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Private
25
...
...
Sewall
Grant st.
Temple st.
Public
40
615
........
Shawmut
Washington st.
McGrath H'wy
Public
40
210
...
...
Shedd
Somerville ave.
Merriam st.
Private
40
310
#Sheridan ave.
Hooker ave.
Weston ave.
Private
40
...
250
Shore dr.
Mystic ave.
Fellsway
Public
50
2,081
100
Sibley pl.
Cutter st.
Northwesterly
Private
23+25
264
Silvey pl.
Craigie st.
Lowell st.
Public
40
1,018
Skehan
Dane st.
Hanson st.
Public
30
306
...
Skehan
Hanson st.
Durham st.
Private
40
........
540
Smith ave.
Beacon st.
Line st.
Public
23
213
120
Snow ter.
Jaques st.
Southwesterly
Private
16
Somerville ave.
McGrath H'wy
Union sq.
Public
75
1,812
........
Somerville ave.
Union sq.
N. Camb. line
Public
70
6,729
...
South
Medford st.
Water st.
Public
30
959
...
...
...
Spring
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
Public
40
1,220
........
Springfield
Concord ave.
Cambridge line
Public
20
673
...
...
Stanford ter.
Beacon st.
Northeasterly
Private
20
200
Steeves cir.
Cherry st.
Easterly
Public
40
802
........
Sterling Stickney ave.
Marshall st.
School st.
Public
40
458
........
St. James ave.
Elm st.
Summer st.
Public
40
488
.....
St. James ave. ext.
Summer st.
Northeasterly
Public
30
125
........
Stone ave.
Union sq.
Columbus ave.
Public
40
676
........
Stone ave.
Columbus ave.
Prosn't Hill py.
Public
38
107
........
Stone pl.
Stone ave.
Southeasterly
Public
30
142
........
Strathmore rd.
Broadway
Medford line
Private
40
15
Sturtevant
Foley
Easterly
Public
40
995
........
Summer
Bow st.
Elm st.
Public
45
7,870
........
Summit ave.
Walnut st.
Vinal ave.
Public
45
532
........
Summit
College ave.
Billingham st.
Public
40 25 to 35
306
........
Sunset rd.
Curtis st.
Hillsdale rd.
Dithlje
40
656
........
Sycamore
Broadway
Medford st.
Public
45
1,245
.......
t Proposed.
E
...
...
North st.
Alewife Bk pky
Public
40
788
.....
Spring Hill ter.
Highland ave.
Belmont st.
Private
15
120
Sibley ct.
Cutter st.
Northwesterly
Private
10
... ...
100
Simpson ave.
Broadway
Holland st.
Private
30
405
Skilton
Pearl st. around to Pearl st.
Public
40
727
Spencer ave.
Cedar st.
Hancock st.
Private
10
Sherman ct.
Sargent ave.
Marshall st.
Private
10
...
...
...
........
Sunnyside ave.
Walnut st.
Wigglesworth st. Public
262
...
...
190
688
Feet Public Private
351
LIST OF STREETS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
Public or Private
With in
Feet Public Private
Sycamore
Medford st.
B. & L. R.R.
Public
40
639
.......
Sycamore
B. & L.R.R.
Highland ave.
Public
35
722
......
Sycamore
Sycamore st.
Northwesterly
Private
12
........
13€
Sydney
Grant st.
Temple st.
Public
40
679
.......
Talbot ave.
Packard ave.
College ave.
Private
50
..
...
1,409
Taunton
Wyatt st.
East'y to angle
Private
30
........
176
Taunton
Angle
Marion st.
Private
20
........
95
Taylor pl.
Somerville ave.
Southerly
Private
15
... .....
200
Taylor
Mystic ave.
Sydney st.
Public
40
309
......
Teele ave.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Public
40
685
.......
Temple rd.
Mystic ave.
Shore drive
Public
40
1,420
.......
Temple
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public
66
1,628
.......
Ten Hills rd.
Bailey rd.
Shore drive
Public
25-40
1,886
.......
Tenney ct.
Mystic ave.
Northeasterly
Private
30
... .....
400
Tennyson
Forster st.
Pembroke st.
Public
40
869
Thorndike
Holland st.
Kingston st.
Public
40
584
..
....
Thorndike
Underpass
B. & M. R.R. Arlington Br. Southwesterly Richdale ave.
Public
20
88
...
Thorpe
Highland ave.
Public
30
468
Thurston
Broadway
Westerly
Private
3.5
97
Tower ct.
