Report of the city of Somerville 1924, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1924
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1650


1906


6


Harriet M. Clark, 10 Vernon Street, West Medford


1575


1893


5


Margaret V. Lamb, 34 Crescent Street


1500


1922


5


Eva E. Perkins. 136 Colonial Road, Brighton


1500


1911


4


Annie G. Sheridan, 43 Highland Road


1500


1886


4


Lizzie W. Parkhurst


146 Highland Avenue


1500


1885


3


Rosa J. Aberle, 49 Mystic Avenue


1100


1923


3


M. Katherine Davis, 243-A Highland Avenue


1500


1904


2


Florence E. Locke, 14 Katherine Road, Watertown


1500


1899


2


Eunice S. Higgins, 25 Berkeley Street


1300


1921


1


Josephine Lacy, 63 Cherry Street


1500


1921


1


Alice B. Frye. 101 Summer Street. Malden


1500


1904


(JOHN A.) CUMMINGS SCHOOL School Street, near Highland Avenue


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


1×93


4


Fannie L. Gwynne, 65 School Street


$1600


1886


3


Katherine M. Fox, 152 Franklin St., Stoneham


1500


1896


2


Elizabeth L. Hersey, 96 Oxford Street


1500


189€


1


Mrs. Stella M. Hadley, 11 Greene Street


1500


1914


(JOHN G.) EDGERLY SCHOOL Cross and Bonair Streets


Charles E. Brainard. Master, 12 Pleasant Avenue


1889


1


Martha W. Power, 37 Gleason St., West Medford


$1650


1890


3


Mary M. Dorney, 62 Webster Street, Medford


1000


1924


2 Alice M. McFarland, 90 Prospect Street


1100


1923


3


Grace R. O'Neil, 347 Washington Street


1922


Florence A. Chaney, Master, 49 Boston Street


$3000


1892


259


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1925-Continued


· Name and Residence (JACOB T.) GLINES SCHOOL Jacques Street, near Grant Street


Began


Grade 6


Charles E. Brainard, Master, 12 Pleasant Avenue


1889


6


Harriet F. Ward, Weymouth


1500


1895


5


Alice C. Blodgett, 34 Browning Road Mrs. Monira Blodgett 84 Pearl Street


1500


1922


5:4 *Helen M. Northrup, 12 Raymond Avenue 4 Laura M. Flynn, 57 Franklin Street 4 Mrs. Carrie Armitage, 57 Madison Street


1400


19202


3


Florence F. Baxter, 42 Highland Avenue


1500


1891


3


Cora J. Demond, 146 Massachusetts Ave., Boston


1500


1900%


2


Elizabeth C. Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road


1400


1920


2


Mrs. Florence S. Fowler, 109 Highland Avenue


1500


1915


1


Isabel J. Tifft. 109 Highland Avenue


1500


1892


Kdgn.


Ida M. Kane, 28 Fellsway West


1400


1905


Asst.


Marjorie Gustin. 3 Virginia Street


1200


1921


* Leave of absence


(CHARLES) FORSTER SCHOOL


Sycamore Street and Evergreen Avenue


1890


6


Elizabeth F. Clement, 29 Kidder Avenue


1500


1884


4


Hazel C. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street


1000


1924


3


Carrie T. Lincoln. 65 Ashland Street, Medford


1500


1892


3:2


Ethel H. Werner. 20 Laurel Street, Arlington


1500


1919


2


Lilllian G. Wells. 61 Bonair Street


1000


1924


1


Grace Shorey, 142 Sycamore Street


1500


1892


1


( NORMAN W.) BINGHAM SCHOOL Lowell Street, near Vernon Street


6


Elizabeth J. O'Neil. 82 Benton Road


1650


1894


6


Anna G. Molloy, 82 Benton Road


1500


1921


6:5


Margaret Callahan, 165 Lowell Street


1000


1924


5


Clara L. Griffiths, 39 Ames Street


1500


1902


5


Helen F. Wiseman, 43 Highland Ave., Cambridge


1500


1922


4


Anna R. Canfield, 205 Cedar Street


1500


1914


4


Alice A. Griffiths. 39 Ames Street


1500


1920


4, 3


Barbara E. Drummey, 43 Short Street, Marlboro


1500


1918


3


Lillian F. Commins, 6 Cypress Street, Cambridge


1500


1914


3


Lynda V. Merrill, 26 Brastow Avenue


1500


1912


2


Ruth A. Gilman. 63 Berkeley Street


1500


1923


2


M. Gertrude McCarthy. 36 Brastow Avenue


1500


1917


2. 1 Ethel F. Rudd, 46-A Franklin Street 1 Mabel E. Mansir, 77 Albion Street


1500


1894


1


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


1300


1921


Kdgn.


