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1
6"
1923
Myrtle Street, Prescott School
1
6"
1927
Powder House Boulevard, Cutler School
1
1927
School Street, Cummings School
1
6"
1916
School Street, High School (West Wing)
1
6"
1928
Summer Street, Southern Junior High School.
1
6"
1930
Sycamore Street, Forster School
1
6"
1927
Willow Avenue, Brown School
1
1928
Total
26
* No sprinklers installed.
NUMBER OF SERVICES SUPPLYING PUBLIC PROPERTY
City Hall
I
Police Station, Bow Street
1
Bath House, Shore Drive
1
City Home, Broadway, 3 (1 shut-off)
2
Contagious Hospital
1
Tuberculosis Hospital
1
Water Works
I
Incinerator
1
City Stables, City Road
1
Garbage Plant
1
Sewerage Yard
1
Public Libraries
4
Fire Stations
7
Schools
32
Public Grounds
17
Water Posts
61
Street Sprinklers
15
Dinking Fountains
8
New Police Station
1
Total
157
1928
Lowell Street, Bingham School
1
1927
206
ANNUAL REPORTS
WATER METERS
Number of water meters in city, January 1, 1933 Number installed during the year (new) Number reset
13,966
6
436
442
Number removed on account of permanent or temporary discontinuance of water and for substitution of other meters
472
Decrease in number of operating meters
30
Number of motor registers (included in above)
1
Total number of meters in service
13,936
Per cent of services metered 100
OPERATING METERS, DECEMBER 31, 1933
Size 5 / 8 "
3/4"
1"
11/2"
2"
3"
4"
6"
12"
No. 13,418
288
114
29
56
15
10
3
2
13,935
Motor and elevator registers
1
13,936
The meters installed in 1933 were classed as follows :-
New Services
6
Reset
436
Total
442
Meters were removed for the following causes :-
Vacancies and temporary non-use of water.
147
Services permanently discontinued
4
Replaced by other meters
321
Total
472
The annual report of 1926 shows the progress of meter- ing services from its beginning in 1898 to December 31, 1926, when the city reached the point of 100% meterage. Subsequent data follows :-
Year ending
December 31
Number Services Population required by law to be Metered
Per Cent Metered
Daily Per Capita Con- sumption of Water
1927
103,000
13,857
100
78
1928
103,500
13,977
100
81
192
Est
103,860
13,995
100
83
1930
103,604
13,970
100
90
1931
Est
103,908
13,985
100
96
207
WATER COMMISSIONER
SUMMARY OF PIPES AND FIXTURES OF THE WATER SYSTEM
DECEMBER 31, 1933
Feet of main pipe (approximately)
589,230
Miles of main pipe (approximately)
111.59
Services in use (approximately)
13,936
Services supplying public property
157
Private fire supplies (sprinkler systems)
97
Fire supplies to public buildings
26
Sprinkler systems installed in public buildings
0
Public fire hydrants
1,310
Private fire hydrants
88
Gates
2,543
Check valves
9
Meters (including 1 motor register)
13,936
Waterposts
61
Car-sprinkler connections
12
Blow-offs
217
Drinking fountains and troughs
8
WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION
The assessment paid to the Commonwealth by this city as its proportionate part of the cost and operation of the Metro- . politan Water Works for the year 1933 was as follows :-
Sinking Fund
$7,751.29
Maintenance
68,730.45
Interest
137,956.54
Maturing Bonds
45,255.01
Brookline Credit
9,619.03
Total payment for 1933
$273,312.32
The amount paid by the city since the beginning in 1898 is as follows :-
Sinking Fund
$497,494.42
Maintenance
1,099,379.67
Interest
2,530,034.92
Maturing Bonds
213,459.08
Miscellaneous (consists of improvements, etc., if
any; also Brookline credit)
26,376.29
Total payments to date
$4,356,744.38
208
ANNUAL REPORTS
The consumption of water for the City of Somerville for the year 1933, total quantity, average daily and per capita, the per capita consumption being figured on an estimated pop- ulation for the year of 107,660.
