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The six dealers found by the judges to lead and their re- spective scores follow :-
J. M. Hager & Son .
95.16 Fred E. Giles 91.24
F. S. Cummings .
· 94.54 Henning Swenson 91.20 ·
Francis C. Brown
. 94.28 C. T. Conant 90.78
Score for Somerville 92.86+.
Table 4 .- Infantile Mortality.
Year.
Births.
Deaths under 1 year, all causes.
Deaths under 1 year, enteric diseases.
Enteric Death Rate per 10,000 population under 1 year.
Population.
1913
1861
166
45
5.48
82,000
1914
1992
147
33
3.92
84,000
1915
1898
142
25
2.90
86,000
1916.
1952
132
23
2.58
89,000
1917
Returns Incomplete.
136
18
2.00
90,000
Somerville may well point with pride to the steady de- crease in its death rate of children under one year of age from enteric diseases.
The above chart shows, that in the last five years the deaths from improper feeding and bowel troubles have been re- duced over 60 per cent.
Note should be made of the fact that the births and popu- lation steadily increased during this period.
As has been my custom for several years I wish to impress
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all consumers of milk with the desirability of having all the milk pasteurized.
Pasteurization in the final container is conceeded by all to be the ideal way, but where it is impracticable pasteurization in bulk and then bottling in sterilized containers is the next best thing.
In 1917 there was a bill passed by the legislature defining pasteurized milk as follows. Chapter 259, Acts 1917 :
Pasteurized milk is hereby defined to be natural cows' milk not more than 72 hours old when pasteurized, subjected for a period of not less than thirty minutes to a temperature of not less than one hundred and forty degrees nor more than one hundred forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and immediately there- after cooled therefrom to a temperature of fifty degrees Fahren- heit or lower.
Consumers should know whether they are receiving raw or properly pasteurized milk and should insist that the package be labelled just what it contains. The attention of this depart- ment should be called to any unsanitary containers. Call 930 Somerville on the telephone and report any such violation or any other that comes to your notice.
This department is always at the service of anyone on any subject with which we can consistently deal.
Diagnostic Examinations.
The work in this department was formerly done by Dr. Frank L. Morse who entered the United States Army on Au- gust 14, 1917, and since that time the examinations have been made by the milk Bacteriologist. A summary of the year's work follows.
Diphtheria.
Months
Negative
Positive
Total
January
71
5
76
February
80
16
96
March
96
43
139
April
119
34
153
May
.
109
29
138
June
79
24
103
July
79
15
94
August
31
9
40
September
22
6
28
October
83
42
125
November
109
30
139
December
117
37
154
Totals
995
290
1,285
207
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Tuberculosis.
January
19
8
27
February
12
4
16
March
22
8
30
April
16
6
22
June
19
13
32
July
15
6
21
August
10
8
18
September
12
10
22
October
13
13
26
November
15
7
22
December
18
5
23
Totals
189
94
283
Typhoid.
January
1
1
2
February
3
0
3
March
4
0
4
April
6
1
7
June
10
0
10
July
13
1
14
August
13
1
14
September
9
3
12
October
8
1
9
November
9
1
10
December
11
2
13
Totals
98
12
110
Total Examinations 1678.
In addition to above there have been examinations made for Malaria, Ophthalmia, Paratyphoid, Gonorrhea, and Pneumonia.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. BOWMAN,
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar and Acting Bacteriologist.
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6
24
May
·
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11
1
12
May
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Board of Overseers of the Poor.
HENRY F. CURTIS, M. D., President. ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Vice-President. MICHAEL COLL.
Committees.
On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home. DR. CURTIS, MR. EDMANDS AND MR. COLL.
Clerks. JEAN M. HUTCHINS. CORA F. LEWIS.
General Agent. CHARLES C. FOLSOM.
City Physician.
C. CLARKE TOWLE, M. D.
Warden and Matron, City Home. MR. AND MRS. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN.
Office.
