Report of the city of Somerville 1945, Part 19

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
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The Summer Play program is judged to have been the most successful of any in the past ten years; the following factors having entered into the success as judged :-


(1) Salary rates for Play Leaders in 1945 have arrived at a point more nearly reasonable than at any time in the


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past. Although salaries are still low, it has been possible to attract to the Service for the Summer season of 1945 some highly competent persons in larger number than during the past four years and to provide for the great majority of them some pre-season training that has been nearly ample ;


(2) Restoration of the position of Special Supervisor for Inter-Playground Athletics, through availability of funds and the availability of men, has revived one phase of the program which had been in condition far from normal during the previous several years ;


(3) Availability of funds and personnel has made it possible (a) to revive the customary annual Twilight Play Festi- val which had been omitted for six seasons, and (b) to restore the efficient organization of the annual Inter- Playground Athletic Meet - these two events formulat- ing strong incentive to children's play activities through- out the season ;


(4) The return to the playgrounds of younger teen-age boys, whose attendance in the three previous years had been gradually decreasing under circumstances where paid employment was available to boys even as young as these - whose presence or absence from the playgrounds has an important effect upon other children's habits


The number of Saturday Playground units has been in- creased, in partial restoration of the previous number, as re- sult of availability of more men and women leaders.


There has been a revival of public interest in the Recrea- tion work during 1945 - probably because of the gradual release of war-time tension and citizens' preoccupation with other matters.


There has been a general increase in the quality of service rendered by Girls' Clubs Counselors and a corresponding pro- gressive development in the Girls' Clubs activities and organiza- tion ; and the Superintendent judges that these are in result of the refilling of the position of Chief Counselor for Girls' Clubs which had been vacant during a considerable part of the previous year 1944.


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A very considerable increase in the number of boys enrolled among the Somerville Young Aircrafters and an increase in the number of squadrons has taken place during the Fall of 1945.


An attempt has been made to revive the Boxing program among boys; and it is still in experimental stage, with the re- sults at times encouraging and at other times doubtful.


A Community Music program has finally been launched, after some years of postponement because of war-time difficul- ties, financial inadequacies, unavailability of indoor premises, etc. The developments thus far - the program was launched late in the year - include the successful beginnings of an Adult Community Chorus and an Adult Orchestra, and the enhancement of the activities of the Boy's Clubs, Girls' Clubs, and Youth Theatre groups through musical activities assisted by the part-time Director of Community Music. A Community Christmas Observance, in the form of tribute of welcome to returning men and women from the Armed Services of the United States, was conducted on Central Hill, in connection with the City's Honor Roll, on Sunday evening, December 23, featuring the Community Chorus.


A similar development - after similar postponement - is represented by the revival of Community Drama through the employment, beginning late in the year, of a Director for Dra- matics. The Youth Theatre, with a very large membership of teen-age boys and girls, is succeeding notably ; and will probably be the first of a "chain" of Drama groups for adults, youth, and children; and the leaders for Drama have also effected en- hancement of the activities of Boys' and Girls' Clubs.


A similar development, in lesser degree, can be reported as to Handcraft. Summer Playgrounds Handcraft has been especially intensive, popular, and successful.


Although the foregoing paragraphs of this Report indicate progress and development, it would be misleading to leave the impression that "all is well" with the Service as it is viewed by the Superintendent. Far below the norm of earlier years is the efficiency of the Service; and far from satisfactory according to any high standard of values and accomplishments are its results and its productivity. Restoration to normal is still an objective of the future, calling for industry, energy, vision, and anything but complacency on the part of the Superintendent


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and the employed staff. The difficulties of the recent years prior to 1945 still carry over in part into 1945; and the CON- SEQUENCES of even those difficulties which have been over- come, are still present. The next paragraphs here deal with those difficulties and problems.


