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Repaired flagpole
Repaired window grills
General plumbing work Mason and plaster work General electrical repairs Repaired radiators and leaking valves
PROCTOR SCHOOL
Set glass and installed new window cords Cut new windows Closed up old windows
Installed fire alarm system General electrical repairs
General plumbing repairs
Repaired supply and return valves
SOUTHERN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Set up boxing ring and basket ball courts Set glass and installed window cords General plumbing repairs Repaired elevator Repaired fence Repaired furniture Set up sink frame and tore down partition General electrical repairs Cut grass and cleaned up the grounds Mason and plaster work
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SOUTHWORTH BUILDING
Set glass and installed window cords Put up screens Repaired grills Installed new locks General plumbing repairs
WESTERN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Set glass and installed window cords
Installed screens
Repaired furniture and doors
Repaired gymnasium floor
Installed new kitchen sink and put counter around same General electrical work
General plumbing work
Mason and plaster repairs
Repaired boilers
BOW ST. MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Painted and remodeled building
General electrical repairs
Repaired plumbing
Set all broken glass
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Repaired and bound books
General electrical repairs Set glass
Painted inside of building
Repaired locks, doors and windows
General plumbing repairs
CITY HALL
Redecorated Aldermanic chamber, laid new floor, etc. Painted outside of building
Made new room in Mayor's office
Repaired furniture
Installed new window cords
Repaired roof
General plumbing repairs
General electrical repairs
Laid new linoleum in Board of Health office
Painted City Clerk's office and Sanitary Department
CITY HOME
Setting glass and putting in new window cords General electrical repairs Repaired gas and water lines Stoker repaired Repaired steps and piazza
391
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL
Repaired doors and locks Set glass and installed new window cords General electrical repairs Installing screens and doors General plumbing work Repaired stoker
DILBOY FIELD HOUSE
General electrical repairs Repaired hot water tank
EAST BRANCH LIBRARY
Repaired boiler Repaired doors
ENGINE NO. 1
Repaired doors and back porch Installed new window in tower General plumbing repairs Set glass and installed new window cords Repaired stoker
Repaired slate pipe and trap door Inside painting
ENGINE NO. 2
General plumbing repairs Replaced stair treads Repaired stoker Set glass Repaired doors and locks
ENGINE NO. 3
Repairing doors and putting in bulk head Repaired stoker Installed trap doors Set glass Repaired ceilings
ENGINE NO. 4
Set glass Repaired stoker General plumbing repairs Mason repairs
ENGINE NO. 5
Repaired stoker and boiler General plumbing repairs Set glass Repaired doors and window sills Repaired floor in drill tower
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ENGINE NO. 6
Installed new boiler in house with stoker Set glass General plumbing repairs
ENGINE NO. 7
Repaired stoker and oil burner Set glass General plumbing repairs
FIRE ALARM BUILDING
Repaired back porch
General plumbing repairs
Repaired stoker
FOSS PARK
General plumbing repairs
G. A. R. HALL
Repaired roof and floor Set glass General plumbing repairs
GLEN ST. PLAYGROUND
General plumbing repairs Repairing oil burner Set glass Installed new transom
HIGHWAY BUILDING
Repaired garage doors and windows General electrical repairs Set glass General plumbing repairs
Repairs to boiler
NEW POLICE BUILDING
Refinished furniture
Laid new linoleum
Installed fire alarm system
Set glass Repaired boilers
General plumbing repairs
Installed screens
Repaired furniture, doors, etc.
POWDER HOUSE PARK
Repaired boiler and oil burner Repaired roof Repaired cement floor General electrical repairs Installed grills on windows
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393
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SANITARY GARAGE
Set glass Repaired boilers Repaired doors General electrical repairs
TRUM FIELD HOUSE
Repaired boiler and hot water tank
UNION SQUARE LIBRARY
Set up counters and book shelves
Repaired furniture, floors and stairs
Painted and put up sign
Painted shelves and counter
Moved books and furniture
WEST BRANCH LIBRARY
General plumbing repairs Plaster work Repairs to boiler
WATER BUILDINGS
Repaired roof and conductor pipes
Installed new windows, set glass
Repaired boilers
Installed two radiators
Repaired garage doors
General plumbing repairs
This department is required to inspect all new building constructions and all alterations, this includes all plumbing and gasfitting, and to issue permits therefor.
