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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS JOHN F. KENNEDY
WATER COMMISSIONER HENRY F. O'CONNELL
SUPERINTENDENT OF SANITARY DEPARTMENT JOHN F. MESKELL
CLERK OF COMMITTEES JAMES F. McCARRON
ASSISTANT CLERK OF COMMITTEES JOHN M. MANSFIELD
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ASSISTANT TO CLERK OF COMMITTEES FRANCIS L. McGONAGLE
CHIEF OF POLICE AUGUSTINE F. SHARRY
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JOHN C. MCNALLY
FOREST WARDEN JOHN C. McNALLY
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288
ANNUAL REPORTS
COMMISSIONER OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS
JAMES J. CUDDIHY
CITY PHYSICIAN CIRO GIOBBE, M.D.
COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS' SERVICES THOMAS F. McGRATH
GRAVES REGISTRATION OFFICER MAURICE F. CAMERA
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
JOHN F. CASEY
CONSTABLES
CHARLES M. AUSTIN DANIEL A. DOWNEY WILLIAM R. JUDSON
WILLIAM J. MARA DANIEL J. O'DONOGHUE JOHN M. SMITH
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1949.
To His Honor the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen:
The Board of Public Welfare submits, herewith reports of the General Agent, the Warden of the City Home and the City Physician, with tables showing the work.
Respectfully submitted,
ALICE I. McNAMARA, Chairman E. L. CONDON E. L. HAGAN
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ALICE I. McNAMARA, Chairman EDWARD L. CONDON EDWARD L. HAGAN
COMMITTEES On Finance, Investigations, Relief and City Home MRS. McNAMARA, MR. CONDON and MR. HAGAN
GENERAL AGENT CHARLES J. WILLWERTH
CITY PHYSICIAN
CIRO GIOBBE, M. D.
290
ANNUAL REPORTS
STAFF OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN JOHN M. TAVARES, M. D. BENJAMIN BLESOFF, M. D. JOSEPH A. BALDASSARRE, M. D. MARIE A. HANRAHAN, R. N. MARY G. WELCH, Med. & Dent. Asst.
WARDEN AND MATRON, CITY HOME MR. & MRS. GEORGE S. GOODRICH Mr. Goodrich died November 15, 1949
REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT
City Hall, January 31, 1949.
Board of Public Welfare
Somerville, Massachusetts
The General Agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1949.
Table No. 1
Indoor Relief
(FULL SUPPORT)
City Home (Male, 101; Female, 31) 132
State Infirmary (Tewksbury) 25
(PARTIAL SUPPORT)
Local Hospitals (Central, Somerville)
Cases Hospitalized 115
Out Patient Treatment 54
169
Cases aided to hospitalization in other Cities and Towns
(chargeable to Somerville in 1949) 32
Cases aided in Convalescent Homes
32
Cases aided in all other institutions (not included above) 67
Number of Burials during 1949 15
Table No. 2
Number of cases aided January 1, 1949 281
Number of cases aided during 1949 906
Number of cases aided in other Cities and Towns (charge- able to Somerville in 1949) 68
Number of cases aided December 31, 1949 372
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Table No. 3 Children Boarded
In Private Families 10
Through Division of Child Guardianship
34
Table No. 4 RECAPITULATION Welfare Miscellaneous
Total expenditures, 1949
.... $359,466.38
Reimbursements
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$38,472.06
Cities and Towns
13,128.41
Welfare Clinic
1,061.30
Refunds
5,457.61
Transfers
117.14
58,236.52
Net cost to city
$301,229.86
Table No. 5 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Number of cases, January 1, 1949
292
Number of cases, December 31, 1949
375
Number of (dependent) children aided during 1949 (475 families)
1219
Gross expenditures, A.D.C. Dept., 1949
$467,787.67
Table No. 6 Reimbursements
U. S. Fedral Grants (Relief) $129,837.73
U. S. Federal Grants (Administrative)
11,243.26
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
128,320.61
Refunds
1,253.57
Recoveries
55.00
$270,710.17
Net cost to city
$197,077.50
Table No. 7 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Number of cases, January 1, 1949 1,918
Number of cases, December 31, 1949 2,170
Gross expenditures, O.A.A. Bureau, 1949
$1,567,412.50
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Table No. 8 Reimbursements
U. S. Federal Grants (Relief)
$662,241.91
U. S. Federal Grants (Administrative)
29,136.29
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
560,004.41
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Meal Tax) Cities and Towns
33,267.90
9,479.94
Refunds
9,208.71
Recoveries
755.99 $1,304,093.15
Net cost to city
$263,319.35
POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1939 THRU 1949
Year Population
Welfare
City Home
A.D.C.
