Report of the city of Somerville 1920, Part 27

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 422


USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Somerville > Report of the city of Somerville 1920 > Part 27


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27


PUBLIC SERVICE - Aldermen Shay, Robertson, Bell, Mason, Haley, Nichols and Phelps.


PUBLIC WORKS - Aldermen Locatelli, Allen, Shay, Harris, Phelps, Coldwell and Nichols.


School Committee. Chairman, HERBERT CHOLERTON. Vice-Chairman, WILLIAM M. MORRISON.


Members.


Charles W. Eldridge, Mayor (ex-officio) 47 Highland road. Richard L. Rice, Pres. Board of Aldermen, (ex-officio) 2961/2 Broadway


WARD ONE.


Francis J. Fitzpatrick . William T. McCarthy .


.


.


.


76 Broadway 38 Pearl street


Daniel H. Bradley Christopher J Muldoon


.


.


19 Concord avenue 88 Concord avenue


WARD THREE.


Charles W. Boyer Oscar W. Codding


104 Summer street 59 Vinal avenue


Frank M Hawes


.


.


257 School street


Edward I. Tripp .


21 Wigglesworth street


WARD FIVE.


Harry M. Stoodley Miss Minnie S. Turner


283 Highland avenue 64 Hudson street


WARD SIX.


Walter I. Chapman William M. Morrison


.


.


.


WARD SEVEN.


Herbert Cholerton .


Paul O. Curtis


·


94 College avenue 41 Mason street


Superintendent and Secretary - CHARLES S. CLARK.


1


.


WARD TWO.


.


.


.


18-A Central street 97 Rogers avenue


WARD FOUR.


393


'CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1920


Assessors.


FRED E. WARREN, Chairman (term expires 1923.) WINSOR L. SNOW (term expires 1921). HARRY VAN IDERSTINE (term expires 1923) . J. ROBERT FENELON (term expires 1922). DAVID 'B. ARMSTRONG (term expires 1921).


Assistant Assessors.


IFRED B. CLAPP. . JOHN S. MCGOWAN. LAWRENCE J. WARD.


JOHN M. NANGLE. LEONARD C. SPINNEY. SAMUEL C. WISWALL.


Board of Health.


ROBERT M. LAVENDER, Chairman (term expires 1922). WARREN C. BLAIR (term expires 1922). JOHN E. GILLIS, M. D., (term expires 1921). Clerk-LAURENCE S. HOWARD. Agent-GEORGE I. CANFIELD. Medical Inspector - FRANK L. MORSE, M. D. ¡Inspector of Animals and Provisions-CHARLES M. BERRY. Inspector of Milk . and Vinegar-HERBERT E. BOWMAN.


Licensing Board.


EUGENE M. CARMAN, Chairman (term expires 1926). WILLIAM H. SMITH (term expires 1924). WILLIAM J. SHANAHAN (term expires 1922).


Overseers of the Poor.


FRED E. DURGIN, Chairman (term expires 1923). MICHAEL COLL, Vice-Chairman (term expires 1921). HENRY F. CURTIS (term expires 1922). Agent - WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE. Warden City Home-J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN. Matron City Home - CATHERINE COLQUHOUN.


-


Planning Board.


WILLIAM F. RILEY, Chairman (term expires 1921). DAVID J. KELLEY, Secretary (term expires 1924). HARRISON 'L. EVANS, (term expires 1920). -


PAUL R. VALENTINE, (term expires 1922). GEORGE.J. RAUH, (term expires 1923).


Registrars of Voters.


EDWIN D. SIBLEY, Chairman (term expires 1921). DOUGLASS B. FOSTER (term expires 1923). CHARLES LEO SHEA (term expires 1922). FREDERIC W. COOK, City Clerk.


394


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Public Library Trustees.


THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman (term expires 1922) J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1923). FREDERICK W. PARKER (term expires 1921). WILLIAM L. BARBER (term expires 1922). CHARLES L. NOYES (term expires 1923) . HERBERT E. BUFFUM (term expires 1923) . GILES W. BRYANT (term expires 1921). DAVID H. FULTON (term expires 1921). FRANK M. BARNARD (term expires 1922). Librarian and Secretary-GEORGE H. EVANS.


Recreation and Playground Commission.


CHARLES S. CLARK, Chairman (term expires 1921) ' GEORGE L. DUDLEY, Secretary (term expires 1922). ERNEST W. BAILEY (term expires 1922) . JOHN F. COLQUHOUN (term expires 1922). FRANCES M. WEEKS (term expires 1921). ELIZABETH MONGAN (term expires 1921). Vacancy


City Clerk. FREDERIC W. COOK. Assistant City Clerk-JASON M. CARSON.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. JOSEPH S. PIKE.


City Messenger. FRED E. HANLEY.


Mayor's Secretary. LEON M. CONWELL.


City Solicitor. FRANK W. KAAN.


