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62,406 00
Street Sprinkling
48,450 00
$3,450,285 29
Supplementary Poll Warrant.
376 00
Total on polls and property
$3,450,661 29
Assessments:
Apportioned Highway
$2,267 68
Unapportioned Highway
6,361 52
Apportioned Sidewalk
167 09
Unapportioned Sidewalk
2,454 47
Apportioned Sewer
91 64
Interest-Apportioned Assts.
574 33
Unapportioned Assts
341 79
12,258 52
Motor Excise Taxes:
Commitment
1
$62,497 13
2
99,847 04
3
17,122 34
4
4,219 21
5
3,845 96
66
6
1,826 80
189,358 48
Total Commitment by Assessors
$3,652,278 29
Buildings
112,471,300 00
TAXES
Balance December 31, 1928
Committed
$189,358 48
Supplementary
Refunds
1,615 22
1,049 58
Total $730,231 53 3,591,193 77 376 00 3,991 88 34 52
Total charges
$227 94
$731,635 33
$3,403,556 37
$190,408 06
$4,325,827 70
Collected
182 18
715,138 76
2,589,499 44
149,672 83
3,454 493 21
Abated
45 76
7.616 60
14,767 34
9,470 25
31,899 95
Tax Title Account
8,261 56
7,303 19
15,564 75
Total credits
$227 94
$731,016 92
$2,611,569 97 791,986 40
$159,143 08
$3,501,957 91
Balance December 31, 1929
618 41
31,264 98
823,869 79
1927 $225 94
1928 $730,005 59
1929
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Recharged
2 00
14 52
$3,401,835 29 376 00 1,327 08 18 00
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES:
97
98
ANNUAL REPORTS
STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSMENTS
Balance Dec. 31, 1928
1928 $10,484 10
1929
Committed
Refunds
6 00
$48,450 00 41 34
Total $10,484 10 48,450 00 47 34
Total charges
$10,490 10
$48,491 34
$58,981 44
Collected
$10,337 70
$36,791 02
$47,128 72
Abated
22 80
89 64
112 44
Tax Title account
129 60
105 24
234 84
Total credits
$10,490 10
$36,985 90
$47,476 00
Balance Dec 31, 1929
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$11,505 44
$11,505 44
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT
Credit Balance Dec. 31, 1928
1927 $225 94
1928 $13,853 33 14 52
1929
Assessed in Taxes
Recharged
2 00
Total credits
$227 94
$13,867 85
$27,991 43
$42,087 22
Abatements
$45 76
$7,616 60
$14,767 34
$22,429 70
To Reserve Fund (Surplus)
182 18
5,632 84
5,815 02
Total charges
$227 94
$13,249 44
$14,767 34
$28,244 72
Balance Dec. 31, 1929
$618 41
$13,224 09
$13,842 50
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
99
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Total $14,079 27 27,973 43 34 52
100
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS
Highway
Highway 1929
Sidewalk 1928 $5,547 76
Sidewalk 1929 7,617 48
$5,547 76 $62,926 82
Total charges
$55,309 34
$5,547 76
$7,617 48
$68,474 58
Collected
$8,379 21
$2,993 55
$2,446 93
$13,819 69
Apportioned
26,332 78
533 06
987 91
27,853 75
Committed to 1929 taxes
6,361 52
2,021 15
433 32
8,815 99
Abated
1,803 25
770 12
2,573 37
Total credits
$42,876 76
$5,547 76
$4,638 28
$53,062 80
Balance Dec. 31, 1929
$12,432 58
$2,979 20
$15,411 78
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Total
Balance Dec. 31, 1928 Committed
$55,309 34
ASSESSMENTS IN TAXES IN 1929
Highway Highway Apportioned Unapportioned Apportioned Unapportioned
Sidewalk
Sidewalk
Sewer Int. on Apportioned Apportioned Unapportioned Int. on
Total
Committed
$2,267 68 2,079 46
$6,361 52
$167 09 129 11
$2,454 47 869 87 75 44
$91 64 75 00
$574 33 368 49
$341 79
$12,258 52 6,740 39
Tax Title Account
Abated
11 55
690 00
3 92
23 46
79 04 728 93
Total credits
$2,091 01
$3,748 51
$129 11
$945 31
$75 00
$372 41
$187 01
$7,548 36
Bal. Dec. 31, 1929
$176 67
$2,613 01
$37 98
$1,509 16
$16 64
$201 92
$154 78
$4,710 16
COMMITTED APPORTIONED ASSESSMENTS
Highway $301 21
Highway
Sidewalk
Sidewalk
Sewer $16 64
Sewer
Bal. Commitment 1928 ...
