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1621.0
10 4
Holland
westerly to a dead end
near Rush
at Marshall
a dead end
14.0
4 4
Broadway
Summer
.
northerly to a dead end .
North,
504.6
Austin
Broadway
a dead end "
14.0
1456 5
Cambridge line .
Kent
298.0
663.0
Washington
Union Square Bow
a 3-in. pipe
a 4-in. «
399.0
Broadway
* Removed.
t Iron
182
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER PIPE, - continued.
STREET.
FROM
To
Side.
Length. Size.
Cameron
Holland
a dead end
East,
1077.2
6 in.
Canal
Mystic Avenue
427 0
4 6
Cedar
Broadway
an 8-in. pipe
East.
60.0
12 ..
a 12-in. pipe
a 6-in. pipe
..
8.0
co
6 16
Central
Medford ..
N merville Avenue
3704.6
12 .4
Chandler Charles
Park Avenue
a dead end
West,
380.2
198.6
4
6 .
Cherry
Elm
66
East.
1379.7
4 .
Chester (East Som.) Chester (West Som.) Chestnut
Elm
Orchard
West,
713.4
4
Poplar
a dead end
North,
441.0
4
6 5
Chestnut Ct. (West) .
Harvard ..
"
210.8
3 .
Church
Somerville Avenue
Summer
East,
691.0
City Farm
Broadway
a dead end
895.2
6 .
Claremont
Holland
Mead
East,
588.0
4
Clarendon Avenue
Broadway
a dead end
West,
322 0
Clark
Newton
North,
400.0
6
Clyde
Cedar
South,
818 U
6 6.
Concord Avenue
Webster Avenue
Beacon
N. & E.
2060.0
Conwell Avenue
Curtis
a dead end
South.
527 0
Cooney
Beacon
Line
East,
297 0
4 6
Cottage Avenue
Chester
a dead end
North,
227.0 4 .
Craigie
Somerville Avenue
Summer
West,
1333.0
4 .
Crescent *
Washington 66
a dead end
66.0
3
Cross
Tufts
Broadway
West,
2178.6
Curtis
Broadway
Medford line
2410.0
6 €
Cutter Avenue
Summer
a dead end
West,
772.6
Dana
Bonair
()tis
East
213.5
4 4
66
Otis
Everett Avenue
237.0
Dane Court
Dane
a dead end
South,
575.0
4 .
Dane
Somerville Avenue
Washington
West,
1426.0
6 ª
Davis
Holland
a dead end
496.0
4 .
Day
Elm
Orchard
East,
1015.0
4 .4
Durham
Beacon
North,
468.0
6 4
Eastman Place
Highland Avenue
a dead end
West,
353.0
4 "
Ellsworth .
Cross
Rush
South,
250.0 4 .4
Elm Place
Harvard
westerly to a dead end
North,
100.0
3 "
Elm
Somerville Avenue
5407.2
6
Emerson
Everett
a dead end
West,
190.0
4 "
Everett Avenue
Cross
Dana
North,
982.0
4 66
Everett
Prospect
Webster Avenue
South, ..
492.0
4 .4
Fairlee
Cherry
a 3-in. pipe
North,
24.0
4 .
a 3-in. pipe
a dead end
6.
139:0
3 .4
Fitchburg .
Linwood
West,
425.3
4 ª
Flint
Cross
Franklin
1092.5
6 6
Florence
Perkins
Peari =
West, 16
453.0
4 .
Fountain Avenue
Cross
a dead end
North.
352.0
4 4
Franklin Avenue
Washington
East,
555.0
3 16
Franklin 6 .
Broadway
Pearl
1065.0
8€
Frost Avenue
Somerville Aver ne
American Tube Works
West, 66
25.0
4 .
George
Broadway
Mount Vernon
a dead end
297.0
4 .
Gilman
Cross
a 6-in. pipe
North,
768.4
4 66
a + in. pipe
Walnut
703 0
6 0
| Glen
Pearl
Flint
East,
405.0
4 €
Broadway
Webster
West,
790.4
6 .
