Report of the city of Somerville 1924, Part 24

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1924
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Section 11. No person shall operate such motor vehicle on a public way unless he is twenty years of age or older and unless he shall have in his possession a license so to do from said board, which license shall state the name, age, height, weight, color of hair, color of eyes and race of the licensee, his place of residence and the name of his employer, if he operates such motor vehicles as an employee. The license shall be signed by the city clerk. A fee of one dollar shall be paid the city clerk for every such license.


Section 12. Every license issued under these orders, rules and regulations shall be numbered in regular order as issued with a sepa- rate series of numbers for each kind of license.


Section 13. No person shall operate or cause to be operated a motor vehicle except between such termini and over such route as shall be specified in the license for such motor vehicle.


Section 14. No person operating such motor vehicle shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less compensation for the trans- portation of a passenger or for any service in connection therewith than the rate and fare applicable thereto as specfied in the license.


Section 15. No person shall operate or cause to be operated such motor vehicle without a printed sign thereon stating the principal streets of the route and termini of the route, the fare to be charged, and the license number, which sign shall be so printed and attached to such motor vehicle as to be plainly visible to persons on the street, or without a printed sign thereon showing the schedule of service filed at the time which sign shall be so printed and so attached to the vehicle as to be plainly visible to passengers entering the vehicle. No other sign except as above provided and the licensee's name shall be placed on the vehicle.


Section 16 No person shall operate or cause to be operated such motor vehicle at any time between one-half hour after sunset and one- half hour before sunrise with the curtains closed or with the body of the vehicle otherwise enclosed, unless the interior of the vehicle is fully lighted.


Section 17. Every such motor vehicle shall be equipped with a horn or other similar warning device and a speedometer, and liquid fire extinguisher all in serviceable condition. Every such motor ve- hicle shall be supplied with a set of serviceable skid chains, which


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shall be placed on the rear wheels when the vehicle is operated in any public way where because of snow or ice or other conditions the use of such chains is reasonably necessary to prevent skidding.


Section 18. No person operating such motor vehicle shall collect fares or make change or take on or discharge a passenger while the vehicle is in motion; nor shall he have a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in his possession while any passenger is being carried there nor drink any intoxicating beverage or use morphine, cocaine, opium or other harmful drug of any kind, or be under the influence thereof, while engaged in operating the vehicle.


Section 19. Every licensee shall immediately report fully in writ- ing to the city clerk and the chief of police the time, place and cause of any accident and of any injury to a passenger or other person or to property in which any motor vehicle or operator under his control is involved.


Section 20. No person operating such motor vehicle shall refuse to carry any person offering at a regular stopping place to be carried as a passenger therein, unless the seats are fully occupied or unless such person is intoxicated or disorderly or otherwise for good reason objectionable.


Section 21. No person shall operate such motor vehicles for more than twelve hours in any period of twenty-four hours.


Section 22. No person operating such motor vehicle shall solicit passengers by outcry or by any other noise.


Section 23. No person shall cause or allow such motor vehicle to stand for more than five minutes in any public way except in such place and during such time as may be designated by said board. Said board may designate times and places in public ways in which general street travel will not be materially interfered with for such vehicles to stand and may from time to time change such times and places.


Section 24. No person operating such motor vehicle shall stop the motor vehicle to take on or to discharge a passenger in any public way except at the sidewalk; nor allow any passenger to enter or leave the said motor vehicle except from the side thereof nearest the side- walk; but this latter provision shall not apply to a passenger on a front seat where the operator's seat is on the side toward the sidewalk.


Section 25. Every person operating such motor vehicle shall fully stop the same immediately before crossing the track of a steam railroad at grade.


Section 26. No person operating a motor vehicle shall place or maintain or allow to be placed or maintained on such vehicle a curtain or other obstruction in such way as to interfere with a view of the interior of the vehicle from outside except when necessary in order to protect passengers from the inclemency of the weather.


