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Abbott
7.0
Autumn .
298
Adrian
136
Beach .
Bow
Broadway
666
1,086
2
1
1
9.0
Chandler
Clarendon
322
·
. 300
Chester
Canal
Cameron
513
Daua
Dane Court .
575
1
1
4.0
Elm . .
Everett Avenue
192
1
1
1
1
1
6.5
Hadley's Court Hawkins Court
396
11
1
1
1
.
1
1 1
. 1
4
1
3
15.3
Marion
265
Mt. Vernon
745
Oxford
()tıs .
Packard .
2,56
Pinckney, New
348
Pembroke . .
317
Professor's Row
146
Smith Avenue
School
384
Tenny .
Tiger Court
228
Union Square
Villa Avenue
Walnut . .
521
. .
Total
2,596
666
2,728
5,784
4,004
1,071
2
2
4 14 17
2
22
2 167.0
1. . ~ |4 in
. 1. |3 in.
1. . . .
3
35 3
Beacon
543
·
170
1
1
Florence, New
397
Fitchburg .
Gilman
703
. 102 35
110
Jenny Lind Avenue
Kent
371
Kent Court
3.0
Mt Pleasant Ave.
158
Maple Avenue .
Munroe
153
Medford
1,642
Milk
1
1
1
·
·
1
1
1
1
.
266
1
1
.
.
256
.
1
5.5
Cross
35 257
1
4.0
1
9.5
237
1
.
.
.
2
43.0
Oliver .
7.4
170
130
1
1
5.5
·
Laid in 1874
25,549.6 80,338.7 76,654.
6,218.5
1,747.
37
4,572.4
set 1874.
786
·
7.0
283
5.0
150
PIPE RELAID ON ACCOUNT OF CHANGE OF STREET GRADE, AND HYDRANTS MOVED ON ACCOUNT OF SAME.
No. of Hydrants.
Vernon Street, 650 feet 4 in.
Mt. Vernon “
175
Cedar
375
6 "
Glen
66
139
6 .
Dana
161 66
4
Boston
66
70
6 "
Adams
66
360
66 4 .
Milk
66
1450 66 8 6
and 1525
6 " 6
Everett Avenue
1
Bonair Street
1
Washington Street
1
Corner of Washington and Franklin Streets, flush hydrants replaced by post hydrants, and also the same at corner of Glen and Flint Streets ; hydrant at junction of Union Square and Bow Street moved to Bow Street and blow-off put into sewer from hydrant branch on Milk Street, and also blow-off put into sewer in Medford Street, east of Grand Junction R. R., and one in Packard Street at Culvert ; one hydrant replaced at corner Washington and Merriam Streets broken by team ; repaired six leaks on pipe laid in 1873, and four on pipe laid previous to 1870, and thirty-one on work guar- anteed by Patent Water and Gas Pipe Co., and charged to them as per contract, amounting to $231.25.
MATERIALS ON HAND AT COST.
HYDRANTS.
5-3 Nozzle
$385 00
2-2
108 00
5 Out of repair
. 200 00
693 00
Amount carried forward
$693 00
·
151
Amount brought forward . $693 00
GATES.
1 10 inch .
· $60 00
7 6 66
. 238 00
9 4
· 189 00
2 3 66
32 00 ·
18 Gate frames and covers . 207 00
726 00
CAST IRON BRANCHES, NOT LINED.
3 single, 6 on 8.
14 25
1 double, 6 " 6
.
3 50
8 single, 6 " 6
.
26 40
1 66 4 " 8
4 50
7 4 " 6
22 75
8 4 " 4 17 28
2 double, 4 " 6 7 00
5
4 66 4 . 15 00
110 68
$1,529 68
CAST IRON BRANCHES, LINED.
1 double 6 on 8 .
5 34
2 ،، 4" 6 .
8 75
1
66 4"4 .
3 75
2 single 4 " 8 .
11 00
6 4"6 .
24 00
1
4 “ 4 .
3 00
55 84
SHEET IRON BRANCHES, NOT LINED.
1 double 4 on 6 .
2 50
1 single 3 " 3 . . 1 00
3 50
Amount carried forward . .
. $1,589 02
152
Amount brought forward .
$1,589 02 .
SHEET IRON BRANCHES, LINED.