Committed 1929
$2,267 68
$167 09
$91 64
Total $317 85 2,526 41
$2,844 26
Collected
$286 21
$2,079 46
$129 11
$16 64
$75 00
$2,586 42
Abated
11 55
11 55
Transferred to Tax Titles
15 00
15 00
Total credits
$301 21
$2,091 01
$129 11
$16 64
$75 00
$2,612 97
Bal. Dec. 31, 1929
$176 67
$37 98
$16 64
$231 29
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
101
Collected
3,058 51
159 95 3 60
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102
UNAPPORTIONED ASSESSMENTS
Bal. Commitment 1928
Highway $1,415 13
Highway $6,361 52
Sidewalk $1,529 04
Sidewalk $2,454 47
Sewer $800 00
Sewer
Total $3,744 17 8,815 99
Committed 1929
Total charges
$1,415 13
$6,361 52
$1,529 04
$2,454 47
$800 00
$12,560 16
Collected
$1,415 13
$3,058 51
$1,529 04
$869 87
$100 00
$6,972 55
Abated
690 00
75 44
700 00
775 44
Total credits
$1,415 13
$3,748 51
$1,529 04
$945 31
$800 00
$8,437 99
Balance Dec. 31, 1929
2,613 01
$1,509 16
$4,122 17
COMMITTED INTEREST ASSESSMENTS
Appor- tioned $81 20
Appor- tioned
Unappor- Unappor-
tioned $150 70
tioned
Total $231 90
Bal. Commitment 1928 Committed 1929
$574 33
$341 79
916 12
Total charges
$81 20
$574 33
$150 70
$341 79 $1,148 02
Collected
$74 90
$368 49
$119 20
$159 95
$722 54
Abated
3 92
23 46
27 38
Transferred to Tax Title Int.
6 30
31 50
3 60
41 40
Total credits
$81 20
$372 41
$150 70
$187 01
$791 32
Bal. Dec. 31, 1929
$201 92
$154 78
$356 70
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690 00
Transferred to Tax Titles
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ANNUAL REPORTS
WATER DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS
Metered 1928 $29,174 74
Quarterly Metered
Commercial Metered
Maint.
Service Assessments Additional
Bal. Dec. 31, 1928
Committed
$215,172 76 41 26
$153,118 87
$10,342 37 91 00
... $5,573 41
$2,372 57
Total $29,174 74 386,579 98 132 26
Refunds
Total charges
$29,174 74
$215,214 02
$153,118 87
$10,433 37
$5,573 41
$2,372 57
$415,886 98
Collected
$29,156 56
$214,316 44
$152,677 17
$10,051 56
$5,573 41
$2,309 62
$414,084 76
Abated
18 18
374 06
125 05
190 68
707 97
Total credits
$29,174 74
$214,690 50
$152,802 22
$10,242 24
$5,573 41
$2,309 62
$414 792 73
Bal. Dec. 31, 1929
$523 52
$316 65
$191 13
$62 95
$1,094 25
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
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103
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS FOR COLLECTIONS AND DEPOSITS
Balance Dec. 31, 1928 Committed
Total
Abated
Collected
Balance
Deposits
City Clerk
Assessors
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Election Commissioners
88 55
City Engineer
1 91
Building Dept.
90 08
Fire Dept.
983 36
Electrical
103 00
Health Dept.
586 73
1,251 22
1,837 95
25 71
505 93
1,306 31
Inspection Milk and Vinegar
97 00
1,651 75
1,748 75
1,548 25
200 50
5 00
Sanitary Dept.
