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CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
MAYOR.
Zebedee E. Cliff,
Republican,
800
179
597
373
555
1,005
1,162
4,671 1
Ralph Aubin,
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2
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.... 89
49
60
149
97
850
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 1.
Wallace E. Loveless,
Republican,
695
93
498
342
476
714 1
942
3,760
Maud Ballington Booth, Blank,
362
.... 235
191
. . 81
141
441
317
1,768
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 2.
George W. Pratt,
Republican,
586
151
514
335
474
720 1
937
3,712
Prof. Eliot, Blank,
471
177
175
... 93
143
435
.... 322
1,816
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 3.
Charles M. Austin, Blank,
Republican,
580 477
100
560
335
473 144
696 460
921 338
3,665 1,864
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 4.
Arthur N. Richardson, Blank,
Republican,
570 487
98 230
490 199
371
470 147
697 459
334
1,908
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 5.
Hermon A. Fleming,
Republican,
577
98
498 ....
334 ....
515 3
691
911
3,624
Patrick H. Ryan,
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3
William J. Harrigan, Blank,
480
230
191
.... 89
98
.. 465
348
1,901
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 6.
James A. Butler,
Republican,
566
102
489 ... 200
328
459
868 1
905
3,717
John F. Burke,
Blank,
491
226
. . 95
158
287
354
1,811
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE, WARD 7.
Warren C. Daggett,
Republican,
546 511
100 228
462 227
309
457 160
668 488
1,021 238
3,563 1,966
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Frederick White,
1
William Fleming.
1
William McCarthy,
1
Leonard C. Spinney,
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Jessie Pomery,
1
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1
Blank,
.... 257
149
Teddy Diehl,
...
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1
1
...
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...
925
3 621
228
129
88
52
1
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1
1
Blank,
114
1
2
1
1
WARDS.
384
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 1.
John F. Barr,
329
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329
Walter D. Flynn,
308
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308
Ralph H . Hosmer,
470
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Justin P. Nowell,
481
481
Blank,
224
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 2.
Maurice F. Ahearn,
260
260
Robert C. Harris,
...
236
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Blank,
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160
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WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 3.
Carl F. Ashton,
Republican, Independent,
452
452
Herbert C. Hight,
278
278
John M. Webster, Blank,
Republican,
461
461
187
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 4.
Charles H. Manzer,
Republican, Republican,
347 359
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359
Blank,
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140
140
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 5.
William J. Bell,
Republican, Republican,
490 483
490
Arthur R. Corwin,
483
Patrick H. Ryan,
8
8
William H. McKenna,
1
1
P. J. McLaughton,
1
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1
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250
250
WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 6.
Waldo E. Dodge,
Republican, § Independent Democrat, § Republican In-
525
525
Joseph Linhares,
145
145
Joseph J. Pincus,
deperdent,
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Republican,
648
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WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 7.
Wilbur F. Lewis,
Republican, Independent, Republican,
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1,055 231
1,055
D. Wilson Moffatt,
231
Austin M. Pinkham, Blank,
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913
913
319
SCHOOL COMMITTEE(2 yrs.) WARD 1.
Winnifred P. Davis,
Republican,
633 359
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633
John J. Hayes,
Democratic,
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359 144
Blank,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 yrs) WARD 2.
Christopher Muldoon,
Democratic,
220
220
Blank,
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108
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108
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187
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347
Walter H. Snow,
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Milo R. Whitaker, Blank,
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627
627
Enoch B. Robertson, Blank,
648 367
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367
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224
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236
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160
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470
John A. Mack,
302
Independent, Republican,
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319
144
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Democratic, Democratic, Republican,
Democratic, Democratic,
385
CITY CLERK.
WARDS.
CANDIDATE. PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 yrs.) WARD 3.
Oscar W. Codding, Blank,
Republican,
...
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557 157
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557 157
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 yrs.) WARD +.
Frank H. Holmes, Martin Hogan, Blank,
Republican,
353 1 79
SCHOOL COMMITTEE(2 yrs.) WARD 5
Julia R. Aldrich,
Republican,
548
548
Patrick H. Ryan,
1
1
William J. Harrigan, C. W. Rugg, Blank,
112
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 yrs.)WARD 6.
