Report of the city of Somerville 1923, Part 21

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


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314


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Patrolmen, continued


79 -John H. O'Leary 80-Leo J. Hurley 81-Henry W. Roche


82 - John H. Baker 83- John J. Courtney 84 - Pierce P. Ronayne


Reservemen


85-Joseph P. Blake 86 - Frank A. Silva, Jr.


88 - Dennis F. Kearney


87 -John J. Smith


89 - Edmond F. Flynn 90-LeRoy V. Pierce


Chauffeurs and Patrol Drivers


James W. Lundergan


James H. White


John H. Mckenzie William R. Burnett


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 Frederick G. Jones Feb. 9, 1923


CHANGES IN THE FORCE Resignations


George D. MacDonald, patrolman, resigned, September 13, 1923. Elmer E. G. Raymond, patrolman, resigned September 20, 1923.


Retirement


Frederick G. Jones, patrolman, placed on pension roll, February 9, 1923.


Appointments


Joseph P. Blake, appointed reserveman, May 14, 1923 Frank A. Silva, Jr. appointed reserveman, May 14, 1923. John J. Smith, appointed reserveman, May 14, 1923. Dennis F. Kearney, appointed reservemån, September 28, 1923. Edmond F. Flynn, appointed reserveman, September 28, 1923. LeRoy V. Pierce, appointed reserveman, September 28, 1923. William R. Burnett, appointed temporary patrol driver, September 4, 1923.


315


CHIEF OF POLICE.


Promotions


Sergeant, Ernest Howard, promoted to lieutenant, Sept. 28, 1923 Patrolman, Charles J. Sharry, promoted to sergeant, Sept. 28, 1923 Reserveman, John J. Courtney, promoted to patrolman, Sept. 28, 1923 Reserveman, Pierce P.


Ronayne, promoted to patrolman, Sept. 29, 1923


Police Signal Service


Number of on duty calls made by the patrolmen .


271,136


Telephone calls made by the officers and patrolmen . 43,579


"White" Combination Automobile Service


Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station


152


Number of prisoners conveyed .


177


Number of sick and injured conveyed


632


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to station 269.3


Number of miles run in conveying sick and injured ·


1,947.9


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to and from jail . 108.4


Number of miles run elsewhere 493.3


Total number of miles run during year . 2,818.9


"Reo" Combination Automobile Service


Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station


1,267


Number of prisoners conveyed


1,558


Number of sick and injured conveyed .


137


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to station ·


2,440.8


Number of miles run in conveying sick and injured . 449.0


Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to and from jail . 683.0


Number of miles run elsewhere 1,139.9


Total number of miles during year .


4,712.7


Touring Car Reports


Number of prisoners conveyed to station


103


Number of sick and injured conveyed 16


"International Harvester Co." Auto Car Reports


Number of prisoners conveyed to station .


12


Number of prisoners conveyed to jail . .


.


1


-


,


.


.


.


"Harley Davidson" Motorcycle Reports


Total mileage for the year .


5,600


.


.


316


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Transfers and sales of Motor Vehicles


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


Number of licenses granted by the Board of Aldermen.


First class


·


9


Second class


19


Third class


3


Total


31


Number of sales and transfers made by dealers . 3,797


Number of individual sales


. 1,891


Number of stolen motor vehicles reported by the several Police Departments, Insurance Agencies and Detective Bureaus in the United States and Canada . 9,298


Number of motor vehicles recovered by above . 4,134


Number of index cards filed


. 31,856


Respectfully submitted.


DANIEL G. SIMONS, Police Officer.


REPORT OF LIQUOR OFFICERS


The following is the report of liquor officers from Jan.1, to Dec. 31, 1923.


Cases investigated


378


Search warrants served


152


Cases in District Court .


94


Fines imposed in District Court . .


$7,175


Seizures


Gallons of intoxicating liquors .


989


Gallons of mash


·


.


260


Bottles of alco rub


.


.