582 55
582 55
400 00
182 55
1,217 80
Sanitary Bldgs., Mtce.
114 43
574 15
688 58
688 58
565 07
Highways Maintenance
953 68
7,318 90
8,272 58
148 95
7,665 33
458 30
5 00
Highways Bldgs.
5,986 31
48,826 74
54,813 05
1,060 65
31,453 81
22,298 59
Welfare Miscellaneous
9,310 74
22,789 24
32,099 98
485 84
21,805 95
9,808 19
Welfare City Home
760 42
5,416 57
6,176 99
5,977 85
199 14
1,350 07
Welfare City Home Bldgs.
150 00
School Dept.
2,593 16
19,917 52
22,510 68
542 68
20,426 95
1,541 05
1,930 23
School Bldgs.
698 27
698 27
698 27
14 36
Sidewalks Mtce.
19 30
19 30
19 30
Sidewalks Construction
142 79
142 79
142 79
Highways Street Sprinkling
15 00
15 00
15 00
Contagious Hospital
2,828 20
6,024 00
8,852 20
1,503 50
3,358 20
3,990 50
Libraries
2,806 49
Bathhouse
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308 00
Shower Baths
630 25
Board of Appeal
$23,249 97
$115,208 70
$138,458 67
$3,767 33
$94,686 91
$40,004 43
$12,895 87
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330 00
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28 50
Police Bldg.
14 80
Weights and Measures
Dental Clinic
51 15
Welfare Misc. (Com. of Mass.) ....
ANNUAL REPORTS
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2,211 20
11 00
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REVENUE LOANS In Anticipation of Revenue
Balance from 1928
Borrowed by authority of an order of the Board of Aldermen on city notes, as follows:
$700,000 00
Nos.
Rate
Premium
Discount
1663-1674
275 days
@ 4.83
disc.
$200,000 00
$7,379 17
1675-1676
274
5.125
50,000 00
1,758 16
1677
198
4.75
100,000 00
2,612 50
1678
229
5.
100,000 00
3,180 56
1679-1680
247
.
5.125
100,000 00
3,516 32
1681-1682
233
5.125
100,000 00
3,317 01
1683-1685)
225
5.18
95,000 00
3,075 63
1687-1688)
1689-1696
200
5.5
100,000 00
3,055 56
1697-1704
203
5.5
100,000 00
3,101 39
1705-1710
189
5.41
100,000 00
2,840 25
1711-1718
170
5.50
100,000 00
2,597 22
1719-1720
153
5.80
200,000 00
4,930 00
1721-1733
6 mos.
5.76
$3.00
150,000 00
4,317 00
1734-1737
153 days
5.40
200,000 00
4,590 00
1738-1743
123
5.025
100,000 00
1,716 88
1744-1749
188
5.025
100,000 00
2,624 16
1750-1757
162
5.22
100,000 00
2,349 00
1758-1765
188
5.22
100,000 00
2,726 00
1766-1768
98
3.90
100,000 00
1,061 67
[769-1774
131
3.90
200,000 00
2,838 33
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
105
ANNUAL REPORTS
106
Nos.
Rate
Premium
Discount 1,733 33
1775-1777
160 days @ 3.90
disc.
100,000 00
1778-1780 196
3.90
7.00 100,000 00
2,116 33
2,595,000 00
$3,295,000 00
$67,436 47
Paid notes maturing in 1929
Maturing in 1930
$800,000 00
Notes, 1929 averaged to run 1851/2 days and the average rate 5.04- Notes, 1928 averaged to run 2011/2 days and the average rate 3.95-
Notes, 1927 averaged to run 200 days and the average rate .. .3.5129
Notes, 1926 averaged to run 215 4/22 days and the average rate .3.6288
Average for 1925, 213 days and the average rate .3.365+
Average for 1924, 216 150-195 days and aver- age rate .4.07+
2,495,000 00
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
The funded debt December 31, 1929 was $2,648,000.00 classified as follows :
Beyond limit fixed by law
Within limit
Total
Lowell Street Bridge at 31/2 per cent.
