Report of the city of Somerville 1942, Part 15

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1942
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The department has continued the immunization of pre- school and school children up to the Junior High grade. The program was changed this year to immunizing with three doses of diphtheria toxoid instead of one dose of alum precipitated toxoid as health authorities consider one dose of alum precip- itated toxoid as not adequate.


Pamphlets in schools and advertisements in the local paper advising them of the clinics and where they could obtain the immunization was presented to the parents.


In addition another clinic was established in Winter Hill besides the other two former clinics so that area of the City would be easily accessible to the children.


There were 708 children inoculated.


238


ANNUAL REPORTS


The immunizations were accomplished without any un- toward effects as regards to abscesses or reaction.


The private physicians have also immunized many of the babies, an exact record of which is not submitted to us.


Respectfully submitted,


WILFRID C. MACDONALD, M. D. Medical Inspector and Bacteriologist


-SCHOOL CHILDREN-


CLINIC CASES HOSPITAL


WELFARE CASES ---- - SOLDIERS' RELIEF CASES- 1 1


January


629


228


69


0 926


622


304


179


1,287


119


201


4


4


11


36


75


35


1 35


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


February


483


157


59


0


700


484


225


140


953


125


137


5


5


15


24


42


23


1


15


9


2


3


2


0


1


0


March


634


167


78


2


878


542


269


198


1,166


156


134


5


5


11


28


59


28


0


16


12


0


0


0


0


0


0


April


646


265


81


2


994


569


389


178


1,314


159


190


10


10


34


28


65


26


2 20


8


0


0


0


0


0


0


May


355


130


61


0


546


270


278


107


761


55


109


12


12


50


18


31


18


0


28


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


June


269


83


50


0


402


179


188


130


556


101


90


3


3


12


27


66


26


1


15


12


0


0


0


0


0


0


July


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


25


46


25


0


17


8


1


2


1


0


1


0


August


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


16


33


15


1


11


5


0


0


0


0


0


0


September


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


16


40


16


0


9


7


0


0


0


0


0


0


October


10,027


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


13


26


12


1


12


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


November


478


376


91


0


955


517


497


155 1,250


48


257


0


0


0


19


54


16


3


8


11


0


0


0


0


0


0


December


486


203


59


0


' 750


418


217


143


963


99


110


2


2


2


14


26


13


1


10


4


0


0


0


0


0


0


Total


3,980 1,609


548


4 6,151 3,601 2,367 1,230 8,250


862


1,228


41


41


135


264


563


253


11


196


81


3


5


3


0


2


0


Surgery :- None


Patients


Patients


Emergency


Cases


Cases


Total Number


Number of


Number of


Extractions


Number of


Cleanings


Number of


Number Cer-


Number Given


Number Given


Number of


Patients


Extractions Number of


Number of


Number of


Number of


Number at


Hospital


Ethyl Chloride Novocain or


Given Gas


Number of


Number of


Extractions


Patients at


Hospital


Number


Novocain or


Ethyl Chloride


Number


Given Gas


Number Examined


Old


New


Special


Patients


Fillings


Treatments


tificates Granted


Novocain


Gas


Patients


Extractions


Patients at Clinic


Number


Patients


Number Patients


at Clinic


239


BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1943.


To the Board Health, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I submit the following as my report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1942.


The word establishment may be construed as including all places coming within the board's jurisdiction.


Number of establishments visited


5156


Complaints investigated


916


Venereal disease delinquents visited


33


Notices sent


119


All complaints were satisfactorily adjusted.


CONDEMNATIONS


Liver


2 lbs.


Fish


9 lbs.


Beef


451/2


Fruit


39 '


Pork


2715


Flour


160012


Veal


10


Vegetables


134 ' "


Lamb


22


Miscellaneous


22


Poultry


80


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY T. MURRAY,


Chief Inspector.


240


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND VETERINARIAN


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1943.


To the Board Health, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


The following is my report for the year ending December 31, 1942. There were a total of 531 calls made in connection with dog bites during the year by me.


There were 1091 dogs inoculated against rabies. There were 110 cases of rabies in dogs which were inoculated against di- sease. This action has done more than anything else to stamp out rabies in Somerville.


