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WARD THREE
ARTHUR P. FITZGERALD 60 Atherton Street
383
CITY CLERK
WARD FOUR
WILLIAM B. BAILEY
222 School Street
WILLIAM J. SHEA WARD FIVE
10 Aberdeen Road
WARD SIX
NELSON W. IRVING
24 Cutter Avenue
WARD SEVEN
THOMAS J. BURKE 149 Powder House Boulevard Superintendent and Secretary, EVERETT W. IRELAND Assistant Superintendent, LEO C. DONAHUE
Regular meetings last Monday of each month, except July and August.
ASSESSORS
MAURICE F. AHEARN, Chairman, term expires 1945, AMLETO DI GIUSTO, term expires 1945 CHARLES BRUNELLE, Military Substitute for. AMLETO DI GIUSTO, term expires 1945 FRANCIS J. TAGUE, term expires 1944 ALBERT A. WALSH, term expires 1944 FRANCIS MacDONALD, term expires 1946
BOARD OF APPEALS
ALBERT F. BYRNES, Chairman, term expires 19441 GEORGE T. LOWDEN, term expires 1946 GEORGE C. MULLIN, term expires 1945 DR. SOTER G. ZAHAROOLIS, term expires 1945 JOHN V. MOTTA, term expires 1946
Associate Members
GEORGE FULGINITI, term expires 1944 DANIEL DUGGAN, Military substitute, term expires 1944. JOSEPH SOUZA, term expires 1945
BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR. JOSEPH H. McSWEENEY, Chairman, term expires 1943 DR. HUGH J. GALLAGHER, term expires 1944 DR. WALTER E. WHITTAKER, term expires 1943 Medical Inspector, WILFRID C. MACDONALD, M. D ..
384
ANNUAL REPORTS
Veterinarian, E. WILLIAM JOHANSEN, D. V. M. BERTRAM S. KILLIAN, D. V. M. (Military Substitute) Inspectors of Animals and Provisions HENRY T. MURRAY JAMES A. DWYER
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, WILLIAM H. WALLIS Supervisor of Dental Hygiene, DR. ANTHONY F. BIANCHI
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
EDWARD L. HAGAN, Chairman, term expires 1944 PERRY F. NANGLE, term expires 1945 JOSEPH P. McCARRON, Term expires 1946 Agent, CHARLES J. WILLWERTH Warden City Home, GEORGE GOODRICH
Matron City Home, ELIZABETH GOODRICH
LICENSING COMMISSION
JOHN F. McNAMARA, Chairman, term expires 1944 DAVID Y. ROSS, term expires 1945
JOSEPH D. LONERGAN, term expires 1946
PLANNING BOARD
DAVID H. NISSENBAUM, Chairman, term expires 1947 HARRY MacNUTT, term expires 1941
ANTHONY SCOLLES, term expires 1944, Military substitute for JOHN P. SILK, term expires 1944 DR. VINCENT W. SENA, term expires 1946 HARRY J. COSTELLO, term expires 1943
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES
JOHN F. McGANN, President, term expires 1944 LOUIS B. CONNELLY, term expires 1942 J. HELEN CLOUGH, term expires 1943 REV. ANTHONY J. FLAHERTY, term expires 1942 JOHN J. GRIFFIN, term expires 1944 KATHRYN HUEBER, term expires 1942 WILLIAM H. McKENNA, term expires 1943 FREDERICK J. WHITE, term exipres 1944 (Died Sept. 23, 1943) REV. DAVID FRASER, term expires 1943 Librarian and Secretary, JOHN D. KELLEY
385
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 exipres 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 exprise 1940
BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
WILLIAM F. BURNS, Chairman, term expires 1944 WARREN S. JOHNSTON, Secretary, term expires 1944 WARREN C. DAGGETT, term expires 1945 LEO B. HAVICAN, term expires 1946
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. EGAN, 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
386
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
SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTHS JAMES J. CORBETT
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
ALBERT PARKER
TEMPORARY COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN
WATER COMMISSIONER JOHN T. FORD
SUPERINTENDENT OF SANITARY DEPARTMENT JOHN F. MESKELL
387
CITY CLERK
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
FOREST WARDEN JOHN C. MCNALLY
COMMISSIONER OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS ROBERT F. MAGUIRE
CITY PHYSICIAN CIRO GIOBBE, M. D.