Tyler st.
Northeasterly
Private
25
........
150
Tower
Crown st.
Highland ave.
Public
40
559
.......
Tremont pl.
Tremont st.
Cambridge line
Public
40
589
........
Trull
Vernon st.
Medford st.
Public
40
1,050
...
Trull Lane
Highland ave.
Oxford st.
Private
15
...
....
200
Tufts pky.
College ave.
College ave.
Public
22
900
Tufts
Washington st.
Cross st.
Public
40
982
........
Turner ct.
Franklin st.
Westerly
Private
20
150
Tyler
Vine st.
Dane st.
Public
40
404
...
Union
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public
40
362
...
Union pl.
Linwood st.
Southwesterly
Private
10
........
175
Upland rd.
Curtis st.
Southwesterly Hillsdale rd.
Public
40
655
........
Vermont ave.
Mystic ave.
Penn. ave.
Public
40
433
.......
Vernon
Central st.
Glenwood rd.
Public
40
764
........
Vernon
Glenwood rd.
Partridge av.
Public
40 to 30
190
........
Vernon
Partridge ave.
Lowell st.
Public
30
434
Victoria
Broadway
Cambridge line
Public
40
1,036
........
Villa ave.
Winslow ave.
Arl'ton Br R.R. Vine st.
Private
10+
....
Vinal ave.
Summer st.
Highland ave.
Public
45
1,425
...
...
Vinal
Richardson st.
Northeasterly
Private
19
........
........
140
Vine
Somerville ave.
Fitchburg R.R.
Public
40
540
........
Vine
Fitchburg R.R.
Hanson st.
Private
40
222
Vine
Hanson st.
Beacon st.
' Public
30
662
Virginia
Aldrich st.
Jasper st.
Public
40
403
...
...
Wade ct.
Cedar st.
Westerly
Private
20
116
Waldo ave.
Beacon st.
Dimick st.
Public
40
277
........
Waldo
Highland ave.
Hudson st.
Public
40
287
........
Walker
Broadway
Leonard st.
Public
40
713
..... ...
Wallace
Holland st.
Broadway
Public
40
1,342
........
Walnut
Bow st.
Broadway
Public
40
3,753
........
Walnut rd.
Walnut st.
Kenneson rd.
Public
40
270
........
Walter ter.
Jackson rd.
Southwesterly
Public
40
222
........
Ward
Medford st.
Harding st.
Public
30
433
.......
Ware
Curtis st.
Russell rd.
Public
40
735
........
Warner
Pow. House sq.
Medford line
Public
60
500
........
Warren ave.
Union sq.
Columbus ave. Cambridge line
Public
30 to 40
109
......
........
...
75
Tremont
Webster ave.
Southeasterly
Private
20
... .....
370
Village ter.
Village st.
Northeasterly
Private
35
200
Village
Dane st.
Private
25
200
Vine ct.
Vine st.
Northwesterly
Private
25
1,689
Timmins pl.
Dane st.
Public
40
...
Warren
Medford st.
Public
40
663
.......
100
Upland pk.
Main st.
110++
Private about 10
Length
...
352
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
Public or Private
With in
Length
Warwick
Cedar st.
Clyde st.
Public
30-40 935
Washington ave. Washington st.
Northerly
Private
18
350
Washington pL.
Washington st.
Southerly
Private about 7.5
114
Washington
Charlest'n line
Franklin ave.
Public
75
1,060
........
Washington
Franklin ave.
Fitchburg R.R.
Public 60 to 100
4,009
........
Washington
Fitchburg R.R.
Cambridge line
Public 60
2,272
........
Washington ter. Washington st.
Northerly
Private
30-40
........
218
Washington ter. End of above
Westerly and Easterly
Private
40
...
Water
South st.
Northerly
Public
25
366
........
Waterhouse
Broadway
Cambridge line
Public
40
987
Watson
Broadway
Fairmount ave.
Public
40
236
........
Waverly
Washington st.
Roland st.
Private
35
........
200
Webster ave.
Union sq.
Cambridge line
Public
49.5
1,880
........
Webster
Franklin st.
Cross st.
Public
40
997
........
Wellington ave.
Walnut st.
Montgomery av.
Public
40
215
........
Wellington ave. Montgomery av. Easterly
Private
40
85
Wesley pk.
Wesley sq.
Northeasterly Otis st.
Public
40
515
........
West
Hawthorne st.
Highland ave.
Public
30
192
......