City Hall Annex, Highland Avenue.
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Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1917.
To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen,-The office at City Hall Annex has been a very busy place during the year just closed. There has also been some hustling on the streets to keep up with the visiting, as it is now the custom in all the up-to-date cities to have the cases thoroughly investigated. It takes one person nearly all of the time to attend to cases at the Somerville Hospital, the Board of Health and the visiting of the Mother's Aid cases. Some dif- ferent arrangement will have to be made very soon in reference to the office and visiting force of the department. We must be thorough and do the work in a business-like manner, even if the cost is a little more, the results are more satisfactory and in many cases prove to be a saving to the city; by so doing. The pleasant relations which have existed throughout the past years have been with us during the year just ceased. Wish- ing all a happy and prosperous year, I am,
Very respectfully, C. C. FOLSOM, General Agent.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
. Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1917.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-The report of the general agent and the warden of the City Home, with tables showing the work, are herewith submitted. The total amount expended during the year 1917 by this department was $67,071.10, divided as fol- lows : Miscellaneous, $53,653.33; City Home, $13,417.77, this being $3,718.07 more than the previous year of 1916. We have expended on the City Home account $13,417.77 or $1,839.14 more than the previous year. The "Mother's Aid" cases have increased from 54 to 63 and the amount expended from $19,620.41 to $23,586.60, making $3,966.19 more than the pre- vious year. We are reminded by these figures and by the num- ber of cases brought to our attention, that the Poor Depart- ment's expenditures are steadily increasing. We are also re- minded that Somerville is becoming one of the larger cities of the Commonwealth. The Board respectfully calls the attention of your Honorable Board to the fact that the collections for our two accounts were much larger than any previous year, viz. $29,637.73. Net cost to the City, $37,433.37.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY F. CURTIS, Overseers A. W. EDMANDS, of the
MICHAEL COLL, Poor
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Table No. 1.
FULL SUPPORT (During the year).
In City Home (men 45, women 34) 79
In City Home December 31, 1917 45
In private families
20
In hospitals for the sick in other towns, cities and State . 52
In care of state division minor wards (children)
10
Table No. 2. PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief).
Families
367
Persons aided (including hospital cases) .
1623
Burials
6
Permits to State Infirmary
17
Average expense to the city for each (carriage for six) .
$2 03
Table No. 3. AID UNDER 1913 LAW. (Mother's Aid).
Number of applications from widows or deserted women 74
Number of families aided at close of year .
63
Number of children
195
Amount allowed each family, from $3.00 to $11.00 per week Number of out-of-town families
10
Number having no settlement
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COST TO CITY
Somerville settlement
$13,064 45
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here) . 2,712 05
State
4,480 82
Somerville families living in other cities and towns 3,329 28
$23,586 60
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Table No. 4. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$14,719 42
City of Boston
2,093 73
" Brockton
40 00
Cambridge
800 04
Chelsea
59 14
Everett
476 61
Fall River
17 14
66 Lawrence
14 29
Malden
10 00
Medford
10 29
66 Melrose
42 85
New Bedford
210 78
66
6
Newton
16 00
Woburn
153 78
" Worcester
103 24
Town of Arlington .
27 14
46 06
€
Hudson
48 00
Marshfield
90 00
Peabody
173 59
66 Plymouth
31 43
Randolph
63 01
Saugus
5 00
Sterling
60 16
Wakefield
5 00
66
Whitman .
245 83
Winchester
48 46
Individuals
135 05
$20,048 46
Table Nc. 5. SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (Patients on City Beds).
Patients having settlement in Somerville
156
Patients having settlement in other cities or towns ·
45
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to State)
64
Total number of patients sent to hospital .
265
Money paid hospital by the City for patients settled in Somerville
$7,500 00
Amount reimbursed to the City and paid to the hospital for patients not settled in Somerville
1,350 00
66
Burlington
138 00
Duxbury
164 42
Brookline
Total paid to the hospital . $8,850 00
Table No. 7. EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL FOR THE YEAR 1917.
