Report of the city of Somerville 1938, Part 26

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1938
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Number of Pages: 444


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Arthur D. Henley, Oem


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759 1039


624 1212 1030


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781 1730


638 1062


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03


551


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636


550


519


618


682 24309


Jolin B. Lynch .


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4-484


44 444


COUNCILLOR 6th DISTRICT


Eugene A. F Burtbett, Rep.


167


332


620


206


750


492


814 10


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692 18785


Edward A. Rose, Dem.


827


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596


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124 7072


474


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559


449


464 20157


SENATOR THIRD MIOOLESEX


Jobo F. Foster. Rep. ..


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Eugene H Giroux, Dem.


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163 1131


69


672 109%


515


63ª


193


539


57


573


661


670 22244


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL


COURT 21rd DISTRICT


Elward T Brady. Dem. .


669 7049


514 1186


926


4312


Mlichnel J. Pasquerello, Rep


164


201


130 183


27!


1055


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL


COURT 24th DISTRICT


G. Edward Renilley, Dein ..


503


436


671


513


661 910


515


573


609


753


690


716


677


17202


Anthony DeCleco, Jr., Rep.


197


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672 694


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Harvey E. Frost, Rep.


369


513


345


712


576


SGT


621


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George L. Leavitt, Rep.


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190


261


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105


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Paut A. McCorthy, Dom.


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700 855


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Walter J. Moran, Dom.


867


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401


097


417


FIT


622


10419


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL


COURT 25th DISTRICT


Chartes A. Campbell, Dem. .


53


522


556


510


607


659


4693


Hiram N. Dearborn, Rop,


711


461


676 0166


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710


941


Joseph P. Murray, Dem


405 359


355


374


37


3214


Philtp Sherman, Rep.


742


59


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740


595


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......


DISTRICT ATTORNEY


NORTHERN DISTRICT


Robert F. Bradford, Rep.


614 696 354 527


194 353


199


321


476


465


635


755


565


660 573 625


747 686


508


632


769


665


358


832 1099 1099


862


693


721 19505


Joseph V. Carroll, Den,


770 892 606


694 619 847


436 7044


816 614


470


703


900


650 856


638


921


836


475


460


3.94


446


452


466


429 19687


COUNTY COMMISSIONER


MIOOLESEX COUNTY


Thomas B. Brennan, Det.


SS4 957


545


755


670 1010


477 1766


931


740


510


793 7019


653 1006


619 613


90


51


155


529


613


519


444


639


497 21510


Sylvester J. McBride, Soc


10


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15


19


19


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17


12


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19


16


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490


Charles C. Worren, Rep.


397


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993


645


206


160


130


320


650


524 591


422


672 654


506


592


709 TODO 10


727


699


812


624 645 16439


SHERIFF MIDOLESEX COUNTY


Oliver W. Anderson, Soc.


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11


12


1


1


16


19


17


50


6


10


11


11


446


Michael J. Dec. Oem.


442


837


474


666


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459


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616


$59


453


60 8


784


435


416


456


418


414


361


457


403 18742


Herbert Harria. Ind.


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19


11


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26


1


1


17


12


77


1


14


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10


10


14


7


8


1 419


Joseph M. McElroy, Rep.


616


377


32


190


20


459


452


765


553


644


570


643


597


861 1173 1100


937


671


737 19658


CLERK OF COURTS MIOOLESEX


Edward 1. Ford, Det.


862 934 649 753


696 1047


101 1182


259


717


629


816 1029


623


996


620


589


998


916


831


832


617


626


450 633


675


621


444


640


490 21994


Frederle L. Putnam, Rep.


418 635 239


93


196


145


76


319


353


671


649


523 612


155


586 662


470


463 660


612


79


763 1025 1037 734


599


843 528


668 16757


QUESTION NO. 1.


PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE


CONSTITUTION


Shall an amendment to the Constitu-


tlon providing for blenatal sessions of


the General Court and for a bientfal


budget which is further described 05


follows :-


This amendment nnouls all existing


provisions of the Constitution and Its


prior amendments which require an-


munt sessions of the General Court,


commonly known as the Legislature,


and provides for blonolol sessions In


their place. It also provides that the


budget of all proposed expenditures of


the Commonwealth shall be so pro.


pared as to cover two fiscal years


instead of only one as at present re-


quired, - which proposed amendment


was approved by the Ocheral Court


and In a joint session of the two


branches bold May 27, 1936, received


141 votes in the affirmative ond 117 10


the negative, and in a joint session of


the two branches beld May 19, 1937,


received 158 votes in the afirmativo


and 112 In the negativo, = bo ap-


provedT


Yes


56.


683


392


615


395


632


269 574 671 434 482 591


698 641 691 606 659 495 535


600


522


611


515 571 664


193 561


557


470 478 17111


No


337


390


213 355


166 274


149 349 311 261 309


449


399 362 934


402 304 384 367


447 373 125


271 402 298 320 10798


QUESTION NO. 2.


LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE


PETITION


Shall the proposed monsure which


provides that in any city of town


which necopts tts terms, Iho lleensing


authorities shall catablich tree public


laxlenh stands for the use of all taxl-


cabe and motor vehicles for bire whose


owners are licensed within such elty or


lown, and shall abolish all other forms


of taxlenb alonds on any publle bigb


woy within such clty or town,- which


wos disapproved In the House of Rep-


rementatives by a vote of 06 in the


affirmative and 105 In the negative and


In the Senate by o voto of | In the


aOrtativo and 35 in the negative,-


be approvedf


Yey


661 782 454 659 480


646 292


631


642 486


135


694 628 650 774 462


625


523


673 544 476


524


461 491 474 451 17492


101 170 259 360 164 322 198 436


400


402


470 593 663


619


153 617


631 564 6


100 579 416


471 74714


No


To obtain a full expression of oplo-


lon, volers should vote on ull three of


the following questions :-


(a) It a voler desires lo permit tho


sale in this city (or town) of any and


all nlechoile beverages to ho drunk on


and off the premises where sold, he


will vote "YES" on all three questions.


(b) it be desires to permit the sale


bureln of wines and malt beverages


only to bo drunk on and off the premi-


Ises where sold, he will vote "NO" 00


question one, "YES" on question two


und "NO" on question three.


(c) It ho desites to permit the sale


herein of all alcobolle beverages but


only In packages, so called, not to be


drunk on the premises where sold. he


will voto "NO" on questions one and


two and "YES" on question three.


(d) If he dealres to permit the salo


berein of wines and malt beverages to


be drunk on and off The premises where


gold and In audition other alcoholle


beverages but only In packages, 80


called, not to be drunk on the prembica


where sold, he will vote "NO" on


question one and "YES" oh questlons


two and three.


(e) It be desires to prohibit the sale


herelo of any and all nlcobolle bover-


ages whether to be drunk on or of the


premises where sold he will vote "NO"


on all three questlons.


1. Shall licenses be granted in this


city (or town) for the salo therein of


all alcoholle beverages { whisky, rum,


gin, malt beverages, wines and all


other alcobolle beverages) ?


38


703 799


150


699


612


50


675


625


478


475 437 485 620 19045


No


432 693


328 519


16


70.0


575


746 636 650 17030


2. Shall ilcenses be granted in this


elty (or town) for the sale thereln of


wines and matt bereragos (wines ood


beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?


Yes


719 801


453


350


657


005


609


448


501


163 508 520 19811


Na


542


272


769


436


151


705


407


137 543 15430


3. Shall licenses be granted in this


city (or town) for the sale therein of


all alcoholle beverages lo packages, so


called, not to be drunk on the prem-


Ises!


805


92


509


$95


791


651 1035


69


866


686


769


597


609


624


614 565 21979


S


Na


328


44


350


415


580


59


434


560


370


459 12656


7. Shall the part-mutuel system


betting on licensed borse races bo


permitted lo thin county 7


Yes


912


525


911


493


523


537 639


85


690


927


592


669


845


76


671


673


729


$10


711


522


690


410


550


679


629


16


623 31804


No


911


426


241


219


16


291


441


439


404


415


561


10


430


475


$10


389 12746


2. Shall the parkmutuel system of


betting on licensed dog races bo por-


mitted In this county?


Yes


715


746


168


659


105


639


$78


496


448


650


655


697


76.0


467


659


727


623


69


543


441


500


410


509 603 18057


Nc


352 153 249 425 768


275


18


3.39


35.


593


194


616


40


545


606


55


649


453


663 428 +46 14479


QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY


Sball the representative to the Gen


oral Court from this district be in-


structed lo vote In favor of legislation


barring from employment, In the public


service, matried women whose bus-


bands are employed?"


Ye


No


181 943 512 847


302 350


469


761


102


909


$09


687


613


064


7.60


975


643 773


659


916


5.6.3


99.9


908


790


779


855


480


724


754 690


703 23915


$14


322


16


247


354


316


354


$95


329


367


947


373 269 294 9871


=


397


INDEX


INDEX


-


Appeal, Board of, Report of 127


Assessors, Board of, Report of


107


Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 108


City Auditor, Report of


13


Appropriations


29


Balance Sheet


16


Borrowing Capacity


42


Cash Statement


22


Classified Debt Jan. 1, 1938


34


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


30


County of Middlesex


31


Detail of Estimated Receipts


25


Excess and Deficiency Account


45


Funded Debt .34, insert 38


Interest Requirements on Funded Debt


39


Interest Requirements on Funded Debt (Six Years)


41


Interest Requirements on Present Cash Debt to Maturity insert 38 Loans Increasing the Debt


34


Maturities on Funded Debt (Six Years)


