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With these changes the Board feels that the efficiency of the department has been greatly increased.
Attention is called to the urgent necessity of the Town taking some action in the very near future to the erection of a building at the Heights to accommodate the department in this section. Land has already been purchased, adjoining the present house, and it would seem advisable that a new building be erected thereon as
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soon as possible. Particularly is this true in view of the fact that the present building has been condemned by the Building In- spector.
From a close study of the cost of installing and maintaining power-propelled apparatus as compared with horse-drawn appa- ratus there will be no reduction in the annual appropriation of this department, the result of the use of such apparatus being in the vastly improved efficiency of the department. For details of work done by the department you are referred to the report of the Chief of the department.
CONTRACT FOR FURNISHING COAL TO TOWN DEPARTMENTS.
Following the custom of many years, the Board issued requests to the several departments of the Town to furnish the Board with the kind and amount of coal required for each department for the year. This practice was inaugurated and continued because of the fact that better prices could be obtained by purchasing the entire amount of coal required in one contract and from one concern. This method has always worked to the advantage of the Town.
This year, however, the School Committee, exercising their undoubted right to expend money appropriated for the use of the schools, decided to purchase the coal necessary for the schools and their department is not included in the departments furnished under this arrangement.
Invitations were extended to ten different concerns for furnishing the remaining Town Departments with coal for the year. Five bids were received. The bid of the Peirce & Winn Company being the lowest of those received, they were awarded the contract.
The prices for the various kinds and grades of coal were as fol- lows:
D. and H. Lackawanna egg, furnace and stove, per ton . .. $5.95 William Penn, Reading Hard and Hazeltine, furnace, egg and stove. 6.20
Honey Brook, furnace, egg and stove. 6.45
D. and H. stove (Outside Poor) 6.90
The departments furnished with coal are Town Hall, Library, Fire, Water, Highway and Outside Poor.
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CONTRACT FOR PRINTING ANNUAL TOWN REPORT.
Eight invitations were issued to different firms for proposals to print, bind and deliver two thousand copies of the Annual Town Reports for the year 1911. Four bids were received. Gardner & Taplin Company were the lowest bidders and they were awarded the contract. The number to be printed, two thousand copies, is four hundred more than were printed in 1910, owing to the fact that fully two hundred citizens of the Town were unable to procure copies of the 1910 report.
GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT.
The work of this department continues under the efficient direc- tion of the Superintendent, William H. Bradley.
Mr. James F. Higgins was reappointed Clerk.
As in previous years the policy of the Board has been to keep in close touch with this work. Superintendent Bradley not only makes a weekly written report to the Board, but appears per- sonally at every meeting of the Board, in order to discuss, if neces- sary, any questions that may arise, relating to the work.
The following is Superintendent Bradley's report of the condi- tions in the Town:
"The force and maintenance of this department the past year has been kept at the minimum. The conditions of the Town will compare favorably with surrounding towns. In the residential sections, the infestation was so slight that it was deemed wise to commence exterminative measures. Therefore, a section was laid out, and in addition to treating the nests, the dead limbs were cut off and holes and crevices covered with tin or filled with cement, thus eliminating many breeding places. The woodland adjoining Menotomy Rocks Park and Kensington Park has been cleaned up, also on a number of small vacant lots the underbrush was cut and burned, the trees trimmed, dead trees cut down, and a general cleaning up made, which improved the property, will increase the value, and materially aid in reducing the future cost of moth work. By continuing this policy of cleaning up a section each year, the Town will in a very short time be on a self-sustaining basis. All trees wherever possible received careful attention during the spray- ing season. Nine tons of arsenate of lead was used the past season in this very important feature of the work.
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PARASITES.
"Thus far no appreciable decrease in the Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths has been noted that could properly be accredited to the Parasites. The Flacherie or 'Wilt Disease,' which is a natural cholera among caterpillars caused by insufficient nourishment, over- production, etc., is being propagated artificially under the direction of the State Forester's Office, to be distributed to the infested towns for planting in woodlands this coming year. In a few towns where plantings of this disease were made last year good results have been reported. There still remain a number of vacant and neglected wood lots to be cleaned up, and with the regular routine work, such as spraying, treating the nests, etc., I would recommend an ap- propriation of seven thousand dollars for the maintenance of this department the ensuing year."
