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And thus it was a matter of surprise and affront for them to see in the headlines last week that the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission had over- ruled the Somerville commission on five of its most im- portant decisions. They were given a feeling that their own power of righteousness had been usurped.
From the interview with two commissioners pub- lished in this issue of the Somerville Press it is ap- parent that the Commission is unsensitive to some sub- tleties in liquor-control, and is determined to plant the forefeet of its authority on communities without re- gard for them. The commissioners do not seem to ap- preciate, for instance, this fact: That the sale of liquor is associated in people's minds with ribaldry and even evilness, that a church or a school has con- trary associations, and that if a church and a tavern
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are put together the purity of the church is lost rather than the atmosphere of the tavern elevated. Thus only rowdy communities will see a tavern open its doors in the neighborhood of a church with complaisance. One of the reasons that a large city always carries a con- notation of evil is that its cafes and places of laughter and rioting are not prevented from destroying the purity of its churches, museums and schools.
Mr. Hayes' idea of the function of the commission -that it provide "adequate drinking places in proper locations to serve the people," appeals to one as nar- row and unimaginative. A broader conception would be that the commission provide adequate drinking places without hurting the community. That is, the commission should make its purpose not merely the service of the drinkers but the service of the whole community. In the case of Somerville it should, for example, seek to regulate drinking so that the resi- dential tone of the city not be hurt, as the Somerville Commission has done. Since a local commission must ordinarily understand better what is good for the com- munity than the State commission can understand, it should adopt a policy of supporting the local commis- sion, except when it has grounds for suspecting graft or bad faith. The feeling of all people who believe that people are most satisfactorily governed by themselves is reflected in the article by Robert Choate, managing editor of the Boston Herald reprinted below.
Various remarks made by the commissioners to the Somerville Press reporter indicate that their at- titude is hardly as Olympian as it should be for a fair unemotional judgment of the cases brought before them. If they overrule the Somerville commission, they will in effect remove the responsibility for local regulation from Somerville, where an active, earnest and high-minded commission is eager to bear it, to Boston where it will be forgotten."
The Boston Traveler Herald of Sunday April 8, 1934
IN MY OPINION By Robert Choate
"The most outrageous thing that I have heard about during the past week was the attempt of the
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State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission-the ABC-to jam down the throats of the citizens of Som- erville licenses which the licensing board of Somerville and apparently the citizens of Somerville do not them- selves want to grant.
If the facts in this case have been presented any- where near accurately this is a wholly unwarranted use of state power and complete disregard for local self-government.
The whole thing is wide open for abuse. It un- folds terrifying vistas of how far a state commission may go in forcing on self-respecting and decent com- munities the things which the citizens of those com- munities may vigorously oppose.
The only argument that I have heard from the ABC is that it could not make one rule for Boston and another for Somerville. If this is all the commis- sion has to stand on it is the silliest argument that has ever been coined.
Somerville decided it did not want to grant liquor licenses to certain restaurants and stores because they were within 300 feet of churches and schools. Appeal was made to the ABC. The commission overruled the Somerville Licensing Board. Now the city is faced, by order of the state, with the sale of liquor where Somerville citizens believe it should not be sold.
Functioning of the ABC
I had supposed that the ABC was wholly a regula- tory or police body in the matter of licenses. I believe that that was the view held by many students of the liquor bill. I had thought that its duties had to do largely with restriction and abuse of licenses rather than foisting of them on communities which did not want them granted.
To date we have seen the ABC do absolutely noth- ing to throw safeguards around the sale of liquor. The Somerville incident leads me to believe that it is much more interested in the sale of intoxicants than in their supervision.
It is preposterous to suppose that ABC can draw up a set of rules which will apply sensibly both to
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Boston and the rest of the state. Boston has wholly different problems which would probably be met again only in one or two of the larger cities of the common- wealth.
The ABC argument that if it lays down one policy for Boston it must be the same thing throughout the state would result in a wholly ludicrous situation.
Of course, Boston's problems are wholly different. The majority of licenses here, in hotels and restau- rants, are concentrated in a small area wherein is a very large part of our business and commerial life. There can be no possible comparison between down- town Boston and downtown Somerville, or downtown Everett, or downtown Revere.