Month
Gallons per day
Gallons per capita
January
8,382,500
78
February
8,327,700
78
March
8,142,500
76
April
7,917,400
74
May
8,622,100
80
June
9,400,500
87
July
9,186,100
85
August
9,278,400
86
September
8,744,300
81
October
8,927,700
83
November
8,642,300
80
December
9,066,500
84
Year 1933
8,723,500
81
Total consumption for the year 1933: High-service
Low-service
672,417,000 gals. 2,511,675,000
Total city
3,184,675,000
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The following table shows the daily per capita consump- tion of water in the cities and towns in the Metropolitan Water District for the year 1933, as registered by the Metropolitan meters.
Town
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Yr.
Arlington
43
43
43
42
49
60 73
58
55
51
50 50
53 50
50 54 48 57
Belmont
54
52
53
55
62
103
108
105
107
108
106 103
109
106
Chelsea
70
71
70
72
73
75 83
83 76
70 87 68
67 85 59
83 57
67 81 57
81 83
Lexington
50
50
51
53
68 55
59
59
61
61 46 58 50 173 61 52 81 84
58 45 57 45 129 62 51 83 83 60
51 80 85 54
51 84 69 56
81 79
Stoneham
74
73
72
70
77
83
Swampscott
60
60
63
65
76
88
96
97
72
59
54
54
55
56
Winthrop
59
61
58
58
66
78
63 84
84
74 88
67 86
64 85
58
68
Met. Dist.
88
87
84
83
85
91
89
90
67 51
Milton
45
44
44
44 80
101 67
176 70
Revere
50
51
50
49
55 80
60 87
Somerville
78
78
76
74
50
53
50
Melrose
57
56
57
58
63 52
72 54
Nahant
65
60
76
Quincy
66
66
66
65
54
Watertown
49
51
48
50
55
63
208 66 64 85 90
50 62 49 211 62 58 86 89
66
67 70
Everett
85
85
84
79
80
Malden
55
55
53
53
Medford
49
49
49
49
56 45 59 46 93 66
63 45 98 65
61
47 123 65
Boston
110
107
103
102
73
70
63
53
88
87
82
54 60 57 58 45 48
71
64
209
WATER COMMISSIONER
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933 In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.
GENERAL STATISTICS
Population: Census 1920, 93,033; Census 1930, 103,604; Est. 1934. 107,660.
Date of construction: Commenced in 1868.
By whom owned: City of Somerville.
Source of Supply. Metropolitan Water System.
Mode of supply: Water is delivered into the city's mains, under both high and low pressure, by the Metropolitan Water Works.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER
Census population: 1920, 93,033; Est. 1934, 107,660.
Population on lines of pipe, December 31, 1933, Est. 107,660.
Population supplies, December 31, 1933, Est. 107,660.
Total consumption for the year, 3,184,092,00 gallons.
Average daily consumption, 8,723,500 gallons.
Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 81.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM, 1933
MAINS
Kind of pipe, cast iron.
Sizes from 4-inch and under to 20-inch.
Laid 1,897 feet; discontinued 690 feet; net extension 1,207 feet. Total now in use, 111.59 miles.
Number of hydrants added during year: Public, 4; private, 0.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,398.
Number of stop gates added during year, net increase, 23. Number of stop gates now in use, 2,543.
Number of blow-offs, 217.
Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe: Lead; lead-lined wrought iron; cement-lined wrought iron; cast iron; brass.
Sizes, one-half to eight inches.
Laid 277 feet.
Number of service connections made, 10.
Services in use, approximately, 13,936.
Number of private fire supplies (sprinkler systems), 97.
Number of meters added, 442; meters and motor registers discon- tinued, 472; net decrease, 30. Number now in use, 13,936.
Percentage of services metered, 100.
Number of motors and elevator registers added, 0; removed, 0. Number now in use, 1 (included in number of meters).
REVENUE
From Meter Rates :- Temporary supplies for build- ers and contractors
Meter Rates
$117.22 526,296.31
$526,413.53
Abated and forwarded
28,263.50
Total
$97,459.16 1,682.07
Total from consumers
$498,150.03
Water Works Construction :-
From other sources :-
Mains
5,899.21
Water service assessments ...
697.65
Services
719.14
Meters
683.02
Labor and materials :- From private parties
2,408.18
Total
$501,255.86
Metropolitan water assessment
273,312.32
Balance
121,500.24
Disposition of balance: applied to municipal purposes :-
Cost of work to date
$1,479,904.05
Total
$501,255.86
..
