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Sect. 3. This ordinance shall not apply to vehicles left standing while taking or leaving passengers or while receiving or delivering merchandise and other articles from and to the adjoining premises.
Sect. 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall not be in effect on Sundays and holidays.
Sect. 5. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each of- fense.
Sect. 6. This ordinance shall take effect on its passage.
Approved May 14, 1926.
ORDINANCE NO. 121
An Ordinance Relative to Permits for Placing Obstructions in Streets
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. Section 33 Chapter XV of the Revised Ordinance of 1911 is hereby amended by adding the follownig thereto: Any person to whom a permit is given may be required by the commissioner to furnish security by a bond for not less than one thousand dollars to protect the city against all liability and loss arising out of such ob- struction.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect on its passage.
Approved June 11, 1926.
ORDINANCE NO. 122
An Ordinance Regulating the Standing of Vehicles in Portion of Gilman Square
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :----
Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle to remain standing in Gilman square in front of the Stickney building or in front of the Citizen building except at an angle of forty-five degrees to the curbstone.
Section 2. This ordinance shall not apply to vehicles standing at a distance of more than fifteen feet from the curbstone.
Section 3. This ordinance shall not apply to vehicles left stand- ing while taking or leaving passengers or while receiving or deliver-
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ing merchandise and other articles from and to the adjoining prem- ises.
Sect. 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall not be in effect on Sundays and holidays.
Section 5. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each of- fense.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect on its passage.
Approved July 10, 1926.
ORDINANCE NO. 123
An Ordinance Regulating the Standing of Vehicles Within Safety Zones
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- erville, as follows :-
Section 1. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle to remain standing within a safety zone as indicated along the street railway tracks in any street or between such safety zone and the nearest side- walk opposite such safety zone.
Section 2. This ordinance shall not apply to vehicles left stand- ing while taking or leaving passengers or while receiving or deliver- ing merchandise and other articles from and to the adjoining prem- ises.
Section 3. No person shall cause or allow a vehicle other than a street railway car to pass over any part of a safety zone.
Section 4. The term safety zone as used in this ordinance shall be construed to mean all that portion of the surface of the street which is situated within a line connecting the posts which mark such safety zone, the posts being regarded as indicating the corners of the safety zone.
Section 5. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding twenty dollars for each of- fence.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect on its passage.
Approved August 24, 1926.
ORDINANCE NO. 124
An Ordinance Concerning Dumping.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville, as follows :-
Section 1. No person shall without a permit from the Board of Aldermen put and allow to remain or cause to be put and allowed to remain on any dump any wood or wood shavings or rubber or cloth or paper or cardboard or other combustible matter.
Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved October 29, 1926.
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ELECTIONS
The following is a statement of the votes cast in the several wards of the city for the candidates for the various offices, at the State Election held therein, November 2, 1926.
WARDS.
CANDIDATES.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total.