In Boston our churches, our hotels and restau- rants, and even sometimes our schools, are all tum- bling over one another. That is hardly true of our smaller cities.
But even if there may be legitimate ground for an argument over this phase of the situation, certainly there can be none over the right of a city to control the bestowal of licenses within its limits.
It is my hope that Somerville will test the law to the limit so that the issue may be definitely settled that the ABC cannot grant licenses in communities where they are not wanted. Certainly, if the ABC has this authority then there is absolutely no need for local licensing boards. They might as well close shop and go out of business in those places where influence is strong enough to cause the ABC to go over their heads.
If local authorities are not sustained in the Som- erville case it is obvious that the liquor law should be amended to curtail this extravagant use of ABC con- trol. The commission should stick to the business for which it was primarily created. It should start to wipe out the abuses that are already evident in the wake of prohibition repeal. It should take away the licenses of owners and waiters in joints which are common nuisances. It should have no hesitancy about being hard-boiled in this attitude. The effect of
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such drastic action would be most wholesome all over the commonwealth.
The trouble with the liquor law is not so much with the law itself as with the power of the men who are empowered to administer it. Any law can be un- satisfactory if those whose duty it is to supervise it do not use a little common sense.
There is another thing which it seems to me would bear looking into. The law is supposed to provide limitation on the number of outlets for the sale of liquor acording to the population. I have before me a clipping from a Lawrence newspaper wherein it is stated that already in that city more licenses have been granted than are allowed by law.
While I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the statement it seems likely that if too many licenses have been slipped out in Lawrence that there is a good chance the same condition exists elsewhere. Maybe the ABC will be willing to look into this situation before it forces licenses in Somerville that are not wanted."
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Somerville, Mass. December 31, 1934.
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,
WALTER V. ROBINSON QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN ARTHUR C. COFFEY
Board of Public Welfare.
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SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
FRED E. DURGIN, Chairman QUINLAN SULLIVAN, Vice-Chairman ARTHUR C. COFFEY
COMMITTEES On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. DURGIN, MR. SULLIVAN, MR. COFFEY
Clerks and Social Workers
HELEN E. LINEGAR DOROTHY C. WATKINS FRANCES V. SHARPE M. ETTA NEYLAN MARGARET C. CONLEY CHARLES J. WILLWERTH MARGARET KOEN JOSEPH E. DOW WILLIAM T. CASEY ELMER E. HASELTON DOROTHY F. WHITE
General Agent WILLIAM E COPITHORNE
City Physician FRANK P. SCIGLIANO, 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
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REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT
City Hall, January 2, 1935.
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass .:-
Gentlemen :- The general agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1934 :-
Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the year)
In City Home (men 66, women 27) 93
In City Home, December 31, 1934 43
In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state. 365
Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)
Families 2,374
Persons aided (including hospital cases) 11,186
Burials
19
Table No. 3
CHILDREN
In private families 27
In care of state division of child guardianship 39
Table No. 4 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)
Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1934 62
Number of families aided at close of year
63
Number of famililes aided during the year
77
Number of children
301
Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $22.00 per week