West
Highland ave.
Arl'ton Br R.R.
Private
30
266
West Adams
Conwell ave.
Medford line
Public
40
710
........
Westminister
Broadway
Electric ave.
Public
40
376
........
Weston ave.
Clarendon ave. Bailey st.
Medford line
Public
40
292
.... ....
Westwood rd.
Central st.
Benton rd.
Public
40
489
........
Wheatland
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public
40
1,325
Wheeler
Pinckney st.
Mt. Vernon st.
Public
40
269
431
[White
Elm st.
Cambridge line
Public
307
........
White st. pl.
White st.
Southeasterly
Private
20
200
Whitfield rd.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Public
40
687
........
Whitman
Mason st.
Packard ave.
Public
40
632
........
Wigglesworth
Pearl st.
Bonair st.
Public
40
744
........
William
College ave.
Chandler st.
Public
40
381
.... ....
William
Broadway
Medford line
Private
50
50
Williams ct.
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private
30
...
427
........
Willow ave.
Em st.
Broadway
Public
50
3,450
........
Willow pl.
Cambridge line
South st.
Public
25
125
........
Wilson ave.
Broadway
B. & L. R.R.
Public
20
307
........
Wilton
Lowell st.
Hinckley st.
Public
35
415
...
....
Winchester
Broadway
Medford line
Private
40
65
Windom
Elm st.
Summer st.
Public
40
300
........
Windsor rd.
Willow ave.
Hancock st.
Public
40
575
........
Windsor
Cambridge line
Northerly
Public
40
40
........
Windsor
End of above
Fitchburg R.R.
Public
27
490
........
Winslow ave.
College ave.
Clifton st.
Public
40
1,087
...
...
Winter
College ave.
Holland st.
Public
30
402
........
Winter Hill cir.
Broadway
Northeasterly
Private
25
Wisconsin ave.
Broadway
Penn. ave.
Public
50
499
...
Woodbine
Centre st.
Westerly
Private
30
461
Woodbine Ex.
End of above
Lowell st.
Private
35
212
Woods ave.
North st.
Alewife Bk pky
Public
40
1,152
Woodstock
Victoria st.
Alewife brook
Public
40 to 32
361
315
Wyatt
Concord ave.
Lincoln pky
Public
40
505
........
Yorktown
Cambridge line N. E. line
Malvern ave.
Malvern ave.
Public
40
294
.......
Yorktown
N. E. line
Northerly
Private
40
...
110
" Sidewalk in Somervile.
Broadway
Private
40
525
West Quincy
Willow ave.
Highland ave.
Private
30
154
Willoughby
Central st.
Sycamore st.
Public
40
403
........
Wesley
Pearl st.
Public
40
Feet Public Private
...
Wyatt cir.
Wyatt st. around to Wyatt st.
Private
20
...
....
177
Whipple
269
........
353
LIST OF STREETS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
Public or Private
With Length in Feet Public Private
Court
39 Adams st.
Southeasterly
Private
8
........
Court
Albion st.
Central st.
Private
12
........
216
Court
11 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private
9
........
178
Court
21 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private
10
........
100
Court
292 Broadway
Southwesterly
Private
15
........
90
Court
612 Broadway
Southwesterly
Private
20
.....
188
Court
Buena Vista rd.
Easterly
Private
15
......
145
Court
Cambria st.
Northerly
Private
9
........
59
Court
12 Carlton st.
Southeasterly
Private
25
......
75
Court
112 Central st.
Northwesterly
Private
10
......
..
..
240
Court
36 Craigie st.
Westerly
Private
25
126
Court
58 Dane st.
Easterly
Private
10
70
Court
20 Dimick st.
Southwesterly Westerly
Private
12
171
Court
35 Lexington av. Northerly
Private
21
90
Court
66 Lowell st.
Westerly
Private
25
101
Court
101 Medford st.
Easterly
Private
8
..
75
Court
335 Somerville ave.
Northerly
Private
15
..
60
Court
10 Stone ave.
Northwesterly
Private
20
......
113
Court
Windsor st.
E'ly and W'ly
Private
20
........
370
Court
Irvington rd.
Boston ave.
Private
20
...
157
Total
475,226
54,622
Court
113 Central st.
Southeasterly
Private
20
150
Court
227 Columbia st. Northwesterly
Private
10
117
Court
Conlon ct.
Windsor st. ex.
