City of Melrose annual report 1903, Part 5

Author: Melrose (Mass.)
Publication date: 1903
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Larrabee St. 66 PI


1


1


Sewall St.


8


7


1


Laurel St ..


23


19


4


Short St ..


2


2


0


Lebanon St.


64


58


6


South Ave.


10


7


3


Linden St. .


7


3


4


Stevens Pl ..


7


7


0


Linden St., W.


6


5


1


Summer St.


16


11


5


6.


PI .


5


3


2


Summit Ave.


5


4


1


Linwood Ave.


27


23


4


Tappan St.


21


20


1


Lynde St.


31


29


2


Tremont St.


55


27


28


Main St.


173 148


25


Trenton St


43


37


6


Malvern St.


20


11


9


Upham St.


46


41


5


Maple St.


30


27


3


Vine St.


11


10


1


Melrose St.


39


30


9


Vinton St.


49


41


8


66


Pl.


6


4


2


Walnut St.


1


1


0


Meridian St.


12


11


1


Walton Pk.


24


9


15


Mt. Vernon St


8


6


2


Warren St.


10


7


3


Ave


7


7


0


Warwick Rd.


5


3


2


Myrtle St. .


38


38


0


Washington St.


15


10


5


Mystic Ave.


17


15


2


Waverly Pl.


12


12


0


North Ave.


9


6


3


West Hill Ave.


10


5


5


Norris Ct.


2


1


1


Whitman Ave.


3


3


0


Oakland St.


16


12


4


Whittier St.


18


17


1


Olive Ct ..


1


1


0


Willow St.


8


8


0


Orient Ave.


12


9


3


Winter St.


3


3


0


Place


4


4


0


Winthrop St.


19


13


6


Orris St.


18


13


5


66


Pl.


7


1


6


Otis St. .


16


15


1


Woodland Ave.


12


6


6


Parker St.


7


6


1


Wyoming Ave.


54


52


2


Pearl St.


15


5


11


1


1


0


Perham Ave.


4


4


0


York Ter.


11


6


5


Perkins St.


3


3


0


Youle St.


18


15


3


Pine St ...


5


3


2


Pleasant St.


21


19


2


Porter St.


14


14


0


Totals


2682 2169


514


3


2


1


Sewall Woods Rd.


2


1


1


4


Park


Not


74


CITY OF MELROSE


SUMMARY OF ALL PRIVATE SEWERS CONSTRUCTED TO FEBRUARY 1, 1904.


YEAR.


Total


length in


miles.


Average


cut


in feet.


Average


cost


per foot.


Excavation.


Cost per cu. yd


Earth, cu. yds.


Rock, cu. yds.


Earth.


Rock.


1895


2.096


6.33


$0.4845


7,736.00


$0.441


1896.


4.042


6.03


.4543


14,303.00


190.2


.377


$4.50


1897 .


2.966


6.07


.3933


10,557.00


35.0


.387


4.50


1898


2.073


5.56


.45


6,663.71


101.5


.444


2.90


1899


4.349


5.83


.4589


14,684.00


196.7


.380


4.00


1900.


2.480


5.88


.4609


8,541.00


85.0


.413


4.50


1901 .


1.083


5.88


.4746


2,595.00


135.0


.479


4.50


190%.


0.879


5.80


.44


2,836.00


25.0


.390


4.00


1903 .


0.811


6.13


.492


2,845.00


28.0


.491


4.00


Averages and


20.779


5.95


$0.4554


70,760.71


796.4


$0.422


$4.11


1. Number of private sewers constructed in 1903 . 81


2. Number connected with State sewer.


(Item 1 includes item 2.)


CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL BUILDINGS CONNECTED WITH THE PUBLIC SEWERS, FEBRUARY 1, 1904.


DESCRIPTION.


1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903


Totals


Single houses


164 362 264 181 400


239


100


70


67


1,847


Double houses


26


47


31


20


37


13


6


15


11


206


Blocks, stores and tenements ..


17


18


10


5


13


6


3


1


0


73


Tenement blocks of 4 or more tenants.


3


0


11


4


7


0


2


0


0


27


Churches .


