Report of the city of Somerville 1934, Part 22

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Publication date: 1934
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367


RECREATION COMMISSION


momentum already acquired through the efficiency of the or- ganization and the service hitherto; (3) the high degree of ap- preciation and understanding accorded by the public in the face of trying difficulties that beset the leadership corps; (4) the very considerable advantages afforded through the cooperation of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, under which several projects in community recreation have been provided through this Commission and supervised by its agents.


The Director of Recreation has faced extreme difficulties during the year which have been met successfully only through great personal sacrifice on his own part; and the same is true to a proportionate degree of nearly forty part-time or season- al Recreation leaders, and especially true of the two year-round Recreation leaders, Messrs. Charles C. Kelley and John H. McCarthy. The Commission judges that this public acknowledg- ment and recognition of such sacrifice and service ought not properly to be omitted.


In the judgment of the Commission, a decided loss to the service given through this Commission has been experienced through discontinuance of the membership of George H. Evans on this Commission. Mr. Evans had served as Chairman for several years, and as a member for ten years. His sound judg- ment, devoted service, cordial cooperation and wise counsel have been, during all this time, important factors in the ser- vice.


The Recreation Commission takes this occasion to acknowl- edge gratefully the courteous cooperation of His Honor, the Mayor, the Commissioner of Public Buildings, the City En- gineer, the City Clerk, the Commissioner of Streets, the Super- intendent of Schools, and the various agents of other depart- ments whose cooperation is frequently experienced in the con- duct of the service under this Commission. In the case of the Public Buildings Department, the Commission is fully appre- ciative of the difficulties under which cooperation have been rendered, and recognizes that although ordinary services to the Commission's work, traditionally rendered through the Public Buildings Department, have been withheld during 1934,, this loss results from conditions not controllable by the Public Buildings Commissioner.


The Commission respectfully submits to your honorable body its own deliberate judgment that a great loss to the wel- fare of this community and its citizens is involved in the pres


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ANNUAL REPORTS


ent tendency or policy of reducing the Recreation service by the withholding of finances-as this tendency has been shown by the reduction of the annual appropriation to this Commis- sion during the past three years. From 1931 to 1934, the re- duction has been approximately seventy per cent. In other communities, on the average, the tendency and policy have been in the contrary direction.


Respectfully yours,


MARY M. McGANN, Chairman.


369


CITY ENGINEER


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER


OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER,


CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, JANUARY, 1935.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :


Gentlemen :- The undersigned presents herewith the 62nd annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1934, 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 Superintendent of Sewers and Superintendent of Parks and Playgrounds.


GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Transfers


Divisions


Appropriations $17,434.23


& Credits Expenditures


City Engineer


Sewers Maintenance


24,246.28


$17,431.94 24,239.77 100.15


Balances $2.29 6.51


Sewers Construction


670.87


Parks Maintenance ..


13,200.00


13,199.71


570.72 .29


Playgrounds Mainten- ance


17,800.80


..


17,796.72


4.08


John M. Woods Play- ground


4.14


..


..


4.14


Playground Foss Park


254.56


..


254.56


Improvement Walter Ernest Shaw Play- ground


110.93


............


...........


110.93


370


ANNUAL REPORTS


Playground Improve-


ment and Exten-


sion


132.99


132.99


P.W.A. Sewer Account 34,000.00


1,318.25


32,681.75


Glen St. Playground Account 300.00


300.00


Sewers and Storm Drains,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, all engineering work relating to same and supervision .... Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving and all other engineering work relating to the department


$3,330.44


Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, inspection, titles, costs and assessments Water Works,-comprising giving lines and grades and other matters relating to the department


17.71


Parks and Playgrounds, - comprising surveys, plans, es- timates, profiles, and grades, including laying out of parks, playgrounds, boulevard and supervision


1,078.42


Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction and laying out of grounds of public buildings


237.50


Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishment of lines, grades and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading 97.43


Office Work,-comprising record of all locations, indexing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calulations, reports and gen- eral drafting


1,549.21


Miscellaneous Work,-comprising designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for committees, etc.