* Abandoned.
+ Iron.
6 .
Foster
Washington Central
Sycamore
South.
480.4 4 €
Pearl
Washington
1311.2 6 ‘
+350.0
4 .
..
a 4-in. pipe .
a dead end George
320.0
3 .
Dover
Elm
Pearl
530.0
4 .
Shawmut
Chester
East,
443.0
4 .
Cutter
Broadway
Webster
North,
757.4
4 4
· Chauncey
Broadway
Broadway
1142.0
6
Washington
.6
628.6
Medford
Cross
192.2
3 4
66 (East)
Columbus Avenue
Bonner Avenue .
689.7
SS6.0
468.5
Evergreen Avenue
Marshall
School
300.0 4 €
-
an S-in. pipe
Elm
4298.6
915.2
Morrison
66
183
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER PIPE, - continued.
STREET.
FROM
To:
Side.
Length.
Size.
Grand View Avenue .
Walnut
Vinal Avenue
North,
578.0
4 in.
Graves
Willow Avenue
a dead end
South,
450.0
Greenville
Medford
6
East,
396.0
4 6
Grove
Highland Avenue
Elm
=
447.0
4 .
Hadley Court ..
Cross
a 3-in. pipe
South,
35.0
4 6
Hall
Cedar
6.
North,
348.5
Hamlet
Highland Avenue
60
East,
463.0
Hanson
Village
Durham
West, .
736.1
Hawkins Court
Hawkins
a S-in. pipe
North, .6
11.0
3 .
Hawkins
Somerville Avenue
a 3-in. pipe
East,
10.0
3 '
Heath
Temple
Brooks
South,
1866.5
3 4
Herbert
Day
Chester
North,
380.0
8 4
Highland Avenue
Central
Medford
66
620.0
10 €
Hillside Avenue
Pearl
a dead end
East,
150.0
2 4
Hinckley
Broadway
"
West,
363.0
Holland
Elm
Broadway
South,
2350 0
10 4
Homer Square
Bonner Avenue
a dead end
North,
230.0
4
Irving
Holland
a dead end
West,
1251.0
6 -
Ivaloo
Park
a 4-in. pipe
South.
483 0
2 .
Jaques
Temple
a dead end
North,
535.5 4 €
Jenny Lind Avenue .
Medford
Vernon
West,
946.3
1
66
Joy
Washington
Poplar
North,
1184.5
4
Kent Court
Kent
a dead end
West,
371.0
Laurel
Summer
Leland
Elm
Summer
West.
1130.0
1 .
Leon
a 4-in. pipe .
a dead end
East,
605.0
4 €
Lincoln*
Broadway
Perkins
..
614.0
8 .
Linden
Somerville Avenue
a dead end
North,
1116 0
Linwood
Washington
Somerville Avenue
South,
2159.9
London
Linwood
a dead end
East,
389.7
Loring
Somerville Avenue
..
West,
312.0
6 .
Lowell
Summer
northerly to a dead end
North,
640.0
6 ª
Main
Brooks
a dead end 16
66
333.0
3 46
Maple
Poplar
Medford
Southı,
748.5
Marion
Concord Avenue
1669.0
6 4
Marshall
Broadway
northerly to a dead end
596.0
4 4
Mead
Moore
easterly to a dead end Central
North, South,
2182.0
12 4
Medford
Broadway
Cambridge line .
921.8
Merriam
Somerville Avenue
a dead end
West,
551.8
256.0
Middlesex
Broadway
Sargent Avenue
South,
551.6
Mondamon Court
Ivaloo
a dead end
Montrose
School
216.0
Moore
Holland
northerly to a dead end
356 0
Morrison
Elm
Willow Avenue
North,
1747.1
Mortimer Place
Marshall
Mills
Mossland . .
Somerville Avenue
Elm
West.
