Report of the city of Somerville 1923, Part 19

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 468


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1500


1891


6, 5


Mrs. Hazel F. Quinn, 21 Hamilton St., Wollaston


1500


1915


6


Mrs. Helen M. Mason, 62 Ibbetson Street


1500


1920


5


Lillian E. Haskell, 41 Putnam Street


1500


1913


Elizabeth S. Foster, 53 Laurel Street


1500


1895


5


Dorothy L. Lundgren, 93 Lowden Avenue


1500


1915


4


Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street


1500


1917


4


Mrs. Ada C. Mawhinney, 25 Walnut Street


1500


1919


3


Margaret M. Brennan, 30 School Street


1500


1917


3


Bessie I. Berry, 38 Wyllis Avenue, Everett


1500


1915


2


Annie B. Russell, 14 Kidder Avenue


1500


1901


2


Mary E. Flanley, 9 Avon Street, Wakefield


1500


1915


1 Frances E. Welch, 303 Highland Avenue


1500


1908


1 Mabel R. Ingham, 62 Central Street


1500


1912


1500


1917


1 Mabel E. Mansir, 77 Albion Street


1 Frances E. Fisher, 176 Williams Avenue, East Lynn 1500


1921


282


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1924-Continued


Name and Residence (ENOCH R.) MORSE SCHOOL Summer and Craigie Streets


Began Salary Service


Grade.


Frank W. Seabury, Master, 18 Winslow Avenue


$3100


1911


6


Mrs. Harriette C. Hamilton. 36 Meacham Road


1650


1900


6:5


Lennie W. Bartlett, 49 Laurel Street


1500


1893


5


Blanche E. Thompson, 53 Laurel. Street


1500


1906


4 Mrs. Sarah K. Lake, 199 Prospect St., Cambridge


1400


1921


4:3 Eva A. Wilson, 153 Lowell Street


1500


1917


3 Mrs. Agnes C. Rice, 34 Highland Avenue


1500


1900


2


Edna M. Scriven, 108 Summer Street


1100


1922


2


Lena Munroe, 211-A Summer Street


1500


1913


1


Mrs. Helen T. Smith, 43 Paulina Street


1500


1912


1


Louise F. Deady, 84 Bay State Avenue


1500


1917


Kdgn.


Gertrude Prichard, 5 Webster Street


1400


1920


Asst.


Elizabeth White, 42 Exeter Street, Lawrence


1100


1921


GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL


Hudson Street


Harry F. Hathaway, Master, 29 Albion Street


1912


6


Nora F. Byard, 27 College Avenue


$1650


1884


6:5


Alice G. Hosmer, 42 Boston Street


1500


1906


5


Mrs. Nettie L. Fay, 15 Pleasant Avenue


1500


1901


4


Ethel F. Morang, 18 Curtis Avenue


1500


1920


4:3


Eliza I. Patterson, 11 East Newton St., Boston


1500


1919


3


Edith L. Hunnewell, 41 Mason Street


1500


1894


2


Mary S. Richardson, 347 Boston Avenue, Medford


1500


1906


1 Lucia Alger, 163 Summer Street


1500


1889


GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL


Beacon and Kent Streets .


Samuel A. Johnson, Master, 5 Gardner Ter., Allston


1893


4


Abigail P. Hazelton, 14 Billingham Street


$1600


1902


3


Grace E. Packard, 12 Carlisle Street, Roxbury


1500


1912


2


Mary. Winslow, 117 Elm Street


1500


1887


1


Alice M. Dicker, 82 Marion Street, East Boston


1500


1912


MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL


Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue


1911


4


Mrs. Margaret D. Quarrie, 21 Bay State Avenue


$1650


1909


4


Lizzie E. Hill, 121 St. Stephen Street, Boston


1500


1890


3


Annie L. Brown, 4 Saginaw Avenue, N. Cambridge


1500


1914


2


Mary E. Lacy, 63 Cherry Street


1500


1890


2


Ardelle Abbott, 71 Craigie Street


1500


1896


1


Alice E. Morang, 18 Curtis Avenue


1500


1893


1 Ruth E. Andrews, 21 College Avenue


1500


1917


Frank W. Seabury, Master, 18 Winslow Avenue


......