City Auditor. HOWARD E. WEMYSS.


City Engineer. ERNEST W. BAILEY.


Commissioner of Streets. ASA B. PRITCHARD.


Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings. GEORGE L. DUDLEY.


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights. WALTER I. FULLER.


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1920


395


Water Commissioner. FRANK E. MERRILL.


Superintendent of Sanitary Department. EDGAR T. MAYHEW.


Clerk of Committees. RICHARD A. KEYES.


Chief of Police. CHARLES A. KENDALL.


. Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. SEWALL M. RICH.


City Physician. C. CLARKE TOWLE, M. D.


Inspector of Plumbing. DUNCAN C. GREENE.


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. HERBERT E. BOWMAN .. 1


Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY.


Inspector of Petroleum. SEWALL M. RICH.


Sealer of Weights and Measures. BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT.


Fence Viewers.


CHARLES M. BERRY, HOWARD LOWELL,


Agent of Military and State Aid and Soldiers' Relief and Burial Agent .. BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT.


Constables.


MAURICE F. AHEARN.


FRED E. HANLEY.


CHARLES M. AUSTIN.


JAMES M. HARMON.


CHARLES W. F. BENNETT.


FRED W. JACKSON.


GEORGE .H. CARLETON. 1


HARRY E. JACKSON.


EUGENE A. CARTER.


CHARLES A. KENDALL.


MICHAEL T. KENNEDY.


WINSLOW W. COFFIN. WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE.


ELBRIDGE G. LAVENDER.


ALBION B. CROCKER.


EDWARD E. MARSH.


WARREN C. DAGGETT. THOMAS DAMERY.


JOHN A. RAY.


CHARLES L. ELLIS.


JOHN F. SCANNELL.


ARTHUR L. GILMAN.


CHARLES E. WOODMAN.


1


LOUIS A. MORRIS.


INDEX.


City Auditor, Report of .


3


Balance Sheet


4


Cash Statement


6


Taxes - Special Assessments


8


Departmental Bills


9


Water Department Accounts


10


Statement of Estimated Revenue


11


Appropriations


14


Commonwealth of Massachusetts . .


22 23


Revenue and Expenses


23


'Temporary Loans


24 26


Maturities on Funded Debt


29 - 30


Interest Requirements on Funded Debt


29 - 30 31


Abatements, Refunds, State Income Tax, Etc.


32


Overlay Accounts


34


Excess and Deficiency Account . .


35


Receipts and Expenditures, Classification of


35


Schedule of Public Property


65


'City Clerk, Report of .


376


Receipts


376


Payments


378


Licenses and Permits


380


Births


380


Marriages


381


Deaths


381


Assessed Polls and Registered Voters


383


Elections


384


Liquor License Question


387


Ordinances


388


City Engineer, Report of


273


Engineering Department


273


City Engineer Division, Classification of Expenses


27:


Streets Accepted as Public Ways in 1920


276


Street Bounds Set In 1920. .


278


Table of Street Construction


279


Sewer Division


282


Sewers and Storm Drains Constructed


284


Maintenance Account


285


Parks and Playgrounds Division


28


Maintenance Account .


288


'City Government and Officers for 1920


391


City Solicitor, Report of .


35


County of Middlesex


Funded Debt


Borrowing Capacity


.


397


INDEX.


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of Condensed Cash Statement .


68


Taxes


75


Street Sprinkling and Moth Assessments


76


Overlay and Abatement


77


Reserve Supplementary Assessments


77


Betterment Assessments


78


Departmental Accounts


78 - 79


Temporary Loans


80


Bonds


81 - 82 84


Memorandum of Payments on account of' Debt


85


Grade Crossing Debt .


86


Treasury Department .


86


Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner) .


316


Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner) . ·


292


Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner) . 333


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights, Report of Inspection of Wiring in Buildings .


325


Fire Alarm System


326


Supervision of Poles and Wires on the Streets


327


Street Lighting


328


Recommendations


328


Conclusion


328


Fire Department, Chief of, Report of .


356


Alarms of Fire .


356


Manual Force


359


Apparatus


359


Horses


359


Hose


360


Resume


360


Recommendations .


363


Conclusion .


364


Health, Board of, Report of


214


Organization, Officers, etc.


214


Nuisances


215


Permits and Licenses .


215


Stables


216


Board of Infants . .


216


Deaths


217 - 221


Mortality Statistics


218


Diseases Dangerous to Public Health


224


Specimens and Supplies


224


Medical Inspection of Schools


225


Bacteriological Department .


227


.


.


List of Probable Causes


.


356


Police Signal System


327


.


325


Borrowing Capacity


69


398


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Undertakers


227


Examination of Plumbers


227


Health Nurses, Report of


227 - 228


Medical Inspection, Report of


231


Inspector of Animals and Provisions


233


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar


236


Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of .