Bonded debt at date
None
EXPENDITURES
Water Works Maintenance :- Operation (Management, Re- pairs and renewals $94,353.33
Special : --- Miscellaneous Accounts 3,105.83
ANNUAL REPORTS
Respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH P. PHILLIPS,
Water Commissioner.
210
Total Construction
7,302.07
Water Works Buildings
211
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
FRED E. DURGIN, Chairman JAMES D. SHARKEY, Vice-Chairman JOHN C. MCNALLY FRANK COLE ARTHUR C. COFFEY
COMMITTEES On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. DURGIN, MR. SHARKEY, MR. MCNALLY, MR. COLE, and MR. COFFEY
Clerks HELEN E. LINEGAR DOROTHY C. WATKINS FRANCES V. SHARPE M. ETTA NEYLAN MARGARET C. CONLEY CHARLES J. WILLWERTH MARGARET KOEN
Accountant-Investigator WILLIAM F. FITZGERALD
General Agent WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE
City Physician EMIL GODUTI, M.D.
Assistant City Physician EDWARD M. MCCARTY, M.D.
Warden and Matron, City Home MR. and MRS. HERMAN M. REYNOLDS
Office CITY HALL, HIGHLAND AVENUE
212
ANNUAL REPORTS
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1933.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Public Welfare submit herewith reports of the General Agent, the Warden of the City Home and the City Physician, with tables showing the work.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED E. DURGIN ARTHUR C. COFFEY, QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN,
Board of Public Welfare.
213
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT
City Hall, January 2, 1934.
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass. ;-
Gentlemen :- The general agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1933 :-
Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the Year)
In City Home (men 78, women 29) 107
In City Home, December 31, 1933 47
In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state 86
Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)
Families
2,381
Persons aided (including hospital cases)
10,783
Burials 19
Table No. 3
CHILDREN
In private families 22
In care of state division of child guardianship 35
Table No. 4
AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)
Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1933
57
Number of families aided at close of year
62
Number of children
211
Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $18.00 per week
Number of out-of-town families
5
Number having no settlement
5
Cost To City
Somerville settlement
$27,685.00
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)
2,507.00
State
3,718.00
Somerville families living in other cities and towns
1,295.51
$35,205.51
214
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table No. 5
REIMBURSEMENTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$138,305.55
City of Attleboro
"
" Beverly
"
Brockton
69.24
,
Cambridge
28,872.38
Fall River
993.65
Fitchburg
210.34
Framingham
2.23
Haverhill
296.32
Lawrence
160.90
Leominster
1,848.48
Lowell
426.42
Melrose
90.56
New Bedford
885.98
Newburyport
435.12
Taunton
322.67
Waltham
954.48
Worcester
577.96
Town of Amesbury
472.97
Andover
89.40
Barnstable
314.22
Bedford
163.00
Belmont
162.31
Berlin
135.00
Billerica
1,456.18
Dedham
118.96
"
East Norton
61.87
">
Harvard
311.60
Middleboro
150.49
Milford
204.89
Norwood
728.71
Onset
325.00
-
Plymouth
472.44
Randolph
46.50
Reading
27.00
.