GOVERNOR
Alvan T. Fuller
Republican
1842
905
2160 1790
2464 1237 10
1980 1770
2928 576 10
2806 1069
15085 10884 51
Samuel Leger Socialist
Labor Party
2
2
2
2
6
4
2
20
Lewis Marks
Workers Party
3
4
1
1
3
·2
2
16
LIEUT. GOVERNOR
Frank G. Allen
Republican
1788
723
2041
2388
1852
2884
2760
14436
Daniel T. Blessington Socialist
Labor Party
34
50
21
25
26
17
13
216
Albert Oddie
Workers Party
7
7
9
7
6
1
6
46
Dennis F. Reagan
Socialist Party
15
20
7
14
20
16
101
Edmond P. Talbot
Democratic
1388
2624
1762
1180
1761
836
983
10534
SECRETARY
Harry J. Canter Workers Party
Frank W. Cavanaugh
Democratic
Frederic W. Cook
Republican
Stephen S. Surridge Socialist
Labor Party
6
15
6
6
10
9
15
67
13
16
5
19
14
1:2
17
96
TREASURER
Albert Sprague Coolidge
Socialist Party
3-4
3:
26 32
54 41 1163
36 54 1659 12 1775
32 38 780 9
38 74 925 20
10108 120
AUDITOR
Leon Arkin
Socialist Party
23
27
1436
2622
12 2010 1656 2
20 1461 1936 30
30 1845 1601
20 1082 2479 18
1217 2340 56
11673 12252 198
John R. Mackinnon
Socialist
16
14
1 1
20
10
7
16
94
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Isadore Harris
Socialist Labor
Party
19
31
10
19
22 12
18 11
21
140
Arthur K. Reading
Republican
1777
766
2053
2356
1872
2857
2707
14388
John Weaver Sherman
Socialist
16
18
15
34
27
18
77
205
John E. Swift
Democratic
1318
2559
1714
1131
1657
776
899
10054
34
29
19 1660
24 1129
35 1673
40 765
1299 1835
2545
794
2135
2400
1897
2878
45 965 2727
226 10036 14666
251
Daniel England Democratic
1318
2562
1701
Henry Hess Socialist Labor Party
13
49
11
William S. Youngman
Republican
1697
607
1957
6 2263
2787
2631
13717
Alonzo B. Cook
Republican
1613
627
Emma P. Hutchins
Workers Party
27
25
Max Lerner
Workers Party
20
16
8
12
9
88
Edith M. Williams
Socialist Party
7
9
5
8
Walter S. Hutchins Socialist Party
1471
2671
William A. Gaston
Democratic
61
68
368
Strabo V. Claggett
Democratic
21
156
21
Labor Party
Party
Winfield A. Dwyer Workers Party
256
ANNUAL REPORTS
CANDIDATES.
PARTY.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total.
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
John J. Ballam
Workers Party
7
10 471
3 1729
10 1951
1454
5 2466
7
50 11726
Washington Cook
Volstead Act
5
15
9
22
11
6
12
80
Alfred Baker Lewis Socialist Party
6
9
4
7
6
8
6
46
David I. Walsh
Democratic
1924
3110
2186
1689
2259
1301
1543
14012
CONGRESSMAN
Francis X. Tyrrell
Democratic
1393
2564 734
1702 2078
1206 2304
1700 1839
798 2834
1026
10389
Charles L. Underhill
Republican
1736
2684
14209
COUNCILLOR
Harvey L. Boutwell
Republican
1870
953
2079
2367
1909
2827
2736
14741
Charles A. Kimball
SENATOR
Warren C. Daggett
Republican
1682
737 2802
1963 1785
2243 1238
1828 1744
2765 871
2645 1047
13863 10934
REPRESENTATIVE GENERAL COURT 23rd DISTRICT
James E. Hagan
Democratic
2741 806
2741 806
24th DISTRICT
Francis J. Daley
Democratic
1341
1619 1907
1222 2124
1725
5907
Charles E. Gerrish
Republican
1570
7231
Lyman A. Hodgdon
Republican
1609
1747
2101
1610
David John Lanigan
Democratic
1225
1551
1070
1606
5452
Henry F. Rafferty
Democratic
1215
1695
1031
1542
5483
Walter H. Snow
Republican
1569
1803
2118
1622
7112
25th DISTRICT
Margaret A. Campbell
Democratic
717
892 2465
5092
Hiram N. Dearborn
Republican
2480
2367
4847 2568
Albert D. Skidmore
Democratic
1256
1312
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Erson B. Barlow
Republican
1953
989
2186
2468
2036
2885
2752
15269
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS
Sherman H. Fletcher
Republican
1844
924 908
2089 2047
2358 2285
1934 1888
2740 2664
2596 2562
14485 14176
8
William M. Butler
Republican Modification
1365
2290
1
1
Robert W. Houley
Democratic
1447
George W. Pratt
Republican
1609
Emerson J. Coldwell
Republican
2627
John M. Keyes
Republican
1822
WARDS.
1630
7067
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CITY CLERK
WARDS.
CANDIDATES
PARTY.
1
7.