Respectfully, WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Local Superintendent.
ALMSHOUSE PROPERTY.
This property was vacated during the year and owing to the size of the house and the number of rooms it has not been occupied since. In November the Board asked for an appropriation of five hundred dollars, to enable them to make such alterations in the building as to convert it into a two-tenement house. The sum asked for was voted by the Town and contracts for the work have been made. The increase in revenue after the change is made will, no doubt, amply repay the Town for the amount expended.
LICENSES FOR DANCES, ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.
Numerous complaints were received by the Board from parents and others, relative to the conduct of young people attending dances in the Town. No regulations governing these dances had ever been made and the Board, after investigation of the com- plaints, passed the following orders
FIRST. That no person shall open, maintain or operate any theatrical exhibition, public show, public amusement or exhibition of any description, to which admission may be obtained upon pay- ment of money or upon the delivery of any valuable thing, or by a ticket or voucher obtained for money or any valuable thing without
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first having obtained a license therefor from the Board of Select- men, subject to the conditions as the Board of Selectmen may establish.
SECOND. That at all licensed theatrical performances, public shows, public amusements, or exhibitions of any description, a police officer, in uniform, shall be in attendance during all the time of such performance, show, amusement, or exhibition, provided the same may be deemed necessary by the Chief of Police, the ex- pense of such officer to be paid by the licensee. All applications for licenses shall be made to the Town Clerk, who shall submit the same to the Chief of Police for his approval before issuing, and he shall designate thereon whether such officer is required or not.
This action of the Board is not to be construed as a desire to, in any way, interfere with or place obstacles in the way of the social or fraternal organizations of the town in conducting dances, entertainments, etc. The action was made necessary in order that when occasion requires or complaints are made the Board will be in a position to revoke or suspend the license.
LICENSES.
Licenses granted during the year were as follows:
COMMON VICTUALLERS. A. C. LaBreque, 606 Massachusetts Avenue; Isabella M. MacDonald, 1406 Massachusetts Avenue; A. O. Sprague, 5 Mystic Street; Louis C. McKenna, 460 Massachu- setts Avenue; Charles F. Ford, 1111-1113 Massachusetts Avenue; Napoleon J. Hardy, 657 Massachusetts Avenue; James Scanlan, 10 Sawin Street; * Ernest H. Ricker, 1410-1412 Massachusetts Avenue; *Ralph E. Milbury, 1399 Massachusetts Avenue; Mary E. Ricker, 1410-1412 Massachusetts Avenue; * Herbert C. Hurd, 1381 Massa- chusetts Avenue; Joseph J. Devlin, 55 Teel Street; Warren E. Davis, 1390 Massachusetts Avenue; George H. Baxter, 1041 Massa- chusetts Avenue; William H. Ahern, 124 Paul Revere Road; Law- rence Barrieau, Spy Pond Shore; Willard A. Thompson, 77 Dudley Street; Louis C. Taylor, Spy Pond Boat House.
JUNK. Max Rosenfeldt, 1306 Cambridge Street, Cambridge; Benny Klaymer, 470 Columbus Street, Somerville; Joseph Berk- man, 134 Pine Street, Cambridge; Samuel Wax, 10 Minot Street, Boston.
* Revoked.
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POOL TABLE. Joseph W. Ronco, Post Office Building; Raphael D. Guarente, 612 Massachusetts Avenue; Harvey E. Giles, 444 Massachusetts Avenue.
AUCTIONEERS. Arthur J. Hendrick, 99 Medford Street; Frank Y. Wellington, 15 Wellington Street; James H. Shedd, 28 Draper Avenue; Frank V. Noyes, 11 Gray Street; George D. Moore, 133 Broadway; F. Alfred Patterson, Arlington Heights; Winthrop Pattee, Janson Street; James M. Mead, Mt. Vernon Street.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. Arlington Exchange, Ellen M. Dow, Wyman Street.