$20,000 00
Sewer at 31/2 per cent
18,000 00
Sewer at 4 per cent.
79,000 00
Sewer at 41/4 per cent
14,000 00
City at 4 per cent.
36,000 00
Highway at 4 per cent
88,000 00
Highway at 5 per cent
15,000 00
City Hall Addition at 4 per cent ..
32,000 00
City Hall Addition at 41/4 per cent
70,000 00
Public Buildings at 4 per cent ....
58,000 00
Public Buildings at 41/2 per cent ..
32,000 00
Schoolhouse at 4 per cent
577,000 00
High School at 31/2 per cent
600,000 00
High School at 4 per cent
509,000 00
*Northern Traffic Route at 41/2
per cent
$500,000 00
$500,000 00 $2,148,000 00 $2,648,000 00 .
* Section 7, Chapter 489, of the Acts of 1924.
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OUTSTANDING BONDS DECEMBER 31, 1929
Northern Traffic Route Outside
Bridge
Sewer $16,000
City $15,000
Highway $28,000
City Hall Addition $8,000
Pub. Bldgs.
School- house
High School $61,000
Total
1931
50,000
1,000
16,000
12,000
22,000
8,000
15,000
44,000
61,000
229 000
1932
50,000
1,000
14,000
9,000
17,000
8,000
15,000
44,000
61,000
219,000
1933
50,000
1,000
14,000
12,000
8,000
14,000
43,000
61,000
203,000
1934
50,000
1,000
14,000
12,000
7,000
14,000
43,000
61,000
202,000
1935
50,000
1,000
13,000
12,000
7,000
8,000
43,000
61,000
195,000
1936
50,000
1,000
6,000
7,000
4,000
43,000
61,000
172,000
1937
50,000
1,000
6,000
7,000
4,000
43,000
61,000
172,000
1938
50,000
1,000
4,000
7,000
43,000
61,000
166.000
1939
50,000
1,000
3,000
7,000
43,000
61,000
165,000
1940
1,000
2,000
7,000
43,000
61,000
114,000
1941
1,000
1,000
7,000
43,000
61,000
113,000
1942
1,000
1,000
7,000
43,000
61,000
113,000
1943
1,000
1,000
7,000
15,000
61,000
85,000
1944
1,000
61,000
62,000
1945
1,000
61,000
62,000
1946
1,000
61,000
62,000
1947
1,000
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61,000
C2,000
1948
1,000
11,000
12,000
1949
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$500,000
$20,000
$111,000
$36,000
$103,000
$102,000
$90,000
$577,000
$1,109,000
$2,648,000
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1,000
1,000
1930
$50,000
$1,000
$16,000
$44,000
$239,000
ANNUAL REPORTS
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
BONDS DUE IN 1930
January
April
July
October
Total
Lowell Street
Bridge
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
Sewer
9,000 00
$7,000 00
16,000 00
City
$2,000 00
6,000 00
7,000 00
15,000 00
Highway
15,000 00
13,000 00
28,000 00
City Hall
Addition
$8,000 00
8,000 00
Public Bldg.
5,000 00
5,000 00
6,000 00
16,000 00
Schoolhouse
15,000 00
16,000 00
13,000 00
44,000 00
High School
61,000 00
Northern Traffic
Route
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$22,000 00 $52,000 00 $94,000 00 $71,000 00 $239,000 00
BOND INTEREST DUE IN 1930
January
April
July
October
Total
Lowell Street
Bridge
$350 00
$332 50
$682 50
Sewer
$755 00
1,437 50
$755 00
1,261 25
4,208 75
City
540 00
180 00
500 00
60 00
1,280 00
Highway
1,460 00
675 00
1,460 00
325 00
3,920 00
City Hall
Addition
2,127 50
2,127 50
4,255 00
Public Bldg.
1,420 00
460 00
1,320 00
360 00
3.560 00
Schoolhouse
4,200 00
7,340 00
3.900 00
7,020 00
22,460 00
High School
20,680 00
20,680 00
..