O.A.A.
Totals
1939
100,773
$842,163.70
$16,590.48
$158,930.39
$ 524,738.50
$1,542,443.07
1940
105,000
769,452.31
17,359.02
163,102.51
534,405.27
1,484,319.11
1941
105,000
446,195.74
16,927.91
171,358.23
541,864.00
1,176,345.88
1942
105,000
349,640.74
17,523.97
170,298.86
578,141.50
1,115,605.07
1943
105,000
195,794.28
19,671.71
132,193.20
615,477.63
963,136.82
1944
105,000
149,427.33
20,757.56
135,464.96
658,940.37
964,590.22
1945
105,882
153,897.81
21,673.44
168,787.17
719,709.88
1,064,068.30
1946
105,882
184,142.24
23,759.40
222,460.87
914,699.75
1,450,944.26
1947
105,882
211,415.73
24,960.46
276,903.91
1,128,792.45
1,642,072.55
1948
105,882
252,167.58
28,297.62
348,429.52
1,341,752.67
1,970,647.39
1949
105,882
359,466.38
30,577.42
467,787.67
1,567,412.50
2,425,243.97
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CITY HOME
March 1, 1950.
Board of Public Welfare Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I submit the following as the report of the Superintendent of the City Home for the year ending December 31, 1949.
Table No. 1
Number of weeks' board of inmates
3224
Number of males admitted during 1949
39
Number of females admitted during 1949
8
Number of males discharged during 1949
28
Number of females discharged during 1949 .
7
Number of males supported during 1949
62
Number of females supported during 1949
23
Number of males died during 1949
5
Number of females died during 1949
2
Number of inmates in Home, Dec. 37, 1949
62
Number of children cared for during 1949 ..
3
Number of days care of children during 1949
4
Number of weeks' board of inmates-City Home Hospital
936
Table No. 2
Gross Expenditures, City Home, 1949 $30,577.42
Reimbursements
Commonwealth of Mass.
$3,937.01
Cities and Towns
1,984.11
Individuals
2,382.00
Refunds
25.00
8,328.12
Net cost to city
$22,249.30
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ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
February 21, 1950.
To the Board of Public Welfare Somerville, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit the following as the report of the City Physician for the year ending December 31, 1949.
Patients treated at Clinic, Jan. 1, thru Dec. 31, 1949 (In- cludes Old Age Assistance, Soldier's Relief, Aid to De- pendent Children, Vaccinations & Emergencies.) 6,399
Patients treated at home, Jan. thru Dec. 31, 1949 (Includes all of the above types of cases, plus City Infirmary and Police and Fire Dept.) 5,940
Respectfully submitted,
CIRO GIOBBE, M. D.,
City Physician
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT
To His Honor the Mayor and Honorable Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen:
In compliance with the City Ordinance, the Annual Report of the Board of Public Welfare for the fiscal year ending De- cember 31, 1949 is herewith submitted:
The continued business recession during 1949 caused a continued gradual increase in the number of unemployed per- sons applying for general assistance during the year. Our Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children case loads also increased on a gradual basis during this year.
The expenditures under the title of Miscellaneous Welfare for the year 1948 were $252,167.58 and for the year 1949 $359,466.38, an increase of $107,298.80.
The Welfare Miscellaneous case load for 1949 is as fol- lows:
January
314
February
346
March
381
April
392
May
398
June
416
July
437
August
453
September
478
October
482
November
500
December
526
The expenditures under Aid to Dependent Children for the year 1948 were $348,429.52, and for 1949 $467,787.67, an increase of $119,358.15.
The expenditures in Old Age Assistance for the year 1948 were $1,341,752.67 and for 1949 $1,567,412.50, an in- crease of $225,659.83.
The Aid to Dependent Children case load in December 1948 was 290 while in December 1949 it was 375.