Holidays, Vacations and Sickness 886.74


E. R. A. (Emergency Relief Administration),-comprising making of plans, estimates and all engineering work relating to same, and supervision


255.14


Civil Works Program,-comprising making of plans, es- timates, and all engineering relating to same, and supervision 1,831.00


Engineering,-General Departmental expenses (all divi- sions) comprising City Engineer's salary, automobile maintenance, telephone, car fares and supplies 5,478.42


Total $17,431.94


The total cost of maintaining the Engineer's Division since it was established, 1872-1934, both years inclusive, has amount- ed to $651,214.72.


Five assistants have been employed the greater part of the year on engineering work.


2,594.02


75.91


371


CITY ENGINEER


There are plans for acceptance of fifteen streets on file in this office, that for various reasons have not been made public ways.


A set of block plans are now completed covering the entire city area, from accurate surveys made during the past forty- two years, and carefully compared section by section with deed dimensions and areas recorded in the assessors' department, in this manner the correct areas of land have been determined. This set of plans show the area and dimensions of each lot. (Details, etc. in report of Assessor.)


LENGTH OF STREETS


Miles


*Public


90.524


Private


10.107


100.631


* Includes 1.406 Miles City Boulevard and Park Roadways 2.331 Miles Metropolitan District Boulevard


0.98 Mile State Highway


(A revision of length of public and private streets showing that, ow- ing to abandoned and duplicated streets and streets incorporated into the Northern 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 defin- ing street lines, and the number should be increased each year ; definite boundaries do much to simplify surveying and are con- venient to use for bench marks. Previous reports give locations of existing bounds.


372


ANNUAL REPORTS


STREETS RESURFACED WITH PERMANENT PAVEMENT


Square Yards


Length Feet


Central Street-Summer Street to Broadway (Sheet asphalt on new concrete base) .... Powder Hourse Boulevard-Leonard Street to near Curtis Street


10,925


3,541


7,581


1,587


Total


18,406


5,128


(.971 miles)


The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 25.00 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.


STREETS RESURFACED BY THE C. W. A. AND E. R. A.


Street


From


To


Type


Width of Roadway


Length in Feet


Knapp


Granite St.


School St.


.Asphaltic penetration


26.7


379


Pearson Ave.


Morrison Ave.


Kidder Ave.


Sheet asphalt


30.0


660


Prichard Ave.


Morrison Ave.


Kidder Ave.


Sheet asphalt


26.7


631


Temple


Broadway


......


.... Mystic Ave. . Warrenite


44.0


1,628


Total


3.298 (0.625 mile)


CITY ENGINEER


373


374


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION


** Streets paved with granite blocks Streets paved with vitrified brick


218,759 1,648


0.288


Streets constructed with concrete base and asphaltic mixed top


247,689


10.837


¿Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top


19,245


1.570


#Streets constructed with broken stone base and asphaltic mixed top


57,834


3.757


°Streets constructed with broken stone base and bituminous penetrated top


49.566


Streets constructed of water bound ma-


cadam


15.281


Streets graveled or unimproved


10.049


Total


100.361


* Also 27.92 miles (single track) electric railway paved with granite, as- phalt, Bithulithic, etc.


** Includes 6.149 sq. yds. (0.438 miles 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.)


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


Edgestone


Sidewalk Gravel


Sidewalk Brick


Sidewalk Granolihtic


Ward one


20.936


2.684


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


0.230


9.126


5.885


Ward five


23.309


3.106


11.049


7.454


Ward six


25.873


3.319


10.182


12.544


Ward seven


38.807


1.514


7.979


26.857


161.944


16.735


67.757


66.299


(Details, etc., streets and sidewalks in report of Street Commissioner.)


UNDERGROUND CONDUITS (Public Service Corporations)


Miles laid in City Streets


Boston Elevated Railway Co.


5.55


Edison Electric Illuminating Co.


20.44


New England Tel & Tel. Co.


19.59


Cambridge Gas Light Co.


67.56


Boston Consolidated Gas Co. (formerly Charles- town Gas Co.


