-Connections that are kept open to supply the low-ser- vice district of Somerville :-


Webster avenue at Tremont street: Size 24"; Venturi meter op- erating; throat diameter 8.00".


Walnut street at Pearl street : Size 16"; Venturi meter operating; throat diameter 5.00".


Broadway at Willow avenue : Size 16"; Venturi meter operating; throat diameter 5.25".


Low-service-Connections normally closed that may be opened in case of emergency :-


Elm street at Willow avenue: Size 16"; Venturi meter closed; throat diameter 5.75".


Total


Services


342


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Medford street at Central street: Size 12"; Venturi meter closed; throat diameter 3.75".


Broadway at Temple street: Size 12"; Venturi meter closed; throat diameter 4.25".


Broadway at Cedar street: Size 12"; unmetered.


Medford street at Magoun square: Size 12"; unmetered.


Heath street at Edgar avenue: Size 12"; unmetered.


Pearl street at Marshall street: Size 10"; unmetered.


Pearl street at Cross street : Size 12"; unmetered.


High -service-Connections that are kept open to supply the high- service district of Somerville :-


Boston avenue at Dearborn street: Size 12"; Venturi meter op- erating; throat diameter 3.75".


Broadway at Cedar street: Size 16"; Venturi meter operating; throat diameter 5.75".


Local High- and Low-Service Connections.


A number of check-valves are installed between the high- and low-service systems of the city, which open auto- matically if the high pressure is for any reason cut off and allow the low-service water to enter the high-service pipes.


While this affords a supply of water to all portions of the system, the normal pressure on the mains would be con- siderably reduced and the more elevated districts would have a very inefficient service. This situation was formerly con- trolled by our auxiliary pump, now out of commission.


Location and size of inter-system check-valves :-


Packard avenue near Mystic reservoir 12"


Dearborn road at Boston avenue . 12"


Holland street at Gorham street 12"


Summer street, east side of Cedar street 12"


Edgar avenue at lleath street


Broadway opposite Temple street


12"


Medford street, north side of Washington street 12"


Washington street at Bonner avenue


10"


HIGH-PRESSURE AUXILIARY SUPPLY.


Specifications and figures were submitted with the yearly department estimates for an auxiliary high-service pump, and an appropriation was requested to cover the installation of a unit in a proposed development scheme for a satis- factory pumping plant to provide for any emergency that might arise in our high-service district through temporary failure of the Metropolitan main to deliver water to us or through insufficiency of our own mains to deliver a needed quantity in case of extraordinary demands, as that of a large fire.


No appropriation, however, was granted for the purpose and we have, therefore, been unable to take any steps toward providing this auxiliary supply.


I feel that my official duty is not fully performed without again bringing this matter to your attention and asking for it your thoughtful consideration and action, for without your


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


approval and the necessary funds I am unable to make even a beginning on this protective measure.


The National Board of Fire Underwriters in their survey of this city in May last were so impressed with the city's needs in this respect that they made the installation of a new pumping equipment a recommendation of first importance and urged its early adoption, and in their supplementary bulletin of October 6th they reiterated that it was of vital importance that such equipment be provided for at the ear- liest possible date.


Respectfully submitted, FRANK E. MERRILL, Water Commissioner.


GATES SET IN NEW LOCATIONS, 1916.


Bow street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet east from the west line of Bow street and 102 feet north from Warren avenue, on hydrant branch.


Bow street, 10-inch gate, set 20 feet east from the west line of Bow street and on the south line of Walnut street.


Bow street, 6-inch gate, set 74 feet north from Walnut street, on hy- drant branch.


Broadway, opposite Cross street, 6-inch gate, set 31 feet south from the north line of Broadway and 17 feet 6 inches west from the east line of Cross street, on blow-off branch.


Broadway at Michigan avenue, 12-inch gate, set 2 feet east from the east line of Glen street and 37 feet north from the south line of Broadway.


Carter terrace, 6-inch gate, set on south line of Summer street, 13 feet 4 inches out from east line of Carter terrace.


Carter terrace, 6-inch gate, set near main, 13 feet 6 inches south from north line of Summer street and 13 feet 4 inches west from east line of Carter ferrace extended.


Chetwynd road, 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches north from the south line of Chetwynd road and on the west line of Hillsdale road.


Chetwynd road, 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches north from the south


line of Chetwynd road and on the east line of West Adams street.


Cummings street, S-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches east from the west line of Cummings street and 8 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue.


Cummings street, 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches east from the west line of Cummings street and 121 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue and on northerly line of Fellsway boulevard sidewalk.