George E. Wardrobe,
Republican,
: :
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826 338
826
Blank,
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2yrs.) WARD 7.
Herbert Cholerton, Republican,
1,059
Blank,
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1,059 215
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SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICAT- ING LIQUORS IN THIS CITY?
Number of " Yes " votes, Number of " No" votes, Blank,
319 648 90
159 139 30
125 525 39
42 374
112 492 13
214 879 63
129 1,101 29
4,158 271
SHALL CHAPTER 291 OF THE GEN- ERAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLA- TURE FOR THE YEAR 1916. EN- TITLED "AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TENURE OF OFFICE OF CHIEFS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE METROPOLITAN FIRE PREVENTION DISTRICT," BE
ACCEPTED BY THIS CITY?
Number of "Yes" votes, Number of "No" votes, Blank,
401 226 430
93 117
232 204 253
149 126 148
211 204 202
379 286 491
465 290 504
1,930 1,453 2,146
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353 1 79
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1
1
1
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112
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338
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1,100
7
118
386
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Liquor License Question.
The following is a statement of the votes, during the sev- eral years of its submission to the people, on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, in this city, together with the number of registered voters and the esti- mated population for each year :-
YEAR.
YES.
No.
BLANK.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
1881
979
1,222
3,678
26,000
1882
627
1,159
3,778
26,500
1883
767
1,343
4,407
27,000
1884
806
1,709
4,470
28,000
1885
428
1,604
3,969
*29,992
1886
214
1,321
4,089
32,000
1887
555
2,427
4,574
34,000
1888
744
2,456
5,399
36,000
1889
635
1,706
335
5,286
39,000
1890
999
2,282
409
5,556
*40,117
1891
1,054
2,598
279
5,938
43,000
1892
1,427
3,288
347
7,587
46,000
1893
1,547
2,654
218
7,943
48,000
1894
1,098
2,869
246
8,007
50.000
1895
1,854
4,708
459
8,410
*52,200
1896
1,466
3,680
332
9,379
54,000
1897
1,626
3,815
486
8,925
56,000
1898
1,595
3,501
486
8,657
57.500
1899
1,892
3,340
374
8,838
60,000
1900
1,660
3,427
321
9,620
*61,643
1901
1,579
3,295
374
9,499
63.500
1902
1,645
3,242
360
10,100
65.000
1903
2,248
4,410
550
11,346
67,000
1904
2,022
4,338
447
11,682
69,500
1905
2,483
4,660
531
11,340
*69,272
1906
2,193
5,204
582
11,571
70,000
1907
1,735
4,591
459
11,558
74,000
1908
1,780
4,760
491
12,777
75,500
1909
1,830
4,601
530
12,479
75,500
1910
1,544
3,968
365
12,522
*77,236
1911
2,193
4,841
492
13,226
80,000
1912
2,421
6,182
546
13,854
81,000
1913
2,348
6,431
550
13.417
82.000
1914
2,178
5,535
488
13,404
85,000
1915
1,705
5,262
379
13,805
*86,854
1916
1,100
4,158
271
14,500
88,000
*Census.
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CITY CLERK.
ORDINANCES.
Somerville, January 1, 1917.
The following ordinances have been adopted since the printing of the annual reports for the year 1915 :-
No. 69. An Ordinance Concerning the Planning Board.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. The planning board of the City of Somerville shall consist of five members. Said members shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen. Women as well as men shall be eligible for appointment. The first appoint- ments after this ordinance takes effect shall be made, one for a term ending the first Monday of January, 1917, one for a term end- ing the first Monday of January, 1918, one for a term ending the first Monday of January, 1919, one for a term ending the first Mon- day of January, 1920, and one for a term ending the first Monday of January, 1921; and beginning with the year 1917 one member shall be appointed annually for a term of five years from the first Monday of January. Any vacancy that may occur shall be filled in like man- ner for the balance of the unexpired term.
Section 2. The board shall, as soon as practicable after the ap- pointments of the members have become operative, meet and or- ganize by the selection of a chairman and a secretary.