Asst. Mary B. White. 109 Highland Avenue


1200


1921


...


Margaret A. Orr, 146 Massachusetts Ave., Boston


$1700


1890


1500


1917


5


1100


1924


1500


1899


1.


Harry F. Hathaway, Master, 29 Albion Street


Annie S. Gage, 32 Marshall Street


$1650


1881


Harry F. Hathaway. Master, 29 Albion Street


$3000


1890


1300


1921


1921


Marguerite Driscoll, 396 Medford Street


Salary Service


260


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1925-Continued


Name and Residence MARTIN W. CARR SCHOOL Atherton Street


Began


Grade


Salary Service


Samuel A. Johnson, Master. 5 Gardner Ter., Allston $3100


1893


6


Grace McElhiney, 32 Minot Avenue, Brockton


1500


1925


6


Dorothy L. Lundgren. 93 Lowden Avenue


1500


1915


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


1500


1915


Lillian E. Haskell, 41 Putnam Street


1500


1913


Elizabeth S. Foster, 53 Laurel Street


1500


1895


+Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 86 Partridge Avenue


1200


1924


4 Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street 4 Helen Hession. 184 North Street


1000


1924


3


Margaret M. Brennan. 30 School Street


1500


1917


3


Bessie 1. Berry. 38 Wyllis Avenue, Everett


1500


1901


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


+ Temporary Teacher


(ENOCH R.) MORSE SCHOOL Summer and Craigie Street


Frank W. Seabury. Master. 18 Winslow Avenue


$3100


1911


6


Mrs. Harriette C. Hamilton. 36 Meacham Road


1650


1900


6:5


Lennie W. Bartiett. 49 Laurel Street


1500


1893


1


Mrs. Sarah K. Lake, 199 Prospect Street, Cambridge


1500


1921


4:3


Eva A. Wilson. 153 Lowell Street


1500


1917


3


Mrs. Agnes (. Rice, 34 Highland Avenue


1500


1900


Edna M. Scriven, los Summer Street


1200


1922


Lena


Munroe, 211-A Summer Street


1500


1913


1


Mrs. Helen T. Smith. 43 Paulina Street


1500


1912


1


* Alena M. Shea. 6 Holton Street. Medford


1000


1925


Gertrude Prichard. 5 Webster Street


1400


1920


Asst.


Esther D. Hamilton, 12 Francesca Avenue


900


1924


* Temporary Teacher


GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL


Hudson Street


Harry F. Hathaway, Master. 29 Albion Street


1890


6


Nora F. Byard. 27 College Avenue


1650


1884


6


Alice G. Hosmer. 42 Boston Street


1500


1906


Mrs. Nettie L. Fay. 15 Pleasant Avenue


1500


1901


Eliza I. Patterson, 65 Hudson Street


1500


1919


1


Ethel F. Morang. 1\ Curtis Avenue


1500


1920


3


Edith 1. Hunnewell. 41 Mason Street


1500


1894


Mary S. Richardson, 347 Boston Avenue. Medford


1500


1906


1


Lucia AAlger. 163 Summer Street


1500


1889


GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL Beacon and Kent Streets


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


1893


1


Abigail P. Hazelton, 28 Whitfield Road


1600


1902


3


Grace E. Packard, 14 Winslow Road, Belmont


1500


1912


2


Mary Winslow, 124 Oxford Street, Cambridge


1500


1887


1


Alice M. Dicker. $2 Marion Street, East Boston


1500


1912


1650


1915


Eva S. Bent, 10 Steeves Circle


1500


1917


1500


1915


Annie B. Russell. 14 Kidder Avenue


Blanche E. Thompson, 53 Laurel Street


1575


1906


Kdgn.