1500 1885


3


Margaret Beattie, 401 Washington Street


283


SCHOOL .DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, January, :1924 Continued Name and Residence BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL . Willow Avenue and Josephine Avenue Salary Service Began


Grade.


. 6


Mary T. Ford, 3 Goodwin Pl., Boston


1500


1911


5


Annie Sanburn, 11 East Newton Street, Boston


1500


1906


4


Anna N. Johnson, 33 Everett Avenue


1500 1913


4


Helen L. Galvin, 1450 Commonwealth Ave., Allston


1500


1903


3


Pauline Thiesfeldt, 159 Mystic St., Arlington


1500


1923


3


Alice M. Dorman, 159 Morrison Avenue


1500


1903


2


Mrs. Grace H. Bliss, 33 Whitfield Road


1500


1900


2:1


Mrs. Bessie T. MacCutcheon, 87 Boston Street


1500


1915


1 Olivia H. Norcross, Wilmington


1500


1914


HIGHLAND SCHOOL Highland Avenue and Grove Street


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


........


6


Grace M. Clark, 10 Vernon Street, W. Medford


1650


1893


6


Margaret McLeod, 14 Ware Street


1400


1923


6


Eva M. Barrows, 1 Glover Circle


1500


1903


6:5 5


Catherine A. Burden, 50 College Avenue


1500


1902


5


Hazel M. Stone, 915 Broadway


1500


1919


5


Carrie E. Crockett, 27 Lincoln St., Stoneham


1500


1923


S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL


Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue


6


Bernice J. Andrews, 10 Locke Street, No. Cambridge 1650


1914


6


Mrs. Minnie R. Lougee, 631 High St., West Medford 1500


1922


6


*Ella H. Bucknam, 170 Powder House Boulevard


1500


1897


6


Mrs. Mabel T. Totman, 163 Summer Street


1500


1893


6


+Alice Parlin, 40 Highland Avenue


1100


1923


5


Bessie J. Baker, 19 Mills Street, Malden


1500


1905


5


Mrs. Mabel W. Thomas, 36 Brastow Avenue


1500


1919


5


Alice A. Libbey, 20 Chandler Street


1500


1919


5


Eugenia Carver, 65 Hudson Street


1500


1922


4


Mrs. Elva A. Cutler, 36 Powder House Boulevard


1500


1911


4


Mrs. M. Eunice Byrne, 37 Sunset Road


1500


1912


4


Mrs. Katie L. Harmon, 83 Curtis Street


1500


1916


3


Mrs. Elsie M. Guthrie, 50 Bromfield Road


1500


1919


3


E. Mildred Milner, 2 Billingham Street Mrs. Nettie M. Humiston, 43 Fairmount Avenue


1500


1920


2


Almena J. Mansir, 77 Albion Street


1500


1899


2


Stella Bucknam, 319 Highland Avenue


1300


1917


1


*Annie H. Hall, 170 Powder House Boulevard Mary L. McKenna, 294 Lowell Street


1500


1915


1


Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard


1300


1919


1


Alice M. McFarland, 90 Prospect Street


1000


1923


Kdgn.


Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 90 Curtis Street


1400


1921


Asst.


Hilda Foley, 141 Bowdoin St., Dorchester


600


1923


+ Temporary Teacher.


* Leave of absence.


LINCOLN SCHOOL


Broadway near Teele Square


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


... .....


3


Eliza H. Lunt, 248 Highland Avenue


$1600


1889


4


Mrs. Lillian M. Wentworth, 248 Highland Avenue


1500


1911


2


Olevia M. Woods, 28 Ware Street


1500


1908


1 Hortense F. Small, 91 Electric Avenue


1500


1912


2


1500


1920


1500


1906


1


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


$3000


1897


Marion Allen, 74 Collins Street, Danvers


1500


1911


1919


Geo. I. Bowden, Master, 92 Monument St., W. Med. $3000


1908


1897


284


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 29-Teachers .in Service, January, 1924-Continued


Name and Residence MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street


Began


Salary Service


Grade.


Geo. I. Bowden, Master. 92 Monument St., W. Med.


