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A stone road five and six inches respectively have been built on these two streets and a small amount of work done on the sidewalks and I think with a little care these streets will last a good many years.
A portion of South Walnut street was constructed of
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crushed granite and tar-tar macadam-and it will be a good chance to prove its value, as I put it on the hardest part of the street to maintain (the flat portion).
The hot tar was put into the road, not on it, in two layers of stone and certainly made a fine piece of roadway. On account of the saving in stone and rolling this method cost very little more than water bound macadam and as we have no good trap rock in Quincy I hope that some method on these lines may be developed for our roads.
PERMANENT SIDEWALKS
Under this work may be classed the following appro- priations.
I Permanent sidewalks, tar $17,600.00
2 Permanent sidewalks, granolithic 1,100.00
3 Phipps street sidewalk, tar 900.00
4 Whitwell street sidewalk, gravel and curbing. 1,400.00
5 Goffe street sidewalk, gravel and curbing . .
120.00
6 East Howard street sidewalk, gravel and curb- ing 330.00
Bills for labor and materials under item 1, amounted to: $14,993.88, divided as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls $3,637.94
Simpson Bros. Cor., tar concrete 9,516.83
Curbing 1,045.78
Setting curb 154.79
Loam and sods 27.27
Incidentals 107.88
Henry Lavelle, labor and material 503.39
Two bids were received on this work as follows: Lowe Armington Co., 68 cents per sq. yd. Simpson Bros, Cor., 63 cents per sq. yd.
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The latter bid was accepted and the work done was sat- isfactory. Some of the work was three inch and some of it four inch work depending on the amount of traffic, foundation underneath the walk and character of the soil.
2.
A small amount of granolithic sidewalk was laid this year and where the curbing can be omitted the cost is much less to the city and abutter than a tar walk and curbing.
There is no question about the relative looks of the two kinds of walks and a granolithic walk properly laid will be as good as new and giving good service when a tar concrete walk under the same conditions would be ready for the dump.
The betterment to abutters and city is double that of a tar walk and costs no more if the added life is considered.
By this I do not advise the indiscriminate use of grano- lithic walk as under certain conditions the tar walk is prefer- able. Every locality should be treated consistently and the work deferred until the proper kind of work for that section can be done. If this is too broad a proposition I think the least the city can do is to carry out each street on a uniform basis of construction.
Tree roots are one of the worst enemies of our side- walks and for this reason the permanent walks on all resi- dential streets should be made as narrow as travel will admit. For the ordinary residential street a four foot walk, three and one-half foot turf border and curbing or paved gutters make a good layout. This treatment serves the pedestrian, al- lows the roots under the walk to be cut off entirely at the same time giving the tree a chance to feed on the additional loam space, the curb and paved gutter will protect the turf border, define the gutter and add to the permanency of the work but at the present time where so many of our sidewalks, built of binding gravel, are so full of mud just where needed the most, I think the curbing should be omitted temporarily and thus twice as many miles of sidewalks may be constructed.
Permanent sidewalks cannot be built too well to stand our
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climate and I think the city should do all this work in every case especially as under the law it must forever maintain this walk free of charge to the abutter.
The Phipps street sidewalk and curbing was a much needed improvement and in place of the old ragged sidewalk we now have a good permanent walk on this thoroughfare.
4-5-6
The work on these three streets is not quite finished al- though practically so. These streets are a good example of streets on which curbing is absolutely necessary as they are not any too wide for teaming nor the sidewalks for travel. The city ought to do two miles of this kind of work every year in place of some of our more temporary work.
TAR CONCRETE SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED 1910
Street
Length feet
Walk
Drive sq. yds.
Beach street
1,294.00
869.00
93.78
Billings street
1,338.00
655.24
90.21
Brooks avenue
774.14
477.12
73.43
Copeland street
2,550.00
1,819.74
I20.61
Edison street
714.00
330.50
II.23
Glendale road
714.00
342.50
83.42
Granite street
3,448.30
2,265.80
126.43
Liberty street
1,216.00
758.61
157.81
Lincoln avenue
394.00
264.96
Lincoln avenue
234.00
163.99
. . . .
Newbury avenue
322.00
205.10
73.96
Phipps street
752.60
517.76
33.13
Rawson road
1,608.00
1,276.23
95.06
Walker street
1,296.00
885.77
60.20
Water street
1,771.IO
1,091.31
121.77
Total
18,426.14
11,923.63
1,141.04
sq. yds.
