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Name and Residence
Grade
Salary
Began Service
6
Lois P. Wilbur, 47 Vinal Avenue
$2000
1923
6
Ella H. Bucknam, 38 Day Street
2000
1897
5
Anne M. McCarthy, 58 Ibbetson Street
1475
1930
5
Margaret E. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue
2000
1926
4
Grace 1. Harkins, 10 Sargent Avenue
1200
1930
4
Eileen M. Bailey, 80 Electric Avenue
1525
1928
3
Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue
1600
1928
3
Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street
1450
1931
2
Dolphie Berg, 138 Powder House Boulevard
1500
1931
1
Gertrude O. Kohler, 24 Jackson Road
1450
1931
1
Margaret Morgan, 71 Park Street
1300
1931
Kdgn. Mabel M. Sheehan, 49 Avon Street
1200
1930
S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue Name and Residence
Grade
Salary
Began Service
6
Bernice J, Andrews, 27 Meacham Road
2150
1914
6
Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, 119 College Avenue
2000
1922
6
Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Rd., Concord
2000
1926
5
Alice A. Libbey, 5 Gorham Street
2000
1919
5
Eugenia Carver, 80 Packard Avenue
2000
1922
5
Stella G. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue
2000
1917
5:4
Alice E. Campbell, 26 Garrison Avenue
1525
1928
4
Mildred H. Lunt, 176 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1926
4
Mrs. Natalie B. Plant, 91 Orchard Street
1975
1928
4
Eliza I. Patterson, 23 Packard Avenue
2000
1919
3
Evelyn G. Stern, 4 Billingham Street
1775
1928
3
E. Mildred Milner, 92 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1920
3
Mrs. Nettie M. Humiston, 43 Fairmount Avenue
1925
1920
2
Pauline Emery, 188 Central Street
2000
1925
2
¡Almena J. Mansir, 77 Albion Street
1700
1899
2
Gladys G. Stone, 1 Fellsway East, Malden
1850
1924
1
Mildred Lougee, 27 College Avenue
2000
1928
1
Mary L. McKenna, 294 Lowell Street
2000
1915
1
Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1919
Kdgn.
Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 225 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1921
Asst.
Evelyn Magwood, 29 Stone Avenue
1200
1930
t Leave of Absence.
LINCOLN SCHOOL
Broadway, near Teele Square
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
Grade
2
Olevia M. Woods, 13 Garrison Avenue
$2100
1908
3
Blanche Llewellyn, 47 Vinal Avenue
2000
1926
1
Ruth M. Kelley, 250 Willow Avenue
800
1931
....
...
1897
Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road
$3500
1897
Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road
1897
Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road
Salary
Began Service
225
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1933-Continued
MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
4
May E. Small, 124 Orchard Street
$1850
1900
4
Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street
1750
1928
3
Maude C. Valentine, 1098 Broadway
1700
1901
3
Mrs. Jane M. Taaffe, 159 Morrison Avenue
2000
1888
2
Katherine E. Hourahan, 94 College Avenue
2000
1892
2
Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street
2000
1897
1
Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street
1825
1917
1
Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street
1700
1922
EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Per Evening
Arthur L. Morrissey, High
$7.00
John J. Hoban, Bell and Cliff
6.00
Mary H. Brown, Practical Arts for Women
6.00
CADETS
1932-1933
Mary R. Egan
22 Aberdeen Road
Iris Membrino
1 Fairlee St. 9 Cedar St.
Leo Lapidus
15 Braemore Rd., Medford
Beaumont Herman
90 Electric Ave. 3 Autumn St ..
Joseph B. Weene
367 Medford St.
John J. Collins
25 Hall St.
Charles Q. Adams
26 Aberdeen Rd.
Mildred Ayers
4 Walter Ter.
Catherine O'Leary
12 Acadia Pk ..
1932-1934
Mary Mccarthy
158 Walnut St ..
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
Elementary Grades
Mary G. Blackwell, 42 Belmont Street
$3500
1900
Grade
Music
6-1
Mrs. Charlotte D. Lawton,121 St. Stephen St., Boston
2400
1898
12-7 James M. Clark, 15 Radcliffe Road
2150
1929
6-1
Alice M. Mayo, 18 Aldersey Street
1850
1930
12-1 Mary McGann, 38 Bay State Avenue
1600
1931
Drawing
9-1 Elfrida V. Callister, 30 Kimball Rd., Arlington
2400
1925
Penmanship
9-1
Ruth L. Whitehouse, 173 Highland Avenue
2200
1915
Grade George I. Bowden, Master, 92 Monument St., W. Medford
1908
Harry E. Whittemore, Director, 41 Powder House Blvd.