3


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


1


6


Club houses


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Public building:


1


5


4


3


0


0


0


0


2


15


Hospital


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0 0


4


1


0 1


1


1


0


0


0


0


0


3


Hotels and boarding house-


1


1


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


3


Stables ..


1


0


1


0


1


0


1


1


0


5


Private schools


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


Laundry


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


Totals.


220 436 322 218 459 261 112


87


81


2,196


-


NOTE: Total number of buildings connected


2,169


Abandoned and double connections


27


Total.


2,196


1


0


0


0


0


0


2


Mills .


0


1


0


2


0


0


0


0


2


Railroad stations


1


Fire stations


0


Totals


3


75


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Balance, Feb. Ist, 1903


$12 31


Receipts paid to treasurer :


August


1,000 00


October 13, '03


500 00


November 13th, '03


300 00


January 7, '04


200 00


February 17, '04


61 72


$2,074 03


EXPENDED.


Amount of labor as per pay rolls $1,386 42


16 paid for teams


43 57


..


.6 stock to sewer const. 528 04


repair to tools


9 90


6 . .. " oil .


62


..


.. A. W. Lynde for labor


10 00


66 for concrete repairs 24 07


Balance in treasury


71 4I


$2,074 03


Sewer Maintenance.


This work consists principally in scraping and flushing the sewers, and is usually done during the winter months ; but owing to the unusual quantity of snow, it is now unfin- ished, which accounts for the unexpended balance.


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


$800 00


Appropriation


Expended:


Labor, flushing and repairs $408 55


City teams @ $1.25 per horse 60 59


One half rent of sewer yard 175 00


Amount carried forward, $644 14


76


CITY OF MELROSE


Amount brought forward $ ,644 14


Covers and pipe to place broken 29 53 New oil suits


II 25


Repairing tools and sundries


9 16


$694 08


Balance in treasury


$105 92


HIGHWAY DIVISION.


Notwithstanding that the appropriation for the past year was $4,300 less than for 1902, we have expended $849.53 more on macadamizing, which shows that we are beginning to reap the benefit from money expended the past few years in the improvement of gutters and drainage, showing con- clusively that the general condition of the highways is im- proving.


Following is a detail of receipts and expenditures and a detail of the subdivisions of the work done, viz .: general repairs, removal of snow, brown tail and gypsy moths, gen- eral maintenance, minor repairs, macadamizing, paving gut- ters and granite crossings.


Balance, Feb. Ist, 1903 (Excise Tax) $362 99


Appropriation general repair maintenance


20,700 00


Collections paid Treasurer by W. D. Hunter 1,282 07


66 by 12 69


Transfers credited for stock and


teams for other divisions


2,059 19


Excise tax from Boston and Northern R. R. 1,622 64


$26,039 58


Appropriation for removal snow . $2,000 00


6. exterminating


moths . · 1,000 00


Receipts for exterminating moths pd. to Treasurer by W. D. Hunter III 98


3, III 98


$29,151 56


77


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


Expended :


Repair streets, (see table 6) $11,898 49


Removal snow


6) 3,016 21


Exterminating moths " 16 6) 1,399 06


Charges to sundry persons and other


divisions as per receipts (see table 6)


3.353 95


Macadamized streets


(see table 7)


7,026 73


Granite crossings ( “


9)


687 53


Paving gutters ( " . 8) 762 52


Expense account


(see page 83)


236 29


Tool account


( =


83)


214 47


Balance in treasury


556 31


.


$29,151 56


84


TABLE VI. GENERAL REPAIRS.


Loads


Cement


Granite


No. days


Sand and


cobbles.


Gravel.


Moved.


Crushed


stone.


Vitrified brick.


Block pavings.


Portland.


Rosendale.


Straight


Curved.


Coping.


Corners.


Rolling and material cost.


City teams.


Labor.


Totals.


Albion street ..


4


$ 3.00


$ 2.50


$ 3.00


$ 8.50


Ashland street.


5


12


.


9


122'


230.93


5.94


55.75


292.62


Dix pond ..


5.31


60.42


· 65.73


Emerson street, East .