Section 3. The planning board shall have the power and au- thority and perform the duties set forth in chapter 494 of the Acts of the year 1913, and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto relative to local planning boards. The board shall serve without pay.
Section 4. Ordinance number 51 and Ordinance number 59 are hereby repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 15, 1916.
No. 70. An Ordinance Concerning the Sanitary Department.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. There shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen, to serve for one year and until the appointment and qualification of his successor, a superin- tendent of the sanitary department.
Section 2. The superintendent of the sanitary department shall attend to and have charge of the collection, carrying away, sale and disposal of the house offal and the ashes and house dirt of the city. He shall immediately turn over to the city treasurer the cash pro- ceeds received by him from sales of offal.
Section 3. The Mayor and said superintendent shall have simi- lar powers and duties in relation to said department as are given the Mayor and heads of other departments by the city charter and city ordinances in relation to other departments.
Section 4. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 45 is hereby repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved April 14, 1916,
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No. 71. An Ordinance Relative to the Clerk of Committees.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :--
Section 1. The Mayor shall annually appoint, subject to con- firmation by the Board of Aldermen, a clerk of committees. He shall hold his office for one year and until another shall be appointed and qualified in his stead, and may be removed and his place for the unexpired term filled, at the pleasure of the Mayor and Alder- men. He shall act as a clerk of committees of the Board of Alder- men, shall make a proper record in books kept for the purpose of all their proceedings and transactions, keep a calendar of all meetings of said committees, and notify the members thereof. He shall per- form such other duties and services in making estimates and com- putations, drawing orders and reports, and rendering assistance. as said committees shall require and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be required by order of the Board of Al- dermen.
Section 2. The Mayor may annually appoint, subject to con- firmation by the Board of Aldermen, one or more assistants to the clerk of committees, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen.
Section 3. Ordinance No. 58 is hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 11, 1916.
No. 72. An Ordinance Relative to Filing Contracts.
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Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Section 8 of Chapter IV of the Revised Ordinances of 1911 is hereby amended by striking out the word "contracts" in the sixth line.
Section 2. Said Chapter IV is hereby further amended by adding the following section thereto: Section 9. All contracts shall be kept in the custody of the city auditor. .
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved June 14, 1916.
No. 73. An Ordinance Concerning Master Mechanic in the Fire Department.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the' City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. The first paragraph of Section 1 of Chapter XVIII of the Revised Ordinances of 1911 is hereby amended by inserting therein after the word "captain" the words "master mechanic," so that said paragraph shall read as follows :-
"Section 1. The Fire Department shall consist of a chief en- gineer and a first assistant engineer, and a second assistant engineer who shall also perforni the duties of a captain, a master mechanic, a driver for the chief engineer, and as many engine, hose, hook and
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ladder and other companies, and relief drivers, as the Board of Aldermen shall from time to time determine."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. Approved September 15, 1916.
No. 74. An Ordinance Concerning Roof Coverings.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. Every roof hereafter constructed shall be covered with a non-combustible roof covering.
Section 2. Whenever a non-combustible roof covering is here- after replaced in whole or in part the new roof covering shall be non-combustible.
Section 3. Whenever a roof covering other than non-combus- tible is hereafter replaced in whole or in part, the new roof cover- ing shall be non-combustible if as much as one-quarter of the super- ficial area of the entire roof is replaced during any period of not more than six months.
Section 4. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each offense.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved September 25, 1916.
No. 75. An Ordinance Relative to Pedlers and Hawkers.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. The chief of police, the sealer of weights and meas- ures and the inspector of animals and provisions shall ex-officio constitute the pedlers license commission.
Section 2. No person, except itinerant vendors, wholesalers or jobbers having a permanent place of business in this commonwealth and selling to dealers oniy, and commercial agents or other per- sons selling at wholesale by sample, lists, catalogues or otherwise for future delivery, shall go from place to place in this city carrying for sale or barter or exposing for sale or barter, fish, fruit or vege- tables without a license therefor from the commission. This ordi- nance shall not apply to any person who peddles only fruit and vegetables or other farm products raised or produced by himself or family.