41,360 00
Northern Traffic
Route
11,250 00
11,250 00
22,500 00
$29,055 00 $23,820 00 $28,615 00 $22,736 25 $104,226 25
BONDS OUTSTANDING DECEMBER 31, 1929 With Interest to Maturity
Total
Lowell Street Bridge
Bonds $20,000 00 111.000 00
Interest $7,000 00 18,870 00
$27,000 00
Sewer
129,870 00
City
36,000 00
2,340 00
38,340 00
Highway
103,000 00
11,645 00
114,645 00
City Hall Addition
102,000 00
31,462 50
133,462 50
Public Bldg.
90,000 00
12.760 00
102,760 00
Schoolhouse
577,000 00
156,800 00
733,800 00
High School
1,109,000 00
406.100 00
1,515,100 00
Northern Traffic Route
500,000 00
123,750 00
623,750 00
$2,648,000 00
$770,727 50
$3,418,727 50
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61,000 00
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50,000 00
50,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
YEARLY BOND MATURITIES WITH INTEREST
Date Due
Principal
Interest
Total
1930
$239,000 00
$104,226 25
$343,226 25
1931
229,000 00
94,768 75
323,768 75
1932
219,000 00
85,761 25
304,761 25
1933
203,000 00
77,153 75
280,153 75
1934
202,000 00
69,026 25
271,026 25
1935
195,000 00
61,021 25
256,021 25
1936
172,000 00
53,293 75
225,293 75
1937
172,000 00
46,383 75
218,383 75
1938
166,000 00
39,513 75
205,513 75
1939
165,000 00
32,883 75
197,883 75
1940.
114,000 00
26,291 25
140,291 25
1941
113,000 00
21,986 25
134,986 25
1942
113,000 00
17,701 25
130,701 25
1943.
85,000 00
13,486 25
98,486 25
1944
62,000 00
10,392 50
72,392 50
1945
62,000 00
7,917 50
69,917 50
1946
62,000 00
5,442 50
67,442 50
1947
62,000 00
2,967 50
64,967 50
1948
12,000 00
492 50
12,492 50
1949
1,000 00
17 50
1,017 50
$2,648,000 00
$770,727 50
$3,418,727 50
MEMORANDUM OF PAYMENTS IN 1929 ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT
Bonds, General City Debt
Principal $196,000 00
Interest $89,321 25 67,436 47
Total $285,321 25 67,436 47
Revenue Loans
On account of:
Metropolitan District Debt:
Sewers
30,607 88
29,914 92
60,522 80
Parks
5,021 81
15,670 26
20,692 07
Charles River Basin
312 48
3,779 01
4,091 49
Alewife Brook
818 39
64 47
882 86
Water
20,606 83
102,359 58
122,966 41
$253,367 39
$308,545 96
$561,913 35
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1929
Appropriated
$34,385 00
Salaries :
Treasurer and Collector
$4,500 00
Deputy Collector
2,550 00
Cashiers
3,348 12
Clerks
15,142 35
Tracer
539 00
$26,079 47
Other Expenses:
Postage
$2,630 85
Books and supplies
967 08
Printing and advertising
2,161 08
Telephone
222 22
Bonds
752 85
Brink's Express Company
211 00
Insurance
439 43
Convention Expenses
145 92
All other
274 13
7,804 56
Special Items:
Mailing machine
436 10
$34,320 13
Balance unexpended
64 87
$34,385 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
RECREATION COMMISSION 1929
CHARLES S. CLARK, Chairman
MEMBERS
Term Expires January
MRS. PEARL L. CALDWELL
1930
CHARLES S. CLARK
1930
ERNEST W. DANFORTH
1931
DR. WINNIFRED P. DAVIS
1931
GEORGE H. EVANS
1931
ARTHUR A. FORTE
1931
MRS. ARTHUR W. HURLBURT
1931
MISS MARY McGANN
1930
JOSEPH J. PINCUS
1930
MRS. JENNIE E. STOWELL
1930
FRANCIS J. MAHONEY, Secretary to the Commission
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RECREATION COMMISSION
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN
January 2, 1930. To The Honorable The Mayor and The Board of Aldermen :-
The Recreation Commission submits this report of work accomplished during the year 1929, calling attention to the re- port of the Director, which constitutes part of this Report, and particularly to the recommendations in the Director's Report.