AGENT OF MILITARY AND STATE AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF AND BURIAL AGENT THOMAS F. MCGRATH
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES JOHN F. CASEY
CONSTABLES
Charles M. Austin Philip J. Beyer, Jr. Daniel A. Downey Harrison Arthur Dugan
Maurice Gilbert William R. Judson Daniel J. O'Donoghue John F. Scannell
John M. Smith
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
August 18, 1944.
To the Honorable Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :-
In compliance with the Revised Ordinances of the City of Somerville. I have the honor of submitting, for your inform- ation the Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1943.
ALARMS AND LOSSES
Number of First Alarms
696
Number of Second Alarm
3
Number of Third Alarms
1
Number of A.D.T. Alarms
16
Number of Still Alarms
1,226
1,942
Number of Alarms during the year 1942.
1,990
Decrease in number of Alarms during year 1943
48
Value of Buildings at risk.
$2,719,227.00
Insurance on Buildings at risk
2,223,310.00
Insurance damage on Buildings
115,358.68
Value of Contents at risk
1,857,652.00
Insurance on Contents at risk
1,537,262.00
Insurance damage on Contents
39,565.33
Total value at risk
4,576,879.00
Total insurance damage
154,924.01
APPROXIMATE PER CAPITA LOSS
$1.51
MANUAL FORCE
The manual force consists of one hundred and fifty-five permanent men.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
The roster of the department is as follows:
1 Chief Engineer
2 Deputy Chiefs
2 District Chiefs
8 Captains
1 Master Mechanic
12 Lieutenants
116 Privates, 3rd Grade
5 Privates, 2nd Grade
8 Privates, 1st Grade
APPARATUS
The motor apparatus in the department is as follows :
1-1300 gallon pumper and hose wagon
3-1000 gallon pumpers and hose wagons
1- 900 gallon pumper and hose wagon
3- 750 gallon pumpers and hose wagons
1- 500 gallon pumper and hose wagon (reserve)
5-Combination booster pumpers
1-Combination chemical and hose wagon
1-100 foot aerial ladder truck with booster pump
1- 85 foot aerial ladder truck with booster pump
1- 75 foot aerial ladder truck
1-City service tiller ladder truck
1-Combination Rescue, Salvage and Lighting truck 1-Wrecking truck
1-Automobile, Packard Sedan, Chief's car
1-Automibile, Lafayette Sedan, District Chief's car
2-Automobiles, Hudson Sedans, Deputy & Dist. Chief's cars
1-Automobile, Ford Truck, Master Mechanic's
1
068
SERVICES PERFORMED BY COMPANIES DURING 1943
Engine 1
Engine 2
Engine 3
Engine 4
Engine 5
Engine 6
Engine 7
Bell Alarms Answered
495
301
374
204
246
125
327
Still Alarms Answered
95
126
190
56
75
126
100
Miles Traveled
1,090
629
1,155
373
681
370
931
Ft. 21/2" hose used
14,300
26,400
18,450
11,850
7,400
11,000
13,250
Ft. 11/2" hose used
1,500
2,600
2,250
2,850
800
3,600
2,650
Ft. 34" hose used
38,000
43,000
38,000
17,550
19,400
26,000
34,250
Ft. Ladders used
210
20
62
200
Gas Masks used
2
4
2
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Out of City calls
11
45
48
6
21
55
23
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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Ladder 1
Ladder 2
Ladder 3
Ladder 4
Rescue 1
Bell Alarms Answered
374
354
148
381
679
Still Alarms Answered
113
36
60
39
105
Miles Traveled
1,023
612
422
971
1,907
Ft. 21/2" hose used
1,700
Ft. 11/2" hose used
200
Ft. 34" hose used
1,000
6,100
Ft. Ladders used
3,715
2,996
1,132
3,552
Extinguishers used
6
6
2
1
9
Salvage Covers used
....
2
2
2
83
Gas Masks used
4
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1
84
Flood Lights used
....
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63 hours
Portable Lighting Unit Used
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Inhalator used
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28
Sprinkler heads replacaed
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Smoke Ejector used
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Refrigerator calls
..