Section 3. The commission shall have authority to grant such license to any person of good reputation for morals and integrity who is a citizen of the United States or has formally declared his intention to become a citizen. Licenses shall bear date of the day on which they are issued and unless sooner revoked shall expire on the first day of May next following.
Section 4. No hawker or pedler shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any of the articles enumerated in section 15 of chapter 65 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, or in any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, unless he has registered his name and residence with the commission and received a certificate of said registration nor unless such registration and certificate are in force. Such registration and certificate shall be in force only until the first day of May next following his registration. Every person
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licensed under the provisions of the preceding section shall register his name and residence in like manner with the commission.
Section 5. No person, unless duly licensed by the commission so to do, shall ring a bell or cry his wares or calling in a street, for the purpose of giving notice of the exercise of a business or calling, or for the sale of an article; and no person shall use in a public street for said purpose a horn or other noise-making instrument, except a bell as aforesaid. No person so licensed shall cry his wares or calling in a street earlier in the day than eight o'clock a. m., nor later in the day than seven o'clock p. m., and no person so licensed shall ring a bell in a street earlier in the day than eight o'clock a. m., nor later in the day than nine o'clock p. m.
Section 6. Every vehicle used by a hawker or pedler as a con- veyance for articles offered or exposed for sale by him shall have the name and number of the hawker or pedler painted thereon in letters and figures at least two inches in height in a conspicuous place on each side. The vehicle shall be kept clean and neat within and without and shall be submitted to the commission for inspection whenever it shall request.
Section 7. No person shall be licensed or registered under this ordinance until he presents the commission a statement from the sealer of weights and measures that all weighing and measuring de- vices intended to be used by such person have been duly inspected and sealed as required by law.
Section 8. Any hawker or pedler who fails, neglects or refuses to exhibit his license or certificate of registration when the same is demanded of him by a commissioner or sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures or member of the police department of the city shall be subject to the penalty provided in section 13 of this ordinance.
Section 9. No person under sixteen years of age shall receive a license or be registered under this ordinance.
Section 10. Any license granted under this ordinance or any ordinance amendatory or additional thereto, may be revoked by the commission at any time in its discretion.
Section 11. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed as con- fiicting with any license duly issued under the laws of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts.
Section 12. The fee for a license under section 2 of this ordi- nance shall be one dollar.
Section 13. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 14. Chapter XXIX of the Revised Ordinances of 1911 and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent here- with are hereby repealed.
Section 15. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved December 19, 1916.
FREDERIC W. COOK, City Clerk.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1916.
Mayor. Zebedee E. Cliff, 29 Powder House Terrace.
Board of Aldermen. President, William Fleming. Vice-president, Warren C. Daggett.
WARD ONE.
William Fleming, Alderman-at-large
Wallace E. Loveless
John A. Mack .
73 Florence street 91 Perkins street 291/2 Alston street
WARD TWO.
George W. Pratt, Alderman-at-large
Robert C. Harris
Maurice F. Ahearn . .
35 Clark street 12 Dimick street 21 Linden street
WARD THREE.
Robert J. Farrell, Alderman-at-large
Charles M. Austin .
John M. Webster
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21 Avon street 23 Berkeley street 246 Medford street
WARD FOUR.
William H. Andrews, Alderman-at-large
Arthur N. Richardson
Walter H. Snow
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18 Walnut road 68 Bonair street 42 Derby street
WARD FIVE.
Fred E. Durgin, Alderman-at-large
Hermon A. Fleming
William J. Bell
52 Albion street 51 Heath street 380 Medford street
WARD SIX.
James A. Butler, Alderman-at-large
Warren C. Blair
.
Joseph J. Pincus
.
286 Highland avenue 26 Tower street 41 Lexington avenue
WARD SEVEN.
Warren C. Daggett, Alderman-at-large
Almon W. Preble
Austin M. Pinkham
28 Belknap street 28 Francesca avenue 34 Liberty avenue
City Clerk-Frederic W. Cook. Assistant City Clerk -- Jason M. Carson. City Messenger-Fred E. Hanley.
Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at 8 o'clock, except when such Thursday is a holiday, in which case the meeting is held on the preceding Tuesday evening.