3000
1926
Olive MacPherson
Earl Cahalan
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ANNUAL, REPORTS
Table 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1933-Continued
Sewing
Name and Residence
·Grade
Mary Henleigh Brown, Supervisor, 162 Highland Ave.
200g
1913
6-5 Mary Rhilinger, 11 Dorset St., Dorchester
1500
1926
6-5
Pia M. Fortini, 87 Josephine Avenue
1475
1930
6-5 Alice Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road
1400
1930
Manual Training
Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 77 Lincoln Rd., Medford
200T
1911
§ Additional to Salary as Director of Household Arts Courses.
[ Additional to salary as Principal of Boys' Vocational School.
Athletics
Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 81 Willow Avenue
3075
1925
Physical Instruction
9-1 Alice F. Morgan, 71 Park Street
2500
1925
Atypical
Helen J. Dervan, 75 Crest Ave., Winthrop
1750
1928
Margaret Donovan, 82 Wallace Street
1275
1930
Ruth Harrington, 1 Carver Street
1275
1930
Alice M. Hayes, 9 Pembroke Street
2050
1913
Mrs. Fernell B. Houghton, 284 Grove St., Melrose
1750
1926
Ruth C. Kennedy, 19 Kent Court
1275
1930
Mrs. Margaret M. Kuhn, 45 Dartmouth Street
2050
1928
Mrs. Ruth S. Willard, 108 Porter Street
1600
1929
Sight Saving
Mrs. Amy F. Woodbury, 83 Pearson Road
2050
1917
Lip Reading
Elizabeth M. Warren, 1126 Boylston St., Boston
2075
1897
Thrift
E. Bella Weisman, 17a Melvin Street
2100
1921
Elizabeth Cotter, Assistant, 8 Maynard St., Arlington
1200
1330
Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street
1100
1930
Kathryn Sullivan, Assistant
600
1931
Band
Wesley A. Maynard, 40 Vinal Avenue
2100
1925
Americanization
Mary A. Whitney, 10 Dow Street
2400
1916
Crippled
Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 118 Josephine Avenue
2000
1928
Salary
Began Service
227
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 30- OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY, 1933
Name and Residence Salary
Superintendent and Secretary
Everett W. Ireland, 137 Powder House Boulevard $6550
Assistant Superintendent
Walter P. Sweet, 71 Hume Ave., Medford 4300
Clerks
Mary A. Clark, 15 Pleasant Avenue 1754
Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria Street
1589
Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street
1589
S. Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue Alice I. Amidon, 27 Gorham Street
$27.50 per week
25.50 per week
Bernice A. Tuck, 17 Irving Street
25.50 per week
Cecilia A. Cleary, 59 Church Street
23.50 per week
Supervisor of Attendance
Benjamin R. Jones, 65 Fairfax Street $2200
School Visitor
Rose J. Cairnes, 10 Mossland Street 2050
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 31 -SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1933
