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MATERIALS ON HAND AT COST.
HYDRANTS.
6 2 Nozzle 4 inch Post at $54 00
$324 00
9 Old New Haven " to be repaired.
GATES.
1 10 inch at
60 00
4 6
66
34 00
136 00
2 4
21 00
42 00
23
16 00
32 00
23 Gate frames and covers, 5 75 132 25 402 25
CAST-IRON BRANCHES, NOT LINED.
2 single 6 on 8 at
4 75
9 50
4 4“8 4
4 50
18 00
9 66 4" 6 "
3 25
29 25
6
66 4"6 "
3 30
19 80
2
66 4 " 4 "
2 16
4 32
5 double 4 " 4 "
3 00
15 00
3
4" 6 "
3 50
10 50
1
66 6"6"
3 50
109 87
CAST-IRON BRANCHES, LINED.
1 double 6 on 8 at
5 34
1
4 " 6 "
4 37
1 " 4"44
3 75
3 single
4 " 6 "
4 00
12 00
1
66 6"6"
4 50
2
66 4“4 4
3 00
6 00
35 96
SHEET-IRON BRANCHES, NOT LINED,
1 double 4 on 6 at
2 25
2 single 3 " 6 "
1 00
2 00
2
" 3 " 4 "
1 00
2 00
2
66 3"3" 1 00
2 00
8 25
Amount carried forward,
$880 33
159
Amount brought forward,
$880 33
SHEET-IRON BRANCHES, LINED.
9 double 4 on 6 at
2 40
21 60
4
4 "4 "
2 50
10 00
1 single 4 " 6 "
1 60
33 20
PIPE LINED.
27 feet 12 in. at
1 33
35 91
43
10
1 00
43 00
130 66 8
66
82
106 60
518
6
66
55
284 90
60
4
66
36
21 60
30
66
3
66
31
9 30
12
66
6
" cast-iron
10 50
24
66
4
66
66
11 88
523 69
PIPE, NOT LINED.
175 feet 10 in. at
80
140 00
14
66
8
66
61
8 54
3325
6
66
40
1,330 00
2156
66
4
66
25
539 00
371
66
3
66
20
74 20
200 lbs. iron for sleeves
05
10 00
2,101 74
SUNDRY MATERIALS.
225 feet Joist,
@ 03
6 75
200
" Boards,
033
7 00
210
Plank,
03
6 30
Hay,
7 00
¿ ton Coal,
4 00
7 bbls. Cement,
1 55
10 85
4 loads Sand,
1 30
5 20
30 lbs. Oakum,
10
3 00
40 " Winding Rope,
13
5 20
250 " Rivets,
33 85
1 gallon Naphtha,
30
Amounts carried forward,
$89 45
$3,538 96
160
Amounts brought forward, $89 45
$3,538 96
2 Small Gate Covers, @ 1 75
3 50
125 lbs. Nails, 04 5 00
10 yds. Enamelled Cloth, 60 6 00
10 " Cotton Cloth, 12₺
1 25
1 Coil Safety Fuse,
30
Fittings for Hydrants,
15 00
80 feet 2 in. Gal. Pipe,
33
26.40
50 lbs. White Lead,
091
4 75
Sundry materials for Stand Pipes for watering streets, 20 00
171 65
Total value of material on hand,
$3,710 61
INVENTORY OF TOOLS FOR WATER WORKS.