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Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen.
ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS-Aldermen Blair, Durgin, Andrews, Far- rell and Pratt.
FINANCE-The President, Aldermen Richardson, Butler, Harris, Webster, Pinkham and Bell.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS-Aldermen Ahearn, Pinkham, Bell, Pincus and Mack.
LICENSES AND PERMITS-Aldermen Austin, Fleming of Ward 5, Dag- gett, Pratt, Snow, Pincus and Mack.
PUBLIC PROPERTY-Aldermen Preble, Fleming of Ward 5, Snow, Har- ris and Webster.
PUBLIC SAFETY-Aldermen Andrews, Preble, Austin, Loveless and Butler.
PUBLIC WORKS-Aldermen Durgin, Daggett, Blair, Richardson, Love- less, Farrell and Ahearn.
School Committee.
Chairman .- GEORGE E. WHITAKER. Vice-Chairman .- HERBERT CHOLERTON. (Term, two years, except members ex-officiis.)
ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF, Mayor (ex-officio), 29 Powder House terrace.
WILLIAM FLEMING, President Board of Aldermen (ex-officio), 73 Florence street.
WARD ONE.
THOMAS KELLEY (elected 1914), 39 Pennsylvania avenue. JAMES J. RUDD (elected 1915), 46-A Franklin street.
WARD TWO.
CHRISTOPHER MULDOON, JR., (elected 1914), 88 Concord avenue. DANIEL H. BRADLEY (elected 1915), 19 Concord avenue.
WARD TIIREE.
ALBERT C. ASHTON (elected 1914), 33 Columbus avenue.
GEORGE E. WHITAKER (elected 1915), 75 Walnut street.
WARD FOUR.
FRANK H. HOLMES (elected 1914), 22 Walter street.
HARRY A. STONE (elected 1915), 254 Broadway.
WARD FIVE
JULIA R. ALDRICH (elected 1914), 262 School street. HARRY M. STOODLEY (elected 1915), 283 Highland avenue.
WARD SIX.
MARY R. BREWER (elected 1914), 170 Summer street. GUY E. HEALEY (elected 1915), 38 Cambria street.
WARD SEVEN.
HERBERT CHOLERTON (elected 1914), 94 College avenue. FRANK E. PORTER (elected 1915), 43 Ossipee road.
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CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1916.
Superintendent and Secretary-CHARLES S. CLARK. Office, City Hall Annex. Hours : 8 A. M. to 5 P. M., except Saturdays ; Saturdays, 8 to 10 A. M.
Regular meetings, last Monday evening of each month, except July and August, when none are held, and December, when meet- ings are on the fourth Friday, and on the Friday preceding the first Monday in January.
Assessors.
(Term, three years.) GEORGE E. ELLIOTT, Chairman (term expires 1917). WINSOR L. SNOW (term expires 1918). HARRY VAN IDERSTINE (term expires 1917). J. ROBERT FENELON (term expires 1919). DAVID B. ARMSTRONG (term expires 1918).
Assistant Assessors. (Term, one year.)
FRED B. CLAPP. GEORGE I. CANFIELD.
JOHN J. MCCARTHY.
JOHN FRANKLIN STACKPOLE. JAMES WILSON. WILLIAM H. WALLIS.
Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M., Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Board of Health.
(Term, two members, two years; one member, one year.) JACKSON CALDWELL, Chairman (term expires 1917). RALPH F. HODGDON, M. D. (term expires 1918). ROBERT M. LAVENDER (term expires 1917). Clerk-LAURENCE S. HOWARD. Agent-CALEB A. PAGE (Resigned October 21, 1916). GEORGE I. CANFIELD (Appointed October 23, 1916). Medical Inspector .- FRANK L. MORSE, M. D. Inspector of Animals and Provisions .- CHARLES M. BERRY. Inspector of Milk and Vinegar .- HERBERT E. BOWMAN. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M., Saturdays, S A. M. to 12 M.