Cummings street, 6-inch gate, set 283 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue and 4 feet out from hydrant, on hydrant branch.


Day street, opposite Herbert street, 6-inch gate, set 8 feet 6 inches south from the'north line of Day street, on hydrant branch.


Dykeman circle (north end), 6-inch gate, set 2 feet north from the south line of private way and on the east line of Marshall street. Dykeman circle (south end), 6-inch gate, set 2 feet south from the north line of private way and on the east line of Marshall street. Line street. 6-inch gate, set 272 feet west from west line of Cooney street and 4 feet out from hydrant, on hydrant branch.


344


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Lowell street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches east from the west line of Lowell street and on the north line of Hudson street.


Maine terrace, 6-inch gate, set 10 feet 8 inches north from the south line of Maine terrace and on the east line of Maine avenue. Medford street, 12-inch gate, set 13 feet east from the west line of Medford street and on the south line of Greenville street.


Medford street. S-inch gate, set 13 feet north from Prospect Hill avenue, on hydrant branch.


Medford street, S-inch gate set 8 feet south from Greenville street,


on hydrant branch.


Medford street, 6-inch gate, set opposite Chester avenue, on hydrant branch.


Medford street, 6-inch gate, set 171 feet north from Marshall street, on hydrant branch.


Medford street, 6-inch gate, set 50 feet north from Hennessey court, on hydrant branch.


Middlesex avenue, 6-inch gate, set 70 feet north from Mystic avenue and 8 feet east from the west line of Middlesex avenue, on hy- drant branch.


Mystic avenue, 12-inch gate, set 21 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue and on the west line of Fellsway west.


Osgood street, 2-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches south from the north line of Osgood street and on the west line of Loring street.


Parkdale street, 10-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches west from the east line of Parkdale street and on the south line of Washington street.


Pearl street, 6-inch gate, set 6 feet west from Walnut street, on hydrant branch.


Pearl street, 6-inch gate, set 72 feet east from Bradley street, on hydrant branch.


Pearl street, 6-inch gate, set 108 feet east from Marshall street, on hydrant branch.


Pinckney place, 4-inch gate, set 12 feet north from the south line of Pinckney place and on the east line of Pinckney street.


Rose street, 8-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches west from the east line of Rose street and on the south line of Washington street.


Somerville avenue, 6-inch gate, set 76 feet east from Hawkins street


and 14 feet north from the south line of Somerville avenue, on hydrant branch.


Stone avenue, 6-inch gate, set 275 feet south from Columbus avenue and 4 feet out from hydrant, on hydrant branch.


Summer street, 6-inch gate, set 8 feet east from School street, on hydrant branch.


Summer street, 6-inch gate, set 191 feet west from School street, on hydrant branch.


Summer street, 6-inch gate, set 52 feet west from Preston road, on hydrant branch.


Summer street, 6-inch gate, set 19 feet west from Laurel street, on hydrant branch.


Summer street, 6-inch gate, set 39 feet east from Central street, on hydrant branch.


Union square, 6-inch gate, set 267 feet east from Webster avenue and 17 feet north from the south line of Union square, on hy- drant branch.


Ware street. 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 4 inches south from the north line of Ware street and on the east line of Russell road.


Washington street, 6-inch gate, set 156 feet west from Bonner avenue, on hydrant branch.


Washington street, 6-inch gate, set 6 feet east from Kingman road, on hydrant branch.


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


Washington street near Hawkins street, 6-inch gate, set 12 feet north from the south line of Washington street, on hydrant branch.


Washington street, 6-inch gate, set 243 feet east from Parker street and 15 feet south from the north line of Washington street, on hydrant branch.


Washington street, 6-inch gate, set 50 feet east from Bowdoin street and 13 feet south from north line of Washington street, on hydrant branch.


Washington street, 6-inch gate, set 17 feet south from the north line of Washington street opposite Perry street, on hydrant branch. Washington street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 6 inches south from the north line of Washington street, corner of Leland street, on hydrant branch.


Washington street, 6-inch gate, set 13 feet 6 inches south from the north line of Washington street and 112 feet east from Dane street, on hydrant branch.


Washington street, 10-inch gate, set 20 feet south from the north line of Washington street and on the west line of Parkdale street.


GATES-RECAPITULATION.


GATES.


2"


4"


6'


10"


12"


14"


16"


20"


Total.


Set Removed or Discontinued


1


1


36


7


3


3


51


-


-


-


-


Net increase in number of gates in 1916 . . . 51 Total number of gates in the city December 31, 1916 . 1,733


FIRE HYDRANTS. Construction-Renewal -- Removal, 1916.


