Report of the city of Somerville 1933, Part 22

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Publication date: 1933
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1911


Michael B. Dewire, Master, 384 Washington Street


1929


372


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1933-Continued (WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street


Name and Residence


Grade


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


1897


2


Olevia M. Woods, 13 Garrison Avenue


$2150


1908


6


Lois P. Wilbur, 47 Vinal Avenue


2000


1923


6


Iris Membrino, 1 Fairlee Street


1200


1933


5


Anne M. McCarthy, 58 Ibbetson Street ยท Margaret E. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


2000


1926


4


Eileen M. Bailey, 80 Electric Avenue


1525


1928


4:3


Grace I. Harkins, 10 Sargent Avenue


1200


1930


3


Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue


1600


1928


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


Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road


$3500


1897


6


Bernice J. Andrews, 59 Ossipee 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, 96 Ossipee Road Stella G. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


2000


1917


5:4


Mary R. Egan, 22 Aberdeen Road


1200


1933


4


Mildred H. Lunt, 176 Powder House Boulevard


2000


1926


4


Mrs. Natalie B. Plant, 91 Orchard Street


1975


1928


4


Eliza I. Patterson, 59 Ossipee Road


2000


1919


3


Alice E. Campbell, 26 Garrison Avenue


1525


1928


3


E. Mildred Milner, 92 Powder House Boulevard


2000


1920


3


Mrs. Nettie M. Humiston, 43 Fairmount Avenue


1925


1920


2


Evelyn G. Stern, 4 Billingham Street


1775


1928


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, 90 Curtis Street


2000


1921


Asst.


Evelyn L. Magwood, 27 Stone Avenue


1200


1930


LINCOLN SCHOOL


Broadway, near Teele Square


Name and Residence


Salary


Began Service


Grade


Harlan P. Knight. Master. 22 Hamilton Road


1897


4


Marie L. Wieczorek, 9 Circuit Ave., Newton Highlands


$2000


1922


3


Blanche Llewellyn, 47 Vinal Avenue


2000


1926


2


Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street


1450


1931


1 Ruth M. Kelley, 250 Willow Avenue


1200


1931


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL


Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street


Name and Residence


Salary


Began Service


Grade


George I. Bowden, Master, 92 Monument St., W. Medford


1908


4 May E. Small. 11 Chapel Street


$1850


1900


4 Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street


1750


1928


Salary


Began Service


........


1475


1930


5


Salary


Began Service


2000


1922


5


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Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1933-Continued


Name and Residence


Began


Grade


Salary


Service


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 1933-1934


Mary Mccarthy


158 Walnut Street


Mary Rooney'


77 Munroe Street


Richard Fitzpatrick


19 Prospect Hill Avenue


Ruth Grush


28 Vinal Avenue


Alexander Austin


34 Ware Street


Francis Foley


21 Teele Avenue


Louva Cogswell


286 Highland Avenue


Ruth Bridges


21 Crocker Street


1933-1935


Julia McNulty


Mary Nocivelli


Ruth Herlihy


209 Summer Street 65 Atherton Street 85 Cedar Street


SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS


Name and Residence


Salary


Began Service


Grade


Elementary Grades


Mary G. Blackwell, 42 Belmont Street


$3500


1900


Music


Harry E. Whittemore, Director, 42 Powder House Blvd.


3000


1926


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


6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 140 Highland Avenue


2200


1915


Sewing


Mary Henleigh Brown, Supervisor, 162 Highland Avenue


200 **


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


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Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1933-Continued


Manual Training


Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 77 Lincoln Rd., Medford 200++ 1915


** 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


2800


1925


9-1 John J. St. Angelo, 71 Park Street


2725


1933


Atypical


Helen Clark, 220 Powder House Boulevard


1200


1933


Helen J. Dervan, 75 Crest Ave., Winthrop


1750


1928


Margaret Donovan, 82 Wallace 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


1930


Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street


1100


1930


Field Music


Wesley A. Maynard, 40 Vinal Avenue


2100


1925


Mary A. Whitney, 10 Dow Street


2400


1916


Crippled


Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 118 Josephine Avenue


2000


1928


Audiometer


Helen G. Kane, 9 Crocker Street


1200


1932


Americanization


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TABLE 30-OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE, DECEMBER, 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


