Petitions - City of Somerville

The president, Alderman Carr, presiding.
Special Meeting of the Board of Al-
dermen, called by the president, to
transact any and all business that;
might regularly come before the
Board, all the members having been
duly notified in writing, City Hall
Somervllle, December 2, 1930, 8 p.m.
Aldermen Sherman, Knox, Elliott, Perry, Pearson, Stynes, Bar-
rett, Walsh, Denning, Moran, Havican, O'ConneU, Cronin, Donovan, Rafferty,
Carroll, Lynch, Grattan and vice-president Crowley present.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HQNCK THE MAYCR .
Received from his honor the mayor the following communications
Forwarding applications for outdoor advertising signs,
Referred to Committee on Licenses and Permits.
To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen:
City of Somerville,Massachusetts
Executive Department
December 2, 1930
As you are undoubtedly aware, the Department
of Public Works of the Commonwealth has submitted its program of
grade crossings which are to be abolished in 1931 under the recent State Law.
On August 5th, .the'writer called the attention of the Department
of ^ublic Works to the numerous grade crossings which exist in the city
of Somerville, and requested that some of these'be included in next year's
program. However, no grade crossing in greater Boston has been included in
the program of the Department of Public Works, even though the city of Somerville
has a Court decree issued nearly 20 years ago for the abolition of
the grade crossing at Park street. I feel that if a sincere effort is to be
made to relieve the unemployment situation in and around Boston, that at
least one half of the crossings to be abolished next year should be within
the Metropolitan District where the heaviest unemployment exists.
If your Honorable Board agrees with me in this matter, I would
suggest .that an order be drawn requesting the Department of Public Works and
the Public Utilities Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to revise
their program and to include the grade crossings of Somerville in their
proposed program.
JJM:RB
Sincerely yours,
'John J. Murphy,
Mayor.
Referred to Committee on Public Works.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS'AND REMONSTRANCES.
Received petitions from,
Jos. Dllboy for transfer of license for two pool tables, 85 Linwood st.
Louis Grossman for license for junk shop 56 Harding st.
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