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The Old Age Assistance case load in December 1948 was: 1914 while in December 1949 it was 2162.
The housing shortage which continued during the year was a major problem for our department. Many evicted families have been forced to go into furnished rooms and the like, but we anticipate that with the many Veteran Housing Projects under construction, that this problem will be somewhat alle- viated during 1950.
An interesting fact regarding Aid to Dependent Children cases is worthy of mention. The original intention of this re- lief was to care for dependent children whose father was either dead or totally and permanently incapacitated. Now our survey shows that 60% of cases in this catagory are on re- lief on account of desertion or non-support of parent.
The State Department of Public Welfare has advised us that the Social Security Board has demanded of them a Per- sonal Practice Plan to be set up in the Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children Divisions. This plan calls for in- creased personnel and our Mayor and Board have been ap- prized of the fact.
The work of our Employment Division and our Domestic Relation work continues. The work of these two divisions has been very effective and has paid dividends to our city.
In the dispensing of relief in any of its forms, the basic consideration is need. The need exists from many causes. Among the most prevalent causes are unemployment, illness or injury, old age, desertion, non-support of families and im- prisonment. All Public Assistance Programs are governed by statutes, and they are the yardsticks by which the department must guage the work. We fully realize the responsibilities which are ours in caring for the needy and we feel that many measures have been taken to safeguard the taxpayers inter- ests.
The office facilities of our department are woefully inad- equate. Your agent is anxious to set up an Intake Division as well as a Fiscal Division but our present office space precludes. this.
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Our present City Infirmary is over 100 years old and is a fire hazard. I believe there will always be a need for an In- firmary and strongly recommend a new one.
Our city has been very fortunate in the caliber and type of members appointed to the Board of Public Welfare, for their faithful attendance at meetings, for their advice and council in matters of policy and procedure, I offer my sincere thanks
Our aim for 1950 will be to safeguard the taxpayers' in- terest by intelligent case work, and to give adequate relief to those in need.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. WILLWERTH, General Agent
298
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
January 1, 1950.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen:
The following report is respectfully submitted as the An- nual Report of the Board of Assessors for the year ending De- cember 31, 1949:
CITY OF SOMERVILLE-1949 RECAPITULATION
A. City or Town: All appropriations since 1948 Tax Rate was fixed
. Total to be raised by tax- ation
$8,934,801.96
2. Total from available Funds:
1949 $25,276.40
1948
317,851.12 343,127.52
$9,277,929.48
3. Deficits due to abate-
ments in excess of over-
lay of prior years:
1937
$57.59
1938
381.93
1939
187.98
1940
148.05
1941
87.78
1942
90.20
953.53
1943
88.88
1944
709.28
1945
2,164.24
1946
1947
46,609.80
1948
396,446.95
446,019.15
446,972.68
1949 Estimates 1498 Underestimates
B. State: Tax and Assessments
1. State Audit Municipal Accounts
$3,411.80
2. State Examination of Retirement System ..
778.57
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3. Smoke Inspection Ser- vice . 1,732.57
26.88
4. Add'l State Assess- ments
860,039.87
32,358.65
$865,962,81
$32,385.53
898,348.34
C. County: Tax & Assessments:
1. County Tax
$230,447.74
13,210.97
2. Tuberculosis Hospital Ass'ts. 67,159.17
249.41
$297,606.91
$13,460.38
311,067.29
160,653.10
D. Overlay of Current Year
E. GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
F. Estimated receipts & Available Funds
1. Income Tax
$193,039.00
2. Corporation Taxes 247,940.00
3. Motor Vehicle & Trail- er Excise
248,581.88
4. Licenses
131,881.19
5. Fines
13,686.90
6. Grants & Gifts
4,317.47
7. Spec. Asst's. Old Age Meals Tax Acts 1948
13,933.48
8. General Government
14,028.59
9. Protection of Persons & Property
3,671.05
10. Health & Sanitation
19,731.64
11. Highways
2,123.00
12. Charities
140,838.25
13. Old Age Assistance
514,719.39
14. Old Age Tax, Meals, Gen. Laws
15,923.98
15. Veterans' Benefits
26,865.79
16. Schools
62,230.98
17. Libraries
3,527.80
18. Recreation
530.20
19. Pub. Serv. Enterprises
506,822.80
20. Electrolysis & all other
505.00
21. Interest:
Taxes & Ass'ts
$9,750.19 44.80
Deposits
9,794.99
22. Gas & Electric Fran-
chise Tax 1,075.08
23. Personal Income Taxes 495,420.56
24. Business Corp'ns Tax .. 110,258.95
25. Add'l Amt. approved by Commissioner 905,947.00
Total Estimated Receipts $3,687,394.97
26. Overestimates of previous year: (a) Add'l Overestimates 3,793.07 3,793.07
$11,094,970.89
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27. Amts. to be taken from Available Funds:
(a) 6- 1-48 $43,000.00 (v)
33,074.75
12-21-48
(b) 6-22-48 4,500.00 (w)
3,260.72
2-28-48
(c) 7-12-48 1,190.00 (x)
8,700.00
12-29-48
(d) 7-20-48
2,295.00 (y)
125.00 12-30-48
(e) 8- 3-48 2,058.46 (z)
275.00
12-31-48
(f) 9-13-48
2,259.34 (al)
14,800.70
12-31-48
(g) 9-15-48 600.00 (a2)
950.00
2- 7-49
(h) 9-17-48
9,111.57 (a3)
906.00
2-17-49
( i ) 9-23-48
37,445.62 (a4)
540.00
3- 3-49
(j) 9-23-48
700.00 (a5)
5,300.20
4- 6-49
(k) 9-27-48 808.00 (a6)
268.00
4-26-49
(1) 10- 4-48 7,725.00
(a7)
700.00
5- 6-49
(m) 10- 8-48
2,671.16
(a8)
1,693.08
5-10-49
(n) 10-19-48
39,738.96
(a9)
1,152.00
5-23-49
(o) 10-29-48
1,040.00
(a10)
1,175.00
6- 9-49
(p)11-19-48
4,246.80
(all)
1,407.11
6-20-49
(q)11-23-48
35,400.00 (a12)
2,522.24
7-11-49
(r)11-26-48
660.00
(a13)
3,600.47
7-14-49
(s) 12- 3-48
450.00
a14)
1,020.30
7-25-49
(t) 12- 6-48
47,924.58
(a15)
2,042.00
8-10-49
(u) 12-21-48
13,790.46
(a16)
2,000.00
8-16-49
Metropolitan Transit Authority Bond Issue .... 450,396.00
793,523.52
Total Available Funds
$797,316.59
Total Estimated Receipts & Available Funds
$4,484,711.56
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXA- TION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY
$6,610,259.33
H. Number of Polls; 33,269 at $2. each
6,875,100.00
J. Total Valuation: Personal Property Real Estate 124,261,600.00
Total Valuation $131,136,700.00
Taxes:
Poll
$66,538.00
Personal Property
343,067.49
Real Estate
6,200,653.84
Total Taxes Levied on Polls & Property 6,610,259.33
M. Items not entering into the determination of the tax rate
1. Water Liens
1,679.60
Total amount of 1949 taxes on polls & property & of assessments added to
taxes as committed to Collector $6,611,938.93
The Board of Assessors wishes to thank the other depart- ments for the co-operation extended during the year, partic- ularly to the Legal Department.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM B. BAILEY CHARLES R. BRUNELLE MAURICE F. AHEARN GORDON FAULKNER TIMOTHY J. CRONIN
Board of Assessors
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PLANNING BOARD
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville:
Gentlemen:
The Planning Board of the City of Somerville herewith respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1949.
Applications for zoning changes, including the veterans' housing project, were acted upon after public hearings and recommendations were forwarded to the Board of Aldermen for final action. All monies received in this connection have been turned over to the City Treasurer and incorporated in his report.
The Planning Board has attempted to impress upon the city government the necessity of an expanded Planning Board program, supplemented with a trained city planner, so that the city may participate in the Urban Redevelopment Program. Such participation cannot be accomplished unless the City of Somerville, through its Board of Aldermen, votes to participate in this program. This action must be taken before July 1, 1950, or the city may forfeit a federal contribution of approxi- mately $360.000.