They are summed up in the expression "Changeable and Unstable Personnel". The war years, as your Commission readi- ly recalls, were preceded by several years of drastically re- duced appropriations and unavailability of buildings, etc. The long sequence of those years of non-encouragement of the Commission's Service by the City Government, plus the years in which Military Service requirements depleted the staff; had led to a situation which was cited two years ago in the Super- intendent's Annual Report to your Commission. That Report cited that there no longer existed the long-standing asset which has enabled the Service to withstand ten tragically difficult years : - the morale, esprit de corps and intelligent energy of the leadership corps. That 1943 report of the Superinten- dent, after summarizing the factors and forces from without which had been valiantly, patiently, and dutifully withstood by a staff of devoted and efficient employees from 1934 till 1942, added the following statements :-


"And when a RECOVERY from this tendency was just setting in - just as this desirable re-adjust- ment was in promise - the conditions of THE WAR AND SELECTIVE SERVICE AND THE GENERAL MANPOWER PROBLEM arose to become an even greater menace to the Service. The destructive influence of the pre-war difficulties mentioned, together with the normal course of events in a service which employs largely part-time leaders, had already eliminated the bulk of the trained, experienced, devoted staff members - - those imbued with the traditions of the Service and enthusiasm to overcome its tragic difficulties and to serve more for the cause than for the re- muneration. And THIS TIME these unusual persons were NOT BEING REPLACED ...... at the beginning of 1943, the Commission was aware that an 'all-time low' in the efficiency and morale of the leaderhip service became inevitable. It has come . . ... . . Your Commission is aware that the Armed Services have taken one after another of its


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valuable workers; that Selective Service circum- stances have made impossible their replacement by young men of the customary age; and that older men and young women - the obvious war-time alternatives -- have, even when solicited or in- vited to accept service-"just laughed" at the wage rates available. Your Commission is aware that, even where replacements have been made, changing conditions have made very brief the terms of service of the workers enlisted; and that the personnel has thus been in constant change."


During 1944 and 1945, as has been said, the fundamental conditions for overcoming these difficulties have been restored : -Financial appropriation far less inadequate, official en- couragement and co-operation, and some availability of build- ings - however ill-adapted to Recreation purposes. But


the restoration of these fundamentals did not end the Selective Service difficulties. They did not accomplish the return to the Service of the highly trained, experienced, and devoted men and women who had made up the leadership staff. Better salaries did make available a few more men and women, but either men above or youths below the Military Service age. And nearly always men available only for part-time or sea- sonal service. The benefits of this restoration are seen in the return towards normal in the Summer Playgrounds program. Here school teachers were free for full-time service during July and August. And the Superintendent forced his own availability for two weeks of pre-season training for the aug- mented Summer Play staff. Could this accomplishment be applied to the year-round program, your Commission's service would be further along the road to full recovery. But anal- ysis will reveal that it is impossible as yet to attain such highly desirable objective. Military Service requirements have only recently begun to release men. None have been released who are veteran Recreation leaders ; none of supervisory rank or intermediate rank in your Commission's service; and none who are available for full-time, permanent service. None, in short, to whom the Superintendent could delegate the training of "newer" employes and leading them towards esprit de corps. And none who would have the incentive of permanent attach- ment to the Service, in view of the fact that they are nearly all temporary replacements for men on "military" leaves of absence. Every effort of the Superintendent to supervise, in- spire and train this changeable and inconstant personnel by means of his own direct contacts, necessarily results in a with-


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drawal by the Superintendent from his duties in the executive . and administrative phases of the work and his duties as Secre- tary To The Commission. It will take a long time, and the reinstatement of some staff members after "military" leave, before a "new" and inexperienced personnel, made up largely of whoever is available, can develop within itself workers who can take over the supervisory duties, lead the other leaders, and share with the Superintendent the duties of evolving a com- munity-wide program to meet the changing times, the duties of training other workers, and the semi-administrative duties - so numerous and so varied - which now rest solely on the Superintendent.


With the turn of the new year the Superintendent pre- dicts that there will be a favorable development in the direc- tion suggested as desirable in the foregoing paragraph. Al- ready three permanent-recurrent Recreation leaders are being released from the Armed Services and should soon be available for part-time and seasonal work. Within about two months the services of Mr. Charles C. Kelley, veteran full-time, year- round leader, should again be available through his discharge from military service. General changes in economic conditions following the war should make available more women equipped with the traits and aptitudes of potential Recreation leaders ; and the current illness of one of the key full-time workers is likely to be followed by better physical condition. The passage of time will provide experience for some of the recently ap- pointed "new" workers. And the general improvement through these factors should release the Superintendent for more con- centrated and more systematic attention to duties, whereas at present his efforts are unsystematically scattered to great degree.