1908


4


May E. Small, 104 Orchard Street


$1650


1900


4


Stella M. Holland, 34 Francesca Avenue


1500


1903


3


Maude C. Valentine, 1098 Broadway


1500


1901


3


Mrs. Jane M. Taaffe, 159 Morrison Avenue


1500


1888


2


Katherine E. Hourahan, 94 College Avenue


1500


1892


2


Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street


1500


1897


1


Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street


1500


1917


1


Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street


1300


1922


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS


Everett W. Tuttle, High


$7.00


Francis A. Ryan, Bell and Cliff.


6.00


CADET TEACHERS


Frances E. Biller, 353 Lowell Street


$600


1923


Margaret Callahan, 165 Lowell Street


600


1923


Gertrude T. Donahue, 28 Calvin Street


600


1923


Mary M. Dorney, 222 Tremont Street


600


1923


Madeline E. Flynn, 57 Franklin Street


600


1923


Helen Hession, 184 North Street


600


1923


Evelyn MacDonald, 50 Bromfield


Road


600


1923


Dorothy Perkins, 34 Tower Street


600


1923


Valborg Prebensen, 43 Sacramento St., Cambridge


600


1923


Doris F. Rudd, 46 Franklin Street


600


1923


Constance Shaw, 21 Walker Street


600


1923


Gladys Stone, 41 Marshall Street


600


1923


Hazel C. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street


600


1923


Lillian G. Wells, 61 Bonair Street


600


1925


SUPERVISORS AND . SPECIAL TEACHERS


Music


12, 7


James P. McVey, 14 Wendell Street, Cambridge


$2500


1915


6, 1 Mrs. Charlotte D. Lawton, 121 St. Stephen


St.,


Boston


1900


1898


Drawing


6, 1


Clara M. Gale, 21 Willoughby Street


1900


1911


Sewing


Mary H. Brown, Supervisor, 162 Highland Avenue


*200


1913


6, 5


Mary L. Boyd, 18 Fenwick Street


1500


1888


6, 5 Mrs. Emma J. Ellis, 163 Summer Street


1500


1900


Penmanship


9, 1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 21 College Avenue


$1700


1915


Manual Training


.


Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 137 Powder Hse. Blvd. $200


1911


...


.....


285


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 29-Teachers In Service, January, 1924-Continued


Physical Instruction


12, 1 #Ernest Hermann, The Warren, Wash. St., Newton $1550


1914


12, 7 Arthur R. Ayer, 25 Main Street


2500


1921


12, 1 Margaret V. Burke, 1 Pearl Street


1100


1923


12, 1 M. Helen Campbell, 22 Barton Street


1100


1923


Atypical


Mary A. Holt, 13 Pleasant Avenue


$1550


1910


Mrs. Bertha M. Morton, 62 Highland Avenue


1550


1913


Julia M. Riordan, 165 Albion Street


1550


1914


Mildred M. Harkins, 22 Traymore St., Cambridge


1100


1923


Sight Saving


Mrs. Amy F. Woodbury, 83 Pearson Road $1550 1917


Additional to salary as Director of Household Arts Courses


Additional to salary as Principal of Boys' Vocational School # Part time


TABLE 30-OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY, 1924 Name and Residence SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY


Charles S. Clark, 75 Munroe Street


$5000


Clerks


Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland Avenue


1500


Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria Street


1350


H. Madeline Kodad, 104 Sharon Street, W. Medford


1250


Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street


$21 per wk


Ruth O. Elliott, 4 Lincoln Place


21 per wk


Beatrice M. Hersom, 62 Highland Avenue


17.50 per wk


Attendance Officer


Benjamin R. Jones, 25 Loring Street


2000


$15 per wk


Bernice F. Parker, Clerk, 11 Dickson Street


Salary


286


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 31-SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1924