To TRANSPORT SPIRITUOUS OR INTOXICATING LIQUORS UNDER PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 421, ACTS OF 1906. George W. McClel- lan, 7 Webster Street; Wood Brothers, 1 Water Street; Arthur M. Curtin, 963 Massachusetts Avenue; Jesse C. Fletcher, 32 Sawin Street; American Express Company, Railroad Station, Arlington.
No sixth-class licenses were granted during the year. Attention is called to the financial statements and comparative tables here- with submitted. For further detail of expenditures see Auditor's Report.
HERBERT W. RAWSON, JACOB BITZER, FRANK V. NOYES,
Selectmen.
GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT.
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES AS TO CHARACTER OF WORK. JANUARY, 1911, TO JANUARY, 1912.
Labor Materials Sundries
Burlapping
$65.24
$1.57
Crushing pupæ
26.99
Cutting brown-tails
549.84
.45
Cutting, pruning and burning
1,042.45
4.63
Removing burlap
23.04
Spraying
891.86
867.59
Treating nests
1,352.08
45.55
Turning burlap
425.84
Removing tanglefoot
151.21
Inspecting private property
18.00
Storehouse
116.74
Office supplies and printing
$122.47
Repairs and supplies
130.37
Painting spraying machines
25.00
Rent of storehouse
114.00
Superintendent and clerk, salaries
1,248.00
Team hire
492.25
$4,663.29
$919.97
$2,132.09
Labor
$4,663.29
Materials
919.97
Sundries
2,132.09
$7,715.35
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CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES AS TO LOCATION OF WORK. JANUARY, 1911, TO JANUARY, 1912.
Labor Materials Sundries
Almshouse yard
$8.72
$0.10
Crosby School yard
.56
.60
Hospital lot
69.54
27.45
Hose No. 2, F. D.
.56
Lexington meadows
9.00
Library lot
.56
.10
Locke School yard
.28
.18
Meadow Brook Park
62.51
23.61
Menotomy Rocks Park
388.31
108.15
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
33.22
4.20
New Town Yard
1.12
Pleasant Street Cemetery
8.43
1.30
Private work
2,344.59
316.74
Reservoir woods
61.02
18.54
Spy Pond field
11.43
1.40
Stone crusher woods
48.59
3.25
Street trees
1,204.52
347.15
Waste land
275.59
67.20
Inspecting private property
18.00
Storehouse labor
116.74
Office supplies and printing
$122.47
Repairs and supplies
130.37
Painting spraying machines
25.00
Rent of storehouse
114.00
Superintendent and clerk, salaries
1,248.00
Team hire
492.25
$4,663.29
$919.97
$2,132.09
Labor
$4,663.29
Materials
919.97
Sundries
2,132.09
$7,715.35
COMPARATIVE TABLES.
TABLE I.
APRIL 1
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
Valuation of Real Estate
Valuation of Personal Property .
$11,437,608 00 1,672,875 00
$10,380,486 00 1,506,781 00
$10,046,304 00 1,433,610 00
$9,742,883 00 1,362,163 00
$9,541,988 00 1,345,489 00
Totals.
$13,110,483 00
$11,887,267 00
$11,479,914 00
$11,105,046 00
$10,887,477 00
Number of Property Tax Payers.
2,645
2,504
2,391
2,348
2,301
Number of Polls.
3,123
2,774
2,787
2,754
2,731
Number paying Poll Tax only .
2,244
2,040
2,068
2,073
2,050
Population .
11,187
11,187
9,678
9,678
9,678
Number of Dwelling Houses. .
1,902
1,821
1,749
1,692
1,656
Valuation of Buildings, exclusive of Land . . Valuation of Land, exclusive of Buildings. .
$6,709,970 00 4,727,638 00
$6,249,956 00 4,130,536 00
$5,997,854 00 4,048,450 00
$5,691,029 00 4,051,854 00
$5,519,954 00 4,022,107 00
Number of Acres of Land Assessed .
