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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
1917
1,291
3,457
232
13,826
90,000
1918
690
1,935
161
13,477
90,500
1919
2,777
2,297
261
14,810
91,000
1920
27,307
*93,091
1921
5,143
8,751
2,992
27,545
95,000
*Census.
386
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ORDINANCES.
Somerville, January 1, 1922.
The following ordinances have been adopted since the printing of the annual reports for the year 1920 :-
ORDINANCE NO. 93. An Ordinance Relative to Settlement of Claims.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. The mayor may with the approval of the head of a department and the city solicitor make settlements of claims in favor of the city and sign, seal and deliver in the name and behalf of the city releases for not more than two hundred dollars on any one claim. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage."
Approved January 14, 1921.
ORDINANCE NO. 94.
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter XXVII of the Revised Ordinances of 1911.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows : -
Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter XXVII of the Revised Ordinances of 1911 is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following:
Lodging House, $2.00.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1921.
ORDINANCE NO. 95.
An Ordinance Establishing the Somerville Public Welfare and Recrea- tion Commission.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows : -
Section 1. The Playground Commission which this city is au- thorized to create under the provisions of Chapter 45 of the General Laws of Massachusetts shall be composed of ten citizens of this city. Women as well as men shall be eligible to be members of the commis- sion. The title of the commission shall be "Somerville Public Welfare and Recreation Commission." The members of the commission shall serve without pay.
387
CITY CLERK.
Section 2. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen as soon as this ordinance takes effect, five to serve until the appointment and qualification of their successors in the year 1922, and five to serve until the appointment and qualification of their successors in the year 1923, and thereafter they shall be appointed yearly, five in each year to serve for two years and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.
Section 3. Ordinance No. 82 entitled an Ordinance Establishing Recreation and Playground Commission is hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved October 31, 1921
ORDINANCE NO. 96. An Ordinance Relative to One Way Streets.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, as follows :-
Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle other than a vehicle propelled by hand to pass along any portion of Webster avenue between Union square and Newton street except in a southerly direc- tion; or along any portion of Walnut street except in a southwesterly direction; or along any portion of Franklin street between Washington street and Broadway except in a northeasterly direction; or along any portion of Broadway in that section between Fellsway East and Grant street northeasterly of the reservation in the centre of Broadway ex- cept in a northwesterly direction; or along any portion of Broadway between Fellsway East and Grant street in that section of Broadway southwesterly of the reservation in the centre of Broadway except in a southeasterly direction.
Section 2. This ordinance shall not apply to street railway cars.
Section 3. This ordinance shall not be construed to prohibit any vehicle from crossing the streets above mentioned.
Section 4. Whoever violates any provisions of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 1922.
Approved November 30, 1921.
388
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1921.
Mayor. CHARLES W. ELDRIDGE, 47 Highland Road.
Board of Aldermen. President, RICHARD L. RICE Vice-President, ALMON F. HEALD
WARD ONE.
James J. Shay, Alderman-at-large ·
William F. Burns
Lyman A. Hodgdon .
68 Mt. Pleasant Court 21 Illinois Avenue 8 Indiana Avenue
WARD TWO.
Robert C. Harris, Alderman-at-large
Peter F. Donnelly ·
.
Joseph A. Haley .
.
12 Dimick Street 11 Allen Street 7 Linden Street
WARD THREE.
George A. Berry, Alderman-at-large ·
William C. Abbott .
.
·
Charles E. Nichols, Jr. ·
.
.
60 Prescott Street 73 Avon Street 19 Greenville Street
WARD FOUR.
Richard L. Rice, Alderman-at-large .
Waldo D. Phelps .
·
John S. Smith, Jr. .
·
2961/2 Broadway 64 Flint Street 52 Sydney Street
WARD FIVE.
J. Freeman Saville, Alderman-at-large ·
Fred Allen . ·
.
.
Francis W. K. Smith
64 Sycamore Street 121 Central Street 133 Central Street
WARD SIX.
Enoch B. Robertson, Alderman-at-large ·
Almon F. Heald ·
·
John E. Locatelli ·
.
39 Highland Road 83 Belmont Street 78 Belmont Street
389
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1921.
WARD SEVEN.
Hiram N. Dearborn, Alderman-at-large ·
Emerson J. Coldwell . . .
Arthur F. Mason .