32.27


Somerville Department of Electric Lines and Lights, Police and Fire Alarm (wires are in corporation conduits )


Total


145.41


9.013


375


CITY ENGINEER


All locations for sub-surface construction are assigned by this department.


Lines and grades have been given for laying new city water mains and measurements taken of same. Length of new mains, etc., in the report of Water Commissioner.


All plans of estates in Somerville recorded at the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, including land court plans, have been copied, also titles examined, abstracts from deeds made for the purpose of assessments, and the proportional part of the cost of new work computed, and schedules of assessments made out showing the property owners.


Total number of plans on file in this office approximately ten thousand.


For the immediate improvement of conditions in this city the highway bridges and approaches over the steam railroads should be rebuilt the full width of the street at Broadway, (North Somerville) Prospect Street and Washington Street, near Union Square; and Northern Artery over the Fitchburg Railroad and the dangerous railroad grade crossing at Park Street should be abolished, as decreed by the courts a number of years ago.


A compiled table of areas showing a sub-division of city's acreage was published in the 1925 report.


I respectfully refer to some of the more important recom- mendations and suggestions made in reports of the City En- gineer for a number of years past, which are for the improve- ment of conditions in this city.


376


ANNUAL REPORTS


SEWER DIVISION


The designing and construction of sewers, storm drains, catch basins, house drains, etc., maintenance of the drainage system and other items in this division are under the direction and control of the City Engineer.


CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT


1934


Credit


Balance unexpended (1933)


$670.87


Materials on hand Dec. 31, 1933 372.30


Total


$1,043.17


Statement of Expenditures


Constructing Catch Basins, etc.


130.40


Materials on hand Doc. 31, 1934 342.05


472.45


UNEXPENDED BALANCE DEC. 31, 1934 .... $570.72


P. W. A. SEWER ACCOUNT


1934


Appropriation 1934


$34,000.00


DOCKET 7630A (Sewers and storm drain in Garfield Ave., Willow & Kidder Aves. and Perry St. (Unfinished) $886.23


DOCKET 7630B (Wheatland St. sewer be- tween Mystic Ave. and Broadway) (Un- finished ) 432.02


Total 1,318.25


UNEXPENDED BALANCE DEC. 31, 1934. $32,681.75


TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS AND STORM UNDER THE SUPERVISION O


-LOCATION


Street


From


To


Mater Excav:


Dover Street


.Elm Street


Southerly


San


Granite Street


Somerville Avenue


Osgood Street


Sand & I


ge


0


9'-3"


8'


197.47


...


...


đ


1


7'-0"


....


...


12" 5 681.40


Merriam Street


.Somerville Avenue


Northerly


San.


ge


0


8'-6"


8'


154.00


......


..........


d


1


7'-0"


....


12"


257.83


School Street


.Somerville Avenue


Knapp Street


San


Sydney Street


Taylor Street


.. near Temple Street


Clay


1


6'-6"


....


.....


12"


388.50


Temple Street


Mystic Avenue


.near Sydney Street


Clay


998.81=Length of Sewers Adde 2,769.05=Length of Storm Drain. 3,767.86=0.7136 Mile, Total Cons


Total Length of Public Sewers in the city January 1, 1935 Total Length of Private Sewers in the city January 1, 193 Total Length of Sewers in the city January 1, 1935 Total Length of Storm Drains in the city January 1, 1935 Total Length of City Drainage System January 1, 1935


Total Length of Metropolitan Sewer Mains in the city Jal


A DRAINS BUILT IN 1934 BY E. R. A. LABOR F THE CITY ENGINEER


ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION


SEWERS


STORM DRAINS


ial ated


Manholes


Average Cut


Size


Length in Ft.


Size


in Ft.


đ


3


9'-0"


....


..


......


24"


388.40


edge


1


10'-0"


8'


445.54


......


Knapp Street


School Street


Westerly


Led


Mansfield Street


Somerville Avenue .Northerly


San


đ


1


8'-0"


....


..........


12"


287.50


Osgood Street


Granite Street


.Fasterly


Leđ


Rossmore Street


.Somerville Avenue


Northerly


San


d


2


10'-0"


201.80


... ...