1&


7


26


28.25


5.00


14.37


47.62


Essex street . .


5.00


.62


3.13


8.75


Florence street .


6


4.50


1.25


2.00


7.75


Foster street, East ..


...


..


.


.


.


.


..


.


.


18


12.63


6.89


28.76


48.28


Fletcher street.


10


7.50


2.50


4.00


14.00


Green street.


16


10


7.50


3.75


18.25


29.50


Grove street. ..


2


33


12


140


300


1


2


196.40


20.16


107.88


324.44


Howard street. .


236


158


118.50


42.49


366.52


527.51


Haskell street.


...


... · .


.


.


1.50


. 62


.50


2.62


Larrabee street .....


...


.


..


.


.


3.00


1.25


3.00


7.25


Lebanon street . .


2


11


3


12


151


18


192.25


17.49


231.70


441.44


Linwood avenue. .


12.5'


34.53'


47.19


7.81


26.87


81.87


Lynde street .. .


11.25


Main street. ..


21


343) 935


974.25


124.37


551.06


1,649.68


CITY OF MELROSE


·


. .


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


...


1.25


13.31


14.56


Franklin street. .


. ..


.


13


11


.


..


.


476


306.75


306.75


Lake avenue.


...


. ..


.


·


·


·


. . .


. .


..


.


.


.


2


..


.


.


.


·


4


11.25


STREET.


steam roller.


curb.


GENERAL REPAIRS .- Continued.


Loads


Cement


Granite


No. days


steam roller.


cobbles.


Gravel.


Moved.


Crushed


stone.


Portland.


Rosendale.


Straight


curb.


Curved.


Coping.


Corners.


-


Mystic avenue.


$ 4.40


$ 17.18


$ 24.00


$ 45.58


Otis street.


12


38


29.70


28.74


81.88


140.32


Orient avenue.


3


2.25


.94


1.50


4.69


Pleasant street .


7


62


49.70


10.62


23.75


84.07


Richardson road.


1


264


31.40


1.25


116.50


149.15


Sargent street ..


16


12.00


5.00


8.00


25.00


Summer street.


36


6.25


16.38


22.63


Swains Pond avenue.


191


22.00


79.69


81.19


182.88


Tremont street .


8


6.00


-3.13


3.00


12.13


Upham street.


31


24.75


4.06


28.94


57.75


Vine street ...


10


7.50


2.50


4.00


14.00


Winter street.


6


.60


8.88


15.00


24.48


Winthrop street ....


38


..


3.80


11.87


15.00


30.67


Wyoming avenue . .


54


188


173.50


28.75


130.08


332.33


Cleaning catch basin.


. .


193


..


.62


41.57


429.85


472.04


Cleaning brook.


352


8


6.00


27.18


259.06


292.24


Cleaning street.


1,798


86


64.50


303.13


3,123.14


3,490.77


Trimming trees.


9.84


52.88


62.72


Street signs ..


20.10


.63


4.38


25.11


Removal snow.


120.95


454.26


2,441.00


3,016.21


.


. ..


·


.


.


.


.


.


..


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


79


STREET.


Vitrified brick.


Block pavings.


Rolling and material cost.


City teams.


Labor.


Totals.


Sand and


.


.


. ..


·


80


GENERAL REPAIRS .- Continued.


Loads


Cement


Granite


No. days


Sand.and


cobbles.


Gravel.


Moved.


Crushed


stone.


Portland.


Rosendale.


Straight


curb.


Curved.


Coping.


Corners.


Brown tail and Gypsy moth .. .


$ 121.89


$ 29.39 $ 1,247.78


$1,399.06


Delivery of coal.


15.14


16.00 330.00


31.14 691.84


*Whittier school.


352.47


9.37


*High school ....


11.55


44.25


55.80


¡General maintenance and minor repairs .


2,169.97


1,093.88


1,851.13


5,114.98


* Reimbursed by School Department.


+ General maintenance account.


