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Respectfully submitted,
(signed) ALBERT F. BYRNES, Chairman GEORGE C. MULLIN, Secretary GEORGE T. LOWDEN, DR. SOTER G. ZAHAROOLIS, JOHN V. MOTTA
CITY CLERK
365.
REPORT OF CITY CLERK
Office of the City Clerk January 1, 1942
To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen
Gentlemen :
The following is respectfully submitted as the seventieth Annual Report of the City Clerk of the City of Somerville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1941.
The receipts and payments were as follows : For dog licenses issued in 1941:
1565 males at $2.00
$3,130.00
280 females at $5.00
1,400.00
466 spayed at $2.00
932.00
$5,462.00
For hunting and fishing licenses issued in 1941 :
406 fishing at $2.00
$812.00
352 hunting at $2.00
704.00
126 sporting at $3.25
409.50
63 minor fishing at $1.25
78.75
1 trapping at $5.25
5.25
6 duplicates at $.50
3.00
2,012.50
Recording mortgages, assignments, etc.
$3,605.26
Certificates of marriage intentions (including
postage)
2,993.49
Furnishing copies of records
771.25
Licenses :
Auctioneers, 18 at $2.00
36.00
Billiard, pool tables and bowling alleys, 149
447.00
Cut meat and sausage, 4 at $50.00
200.00
Drain layers, 3 at $1.00
3.00
Drivers, 21 at $1.00
21.00
Garages, 2 at $5.00 and 5 at $10.00
60.00
Garage Renewals
923.00
Hackney carriages, 31 at $1.00
31.00
Intelligence offices, 3 at $2.00
6.00
Junk and second hand licenses,
Collect junk, 16 at $10.00
160.00
Junk shops, 14 at $25.00
350.00
Carried forward
$9,607.00
$7,474.50
licenses for 95 tables and 54 alleys at $3.00
366
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward
$9,607.00
$7,474.50
Lodging houses, 39 at $2.00
78.00
Open air parking, 1 at $10.00
10.00
Second hand auto dealers, 6 at $50.00
$300.00
31 at 25.00
775.00
1,075.00
Slaughtering, 14 at $1.00
14.00
Street musicians, 7 at $.50
3.50
Storage of explosives,
4 at $10.00
$40.00
11 at 20.00
220.00
2 at 50.00
100.00
1 at 100.00
100.00
460.00
Storage of explosives, renewals
4,317.50
Transient vendor
25.00
Wagon licenses, 13 at $1.00
13.00
Wagon stands, 27 at $1.00
27.00
Permits for projections over the sidewalk for,
4 awnings
8 electric signs
24 neon signs
1 marquee
1 vertical sign
3 metal signs
2 swing arms
1 disc sign
2 wooden signs
4 licenses at $1.00
$4.00
42 licenses at $5.00
210.00
214.00
Badges
.75
Registration of physicians, optometrists and chiropodists
2.25
Copies of ordinances
7.50
Fees for notices of hearings
12.60
Advertising fees
54.00
Duplicate dog license tags
3.50
Transfers of dog licenses
.50
Reporting congenital births
2.50
Witness fees
1.00
15,928.60
$23,403.10
PAYMENTS
To City Treasurer for dog licenses in 1941 :
1565 males at $2.00
$3,130.00
280 females at $5.00
1,400.00
466 spayed at $2.00
932.00
5,462.00
367
CITY CLERK
Less City Clerk's fees, 2,311 at $.20 462.20
$4,999.80
To Commissioners on Fisheries and Game for hunting licenses, etc. in 1941 :
406 fishing at $2.00 812.00
352 hunting at $2.00 704,00
126 sporting at $3.25
409.50
63 minor fishing at $1.25
78.75
1 trapping at $5.25
5.25
6 duplicate licensces at $.50
3.00
2,012.50
Less City Clerk's fees, 948 at $.25
237.00
1,775.50
To City Treasurer monthly :
All the receipts above specified except for hunting licenses and dog licenses
15,928.60
$22,703.90
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of receipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the Board of Aldermen, without charge, as follows:
To hold religious services in streets 1
To parade with music in streets
2
Newspaper licenses
12
BIRTHS 1940
The following is a statement in full of the births for 1940:
Number of births (exclusive of still births in Somerville in 1940 registered
1,261
Males
655
Females
606
Born of American parents
818
Born of Foreign parents
174
Born of American father and Foreign mother
112