457.7
4 .
Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Curtis
a dead end
South,
158.0
Mt. Pleasant
Broadway
Perkins
West,
630.0
6 4
Mt. Vernon
Washington
..
1118.4
4
Houghton .
Springfield
School
489.0
4
Howe
Marshall
Beacon
a 2-in. pipe
East.
216.2
4 00
Kent
Beacon
Somerville Avenue
East,
1026.0
4 .
Concord Avenue
a 3-in. pipe
North, "
66
647.2
Line
Washington
Cooney
Brooks
10.0
4 06
Maple Avenue
School
Adrian Pearl
East,
265.0
Meacham
Orchard
252.0
4
4303.0
Central
easterly to a dead end
Mills
Walnut
292.4
885.0
East,
14.0
104.0
10 .
Cedar
at Willow Avenue
8.0
10
Harvard
Summer
Beech
396.0
a 4-in. pipe .
a dead end
a 4-in. pipe
Wa-hington
368.0
3305.7
Elm
easterly to a dead end
442.0
3 .
a 3-in. pipe
a dead end
110.0
545.0
237.0 6 .
Broadway
Highland Avenue
Mead
258 0
* Abandoned.
214.0
283.0
184
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER PIPE, - continued.
STREET.
FROM
To
Side.
Length. Size. 1
Mt. Vernon
Perkins
Broadway
West,
625.0
4 in.
Munroe
Boston
a dead end
South,
389.2
6 .
Walnut
Murdock
Cedar
66
North,
222 0
3 66
Murray
Washington
Pearl
East,
435.5
4 66
.6
Pearl
Washington
..
977.8
CO 00
8 “
Mystic Avenue
Union
westerly to a dead end . 66 66
South,
2012 2
6 4
Nevada
Village
Hanson
North,
256.5
3 0
Newbury
Holland
a dead end
East,
1283.0
6 6€
New Cross
Broadway
Newton
Webster Avenue
Concord Avenue
West,
728.5
4 .
Oakland Avenue
Marshall
a dead end
Oliver
Cross
a 6 in. pipe
North,
745.0
6 6
Orchard
Meacham
easterly to a dead end
South, North,
1513.7 1246.0
4 6
Oxford
School
a dead end
East,
2596 0
1.2 66
Park Avenue
Elm
Wallace
North,
529.0
4 60
Park
Beacon
Somerville Avenue
East,
1316.9
6 .6
Peirce Court
Sacramento
a dead end 66
66
South.
411.0
4 66
Pearl*
Cross 66
a dead end
66
441.0
Pearl*
Florence
Pinckney
223 0
4 6
Mt. Vernon
Crescent
329 0
8 6
Cross
Franklin
1090.0
8 4
Perkinst 66
Franklin
Boston line
South,
1351.0
6 66
Pinckney
Perkins
Washington
West,
1245.2
00
Pitman
Spring
Beech
South,
426 0
4 .
Pleasant Avenue
Walnut
Vinal Avenne
North,
582,2
4 .
Poplar
Somerville Avenue Elm
Joy
East,
710.6
4 .6
Porter
Highland A
a dead end
South,
1246.5 1154.6 944.0 453.8 1321.3
6 6
Putnam
Summer
East,
West,
832.0
Rush
Flint
1495.5
4 .
Sacramento
Beacon
Somerville Avenue
West,
471.0 167.0 00
Sargent Avenue School
Broadway Somerville Avenue . Evergreen Avenue
a dead end n. B. L.&N.R.R.
2458.2
4
Medford
East.
921.5
co
Shawmut
Washington
Cross
South, 66
337.0
4
Smith Avenue
Beacon
Line
West,
266.0
3 "
Somerville Avenue
Washington
a dead end (east )
North,
3912 4
an 8-in. pipe Elm
Mossland
North,
1172.5
4 4
Spring
Summer
Somerville Avenue
1311.6
4 '
Springfield
Concord Avenue
a dead end
West, North.