1917
Cash Allowances
Med. Att. and Medicine
Board.
Groceries.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns.
Dry Goods and Shoes.
Burials.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Sundries.
Cash Paid Out.
Telephone.
Stationery and Printing.
Somerville Hospital.
State Institu- tions.
Other Institu- tions.
Nursing.
Total
January
$33.78
$15.91
$241.03
$1,121.50
$222.88
$389.46
$324.68
$7.00
$2,295.83
$18.26
$53.01
$150.00
$191.10
$52.00
$7.50
$578.73
$5,702.67
February
21.00
9.12
299.48
781.66
819.63
389.46
246.60
81.00
1,628.29
8.82
4.92
150.00
15.50
15.00
9.25
845.67
5,325.40
March
22.07
328.42
1,290.65
1.96
495.18
230.16
40.15
2,044.32
7.06
7.55
150.00
57.43
8.50
4,677.45
April
21.72
22.90
203.69
750.50
774.31
32.00
414.46
14.00
2,003.30
11.23
8.07
150.00
95.25
8.75
66.67
4,576.85
May
22.07
141.28
926.80
50.00
15.00
420.46
28.00
2,037.25
9.33
7.41
150.00
8.50
48.00
3,864.10
June
21.72
17.41
399.50
702.10
13.15
35.00
445.16
25.00
2,239.75
9.40
2.50
150.00
220.72
52.57
8.00
4,341.98
July.
22.07
18.84
198.50
713.20
346.54
40.00
414.46
8.33
2,074.00
9.63
1.10
150.00
136.46
60.00
3.25
2.62
4,199.00
August.
22.07
20.52
97.86
717.00
333.53
414.46
14.33
2,365.99
10.35
10.00
150.00
35.00
15.00
5.75
811.73
5,023.59
September.
21.72
17.10
444.66
507.50
20.00
515.16
8.33
2,245.20
9.06
17.50
150.00
52.57
14.75
159.33
4,182.88
October.
22.07
4.49
187.10
742.00
28.51
15.00
414.46
8.33
2,487.50
10.28
2.35
9.12
12.75
3,944.02
November
28.22
94.50
620.00
150.71
414.46
8.33
2,449.77
8.70
1.04
12.50
3,788.23
December
35.07
12.35
149.94
298.50
161.01
450.34
355.25
8.35
1,386.49
30.10
12.50
816.53
3,716.43
Totals.
$293.58
$138.64
$2,785.96
$9,171.41
$2,922.29
$137.00
$5,177.52
$1,156.69
$251.15
$25,257.69
$112.12
$145.55
$1,350.00
$703.15
$298.57
$112.00
$3,329.28 $53,342.60
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns 1913 Laws.
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Table No. 6. POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1883 TO 1917. INCLUSIVE.
Year
Population (Estimated)
$15,959 80 .
1884
28,000
17,272 52
1885
*29,992
16,430 32
1886
32,000
14,341 83
1887
. 34,000 ·
13,430 89
1888
36,000
13,375 98
1889
39,000
14,610 92
1890
*40,117
15,261 14
1891
43,000
15,980 49
1892
46,000
17,015 30
1893
48,000
17,799 58
1894
50,000
19,733 13
1895
*52,200
20,755 46
1896
54,000
21,999 79
1897
56,000
25,681 47
1898
57,500
28,522 21
1899
60,000
28,924 39
1900
*61,643
City Home,
5,528 83
Miscellaneous, $29,171 15
35,793 58
1902
. 63,500
City Home, 7,396 64
1903
. 65,500
Miscellaneous, $30,470 20 City Home, 7,548 39
38,018 59
1904
69,500
Miscellaneous, $20,476 54 City Home, 6,563 11
27,039 65
1905
. * 69,272
Miscellaneous, $17,527 88 City Home, 7,474 36
25,002 24
1906
. 72,000
City Home,
6,806 79
1907
. 74,000
Miscellaneous, $17,852 20 City Home, 7,001 23
24,853 43
1908
75,500
Miscellaneous, $17,955 34 City Home, 6,875 56
24,830 90
Miscellaneous, $16,843 17 )
24,406 00
1910. .
