Report of the city of Somerville 1922, Part 7

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 472


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2,012


Safe keeping, demented .


.


Violation of city ordinances


123


CHIEF OF POLICE.


Miscellaneous Reports.


Abandoned automobiles and trucks found .


32


Accidents reported


786


Accosting females .


3


Amount of property stolen


$78,828 39


Amount of stolen property recovered .


81,555 53


Amount of property damaged


153 00


Amount of property lost


2,418 10


Amount of property found .


246 20


Absentees from United States Army


2


Assaults


10


Assaults with dangerous weapons


6


Assault with intent to murder .


1


Assaults with intent and attempts to rob


8


Assault and battery


10


Attempts to break and enter


48


Attempts to commit larceny


2


Attempts to commit suicide .


10


Breaking and entering, false alarms of .


4


Building dangerous from snow and ice .


1


Buildings broken and entered, nothing stolen


32


Buildings found open .


383


Buildings flooded


1


Coal gas poisoning


3


Dead animals found


14


Dead bodies found


2


Defective bill boards


2


Defective bridges


22


Defective buildings


2


Defective catch basins


34


Defective chimney


1


Defective coal hole


1


Defective curb stones


6


Defective drinking fountains


9


Defective driveway


1


Defective electric lamps


24


Defective fences


6


Defective fire alarm box and gong


2


Defective hydrants


2


Defective man-holes and covers


10


Defective poles


5


Defective police signal service


8


Defective sidewalks


627


Defective sidewalks, lighted


5


Defective signs and sign posts


125


Defective sign, lighted .


1


Defective streets .


271


Defective streets, lighted


4


Defective tree guard


1


Defective United States mail boxes


3


Defective water gates


141


Defective wires


76


Demented persons


.


2


Destitute family and person .


2


.


Defective sewer


·


1


Defective gas gate boxes


3


Defective railway


2


124


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Disorderly house


.


1


Disturbances .


.


.


4


Dogs killed .


25


Dogs, vicious


5


Explosives found


1


Feeble minded person


1


Fires, alarms given for .


7


Fire, danger of


1


Fire extinguished without


alarm


1


Fire, false alarms of


27


Fires, needless alarm for


2


Fires reported


251


Fraud


2


Gas leaks ·


6


Gas Poisoning .


1


Heat prostration


1


Horse killed


1


Houses unoccupied


45


Indecent exposure of person .


6


Larcenies, no value given


120


Larcenies


494


Lodgers


4


Lost children .


282


Lost children, found


282


Malicious mischief


32


Missing persons


79


Missing persons, found .


35


Murder


1


Obstructions on railroad tracks


2


Obstructions on sidewalks


8


Obstruction on sidewalk, lighted .


1


Obstructions in streets .


13


Obstructions in streets, lighted


9


Obstructions in streets, not lighted


6


Panes of glass broken


207


Permits issued to carry firearms .


252


Permits to labor on Lord's Day


167


Persons bitten by dogs


25


Persons helped home


2 2


Property damaged and destroyed .


91


Property lost, no value given


55


Property found, no value given


76


Robberies


19


Runaway children


19


Runaway children, found


19


Runaway horses


2


Runaway horses stopped


5


Runaway teams


4


Sidewalks dangerous from snow and ice


55


Sidewalks flooded .


8


Stray bullets fired .


2


Stray dogs


131


Stray dogs found


53


Stray horses and other animals .


13


Stray horses and other animals, found .


.


5


.


.


.


38


Disturbances suppressed


.


.


.


Persons rescued


125


CHIEF OF POLICE


Stray teams


5


Stray teams, found


11


Streets dangerous from snow and ice .


43


Streets flooded


9


Street lights reported


2789


Strike


1


Subways flooded


5


Sudden death


1


Suicides


4


Summonses served for witnesses and defendants to appear in court at other places


615


Suspicious persons


68


Threats


5


Trees dangerous


.


58


Trespass


50


Trespass, wilful


8


Unlawful appropriation of team .


1


Violation, board of health regulations .


4


Violation of city ordinances


233


Violation of Lord's Day


2


Violation of motor vehicle laws


10


Violation of traffic regulation


1


Water pipes leaking


146


Windows broken .


73


.


126


ANNUAL REPORTS.