3
4
5
6
7
Total.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Robert T. Bushnell
Patrick J. Delaney
Republican Democratic
1832 1313
740 2609
2069 1694
2410 1099
1896 1640
2878 761
2727 950
14552' 10066
SHERIFF
John R. Fairbairn
Republican
2068
1264
2402
2623
2241
3019
2927
16544
COUNTY COMMISSIONER (To fill vacancy)
Nathaniel I. Bowditch Republican Democratic
1636 1362
599 2581
1913 1681
2214 1161
1686 1689
2722 771
2533 981
13303 10226
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY (To fill vacancy)
John J. Butler
Loring P. Jordan
Democratic Republican
1342 1638
2506 617
1703 1878
1162 2199
1690 1652
822 2671
1008 2498
10233' 13153.
QUESTION NO. 1
Shall an amendmnet to the con- stitution which authorizes the Gen- eral Court to establish in any
corporate town containing more than six thousand inhabitants a form of town government pro- viding for town meetings limited to such inhabitants of the town as may be elected for the purpose, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 29, 1924, 189 votes in the affirmative and 40 in the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houses held March 18, 1925, received 262 votes in the affirmative and 4 in the negative, be approved ?
Number of Yes Votes Number of No Votes
1418 502
1193 541
1711 590
1807 476
1548 553
1802 470
1749 530
11228 3662
Daniel F. McBride
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CANDIDATES.
PARTY.
WARDS.
1
·2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
QUESTION NO. 2
Shall a law which amends exist- ing law by striking out the pro- visions that veterans who pass Civil Service examinations shall be placed upon the eligible lists above all other applicants, that disabled veterans shall be placed ahead of all other veterans, and that dis- abled veterans shall be appointed and employed in preference to all ·other persons; and by providing in place thereof, that five points shall be added to the mark of veterans who pass such examinations, and ten points to the mark of dis- abled veterans, which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the affirmative and 34 in the negative, and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 11 in the affirmative and 181 in the negative, be approved ?
Number of Yes Votes Number of No Votes
1167 1291
1192 1311
1504 1569
1392 1453
1292 1506
1465 1479
1393 1518
9345 10127
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CITY CLERK
ASSESSED POLLS AND REGISTERED VOTERS.
REGISTERED VOTERS.
WARD
Pcr.
As- sessed Polls, April 1. 1926
Vot- ers Nov. 3. 1925 Men
Voters Nov. 3. 1925 Women
Re- vised Lists of July 1926 Men
Re- vised Lists of July 1926 Women
Names
Names
Voters
ZVoters
Votes cast Nov. 2.
Ward 1 Pct.
1
..
2
..
3
859
309
260
430
367
49
32
479
399
656
1
4
1,064
247
167
576
525
42
26
618
551
914
4,551
2,043
1,581
2,199
1,798
226
161
2,425
1,959
3,379
Ward 2 Pct.
2
2
1,302
1,121
936
572
486
56
41
628
527
945
643
442
350
309
233
25
21
334
254
455
2
4
1.225
553
141
86
50
639
491
926
'2
5
1.423
549
382
67
28
616
410
811
5,985
1,941
1,532
2,377
1,793
276
163
2.653
1,956
3,698
Ward 3 Pct. ..
3
·2
809
955
922
490
508
47
33
537
541
860
. .
..
3
1,083
667
645
40
36
707
681
1,134
3
4
1,132
643
650
81
56
724
706
1,168
3,825
1,978
1,928
2,292
2,275
219
163
2,511
2,438
4,010
Ward 4 Pct.
958
924
834
510
477
46
33
556
510
868
1,549
853
744
699
574
75
50
774
624
1,003
721
437
545
42
15
479
590
861
4
824
566
596
42
35
608
631
1,017
4,052
1.77.
1,578
2.212
2,192
205
163
2,417
2,355
3,749
Ward 5 Pct.
1,012
1,125
1,166
598
601
56
43
654
644
1,033
..
5
..
1,083
820
754
551
438
51
40
602
478
826
1,149
705
683
634
478
57
52
691
530
994
5
1
1,104
684
543
977
4,348
2,650
2,603
2,430
2,025
201
170
2,631.