$27.50 per week


Alice I. Amidon, 27 Gorham Street


25.50


,


Bernice A. Tuck, 17 Irving Street


25.50


,,


Cecilia A. Cleary, 59 Church Street


25.50


,,


Supervisor of Attendance


Benjamin R. Jones, 65 Fairfax Street


$2200


Visiting Teacher


Rose J. Cairnes, 10 Mossland Street 2050


376


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 31-SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1933


School


Name


Residence Weekly Salary


High


Jeremiah M. Brennan


44 Radcliffe Road


$32.50


High


John N. Quirk


64 Marion Street


31.50


High


Joseph McCormack


35 Radcliffe Road 31.50


High


John F. Driscoll


220 Cedar Street


31.50


High


Thomas Copithorne


23 Gordon Street


31.50


High


William P. Sloane


67 Marion Street


34.00


High


Edward J. Barbour


109 Pennsylvania Av. 31.50


Thomas F. Keane


9 Granite Street


33.00


High, Central Heat- ing Plant


Martin J. Frazer


95 Heath Street 40.00


Prescott


Jeremiah O'Connor


10 Parker Street 34.00


Prescott


Joseph A. McNeill


10 Evergreen Ave. 36.00


Hanscom


John J. Feeney


14 Putnam Street


34.00


Boys' Vocational


William J. Hickey


7 Aberdeen Road 32.50


Bennett


Michael Mullaney


7 Greene Street


35.00 30.00


Knapp


Maurice T. Mullins


13 Fremont Ave.


37.50


Perry


Daniel E. Cunningham


15 Leland Street 30.00


Pope


William L. McLane


10 Nevada Ave.


32.00


Southern Jr. High


John T. Donovan


61 Pearl Street


32,00


Southern Jr. High


James F. Dowd


66 Hudson Street


32.00


Cummings


Royal Brenize


54 Prescott Street


31.50 35.00


Edgerly


Vincent Santarlasci Earl R. March


121 Ten Hills Road


36.00 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 Louis F. Conti


3 Sargent Ave.


34.00


Bingham


Archibald McDonald


132 Morrison Ave.


38.00 41.00


Morse


John W. Cremen


69 Oxford Street


35.50


Proctor


Vincent J. Burke


9 Homer Square


31.50


Durell


Ellsworth C. Lundgren


93 Lowden Ave.


28.00


Burns


Charles J. Elkins


16 Cutter Ave.


31.50


Brown


James J. Cooper


105 Willow Ave.


33.00


Highland


Michael F. King


25 Bowdoin Street


35.00


Hodgkins


Anthony T. Farrington


15 Dimick Street 37.00


Western Jr. High


James T. Eddy


905 Broadway 41.00


34.50


Western Jr. High


Joseph Farrington


465 Somerville Ave.


32.00


Cutler


Thomas J. Flynn


92 Ossipee Road


31.50


Cutler


Thomas F. Murphy


45 Victoria Street 37.00


Lincoln


Joseph F. Kelly


16 Warren Ave. 28.00


Lowe


Walter M. Burns


23 Avon Street


31.50


High, Central Heat- ing Plant


Peter McNally


23 Everett Avenue 35.00


Southern Jr. High


William F. Meskill


30 Warren Ave. 38.00


Southern Jr. High


George J. Kelley


33 Temple Street


Glines


Grimmons


Nicholas J. Lacey


327 Washington St.


5 Bradford Ave.


35.00


Continuation


Carr


Patrick L. Delmore


3 Harvard Place


Western Jr. High


George A. Givan


102 Lexington Ave.


25 Clark Street 35.00


Baxter


Jeremiah J. Sullivan


4 Sanborn Avenue


High, Gymnasium


377


LAW DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT


December 31, 1933.


To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville


The annual report of the Law Department for the year ending December 31, 1933, is hereby respectfully submitted for your information and consideration :


There were no amendments to or changes in the City Charter and no laws were passed especially affecting the City of Somerville by the Legislature during this year.


There were, however, two bills filed, one reducing the num- ber of assessors, and the other relating to the City Auditor, but no action was taken by the Legislature on either of these bills. The Legislature also passed an act placing the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department under Civil Service Laws. This law was accepted by the voters at the last election, but did not affect the status of the present Fire Chief, who holds his office under the Tenure of Office Act. The Soldiers' Relief Commissioner was also placed under the Civil Service Laws- The present Soldiers' Relief Commissioner by virtue of this act is now subject to the Civil Service Laws and Regulations. This act was accepted by the Board of Aldermen as required by the provisions of this law.


