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.
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y. Underdrain 4, 5, 6, 8, 10"
4,345
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869 00
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1,086.25
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869.00
.15
651.75
Totals,
$16,488.80
. .. .
$12,666.55
$12.013.51
₾11,776.32
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un. Rubble-stone masonry .. Belgian blk. paving.
3.00
piles in place
6 inch pipe.
2,420
7.00
35.00
10.00
50.00
6.00
30.00
7.50
37.50
j.
7,582 cu. yds
$1.00
$7,582.00
$ .65
$4,928.30
$ .63
$4,776.66
$ .88
$6,672.16
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t. 10
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
169
170
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SCHEDULE OF BIDS ACCEPTED AND CONTRACTS EXECUTED.
MATERIAL.
Name of Firm.
Address.
Sewer pipe .
Harry Stevens.
Melrose, Mass.
Portland cement . . .
J. Robbins & Co
East Boston, Mass
Rosendale cement . .
J. Robbins & Co
Brick
J. Robbins & Co
66
Castings
Osgood & Witherly
Charlestown, Mass. . . .
All of the above contracts have been acceptably per- formed and completed. The bid of the Welteroth Plumb- ing, Tinning & Heating Co., of Williamsport, Pa., for sup- plying sewer pipe was lower than any other, but was received after the other bids were opened, and owing to a clause in the notice inserted in the advertisements which reads "Sealed proposals. will be received until 12 o'clock noon, Aug. 21, 1901, at which time and place all persons competing are invited to be present. The proposals will then be opened and read and no proposals will be received after the aforesaid time and date except upon the rejection of all the proposals then presented," it was not considered.
The bid of F. E. Ellis of Melrose for doing the work was accepted and a contract entered into. The amount of his bond was fixed at $3,000.00 and the American Surety Co. of New York accepted as surety. The work is still in progress and expected to be completed about June I, next. The amount of work done to date, and on which he has been paid 80 per cent., follows:
SEWER CONSTRUCTION.
Under Contract with Fred E. Ellis of Melrose, Mass. (Dated Aug. 31, 1901.) ESTIMATES OF QUANTITIES TO FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
BTREKT8 SEWERED.
Karth Excavation, 0-8 ft.
Earth Excavat'n, 8-12 ft.
Karth Exca., 12-16 ft.
Earth Exca., 16-20 ft.
Rock Excavat'n, 0-8 ft.
Rock Exca't'nı, 8-12 ft.
Rock Exca't'n, 12.16 ft.
Rock Exca't'n, 16-20 ft.
Concreto Masonry,
Spruce Lumber Plac'd & Sec'r'd
Piles.
6 in. Pipe.
8 in Pipo.
IO iu. Pipe.
Chimneys,
Underdrain.
Sheeting left In
Kxtra Work.
Totala.
Cubic Yards.
Amount . 880.
Cubic Yards.
Amount @ 98c.
Cubic Yards.
Amt @ $1.0%
Amt. @ $1.18
Amt. @ $4.50
Amt @ $5.50
Cubic Yds.
Cubic Yds.
Cubic Yds.
Amt. @ $5.00
Cubic Yđa.
Amt. Amt @ $4.00 B. M. @ $10.00
Linear
Amt. @ 16c.
feet.
Amt. @ 50
Amount @ Go.
Amount @ 7c.
feet.
feet.
Amt. @ 30c.
Amt. @ 15c.
M feet Brick Mas'ry.
Amt @$13,00
Cost + 15
Boardman av., E ..
212.07
$186.62
1.22
$1.195
254
$38.10
251.055
Boardman av., W.
574.85
505.87
16.63
16.30
4.96
$22.32
1.16
$6.38
4.935
24.675
200
12.00
454
$31.78
534
80.10
699.425
Damon av.
189.90
167.11
270
40.50
234.970
Frost av.
391.90
344.87
2.44
2.39
2.70
12.15
2.36
11.80
494
29.64
494
74.10
474.950
llawes av
455.58
400.91
13.33
18.06
2.50
12.50
13.298
$224.10
518
30.26
270
40.50
859.250
llenry av
519.20
85.80
84.08
6.22 $6.72
54.80
41.55
3.55
$26.63
9.39
2.33
$9.32
655
39.30
28
8.40
100
15.00
1,168.420
Hesseltine av ..
