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12 " 4 in., 270 lbs. at
4 10 80
1
" 4 in., special casting,
3 60
1
" 4 in., and 1 6-in. sleeve, 66 lbs. at 4 2 64
69 04
SHEET-IRON ON HAND.
1 lot assorted sizes, 9,200 lbs. at Tc. $644 00
1 large gate cover,
3 00
2 " " frames, 7 00
8 small gate covers,
10 00
664 00
CAST-IRON BRANCHES LINED.
2 double 6 on 8 branches,
$14 00
1 6 " 6 66
6 00
6 4 " 4 66
24 00
2 single 4 " 4
66
7 50
4 66 6 " 8 66
18 00
1 66 8 “ 8 66
5 00
2
66 6 " 6 66 12 00
1
66 8 " 8 66
5 00
3
4 “ 8 66 13 25
104 75
HYDRANTS ON HAND.
1 New Haven hydrant,
$45 00
1 flush hydrant,
20 00
4 .. .
covers,
22 00
2 Boston hydrants,
80 00
167 00
SUNDRY MATERIALS.
.
300 feet boards,
$9 00
9 bbls. cement,
12 60
8 loads sand,
8 00
Amount carried forward,
$29 60
$1,938 45
141
Amounts brought forward,
$29 60
$1,938 45
20 lbs. oakum,
1 20
3 tons stove coal,
15 00
25 8 inch clamp screws,
31 25
7 6 46
8 05
14 4 66 66
11 21
8 brass padlocks,
12 00
25 sheets emery cloth, Winding rope,
1 00
150 lbs. nails,
7 50
4 yds. enamelled clotlı,
2 00
1 stove,
21 00
1 Peerless furnace,
40 00
7 yds. cotton duek,
56
120 lbs. rivets.
12 00
4 hydrant valves,
3 00
6 hydrant caps,
1 28
4 lbs. manila rope,
60
1 iron-bound block,
1 25
24 rubber gaskets,
9 60
¿ bbl. tar,
2 50
¿ bbl. oil,
2 50
10 ft. fuse,
20
1 paint brush,
1 50
4 grouting horses,
16 00
10 oil cans,
6 00
4 hydrant horses,
2 00
10 bush. charcoal,
4 00
3 new hydrant casings,
15 00
1 sledge handle, 1 qt. measure,
43
2 doz. flat files,
12 00
4 stand-pipe collars,
2 00
2 lbs. hemp packing,
1 00
¿ gal. turpentine,
20
3 lantern boxes,
2 25
¿ ball marline,
75
1 pr. Fairbanks scales,
10 00
1 seven-inch gong,
4 00
2 service box covers,
30
Amounts carried forward,
$291 73
$1,938 45
1 00
142
Amounts brought forward, 16 street gate boxes, 200 ft. spruce plank,
$291 73
$1,938 45
1 92
3 20
296 85
TOOLS FOR WATER WORKS.
1 lining stand and fixtures,
$25 00
1 punching machine,
250 00
1 rolling machine,
200 00
6 mandrels,
90 00
3 mandrel frames,
10 00
4 sets rollers,
45 00
6 prs. clamps and rings,
17 00
5 rivet sets,
1 50
1 wire gauge,
1 25
5 prs. snips,
5 50
4 mallets,
1 00
2 prs. bench shears,
5 00
2 large*square lanterns,
7 00
18 tubular lanterns,
18 00
15 old lanterns,
6 00
2 derricks and tackles,
18 00
100 ft. hand hose,
8 00
200 ft. hydrant hose,
40 00
2 saws, 1 bit stock and bits,
3 00
1 jack plane, $0.75, 1 oil stone, $0.50,
1 25
11 drills,
22 00
3 spoons for blasting,
1 00
1 reflector lantern,
2 00
8 striking hammers,
16 00
3 hydrant wrenches,
3 00
1 breast drill,
4 00
1 forge,
35 00
1 anvil,
10 00
4 pairs tongs,
3 00
3 hot chisels,
2 00
* 2 packing box wrenches,
4 25
1 hatchet,
25
1 carpenter's bench,
3 00
Amounts carried forward,
$858 00
$2,235 30
143
Amounts brought forward,
$858 00
$2,235 30
10 cold chisels,
2 00
4 tool boxes,
24 00
3 pairs rubber mits,
2 70
2 sledge hammers,
5 00
3 crowbars,
5 00
5 frost wedges,
8 00
2 sand screens,
5 00
1 flush hydrant wrench,
2 00
8 gate wrenches,
18 00
4 mending knives,
1 00
12 water pails,
3 00
2 water tubs,
1 25
1 large water tank,
15 00
4 mortar boxes,
16 00
2 mortar hods,
1 00
3 large tool boxes,
17 00
1 wheelbarrow,
4 00
24 picks,
24 00
2 kettles,
1 50
2 grindstones,
18 00
30 shovels,
22 50
2 tape measures,
1 00
1 cutting bench,
2 50
3 pairs rubber boots,
6 00
1 pipe cradle,
1 00
1 pipe vise,
5 00
1 bench vise,
15 00
2 common vises,
20 00
1 farmer's furnace,
8 00
1 pair hydrant tongs,
30
1 branding iron (S. W. W.),
30
1 improved tarring tank,
75 00
2 step ladders,
6 00
2 ratchets and drills,
22 00
1 set calking irons,
1 00
4 powder cans,
1 00
5 lbs. gunpowder,
1 25
5 punches,
50
Amounts carried forward, $1,219 80
$2,235 30
144
Amounts brought forward,
$1,219 80
$2,235 30
1 Baxter wrench,
1 25
1 pair hose pliers,
75
1 10-inch bevel square,
1 25
12 flat drills,
3 00
3 pairs flat tongs,
2 25
3 oilers and 2 dippers,
2 00
2 riveting hammers,
3 50
2 hoes,
2 00
3 snow shovels,
2 25
4 rammers,
6 00
2 ice chisels,
3 00
1 claw hammer,
75
Patters and bore boxes for cast-iron branches,
100 00
1 set patterns for mandrels,
50 00
2 tin tunnels,
1 00
3 riveting bars,
80
2 sets stencils, brush, etc.