. * 77,236
City Home, 7,695 89
Miscellaneous, $16,327 56
24,169 59
City Home, 7,842 03
1912
. 81,000
Miscellaneous, $19,201 33 City Home, 8,998 97
28,200 30
Miscellaneous, $21,827 73
32,773 68
City Home, 10,945 95
Miscellaneous, $35,619 68
46,819 93
1915 .
. 88,000
City Home 11,218 65
1916
.
. . 90,000
63,353 03
City Home, 11,593 41
1917
. 90,000
Miscellaneous, $53,653 33 )
67,071 10
·
.
·
Miscellaneous, $23,697 62
29,226 45
1901
.
62,500
City Home, 6,622 43
Miscellaneous, $28,667 04
36,063 68
Miscellaneous, $18,237 53
25,044 32
1909
. 75,500
City Home, 7,562 83 5 Miscellaneous, $16,110 42 )
23,806 31
1911
78,000
1913
. 82,000
1914
. 85,000
City Home, 11,200 25 Miscellaneous, $45,490 98
56,709 63
Miscellaneous, $51,759 62
City Home,
13,417 77 S
* Census.
1883
. 27,000
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·
.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF SOMERVILLE. Since the reorganization in 1885.
+Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-officio 1885
1888
inclusive
+Col. Herbert E. Hill
·
1885
1889
+Charles S. Lincoln, Esquire, chairman
1885
1887
¿Hon. Edward Glines .
1885
1887
66
+Charles G. Brett, (president 1888-1892)
1885 Apr. 1893
Edward B. West, (president May, 1894- February, 1912) .
1888
to
1912
¿Daniel C. Stillson
1888 Apr. 1892
+Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman, ex-officio
1889
1891
Nathan H. Reed, (president 1893 to April, 1894
1890 Apr. 1894
+Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman, ex- officio
1892
1895
¡James G. Hinckley
· May, 1892
1894
Albert W. Edmands
· May, 1893
to date*
+Herbert E. Merrill
. May, 1894
1909
*Ezra D. Souther
1895 Feb. 1898
Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman, ex-officio
1896
1898
inclusive
James H. Butler
March, 1898
1899
Hon. George O. Proctor, officio
1899
Henry F. Curtis, M. D.
.: 1910
to date*
Philip Koen
1912 Nov. 9,1916
Michael Coll
November, 1916
to
date* inclusive
Table No. 8. RECAPITULATION (Miscellaneous).
Appropriations and transfers
$53,653 33
Reimbursements
20,048 46
Net cost to City
$33,604 87
* Present member. + Deceased.
.
.
.
·
(Died)
chairman, ex-
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REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.
City Home, January 1, 1918.
To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen,-I submit the following as the report of the warden of the City Home for the year ending December 31, 1917 :-
Table No. 3.
Number of weeks' board of inmates .
2,408
Number of males admitted during 1917
20
Number of females admitted during 1917 .
18
Number of males discharged during 1917 .
11
Number of females discharged during 1917
13
Number of males supported during 1917
45
Number of females supported during 1917
34
Number of males died during 1917
7
Number of females died during 1917 .
4
Number of inmates in home, December 31, 1917
45
City Home Hospital.
Number of weeks' board
549 2-7
Number of patients admitted
34
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1917
9
Table No. 4.
FARM ACCOUNTS.
Reimbursements.
Farm produce sold
$6,203 36
Produce used at home .
300 00
Milk and eggs used at home .
300 00
$6,803 36
Expenses.
Wages for help
$1,778 80
Feed for one horse
108 53
Feed for poultry and cows
334 16
Shoeing one horse
25 83
Harness and horse clothing
2 00
Farm equipment
422 73
Garbage
468 85
Live Stock
216 00
Seeds and fertilizer
118 89
$3,485 79
Balance
$3,317 57
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table No. 5.