Rutland
100.23
Saugus
56.00
Stoneham
382.01
Stoughton
260.48
Wakefield
433.17
„, Watertown
421.68
Winchester
299.98
Winthrop
108.22
Individual
84.50
$181,926.09
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Old Age Assist.) $35,440.28 Cities and towns (Old Age Assistance) ..... 3,948.12
27.00
60.00
215
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Table No. 6 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118A (Old Age Assistance)
Number of old age assistance cases January 1, 1933
321
Number of old age assistance cases aided at close of year .. Cost to City
$108,297.78
Reimbursement and refunds
39,897.84
Net cost to city
$68,399.94
Table No. 7 SOMERVILLE HOSPITALS (City Patients)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
371
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
148
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state)
190
Total number of patients sent to hospitals
709
Amount paid to hospitals
$23,540.49
Table No. 8 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 TO 1933
1900
-* 61,643
Misc. $23,697.62 Home $5,528.83 Total
$29,226.45
1901
62,500
29,171.15
6,622.43
35,793.58
1902
63,500
28,667.04
7,396.64
36,063.68
1903
65,500
30,470.20
7,548.39
38,018.50
1904
69,500
„
20,476.64
6,563.11
27,039.65
1905
*69,272
17,627.88
7,474.36
25,002.24
1906
72,000
18,237.53
6,806.79
"
25,044.32
1907
- 74,000
17,852.20
7,001.23
"
24,853.43
1908
75,500
17,955.34
6,875.56
24,830.99
1909
75,500
16,843.17
7,562.83
24,406.00
1910
-* 77,236
16,110.42
7,695.89
23,806.31
1911
~ 78,000
=
16,327.56
7,842.03
24,169.59
1912
81,000
19,201.33
8,998.97
28,200.30
1913
82,000
21,827.73
10,945.95
32,773.68
1914
85,000
35,619.68
11,200.25
"
46,819.93
1915
-* 86,854
45,490.98
11,218.65
56,709.63
1916
- 90,000
51,759.62
11,593.41
63,353.03
1917
90,000
53,653.33
13,417.77
67,071.10
1918
90,500
63,420.48
"
15,411.20
78,831.68
1919
91.000
67,682.53
„,
15,789.34
83,471.34
1920
-* 93,033
77,456.57
17,308.29
94,764.86
1921
- 95,000
87,922.69
15,069.81
"
102,992.50
1922
- 97,000
95,510.92
13,577.07
109,087.99
1923
- 98,000
88,909.21
14,770.97
103,680.17
1924
100,000
100,013.27
14,891.79
114,905.06
1925
- *99,032
108,009.99
17,138.03
125,148.02
1926
-101,000
121,513.30
16,896.89
138,410.19
1927
-103,000
135,671.34
16,070.45
151,741.79
1928
-104,000
160,269.41
13,393.85
"
173,663.25
1929
-104,000
177,499.26
14,382.34
191,881.60
1930
- *103,604
230,862.48
=
14,420.61
245,283.09
1931
-103,604
402,742.58
13,374.66
416.117.24
1933
104,000
594,108.10
13,643.51
607,751.61
-
=
,,
* Census.
355
216
ANNUAL REPORTS
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR IN SOMERVILLE Since the reorganization in 1885
*Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-officio
1885
1888 inclusive
*Col. Herbert E. Hill
1885
1889
*Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman
1885
1887
*Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)
1885 Apr. 1893
*Hon. Edward Glines
1885
1887
*Edward B. West (president May, 1894, to Feb., 1912)
1888
1912
*Daniel C. Stillson
*Hon. Charles C. Pope, chairman, ex-officio .
1889
1891
*Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman, ex-officio
1892
1895
* James G. Hinckley .
May,
1892
1894
* Albert W. Edmands
May,
* Herbert E. Merrill .
May
1894
1909
*Ezra D. Souther
1895 Feb. 1898
*Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman, ex-officio .
1896
1898
*James H. Butler
. March,
1898
1899
*Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman ex-officio
1899
*Henry F. Curtis, M.D. (president 1912-1919) *Philip Koen .
1910
1921
*Michael Coll
Nov.
1916 Dec. 1924
+Fred E. Durgin (chairman 1919 to date) Oct. George G. Brayley .
Jan.
1922 June 1928
James D. Sharkey
Dec.
1924
1933
Wilbur F. Lewis
June
1928 Jan. 1931
John C. McNally .
Jan.
1931
1933
"
+Frank Cole
1933
date
¡Arthur C. Coffey
. 1933
date
* Deceased.
៛ Present member.
Table No. 10 RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS)
Expenditures and transfers
$594,108.10
Reimbursements and refunds
184,461.45
Net cost to city
$409,646.65
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. COPITHORNE,
General Agent.
,,
1888 Apr. 1892
*Nathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April, 1894)
1890 Apr. 1894
1893 Oct. 1918
1912 Nov. 1916
1918
date
.
Table Number 9 BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Recapitulation for the Year 1933
1933
Board.
Auto Mainte- nance
Burials.
Cities and Towns.
Cash Paid Out.
Cash in Ady.
Chap. 118
Cash Allowance
Fuel
Dry Goods and Shoes
Groceries.
Other Institu- tions.
Glasses and Medicine
Printing. Ambulance and Nursing.
Salaries.
Local Hospitals.
State Hospital
All Other. Telephone.