Lining Stand and Fixtures,
$30 00
1 Punching Machine,
260 00
1 Rolling Machine,
225 00
6 Mandrils,
100 00
2 Mandril Frames,
15 00
4 sets Rollers for forming pipe,
52 00
6 pair Pipe Clamps,
15 00
6 pair Pipe Rings,
7 00
7 Rivet Sets,
2 50
1 Wire Gauge,
1 50
4 Cold Chisels
1 00
6 Small Hammers,
4 00
6 Mallets,
1 25
6 pair Snips,
12 00
5 Oil Cans,
5 00
18 Lanterns,
18 00
1 Tackle and Derrick,
8 00
1 Hand Hose,
5 00
1 Hydrant Hose,
3 00
2 Saws,
2 00
7 Drills,
10 00
4 Spoons,
2 00
779 25
Amount carried forward,
$779 25
161
Amount brought forward,
$779 25
8 Striking Hammers,
$20 00
3 Sledge Hammers,
9 00
5 Iron Bars,
7 00
4 Frost Wedges,
3 50
3 Sand Screens,
2 00
5 Gate Wrenches,
15 00
7 Hydrant "
7 00
13 Pails,
2 50
2 Water Tubs and 3 Barrels,
3 00
18 feet new Hose,
11 00
6 Mortar Boxes,
8 00
2 Hods,
1 50
4 Trowels,
3 50
2 Tool Boxes,
8 00
10 pair Rubber Mits,
10 00
28 Picks,
35 00
32 Shovels,
24 00
4 Kettles,
4 00
1 Grindstone, 5 00
1 Bar for rounding pipe, 1 00
2 Tape Measures,
1 00
1 Cutting Bench,
3 00
3 Rammers,
2 00
1 Hydrant Pump,
2 50
1 Pipe Cradle,
2 50
3 Furnaces,
3 00
Axe and Hatchet,
2 00
1 Broom,
25
Office Furniture,
20 00
2 Horses,
400 00
3 Wagons,
300 00
1 Pung,
50 00
1 Sleigh,
20 00
2 Harnesses,
40 00
3 Blankets and 1 Robe,
12 00
1 pair Rubber Boots,
2 50
1,040 75
Amount carried forward,
$1,820 00
21
162
Amount brought forward,
$1,820 00
1 Wrench for Stand Pipes,
$1 50
2 Wheelbarrows, 9 00
7 Mending Knives,
3 00
13 50
Total,
$1,833 50
WATER SERVICE MATERIALS ON HAND.
83 feet 1} in. Pipe lined,
@ 26
$21 58
258 11 6 66
20
51 60
418 1 60 66
16
66 88
1700 66 1 66 not lined
10
170 00
150
4
66 galvanized,
10
15 00
12 12 in. Clamps,
3 00
36 00
9 10 "
2 75
24 75
22 8 " 66
2 75
60 50
23 6 “ 66
2 50
57 50
6 4 "
66
2 50
15 00
21 3 "
2 50
52 50
2 6 " Ludlow Clamps,
6 00
12 00
2 4 66 66
6 00
12 00
6
1 " Stop-cocks,
2 75
16 50
2 14 " Ts,
55
1 10
3 1} " Nipples,
50
1 50
2 1₫ " Stop-cocks,
3 00
6 00
154 % 66
2 25
346 50
150 1
" Brass Ts,
45
67 50
106 %
" Nipples,
35
37 10
26 %
" Solder Corporations,
1 75
45 50
14 1
" Stop-cocks,
1 90
26 60
3 1
" Spigot-cocks,
2 67
8 01
13 &
" Stop and Waste Cocks,
1 25
16 25
3 4
66 66 66 Nipples,
2 00
6 00
4 %
" Spigot,
1 00
4 00
4 1 " Stops with Handles,
1 00
4 00
6 3 " Spigot,
75
4 50
5 1} " Ts,
40
2 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,188 37
163
Amount brought forward,
$1,188 37 60
3 1} in. Plugs,
@ 20
3 1} " Cross',
60
1 80
10 1} " Elbows,
35
3 50
3 14 " Cross',
50
1 50
13 1} " Elbows,
25
3 25
4 1 " by 14 -
1 60
15 & “ 14
4 50
18 3 66 " 1₺ galvanized,
6 00
9 1
Cross',
30
2 70
39 1 66
Cross',
18
7 02
15
Gas Ts,
16
2 40
17 4 66 Elbows,
20
3 40
2
4
3 Brass Ts,
30
60
10 1 " Loose Couplings, ,
45
4 50
11
66 66
40
4 40
8
66
30
2 40
4 Reducing Couplings,
1 75
5 Bushings,
25
1 25
12
& in. Screw Nipples,
25
3 00
5
121
66
20
1 00
1
1 " Corporation,
1 00
2 00
6
5. 66
75
4 50
6
66
60
3 60
5 1 " Unions,
65
3 25
12
50
6 00
6
40
2 40
3 Hose Bibs,
1 00
3 00
3 Bartholomew Hydrants,
10 00
5 1} in. Tap Nipples,
1 20
6 00
3 14 "
66
1 00
3 00
1
1
3 14 " Plugs,
12
6 00
142 1 Plugs,
09
12 78
24
66 66
08
1 92
Amount carried forward,
$1,314 22
3 00
2
1 " Goosenecks,
87
36
50
1 " Elbows,
164
Amount brought forward,
$1,314 22 45
9 ₺ in. Plugs,
@ 05
575 lbs. Lead Pipe,
083
48 37
150 " Old Lead Pipe,
05
7 50
106 Connecting Leads,
40
42 40
20 lbs. Solder,
17
3 40
9 Service Box Covers,
15
1 35
Red Lead,
1 50
Total,
$1,419 19
INVENTORY OF TOOLS FOR WATER SERVICE.