OFFICIAL ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT. Chief of Police. Charles A. Kendall Captain. Eugene A. Carter.


Lieutenants.


James M. Harmon


Thomas Damery


Frank H. Graves James M. Lynch Ernest Howard


1- Edward M. Carter


2 -Francis A. Perkins


3 - Theodore E. Heron


4- Daniel G. Simons 5-Samuel Burns 6 - John A. Dadmun


7- George L. Rice


8 -Myron S. Gott 9-Charles W. Reick


10-Frank C. Hopkins


11 - Hudson M. Howe


12 - Sanford S. Lewis


13-Henry A. Sudbey


14 - Thomas F. McNamara


15 - Louis F. Arnold 16 - Charles S. Johnston


17 - Claude L. Crossman


18-John J. Cummings 19 - Edmund J. Keane


20 - Denis Downey


21 -Edward M. Davies


22-George A. C. Peters


23 - Louis J. Belzarini


24 - Walter Reed


25 - Dennis G. Mulqueeney


26 - Patrick J. Doolin


27- Edward J. Hopkins


28 - Walter L. Groves


29 - Frederick G. Jones 30-Joseph A. Dwyer


31 - Augustine J. Fitzpatrick


32 - Patrick McGrath


33 - Bernard McCabe


34 Harry C. Young 35 - Robert D. Dewar 36 - Peter Moore


37 - Albert C. Hawes


38- Walter C. Oesting


39- John L. Cameron


40 - Francis P. Higgins


John A. Ray


Inspectors.


Michael T. Kennedy


Sergeants.


William G. Kenney Robert T. Blair Thomas P. Walsh


Patrolmen.


41 - John J. McCahey


42 - Alexander Morrison


43 - Daniel J. Powers


44 - Jeremiah O'Connor


45 - Charles E. Wilson


46 - Timothy Buckley


47 - John J. Killourhy


48 - Charles J. Sharry


49 - Thomas M. Sharry


50 - Michael J. O'Loughlin


51- Charles W. Shepherd


52 - John F. Cruise


53-John J. Shay


54- Edward G. Butman


55-John P. L. O'Keefe


56 - Alfred E. Robitaille


57 - Allan S. Burns


58 - William H. Donovan


59-George R. Allan


60 - Jeremiah Keniry


61 - James Murray


62 - Charles J. Fulton


63 - Edward F. Culliton


64 - Alfred J. McFadden


65 - James A. Fitzpatrick


66-Elmer E. G. Raymond


67-Frank J. Roche


68 - Augustine F. Sharry


69 - Daniel M. O'Connell


70-Chester C. F. Warner 71-George D. MacDonald


72 - Charles F. Lacey


73 - William E. Dwyer


74-Charles H. McAvoy


75 - James F. Holmes 76 - Earle W. Elliott


77 - Michael J. Dowd, Jr.


78-Patrick J. Lyons


79 - Alfred S. Macomber


80 - Thomas A. Donovan


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CHIEF OF POLICE


Patrolmen.


81 - Thomas J. Flanagan 82-Timothy J. Corkery 83-John H. O'Leary


84-Leo J. Hurley 85- Henry W. Roche 86 - John H. Baker


Reservemen.


87- John J. Courtney


88 - Pierce P. Ronayne


Chauffeurs and Patrol Drivers.


James W. Lundergan James H. White John H. Mckenzie


Matron. Mrs. Mina T. Weeks.


Assistant Matron. Mrs. Katherine Woods.


Pensioners Retired on Half Pay.


John E. Fuller, Mar. 23, 1906 Jacob W. Skinner, Dec. 31, 1917


Ira S. Carleton, May 9, 1907 Elmer E. Drew, July 25, 1918


James J. Pollard,:


Feb. 27, 1908 Ernest S. Goff, July 11, 1919


Herbert Hilton, Dec. 21, 1911 Charles W. Allen, Mar. 26, 1920


Ezra A. Dodge,


Mar. 14, 1914 Jotham Chisholm, Apr. 23, 1920


George H. Carleton, Mar. 27, 1914 Charles E. Woodman,


Frederick H. Googins


June 24, 1921


Mar. 12, 1915


CHANGES IN THE FORCE. Appointments.


John J. Courtney, Appointed reserveman, April 15, 1922. Pierce P. Ronayne, Appointed reserveman, April 15, 1922.