308.04
271.07 146.44,
143.51
117.22
126.60 16.15 $19.06
13.81
9.07
49.88 32.11
$474.40
12.44
260
18.20
83 25.50
203
30.45
1,434.740
lleywood av.
303.23
346.04
442
66.30
2.720 $35.36
1,199.580
Ilowie court.
405.25
409.42
2.71
2.65
24.00 108.00
3.60
18.30
044 $32.20
Pearl st., E.
350.60
308.58
34.74
34.04
8.44 37.98
73.92
6.11
30.55
40-
28.28
4.44
66.60
579.950
Pearl st., W.
454.73
400.16
24.04
23.56
17.69
79.605
3.17
15.85
550
33.00
275
41.25
593.425
Right of Way .. .
477.36
+20.08
8.98
8.80
649
97.35
9.088 118.14
22.10
758.025
Richardson road.
142.50
125.40
5.00
22.50
195
9.75
Henry av., (drain).
26.00
22.88
2.00
0.00
1.55
7.75
52 $4.16
43.790
Totals.
4,961.27
$4,365,91 $36.33 $329.58
123.44 133.32 10.15 $19.06 122.66 $551.90 65.22 $358.70 35.66 $267.45 47.44 $474.40 52.74
$263.70
5.44 $21.76 8.132 $325.28 4,789
$718.35 839 $41.95 2,429 $145.74 2,706
$195.72 52 $4.10 113 $33.00 3,995
$599.25 11.808 153.50 $29.14 $0,032.840
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Linear
feet.
Linear
feet.
Linear
Amt.
Vertical
Linear
feet.
Cubic Yds.
Cubic Yda.
Cubic Yds.
Amt. @ $7.50
Amt. @ $10.00
M ft.
1.08
$9.00
254
$15.24
10.80
276
16,50
46.95
240.82 47.44
3.11
5.70
28.50
4.834
193.36 3,295
494.25
511
35.77
$7.04
577.610
13.44
0.225
46.125
64
45.43
157.050
456.90
246.60
228.52
3.07
=
12 inch Drain.
Brick Masonry.
2.10
$131.92 1,494
feet.
Linear
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SEWERS BUILT TO FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
Size Pipe. Inches.
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
6
14,003.16
20,411.66
26,179.93
22,916.40 2,512.00
4,662.40
839
91,525.55
8
5,439 89
8,020.03
15,505.79
11,817,90
1,424.00
1,530.10 2,429
46,166.71
10
1,508.02
4,968.55
2,152.39
2,946.60
1,067.00 2,796
15,438.55
12
949.95
1,250.69
2,407.62
5,672.64
10,280.90
15
354.80
. .
3,121.73
3,476.53
18
2,715.07
317."6
2,117.10
5,149.83
20
2,788.30
2,788.30
24
1,213.10
1,213.10
Brick
20×18
3,034.94
3,034.94
20
111.00
111.00
24
28.00
28.00
Totals 29,112.29
34,650.93
46,563.38
51,627.31
3,936.00
7,259.50 6,064 179,213.41
NOTE .- Total length of sewers, 179,213.41 feet, or 33.94 miles, 2.4 miles of which are owned and controlled by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but by an act of the legislature Melrose is permitted to use in the same manner as the local sewers.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Balance Feb. 1, 1901, . $ 477 79
Appropriation, (order 1228), 15,000 00
deficiency transferred from main-
tenance, 996 31
Cash receipts paid to treasurer, 236 75
$6 for stock furnished highway main-
tenance,
149 52
Cash receipts for stock furnished highway C. B. and drain, 355 03
Cash receipts for stock furnished highway bridge and culvert, . 163 20
Cash receipts for stock furnished surface drain- age,
2,799 94
Amount carried forward,
. $20,178 54
·
LENGTH IN FEET.
Totals.
. .
..