3 Force Pumps,
$24 00
1 2 in. Die Plate and Dies,
18 00
11" 66 66
10 00
1是“ 34 66 66
8 00
2 Pipe Cutters and Wheels,
15 00
1 Press, and fixtures for lining pipe,
50 00
1 Bench Vise,
12 00
1 g in. Tapping Machine,
15 00
11 « 66
10 00
7 pair Tongs,
12 50
4 Monkey Wrenches,
6 00
2 Fire Pots,
3 50
2 Chisels and 1 Hammer,
1 50
2 dozen Service Locks,
13 00
5 Soldering Irons,
4 00
7 Flat Files,
1 50
4 Round Files,
1 25
1 Lining Bench,
2 50
1 pair Rubber Mits,
1 00
5 Gate Wrenches,
4 00
3 sets Washer Cutters,
2 00
2 Oil Cans, 50
Pipe for Thawing Services,
7 00
$222 25
.
165
Number Services put in,
277
66 lowered,
41
66
66 repaired, 22
66
66 thawed out, 261
Average cost of Services $23 each.
NUMBER OF FEET AND SIZE OF SERVICE PIPE LAID.
3 in. Galvanized,
54 ft.
2
66 222
1} " Cement,
332
1 66
66
97
1
Lead,
13
Cement,
10,467
Lead,
291
66
35号
26 Galvanized, 44
Total, 11,356 ft.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN ALMY,
Superintendent.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON SEWERS,
1875.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, January 1, 1876.
Accepted and adopted, and instructions to print in Annual Report. CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
REPORT.
JANUARY 1, 1876.
By the appended Table prepared by the City Engineer it appears that there have been constructed during the year 737 feet of 24 inch plank sewer ; 350 feet of clay pipe sewer ; 1,882 feet of cement pipe sewer, mostly 12 inch : 12,137 feet of brick, part 18 inch, part 15 inch and some as large as 48 inch ; 1,049 feet of brick and tim- ber 60 inches in diameter. Total 16,155 feet. Among these are included 1,624 feet of the Washington and Beacon street sewer and 1,049 feet of the Winthrop avenue sewer, for both of which special appropriations had been made After deducting the length of these two sewers there stands as a balance 13,482 feet, all of which have been completed with the exceptions of the Pitman and Beach street sewer, and the Earle and South street sewer. The former is nearly completed and will be finished in a few days. The latter named will not be finished until the opening of the en- suing spring. The sum necessary to pay the balances, which will be due the contractors for their construction when the same shall have been completed, will not vary much from twelve hundred dollars.
In the expenses of the sewer department are included all the sewers above named which are not therein excepted, the construc- tion of cesspools or catch-basins, the clearing out and repairing the same, and all ordinary sewer repairs. There have been con- structed this year fifty cesspools with stone and iron covers, at a cost of about $100 each. To cover the expenditures of this depart- ment there was an appropriation made of $20,000, out of which has been paid the salary of the Superintendent, of $1,000. There will probably be found a considerable unexpended balance of this appropriation after all the bills and contracts shall have been paid.
There has been a new feature introduced into this department
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during the year-the construction of sewers by the city by labor and material procured by the Sewer Committee or its agents, which has been crowned with entire success. The sewers constructed in this way have been well done and at as low cost as any con- structed under contracts, and in the employment of laborers dis- crimination has given such employment to those residing in our city. It is recommended that this course with regard to the con- struction of common size sewers be followed in the future.
The sewer from Prospect street to Sacramento street was in- tended as a part of a trunk sewer to terminate near Davis square in West Somerville, and it was confidently expected by your con- mittee that this achievement would be witnessed before the close of this municipal year. That this object should have thus failed, is a source of regret to your committee. The sum of $50,000 has already been expended on this intermediate section of the sewer, which confers a small portion of the benefits that would be derived from this outlay, if extended to its legitimate termination. We would emphatically urge upon the incoming City Government to take hold of this matter early and with energy, at this favorable time for constructing public works, and give to this portion of our city this indisputable and coveted measure of relief, before the close of another year. The cost to the city to accomplish this, would probably be about $40,000.
