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TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 31, 1905. - Continued.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
LOCATION.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
Size of pipe .....
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 31, 1905 .- Continued.
LOCATION
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of pipe ... .
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TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 31, 1905 .- Continued.
LOCATION.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of pipe ..
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TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 31, 1905 .- Continued.
LOCATION.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of pipe ......
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TOTAL OF DISTRIBUTING PIPES LAID TO JANUARY 31, 1905 .- Continued.
LOCATION.
FEET OF CAST IRON PIPE.
FEET OF CEMENT PIPE.
Size of pipe.
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1-in
1}-in
2-in
4-in
6-in
8-in
10-in
12-in
14-in
16-in
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Woodland avenue ...
1,500
+Wyoming
600
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2,650
500
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Wyoming fpark.
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York terrace ..
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York terrace, private way to Ferdinand street ..
150 350
893
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Youle street ..
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375 5,728, 12,614
75,210
21,764 9,345
19,025 2,920 4,505
580
58,058
30,176 1,700 1,200 4,050
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SUMMARY .- 96,437 feet cement pipe, 154,150 feet iron pipe, or 29.20 miles iron pipe.
or 18.26 miles cement pipe, Total miles of pipe, 47.46.
NOTES .- The above includes 5,287 feet of pipe in Stoneham and 290 feet in Wakefield, and excludes 600 feet of service pipe in Renwick Road, Wakefield.
Metropolitan water pipe in Melrose, 1.09 miles of 48 inch iron pipe.
+ 22 feet of 20 iach iron pipe.
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CITY OF MELROSE
SEWER DIVISION.
Construction.
No orders for sewers were passed by the Board of Aldermen in 1904, and the work done was to complete those ordered in 1903, viz : Order No. 2192, Burrell Street and Union Street.
Cost of System.
Total cost as per last report.
$387,850.43
Cost of Burrell Street.
$863.79
Cost of Union Street .. 374.64
1,238. 43
Total cost to date.
$389,088.86
CANVASS OF BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE CITY OF MELROSE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WITH CEMENT.
Opened April 16, 1904.
IN WOOD
IN BAGS
NAME OF BIDDER
BRAND
PRICE
AMOUNT
PRICE
AMOUNT
John J. Gallagher, 14 Faxon Block, Quincy, Mass.
Alsen Portland
$2.00
$2,400.00
$1.70
$2,140.00
Curtis & Pope
Lumber Co., 774 Albany street Boston, Mass.
Alpha
1.70
2,140.00
1.39
1,668.00
Windsor Cement Co., 446 Albany street Boston, Mass.
Catskill
1.65
1,980.00
1.38
1,656.00
Berry & Ferguson, 159 Devonshire street Boston, Mass.
Pennsylvania Saylors
1.77
2,124.00
1.47
1,764.00
Waldo Brothers, 102 Milk street, Boston, Mass.
Anchor
2.55
Atlas Portland
1.77
3,060.00 2,124.00
1.45
1,740.00
Contract awarded to Waldo Brothers.
CANVASS OF BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE CITY OF MELROSE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WITH SEWER AND OTHER CASTINGS. Opened April 16, 1904.
F. A. Houdlette & Son, 93 Broad Street, Boston, Mass.
Osgood & Witherly, Charlestown, Mass.
ITEMS
PRICE
AMOUNT
PRICE
AMOUNT
30 catch-basin covers
$1.95
$58.50
$1.65
$49.50
30 catch-basin traps.
7.00
210.00
4.50
135.00
15 manhole covers.
9.50
142.50
7.96
119.40
$411.00
$303.90
Order given to Osgood & Witherly
1.62
1,944.00
1.37
1,644.00
1149
PUBLIC WORKS DERARTMENT.
CANVASS OF BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE CITY OF MELROSE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WITH 1000 FEET OF 4-INCH STANDARD SOIL PIPE. Opened, April: 16,, 1904.
-- ---
NAME
ADDRESS
AMOUNT
George H. Taylor
Melrose Highlands, Mass .. :
"$249:00
Melrose; Plumbing & Heating Co ..
Melrose, Mass
255.00
Allmon Brothers
250.00
Brock Brothers.
66
229:50
Order given to Brock Brothers
DETAIL OF SEWER CONSTRUCTION BY THE CITY DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Burrell Street Sewer.
Stock Account :
370 ft. 5 in. underdrain.
$37.00
294 ft. 6 in. Akron pipe ..
31.68
19-6x5 Y's.
10.26
19-5 in. bends
6 46
1 tee.
.98
3 manhole covers and rods
24.88
4,500 brick.