School
Name
High
Jeremiah M. Brennan
44 Radcliffe Rd.
$32.50
High
John N. Quirk
64 Marion St.
31.50
High
Joseph McCormack
35 Radcliffe Rd. 31.50
High
William L. McLane
25 Clark St.
31.50
High
Thomas Copithorne
23 Gordon St.
31.50
High
William P. Sloane
38 Magnus Ave.
34.00
High
Edward J. Barbour
109 Pennsylvania Ave. 31.50
9 Granite St. 33.00
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
Martin J. Frazer
95 Heath St. 40.00
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
.Peter McNally
23 Everett Ave. 35.00
Prescott
James J. Quirk
199 Broadway
34.00
Prescott
Joseph A. McNeill
10 Evergreen Ave.
36.00
Hanscom
John J. Feeney
7 Dickinson St.
34.00
Boys' Vocational
William J. Hickey
7 Aberdeen Rd.
32.50
Bennett
Michael Mullaney
7 Greene St.
35.00
Baxter
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
60 Newton St. 30.00
Knapp
Maurice T. Mullins Daniel E. Cunningham
15 Leland St.
30.00
Pope
John J. Kilty
10 Granite St.
35.00
Southern Jr. High
William F. Meskill
30 Warren Ave.
38.00
Southern Jr. High
George J. Kelley
10 Nevada Ave.
32.00
Southern Jr. High
John T. Donovan
38 Oxford St.
32.00
Southern Jr. High
James F. Dowd
66 Hudson St.
32.00
Cummings
Royal Brenize
54 Prescott St. 31.50
35.00
Glines
Earl R. March
121 Ten Hills Rd.
36.00
Grimmons
Nicholas J. Lacey
327 Washington St.
31.50
Northeastern Jr. High
Jeremiah J. Canniff
47 Spencer Ave.
38.00
Northeastern Jr. High
Joseph Binari
14 Evergreen Sq.
32.00
Northeastern Jr. High
John F. O'Connell
13 Conwell Ave.
30.00
Forster
James A. Cunniff
5 Bradford Ave.
35.00
Continuation
Louis F. Conti
3 Sargent Ave.
34.00
Bingham
Archibald McDonald
132 Morrison Ave.
38.00
Carr
Patrick L. Delmore
3 Harvard Pl.
41.00
Morse
John W. Cremen
69 Oxford St.
35.50
Proctor
Vincent J. Burke
9 Homer Sq.
31.50
Durell
Ellsworth C. Lundgren
93 Lowden Ave.
28.00
Burns
Charles J. Elkins
14 Holyoke Rd.
31.50
Brown
James J. Cooper
105 Willow Ave. 25 Bowdoin St.
35.00
Hodgkins
Anthony T. Farrington
15 Dimick St.
37.00
Western Jr. High
James T. Eddy
905 Broadway
41.00
Western Jr. High
George A. Givan
102 Lexington Ave.
34.50
Western Jr. High
Joseph Farrington
463 Somerville Ave.
32.00
Cutler
Thomas J. Flynn
31.50
Cutler
Thomas F. Murphy
37.00
Lincoln
Guiseppe DelPonte
51 Elmwood St. 28.00
Lowe
Walter M. Burns
23 Avon St.
31.50
92 Ossipee Rd. Garrison Ave.
33.00
Highland
Michael F. King
13 Fremont Ave.
37.50
Perry
Edgerly
Vincent Santarlasci
33 Temple St.
High, Gymnasium
Thomas F. Keane
Residence
Salary Weekly
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :
The following report is respectfully submitted as the An- nual Report of the Board of Assessors for the year ending De- cember 31, 1932.
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
ASSESSED APRIL 1, 1932
Buildings
Land
$89,091,550 27,148,950
Total
$116,240,500
Stock in trade
$1,049,700
Assessed Live Stock
8,125
Assessed Machinery
2,936,200
All other assessed tangible personal property
3,050,975
Total
7,045,000
$123,285.500
Number of persons, partnerships and corpora-
tions assessed on property
14,077
Number of polls assessed
31,655
Number of Old Age Assistance taxes assessed 31,730
Number of horses assessed
90
Number of dwelling houses assessed
14,353
Number of acres of land assessed
2,700
Supplementary Assessments
Number of polls 130 @ $2.00-$260
Number of Old Age Assistance Taxes .... 130 @ $1.00-$130
EXEMPT VALUATIONS
Real Estate of the Commonwealth
$228,200
Real Estate of the County of Middlesex
130,000
Real Estate of Houses of Religious Worship
2,235,800
Real Estate of Charitable, Scientific and Literary Corpor- ations
2,744,800
Real Estate of American Legion
19,500
Real Estate of City of Somerville
7,342,800
Personal Estate of the Commonwealth
16,000
Personal Estate of the County of Middlesex
12,000
Personal Estate of Houses of Religious Worship
162,000
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Personal Estate of Charitable, Scientific and Literary Cor- porations
152,000
Personal Estate of American Legion
200
Personal Estate of City of Somerville
959,300
$14,002,600
RECAPITULATION
City Appropriations
$6,194,284.29 $6,194,284.29
State Assessments:
State Tax
177,060.00
North Metropolitan Sewerage Tax
70,928.64
Metropolitan Parks Tax
86,245.97
Wellington Bridge-Maintenance
2,580.83
State Highway
63.00
Charles River Basin
10,221.68
Alewife Brook (Acts 1911)
73.18
Abatement of Smoke
1,424.19
Metropolitan Planning
825.39
Southern Traffic Route
2.97
Auditing Municipal Accounts
23.52
Hospital or Home Care
1,177.00
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth & Hingham
93.40
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
7,860.46
Broadway-Revere Beach Parkway Crossing ..