The need for city planning on a full time basis is further manifested in the master highway plan already on blueprints, which eventually may lead to the loss of considerable taxable property in addition to one of the major parks of the city.
The Planning Board sincerely recommends that a full time city planner be employed to keep the city informed of improved methods of municipal planning. Such information would be helpful also in any future improvements.
Respectfully submitted,
PLANNING BOARD
ERNEST BRENNER, Chairman
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Honorable John M. Lynch, Mayor of Somerville
January 1, 1950.
My dear Mr. Mayor:
The year 1949 has seen the starting and partial comple- tion of the work ordered by the Department of Public Safety of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the twenty-eight school buildings of the City of Somerville at a cost of $168- 220.88. This work consisted of installation of smoke screens, installation of panic hardware, installation of inter-communi- cation doors, reconstruction of stairways, installation of hard- ware and locks, installation of metal covered doors in boiler rooms, installation of emergency lighting and exit signs and the flameproofing of curtains.
Window shades were installed in the following school buildings at a cost of $7,338.20.
Carr
Morse
Hodgkins
Burns
Glines
Bingham
Prescott
Durell
Baxter
New Vocational
Western Junior
Northeastern Junior Southern Junior
Senior High
Forster Lowe Forster Annex Grimmons Highland Southworth Cummings Knapp Bennett
Screens were put on windows in some school buildings in order to try and cut down on the continued breakage of glass.
The following pages contain a list of the general repairs done in school and municipal buildings for the year of 1949:
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Baxter School
Set glass Installed plugs for new electric clocks
General electrical repairs
Installed new section in boiler
General steamfitters repairs Repaired furniture Set up swings in yard
Repaired fence
Bennett School
Electrical repairs Set glass and reputtyed sash
Repaired window cords
Furniture repairs
Plumbing repairs
Steamfitters repairs on boiler and radiators
Plaster repairs in basement
Arranged furniture from Pope School
Bingham School
Sanded and refinished desk tops Replaced window cords Set glass
Steamfitters repairs in basement
Installed new lights in basement
General electrical repair work
Plaster repairs in basement
General plumbing repairs
Brown School
Shellaced, waxed and polished desks
Repaired furniture
Enlarged ink well holes
General Electrical repairs
Boarded up windows and doors
Put up screens
Plaster repairs Set glass General plumbing repairs Steamfitters repairs on radiators
Burns School
Set glass and reputtyed sash Electrical repairs for Visual Education Sanded and refinished desks Painted pipes Repaired and tightened desks and chairs Bored holes for inkwells General plumbing repairs Installed new hand rail
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Carr School
Set glass and reputtyed sash
Repaired furniture
Sanded, waxed and refinished desk tops
Electrical repairs Plumbing repairs Plaster repairs in basement and third floor
Steamfitters repairs
Cummings School
Set glass Installed new window cords
Painted and put up screens
Refinished furniture
Repaired locks and put up mail boxes
Stoker repairs
Steamfitters repairs
General plumbing repairs
Repaired window gratings and coal shute door
General electrical repairs
Cutler School
Repaired roof Repaired back stairs
Bored holes for inkwells
Repaired steel lockers and painted same Set glass Installed new window cords
Electrical repairs for Visual Education
Electrical repairs on pumps, switches and lights
Patched plaster in basement
Steamfitters repairs on boiler, radiators and valves
General plumbing repairs
Central Heating Plant
Painted boiler room Repaired windows and boarded up same, put up screens
Steamfitters repairs on boiler, flanges and valves
Mason repairs on fire boxes
Stoker repairs
Durell School
Sanded and shellaced desk tops Bored holes for new ink wells Set glass Installed new window cords
Repaired screens
Repaired furniture and put down furniture from Pope School
General plumbing work Steamfitters repairs on supply lines and valves Mason brick repairs in yard
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Forster School
Painted rings in kindergarten room Repaired stoker
Set glass and reputtyed sash
Repaired furniture, doors and locks
Made new screens
General plumbing repairs Steamfitters repairs
Mason repairs on stoker and boiler
Forster Annex
Set glass Repaired furniture
General plumbing repairs
Installed new grates in boiler
Put hangars on radiators
