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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 :
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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CITY ENGINEER
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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
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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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