Report of the city of Somerville 1936, Part 8

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
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105


Marriages registered


1,089


More than previous year


46


Both parties American


764


Both parties foreign


92


American groom and foreign bride


105


Foreign groom and American bride


128


1,089 couples


First marriage


1,978


Second marriage


188


Third marriage


12


2,178


known nationality


154


ANNUAL REPORTS


DEATHS 1936


(Exclusive of Stillbirths)


Number of deaths in Somerville in 1936


965


More than previous year


467


Females


498


965


Under ten years of age


74


10 and under 20 years of age


16


20 and under 30 years of age


26


30 and under 40 years of age


47


40 and under 50 years of age


73


50 and under 60 years of age


145


60 and under 70 years of age


215


70 and under 80 years of age


226


80 and under 90 years of age


123


90 years of age and over


20


Age of oldest person deceased


105


Born in Somerville


142


Born in other places in the U. S.


433


Of Foreign Birth


390


Of Unknown Nationality


0


Number of deaths in January


102


February


90


April


91


,,


June


72


July


73


„,


August


44


September


67


October


74


November


88


December


88


965


March


100


May


76


965


103 Males


The number of stillbirths during the year was forty-one. In addition to the above, 270 deaths occurred elsewhere, were recorded in Somerville. Almost the entire number of persons deceased having been residents of this city.


155


CITY CLERK


CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1936


MAYOR


LESLIE E. KNOX, 275 Alewife Brook Parkway


BOARD OF ALDERMEN


President, G. EDWARD BRADLEY Vice-President, ARTHUR S. WALSH


ALDERMEN-AT-LARGE


JOHN F. FOSTER, 62 Willow Avenue GEORGE W. PRATT, 35 Clark Street IRVING L. STACKPOLE, 36 Lowden Avenue JOHN E. WHITNEY, 2 Bigelow Street


ALDERMEN


WARD ONE


WALTER J. MORAN 28 Kensington Avenue


WARD TWO


TIMOTHY J. CRONIN 103 Beacon Street


WARD THREE


ARTHUR S. WALSH 44 Laurel Street (Died December 18, 1936)


WARD FOUR


G. EDWARD BRADLEY 10 Madison Street


WARD FIVE


JOHN L. CARROLL


19 Norwood Street


WARD SIX


ALLAN ROY KINGSTON 77 Liberty Avenue


WARD SEVEN


EDWARD A. ROSE


229 Powder House Boulevard


156


ANNUAL REPORTS


City Clerk, NORMAN E. CORWIN Assistant City Clerk, WILLIAM C. ARBUCKLE City Messenger, DANIEL A. DOWNEY Assistant City Messenger, RICHARD A. KEYES


Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at eight o'clock, except when such Thursday is a holiday, in which case, the meeting is held on the preceding Tuesday evening.


STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN


ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS-Chairman Cronin, Foster, Carroll. FINANCE-Chairman Bradley, Cronin, Moran, Pratt, Stackpole, Rose, Whitney.


LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY-Chairman Kings- ton, Stackpole, Rose, Moran, Foster.


LICENSES AND PERMITS-Chairman Walsh, Carroll, Kingston, Whit- ney, Stackpole.


PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WORKS-Chairman Carroll, Pratt, Foster, Rose, Walsh.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE Chairman, EDWARD M. MCCARTY Vice-Chairman, CHARLES A. CAMPBELL HON. LESLIE E. KNOX Mayor, ex-officio G. EDWARD BRADLEY President of the Board of Aldermen, ex-officio


WARD ONE


CATHERINE E. FALVEY 15 Rush Street


WARD TWO


LAWRENCE J. DONOVAN 68 Elm Street


WARD THREE


EDWARD M. MCCARTY 40 Highland Avenue


WARD FOUR


EDITH L. HURD


125 Central Street


1


157


CITY CLERK


WARD FIVE


WILLIAM J. KOEN


34 Lexington Avenue


WARD SIX


63 College Avenue EDWIN A. SHAW


WARD SEVEN


CHARLES A. CAMPBELL 22 Barton Street


Superintendent and Secretary EVERETT W. IRELAND


Assistant Superintendent WALTER P. SWEET


Regular meetings last Monday of each month, except July and August, when none are held.