...


0


6'-0"


....


12"


322.56


Taylor Street


Mystic Avenue


.Sydney Street


Clay


2


9'-6"


....


...


15"


442.86


d to System, 1934 s Added to System, 1934 struction, 1934


=


5


34,896.0'


=


6.6091 Miles


= 563,267.7'


=


106.6795 Miles


= 104,058.2'


= 19.7080 Miles


667.326.0'


=


126.3875 Miles


quary 1, 1935


= 18,148.0'


3.4750 Miles


[ 18"


Length


528,371.7'


100.0704 Miles


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CITY ENGINEER


Total length of city's drainage system 126.3875 Miles


Cost of construction to date (including catch basins) $1,683,578.44


Assessments for Metropolitan sewerage system, 1934 (City's proportional cost) $64,735.55


Total paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts for state sėwer 1892-1934, inclusive $2,760,786.01


Total length of Metropolitan sewerage system mains running through this city 3.475 Miles


17 connections, in Somervile, with Metropolitan sewerage mains. Also 4 connections through Medford and one connection through Cambridge. Locations of City's mains connecting with state sewer in 1912 report, and details of construction in previous reports.


New catch basins constructed in city's highways 1934 31


Total catch basins maintained by city 2,125


Other catch basins-State Highway Metropolitan Park, B. E. Ry., etc. 298


Total catch basins in the city for storm drainage purposes 2,423


Sump manholes on drainage system 139


One sump manhole was rebuilt on Somerville Avenue at the Packing House.


The past year 24 manholes have been built over old exist- ing sewers by E. R. A. labor which are a great benefit in clean- ing and keeping systems clean.


The separate sewerage system should be extended each year to assist in the ultimate separation of sewerage and storm water which the Metropolitan District Commission is striv- ing to accomplish. The growing tendency to occupy all land to its fullest extent with houses, garages, granolithic drives and walks, combined with the paved or bituminous streets which prevail, has reduced the soakage area to the extent that the consequent increased run-off during storms is a heavy tax upon the capacity of the sewers. It is therefore advisable to extend the storm drain system as fast as finances permit, par- ticularly in the North Somerville District into Two Penny Brook, West Somerville District into Tannery Brook, and Win- ter Hill District into Tannery Brook, and Winter Hill Dis- trict into the Mystic River, thus relieving the combined sewer- age system of much surface water. The city's drainage prob- lems will be simplified with every move in this direction. The territory in general west of Cedar Street drains to Alewife Brook through a tributary known as Tannery Brook which has been replaced by pipe and conduits.


378


ANNUAL REPORTS


SEWERS MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT


1934 Credit


Appropriation


$22,246.28


Statement of Expenditures


Labor


$20,378.55


Teaming and trucking


1,036.00


Maintenance of trucks


2,016.52


Equipment, supplies and repairing property ....


808.70


Total


24,239.77


BALANCE UNEXPENDED


$6.51


A permanent force of men, varying in number from twelve to fifteen, and city trucks and hired teams, are kept contin- ually at work, flushing, cleaning and repairing the city's drain- age system, including catch basins, the expense necessarily in- creasing yearly as sewers, storm drains and catch basins are added to the system, and the distance increased to the dump- ing places, only two of which are available at present.


The scarcity of dumping places has confronted the city for some time and various schemes have been considered for efficient and economical methods of disposal, but no plan has been adopted.


The drainage system, built as required by the growth of the city, is composed of units or different type and age. Re- pairs, additions and alterations due to deterioration or chang- ing conditions are necessary very frequently.


Sixty-one permits have been issued for private drain con- nections from buildings to sewers or storm drains, thirty-nine of these being for repairs, alterations or extensions. All work is done subject to inspection by this department.


Many of the repairs and alterations were made necessary by the growth of tree roots into the private drain pipe. In sev- eral cases, these private drains were relaid with iron pipe and leadite or similar joints ; which type of construction is recom- mended by this department in districts where trees are found.


Only persons that are licensed as drain layers by the city, and who have given satisfactory bonds are permitted to lay and repair private drains.