Due to certain inequalities in the recent Somerville Retire- ment Act it was necessary to secure an amendment to correct them. With the assistance of James W. Kenney, Chairman, Lawrence A. Howard, Secretary, and Francis J. Daly, City Auditor, comprising the Somerville Retirement Board, a new amendment to this law was drafted, and I filed a bill covering the proposed changes in the Legislature for its consideration. After several hearings before the Pension Committee of the Legislature, and consultation with the Legislature Counsel, and the suggestions and advice of James W. Kenney, a bill was finally drafted, and passed by the Legislature, which in my judgment will result in a fairer and more equitable interpreta- tion of the Pension Rights of all city employees coming un- der the jurisdiction of the Somerville Retirement Board, and subject to the provisions of the Somerville Retirement Act.


See Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1933.


378


ANNUAL REPORTS


A bill was also filed to reduce the number of members of the School Committee, known as House Bill No. 1092. This bill was given me to withdraw by the Committee on Education of the Legislature. There was also a special report of the Metropolitan District Commission reporting under authority of Chapter 31 of the Resolves of 1932 relative to purchasing certain property owned by the Hinckley Rendering Company between Mystic Avenue and the west bank of the Mystic River in Somerville for park purposes. This report submitted a pro- posed bill recommending the purchase of the property, but the Legislature after a hearing referred the matter to the 1934 session of the Legislature for further consideration.


A slight change in the recent so-called non-partisan act was made changing the hours of voting at the preliminary election so that the polling places could be opened from 12 noon to 9 P. M. as heretofore.


See Chapter 16 of the Acts of 1933.


As usual, it was necessary, and I attended many hearings, before the various committees of the Legislature on matters affecting the City, and paid particular attention to legislation, which, if enacted into law, would mean additional assessments on the City, and result in additional tax burdens on the tax- payers of our City. In behalf of the City I opposed such legisla- tion.


Conferences were also had with various state departments on business affecting the City, and especially with reference to various emergency laws passed to effect temporary relief for the tax-payers, and to assist in maintaining the financial credit of the City.


BOARD OF TAX APPEALS


There are now pending before the State Board of Tax Appeals thirty cases appealing from the decision of the Board of Assessors refusing abatements of certain taxes levied on various property owners during the year 1932. Many con- ferences have been held with the Board of Assessors, and with attorneys representing many large tax-payers seeking to obtain an adjustment of the alleged high assessments on the real estate mentioned in the various petitions for abatement. The necessary answers have been filed in behalf of the Board of As- sessors on all these cases, and several of the cases were dis- posed of during the year by trial before the Board of Tax Appeals, or by agreement between the Board of Assessors and


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the complaining tax-payers. There are, however, still pending these thirty cases above noted, which are of serious importance to our citizens and tax-payers in that, if any large abatements are granted by the Board of Tax Appeals, it will of necessity mean additional burdens on the other tax-payers, and may pos- sibly result in an increase in our tax rate. The action of the Board of Tax Appeals in granting any abatements or reduc- ing any of the assessments on any of these cases is wholly beyond the control of the Board of Assessors or the City Gov- ernment, because the decisions of the Board of Tax Appeals on all questions of fact concerning the full and fair value of the real estate assessed are final, and the City has no appeal therefrom.


In order to successfully defend these cases, either the Board of Assessors or the Law Department should be given sufficient funds so that the cases may be properly prepared be- fore trial, and real estate experts employed to make a survey of the property concerned in each for the information and guidance of the Board of Assessors and the City Solicitor. If this extra expense is not provided for the City will be at a disadvantage in attempting to successfully combat the test- imony of high priced real estate experts and building engineers who will undoubtedly be employed by these complaining tax- payers in their efforts to reduce the so-called large assess- ments on their property.


The great majority of these cases now pending before the Board of Tax Appeals are not the complaints of the small home owners or tax-payers, but rather the complaints of the large property owners and tax-payers who have the financial resources to employ eminent attorneys and high-priced real estate experts to present their case in its most favorable as- pect before the Board of Tax Appeals for its final determina- tion.