School


Name


Residence


Weekly Salary


High School, assistant


Jeremiah M. Brennan


482 Medford St. $28.50


High School, assistant


John N. Quirk


64 Marion St. 27.50


High School, assistant


Joseph McCormack


206 Washington St.


27.50


High School, assistant


Charles Hoyt


60 Vernon St. 32.50


High School, assistant


Thomas G. Pullen


6 Madison St.


27.50


Eastern Junior High Prescott


Thomas E. Dickinson


5 Berkeley St.


31 00


Hanscom


Frank C. Martis


79 Flint St.


29.00


Boys' Vocational


Charles B. Kelley


25 Clark St.


28,50


Bennett


Michael Mullaney


7 Greene St.


30.50


Baxter


Jeremiah Sullivan


60 Newton St.


26.50


Knapp


Maurice T. Mullins


13 Fremont Ave.


31.00


Perry


Dan'l E. Cunningham


15 Leland St.


26.50


Pope


John J. Kilty


9 Morton St.


30.50


Southern Junior High


William Meskill


19 Aldersey St.


32.50


Southern Junior High


Nicholas J. Lacey


327 Washington St.


32.50


Cummings


Lewis G. Keene ·


1 Prescott St.


24.50


Edgerly


Charles P. Horton


26 Everett Ave.


30.50


Glines


Roy C. Burckes


20 Jaques St.


30.50


Forster


George W. Coombs


216 Pearl St.


30.00


Northern


Junior High


Michael A. Mullin


16 Bowdoin St.


30.00


Bingham


John F. O'Brien'


335 Lowell St. 5-A Belmont St.


36.50


Morse


John W. Cremen


69 Oxford St.


31.00


Proctor


James F. Flynn


31 Linden St.


28.00


Durell


Ellsworth C. Lundgren


93 Lowden Ave.


24.50


Burns


Charles J. Elkins


14 Holyoke Road


28.00


Brown


James J. Cooper


105 Willow Ave.


29.00


Highland


Michael J. McKenna


27 Joy St.


28.00


Hodgkins


Patrick A. Delmore


11 Atherton St.


30.00


Western Junior High


James T. Eddy


34 Wallace St.


36.50


Western


Junior High


George A. Givan


17 Henry Ave.


32.50


Cutler


Daniel Campbell


22 Barton St.


30.50


Cutler


Walter F. Burns .


23 Avon St.


27.50


Lincoln


John T. Morey


1 Weston Ave.


24.50


Lowe


Frank H. Flagg


22 Clyde St.


28.00


33.50


Carr


John H. Lane


216-B Medford St.


30.00


James J. Quirk


287


CITY " SOLICITOR


REPORT OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :


The annual report of the law department for the year ending December 31, 1923, is as follows :


In accordance with an order passed by the board of alder- men and approved by the mayor a petition was filed with the legislature for authority to establish a licensing commission in the city of Somerville and an act was secured, being chap- ter 191 of the acts of the year 1923. In order to clear the title of a tract of land taken for public way purposes in con- nection with the abolition of the grade crossings at Somerville avenue without losing the right to maintain a slope thereon to support the street a general act, chapter 266 of the acts of the year 1923 was secured, authorizing the taking of such a right by eminent domain.


The commissioners for the county of Middlesex after a hearing at which the city was represented made and recorded a decree for widening Bridge street in Cambridge under the provisions of chapter 504 of the acts of the legislature for the year 1922 and it is expected that the work of construction will soon begin. There is to be no special assessment on Som- erville for this improvement.


The contractor having charge of the erection of a school building for a junior high school on Marshall street failed to make payment promptly to various persons and corpora- tions for labor and materials furnished and used on the building and about twenty claims have been filed with the city clerk under the provisions of section 29 of chapter 149 of the General Laws. Several actions have been brought by creditors of the contractor in which the city has been


288


ANNUAL REPORTS.


summoned as trustee and other actions have been brought for the enforcement of the claims above mentioned.


With the approval of the mayor, Ralph M. Smith was appointed assistant in the law department in April 1923 and has taken charge of the examination of titles of real estate and of proceedings before the Land Court and the collection of accounts due the city sent to the city treasurer by various departments and the settlement or trial of claims arising out of defects in public ways. Mr. Smith was formerly president of the board of aldermen and a member of the Massachusetts legislature.


Yours very respectfully, FRANK W. KAAN,


City Solicitor.


289


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,


City Hall Annex, Somerville, January 1, 1924. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


The following report of the sealer of weights and meas- ures for the year 1923 is respectfully submitted :-


Work of Weights and Measures Department for 1923


Scales


Adjusted


Sealed 55


Con- sealed demned


Platform over 5000 capacity


Platform under 5000 capacity


5


351


13


Counter


11


539


16


Spring


18


497


14


4


Computing


4


329


11


Slot personal


54


Prescription


42


1


Beam


22


1


Weights, ----


Avoirdupois


40


3302


Apothecary


163


4


Metric


-


Capacity Measures,-


Dry


Liquid


659


22:


Gasolene pumps


10


107


1


386


Oil pumps .