1 double 6 on 6 .
$3 60
9 66 4"6 .
21 60
5 4" 4 .
·
12 00
2 single 4 " 8 .
4 50
2
66 6"6.
3 60
1
4"6 .
1 60
46 90
$1,635 92
PIPE LINED.
12 in.
32 feet, at $1.33
42 56
10 .
70
1.10
77 00
8 66
114
.82
93 48
6 .
260
66
.60
156 00
4 .
256
.40
102 40
3 "
115
.31
35 65
12 feet, 6 in. Cast Iron
10 50
517 59
PIPE NOT LINED.
8 in.
196 feet, at 61 cts.
.
119 56
882
45
396 90
4 .
154
30
46 20
3 .
7
22
1 61
564 27
IRON ON HAND.
For 6 inch pipe 3679 lbs. at 6 cts. 220 74
4 3408 66
co 204 48
" sleeves 200. 66 00
12 00
14-10 in. sleeves made up 29 cts. 4 00
20-8 “
24 “ 4 80
446 08
Amount carried forward .
$3,163 86
.
153
Amount brought forward . . $3,163 86
SUNDRY MATERIALS.
366 feet of Plank, at 3 cts. . $10 98 .
730 feet of Joist, at 3 cts. 21 90
¿ Ton Coal · .
4 50
21 bbls. Cement, at $1.80 37 80
2 Loads Sand 2 60
100 lbs. White Lead 10 00 .
50 lbs. Winding Rope
9 50
325 lbs. Rivets, at 14 cts.
.
45 50
20 lbs. Oakum, at 10 cts.
2 00
30 yards Cloth .
4 50
1 piece Enamelled Cloth
7 20
5 lbs. Nails
25
2 gallons Lard Oil
2 50
110 feet Lumber
3 75
6 Gate Covers
11 25
1 gallon Naphtha .
40
1 Coil Safety Fuse
50
Hydrant Valves and Rods
8 00
183 13
Total value of material on hand .
$3,346 99
INVENTORY OF TOOLS FOR WATER WORKS.
1 Lining Stand and Fixtures $40 00
1 Punching Machine . 287 00 ·
1 Rolling Machine 250 00 ·
6 Mandrils ·
110 12
2 Mandril Frames 20 00 .
4 Sets Rollers and Frames . .
57 88
6 Pair Pipe Clamps 18 00 ·
6 Rings · 10 00
12 Rivet Sets
5 00
.
.
Amount carried forward . . $798 00
154
Amount brought forward $798 00
1 Wire Gauge
1 50
6 Cold Chisels
2 50
8 Hammers
6 50
7 Mallets
1 75
4 pair Snips
12 00
4 Oil Cans
5 00
10 Lanterns
10 00
1 Tackle and Derrick
10 00
1 Hand Hose . 6 00
1 Hydrant Hose 4 00
3 Saws . 3 50
7 Drills .
12 00
6 Striking Hammers
18 00
3 Iron Bars
8 00
1 Sand Screen
1 00
3 Gate Wrenches
10 00
4 Hydrant Wrenches
4 00
10 Mending Knives
5 00
6 Pails
1 00
3 Water Tubs and 2 Barrels 2 50
5 Mortar Boxes and 2 Hods
10 00
4 Trowels
4 50
3 Tool Boxes .
12 00
3 pr. Rubber Mits .
3 00
1 Wheelbarrow
5 00
28 Picks
35 00
30 Shovels
25 00
1 Kettle
1 00
1 Grindstone .
6 00
1 Bar for rounding pipe, 2 Tape
Measures 2 00
2 pr. Rubber Boots . 6 00
1 Cutting Bench 4 00
3 Rammers 2 50
Amount carried forward . $1,038 25
155
Amount brought forward
. $1,038 25
1 Pump for hydrants 3 00
1 Pipe Cradle 2 50
1 Axe and 2 Hatchets
2 50
Office Furniture
25 00
2 Horses
450 00
2 Wagons
125 00
1 Pung
60 00
2 Harnesses,
40 00
3 Blankets and 1 Robe
13 00
Total .
$1,759 25
WATER SERVICE MATERIALS ON HAND.