49.50
18 casks Portland cement.
27:00
6 loads crushed stone.
5.10
Labor Account:
Excavation 0-8 383 cu. yds. @ 84cts ....
$321.72
Excavation 8-12 159.50 cu. yds. @ $1.20,
191.40
Brick masonry 8.48 cu. yds. @ $3.00 ....
25.44
Pipe laying 370 ft. underdrain @ 15 cts.
55.50
Pipe laying 330 ft. 6-inch pipe @ 10 cts.
33.00
$627.06
City teaming.
$10.01
Sundries charged-to construction.
33.86
$43.87
Total cost.
$863.79
Union Street Sewer.
Stock Account:
314 ft. 6;inch pipe.
$37.68
21 6-inch Y's.
11.34
2 manholes, covers, and rods.
16.52
10 casks ,Portland cement.
15.00
3,000 brick.
33.00
$113.54
$192.86
150
CITY OF MELROSE
Labor Account:
Excavation 250 cu. yds. earth @ 62 cts, .. $135.00
Excavation, 15 cu. yds. rock @ $4.00 .. . 60.00
Brick masonry 4.19 cu. yds. @ $3.00 ... 12.57
Pipe laying 357 ft. 6-inch pipe @ 10 cts.
35.70
$243.27
City teaming .
9.37
Sundries charged to construction.
8.46
$17.83
$374.64
SEWER CONSTRUCTION.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Balance February 1, 1904.
$2,995.19
Stock on hand, Feb. 1, 1904.
2,121.05
Receipts from surface drainage stock .. public library stock.
$2,173.06
39.15
water maintenance stock.
10.65
highway maintenance
135.19
sewer maintenance
16.75
private sewers.
879.02
sidewalks.
23.60
paid to treasurer by W. D. Hunter 6.20
3,283.62
. $8,399.86
Expended :
For Construction Union Street $374.64
For Construction Burrell Street. 683.79
For stock transferred to other divisions, as shown above. 3,283.62
For lost time on account of injury on Ferdinand Street work. 110:00
For sundries, tools, etc. 7.94
$4,639.99
Balance in treasury.
$1,254.04
Stock on hand Feb. 1. 1905, per stock ℃ 2,505.83
$3,759.87
151
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
STOCK ACCOUNT.
Stock on hand Feb. 1, 1904.
$2,121.05
Stock and Invoice bought:
Sewer pipe,
per invoices, $2,642.32
Brick and cement
504.30
Soil pipe, cast iron
247.88
Castings
461.24
Damages on % injury
66
110.00
Brick mason
66
37.98
Tools and repairs to same
11.55
Stock from other division and sundries
66.03
Labor on stock, per pay rolls
111.12
4,192.42
$6,313.47
CR.
By stock to other divisions.
$3,283.62
By stock used Union Street sewer.
143.91
By stock used Burrell Street sewer
262.17
By Ferdinand Street Sewer to T. Mur- nane
110.00
By sundries, expense %
7.94
3,807.64
$2,505.83
152
SEWERS BUILT TO FEBRUARY 1, 1905.
Size Pipe
LENGTH IN FEET.
Inches
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
Totals
6
14,003.16
20,411.66
26,179.93
22,916.40
2,512.00
4,662.40
839
585
1,188.90
695
93,994.45
8
5,439.89
8,020.03
15,505.79
11,817.90
1,424.00
1,530.10
2,429
468
1,296.00
47,920.71
10
1,508.02
4,968.55
2,152.38
2,946.60
1,067.00
'2,796
1,251
16,689 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
2,715.70
317.66
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
2,304
2,484.90
695
184,687.31
NOTE: Total length of sewers, 184,687.31 feet or 34.98 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 ..
CITY OF MELROSE
153
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
PRIVATE SEWERS.
There have been 87 sewer connections made the past year at a total cost of $2,717.76, which has been paid entirely from the collections.
STATEMENT OF COLLECTIONS.
DR.
To actual cost private sewers 1904.
$2,095.22
unsettled accounts, 1896,
$59.89
1899,
8.08
66
1900,
34.55
66
1900, Main Street,
109.97
66
66
1902,
27.41
66
1903,
55.94
295.84
10.29
66 sewer construction, sundry collections
6.20
$2,407.55
CR.
By cash paid treasurer, account private sewers. .