Imbued with this point of view, the Superintendent and other members of the staff look forward to the year 1946 with confi- dence and with resolve to do their best. Your Commission's tolerant and sympathetic understanding of the difficulties is well appreciated by the members of the staff.


The Superintendent takes this occasion to record appre- ciation of the thoroughgoing co-operation - in connection with the details and routine of the year's work in carrying out the Recreation program - accorded by His Honor The Mayor, the Commissioner of Public Buildings and staff, the City


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RECREATION COMMISSION


Engineer and staff, and the Board of Aldermen and its in- dividual members.


Attention is called to the Financial Summary appended to this Report.


Respectfully Submitted,


FRANCIS J. MAHONEY


Superintendent


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City of Somerville, Recreation Commission FINANCIAL SUMMARY, 1945


ANNUAL APPROPRIATION


$33,768.35 727.44


BALANCE FROM 1944


$34,495.79


TRANSFER (May 24)


721.07


$35,216.86


TRANSFER (November 21)


4,801.00


TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS


$40,017.86


EXPENDITURES:


Salaries and Wages


$35,550.27


Equipment and Supplies


1,679.51


Printing and Planographing


301.33


Music


23.76


Office Supplies


280.20


Telephone


241.76


Postage, Parcel Post, and Express


215.11


Personal Disbursements


31.09


Rental of Premises


100.00


Rental of Equipment and Supplies


3.00


Repair of Equipment


33.00


Repair of Typewriters


4.75


Automobile Maintenance:


Station Wagon


369.26


Other


250.00


Carfares for Itinerant Workers


.85


Special Items:


Parts of Swing-Frames for School-


Yard Playgrounds


43.20


All Other


50.00


$39,177.09


39,177.09


$840.77


UNEXPENDED BALANCE


299


POLICE DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


January 1, 1946


To the Honorable, The Mayor and the


Board of Alderman of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen :


I respectfully submit herewith the Annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1945.


ARRESTS


Whole number of arrests made


2254


2254


Summoned by the Court


612


On warrants


418


Without warrants


1224


2254


Held for trial


2063


Delivered to other Departments


183


Released on waivers


8


2254


Males


2039


Females ·


215


2254


REPORTS


Cases investigated


5832


Value of property stolen


$26,143.00


Value of property recovered


$65,885.00


CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT


Deaths


Patrolman Henry A. Lord, U. S. Navy


Killed in Action


Appointments


William J. Heaféy


Thomas W. McGovern


William F. Lynch


Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Walter J. Willwerth John J. Donovan James F. Downing Francis J. Keane


Allan L. Collins


Allan S. Mosher Frederick F. Rogers William Versackas Charles P. Meehan


Joseph M. Desmon


James E. Keating


George L. Gordon James P. Ryan


Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed March 26, 1945 in effect April 1, 1945 Appointed Sept. 19, 1945 in effect Oct. 15, 1945 Appointed Sept. 19, 1945 in effect Oct. 15, 1945 Appointed Sept. 19, 1945 in effect Oct. 15, 1945 Appointed Sept. 19, 1945 in effect Oct. 15, 1945 Appointed Sept. 19, 1945 in effect Oct. 15, 1945 Appointed Sept. 19, 1945 in effect Oct. 15, 1945 Appointed Sept. 19, 1945 in effect Oct. 15, 1945


Pensioned


Patrolman Robert D. Dewar pensioned January 3, 1945; reinstated un- der Governor's emergency act.


Patrolman Charles H. McAvoy pensioned February 23, 1945


Patrolman Cornelius P. Canavan pensioned August 1, 1945


Patrolman George R. Estee pensioned August 16, 1945


Patrolman Francis P. Higgins discharged March 23, 1945.


RETIRED MEMBERS


Carleton, George H.


Sergeant


Jan. 9, 1883


Mar. 27, 1914


Drew, Elmer E.


Patrolman


May


22, 1895


July 25, 1918


Jones, Frederick G.


Patrolman


Oct. 11, 1906


Feb. 23, 1923


Davis, Edward M.


Patrolman


May 22, 1905


Sept. 23, 1927


Heron, Theodore E.