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Out of City calls
4
5
13
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FIRE
DEPARTMENT
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18
1
7
392
ANNUAL REPORTS
IN MEMORIAM
NEWCOMB, JOHN C. (Private) Died at home January 15, 1943. Appointed a Permanent Fireman, July 24, 1913. Resigned August 20, 1918. Reinstated December 17, 1933.
BLANCHARD, ABIJAH M. (Private) Died at Symmes Hospital, Arlington, July 23, 1943. Appointed a Permanent Fireman, January 1, 1913. Pensioned, October 3, 1942.
CONNARTON, JOHN H. (Private) Died at home December 15, 1943 Appointed a Permanent Fireman, July 26, 1918 Pensioned, February 11, 1938.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
Many large single dwellings are being used as convalescent homes, housing aged and infirm people, most of these buildings lack the necessary protection against fire and the safety of life and limb of the aged and infirm people domiciled in them on account of the absence of proper municipal legislation, very little can be done to protect the people confined in these places from fire.
It is urgently recommended that proper legislation be enacted to insure adequate safety from fire.
In conjunction with these laws or ordinances, lodging house licenses should only be granted when there is adequate egress from all floors for any person that is renting a room in these lodging houses.
It is recommended that (1) one new pumping engine be purchased to replace the pumper now in service at Engine Co. No. 2 Broadway and Cross Street.
The pumper now in service was purchased June 16, 1916, the running gear is old and worn, the two wheel brakes are not sufficient for safety and they are continually getting out of adjustment, the apparatus is obsolete and it is very difficult to obtain parts for repair, quite often this pumper fails to start or does not arrive at the alarm of fire.
The purchase of a new aerial ladder truck is recommended to replace Ladder truck No. 3 located at Teele Square, the ladder truck in service now was purchased March 18, 1924 and it is known as a City Service Tiller truck, it is mounted on four wheels and the rear wheels are used for traction and steer- ing by the use of the tiller, this truck is unsafe on the road, it is also obsolete and it is getting impossible to get repair parts.
A ladder truck is needed for the Teele Square section very badly, when a long train is moving over the Lexington branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad, no fire apparatus can pass these tracks from Lowell Street to beyond the Cambridge line, for this reason alone it is imperative that a new ladder be pur- chased immediately.
The names of these nineteen, already in the permanent rec- ords of the city, I wish to include in this Annual Report as serving in the United States Armed Forces of World War No. 2.
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Name
Company
Entered Service
Branch ofService
Edward J. Blair
Rescue 1
March
13, 1942
U. S. Army
Frederick W. McGahan
Engine 2
March
31, 1942
U. S. Army
Jeremiah H. Murphy
Ladder 4
April
22, 1942
U. S. Army
John L. Buckley
Ladder 3
April
23, 1942
U. S. Marine Corps.
Frederick H. Murphy
Engine 7
July
1, 1942
U. S. Navy
Francis L. Reardon
Engine 3
July
29, 1942
U. S. Navy
John F. Dugan
Ladder 2
July
29, 1942
U. S. Army
Joseph P. Flynn
Ladder 2
August
1, 1942
U. S. Army Air Corps
Edward F. Lynch
Ladder 1
August
31, 1942
U. S. Navy
Louis E. Rabaglia
Engine 2
August
28, 1942
U. S. Army
Walter R. Schwab
Ladder 2
November
2, 1942
U. S. Navy
Henry V. Quinn
Engine 3
November
17, 1942
U. S. Navy
John A. Carney
Engine 3
November
17, 1942
U. S. Navy
Irving G. Peterson
Engine 3
December
2, 1942
U. S. Army Air Corps
John J. Ebrecht
Engine 1
January
11, 1943
U. S. Coast Guard
William E. Bannister
Engine 1
August
5, 1943
U. S. Navy
Raymond J. Gosselin
Engine 2
September
22, 1943
U. S. Army
Augustus P. Anderson
Engine 6
October
17, 1943
U. S. Army
John L. Sullivan
Engine 3
December
29, 1943
U. S. Army
ANNUAL REPORTS
395
FIRE DEPARTMENT
CONCLUSION
In concluding my report I wish to state that I fully rec- ognize the support and confidence accorded me, the past year, by Ilis Honor the Mayor and the Honorable Board of Alder- men ; I wish also to take this opportunity to thank the Officers and Members of the Fire Department and the Members of the Auxiliary Fire Department for their faithfulness and efficiency.