Section 27. No person operating a motor vehicle shall require a passenger to pay for hand baggage carried by him more than the amount of fare charged for the transportation of a passenger or require a passenger to pay for hand baggage which is carried by the passenger without inconvenience to other passengers.


Section 28. Every person operating a motor vehicle shall deliver any article left therein by a passenger to the officer in charge of the police station not later than twenty-four hours after finding the same and shall receive a receipt therefor.


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Section 29. Whenever in the judgment of said board public con- venience and necessity so require the board may grant licenses for the transportation and carriage of passengers for hire by motor ve- hicles for short periods of time on terms stated in the orders granting the same, subject to provisions of sections 2, 4 and 5 and regardless of the other provisions of these orders, rules and regulations.


Section 30. Nothing in these orders, rules and regulations shall be deemed to apply to motor vehicles used only for sight-seeing pur- poses.


Section 31. Every license of any kind granted under these orders, rules and regulations shall expire on the first day of May next coming ensuing the date it was granted.


Section 32. Said board may at any time at its discretion for any cause that it may deem sufficient and with or without notice to the licensee revoke or suspend any license of any kind granted under these orders, rules and regulations.


Section 33. These orders, rules and regulations may be added to or otherwise changed from time to time by said board and such additions and changes shall apply to licenses of any kind previously issued as well as to licenses thereafter issued.


Section 34. These orders, rules and regulations shall take effect upon their passage.


Approved June 18, 1924.


ORDINANCE NO. 108


An Ordinance Relative to Vehicles Standing in Public Places


Be it ordained by the board of aldermen of the city of Somerville as follows :-


Section 1. No person shall cause or allow an automobile or other vehicle to remain standing in a public street or public square at any time between thirty minutes after sunset and thirty minutes before sunrise, unless there is displayed on the front of said automobile or other vehicle a light which shall be visible not less than two hundred feet in the direction toward which said automobile or other vehicle is headed and a light on the rear of said automobile or other vehicle which shall be visible not less than two hundred feet in the opposite direction.


Section 2. No person shall cause or allow an automobile or other vehicle to remain standing in a public street or public square for more than twenty minutes at any time between one o'clock in the morning and thirty minutes before sunrise. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a physician or clergyman while making a profes- sional call or to a licensee of an automobile or vehicle stand while occupying such stand.


Section 3. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.


Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect on its passage.


Approved December 1, 1924.


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ORDINANCE NO. 109 An Ordinance Establishing Fire Districts


Be it ordained by the board of aldermen of the city of Somerville, as follows :-


Section 1. Fire districts are hereby established in the city of Somerville. Said fire districts shall include those portions of the city described as follows:


Whenever a distance from a street or square is stated such distance is to be measured at right angles to such street or square.


Fire District No. 1 - Teele Square


Beginning at the junction of the northwesterly side of Cameron avenue and the southwesterly side of Holland street thence the bound- ary line runs southwesterly on Cameron avenue to a point one hundred feet from Holland street, thence northerly in a line parallel with Holland street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Broadway, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Waterhouse street, thence northeasterly on Waterhouse street to Broadway, thence easterly across Broadway to the junction of the southeasteriy side of North street and the northeasterly side of Broad- way, thence northeasterly on North street to a point one hundred feet from Broadway, thence southeasterly in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Packard avenue, thence southwesterly on Packard avenue to Broadway, thence in the same line across Broadway to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Broadway, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet north- easterly from Holland street, thence southerly in a line parallel with Holland street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point in the line of the northwesterly side of Cameron avenue extended, thence southwesterly in said line to the point of beginning.