Electrical repairs Mason repairs on stoker
Glines School
Set glass
Replaced all lights in basement and boiler room
Electrical repairs
Plumbing repairs
Patched ceiling in Boiler room
Repaired conductor and drain pipes
Replaced sheathing on wall of Room 6
Bored holes for new ink wells
Sanded and refinished desks
Repaired furniture and put down furniture from Pope School
Grimmons School
Repaired stage platform and stairs
Made cement pins under stage
Dug hole for sump pump in boiler room Set glass
Installed new window cords
Boarded up windows and doors
General plumbing repairs Steamfitters repairs
Electrical repairs
Hanscom School
Plaster repairs Set glass and reputtyed sash Steamfitters repairs on stacks in basement General plumbing repairs Set down furniture from Pope School Installed window butts on catch Electrical repairs on switches and Sump Pump
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High School
Repaired and adjusted clock system
Washed and painted walls on main stairway and corridors Set glass
Installed new window cords
Painted and shellaced walls
Repaired furniture
Repaired window grates in gymnasium
Repaired bleachers, locks and doors in gymnasium
Hung curtain in gymnasium
Electrical repairs for Visual Education and general repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Plumbing repairs
New linoleum laid in Mr. Ireland's office
Highland School
Repaired desks and chairs
Bored holes for new inkwells
Painted blackboards
Set glass and puttyed sash
Took out coal bin ramp
Boarded up windows in basement
Repaired doors and windows
Steamfitters repairs on boilers
Patched plaster on ceilings and walls
Mason repairs on boiler
General plumbing repairs
General electrical repairs
Hodgkins School
Bricked up windows
Repaired ceilings
Washed and painted walls and ceilings in Dental Room
Sanded and shellaced floors in Dental Room
Repaired furniture
Bored holes for new inkwells
General plumbing repairs Steamfitters repairs
Electrical repairs
Knapp School
Sanded and refinished desks and tables Set glass
Installed new window cord
Repaired furniture
Bored holes for new inkwells
General plumbing work
Electrical repairs
Steamfitters repairs on boiler, vents and valves
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Lowe School
Set glass and reputtyed sash Installed new contact cabinet for four circuits for new lighting system for Visual Education Repaired locks and door checks Made new screens and put same up
Patched plaster in Boys' toilet in basement
General plumbing repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Electrical repairs
Morse School
Set glass and reputtyed sash
Steamfitters repairs on boiler, valves and return lines
Mason repairs on boiler
Plaster repairs
General plumbing repairs
Sanded and refinished desk tops
Electrical repairs
New Vocational School
Mason repairs to shower room
Stoker repairs
Steamfitters repairs to boiler front
Mason Repairs on boilers
General plumbing repairs
Replaced new door
Repaired fence
Repaired furniture
Electrical repairs on motor
Northeastern Junior High
Installed new lighting system under auditorium
Repaired desks and chairs
Repaired locks and doors
Built cabinet for printing room
Repaired floor in gymnasium
Set glass and puttyed sash
Installed new window cords
General plumbing repairs
Repaired side wall and capped combustion chamber wall in Boiler No. 1
Electrical repairs Steamfitters repairs Installed grates in incinerator Repaired and renewed 11/2" pipe rail fence on runway
Perry School
Set glass and reputtyed sash Repaired floors Repaired desks and chairs
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Plaster repairs Installed receptacles for Visual Education Electrical repairs Steamfitters repairs General plumbing repairs
Mason repairs on brick stairs and bulkhead
Repaired brick in yard
Pope School
Set glass and reputtyed sash
Bored holes for new inkwells
Sanded and refinished desks
Pointed stone stairs at entrance
Patched plaster
General plumbing work
Removed all furniture and books to different schools
Prescott School
Set glass and reputtyed sash
Repointed stairs
Patched plaster on ceiling in basement
Put up shelves in store room
Repaired furniture
Mason repairs on boilers
Patched slate in boys' basement
Sanded and refinished desks
General plumbing work
Repaired door checks
Repaired wire fences
Electrical repairs
Steamfitters repairs
Proctor School
Set glass and reputtyed sash Adjusted oil burner stack switch and motor control
General plumbing repairs
Installed lines for plugs for Visual Education
Electrical repairs
Sanded and refinished desks
Repaired furniture
Steamfitters repairs
Mason and plaster repairs
Installed new lights and bells
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