Promotions.


Reserveman, Thomas A. Donovan, promoted to patrolman, Sept. 30, 1922 1


Reserveman, Thomas J. Flanagan. promoted to patrolman, Sept. 30, 1922


Reserveman; Timothy J. Corkery, promoted to patrolman, Sept. 30, 1922 Reserveman, John H. O'Leary, promoted to patrolman, Sept. 30, 1922 Reserveman, Leo J. Hurley, promoted to patrolman, Sept. 30, 1922


Reserveman, Henry W. Roche, promoted to patrolman, Sept. 30, 1922


Reserveman, John H. Baker, . promoted to patrolman, Sept. 30, 1922


Police Signal Service.


Number of on duty calls made by the patrolmen . 279,485 Telephone calls made by the officers and patrolmen . .


42,733


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


"White" Combination Automobile Service.


Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station 202


Number of prisoners conveyed . .


236


Number of sick and injured conveyed .


504


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to station . ·


383.7


Number of miles run in conveying sick and


injured .


1,610.5


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to and from jail . 106.2


Number of miles run elsewhere 666.9


Total number of miles during the year 2,767.3


"Reo" Combination Automobile Service.


Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station 881


Number of prisoners conveyed .


1,032


Number of sick and injured conveyed


202


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to station 1,682.5


Number of miles run in conveying sick and injured .


656.5


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to and from jail . 462.6


Number of miles run elsewhere 1,146.4


Total number of miles during the year . 3,948.0


Touring Car Reports.


Number of prisoners conveyed to station


91


Number of sick and injured and conveyed .


10


Number of persons conveyed to and from jail 3


International Harvester Co. Auto Car Reports.


Number of prisoners conveyed to station .


7


Number of sick and injured conveyed .


.


3


Number of miscellaneous runs . .


4


Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Reports.


Total mileage for the year . 4,642


Transfers and sales of Motor Vehicles.


Report on investigation, card indexing and filing sales and transfers of motor vehicles.


Number of licenses granted by License Commission and Board of Aldermen.


5


First class .


.


Second class .


.


.


.


Third class . . . .


4 . Total . . .


. 37.


.


.


.


.


·


.


28


CHIEF OF POLICE. 129


Number of sales and transfers made by dealers


4,039


Number of individual sales


1,701


Number of stolen motor vehicles reported by the several Police Departments, Insurance Agencies and Detective Bureaus in the United States and Canada . . 10,947


Number of motor vehicles recovered by above . . 3,920


Number of index cards filed


. 34,345


Respectfully submitted,


DANIEL G. SIMONS, Police Officer.


REPORT OF LIQUOR OFFICERS.


The following is the report of liquor officers from Jan. 31, to Dec. 31, 1922.


Cases investigated .


358


Search warrants served .


98


Cases in district court .


78


Trials of liquors to be disposed of .


41


Fines imposed in district court


$5,025.00


Gallons of spirituous liquors .


523


Gallons of mash


1,830


Stills


25


Hydrometers


6


Kegs, cans, bottles, jugs, funnels, glasses etc.


697


Bottles of liquor coloring


5


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES M. LYNCH, Sergeant ..


REPORT OF, POLICE MATRON.


December 31, 1922.


To Charles A. Kendall, Chief of Police.


Dear Sir: -


I herewith submit my report as matron for the year end- ing December 31, 1922. The following females and minors were committed to my care, charged with the following offenses etc.


Adultery


1


Assault and battery .


12


Children, lost .


61


Children, neglected


2


Default warrant


1


Disturbing the peace


1


Drunkenness ·


17


Drunkenness, common


1


.


130


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Fornication . .


2


Illegal sale of intoxicating liquors


18


Larceny


8


Lewd and lascivious cohabitation .


3


Lewdness .


1


Motor vehicles, no certificate of registration


1


Motor vehicle, no license


1


Motor vehicle, going away without making self known after causing injury .


1


Parents, failure to support


9


Runaway girl


1


Safe keeping


9


Stubbornness ·


1


Violation of probation .


4


Wanton injury to personal property


1


Total .


156


I have reported at station each day and have attended the sessions of the juvenile court, looking after minors who have been in court.


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. MINA T. WEEKS, Matron.


Conclusion.