2,195
3,830
Ward 6 Pet.
943
801
745
607
549
55
42
662
591
989
941
785
538
521
507
56
29
577
536
926
3
1,004
654
591
5:25
498
41
29
566
527
860
6
4
941
999
876
637
613
24
31
661
644
1,090
3,829
3,239
2,750
2,290
2,167
176
131
2,466
2,298
3 865
Ward 7 Pct.
942
899
850
547
484
45
52
592
536
891
864
855
783
456
404
41
48
497
452
747
7
3
813
1,119
991
515
524
51
55
566
579
946
7
4
704
836
747
414
352
27
23
441
375
656
7
5
818
916
838
410
347
62
49
472
396
687
4,141
4,625
4,209
2,342
2.111
226
2:27
2.568
2,338
3,927
Total
30,731
18,253'
16,181
16,142|
14,361
1,539|
1,178
17,671| 15,539
26,458
1
1,392
378
246
394
251
42
23
436
274
561
2
3
1
801
1,023
1,006
492
47.2
51
38
543
510
848
3
1
1
4
5
-
1
6
6
4 1
1
..
7
..
1,401 1,227
382
689
596
455
76
53
672
508
889
605
465
597|
451
59
50
656
501
920
..
1
..
Add- ed in 1926 Men
Add- ed jn 1926 Women
Nov. 2. 1926 Men Women
Nov. 2. 1926
1926
1.
1
.
647
508
37
35
.
3
260
ANNUAL REPORTS
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1926
Mayor LEON M. CONWELL, 17 Monmouth Street
Board of Aldermen President, HENRY J. CONNELL Vice-President. WARREN C. BLAIR
WARD ONE
Elmer B. Hayes, Alderman-at-Large
18 Benedict Street
William F. Burns
Daniel A. Downey
21 Illinois Avenue 155 Glen Street
WARD TWO
Robert C. Harris, Alderman-at-Large .
28 Paulina Street
Joseph A. Haley
Robert W. Houley
7 Linden Street 39 Dane Avenue
WARD THREE
Charles E. Gerrish, Alderman-at-Large
70 Boston Street 79 Boston Street
William S. Howe
15 Summit Avenue
WARD FOUR
Warren A. Perry, Alderman-at-Large
Henry J. Connell
Edith B. Davidson
11 Evergreen Avenue 150 Pearl Street 14 James Street
WARD FIVE
Charles Chamberlain Grimmons, Alderman-at-Large,
Arthur G. Pearson
David Y. Ross
72 Thurston Street 369 Broadway 400 Medford Street
WARD SIX
Warren C. Blair, Alderman-at-Large Lee C. Kitson
Elwood L. Mason
155 Summer Street 11 Henry Avenue 34 Cambria Street
WARD SEVEN
Paul O. Curtis, Alderman-at-Large Harrison W. Bowers Warren L. Dalton
36 College Avenue 226 Morrison Avenue 74 North Street
Ernest C. Carr
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City Clerk, JASON M. CARSON Assistant City Clerk, NORMAN E. CORWIN City Messenger, FRED E. HANLEY
Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at eight o'clock, except when such Thursday is a holiday, in which case the meeting is held on the preced- ing Tuesday evening.
Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen
ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS-Aldermen Haley, Blair, Carr, Bowers and Pearson.
FINANCE-The President, Aldermen Grimmons, Curtis, Hayes, Haley, Kitson and Carr.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS-Aldermen Perry, Mason, Harris, Dalton and Hayes.
LICENSES AND PERMITS-Aldermen Gerrish, Perry, Downey, Bowers, Ross, Mason and Houley.
PUBLIC PROPERTY-Aldermen Curtis, Gerrish, Davidson, Ross and Downey,
PUBLIC SAFETY-Aldemen Grimmons, Kitson, Burns, Houley and Howe. PUBLIC WORKS-Aldermen Blair, Howe, Pearson, Dalton, Burns Harris and Davidson.