Number of out-of-town families
8
Number having no settlement
7
Cost To City
Somerville settlement
$33,042.00
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)
3,153.00
State
4,465.00
Somerville families living in other cities and towns 2,639.38
$43,299.38
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Table No. 5 REIMBURSEMENTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$168,625.01
City of Beverly
"
Brockton
32.60
" Cambridge
17,907.34
"
Chicopee
47.90
", Everett
4,058.27
Fall River
203.07
Framingham
63.00
" Gloucester
424.05
" Haverhill
1,275.01
" Lawrence
117.95
" Lynn
2,528.89
" Lowell
157.50
"
Medford
12,121.85
" New Bedford
209.30
" Newburyport
6.00
"
Peabody
20.00
Pittsfield
305.87
" Quincy
239.06
"
Revere
2,450.59
Salem
131.35
Taunton
16.00
"
Waltham
331.13
929.35
Town of Amesbury
Auburn
105.67
,,
Barnstable
42.00
Belmont
138.75
" Billerica
733.63
Bourne
861.63
=
" Braintree
4.66
Brookline
855.28
" Clinton
25.00
E. Bridgewater
58.77
" Franklin
150.50
Harvard
415.73
Holbrook
36.00
Hudson
18.25
Ipswich
806.61
Lexington
877.47
" Methuen
317.14
" Middleboro
157.48
" Milton
65.00
Needham
142.60
Norwood
409.98
Rutland
40.00
South Braintree
28.00
Stoneham
933.77
" Stoughton
30.67
" Ware
24.00
W. Bridgewater
44.74
Weymouth
24.25
" Wilmington
666.49
" Woburn
" Worcester
841.34
476.30
"
208.00
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Town of Winchendon
72.00
" Winchester
313.75
Individual
5.00
$222,131.55
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Old Age Assis- tance)
$39,888.02
Cities and towns (Old Age Assistance) 4,116.15
Table No. 6 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118A (Old Age Assistance)
Number of old age assistance cases January 1, 1934
355
Number of old age assistance cases aided at close of year
434
Cost to City
$128,777.64
Reimbursements and refunds
44,255.41
Net cost to city
$84,522.23
Table No. 7 SOMERVILLE HOSPITALS (City Patients)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
540
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
155
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state)
243
Total number of patients sent to hospitals
938
Amount paid to hospitals
$37,212.25
Table No. 8 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 to 1934
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
1.905
-* 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
Table Number 9 BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Recapitulation for the Year 1934
1934
Board.
Burials.
Cities and Towns.
Cash Paid Out.
Cash in Adv.
Chap. 118
Cash Allowance
Fuel
Groceries.
Other Institu- tions.
Glasses and Medicine
Printing. and Stationery
Ambulance and Nursing.
Salaries.
Local Hospitals.
State Hospital
Furniture All Other. Telephone. & Clothing Shoes
Totals
January
$2,174.56
$ 99.98
$ 40.00
$
$ 27,474.50
$200.00
S
$192.62
$ 6,665.90
$236.88
$644.00
$205.95
$2,886.79
$1,316.00
$698.14
$ 68.25
$472.60
$60,379.18
February
204.00
99.98
38.25
28,300.50
174.00
3,770.50
22,826.21
432.34
1,082.77
61.41
3,442.76
5,236.25
311.51
315.43
66,295.91
March
107.55
149.98
75.00
13,943.12
24,863.50
327.74
192.62
4,364.00
11,042.90
259.61
1,118.29
170.96
2.55
3,945.56
4,256.25
45.45
846.87
65,711.95
April.
115.71
124.98
165.00
385.56
24,475.50
186.42
1,185.02
38,027.72
889.57
1,245.22
46.90
7.65
3,069.26
3,378.75
1,136.23
53.56
956.45
75,449.50
May
1,692.42
124.98
60.00
3,403.09
25,540.00
200.00
192.62
158.35
22,368.35 279.43
507.81
139.82
6.60
3,015.76
3,506.25
321.40
730.17
62,247.05
June
113.57
124.98
159.89
19,212.25
178.99
20.75
15,455.76
824.42
868.66
79.60
18.70
3,534.95
3,453.75
162.50
342.57
44,551.34
July.
2,147.55
124.98
151.80
21,400.50
418.17
165.91
16,863.48
250.43
306.57
69.18
8.80
2,909.76
3,307.50
741.72
158.55
376.90
113,405.40
August
116.84
99.98
85.00
18,959.50
188.19
18,003.36
449.89
393.17
23.75
2,371.93
2,561.25
149.60
61.78
43,755.43
September
75.79
169.98
40.00
16,146.00
126.42
14,246.79
435.22
593.91
37.96
2,679.72
2,838.75
154.00
373.94
37,918.48
October.
2,181.45
112.35
50.00
16,354.50
130.62
12,997.75
191.86
538.04
44.00
2,431.64
2,501.25
695.84
186.90
352.10
38,768.30
November
64.29
108.32
7.00
40,841.86
14,013.50
1,826.80
130.71
222.50
13,773.44
458.20
518.77
132.96
2,494.31
2,557.50
199.00
504.35
77,853.51
December.