4063.3
00
66
Bow
Elm
Willow Avenue
1017.0
co
Summit Avenue
Walnut
a dead end
South, West,
529 0 1312.9
4
Sycamore .
Broadway 66
Mystic Avenue
1670.9 CO
Tenney Court
Mystic Avenue
a dead end 66
East,
439.5 467.0
4 6
Thorp Place
Highland Avenue Medford
East,
1444.0
6
Tiger Court .
Beacon
Broadway a dead end
West,
228.0
4
66
140.0
6 .
66
Temple
6.
6
247.0
400.0
2 4
Franklin
a 4-in. pipe
Otis
Cross
Wigglesworth
825.3
4 66
Packard
Charlestown main
Broadway
North,
145 0
Pembroke .
Central
Franklin
North,
1095.0
4 .
Pearl
Franklin
Myrtle
Myrtle
Mt. Vernon
747 0
Lincoln
Myrtle
313 0
8
Summer ..
West, 66
CC
Professors' Row
Curtis
Prospect
Somerville Avenue Highland Avenue . Somerville Avenue . Broadway
Cambridge line .
Mills
East. West,
580.0
4 .
Skehan
Dane
Hanson
a 6-in. pipe n. Beech Elm
3442.5
8 €
Summer
Cherry
a dead end east of Laurel School
1227.6
Medford
4 .
Temple
West,
Thurston .
* Abandoned.
t 313 feet abandoned.
4 .
Quincy
6 00
641.0 4 66
1512.5
66
451.0
671.5 00
Myitle *
Perkins
Perkins
Pearl
458.5
310.7
4 64
easterly to a dead end
66
766.0
Prescott
West,
220.0
371.0
185
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER PIPE, - continued.
-
STREET.
FROM
To
Side. Length. Size.
Tower Court
Tyler
a dead end
East,
168.0
4 in.
Tufts
Washington
Cross
South,
1034.5
6 ..
Tyler
Dane
Vine
North,
433 4
Union
Broadway
Mystic Avenue
East.
460.5
Veazie
Walnut
a dead end
North,
223.5
6 0
Vernon
Central
Jenny Lind Avenue
813.0
4 .
Villa Avenue
Winslow Avenue Dane
Hanson
Vinal Avenue
Highland Avenue
Summer
East,
1482 7
6 0
Vine
Beacon
Hanson
southerly to a dead end
..
160.0
6 €
Wallace
Holland
a dead end
West,
1340.0
6
Walnut
Broadway
Gilman
Bow
West, East,
716.2
6
Washington Avenue, Washington
Washington
a dead end
East,
365.0
3 6
Boston line
Somerville Avenue
North,
4476.5
4 "
Beacon
1646.4
6 °
Waverly
Washington -
66
East,
1406.0
6 €
Webster
Franklin
Glen
566.5
4 .
Glen
Cross
South,
532 5
6
Wigglesworth
Bonair
a dead end
West,
357.5
4
Williams Court
Porter
Elm
66
East.
2145.5
6 .
Winslow Avenue
South,
318.0
4 6
Winter
Holland
North,
461.0
4 €
Winthrop
Broadway
through Park
West,
448.0
4
Wyatt
Concord Avenue
a dead end
East,
207.0
4 60
Warren Avenue
Highland Avenue Bow
Columbus Avenue
westerly to a dead end
West,
210 0
2 4
Webster Avenue
Webster Avenue
a dead end
436.4
a dead end
Reacon
251.5
4 6
South,
422.0
3 .6
Elm Court
West,
256.0
Village
667.5
6 0
Tyler
1691.5
6 €
1736.7
South,
157 0
3 .
Willow Avenue
a dead end
SUMMARY OF DISTRIBUTION WATER PIPE LAID IN SOMERVILLE TO JANUARY 1, 1878.
Feet. 12-inch.
Feet. 10-inch.
Feet. 8-inch.
Feet. 6-inch.
Feet. 4-inch.