For purpose of brevity, references are here made to pre- vious Annual Reports by this Commission, to eliminate repeti- tion in the re-statement of considerations deemed vital to the business of the Commission.
No report by this Commission can be clear unless there is. clearly kept in mind the underlying fact that, despite its name, the Recreation Commission has not, and cannot under present conditions assume, jurisdiction over the City's Recreation fa- cilities. Instead the jurisdiction is distributed, under the City Charter, among several Departments, of which the City's Engin- eer's Department and the Building Department bear the major responsibility. The Recreation Commission has no jurisdiction over facilities which might be styled the chief tools of recrea- tion. Examples are the play areas, maintained and controlled by two other departments; storage places; basins for wading pools and the municipal bathing beach. Other examples are skating facilities, and regulation in allotment of baseball fields . to users. While the officials of these other Departments have practiced co-operation within the bounds of possibility, the resources at their disposal are extremely limited and the busi- ness of providing and conditioning these "Recreation tools". is decidely incidental to their general jurisdiction.
To offer recommendations for co-ordinating the work of these departments for Recreation, is, we believe, the function of' the Recreation Commission. Accordingly, this Commission has: repeatedly brought to the attention of the City Government: the Commission's analysis of what ought to be accomplished through these various Departments for the improvement of the Recreation situation in Somerville.
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The Commission's general analysis has been stated in its Annual Report for 1925, in the Report of the Director, page 25. The Commission believes now, as then, that any considerable progress for Recreation depends on the City's accepting that analysis and acting upon the conclusions it offers. Attention is respectfully called to page 25 and following pages in the Commission's Annual Report for 1925.
That statement began with the following paragraphs :-
"Eight years of legal recognition of Recreation as a distinct element of public welfare have passed. Nat- urally the Commission's first duty has been that of ex- ploring-investigating the nature of its task :- study- ing the general relation of Recreation to a Commun- ity's well-being, discovering the peculiar needs of Som- erville, divising means for coping with local needs and problems, and organizing its policies, corps of workers, and mode of procedure. Its financial expenditures have been extremely small. During this eight-year period, your Commission and the workers under its di- rection have eagerly and ceaselessly studied the prob- lem in hand. From time to time your Commission and these workers have defined their conclusions and offered their recommendations for use by the City Gov- ernment in discharging its duty to Somerville in the field of this well-recognized department of modern pub- lic welfare. In all of these repeated recommendations, proposals for financial appropriations have been not- ably modest. The most severe economy has been prac- ticed always.
"During this time a well-organized system of out- door recreation for children, limited, unfortunately, to vertain sections of Somerville, restricted to a com- paratively few days of each year, and seriously imped- ed by lack of facilities not within the Commission's power to provide, has been evolved :- a system whose results, it may be affirmed without hesitation, are far beyond the proportions of the money expended. And beginnings have been established in a recreation pro- gram for adults.
"That the exploratory time has passed, and that no further considerable progress can be made in meet- ing the very great recreational needs of this Commun- ity without a far-reaching movement on the part of the
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City Government calculated to extend this system to the entire Community, to remove the impediments in the lack of facilities mentioned, and to make unnec- essary the limiting of the benefits from your Commis- sion's work to a small fraction of the year, is the cen- tral idea of this statement, .
This statement in the 1925 Report then points out that the first steps necessary to progress must be made, not by any of the Executive Departments in question, but by the City Government. These first necessary steps by the City Govern- ment are summed up on page 27 of the Commission's 1925 Report, as follows :
"(a) Provision for increased emphasis on those bran- ches of the work under the City Engineer's, Building, Water, and other Departments that have to do with Recreation facilities.
"(b) Recognition of the essential fact that the grounds for play, buildings for storage, basins for wading pools, baseball diamonds, etc., are, of nature, "Recreation tools," the utilization of which should be largely directed by the Re- creation Commission.