Private
20
Private
39.25
136
Court
91 Franklin st.
Public, 90.288 miles [includes 1.406 miles of City Boulevard and Park Roadways, 2.331 miles of State Boulevard (Metropolitan Park Commission), and 0.98 miles State Highway]; private 10.804 miles.
Total length of streets in the city. 101.092 miles.
..
168
354
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE SHOWING OLD NAMES OF CERTAIN STREETS AS FORMERLY KNOWN
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known
Aberdeen road
Gurney street Tube Works court
Addison place
Franklin street
Albion street
Forest avenue or street (easterly end) Hobbs street
Aldrich street
Ruby street Eglantine street
Ash avenue
Minnie avenue
Ashland street
Atherton street
Maple street Beech street (westerly end)
Avon place
Barberry lane Cross lane
Bartlett street (Wd. 5)
...
Beacon place
Taggard court
Road to West Cambridge
Beacon street
Middlesex turnpike
Hampshire street
Beech street
Oak street
Benedict avenue
Lovell street
Benton road
Benton avenue
Berwick road
Holland street
Bigelow street
High street D street
Bond street
Park street
Bonner avenue
Warren avenue
Boston ave. (s'th'ly end)
Cypress street Orange street
Boston street
A street
Bow street
Charlestown lane Milk Row road Milk row
Road to Menotomy
Menotomy road
Medford road
Road from Menotomy to Boston
Medford road over Winter hill
Broadway
Great road from Charlestown to Menotomy Winter Hill road or street
West Cambridge road
Charlestown road Broadway street Main street
Butler drive Calvin street
Cameron avenue
Carlton street
Ten Hills street Dimick street Cameron street Bow street
Middle lane
Earle street
Bonner place
Southwick avenue
355
LIST OF STREETS
Cedar street
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known Rangeway | Seventh rangeway | Rangeway to Medford ¿ Second rangeway from Central street Leland street Rose lane Milk lane
Central street
Fifth rangeway Tufts rangeway Rangeway from Winter hill to Milk row Centre street Old road Rand's lane Forest place City road
Chester avenue
Chester street Middle lane Cross lane Barberry lane New Church street
Church street
Claremon street
Cleveland street
Clifton street
College avenue
Columbia street
Highland street L
Columbus avenue
Warren avenue Probation path
Windham road (southeasterly end)
Brick Yard lane (Newton st. to Beacon st.)
Concord avenue
Lincoln street (Beacon street easterly) Garden street (Beacon street easterly)
Cooney street ..
Cottage avenue
Crescent street
Hanson lane Cottage place Mt. Vernon street
Cross street
Second rangeway (B'way to Medford st.) Runey's lane Three Pole lane Rand street
Crown street
( Pleasant avenue
Curtis avenue
...
Mt. Pleasant avenue
Curtis street
S Second rangeway South street -
Cutter avenue
Russell street
Dane avenue
Dane court
Dane street
Union street
Dartmouth street
Fruit street
Dearborn road
Professors row
(College ave. to Boston ave. ) ( Temple street ¿ Winthrop street
Derby street
[ Carmel street Claremont street Elm place Appleton street Elm st. (Davis sq. to Powder House sq.) Glass House court (westerly end)
Centre street Charles Ryan road
356
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known
Dickinson street
John street
Dimick street
Dover street
Calvin street Willow street Weare street
Dow street
Dynamo street
Howard street
Eastman road
Eastman terrace or place
Elm court
Elm street
Charlestown lane
Milk lane
Road from Medford to Cambridge
Road from Medford to Cambridge over Quarry hill Powder House road
Milk row or road
Cambridge road
Elmwood street
Emery street
Harding street
Eustis street
Eustis court
Everett avenue
Everett street
Evergreen square
Cutter square or place
Fairlee street
Graham street
Fanning avenue
Dexter street
Fellsway east
Winthrop avenue
Fellsway west
Chauncey avenue or street
Fenwick street
Thurston street
Flint avenue
Runey place
Flint street
Runey street (Cross street to Aldrich street )
Forster street .....