ASSESSORS


MAURICE F. AHEARN, Chairman (term expires 1939) JOSEPH J. BORGATTI (term expires 1938) JOHN A. COLBERT (term expires 1937) MICHAEL J. CONNOR (term expires 1938)


HORACE A. LEWIS (term expires 1939)


BOARD OF APPEALS


HERBERT W. CARR, Chairman (term expires 1938)


ROBERT J. MOSELEY, Secretary (term expires 1939) WILLIAM J. WRIGHT (term expires 1937)


RICHARD J. SLINEY (term expires 1937)


CHARLES BRUNELLE (term expires 1939)


Associate Members


JOHN CARDILLO (term expires 1938) JOSEPH SOUZA (term expires 1939)


BOARD OF HEALTH


CRAWFORD K. SWEELEY, M. D., Chairman (term expires 1938) JAMES A. KILEY (term expires 1937)


CHARLES F. McCROSSMAN, M. D. (term expires 1937)


158


ANNUAL REPORTS


Clerk, LAURENCE S. HOWARD Agent, GEORGE I. CANFIELD Medical Inspector, FRANK L. MORSE, M. D. Veterinarian, E. WILLIAM JOHANSEN Inspectors of Animals and Provisions HENRY T. MURRAY - JAMES A. DWYER Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, WILLIAM H. WALLIS Assistant Milk Inspector, JAMES C. MOORE Supervisor of Dental Hygiene, DR. ANTHONY F. BIANCHI


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


WALTER V. ROBINSON, Chairman (term expires 1938) QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN, Vice-Chairman (term expires 1937) ARTHUR C. COFFEY (term expires 1939)


Agent, WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE Warden, City Home, HERMAN M. REYNOLDS Matron, City Home, MARY REYNOLDS


LICENSING COMMISSION


EUGENE M. FLANAGAN, Chairman (term expires 1937) EUGENE W. DRISCOLL (term expires 1938)


LAWRENCE SHEEHAN (term expires 1939)


PLANNING BOARD


EUGENE C. McCABE, Chairman (term expires 1939) WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN (term expires 1938) WILLIAM L. O'BRIEN (term expires 1936) JAMES HIGHET (term expires 1937)


PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES


JOHN D. KELLEY, President (term expires 1938) ANNA J. COLL (term expires 1939 ) JOHANNA N. CLOUGH (term expires 1937) CHARLES L. DOHERTY (term expires 1938) KATHRYNE HUEBER (term expires 1939) JOHN J. GRIFFIN (term expires 1938) WILLIAM H. McKENNA (term expires 1937) ALFRED C. WALTON (term expires 1937)


Librarian and Secretary GEORGE H. EVANS


159


CITY CLERK


SOMERVILLE RECREATION COMMISSION


REV. NAZARENO PROPERZI, Chairman (term expires 1937) DR. WILLIAM E. DENVIR (term expires 1937) DR. WINNIFRED P. DAVIS (term expires 1937) MRS. ARTHUR W. HURLBURT (term expires 1937) DR. SOTER G. ZAHAROOLIS (term expires 1937) DR. LOUIS SOLANO (term expires 1938) MARIE SANBORN (term expires 1938) NELLIE FITZPATRICK (term expires 1938) ELIZABETH McKENNA (term expires 1938) DANIEL COTTER (term expires 1938)


BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS


WILLIAM F. BURNS, Chairman (term expires 1938) ARTHUR C. BURTNETT, Secretary (term expires 1938) WARREN C. DAGGETT (term expires 1936) DENNIS L. DONOVAN (term expires 1937)


RETIREMENT BOARD


EUGENE M. CARMAN, Chairman LAURENCE S. HOWARD (term expires 1938) FREDERICK W. HALE, City Auditor


City Clerk NORMAN E. CORWIN


Assistant City Clerk WILLIAM C. ARBUCKLE


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes IRVING G. WESSMAN


City Messenger DANIEL A. DOWNEY


Assistant City Messenger RICHARD A. KEYES


Mayor's Secretary, Confidential DONALD F. BRIDGE


160


ANNUAL REPORTS


Mayor's Secretary, Executive MARION KNOTT


City Auditor FREDERICK W. HALE


City Solicitor DAVID H. FULTON


Assistant City Solicitor ANTHONY DI CECCA


City Engineer LEON G. AYER


Commissioner of Streets WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN


Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings JAMES E. MULLANEY


Water Commissioner TIMOTHY F. HARRINGTON


Superintendent of Sanitary Department JOHN F. MESKELL


Clerk of Committees FREEMAN L. NELSON


Assistant Clerk of Committees JOHN J. MANSFIELD


Assistant to Clerk of Committees FRANCIS L. McGONAGLE


Chief of Police THOMAS DAMERY


161


CITY CLERK


Chief Engineer of the Fire Department JOHN C. MCNALLY


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights JAMES J. CUDDIHY


City Physician CIRO GIOBBE, M. D.