733.02
Canterbury Street Highway
1,771.24
Boston Metropolitan District
792.14
Special State Tax-Old Age Assistance
31,730.00
393,606.63
County Assessments :
County Tax
177,233.88
Tuberculosis Hospital
36,201.31
213,435.19
Overlay®
32,767.82
32,767.82
Total
$6,834,093.93 $6,834,093.93
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$293,347.10
Corporation Taxes
116,095.64
Bank Tax
845.04
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
120,000.00
Licenses
16,625.00
Fines
8,750.00
Special assessments
56,500.00
General government
12,260.00
Protection of persons and property
1,000.00
Health and sanitation
11,825.00
Highways
4,000.00
Charities
111,000.00
Old Age Assistance
Soldiers benefits
7,170.00
Schools
44,088.00
Libraries
2,400.00
Recreation
1,950.00
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Public Service Enterprises
447,205.00
Interest on deposit
9,000.00
Interest on taxes and assessments
36,200.00
Chapter 122, Acts of 1931, Highway Appropria- tion Offset
104,450.72
County Dog Licenses
2,500.00
Total Estimated Receipts $1,407,211.50
Available funds § voted by City Government with authority of Comm'r ... 388,093.88
Total Deductions
$1,795,305.38
Net amount raised by taxation on polls,
property and Old Age Assistance Tax. .....
5,038,788.55
Boston Elevated Railway deficit -- $113,597.49 included in City Ap- propriation.
Metropolitan Water Assessment-283,776.31 included in City Ap- propriation.
Number of Old Age Assistance Taxes .. .31,730 @ $1.00 each $31,730.00
Number of polls 31,655 @ $2.00 each 63,310.00
Total Valuation, $123,285,500-Tax Rate, $40.10- Property tax
4,943,748.55
Street Sprinkling Assessments
48.751.56
Betterment and special assessments
6,952.46
Total amount of all taxes listed in the collector's com-
mitment list
$5,094,492.57
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
In accordance with the present Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Law, assessments are made from card records prepared by the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Cars registered are assessed on a monthly basis. The value is fixed under the law by the Com- missioner of Corporations and Taxation.
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Rate-$29.92 Number of automobiles assessed-16,915
Total valuation assessed-$4,964,550. Total Motor Vehicle Excise Tax assessed-$124,103.26
Progress has been made during this year in the installa- tion of the new system of assessing. Descriptions of all lots and their dimensions, as shown by the deeds or recorded plans, are being checked against the Block and Lot Maps. Areas of lots are being checked and all lot line changes brought up-to- date on the maps. For more specific information regarding this system of assessing, the Board of Assessors respectfully refer to their Annual Reports for the years 1930 and 1931.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Notwithstanding the large increase in the work in the As- sessing Department, which is due mainly to the new legisla- tive acts, and in a large measure to the avalanche of petitions for abatements, and a very large increase in the motor vehicle excise taxation, no one has been added to the pay roll. We are carrying on with the same personnel as in 1929. In the accom- plishment of keeping the operating expenses of the Assessing Department down, full credit should be given to the clerks in the department. Their work has been performed faithfully and conscientiously. To this end they have contributed their best energies, and to them rightfully belongs the credit.
We acknowledge the splendid cooperation given the Board of Assessors by the other departments of our City, particularly the legal department. For the wise counsel, the able defense be- fore the Board of Tax Appeals, the whole-hearted support given our Board in sustaining the City's best interests, we thank our City Solicitor, David J. Kelley.
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE F. AHEARN, Chairman of the Board of Assessors.
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LICENSING COMMISSION
REPORT OF LICENSING COMMISSION
For the Year 1932
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen :
The Licensing Commission respectfully submits the follow- ing report of the year ending December 31, 1932.
The established policy of the Licensing Commission rela- tive to routine matters of the office has not materially changed. There has been no appeal taken from the finding of the Com- mission in a single instance.
The death of Mr. Philip Koen, took from the Commission a sincere and devoted member who had rendered efficient and intelligent service to the city, of which he was a prominent and respected citizen.
Applications for garage licenses show a marked decrease due partly to a standstill in the building trade and to the fact that many home owners had previously availed themselves of this privilege.