77 ft. 1} in. Pipe lined, @ 26c
$20 02
448 “ 11
"' 20 89 60
1260 “ 1
66 66 66 " 16 201 60
330 1 3 4 " galvanized, " 15 49 50
1375 1 " not lined, " 10
137 50
12 12 " Clamps
36 00
5 10 66 66
13 75
32
8
66
88 00
40
6
66 100 00 .
60
4
66 150 00 .
22
3 66
66
55 00
2
6 " Ludlow Clamps
12 00
3
4 66
66
18 00
6
1 " Stop- cocks .
18 00
8
11
" brass Ts 4 80
6
11 " Nipples
3 30
2
12 " Stop-cocks .
8 00
181
66 66
407 25
171
1 " brass Ts
.
85 50
184
" Nipples
73 60
2
14 " Stop-cocks
6 00
10
1
66
19 40
Amount carried forward
. $1,596 82
156
Amount brought forward . $1,596 82
11 in. Stop-cocks 13 75
8
7 50
13 11 " Ts 6 63
10 1} in. Elbows 3 80
8 12
1 98
51 1 Ts. 9 95
55 1 " Elbows 7 15
8 1 " Loose Couplings 4 00
6
66 2 40
6 1} " Plugs
1 20
73 1 66 66
6 57
16
4
10 12
50
530 lbs. Lead Pipe .
43 75
34 " Solder Leads
22 78
Small Wire for cards
1.00
35 lbs. Solder
7 70
4 & " Elbows
1 00
9 Hose Bibs
9 00
3 11 in. Solder Nipples 1 50
3 1 " Bushings . 75
2 3 " Ts .
32
4 1 66
.
40
4
1
2 " Service Box Covers .
6 75
4 Bartholomew Hydrants 1 5 in. Tapping Machine
25 00
11
12 " Die Plate and Dies
20 00
11
12 00
1 Pipe Cutter and Wheels
9 00
1 Press for lining pipe . 60 00
1 Bench Vise 15 00
4 pr. Tongs
10 00
Amount carried forward . $1,855 20
20 00
12 80
4
3 08
11 & in. galvanized Ts
1 12
157
Amount brought forward . $1,855 20
2 Monkey Wrenches 5 00
2 Fire Pots . 4 00
5 Soldering Irons 5 00
3 Round Files
1 00
7 Flat Files .
2 00
4 Small Files
50
1 pr. Rubber Mits
1 25
2 Chisels and 1 Hammer
1 50
1 Lining Bench 3 00 .
3 Set Washer Cutters 2 00
2 Gate Wrenches . 2 00
1 Oil Can 0
25
Total
. $1,972 70
No. of Services put in 364
lowered . 53
leaks repaired . 10
NO. OF FEET AND SIZE OF SERVICE PIPE LAID.
2 in. galvanized
392 ft.
1} " Cement .
120
1
.
292
3 .6 66
12,8834
5 Lead
.
3251
· 4663
" galvanized
931
Total
14,221 ft.
Respectfully submitted.
BENJAMIN ALMY,
Superintendent.
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REPORT
COMMITTEE ON SEWERS. OF
1874.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
March 22, 1875.
Report accepted, referred to Committee on Printing, with instructions to have it printed in the Annual Report. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 22, 1875.
Concurred in.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
REPORT.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
March 22, 1875.
THE undersigned, as Chairman of the Committee on Sewers for the year ending December 31, 1874, begs leave to submit the following report: -
Prior to the passage of the Act of 1873, for the abatement of the Miller River nuisance, most of our sewers had been of small size and located in the interior of the city, discharging their contents into the several creeks running seaward, - the point of outfall being undetermined.
The construction of the Bridge Street Sewer in Cambridge, and the Milk Street Sewer in Somerville, has definitely determined, for a long period, the location of a Trunk Sewer for the Milk Row Valley Water Shed, embracing more than one half of the territory of the city.