Assistant City Physician HAROLD P. FREEMAN, M. D.


Agent of Military and State Aid and Soldiers' Relief and Burial Agent THOMAS F. MCGRATH


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar WILLIAM H. WALLIS


Sealer of Weights and Measures BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT


Constables


Charles M. Austin


Philip J. Beyer, Jr.


Henry A. Blackman


Daniel A. Downey


Maurice Gilbert


Daniel J. O'Donoghue


Frank H. Gilmore


John F. Scannell


Generoso D'Alelio


William R. Judson


Frank Karcher


Hyman S. Kramer


Francis MacDonald


Samuel L. Terhune


James E. Votour


162


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Board of Public Welfare WALTER V. ROBINSON, Chairman QUINLAN SULLIVAN, Vice-Chairman ARTHUR C. COFFEY


Committees On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. ROBINSON, 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 RAYMOND AHERNE JOHN J. GRIFFIN


LORETTA ROBINSON HELEN HAVICAN


EUGENE F. DALEY MARY I. ROACH EILEEN HENNESSY


163


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


General Agent WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE


City Physician CIRO GIOBBE, M.D.


Assistant City Physicians HAROLD P. FREEMAN, M.D. EDWARD M. MCCARTY, M.D.


Warden and Matron, City Home MR. and MRS. HERMAN M. REYNOLDS


Office : City Hall, Highland Avenue


164


ANNUAL REPORTS


Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1936.


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, Chairman QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN, ARTHUR C. COFFEY,


Board of Public Welfare.


165


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT


City Hall, January 2, 1937.


To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


The General Agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1936 :


Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the year)


In City Home (nien, 78; women, 36) 114


In City Home, December 31, 1936 66


In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state. .... 77


Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)


Families


3,070


Persons aided (including hospital cases)


14,278


Burials


27


Table No. 3


CHILDREN


In private families


27


In case of state division of child guardianship 48


Table No. 4 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)


Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1936


75


Number of families aided at close of year


80


Number of families aided during the year


87


Number of children.


316


Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $22.00


Number of out-of-town families


11


Number having no settlement


8


COST TO CITY


Somerville settlement


$51,087.00


Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)


5,931.00


State


5,235.00


Somerville families living in other cities and towns


2,026.07


$64,279.07


166


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table No. 5


REIMBURSEMENTS


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$172,958.62


City of Chelsea


949.48


Everett


1,491.42


Fall River


165.25


=


Haverhill


90.15


Lawrence


393.68


Lowell


48.00


Lynn


2,409.23



Revere


1,190.59


Salem


152.80


Worcester


620.63


Town of Andover


312.42


Arlington


2,095.56


Belmont


385.97


Brookline


183.82


Chelmsford


8.00


Duxbury


304.74


East Bridgewater


214.24


"


Groveland


7.00


Hull


16.00


Ipswich


26.25


"


Middleboro


392.26


"


" Milton


475.82


"


North Carver


16.00


Norwood


329.37


"


Rockport


870.00


Saugus


64.00


Shrewsbury


126.00


Stoneham


37.95


Stoughton


165.45


Swampscott


906.04


Topsfield


142.50


Wakefield


156.75


"


Ware


467.09


Wareham


68.31


Wilmington


35.00


"


Winchester


180.10


·


Winthrop


179.00


Individuals


88.78


$189,428.53


REIMBURSEMENTS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$64,477.62


United States Government


76,740.02


Cities and towns


2,163.54


$143,381.18


" Williamstown


292.50


Melrose


411.76


167


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


During the year 1936 five hundred to six hundred men worked an average of three days each week for aid granted. No appropriation credit was made to this department by the other city departments for whom the work was performed.


Table No. 6 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118A (Old Age Assistance)


Number of old age assistance cases January 1, 1936


567


Number of old age assistance cases aided at close of year ....


1,009


Cost to City


$234,129.58


Reimbursements and refunds


144,949.77


Net cost to City


$89,179.81


Table No. 7 SOMERVILLE HOSPITALS (City Patients)


Patients having settlement in Somerville


937


Patients having settlement in other cities and towns


199


Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state)


483


Total number of patients sent to hospitals


1,619


Amount paid to hospitals


$56,073.75


The chairman of this board has recommended the erection of a municipal hospital.