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GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED 1910
Street
Length feet
Walk sq. yds.
Drive sq. yds.
Cottage avenue
114.00
65.24
4.59
Brook street
214.00
119.60
. ...
Grand View avenue
313.80
169.94
23.50
Lincoln avenue
592.90
407.63
....
Park street
490.20
202.50
15.50
Russell park
270.00
109.54
14.72
Total
1,994.90
1,074.45
58.31
EDGESTONES LAID AND RELAID 1910.
NEW EDGESTONE
RELAID
Street
From
Straight feet
Curved Block Straight feet feet
Curved feet
Corner
Adams street
Alleyne st. to Railroad Bridge
118.00
19.00
Cottage avenue
In front of Kincaide property
Goffe street
Granite st. northerly
100.00
5.66
Granite street
Whitwell st. to Water st.
1,678.50
25.50
10
418.80
1
Hancock street
Merry Mount ave. to Billings rd. 3,738.10
40.00
69.60
184.50
236.50
14.30
2
484.40
13.30
2
Whitwell street
Granite st. westerly
551.70
19.70
Throat Stone for Catch Basin
300.00
Total
6,762.80 308.30
38
1,227.16
67.20
3
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Lincoln avenue
Winthrop ave. to Prospect ave.
Pearl street
In front of Baxter property
Phipps street
School st. to Water st.
179.90
26
53.90
Beach street
Mason st. to Billings rd.
114.10
Block
Corner
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ACCEPTED STREETS
There were twelve streets accepted by the City Council of 1910 during the latter part of the year, the bulk of which were accepted under the law authorizing the assessment of better- ments.
The money for this work will be available about the first of 1911 and in the mean time the work can be planned to much better advantage than though the work had to be done in a hurry. To my mind this is the best way to appro- priate the money for work which needs careful planning to get the best results. If this was done every year and the money made available the first of the year the next season's work could be much better planned and a considerable saving made in the cost of the work.
STREETS ACCEPTED IN 1910.
Name
From
Accepted
Ward
Length Width Feet Feet
Ballou Street,
Robertson St. to Bryant St.
1910
4
268.60
33
Bedford Street,
Glendale Rd. to Roselin Ave.
1910
1
904.00
40
Belmont Street,
Lincoln Ave. to South Central Ave.
1910
5 1,070.00
40
Birch Street,
Glover Ave. to Hollis Ave.
1910
6
575.00
32-40
Claremont Avenue,
Chubbuck St. to South St.
1910
2
487.00
36
Fayette Street,
North Central Ave to Hobart St.
1910
5
500 00
40
Germain Avenue,
Washington St. southwesterly
1910
2 1,123.56
40
Hill Street,
McDonald St. southeasterly
1910
4
246.20
25
Oakland Avenue,
Newport Ave. southwesterly
1910
5
620.00
50
Plymouth Street,
Independence Ave. to Verchild St.
1910
3 478.00
36
Richie Road,
Franklin St. to Kendrick Ave.
1910
3
610.00
40
Royal Street,
Billings Road to Vassall St.
1910
5-6
932.00
40
368
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Previous to January 1, 1910, the number of miles of ac- cepted streets was 79.51 and adding to this the amount ac- cepted during 1910, 1.48 miles, we have total number of miles of accepted streets January 1, 1911, 80.99 miles.
SURFACE DRAINAGE
Drains for eighteen streets were included in this appro- priaiton and bills for labor and materials amounted to $II,- 384.34 divided as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls $6,732.75
Akron pipe and brick 3,020.56
Cement 366.28
Manhole and catch basin castings 582.69
Mason work 263.09
Curbstone inlets
247.40
Incidentals
171.57
This work was begun about the first of August by two gangs, whereas, to get the best results it should have begun two or three months earlier. Our supply of foremen is lim- ited and it is the foreman that counts on this kind of work. Drains are built near the surface and have to dodge water pipes, gas pipes, electric conduits, trees, poles and other things so that a competent man is needed as catch basins and pipes must be built accordingly. For this reason an early appropriation should be made for this work.
The amount of work done was as follows:
Laying 275 feet 12-inch pipe.
Laying 3,497 feet 10-inch pipe.
Laying 3,407 feet 8-inch pipe. Building 7 manholes. Building 70 catch-basins.
For a detailed account of the work done during the year, see the report of the City Engineer.