On November 6, 1942, a dog brought from Groton to Som- erville in September was found to have rabies.


The inspection of the City Home farm animals was done by me as in past years.


Respectfully submitted,


BERTRAM S. KILLIAN, D. V. M.,


Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian.


241


BOARD OF HEALTHI


REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DENTAL HYGIENE


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1943.


To the Board Health,


Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I herewith present the report of the Department of Dental Hygiene for the year 1942 with the following statistics.


Respectfully submitted,


ANTHONY BIANCHI, D. M. D., Supervising School Dentist


242


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR


CHEMICAL. AND BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, MASS.


January 2, 1943.


To the Board of Health,


Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


Five hundred and thirty-five stores were licensed to sell milk, seventy-six dealers were licensed to distribute milk and forty-five stores were registered to sell oleomargarine. Eight pasteurizing plants located in Somerville were licensed to oper- ate while forty-three pasteurizing plants in cities and towns outside Somerville, are under the supervision of this depart- ment. Two dealers sell cream exclusively. Twenty-six dealers purchase bottled pasteurized milk for distribution. Three deal- ers sell raw certified milk and three dealers pasteurize certified milk. Four dealers sell irradiated pasteurized milk. Three dealers have discontinued business. An average of 35,000 quarts of milk and 1,300 quarts of cream were distributed daily in Somerville. Two hundred ninety-seven stores are li- censed to sell and nineteen dealers are licensed to manufacture frozen desserts.


The following tables 1, 2 and 3 are a summary of the work of the department for the year :


243


BOARD OF HEALTH


TABLE 1


Receipts


Month


License


Applications


License


Fees


Cash for


Analyses


Cash Paid


City Treasurer


Analyses on


Total Income


for Department


+January


9


$14.00


$0.00


$14.00


$80.00


$94.00


*February


10


395.50


0.00


395.50


153.00


548.50


** March


14


77.00


0.00


77.00


245.00


322.00


April


0


00.00


0.00


00.00


196.00


196.00


:May


469


334.00


0.00


334.00


126.00


460.00


+June


142


80.50


0.00


80.50


187.00


267.50


¡July


16


17.50


7.00


24.50


214.50


239.00


¡August


S


13.50


0.00


13.50


89.00


102.50


"September


5


12.50


0.00


12.50


148.00


160.50


¡October


11


19,00


0.00


19.00


176.00


195.00


+November


5


12.50


0.00


12.50


157.00


169.50


December


01


3.00


0.00


3.00


192.00


195.00


Totals


694 $979.00


$7.00 $986.00 $1,963.50 $2,949.50


*


9


Applications to Manufacture Frozen desserts included.


for pasteurizing license included.


to manufacture frozen desserts included.


TABLE 2


Examinations


Month


Chemical Samples


Bacteria Samples


Collections


Sediment


n Tests


Samples


Submitted


Microscopical


Examinations


Examinations


January


95


148


105


538


February


8.1


83


164


81


346


93


684


March


79


80


159


80


376


130


745


April


72


78


150


72


390


102


714


May


82


90


172


82


325


93


672


June


98


102


200


58


377


43


678


July


75


79


154


75


482


108


819


August


80


82


162


80


235


98


575


September


96


97


193


76


384


91


744


October


64


64


128


64


359


74


625


November


79


79


158


79


329


91


657


December


76


75


151


75


542


87


855


Totals


977


1004


1981


917


4293


1115


8306


.,


1


1


or Collected


Ut Collected


Total


190


Total


Account


244


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 3 Inspections


Month


Dairy, R. R.


Creameries


Milk & Ice


Cream Plants


Restaurants


cand Stores


Total


& Inspections


January


29


February


32


24


59


March


30


15


47


April


38


10


51


May


3


48


129


180


July


30


32


11


73


August


2


28


12


42


September


51


32


28


111


October


4


29


22


55


November


30


34


6


70


December


4


29


15


48


Totals


138


396


309


843


An electric water still and a bacteria colony counter were purchased and installed and other necessary replacements made in the Laboratory.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM H. WALLIS, Inspector of Milk & Vinegar.


This report, a summary of the work performed in the sev- eral sub-divisions of the Board of Health, is respectfully sub- mitted by


JOSEPH H. MCSWEENEY, M. D., Chairman HUGH J. GALLAGHER WALTER E. WHITTAKER


Board of Health.