Table No. 8 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 TO 1936


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


"


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


-


25,044.32


1907


74,000


17,852.20


7,001.23


168


ANNUAL REPORTS


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


.,


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


1935


*100,773


551,351.15


13,722.16


565,073.31


1936


100,773


897,986.79


15,238.88


,,


913,225.67


* 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, February, 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


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)


1910


1921


Philip Koen


1912


Nov. 1916


Michael Coll


Nov.,


1916


Dec. 1924


"


Fred E. Durgin (chairman 1919-1935) .. Oct.,


1918


Jan. 1935


George G. Brayley Jan.,


1922


Jun. 1928


James D. Sharkey


.Dec.,


Wilbur F. Lewis


Jun.,


1928 Jan. 1931


John C. McNally


Jan.,


1931


1933


Frank Cole


1933


Jan. 1934


*Arthur C. Coffey


1933


date


"


*Quinlan Sullivan


1934


date


*Walter V. Robinson date)


(chairman 1935 to


1935


date


"


* Present member.


177,499.26


14,382.34


191,881.60


1930


*103,604


,


1924


1933


„,


May,


RECAPITULATION FOR THE YEAR 1936


1936


Salaries


Ali Other Maintenance


Cash In Advance


Office Supplies


State Infirmary


Board


Burials


Local Hospitals


Cash Paid Out


Groceries


Medicine


Nursing


Cash Allowance


Cities and Towns


Chapter 118


Clothing and Shoes


Glasses


Other Institutions


Totals


January


$4,382.19


$131.95


$183.04


$200.00


$160.57


$2,619.97


$90.00


$4,432.50


$30,590.50


$12,356.77


$889.42


$123.98


$117.02


$1,969.38


$118.25


$199.71


$62,985.56


February


5,722.86


192.50


191.64


174.53


123.56


16.00


4,575.00


31,152.00


22,040.34


1,168.35


136.69


1,396.88


5,281.66


217.76


450.78


72,839.62


March


4,850.57


113.45


191.64


49.89


66.42


140.00


5,411.25


32,017.00


23,078.02


606.49


147.41


1,394.00


4,279.50


321.25


703.65


73,370.54


April


3,024.89


18.39


163.30


81.67


963.09


2,665.15


87.00


6,996.25


39,615.00


13,362.12


1,657.19


132.86


2,803.36


2,446.66


851.41


73,858.33


May


3,528.60


13.25


166.64


144.60


242.42


397.00


5,448.75


29,477.60


30,467.77


2,128.64


168.26


43.00


727.99


24.50


201.65


829.50


74,009.87


June


2,946.80


99.65


166.64


99.82


64.29


86.00


4,166,25


34,551.60


42,571.74


778.95


171.43


1,192.62


415.10


435.66


87,745.45


July


3,305.47


13.60


166.64


144.24


695.91


2,783.85


25.00


4,878.76


31,809.50


21,700.22


1,146.79


169.40


1,323.16


193.10


796.02


69,141.65


August


3,100.78


86.60


166.64


261.88


66.42


102.00


5,066.25


29,347.00


25,999.99


918.44


159.40


700.00


1,583.50


98.00


450.00


661.65


68,758.45


September


2,723.70


86.15


266.64


71.32


64.29


85.00


4,575.00


33,483.00


18,986.92


667.66


162.86


1,582.01


329.00


681.76


63,766.30


October


3,219.96


109.50


149.98


255.98


620.35


82.42


97.00


3,813.76


27,223.00


19,566.07


1,476.83


169.40


124.29


1,672.46


136.20


407.00


1,196.35


60,309.53


November


2,902.37


7.26


224.98


22.75


2,541.14


75.00


3,960.00


23,951.50


20,918.27


1,392.94


24.65


154.29


343.30


907.50


2,805.00


398.30


659.35


61,288.69


December


3,217.03


39.30


190.10


65.34


978.00


2,721.11


82.00


3,750.00


33,606.50


35,782.40


2,282.32


159.40


33,683.65


2,026.07


3,982.93


6,746.50


228.40


1,473.06


129,913.11


Totals


$42,924.10


$911.39


$2,227.83


$200.00


$1,532.49


$3,247.35


$14,041.04


$1,283.00


$56,073.75 $376,723.00


$286,830.63


$15,113.01


$24.65


$1,835.38


$35,011.26


$2,026.07


$20,534.79


$25,238.30


$3,279.80


$8,928.90


$897,986.79


Auto


Fuel $4,420.30


.....


......