2,411.14
108.48
119.00
22,042.81
14,055.75
66.67
126.19
14,093.47
422.20
820.09
95.99
3,205.65
2,298.75
1,142.00
180.50
468.97
61,657.66
Totals.
$11,404.87
$1,448.97
$792.80 $145, 109.37 $250,796.00
$400.00
$2,639.38 $1,985.31
$16,387.02
$216,702.24 $5,130.05 $8,637.30 $1,108.48 1
$44.30 $35,988.09 $37.212.25
$4,413.93
$1.991.22
$5,802.13 $747,993.71
$17,003.01
64,003.60 291.19
Auto Mainte- nance
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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
1932
104,000
650,893.45
14,983.46
665,876.91
1933
104,000
594,108.10
13,643.51
607,751.61
1934
104,000
747,993.71
13,499.64
761,493.35
* Census.
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, Feb- ruary 1912)
1888
1912
¿Daniel C. Stillson
1888 Apr. 1892
¿Hon. Charles C. Pope, chairman, ex-officio ....
1889
1891
¡Nathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April 1894)
1890 Apr. 1894
¡Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman, ex- officio
1892
1895
¡James G. Hinckley
May,
1892
1894
¡Albert W. Edmands
May,
1893 Oct. 1918
+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 ¡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.,
1918
date
George G. Brayley
Jan.,
1922 June 1928
James D. Sharkey
Dec.,
1924
1933
Wilbur F. Lewis
June,
1928 Jan. 1931
John C. McNally Frank Cole
Jan.
1931
1933
* Arthur C. Coffey
1933
date
*Quinlan Sullivan
1934
date
* Present member.
Deceased.
1933 Jan. 1934
1899
1912 Nov. 1916
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Table No. 10 RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS)
Expenditures and transfers
$747,993.71
Reimbursements and refunds
228,787.15
Net cost to city
$519,206.56
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. COPITHORNE,
General Agent.
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REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME
City Home, January 1, 1935.
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, 1934 :-
Tabe No. 1
Number of weeks' board of inmates 2,143
Number of males admitted during 1934 33
Number of females admitted during 1934 16
Number of males discharged during 1934 19
Number of females discharged during 1934
8
Number of males supported during 1934
66
Number of females supported during 1934
27
Number of males died during 1934
8
Number of females died during 1934
6
Number of inmates in home December 31, 1934
43
Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL
Number of weeks' board
583-4
Number of patients admitted
26
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1934 10
Table No. 3
Expenditures
$13,499.64
Reimbursements and refunds
4,516.18
Net cost to city
$8,983.46
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN M. REYNOLDS,
Warden.
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REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
Somerville, January 1, 1935.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen : Gentlemen :-
The work of your city physician during the year 1934 is presented in the following abstract ;-
Office consultations and treatments
9,702
Total outside visits
3,644
Confinements
1
Visits at City Home
92
Attended at Police Station
46
Examinations : -
For legal department
21
For police department
101
For fire department
123
For pension
14
Other work of the City Physician does not admit of tab- ulation.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK P. SCIGLIANO,
City Physician.
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ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS
January 1, 1935.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen :---
I respectfully submit the thirtieth annual report of the Electrical Department for the year ending December 31, 1934.
INSPECTIONS OF WIRING IN BUILDINGS
Strict inspection of electrical wiring and attachments there to have been inforced as in the past.
Many dangerous and amateur wiring conditions that were hazards to life and property have been revealed by our periodic inspection system and corrected.
Number of notifications of new work (permits) 1,737
Number of inspections of new work
2,243
Number of re-inspections of new work
308
Number of inspections of old work
800
Number of defective installations of old work
485
Number of defective installations remedied
440
Number of re-inspection of old work
1,291
Total
5,567
Number of permits to Edison Elec Ill. Company to set meters
1,190
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
While a considerable amount of repair and new work has been done on this system during the past year, a large amount still remains to be accomplished to meet the requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
.
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One set of the duplicate battery system was replaced this year, but the opposite set is in very poor condition and early action to correct same is essential.
152 signal boxes have been completely overhauled during the year, but many of these are of the obsolete type.
570 box alarms have been received and transmitted during the year.
14 second alarms 2 A. D. T| alarms
675 Telephone calls received and fire department sent.
1261 total box and still alrams.
