Report of the city of Somerville 1916, Part 29

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


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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,


...


....


....


1


...


. .


....


. .


....


....


. .


..


....


. .


....


....


. .


1


2


....


. .


. .


.... 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,


....


....


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


. .


1


Frederick White,


1


William Fleming.


1


William McCarthy,


1


Leonard C. Spinney,


....


....


. .


. .


Jessie Pomery,


1


. .


1


Blank,


.... 257


149


Teddy Diehl,


...


....


1


1


...


....


...


925


3 621


228


129


88


52


1


....


....


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


...


....


...


. ..


308


Ralph H . Hosmer,


470


. .


..


.


.


. ..


:02


Justin P. Nowell,


481


481


Blank,


224


WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 2.


Maurice F. Ahearn,


260


260


Robert C. Harris,


...


236


. . ..


.


. :


.


.


. .


Blank,


....


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


..


..


359


Blank,


.. .


·


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


. .


1


....


.


. .


. .


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,


. .


Republican,


648


...


WARD ALDERMEN (2) WARD 7.


Wilbur F. Lewis,


Republican, Independent, Republican,


..


. .


· ·


:


. .


1,055 231


1,055


D. Wilson Moffatt,


231


Austin M. Pinkham, Blank,


...


·


.


.


·


: ·


913


913


319


SCHOOL COMMITTEE(2 yrs.) WARD 1.


Winnifred P. Davis,


Republican,


633 359


. .


633


John J. Hayes,


Democratic,


..


.


:


: : : :


:


. .


359 144


Blank,


SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2 yrs) WARD 2.


Christopher Muldoon,


Democratic,


220


220


Blank,


....


108


....


...


. .


108


!


.


..


. .


187


. .


.


. .


347


Walter H. Snow,


..


...


. .


. ..


1


Milo R. Whitaker, Blank,


....


..


1


627


627


Enoch B. Robertson, Blank,


648 367


. .


. ..


367


..


·


·


.


·


.


:


:


..


.


224


·


.


·


. .


.


. · .


236


·


.


160


·


470


John A. Mack,


302


Independent, Republican,


. .


..


.


.


.


. .


·


·


:


...


:


:


:


319


144


. .


. .


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,


...


..


557 157


....


..


....


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,


: :


. .. .


. .


826 338


826


Blank,


:


.


...


SCHOOL COMMITTEE (2yrs.) WARD 7.


Herbert Cholerton, Republican,


1,059


Blank,


:


.


:


....


1,059 215


215


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


...


....


353 1 79


:


:


: .


1


1


1


1


....


112


. .


338


·


:


.


:


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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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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


·


21 Avon street 23 Berkeley street 246 Medford street


WARD FOUR.


William H. Andrews, Alderman-at-large


Arthur N. Richardson


Walter H. Snow


·


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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