I72
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, . $20,178 54 Cash receipts for stock furnished private sewers, 869 84
sewer mainte-
nance, 4 85
Cash receipts for stock furnished water mainte- nance, 14 56
Cash receipts for stock furnished new individual walks, 5 55
$21,073 34
Expended :
Cast iron pipe,
$259 50
Castings,
130 45
Drain pipe,
1,866 43
Brick, 504 35
Cement,
1,044 75
Freight and expressage on material,
601 06
Lumber,
13 23
Tools, hardware, repairs to tools, oil and sundries, 154 40
Engineering, inspection and labor, . 1,510 93
Paid F. E. Ellis on account contract, Printing contracts,
7,226 29
32 50
Advertising,
58 96
Insurance on help, 1899,
333 62
Overcharge to surface drains,
16 00
Printing and stationery,
7 60
Making negatives,
6 00
Recording deeds,
6 50
Expenses in Allen case in Boston
and Worcester, . 17 68
.G. A. Kimball for expert testimony in Allen case,
100 00
Balance in treasury,
$13,890 25
$7,183 09
PRIVATE SEWERS.
On the line of the sewers constructed, are situated 2564 buildings of which 2013 are connected and 551 unconnected, located as appears from the following list:
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
LIST OF BUILDINGS ON LINE OF SEWERS.
LOCATION.
Number of
Buildings.
Connected.
Not
Connected.
Number of
Buildings.
Connected.
Not
Connected.
Adams street .
23
21
2
Eighth street
5
5
Ainsworth place.
2
2
Elliott street.
3
3
Allen place
8
8
Elm street.
16 15
1
Albion street.
17
8
9
Ellsworth avenue
9
7
2
Appleton
5
3
2
Emerson street.
93
83
10
Apthrop road.
1
1
Emerson place
4
4
.
8
7
1
Everett
10
9
1
Ashmont park .
4
2
2
Fairmount street.
16
4
12
Auburn street.
10
7
3
Farwell avenue.
2
2
.. .
Avon
6
6
Faulkner place
7
5
2
Bartlett
66
9
9
Faxon street
2
1
1
Batchelder street
15
15
Felton place
2
2
...
Baxter street
20
19
1
Fields court.
4
4
Beech avenue.
20
7
13
First street .
33
23
10
Bellevue avenue.
30
29
1
Fletcher street
2
2
. .
4
3
1
Florence street .
33
28 5
Berwick
9
8
1
Florence avenue
4
1
3
Beverly
66
15
12
3
Frances
66
12
12
Briggs
3
2
1
Franklin
88
67
21
Brown
66
1
1
Franklin terrace
6
5
1
Brunswick park
3
3
Garden
6
4
2
Belmont place
4
4
Gibbons
2
1
1
Berwick
1
1
1
Glen avenue
4
1
3
Brunswick way.
1
1
Gooch street.
15
13
2
Cass street .
4
4
Goss avenue
8
3
5
Cedar park, N. E.
14
12
2
Gould street
6
6
.
Cedar park, S.
5
4
1
Green
43
36
7
Central terrace
5
5
,
.
Greenwood street .
16
12
4
Chestnut street
8
7
1
Grove street
93
75
18
Charles
7
6
1
4
·
6
2
4
Grundy street.
4
4 5
1
Chester street
11
11
Henry avenue.
6
1
5
Cherry 66
4
3
1
Herbert street
6
6
.
Circuit
11
11
High
N
9
8
1
Cleveland “
28
26
2
High
S
9
9
1
1
Highland avenue
24
20
4
Clifton park .
2
2
Hillside avenue
18
17
1
Cottage street.
25
23
2
Holbrook court
7
5
2
Crescent avenue
31
20
11
14
8
6
Crescent place
6
6
Howie Court.
9
6
3
Crystal street.
5
4
1
Hurd street.
9
8
1
Cutter
9
9
Ingalls court.
3
3 2 . 11
Dell avenue.
18
12
6
Kimball court.
3
1
2
Dills court.
5
3
2
Lake avenue.
19
16 3
Eastman place
2
2
.
Larrabee street
1
.. .
1
...
8
8
. .
Foster street
91
80 11
Botolph
·
.. .. .
5
4
1
Harvard
6
Cliff
66
.
Day street
0
0
0
Irving street .
13
12
Ashland street.
26
16
10
Essex street
33
21
Ashmont
.
. . .
.
Grove place.
Chipman avenue
Chestnut park
Howard street
Belmont street
66
LOCATION.