144


Bottles of liquor coloring


32


Stills


9


Hydrometers


10


Barrels, kegs, jugs, cans, bottles, funnels and other imple-


ments


8,821


Batteries .


3


Cash register


.


.


.


.


1


Corks


.


3,850


.


.


.


.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES M. LYNCH and FRANK H. GRAVES,


Sergeants.


317


CHIEF OF POLICE.


REPORT OF POLICE MATRON


Jan. 1, 1924


To Charles A. Kendall, Chief of Police.


Dear Sir :-


I herewith submit my report as matron for the year end- ing December 31, 1923. The following females and minors were placed in my care, charged with the following offences.


Adultery .


1


Assault and battery


12


Breaking glass


1


Demented


7


Disorderly house, keeping of


1


Disturbing the peace


1


Drunkenness


21


Children, lost


54


Children, neglected


2


Fornication


3


Insane inmate, escape of


1


Intoxicating liquor. illegal sale of


7


Kidnap, attempt to


1


Kidnapping


1


Larceny


4


Lewd and lascivious cohabitation


2


Motor, vehicle,, laws, violation of


3


Probation, violation of .


1


Runaways


3


Safe keeping


15


Setting fire


1


Stubbornness


6


Unlicensed dogs, keeping of .


3


Total


152


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


The work of this department has been steadily increasing, all laws have been enforced, many important arrests being made. There is a regular liquor squad consisting of a ser- geant and three men detailed for this duty to assist the regu- lar officers in enforcing the liquor laws. One sergeant was promoted to lieutenant, one patrolman promoted to sergeant,


318


ANNUAL REPORTS.


two reservemen promoted to patrolmen, six reservemen ap- pointed, two patrolmen resigned and one patrolman retired on pension. One man was appointed as a temporary patrol driver.


I respectfully ask for your consideration the much needed repairs and more room for police business, both in the main building and the garage. The establishment of a traffic squad is also in the line of progress. To His Honor, the Mayor John M. Webster I wish to express my sincere and heartfelt thanks for his wise counsel in all matters pertaining to this depart- ment, to the members of the Board of Aldermen and the Public Safety committee for their interest, To the Heads of other Departments, Court Officials, Newspaper men and all members of the Police Department who have rendered valu- able assistance to me in the discharge of my duties, my sin- cere thanks are expressed.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES A. KENDALL,


Chief of Police.


319


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.


SUPPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Board of Public Welfare FRED E. DURGIN, President MICHAEL COLL, Vice-President GEORGE G. BRAYLEY


Committees On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. DURGIN, MR. COLL AND MR. BRAYLEY


JOSEPHINE S. PHILBROOK


Clerks HELEN E. LINEGAR


General Agent WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE


City Physician FRANK E. BATEMAN, M. D.


Warden and Matron, City Home MR. AND MRS. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN


Office City Hall Annex, Highland Avenue


320


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1923.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-The Board of Public Welfare submit here- with reports of the General Agent, the Warden of the City Home and the City Physician, with tables showing the work.


Respectfully submitted,


FRED E. DURGIN, MICHAEL COLL, GEORGE G. BRAYLEY,


Board of Public Welfare.


321


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.


REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT


City Hall Annex, January 1, 1924. To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass :-


Gentlemen,-The following as the report of the general agent for the year ending Decmber 31, 1923 is herewith sub- mitted :-


Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the year)


In City Home (men 26, women 29) 55


In City Home, December 31, 1923 37


In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state . 43


Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)


Families


86


Persons aided (including hospital cases)


533


Burials . .


1


Permits to State Infirmary


4.


Table No. 3


CHILDREN


In private families 19:


In care of state division of child guardianship .


18.


Table No. 4 AID UNDER 1913 LAW (Mothers' Aid)


Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1923 · 65


Number of families aided at close of. year


57


Number of children


259


Amount allowed each family, from $4.00 to $16.00 per week


Number of out-of-town families ·


. 10


Number having no settlement ·


.