3 2 3 2 282 +Milk Stations &


35


22


59


June


245


CITY ENGINEER


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER


OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, JANUARY, 1943.


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 Seventieth Annual Report of the Engineer- ing Department for the year ending December thirty-first, nine- teen hundred and forty-two.


This report summarizes the work performed and the ex- penditures of the following divisions :


First - Engineering Division. Second - Sewer Division.


- Third - Park Division and Playground Division.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS E. HEGARTY,


City Engineer


246


ANNUAL REPORTS


GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Divisions


AAppropriations or Balances


Transfers and Credits


Expenditures


Balances


City Engineer


$14,503.00 ...


$14,042.15


$460.85


Sewers Maintenance ..


16,001.07


...


15,479.72


521.35


Parks and Playgrounds


Maintenance


31,090.87


..


30,280.70


810.17


The total cost of maintaining the Engineering Division since it was established in 1872 up to December 31, 1942, has amounted to $761,680.00.


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 sev- eral streets that for various reasons have not been made public ways. There are approximately 723 Streets and Passageways 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 de- creased. )


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


247


CITY ENGINEER


TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION


Square Yards


Miles


** Streets paved with granite blocks


214,608


8.778


Streets paved with vitrified brick


1,648


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


48.955


Streets constructed of water bound macadam


10.308


Streets graveled or unimproved


10.780


Total Miles


101.450


* 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 Sidewalk


Granolithic Sidewalk


Ward One


21.343


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


162.798


14.345


52.015


87.616


(Details, etc., streets and sidewalks in report of Street Com- missioner. )


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


248


ANNUAL REPORTS


All locations for sub-surface construction are assigned by this department.


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 1942 all sewer construction was carried on in conjunction with the Works Progress Administration. Plans and all engineering services were furnished by the City En- gineer.


The total sewer construction completed in 1942 with the aid of the Works Progress Administration was as follows:


Storm Drains Reconstructed 45 feet


Separate System


2,837 feet


Storm Drains 2,901 feet


Total 5,783 feet=1.0952 Miles


The following table shows the location of such construction :


Total length of city's drainage system 151.90 miles Cost of construction to date (including catch basins) $1,683,578.44*


Total length of Metropolitan sewerage system mains running through this city


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


3.475 miles


New catch basins constructed in city's highways 1942 10


Total catch basins maintained by city 2,303


Other catch


basins-State Highway Metropolitan Park, B. E. Ry., etc. 300


· Total catch basins in the city for storm drainage purposes 2,603


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


TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS AND STORM DRAINS BUILT AND COMPLETED IN 1942 BY W. P. A. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE CITY ENGINEER


LOCATION


ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION


LENGTH IN FT.


STREET


FROM


TO


MATERIAL DYCAVATED


Man- SIZE holes S.D. C.S. S.S. S.D. C.S. S.S.


Foley St.


App. Cen. Line .Sturtevant St.


.Private Lands


Peat and Clay


3


12"


510


Foley St. App. Cen. Line


.Private Lands


Sturtevant St.


Peat and Clay


3


24"


481


*Private Lands


Center Line


.Mystic River


Foley St.


Peat and Clay


5


36»


1277


Private Lands


Center Line


.North Union St.


Sturtevant St.


Peat and Clay .


4


12"


926


Private Lands .Center Line


.Foley St.


Private Lands


Peat and Clay


1


12"


232


Private Lands .Center Line


B. & M. Railroad .Vernon St.


Ledge and Gravel


2


12ª


186


Private Lands


.. Center Line


B. & M. Railroad


Vernon St.


Ledge and Gravei


1


185


Sturtevant St. Center Line


Private Lands


Foley St.


Peat and Clay


4


12#


983


Sturtevant St. Center Line


Foley St. .Dead End


Peat and Clay


5


15₽


958


{Vernon St. Center Line


Nr. Glenwood Rd. Glenwood Rd.


Ledge and Gravel


1


15"


45


Boston & Maine Railroad constructed Private Lands Storm Drain from Mystic River to Sta. 2-1-26, including Tide Gate Chamber. Rebuilt Storm Drain.