Born of Foreign father and American mother
142
Born of Foreign mother and father unknown nationality 3
Born of American mother and father unknown nationality 11
Born parents of unknown nationality
1
1,261
Born outside City and Residents of City
759
Number of still births
43
Number of cases of twins
28
368
ANNUAL REPORTS
MARRIAGES 1941
Number of intentions issued in 1941
1,558
More than previous year
224
Marriages registered
1.582
More than previous year
219
Both parties American
1,249
Both parties Foreign
69
American groom and Foreign bride
127
Foreign groom and American bride
137
1,582
First marriage
2,865
Second marriage
280
Third marriage
18
Fourth marriage
1
3,164
DEATHS
1941
Number of deaths recorded in Somerville in 1941
1,228
Died in city
922
Stillbirths
47
Total less stillborns and removals
875
Males (Died in Somerville)
424
Females (Died in Somerville)
451
Under ten years of age
43
10 and under 20 years of age
5
20 and under 30 years of age
10
30 and under 40 years of age
30
40 and under 50 years of age
57
50 and under 60 years of age
119
60 and under 70 years of age
187
70 and under 80 years of age
250
80 and under 90 years of age
154
90 and over
20
Born in Somerville
94
Born in other places in United States
388
Of foreign birth
392
Of unknown place of birth
1
Number of persons who died outside city
306
Less number of stillbirths outside city
15
..
..
......
875
875
291
Age of oldest person who died in Somerville in 1941-98 years, 5 months, 15 days.
875
369
CITY CLERK
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1941
MAYOR JOHN M. LYNCH, 52 Porter Street
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Presient, WALTER J. MORAN Vice-President, HAROLD A. PALMER
ALDERMEN-AT-LARGE
ALLAN ROY KINGSTON, 205 Morrison Avenue EDWARD F. MOYNIHAN, 905 Broadway IRVING L. STACKPOLE, 36 Lowden Avenue JOSEPH P. MURRAY, 200 Powder House Boulevard (Resigned Jan. 23, 1941)
HENRY T. MURRAY, 49 Lowell Street (Elected Jan. 23, 1941)
ALDERMEN
WARD ONE
WALTER J. MORAN 25 Arthur Street
WARD TWO
GEORGE J. MORAN 377 Washington Street
WARD THREE
WILLIAM J. MELLEY 145 Summer Street
WARD FOUR
HAROLD A. PALMER 88 Ten Hills Road
WARD FIVE
JOHN W. MURRAY
47 Rogers Avenue
WARD SIX
CHARLES G. PICKETT 61 Pearson Road
WARD SEVEN
RALPH L. GARRETT 1088 Broadway
370
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 holday, in which case, the meeting is held on the preceding Tuesday evening.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS-Chairman J. W. Murray, G. J. Moran, H. Murray
FINANCE-Chairman W. J. Moran, Moynihan, Stackpole, Garrett, G. J. Moran, J. W. Murray, Pickett
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY-Chairman King- ston, Stackpole, Melley, Palmer, G. J. Moran
LICENSES AND PERMITS-Chairman Palmer, Garrett, J. W. Murray, Pickett, Melley
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WORKS-Chairman Melley, Palmer, Pickett, H. Murray, Garrett
SOLDIERS' RELIEF-Chairman Moynihan, W. J. Moran, Kingston
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Chairman, WILLIAM J. KOEN Vice-Chairman, WALTER E. WHITTAKER HON. JOHN M. LYNCH Mayor, ex-officio WALTER J. MORAN President of the Board of Aldermen, ex-officio
WARD ONE
WALTER E. WHITTAKER 135 Walnut Street
WARD TWO
CHARLES P. O'RIORDAN 20 Carlton Street
JAMES H. BUCKLEY · WARD THREE
73 Oxford Street
WARD FOUR
EDITH L. HURD
125 Central Street
371
CITY CLERK
WARD FIVE
WILLIAM J. KOEN 34 Lexington Avenue
WARD SIX
HAROLD W. RAMSEY 238 Willow Avenue (Resigned June 30, 1941)
JAMES L. SULLIVAN 25 Warner Street (Elected June 30, 1941)
WARD SEVEN
WILLIAM F. CHISHOLM 5 Moore Street
Superintendent and Secretary, EVERETT W. IRELAND
Assistant Superintendent, WALTER P. SWEET (Resigned, Aug. 2, 1941 LEO C. DONAHUE (Elected Nov. 25, 1941)
Regular meetings last Monday of each month, except July and August.