233


Inspector of Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner) 316


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of the


236


Examinations, table of


237


Court Cases


239


Infantile Mortality


240


City Physician, Report of .


247


Law Department, Report of


355


License Commission, Report of .


331


Medical Inspection, Report of .


231


Visits


231


Contagious Disease Hospital


231


Laboratory Examinations


231


Tuberculosis


232


Typhoid


232


Ordinances


388


Overseers of the Poor, Report of


241


Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc. .


241


Full Support


243


Partial Support


243


Aid Under 1913 Law (Mothers' Aid).


243


Cost to City


243


Reimbursements


244


Somerville Hospital


244


Population and Gross Expenditures


244


Overseers of the Poor Since 1885 .


245


Recapitulation


245


City Home, Report of Warden ·


246


City Physician, Report of


247


Planning Board, Report of .


270


Housing Conditions


270


Bridge Street Widening


270


Street Car Service


271


Public Parks and Buildings


271


Fire Protection


272


Appropriation


272


.


.


Report of General Agent .


243


399


INDEX.


Police, Chief of, Report of .


365


Arrests


365


Crimes and Offenses Against the Person


365


Crimes and Offenses Against Property


366


Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order


366


Recapitulation


367


Roster of Department .


371


Changes in the Force .


372


Police Matron, Report of


374


Conclusion


375


Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor).


241


Population .


244 - 387


Public Buildings Commissioner, Report of .


316


Inspection of Buildings


316


Coal


318


Elevators


319


School Buildings .


319


Fire Department Buildings .


321


Municipal Buildings


322


Libraries


323


Hospital Buildings


323


City Home Buildings


323


Police Buildings .


323


Bath House .


324


Park Buildings


324


In General .


324


Public Grounds (City Engineer) . 263


Public Library .


204


Organization of Library and Staff Personnel


205


Report of Trustees


203


Report of Librarian


.


209


Statistics


211


Recreation and Playground Commission, Report of Civic Social Worker, Report of .


248


Director of Summer Playgrounds, Report of


253


Supervisor of School Gardens, Report of . School Garden Data . .


260


Estimate of Crops gathered and value .


263


Garden and Canning values . ·


264


Associated Organizations, Report of .


265


267


Somerville Playgrounds Association Incorporated Statement Expenditures


269


Sanitary Department, Report of .


329


Collection of Ashes and Paper .


329


Departmental Revenue


329


322


Water, Highway, Sanitary and Sewer Buildings


Board of Trustees and officers - Committees .


204


251


263


400


ANNUAL REPORTS ..


School Department .


90


Accommodations


103


Americanization .


97


Appendix, Contents of .


126


Atypical classes


103


Continuation School


96


Cost of Schools


128


Course of Study, Grades 7 to 12 inclusive


196


Dental Dispensary


125


Elementary schools


91


Expenditures for fiscal year


45


Garden work


101


Graduates - High school


155


Vocational schools .


165


High School Athletic Association


123 - 124


Independent Household Arts Department


95


Junior High Schools


93


Kindergartens


95


Membership


90


Music credits, etc.


98 - 108 - 195


Report of Superintendent of Schools


90


Head Master, High School .


106


Principal, Vocational school for Boys .


113


Garden Supervisor


115


"Special Committee" on Junior High Schools


180


School Committee, 1920


88


School Committee, 1921


166


School Nurses


41


Secondary Schools


91 -. 94


Somerville Teachers' Association


121


Somerville Teachers' Club .


122


Teachers in Service


90 - 168


Thrift


102


Vocational School for Boys .


94:


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of


353


Sewers (see City Engineer)


282-


Street Commissioner, Report of .


291


Appropriations


291


Highway Maintenance .


292


Underground Wires


293


Snow and Ice


293


Bridges


294:


Crushed Stone


291


Steam Rollers


294


Sidewalks Maintenance


294


Street Sprinkling


295


Street Cleaning


295


Suppression of Moths


296


Shade Trees


296


Highways Construction, New Streets


297


Streets Constructed in 1920 .


298


Sidewalks Construction


.


299


Junior High schools


158


1


INDEX.


401


Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement


299


Reconstruction and Resurfacing .


299


Miscellaneous


301


Labor .


301


Recommendations


302


Public and Private Streets .


303


Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor) . 241


Water Commissioner, Report of .


333


Revenue and Expenditures .


333


Cost of Water Works .


337


Water Debt .


337 - 346


Water Works Income and Distribution


337


Water Distribution System, Construction


337


Hydrants, Gates, etc., .


338


Water Services


339


Water Meters


340


Summary of Pipes and Fixtures


342


Water Assessments and Consumption


342


Labor


345


Pensions


345


Shop Improvements


346


Street Mains, Gates, Hydrants, etc.,


347


Summary of Statistics


351


Financial Statistics


352


.


Construction, Maintenance, Operation


344


1


١


-





Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.