86 Electric Avenue 27 Hall Avenue 18 Hall Avenue
City Clerk, JASON M. CARSON.
Assistant City Clerk, CLARA B. SNOW. 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.
Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen.
ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS -- Aldermen Shay, Phelps, Harris, Robertson and Saville.
FINANCE - The President, Aldermen Allen, Mason, Hodgdon, Haley, Berry and Heald.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS -Aldermen Smith of Ward Five, Locatel- li, Abbott, Shay and Harris.
LICENSES AND PERMITS -Aldermen Abbott, Smith of Ward Four, Mason, Donnelly, Burns, Smith of Ward Five, and Heald.
PUBLIC PROPERTY -Aldermen Heald, Coldwell, Abbott, Smith of Ward Four, and Hodgdon.
PUBLIC SAFETY - Aldermen Dearborn, Haley, Allen, Smith of Ward Four, and Nichols.
PUBLIC SERVICE - Aldermen Haley, Hodgdon, Berry, Phelps, Robertson, Saville and Dearborn.
PUBLIC WORKS - Aldermen Nichols, Allen, Locatelli, Burns, Coldwell, Donnelly and Phelps.
School Committee. Chairman, HERBERT CHOLERTON. · Vice-Chairman, WILLIAM M. MORRISON.
Members.
Hon. 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
WARD TWO.
Daniel H. Bradley
. Christopher Muldoon, Jr. .
.
19 Concord avenue 88 Concord avenue
390
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WARD THREE.
Charles W. Boyer
.
.
Oscar W. Codding
.
104 Summer street 59 Vinal avenue
WARD FOUR.
Frank M Hawes . .
.
Edward I. Tripp . ·
.
WARD FIVE.
Harry M. Stoodley Minnie S. Turner
283 Highland avenue 64 Hudson street
WARD SIX.
Walter I. Chapman
.
·
William M. Morrison
.
.
18-A Central street 97 Rogers avenue
WARD SEVEN.
Herbert Cholerton Paul O. Curtis
94 College avenue 41 Mason street
Superintendent and Secretary - CHARLES S. CLARK.
Regular meetings last Monday evening of each month, ex- cept July and August, when none are held, and December, when meeting is held on the Friday preceding the first Monday in January.
Assessors.
FRED E. WARREN, Chairman (term expires 1923.) WINSOR L. SNOW (term expires 1924). HARRY VAN IDERSTINE (term expires 1923). J. ROBERT FENELON (term expires 1922). DAVID B. ARMSTRONG (term expires 1924).
Assistant Assessors.
FRED B. CLAPP. JOHN S. MOGOWAN.
LAWRENCE J. WARD.
JOSEPH O. KNOX
FRED L. MAYNARD
JOHN J. MCCARTHY
ARTHUR E. WHITE
. JOHN M. NANGLE. .
LEONARD C. SPINNEY.
SAMUEL C. WISWALL.
JAMES T. BURKE HARRY L. HAZELTINE
Board of Health.
ROBERT M. LAVENDER, Chairman (term expires 1922). WARREN C. BLAIR (term expires 1922). JOHN E. GILLIS, M. D., (term expires 1923). 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.
257 School street 21 Wigglesworth street
.
.
.
391
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1921.
Overseers of the Poor.
FRED E. DURGIN, Chairman (term expires 1923). HENRY F. CURTIS (term expires 1922). MICHAEL COLL, (term expires 1924). Agent - WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE. Warden City Home-J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN. Matron City Home - CATHERINE COLQUHOUN.
Planning Board.
WILLIAM F. RILEY, Chairman (term expires 1926). DAVID J. KELLEY, Secretary (term expires 1924). PAUL R. VALENTINE, (term expires 1922). GEORGE J. RAUH, (term expires 1923). Vacancy.
Registrars of Voters.
EDWIN D. SIBLEY, Chairman (term expires 1924). DOUGLASS B. FOSTER (term expires 1923). CHARLES LEO SHEA (term expires 1922). JASON M. CARSON, City Clerk.
Public Library Trustees.
THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman (term expires 1922) J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1923). FREDERICK W. PARKER (term expires 1924). WILLIAM L. BARBER (term expires 1922). CHARLES L. NOYES (term expires 1923). HERBERT E. BUFFUM (term expires 1923). GILES W. BRYANT (term expires 1924). DAVID H. FULTON (term expires 1924). FRANK M. BARNARD (term expires 1922). Librarian and Secretary-GEORGE H. EVANS.