21


Cost to City


Somerville settlement ·


$22,190 75


Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)


3,850 00


State


10,120 25


Somerville families living in other cities and towns 4,145 79


$40,306 79


·


·


322


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table No. 5 REIMBURSEMENTS


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$24,039 36


City of Boston


2,060 61


66


66 Brockton


313 62


66


66 Cambridge


3,085 99


66


Everett


349 43


66


66


Haverhill


71 50


Medford


156 25


Town of Brookline


49 00


66


66


Plymouth


428 86


66


Winchendon


40 00


Individual


268 00


$30,862 62


Table No. 6 SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (City Patients)


Patients having settlement in Somerville .


Patients having settlement in other cities and towns


11


Patients having no settlement (chargeable to State)


18


Total number of patients sent to hospital .


93


.Amount paid to hospital


$7,447 75


Table No. 7 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 to 1923


Year


1900


-* 61,643


Misc.


$23,697.62


Home,


$5,528.83


Total $29,226.45


1901


62,500


29,171.15


66


6,622.43


35,793.58


1902


63,500


28,667.04


66


7,396.64


66


36,063.68


1903


65,500


66


30,470.20


66


7,548.39


60


38,018.59


1904


69,500


20,476.64


6,563.11


66


27,039.65


.1905


*69,272


17,527.88


66


7,474.36


66


25,002.24


1906


72.000


60


18,237.53


6,806.79


25,044.32


1907


74,000


17,852.20


7,001.23


60


24,853.43


1908


75,500


17,955.34


6,875.56


66


24,830.90


1909


75,500


16,843.17


66


7,562.83


24,406.00


1910


*77,236


16,110.42


7,695.89


66


23,806.31


1911


78,000


16,327.56


66


7,842.03


66


24,169.59


1912


81,000


60


19,201.33


8,998.97


60


28,200.30


1913


82,000


21,827.73


10,945.95


66


32,773.68


1914


85,000


66


35,619.68


11,200.25


46,819.93


1915


*86,854


66


45,490.98


11,218.65


66


56,709.63


1916


90,000


51,759.62


66


11,593.41


66


63,353.03


1917


90,000


66


53,653.33


60


13,417.77


66


67,071.10


1918


90,500


63,420.48


66


15,411.20


66


78,831.58


1919


91,000


66


67,682.53


15,789.34


66


83,471.87


1920


-* 93,033


77,456.57


66


17,308.29


94,764.86


1921


95,000


66


87,922.69


66


15,069.81


102,992.50


1922


- 97,000


95,510.92


66


13,577.07


109,087.99


1923


- 98,000


88,909.21


66


14,770.97


66


103,680.18


* Census


66


66


66


66


.


66


Table No. 8 Expenditures in Detail for the Year 1923


1923


Board.


Auto Mainte- nance


Burials.


Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns.


Cash Paid Out.


Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns 1913 Law.


Cash Allowance


Fuel.


Groceries.


Other Institu- tions.


Med. Att. and Medicine


Stationery and Printing.


Salaries.


Somerville Hospital.


State Institu- tions.


All Other. Telephone.


Totals


January


$264.20


$ $12.50


$846.75


$4,465.50


$ $64.01


$ $236.75


$69.35


$20.52


$ 5.00


$37.91


$522.02


$1,118.00


$


$10.44


$7,986.77


February


157.14


12.50


4,549.20


42.00


4.25


184.00


28.20


6.50


13.50


528.05


588.25


9.64


6,123.23


March.


626.79


12.50


1014.60


5,635.00


46.51


209.00


42.86


40.70


4.50


4.75


614.23


451.50


9.14


8,712.08


April


274.43


12.50


22.86


4,430.25


45.01


151.00


108.00


13.35


16.63


508.88


520.00


203.92


9.39


6,210.59


May


168.92


12.50


5.00


4,239.95


465.88


46.51


166.00


113.07


6.50


11.00


528 05


399.00


5.00


9.44


6,172.45


June


170.14


12.50


5,304.20


45.01


188.00


61.57


20.96


15.50


11.46


572.06


668.50


8.64


7,078.54


July.