$2,107.47
By cash paid treasurer, account construc- tion
6.20
By unsettled accounts, 1904,
31.52
66
66
66
1903,
51.33
66
1902,
27.41
66
1900,
34.55
66
66
1900, Main St.,
81.10
66
66
1899,
8.08
66
66
1896,
59.89
293.88
66
" sundry repairs, 1904,
$2,407.55
There are 2,715 buildings on the line of the sewers, 2,256 of which are connected with the sewers, located as appears from the following list:
154
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LIST OF BUILDINGS ON LINE OF SEWERS, 1904.
Number of Buildings
Number of Buildings
LOCATION
Tributary to
the Sewer
Connected
Not
Connected
LOCATION
| Tributary to
the Sewer
Connected
Not
Connected
Adams St.
23
22
1
Crystal St.
5
4
1
Ainsworth Pl.
2
2
.
Cutter St.
1
0
9
1
Albion St.
15
10
5
Day St.
0
0
0
Allen Pl. .
8
8
Damon Ave
2
2
0
Appleton St
5
4
1
Dell Ave.
16
14
2
Apthorp Rd.
4
4
Dill's Court. .
5
3
2
Argyle St.
5
4
1
Eastman's P1.
2
2
0
Ashland St
28
20
8
Eighth St.
5
5
0
Ashmont St.
8
8
0
Elliott St.
3
1
2
Ashmont Pk
4
3
1
Elm St.
16
15
1
Auburn St.
10
8
2
Ellsworth Ave
9
8
1
Avon St ..
6
6
Emerson St.
90
86
4
Bartlett St
9
9
Emerson P1.
6
6
0
Batchelder St.
15
15
Essex St.
39
24
15
Baxter St
21
20
1
Everett St.
10
9
1
Beech Av.
20
8
12
16
5
11
Bellevue Av
33
32
1
Farwell Ave.
2
2
Belmont St. .
4
3
1
Faulkner P1.
6
3
3
Berwick St.
9
9
0
Faxon St ..
4
4
0
Beverly St
8
8
Ferdinand St
9
2
7
Boardman Ave
11
7
4
Felton P1.
2
2
Botolph St.
15
13
2
Field's Court.
4
4
Briggs St.
3
3
0
First St.
33
28
5
Brown St.
1
1
Fletcher St.
3
3
0
Brunswick Pk.
3
3
Florence St ..
33
30
3
Belmont Pl. .
5
5
0
Florence Ave
4
1
3
Berwick P1.
1
1
0
90
84
6
Brunswick Way
1
1
0
Frances St
12
12
Burrell St.
5
0
5
Franklin St.
88
74
14
Cass St ..
18
18
0
Franklin Terrace
. 6
5
1
Cedar Pk., N. and E.
14
13
1
Frost Ave.
6
4
2
Cedar Pk., S.
5
4
1
Garden St. .
6
5
1
Central Terrace.
5
5
·
Gibbons St.
2
2
0
Charles St. .
8
7
1
Glen Ave.
4
2
2
Chipman Ave.
6
3
3
Gooch St ..
15
14
1
Chestnut St.
9
7
2
Goss Ave ..
6
5
1
Chestnut Pk
6
5
1
Gould St.
6
6
Chester St. .
11
11
0
Green St.
41
37
4
Cherry St
4
3
1
Greenwood St.
16
13
3
Circuit St.
11
11
Grove St.
97
75
22
Cleveland St.
28
27
1
Grove Pi.
4
4
Cliff St.
2
2
0
Grundy St.
4
4
Clifton Pk.
2
2
Harvard St.
7
5
2
Corey Pl.
1
1
0
Hawes Ave.
3
2
1
Cottage St.
25
23
2
Henry Ave.
8
5
3
Crescent Ave.
29
25
4
Heyward Ave
7
4
3
Crescent P1.
6
6
Herbert St.
6
6
.
Fairmount St.
Foster St.
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LIST OF BUILDINGS ON LINE OF SEWERS .- Continued.
Number of Buildings
Number of Buildings
LOCATION
Tributary to
the Sewer
Connected
Not
Connected
LOCATION
Tributary.to
the Sewer
Connected
Not
Connected
High St., N
9
8
1
Poplar St.
10
8
2
High St,. S.
9
9
Potter St.
1
1
0
Highland Ave
29
25
4
Pratt St ..
6
6
0
Hillside Ave ..
18
18
0
Prospect St
11
4
7
Holbrook Ct. .
7
5
2
Rendall Ct ..
2
2
0
Howard St.
14
11
3
Richardson Rd.
12
5
7
Howie Ct.
8
6
2
Rockland St.
11
8
3
Hurd St.
12
10
2
Rowe St.
32
24
8
Ingalls Ct.
3
2
1
Russell St.
14
9
5
Irving St.