Recreation and Playground Commission.
CHARLES S. CLARK, Chairman (term expires 1923). GEORGE L. DUDLEY, Secretary (term expires 1922). ERNEST W. BAILEY (term expires 1922). JOHN F. COLQUHOUN (term expires 1922). FRANCES M. WEEKS (term expires 1923). ELIZABETH MONGAN (term expires 1923). Vacancy
City Clerk. JASON M. CARSON Assistant City Clerk, CLARA B. SNOW
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
JOSEPH S. PIKE.
392
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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. PRICHARD.
Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings. GEORGE L. DUDLEY.
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights. WALTER I. FULLER.
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.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY.
393
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1921.
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.
JAMES M. HARMON.
CHARLES M. AUSTIN.
FRED W. JACKSON.
CHARLES W. F. BENNETT.
HARRY E. JACKSON.
EUGENE A. CARTER.
FRANK B. KARCHER
WINSLOW W. COFFIN.
CHARLES A. KENDALL.
WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE.
MICHAEL T. KENNEDY.
EDMOND P. COTTER
ELBRIDGE G. LAVENDER.
ALBION B. CROCKER.
EDWARD E. MARSH.
THOMAS DAMERY.
HARRY L. MOOERS
CHARLES L. ELLIS.
HECTOR PALLADINO
ARTHUR L. GILMAN.
JOHN A. RAY.
FRED E. HANLEY.
JOHN F. SCANNELL.
CHARLES E. WOODMAN.
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
County of Middlesex
22
Revenue and Expenses
23
Temporary Loans
24
Taxes
27
Funded Debt
26, 29
Maturities on Funded Debt .
30, 31
Interest Requirements on Funded Debt
30, 31
Borrowing Capacity
32
Abatements, Refunds, State Income Tax, Etc. Overlay Accounts
35
Excess and Deficiency Account .
36
37
Receipts and Expenditures, Classification of Schedule of Public Property.
67
City Clerk, Report of .
375
Receipts
375
Licenses and Permits
378
Births
378
Marriages
379
Deaths
379
Assessed Polls and Registered Voters
381
Elections
382
Liquor License Question
385
Ordinances
386
City Engineer, Report of .
269
Engineering Department
269
269
272
Table of Street Construction
274
Sewer Division
278
Sewers and Storm Drains Constructed
278
Maintenance Account
280
Parks and Playgrounds Division .
282
Maintenance Account .
282
Public and Private Streets .
287
City Engineer Division, Classification of Expenses Streets Accepted as Public Ways in 1921 . Street Bounds
273
Payments
377
33
395
INDEX.
City Government and Officers for 1921
388
City Solicitor, Report of . 352
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of Condensed Cash Statement .
70
Taxes ·
77
Overlay and Abatement
79
Reserve Supplementary Assessments
79 80
Departmental Accounts
80, 81 82
Bonds
84, 86
Borrowing Capacity
86
Memorandum of Payments on account of Debt .
87
Grade Crossing Debt . ·
88
Treasury Department . .
88
Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner) .
312
Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner) . . 300
Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner) . . 330
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights, Report of 322
Inspection of Wiring in Buildings
322
Police Signal System
324
Supervision of Poles and Wires on the Streets .
324
Street Lighting .
324
Recommendations .
325
Conclusion . ·
325
Fire Department, Chief of, Report of .
354
Alarms of Fire
354
List of Probable Causes
Manual Force
358
Apparatus
358
Horses ·
358
Hose .
358
Resume
359
Recommendations
362
Conclusion .
363
Health, Board of, Report of
222
Organization, Officers, etc.
222
Nuisances
223
Permits and Licenses .
223
Stables
224
Board of Infants .
224
Deaths
225, 229
Mortality Statistics
226
0
0
2
.
71
Street Sprinkling and Moth Assessments
78
Betterment Assessments
Temporary Loans
Fire Alarm System
323
354
396
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Diseases Dangerous to Public Health .
231
Specimens and Supplies
231
Medical Inspection of Schools
232
Bacteriological Department .
234
Undertakers
234
Examination of Plumbers
234
Health Nurses, Report of
235, 236
Medical Inspection, Report of
239
Inspector of Animals and Provisions
242
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar
246
Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Report of . 242
Inspector of Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner) 312
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of the . a
246
Examinations, table of
247
Infantile Mortality
250
City Physician, Report of .