School Committee
Chairman, HARRY M. STOODLEY Vice-Chairman, JOHN J. HAYES
Hon. Leon M. Conwell, Mayor, ex-officio . 17 Monmouth Street Henry J. Connell, President of the Board of Aldermen, ex-officio, 150 Pearl Street
WARD ONE
Francis J. Fitzpatrick John J. Hayes
2 Austin Street 10 Wisconsin Avenue
WARD TWO
William F. Dewire
Christopher Muldoon, Jr.
384 Washington Street 88 Concord Avenue
WARD THREE
Richard W. Bennett James C. Scanlan
25 Wesley Park 36 Munroe Street
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ANNUAL REPORTS
WARD FOUR
Alice P. Russell Walter E. Whittaker
233 School Street 135 Walnut Street
WARD FIVE
Harry M. Stoodley .
Minnie S. Turner .
283 Highland Avenue 64 Hudson Street
WARD SIX
Elizabeth J. Carnes Walter I. Chapman
10 Mossland Street 18a Central Street
WARD SEVEN
Herbert Cholerton Edwin A. Shaw
94 College Avenue 63 College Avenue
Superintendent and Secretary-CHARLES S. CLARK
Regular meetings last Monday evening of each month, except July and August, when none are held.
-
Assessors
FRED E. WARREN, Chairman (term expires 1929) HARRY VAN IDERSTINE, (term expires 1929) J. ROBERT FENELON (term expires 1928) DAVIE B. ARMSTRONG (term expires 1927) HORACE A. LEWIS (term expires 1927)
Assistant Assessors
FRED B. CLAPP HARRY L. HASELTINE ELBRIDGE 'G. LAVENDER
EDWARD G. WISWELL JOHN M. NANGLE LEONARD C. SPINNEY
Board of Health
JAMES A. KILEY (term expires 1928) JESSE S .. NEWCOMB (term expires 1927) CHESLIE A. C. RICHARDSON. M. D. Chairman (term expires 1927)
Clerk, LAURENCE S. HOWARD Agent, GEORGE I. CANFIELD Medical Inspector, FRANK L. MORSE, M. D. Inspector of Animals and Provisions, CHARLES M. BERRY Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, HERBERT E. BOWMAN
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CITY CLERK
Licensing Commission
WILLIAM J. SHANAHAN (term expires. 1928) EUGENE M. CARMAN (term expires 1928) WILLIAM H. SMITH (term expires 1927)
Department of Public Welfare
FRED E. DURGIN, Chairman (term expires 1929) JAMES D. SHARKEY (term expires 1927) GEORGE G. BRAYLEY (term expires 1928) Agent, WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE Warden, City Home, J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN Died Oct. 31, 1926 Matron, City Home, CATHERINE COLQUHOUN
Planning Board
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Chairman (term expires 1927)
DAVID J. KELLEY, Secretary (term expires 1929)
GEORGE J. RAUH, (term expires 1928)
WALDO D. PHELPS (term expires 1930)
GEORGE W. PRATT (term expires 1931)
Registrars of Voters
EDWIN D. SIBLEY, Chairman (term expires 1927) DOUGLAS B. FOSTER (term expires 1929)
CHARLES LEO SHEA (term expires 1928) JASON M. CARSON, City Clerk
Assistant Registrars of Voters
JOHN L. AHEARN (term expires 1927) NORMAN E. CORWIN (term expires 1927) JOHN H. KELLEY (term expires 1927) JAMES W. KENNEY (term expires 1927)
Public Library Trustees
THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman (term expires 1928) J. FRANK WELLINGTON (term expires 1929) WILLIAM L. BARBER (term expires 1928) HERBERT L. BUFFUM (term expires 1929) FRANK M. BARNARD (term expires 1929) GEORGE E. WHITAKER (term expires 1927)
ARTHUR L. HASKELL (term expires 1928) WILLIAM H. DOLBEN (term expires 1927) WILLIAM J. ENNIS (term expires 1927)
Public Welfare and Recreation Commission
ERNEST W. BAILEY (term expires 1927) SOPHIE C. BATEMAN (term expires 1927) CHARLES S. CLARK (term expires 1928) WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE (term expires 1927) MARY M. McGANN (term expires 1928)
264
ANNUAL REPORTS
WINNIFRED P. DAVIS (term expires 1927)
