1 BRIDGES IN CHARGE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. 2 Cambridge-street bridge, from Brighton to Cambridge. IBOSTON TRANSIT COMMISSION. Office, 15 Beacon street. [Stat. 1894, Chap. 548; Stat. 1899, Chap. 375; Stat. 1902, Chap. 534.] BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. GEORGE G. CROCKER, Chairman. COMMISSIONERS. GEORGE G. CRoCKER, HoRACE G. ALLEN. Appointed by the Governor. CHARLEs H. DALTON, THOMAS J. GARGAN, GEORGE F. SWAIN. Appointed by the Mayor. The commissioners were originally appointed for the term of five years from the first of July, 1894. By Stat. 1899, Chap. 375, the term was extended to July 1, 1902. By Stat. 1902, Chap. 534, accepted by the voters of Boston at the Municipal Election of 1902, the term of the commission was further extended to July 1, 1906. The commission had charge of the construction of the Tremont-street subway, of the Charlestown bridge, and of the tunnel to East Boston, and is now carrying out the provisions of the Act of 1902. This Act provides for a tunnel so designed as to be adapted for the accommodation of two tracks especially for use by elevated cars and a subway for two tracks especially for use by surface cars, from a point near the junction of Broadway and Washington street to Adams square, Haymarket square, or Causeway street. The structure for the two tracks for elevated cars is to be begun immediately, and the structure for the two tracks for surface cars shall not be begun until the expiration of at least one year after the completion of the subway for elevated cars. 1 For other bridges, see Park Department, page 70; and Bridge Division, page 81. 2 Placed in charge of the commission July, 1898, under Chapter 467 of the Acts of 1898. All of the bridges named in this list are over navigable waters. CAMBRIDGE BRIDGE COMMISSION. [Stat. 1897, Chap. 500, § 5; Stat. 1898, Chap. 467; Stat. 1899, Chap. 180 ; Stat. 1904, Chaps. 391 and 412.] CAMERIDGE BRIDGE COMMISSION. AUGUSTINE J. DALY, Secretary. COMMISSIONERS. PATRICK A. COLLINS, Mayor of Boston (ea officio). The commission has charge of the construction of a new bridge, not less than 105 feet in width, across the Charles river, to be known as the Cambridge bridge, at or near the site of the present West Boston bridge, from Cambridge street in Boston to Main street in Cambridge. Approaches not less than 100 feet in width are to be laid out by the commission and constructed by the City Engineers of Boston and Cambridge, at the expense of each city respectively. The cost of the bridge is to be paid by three parties. The Boston Elevated Railway Company pays such portion of the cost as shall be rendered necessary by reason of the bridge being of additional size and strength for the use of the elevated railroad, and shall construct or pay for constructing its railway, both elevated and surface, across the bridge. The balance of the cost is to be paid, one-half by the City of Boston and one-half by the City of Cambridge. The commission was also, in 1904, empowered to construct a new high-level bridge, not exceeding 70 feet in width and to be known as the “Brookline-street bridge,” over the tracks of the Boston and Albany railroad and across the Charles river, between Essex street, Boston, and Brookline street, Cambridge, and substantially on the site of the present Essex-street bridge; and to rebuild the present bridge across Charles river, between North Harvard street, Boston, and Boylston street, Cambridge, the new bridge to be known as “Soldiers' Field bridge,” and to be built with or without a draw, as the commission may determine. COLLATERAL LOAN COMPANY. [Stat. 1859, Chap. 173, § 6; Stat. 1865, Chap. 14; Stat. 1876, Chap. 11.] The Collateral Loan Company is managed by seven directors, selected annually, five chosen by the corporators at the annual meeting in December, one appointed by the Governor and one by the Mayor. RoBERT F. CLARE, Director. Appointed by the Mayor. COMMISSION ON HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS. [Stat. 1904, Chap. 333; 1905, Chap. 383.] NATHAN MATTHEws, Chairman. COMMISSIONERS. This commission was appointed by Mayor Collins on June 7, 1904, in accordance with Stat. 1904, Chap. 333, which required the Mayor to appoint a commission to divide the City of Boston into two districts, viz., “District A,” the greater part of the buildings in which are used for business or commercial purposes, and in which the Act allows buildings to be erected not over 125 feet above the grade of the street; and “District B,” the greater number of the buildings in which are used for residential purposes or for other than business or commercial purposes, in which the Act allows buildings to be erected not exceeding eighty feet above the grade of the street. The Act provides that the boundaries of the districts established by this commission shall continue for a period of fifteen years from the date of recording in