258
Law Department, Report of
352
License Commission, Report of .
328
Medical Inspection, Report of .
239
Visits .
239
Contagious Disease Hospital
239
Laboratory Examinations
239
Tuberculosis
240
Ordinances
386
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
252
Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc. .
252
Full Support
254
Partial Support
254
Aid Under 1913 Law (Mothers' Aid)
254
Cost to City
254
Reimbursements .
255
Somerville Hospital
255
Population and Gross Expenditures
255
Overseers of the Poor Since 1885 .
256
Recapitulation
256
City Home, Report of Warder
257
City Physician, Report of .
258
Planning Board, Report of .
264
Bridge Street Widening
265
Public Parks and Buildings .
264
Fire Protection
264
Appropriation
267
.
.
Report of General Agent .
254
.
397
INDEX.
Survey of city
265
Bill Boards
266
Zoning
266
Police, Chief of, Report of .
364
Arrests
Crimes and Offenses Against the Person
364
Crimes and Offenses Against Property
365
Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order
365
Recapitulation
366
Roster of Department .
370
Changes in the Force .
.
373
Conclusion
.
373
Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor) . 252
Population .
255, 385
Public Buildings Commissioner, Report of .
312
Inspection of Buildings
312
Elevators
315
School Buildings
315
Fire Department Buildings
317
Municipal Buildings
318
Libraries
318
Water, Highway, Sanitary and Sewer Buildings
319
Hospital Buildings
319
City Home Buildings
319
Police Buildings .
320
Bath House .
320
Park Buildings
320
In General
321
Public Grounds (City Engineer) .
282
Public Library . ·
210
Board of Trustees and officers - Committees
210
Organization of Library and Staff Personnel
211
Report of Trustees
214
Report of Librarian
.
.
215
Statistics
219
Recreation and Playground Commission, Report of
259
Sanitary Department, Report of .
326
Collection of Ashes and Paper
326
Departmental Revenue
326
School Department
92
Accommodations
94
Americanization .
113
Appendix, Contents of .
.
.
152
.
·
.
Coal
314
Police Matron, Report of
.
371
364
398
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Atypical classes
110
Cost of Schools .
154
Dental Dispensary
150
Expenditures for fiscal year
155
Finance
93
Graduates - High school
185
Junior High schools
188
Vocational schools .
196
High School Athletic Association
149
History of the Somerville High School
144
Junior High Schools .
102
Kindergartens
109
Membership
Report of Superintendent of Schools
114
Principal, Vocational school for Boys .
and
124
66 Garden Supervisor Supervisor of Physical Education
135
School Committee, 1921
90
School Nurses
151
Somerville Teachers' Association
147
Somerville Teachers' Club
148
Statement showing distribution High School Pupils
143
Teachers in Service
92, 198
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
350
Sewers (see City Engineer)
. 278
Street Commissioner, Report of .
300
Appropriations
300
Underground Wires
302
Snow and Ice
302
Bridges
302
Crushed Stone
302
Steam Rollers
303
Sidewalks Maintenance
303
Street Sprinkling
303
Street Cleaning .
304
Suppression of Moths .
304
Shade Trees
305
Sidewalks Construction
307,
308
Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement
307
Reconstruction and Resurfacing .
307, 309
Miscellaneous
310
Labor .
310
Recommendations
311
Public and Private Streets .
287
Support of Poor Department (see Overseers of the Poor)
252
.
132
.
.
.
.
123
66 Director of the Continuation Schools Americanization Work .
92
92
Head Master, High School .
Highway Maintenance .
301
Highways Construction, New Streets
304
Streets Constructed in 1921 .
306
399
INDEX.
1
Water Commissioner, Report of .
330
Revenue and Expenditures
332
Cost of Water Works .
334
Water Distribution System, Construction
334
Hydrants, Gates, etc., .
335
Water Services
336
Water Meters .
337
Summary of Pipes and Fixtures' .
339
Water Assessments and Consumption .
339
Construction, Maintenance, Operation .
341
Class of Premises covered by service installation .
342
Street Mains, Gates, Hydrants, etc., .
344
Summary of Statistics
348
Financial Statistics
349
Water Works Income and Distribution
334
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