763.33


12.50


803.89


4,223.20


832.63


59.80


132.00


3.30


7.50


39.34


501.21


. 612.50


578.39


8.99


8,578.58


August


128.49


12.50


15.00


4,093.50


1,818.80


72.65


177.00


5.63


1.56


528.05


596.50


5.00


10.79


7,465.47


September


716.25


12.50


107.00


10.00


5,344.10


57.87


171.00


111.07


2.00


3.50


602.73


448.00


2.27


7,588.29


October.


290.19


12.50


155.43


4,397.20


59.80.


141.00


47.14


2.92


3.00


613.41


808.50


255.00


1.50


8.89


6,795.48


November


84.43


12.50


723.74


4,559.00


820.48


49.29


101.00


40.38


528.05


819.00


8.84


7,746.70


December.


996.49


12.50


...


167.55


5,600.00


208.00


50.94


109.00


15.00


103.72


634.27


518.00


21.00


14.56


8,451.03


Totals.


$4,640.79


$150.


$112.00


$3,759.82


$56,841.10


$4,145.79


$639.40


$4.25


$1,965.75


$553.06


192.96


$48.50


$233.37


$6,680.01


$7,447.75 $1,351.13


$32.50


$111.03


$88,909.21


$313.82


Nursing.


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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF SOMERVILLE


Since the reorganization in 1885


¿Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-offico


1885


1888


inclusive


#Col. Herbert E. Hill .


1885


1889


#Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman


1885


1887


7Hon. Edward Glines .


1885


1887


+Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)


1885 Apr. 1893


¡Edward B. West (president May, 1894 February 1912)


1888


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 Oct.


1918


¿Herbert E. Merrill


May,


1894


1909


¡Ezra D. Souther


1895 Feb. 1898


Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio


1896


1898


James H. Butler


March


1898


1899


Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman ex- officio


1899


Henry F. Curtis, M. D. (president 1912- 1919)


1910


1921


Philip Koen


1912 Nov. 1916


*Michael Coll


November


1916


date


66


*Fred E. Durgin (president 1919 to


Oct.


1918


date


66


*George G. Brayley


Jan.


1922


date


Table No. 9


RECAPITULATION (Miscellaneous)


Expenditures and transfers


.


$88,909 21


Reimbursements and refunds


31,242 16


Net cost to city


$57,667 05


* Present member.


Deceased.


Respectfully submitted, WM. E. COPITHORNE,


General Agent.


·


.


date)


324


ANNUAL REPORTS.


REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME


City Home, January 1, 1924.


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, 1923 :-


Table No. 1


Numbr of weeks' board of inmates . Number of males admitted during 1923


2166-5


.


15


Number of females admitted during 1923 .


12


Number of males discharged during 1923 .


5


Number of females discharged during 1923


5


Number of males supported during 1923


26


Number of females supported during 1923 .


29


Number of males died during 1923


6


Number of females died during 1923 .


4


Number of inmates in home, December 31, 1923


.


37


City Home Hospital


Number of weeks' board


532-5


Number of patients admitted


·


20


Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1923 . 10


Table No. 2


Reimbursements .


$7,691 87


Net expenditures .


7,079 10


Appropriation and transfers


$14,772 86


Balance


1 89


$14,770 97


Respectfully submitted,


J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN,


Warden.


1


. .


$14,770 97


325


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.


REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN


Somerville, January 1, 1924.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :


Gentlemen,-The work of your City Physician during the year 1923 is presented in the following abstract :-


Office consultations and treatments


229


Total outside visits


677


Confinements


3


Vaccinations


13


Visits at City Home


134


Attended at Police Station .


34


Examinations: -


For legal department


19


For highway department


10


For police department


6


For fire department


14


For soldiers' relief department


18


For public grounds department


1


For sanitary department


1


For pension


.


14


Much of the important conference work of the City Physi- cian does not admit of tabulation.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK E. BATEMAN,


City Physician.


