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Year
Municipal
Playgrounds $2,000
Water $39,500
Sower $17,300
Grand Totals $138,470
1907,
63,070
2,000
37,500
17,300
119,870
1908,
64,420
2,000
37,500
17,300
121,220
1909,
56,245
2,000
37,500
17,300
113,045
1910,
50,745
2,000
37,500
17,000
107,245
1911,
38,470
2,000
37,500
17,000
94,970
1912,
31,970
2,000
37,500
17,000
85,470
1913,
25,470
2,000
37,500
17,000
81,970
1914,
24,270
2,000
37,500
17,000
80,770
1915,
21,800
2,000
35,500
16,000
75,300
1916,
3,300
2,000
34,500
16,000
55,800
1917,
3,300
2,000
33,500
16,000
54,800
1918,
3,300
2,000
32,500
16,000
53,800
1919,
3,300
2,000
32,500
16,000
53,800
1920,
3,300
2,000
31,500
16,000
52,00
1921,
3,300
2,000
31.500
16,000
52,800
1922,
3,300
2,000
31,500
16,000
52,800
1923,
3,300
2,000
31,500
16,000
52,800
1924,
3,300
10,500
16,000
29,800
1925,
800
9,500
16,000
26,300
1926,
8,000
16,000
24,000
1927,
8,000
16,000
24,000
1928,
7,000
16,000
23,000
1929,
6,000
15,500
21,500
1930,
5,000
14,500
19,500
1931,
3,000
13,500
16,500
1932,
2,000
13,500
15,500
1933,
1,000
13,500
14,500
1934,
12,500
12,500
1935,
12,500
12,500
1936,
12,500
12,500
1937,
12,500
12,500
1906,
$79,670
15 5
1938,
7,000
7,000
1939,
4,500
4,500
1940,
3,500
3,500
1941,
3,500
3,500
1942,
3,500
3,500
1943,
2,000
2,000
1944,
1,000
1,000
$486,630 $36,000 $694,000 78523,700 81,740,330
Water Loan falls due: January, $1,000; April, $7000 ; May $3,500; June, $1,000; August, $20,000; September, $2,000; October, $1,000; December, 84,000.
Sewer Loan falls due : April, 84,500 ; ]May, 85,000 ; June, $2,000; July, $1,500; September, $1,000; October, §2,500; November, $500; December, $300.
Playground Loan falls due October 1, $2,000.
ITEMIZED SCHEDULE OF MUNICIPAL DEBT
TITLE.
DUE.
RATE.
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1711
1912
1913
1914
1915
TOTAI.S.
Plumbing Wollaston and Cod-
Jan. 1,
31-2
$250
$250
$250
$250
$250
$1,250
Land. Wollaston Engine House, Jan. 1,
312
500
500
500
500
1000
3,000
Schoolhouse, Whitwell street.
Mar. 1,
31-2
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
20,000
Grad'g Crauch school lot $3000 )
Mar. 1,
31-2
1000
1000
1000
3,000
Hook & ladder truck, wd 5 2500 )
Mar. 1,
4
3000
3,000
Furnace Brook culvert
$650 | Apr. 1,
31-2
700
700
700
525
525
3,150
Madison street
500)
Furnace avenue
600
Billings road
1500
31-2
400
400
400
400
600
2,200
Howard street
1000 |
School street 400 J
Coddington st
Apr. 1.
31-2
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
*16,00€
Land for Washington schooll'seApr. 1.
31-2
500
500
500
1000
1000
1000
4,500
Honghs Neck Fire Station
Apr. 1,
31-2
500
500
500
500
500
2,500
Sewer House Connections Apr. 1,
4
2000
2000
2000
6,000
Beach st sidewalk
1500 ) 1300
May 1,
31-2
500
500
800
1000
1000
Billings road sidewalk
3500)
May 1,
3 1-2
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
Sewer honse connections
May 1,
2000
2000
4,000
Webster street
500)
Glover ave
400
5,000
Quincy avenue
1100
.
11 & V Wollaston school
1000J
Paving Copeland street
July 1,
31-2
2000
2000
4,000
Willard school heating,
July 1.
$
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1,000
Bennington street gutters 1000
400
Lincoln avenne gutters,
700
Prospect street gutters,
500
Willard street sidewalk.