J. Marshall's salary ·


$1,000.00


Wm. H. Martin


468.00


Charges to other divisions and collections per receipt account


3,353.95


Minor repairs


293.03


$5,114.98


$5,068.05


$2,442.45 $12,157.21 $19,667.71


CITY OF MELROSE


STREET.


steam roller.


Rolling and material cost.


City teams.


Labor.


Totals.


Vitrified brick.


Block pavings.


TABLE VII. MACADAMIZED ROADS.


Loads.


Granite.


Sand and cobbles.


Gravel.


Moved.


Crushed stone.


Vitrified brick.


Portland cement.


Width feet.


Length feet.


Straight curbing.


Curved curbing.


Coping.


Corners.


Cost of rolling


City teams at $1.25


per horse.


Labor.


Total.


Hurd street . ..


19₺


20


140


605


22


1,020


24.87


2


...


$105.01


$357.87


$1,043.56


Laurel street .....


17


148


22


626


27


1,600


50.61


378.15


1,082.41


Malvern street ....


83


86


131


434


2


21


1,070


30.58


6.375


5001


420.76


66.89


323.96


811.61


Melrose street ....


33%


948


619 1,102


33


1,040


1,346.25


180.01


813.24


2,339.50


Washington street.


13


179


19


837


33


1,500


710.65


103.14


429.96


1,243.75


Dell avenue. ..


131


204


25


585


36.00


17.5


249.18


20.95


235.77


505.90


Totals.


1,512 931 3,908


·


2


27


6,815


91.46


13.875 .


2


500 3,961.17


526.61


2,538.95


7,026.73


.


.


. . .


.


.. .


.


·


.


-


av.


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


18


·


$580.68 653.65


Brick.


and material.


No. days steam roller.


·


82


TABLE VIII. PAVING GUTTERS.


Loads


Pav- ings.


Sand


Moved.


Block


paving.


Straight


Covers.


Cement.


Length.


Square yards.


Cost material.


City teams.


Labor.


Totals.


Beech avenue. .


12


14


6


180


80


$ 22.40


$ 4.63


$39.00


$ 66.03


Malvern street ...


202


124


. .


50


. .


1,752


779


162.60


17.15


277.03


456.78


Lebanon street . ..


10


2


. .


·


243


108


8.70


5.62


39.81


54.13


Dell avenue. ...


48


....


.


. .


. .


240


107


26.40


1.25


48.40


76.05


East Foster street.


5


2


65


.


.


. .


250


111


.50


3.44


51.38


55.32


Repairs


·


. .


. . .


.


.


. .


.


4'


1


100


33


6.22


3.12


27.25


36.59


Franklin street at Pratt street


3


2


.


Totals.


280


144


71


50



1


2,735


1,218


$226.82


$33.34


$497.36


$762.52


TABLE IX. GRANITE CROSSINGS.


Block paving's


Sand.


Feet flagging.


Straig't curb.


Curved.


Cement


Cost inaterial.


City teams.


Labor.


Totals.


Pleasant street at Wyoming avenue . . . . . Berwick street at Wyoming avenue. . ... Franklin street at Ferdinand street, re-set Tremont street at Franklin street .


325


1


53' 6"


....


·


...


26.78


.63


9 25


36.66


1


.


.


.


1.00


.63


5.12


6.75


250


2


58' 43"


24'


24


88.78


2.97


29.35


121.10


Green street at Howard street ..


250


64' 3"


12'


65.26


2.50


20.50


88.26


Linwood avenue at Grove street.


490


3


90'


...


89.40


3.75


27.75


120.90


Main street at ice houses . ..


2,885


. .


22'6"


Corners 3-18"


S4R (2 PS


129.25


12 82


103.59


245.66


Totals


4,350


15


29058"


58'6"


3 Corners 24'


2 P


#458.80


#23.92


$204.81


$687.53


CITY OF MELROSE


.


$58.33


$ .62


$9.25


$68.20


150


24' 34"


.


3.13


14.49


17.62


.


4 R


Curb.


..


83


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


Tool and Expense Account.