Acting upon this basis the Sewer Committee, after making careful surveys from Prospect Street, in Milk, Washington, Beacon, Mossland, and Elm Streets to Davis Square in West Somerville, had the satisfaction of finding it entirely feasible to drain most of the territory of Ward Four through the Milk Street Sewer, - Davis Square being about fifteen feet higher than Union Square, and the distance less than 12,000 feet by the proposed route. This course obviates the necessity for any complication at pres-
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ent, on the part of our city, in connection with Cam- bridge, in polluting the waters of Alewive Brook by discharging sewerage matter therein. Knowing the fact that West Somerville was entirely without drainage accommodations, for which it was greatly suffering, it was proposed to meet these requirements as soon as practicable, and to enter upon the work at once. It was not deemed advisable to attempt to construct a large Trunk Sewer of the dimensions required here, in one year, of nearly 12,000 feet in length, the expense of which would fall mainly upon the city. It was decided to recommend the con- struction of something more than one half of this proposed sewer during the year, beginning at Pros- pect Street, in Milk Street, and terminating at the corner of Beacon and Sacramento Streets, to accom- plish which it was necessary to raise the sum of $40,000.00, which sum was authorized by the City Council without a dissenting vote. Estimates were obtained for constructing this section of this sewer, and the contract concluded with the Messrs. Patrick and Maurice Terry, varying but a trifle from $50,000.00, which sum your Committee calculated would be nearly covered by the appropriation and assessments to be collected. They were confident in the opinion that no expenditure of money would be more fully justified than the amount necessary to prosecute to an early completion this proposed sewer, which will in all probability finish this class of sewers in this section of our city for many years to come, and leaving the amount to be expended on Trunk
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Sewers in the northerly portion of our city of no formidable magnitude.
The large sewers from Milk Street, in Medford Street, to the line of Cambridge, in Ward and Earle Streets, and the Upper Basins, being 2,688 feet in length, cost for their construction the sum of $18,09173%, of which amount the city must assume nearly three fourths.
These sewers were as necessary as the Milk Street Sewer for the abatement of the Miller River nui- sance, and which for its abatement should have been included with the Bridge and Milk Street Sewers, to be paid for jointly by the cities of Cambridge and Somerville.
During the year there were constructed 20,768 feet of sewers by the city, including 2,631 feet of the Milk Street Sewer, under the supervision of the Com- missioners. Most of them were of brick, and the material and workmanship were, generally, of good quality, by which the city and abutters received a fair equivalent for money expended.
There were forty-five manholes constructed with these sewers, and fifty-seven cesspools, or catch- basins, to take water from the streets, the covers to both manholes and cesspools being of stone and iron, of the best patterns known to' your Committee. Herewith is annexed a table prepared by the Engi- neer, showing the length, size, material, and expense, as per contract price, of each sewer.
Respectfully submitted.
CLARK BENNETT.
SEWERS BUILT IN SOMERVILLE DURING 1874.
CONTRACT COST.
STREETS.
10
15
Cement.
15 x 20.
18
18
20
24
26
30
30 x 45
36
42
48
54
60
66
72
96
|timber&brick
MANHOLES
$803 00
Aldersey. . .
....
· .
.365
1,007 10
Beacon. .
.125
. 552
. 693
· ..
.
.
SUMMARY.
899 84
Cross ...
Medford .. ..
. .
.
·
.
·
.
.
.
.
·
..
.
5
Plank sewer 410 ft.
8,332 78
Highland Av . ... Milk ..
...
.
.
....
..
1466 1165
5
Cement pipe 315 “
64,511 51
Milk.
Brick 18878 “
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CHAS. D. ELLIOT, City Engineer.
*Only 80 per cent of cost.
TOTALS .. ...
125
190
381 3681
410 1195 1289 1698 1481 510 134:
644 1802 1899
789
701 1466 1165
45
.
.
. .
....
.
.
.
·
.
.
4
10,398 71
S Medford ...
.
.
1698 1089
..
.
.
.
.526
1
Union Square. .
.
.
·
.
.
630 63
Mt. Vernon Oliver ...
. 381
1099
3
Total,
20768 “
2,512 02
Perkins. ..
.867
2,145 32
¿ Franklin ...
.. 61
865 65
Pinckney ..
.190
1,181 15
Quincy ..
.736
Upper Basin ...
.410
1
1,601 88
.667
.
2
1,572 75
. 433
.234
.
.
. 644
2
Ward .....
..
..
.
.
.
. .
.136
Upper Basin . . .
..
....
....
. 73
. 392
.513
.
...
.
4
7,692 32
Earle. . ..
.
..
Catch basins 57
Warren Av .. Walnut. ..
..
·
.
L
*28,832 31
Washington ...
1899
789
7
Beacon ....