1500
>JJuly 1,
4,
1000
1000
500
500
000
500
500
800
5,800
Whitwell street sidewalk
2700
June 1, 31-2
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
John IES lot grading Beale street
2000
2000
Engine honse, ward 5
7,500
Sewer house connections
May 1,
2000
2,000
156
Washington st sidewalk
3,800
Poor Dept. Deficit
Paving Hancock st
6000 S
Goddard st and Federal a ve 200 ? Apr. 1,
800
Edwin street grading,
dington Schoolhouses,
Crad'g hose konse lot wd 5 1500
City Stable July 1, 31-2 500
500 500
Schoolhouses,
Wards Four and $500
Only 1,
31-2
7500
East Elm ave
1000
Putnam street
200
Garfield street drain
500
1,000
Engine and hose honses
975 >Jnly 1,
3 1-2
1000
Furnace brook wall
Drain and catch basin, Ward 6,
475 |
Crescent street
3500
4,000
Hancock street paving
.July 1,
31-2
1000
1000
2000
Grade crossings
$500)
Billings road
3006
Quarry street
1500
Permanent sidewalks,
8000
Paving east side of lan- cock street
11,000
16,000
Willard street
1500 >July 1,
31-2
4000
4000
1000
1000
Trafford street
500
Payne street
300
Beale street
1500
Nightingale avenne
500
Goddard street and Federal Avenne
200)
Water street sidewalk
1000
Arthur street
1000
Botolph and Clive street sidewalk
1800 >July 1,
31-2
700
700
700
700
200
North street
600
DesMoines road
1600
Squantum Causeway
1000
Chubbnek street
1000
31-2
250
200
250
250
250
Engine llonse, Ward 5
July 1,
31-2
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
110,000
Ward 2 Bath House
July 1,
31-2
200
200
200
200
200
Winthrop ave gutcers
1600)
Central avenue
800
Albertina street
300
Miller stile drain
1000
6,000
Water street storm sewer
1750 July 1, 500 |
31-2
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Botolph street
Atlantic street
Warren avenue bridge
2600)
15,00 7,500
157
3,500
1,250
600 ( July 1,
Copeland street
1,000
.
Five
Payne street
TITLE.
DUE.
RATE.
1906
1907
1908
1909
I910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
TOTALS.
City Hall Remodelling
July 1,
3 1-2
1500
1500
1500
Washington School
July 1,
31-2
5500
5500
5500
1000 5500
1000 5500
1000
1000
8,500 38,500
Beale street sidewalk
1,250
Kendrick avenne
1000
3 1-2
250
250
250
250
250
Coddington street
30,700)
School street
2500 LAug. 1,
31-2
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
#28,500
Arthur street
1125
1400 J
Permanent sidewalks
Aug.1,
31-2
1000
1000
1000
3,000
Hancock and Granite sts widening
1200 500
Old Colony street drain
1,500
Finishing room in John Hancock schoolhouse
550
Additional for City stable Bigelow st sidewalk
1000)
Chestnut st sidewalk
1200
Liberty street sidewalk
1700
Washington st sidewalk
3000
Rodman street sidewalk
1800
Dawson road sidewalk
1800
Wollaston ave sidewalk
300
Quarry street
5000
Willard street
4000
Verchild street
300
Rogers street
1500 ŞAug. 1. 2700
31-2
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
Hancock street
Independence ave drain 500
Liberty street storm sewer 1300
Emeline Brown, claim
50
Thos JJ. Lamb, claim 300
Deficit Bills plumbing Wol- laston and Coddington schoolhouses 467 43
Grading Cranch sch'l lot 1000
Howard avenue 1500
Hook and ladder truck
Aug. 1,
3 1-2
200
200
200
400
1,000
Phuubing John Hancock School
7
Willard school Lavatory
Water Trough Ward 3 350 )
3500 LAug. 1, 350
31-2
500
500
500
500
500
2,500
158
18,000
Wid'g Han'k and Sch'l sts
1434 >Aug. 1,
31-2
500
500
500
1500
Howard street
1500 l Aug. 1,
5500
5500
2,000
Contagions Diseases
Aug. 1, 4
2,000
Edison Park street grading, 300)
400
Goffe street widening,
3000 >Ang. 1,
4
670
670
670
610
670
670
670
670
670
6,030
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery En- trance,
3000,
Taylor Street Drain
8007
Beach Street Sidewalk
800
Upland Road
800
Adams School Plumbing
2750 |
Fire Alarm Boxes
125
Faxon Road Sidewalk
425 Aug. . ,
.4
150
150
1 '09
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
8,900
Centre street
1000
Freeman Street
600 |
Hohes Street
500
Farnum Street
300
Coe Street
200
Glendale Road
690
Chubbuck street
6000
Dimmock street
1000
New Police station
4500
Plain Street
200
Beach street sidewalk
1500 L
Sept. 1, 3 1-2
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
12,000
Grove street
3000
Clark street sidewalk
500
Newbury avenue sidewalk
1200
Walker street sidewalk
1000
Beale street sidewalk
1700)
Additional land for Mt.