GEORGE H. EVANS (term expires 1927)
EDWARD A. BREWER (term expires 1928)
PEARL L. CALDWELL (term expires 1928) JENNIE E. STOWELL (term expires 1928)
Board of Appeals
LEONARD B. CHANDLER, Chairman, (term expires 1928) WALTER T. LITTLEFIELD, Secretary (term expires 1929) FREDERICK A. DUTTON (term expires 1928)
ROSCOE E. ESTES, (term expires 1927)
FREDERICK J. WHITE (term expires 1927)
City Clerk JASON M. CARSON Assistant City Clerk, NORMAN E. CORWIN
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes JOSEPH S. PIKE
City Messenger FRED E. HANLEY
Mayor's Secretary CARL H. TOBEY
City Solicitor FRANK W. KAAN Assistant City Solicitor. RALPH M SMITH
City Auditor HOWARD ! WEMYSS
City Engineer ERNEST W. BAILEY
Commissioner of Streets ASA 'B. PRICHARD
Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings GEORGE L. DUDLEY
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights WALTER I. FULLER
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CITY CLERK
Water Commissioner FRANK E. MERRILL
Superintendent of Sanitary Department EDGAR T. MAYHEW
Clerk of Committees RICHARD A. KEYES
Chief of Police CHARLES A. KENDALL
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department SEWALL M. RICH
City Physician FRANK E. BATEMAN
Inspector of Plumbing DUNCAN C. GREENE
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar
HERBERT E. BOWMAN
Inspector of Animals and Provisions CHARLES M. BERRY
Inspector of Petroleum SEWALL M. RICH
Sealer of Weights and Measures BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT
Fence Viewers CHARLES M. BERRY HOWARD LOWELL
Agent of Military and State Aid and Soldiers' Relief and Burial Agent
BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT
266
ANNUAL REPORTS
Constables
CHARLES M. AUSTIN
JAMES M. HARMON
CHARLES W. F. BENNETT
ERNEST HOWARD
JOHN J. BERGIN
FRANK B. KARCHER
EUGENE A. CARTER
CHARLES A. KENDALL
WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE
MICHAEL T. KENNEDY
WINSLOW W. COFFIN
MURRAY C. KERWIN
ALBION B. CROCKER
ELBRIDGE G. LAVENDER
THOMAS L. CRONIN
JOHN D. MEDEIROS
THOMAS DAMERY
WILLIAM H. MOODY
WILLIAM J. DIGUISEPPE
ARTHUR B. MURPHY
CHARLES L. ELLIS
JOHN M. NANGLE
HERBERT JOSEPH EMERSON
JOHN A. RAY
ARTHUR L. GILMAN
THOMAS A. ROGERS
FRED E. HANLEY
JOHN F. SCANNELL
WATER DEPARTMENT
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SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS
SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Settled, when part of Charlestown, 1630 (Home of Colonial Governor John Winthrop) Incorporated a town, 1842 Established a city, 1872
Location: Somerville City Hall (near centre of the city) is 2% miles northerly from State House, in Boston.
Greatest extent of the City north and south about 4.2 miles ..
Greatest extent of the City east and west about 2.1 miles.
Elevation Highland avenue at City Hall 105 feet above mean low: water. Lowest building elevation in the city 13 feet Highest building elevation in the city 145 feet Area of city, including land and water, about 4.22 square miles Land, 2,461.50 acres; water and marsh 238.50 acres Population, 1920 census, 93,033 Present Population, estimated 101,000 Entire population on line of pipe and supplied with water
Water works owned by City of Somerville Construction commenced in 1868 Source of supply : Metropolitan system, taking water of the Nashua river at Clinton, Mass. Range of pressure on street mains: Low service 35 to 65 pounds High service 45 to 100 pounds
Mayor HON. LEON M. CONWELL
Water Commissioner FRANK E. MERRILL
Office of the Water Department City Hall, Highland Ave., corner School St.