261


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1925-Continued


Name and Residence MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue


Began Salary Service


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, 1 Saginaw Avenue. N. Cambridge 1500


1500


1914


Mary E. Lacy. 63 Cherry Street


1500


1890


1


Alice E. Morang, 18 Curtis Avenue


1500


1893


1


Ruth E. Andrews. 21 College Avenue


1500


1917


BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow Avenue and Josephine Avenue


6


Mary T. Ford, 3 Goodwin Pl., Boston


1650


1911


5


Annie Sanburn, 11 East Newton St., Boston 1500


1906


4


Anna N. Johnson. 33 Everett Avenue


1500


1913


1


* Mildred S. Flint, 103 Orchard Street


1300


1925


3


Pauline Thiesfeldt. 159 Mystic


St., Arlington 1500


1923


3


Alice M. Dorman, 159 Morrison Avenue


1500


1903


?


Mrs. Grace H. Bliss, 33 Whitfield Road


1500


1900


2:1


Valborg Prebensen, 43 Sacramento Street, Cambridge 1000


1924


1 Olivia H. Norcross, Wilmington


1500


1914


* Temporary Teacher


HIGHLAND SCHOOL Highland Avenue and Grove Street


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


1897


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


1650


1893


6


Margaret McLeod, 14 Ware Street 1500


1923


6


Eva M. Barrows, 1 Glover Circle 1500


1903


6:5 *Marion Allen, 74 Collins Street, Danvers


1500


1911


10


Hazel M. Stone. 915 Broadway


1500


1919


Carrie E. Crockett, 889 Broadway


1500


1923


* Leave of Absence


S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue


6


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


1914


6


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


1922


6


Ella H. Bucknam, 36 Curtis Avenue


1500 1897


6


Mrs. Mabel T. Totman, 163 Summer Street


1500


1893


5


Alice Parlin, 79 Everett St., Arlington


1200


1923


5


Bessie J. Baker, 19 Mills Street, Malden


1500


1919


CI


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


Wilma S. Bryant, 11 Burnham Street


1400


1925


3


Hortense F. Small. 91 Electric Avenue


1500


1912


3


E. Mildred Milner, 66 Hall


Avenue


1500


1920


3


Mrs. Nettie M. Humiston, 43 Fairmount Avenue


1500


1920


2


Almena J. Mansir. 77 Albion Street


1500


1899


2


Stella Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


1400


1917


2


Gladys G. Stone, 41 Marshall Street


1000


1924


1


Annie H. Hall, 36 Curtis Avenue


1500


1906


1


Mary L. McKenna, 294 Lowell Street


1500


1915


1


Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard


1400


1919


Kdgn.


Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 90 Curtis Street


1400


1921


Asst.


Hilda Foley, 141 Bowdom St., Dorchester


900


1923


...


1911


Frank W. Seabury, Master, 18 Winslow Avenue


1885


3


Margaret Beattie. 401 Washington Street


Ardelle Abbott. 71 Craigie Street


1500


1896


Catherine A. Burden, 50 College Avenue


1500


1902


1500


1905


Alice A. Libbey, 20 Chandler Street


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road $3000 1897


George I. Bowden, Master, 92 Monument St., W. Med $3050


1908


Ruth Brown. 84 Perkins Street 1400


1924


262


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1925-Continued


Name and Residence LINCOLN SCHOOL Broadway near Teele Square


Grade


Salary Service


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


....


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 1975


1898


Drawing


6, 1 Clara M. Gale, 21 Willoughby Street


1975


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


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


Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street


1500


1897


1


Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street


1500


1917


1


Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street


1400


1922


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS


Everett W. Tuttle, High $7.00


Francis A. Ryan, Bell and Cliff


6.00


CADETS


Lillian Andrews, 1× Walnut Road


$600


1924


Mona Burke, 275 Lowell Street


600


1924


Eleanor B. Casey, 28 Bartlett Street


600


1924


George K. Coyne, 59 Preston Road


600


1924


Dorothea Crosby. 34 Rush Street


600


1924


Pauline D. Dodge, 222 Highland Avenue


600


1924


Ruth M. Drew, 42 Mt. Vernon Street


600


1924


Mary L. Harrington. 1 Carver Street


600


1924


Alice Frances Morgan, 71 Park Street


600


1924


Gladys M. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street


600


1924


Catherine Wiggins, 61 Webster Avenue


600


1924


Helen Wilson, 66 Highland Road


600


1924


George 1. Bowden, Master, 92 Monument St., W. Med.