ASSESSORS
MAURICE F. AHEARN, Chairman, term expires 1942 AMLETO DI GIUSTO, term expires 1942 FRANCIS J. TAGUE, term expires 1944 ALBERT A. WALSH, term expires 1944 FRANCIS MACDONALD, term expires 1943
BOARD OF APPEALS
ALBERT F. BYRNES, Chairman, term expires 1944 GEORGE W. LOWDEN, term expires 1943 GEORGE C. MULLIN, term expires 1942 DR. SOTER G. ZAHAROOLIS, term expires 1942 JOHN V. MOTTA, term expires 1943
Associate Members
GEORGE FULGINITI, term expires 1944 JOSEPH SOUZA, term expires 1942
BOARD OF HEALTH
DR. CHARLES L. McCROSSAN, Chairman, term expires 1942 (Died June 26, 1941)
DR. JOSEPH H. McSWEENEY, Chairman, term expires 1942 (Appointed July 10, 1941)
372
ANNUAL REPORTS
DR. HUGH J. GALLAGHER, term expires 1942 EDWARD McPARTLIN, term expires 1943 (Resigned Dec. 23, 1941) DR. WALTER E. WHITTAKER, term expires 1943 (Appointed Dec. 23, 1941)
Agent, GEORGE I. CANFIELD Medical Inspector, FRANK L. MORSE, M.D. Veterinarian, E. WILLIAM JOHANSEN, D.V.M. 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
EDWARD L. HAGAN, Chairman, term expires 1944 DR. FRANCIS J. FITZPATRICK, term expires 1942 (Died Jan. 2, 1941) PERRY F. NANGLE, term expires 1942 (Appointed Feb. 27, 1941) JOSEPH P. McCARRON, term expires 1943 Agent, CHARLES J. WILLWERTH Warden City Home, HERMAN M. REYNOLDS Matron City Home, MARY REYNOLDS
LICENSING COMMISSION
JOHN F. McNAMARA, Chairman, term expires 1944 DAVID Y. ROSS, term expires 1942
JOSEPH D. LONERGAN, term expires 1943
PLANNING BOARD
JOHN J. HURLEY, Chairman, term expires 1942 HARRY MACNUTT, term expires 1941 JOHN P. SILK, term expires 1944 DR. VINCENT W. SENA, term expires 1941
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES
JOHN F. McGANN, President, term expires 1944 LOUIS P. CONNELLY, term expires 1942 J. HELEN CLOUGH, term expires 1943 REV. ANTHONY J. FLAHERTY, term expires 1942 REV. DAVID FRASER, term expires 1943 JOHN J. GRIFFIN, term expires 1944 KATHRYN HUEBER, term expires 1942 WILLIAM H. McKENNA, term expires 1943 FREDERICK J. WHITE, term expires 1944 Librarian and Secretary, JOHN D. KELLEY
373
CITY CLERK
SOMERVILLE RECREATION COMMISSION
REV. NAZARENO PROPERZI, Chairman, term expires 1941 JOSEPHINE HAM, Vice-Chairman, term expires 1940 MARY R. COUGHLIN, term expires 1941 WILLIAM F. HARKINS, term expires 1942 MRS. ARTHUR W. HURLBURT, term expires 1941 JAMES J. MCCARTHY, term expires 1940 JOHN T. MACKEY, term expires 1941 ANNETTE MURPHY, term expires 1942 HOWARD M. STILES, term expires 1941 DR. ANTHONY TRANIELLO, term expires 1940
BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
WILLIAM F. BURNS, Chairman, term expires 1944 WARREN S. JOHNSTON, Secretary, term expires 1944 WARREN C. DAGGETT, term expires 1942 LEO B. HAVICAN, term expires 1943
RETIREMENT BOARD
MAURICE F. AHEARN, Chairman, term expires 1944 M. DAVID BINGHAM, term expires 1943 FREDERICK W. HALE, City Auditor
SOMERVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
DAVID LOONEY, Chairman, term expires 1941 WILLIAM J. EAGAN, Vice-Chairman, term expires 1943 MARY CARR, Secretary, term expires 1940 EUGENE B. HAMILTON, term expires 1942 RICHARD C. TIGHE, term expires 1939
CITY CLERK NORMAN E. CORWIN
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK WILLIAM C. ARBUCKLE
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES JOHN J. DONAHUE
CITY MESSENGER DANIEL A. DOWNEY
374
ANNUAL REPORTS
ASSISTANT CITY MESSENGER RICHARD A. KEYES
MAYOR'S SECRETARY JAMES F. STYNES
CITY AUDITOR FREDERICK W. HALE
CITY SOLICITOR ROBERT J. MULDOON
ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITOR CHARLES L. DOHERTY
CITY ENGINEER THOMAS HEGARTY
COMMISSIONER OF STREETS JAMES J. CORBETT
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