45' = Length of storm drain reconstructed in 1942. 2,837' = Length of sewers added to system in 1942. 2,901' = Length of storm drain added to system in 1942.


5,783' = 1.0952 Miles, Total Construction in 1942.


Total Length of Public sewers in the City, January 1, 1943 640,827.7' == 121.3689 Miles


Total Length of Private sewers in the City, January 1, 1943 ... 675,723.7' 127.9779 Miles


Total Length of Storm Drains in the City, January 1, 1943


126,294.3' 23.9194 Miles Total Length of City Drainage, January 1, 1943 802,018.09 151.8973 Miles Total Length of Metropolitan Sewer Mains in the City, January 1, 1943 18,348.0' 3.4750 Miles -


34,896.0' == 6.6090 Miles


Total Length of Sewers in the City, January 1, 1943


(Including 58.5482 Miles Separate System Sewers)


249


CITY ENGINEER


.


which the Metropolitan District Commission is striving to ac- complish.


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- quently than heretofore, particularly in the oldest and largest trunk sewers and storm drains. Looking toward this end, the City Engineer and his assistants are now preparing a compre- hensive plan for such a long range and large scale sewage works construction program. This work can very well be done. as part of our post war public works program.


At this time I wish to call attention to recommendations made in my report for the year 1941 wherein I strongly urged the necessity of additional employees in the maintenance force of the sewer division. Public health and safety require that all catch basins be cleaned at least once a year; all storm over- flows and sewers be kept free from obstructions; the several regulators be kept in perfect working order and that no sew- age be allowed to pollute the rivers. All this necessary work cannot be done unless the maintenance personnel of the sewer division is increased.


1942 CREDIT


Appropriations and Credits


$16,001.07


STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES


Labor


Maintenance of trucks


$13,518.47 1,284.82


Equipment, supplies and repairing tools and property


676.43


Total


15,479.73


BALANCE UNEXPENDED


$521.35


There were received during the year 1942 a total of 1,319 complaints for drains clogged, cellars flooded and catch basins blocked.


250


ANNUAL REPORTS


Twenty-three permits have been issued for private drain connections from buildings to sewers or storm drains, ten of these being for repairs, alterations or extensions. All work is done subject to inspection by this department.


Only persons that are licensed as drain layers by the city and who have given satisfactory bonds are permitted to lay and repair private drains.


Data concerning each drain connection with the public sewer is on file in this office. and time and expense could be saved the owner, where trouble exists, by his applying directly to this department for investigation and advice.


Many car track catch basins and underground conduit man- holes built by public service corporations have been connected with the City's drainage system.


A special ordinance should be enacted to enforce a better system of grease traps in the premises of some of the larger manufacturing plants and rendering companies to prevent large amounts of grease and waste products from escaping into city sewer mains and partially blocking sections of sewers, as has occurred at various times.


There are to date about 18,596 private drain connections with the city's drainage system.


NEW CONSTRUCTION


During the past year one of the largest industrial develop- ments within the city was completed under the direction of the City Engineer, and that area bounded by the Mystic River, the main line of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and Mystic and Middlesex Avenues has been made very desirable for the loca- tion of industrial and manufacturing establishments.


Two new streets, approximately 1,000 feet long and 50 feet in width, were constructed as public ways. A new reinforced concrete storm drain 36" in diameter, and a tide-gate chamber, for storm water only, totalling 3,000 feet in length from a point near the land of the Pennsylvania Oil Company to the Mystic River was constructed. The new sanitary separate system sew- er has been constructed approximately 3,000 feet in length and


251


CITY ENGINEER


12" in diameter to discharge into the Metropolitan trunk sewer at North Union Street.


All this work was designed and construction supervised by the City Engineer. The construction was carried on by the Works Progress Administration, and the City furnished a por- tion of the materials and the equipment, and the remainder of the materials was furnished by the Federal Government and by the Boston and Maine Railroad.


As a result of this work, an area containing approximately 50 acres has been developed into a very desirable industrial site. Already two warehouses have been constructed by the Sears Robuck Company and First National Stores, Inc., and negotia- tions are now being carried on with several other well known concerns to interest them in constructing buildings on this site. It is hoped that during the coming year this entire area will furnish a much needed source for additional taxable property for the City of Somerville.


PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS DIVISION


There are at the present time nineteen parcels of land laid out as parks and playgrounds and maintained and improved by this department. Many of these areas are badly in need of improvement, and more play areas should be developed in the more densely populated sections of our city.


During the past year several of our parks and playgrounds were reconstructed and beautified under the direction of the City Engineer. Most of this work was done with the aid of the Works Progress Administration.


Dickerman Park has been constructed on land graciously donated to the City of Somerville by Mrs. Minnie L. Dicker- man for a children's playground. A wading pool, swings and other play equipment, sand boxes and bubblers have been com- pleted. The entire park will be landscaped, trees and lawns planted, and an artistic rubble masonary wall has been erected around the park.


New chain link backstops were erected at Trum Field and Dilboy Field, and as a result a much needed improvement for baseball at these fields was accomplished.


ANNUAL REPORTS


The City has become so densely populated (averaging nearly 26,000 people a square mile) that some of the larger park areas should be more extensively utilized for public recreation and physical training purposes. In several parks field houses should be constructed, additional apparatus and shelters provided, and some of the smaller playground areas should be enclosed by wire fencing for protection.


MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS


1942


Parks


Appropriation Parks and Playgrounds $31,090.87


Statement of Expenditures


$15,418.55 Labor


$10,986.03


96.77 Maintenance of truck


146.12


246.01


Equipment and supplies 182.91


305.53


Repairing tools and property


190.49


62.05


Flags, flag poles, painting, etc


130.31


11.84 Maintenance of fountains and bubblers


95.13


Damage caused by ball-playing (broken


windows, etc.)


45.43


427.74


Repair seats, fences, backstops, doors, etc.


48.00


Grading, beautifying, fence, etc. East Som- erville Branch Library


1,726.00 New Chain link backstops Dillboy and


98.15


Trum Fields


Cutting cannon Central Hill to donate to War Effort


38.50


$18,389.62 .*


Totals


$11,891.08


*18,389.62


GRAND TOTAL EXPENSE


$30,280.70


BALANCE UNEXPENDED


$ 810.17


GENERAL


The City Engineer has been called upon to assist the Law Department by preparing plans of locations of accidents in- volving the City of Somerville. On several occasions the City Engineer appeared in court in connection with law suits involv- ing the City.


For the Assessors several plans and data for tax appeal cases were prepared including computed areas of buildings and


1


Playgrounds


Credit


25.14


Telephone


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CITY ENGINEER


lots. Floor areas on buildings were computed and furnished to the Assessors from measurements taken in the field. In this connection, it would be of great value, not only to the Asses- sors, but to other departments, if Architects and Engineers were required to furnish with each set of plans the cubical con- tents of all buildings to be constructed.


The problem of attracting new industries to the city of Som- erville has been given a great deal of thought and study by the City Engineer, in co-operation with the Mayor and other de- partment heads. Several of the vacant industrial sites of this- city have been studied, their advantages have been analysed and noted, and this information has been brought to the atten- tion of many well known concerns, with the idea of attracting them to locate in the city of Somerville. The Mayor and the City Engineer, in company with the Chairman of the Board of Assessors. have personally interviewed several firms and en- deavored to bring them to Somerville. It is felt that attracting new industries to Somerville is one way of making our city a better place in which to live and of lightening the burden of taxation from the shoulders of home owners to industry.


PERAMBULATION OF BOUNDS


On December 31st a committee of the Board of Aldermen and the City Engineer met with a similar committee from the City of Medford to perambulate according to law the boundary lines between the cities of Somerville and Medford and observe the bounds marking this boundary line. A special report of this perambulation is filed with the City Clerk.


CIVIL WAR CANNON


As a contribution to the NATIONAL SALVAGE CAM- PAIGN for metal of all kinds, the Board of Aldermen author- ized the City Engineer to turn over to the Federal Government the cast iron cannon located on Central Hill. This battery of four cannon were erected by the City in 1885 and were donat- ed by Congress and were in service during the Civil War. The location on which this battery of cannon was erected by the City is within the lines of the French Redoubt which was thrown up by American troops under General Israel Putnam immediately after the Battle of Bunker Hill and later became




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