The number of building permits issued by the Commission- er during the year 1947, having been duly inspected by the Building Inspectors, is as follows :
Wood
Fire-Resisting
Totals
New Buildings
19
35
54
Alterations
1111
99
1210
1130
134
1264
The fees collected for these permits totals $6,648.00 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
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During the year 1947 there have been approximately 1400 inspections of plumbing and gasfitting, and the number of per- mits are classified as follows :
The number of plumbing permits issued during 1947 was 429 The number of permits for installation of new plumbing 17 The number of permits for alterations to plumbing 412 The number of buildings in which soil pipes were tested 110
The fees collected for plumbing for the year of 1947 was $905.75 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
The number of permits issued for gasfitting in 1947 was 797 The number of permits for new installation of gas 11
The number of permits for additions and alterations 786 The number of buildings in which gaspiping was tested with mercury test tubes 521
The number of buildings in which gaspiping was tested after change from gas to electric lighting 4
The fees collected for gasfitting for the year 1947 amounts to $768.00 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
The total estimated cost of new building and alterations as filed by the grantees on the permits issued amounts to $2,500.176.00 in 1947. For comparison the estimated cost for the same amount was $1,608,581.00 in 1946. The total number of permits for all purposes, not including plumbing and gasfit- ting, viz 1300, is 124 more than in 1946 when 1176 permits were issued.
The following is a tabulation showing the distribution of money spent for the operation of the Building Department in 1947 :
Buildings
Salaries
Fuel
Light
Care and Repair $58.78
Totals
Bathhouse
$58.78
Bandstand
$103.58
103.58
Bow St. Municipal
7,689.60
$672.98
$603.04
4,308.97
13,274.59
Electrical
2,905.14
457.56
15.61
1,376.52
4,754.83
Fire
2,241.33
4,481.68
3,966.04
14,319.42
25,008.47
Municipal Garage
222.14
36.96
259.10
Contagious Hospital
2,503.80
414.76
618.77
1,102.43
4,639.76
City Home
184.25
1,788.90
957.17
1,159.00
4,089.32
Highway
174.00
927.24
242.38
1,037.50
2,381.12
Central Library
10,704.58
1,384.14
957.85
6,171.09
19,217.66
West Br. Library
2,846.83
285.79
348.54
3,537.89
7,019.05
East Br. Library
2,822.24
544.91
173.49
296.11
3,836.75
Union Sq. Br. Library
748.16
74.42
34.34
1,104.35
1,961.27
Teele Sq. Br. Library
2,525.71
320.78
68.47
907.41
3,822.37
Winter Hill Br. Library
657.86
20.35
850.42
1,528.63
City Hall
18,005.20
1,547.13
17,440.38
36,992.71
Parks
500.79
2,380.50
248.42
1,205.51
4,335.22
Police
6,695.63
1,662.19
1,713.88
6,333.52
16,405.22
Polling Places
926.04
1,402.53
2,328.57
Sanitary
71.58
637.82
108.76
818.16
Sewer
12.58
715.58
121.49
849.65
Water
381.01
791.13
401.79
739.65
2,313.58
Soldiers' Aid
139.36
2,078.15
2,217.51
Selective Service
22.50
22.50
Schools
183,429.16
76,019.62
28,028.67
205,158.16
492,635.61
Totals
$246,129.07
$93,560.00
$40,307.44
$270,877.50
$650,874.01
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Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. KENNEDY, Commissioner of Public Buildings
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE SOMERVILLE CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
The Somerville Contributory Retirement System, under the provisions of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, Section 1 to 28, inclusive, became operative in the City of Somerville on July 1, 1946. Employees entering or re-entering the service of the city after that date are subject to the provisions of said Chapter 32, Sections 1 to 28 inclusive. Employees' contributions under this law are at the rate of 5%.
The Somerville Contributory Retirement System was prev- iously governed by Chapter 184 of the Acts of 1930, as amended by Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1933. Members of this system contribute 4% of their salaries.
Members of the 4% system are permitted to transfer to the 5% system.
The following table shows the membership as of December 31, 1947 :
Group
5% System
4% System
Total Both Systems
General Employees:
Men
304
45
349
Women
171
9
180
Firemen and Policemen
239
1
240
Total
714
55
769
The following table shows the number of beneficiaries on the roll of the 4% system as of December 31, 1947, together with the amount of their annual retirement allowances.
Employee Beneficiaries
in Receipt of Service
Retirement Allowances
Group
Number Annuities
Pensions Paybale From: Pension Accumulation Fund
Pension Reserve Fund
Total Retirement Allowances
General Employees:
Men
15
$1,391.16
$10,449.78
$79.59
$11,920.53
Women
14
941.76
7,839.89
359.16
9,140.81
Firemen and Policemen
Total
29
$2,332.92
$18,289.67
$438.75
$21,061.34
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RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Employee Beneficiaries in Receipt of Disability Retirement Allowances
General Employees:
Men
1
$36.84
$943.91
..........