2,711
2,650
2,681
2,698
2,678
.
* Census of 1910.
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TABLE II .- STATE TAXES.
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
State Tax
$16,610 00
$16,610 00
$13,635 00
$16,665 00
$12,120 00
County Tax.
10,605 00
11,519 57
11,682 45
10,508 38
10,692 58
Metropolitan Sewer Tax.
10,948 34
10,319 02
9,169 53
9,507 38
6,101 25
Metropolitan Water Tax.
18,249 50
16,241 07
17,442 46
16,552 50
14,738 41
Metropolitan Park Tax.
9,226 69
5,537 80
5,253 27
5,129 49
4,682 75
Totals.
$65,639 53
$60,227 46
$57,182 71
$58,362 75
$48,334 99
Assessors' commitment to Collector of
Taxes .
$273,700 36 231,040 04
$238,934 47 210,119 29 20 10
$217,954 82 192,023 44 18 50
$219,836 91 190,557 55 19 30
$210,146 46 188,003 36
Town Grant.
Tax Rate.
20 40
18 80
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TABLE III .- TOWN DEBT.
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
Water Loans. .
$361,000 00
$367,000 00
$355,000 00
$348,000 00
$339,000 00
Sewer Loans.
130,500 00
134,500 00
121,000 00
119,000 00
119,000 00
Town House Site Loans.
52,000 00
52,000 00
52,000 00
52,000 00
52,000 00
Park Loans. .
15,000 00
15,000 00
15,000 00
15,000 00
15,000 00
School Loans
182,200 00
193,650 00
146,798 64
157,248 64
115,698 64
Storm Drain Loans.
Medford Street Estate Loan
Special Loan (suspense account).
3,000 00
6,000 00
Police Signal System Loan.
1,000 00
2,000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
New Streets.
4,000 00
7,000 00
8,500 00
7,000 00
5,000 00
Town Yard.
2,000 00
3,500 00
3,000 00
Totals .
$747,700 00
$774,650 00
$704,298 64
$704,248 64
$654,698 64
TABLE IV .- CORPORATION RECEIPTS.
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
Corporation Tax.
$5,787 32
$5,316 93
$6,641 06
$8,785 61
$7,193 26
Bank Tax.
7,216 99
5,063 94
3,852 63
5,711 96
6,034 46
Street Railway Tax
16,816 33
15,552 43
14,417 .50
13,120 14
13,569 40
Boston Elevated Railway Tax.
2,949 17
2,860 14
2,719 10
2,668 42
2,728 38
Boston & Northern Street Railway Tax .. .
226 93
340 03
329 93
323 14
319 83
Lexington & Boston Street Railway Tax. .
68 04
66 40
63 30
64 40
60 90
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
ARLINGTON, MASS., January 1, 1912.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith the following report of the police department for the year ending December 31, 1911.
During the year there were 221 arrests classified as follows:
Abandoning wife
1
Arson
2
Assault and battery
13
Assault with a dangerous weapon
3
Assault indecent
2
Bastardy
1
Being present at a game on the Lord's day
6
Breaking and entering and larceny
9
Capias
4
Disturbance of the peace
13
Disturbance on a street car
2
Drunkenness
78
Forgery
1
Giving a false alarm of fire
1
Having a loaded revolver in possession
1
Having adulterated milk in possession
1
Illegal sale of liquor
2
Illegal taking of a team
1
Insane
1
Keeping a liquor nuisance
5
Larceny
17
Manslaughter
1
Malicious injury to personal property
5
Non-support
2
Receiving stolen property
1
Safe-keeping
4
Selling obscene books
1
Stubborn child
1
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Tramp
2
Trespass and larceny
8
Uttering a forged check
1
Vagrancy
4
Suspicion
1
Violation of by-laws
5
Violation of the pure food laws
1
Violation of the automobile laws
12
Violation of the game laws
6
The above cases were disposed of in the Third District Court as follows:
Committed to the House of Correction 9
Committed to the House of Correction and appealed 2
Committed to the State Farm . 5
Committed to the State Farm and appealed
2
Committed to the Danvers Insane Hospital
1
Committed to the Foxboro Hospital
1
Committed to the Lancaster School for Girls
1
Continued cases
3
Defaulted
4
Discharged
10
Fined
31
Fined and appealed
9
Held for the Grand Jury
4
Held for the police of other places
17
Placed on file
40
Placed on probation
41
Released from station (first offense of drunkenness)
41
Cases were disposed of in the Superior Court as follows: Arson, two cases, discharged.