174
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
LIST OF BUILDINGS ON LINE ON SEWERS .- Continued.
LOCATION.
Number of Buildings.
Connected.
Not
Connected.
Number of
Buildings.
Connected.
Not
Connected.
Larrabee place
3
2
1
Rowe
street.
28
20
8
Laurel street.
20
15
5
Russell
66
13
9
4
Lebanon street.
64
59
Sanford
14
14
Linden street. ..
7
2
5
Sargent
66
29
23
6
Linden
66 W
6
3
3
Sewall
S
7
1
Linden place.
5
3
2
Sewall Woods road.
2
1
1
Linwood avenue
27
24
3
Short street.
2
2
Lynde street.
34
27
7
South avenue
10
5
5
Main street .
165 137
28
Stevens place.
7
7
Malvern street
20
11
9
Summer street
16
10
6
Maple
30
26
4
Summit avenue.
5
4
1
Melrose
39
27
12
Tappan street
20
19
1
Melrose place
6
4
2
Tremont
66
46
26
20
Meridian street .
12
10
2
Trenton
41
38
3
Mt. Vernon street.
8
6
2
Upham
49
43
6
Mt. Vernon avenue.
7
6
1
Vine
66
11
10
1
Myrtle street.
39
38
1
Vinton
49
31'
18
Mystic avenue.
17
15
2
Walnut
1
1
...
9
6
3
Walton park
24
8
16
Oakland street
16
13
3
Warren street.
9
6
3
Orient avenue
9
6
3
Warwick road .
5
3
2
Orient place
4
Washington street.
16
9
7
Orris street
16
12
4
Waverly place
14
14
Otis street.
16
15
1
West Hill avenue.
10
3
7
Parker street.
7
6
1
Whitman avenue.
3
3
Perham avenue
4
4
.
.
Whittier street.
18
17
1
Perkins street.
5
3
2
Willow
8
7
..
5
2
3
Winter
3
3
. .
Pleasant
21
15
6
Winthrop
18
13
5
Porter
14
14
Winthrop place
7
1
6
Poplar
8
6
2
Woodland avenue
12
6
6
Potter
1
1
Wyoming
50
47
3
Pratt
7
7
Wyoming park .
1
1
Prospect
11
3
S
York terrace
8
4
4
Rendall court ..
2
2
Youle street
18
15 3
Richardson road.
6
1
5
Rockland street.
11
7
4
Totals
2564 2013
.
551
LOCATION.
66
North . 6
Pine
175
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SUMMARY OF ALL PRIVATE SEWERS CONSTRUCTED TO FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
YEAR.
Total Length
in Miles.
Average cut
in ft.
Average cost
per ft.
Earth, cu. yds.
Rock, cu. yd.
Earth.
Rock.
1895
2.096
6.33
$0.4845
7,736.00
$0.441
1896
4.042
6.03
0.4543
14,303.00
190.2
0.377
4.50
1897
2.966
6.07
0.3933
10,557.00
35.0
0.387
4.50
1898
2.073
5.56
0.45
6,663.71
101.5
0.444
2.90
1899
4.349
5.83
0.4589
14,684.00
196.7
0.380
4.00
1900
2.480
5.88
0.4609
8,541.00
85.0
0.413
4.50
1901
1.083
5.88
0.4746
2,595.00
135.0
0.4794
4.50
Totals
19.089
5.94
$0.4538
65,079.71
743.4
$0.4173
4.15
Item 1 .- Constructed in 1901. . .. 112
Item 2 .- Connected with state sewer .. 6 (Item 1 includes item 2.)
Total cost of labor charged to abutters and charge for cleaning, $1851.78 NOTE .- 1901 Summary: Account Nos. 1765, 1766, 1906 and 1929-2040 inclusive, omitting Nos. 1979, 1968, 2001, 2038.
CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL BUILDINGS CONNECTED WITH THE PUBLIC SEWERS FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
DESCRIPTION.
1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901
Totals.
Single houses .
164 362
26
47
31
20
37
13
6
180
Blocks, stores and tenements
17
18
10
5
13
6
3
72
Tenement blocks of 4 or more tenants
3
0
11
4
7
0
2
27
Churches
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
5
Club houses .