44


34


Molasses pumps


28


-


420


Con- demned


Yard sticks


162


-


-


-


-


-


Totals


88


6097


57


39


.


-


.


-


Fees collected and paid to City Treasurer, $619.25.


Amount paid City Treasurer for Pedlers' Licenses, $758.00.


2


Baskets


6


Leather measuring machine


1


Stops:


36


5


Non-


290


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Trial Weighing in Stores


Incorrect


Commodity


Number Tested


Correct


Under


Over


Coal in paper bags


114


71


33


10


Coal in wagons


Flour in paper bags


22


17


2


3


Butter


23


18


5


Dry commodities


226


176


25


25


Bread


108


98


1


9


Fruits and vegetables


89


37


42


10


Meats and provisions .


8


7


-


1


Totals


590


424


103


63


Inspections :-


Hawkers and Pedlers Licenses .


221


Ice dealers scales


51


Junk scales


25


·


-


-


Much time is required in testing scales weights and measurers in determining the accuracy of such scales, weights and measures. In testing gasoline devices, the time required to test a single device, is anywhere from forty-five minutes to one and one half hours, and the fee charge (which is regu- lated by statute law) is altogether out of proportion for the amount of labor required in testing such device.


In testing railway track scales, it is necessary to use the company's track scale test car, and the spirit of coopera- tion and desire to maintain correct apparatus on the part of the railways is commendable.


Checks of commodities have been made to determine the actual weights and whether they were marked in accordance with the law. Where commodities are not properly marked, or the containers are short of the net weight marked thereon, it is the policy of this department to notify the manufacturers of the violations also to warn the dealers against the han- dling of articles not properly marked or short of the marked weight, thereby securing a compliance with the law, without the necessity of making prosecutions.


After scales, weights and measuring devices have been sealed in any one year, any further tests made in that year of such devices, shall be free of charge except there can be a nominal charge for any adjustment. But in all cases the charge is entirely inadequate for the time and labor required in making such tests.


B. S. ABBOTT, Sealer of Weights and Measures.


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291


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


Somerville, Mass., January 10, 1924.


To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen,


Gentlemen :- In compliance with the City Ordinance, I have the honor of submitting, for your information, the annual report of the fire department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1923.


Alarms of Fire


Number of bell alarms


308


Number of still alarms


759


Total alarms


1,067 136


Value of buildings at risk


$871,525 00


Insurance on buildings


1,159,532 50


Damage to buildings


95,659 10


Value of contents


526,733 60


Insurance on contents


435,470 00


Damage to contents


135,300 00


Total value at risk .


1,398,258 60


Total insurance


1,595,002 50


Total damage


230,959 10


Approximate per capita loss


2 35


List of Probable Causes


Ammonia leak


1


Ashes against building


.


1


Automatic


5


Automobile


44


Awning


4


Back draught


1


Bill boards


3


Bonfires


113


Broken gaspipe


1


Brush and leaves


5


Careless smoker


31


Carelessness with gas


.


1


Carelessness with matches


18


Cartons near heater


1


Children playing with matches


38


Cigars, cigarettes and pipes .


4


Clothing over stove


6


Collision . .


1


Covering on tank


1


Decorations


6


.


1


Carelessness with kerosene


2


Catch basin


Number in excess of 1922


292


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Defective heaters and chimneys


47


Defective stovepipes


3


Drying macaroons


1


Dump


129


Electric cars


16


Electric wires & appliances


10


Falling hot water tank .


1


False alarms


37 : 2


Fireworks


10


Friction


1


Fumigating


3


Garages


6


Gas explosion .