To His Honor the Mayor, John M. Webster and members of the Board of Aldermen, Heads of Departments, Court offi- cials, and members of the Police Department, all who have assisted me in the discharge of my duties I wish to express my sincere thanks.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES A. KENDALL,


Chief of Police.


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STREET COMMISSIONER.


REPORT OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER.


OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER,


CITY HALL, Somerville, January 1, 1923. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen : - I most respectfully submit the forty- seventh annual report, containing a brief summary of the principal work performed by the Highway Department, by day labor and contract, during the year 1922 with recom- mendations for necessary additions the coming year.


This department has charge of the construction, altera- tion, repair, maintenance and management of ways, streets, sidewalks and bridges ; the setting out and care of shade trees ; the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths, elm leaf beetles and other pests which destroy trees; and the oiling and watering of streets.


Highway Department Appropriations.


Highway Maintenance


Departmental transfers


Appropria- tions $68,220 00 26,029 55


Expenditures


Total credit - Highway Mainte.


94,249 55


$94,058 95


Sidewalks Maintenance


8,750 00


8,704 23


Street Sprinkling


37,525 00


34,620 85


Street Cleaning


.


25,580 00


25,479 35


Suppression of Moths


4,200 00


4,188 54


Care of Trees


5,500 00


5,312 01


New Streets


20,000 60


15,726 51


Permanent Pavement


71,104 41


69,100 60


Sidewalks Construction


16,025 72


15,379 35


Reconstruction and Resurfacing


30,176 50


30,156 12


$313,111 78


$302,726 51


.


The yearly maintenance of the Highway department is taken from the Highway Maintenance account. Credit is re- ceived for work performed for the other divisions of this department and other departments of the City.


No one will dispute the fact that the progress of any city is influenced by the building of good streets. The type of road to be constructed today is far different from that of a few years ago before the introduction of the automobiles. The type of roads has been changed from the old water bound


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


macadam to a bituminous material. Then came one of our greatest problems in road construction and maintenance ; the introduction of the motor trucks, some carrying an enormous load. I am in favor of the remark which Governor Cox made at his inaugural wherein he advocated a large revenue could be received for the maintenance of highways, and as I understand the cities and towns would receive some of this amount, when he said that all automobile and truck owners should pay a tax of two cents a gallon on gasolene.


It is my intention, the coming year, to erect a shed near our storage tank for mixing cold patch material and use the tank for the storage and heating of the cold patch liquid when it is not being used for the tar used as a cold application on the streets.


1922. Highway Maintenance.


Total Appropriation .


$68,220 00


Credits


26,029 55


Street Commissioner


$3,100 00


Bookkeeper and clerk


2,769 00


Office expenses and telephones


482 19


Equipment and repairs


3,359 03


Harnesses


1,475 40


Tools and machinery


2,419 63


Steam rollers


313 60


Automobile maintenance


3,675 58


Stable expenses .


6,065 95


Hay, grain and feed .


7,198 79


Shoeing


1,716 87


Veterinary


126 92


Fuel


642 81


City of Waltham - Taxes


587 93


Miscellaneous


31 85


Holland street ledge .


433 76


Repairs streets, gutters etc.


13,241 00


Repairs bridges


4,998 48


Care - subways


424 46


Care - lanterns


3,126 40


Care - Parkways


8 35


Snow and ice


7,844 68


Signs


916 51


Care of Highway property ·


1,235 85


Emergency


181 72


Block parties


62 90


Sawing wood


194 53


Holidays $3,146.70 - Vacations $3,569.60


6,716 30


Charges to other departments .


13,072 12


Bills Receivable


7,636 34


$94,058 95


1


Balance


$ 190 60


.


94,249 55


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STREET COMMISSIONER.


Snow and Ice.


Since the increased use of automobiles and trucks during the winter, and on account of the owners expecting the streets to be passable at all times, it has been necessary to change considerably the method of caring for the same. Years ago the snow was plowed from the gutters and sides of the streets into the middle, now it must be plowed from the center of the streets to the sides. Another reason the streets must be plowed is the motorizing of the fire departments in most cities and towns.


This year a Fordson tractor was purchased with a Stark- weather plow attached. The use of this equipment has proven satisfactory.