Fire District No. 2- Davis Square


Beginning at the junction of the northwesterly side of Russell street and the southwesterly side of Elm street thence the boundary line runs southwesterly on Russell street to a point one hundred feet from Elm street, thence northerly in a line parallel with Elm street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet southerly from Day street, thence southwesterly in a line parallel with Day street and distant one hundred feet therefrom three hundred feet, thence northerly across Day street and across Dover street to a point one hundred feet northerly from Dover street, thence easterly in a line parallel with Dover street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet westerly from Davis square, thence northerly in a line parallel with the westerly side of Davis square and distant one hundred feet therefrom across the railroad location to a point one hundred feet westerly from Holland street, thence northerly in a line parallel with Holland street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Jay street, thence northeasterly on Jay street to Holland street, thence northeasterly to the junction of the easterly side of Holland street and the southerly side of Simpson avenue, thence northeasterly on Simpson avenue to a point one hun- dred feet from Holland street, thence southerly in a line parallel with Holland street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Wal-


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lace street, thence easterly to the junction of the easterly side of Wallace street and the southerly side of Park avenue, thence south- easterly along Park avenue to College avenue, thence southeasterly to the junction of the easterly side of College avenue and the southerly side of Winslow avenue, thence southeasterly along Winslow avenue to a point one hundred feet easterly from College avenue, thence southwesterly in a line parallel with and distant one hundred feet from College avenue to a point one hundred feet northeasterly from Highland avenue, thence southeasterly in a line parallel with High- land avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Willow avenue, thence southwesterly along Willow avenue across Highland avenue and along Willow avenue again to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Highland avenue, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Highland avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet easterly from Elm street, thence southerly in a line parallel with Elm street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point in the line of the northwesterly side of Russell street extended, thence southwesterly in said line to and across Elm street to the point of beginning.


Fire District No. 3 - Highland Avenue


Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side of Willow avenue distant one hundred feet northeasterly from Highland avenue, thence the boundary line runs southeasterly in a line parallel with Highland avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Medford street, thence southwesterly in a line at right angles to Highland avenue to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Highland avenue, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Highland avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Willow avenue, thence northeasterly on Willow avenue to the point of beginning.


Fire District No. 4- Union Square


Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side of Granite street one hundred feet northeasterly from Somerville avenue, thence the boundary line runs southeasterly in a line parallel with Somerville avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a line one hundred feet northerly from Bow street, thence easterly and southeasterly in a line parallel with Bow street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet northeasterly from Union square, thence in a line parallel with the northerly side of Union square and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet northerly from Washington street, thence northeasterly in a line parallel with Washing- ton street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point in the line of the northwesterly side of Prospect street extended, thence south- westerly in said line to and across Washington street and to and across Somerville avenue to a point distant one hundred feet southwesterly from Somerville avenue, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Somerville avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet southerly from the southerly side of Union square, thence westerly in a line parallel with the southerly side of Union square and distant one hundred feet therefrom across Webster avenue to a point one hundred feet westerly from the westerly side of Web- ster avenue, thence northerly in a line parallel with Webster avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Somerville avenue, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Somerville avenue and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Dane street, thence northeasterly on Dane street to and across Somerville avenue to the point of beginning.


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Fire District No. 5 - Washington Street


Beginning at the junction of the northwesterly side of Prospect street and the southerly side of Washington street, thence the bound- ary line runs northeasterly in line with said northwesterly side of Prospect street extended across Washington street to a point one hundred feet northerly from said Washington street, thence easterly and northeasterly in a line parallel with Washington street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to the boundary line between the city of Boston and the city of Somerville, thence southwesterly and southerly along said boundary line to and across Washington street to a point one hundred feet southerly from Washington street, thence westerly in a line parallel with Washington street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to the westerly side of Prospect street, thence north- erly along Prospect street to the point of beginning.


Fire District No. 6 - Broadway


Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Langmaid avenue distant one hundred feet northeasterly from Broadway, thence the boundary line runs southeasterly in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hundred feet therefrom to the boundary line between the city of Boston and the city of Somerville, thence southwesterly along said boundary line to and across Broadway to a point one hun- dred feet southwesterly from Broadway, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hundred feet therefrom to School street, thence northeasterly on School street to Broadway, thence northeasterly across Broadway to the point of beginning.