Reimbursements
$9,620 77 3,797 00
Net expenditures .
$13,417 77
Appropriation
$12,000 00
Additional appropriation
1,340 00
Service transfer .
81 63
$13,421 63
Balance
$3 86
Respectfully submitted, J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN,
Warden.
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REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN, Somerville, January 1, 1918.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The work of your City Physician during the year 1917 is presented in the following abstract :-
Office consultations and treatments
528
Total outside visits
1,492
Confinements .
11
Vaccinations
115
Visits at City Home
142
Attended at police station
46
Examinations :-
For legal department
26
For highway department .
17
For police department
37
For fire department .
21
For water department
.
4
-
Respectfully submitted,
C. CLARK TOWLE, City Physician.
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1917.
To His Honor The Mayor and Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- In accordance with the Acts of 1913, and as required by Section 2 of Chapter 494 of said Acts, the Planning Board herewith respectfully submits its annual report and rec- ommendations for the year 1917.
At the end of the year 1916, the Planning Board lost two of its members by resignation and a third member because his term of office expired. As a consequence there remained but two members to carry on the work of the Board until new men were appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen in May, 1917.
The first regular meeting of the Planning Board was held shortly afterwards for the purpose of organizing the Board for the ensuing year. The Board reorganized with William F. Riley as chairman, and David J. Kelley as secretary, the other members of the Board being Harrison L. Evans, Charles W. Hodgdon and Clarence D. Waterhouse.
During the course of the year the Board held monthly meetings and with the limited appropriation granted it by the Board of Aldermen, endeavored to accomplish some of the ob- jects for which it was originally established. It has not been the policy of the Planning Board to recommend drastic changes or seek to advise the city government as to matters of a purely governmental nature, but has sought by a study of the condi- tions existing in Somerville with relation to needed public im- provements to learn something which might be of value to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in devising plans to better those conditions. The Board realizes that its power for good lies in its ability to suggest matters which will be of interest to the citizens at large.
FIRE DISTRICTS .- The first subject undertaken by the Board was the advisability of establishing Fire Districts. The Board believes this is a matter which should not be further de- layed. Somerville is a city made up of over thirteen thousand (13,000) wooden houses with no fire breaks excepting the loca- tion of the Boston & Maine Railroad, and should a fire get under headway this fire break would be of very little value. Something should be done at once to prevent the erection of any more wooden buildings adjoining the public squares of our city. The Board is informed that the matter of establishing fire districts has been considered by successive Boards of Aldermen, but for
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one reason or another nothing has been done. The Board respectfully recommends that the Public Safety Committee of the Board of Aldermen take action on this very important subject and submit a plan for the consideration of this year's Board of Aldermen, providing for the establishment of fire dis- tricts in and about the public squares of the city. The Plan- ning Board has recommended the establishment of fire districts in its reports of 1915 and 1916 and respectfully calls attention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to a paragraph contained in the Report of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the City of Somerville, dated June, 1916, on page 17 of that Re- port, the paragraph under the heading "Conflagration Hazard" reads as follows :-
"The predominating feature of the conflagration hazard is the practically continuous frame construc- tion throughout the city, with few vacant areas to re- tard the spread of fire. Streets are mainly narrow ; many in residential districts are but 40 feet wide and few are over 60 feet in width. Two railroad rights of way that extend through the center of the city form moderate fire breaks, but would be of little value in a general conflagration."