326


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER


OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER, City Hall, Somerville, January 1, 1924.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen :- I most respectfully submit the forty- eighth annual report, containing a brief summary of the prin- cipal work performed by the Highway Department, by day labor and contract, during the year 1923 with recommenda- tions 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


.


Appropria- tions $73,100 00 32,766 46


Expenditures


Departmental transfers


Total credit-Highway Mainte.


105,866 46


$105,736 44


Sidewalks Maintenance


9,134 84


9,131 32


Street Sprinkling


43,650 00


43,649 10


Street Cleaning


29,000 00


28,996 11


Suppression of Moths


4,200 00


3,990 02


Care of Trees


5,400 00


5,343 49


New Streets


36,834 09


36,829 49


Permanent Pavement


53,553 81


53,536 73


Sidewalks Construction


13,316 37


13,314 46


Reconstruction and Resurfacing


34,220 38


34,219 66


$335,175 95


$334,746 82


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


The heavy motor truck has put on our roads a transpor- tation burden never expected, and this department so far as the appropriations will allow, its constructing and recon-


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STREET COMMISSIONER.


structing our streets to care for this line of traffic. It is, however, a well-established principle that the roads shall serve for the greatest possible good of the public. The attain- ment of this principle is clearly impossible if we permit ex- traordinary large trucks and heavy loads to destroy them.


This year the department had a crew of men using the cold patch patrolling our streets, filling holes or depressions they might find. "No expenditure of public money contrib- utes so much to the national wealth as for building good roads." From address of President Coolidge opening the 68th Congress of the United States.


Only two cents out of every dollar expended by the Fed- eral Government and only seven cents out of every tax dollar is spent on roads.


1923


Highway Maintenance


Total Appropriation .


$73,100 00


Credits


32,766 46


105,866 46


Street Commissioner


$3,100 00


Bookkeeper and clerk


2,791 17


Office expenses .


.


464 45


Equipment and repairs


3,092 23


Horses


800 00


Harnesses


1,238 14


Tools and machinery


2,034 78


Steam rollers


396 28


Automobiles, tractors and mixers


6,131 12


Stable expenses


6,144 85


Hay, grain and feed


7,503 48


Shoeing and veterinary


1,618 14


Fuel


341 89


Miscellaneous


488 09


Repairs streets, gutters


19,032 98


Repairs subways


430 90


Care of Lanterns


3,180 62


Snow and ice


12,362 87


Signs


1,228 66


Care of Highway property


800 92


Sawing wood


30 75


Holidays-vacations


7,376 00


Charges to other departments .


16,008 41


Bills receivable


,9,139 71,


105,736 44


Balance


$ 130 02


328


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Snow and Ice


The winter of 1923 was a severe one, cold with a great amount of snow. This department was taxed to its utmost to comply with all the requests and reports it received in re- gard to snow.


The blockade by snow of any road carrying traffic causes a definite loss to the community; a loss to those who depend upon truck transportation of freight; and a less tangible but real loss to the general class of automobile owners. People are no longer willing to arrange business in regard to climate.


This department is now equipped with a five ton Mack truck with a Good Roads plough attached, one five ton Pierce Arrow truck and two Fordson Tractors with Stark ploughs attached and several big snow levellers mounted on wheels and runners. Most of our main streets have double car tracks and these are plowed by the Boston Elevated Railway Co. This department plowed all the other main and cross town streets. By plowing, streets are kept opened for the Fire Department, Mail and Ambulance, also for commercial and pleasure vehicles.


This department cares for the sidewalks around all pub- lic buildings and grounds.


558 requests and reports were attended to.


$14,068.45 was expended for the care of snow and ice. 7,790 cubic yards of snow and ice were removed. 60 Cubic yards of sand and 95 cubic yards of ashes were used in caring for icy sidewalks, streets and crossing.


Bridges


The bridges in our city are in good condition, but in many cases should be widened to conform with the width of the streets where they are located. The approaches to the Cedar street bridge were reconstructed, and the northerly approach to the Prospect street bridge was paved with granite paving blocks and a sidewalk constructed on the easterly side at both approaches. It is the intention of the Boston and Maine Railroad to construct an overhanging sidewalk on this bridge. When the work is completed it will be a great improvement and make travel safer for autoists and pedestrians.