Patrolman


Mar. 26, 1890


Sept. 28, 1927


Rice, George L.


Patrolman


May


22, 1895


Apr.


11, 1931


Hawes, Albert C.


Patrolman


Jan.


13, 1910


Nov. 22, 1932


Burns, Samuel


Patrolman


Apr.


25, 1894


Dec. 21, 1932


Morrison, Alexander


Patrolman


Nov.


30, 1911


Apr. 14, 1934


Lacey, Charles F.


Patrolman


May


22, 1919


Apr. 14, 1934


Begley, Francis R.


Patrolman


Apr.


24, 1924


Sept. 14, 1936


Downey, Denis


Patrolman


Apr.


6, 1905


Oct.


1, 1936


Lynch, James M.


Sergeant


Sept.


16, 1902


Jan. 11, 1937


Raymond, Elmer G.


Potrolman


Apr.


12, 1917


June 10, 1937


Carey, Alfred J.


Patrolman


May


2, 1928


June


2, 1938


Roche, Frank J.


Sergeant


July


26, 1917


July 15, 1938


Crossman, Claude L.


Patrolman


Mar.


26, 1904


Dec.


1, 1938


Culliton, Edward L.


Patrolman


July


25, 1918


Sept. 18, 1939


Moore, Peter


Patrolman


May


14, 1908


Jan. 14, 1940


Hagerty, John J.


Patrolman


Feb.


14, 1929


June


1, 1940


McCabe, Bernard


Patrolman


May


14, 1908


Mar. 22, 1942


May, Edward A.


Patrolman


Jan.


9, 1930


Apr. 26, 1942


Strangman, George R.


Patrolman


Jan.


24, 1929


June


7, 1942


Hopkins. Edward J.


Patrolman


May


10, 1906


Sept. 23, 1942


McNamara, Thomas F.


Patrolman


May


8, 1902


Jan.


6, 1943


Cidado, August S.


Patrolman


Apr.


24, 1925


June


20, 1943


Reardon, Leo C.


Patrolman


Jan.


9, 1930


Dec. 19, 1943


Higgins, Francis P.


Patrolman


Apr.


27, 1911


Dec.


24, 1943


Baker, John H.


Patrolman


May


12, 1921


Dec.


29, 1943


Riley, Daniel J.


Patrolman


May


14, 1926


July 16, 1944


MacDonald, George D. .


Patrolman


July


25, 1918


Nov. 22, 1944


·


Death


Dadmun, John A., Patrolman


Died November 21, 1945.


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POLICE DEPARTMENT


OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


Chief of Police Thomas Damery


Fitzpatrick, Augustine J. Kenney, William G.


Captains


Walsh, Thomas P. Sharry, Augustine F.


Fulton, Charles J. Killourhy, John J.


Cavanagh, Francis X. Cunningham, Hugh R.


Dwyer, Joseph A. Elliott, Earle W. Fitzpatrick, James A.


Allan, George R. Aucoin, Cornelius


Baird, William J.


Barrett, John K.


Begley, Cornelius T.


Berg, Edward L.


Blake, Joseph P.


Blake, William F.


Brady, Robert J.


Brennan, Jeremiah G.


Brosnahan, John J.


Buckley, Timothy Burke, Ulick M.


Burlingame, John F.


Burns, Allan S. Butman, Edward G.


Calandrella, Nicholas A.


Cammon, Fred A.


Canty, Eugene M. Caswell, Lester A.


Clark, John J.


Coffey, Harold L. Collins, Allan L.


Collins, Cornelius J.


Corkery, Timothy J. Courtney, John J.


Cronin, John J. Crosby, George W.


Patrolmen


Crowley, Joseph G.


Cruise, John F.


Cullinan, Christopher C.


Cummings, John J.


Curran, Joseph F.


Curtin, John J.


Davis, Preston C.


Desmond, Joseph M.


De Vellis, Cosmo


DeWar, Robert D.


Dillaway, John E.


Donovan, Jeremiah F.


Donovan, John F.


Donovan, John J.


Donovan, Thomas A.


Donovan, William H.


Doolin, Patrick J.


Dowd, Michael J.


Downey, William J.


Downing, James F.


Dunleavey, John M.