the Registry of Deeds the order of the commission establishing the said boundaries. The commission passed an order establishing the boundaries of the districts on July 13, 1904 (See City Document No. 91), and, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, on December 3, 1904, passed another order revising the boundaries. (See City Document No. 109.) In May, 1905, under authority of Chapter 383, Acts of 1905, Mayor Collins appointed the commissioners of 1904 to determine the height of buildings in “District B.” The commission has authority to amend its action of 1904, and to designate the boundaries of parts of “District B,” within which buildings between eighty and one hundred feet in height may be erected. COUNTY OFFICERS. County Commissioners for the County of Suffolk. — The MAYOR and ALDERMEN of Boston. County Auditor. — J. ALFRED MITCHELL. County Treasurer. — GEORGE U. CROCKER. DISfRICT ATToRNEY. District Attorney. — Michael J. Sughrue. Salary, $5,000. Paid by the Commonwealth. Appointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Oliver Stevens. BEGISTER OF DEEDS. [R. L. Chap., 22; Stat. 1895, Chap. 493.] Register of Deeds. – Thomas F. Temple. Salary, $5,500. Elected by the people in 1903 for three years. Assistant Register. — Charles W. Kimball. Salary, $3,000. Appointed by the Register. LAND COURT. [R. L., Chap. 128; Chap. 448, Acts of 1904.] Judge. — Leonard A. Jones. Salary, $4,500. Appointed by the Gov€In OT. Associate Judge. — Charles T. Davis. Salary, $4,500.* Appointed by the Governor. Recorder. — Clarence C. Smith. Salary, $4,500. Appointed by the Governor for a term of five years. INDEX COMMISSIONERS. [R. L., Chap. 22, § 31.] Commissioners. — Alfred Hemenway, term ends in 1907. Henry W. Bragg, term ends in 1906. Charles A. Welch, term ends in 1905. Appointed by the Justices of the Superior Court for the County of Suffolk for a term of three years and serve without pay. SHERIFF. [R. L., Chap. 23.] Sheriff and Jailer. — Fred H. Seavey, elected by the people for a term of three years until first Wednesday of January, 1908. Special Sheriff. — John F. Kelly. Deputy Sheriffs for Service of Writs.- Jeremiah G, Fennessey, Joseph P. Silsby, Peter P. Fee, Robert E. Maguire, Albert C. Tilden. Deputy Sheriffs for Court Duty. — William W. Campbell, Daniel A. Cronin, Robert Herter, Frederick P. Knapp, Daniel Noonan, Joseph S. Paine, John R. Rea, James A. Hussey, Henry A. Silver, Patrick E. Lynch, Richard J. Murray, Samuel Canning, Charles F. Dolan, Thomas A. Murray. At Jail. — Darius F. Bradley. All debts and expenses of the County of Suffolk are borne by the City of Boston, unless otherwise specified. COURT OFFICERS. Clerk for the Commonwealth. — Clarence H. Cooper. Salary, $3,000, paid by the Commonwealth. Appointed by the Court. * Chap. 386, Acts of 1904. Clerk for the County of Suffolk. — John Noble. Salary, $5,000 from the County and $1,500 from the Commonwealth. Elected by the people in 1901 for five years from first Wednesday of January, 1902. Assistant Clerk. —Walter F. Frederick. Salary, $3,000. Reporter of Decisions. – Henry W. Swift. Salary, $4,000. SUPERIOR COURT FOR CIVIL BUSINESS. Clerk. — Francis A. Campbell. Salary, $6,000. Elected by the people in 1904 for unexpired term of two years. Assistant Clerks. – Edward A. Willard, George E. Kimball, Allen H. Bearse, Stephen Thacher, Guy H. Holliday, George P. Drury, William Gilchrist, Flourence J. Mahoney, Charles J. Hart, John F. Volk, Assistant Clerk in Equity. — Henry E. Bellew. Salary, $5,000. Stenographers. — Frank H. Burt, Charles C. Beale, Fred W. Card, Florence Burbank, Alice E. Brett, Clarissa L. Hill, Saidee M. Swift, William F. Murray, Lucius W. Richardson, Wells H. Johnson. Appointed by the Court. STJPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS. Clerk. — John P. Manning. Sasary, $6,000. Elected by the people in 1901 for five years. Assistant Clerks. – John R. Campbell, Julian Seriack. Stenographer. — John H. Farley. COURT OF PRO BATE AND IN SOLVENCY. Judge. — John W. McKim. Salary, $6,000. The Judges of Probate are appointed by the Governor. They are paid by the Commonwealth. The Register was elected by the people in 1903 for five years. MUNICIPAL COURT OF BOSTON. [The Judicial District comprises the territory bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue with the Charles river; thence by Said Massachusetts avenue, the Providence Division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Camden, Washington, East Lenox, Fellows, Northampton and Albany streets, Massachusetts avenue, the Roxbury canal, East Brookline Street extended, the New England Railroad, the water line of South Boston, Bristol street extended and the water line of the City proper, to the point of beginning. Jurisdiction within district (Acts of 1876, Chap. 240), and throughout the City (Acts of 1877, Chap. 187).] ; : • * : Chief Justice. — John Freeman Brown. Salary, $5,000. ‘. .. ..? : |