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Public buildings
1
5 0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Railroad stations
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
L
0
0
0
2
Mills
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
Hotels and boarding houses
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
Stables .
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
4
Private schools.
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Laundry
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Totals
220 436
322 218 459 261 112
2028
3
0
0 0
0
13
Hospital
1
Fire stations .
264 181 400 239
100
1710
Double houses .
4
NOTE .- The 1901 total connections includes Accounts Nos. 1765, 1766, 1906 and 1929 to 2039 each inclusive and omits Accounts Nos. 1979 and 2001 which were cancelled, and Accounts Nos. 1968 and 2038 applied and paid for but work not done.
Excavation.
Cost per cu. yd.
176
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Only 112 private sewers have been constructed, which is less than that of any year since the work began (1895). The city has furnished all the labor and supplied all the material at its actual cost, a statement of which is as follows:
W. DABNEY HUNTER, In account with CITY TREASURER.
DR.
To cash on hand Jan. 1, 1901, (Est.
Isaac Cochran), .
$30 00
" actual cost private sewers, 1901, 2,763 OI
" estimate A. A. Day,
18 00
" unsettledaccounts, 1896, $ 59 89
66 66 1898, 8 31
66 66
1899, 35 53
66 66 66 1 900, 180 70
66
66 1900,
(Main street), 152 40
436 83
" sundry repairs, 1901,
6 92
" rebates unpaid, I 24
" sewer construction, sundry collec- tions,
236 75
$3,492 75
CR.
By cash paid treasurer, account private sewers, $2,919 60 By cash paid treasurer, account construction, 236 75
By abatements made by mayor, ·
33 43
unsettled accounts, 1900, $ 34 55
(Main street ),
152 40
By unsettled accounts, 1899, 20 91
66 66 1896, 59 89
267 75
Amounts carried forward, . . $3,457 53 $3,492 75
177
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Amounts brought forward, . $3,457 53
$3.492 75
By cash paid rebates, 1900, 3 98
By estimate Isaac Cochran, collected and reported, 1900, 30 00
3,491 51
Cash on hand,
$ I 24
PRIVATE SEWERS.
Amount rec'd and paid to treasurer, July 16, 1901, $1,000 00
66
Oct. 28, 1901,
1,200 00
66
6 6
Jan. 4, 1902, 533 18
66
66
Feb. II, 1902, 186 42
$2,919 60
Expended:
Labor as per pay rolls, . $1,880 26
Stock from sewer construction acc't, 852 47
Repairs and sharpening tools,
30 45
Brick masonary,
10 00
Powder and exploders, .
29 95
Goodno, labor and stock,
4 60
H. J. Perry, hardware,
3 00
Highway teams,
5 35
Water division, teams and stock,
66
Concrete work, Hoffman,
IO 22
Recording releases,
8 20
Oil,
3 78
$2,838 94
Balance in treasury,
$80 66
SEWER MAINTENANCE.
Labor.
Appropriation, $ 800 00 Expended :
Labor as per pay rolls, .
$390 68
Amounts carried forward, . . $390 68 $800 00
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Amounts brought forward, . $390 68 $800 00 Transferred to deficiency (order
1424) 71 3I
461 99
Balance in treasury, .
$338 OI
Contingent.
Appropriation,
$100 00
Expended :
Repairs, Jos. Edwards, . $13 89
66 sewer rods and tools,
29 20
Oil suits,
12 00
Covers replaced,
4 85
Rules and regulations and reports,
15 70
Teams from water divisions, . 19 69
Rope,
97
Expressage,
55
96 85
Balance in treasury, .
3 15
Maintenance deficiency.
Appropriation,
925 00
Transferred from maintenance labor (order 1424), 71 3I
Expended:
Amount to sewer construction,
$996 31
Sewer Division Yard Rent.
Appropriation, 175 00
Expended :
Paid S. E. Benson half the yearly rent of yard and shed on Tremont street, ($350 00),
175 00
Maintenance.
The actual amount expended this year as follows: Rent of yard, $175 00
Labor, 461 99
Contingent, 96 85 $733 84
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The work of cleaning the sewers consists in pulling a hoe and sometimes a swab or brush through all the pipes and removing all deposit and grease. This work is usually per- formed in the winter, the balance in the item "labor," which appears in the detail of expenditures of $338.01, is due to the fact that all of the sewers were not cleaned owing to the severity of the weather.