1908


May E. Small, 104 Orchard Street


1650


1900


3 3431 1


Eliza H. Lunt, 248 Highland Avenue


1600


1889


Mrs. Lillian M. Wentworth, 248 Highland Avenue 1500


1911


Olevia M. Woods, 22 Chetwynd Road


1575


1908


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street


Began


1897


263


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1925-Concluded


Name and Residence Began


Salary Service


Manual Training


Harry L. Jones. Supervisor, 137 Powder House Blvd. $200 1911


Physical Instruction


12, 1₺Ernest Hermann, The Warren, Wash. St., Newton


$1550


1914


12, 7 Arthur R. Aver, 11 Fenwick Street


2500


1921


12, 1 Margaret V. Burke, 1 Pearl Street 1200


1923


12, 1 M. Helen Campbell, 22 Barton Street


1200


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


1600


1914


Mildred M. Harkins, 22 Traymore St., Cambridge


1200


1923


Sight Saving


Mrs. Amy F. Woodbury. 83 Pearson Road


1600


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 1925


Nane and Residence SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY


Charles S. Clark, 75 Munroe Street


Salary $5000


Clerks


Mary A. Clark. 42 Highland Avenue


1500


Mildred A. Merrill. 26 Cambria Street


1350


Ruth O. Elliott, 4 Lincoln Place


$23 per wk


Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street


$21 per wk


Beatrice M. Hersom, 62 Highland Avenue


$19 per wk


Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue


$15 per wk


Attendance Officer


Benjamin R. Jones, 25 Loring Street


Bernice F. Parker, Clerk, 11 Dickson Street


2000 $17.50 per wk


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 31-SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1925


School


Name


Residence


Weekly- Salary $28.50


High School, assistant


Jeremiah M. Brennan


44 Radcliffe Rd.


High School, assistant


John N. Quirk


202 Somerville Ave. 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


Prescott


James J. Quirk


216-B Medford St. 30.00


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


13 Fremont Ave.


31.00


Perry


Dan'l E. Cunningham


15 Leland St.


26.50


Pope


John J. Kilty


671 Somerville Ave. 30 Warren Ave.


32.50


Cummings


Charles P. Horton


26 Everett Ave.


30.50


Glines


Roy C. Burckes


20 Jaques St.


30.50


Forster


George W. Coombs


196 Central St.


30.00


Continuation


Michael A. Mullin


16 Bowdoin St.


30.00


Bingham


John F. O'Brien


335 Lowell St.


33.50


Carr


John H. Lane


5-A Belmont .St.


36.50


Morse


John W. Cremen


69 Oxford St. 9 Homer Sq.


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


28.00


Hodgkins


Patrick A. Delmore


11 Atherton St.


30.00


Western


Junior High


James T. Eddy


31 Wallace St.


36.50


Western


Junior High


George A. Givan


17 Henry Ave.


32.50


Cutler


Daniel T. 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


60 Newton St. 26.50


Knapp


Maurice T. Mullins


30.50


Southern Junior High


William Meskill


Southern Junior


High


Nicholas J. Lacey Lewis G. Keene


327 Washington St. 92 School St.


32.50


24.50


Edgerly


Highland


Michael J. McKenna


215 Washington St.


31.00


Proctor


Vincent J. Burke


265


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


Somerville, Mass., January 21, 1925.


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 December 31, 1924.


Alarms and Losses


Number of bell alarms ·


326


Number of still alarms


.


880


Total alarms


Number in excess of 1923


1,206 139


Value of buildings at risk


$3,498,000 00


Insurance on buildings


3,695,603 00


Damage to buildings


128,702 97


Value of contents


379,219 65


Insurance on contents


288,340 00


Damage to contents


94,285 19


Total value at risk


3,877,219 65


Total damage


222,988 16


Approximate per capita loss


2 20


Classification of Causes of Alarms


Dump


. 217


Bonfires


143


Ont of town


101


Grass


80


Unnecessary


76


Chimney


65


Automobiles


53


False


42


Children playing with matches


37


Rubbish in cellar


37


Careless smoker


34


Spark on shingle roof .