ALBERT PARKER
WATER COMMISSIONER JOHN T. FORD
SUPERINTENDENT OF SANITARY DEPARTMENT JOHN F. MESKELL
CLERK OF COMMITTEES JOHN P. CLAIR
ASSISTANT TO CLERK OF COMMITTEES FRANCIS L. McGONAGLE
CHIEF OF POLICE THOMAS DAMERY
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JOHN C. MCNALLY
375
CITY CLERK
COMMISSIONER OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS ROBERT F. MAGUIRE
CITY PHYSICIAN CIRO GIOBBE, M.D.
ASSISTANT CITY PHYSICIAN JOHN M. TAVARES, M. D.
AGENT OF MILITARY AND STATE AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF AND BURIAL AGENT THOMAS F. MCGRATH
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT, died April 14, 1941 JOHN F. CASEY, appointed Oct. 3, 1941
CONSTABLES
Charles M. Austin
Philip J. Beyer, Jr.
Daniel A. Downey
Fred J. Gagne
Maurice Gilbert
Frank H. Gilmore
William R. Judson
Bernard Levin
Joseph A. MacNeil
Daniel J. O'Donoghue
John F. Scannell John M. Smith
Arthur W. White
FREDERICK ELMER JONES
377
CITY ENGINEER
FREDERICK ELMER JONES
July 25th, 1941, brought an end to the fifty-four years of service in the City Engineer's Office of Frederick Elmer Jones, the faithful and efficient services with the City of Somerville which began on August 5th, 1887. Mr. Jones was an excellent draftsman and an accomplished artist. Many hundred of plans in the City Engineer's Office are the product of his skill. He has taken an important part in all engineering work in the City of Somerville during the past half-century and has done this work well.
His associates in the office of the City Engineer wish him many years of health and happiness.
378
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
Office of the City Engineer, City Hall, Somerville, January, 1942.
Honorable John M. Lynch, Mayor,
and Members of the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter X, Section 5, of the Revised Ordinances of 1929 of the City of Somerville, I hereby submit the Sixty-ninth Annual Report of the En- gineering Department for the year ending December thirty- first, nineteen hundred and forty-one.
This report summarizes the work performed and the ex- penditures of the following divisions :
First-Engineering Divison Second-Sewer Division Third-Park Division and Playground Division.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS E. HEGARTY,
City Engineer.
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CITY ENGINEER
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Divisions
Appropriations or Balances
Transfers and Credits
Expend- itures
Balances $63.82
City Engineer
$14,950.85
$14,887.03
Sewers Maintenance .. 14,239.67
$36.00
14,266.57
9.10
Parks and Playgrounds
Maintenance 26,259.00
................
26,249.81 9.19
HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION
Sewers and Storm Drains,-comprising surveys, estimates profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, all en- gineering work relating to same and supervision
$3,497.27
Highways, - comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving and all other en- gineering work relating to the department 933.66
Sidewalks, - comprising profiles, estimates, lines, grades, measurements, inspection, titles, costs and assessments .. 38.66 Water Works, - comprising giving lines and grades and other matters relating to the department 114.94
Parks and Playgrounds, - comprising surveys, plans, es- timates, profiles, and grades, including laying out of parks, playgrounds, boulevard and supervision
723.00
Public Buildings, - comprising surveys, estimates, lines grades, and other work relating to construction and lay- ing out of grounds
22.83
Street Numbering, - comprising locations of buildings, plans, assigning street numbers, etc.