$980.75
Women
Firemen and Policemen
Total
1
$36.84
$943.91
...........
$980.75
Dependent Beneficiaries of Deceased Employees and Employee Beneficiaries
Men
Women
4
$25.08
$1,018.42
$2,095.00
$3,138.50
Total
.......
...
4
$25.08
$1,018.42
$2,095.00
$3,138.50
GRAND TOTAL
34
$2,394.84
$20,252.00
$2,533.75
$25,180.59
The following table shows the number of beneficiaries on the roll of the 5% system as of December 31, 1947, together with the amount of their annual retirement allowances.
Employee Beneficiaries in Receipt of Service Retirement Allowances
Group
Number Annuities
Pensions Payable From: Pension Fund
Total Retirement Allowances
General Employees:
Men
1
$182.88
$1,795.44
$1,978.32
Women
4
392.76
2,842.56
3,235.32
Firemen and Policemen
-
Total
..... ...
5
$575.64
$4,638.00
$5,213.64
Employee Beneficiaries in Receipt of Disability Retirement Allowances General Employees:
Men
Women
1
$71.40
$565.92
$637.32
Firemen and Policemen
Total
1
$71.40
$565.92
$637.32
GRAND TOTAL
6
$647.04
$5,203.92
$5,850.96
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ANNUAL REPORTS
SOMERVILLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM Balance Sheet, December 31, 1947 Assets
Investments
$830,595.74
Deposits in Banks
67,272.46
Cash
67,725.02
Accrued Interest
10,720.53
$976,313.75
Liabilities
Annuity Savings Fund (5%)
$460,991.55
Annuity Reserve Fund (5%)
8,481.15
Pension Fund (5%)
262,574.01
Special Fund for Military Service Credit
18,037.36
Annuity Savings Fund (4%)
40,683.91
Annuity Reserve Fund (4%)
18,851.25
Pension Accumulation Fund (4%)
134,615.47
Pension Reserve Fund (4%)
32,079.05
$976,313.75
Receipts and Expenditures for Year 1947 Receipts
Cash on hand January 1, 1947 ...
$38,796.47
Contributions by Members :
4%
3,797.60
5%
79,106.07
Redeposits
1,427.55
84,331.22
Contributions by City :
4%
41,042.17
5%
23,957.83
65,000.00
Reimbursements from
other Systems
2.61
Income from Investments
22,965.79
Sale and Redemption
of Securities
25,000.00
$236,096.09
Expenditures
Purchase of Securities
$107,549.52
Accrued Interest on Securities
Purchased
133.20
Pension Payments:
4%
$23,324.61
5%
4,220.93
27,545.54
399
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Annuity Payments :
4%
2,515.84
5%
498.01
3,013.85
Refunds :
4%
4,948.16
5%
10,945.98
15,894.14
Transfers to other Contributory Retirement Systems 90.20
Cash on hand December 31, 1947
81,869.64
$236,096.09
EDMUND L. KELLEHER, Chairman DANIEL A. DOWNEY, Vice-Chairman FRANCIS MACDONALD
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ANNUAL REPORTS
INDEX
Address, Mayor G. Edward Bradley 5
Appeal, Board of, Report of 109
Assessors, Board of, Report of
281
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 282
City Auditor, Report of
15
Appropriations
24
Balance Sheet
18
Borrowing Capacity, Dec. 31, 1947
42
Cash Statement
22, 23, 24
Classified Debt Jan. 1, 1947
34
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
31
County of Middlesex
32
Detail of Estimated Receipts in 1947
28
Excess and Deficiency Account
48
Funded Debt 34, Insert 35
Interest Requirements on Funded Debt 1948
39
Interest Requirements on Funded Debt (Six Years)
40
Interest Requirements on Present City Debt to Maturity .. Insert 35 Loans Increasing the Debt
35
Maturities on Funded Debt 1948
38
Maturities on Funded Debt (Six Years)
40
Maturities Reducing the Debt
35
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
20
Overlay Accounts
44-47
Receipts and Expenditures, Classification
49-96
Refunds
96
Schedule of Public Property
97-100
Statement of Appropriations (Revenue) 1947 Insert 24
Statement of Revenue and Expenses 1947
32
Statement of Other Revenue Accounts 1947
25
Statement of Appropriations (Non-Revenue)
Insert 24
Tailings
43
Taxes
36
Tax Possessions
43
Tax Titles
43
Temporary Loans 1947
33
Trust and Invested Funds
21
City Clerk, Report of
298
Births
301
Deaths
302
Licenses and Permits
300
Marriages
301
401
INDEX
Payments
300
Receipts
298, 299
City Engineer, Report of 331
Length of Public Streets in Each Ward 332
Length of Streets 332
Miles of Edgestones and Sidewalk in Each Ward
333
Parks and Playgrounds Division
335
Sewer Division
334
Table of Street Construction 332
Underground Conduits
333
City Government and Officers for 1947 303
City Solicitor, Report of 237
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Report of
101
Bonds Due in 1948
107
Bond Interest Due in 1948 108
Bond Maturities with Interest, Yearly
10€
Cash Statement
102
Commitment by Assessors
103
Funded Debt as of December 31, 1947
105
Motor Vehicle Excise
103
Loans, All other
106
Temporary Loans
104
Commissioner of Public Buildings (see Public Buildings Com- missioner ) 379
Commissioner of Streets (see Street Commissioner) ...