Feet. 3-inch.
Feet. 2-inch.
Total in miles and feet.
Miles.
Feet.
Laid previous to 1877. . Hydrant pipe, etc., pre- vious to 1873.
8,542.6
4,586.0
29,749.6
91,340.7
84,768.3 2,238.7
7,920.
1,747.0
43
1,614.7
2,238.7
Total reported previous to 1877. Hydrant pipe since 1873 Laid in 1877
8 542.6
4,586.0
29,749.6 5,092.0
91,340.7 198.0 685.0
87,007.0 620 5 198.0
7,920.5
1,747.0
43
3,853.4 818.5 767.0
Total laid to January 1, 1878 . . Abandoned or removed
8,614.6
4.586.0
34,841 6
93,223.7 313.0
87,825.5 2,378.5
7,920.5 66.0
1,747.0 359.0
45
. . . .
158.9 3,116.5
Total
8,614.6
4,586.0
34,841.6
92,910.7
85,447.0
7,854.5
1,388.0
44
2,322.4
186
72.0
1
. .
187
The city of Somerville has connections with the Charlestown Water Works as follows : -
One 12-inch in Packard Street.
One 12-inch at junction of Broadway and Cedar Street, from 30
One 12-inch at junction of Pearl and Cross Streets, from 30
One 12-inch at junction of Medford and Main Streets in Medford, from 24 One 10-inch at Broadway, near Temple Street, from 24
One 8-inch at junction of Pearl and Myrtle Streets, from
One 8-inch at junction of Broadway and Medford Street, from 30
30
One 8-inch at Boston line on Broadway, from
24
One 8-inch at Boston line on Washington Street, from One 6-inch at junction of Pearl and Myrtle Streets, from
S
Two 6-inch at junction of Pearl and Walnut Streets, from
30
One G-inch at junction of Pearl and Marshall Streets, from 30
One 6-inch at junction of Medford and School Streets, from 30
One 6-inch at junction of Medford and Central Streets, from 30
One 4-inch at Heath Street, between West and Bond Streets, from 24
.
The city has also a 6-inch connection with the Cambridge Water Works, on Sacramento Street, at the Cambridge line, to be used in case of accident.
Respectfully submitted.
NATHANIEL DENNETT, Supt.
30
FINAL REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS
For the Year 1877.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
- IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Dec. 31, 1877. Accepted, and sent down for concurrence
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1878.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS, Dec. 28, 1877.
To the City Council of the City of Somerville.
The Committee on Highways respectfully submit the following report, showing briefly what has been accomplished during the cur- rent year
Early in the year frequent and severe snow-storms compelled your committee to keep in employment a large force of laborers for the purpose of removing ice and snow ; the cost of same being esti- mated at about $4,000. In compliance with an order from the City Council in reference to the employment of the needy poor, your committee expended from their appropriation the sum of $10,534.02, and for this expenditure the city has had the benefit of 7,361 cubic yards of cracked blue stone, at an average cost of $1.43 per cubic yard.
After deducting the above extraordinary expenditures, amount- ing to $14,534, the small sum of $30,466 remained for the legiti- mate expenses of the department of highways for the current year.
Your committee have used all due economy in the disbursement of this sum, and present herewith some of the more important items.
191
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Names.
From
To
How Improved.
Approx. length in feet.
Broadway
Boston line . Bartlett Street
Cutter Street Willow Bridge
Gravelled ·
1,650
. Broadway
Broadway
Curtis Street .
Elwife Brook
Gravelled and macadamized Gravelled and macadamized Macadamized . Graded . .
2,265
Broadway
Russell's · .
Elwife Brook Medford line Holland St.
Gravelled and macadamized
3,168
Gilman Street
Gravelled . ·
700
Joy Street .
Elm Street .
Summer St. . Somerville Av
Gravelled and
macadamized
1,555
Mossland Street
Elm Street .
Somerville Av Willow Ave.