39.17
Street Lines and Grades, - comprising establishing of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading
141.84
Subways, Bridges and Grade Crossings, - comprising sur- veys, plans, profiles, estimates, line and grades, etc.
............ City Survey, - comprising establishing of street lines, ac- ceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city maps, etc.
23.21
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
3.00
Private Corporations, Railway, Telephone, Electric Light and Gas Light Companies, - comprising grades, plans, profiles and office notes, locations of poles and conduits
............. Setting Stone Bounds and Brass Rods, - defining street lines and city boundary lines
28.66
Office Work, - comprising record of all locations, index- ing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calculation, reports, and general drafting
2,988.93
Miscellaneous Work, - comprising designs, sketches, etc., relating to various plans for committees, etc.
317.44
Holidays, Vacations and Sickness
850.81
Engineering, - General Departmental expenses (all divi- sions) comprising City Engineer's salary, automobile maintenance, telephone, car fares, and supplies
5,163.61
Total
$14,887.03
380
ANNUAL REPORTS
The total cost of maintaining the Engineering Division since it was established in 1872 up to December 31, 1941, has amount- ed to $747,637.85,
Four assistants have been employed the greater part of the year on engineering work.
There are on file in this office, plans for acceptance of several streets that for various reasons have not been made public ways. There are approximately 723 Streets and Passage- ways in the city.
LENGTH OF STREETS
Miles
*Public
90.646
Private
10.804
101.450
* 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
14.280
Ward Two
14.671
Ward Three
10.321
Ward Four
14.771
Ward Five
11.799
Ward Six
11.591
Ward Seven
13.213
Total length of public streets in the city
90.646
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CITY ENGINEER
TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION
*
** Streets paved with granite blocks
8.778
Streets paved with vitrified brick
0.288
Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous concrete top
287,616
12.428
Streets constructed with bituminous concrete base and bituminous concrete top
3,790
0.215
¿Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top
19,245
0.461
¿Streets constructed with broken stone and bituminous concrete top
145,687
9.237
#Streets constructed with broken stone and bituminous penetrated top
48.785
Streets constructed of water bound macadam
10.308
Streets graveled or unimproved
10.950
Total Miles
101.45
* Also 27.92 miles (single track) electric railway paved with granite, asphalt, etc.
** Includes 6,149 sq. yds. (0.438 mile) cement concrete roadway Middlesex Avenue.
Includes 0.98 mile of state highway.
+ Includes 1.406 miles of city boulevard and park roadways and 2.331 miles of state boulevard (Metropolitan District Commission, Park Division.)
MILES OF EDGESTONE, GRANOLITHIC, GRAVEL AND BRICK SIDEWALKS IN EACH WARD
Edgestone
Gravel Sidewalk
Brick Sidewlak
Granolithic Sidewalk
Ward One
21.313
2.525
5.523
12.419
Ward Two
17.946
4.470
3.580
8.628
Ward Three
14.619
0.448
10.088
3.865
Ward Four
20.901
0.363
5.973
12.090
Ward Five
23.309
2.119
10.638
8.852
Ward Six
25.873
3.225
9.261
13.559
Ward Seven
38.807
1.195
6.952
28.203
162.768
14.345
52.015
87.616
(Details, etc., streets and sidewalks in report of Street Commissioner.)
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS (Public Service Corporations)
Miles laid in City Streets
Boston Elevated Railway Co.
5.55
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
20.68
New England Tel. & Tel. Company
19.59
Cambridge Gas Light Company
67.56
Boston Consolidated Gas Co. (formerly Charlestown Gas Co.)
32.27
Somerville Department of Electric Lines and Lights, Police and Fire Alarm (wires are in corporation conduits)
... ...
Total
145.65
Square Yards 214,608 1,648
Miles
382
ANNUAL REPORTS
All locations for sub-surface construction are assigned by this department.
Lines and grades have been given for laying new city water mains and measurements taken of same. Length of new mains, etc., in the report of Water Commissioner.