. 931
2
" & timb'r 1165 “
·
1
. 56]
.
·
..
.
·
1 2
2,055 98
Brick Yard Lane
....
. 400
. 117
.510
. 871
·
Diameters in
inches.
Cement.
-
·
.
. 175
2
1
or about 4 miles.
Manholes
45
1
.
Plank.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE. 1874.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, March 15, 1875.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, with instructions to print the same in the Annual Report. Sent down for concurrence. CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 17, 1875.
Concurred in.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
TO THE HON. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL :
Gentlemen, - The City Engineer presents the following report for the year 1874 : -
The extensive city improvements made during the year demanded an unusual amount of engineering services, prob- ably double those of any year previous. They were per- formed for various departments of the city, but principally for Highways, Sewers, and the Public Park.
HIGHWAYS.
The streets built anew or reconstructed during 1874 are named in the following list ; they were all carefully graded and, with the exception of Adams Street (unfinished), thoroughly macadamized.
The improvements on Milk and Washington Streets and at Union Square were extensive, and included regrading, macadamizing, setting edge-stones, building sidewalks and street-crossings, paving gutters, constructing catch-basins, rebuilding horse-railroads, and on Milk Street, widening to the width of seventy feet northwest of Union Square, and to seventy-five feet southeast of the square; bricking the walks the entire length of the street on both sides, and on a large portion of the street removing and relaying or reset- ting water-pipes, gas-pipes, hydrants, and lamp-posts.
Streets Built or Rebuilt in 1874.
Name.
From.
To.
Length.
Adams,
Medford,
Broadway,
Morrison,
Appleton,
Willow Avenue, Union Square,
Walnut,
907 feet. 745 “ 240 66
Bow,
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Streets Built or Rebuilt in 1874. - Continued.
Name.
From.
To.
Length.
Bow,
Summer,
Milk,
490 feet.
Cedar,
Summer,
Elm,
980 “
Chester,
Elm,
Cambridge Line,
888
Dana,
Everett Avenue,
Bonair,
460
Day,
Elm,
Cambridge Line,
929
Dover,
Elm,
Cambridge Line,
932
Everett Avenue,
Cross,
Dana,
842
Florence,
Washington,
Pearl,
827
66
Glen,
Webster,
Broadway,
740
Medford,
Highland Avenue,
Walnut,
625
Medford,
Jackson,
Fitchburg Railroad,
872
66
*Middlesex Avenue,
Mystic Avenue,
Mystic River,
2,534
Milk,
East Cambridge,
North Cambridge,
10,755 66
Morrison,
Willow Avenue,
Elm,
1,691
Mt. Vernon,
Washington,
Pearl,
604
Oliver,
Cross,
Franklin,
1,087
66
Orchard,
Russell,
Dover,
1,233
Park,
Beacon,
Fitchburg Railroad,
648
66
Pinckney,
Washington,
Pearl,
710
Prospect,
Milk,
F. R. R. Bridge,
440
Temple,
Broadway,
Jaques,
700
Union Square,
295
Vernon,
Central,
Jenny Lind Avenue,
800
66
Wallace,
Holland,
Broadway,
1,345
Warren Avenue,
Bow,
Washington,
1,579
66
Washington,
Union Square,
Lowell Railroad,
2,100
Willow Avenue,
Appleton,
Broadway,
1,511
66
Total, 7.29 miles
38,509
* Commenced in 1873.
With a few exceptions the construction of these streets required constant supervision and services, in furnishing lines and grades and estimating work performed ; besides which surveys and plans of twenty-two streets were made (see list,) in all, about four miles in length ; nine miles of levels were taken for highway purposes on thirty-seven streets, and profiles made, all levels being referred to mean low tide ; lines and grades were given for setting nearly eight miles of edge-stones and for rebuilding about two and. one fourth miles of horse-railroads ; a large number of street
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bounds previously removed were reset and located; loca- tions were given for numerous catch-basins, and street lines, and grades furnished for private individuals ; lot surveys and plans were made for use in seven highway suits against the city, and considerable time spent in collecting evidence therefor, and attendance at Court ; a survey was made of the territory between Milk Street and the Union Glass Works, for the proposed alteration of Prospect Street, and a plan drawn showing parts of Prospect Street, Brick-yard Lane, Webster Avenue, and the Fitchburg Railroad, together with twenty-five lots and the buildings thereon ; plans were also made of lots taken at Union Square and on Milk and Lin- wood Streets for highway purposes, etc. etc.