40


Other Revenue Accounts


28


Overlay Accounts


43, 44,45


Receipts and Expenditures, Classification


46-90


Redemption of Tax Liens


45


Refunds


50


Revenue and Expenses


32


Schedule of Public Property


90-92


Somerville Retirement System


93, 94


Special Assessments


36


Statement of Appropriations (Revenue) insert 28


Statement of Other Revenue Accounts


insert 28


Statement of Appropriations (Non-Revenue)


insert 28


Tailings


43


Taxes


36


Tax Titles


43


Temporary Loans


33


City Clerk, Report of


297


Births


300


Deaths


301


Licenses and Permits


299


Marriages


300


Payments


299


Receipts


297


398


INDEX


City Engineer, Report of


346


General Financial Statement


347


Highways


354


Inspection of Materials


355


Length of Public Streets in each ward


348


Length of Streets


348


Maintenance Accounts


351


Miles of Edgestones and Sidewalk in each ward


349


Parks and Playgrounds Division


353


P. W. A.


355


Sewer Division


350


Table of Street Construction


348


Underground Conduits


349


City Government and Officers for 1938


302


City Physician, Report of


126


City Solicitor, Report of


133


City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of


95°


Bonds Due in 1939


105


Bond Interest Due in 1939


106


Bond Maturities with Interest, yearly


104


Cash Statement


96


Departmental Accounts


99


Loans, All other


104


Municipal Relief Loan Due in 1939


106


Taxes


97


Tax Title Loans


102


Temporary Loans


101


Total Commitment by Assessors


97


Special Assessments in Real Estate Taxes


98


Water Charges


100


Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Com- missioner ) 323


Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner)


262


Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner)


334


Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights, Report of


122


Fire Alarm System


123


Inspection of Wiring in Buildings


122


Police Signal System


124


Street Lighting


124


Supervision Poles and Wires


124


Traffic Lights


125


Recommendations


125


Dental Hygiene, Report of 379


399


INDEX


Election Commissioners, Board of, Report of


383


Expenses


385


Jurors


385


List Registered Voters


387, 388


Nomination Papers Referendum Petitions


384


Recount


385


Registration


383


Statistics


389


Fire Department, Chief of, Report of


114


Alarms of Fire


114


Apparatus


117


Classification of Alarms


115


Hose


117


In Memoriam


116


Recommendations


118


Health, Board of, Report of


356


Bacteriological Work


370


Board and Infants


359


Dental Hygiene, Report of


379


Diseases Dangerous to Public Health


367


Funeral Directors


370


Health Nurses, Report of


370, 372


Infant Hygiene Clinics


371


Inspection of Animals and Provisions


377


Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian


378


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar


380


Lying-In Hospitals


359


Medical Inspection of Schools


368


Medical Inspection, Report of


374


Mortality Statistics


359


Nuisances


358


Organization, Officers etc.


356


Permits and Licenses


358


Specimens and Supplies


367


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of 380


Law Department, Report of


133


Licensing Commission, Report of


128


List of Streets


266


Medical Inspection, Report of


374


Diphtheria Inımunization


375


Laboratory Examinations


3'74


Tuberculosis


375


Visits


374


Message, Mid-Term, Hon. John M. Lynch


5


Planning Board 132


400


INDEX


Police, Chief of, Report of


109


Arrests


109


Changes in Department


109


Roster of Department


110-112


Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of


323


Buildings, under jurisdiction of


323


Buildings Permits Issued


325


Estimated Cost New Buildings and Alterations


325


Fees Collected


325


W. P. A. and P. W. A. Projects


332


Recommendations


327


Public Grounds (City Engineer)


346


Public Library


312


Board of Trustees and Officers


313


Report of Librarian


316


Report of Trustees


312


Organization of Library and Staff Personnel


314


Statistics


321


Public Welfare, Department of


Aid Under Chapter 118-A


292


Children


290


City Home, Report of Warden


295


City Physician, Report of


296


Full Support


290


Members of Board, Committees, Officers, etc.


287, 288


Overseers of the Poor Since 1885


293


Partial Support


290


Population and Gross Expenditures


292


Recapitulation


.insert 294


Report of General Agent


290


Reimbursements


291


Somerville Hospitals


292


Recreation Commission


251


Retirement System


93,94


Sanitary Department, Report of


120


Collection of Ashes and Paper


120


School Department


135


Appendix, Contents of


173


Graduates -- High School


212


Junior High Schools


220


Evening High School


232


Vocational School


233


School Committees


136, 234


Somerville Teachers' Club


169


Somerville High School


170


Somerville High School Athletic Committee


171


Superintendent of School, Report of


138


Teachers in Service


236


287


INDEX 401


Sealer of Weights and Measures


309


Sewers (see City Engineer)


350


Soldiers' Relief Commission


130


Street Commissoner, Report of


List of Streets


266


Miscellaneous


264


Shade Trees


263


Sidewalks Maintenance


263


Snow and Ice


262


Street Cleaning


263


Suppression of Moths


263


Traffic Control


264


Recommendations


264


Water Commissioner, Report of


334, 336


Chapter 44 Water Bonds


337


Fire Services


342


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


340


Number of Services Suppling Public Property


341


Per Capita Consumption of Water in Cities and Towns


343


Revenue and Expenditures


336


Summary Pipes and Fixtures


341


Summary and Statistics


344


Water Assessments


339


Water Consumption


342


262





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