Totals
January
$2115.58
$199.98
$155.00
S
$ 34,589.50
$ 79.50
$ $219.19
$165.75
$ 28.50
[$24,034.89*
$122.75
$562.60
$273.98
A$18.00
$1,646.38
$2.552.00
$704.13
4.75
$ 14.02
$67.466.50
February
40.00
209.00
35,344.50
198.00
136.35
17,431.03
77.50
106.48
123.14
A 18.00
1,555.68
2,048.00
5.25
57,293.13
April
2,071.56
199.98
30.00
4,853.50
100.00
198.42
38.00
101.96
35,309.98
208.68
587.70
43.60
1,816.10
1,298.00
728.00
24.26
47,608.16
May
44.28
199.98
40.00
15,950.50
200.00
204.62
68.61
114.74
32,626.89
59.00
442.95
41.21
1,516.88
1,324.00
June
125.71
199.98
18,160.00
186.42
5.00
40.75
231.27
399.95
51.25
1,516.88
1,488.00
1,408.00
791.12
1,25
56,181.40
August
88.56
181.23
7.00
60.00
21,575.50
192.62
150.75
15,880.89
105.00
490.34
41.73
1,612.66
2,220.00
1,668.62
1,652.00
3.25
41,940.44
October.
2,140.36
174.98
21,802.00
192.62
7.00
157.58
18,943.55
233.00
617.62
136.12
1,516.88
2,736.00
595.70
34.00
49,287.41
November
107.15
174.98
1,374.76
27,059.00
186.42
597.53
353.30
14,389.59
261.50
437.34
47.33
1,516.88
2,164.00
7.15
48,789.93
December ..
110.70
175.22
26,468.50
192.62
2854.25
490.89
17,792.42
111.12
196.83
133.35
2,526.90
696.00
32.65
51,781.45
Totals.
$9,093.60
$2,300.00
$569.00 $15,187.79 $250,141. 15
$379.50
$1,295.51 |$2,381.16 $4,245.58 $1,700.64 $253,089.13 $2,304.49 $5,816.21 $1,092.15
-
A$36.00 N 7.70
$20,269.74
$21,236.00 $2,818.95
$116.01
$27.79
$594,108.10
March
44.28
399.96
15.00
247.70
2,925.00
231.19
367.09
20,605.54
621.97
1,148.56
35.90
N 7.70
1,522.88
1,652.00
3.45
13.77
52,833.66
July.
2,119.70
199.98
13,505.33
16,555.75
1,295.51
192.62
6.00
12.00
23,336.64 17,529.11
133.00
439.59
139.84
1,652.60
September
85.79
193.73
22,347.40
186.42
250.15
15,008.60
139.50
380.35
24.50
42,606.28
113.00
30,041.99
45,741.65
and Stationery
217
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
Somerville, January 1, 1934.
To His Honor, The Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :-
The work of your City Physician during the year 1933 is presented in the following abstract :---
Office consultations and treatments
4,025
Total outside visits
2,943
Confinements
3
Vaccinations
220
Visits at City Home
92
Attended at Police Station
23
Examinations : -
For Legal Department
19
Police Department
101
Fire Department
123
Pension
28
Other work of the City Physician does not admit of tab- ulation.
Respectfully submitted,
EMIL GODUTI, City Physician.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME
City Home, January 1, 1934.
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen :- I submit the following as the report of the Warden of the City Home for the year ending December 31, 1933 :-
Table No. 1
Number of weeks' board of inmates 3,351
Number of males admitted during 1933 30
Number of females admitted during 1933 17
Number of males discharged during 1933 35
Number of females discharged during 1933
10
Number of males supported during 1933
78
Number of females supported during 1933
29
Number of males died during 1933
7
Number of females died during 1933
6
Numbr of inmates in home December 31, 1933
47
Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL
Number of weeks board
595-3
Number of patients admitted
29
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1933
11
Table No. 3
Expenditures
$13,643.51
Reimbursements and refunds
2,070.74
Net cost to city
$11,572.77
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN M. REYNOLDS,
Warden.
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CITY ENGINEER
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER,
CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, JANUARY, 1934.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :- The undersigned presents herewith the 61st annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1933, of the Engineering Department, including sewer, park and play- ground divisions.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
In previous reports the general work, charter require- ments and city ordinances relating to the duties of the City Engineer have been fully described. City Engineer is also Su- perintendent of Sewers and Superintendent of Parks and Play- grounds.