"(c) Substantial increase in appropriation of funds to all of these Departments, with specification that the Recreation Commission's intentions and plans be regarded and consulted in the dis- position of these funds ;
"(d) Substantial increase in appropriation of funds to the Recreation Commission."
To assist the City Government in the task suggested by items (a), (b), and (c), in the foregoing paragraph, the Com- mission, in the same 1925 Report, offered a "Five Year Pro- gram." This program is to be found on page 5 of the Commis- sion's Report for that year. During the years that have since passed, some specific accomplishments, included in the Five Year Program, have been realized. They are mentioned below. Below also are pointed out again the further steps which are urgently recommended to the City Government for prompt action in 1930.
Item (d) above, calling for increased appropriation to the Recreation Commission, has been acted upon in part by the City Government. Increased appropriations during the years
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1926 to 1929 have made possible the extension of play super- vision during the Summer, Spring and Fall; a more effective organization of the supervisory corps ; and the adition of a few Saturday Playground units.
In pursuance of the Five Year Program the following items of accomplishments may be summarized :-
Partial resurfacing of some school yards.
One running track has been constructed at the Som- erville Field.
A section of Foss Park has been set apart as a play- ground, and partly resurfaced.
Some provision for Public Bath House and beach on the Mystic River.
In pursuance of the work of the Commission itself, as distinguished from the work under these other Departments, the Commission again calls attention to the report of the Director, included in this Report ; and strongly urges attention to the Directors' recommendations.
The Commission recommends in pursuance of the Five Year Program that a sufficient sum of money be appropriated to the Commissioner of Public Buildings,
(1) To complete the resurfacing of the following school yards, which are in poor condition, and where sup- ervised play activities are carried on under this Commission :- Morse, Bennett and Southern Junior High.
(2) To plant shade trees on the grounds of the Perry, Hodgkins, Western Junior High and Bennett Schools.
(3) To meet cost of heating, lighting and janitor ser- vice for Recreational uses, in the evening, of the High School Gymnasium and several other Public Buildings.
In like manner the Commission urges that a definite in- crease of funds be allowed to the City Engineer for the follow. ing purposes :
1. Resurfacing Lincoln Park, Kent St. Playground, Joy St. Playground, John M. Woods Playground, and portions of Richard Trum Field.
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2, Fencing-Joy St. Playground ; and the un-fenced sections of the Glen St. and John M. Woods Play- grounds.
3. Planting of shade trees on : Lincoln Park, Richard Trum Field, John M. Woods Playground, Kent St. Playground border, Glen St. Playground, Joy St. Playground border.
4. Erecting suitable field houses with shower baths and storage rooms on the larger playgrounds.
5. Erection on several of the playgrounds of addition- al swings and other permanent apparatus with special emphasis on the John M. Woods and Glen St. Playgrounds.
6. Enlarging the wading pool at Lincoln Park and in- stalling wading pools on other playgrounds.
7. Completing the work of converting part of Foss Park into a playground.
8. "Manning" the task of providing, protecting and preserving ice in season for skating at Richard Trum Playground, Glen St. Playground, Kent St. Playground and Foss Park Playground.
9. Completing the work on the running track at Dil- boy field, recently constructed under the City En- gineer, so that it may be put to the triple use originally intended by water-proofing the pool which it encircles, for use as a wading pool in Sum- mer and a hockey rink in Winter.
10. Completing the work for suitable bathing condi- tions at the Mystic River.
11. Construction of facilities for toboganning in Win- ter.
Additional to the suggested appropriation to those De- partments, mentioned above, which control and handle the Tools of Recreation, the year 1930 calls for definite increased expenditures by this Commission :-
1. For renewal of equipment on some playgrounds.
2. For purchase of needed new equipment.
3. For increase in the supervisory force commen- surate with the increase of playground attendance.
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4. For extension of the Summer Playgrounds season.
5. For increase in the number of units of Saturday supervised play.
6. For supervision and promotion of After School Play.
7. For promotion and supervision of Adult Recrea- tion on indoor and out-of-doors, through Adult Athletic Leagues, Twilight sessions at Playgrounds, Indoor Evening Recreation centers for men and women ; and the well organized public use of the High School Gymnasium.
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