Gravelled and macadamized
1,695
School Street
Gravelled
865
Somerville Ave.
Gravelled
2,095
Summer Street .
Gravelled
500
Webster Avenue
Gravelled and
macadamized
1,200
Washington St.
Union Square
Bridge Street
Gravelled and macadamized
570
Street signs erected,
18
Durgen signs erected,
4
Plank culverts sidewalks,
26
Street crossings constructed,
9
Edgestones set (city),
693 feet.
Edgestones set (private),
1,414 "
Gutters paved (cobble stones),
335 yards.
Crossings paved, “ 60
462 “
granite blocks,
520 feet.
Drivers' square, asphalt,
60 yards.
Driveways, block stone,
92 feet.
cobble,
35 yards.
Sidewalks, bricks (city),
1,367 "
66 66 (private),
125
66
gravel,
over one mile.
100
Leland Street
Gravelled · ·
1,075
Medford Street .
Cambridge line
Gravelled . ·
375
Morrison Street
Elm Street .
Medford St. . Poplar Street Central Street Prospect St. .
Gravelled and
macadamized
1,000)
Curtis Street .
Broadway . . Cherry Street
2,355
Elm Street
Highland Ave. Cambridge line Howard Street Cambridge line
3,000
192
The débris has been removed from twenty sewers, and with this material a great many places that have been complained of as nuis- ances, to the Board of Health, have been filled up.
The committee has held 52 regular meetings, 4 hearings, 8 regular road meetings, and numerous examinations of estates and high- ways by subcommittees, has had referred to it 54 petitions, 15 orders, and 5 communications, and has made 74 reports and . recorded 101 votes.
J. A. CUMMINGS,
Chairman pro tom.
FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER OF SOMERVILLE,
1877.
13
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Feb. 5, 1878.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, with instructions to print in the Annual Report of 1877, and sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 6, 1878.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, Jan. 15, 1878. To his Honor the Mayor and City Council of the City of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN : - The City Engineer respectfully presents the fol- lowing report for. the year 1877.
SEWERS.
In February, the Committee on Sewers discharged the Superin- tendent, thereby making it incumbent on the City Engineer to take charge of the details of the construction, repairs, and mainte- nance of the sewers ; this work has materially increased the duties of the City Engineer's department. In the construction of sewers by contract, inspectors from this office have been employed by the sewer department to inspect the work, keep a daily record of the progress, locate branches for private drains, furnish lines and grades, and take general charge of the work. The department commenced this year with a systematic method of keeping their accounts. Daily reports were made by the City Engineer, of men employed, time of each on each item of work, and the materials purchased and used ; and from these reports the several accounts . were compiled, which will show, at a glance, the cost of each sewer, catch-basin, etc.
Sewers have been built by the city during the year, as follows : brick, 11460.1 feet; pipe, 1544.3 feet. In these were built 48 man-holes and 818 inlets. The following tabular statement will show the cost, assessment, length, size, etc., of each sewer.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1877.
LOCATION.
CONSTRUCTION.
COST.
Name of Street.
From
To
Built by
Materials.
Size In in
Man-holes.
Inlets.
Average
Length
in feet. .
Cost per foot.
Total cost.
Assessment.
Cost to city.
Brick
20 ×133
3
29
10.1
710.5
$1 26
$893 77
$670 58
$223 19
Akron Pipe .
12
1
14
10.0
278.6
1 14
631 09
460 56
170 53
Broadway . .
Central Street . .
Adams Street . .
Dennis ()'Connell . .
-
15
1
23
7.9
510.5
1 43
732 00
7 711 34
7 257 38
Broadway .
Sycamore Street.
Central Street . .
Francis Mongan . ·
·
.
12
1
14
10.6
281.8
1 24
348 90
217 91
130 90
Elm Street . ·
Camb. Linc . ·
Francis Mongan . .
Brick
24 X 17
4
72
7.7
1014.2
1 20
1,214 44
912 95
301 49
Elm Street . .