1


Gasoline leaking


3


Gas stoves and ranges


7


Grass fires


72


Grease on stove


7


Heating oil on stove


1


Hen house


1


Horse caught in rail


1


Hot ashes in wooden


receptacles


6


Incendiary


9


Kettle of fat


1


Kettle of syrup


1


Lace in contact with gas


4


Leaking illuminating gas


6


Lightning (wireless)


3


Liquor stills


3


Molten glass


1


Motorcycles


2


Oil heaters, lamps and stoves


9


Oil burner (fuel)


1


Out of town


114


Overheated furnaces and stoves


13


Overturned stove


1


Persons locked out


5


Rags on stove .


2


Railroad ties


2


Railroad torpedo


1


Reflection from locomotive


1


Rekindle


6


Removing paint


1


Rubbish in cellar


and barrels


23


Rubbish in yard


3


Salamander


1


Sawdust box


1


Second alarm


6


Smoking in bed


1


Smoke or steam mistaken for fire


17


Smoky stove and heater


2


Soldering can


1


Spark from boiler .


2


Spark from forge .


1


:


Spark from laundry machine


1


·


Spark from chimney .


6


Filling gasoline tanks


293


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Spark from locomotive


9


Spark from range .


4


Spark on roof


28


Spark from file


1


Spark from fireplace


1


Spontaneous combustion


9


Sprinkler alarms


4


Sweepings in register


1


Tar kettle


1


Test


1


Thawing ice


1


Thawing water pipe


4


Tool house


1


Tree


1


Wood and paper near stove


3


Unknown


25


Unnecessary


69


1,067


ANNUAL REPORTS.


294


1923


Engine 1.


Engine 2.


Engine 3.


Engine 4.


Engine 6.


Hose 5.


Hose 7.


Hose 8.


Ladder 1.


Ladder 2.


Ladder 3.


112


308


Bell alarms


227


.


·


88


33


96


28


191


58


71


133


29


13


19


759


Miles traveled


315


434


281


134


342


168


316


2911/2


142


1321/2


213.8


2,769.8


Feet 21/2 in. hose


19,450


14,600


22,550


7,950


16,500


6,000


10,150


80


220


12


160


2,900


1,865


2,024


7,425


Feet of ladders


64


Extinguishers


36


2


Gals chemical


1,715


2,612


665


1,840


630


1,290


1,175


510


10,437


Times at other sta.


105


Out of town


13


26


10


6


-


L


-


-


1


-


6


4


4


21


Covers used


.


.


-


4


23


20


14


2


10


111


3,000


70,100


Feet chemical hose


12,550


8,600


7,950


8,550


14,100


-


-


2


6


4


-


25


2


27


2


-


·


.


216


178


83


58


70


121


72


131


84


Still alarms


148,800


50,100


11,500


5,250


100


-


Total


295


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


In Memoriam


CHARLES E. McKENNA


Permanent Appointed February 16, 1920


Died February 24, 1923


JOSEPH A. SANDER


Retired


Appointed April 1, 1892


Died August 26, 1923


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Manual Force


The manual force consists of one hundred and eighteen (118) permanent men, during the year one has been retired and placed on the pension list, one has resigned and one has died ; nine men have been added from eligible list of the Civil Service. The roster of the department is as follows:


1 Chief Engineer,


1 Deputy Chief,


2 District Chiefs,


7 Captains,


1 Master Mechanic,


11 Lieutenants,


2 Enginemen,


93 Permanent men.


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Apparatus


1 Motor driven, 1,300 gallon "Metropolite" Pumper and hose wagon,


1 Motor driven, 900 gallon pumper and hose wagon,


2 Motor driven, 750 gallon pumper, hose wagon and chemical,


1 Tractor drawn, 800 gallon 2nd. size Steam fire engine,


5 Motor driven, Combination hose and chemical wagons,


1 Motor driven, Combination Ladder truck and chemical,


2 Motor driven, Ladder Trucks,


1 Motor driven, Supply and wrecking car,


Automobile, Chief's car,


1 Automobile, Deputy Chief's car,


1 Automobile, District Chief's car,


1 Automobile, Master Mechanic's car,


1 Motor driven, Hose and chemical wagon, in reserve,


1 Horse drawn, ladder truck, in reserve.


Hose


The amount of servicables hose is 9,550 feet of two and one- half (212) inch double jacket, rubber lined, water hose and 1,800 feet of three quarter inch chemical hose. There has been 2,500 feet of new two and one-half inch purchased and 1,450 feet of old condemned.