Respectfully submitted, J. C. MCNALLY, Chief Engineer
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
Office of The City Engineer, City Hall, Somerville, January, 1944.
Honorable G. Edward Bradley, 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 Annual Report of the Engineering Depart- ment for the year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hun- dred and forty-three.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN, City Engineer
CITY ENGINEER
397.
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF SPECIAL EXPENDITURES , OTHER THAN ORDINARY EXPENDITURES FOR ENGINEERING, SEWER, AND PARK AND PLAYGROUND DIVISIONS
SPECIAL ITEM: Dilboy Stands and Other Improvements Dilboy Field :
1943 CREDIT
Appropriation
$15,400.00,
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Remove old and construct 300' new modern
wooden grandstand
$13,841.17
Construct new driveway, ticket office and wooden canopies
950.00
Replace portion of fence
608.83
Total
15,400.00*
Balance Unexpended
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GEOREG FREDERICK CONWAY PLAYGROUND SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
1943 CREDIT
Appropriation
$5,000.00-
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Panorama of site
$5.00
Rental of tractor
876.64
Trucking fill to playground
1,391.35
Freight on fill (sand ballast)
815.00
Trucking equipment to playground
61.32
Rental and operation of miscellaneous equip- ment (crane and bucket)
1,789.23
Gasoline for operation of trucks, etc.
51.80
Lumber
8.80
Total
4,999.14
Balance Unexpended
$0.86
COMMEMORATING PERSONS IN WORLD WAR II ACCOUNT (HONOR ROLL)
CREDIT
Appropriations
$10,000.00
1
398
ANNUAL REPORTS
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Advertising and Notice to Contractors
$11.00
Blue Prints, etc., contract forms 20,30
Architectural services
350.00
Locks, keys, etc.
97.17
Miscellaneous (Rental folding chairs, refresh-
ments at dedication, public address sys-
tem, decorating Honor Roll for dedication,
bands, corsages for Mothers, index cards
for indexing names, bulbs for Christmas decorations, electrical work, etc.) 1,040.51
Printing programs and registration forms
380.00
Clerks, labor, supervision
133.67
Construct Honor Roll
3,432.00
Landscaping
473.20
Names in white letters on black background, felt backing
3,191.20
Total
$9,129.05
Balance Unexpended
$870.95
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 con- crete base and bituminous concrete top ¿Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top
3,790
0.215
19,245
0.461
¿Streets constructed with broken stone and bituminous concrete top
145,687
9.237
įStreets 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 1.106 miles of city boulevard and park roadways and 2.331 miles of state boulevard (Metropolitan District Commission, Park Division).
MILES OF EDGSTONE, 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 Commissioner).
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS (Public Service Corporations)
Miles laid in City Streets
Boston Elevated Railway Co.
5.55
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
17.52
New England Tel. & Tel. Company
37.22
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
15.66
Total
175.78
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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.
Total length of city's drainage system 151.90 miles Total length of Metropoliltan sewerage system mains running through this city 3.475 miles
17 connections, in Somerville, with Metropolitan sewerage 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 1943 4
Total catch basins maintained by city 2,307
Other catch basins - State Highway, Metropolitan Park, B. E. Ry., etc. 300
Total catch basins in the city for storm drainage 2,607
Sump manholes on drainage system
139
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 during 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 sys- tem, I am of the opinion that such breakdowns will occur more frequently than heretofore, particularly in the oldest and larg- est trunk sewers and storm drains. Looking toward this end, the City Engineer and his assistants are now preparing a com- prehensive plan for such 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.
1943
CREDIT
Appropriations and Credits $20,464.17
401
CITY ENGINEER
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Labor
Maintenance of trucks
$16,253.14 2,284.29
Equipment, supplies and repairing tools and property
1,580.21
Total
20,117.64
Balance Unexpended
$346.53
There were received during the year 1943 a total of 1,240 complaints for drains clogged, cellars flooded and catch basins blocked.