379


CITY ENGINEER


Data concerning each drain connection with the public sewer is on file in this office, and time and expense could be saved by the owner, by applying directly to this department for investigation and advice, where trouble exists.


Many car track catch basins and underground conduit manholes built by public service corporations have been con- nected with the city's drainage system.


A special ordinance should be enacted to enforce a better system of grease traps in the premises of some of the larger manufacturing plants and rendering companies to prevent large amounts of grease and waste products from escaping into city sewer mains and partially blocking sections of sewers as has occurred at various times.


There are to date about 18,484 private drain connections with the city's drainage system.


PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS DIVISION


This division has the control and maintenance of seven- teen parcels of land, (about 75 acres) laid out as parks and rec- reation playgrounds in about equal proportions.


These areas if completely developed would compare favor- ably with other cities in the vicinity.


380


ANNUAL, REPORTS


MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS


1934


Playgrounds


Credita


Parks


Appropriation for Parks


$13,200.00


$17,800.80


Appropriation for Playgrounds


Statement of Expenditures


$16,545.99


Labor


$11,876.61


356.14


Teaming


160.00


105.37


Equipment and supplies


284.61


97.74


Repairing tools and property


82.14


134.37


Fountains and Bubblers Maintenance (Paid Water Dept.)


236.24


25.96


Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Floral Decorations,


trimming and spraying trees, etc.


89.68


88.54


Flags, flag poles, painting, etc.


57.11


Repairing roadways and walks


68.00


Fences, steps, gates, etc. (maintenance and construction )


2.75


129.87


Fences, seats, grandstands, backstops, etc. (Maintenance and construction )


Oil for laying dust .. ......


76.99


Electric Lighting Dilboy Field


105.00


Seeding, Grading and Improving Parks


342.57


61.70


Damage caused by ball-playing (broken win- dows, etc.)


69.05


Woods Field House


$17,796.72


Totals


$13,199.71


$ 4.08


BALANCE UNEXPENDED


$ .29


The city has become so densely populated (averaging nearly 26,000 people a square mile) that some of the larger park areas should be more extensively utilized for public rec- reation and physical training purposes. On several of the play- fields concrete buildings should be constructed, additional ap- paratus and shelters provided and some of the smaller play- ground areas should be enclosed by wire fencing for protec- tion.


The work of enlarging, equipping and manning our parks and playgrounds and the acquiring of new areas for play- grounds should be extended as rapidly as finances will permit. A definite plan of action should be developed for the above so that the work may be done in a systematic and progressive manner.


In certain localities of the city well lighted playgrounds should be maintained during the summer evenings for the


381


CITY ENGINEER


young men and women who are obliged to work in the day time. Special equipment and apparatus should be installed for night use.


Previous reports are respectfully referred to for sugges- tions and recommendations for improvement of park and play- ground areas.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES E. MULLANEY, City Engineer.