32


Set by boys


26


Leaves and Christmas trees .


20


Hot ashes in wooden receptacles .


20


Miscellaneous .


223


1,206


99%


Engine 1.


Engine 2.


Engine 3.


Engine 4.


Hose 5.


Engine 6.


Hose 7.


Hose S.


Ladder 1.


& Ladder 2.


Ladder 3.


Total


Bell alarms


213


205


180


84


85


54


123


70


145


103


326


Still alarms


109


54


113


37


64


280


74


79


21


17


28


880


Miles traveled


536


370.5


330


164


222


471


298


217


163


192


162


3,1251/2


Feet of hose used


18,700


21,150


15,400


14,650


10,500


79,900


12,350


11,100


Chemical


hose


17,100


15,250


7,050


7,500


8,000


5,300


3,850


3,750


67,800


Feet of ladders


90


60


40


440


20


120


2,095


2,495


1,975


7,335


Extinguishers


28


8


60


12


4


13


11


2


9


147


Gal. of chemical


2,200


2,688


1,116


3,000


1,916


2,120


695


627


14,362


Covering


6


S


17


6


43


20


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2


11


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5


6


Out of town


101


Covers used


ANNUAL REPORTS


183,750


........


267


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Manuel Force


The manual force consists of one hundred and nineteen (119) permanent men : during the year one has been retired and placed on the pension list and one has resigned; three men have been added from the 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,


94 Permanent men.


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 pumpers and hose wagons,


1 Tractor drawn, 800 gallon steam fire engine,


5 Motor driven, Combination hose and chemical wagons,


1 Motor driven, Combination ladder truck and chemical,


2 Motor driven, Tiller steering ladder trucks,


1 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, Combination hose and chemical wagon, in re- serve, -


1 Motor driven. Ladder truck, in reserve.


Hose


The amount of serviceable hose is 9,800 feet of two and one- half (21/2) inch double jacket, rubber lined, water hose and 2,150 feet of three quarter inch chemical hose. There has been 1,000 feet of new two and one-half inch purchased and 750 feet condemned. Owing to the unusual number of alarms and the increased use of hose, much more will have to be re- tired in the coming year, so that at least 2,000 feet of new hose must be purchased in order that the necessary equipment be kept up.


268


ANNUAL REPORTS


Brief Resume


The loss by fire during the month of February was more than one third of the year's total. The losses, by months, were as follows :-


January


$25,533 80 ·


February


81,886 19


March


13,198 15


April


13,662 29


May


3,128 00


June


7,141 61


July


14,208 85


August


10,916 73


September


14,522 10


October


4,691 17


November


16,476 88


December


17,622 39


$222,988 16


Bonfires Etc. False alarms, bonfires and grass fires have called the department 291 times, these malicious calls can and should be reduced ; the making a plaything of the appara- tus of the department, for the amusement of potential crimi- nals, should be followed up and stopped ; the calls of the department are increasing materially each year, the legitimate wear and tear on men and material is very considerable with- out adding to it by unnecessary calls.


Dump. The Clarendon Hill dump has called the depart- ment 185 times during the year requiring the services of a company of men and the laying of a total of 79,000 feet of hose. The fire department should not be used for the extin- guishment of dump fires excepting in a very few instances where there appears to be a possible danger to neighboring property. The absence of Engine Company 6 from its station, fighting dump smoke and fire, is a very serious menace to that community which may require its prompt and needed service at a monent's notice.


Fire Prevention Bureau. Owing to the many fires due to accumulations of rubbish, in cellars and about premises, it was deemed necessary to employ a system of inspection. On May 15th. such a bureau was established consisting of five members of the department, Lieutenant Horace W. Hutchins Jr. officer in charge, Charles J. Markey, Engine 2, Robert L. Powers, Engine 3, William J. Mahoney, Ladder 2, and Albert J. McMahon, Ladder 3. During the past seven months this bureau has made 1,936 original inspections and approximately 1.500 following inspections : There were 840 cases reported


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for corrections covering every known violation of the Regu- lations of the Department of Public Safety governing the Metropolitan District of which Somerville is a part. Owing to the conscientious and thorough work of this fire prevention bureau the cellar fires have been reduced to a minimum, I desire to commend the bureau members for their faithful per- formance of this duty and for their voluntary use of much of their off-time thereby contributing largely to the success of this branch of the fire service.