ALBER


169


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Table No. 10 RECAPITULATION (Miscellanoeus)


Expenditures and transfers


$897,986.79


Reimbursements and refunds


191,869.53


Net cost to City


$706,117.26


Respectfully submitted,


WVM. E. COPITHORNE,


General Agent.


170


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME


City Home, January 1, 1937


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, 1936 :


Table No. 1


Number of weeks' board of inmates


3,218-6


Number of males admitted during 1936 33


Number of females admitted during 1936 20


Number of males discharged during 1936 31


Number of females discharged during 1936 17


Number of males supported during 1936


78


Number of females supported during 1936


36


Number of males died during 1936


4


Number of females died during 1936


4


Number of inmates in home December 31, 1936


66


Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL


Number of weeks' board 616-1


Number of patients admitted


48


Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1936


15


Table No. 3


Expenditures


$15,238.88


Reimbursements and refunds


6,585.28


Net cost to City


$8,653.60


Respectfully submitted,


HERMAN M. REYNOLDS,


Warden.


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WELFARE DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN


Somerville, January 1, 1937.


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


Gentlemen :


The work of your city physician and his staff during the year 1936 is presented in the following abstract:


Office consultations and treatments


15,429


Total outside visits


7,362


Confinements


4


Visits at City Home


78


Examinations :


For police department


293


For fire department


187


For pension


6


Respectfully submitted,


CIRO GIOBBE, M.D.,


City Physician.


172


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER


Office of the City Engineer,


City Hall, Somerville, January, 1937.


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


Gentlemen :- The undersigned presents herewith the 64th annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1936, 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


Divisions


Appropriations or Balances


Transfers and Credits


Expenditures


Balances


City Engineer


Sewers Maintenance ..


$16,650.00 22,610.00 570.72* 13,465.00


$13,448.59 22,415.19


194.81


Sewers Construction Parks Maintenance .. Playgrounds Mainten- ance


16,600.00


31.99


16,527.17


104.82


John M. Woods Play- ground


4.14* 254.56*


4.14


254.56


Improvement Walter Ernest Shaw Play- ground


110.93*


..........


..


.....


110.93


Playground Improve-


ment and Exten-


132.99*


132.99


P. W. A. Sewer Ac- count


22,019.73


138.34


Glen St. Playground


22,158.07+ 300.00*


....


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


300.00


..


13,404.69


60.31


Playground Foss Park


........ ...


...........


..


..


.......


...


* Balance from 1935


+ Balance from 1935 plus Federal grants


.........


sion


$3,201.41


570.72


173


CITY ENGINEER


Sewers and Storm Drains,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, all en- . gineering work relating to same and supervision $2,787.79


Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving and all other en- gineering work relating to the department 38.00


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


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


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


601.25


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


Street Numbering, - comprising locations of buildings, plans, assigning street numbers, etc.


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


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. 578.19


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 ac- ceptance and sewer taking plans, filed for record


.........


Private Corporations, Railway, Telephone, Electric Light and Gas Light Companies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles and office notes, locations of poles and conduits


14.25


Setting Stone Bounds and Brass Rods,-defining street lines and city boundary lines


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


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


3,705.33


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


52.25


Holidays, Vacations and Sickness


881.51


Preliminary Work W. P. A. and P. W. A.,-comprising making of plans, estimates, and all engineering relating to same ....


Engineering,-General Departmental expenses (all divi- sions) comprising City Engineer's salary, automobile maintenance, telephone, carfares, and supplies 4,790.02


Total


$13,448.59


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


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


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ANNUAL REPORTS


The total cost of maintaining the Engineer's Division since it was established, 1872-1936, both years inclusive, has amount- ed to $680,773.18.


Five 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.


LENGTH OF STREETS


Miles


*Public


90.254


Private


10.107


100.361


* Includes 1.406 Miles City Boulevard and Park Roadways


2.331 Miles Metropolitan District Boulevard


0.98 Mile State Highway


(A revision of lengths of public and private streets show- ing that, owing to abandoned and duplicated streets and streets incorporated into the Northern Artery, the total length has decreased.


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


1


175


CITY ENGINEER


A table of former names of certain streets was printed in the 1910 report, also a table of public squares.


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 loca- tions of existing bounds.


The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 25.88 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.


TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION


** Streets paved with granite blocks


Streets paved with vitrified brick


Square Yards 218,759 1,648


Miles 9.013


Streets constructed with concrete base and asphaltic mixed top


289,046


12.826


¿Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top


19,245


0.461


¿Streets constructed with broken stone base and asphaltic mixed top


57,834


3.757


§Streets constructed with broken stone base and bituminous penetrated top




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