Report of the city of Somerville 1943, Part 25

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Publication date: 1943
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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


388


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.


389


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


....


......


Out of City calls


11


45


48


6


21


55


23


. .


ANNUAL REPORTS


.


..


....


..


..


..


..


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


....


....


1


84


Flood Lights used


....


....


....


....


63 hours


Portable Lighting Unit Used


....


....


....


....


....


Inhalator used


....


....


....


....


28


Sprinkler heads replacaed


....


....


....


....


Smoke Ejector used


..


....


....


....


Refrigerator calls


..


....


....


....


Out of City calls


4


5


13


....


....


..


..


....


..


..


.......


391


FIRE


DEPARTMENT


.....


..


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.


393


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


396


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


............


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


399


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


400


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


402


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


:


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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