Wollaston cemetery
Oct. 1,
31-2
3000
3000
3000
5000
5000
3000
18,000
Alshonse Water Closets 1300)
Purchase and Removal of French House
1500
31-2
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
3,500
Plans and Survey of ity
1000
Honghs Neck Fire Station (additional)
2000
Faxon Park Road
Oct. 1,
3 1-2
500
500
500
1,500
Granite Street Widening
700 SOet 1,
4
400
500
500
500
500
500
1000
1000
1000
1000
6,900
Crosswalks
800
Hancock Street Grading
5000 )
2,000
Schoolhonse land Whitwell st
Nov. 1,
3 1-2
500
500
500
500
Claims widening Coddington street
Nov. 1,
31-2
500
500
500
1,500
Police Signal Service
Nov. 1.
3 1-2
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
5,000
159
¿Oct. 1,
400)
Walnut Street
Furnace brook wall,
TITLE.
DUE.
RATE
1906
1907
1908
1909
191
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
TOTALS.
Fire alarm boxes and chang. ing No. 3 circuit
875
Willard wall
200
Madison street
600 Nov. 1,
3 1-2
200
200
200
300
Wiring Almshouse
150
Footway, Beale street bridge
275)
Independence Av. Drain
800)
Hamilton Street
500 --
Newbury Avenue
1000 Nov, 1.
31-2
500
500
500
Edison Street
200
Eaton Street
50
Brooks Avenne Sidewalk
300
4,000
Willard street paving,
Nov. 2,
1
1000
1000
1000
1000
School Dept.
Nov. 1
1
1,000
2,50)
Gypsy Moths
Nov. 1
1
2,500
2.500
Willard street drain
2500
2500
Teal Pond
2000 1
5,000
Heating flose honse, wd 4, 500 }Dee. 1,
31-2
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Intervale street,
1500 |
8,500
Atlantic school lot,
Dec. 1,
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1500
Goddard Street Gutters
1,200)
Curtis street
300| 900 >Dec. 1,
4
200
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1.500
13,700
Bromfield Street
11,300 )
1
5,000
6,000
10,000
10,000
10,000 12,000
15,000
15.000
15,000
15,000
113,000
High School Addition
79,670
63,070
64,420
56,215 50,745 38,470 31,970
25,470 24,270
21,800
$486,630
* 1916 to 1925, $800 each year, $8,000.
t 1916 to 1924, 81,000 each year, $9,000.
# 1916 to 1924, $1,500 each year, $13,500.
160
900
1,500
1.000
Plumbing Willard school, 3500 )
Maple Place
Dec. 1.
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Report of the Commissioner of Public Works.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy:
Sir :- In compliance with the provisions of the City Charter I herewith submit the seventeenth annual report of the Department of Public Works for the year ending De- cember 31, 1905.
The work of this department has increased to such an extent that it now embraces the construction and care of streets, construction and repairs of public buildings, care of street lights, bridges, culverts and drains, sidewalks, removal of snow, street watering, sewer construction, maintenance and house connections and water construction and main- tenance.
The City Council passed 150 orders pertaining to my de- partment involving an expenditure of $316,314.39.
The following table shows appropriations, expenditures and balances, but for a detailed statement of expenditures I beg to refer you to the itemized report of the City Auditor.
ANNUAL BUDGET.
APPROPRIATION. EXPENDED. BALANCE
Bridges, culverts and drains
$2,500 00
$2.500 CO
Removal of show
5.000 (0
5,000 00
Street Lighting
22.300 00
22.278 60 21 40
Advertising, printing and station- ery
150 00
138 18
11 82
Clerical Services
780 00
780 00
Repair Public Buildings and care of City Hall
6,500 00
6.499 73
27
23.500 00
Highways, maintenance Receipts
1,036 89
24.161 77
375 12
Street watering
7.000 00
7.000 00
Edgestones and setting
651 97
651 97
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SEWER DIVISION
Sewer maintenance
1,500 00
1,370 91
129 09
Sewer construction
25,000 00 !