Dwyer, William E.


Ellis, Charles W. Estee, Joseph R.


Faulkner, Ernest C. Fedele, Joseph F. Fitzgerald, William J.


Lieutenants


O'Connell, Daniel M. Sharry, Thomas M.


Sergeants


Pierce LeRoy V. Reed, Walter Roche, Henry W. Small, Joseph F.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Fitzpatrick, Aug. W. Flanagan, Thomas J. Fleming, Thomas J. Forristall, Edward G.


Gallagher, John J. Gleason, Raymond J. Gordon, George L. Gormley, Leo H. Griffin, William H. Gullage, George Jr.


Hall, Thomas L.


Hallion, Howard E.


Heafey, John F.


Heafey, William J.


Holmes, James F.


Hughes, James E.


Hughes, John E.


Johnson, William E.


Keane, Francis J.


Kearney, Dennis F.


Keating, James E.


Kelley, Arthur W.


Kelley, Edward W.


Kelley, William J.


Keniry, Jeremiah


Kent, Leo A.


Kiley, Edward J.


Kilmartin, James A.


Landry, Frederick A. Lynch, William F. Lyons, Patrick J.


MacRae, Walter C.


Mahoney, John J.


Mahoney, Thomas F.


Mahood, John T.


McAuliffe, Daniel F.


McCauley, George W. McFadden, Alfred J.


McGahan, Thomas L.


McGovern, Frederick W.


McGovern, Thomas W.


Mckenzie, John H.


McQuilken, Clifford A.


Meade, John J.


Meehan. Charles P.


Mehigan, Garrett F. J.


Mosher, Allan S.


Murphy, Daniel F. No. 1


Murphy, Daniel F. No. 2


Murphy, John W.


Nelson, Ludwig Nicholas, Glen B.


O'Brien, John H.


O'Brien, Patrick F.


O'Brien, Thomas J.


O'Connell, Daniel J.


O'Connor, Jeremiah


O'Keefe, John P. L. O'Loughlin, Michael Oesting, Walter C.


Phillips, George B., Jr.


Powers, James M.


Powers, John F.


Quinlan, William J.


Reid, Garnet L.


Robitaille, Alfred E.


Rogers, Francis L.


Rogers, Frederick F.


Rossi, Ricco J.


Ryan, James F.


Ryan, James P.


Scotti, James V.


Shay, John J.


Sheehan, Jeremiah G.


Shepherd, Charles W.


Silva, Frank A., Jr.


Skeffington, Richard H.


Smith, James L.


Smith, John J.


Souza, James


Spiers, George


Stokes, Herbert H.


Tanner, John J.


Versackas, William, Jr.


Warner, Chester F.


Willwerth, Walter J.


Wills, William F.


Young, Harry C.


Matron


Helen F. Kammerer


Assistant Matron Susannah F. Bolt


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The following named members of the Department are in the armed services.


Patrolman Leo J. Gormley, U. S. Army, May 1, 1942


*Patrolman John J. Meade, U. S. Army, June 19, 1942


*Patrolman James P. Ryan, U. S. Army, June 30, 1942 Patrolman Dennis F. Kearney, U. S. Coast Guard, Sept. 3, 1942 Patrolman Jeremiah G. Brennan, U. S. Navy, March 23, 1943


*Patrolman Leo A. Kent, U. S. Navy, July 9, 1943 Patrolman Joseph R. Estee, U. S. Navy, June 8, 1944


*Patrolman Walter J. Willwerth, U. S. Army, March 26, 1945


*Patrolman John J. Donovan, U. S. Army, September 19, 1945


* In service at time of appointment and have not as yet reported for duty.


IN CONCLUSION


I wish to thank our Honorable Mayor and the members of our City Government and the various heads of Departments l'or their cooperation and valuable assistance throughout the year to me personally and to our department. Such attitude on their part enabled the police to better handle their many problems to the benefit of our citizens.


I also wish to thank the superior officers and every mem- ber of the Department for their valuable and continuous co- operation with me, and their whole hearted efforts to serve the public throughout the past year.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS DAMERY,


Chief of Police. L .


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ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CITY HALL MASSACHUSETTS


January 1, 1946


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the


Board of Aldermen :


The following report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1945 is respectfully submitted.