BUILDING LINES .- In line with the subject of fire districts and supplementary thereto, the Board has spent some time con- sidering the advisability of establishing building lines on the main thoroughfares of the city. During the last five years some of the main streets of our city have been developed to a certain extent by the erection of one-story buildings suitable for use as small stores. This development has resulted in a temporary gain to the person erecting the store and a per- manent loss to the adjacent land owner on account of deprecia- tion to his property. This is especially true where these stores have been erected in purely residential sections. The Board believes a remedy should be found for this condition of affairs which is resulting or will result in a loss to the city of much taxable property. The erection of these one-story stores throughout the main streets of the city can be reduced by estab- lishing building lines. The establishment of building lines would insure the erection of buildings which would add to the wealth of the city and prevent the destruction and depreciation of property in neighborhoods originally intended and which are now used for residential purposes.
The Board recommends that building lines be established on such of the main streets of the city as the city government may determine and particularly recommends that they be es-
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tablished immediately on Broadway and Highland Avenue be- tween limits to be determined after due consideration and having regard to the purposes for which the property between certain points on these main streets is now being used.
PUBLIC PARKS AND BUILDINGS .- The Planning Board has considered the subject of our Public Parks, their location and the advisability of providing recreation centers for those parts of our city as yet unprovided for. The Board believes the rapid growth of West Somerville in and about the Clarendon Hill section calls for some action on the part of the city government to provide a place where the smaller children can safely go for recreation. At the present time there is no playground suit- able for this purpose available to the children in this section of the city.
The city could at the present time, with the outlay of a comparatively small sum of money, provide such a play- ground on the land known as the City Ledge, which is now New Junior High School. The use of this land for park and recreation purposes would not interfere with the erection of other public buildings at a later date should the city find it necessary to do so. It would, however, simply provide for the needs of this growing section for many years to come.
SOMERVILLE BATH HOUSE .- The public bath house recently erected on land leased from the Commonwealth at Wellington Bridge in the Fellsway section of the city is an improvement over the old location farther up the river, near the Hinckley Rendering Company Works. However, the present conditions existing at the new location leave much to be desired in order to make it more popular with the youngsters and grownups who use it. At low tide there are great hills of mud which should be removed so that the bath house may be used both at high and low tides. Bathing can only be enjoyed at high tide because of this accumulation of mud. The Board recommends that the city purchase sand to be dumped into the river so as to partly overcome the muddy condition at present existing there and also appropriate sufficient money to have these accumula- tions of mud removed.
BRANCH LIBRARY, UNION SQUARE .- Although the building occupied as a branch library for the use of the people in the Union Square district has been partially remodeled during the past year, there is yet much to be done before the needs of the residents of the Union Square section of our city are properly cared for in the matter of library accommodations. The ap- proaches and the conditions of the grounds surrounding the li- brary are not creditable to any city of the size of Somerville. This Board respectfully recommends that sufficient money be
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appropriated to make this public building and the grounds sur- rounding it a credit instead of a reproach to Somerville.
CLEAN-UP WEEK .- The Board recommends that the custom established by former city governments with reference to clean-up and paint-up week be continued by the present city government, and that a week be set apart and due publicity given it so it may be observed by our citizens as in former years.
WIDENING OF BRIDGE STREET .- In accordance with our recommendations of 1916, we again respectfully call the atten- tion of our city government to the necessity of arriving at some agreement with our neighboring city of Cambridge with refer- ence to the widening of Bridge Street. The narrowness of this approach to our city from Boston still continues to cause con- gestion in traffic to and from Boston and has tended to aggra- vate the already unbearable condition of our Street Car service.
STREET CAR SERVICE .- The Board again respectfully calls the attention of the city government to the recommendation in its last annual report with reference to the advisability of es- tablishing a connecting line from Elm Street, West Somerville, through Beach Street to Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, for the purpose of diverting some of the traffic through the Cam- bridge Subway which now goes into Boston by way of Highland Avenue and Somerville Avenue over the Charles River viaduct.
The Board also recommends that the city government confer with the Public Service Commission to consider the advisability of a connecting line from Gilman Square along Medford Street over the Boston & Maine Railroad Bridge at Winter Hill Station. The Board realizes that it may be neces- sary to strengthen the bridge to effect this improvement, but believes it will result in better Street Car service for the citi- zens living in that part of the city.
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