382


INDEX


INDEX


Appeal, Board of, Report of 126


Assessors, Board of, Report of


166


Supplementary Assessments 167


Estimated Receipts 167


City Auditor, Report of


6


Balance Sheet


9


Cash Statement


13


Detail of Estimated Receipts


16


Appropriations


19


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


29


County of Middlesex


30


Revenue and Expenses


31


Temporary Loans


32


Funded Debt


35


Taxes


37


Special Assessments


37


Maturities on Funded Debt


39, 41


Interest Requirements on Funded Debt


40, 42


Borrowing Capacity


43


Tax Titles


44


Overlay Accounts


44


Excess and Deficiency Account


46


Receipts and Expenditures, Classifications of


47


Schedule of Public Property


91


Somerville Retirement System


94


City Clerk, Report of


316


Receipts


316


Payments


318


Licenses and Permits


318


Births


319


Marriages


319


Deaths


320


Ordinances


321


City Engineer, Report of


369


Engineering Department


369


General Financial Statement


369


Table of Street Construction


374


Underground Conduits


374


Sewer Division


376


Maintenance Accounts


380


Parks and Playgrounds Divison


379


INDEX


383


City Government and Officers for 1934 322


City Solicitor, Report of 343


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of 95


Cash Statement


Taxes


Street Sprinkling Assessments


99


Betterment Assessments


101


Departmental Accounts


102


Temporary Loans 104


Bonds 106,107,108


Municipal Relief Loans


109


Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Com- missioner ) 121


Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner) 362


Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner) 349


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights, Report of 189


Inspection of Wiring in Buildings


189


Fire Alarm System


189


Police Signal System


191


Supervision of Poles and Wires on the Streets


191


Street Lighting


191


Traffic Lights


192


Recommendations


192


Dental Hygiene, Report of 156


Election Commissioners, Board of, Report of


329


List of Assessed Polls and Registered Voters 333


Election Statistics


334


Fire Department, Chief of, Report of


110


Alarms of Fire


110


List of Probable Causes


110


Service of Companies


111


Manual Force


112


Apparatus


112


Hose


112


Insurance Rates


113


Fire Prevention Inspections


114


Conclusion


114


Health, Board of, Report of


133


Organization, Officers, etc.


133


Nuisances


135


96


98


384


INDEX


Permits and Licenses


135


Stables


137


Board and Infants


137


Lying-In Hospitals


138


Mortality Statistics


139


Diseases Dangerous to Public Health


146


Specimens and Supplies


146


Medical Inspection of Schools


147


Bacteriological Work


149


Undertakers


149


Infant Hygiene Clinics


150


Health Nurses, Report of


151


Medical Inspection, Report of


153


Dental Hygiene, Report of Department


156


Inspection of Animals and Provisions


157


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar


160


Inaugural Address, Hon. James E. Hagan


3


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of the


160


Law Department, Report of


343


Licensing Commission, Report of


169


Medical Inspection, Report of


153


Visits


153


Laboratory Examinations


153


Tuberculosis


154


Infant Hygiene Clinics


155


Ordinances 321


Police, Chief of, Report of


116


Arrests


116


Changes in the Department


116


Roster of Department


117


Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of


121


Inspection of Buildings


122


Schools : Heating, Blackboards, Sprinklers


123,


124


Libraries


124


Highway Buildings


124


Contagious Hospital


124


City Home


125


Bathhouse


125


In General


125


Public Grounds (City Engineer)


369


Elevators


123


385


INDEX


Public Library


300


Report of Trustees


300


Board of Trustees and Officers-Committees


301


Organization of Library and Staff Personnel


302


Report of Librarian 305


Statistics


310


Public Welfare, Department of


180


Members of the Board, Committees, Officers, etc.


181


Report of General Agent


182


Full Support


182


Partial Support


182


Children


182


Aid Under 1913 Law (Mothers' Aid)


182


Cost to City


18%


Reimbursements


183


Aid under Chapter 118A


184


Somerville Hospitals


184


Population and Gross Expenditures


184


Overseers of the Poor Since 1885


185


Recapitulation


186


City Home, Report of Warden


187


City Physician, Report of


188


Recreation Commission 366


Retirement System


94


Sanitary Department, Report of


193


Collection of Ashes and Paper 193


School Department 195


Superintendent of Schools, Report of


198


Appendix, Contents of 230


Graduates-High School


259


Junior High School


267


Vocational Schools


281


School Committees


196, 282


Somerville Teachers' Club


217


Teachers in Service


284


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 128


Sewers (see City Engineer)


376


Soldiers' Relief Commissioner, Report of 314


Street Commissioner, Report of


362


Snow and Ice


362


Sidewalks Maintenance


363


Street Sprinkling


363


386


INDEX


Street Cleaning


363


Suppression of Moths


363


Shade Trees


364


Sidewalks Construction


364


Miscellaneous


364


Permits


365


Traffic Control


364


Recommendations


365


Water Commissioner, Report of


349


Revenue and Expenditures


351


Cost of Water Works


353


Water Works Income and Distribution


353


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


355


Water Service Connections


356


Fire Services


357


Water Meters


356


Water Assessments and Consumption


358


Summary and Statistics


360


352 S69


1934 C2


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