Overseers of the Poor. Office, City Hall Annex. (Term, three years.) HENRY F. CURTIS, M. D., Chairman (term expires 1919). ALBERT W. EDMANDS (term expires 1917). PHILIP KOEN (term expires 1918). Agent .- CHARLES C. FOLSOM. Secretary .- CORA F. LEWIS. Warden City Home-J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN. Matron City Home-CATHERINE COLQUHOUN. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M., Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
394
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Planning Board. (Term, five years.) CHARLES W. HODGDON (term expires 1917). CLARENCE D. WATERHOUSE (term expires 1918). DAVID J. KELLEY (term expires 1919). OSCAR W. CODDING (term expires 1920). WALDO E. DODGE (term expires 1921).
Registrars of Voters. (Term, three years.)
EDWIN D. SIBLEY, Chairman (term expires 1918). DOUGLASS B. FOSTER (term expires 1917). CHARLES LEO SHEA (term expires 1919). FREDERIC W. COOK, City Clerk (term expires 1917).
Public Library Trustees. (Term, three years.)
THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman (term expires 1919). J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1917).
FREDERICK W. PARKER (term expires 1918).
WILLIAM L. BARBER (term expires 1919). CHARLES L. NOYES (term expires 1917). HERBERT E. BUFFUM (term expires 1917). GILES W. BRYANT (term expires 1918). DAVID H. FULTON (term expires 1918). HERMON C. BUMPUS (term expires 1919). Librarian and Secretary .- DREW B. HALL.
City Clerk. FREDERIC W. COOK. Assistant City Clerk .- JASON M. CARSON. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
JOSEPH S. PIKE.
Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
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City Messenger. FRED E. HANLEY. 1
Mayor's Secretary. FRED E. WARREN.
City Solicitor. FRANK W. KAAN, 50 State street, Boston.
395
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1916.
City Auditor. HOWARD E. WEMYSS, Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
City Engineer. ERNEST W. BAILEY. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Commissioner of Streets. ASA B. PRICHARD. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings.
WALTER T. LITTLEFIELD (Resigned June 1, 1916). GEORGE L. DUDLEY (Appointed June S, 1916). Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights. WALTER I. FULLER. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.
Water Commissioner. FRANK E. MERRILL. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Clerk of Committees and Departments. RICHARD A. KEYES. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Chief of Police. CHARLES A. KENDALL. Office, Police Building, Bow street.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. SEWALL M. RICH. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.
City Physician. C. CLARK TOWLE, M. D. 24 Prospect Hill avenue.
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Inspector of Plumbing. DUNCAN C. GREENE. Office hour : 8 to 9 A. M.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. HERBERT E. BOWMAN. Office hours : 9 A. M. to 12 M., except Saturdays.
396
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, 60 Prescott street.
Inspector of Petroleum. SEWALL M. RICH. Office, Central Fire Station, 261 Medford street.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. JOIIN H. DUSSEAULT. Deputy Sealer, BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT. Office, City Hall Annex. Office open : 8 A. M. to 4 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Registration Clerk, City Laborers. FORREST D. COOK.
Fence Viewers. CHARLES M. BERRY,
60 Prescott street.
HOWARD LOWELL, 46 Gilman street.
Burial Agent. UNDER REVISED LAWS, CHAPTER 79, SECTION 2. JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, 42 Sargent avenue.
Constables.
CHARLES M. AUSTIN.
CHARLES C. FOLSOM.
HENRY T. BATES.
FRED E. HANLEY.
CHARLES W. F. BENNETT.
JAMES M. HARMON,
GEORGE H. CARLETON.
CHARLES A. KENDALL.
EUGENE A. CARTER.
JOHN J. MCCARTHY.
WINSLOW W. COFFIN.
EDWARD E. MARSH.
FORREST D. COOK.
CHARLES B. PALMER.
WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE.
JOHN F. SCANNELL.
ALBION B. CROCKER.
MALCOLM E. STURTEVANT
THOMAS DAMERY.
HERBERT WILSON.
CHARLES L. ELLIS.
CHARLES E. WOODMAN.
Measurers of Wood and Bark. CHARLES A. HARDY. JOSEPH F. TYTER. F. FULLER WHITING.
Measurer of Grain. EVERETT C. EMERY.
Public Weigher in Charge of City Scales at City Ledge. WILLIAM H. WHITCOMB.