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Transfers
Divisions
Appropriations
& Credits
Expenditures
Balances
City Engineer
$22,825.00
Sewers Maintenance.
26,100.00
$19.88
$22,566.35 26,040.59
$258.65 79.29
Sewers Construction.
3,021.32
2,350.45
670.87
Parks Maintenance ..
18,550.00
179.97
18,729.97*
Playgrounds Mainten- ance
20,095.00
190.27
20,276.80
8.47
John M. Woods Play- ground
217.05
212.91
4.14
Playground Foss Park
254.56
254.56
Improvement Walter
Ernest Shaw play- ground
192.69
81.76
110.93
Playground Improve- ment and Exten- sion
132.99
132.99
Overhead Way, Kent Street
82.17
82.17
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* Includes $3200 transferred to other divisions of Engineering Department.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Sewers and Storm Drains,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, all engineering work relating to same and supervision ...... $1,383.58 Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving and all other engineering work relating to the department 689.65
Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, inspection, titles, costs and assessments 90.16 Water Works,-comprising giving lines and grades and other matters relating to the department
Parks and Playgrounds,-comprising surveys, plans, esti- mates profiles, and grades, including laying out of parks, playgrounds, boulevard and supervision 859.80
Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction and laying out of grounds of public buildings 142.83
Street Numbering, - comprising locations
of
buildings,
plans, assigning street numbers, etc. 232.50
Street Lines and Grades, - comprising establishments of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading 1,350.72
Subways, Bridges and Grade Crossings,-comprising sur- veys, plans, profiles, estimates, lines and grades, etc ..... City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, ac- ceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, etc. 310.83
300.41
Middlesex Registry and Land Court,-comprising copying of plans, and abstracts from deeds and examination of titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracing of street acceptance and sewer taking plans, filed for record
19.58
Private Corporations, Railway, Telephone, Electric Light and Gas Light Companies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles and office notes, locations of poles and conduits Setting Stone Bounds and Brass Rods, - defining street lines and city boundary lines
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Office Work,-comprising record of all locations, indexing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calculations, reports, and general drafting
5,232.14
Holidays, Vacations and Sickness
Plans for Reconstruction Program,-comprising making of plans, estimates, and all engineering work relating to same, and supervision 2,166.82
Civil Works Program,-comprising making of plans, esti- mates, and all engineering relating to same, and super- vision
1,294.00
Engineering, - General Departmental expenses (all di- visions) comprising City Engineer's salary, automobile maintenance, telephone, car fares, and supplies 6,969,73
Total
$22,566.35
The total cost of maintaining the Engineer's Division since it was established, 1872-1933, both years inclusive, has amounted to $633,782.78.
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Miscellaneous Work,-comprising designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for committees, etc., ...... 32.84 1,490.76
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CITY ENGINEER
Nine assistants have been employed the greater part of the year on engineering work.
There are plans for acceptance of fifteen streets on file in this office, that for various reasons have not been made public ways.
During the last four months of the year this department had a force of seven men preparing the preliminary plans and information required by the State Emergency Finance Board for applications for grants and loans for our various projects under Public Works Administration. Under the provisions of the board a possible $750,000 may be allotted to the City, but due to the demands of the later C. W. A. and Federal and State relief this amount may be cut considerably, and possibly in its entirety.
This department has also prepared the necessary applica- tions for projects under the Civil Works Administration which are based on an allottment of some 1500 men and women to be employed throughout the different departments.
LENGTH OF STREETS
Miles
*Public
90.524
Private
10.107
100.361
* Includes 1.406 Miles City Boulevard and Park Roadways 2.331 Miles Metropolitan District Boulevard
0.98 Miles 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
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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
ANNUAL REPORTS
There are at the present time 665 street boundaries con- sisting of stone bounds and brass rods set in cement for defin- ing street lines, and the number should be increased each year ; definite boundaries do much to simplify surveying and are convenient to use for bench marks. Previous reports give loca- tions of existing bounds.
STREETS RESURFACED WITH PERMANENT PAVEMENT
Sq. Yards
Length
Broadway-Lovell Street to Hill Street (Warrenite on new concrete base) ....
2025.9
710
Holland Street-Davis Square to south- erly side Broadway (Warrenite on new base)
10,047.5
2470
Total
12,073.4
3180 (.602 Miles)
The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 24.029 miles.
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