I receive many complaints about water standing on the sidewalks when it rains and when there is a thaw. After in- vestigating I find that in more than fifty per cent of the cases, the complainants were at fault in not shovelling the snow from the sidewalks to the outer edge of the edgestone. If this was done it would save the complaint and also the city a large amount of money.


This department removes the snow and ice from side- walks, and sands when necessary, in front of all public build- ings, grounds and schools.


97 requests and reports were attended to.


$7,844.68 was expended for the care of snow and ice. 2503 cubic yards of snow and ice were removed. 59 cubic yards of sand and 293 cubic yards of ashes were used in caring for icy sidewalks, streets and crossings.


Bridges.


Both bridges on Lowell street over the Boston and Maine Railroad which the City has to maintain have- been placed in first class condition at an expense of $4,924.88. The Boston and Maine Railroad have repaired the Walnut street and the School street bridges and a great improvement was made on the approaches to the bridge on Washington street over the Fitchburg division. These approaches have been in need of repair for a number of years. The new construction is ap- preciated by the city and the general public.


The fences on the bridges and approaches where the grade crossings were eliminated on Somerville avenue, Med- ford street and Webster avenue must be scraped and painted the coming year. The other bridges are in good condition.


Street Rallways.


The Boston Elevated Railway Co. constructed new double tracks on a concrete base on Somerville avenue from Beacon


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street to Wilson square. Replaced new construction for old on Somerville avenue from Beacon street westerly to Cam- bridge line; on Cross street from Pearl street to Broadway; Broadway from Cross street to Hathorn street and Broadway from Magoun square to near Willow bridge.


Underground Wires.


Underground conduits were constructed by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company on Walnut street from Highland avenue to Bow street and on Broadway from Hinckley street to City Road. By the Edison Electric Illu- minating Company on Willow avenue from Lexington avenue to Highland avenue and on Cross street from Pearl street to Broadway. The Boston Elevated Railway Company con- structed conduits for their feed wires on Cross street from Pearl street to Broadway.


Crushed Stone.


The William J. McCarthy Co. furnished 37 tons of local crushed rock at $1.40 per ton at their crusher and 5,319 tons at $1.80 per ton on the line of work. Coleman Brothers fur- nished 108 tons trap rock at $2.00 per ton and 48 tons trap rock at $2.48 per ton on the line of work. The General Crushed Stone Co. furnished 3 tons trap rock at $1.35 per ton at their crusher and 1,370 tons trap rock at $1.95 per ton on the line of work.


Steam Rollers.


No. 1 roller worked 10912 days. No. 4 roller worked 70 days.


The old No. 2 roller should be exchanged for a new fif- teen ton maintenance roller.


Sidewalks Maintenance.


I hope the coming year, where there are old brick side- walks in our squares, that the same will be removed and granolithic substituted, the city paying one half the cost of this construction. Most of our squares are paved with some kind of permanent paving for the roadways and the side- walks should be constructed of granolithic to correspond with that of the squares.


1461 linear feet of edgestone were reset. 8310 square yards of brick sidewalks were relaid. 2030 square yards of paved gutters were repaved and 12.10 square yards of granolithic were relaid.


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STREET COMMISSIONER.


All police reports pertaining to this kind of work are charged to this appropriation.


$8,704.23 was expended for Sidewalks Maintenance.


Street Sprinkling.


Where there are car tracks on our main thoroughfares the American Car Sprinkler flushes and sprinkles the streets for $925.00 a month, 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. I hereby recommend to His Honor, Mayor Webster, that a contract be made with the American Car Sprinkler Co. so that the car sprinkler will work twelve hours a day so the squares will be flushed every morning before 7 A. M. Most of our side streets are constructed with some kind of bituminous material, these streets are covered with a cold tar application, applied by the city. We are constructing some of our main thorough- fares, where there are no car tracks, with permanent paving, these streets have to be sprinkled with a horse drawn appara- tus. As this paving has increased during the last few years, I recommend that an automobile street sprinkler be pur- chased to care for the same.


By the use of tar on our streets two objects are ac- complished, namely : - the laying of dust and the sealing or coating of our streets.


Dust layers used during the year : -


3,190 gallons of Tarvia "B" (Barrett's).


117,005 gallons of Tarco (Flemmings)


7,935 gallons of Non-Asphaltic. (Bay State)


635 gallons of Non-Asphaltic. (Cambridge Gas Light Co.) This division of the department is self supporting.