Department Buildings and Yard Cedar street, near Broadway
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ANNUAL REPORTS
ADMINISTRATION OF WATER WORKS VESTED AS FOLLOWS:
1868-1871 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER COMMITTEE (5) Acts 1868; Chap. 202
1872-1890 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD (5) Acts 1871; Chap. 182
1891-1897 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD (3) Acts 1890; Chap. 218
1898-1899 BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS (3) Acts 1898; Chap. 33
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1900- WATER COMMISSIONER (1)
Acts 1899; Chap. 240
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WATER DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER
OFFICE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER, January, 1927.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
I present herewith my report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1926, this being the fifty-second annual report of the water department and my twenty-sixth as water commissioner :
Revenue and Expenditures
Water bills have been issued as follows :-
"Annual" water charges, amounting to $2,291 50
"Additional" water charges, amounting to 3,288 46
"Metered" water charges, amounting to
293,299 18
$298,879 14
Adjustments
893 20
Income from sale of water
$297,985 94
Receipts; water service assessments
$13,709 58
Receipts labor and materials sold :- -
Misc. accounts charged ... 10,680 19
Adjustments
456 53 10,223 66
23,933 24
Total income of water works
$321,919 18
This amount was used as follows :-
For water works purposes :-
Under Control of the Water Commissioner
Water Works Maintenance
$82,611 38
Water Works Extension
86,333 72
Miscellaneous accounts:
Maintenance
$10,223 66
$179,168 76
Not Under Control of the Water Commissioner
Metropolitan water works assessment .. $162,676 64
Maintenance water works buildings 2,584 10
$165,260 74
Deficit (Of this amount the sum of $14,480.37 is owed to the city by the State for work done by this depart- ment in the Northern Traffic Artery, for which bills have been rendered) 22,510 32
Total
$321,919 18
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ANNUAL REPORTS
In addition to the appropriations from water income to other municipal purposes enumerated above, water has been furnished without charge to all the city departments that have required its use and it is paid for out of the income from sale of water.
Department Receipts and Disbursements
WATER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
Appropriations made by Board of Aldermen Department accounts; receipts
$113,200 00 917 52
54,648 43
Water works extension account; receipts .... Amount expended for labor and materials for operation, maintenance, and renewal of the water works
$82,611 38
Amount expended for materials used in ex- tension of the water works
54,648 43
Miscellaneous accounts 10,223 66
Labor and materials furnished municipal de- partments
917 52
Transferred to other accounts by Board of Aldermen
15,000 00
Balance
5,364 96
$168,765 95 $168,765 95
WATER WORKS EXTENSION ACCOUNT
Appropriations made by · Board of Aldermen .... Amount expended for labor and materials
$86,430 00
used in extension of the water works .... Balance
86,333 72
96 28
$86,430 00 $86,430 00
Cost of Water Works
The total cost of water works on December 31, 1925, as represented by the expendi- tures from appropriations for water works extension was
Expended during the year 1926, on extension account
Total expenditures, December 31, 1926 ....
$1,241,050 42
86,333 72
$1,327,384 14
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Water Works Income from 1898 and its Distribution
The water income and its distribution from 1898 to 1926, inclusive, is shown in the following table :-
Total water income
$7,191,380 01
Distribution :-
Water Works Account
Water works Construction, Renewal, Maintenance, Operation and Miseel- laneous Accounts
$2,074,459 56
Water bonds
274,000 00
Interest
86,575 00
Metropolitan Water Assessments 2,988,612 30
Maintenance Water Works buildings 19,168 73
$5,442,815 59
Other Municipal Accounts
Various municipal departments through
specific appropriations and general
revenue account
$1,748,564 42
$7,191,380 01
Water Distribution System-Construction STREET MAINS
Approximate number of feet of street mains in
the city, January 1, 1926, (including hydrant branches and blow-offs)
563,516
Feet of street mains laid in 1926
12,337
Feet of hydrant branches laid in 1926
289
Feet of blow-off branches laid in 1926
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