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HOUGHS NECK SCHOOL
The Atherton Hough school, as it is now called, has been under construction since the middle of April and will be com- pleted before long.
With the exception of the heating and ventilating, which was done on time and according to contract, the rest of the job has been unsatisfactory, principally on account of delay in the plumbing.
The stock and materials on the work are all right, the trouble has been with the workmanship, but when completed I think the building will be as complete and substantial as any in the city and in some respects better.
The building is heated by a combination of hot air and steam with provision for returning the air from the class rooms, when school is not in session, back to the heaters.
This "rotary system" as it is called allows the school to be kept at an even temperature night and day without taking in any outside air.
As usual there was practically no money for grading the lot and if it had not been an exceptionally fine lot of land with good loam and nearly to the proper grade it could not have been done under the appropriation.
There is nothing more important than the grading about a building and it costs money just the same as anything else does but when the appropriation is made the "and grading" is put in but not the money to do it.
JOHN HANCOCK SCHOOL
Special Appropriation for Heating and Ventilating
Bills for labor and material on this work amounted to $5,959.57, divided as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls $481.15
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Heating contract
4,998.00
Iron work and hardware
25.62
Lumber 178.07
Mason work I 50.00
Cement and brick
90.59
Incidentals
36.14
Bids were received as follows :
Stone Underhill Heating & Ventilating Co. $4,998.00 Lynch & Woodward 5,370.00
At the time the bids were opened I was disappointed in not receiving more bids on the work, but after the work was completed there was no room for regrets, in fact this has been the most satisfactory job I have had since my connection with the city. The contractors carried out the contract in every way, the work was finished on time and when inspected by the State Police, more than met the requirements of the law.
There was considerable prejudice against sectional cast iron boilers, whereas, this was the only practical solution of the work, enabling us to have a light boiler room, a chance to remove ashes satisfactorily and finish the work on time and within the appropriation.
SEWER DIVISION.
The following is a brief report of the work of the Sewer Division for the year 1910.
In April 1910, a loan of $40,000 was contracted for sewer construction and later an additional loan of $10,000 to perform the work asked for in several new petitions.
Work was begun in May and was carried on continuously throughout the season to December 28, 1910. The work was performed by day labor, two gangs of men being employed constantly and during a part of the time a third gang. When
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the work on particular sewers was slack these men also were employed on construction of the main sewers. Unquestion- ably the extremely dry season helped us in our work but on the other hand several of the streets in which; we built sewers contained a considerable quantity of ledge. About 4.68 miles of pipe sewers were built ranging in size from 8 inches to 18 inches in diameter.
Approximately half a mile of sewer was built in Hough's Neck. 667 feet of 18 inch main sewer was built in Island avenue from the new State Pumping Station to Sea avenue. This main ought to be extended early in the season in order to bring it to a point beyond where it will interfere with the sum- mer traffic and also to enable the most thickly settled portion of Hough's Neck to use this sewer by the time the summer cottages are opened.
Appended to this report is a table showing the names of streets in which sewers have been built this year, the location, length, size, kind of material encountered and number of manholes. Also a table showing the amount of each size sewer built each year and the total amount to date.
Record plans have been made by the City Engineer and placed on file in this office. They show a total of 770 assess- ments amounting to $24,093.98. If it were possible to assess the property on Island Avenue this year the assessment would aggregate $25,000. Rights of way have been taken and paid for and releases signed to city and placed on record.
PARTICULAR SEWERS.
The work of making house connections with the public sewer has been carried on this year the same as last and 344 connec- tions have been made connecting 348 buildings. Below will be found various tables in relation to this work.
By Wards.
Ward
I 2
3
4 I6
5 109
6 Total
40
67
52
60
344
373
Cost per Foot.
Under
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
20 cts.
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
1.00 1.00 Total
4
12
72
130
76
26
8
4
6
6
344
Cost per Connection.
Under
$10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90 Over
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
$10
20
30
.40
50
60
70
80
90 100
100
Total
10
200 100
20
5
5
1
3
344
Classification.
Single houses 2II
Double houses
92
Three flat houses
IO
Four flat houses
2
Six tenement houses
I
Laundry
2
Business Blocks
3 5
Office buildings
Stores and tenements
7
Stores
4
Nurses Home
2
Garage
I
School house
I
Factory
4
Church
2
Police Station
I
Total buildings 348
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374
Average length per connection 46.40 feet Average cost per connection $21.49 Average cost per foot $0.463
The work of cleaning and flushing has been carried on in the usual manner. On the whole the sewers are in a very good condition very few sections giving any appreciable trouble. A few of the house connections have given trouble from roots working their way into the pipes.