244
Commissioner of Water (see Water Commissioner) 339
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights, Report of 322
Fire Alarm System
322
Inspection of Wiring in Buildings 322
Police Signal System
323
Street Lighting 324
Traffic Signals
324
Dental Hygiene, Report of 375
Election Commissioners, Board of, Report of
284
Expenses
Jurors
List Registered Voters
287
Listing Board, Report of
289
Nomination Papers Initiative Petitions
285
City Primary, October 7, 1947 Insert 291-293
City Election, November 4, 1947 Insert 295-297
Recounts 286
Registration 284
286
285
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Fire Department, Chief of, Report of
326
Alarms of Fire
326
Classification of Alarms
326
In Memoriam
328
Recommendations
329
Health, Board of, Report of
354
Dental Hygiene, Report of
375
Diseases Dangerous to Public Health
363
Funeral Directors
366
Health Nurses, Report of
366,368
Infant Hygiene Clinics
366
Inspection of Animals and Provisions, Report of
373
Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian, Report of
374
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar, Report of
376
Medical Inspection, Report of
370
Mortality Statistics
355-361
Nuisances
354
Permits and Licenses
354
Specimens and Supplies
363
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, Report of
376
Law Department, Report of ... 237
Licensing Commission, Report of
315
List of Streets 249
Medical Inspection, Report of
370
Diphtheria Immunization
371
Laboratory Examinations 370
371
Planning Board 321
Police, Chief of, Report of
231
Arrests
231
Changes in Department
231
Roster of Department
233
Recommendations
235
Public Buildings, Commissioner, Report of
379
Buildings Permits Issued
393
Distribution of Expenditures
395
Estimated Cost New Buildings and Alterations
394
Fees Collected
394
Maintenance of Municipal Buildings
380-393
Medical Inspection of Schools
363
Tuberculosis
403
INDEX
Public Library
270
Board of Trustees and Officers
270
Report of Librarian 274
Report of Trustees
273
Organization of Library and Staff Personnel
270
Statistics
279
Public Welfare, Department of 344
Aid to Dependent Children
346
City Home, Reports of Warden
349
City Physician, Report of
350
Full Support
345
Members of Board, Committee, Officers, etc.
344
Old Age Assistance
347
Partial Support
345
Population and Gross Expenditures
348
Report of General Agent
351
Reimbursements
349
Recreation Commission, Report of
310
Retirement System 396
Sanitary Department, Report of
239
Collection of Ashes and Paper 239
School Department
113
Appendix, Contents of
154
Graduates-High School
199
Junior High Schools
206
Evening High School
216
Vocational School
214
School Committees and Office Force
114, 115
Somerville Teachers' Club
197
Somerville High School
194
Somerville High School Athletic Association
196
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
116
Teachers in Service
217
Statement of Work of School Nurses Insert 154
Sealer of Weights and Measures 241
Sewers (see City Engineer)
334
Street Commissioner, Report of
244
List of Streets
249-269
Miscellaneous
247
Snow and Ice
244
Street Cleaning
247
Suppression of Moths
247
Traffic Control
247
Recommendations
248
Sidewalks and Highway Maintenance 245
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Veterans' Services, Report of Insert 319, 320
Veterans' Graves Registration Department, Report of
.. 111
Water Commissioner, Report of
339
Hydrants, Gates, etc.
340
Appropriations and Expenditures
340
Summary Pipes and Fixtures
341
Summary and Statistics 343
Water Consumption
343
352 569 1947
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