32,958 44
54 95
Balance 1904
8,013 39 S
Sewer house connections
6,000 00
6,029 23
465 52
Balance of 1904
494 75
WATER DIVISION
Water maintenance
10,000 00
9,852 32
147 68
Repairs stand pipe and gates
1,000 00
1,000 00
Water construction
25,000 00
Receipts from services and
39,428 14
140 41
Balance 1904
14,568 55
Construction Post Island
1,000 00
1,000 00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Taylor Street Drain
800 00
799 90
10
Beach Street sidewalk
800 00
800 00
Upland Road
800 00
800 00
Glendale Road
600 00
600 00
Farnum Street
300 00
300 00
Centre Street grading
1.000 00
· 1,000 00
Adams School plumbing
2,750 00
2,743 86
6 14
Hancock Street grading
5,000 00
5,000 00
Granite Street widening
400 00
367 20
32 80
Excise Tax
7,135 89
Balance of 1904
217 85
7,353 74
Gypsy and brown tail moths
3,000 00
754 71
2,245 29
Maple Place
11,300 00
9,500 00
1.800 00
Faxon Road sidewalk
425 00
32 50
392 50
Stone cross walks
800 00
101 50
698 50
Holmes Street
500 00
157 65
342 35
Freeman Street
600 00
600 00
Coe Street
200 00
200 00
Walnut Street
700 00
700 00
Curtis Street
300 00
300 00
Bromfield Street
900 00
900 00
Goddard Street gutters
1.200 00
1,200 00
High School addition
113,000 00
113.000 00
Cottage Avenue
8.0 0 00
8,000 00
North Payne Street
1,500 00
1,500 00
Wollaston Avenue sidewalk
700 00
700 00
Edwin Street sidewalk
100 00
100 00
Beacon Street
500 00
500 00
Gragg's Pond
200 00
200 00
Bates Avenue widening
150 00
150 00
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The following appropriations were passed ;by the City Council in the year 1904 and work completed during the year 1905.
City scales
600 00
600 00
Edwin Street grading Balance of 1904
3
136 54
136 54
Furnace Brook wall Balance 1904
32 00
32 00
Mt Wollaston Cemetery Entrance l Balance 1904
S
1,554 42
280 05
1,274 37
Penn Street Grading Balance of 1904
56 50
56 50
Public Buildings-Special repairs ? Balance of 1904
487 60
487 60
Squantum & Webster Street drain Balance 1904
374 17
374 17
Willard School heating! Balance 1904
1
25 97
25 97
Whitwell Street sidewalk
1
Balance 1904
-
6 69
6 69
The following is a brief review of the work performed during the year:
BRIDGES, CULVERTS AND DRAINS.
Considerable work has been done on the various bridges during the past year.
Repairs on the Fore River Bridge consisted of putting in fifty-five new planks, new gear and dolphin.
This bridge has been subjected to such severe wear that in my judgment extensive repairs will be necessary the com- ing year to put this bridge in safe condition for public travel.
The city's portion of assessment levied and paid for re- pairs on this bridge amounted to $400.
Bates Avenue bridge was replanked, also slight repairs were made on the bridges on Rock Island, Bryant Avenue, Merrymount Road and Furnace Avenue.
The brooks and water ways throughout the city have all received careful attention and have been thoroughly cleaned at a cost of about $400.
Drains and catch basins were all looked after and cleaned out after each storm.
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New catch basins and drains were put in on Brook, Taylor, Beale, Dimmock, Edwin and Centre Streets.
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
The past year was an unusually severe winter, having had a great many snow storms and considerable ice on side- walks to contend with.
I endeavored to give pedestrians all the comfort pos- sible and attended to it personally that all sidewalks were immediately ploughed out after each storm and also made a special effort to keep all sidewalks properly sanded. The gutters also received their share of attention and were al- ways ploughed out. The territory to be ploughed is grow- ing larger each year until now we have practically a distance of one hundred and twenty-seven miles to cover with thirty- five ploughs.
STREET LIGHTING.
The street lighting service during the past year has been very satisfactory.
Numerous petitions have been sent to the Council ask- ing for additional lights in various sections of the city, and I would suggest that when the present contract with the Quincy Electric Light & Power Co. expires July 1. 1906, that such arrangements be made whereby these lights could be installed without increasing the appropriation.
We have installed at the present time 166 arc, 593 in- candescent and 16 gas lamps, an increase of 2 arc and 14 in- candescent lamps.