Breaking and entering and larceny, two cases sentenced to the Massachusetts Reformatory.
Assault and battery, one case plea of nolo and paid $20 as costs.
Disturbance of the peace, one case fined $10 and paid.
Disturbance of the peace, one case sentenced to six months in the House of Correction.
Drunkenness, one case placed on probation.
Liquor nuisance, one case placed on file.
Liquor nuisance, two cases pending.
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Malicious injury to personal property, one case plea of nolo and paid $10 as costs.
Selling obscene books, one case sentenced to one year in the House of Correction.
Tramp, one case sentenced to the State Farm.
Reckless driving an automobile, one case pending.
Of the above number arrested 127 claimed residence, 94 were non-residents, 31 were under the age of seventeen years, 21 were females and 3 were colored. Fines to the amount of $788.00 were imposed. Twenty-five were arrested on warrant, 69 were arrested on summons and 127 were arrested without warrants. The chief attended the district court 58 days and the officers 174 days.
Those arrested were born in the following countries:
Armenia
1
Canada
6
England
1
France
2
Italy
19
Ireland
40
New Brunswick
2
Norway
1
Nova Scotia
9
Prince Edward Island
1
Poland
3
Russia
2
Sweden
4
Scotland
1
United States
128
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Accidents reported
61
Ambulance calls
31
Buildings reported vacant and specially protected
79
Cases investigated
534
Dead bodies cared for
5
Defective streets reported
2
Defective electric lights reported, Arc
69
Defective electric lights reported, Incandescent
227
Defective wires reported 44
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Defective water pipes reported
13
Defective gas pipes reported
2
Details for public assemblages
11
Dogs killed
7
Disturbances suppressed without arrest
18
Fires extinguished without alarm
1
Fire alarms given
5
Glass in fire alarm boxes reported broken
77
Injured persons assisted home
10
Injured persons assisted to hospitals
23
Lanterns placed on dangerous places
45
Lost children cared for
13
Messages delivered
39
Notices served for the Selectmen
17
Number of officers attending fires
56
Obstructions in streets reported
41
Sick persons assisted home
2
Sick persons assisted to hospitals
3
Stores found unlocked at night and secured
140
Search warrants for liquors served
3
Search warrants for obscene literature served
1
Stolen property reported, value
$1544.54
Stolen property recovered, value
$554.00
Duty calls on police signal system
28,693
Telephone calls received over the police signal system
793
Wagon calls
4
Officers have been off duty sick during the year 61 days.
The enforcement of the liquor and gaming laws during the year has been vigorous and successful: the town of Arlington still main- tains the position of being one of Massachusetts' cleanest towns in this respect.
THE POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM.
28,693 duty calls have been rung in by the officers while patrol- ing the streets and 793 telephone calls have been received at police headquarters from them in regard to their work while on duty.
As has been said in other reports, without this system, this depart- ment would have been unable to perform its duty as well as it has; it is a safeguard to the officer doing conscientious work and a watch
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dog on those inclined to shirk, and lightens rather than adds to his labor.
Officers do not ring in the same box twice in succession only in cases of emergency and do not follow a certain course or ring in a certain box at a fixed time.
That certain sections of the town may be better patrolled and that we may know for a certainty that the officer has been through these sections four new police boxes are needed very much.
There should be a box placed near the junction of Florence and Hillside Avenues at Arlington Heights, one on Brattle Street near Summer, one on Warren Street near Beacon and one on Lake Street near the depot.