Applications were received and acted 'upon by the Com- mission as follows :-
Garage Licenses
49 Applications received.
49 Applications granted and issued.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Lord's Day Licenses
295 Applications received.
265 Licenses granted and issued.
19 Applications given Leave to Withdraw.
9 Transfers of Location granted.
1 Transfer of Location given Leave to Withdraw.
1 Application held over to 1933.
Common Victualler's Licenses
157 Applications received.
142 Licenses granted and issued.
3 Transfers of Location granted.
1 Application no fee necessary.
10 Applications Leave to Withdraw.
1 Application held over to 1933.
Inn Holder's Licenses
2 Applications received and granted.
Dancing Permits
2 Applications received and granted temporarily at New Year's .. No fee necessary.
The fees for the above licenses granted and issued amount- ing to $2,103.50 were paid over to the City Treasurer.
An itemized report of fees received during fiscal year end- ing December 31, 1932 is as follows :
49 Garage Licenses @ $2.00
$98.00
265 Lord's Day Licenses @ $5.00 1,325.00
9 Transfer of Locations @ .50
4.50
1 Application held over to 1933
5.00
142 Common Victualler's- 123 @ $5.00 19 @ $2.00
615.00
38.00
3 Transfers of Location @ $1.00
3.00
1 Application held over to 1933 @ $5.00
5.00
2 Inn Holder's Licenses @ $5.00
10.00
Total
$2,103.50
Respectfully submitted, EUGENE A. HUDSON, Chairman RICHARD J. MCLAUGHLIN Licensing Commission.
Attest :
RICHARD A. KEYES,
Secretary.
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CITY ENGINEER
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER,
CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, JANUARY, 1933.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :- The undersigned presents herewith the 60th annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1932, of the Engineering Department, including sewer, park and playground divisions.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
In previous reports the general work, charter requirements and city ordinances relating to the duties of the City Engineer have been fully described. City Engineer is also Superintend- ent of Sewers and Superintendent of Parks and Playgrounds.
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Divisions
Appropriations
Transfers and Credits Expenditures
Balances
City Engineer
$22,725.00
..
$22,297.12 27,075.93
$427.88
Sewers Maintenance
27,365.00
289.07
Sewers Construction
565.90
394.58
171.32
Parks Maintenance ....
20,195.00
18,918.03
1,276.97
Playgrounds Mainten- ance
19,915.00
19,362.79
552.21
John M. Woods Play- ground
501.25
284.20
217.05.
Improvement Walter
Ernest Shaw Play- ground
520.81
328.12
192.69
Playground Improve-
ment and Exten-
sion
132.99
132.99
Overhead Way, Kent
Street
7,736.00
...
7,653.83
82.17
..
...
..
..
....
254.56
Playground Foss Park
254.56
..
..
..
The total cost of maintaining the Engineer's Division since
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it was established, 1872-1932, both years inclusive, has amount- ed to $611,216.43.
Seven assistants have been employed the greater part of the year on engineering work.
There are plans for acceptance of ten streets on file in this office, that for various reasons have not been made public ways.
A perambulation of the Medford-Somerville city bounds was made in the late fall by this department in conjunction with Street Commissioner of Somerville, City Engineer of Med- ford, Street Commissioner of Medford, City Clerks of both cities, and Aldermanic Committees of both cities. All bounds were found to be in position with a few needing straightening and resetting.
LENGTH OF STREETS
*Public
90.254
Private
10.107
100.361
* Includes 1.406 Miles City Boulevard and Park Roadways 2.331 Miles Metropolitan District Boulevard 0.98 Mile State Highway
(A revision of lengths of public and private streets showing that, owing to abandoned and duplicated streets and streets incorporated into the North- ern Artery, the total length has decreased.)
A table of former names of certain streets was printed in the 1910 report, also a table of public squares.
LENGTH OF PUBLIC STREETS IN EACH WARD
Miles
Ward one
13.922
Ward two
14.671
Ward three
10.321
Ward four
14.737
Ward five
11.799
Ward six
11.591
Ward seven
13.213
Total length of public streets in the city
90.254
There are at the present time 665 street boundaries con- sisting of stone bounds and brass rods set in cement for de- fining street lines, and the number should be increased each year; definite boundaries do much to simplify surveying and
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are convenient to use for bench marks. Previous reports give locations of existing bounds.