Chas. A. Mongan . Camb. Line . · angle r. Tenny St. William Sullivan
·
.
·
42
1
14
4
66
1037.0
1 81
1,875 19|
983 50
891 69
Hawkins Court
Hawkins Street .
·
·
·
·
Cement Pipc
12
0
4.5
Built at expense of abuttors. 3
Brick
18
1
15
11.0
387 3
1 24
479 781
361 20
118 55
Highland Ave .
Walnut Street .
Westerly .
· · ·
McCarty & Falvey
4
56
11.7
864.0
1 86
1,612 72
779 7
833 02
24 X 17
4
70
10.2
538.0
1 60
1,711 10
1,284 38
426 72
Vitrified Pipe
10
0
7
Built at expense of abuttors.
Brick
24 X 17
6
132
9.2
516.0
1 23
1,968 16
1,479 80
488 36
4 Morrison St. .
Grove Strect · .
ncar Willow Ave. Dennis O'Connell .
·
20 × 13}
4
40
8.6
922.5
1 13
1,032 23
388 70
643 53
Somerville Avc. Elm Street
near Mossland St. Chas. A. Mongan .
18
22
9.8
25.0
1
1 40
350 19
262 37
87 82
Summer Strcet 2 Summer Street
near Harvard near Harvard
Strect .
Francis Mongan .
·
.
66
26 × 17
4
98
8.2
172 0|
1 31
1,634 02
1,226 87
407 15
W»Innt Street .
Broad way . .
· 18 in. sewer west'erly to old scwer City
244 36
Walnut Street .
15 in. sewer west erly to old drains City
.
Cement Pipe
1
16.0
48
818
13,004.4
$16,766 83
$11,083 62
$5,683 21
·
·
·
·
·
.
.
24 X 17
3
77
7.0
968.0
1 13
1,095 05
851 24
243 81
Grove Street .
Willow Avenue , Elm Street . .
Morrison Strcet . Westerly . ·
McCarty & Falvey
·
Chas. A. Mongan
.
·
.
·
·
· near Broadway . Chas. A. Mongan . · Chas. A. Mongan ·
Richard Falvey .
·
·
1 14 9 eubie yards of ledge.
4 29 cubic yards lodge.
7 Including assessment and cost to city of Sycamore Strect sewer.
21 cubic yard of ledge.
5 151.5 cubic yards ledge.
3 221.1 cubic yards of ledge.
Total length of sewers built previous to Jan. 1, 1877 Total length of sewers built during the year 1877
. 113,945.6 feet
13,004.4 4
Total . .
. 126,950.0 feet, or 24.4 miles.
196
Somerville Ave. . Morrison Strcet Grove Strect . .
near Elm Street . Dennis ()'Connell
26 X 17
1085.0
225.0 6
164.0
236 72 Included in Broadway.
13
8.5
155.0
1 17
182 46
97 56
84 90
Wallace Street |Holland Strect ·
near Broadway .
Chas. A. Mongan
Chas. A. Mongan
City
18
1
1
118.6 }
Walnut Street .
15
1
10.0
8.1
20.0
1 48
244 36
12
Walnut Street .
18 in. scwer west erly to cateh-basin City
.
12
1
17
273.4 3
¡Broadway
Southerly . .
Maurice Buttimer
66
Chas. A. Mongan
24 × 17
1
13
172.0
1 03
524 65
394 93
129 72
Hawkins Street Washington St. .
Hawkins Court . near Day Street .
Chas. A. Mongan
Herbert Street
Chester Street .
Dover Street . .
Irving Street . ·
Chas. A. Mongan
36
Holland Street 8 Irving Street . Irving Strect . Loring Street
Holland Street .
Northerly .
Street .
Jas. M. Burckes & Son Jas. M. Burckes & Son
22 × 15
1
Sycamore Strect End of old Bewer
Broadway
.