$34,620.15 was expended for Street Sprinkling.


Street Cleaning.


There is no branch of the department that shows so much for the money expended, as that which keeps the streets clean and in a neat condition. I find in many cases where tenants and store keepers complain about the dirty condition of the streets that they, themselves, are the cause of the complaints because they throw or sweep the rubbish into the streets. I quote the words of Commissioner Fetherston of New York who says : - "This division of my department has a contract with the people of the city to perform certain work within the limits of the force and appropriation granted for street cleaning purposes ; the people of the city are parties to this contract, and it is their duty to carry out their portion of


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the agreement, which means that they should understand and live up to the laws and ordinances which set forth their obli- gations. By comparison it is apparent that the people of the city are more negligent than the department of their respec- tive duties."


6,072 cubic yards of street sweepings were removed. $25,479.35 was expended for Street Cleaning.


Suppression of Moths.


Under this appropriation the city cares for all trees both public and private, in regard to moths with no special as- sessment. Street trees are sprayed in the spring and sum- mer.


This division gives work to quite a number of men in the winter, because most of the moths are gathered at this time of the year while they are in the tent form.


6,990 street trees were inspected and cared for.


14,983 private trees were inspected and cared for.


24,499 bushes were found moth infested.


11,083 fences and buildings on which moths nested.


32,628 gypsy moth nests were painted with creosote. 31 brown tail moth nests were gathered and destroyed.


2,861 satin moth nests were painted with creosote.


6,765 trees were sprayed by the gasoline spraying machine to exterminate the different kinds of caterpillars and beetles.


$4,188.54 was expended for the Suppression of Moths.


Shade Trees.


Mayor Webster and the City Government gave a good appropriation for this division of the highways, and I have had a busy year caring for the trees that were hit by the storm of November, 1921. The trees in our city are handi- capped to a great extent. Nourishment is curtailed and water withheld from their roots by the granolithic sidewalks, con- crete gutters and streets constructed with permanent pav- ing. Shade trees, where possible, should be planted on pri- vate property adjoining the back of the sidewalk.


36 trees were set out. 203 trees were removed. 989 trees were trimmed. 38 tree guards and supports installed.


$5,312.01 was expended for Care of Trees.


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Highway Construction - New Streets.


Five new streets were constructed during the year under the Betterment Act, by contract with William J. Sullivan, viz :


Setting edgestones 55c per linear foot.


Gutter construction $3.00 per square yard.


Construction of Macadam roadway $1.55 per square yard.


The city furnished the edgestone and tarvia binder. Straight edgestone $1.00 per linear foot. Circles $1.35 per linear foot from H. H. Fletcher Company, delivered on line of work.


Tarco X binder 13 1/2 c per gallon from Trimount Oil Com- pany, delivered and sprayed on work.


Tarvia X from the Barrett Mfg. Company at their factory at 91/2c. City teaming and spraying on the work.


Nine new streets were accepted this year.


$15,726.51 was expended for New Streets.


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NEW STREETS CONSTRUCTED IN 1922.


Street


From


To


Material


Length


Cost


College Hill road


North street


Conwell avenue


Bituminous Macadam


449


$4,390 51


Magnus avenue


Washington street


Lewis street


429


4,210 12


Mead street


Moore street


Near Cameron avenue ..


345


3,188 18


Miller street


Sacramento street


Beacon street


465


3,858 45


Murray street


Washington street


Boston & Main R. R.


Granite blocks on concrete base


250


3,241 40


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PERMANENT PAVEMENT, 1922.


Street


From


To


Material


Sq. Yds.


Cost


Beacon street


.. R. R. Bridge


Oxford street Granite Bks., concrete base


747.2


$ 4,519 50


Cross street


.Pearl street


Broadway


2603.7


17,755 88


Linwood street


Washington street already laid


2073.8


12,295 42


Somerville avenue


Wilson square


Beacon street


3014.7


19,512 00


Somerville avenue ..... Cambridge line


Beacon street


1804.2


11,483 08


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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STREET COMMISSIONER.


Sidewalks Construction.


The city employees constructed all the granolithic side- walks this year at an average cost of $3.00 per square yard. This price includes excavating and all materials furnished.




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