INDEX
PAGE
City Auditor, Report of .
20
Balance Sheet .
21
Cash Statement
23
Departmental Bills
26
Water Department Accounts
27
Statement of Estimated Revenue
28
Appropriations
31
Service Transfers
40)
Temporary Loans
42
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
43
Revenue and Expenses
Revenue from Taxes, Supplementary Warrants
44
Maturities on Funded Debt
47
Borrowing Capacity .
49
Overlay Accounts
50
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlay
51
Excess and Deficiency Account
51
Receipts and Expenditures, Classification of Bonds
53
Expenditures for Two Years
79
Schedule of Public Property
80
City Clerk, Report of
372
Payments
374
Licenses and Permits
374
Births
375
Marriages
375
Deaths
376
Assessed Polls and Registered Voters
377
Women's Voting Lists
378
Elections
379
Liquor License Question
386
Ordinances ·
387
City Engineer, Report of
267
Engineering Department, Statement of Expenses
267
Classification of Expenses, Assistants' Salaries
267
Office Records and Value of Instruments
268
General Work
268
Streets Accepted in 1916
269
Length of Public Streets in Each Ward .
270
Miles of Edgestone, Granolithic and Brick Sidewalks in Each Ward
273
Table of Street Construction .
273
Grade Crossings and Bridges
275
City Boundary Lines
276
Sewer Division, Statement of Expenses
277
Summary of Work
278
Metropolitan Sewer Connections
279
New Work
279
Maintenance Account
280
Parks and Playgrounds Division
281
Parks and Playgrounds Statement of Expenses, Main- tenance
285
Table of Streets
287
City Government and Officers for 1916 .
391
City Physician, Report of
262
City Solicitor, Report of .
370
43
Funded Debt
44
Interest Requirements on Funded Debt
47
52
Receipts
372
398
INDEX.
PAGE
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of
82
Condensed Cash Statement
82
Detailed Cash Statement .
82
Taxes ·
88
Street Sprinkling Assessments
88
Moth Assessments
89
Overlay and Abatement
89
Assessments
90
Water Department Accounts
91
Departmental Accounts for Collection
92
Temporary Loans
93
Outstanding Bonds
94
Borrowing Capacity
96
Bonds Due in 1917
97
Bond Interest
97
Payments on Account of Debt
98
Treasury Department
98
Commissioner of Public Buildings Commissioner)
(see Public Buildings
321
Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner)
301
Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner)
331
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights, Report of Inspection of Wiring in Buildings
328
Fire Alarm System
328
Police Signal System
329
Supervision of Poles and Wires on the Streets
329
Street Lighting
330
Recommendations
330
Probable Causes of Fire
349
Service of Companies in Fire Department, year 1916 Manual Force
352
Apparatus
352
Horses
352
Hose
352
Resume
356
Recommendations
356
Conclusion
228
Organization, Officers, etc.
227
Nuisances
227 229
Permits
229
Stables
231
Deaths
231, 236 232
Mortality Statistics
234, 235-237
Medical Inspection of Schools
238
Bacteriological Department
238
Specimens and Anti-toxin
239
Undertakers
239
Examiners of Plumbers
239
Agent of Board .
239
Financial Statement
240
Contagious Hospital
240
Inspector of Animals and Provisions
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar
240
Conclusion
330
Fire Department, Chief of, Report of
349
349
Alarms of Fire
351
353
Pedlers
230
Board of Infants
Diseases Dangerous to Public Health
236
Health, Board of, Report of .
3:28
399
INDEX.
Inspection of School Children
241
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of .
244
Inspector of Buildings (See Public Buildings Commissioner) Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of the
City Inspection
247
Infantile Mortality
251
New Legislation
251
Country Inspection
252
Mayor's Inaugural Address
3
Schools
4
Libraries
5
Buildings
6
Streets
Sanitary Department
Fire Insurance Rates
Charities
Health
Department Heads
10
Somerville Hospital
10 10
Intoxicating Liquors
11
Community Christmas
12
Financial Statement
13
Medical Inspector, Report of
242
Scarlet Fever
242
Diphtheria
242
Typhoid Fever
242
Tuberculosis
242
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
242
Infantile Paralysis
242
Contagious Disease Hospital
242
Other Diseases
243
Bacteriological Department
243
Ordinances
387
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
254
Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc.