Akron Pipe . Brick
15
1
2 Union street . |Benedict Street .
Southerly . ·
·
Dennis O'Connell .
15
5 Wallace Street Holland Strect .
15
1077.0
10
1 Appleton St. . Adams Street .
Morrison Street . Broadway
near Willow Ave. Dennis O'Connell .
.
· ·
Southerly . . ·
Dennis O'Connell .
.
28 × 24
24 X 17
1
31
9.1
335.0
595.0 Spceial appropriation.
15
533.0|
2 Central Street Chester Street . Day Street . . Elm Street . .
inehes.
cut.
Southerly . ·
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BEACON AND ELM STREETS SEWER.
This sewer was commenced in 1876 ; the brick work was finished the last of January ; the refilling of the trench and replacing the street was not completed until April. The building of this sewer provides for the drainage of a large portion of West Somerville, and the owners of real estate in that vicinity have shown their ap- preciation of the fact by asking for a large number of lateral sewers.
HERBERT STREET SEWER.
This sewer, 224 feet in length, was built by the owners of abut- ting estates, under the supervision of the City Engineer.
LORING STREET SEWER.
The sewer in Loring Streeet, 315 feet in length, connecting with the Somerville Avenue sewer near Dane Street, was also built at the expense of the abuttors.
SYCAMORE STREET AND BROADWAY SEWER.
This sewer was commenced in 1876, and finised in March of the present year.
MAN-HOLES.
Two man-holes were built on the Marshall Street sewer, and two on the Somerville Avenue sewer ; those on the Somerville Avenue sewer were provided with arrangements for flushing. Three man- holes were provided with new iron covers, in place of the wooden covers. I would renew the suggestion made in my report for 1876, in relation to the necessity of more man-holes on the sewers already constructed.
FLUSHING.
The new man-holes on Somerville Avenue at Central Street, and at a point near Hawkins Street, were each provided with brass eve bolts for the attachment of a gate for flushing. A portable gate was constructed and used in each man-hole. The result was very satisfactory ; a further trial will show the comparative expense of flushing and cleaning by hand labor. A flushing and ventilating chamber was built on Grove Street sewer, which will give an op- portunity to flush the main sewer in Elm Street; the situation of
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this chamber in reference to the low lands on the easterly side of Grove Street and on the northerly side of the Middlesex Central Railroad will give ample means for the present of storing of water for flushing purposes.
VENTILATION ..
In November, a ventilating flue was constructed from the flush- ing and ventilating chamber on the Grove Street sewer to the upper portion of the tower of the hose house, corner of Highland Avenue and Grove Street ; thus far its working has been satisfactory, there being a strong upward draught, but we have yet to ascertain its working in the summer, when the temperature of the internal air of the sewer is lower than that of the external atmosphere.
With a view to a partial ventilation of the sewers, I would recommend the purchase of a quantity of perforated cast-iron man- hole covers, to be placed on such manholes as are remote from dwellings, and where the escaping gases would be likely to do little injury. This is the most economical method of ventilation, and has been found in many cities to be sufficient ; if at any point, complaint is made, the perforated covers can be replaced by the pattern now in use.
SEWER OUTLETS.
I desire to call the attention of the City Council to the condition of many of our sewer outlets.
The sewer in Waverly Street, near the Boston line, now dis- charges into a creek, and thence into the Mill Pond in the Charles- town District, between Canal Street and the Eastern Railroad ; if the improvements now contemplated in this vicinity are carried out, it will be necessary to extend the Waverly Street sewer into deep water.
The Winthrop Avenue sewer discharges on the northerly side of Mystic Avenue into an open ditch, thence through a wooden culvert' under Middlesex Avenue to Mystic River; the grade of this sewer is lower than the culvert, thereby preventing the sewer from emptying. and causing an accumulation of solid matter in the sewer to the depth of eighteen inches or more. I would respectfully recommend that the culvert under Middlesex Avenue be rebuilt at such grade as will give the sewer a proper means of discharging.
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