HIGHWAY DIVISION.
The appropriation for this division was $5,000.00 larger than for 1900 and has nearly all been expended for repair- ing with gravel, and but little crushed stone used, by so doing a larger territory was covered, apparently more work done, and better satisfaction given. This, however, is not an economical method to pursue. Work should be well and thoroughly done, but this is not permitted by the very limited appropriation, as all the streets have to be kept in passable condition.
The appropriation as passed in the budget was divided into seven different heads, viz:
Bridges and culverts, . $1,000 00
· Cleaning crossings,
1,000 00
Catch-basins and drains,
2,000 00
General repair and maintenance, 13,900 00
Paving gutters, . 500 00
Removal of snow and sanding streets, 1500 00
Trimming and care of trees, 100 00
There was later appropriated for Park street, . $500 00
$20,000 00
For general repair and maintenance, 5,000 00
The excise tax, . 1,657 56
7,157 56
Total,
$27,157 56
This sum, together with the receipts or earnings, repre- sents the entire amounts expended on the highways, a detail report of which follows under the head of each separate appropriation.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Bridges and Culverts.
All of the culverts in the city have been examined, cleaned and repaired. The culvert in Wyoming avenue under Spot Pond brook collapsed, and, on investigation, it was found that the side walls had fallen in and the three covering stones were broken, the side walls were rebuilt, the drain cleaned of gravel and rubbish, and two new covering stones put on in place of the three broken.
The culvert under Franklin street, at or near the residence of Dexter Pratt, was taken out and replaced with 15 inch pipe, the one across Tremont street at Ell pond was raised and relaid in connection with other street improvements.
· Two new culverts were constructed over what is known as Bennett's pond brook, one at Boardman avenue, and one at Pearl street and were to replace old ones built at the time this territory was developed, covered with green saplings which had decayed and become dangerous and, when taken out, would not hold their own weight. In the construction of the new culverts, future needs were considered, and they were made large enough and, at the same time, constructed to a grade which will permit the future lowering of the brook several feet and allows for the removal of the Ben- nett's pond dam, and in every way conforms to the system of drainage as adopted by the board of aldermen.
The cost of these culverts was $792.70 or $8.81 per ft., or $1.81 per ft. more than the estimate. This excess was ex- pected on account of the conditions existing at the time the work was done, namely: frost and wet weather. The work could not have been done earlier as it was necessary to wait until after the sewer had been constructed, this delayed the work until late in the fall, when the brook was running nearly full and the ground frozen.
A statement of the receipts and expenditures follows:
Appropriation, . $1,000 00 Amount paid from highway main-
tenance, 16 02
$1,016 02
PLATE V. Showing concrete culvert on Boardman Avenue in process of construction.
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PLATE VI. Showing concrete culvert on Pearl Street in process of construction.
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Expended:
Repairs.
Materials,
$28 22
Labor as per pay rolls,
36 94
City teams at $1.25 per horse, 6 86
$72 02
Construction.
Tremont Street.
Materials, .
$35 75
Labor as per pay rolls,
30 00
City teams at $1.25 per horse,
I 87
$67 62
Pearl Street.
Materials,
$158 26
Labor as per pay rolls,
193 88
City teams at $1.25 per horse,
7 51
$359 65
Boardman Avenue.
Materials, .
$158 34
Labor as per pay rolls,
265 96
City teams at $1.25 per horse,
8 75
$433 65
Amount transferred to highways,
(order 1461),
83 68
$1,016 02
After the amount $83.68 was transferred to the appropri- ation for general repairs and maintenance of highways, bills amounting to $16.02 were presented and paid from that ap- propriation, so that the net amount expended on bridges and culverts was $932.34.
Trimming, Removing and Care of Trees.