Fire District No. 7-Cross Street


Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Cross street one hun- dred feet southerly from Broadway, thence the boundary line runs easterly one hundred feet in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hundred feet therefrom, thence southerly in a line parallel with Cross street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to Medford street, thence northwesterly on Medford street to a point one hundred feet northwesterly from Cross street, thence northerly in a line parallel with Cross street and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet from Broadway, thence easterly to the point of be- ginning.


Fire District No. 8 - Magoun Square


Beginning at the junction of the southeasterly side of Cedar street and the southwesterly side of Broadway, thence the boundary line runs northeasterly across Broadway in continuation of the easter- ly side of Cedar street to the boundary line between the city of Med- ford and the city of Somerville, thence southeasterly along said bound- ary line to a point in the line of the westerly side of Partridge avenue extended, thence southwesterly in said line across Broadway and along the westerly side of Partridge avenue to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Broadway, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hundred feet therefrom to a point one hundred feet northeasterly from Medford street, thence south easterly in a line parallel with Medford street and distant one hun- dred feet therefrom to Partridge avenue, thence southwesterly along Partridge avenue to and across Medford street, to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Medford street, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Medford street and distant one hundred feet there- from to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Broadway, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Broadway and distant one hun- dred feet therefrom to Cedar street, thence northeasterly on Cedar street to the point of beginning.


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Fire District No. 9 - Ball Square


Beginning at the junction of the easterly side of Pearson road and the northeasterly side of Broadway, thence the boundary line runs northeasterly at right angles to Broadway to the boundary line be- tween the city of Medford and the city of Somerville, thence south- easterly on said boundary line to the railroad location of the Boston and Maine Railroad southern division, thence southerly on said rail- road location to a point one hundred feet southwesterly from Broad- way, thence northwesterly in a line parallel with Broadway and dis- tant one hundred feet therefrom to Liberty avenue, thence northeast- erly on Liberty avenue to Broadway, thence easterly across Broadway to the point of beginning.


Section 2. The following regulations, restrictions and provisions shall be applicable throughout the territory comprised within each and every fire district.


Section 3. No frame or wooden building or structure shall here- after be erected within a fire district as established by this ordinance and as may be hereafter established, except temporary one story frame buildings for the use of builders during the erection of a building or structure on the same lot or an adjoining lot and except verandas or balconies, provided that wooden posts supporting the stairs or roofs of such verandas and balconies shall be at least twenty-five square inches in cross section and provided that the roof covering of every structure shall be incombustible.


Section 4. No wooden veranda, balcony or other wooden struc- ture except cornices or temporary buildings above mentioned shall hereafter be erected nearer than ten feet to the line of any adjoining lot or nearer than twenty feet to any frame or wooden building on the same lot.


Section 5. Every building hereafter erected shall have its roof covered with brick, tile, slate, tin, copper, iron, tar gravel not less than three ply, slag or other incombustible roof covering.


Section 6. In all buildings hereafter erected all door and window openings in walls that are less than ten feet distant from the centre of a street or passageway, or the side line of the lot, or from any other wall that has like openings, and openings in walls enclosing air or light shafts, shall have all such openings suitably protected by fire doors or shutters or wired glass and metal frames.


Section 7. No existing frame or wooden building shall be in- creased in floor area or height.


Section S. No frame or wooden building shall be moved into a fire district or from one place in a fire district to another place in the same fire district, but a frame or wooden building may be moved from a fire district to territory outside any fire district.


Section 9. No addition and no alteration shall be made to the exterior of a frame or wooden dwellinghouse or other frame or wooden structure for the purpose of adapting it to use for a store, factory, place of storage, stable or junk shop.


Section 10. No frame or wooden building damaged by fire or any other casualty to the extent of more than fifty per cent of its re- placement value shall be remodeled, replaced, or repaired in whole or in part by a frame or wooden form of construction.