13
4
9
Sanford St.
13
13
0
Kimball Ct.
3
1
2
Sargent St.
29
25
4
Lake Ave.
19
18
1
Sewall St.
8
7
1
Larrabee St.
1
1
Sewall Woods Rd.
2
1
1
Larrabee P1.
3
3
0
Short St.
2
2
0
Laurel St. .
22
21
1
South Ave
10
7
3
Lebanon St ..
64
61
3
Stevens P1.
7
7
0
Linden St. .
7
4
3
Summer St.
16
11
5
Linden St., W
6
5
1
Summit Ave.
5
4
1
Linden Pl.
5
3
2
Tappan St.
21
21
0
Linwood Ave.
27
23
4
Tremont St ..
55
27
28
Lynde St
32
30
2
Trenton St.
45
40
5
Main St ..
174 154
20
Union St.
13
6
7
Malvern St.
20
11
9
Upham St.
46
42
4
Maple St.
30
27
3
Vine St.
11
11
0
Melrose St.
39
31
8
Vinton St.
49
41
8
Melrose P1.
6
4
2
Walnut St
1
1
0
Meridian St.
12
11
1
Walton Pk
24
11
13
Mt. Vernon St.
8
6
2
Warren St.
10
8
2
Mt. Vernon Ave
7
7
0
Warwick Rd.
5
3
2
Myrtle St.
38
0
Washington St.
15
11
4
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.
13
10
3
Winter St.
3
3
0
Orient P1.
.4
4
0
Winthrop St.
19
13
6
Orris St.
18
13
5
Winthrop P1.
7
2
5
Otis St.
16
16
0
Woodland Ave.
12
6
6
Parker St.
7
6
1
Wyoming Av
56
54
2
Pearl St.
15
10
5
Wyoming Pk
1
1
0
Perham Ave.
4
4
0
York Ter.
11
8
3
Perkins St.
3
3
0
Youle St.
18
15
3
Pine St.
6
4
2
Pleasant St.
21
20
1
Totals
2715 2256
459
Porter St ..
14|
14
0
NOTE .- Abandoned 1904: 50 Laurel St., 945 Main St., 210 Green St.
38
156
CITY OF MELROSE
SUMMARY OF ALL PRIVATE SEWERS CONSTRUCTED TO FEB- RUARY 1, 1905.
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
1902
0.879
5.80
. 44
2,836.00
25.0
.390
4.00
1903.
0.811
6.13
.. 482
2,845.00
28.0
.491
4.00
1904.
0.777
5.95
. 505
2,647.00
32.0
.470
4.50
Averages and Totals
21.556
5.95
. 46
73,407.71
828.40
. 427
$4.16
1. Number of private sewers constructed in 1904.
2. Number connected with State sewer.
(Item 1 includes item 2.)
CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL BUILDINGS CONNECTED WITH THE PUBLIC SEWERS, FEBRUARY 1, 1905.
DESCRIPTION
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902 1903 1904
TOTALS
Single houses.
164
362
264
181
400
239
100
70
67
69
1,916
Double houses. .
26
47
31
20
37
13
6
15
11
13
219
Blocks, stores and ten- ements
17
18
10
5
13
6
3
1
0
5
78
Tenement blocks of 4
3
0
11
4
7
0
2
0
0
0
27
Churches.
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
6
Club houses.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Public buildings
1
5
4
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
15
Hospital.
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Railroad stations.
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Fire stations
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Mills
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Hotels and Boarding houses.
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Stables.
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
5
Private school
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Laundry ..
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Totals.
220
436
322
218
459
261
112
87
81
87
2,283
NOTE .- Total number of connections to date
Abandoned and double connections.
31
Total main sewer connections in use
2,253
.2,283
or more tenants ...
.87
1
157
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
PRIVATE SEWERS.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Balance, Feb. 1, 1904.
$71.41
Receipts paid to treasurer :
August 31, 1904.
$400.00
June 19, 1904.
700.00
September 15, 1904.
300.00
October 13, 1904.
150.00
November 5, 1904, from Main Street widening.
560.27
February, 1904
557.47
$2,667.74
$2,739.15
Expended :
Labor as per pay rolls
$1,649.52
Paid for teams . .
61.38
' stock to sewer construction.
879.02
66
' oil and sundries.
. 14
concrete repairs
60.39
mason work.
40.74
John Kelleher, lost time on % injuries .. . 12.00
Dr. Dalton medical attendance. . . 1.00
$2,717.76
Balance in treasury
$21.39
SEWER MAINTAINANCE.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
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