This work has consisted in trimming trees on request of abutters and removing dead limbs and trees where reported or discovered. They need a thorough and systematic trim- ming, and in many places some should be removed in order to permit others to grow properly. It would be a great
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improvement if property owners would adopt the practice of setting trees within the lawns instead of on the street. . The number of electric wires (some of which are highly charged) through our streets, and necessarily through our trees, makes this work difficult, dangerous and expensive. Last year one man in the employ of the city lost his life while trimming a tree on the corner of Wyoming avenue and Main street.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation, $100 00 Amount paid out of highway appro-
priation, II 50
SIII 50
Expended :
Invoices and material, $ 3 83
Labor as per pay rolls, . 65 37
City teams @ $1.25 per horse, 8 44
$77 64
Amount transferred to highways
(order 1461),
33 86
SIII 50
Cleaning Crossings.
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
Expended:
Labor as per pay rolls, $1,000 00
$1,000 00
Catch Basins and Drains.
For some years past the old sleeper drain constructed under the east sidewalk of Cutter street has been gradually falling in and filling up. Early in the spring the heavy rains and freshets flooded the entire territory in this vicinity, and the city joined with the owners and by concerted action partially relieved the difficulty, the city rebuilding that por- tion within the street and the abutters that portion within private land. Although this drain as rebuilt is not con-
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sidered a part of the drainage system, it is believed it will give partial relief to this section for a few years to come, or perhaps until such time as the city can afford to drain the entire Wyoming district. New catch-basins were constructed as follows:
Material.
LOCATION.
Discharge into
Cost.
C Basin
Cover.
Berwick street at Ell
pond brook. . ..
Brick
Granite
Berwick st. drain . .
$79.95
Hillside avenue north
of Emerson street, near No. 64.
66
6.
Culvert
69.22
Pleasant street near
Gould street. ..
60
Overflow to sewer.
102.02
Main street at Frank- lin street
66
Brook
61.57
Upham street at Dell
66
66
Ell Pond brook ...
74.86
Tremont street at en- trance to Ell pond ... Tappan street near Bax- ter street
66
66
Swamp
96.19
Stone
Concord grate Catch basin
23.88
Porter street at Fletcher street in car track .
Brick
Special grate. Culvert
53.94
On May 6, 1901, the Board of Aldermen passed an order (No. 1006), directing that certain work be done on Beech avenue, in connection with which a drain, 18 inches in diameter and 62 feet long, four brick catch-basins with granite covers together with inlet connections, etc., were constructed.
An overflow to the drinking-fountain on Main street opposite the city hall was laid and paid for out of this ap- propriation. On Washington street near Trenton street, 150 feet of 12 inch pipe and 182 feet of 8 inch pipe were laid, four catch-basins (two of brick and two of stone) and one manhole constructed.
All catch-basins and some of the drains have been cleaned, and a number of each repaired; the 12 inch drain in Main street from the Central fire station to Winthrop street, the 12 inch drain in Winthrop street to the stable of W. B. Ellis, and the 12 inch and 10 inch drain in Essex street from
avenue
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Myrtle to Vine street, were the principal ones repaired. All of these drains were in poor condition, especially the one in Main and Winthrop streets, as appears from the accompany- ing plate, No. VII, which shows the bend just as it was taken from the trench, and is a sample of the condition of many of our so-called drains.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation, $2,000 00
Amount paid from high- way maintenance, . 881 91 Expended: Cleaning Catch Basins.
Labor as per pay rolls, . $413 43
City teams @ $1.25 per horse, 25 62
$439 05
Repairs.
Labor as per pay rolls, . $345 96
City teams @ $1.25 per horse, 36 75
Materials used, 416 82 799 53
Construction.
Baxter and Cutter Streets.
Labor as per pay rolls, . $134 70
City teams @ $1.25 per horse, II 25
Materials used :- 248 feet 12 inch pipe, 2 12 inch ys., 24 feet 18 inch pipe, 2 18 inch ys, 6 feet 15 inch pipe, 1 15 inch y, 86 feet 8 inch pipe, 44 feet 5 inch pipe, 12 cask Portland, 2 Rosendale cement, 50 brick, 9 loads crushed stone, 10 loads gravel, 2 C. B. covers, I M. H. casting, . 129 20
275 15
Amounts carried forward, . . $1,513 73 ·$2,881 91
PLATE VII. Showing 12 inch bend entirely filled with roots and deposit. Taken out junction of Main and Winthrop Sts.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Amounts brought forward, . $1,513 73 $2,881 91 Berwick Street.
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