There are several petitions on file in this office for the ex- tension of the system and some of these are especially urgent and ought to be taken care of next year ..
Statement of the Bond Account.
Bonds issued previous to 1909 $744,000.00
Bonds issued in 1910 50,000.00
Total Bond Issue
$794,000.00
Bonds matured previous to 1909 $166,500.00
Bonds matured during 1910
22,000.00
188,500.00
Total Sewer Debt Dec. 31, 1910
$605,500.00
Financial Statement for 1910.
Clerical
Appropriations Expenditures Balance $ 780.00 $ 780.00
Construction
1909 Balance $277.82 50,000.00
49,971.16
$306.66
House Connections- Receipts
7,440.96
8,190.85 -749.89
Maintenance
1909 Balance $181.09
1,600.00
1,528.72 252.37
375
Construction Account.
Labor Pay Roll $33,656.42
Engineering Pay Roll 963.14
Office (tickets & registry of deeds ) 97.08
Damages (suits and releases of land)
2,204.34
Lumber
1,366.89
Tools (including coal and coke)
1,291.79
Stock-
pipe $6,504.48
brick 1,619.80
cement 1,095.90
manhole castings 1,085.19
cheese cloth, jute and sand
86.13
10,391.50
$49,971.16
House Connection Account.
Labor Pay Roll $6,614.10
Damages
21.75
Office (tickets and stationery ) 62.50
Lumber
22.58
Tools including lime and canvas 207.40
Manhole castings
11.00
Stock ( 1909 bill)
55.17
Stock (pipe and cement)
1,196.35
$ 8,190.85
Maintenance.
Labor Pay Roll $1,319.13
Tools
35.23
Office supplies, stationery, telephone
174.36
$ 1,528.72
PIPE SEWERS CONSTRUCTED IN 1910.
Street
From
To
Northeasterly Southeasterly Southeasterly
8 in
672.60
1 2 clay and ledge gravel
2 Bay View street Beale street
Winthrop avenue Easterly
8 403.30 2 hard-pan
5 Beale street
N. Central avenue Everett st.
10
300.
1 gravel and clay
5 Beale street
Everett street
Summit ave.
8
1474.6
8 gravel and clay
5 Belmont street
Brook street
Beale st.
8
600.65
1 clay, sand, gravel
5 Belmont street
Lincoln avenue
Southerly
8 390.63
2 hard pan
3 Bennington street
Verchild street
Southerly
250.03
1
hard pan
2 Berkeley street
Ellerton road
Southwesterly
8
359.
1 clay and ledge
6 Billings road
Cummings avenue
Apthorp st.
8
395.50
3
clay and sand
5 Briggs street
Elm avenue
Waterston ave.
8 541.50
1
clay and sand
5 Brook street
Highland avenue
No. Central ave.
12 454.60
2 clay
2 Clarendon street
South street
Ellerton road
8
507.65
2 clay, gravel, ledge
4 Crescent street
Cross street
Badger lane
8
1045.80
5 gravel
2 Cyril street
Main street
Easterly
8
315.
1 clay, ledge clay, gravel
5 Davis street
Staunton street
South westerly
8
56.50
6 E Squantum street Hodges avenue
Easterly
8
598.80
2 gravel
2 Ellerton road
Clarendon street
Berkeley st.
8
240.20
1 gravel
Washington street Northerly
8
235.
1 clay and gravel
1 & 2 Elm place 6 Fayette street
Holbrook road
Northwesterly
8
716.54
3 gravel
Size
Lengtlı
Manholes
Material
6 Apthorp street 29 9 Ward 6 Arlington street
Billings road
Holbrook road
8 "
167.80
8 200.10 1 gravel
Edison street
376
8
-
377
6 Newbury ave
Madison street
East Squantum st r
8
155.20
0
5 Newport ave
N. Central avenue Northwesterly 8
137.
1 gravel
5 No. Central ave
Brook street
Beale st.
10
576.60
3
gravel
5 Phillips st
Existing sewer
Waterston ave.
8
526.
1
clay
6 Private land
Hancock street
Vane st.
8
288.5
2
gravel
2 Private land
Pond street
Washington st.
12
691.9
5 clay
2 Scammell street
Existing sewer
South st.