There must be at least 2,000 feet of new hose purchased each year to keep up to the efficiency mark.


Brief Resume


Two fires, one on June Sth. at the Fresh Pond Ice Co. with a loss amounting to $46,784. and on July 2nd. in the plant of the Sherwood Paper Co. at 22 Kent Street, with a loss of $43,500 practically the total of which was due to the dam- age by water from the sprinkler letting go throughout the building, these two fires totalled nearly one half of the fire loss for the year. The losses, by months, were as follows :


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FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Brief Resume, continued


January


$25,055 37


February


38,568 56


March


26,500 61


April


1,575 00


May


12,634 00


June


19,597 65


July


52,702 12


August


10,036 96


September


5,663 39


October


10,579 10


November


13,710 47


December


14,335 87


$230,959 10


There have been forty-one fires with an insurance loss in excess of $1,000 as follows,-


January 7, 4:24 P. M. Box 425, 42 Banks Street, dwelling owned by the Berry Estate, occupied by Miss Annie Berry and Richard Cosby, damage to the building $1,223, to con- tents $450. Cause, overheated furnace.


January 11, 10:06 A. M. Box 37, 504-504a Medford St. stores owned by Georgiana T. Lears, occupied by J. S. Miller and B. F. Stone, damage to building $255, to contents $858.37. Cause, hot ashes on floor.


January 15, 5:10 P. M. Box 335, 640 Mystic Ave. dwelling owned and occupied by Patrick McLaughlin, damage to build- ing $1,200, to contents $700. Cause, going to closet with lighted match.


January 25, 2:20 P. M. Box 117, 3 Cutter St., automo- bile repair shop, owned by Wm. Goldstein, occupied by Fred E. Hersom, Jr., damage to building $187, to contents $2,250. Cause, short circuit of wires in auto.


January 26, 8:30 P. M. Box 39, 353 Lowell St., store and apartments owned and occupied by Abram Biller, damage to building $600, to contents $875. Cause, careless smoker.


January 28, 2:24 A. M. Box 443, 1 Clarendon Block, Davis Sq., store owned by Parke Snow Inc., occupied by Chas. Rosenthal as shoe store, damage to building $556, to contents $7,300. Cause, undetermined.


February 12, 4:18 P. M. Box 435, 96 Pearson Ave., dwell- ing owned by Mrs. Catherine Drew, occupied by owner and T. E. Crowley, damage to building $1,127, to contents $968.96. Cause, children and matches.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


February 19. 10:12 P. M. Box 435. 145-147 Boston Ave. Stores owned by Rice Estate. occupied by Tony Ciccolo and R. H. Syda. damage to building $2,151, to contents $556. Cause. undetermined.


February 19. 11:37 P. M. Boxes 233-234, a second alarm was sounded for this fire. 29-33 Allen St. Barrel sheds owned and occupied by M. Devine and A. Rauffa. damage to build- ings $2.430. to contents $852. Cause, undetermined.


February 22. 6:19 A. M. Box 25. 9 Stone Place, cocoanut factory. owned and occupied by A. Martin & Co .. damage to building $4.000 to contents $4.500. Cause. drying maca- roons over boiler.


February 25. 12:02 A. M. Box 443, 21-27 Holland St., stores owned by M. J. Barron, occupied by Sam Blanch. dam- age to building $5.580. to contents $9,732. Cause, undeter- mined.


February 28. 3:55 A. M. Box 113. B. & M. R. R. yard, blacksmith shop. damage to building and contents $1.500. Cause, spark from forge.


March 1. 3:26 A. M. Box 25, 234 Washington St., shop owned by Wm. F. Bennett. occupied by Cambridge Tool and Machine Co. and Healey Furniture Company, damage to building $1.000. to contents $1.000. Cause, flaming kerosene setting fire to electric cord.


March 6. 1:50 A. M. Box 225. 14-15 Union Square, stores owned by the Vinal Estate. occupied by B. Kratman and G. DaPrato, damage to building $1,030, to contents $7,933.11. Cause. undetermined.


March 8. 12:34 A. M. Box 443, 418 Highland Ave., stores owned by Hyman Brothers and occupied by Chain Depart- ment Stores. damage to building $1,800, to contents $7,375. Cause. undetermined.




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