Auburn avenue, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed, at 481 feet west from Cross street.


Bow street, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 6-inch Holyoke hydrant removed, at 23 feet west from Wesley park.


Broadway, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 90 feet east from Mt. Pleas- ant street.


Broadway, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from 50 feet east from Mt. Pleasant street.


Cummings street, 6-inch Corey hydrant, set 238 feet north from the south line of Mystic avenue,


Durham street, 6-inch Chapman hydrant set and 4-inch Bigelow hydrant removed, at 5 feet west from Hanson street.


Line street, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed, at 272 feet west from west line of Cooney street.


Lowell street, 6-inch Corey hydrant, set 118 feet north from the north line of Hudson street.


Maine avenue, 6-inch Corey hydrant, set 83 feet north from Penn- sylvania avenue.


Maine avenue, 6-inch Corey hydrant, set 66 feet south from Mystic avenue.


Medford street, 6-inch Chapman hydrant set and 8-inch Chapman hydrant removed, at 13 feet north from Prospect Hill avenue. Medford street, 6-inch Chapman hydrant set and 6-inch Mathews hydrant removed, at 171 feet north from Marshall street.


346


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Middlesex avenue, 6-inch Corey hydrant, set 70 feet north from the north line of Mystic avenue.


Pearl street, 6-inch Chapman hydrant set and 6-inch Holyoke hydrant removed, at 108 feet east from Marshall street.


Pinckney street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 126 feet east from the east line of Pinckney street, for blow-off purposes.


Rogers avenue, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 6-inch Coffin valve hydrant removed, at 255 feet north from Morrison avenue.


Stone avenue, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 6-inch Coffin hydrant removed, at 275 feet south from Columbus avenue.


Summer street, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 6-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed, at 53 feet west from Harvard street.


Ware street, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed, at 258 feet west from Curtis street.


Washington street, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 6-inch Holyoke hydrant removed, at 6 feet east from Kingman road.


Washington street, 6-inch Corey hydrant, set 7 feet west from the west line of Hawkins street (projected).


Washington street, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed, at 50 feet east from Bowdoin street. Washington street, 6-inch Corey hydrant set and 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed, at 9 feet east from Leland street.


HYDRANTS-RECAPITULATION.


HYDRANTS.


4"


6"


Total.


Set


22


22


Removed .


6


8


1


15


Net increase in number of hydrants in 1916 7 Total number of hydrants in the city December 31, 1916 1,160


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


Summary of Statistics. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916. In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association


SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS. SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.


GENERAL STATISTICS.


Population, census 1915, 86,854; present, estimated 90,000.


Date of construction : commenced in 1868.


By whom owned: City of Somerville. Source of supply : Metropolitan water system.


Mode of supply : Water is delivered into the city's mains, under both high and low pressures, by the Metropolitan Water Works.


STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER.


Estimated total population at date, 90,000.


Estimated population on lines of pipe, 90,000.


Estimated population supplied, 90,000.


Total consumption for the year, 2,263,209,000 gallons.


Average daily consumption, 6,183,600 gallons.


Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 69.


STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, 1916.


MAINS.


Kind of pipe, cast-iron.


Sizes, from 4-inch and under to 20-inch.


Laid 2,041 feet; discontinued 155 feet; net extension, 1,886 feet. Total now in use, 101.63 miles.


Number of leaks per mile, .11.


Number of hydrants added during year (public, 7; private, 3), 10.


Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,224.


Number of stop gates added during year, 51.


Number of stop gates now in use, 1,733.


Number of blow-offs, 174.


Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.


SERVICES.


Kind of pipe: Lead; wrought iron-lead-lined; wrought iron- cement-lined; cast iron.


Sizes, one-half to eight inches.


Extended less discontinued, 6,255 feet.


Total now in use, 87.82 miles.


Number of service taps added, 202; discontinued, 15; net in- crease, 187.


Number now in use, 13,420.


Number of meters added, 702; discontinued, 74; net increase, 608. Number now in use, 9,763.


Percentage of services metered, 72.75.


Percentage of receipts from metered water. 77.


Number of motors and elevator registers added, 0; removed, 0. Number now in use, 5 (included in number of meters).


FINANCIAL STATISTICS.


REVENUE.


EXPENDITURES.


From Water Rates :-


Fixture rates


.


$54,595.54


Meter rates


.


·


.


Water Works Maintenance :- Operation (management, repairs and renewals) . .


.


$50,102.33


Special :-


Miscellaneous accounts . 2,873.77


Total maintenance .