There has already been expended by the city for the construc- tion of large trunk sewers about $200,000, and it will be necessary to continue the Bridge street sewer in Cambridge in connection with that city to a better terminus than its present one, to abate a nuisance existing there. It is hoped that the expense of this will not be great. This done, the continuance of the Beacon street sewer to West Somerville - and the Winthrop avenue sewer to Mystic River or to the Navy Yard will, it is thought, nearly finish these expensive structures. Respectfully submitted,
CLARK BENNETT,
For the Sewer Committee.
SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER OF SOMERVILLE,
FOR THE YEAR 1875.
REPORT.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and City Council :
GENTLEMEN,-I present the following report for the year 1875 :
HIGHWAYS.
Nearly all the highways constructed this year were laid out or commenced in 1874, and were as follows :
STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN 1875.
NAME.
FROM.
To.
HOW IMPROVED.
Approx. length in feet.
Broadway.
Sycamore
Cutter
and Macadamized
4,450
Brooks
Cross.
Glen
Macadamized
505
Concord Av
Prospect.
Springfield .
Macadamized
1,040
Cross
Medford.
Broadway ....
Chauncey A
Broadway
Mystic Av .. . .
Macadamized ... Partially Graded .. S Graded and Mac- adamized.
1,320
Church
Summer.
Somerville Av
Ellsworth
Cross.
Rush
Macadamized.
230
Gilman .
Walnut
Angle.
Gravelled.
783
Grand View Av.
Walnut.
Vinal Av.
Macadamized ..
550
Mystic A
Along southerly Webster Av.
Concord Av ..
Macadamized. . ..
600
Quincy
Summer.
Somerville Av
S Graded and Mac- adamized. . .. Partially Graded. .
782
Winthrop Av
Broadway
Mystic Av ...
1,226
15,770
. .
line.
Partly Graded.
1,000
Newton.
S Widened, Graded
Re-graded and
2,640
644
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SIDEWALKS.
Edgestones were set and sidewalks built in the following streets, viz. :
SIDE.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
Edgestone, Brick or Gravel.
Approx. length of walk.
South ...
Bow
In front of
b. & e.s.
120
N. E.
Broadway .. ..
Chauncey Av.
Police Station. . Winthrop Av .. about 100 feet East of Temple St.
e.s. . .
658
N. E.
Broadway.
Main ..
resetting .. .
1,500
Both.
Brook.
Cross. .
Glen ..
b. & e.s ..
1,000
Both ..
Cross ..
Medford.
Broadway
b. & e.s ...
4,700
Both ..
Ellsworth
Cross .
Rush. .
b. & e.s ...
450
S. W
Flm
In front of
Elm House.
b. & e.s ...
100
N. E.
Highland Av. Oak.
Prospect Pearl
Washington. .
b. & e.s. ..
1,320
W ..
Prospect
Webster ..
Cambridge line. Broadway.
b. &
2,800
W
Union Sq.
In front of
Union Hall
b ..
100
Both.
Washington . .
Union Sq
Medford
b.
2,900
W.
Webster Av ..
Union Sq
...
Prospect
b. & e.s. .
800
18,868
Some of these street improvements deserve special mention, the principal one of which is that of
BROADWAY.
The portion between Temple street and the Convent estate was straightened and widened, in the widest parts to two hundred feet, and the new portions filled and graded.
Between the Park and Cutter street, the street was lowered to conform to the newly adopted grade, the deepest cut at the centre of the street being about four and one-half feet.
Sidewalks were rebuilt on the north-easterly side from Main street to a point about one hundred feet east of Temple street, and a new one constructed in front of the Park.
b. & e.s
1,030
Both .
Rush
Flint.
Angle. .
b. & e.s ...
1,300
Both.
Pinckney
In front
of
Church
b. .
95
Both.
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The horse-railroad was removed from the side and built anew in the centre of the street and the whole avenue regraded and remac- adamized in a thorough manner from Sycamore to Cutter street.
Under instructions received in 1874, a profile of Broadway was then made showing proposed changes of grade between the Park and the Boston line ; a part of this grade, from the Park to Cut- ter street, was established that year, and the street built to con- form thereto in 1875 as already noticed. Estimates of the cost of constructing the remainder, from Cutter street to the Boston line, were in October last furnished the City Council. Whenever this improvement is made, an alteration from the grade shown on the profile can I think be made, which will not materially affect the appearance of the completed street, as compared with that grade, but by which a considerable saving can be made in damages and cost of construction.
CROSS STREET.