During the year it was necessary, and I prepared var- ious contracts and forms for publication of proposals for con- tracts as required by the new law requiring advertising on all contracts over One Thousand Dollars, for the different depart- ments, and also advised them on these contracts.


The approval of the various bonds required to be furnished by City officers, and the numerous bonds required by statutes and ordinances, were also considered by me, and approved as to form. The various contracts entered into by the City were also examined by me and approved as to form only, in carrying out my duty as City Solicitor, so that the interests of the City


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would at all times be safeguarded, and the necessary bonds ap- proved as required by the Statutes or City Ordinances.


Many conferences were held with Department head's re- lating to legal problems confronting them, and written opin- ions or advice furnished at their request. As usual, many con- sultations were had with the Building Commissioner and citizens on cases arising in connection with the enforcement of the zoning laws.


Various orders and ordinances were prepared by me for the Board of Aldermen, and several opinions were given on request of the Board of Aldermen, to which reference may be had in the records of the Board of Aldermen.


While the work of the City Solicitor for the past four years, the most critical in the history of our City, has been very arduous and exacting, yet it has been a pleasure to work with the various Department Heads and Board of Aldermen on problems concerning the City, and I wish to thank them for their cooperation and the many courtesies which they ex- tended to me, and which greatly assisted me in the perform- ance of my duties.


During this period of time my assistant, Robert J. Mul- doon, Esq., has had full charge of the settlement of all claims against the City on account of alleged defects in highways. Due to his careful and conscientious work, both in the settle- ment of claims and trials of the various suits against the City, he has saved the City large sums of money. He has cooperated with me in every way, and it has been a pleasure to have had the benefit of his assistance.


The report made by Robert J. Muldoon, Esq. covering that portion of the work of the Law Department in his charge is herewith submitted as part of this report.


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID J. KELLEY, City Solicitor.


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LAW DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF ROBERT J. MULDOON, ESQ., FOR THE YEAR 1933


Herewith I submit a report covering that portion of the work of the Law Department of the City of Somerville which has been in my charge for the year 1933. The following is a summary of the claims and suits against the City which have been handled by me in 1933.


Highway Accident Notices of Claim


Pending December 31, 1932 118


Claims filed in 1933 70


Settled, entered in Court or otherwise disposed of 78


Pending December 31, 1933


110


Cases in Suit


Pending December 31, 1932 67


Suits entered in 1933 22


Settled or otherwise disposed of


16


Pending December 31, 1933


73


. During the year the number of suits entered against the City were principally for damages alleged to have been sus- tained by reason of defective highways, and exceeded the num- ber settled or otherwise disposed of during that period. How- ever, the number of suits entered this year was about fifty per cent of the number entered in 1932 when there were forty-one suits brought.


Th number of claims filed against the City showed an ap- preciable drop from the number filed in 1932, marking the first year when there was such a drop in the number of claims filed since 1930. This dropping off in claims may be attributed to two causes, the policy of the department, at the suggestion of his Honor the Mayor, that none of these claims be settled with- out having them entered in Court, and the further reason that beginning in 1932 a police officer has been detailed to the in- vestigation of these claims. I believe that the investigation which has been undertaken in regard to all claims against the City in the past two years has been a deterrent to claims of doubtful merit.


Respectfully submitted,


ROBERT .J. MULDOON, Assistant City Solicitor.


382


INDEX


INDEX


Appeal, Board of, Report of 175


Assessors, Board of, Report of


170


Supplementary Assessments


171


Estimated Receipts


171


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


172


City Auditor, Report of


11


Balance Sheet


14


Cash Statement


18


Detail of Estimated Receipts


21


Appropriations


24


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


34


County of Middlesex


35


Revenue and Expenses


36


Temporary Loans


37


Funded Debt


40


Taxes


42


Special Assessments


43


Maturities on Funded Debt


44, 46


Interest Requirements on Funded Debt


45, 47


Borrowing Capacity


48


Overlay Accounts


51


Excess and Deficiency Account


51


Receipts and Expenditures, Classifications of


58


Schedule of Public Property


98


Somerville Retirement System


101


City Clerk, Report of


132


Receipts


132


Payments


134


Licenses and Permits


134


Births


135


Marriages


135


Deaths


135


Ordinances


136


City Engineer, Report of


219


Engineering Department


219


General Financial Statement


219


Table of Street Construction


222


Underground Conduits


224


In Memoriam


225


383


INDEX


Sewer Division


226


Maintenance Accounts 229


Parks and Playgrounds Division


229


City Government and Officers for 1933 138


City Solicitor, Report of 377


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of


102


Cash Statement


103, 104


Taxes


105


Street Sprinkling Assessments


108


Betterment Assessments


109


Departmental Accounts


111


Temporary Loans


113


Bonds


115, 116, 117


Municipal Relief Loans


119


Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Commissioner ) 160


Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner )


152


Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner) 196


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights, Report of


145


Inspection of Wiring in Buildings


145


Fire Alarm System


145


Recommendations


146


Police Signal System


147


Supervision of Poles and Wires on the Streets


147


Street Lighting


147


Traffic Lights


147


Dental Hygiene, Report of 264


Election Commissioners, Board of, Report of


232


List of Assessed Polls and Registered Voters 235


Election Statistics


236


Fire Department, Chief of, Report of


270


Alarms of Fire


270


List of Probable Causes


270


Manual Force


274


Apparatus


274


Hose


275


Fire Prevention Inspections


275


Conclusion


276


Health, Board of, Report of


238


Organization, Officers, etc. 238


Nuisances


241


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Permits and Licenses


241


Stables


243


Board of Infants


243


Lying-In Hospitals


243


Mortality Statistics


244


Diseases Dangerous to Public Health


250


Specimens and Supplies


250


Medical Inspection of Schools


250


Bacteriological Work


253


Undertakers


253


Examination of Pumbers


253


Infant Hygiene Clinics


254


Health Nurses, Report of


255


Medical Inspection. Report of


257


Dental Hygiene, Report of Department


264


Inspection of Animals and Provisions


262


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar


265


Inaugural Address, Hon. James E. Hagan


3


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of the


265


Law Department, Report of


377


Licensing Commission, Report of


166


Medical Inspection, Report of


257


Visits


257


Laboratory Examinations


257


Tuberculosis


258


Infant Hygiene Clinics


259


Ordinances


136


Police, Chief of, Report of


148


Arrests


148


Roster of Department


149


Changes in the Force


148


Public Buildings Commissioner, Report of


160


Inspection of Buildings


161


Plumbing


161


Elevators


162


Schools: Heating, Blackboards, Sprinklers


162, 163


Libraries


163


Highway Buildings


164


Contagious Hospital


164


Park Buildings


164


Bathhouse


164


In Memoriam


164


Public Grounds (City Engineer)


219


385


INDEX


Public Library


119


Report of Trustees


119


Board of Trustees and Officers-Committees


120


Organization of Library and Staff Personnel


121


Report of Librarian


124


Statistics


128


Public Welfare, Department of


211


Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc.


211


Report of General Agent


213


Full Support


213


Partial Support


213


Children


213


Aid Under 1913 Law (Mothers' Aid)


213


Cost to City


213


Reimbursements


214


Aid under Chapter 118A


215


Somerville Hospital


215


Population and Gross Expenditures


215


Overseers of the Poor Since 1885


216


Recapitulation


216


City Home, Report of Warden


218


City Physician, Report of


217


Recreation Commission


179


Report of Director


181


Community Recreation Activities


190


Financial Statement


195


Retirement System 101


Sanitary Department, Report of


177


Collection of Ashes and Paper


177


School Department


278


Superintendent of Schools, Report of


281


Appendix, Contents of


296


Graduates-High School


338


Junior High School


345


Vocational Schools


358


School Committees


279,359


Somerville Teachers' Club


293


Teachers in Service


361


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of


157


Sewers (see City Engineer) 226


Soldiers' Relief Commissioner, Report of


173


Street Commissioner, Report of


152


Snow and Ice


152


Bridges


153


Underground Wires


153


386


INDEX


Sidewalks Maintenance


153


Street Sprinkling


153


Street Cleaning


153


Suppression of Moths


154


Shade Trees


154


Sidewalks Construction


154


Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement


154


Miscellaneous


155


Permits


155


Traffic Control


155


Recommendations


155


Water Commissioner, Report of


196


Revenue and Expenditures


198


Cost of Water Works


199


Water Works Income and Distribution


200


Water Distribution System Construction


201


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


203


Water Service Connections


204


Fire Services


205


Water Meters


206


Water Assessments and Consumption


207


Summary and Statistics


209





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