REPAIR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND CARE OF CITY HALL.
This appropriation covered repairs on all public build- ings, including 13 School Houses, 6 Engine Houses, City Stables, Police Station, Almshouse, Pest House and care of City Hall, divided as follows:
16 5
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Adams
$53.03
Coddington
134.49
Cranch 92.68
Gridley Bryant 116.96
High
116.92
John Hancock
165.49
Lincoln
160.52
Massachusetts Fields
72.43
Quincy
161.70
Washington
34.18
Willard
117.12
Wollaston
250.47
Old High
35.84
-
$1,511.83
FIRE STATIONS.
Central Fire Station . $662.73
Hose House, Ward 4
113.00
Hose House, Ward 5
109.64
Hose House, Ward 6
36.97
$922.34
CITY HALL.
Lighting $375.81
Fuel 213.42
Telephones
430.31
Janitor
$40.00
Miscellaneous
900.00
$2,759.54
Police Station
$309.24
Stables
387.77
Almshouse
609.01
$6,499.73
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In addition to the above expenditures the Council passed a special appropriation of $2,750 for installing a system of water closets in the Adams School building and connecting same with the sewer. Proposals were advertised and con- tract awarded to J. E. Keniley & Co. for $1.545, they being the lowest bidders. Work was immediately commenced and consisted of installing 13 closets in the girl's basement, 9 closets in the boy's basement and 2 new soap stone sinks.
An additional closet for the teachers and one for the principal were installed outside of original contract. A new 1 1/2 inch water service was put in, also new concrete floors in toilet rooms.
The above work necessitated considerable carpenter and painting work and was done in a creditable manner and proves a great improvement over the old sanitaries.
STREET WATERING.
The watering of streets has been carried on this year in the usual manner and the work done by the electric car sprinkler and five carts on streets ordered by the Council.
Several new streets were ordered watered in the Ward 2 district.
Assessment was levied on 161,431 linear feet at $0.023 per linear foot. One-half cost of same was assessed on abut- ting property owners.
There are so many applications for the extension of street watering from all sections of the city that it will be necessary to increase the appropriation to cover the expense of another cart if additional streets are watered, as my teams would not warrant satisfactory results if their routes were extended to any considerable length.
EDGESTONES.
Edgestones were set and gravel sidewalks constructed upon application from abutters agreeing to pay one-half the cost of same in front of the following property:
Lora C. Merrill, North Central Ave. and Safford Street. Sidney F. Copeland and Charles S. Adams, Brook Street.
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Jennie G. Small, Billings Street.
Francis P. Loud, Fort Street.
Swedish Church, Fort Street.
Charles J. Norling, Fort Street.
Merchants' National Bank, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Edwin Street.
Daniel W. Baxter, Franklin Street.
Cordelia M. Clark, Upland Road.
Thomas Crane Public Library, Spear Street.
The above work consisted in furnishing and setting 795.5 ft. straight and 12.5 ft. curved edgestones and building 506 sq. yds. gravel sidewalk.
HIGHWAYS.
The care of our streets requires a large part of my time and attention and the same problems arise each year as to the best methods to be pursued and what streets are to be put in repair and with the small appropriation that is at my disposal for Miscellaneous Highways it is almost impossible to satisfy all demands. As our streets are continually sub- jected to severe wear by heavily loaded teams it is impos- . sible to have all our streets maintained in first class condi- tion, still I feel that the work in this department has pro- gressed in a very satisfactory manner and good results have been obtained.
General repairs were made on almost all of our streets, sidewalks resurfaced, gutters and basins cleaned, cross walks relaid, gutters paved, street signs erected and special attention given to the trimming of trees.
I endeavored to distribute this work and give each sec- tion of the city some share of improvement.
It would be almost impossible to mention all work that has been accomplished, still the most extensive repairs were made on Brook, Brackett, Field, Deldorf, Cranch, Whitwell, Intervale, Quincy, Willard, Miller and Penn Streets, Brook Road, Furnace Avenue and South Walnut Street.
Independence Avenue from Franklin Street to Federal Avenue, and Franklin Street from Water Street to Independ- ence Avenue and City Square west of the Fountain were all macadamized and put in first class condition.
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The utilizing and putting in proper condition the un- used lot of land located on East Howard Street belonging to the city, and known as the "School House lot," for recrea- tive purposes, is a most pleasing improvement and is greatly appreciated by the people living in that vicinity.