All plans of estates in Somerville recorded at the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, including land court plans, have been copied. also titles examined. abstracts from deeds made for the purpose of assessments, and the proportional part of the cost of new work computed, and schedules of assessments made out showing the property owners.
Total number of plans on file in this office approximately ten thousand.
A compiled table of areas showing a sub-division of city's acreage was published in the 1925 report.
I respectfully refer to some of the more important recom- mendations and suggestions made in reports of the City En- gineer for a number of years past, which are for the improve- ment of conditions in this city.
SEWER DIVISION
The design and construction of sewers, storm drains, catch basins, house drains, etc., maintenance of the drainage system and other items in this division are under the direction and control of the City Engineer.
During the year 1941 all sewer construction was carried on in conjunction with the Works Progress Administration. Un- der this plan the City supplied all equipment and materials, and the WPA the labor. Plans and all engineering services were furnished by the City Engineer.
The total sewer construction completed in 1941 with the aid of the Works Progress Administration was as follows :
Combined System Sewers Reconstructed Separte System
375 feet 16,407 feet
Total
16,782 feet=3.1784 Miles
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CITY ENGINEER
The following table shows the location of such construction.
Total length of city's drainage system. 150.81 miles Cost of construction to date (including catch bains) $1,683,578.44* Total length of Metropolitan sewerage system mains running through this city 3.475 miles
17 connections, in Somerville, with Metropolitan sew- erage mains. Also 4 connections through Medford and 1 connection through Cambridge. Locations of City's mains connecting with state sewer in 1912 report, and details of construction in previous reports
New catch basins constructed in city's highways 1941 69
Total catch basins maintained by city 2,293
Other catch basins-State Highway Metropolitan Park, B E. Ry., etc. 300
Total catch basins in the city for storm drainage purposes 2,593
Sump manholes on drainage system
139
* This does not include construction by W. P. A.
Catch Basin construction, in conjunction with W. P. A. sewer work and otherwise, done under Sewers Maintenance Account.
The separate sewerage system should be extended each year to assist in the ultimate separation of sewerage and storm water which the Metropolitan District Commission is striving to accomplish.
Many of our storm drains and sewers have been in service for many years. Several of the older sewers have collapsed dur- ing the past few years, necessitating immediate repair and in many instances the reconstruction of entire sections. After an exhaustive and thorough examination of our sewage system, I am of the opinion that such breakdowns will occur more fre- quent!y than heretofore, and consequently an immediate start must be made on reconstruction, particularly the oldest and largest trunk sewers and storm drains. Looking toward this end, the City Engineer and his assistants are now preparing a comprehensive plan for such a long range and large scale sewage works construction program.
There is definite need in the Sewer Division of an increase in the number of employees and sewer cleaning equipment. Due to the economic policies of the past several years of not replacing employees and of the tendency toward cutting down municipal expense, no new employees have been added to the Sewer Division, and I feel that several additional employees should be employed in this division in order to properly care for the sewerage system and the large number of manholes
384
ANNUAL REPORTS
and catch basins that must be regularly looked after, and the several regulating chambers and pump house that must be kept in perfect working order if they are to properly function. With the large amount of additional construction that has been made during the past five years, there has been no increase in the maintenance force in this division. In fact, there has been a decrease in the number of men employed, and I would strong- ly urge that this policy be modified so as to make provision for these additions to our system. It is very necessary from a public health standpoint.
SEWERS MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
1941
Credit
Appropriation and Credits $14,275.67
Statement of Expenditures
Labor
$11,556.82
Maintenance of trucks
1,715.60
Equipment, supplies and repairing tools and
and property
994.15
Total
14,266.57
BALANCE UNEXPENDED $9.10
A permanent force of eight men, together with city trucks, are kept continually at work, flushing, cleaning and repair- ing the city's drainage system, including catch basins, the ex- pense necessarily increasing yearly as sewers, storm drains and catch basins are added to the system, and the distance in- creased to the dumping places, only two of which are available at present.
There were received during the year 1941 a total of 988 com- plaints for drains clogged, cellars flooded and catch basins blocked. These were attended to immediately.
Twenty-nine permits have been issued for private drain connections from buildings to sewers or storm drains, fifteen of these being for repairs, alterations or extensions. All work is done subject to inspection by this department.
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