By the widening, regrading, macadamizing, and completion of sidewalks for its entire length, Cross street has become a fine avenue ; as it is one of the principal thoroughfares which unite the north-easterly and south-westerly portions of the city, its improve- ment was much needed. A better grade might have been given it than was adopted, had it not been for the desire to avoid damages to abutting estates.
CHAUNCEY AND WINTHROP AVENUES.
Chauncey avenue on the north-westerly, and Winthrop avenue on the south-east rly side of the new Park, under the contract with William H. Wright, were filled to the required grade for macada- mizing.
These avenues each extend from Broadway to Mystic avenue, and are each fifty feet in width; their grade for most of their length, will be when finished sixteen feet above mean low tide.
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MYSTIC AVENUE.
This avenue as laid out by the County Commissioners is sixty- six feet wide, but for most of its length it was constructed only one-half of this width, and to a grade of but about thirteen feet above mean low tide. The Park and other enterprises in progress, bordering on the avenue, demanded its improvement ; accordingly, a sufficient amount of filling and grading has been done to give access to improved estates abutting thereon and to the Park.
Levels were taken and a survey and plan made of the whole length of the avenue, and estimates of the amount of material and work required by the entire improvement, and by different sections thereof, furnished the City Council.
LINES AND GRADES.
Stone bounds have been set to define the lines of Prospect street at the Fitchburg Railroad, and at Webster avenue; these were the only new street bounds set during the year. I venture to re- new the suggestion of last year that all the street lines of the city ought to be immediately defined by permanent bounds, in view of the large number of encroachments existing, especially upon our principal avenues, which encroachments are undoubtedly increas- ing each year while the data for re-establishing old lines are fast disappearing. The lines of many of our streets have been sur- veyed during 1875 and encroachments upon the same determined.
The street improvements of the last and previous years, teach us that it is poor economy to delay the establishment of street grades, until the moment such improvements are required, as they are often uncalled for until most of the abutting estates are built . upon, rendering large damages inevitable. The grade of every public and private street in the city ought at the present time to have been established and recorded at the City Hall.
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BRIDGES.
The unsafe condition of the bridges over and under the Lowell Railroad at our highways, has for some time been a matter of solicitude. The subject of rendering them more secure was, I think, under consideration in 1874. In 1875, the attention of the Rail- road Company was called to this matter, and a strong effort made by the city through its Committee on Highways, to induce that Company to widen and strengthen them. Not meeting with the desired success, the authority of the County Commissioners was invoked to require the Railroad Company to widen and properly secure those most demanding attention. Several hearings were given, but at the close of the year no decision had been rendered by the Commissioners.
One important improvement asked for was the abolition of the dangerous and annoying crossing under the railroad at Washing- ton street, and the establishment of a grade crossing and gate in place of the bridge. This ought by all means to be effected : it can be done at no very serious expense ; may result in the saving of life, will greatly improve the fine avenue, now so seriously dis- figured, and restore much property now permanently damaged by the bridge. The lowering of the railroad at this point so far as its grades are concerned is entirely feasible.
PUBLIC PARK.
In November, 1874, a contract was concluded between the city and William H. Wright, of Boston, for filling the Park, and Chaun- cey and Winthrop avenues, and the filling commenced; it was completed in July, 1875. The amount of gravel deposited on the Park was 11,959 squares, and on the two avenues, 4,326 squares. The cost of filling the Park was $26,190.21.
The ground on which the Park was built consists of a tough
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clayey sod, overlying marsh muck, for at least two-thirds of its surface, rendering great precaution necessary in filling, to prevent the settlement of gravel, and forcing to the surface of the soft sub- soil, as well as in securing the various constructions required, such as pond, trunk sewer, etc., from lateral thrust. It was found nec- essary to drive piles and cap girder the same as a seat for the granite curbing surrounding the pond, and to sheet pile its entire perimeter to resist the pressure of the filling outside. A contract for the same was made with Kenrick & Webster, in January, 1875, and the work executed at a cost of $2.423.40.
A contract for the granite curbing around the pond, and for set- ting the same was made with Charles Davis, of Cambridge, and the work completed in a satisfactory manner, at an expense of $3,502.14.