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 manholes built by public service corporations have been con- nected with the City's drainage system.
There are to date about 18,600 private drain connections with the city's drainage system.
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 having an area of 82.7 acres, also one cemetery maintained, 0.7 acre. Total 33.4 acres. 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.
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 rec- reation and physical training purposes. In several parks field houses should be constructed, additional apparatus and shelters
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ANNUAL REPORTS
provided, and some of the smaller playground areas should be enclosed by wire fencing for protection.
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS
1943
Parks
Appropriation Parks and Playgrounds $35,316.11
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
$15,873.03
Labor
12,582.29
164.25 Maintenance of truck
275.47
Telephone
49.56
5,532.35
Equipment and supplies, repairing tools,
property, maintenance flag poles, foun- tains, bubblers, seats, fences, backstops, doors, grandstands, pools, skating rinks, etc.
642.71
$21,569.63*
Totals
$13,550.03 * 21,569.63
Grand Total Expense
$35,119.66
Balance Unexpended
$196.45
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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 in- volving the City.
For the Assessors several plans and data for tax appeal cases were prepared including computed areas of buildings and lots. Floor areas on buildings were computed and fur- nished to the Assessors from measurements taken in the field. In this connection, it would be of great value, not only to the Assessors, but to other departments, if Architects and En- gineers were required to furnish with each set of plans the cubical contents of all buildings to be constructed.
In conclusion I wish to take this opportunity to express the appreciation of myself and my assistants in the Engineer- ing Department to all members of the City Government and to the various city departments for the excellent assistance and co-operation extended during the year 1943.
Playgrounds
CREDIT
403
CITY ENGINEER
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
January, 1944.
To the Honorable. the Mayor and the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen :
The Board of Election Commissioners respectively submits the following report for the year 1943.
REGISTRATION
Before the Preliminary Election in October, registration was held in the office at City Hall, beginning May 3 and contin- uing until September 14 from 8:30 A. M. to 4:30 P. M., except Saturdays, when the hours were from 8:30 A. M. to 12 Noon. And on Wednesday, September 15, from 8:30 A. M. to 10:00 P. M. There were also evening sessions at City Hall from 7:00 to 9:00 P. M. on Monday, August 30, Tuesday, August 31, Mon- day, September 13, Tuesday, September 14, and Wednesday, September 15.
Outside Sessions were as follows :-
from 7:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M.
Pope Schoolhouse, Washington and Boston Streets, Wednesday September 1.
John A. Dickerman Schoolhouse, Cross Street, Wednesday, September 1. Burns Schoolhouse, Cherry Street, Thursday, September 2. Western Junior High School, Holland Street, Thursday, September 2. Carr Schoolhouse, Atherton Street, Tuesday, September 7. Perry Schoolhouse, Washington Street, Tuesday, September 7. Bingham Schoolhouse, Lowell Street, Wednesday, September S. Glines Schoolhouse, Jaques Street, Wednesday, September 8. Knapp Schoolhouse, Adrian Street, Thursday, September 9. Southworth Schoolhouse, Myrtle Street, Thursday, September 9. Brown Schoolhouse, Willow Avenue, Friday, September 10. Cutler Schoolhouse, Powder House blvd., Friday, September 10.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Thirteen hundred and ninety-six names were added to the voting list, including those that had been restored to the list after failing to be listed in the original listing.
After the Preliminary Election on October 5, registration was held daily in the office from October 7 to October 11 from 8:30 A. M. to 4:30 P. M., except Saturday, when the hours were from 8:30 A. M. to 12 Noon. Also, Monday evening, October 11, from 7:00 to 9:00 P. M. and Wednesday, October 13, from 8:30 A. M. to 10:00 P. M. This registration, with the previous one brought the voting list up to Forty-five thousand, nine hun- dred and fifty-six (45,956).
NOMINATION PAPERS - REFERENDUM PETITIONS
The Board of Election Commissioners received two hun- dred eighty-eight Nomination Papers on which nine thousand, two hundred and eighteen names were certified. There were also, one thousand, on hundred sixteen Referendum Petitions "on which eighteen thousand, seven hundred and twenty-three names were certified.
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