10
264.8
2 clay, ledge
2 Shaw street
Washington street Northeasterly
8
333.0
1
gravel
2 South street
Scammell street Main street
Lyndon road
10
355.
2 ledge and clay
2 Sumner street
Lyndon road
Easterly
8
815.
5 Summit avenue
Beale street
Southerly
8
75.
5 Vane street
Near Billings rd
To end (southerly ) 8
730.
3 gravel, clay
8
331.75
0
8 Independence ave
Holmes street Existing sewer Existing sewer
Southerly
8
227.4
1 hard pan
5 Kemper street
Waterston ave.
8
220. 0
clay, gravel
8 Kendrick avenue
Phipps street
Existing sewer
8
141. 1
clay and ledge gravel ledge
3 Kidder street
Garfield street
near Quarry st.
8
400. 3
2 Lyndon road
Massachusetts ave
Sumner st.
10
135.80
1 gravel ledge
2 Main street
Sumner street
Cyril st.
8
203.45
1 gravel ledge
Massachusetts ave
Grafton street
Lyndon road
10
501.65 1 gravel ledge
10
539.3 3
gravel, sand
3 Garfield street
1 gravel
2 Glenwood way
2 Grafton street
Massachusetts ave. 10 236.95 2 gravel
5 Greene street
Old Colony RR Co Holmes st.
Waterston ave. 8 428.65 1 clay, gravel 10 137.25 gravel
6 Hayward street Hayward street
Existing sewer Washington street Glenwood way Existing sewer
Kidder st. Grafton st.
8
215. 386. 2 gravel
10
Clarendon st.
8
61.5
1
clay
2 Sumner street
4 gravel, hardpan hardpan
Hancock st.
2 Washington street Private land
5 Waterston ave Willow street
3 Water street Quincy street
5 Willow street Existing sewer
5 & 6 Wilson a & OCRR Fayette street
Glenwood way
12 in 123.5 1 gravel
8 1220.05 6 clay
Easterly
8 149.84 1 gravel
Waterston ave. 8 677.45 3 sand and clay
Hayward st. 10
619.0 4 gravel and peat
HOUGH'S NECK.
1 Bay View avenue
Ratchford street
Sea st.
8
533.0
4 gravel
1 Bay View avenue
Sea street
Easterly
8
85.0
1 gravel
1 Crosby street
Ratchford street
Sea st.
8
523.50
2
gravel and sand
1 Island avenue
S. Met. H. L. Sta.
Sea ave.
18
667.8
3 clay
1 Ratchford street
Crosby street
near Bay View av. 8
249.0
2 gravel
1 Sea street
Bay View avenue
Southeasterly
8
360.0
2
gravel
1 Sea street
Manet avenue
Southerly
8
492.1
4
gravel
24,739.71 122 4.685 miles.
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Total
Briggs st.
379
Brick Sewer
Year
5 & 6"
8''
10"
12"
15"
18""
20"
24"
24x36" 30x45" 1,060.30 8,965.80 1,077.20
Total 17,696.90
1897
5,645.50
948.10
1898
57,359.40
4,560.70
4,281.60
1,705.90
1,095.40
3,451.00
72,454.00
1899
19.835.86
3,440.57
3,267.12
1,486.30
3,749.45
31,779.30
1900
6,886.70
6,886.70
1901
16,801.83
1,224.97
1,701.20
1,359.70
1,825.40
22,913 10
1902
26,429.08
5.411.90
1,521.25
2,751.94
879.33
36,993.50
1903
11,743.20
1,533.00
938.00
1,072.90
49.50
8,624.20
23,960.80
1904
(6) 318.90
17,295.00
1,319.90
2,359.90
3,294.92
1,988.30
26,576.92
585.70
1,800.86
3,984.66
1906
(5) 182.55
3,228.89
537.65
569.85
462.20
4,981.14
1907
6,378.30
667.30
1,391.40
8,437.00
1908
12,656.83
2,542.05
1,630.85
2,438.96
19,268.69
1909
(5) 50.00
13,738.81
1,621.67
3,009.40
18,419.88
1910
18,749.56
4.052.35
1,270.00
667.80
24,739.71
551.45 218,347.06 27,860.16 21,940.57 13,798.82 11,590.34 13,900.60 1,060.30 8,965.80 1,077.20 319,092.30 Abandoned in 1910 50.00
Total number of feet,
319,042.30
Total number of miles,
60.4246
Total number of manholes,
1,357
1905
1,598.10
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Receipts and Expenditures for 1910.