253
Report of the General Agent .
255
Full Support
256
Partial Support
256
Aid Under 1913 Law
256
Reimbursements
257
Somerville Hospital .
257
Population and Gross Expenditures
258
Overseers of the Poor Since 1885
259
Recapitulation
259
City Home, Report of Warden
260
City Physician, Report of
262
Planning Board, Report of
263
Police, Chicf of, Report of
358
Financial Statement .
358
Arrests
Crimes and Offenses Against the Person
358
Crimes and Offenses Against Property
359
Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order
359
Recapitulation
360
Miscellaneous Reports
361
Roster of Department
363
Signal Service and Patrol and Ambulance Reports
365-366
Police Matron, Report of
367
Conclusion .
367
8 8 9 9
Patriotism .
PAGE
321
246
358
400
INDEX.
PAGE
Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor) Population
353
Public Buildings Commissioner, Report of
321
Inspection of Buildings
321
School Buildings
323
Additional Accommodations
323
Fire Department Buildings
325
Libraries
Water, Highway and Refuse Buildings
326
Hospital Buildings
326
City Home Buildings
326
Police Buildings
326
Bath House
326
Park Buildings
327
In General
327
Public Grounds (City Engineer)
283, 286
Public Library
216
Board of Trustees and Officers
216
Reports of the Trustees .
217
Buildings
218, 222
Staff
218
Report of Librarian
220
Circulation
220
In General
221
Statistical Report
222
Adjustment of Records
222
Classified Expenditures
223
Endowment Funds
224
American Library Association Form for Uniform Sta- tistics
225
Receipts
225
Payments
226
Information for Readers and Borrowers School Department
99
School Committee, Report of
99
Members, Officers, Committees, etc.
100
Report of Superintendent
102
Accommodations
103
Physical Education, Sports, and Military Drill
108
High School
113
Boys' Vocational School
113
Girls' Vocational School .
114
Teachers' Salaries
115
Semi-Annual Promotions
115
Recommendations
116
Conclusion
116
Head Master of High School, Report of .
117
Principal of the Vocational School for Boys, Report of
125
Director of Domestic Science and Art, Report of .
127
Domestic Arts in the High School .
129
Sewing in the Elementary Schools .
130
Evening Practical Arts Classes
131
Somerville Playgrounds Association
132
Summer Playgrounds
133
School Savings Banks, Report of
134
School Dentist, Report of
136
School Nurse, Report of
137
Employment Certificates
137
Somerville Teachers' Association
138
325 325
Municipal Buildings
154, 258
226
401
INDEX.
PAGE
Somerville Teachers' Club
139
High School Athletic Association
140
Contents of Appendix
141
Sewers (see City Engineer) .
277-278-279
Street Commissioner, Report of
301
Snow and Ice
301
Underground Wires
301
Crushed Stone
302
Bridges
302
Steam Rollers
302
Highways Maintenance
303
Sidewalks Maintenance
303
Street Sprinkling
303
Street Cleaning
304
Suppression of Moths
305
Shade Trees
306
Highways Construction, New Streets
306
Streets Constructed in 1916
308 309
Streets Macadamized in 1916 .
310
Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement Sidewalks Constructed
315
Miscellaneous
318 320
Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor)
Water Commissioner, Report of .
Statement of Accounts
332
Cost of Water Works
333
Water Debt
333 334 335
Water Distribution System, Construction Hydrants, Gates, etc.
335-339
Water Services
336
Water Meters
337
Summary of Pipes and Fixtures
338
Water Distribution System, Maintenance Services
339
Water Assessments and Consumption
339
Inter-System Connections
341 342
Local High- and Low-Service Connections
342
Gates Set in New Locations
343
Fire Hydrants
345
Summary of Statistics
347
Financial Statistics
348
.
Recommendations
254 331
Highways Construction, Macadam Pavement
311
Water Works Income and Distribution
338
High Pressure Auxiliary Supply
368
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of .
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