STREETS RESURFACED WITH PERMANENT PAVEMENT
Square Yards
Length
Broadway-Cross Street to Main Street (War- renite on new concrete base)
35,354
3,849
Butler Drive-Mystic Avenue to Temple Street (Warrenite top on new concrete base) .. Cedar Street-Elm Street to Broadway (Sheet asphalt on new concrete base)
2,288
561
Central Street-Somerville Avenue to north of Summer Street (Warrenite on new con- crete base)
2,987
1,103
Medford Street-Somerville Avenue to Cam- bridge line (recut block with concrete base) Walnut Street-Bow Street to Highland Avenue (Sheet asphalt on new concrete base)
5,640
1,348
5,182
1,667
Washington Street-F. R. R. bridge to Cam- bridge line (Warrenite top on old and new concrete base)
10,451
2,313
Total
74,574
14,737 (2.791 Miles)
The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 24.029 miles.
Permanent street pavement should be extended as rapidly as possible, using a base of cement concrete and some kind of high type wearing surface.
Grades were given and measurements taken for the recon- struction of parts of three streets with asphaltic penetration wearing surfaces, a length of 1708 feet (0.323 Mile)
In the construction of new streets, new granolithic side- walks and reconstructing old streets, 1433 linear feet (0.271) mile) of edgestone was set.
TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION
** Streets paved with granite blocks ....... Streets paved with vitrified brick
Square Yards 218,759 6,848
Miles 9.013 0.548
Streets constructed with concrete base and asphaltic mixed top
217.209
9.264
Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top
26,118
1,912
12,672
4,104
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#Streets constructed with broken stone base and asphaltic mixed top
56,710
3.204
§Streets constructed with broken stone base and bituminous penetrated top Streets constructed of water bound macadam Streets graveled or unimproved
49.494
16.877
10.049
Total
100.361
Square Yards Length
* Also 27.92 miles (single track) electric railway paved with granite, as- phalt, bitulithic, etc.
Includes 6.149 cq. yds. (0.438) cement concrete roadway Middlesex Avenue. Includes 0.98 mile of state highway.
§ Includes 1.406 miles of city boulevard and park roadways and 2.331 miles of state boulevard (Metropolitan District Commission, Park Division.)
The constantly increasing volume and speed of traffic makes a distinctly dangerous condition at many street intersections. This dangerous condition would be relieved to a great extent by replacing the present approximately right angle corners by circular corners ; also on certain streets, particularly where street car lines are present, resetting the edgestone so that a wider roadway and consequent narrower sidewalk would im- prove traffic condition.
Lines and grades were given and measurements taken for constructing four new granolithic sidewalks - 952 square yards (0.220 mile) and assessments were computed, the abut- ting property owners paying one-half of the cost.
In laying out new work, under orders passed for construc- tion of sidewalks, etc., occasionally portions of buildings and fences are found to be encroaching on the sidewalk and on some of the old rangeways, these encroachments existing for many years ; as improvements are made, the full width of sidewalk should be maintained.
In all places the old brick sidewalks should be replaced with granolithic as soon as finances permit.
MILES OF EDGESTONE, GRANOLITHIC, GRAVEL AND BRICK SIDEWALKS IN EACH WARD
Gravel
Brick
Granolithic
Edgestone
Sidewlak 2.684
Sidewlak
Sidewlak
Ward one
20.936
11.724
6.059
Ward two
17.946
5.378
6.272
5.028
Ward three
14.619
0.504
11.425
2.472
Ward four
20.454
0.293
9.126
5.822
Ward five
23.309
3.106
11.049
7.454
Ward six
25.873
3.319
10.182
12.544
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CITY ENGINEER
Ward seven
38.807
1.514
7.979
26.857
161.944
16.798
67.757
66.236
(Details, etc., streets and sidewalks in report of street Commissioner.)
Plans have been made by the various public service cor- porations and filed in the City Engineer's office, showing the locations of gas mains, poles, tracks and conduits in this city, which have been granted by the board of Aldermen during the year :- the work of placing overhead wires in underground con- duits, and removing poles from the streets should be extended as rapidly as possible.
In the city's squares and main thoroughfares overhead wires should be placed underground, immediately, and practic- ally all poles (except for lights) removed.
A special ordinance should be enacted concerning city in- spection on all underground construction done by private com- panies or corporations and some regulations adopted as to method of street openings and repairs.
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS (Public Service Corporations)
Miles laid in City Streets
Boston Elevated Railway Co.
5.55
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
20.29
New England Tel. & Tel. Company
19.59
Cambridge Gas Light Company
67.56
Charlestown Gas Company
32.27
Somerville Department of Electric Lines and Lights,
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