Recommendations


As in previous years, I recommend the erection of a new fire station in the vicinity of Davis Square for the housing of Engine 4 and its tender together with Ladder 2 thereby bringing it nearer to that part of the city which it must cover. The present Engine 4 station was erected more than fifty years ago and is past serving the purpose for which it is needed besides occupying a very valuable corner on High- land Avenue which could be used for business purposes.


With the replacement of Ladder 2 with a new motor tiller operated truck and the reconditioning of Hose 5 com- bination wagon the equipment is fully motorized. I recom- mend the replacement of the tractor-drawn steam fire engine, at the Central Station, with a 1,000 gallon pumper; this steam fire engine is now being used only at multiple alarıns, the running it to first alarms has proven to be expensive owing to the frequent breaking of tractor parts. further- more, the expense of maintaining steam at all times, the employment of men with special licenses to operate and two drivers kept in quarters could be obviated and thereby release two men on each platoon for fire service.


In Conclusion


In concluding this report, I wish to express to His Honor the Mayor and to the Board of Aldermen my sincere appreciation and thanks for their cooperation and confidence.


I commend the officers and members of the department for their efforts and cooperation in the performance of their duties.


Respectfully submitted,


SEWALL M. RICH,


Chief Engineer.


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REPORT OF LICENSING COMMISSION


January 23, 1925.


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


Gentlemen :


The Licensing Commission respectfully submits the fol- lowing report for the year 1924. The commission has con- tinued its duties in the consideration and granting of the so-called Lord's Day licenses for the sale of ice cream, con- fectionery, soda water and fruit, and has endeavored to use its best judgment in the granting of these licenses for the good of the city and the convenience of the general public. At present there are about two hundred places of business operat- ing under the Lord's Day license which is approximately one to every five hundred of population.


The number of applications for licenses for one and two car garages has increased somewhat during the year. Early in the year the commission purchased an atlas of the city for its use in locating the abutters to locations from which appli- cations have been received for garage licenses, and notifying them of the time and place of hearings on same,


The commission has received the hearty cooperation of the several city departments connected with its operations and the support and assistance of his honor the Mayor and mem- bers of the Board of Aldermen.


Licenses were granted and fees paid over to the City Treasurer, as follows :


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431 Garage licenses @ $2. $ 862 00


249 Lord's Day licenses @ $5. .


1,245 00


7 Lord's Day transfers @ 50c 3 50


Total


$2,110 50


.


Respectfully submitted,


EUGENE M. CARMAN,


WM. H. SMITH, WM. J. SHANAHAN,


Licensing Commission.


Attest : R. A. KEYES, Secretary.


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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURERS


Office of Sealer of Weights and Measures, City Hall. Somerville. January 1. 1925.


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


The following report of the sealer of weights and meas- urers for the year 1924 is respectfully submitted :-


Work of Weights and Measures Department for 1924


Adjusted Sealed


Non- Con- Sealed demned


Platform over 5000 capacity


-


48


Platform under 5000 capacity


344


4


2


Counter


12


629


12


4


Spring


14


574


8


41


Computing


G


390


14


1


Slot Personal Weighing


61


2


Prescription


51


Beam


38


1


Weights


Avoirdupois


45


3352


1


Apothecary


588


103


Metric


83


8


Capacity Measures


Dray


39


2


Liquid


829


66


Gasoline Pumps


148


Oil Pumps


1


126


54


3


Molasses Pumps


28


1


-


Yard Sticks .


163


7


Wood Baskets


56


6


Cloth Measuring Devices


1


Total


92


7548


94


246


-


-


....


-


-


-


-


1


-


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Weights, Measures and Scales Condemned


This photograph represents between five and six hun- dred articles of weight and measure which, during the past two years, have been taken from stores and pedlers and con- demned because of their inaccuracy.


Fees collected and paid to City Treasurer. $701.63.


Amount paid City Treasurer for Pedlers' Licenses, $1.240.00.


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Total number of licenses issued, 312.


Inspections other than sealing:


Number of scales and measures in stores .




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