The central office equipment consists of the following :-
2-6 circuit operating boards.
1-5 circuit tapper board.
1-5 circuit gong board.
2-16 circuit storage battery charging boards.
1-32 circuit protector board.
1-12 circuit automatic repeater.
1-1 dial 4 number manual transmitter.
2-5 circuit punching registers and take up reels.
13- punching registers and take up reels.
2 automatic time and date stamps.
1 master clock.
1 local telephone used as a still alarm system.
1088 cells storage battery.
5 10 foot 4 shelf battery racks.
5 metropolitan tappers and gongs.
Apparatus outside the central office consists of the follow- ings :---
164 Signal boxes.
23 Master signal boxes with remote control stations in ad- jacent school buildings.
7 Tower strikers.
29 Cable terminal boxes.
8 Punching registers.
35 Tappers fast time.
8 Tappers slow time gongs.
13 Still alarm bells.
7 Local telephones used as still alarm system.
18 Private telephones.
3 Traffic sirens.
Approximately 68 miles of overhead and 86 miles of under- ground wires.
23 new master signal boxes adjacent to schools with remote control stations located within the schools have been installed
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ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS
during the year. The completion of 3 installations now in proc- ess of construction will complete the school program.
14 additional new streetboxes are now being installed and a number of old boxes changed to new locations in order to ob- tain a more even distribution throughout the city.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
The Police Signal boxes are now being completely over- hauled, but poor cable conditions are giving some trouble.
The Police Radio is in good condition and giving satisfac- tory service.
The outside equipment consists of the following :-
65 Police Signal Boxes.
4 Specials.
SUPERVISION OF POLES AND WIRES ON THE STREET
A Survey was made of all poles and wires on the streets, defects noted and list forwarded to owners for action. A num- ber of defective poles have been replaced by the companies own- ing same.
New Poles
Re- placed moved
Re-
Re- Relo- set cated
New Eng. T. & T. Co.
Edison Elec. Ill. Co.
11
2 216
3
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1
Permits given to Edison Elec III. Co., for attachments to New Eng. Tel. & Tel Co. poles
25
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Permits given to New Eng. Tel. & Tel.
Co., for attachments to Edison Co. poles
10
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...
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Permits given Edison Elec. Ill. Co., for
attachments to Boston Elevated Poles
3
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...
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STREET LIGHTING
The number of Street Lights January 1, 1935 are as fol- lows :-
990 No. 20-80 candle power lights.
201 No. 30-100 candle power lights.
21 No. 50-250 candle power lights.
501 No. 70-600 candle power lights.
336 No. 75-1000 candle power lights.
2049
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4
Boston Elevated R. R.
...
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192
ANNUAL REPORTS
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
One set of Traffic Lights at the intersection of Mossland, Cedar and Elm Streets has been added during the past year.
RECOMMENDATION'S
I re-submit the following recommendations of last year :-
That fire alarms signal boxes of inferior type and cable in poor condition be replaced by the adoption of a program where- by a definite number of boxes and a definite amount of cable be removed each year until all have been replaced.
That headquarters building and equipment be remodelled to meet the requirements of the National Board of Fire Un- derwriters.
That the duplicate battery system be completed or a com- bination battery and rectifier system be installed.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. CUDDIHY,
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights.
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SANITARY DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable, the Mayor
and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen :
The report of the Sanitary Department for the year 1934 is respectfully submitted herewith :
COLLECTIONS OF ASHES AND REFUSE
Loads
Yards
Tons
January
1,786
11,609
4,019
February
1,560
10,140
3,510
March
2,325
15,113
5,231
April
1,900
12,350
4,275
May
2,376
15,444
5,346
June
1,680
10,920
3,780
July
1,713
11,135
3,854
August
2,016
13,104
4,536
September
1,596
10,374
3,591
October
1,608
10,452
3,618
November
2,088
13,572
4,698
December
1,692
10,998
3,807
Totals
22,340
145,210
50,265
COLLECTION OF PAPER
Loads
Yards
January
593
5,626
February
572
5,474
March
721
6,894
April
533
5,116
May
715
6,843
June
570
5,439
July
558
5,337
August
715
6,843
September
564
5,388
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