$52,976.10 840.00


Interest on bonds · Payment of bonds ·


5,000.00


Water Works Buildings


1,346.06


Water Works Construction : -


Mains


.


·


·


Services ·


5,704.57


Meters


4,560.76


Total construction ·


$17,087.84


Unclassified expenses :- Metropolitan water assessment


110,468.29 ·


Balance :----


Ordinary .


.


60,709.00


Total balance


60,709.00


Total


$248,427.29


Total


.


.


.


$248,427.29 .


.


.


187,120.45


Total from consumers


$241,715.99


From other sources :- Water service assessments


3,837.53


Labor and materials


2,873.77


.


.


.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Disposition of balance: applied to municipal purposes. Cost of works to date $1,038,662.29 Bonded debt at date 16,000.00 Average rate of interest, 4 per cent.


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.


.


.


.


.


.


$6,822.51


REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


OFFICE OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, - Somerville, Mass., February 23, 1917.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-I have the honor of presenting to you for your consideration the annual report of the fire department for the year ending December 31, 1916 :-


Alarms of Fire.


Number of bell alarms


245


Number of still alarms


333


Total alarms .


578 66


Number less than 1915


Value of buildings at risk


$645,370 00


Insurance on buildings


439,075 00


Damage to buildings


56,551 25


Value of contents


200,434 37


Insurance on contents


118,670 00


Damage to contents


55,903 51


Total value at risk .


845,804 37


Total insurance


557,745 00


Total damage


. 112,454 76


List of Probable Causes.


Accidental


3


Automobiles and trucks


.


.


.


.


7


Carelessness with matches .


.


.


10


Cigars, cigarettes and pipes .


22


Children playing with matches


18


Clothing near stove


2


Closet fires


2


Combustion


11


Defective chimneys


14


Drying plaster .


2


Dump fires .


9


Electric car .


1


Fire in Cambridge


6


Fire in Charlestown


1


Fire in Medford


2


False alarms


29 1


Filling gasoline tank


Gas jet improperly placed


5


Grass fires


11


Hot ashes


10


Incendiary


21


Kerosene lamps and stoves .


8


Leaking gas tube


1


Leaking gas meter


1


Light mistaken for fire


2


Lace curtain in contact with gas


6


Overheated oven in bakery .


1


13


Overheated furnaces and stoves . Rats and matches .


3


4


Bonfires .


Electric wires


2


350


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Smoking in bed


2


Spark from locomotive .


.


3


Thawing water pipes


.


3


Unknown


5


Using paint remover


1


Wick in cup of oil


1


Wire in tree .


1


Wcoden spittoon


.


.


1


245


Service of Companies in Fire Department, Year 1916.


COMPANIES.


Engine 1.


Engine 2.


Engine 4.


Engine 6.


Hose 3.


Hose 5.


Hose 7.


Hose 8.


Ladder 1.


Ladder 2.


Ladder 3.


Totals.


Bell alarms responded to


·


204


147


88


24


134


77


77


79


130


74


45


245


Still alarms responded to


70


18


18


51


51


22


30


39


16


3


15


333


Miles traveled


·


.


420


298


179


86 14


163 1/2 18,400


248


163 1/2


300


133 1/2


124


65


2,18034


Feet of 21/2 inch hose used


27,800


10,550


7,400


5,200


9,100


7,100


3,700


·


·


·


.


18,300


·


·


·


3,350


12,750


11,300


9,000


3,000


4,200


61,900


Feet of ladders used


·


·


.


·


·


·


.


.


. ·


35


2,970


2,431


993


6,899


Chemical extinguishers used


11


7


15


1


.


·


.


.


·


4


69


Gallons of chemical used ·


3,120


665


1,375


2,100


1,827


270


709


10,066


Times on duty at other stations


.


.


.


.


·


.


·


.


.


.


.


1


5


"Times responded out of town


·


12


8


24


18


2


12


3


.


·


.


·


79


Rubber covers used


2


·


.


·


.


10


18


5


35


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CHIEF


ENGINEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.


.


·


.


·


.


.


2


.


1


1


·


.


·


·


.


·


89,250


Feet of chemical hose used


60


130


280


9


10


12


·


·


·


352


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Manual Force.


During the year two (2) men have been placed upon the retired list and one (1) is on an indeterminate leave ; one (1) permanent man has been appointed from the eligible list of the classified service, and one (1) callman has been promoted to the permanent force under Chapter 487, Acts 1913. The force of the department now consists of seventy-seven ( ?? ) permanent and fifteen (15) callmen, as follows :-


1 Chief Engineer.


1 First Assistant Engineer.


1 Second Assistant Engineer.


7 Captains.


11 Lieutenants.


1 Master Mechanic.


3 Enginemen.


4 Assistant Enginemen.


48 Permanent men.


15 Callen.


Apparatus.