Linwood street Federal street
Franklin street
First rangeway Second poleway
Two Pole lane
Fremont street
Tremont street
Giles park
Giles place
Gilman street
Clarendon street
Gilson terrace
Gilson park
Glendale avenue
Holmes street
Glenwood road
Jenny Lind avenue
Gould avenue
Gould court C strect
Hamilton road
Russell road
Hammond street
§ Dickinson place Benefit street
Hancock street
Gordonia rd. (Summer st. to Highland ave.) Fanning avenue (Highland avenue to Lex- ington avenue) Rideout street
Harding street
Harrison street (Wd. 6) Harvard place
Ivaloo place Chestnut street or court
( Rollins street (southeasterly end)
Elm street
( Elmwood avenue ¿ Davis street
§ Cross-street place
Greenville street
357
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known
Hawkins street
Hawkins court Milton street
Hawthorne street
Evans or Evon street
Henry avenue
Ayer street
Highland avenue
Middle lane Cross lane Barberry lane Church street (Medford street to Central street)
Highland road
Dale avenue Ayer avenue
Hillside park
Hinckley street
Holland street
New street to Arlington
Ivaloo street
Jackson road
Jaques street
Josephine avenue
Auburn court Wood street Walter street Bond street (Temple street to Bond street) Arnold street
Kensington avenue
Kensington street Kenilworth avenue
Kingman road
Kingman court or street
Kingston street
Lake street
Warren avenue or street Campbell park (angle to Cambridge line) Hawkins court
Langmaid avenue
Lesley avenue
West street Alton street
Lexington avenue
Lincoln avenue
Lexington street George street
Linden avenue
Line street Linwood street London street
Brackett's row Leland street Lynde street Linden street Lowell street
L
Lowell street
-
Main street
Malvern avenue Maple avenue Maple street
Marion street
McGrath Highway
Rangeway Old rangeway Sixth rangeway Charles Adams' rangeway White street Highland road
Road from Medford to Boston Medford road Hollis street Parterre square Jackson street
Cook st. (Adrian st. to north of Wyatt st.) Harcourt st. (North Wyatt st. to Dimick st.) No. traffic artery, parts Somerville ave., Medford st., Shawmut st., Aldrich st., Dana st., Edmands st., Fellsway east, Winthrop ave.
§ Graves street
Marritt or Marrett place Lawrence street (southerly end)
358
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street
Meacham road
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known Meacham street Brooks street
Road from Medford to Lechmere point Road from Canal bridge to Medford New rd. from Medford to Cambridge bridge
Craigie's road to Medford
Road to Medford
Craigie road Gore street (easterly end)
Merriam street Miller street Milton street
Myrtle street Pierce's court Mason avenue
Monmouth street
-
Harvard place
Moreland street
Morrison avenue
Brooks street (Main st. to Meacham st.) Morrison street
Munroe street
Prospect street Mt. Pisgah avenue High street B street
Myrtle street
Warren street
Mystic avenue
Mystic turnpike or road
Mystic street (Wd. 2)
Myrtle street
Newton street
Way by Bullard's bridge Road to Cambridgeport Brick Yard lane
Proprietor's way
North street
Cook's lane Third rangeway -
North Union street
Canal street
Norwood avenue
Magoun street
Oakland avenue
Oakman avenue Broom street
Oxford street
( High street (westerly end) ¿ Trull street
Park street
Baldwin street Snowhill street
Paulina street
James street
Pearson avenue
Orient street
Perkins street
Proprietor's way (part)
Perry street
North Wyatt street
Pitman street
Walnut street
Poplar street Walnut street (Linwood street to Joy st.)
Powder House boulevard
Barnett street (North street easterly)
Prentiss street ...
Harris street
Preston road
Preston street
Pritchard avenue
Orient street
Prospect Hill avenue
Cross street
Prospect street
( Road from Cambridgeport to Charlestown Pine street
Medford street ....
York terrace (easterly end)
Chestnut street Chestnut court (westerly end)
Oliver Street
359
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street
Radcliffe road
Richardson street
Sacramento street
Sargent avenue
Sartwell avenue
Sawyer avenue
School street
Seven Pines avenue Sewall street
( Fourth rangeway Ireland's lane (Somerville ave. northerly) Stiles street Heath street
Shawmut street
( Three Pole lane Second rangeway
Charlestown lane (Union sq. westerly) Milk Row road (Union sq. westerly) Milk row (Union square westerly) Kent's street (Union square westerly) Road from West Camb. to Charlestown County road Bridge street
Milk street
Spring court Spring street
Spring Hill court
Spring Hill street
St. James avenue
Melburn place
Sycamore street
Lyceum street
Sycamore terrace
Chapel court
Teele avenue
Teele street
Temple street
Derby lane or street
Thorpe street
Thorpe place
Vernon street
Taylor street Euston street
Virginia street
Eglantine avenue Third rangeway
Walnut street
Hazeltine's lane
Warner street
Warwick street
Elm street Angle northerly Warwick place
Highway to Newtowne Road from Cambridge to Charlestown
Road to old Cambridge
Washington street
Road from the colleges to Charlestown Charlestown road Milk row (Charlestown to Union square) Kirkland street (Union sq. to Cambridge) Cambridge st. (Union sq. to Charlestown)
Water street Webster avenue
Willow street Medford street
Webster street
( Lime street Sullivan street
Wesley park
Hawkins park Prince street
Wesley street
Wheatland street
( Walnut street New Walnut street
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known S Veazie street
Hawes avenue Appleton street (Lowell street westerly) Union street Mills street (Walnut street to angle)
( Chestnut street Maple street Sawyer street
Somerville avenue ..