The bottom of the pond was floored with boards, and then cov- ered with a layer of gravel of varying thickness, the whole com- pleted by a paving of field stone. The pond at the margin is one foot deep, and falls to a depth of two feet, ten inches at the lowest part, where there has been constructed a dirt catcher, from which leads a drain twelve inches in diameter for emptying the pond whenever required ; this drain passes easterly through the sheet piling to the Winthrop avenue sewer, which it enters near the man-hole in the Park ; it is provided with a copper gate at its out- let to prevent influx of tide to the soil outside the sheet piling, which soil it drains by connections with broken stone drains ; it is provided also with a substantial gate and overflow pipe placed inside the curbing, the gate retaining the water within the pond and the overflow maintaining the proper level of the same.
The pond has been connected with the Mystic Water Works by which it has been filled.
In accordance with instructions received from the Committee on Highways to estimate the cost of different kinds of fencing proper for the Park, in March last I submitted a report upon the same
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showing the cost of each of twenty-one varieties of curbing and fencing. In September, designs and bids for a fence were adver- tised for. and received from eleven different parties, one of these designs and bids was adopted by the Board of Aldermen ; the Council non-concurring, the matter remained undecided until De- cember when new proposals were called for, received, a design adopted by both branches of the City Council, and the contract awarded to the Cape Ann Granite Company for the sum of $9.805. The length of fencing required, including entrances, is 3,614 feet. Detail plans of the fence have been prepared and the contract with the said Company duly executed.
In September, a plan for laying out the Park was adopted, and the City Engineer instructed to stake out the paths in conformity therewith, which was accordingly done.
An iron tube well has been driven near the pond. Water was reached and began to overflow at a depth of twelve feet, or after passing through the first bed of clay, but the water was brackish and evidently communicated with the river ; a second bed of clay was pierced and a small supply of cool drinkable water, which overflows, reached at a depth of forty-one feet, further driving through ten feet of loose gravel and apparently to the bed rock, failed to increase the supply.
All the works involving large expenditures in the construction of the Park have been completed excepting the fence, which is un- der contract. The following remains to be done. viz. : the com- pletion of the walks ; laying of minor drains and of small water pipe for watering the lawns, etc. : the laying of gas pipe and erection of lamp posts, and of fountains if deemed expedient ; the grading of the lawns and sowing with grass seed ; and the setting out of trees and shrubbery.
The expenses of construction to January 1, 1876. have been $60.292.03, which added to the remaining expenses necessary, will make the entire cost of construction fall considerably within the amount of my original estimate, viz., $108,000.
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CENTRAL HILL PARK.
Under instructions from the Committee on Public Property, sur- veys were made and levels taken for grading that portion of Cen- tral Hill Park which lies in front of the High School, which grading has been nearly completed.
The proper manner of laying out the whole Park also received attention. Several difficulties present themselves : the church and its lot and the public buildings interfere very much with a symmet- rical arrangement of paths and drives ; and the grades at which the church and city buildings are placed with reference to adjacent streets ; the high banks along School, Medford and Walnut streets, and the steepness of the northerly slope of the Park-all are bar- riers against a proper arrangement of easy grades and approaches. The laying out requires thorough surveys and levels over the whole, and a careful study of the difficulties above mentioned, time for which was not found. A sketch, however, was prepared, which, though not entirely satisfactory, embraces one feature which should certainly enter into any system of treatment of this Park, viz. - the preservation of the remains of the old fort east of the High School ; these were a part of the besieging works thrown up by command of General Washington in the siege of Boston, and were occupied by a part of the left wing of his army during that siege.
By cutting paths inside and outside, and parallel to this old work, preserving its present slopes and sod, its shape will be more clearly delineated ; within it, a central plat, with proper approach- es, is suggested as an appropriate spot for the proposed monument to the soldiers who fell in the Rebellion.
I trust that these suggestions will be duly considered whenever the Park is improved.
SEWERS.
Sewers were built in 1875 as follows, viz. : plank, 737 feet ; clay pipe, 350 feet ; cement pipe, 1,882 feet ; brick, 12,137 feet ; brick and timber, 1,049 feet. Total 16,155 feet, or a little over three miles. In these were built 36 man-holes and 648 inlets.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1875.
Cost.
Namc of Street.
From.
To.
Length in feet.
Size in inch.
Kind.
Shape.
Manholes.
Built by.
·
$794 41
Allen.
Somerville Av ....
Charlestown Street.
668
18
Brick
Circle .....
2
City
150
12
Clay Pipe ....
66
628 18
Austin.
Broadway ...
Top of Hill.
50
18
Brick ....
1 *Beech ..
Somerville Av ...
Pitman.
195
12
Cement ..
..
775 25
Pitman ..
Beech ..
Near Spring. .
.
+12,711 66
Beacon.
Near Park
Sacramento
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