The Street Railway Excise Tax was expended to the best advantage in repairing streets upon which car tracks are located.
Fifty-one permits were issued for street openings, mov- ing buildings, parades, etc.
New street signs were erected and many old ones re- paired.
Owing to the dilapidated condition of the Stone Crusher plant and the scarcity of stone at the Keenan quarry, I deemed it unadvisable to make such extensive repairs as was necessary to put the crusher in working order. I was ac- cordingly handicapped for good road material and for a sub- stitute I located the portable crusher on Willard Street and thence to the gravel pit in Wollaston, from which places I was able to secure good road material.
I would suggest that an appropriation be made to in- stall a new stone crushing plant and also that land contain- ing good road material be purchased, as I believe it would be economy for the city to own its own quarry, as the land at some future date could be utilized advantageously for city purposes.
The following streets were accepted by the Council and laid out as public ways of the city.
Name
From
To
ft. long
ft. wide
Sagamore Street
Old Colony St
Hancock St
494
40
Upland Road
Dimmock St
Adams St
1317
40
Coe street
Old Colony St
Sagamore St
240
40
Holmes Street
Billings Road
Squantum St
945
40
Farnum Street
River St
Edison St
565
33
Glendale Road
Whitwell St
Dimmnock St
1160
40
Freeman Street
Billings Road
Vassal St
1185
40
Chestnut St
453
35
Curtis Street
Ryden St
Farrel st
233
33
Bromfield Street
Gould St
Mason St
794
40
Beacon Street
Washington St
Franklin St
733
33
Dixwell Avenue
Whalley Road
752 ft. southerly 752
40
Cottage Avenue
Chestnut St
Hancock St
503
35
North Payne Street Payne St
Commonw'lth ave 693
33-40
Maple street
Washington St
making a total of 77.3 miles of public ways of the city.
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CITY SCALES.
The erection of the City Scales on the south side of Granite Street on property of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., consisted of one extra heavy iron frame Railroad Pattern Scale-Standard-25 tons, with a wooden platform 20 ft. by 8 ft. set on stone foundation.
The scales were furnished by Tenney, Morse & Co. of Boston for $300, and the labor, stone foundation and lumber for the Wagon Scale $235.
The approaches to and from the scales were paved with granite blocks and a stone retaining wall built in the rear.
Arrangements should be made to provide some means for weighing.
HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION AND ALTERATIONS.
The Council passed an order June 19, 1905, authorizing me to procure suitable plans for the enlargement of the High School, subject to the approval of the School Committee and the State Board of Police.
Competitive plans were immediately called for and five complete sets of plans and specifications were received from competent architects which were submitted to the School Committee.
The plan of Aaron H. Gould, architect, was accepted and approved and the Council accordingly appropriated the sum of $113,000.
Bids were advertised and submitted and found to be in excess of appropriation, therefore it was necessary to pro- cure an additional sum of $6,500 to complete building in con- formity with said plan.
Contract was awarded to Rufus E. Lord of Waltham and work on foundation will commence at once and building completed before the opening of the fall term next year.
The plans call for an addition and remodelling of the present building which will accommodate about one thou- sand pupils which we trust will meet all demands in this direction for a number of years to come.
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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS.
The extermination of the gypsy and brown tail moths consisted principally in caring for our trees on streets and sidewalks.
Men were put to work destroying the eggs of the gypsy moth by applying crecsote and the nests of the brown tail moths were cut from the trees and destroyed by burning same.
Printed circulars containing full instructions as to sup- pression of gypsy and. brown tail moths were sent to all property owners asking them to co-operate with the city in its work on highways and other public grounds by destroy- inig in time such eggs, pupae, and nests as they found on their property before January 1, 1906.
The most serious feature of the local situation is the general and often severe infestation of private estates by the gypsy moth. On these places a great many egg clusters have been broken and scattered and it is probable that consider- able injury to trees will be evident during the caterpillar sea- son of next year. The street trees of the entire city should be burlapped and spraying may be necessary in certain seri- ously infested localities.
Plans are perfected for a vigorous campaign against the brown tail moths and during the winter months we hope to make considerable progress in the suppression of these moths.
The city is generally infested with the gypsy moth and several colonies have reached a point where injury to the trees will take place next year unless thorough measures are applied and the State has therefore recommended that a further appropriation be made to enable us to proceed with this work.
Upland Road was laid out and accepted from Dimmock Street to Adams Street under a special appropriation of $800. Work was immediately commenced and street constructed to the established grade.
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