The department apparatus consists of the following :-


1 Second size, horse drawn steam fire engine.


1 Third size, horse drawn steam fire engine.


2 Horse drawn combination chemical engine and hose wagons.


1 Horse drawn hose wagon.


1 Horse drawn combination ladder truck and chemical engine.


1 Horse drawn ladder truck.


1 Motor driven ladder truck.


4 Motor driven combination chemical engine and hose wagons.


1 Second size tractor drawn steam fire engine.


1 Motor driven 900 gallon pumping engine and hose wagon.


1 Motor driven supply and wrecking car.


1 Automobile Chief's car.


1 Automobile Assistant Chief's car.


2 Four wheel buggies for Assistant Chiefs.


2 Horse drawn relief hose wagons.


1 Horse drawn relief ladder truck.


5 Exercising wagons.


1 Supply wagon.


Horses.


There are twenty-one (21) horses in the department, seven (7) having been disposed of during the year, five (5) horses were transferred to the Highway department, and two (2) sold at private sale.


Hose.


The amount of serviceable hose in the department is 10,000 feet of two and one-half inch rubber lined cotton hose and 2,150 feet of three-quarter inch chemical hose.


There has been purchased 600 feet of new hose, and 600 feet condemned.


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CHIEF ENGINEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Brief Resume.


The fire loss in January was more than one-half the total loss of the year as shown by the following table giving the losses by months :-


January .


$59,697 51


February


12,279 15


March


4,903 00


April


3,232 50


May


4,423 00


June


6,785 00


July


1,990 00


August


3,572 00


September


642 50


October


1,497 00


November


3,427 00


December


10,006 10


$112,454 76


There have been but fifteen fires with an insurance loss exceeding $1,000, as follows :-


January 16, (Sunday) 10.20 A. M. Box 443 was sounded followed by a general alarm; the department was called upon to fight a fire in the Sprague-Hathaway Co. building, 56-62 Day street; this is one of the city's large commercial enter - prises. The insurance loss totalled $57,177.51; this was one of the most disastrous fires that has visited our city for more than twenty-five years; falling walls more or less seriously injured ten members of the department, but fortunately with no fatal results.


January 29, 12.43 P. M. Box 411, 6 Acadia park, three- apartment house owned by Mrs. Katherine Podguiski; occu- pants, Charles E. Emerson, Walter R. Dolliver and Henry Gartland. Damage to building, $964; to contents, $235. Cause, defective chimney.


February 11, 5.20 P. M. Box 435, 594 Broadway, store and dwelling owned by Edward Ronan; occupants, Joseph B. Siggens and Andrew Ross. Damage to building, $1,000; to contents, $450. Cause, leaky gas tube.


February 13, 9.37 A. M. Box 38, 29 Warwick street, dwelling owned by Herrick heirs; occupied by Frederick Baldwin. Damage to building, $710; to contents, $100. Cause, defective chimney.


February 16, 10.22 P. M. Box 225, 295 Somerville avenue, periodical store in the Hill building owned by Herbert Jay; occupied by Jacob Eidelson et al. Damage to building, $502; to contents, $1,519.15. Cause, probably incendiary.


February 24, 6.57 P. M. Box 42 was sounded followed by general alarm, corner Beacon and Sacramento streets. wood and coal yard owned and occupied by the J. Adams Coal and Wood Co. Damage to building, $1,000; to contents, $981. Probable cause, spark from locomotive.


354


ANNUAL REPORTS.


February 27, 3.13 A. M. Box 46, Kent street, brick building owned and occupied by the Fertilizer Manufacturing Corporation. Damage to building, $725; to contents, $2,200. Cause, overheated boiler.


March 22, 12.40 P. M. Box 424, 33-33-A Hancock street, three-apartment house owned by E. R. Porter ; occupants, Frank McNamara, Pearl Hass and Henry T. Keene. Damage to building, $1,495; to contents, $811.50. Cause, accidental.


March 26, 8.46 P. M. Box 115, 6 Flint street, dwelling owned and occupied by C. Sapisnoza. Damage to building, $775; to. contents, $260. Probable cause, thawing water pipes.


April 30, 12.50 A. M. Box 28, a second alarm was sounded for this fire, 474 Somerville avenue, Cooper shop and barrel storage; building owned by Berry and Creelman ; occupied by S. Armstrong Co. Damage to building, $1,500; to contents, $500. Cause, defective brick fireplace.




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