Amount paid sundry persons for


new tools $90 31


Amount paid for repair of tools 124 16


$214 47


Amount paid J. Marshall for use of horse


and buggy 52 weeks at $3 per week $156 00


Amount paid sundry persons for oil, brooms, hardware and sundries 80 29


$236 29


In addition, I submit the stable, crusher and tool accounts which have been kept as usual, and show the expense and earnings of each.


Although two new horses were purchased, the number of teams has not been increased, as one of these was to take the place of a horse that died in the Malden veterinary hos- pital, and the other to take the place of one killed on account of a defective hoof. We now have three double and three single teams; most of the horses are young and all are apparently in a healthy condition.


On July 2, 1903, the steam roller, while crossing the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad at Emerson street, was struck by a south bound express and badly damaged. No particular damage was done the train or any of the passengers, but David Levy, the engineer on the roller, was injured, and has been disabled ever since.


Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the rail- road for adjusting the damage done to the roller, and the same is now in the shop of the Lockwood Manufacturing Company undergoing repairs, and will be ready for use as soon as needed in the spring.


To take the place of our roller, one was hired of the City of Woburn and one of the Town of Wakefield, which in- creased the cost of rolling over what it has been in the past.


84


CITY OF MELROSE .


Steam Roller Account.


To use of city roller 6534 days, charged to


Streets and other divisions at $5 per day $328 75 To use of Wakefield roller 151/2 days, $10 per day 155 00


To use of Woburn roller 51 1/2 days, $13 per day 669 50


To 3000 lbs. coal to Water Division 7 38


$1,160 63


Amount paid out for care of roller $13 50


Amount paid out for roller after ac- cident 9 75


Amount paid for moving roller from street to yard


50 50


Amount paid for coal for three rollers


86 07


Amount paid Town of Wakefield for use of roller .


155 00


Amount paid City of Woburn for use of roller


728 50


Amount paid for oil, waste and sundries


17 55


1,060 87


Balance to credit General Maintenance


$99 '76


Stable Account.


Amount paid for 2 horses


$500 00


I wagon . 50 00


.. I double pung


30 00


set of blankets


15 24


66 66 66 hay, grain and straw 1,764 96


repair carts 68 95


66


shoeing . 196 97


66


repairs to harness 34 05


6.


medical service


medicines, harness oil and sundries 22 90


Amount paid labor per pay rolls " rent of stable


221 75


264 00


٠٠


$595 24


2,573 58


$3,168 82


85


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


CR.


By teams charged to highway work and to other divisions, per Table VI, at $1.25 per horse per day for the actual time employed . . $2,442 45


By teams to paving account, Table VIII 38 34


١١ 66 crossings account, Table IX 23 92


66 macadamized roads, Table VII 526 61


66


66 crusher account 37 73


$3,069 05


Deficiency to Maintenance account


$


99 77


Stone Crusher and Ledge.


Labor as per pay rolls ·


$4,307 71


City teams @ $1.25 per horse


37 73


87.675 tons coal . 481 98


Powder and exploders 420 21


Castings and steel plates and jaws 627 05


Oil, waste and sundries


72 53


Tools and repairs to same .


83 29


New hoisting gear


100 00


Repairs to crusher and elevator


119 00


Ledge stone bought .


36 75


$6,286 25


CR.


By 7,055 loads crushed stone deliv- ered @ 75c. · $5,291 25


" ledge stone, etc., delivered 76 76


" stock to surface drains 117 00


stock school dept. 10 00


6. stock paving gutters 80 55


5,575 56


Deficiency to general maintenance $710 69


NOTE: The deficiency is due in part to increasing the capacity o the carts and in part to jaws and stone now on hand at the crusher.


86


CITY OF MELROSE


SUMMARY OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO DATE.


Streets macadamized


6.3 miles


Gutters paved


5.12


Brick walks


1.OI 16


Concrete walks


33.78


Straight curbing


4.57


Curved


1973. feet


Granolithic walks


II61.


Brick crossings


3


Stone 6


81


Concrete "


108


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SURFACE DRAINAGE.


Although this work is just begun in a comprehensive and systematic manner, its results are noticeable in the decreas- ed amount of temporary repairs to the highways.