Street Surveys and Plans Made in 1874.
Name.
From.
To.
Length.
Adams,
Medford,
Broadway,
907 feet.
Appleton,
Willow Avenue,
Morrison,
745
Brick-yard Lane,
Prospect,
Fitchburg Railroad,
473
*Broadway,
Near Temple,
Cross,
2,064
Chauncy Avenue,
Broadway,
Mystic Avenue,
1,324
66
Church,
Summer,
Milk,
644
66
Concord Avenue,
Prospect,
Springfield,
1,031
Dana,
Everett Avenue,
Bonair,
460
Day,
Elm,
Cambridge Line,
929
66
Franklin,
Washington,
Broadway,
2,316
66
Glen,
Webster,
Broadway,
740
Glen Extension,
Oliver,
Tufts,
780
1,176
66
Irving,
Holland,
Broadway,
Newton,
Webster Avenue,
Concord Avenue,
632
368
Park Avenue,
Elm,
Wallace,
Quincy,
Summer,
Milk,
Sacramento,
Milk,
Beacon,
420
66
Tremont,
Webster Avenue,
Cambridge Line,
549
Wallace,
Holland,
Broadway,
1,345
66
Winthrop Avenue,
Broadway,
Mystic Avenue,
1,222
66
Total .
.
19,516
Park,
Change South of Fitchburg Railroad,
468
782
66
Florence,
Change South of Pearl,
141
* Includes 23 lots taken for widening.
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Street Bounds.
Most of our street bounds were set in 1860 or 1861, and generally in the centres of the streets ; changes of grade, and the building of horse-railroads, sewers, etc., have dis- placed many ; others are at depths almost inaccessible, and those near the street surface are useless to most persons except surveyors, and a source of much annoyance to them.
Stone bounds have been placed in but few of the streets laid out since 1861.
Some of our principal avenues are deficient in monuments, among these, Milk Street, Highland Avenue, and Mystic Avenue. Even on Broadway there are many which are unreliable.
For these reasons I suggest that a better system of stone monuments be introduced, superseding the old, and placed on the street lines, or at a uniform distance therefrom, and so as to define grade as well as line.
Grades.
The uneven surface of the city obliges cutting or filling in nearly every street improvement; as a result estates are often injured, and blame and expense fall upon the city. This is especially the case with side-hill streets.
As property rises in value and old streets are improved, or the number of new streets accepted increases, the annoy- ance, litigation, and expense to the city caused by imperfect grades must largely increase.
There seems to be a necessity, therefore, for the estab- lishment of grades for all our public streets, for the guidance of builders thereon, and for the adoption of some measure by which abutters on unaccepted streets and land owners opening new streets can be induced or obliged to establish a grade therefor, acceptable to the city, and to record the same. When this is done, a source of much expense to the city will be ended.
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STREET STATISTICS.
Number of streets in the city, 281.
Total length, 60 1-10 miles.
98 are public streets
length 40 2 miles
183 are private streets
7 public streets are more than 60 feet wide 66
9.8
5 public streets are less than 40 feet wide 66
1.55 56
110 private streets are less than 40 feet wide
9.35
66
80 public streets are macadamized 66
32.9
66
1 private street is macadamized .
11 public streets are below Grade 16
43 private streets are below Grade 16 66
3.1
SEWERS.
In 1874 sewers were constructed in the following streets :
Name.
From.
To. Length in feet.
Aldersey,
Vinal Avenue,
Near Walnut. 365
Beacon,
Cooney,
Concord Avenue, 552
66
Concord Avenue,
Temporary outlet,
125
Washington,
Near Park,
931
Brick Yard Lane,
Prospect,
Newton,
557
Cross,
Oliver,
Tufts, 400
Earle,
Ward,
Upper Basin,
136
Franklin,
Perkins,
(Northward),
61
Highland Avenue,
Medford,
Walnut,
561
Medford,
Milk,
Highland Avenue,
2,787
66
E. Cambridge line,
Milk,
1,498
Milk,
Medford,
Prospect,
1,466
66
Prospect,
Union Square,
526
Mt. Vernon,
Old sewer,
Near Pearl,
381
Oliver,
Franklin,
Cross,
1,099
Perkins,
Near Mt. Vernon,
Franklin,
867
Pinckney,
Near angle Northward,
190
Prospect,
Milk,
Brick Yard Lane,
136
Quincy,
Near Summer,
Milk,
736
Union Square,
Milk,
Washington,
175
Upper Basin, 66
Earle,
Glass House Court,
978
Glass House Court,
Fitchburg R. R.