Work of Weights and Measures Department for 1946


Scales


Adjusted


Sealed


Not Sealed


Con- demed


Platform over 10,000


0


38


0


0


Platform 5,000 lbs, to 10,00


0


13


0


0


Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs.


2


268


15


8


Counter 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


28


0


1


Counter under 100 lbs


5


305


2


8


Beam 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


6


1


0


Beam under 100 1bs.


0


0


1


0


Spring 100 to 5,000


1


58


0


1


Spring under 100 1bs.


1


350


4


6


Computing 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


3


0


0


Computing under 100 1bs.


1


455


3


6


Personal Weighing (Slot)


0


90


0


7


Prescription


0


51


0


0


Jewelers


0


4


0


0


Weights:


Avoirdupois


S


1402


0


0


Apothecary and Troy


0


563


0


0


Metric


0


127


0


0


Capacity Measure :


Vehicle Tanks


0


1


0


0


Liquid over 1 gallon


0


26


0


0


Liquid under 1 gallon


0


295


0


9


Oil Jars


0


10


0


0


Dry


0


3


0


0


Fuel Baskets


0


8


0


0


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


305


Scales


Adjusted Sealed


Not Sealed


Con- demed


Automatic Measuring Devices:


Gasoline Pumps


0


0


0


0


Quantity Measure on Pumps


0


137


0


0


Gasoline Meter Systems.


16


285


0


39


Oil Measuring Pumps


0


40


213


1


Tank Meter Systems


48


115


5


0


Bulk Meter Systems


0


24


5


0


Kerosene Pumps


0


0


0


0


Grease Measuring Devices


0


80


17


2


Grease Meters


0


33


0


2


Linear Measure:


Yard Sticks


0


83


6


8


Cloth Measuring Devices.


0


2


0


Taxi Meters


0


1


0


1


Total


83


4905


272


104


Summary of Inspection made:


Clinical Thermometers


677


Coal Certificates


2


Ice Scales


1


Junk Scales


0


Marking of Bread


6


Marking of Food Packages


66


Metal Ice Cream Containers


0


Milk Jars


450


Oil Jars


927


Paper or Fibre Cartons


Pedlers' License


3


Pedlers' Scales


Transient Vendors


2


Wholesale Milk Cans


230


Taxi Meters


0


Fuel Meters


0


Gas Pumps and Meters


0


Coal in Paper Bags


0


Kindling Wood in Paper Bags


Oil Measures (5 gallons)


4


Summary of Tests made:


Berry Baskets


0


Cartons (approved as measures)


0


Gasoline Devices (other than Sealings)


39


Ice Cream Cartons


Scales in Stores


33


Tax Meters (other than Sealing)


0


Fuel Meters (other than Sealing)


12


Applications inspected and signed for Special Licenses :


Special City Licenses


6


County


53.


State


21


Disabled Veterans


5


Transfers


0


Total


85


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Gasoline Station Test:


Total number of calls


98


Number of different stations


95


Number of call-backs to stations previously inspected.


5


Number of Gallons drawn for tests


3245


Trial weighings and measurements of commodities sold or put up for sale:


Total No. Tested


Number Correct


~Incorrect-


Under


Over


Bread


6


6


0


0


Butter


48


48


0


0


Coal (in paper bags)


0


0


0


0


Coal (in transit)


2


0


0


2


Confectionery


0


0


0


0


Dry Commodities


106


90


2


14


Flour


9


9


0


0


Fruits and Vegetables


27


22


2


3


Ice


0


0


0


0


Lard


S


8


0


0


Meat and Provisions


49


35


1


13


Potatoes


33


12


4


17


Liquid Commodities


0


0


0


0


Total


288


230


9


49


Miscellaneous :


Court Cases


0


Complaints investigated


0


1945 has brought to the world that long hoped for peace. With it should come the end of rationing of essential materials which are vital to weighing and measuring devices, acquiring necessary precision to give accurate and lasting results.


It is my earnest desire to replace much out of date and inadequate testing devices, which have been a part of this de- partment since Somerville became incorporated.


In concluding his fifth annual report, the sealer of weights and measures desires to express to his honor, the mayor and the members of the board of aldermen his sincere thanks for their combined co-operation,




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