1910 Assessment for meter and flat rates $122,699.62
Rebated for vacancy and non-use
$3,264.94
Amount uncollected 5,786.92
Due from premises, shut off
964.50
Amount collected on 1910 Assessment II2,683.26
$122,699.62
Collections
1910 Assessment $112,683.26
Collected on previous assessment 3,083.31
Total Collections
$115,766.57
Appropriated from tax levy 19,148.45
Total income
$134.915.02
Charges
Metropolitan Assessment $50,950.3I
Bond payments for 1910 45,500.00
Interest on Water Debt 25,800.00
Maintenance and clerical
10,800.00
Total charges $133,050.31
Construction Account
Receipts
Appropriation $40,000.00
Balance 1909 424.07
Collections (receipts from services)
8,910.85
$49,334.92
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Note-These items do not appear on the books of the Wa- ter Department at all but are shown here to make a proper financial statement.
Expenditures
Approved bills for labor and materials in this account amount- ed to $47,939.69, divided as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls $23,095.96
Cast Iron Water Pipe
7,745.56
Cast Iron Specials 408.18
Freight on pipe and specials
1,115.77
Hydrants 1,166.90
Gates and Valves
815.80
Gate Boxes and Castings
456.29
Lead and Packing
1,470.48
Lead Lined Iron Pipe and Fittings
4,724.95
Brass gds., Galv. Iron Pipe and Fittings
3,677.28
Steel, Iron and Tools
567.15
Hardware 142.23
Paid City of Boston for main pipe
1,074.10
Legal Claims
586.35
Car fares
180.00
Incidentals
712.23
$47,939.69
Balance
1,395.23
$49,334.92
382
Maintenance Account
Receipts
Balance 1909 $272.16
Appropriation 10,800.00
$11,072.16
Credit for Board of Health
312.00
$11,384.16
Note-See Auditor's report for details of this account.
Expenditures
Approved bills for labor and materials on this account amounted to $11,382.71, divided as follows :
Salary of Superintendent, Inspector and Shopman
$2,632.00
Clerical
1,300.00
Labor payrolls
3,628.00
Stationery, Postage, etc. .
476.94
Telephones, Transportation & Taxes 286.55
Expressing 5.67
Repairs at shop 67.50
Light, Heat and Oil
332.08
Meter repairs 80.67
Hardware, Tools, etc.,
90.48
Harnesses, wagon repairs, etc.,
314.18
Shoeing, etc.,
342.72
Hay & grain
1,633.60
Incidentals 192.32
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$11,382.71
Balance
1.45
$11,384.16
383
Meter Account
Receipts
Balance from 1909
$I, II3.93
Appropriation 10,000.00 - $1I, II3.93
Expenditures
Labor as per pay rolls $ 323.91
Meters 3,569.50
Meter parts
6.63
Paid plumbers
23.86
Incidentals
11.89
Balance
7,178.14 .
$1I, II3.93
Bond Account
Bonds issued to Dec. 31, 1909
$1,187,000.00
Bonds issued in 1910 50,000.00
Total issue $1,237,000.00
Bonds matured previous to Jan. 1, 1910 $526,000.00
Bonds matured during 1910 45,500.00
Total bonds matured
571,500.00
Net bonded Water Debt
$665,500.00
Construction Work
The receipts and expenditures on this account are as re- cited above and the amount of work done as follows :
384
Extension of mains in 77 streets, varying in size from four inches to twelve inches, aggregating 26,533 feet.
1576 feet of 6 inch and 8 inch mains were purchased from the City of Boston, making the total number of feet added to the system 28,109 or 5.32 miles. (See appended table.)
32 fire hydrants were set on new mains and two were pur- chased from the City of Boston, making the total number of hydrants in use 812. (See appended table.)
The mains purchased from the City of Boston were as fol- lows :
Beale Road 170 feet 8 inch cast iron $442.22
Bellevue Road 739 feet 6 inch cast iron 490.00
Titus Road 667 feet 6 inch cast iron 141.88
Green Street 2 inch service pipe 200.00
In addition to this it was necessary to lay several thousand feet of temporary pipe for summer cottages at Hough's Neck and Squantum.
With the exception of the 12 inch main on Adams Street all of the main extensions were for the purpose of supplying new takers. This 12 inch main will replace an old four and six inch line and will greatly reinforce the service in the Cen- tre and Point Districts.
Consumption of Water
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