No additional boxes have been placed or purchased since the system was first installed July 1, 1906, and I would respectfully recommend that the sum of $560 be appropriated for this specific purpose.
Boxes are now located as follows:
Box No.
12 Junction of Henderson and Massachusetts Avenue.
14 Junction of North Union and Broadway.
15 Junction of Tufts and Massachusetts Avenue.
141 Junction of Broadway and Massachusetts Avenue.
21 On Medford Street near Lawrence field.
23
Junction of Mystic and Fairview Avenue.
31 Junction of Mill and Massachusetts Avenue.
32 Junction of Gray and Bartlett Avenue.
34 Junction of Pleasant and Kensington Road.
41 Junction of Grove and Massachusetts Avenue.
44 Junction of Forest and Massachusetts Avenue.
412 Near the car barns, Massachusetts Avenue.
431 Junction of Westminster and Westmoreland Avenue.
A BY-LAW NEEDED TO PREVENT THE USE OF FIRE ARMS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN.
The actual need of a by-law to prevent the discharge of fire arms and air rifles within the town, has been brought forceably to the attention of every man in this community the past year who has had any regard for the safety of his neighbor's life at heart.
One life has been sacrificed and several hurt by the use of fire
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arms and air rifles and during a certain portion of the year it has been actually unsafe for one to walk in the woods or around the shores of our ponds; in the excitement for game, gunners discharge their pieces without any regard for the safety of others, stray shot not only coming too close for comfort but in many instances hitting the houses in these localities.
The town has or is becoming too thickly populated to allow these conditions to continue longer; in many instances I have personally investigated conditions and have remonstrated with some of those using guns, to little or no effect, and I ask that every effort be made to have the following by-law accepted and approved at this annual Town Meeting.
PROPOSED BY-LAW.
SECTION 1. No person shall, except in the performance of some duty required of him by law, discharge any cannon, gun, pistol or other fire arm, loaded with ball or shot, or with powder or other explosive only, or any flobert rifle, so called, or any air gun, within the limits of the town of Arlington, without a permit from the board of Selectmen.
THE AMBULANCE.
If this branch of the service is to be maintained and patients taken to the new Arlington Hospital certain alterations must. be made at once that will necessitate an outlay of about $100.00. It must be converted from a one-horse vehicle to a two-horse.
It was built for the use of one horse only, and is so heavy that the horses we are compelled to use have never been able to haul it up some of the hills in the residential districts.
I have suggested that the ambulance be turned over to the hospital authorities for their use and that when necessary for the police to use an ambulance to go to other than the hospital, we pay for such use.
During the year we have been called upon to assist in 61 acci- dent cases and the splendid spirit and promptness which our local doctors have shown in responding to our calls in these cases de- serve special mention and commendation.
I would recommend that the sum of $300.00 be appropriated for repairs, maintenance and horse hire for the ambulance for the ensuing year.
That we need another patrolman is apparent to any person who
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is familiar with the layout of the town and of the routes now covered by the officers.
Route number 1 is at Arlington Heights, all territory west and north of the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Forest Street, and is about twelve and one-half miles long.
Route number 2 is all territory between Mill and Academy Streets and Forest Street, and is about eight and one-half miles long.
Route number 3 is all territory from monument to Mill Street, including Pleasant and Mystic Streets, and is about eight and one- fourth miles long.
Route number 4 extends from the monument to Medford line and Broadway to the Somerville line, and is about six miles long.
Route number 5 is from the monument to the Belmont line, in- cluding Massachusetts Avenue to the Cambridge line, and is about six miles long.
Each of these routes is extra long and should never be doubled or left uncovered, but under present conditions where the men have one day off in thirty, this has to be done 96 days in the year.
That we may obviate this condition I would ask that the sum of $685 be appropriated for the services of one additional patrolman.
Owing to the large influx of strangers on Sundays and holidays, and the ever increasing number of automobiles passing through the town, certain points have become very dangerous to foot pas- sengers, and on these days a special officer should be placed on duty to protect life.
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