410
Warren Avenue,
Washington,
Northward,
667
Walnut,
Highland Avenue,
Boston,
667
Ward,
Medford,
Earle,
644
Washington,
Union Square,
Beacon,
2,688
19.9
0.15
3.8 66
Fitchburg R. R.
1,165
.
172
Table Showing Sizes, Lengths, etc.
Diam. in's. Shape.
Length ft .. Thick in.
Diam. in's. Shape.
Length ft. 510
Thick in.
10
circle.
125
(pipe.)
30×45
egg circle
1,342
4
15×20
egg square circle
410
(plank)
4
54
1,899
8
20
1,195
4
60
66
789
8
24
1,289
4
66
701
8
26
66
1,698
4
72
1,466
8
30
1,481
4
96 timber bottom 1,165
12
4
15
66
190
66
36
42
644
8
48
1,802
8
18
3,681
Of the sewers built 315 feet were cement pipe, 18,878 feet were of brick, 1,165 feet were of brick and timber, and 410 feet of plank, in all 20,768 feet, or about four miles. In these sewers were built 45 man-holes.
Surveys and plans were made of all but two of the streets in which sewers were laid, including two hundred and ninety-one lots, for purposes of assessment.
Lines and grades were carefully given for the construction of the above sewers usually every twenty-five feet, and for some sewers oftener, besides which levels were taken and profiles made of nearly ten miles of streets for sewer pur- poses.
Miller's River Sewer Route.
A considerable time was spent in preparations for and attendance at legislative hearings upon the routes proposed for the Miller's River Sewer.
A careful examination of these routes was made to ascertain their feasibility. Levels were taken and a profile drawn of Washington Street from Prospect Street in Som- erville to Main Street in Charlestown, and soundings made in both cities to ascertain the shape of the underlying ledge in said street, and the same shown on the profile. Levels were also taken over portions of two of the other routes proposed, and soundings made across Charles River, and a
.
381
4
18
173
plan drawn showing accurate sections of the river-bed at Craigie Bridge.
A large plan was also prepared for use at the hearings, showing portions of Charles and Mystic Rivers, with their channels, depths, etc., and the proposed sewer outlets.
Milk, Washington, and Beacon Streets Sewer.
About eighteen hundred feet of this sewer remain unfin- ished. The sewer is placed at a very low grade and will prove of great efficiency in draining several large tracts of wet land. If continued to West Somerville, it will give an excellent outlet for a sewerage system in that district ; by adopting this route the pollution of Alewife Brook by Som- erville sewage is avoided. A large plan has been prepared showing the grades above mean low tide of nearly every street in West Somerville, and of Beacon and Washington Streets. It shows the feasibility of the proposed extension.
Flushing Reservoir.
The surface of the Pond in the Public Park will be a little below high tide; it can be connected with and filled from Mystic River. With this unfailing source of supply, I sug- gest its use as a flushing reservoir for cleansing the sewers which may be built in the Park district; its capacity is ample, as it will contain about 138,000 cubic feet of water, enough to fill a sewer five feet in diameter and nearly seven thousand feet long. The cost of the proper connections and gates will be small compared with the advantages de- rived.
Sewer Statistics.
Previous to 1867 there had been built in the town about seven thousand feet of private sewers, but no public ones. Of these about twenty-one hundred feet were purchased by the town in 1869.
174
Built by the town in 1867 .
1,254 feet.
Cost $2,734 66
66
66 1868 .
5,500
66
9,864 00
and purchased by the town in 1869
6,064
12,021 44
by the town in 1870 .
18,380
66
66
49,304 31
66
1871 .
11,937
66
24,042 29
by the city in 1872 .
12,491
66
66 28,487 50
66
66
1873.
13,514
66
66 61,162 11
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