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Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known § Dynamo street
Whipple street ..... Howard street
White street ....
Maple street
White-street place
Cottage court
' Willow avenue
Rangeway Eighth rangeway Irving street Willow street
Winchester street
Charles street
Windsor road
Willow Dale street
Wyatt street
Yorktown street
Wyatt's lane Albro street
Ball square
Central square
Prescott square
Concord square
Cutter square
Davis square
Russell square Clarendon square
Gerrior square
( Metropolitan square Post Office square
Gilman square
Homer square
Magoun square
Powder House square
Pollard square Tufts square Russell square
Teele square
Union square
Wesley square
Wilson square
Oak square
Cottage street
Minot street
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE SOLDIERS' RELIEF DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen :
I am submitting the annual report of the Soldiers' Relief Department showing the aid given the veterans and their dependents of the Civil, Spanish, World and Mexican Border Wars for the year ending December 31, 1941.
The amounts spent for the different types of aid are as fol- lows :
Military Aid
$8,559.50
State Aid
6,887.00
Soldiers' Relief
51,134.94
Total Expenditures $66,581.44
One thousand, eight hundred and seventy-eight cases with five thousand, one hundred and thirty persons were aided dur- ing the year.
The decrease in expenditures for 1941 under those of 1940 was mainly due to the fact that private employment and de- fense work absorbed many of our relief cases.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS F. MCGRATH,
Commissioner
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REPORT OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT
March 13, 1942.
To the Honorables, the Board of Aldermen Somerville, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith respectfully report that the Law Department during the year 1941 endeavored to perform the duties of that Department as required by the City Ordinances. It is gratify- ing to report that the number of claims filed against the City decreased somewhat from the number filed in the previous year. There has been an increased volume of work in connection with practically all departments of the City due to the many new problems that have had to be met during the past year.
The City Solicitor and his Assistant have endeavored to be available at all times to discuss with all other department heads any problems affecting their departments in which the assistance of the City Solicitor was felt to be helpful.
The amount expended on disposition of suits and claims arising out of accidents has been kept at a continued low level, due primarily to the efforts of Charles L. Doherty, Assistant City Solicitor, who has had general charge of this work, and Police Lieutenant Thomas M. Sharry, who has been assigned to this office as Inspector of Claims.
As in the past, the relations of this Department with all other departments, his Honor, the Mayor, and your Honorable Board, have been most pleasant.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT .J. MULDOON,
City Solicitor
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BOARD OF APPEAL
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL
January 31, 1942.
To the Honorable the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen :
The Board of Appeal of the City of Somerville respectfully submits the following report of its activities during the year ending December 31, 1941.
In the past year it was necessary to hear and act upon fifty- five appeals which had to do with variations of the Zoning, Building or Fire District Ordinances. Out of this number relief was granted on forty-nine of the appeals, five were re- fused, and one taken under advisement.
It has been the express intention of your Board at all times to act in good faith and without favor or prejudice to anyone, and to grant relief whenever the interests of both city and appellant would be most favorably served. Appeals were granted because of no great variation from the existing or- dinances or because of unnecessary hardship which would have been suffered by the appellants.
All of the members of your Board have during the year made it a part of their duty, in conjunction with the work of hearing and deciding appeals, to visit the premises that would be affected by the appeal, so that when the hearing was held the members had a mental picture of just what the appellant wanted.
A large percentage of the matters considered have been ap- peals from the decision of the Commissioner of Public Build- ings refusing to grant permits to alter two family dwellings into three family dwellings in accordance with the provisions of Section 10, Paragraph "D" of the Building Ordinance and
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in view of prevalent economic conditions and because of no great variance from existing ordinances and the fact that un- necessary hardship would be suffered by the appellants, it has seemed advisable by the Board to grant such appeals in most instances.
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