Drains have been constructed the past season in Dell ave- nue, Grove street and Linwood avenue, and in Otis street, all of which proved satisfactory and accomplished the ob- ject for which they were built, and are greatly appreciated by the residents and those who have occasion to travel on the streets in which they are located.


Most of the drains constructed to date are main or trunk drains, and few laterals have been built ; the result is that while the mains are necessarily needed first, the benefit de- rived from the expenditure of a stated sum is not nearly so great as will be obtained later by the construction of smaller or lateral drains to connect with these mains that we are now building. For instance, the Otis street drain is 1733 feet long and is provided with 13 catch basins, which pro- vide drainage for Otis street from Vinton street to Charles street, a distance of 1209 feet, and cost $10,431.53; whereas had this amount been expended upon lateral drains, as will be possible in the future if we continue the work now started, the cost per catch-basin would probably not have exceeded $300, and consequently a greater number could have been constructed, and benefits derived proportionally.


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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


I would recommend the appropriation of an additional $20,000 early the present year, as the work desired to be done-Elm street, Franklin street, Leonard's drain and Ce- dar park-cannot be completed for the unexpended balance. This latter drain (Cedar park) should be finished, as at the present time there is a 20 inch drain through Cedar park from Vinton street to the Boston & Maine railroad under the railroad location, and in Essex street to Vine street, where it has a temporary outlet into the Essex street drain, which is only 10 inches in diameter, and is none too large to care for the water from Essex street ; and unless this drain (Cedar park) is completed to the brook, that part already constructed, which has cost $1,853.55, will become filled with deposit and be useless, and the amount already ex- pended be practically wasted.


On June 15, 1903, the Board of Aldermen passed Order No. 2217, taking rights in certain private lands belonging to Maria E. White, Mary Finnegan, Seth E. Benson and the Boston Ice Company, as follows:


In Board of Aldermen, June 15, 1903.


Offered by Alderman Fernald.


Be it ordered : That acting under the provisions of law applicable thereto, a main drain either open or covered, shall be laid or con- structed under the law authorizing the assessment of betterments, in the following described right of way as hereinafter set forth, viz :


Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Vinton street at an angle in said line nearly opposite Otis street, thence south, 85° 31' 05" east one hundred sixty-one and forty-six one hundredths (161.46) feet along the dividing line between land of Mary Finnegan and Maria E. White to the westerly side of the location of the Boston & Maine Railroad; thence in same course eighty-three and ninety one hundreths (83.90) feet across location of said Boston & Maine Railroad to land of Seth E. Benson; thence in same course over land of Seth E. Benson forty-six and forty one hundredths (46.40) feet; thence north 80° 56' 35" east still over land of said Benson and parallel with and seven and one-half (712) feet northerly from a dividing line between land of Seth E. Benson and John P. Deering and Seth E. Benson one hundred fifty-eight and eighty-two one hundredths (158.82) feet to the westerly line of Tremont street; thence in same course across Tremont street forty-five and five one hundredths (45.05) feet; thence in same course across land of the Boston Ice Company eighty-five and seventy- two one hundredths (85.72) feet to Ell Pond.


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CITY OF MELROSE


The above described line is the center line of a taking which is here- by made fifteen (15) feet wide to lie equally on either side of said line, and the above description is intended to conform to plans drawn by W. Dabney Hunter, Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, hereto annexed and made a part of this order.


It is hereby adjudged that the said drain is a necessity for the public convenience and health; that the City of Melrose acting under the authority of the Public Statutes, and also under all other provisions of law and every other power it hereto enabling, has taken and hereby does take for the purposes of constructing and maintaining a main drain in the private lands as hereinbefore specified for the sole use and benefit of the said City of Melrose the following lot and parcels of land situated in said Melrose, in said County of Middlesex, viz :


A certain lot of land situated on the easterly side of Vinton street, supposed to be owned by Maria E. White, bounded and described as follows:


Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Vinton street at the north. westerly corner of premises and at land of Mrs. Mary Finnegan, thence south, 85° 31' 05" east one hundred sixty-one and forty-six one hun- dredths (161.46) feet to the westerly side of the Boston & Maine Rail- road location; thence southerly along said [Railroad location by a curve of a radius of thirty-one hundred thirty-four and nine one hun- dredths (3134.09) feet, seven and six-tenths (7.6) feet; thence north, 85° 31' 05" west one hundred sixty-three and seventy-seven one hun- dredths (163.77) feet to the easterly line of Vinton street; thence along said easterly line of Vinton street north 11º 44' 25" east seven and fifty-six one hundredths (7.56) feet to the point of beginning, con- taining about twelve hundred and nineteen (1219) sq. ft.