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Street Railways


The Boston Elevated Railway Co. reconstructed double tracks on a concrete base on Medford street from Washing- ton street to Central square; inbound track on Somerville ave-


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nue from opposite Central street to Union square; both tracks on College avenue from Powder House square to the Medford line; both tracks on Broadway from Hathorne street to the Boston line; inbound track on Broadway from Sargent ave- nue to Walnut street and Broadway from Fellsway East to Cross street. In Union square the tracks were widened giv- ing more space in the dummy. On Broadway from Main street to Marshall street the inbound track was reconstructed.


I hope the coming year the Boston Elevated Railway Co. will reconstruct their tracks on Washington street from Tufts street to the Boston line and on Broadway from Teele square to the Arlington line also to complete the work on Somerville avenue from Union square to Wilson square.


Underground Wires


Underground conduits were constructed by the New Eng- land Telephone and Telegraph Company on Broadway from Powder House square to Simpson avenue and on Broadway from and including Teele square to opposite North street. By the Edison Electric Illuminating Company on Cross street- from Pearl street to Central square and for pole and house con- nections on Medford street from and including Gilman square to Magoun square.


Crushed Stone Sidewalks Maintenance


Many of our old brick sidewalks should be removed and granolithic constructed, especially on our main street and in our squares.


600 linear feet of edgestone were reset. 610 square yards of brick sidewalks were relaid and 310 yards of granolithic relaid.


Police reports pertaining to all kinds of defective side- walks are charged to this appropriation.


$8,931.32 was expended for Sidewalks Maintenance.


Street Sprinkling


The department with its own employees and equipment sealed all the tar and asphalt streets. There was a large tank erected in the city yard for holding tar, connected with a steam boiler for heating. The Trimount Oil Company furnished tar for cold application into this tank for 099c per gallon. The American Car Sprinkler Company sprinkled and


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flushed most of our streets where there are car tracks for $925.00 a month, seven days a week and eight hours a day.


The city purchased .a five ton Mack truck with a 1200 gallon tank, equipped with a Kinney pumping outfit for oil, tar or water.


Dust layers used during the year :-


120,192 gallons of Tarco B, Trimount Oil Co. 13,600 gallons of Montezuma Asphalt.


3,000 galions of Non-Asphaltic, Trimount Oil Co.


11,250 lbs. Calcium Chloride.


$43,649.10 was expended for Street Sprinkling.


Street Cleaning


Late in the spring a Springfield Motor pick-up sweeping machine was purchased by the city and it has given such good results that the Mayor, in his inaugural address to the Board of Aldermen. recommended an appropriation to pur- chase another machine the coming year. Part of the time this machine has worked night and day with two shifts of men, the night crew operating the machine in squares and on main streets that are congested in the day time.


7.295 cubic yards of street sweepings were removed. $28,996.11 was expended for Street Cleaning.


Suppression of Moths


The department found very few brown tail moths. The city cares for all trees both public and private in regard to moths.


8,643 street trees were inspected and cared for.


8,868 private trees were inspected and cared for.


8,642 bushes were found moth infested.


3,837 fences and buildings on which moths nested.


28,963 gypsy moth nests were painted with creosote. 9 brown tail moth nests were gathered and destroyed. 583 satin moth nests were painted with creosote.


8,287 trees were sprayed by the gasoline spraying machine to exterminate the differen kinds of caterpillars and beetles.


11,848 tussock moth nests were destroyed.


$3,990.02 was expended for the Suppression of Moths.


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Shade Trees


Many of our shade trees are dead or dying and the depart- ment removed the same as fast as possible. The City Govern- ment should make a special appropriation for young trees to replace the trees that have been removed. The last special appropriation for new trees was made by Mayor Chandler in 1904. Shade trees are a great improvement to the general appearance of a street and help to beautify the city.




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