Section 11. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.


Approved December 31, 1924.


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ELECTIONS.


The following is a statement of the votes cast in the sev- eral wards of the city for the candidates for the various offices and on the Referendum questions at the State Election held herein, November 4, 1924.


CANDIDATE.


PARTY.


1


:2


3


4


5


6


7


Total.


PRESIDENT


Coolidge & Dawes


Republican


1500


571 1582


1933 1074


1783 761


2726 1327


3167 1423 !


6126 1274


17806 8555


Foster & Gitlow


Workers


12


3


13


0


0


4


·2


24


Johns & Reynolds


Socialist


·2


3


0


0


3


4


59


71


LaFollette & WheelerIndependent Progressive Party


473


460


299


316 |


449


469


535


3001


GOVERNOR


John J. Ballam


Workers


Party


2


5 2384


11 1515 1882


11


10 1956 2688


10 2148 3140


18 1975 5976


67 12846 17542


Alvan T. Fuller


Republican


1517


513


James Hayes


Socialist


Labor Party


12


0


4


14


8


62


102


Walter S. Hutchins


Socialist Party


5


1


6


5


17


16


13


66


LIEUT, GOVERNOR


Frank G. Allen


Republican


1468


434 2254


1851 1392


1057


2602 1764


3058 1947


1726


11720


Arthur A. Cunning


Socialist


13


13


3


35


16


12


99


Thomas Nicholson


Socialist


4


5


7


1


21


25


20


86


Edward Rand Stevens Workers Party


10


11


7


10


19


1x


21


96


SECRETARY


Frederic W. Cook Winfield A. Dwyer


Republican


1669


652


2059


19:29


2 920, 3393


6214


18836


Workers


48


58


51


45


42


59


60


363


Samuel Leger


Socialist


21


21


12


12


14


20


36


138


H. Oscar Rocheleau Edith Williams


Democratic Socialist


9


7


11


4


.29


29


92


181


TREASURER


Michael I. Eisner


Democratic Socialist


1385


1994


1194


885


1519


1692


1505


10174


Patrick H. Loftus


Labor Party


18


19


12


48


24


34


68


2233


Louis Marcus


Socialist


Party


14


11


14


8


33


34


31


145


Albert Oddie


Workers


Party


15


22


16


13


24


23


41


1533


William S. Youngman


Republican


1467


441


1827


1732


2598


3014


5741


16823


.


Party


Labor Party


1264


1842


1062


794


1341


1487


1239


9029


Party


5936


17109


John J. Cummings


Democratic


1580


James M. Curley


Democratic


1721


Davis & Bryan


Democratic


1114


Party


Labor Party


1147 1826


1760


Labor Party


Party


WARDS.


370


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1


WARDS.


CANDIDATE.


PARTY.


1


·2


3


4


5


6


7


Total.


AUDITOR


Strabo V. Claggett


Democratic


1546 1303


2069


1503


1127


2036 2074


2153 2557


2397 4911


14358


Isidore Harris


Socialist


Labor Party


11


22 1


6


18


35


32


31


155


James J. Lacey


Workers


Party


29


49


22


16


:26


47


38


236


Dennis F. Reagan


Socialist


Party


21


17


12


35


42


27


166


ATTORNEY GENERAL


Jay R. Benton


Republican


1451


478


1843


1765


2522


1 3040


5907


17106


Harry J. Canter


Workers


Party


40


29


20


19


30


31


52


Frederick Oelcher


Socialist


Labor Party


18


11


1.


9


20


19


27


111


John Weaver Sherman Socialist


Party


13


18


10 |


14


40


38


70


203


John E. Swift


Democratic


1380


1990


1211


876


1526


1720


1 1434


10137


SENATOR IN CONGRESS


Frederick H. Gillett


Republican Workers


1183




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