A certain other lot situated on the easterly side of Vinton street, supposed to be owned by Mary Finnegan, bounded and described as follows:


Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Vinton street at an angle and at the southwest corner of the premises and at land of Maria E. White, thence along said easterly line of Vinton street north 13º 34' 05" east seven and fifty-nine one hundredths (7.59) feet; thence south, 85° 31' 05" east one hundred fifty-eight and ninety one hun- dredths (158.90) feet to the Boston & Maine Railroad location; thence along the westerly side of said location southerly by a curve of a radius of thirty-one hundred thirty-four and nine one hundredths (3134.09)feet, seven and six-tenths (7.6) feet to land of Maria E. White; thence along land of said Maria E. White north 85° 31'05" west one hundred sixty-one and forty-six one hundredths (161.46) feet to the point of beginning, containing about twelve hundred and one (1201) sq. ft.


A certain other lot of land known as the location of the Boston & Maine Railroad, owner and owners unknown, bounded and described as follows:


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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.


Beginning at a point on the westerly line of said location, seven and six tenths (7.6) feet southerly from the dividing line between land of Mary Finnegan and Maria E. White, thence along said location line by a curve of a radius of thirty-one hundred and thirty-four and nine one hundredths (3134.09)feet fifteen and two tenths (15.2) feet; thence south 85° 31' 05", east eighty-three and nine tenths (83.9) feet to land of Seth E. Benson; thence southerly along said Benson's land by a curve to the left of a radius of thirty hundred and fifty-one and fifty- nine one hundredths (3051.59) feet; thence north 85° 31' 05" west eighty-three and nine tenths (83.9) feet to the point of beginning, containing about twelve hundred and fifty-eight (1258) sq. ft.


A certain other lot of land sitnated on the westerly line of Tremont street, supposed to be owned by Seth E. Benson, bounded and des- cribed as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly line of Tre- inont street three hundred fifty-three and one tenth (353.1) feet northerly from the angle in said Tremont street near Lake avenue and at the dividing line between land owned in common by Seth E. Benson and John P. Deering and land of Seth E. Benson; thence along the dividing line between said land of Benson and Deering and Benson south 80° 56' 35" west one hundred sixty and thirty-four one hundredths (160.34) feet; thence north S5º 31' 05" west forty-five and ninety-three one hundredths (45.93) feet to the easterly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad location; thence northerly along said Rail- road location by a curve of a radius of thirty hundred and fifty-one and fifty-nine hundredths (3051.59) feet, fifteen and two tenths (15.2) feet; thence south 85° 31' 05" east forty-six and eighty-six one hun- Iredths (46.86) feet; thence north 80° 56' 35" east one hundred fifty- nine and three tenths (159.3) feet to the westerly line of Tremont street; thence along said Tremont street south 6° 14' 10" east fifteen and two tenths (15.2) feet to the point of beginning, containing about three thousand and ninety-three (3093) sq. ft.


A certain other lot of land situated on the easterly side of Tremont street, supposed to be owned by the Boston Ice Company, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Tremont street, said point being three hundred fifty-nine and fifty- seven one hundredths (359.57) feet northerly from the angle in said line near Lake avenue; thence along the easterly line of Tremont street north 6° 14' 10" west fifteen and two tenths (15.2) ft .; thence north 80° 56' 35" east eighty-seven (87) feet more or less to Ell Pond; thence southerly along Ell Pond fifteen and five tenths (15.5) feet more or less; thence south 80° 56' 35" west eighty-four (84) feet more or less to the point of beginning, containing about twelve hundred and eighty- three (1283) sq. ft.




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