3 00
5 feet hydrant chain,
1 00
1 small hand saw,
80
8 monkey wrenches,
5 00
6 Stillson
13 00
1 wrought-iron ditch pump,
14 00
1 galvanized £
5 00
1 large hydrant wrench,
4 50
1 doz. lamp chimneys,
96
1,445 86
STABLE DEPARTMENT.
1 horse,
$150 00
1 express wagon with top,
150 00
1 light business wagon,
60 00
1 heavy express wagon,
125 00
1 sleigh,
12 00
1 pung,
75 00
2 street blankets,
14 00
2 stable blankets,
4 00
1 buffalo robe,
15 00
2 surcingles,
1 00
Amounts carried forward,
$606 00
$3,681 1
145
Amounts brought forward,
$606 00
¿ ton hay,
10 00
1 bundle straw,
4 50
225 bushels oats at $0.50,
112 50
1 collar, hames, and traces,
7 00
1 express harness,
25 00
1 light business harness,
10 00
2 horse covers,
8 00
1 rubber blanket,
2 00
Pitchforks, brushes, etc.
5 00
OFFICE FURNITURE.
1 large desk,
$16 00
1 small «
5 00
1 book rack,
3 00
1 water gauge,
25 00
1 plan, with curtain and frame,
30 00
6 office chairs,
8 00
1 Somerville Directory,
2 00
1 carpet,
10 00
99 00
WATER-SERVICE MATERIALS.
2 iron service boxes,
$3 00
16₺ feet 1} in. lined to 14 in.
2 56
128 " 14 in.
1 in. 32 00
285 " ¿ in. rubber lined,
34 20
8 5 in. shut-off cocks,
8 00
44 lbs. cast-iron stopcock handles,
1 76
1 self-closing faucet,
2 80
1 1 inch peet valve,
2 50
1 14 " stop and waste R. W.
1 67
9 & mall. unions,
1 80
20 ₺
3 00
9 1 66
3 42
11 ₺ 66 spigot stop and waste,
9 35
5 % 68 8 50
2 %
3 00
11
" T handle stop and waste,
1 00
Amounts carried forward,
$118 56
$4,570 16
10
$3,681 16
790 00 .
146
Amounts brought forward,
$118 56
$4,570 16
1 1 inch spigot stopcock,
1 00
12 1} " loose nipples,
6 00
10 } solder nipples,
3 60
5 %
2 00
340 lbs. mall. iron fittings,
85 00
60 brass goosenecks,
15 Q0
102 } inch loose nipples,
25 50
8 6 " service clamps, 66
5 20
16 4
8 80
64 8 66 66
48 00
205 rubber rings for clamps,
6 15
33 & inch stop and waste cocks,
49 50
21 } 66 66
29 40
21 % 66
with nipples, 31 50
31 우
soldering nipples,
6 20
155 3 66
85 25
2 Ludlow gates on 4 inch clamps,
10 00
2
. 6
6 .. ..
12 00
1 3 inch clamp,
2 25
7 10 “
12 60
9 12 ‹‹ £ 66
20 25
1 1} " auger,
1 25
281 lbs. new lead pipe,
19 67
8 lead connections,
8 00
23 lbs. copper wire,
75
12 2 inch corporations,
15 00
50 ft. block tin pipe, 20 cts.
10 00
15 lbs. fine solder,
1 50
639 93
TOOLS FOR WATER SERVICE.
1 press and cones for lining pipe, $40 00
4 force pumps and couplings, 12 00
2 kettles and 2 ladles,
3 10
7 doz. service locks,
54 60
2 small hammers,
1 20
7 pairs pipe tongs,
10 50
1 new tapping machine,
14 00
3 drills for same,
Amounts carried forward,
$135 40
$5,210 09
147
Amounts brought forward,
$135.40
$5,210 09
1 old tapping machine,
12 00
1 rack saw,
1 50
1 hydrant nut wrench,
3 00
4 large hammers,
3 00
1 oil can and oiler,
80
6 soldering irons,
6 00
2 monkey wrenches,
1 20
1 shave hook, tap borer and ten pin,
1 00
2 bending irons,
50
1 pair flat nose pliers,
50
1 " round " 66
50
3 service wrenches,
2 25
5 pipe tap wrenches,
3 00
2 pipe cutters and wheels,
12 00
1 patent pipe wrench,
3 50
1 chain wrench,
4 50
1 lead saw,
50
6 trowels,
6 00
1 No. 1 die plate and dies,
21 00
1 2 66 66
12 00
1
66
3 66
9 00
1 set taps from ¿ inch to 12 inch,
7 00
1 work bench,
12 00
258 15
Total,
$5,468 24
NATHANIEL DENNETT, Superintendent.
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER OF SOMERVILLE.
1879.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 3, 1880.
Received and referred to the Committee on Printing, with instructions to print the same in the Annual Reports for 1879. Sent down for con- currence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 3, 1880.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, Jan. 15, 1880. To his Honor the Mayor and the City Council :
GENTLEMEN, - The City Engineer presents the following Report for the year 1879.
SEWERS.
Fifteen thousand six hundred and ninety-one and seven tenths feet of sewers have been built during the year, as follows : brick, 7,588.7 feet ; pipe, 8,103 feet. In these were built 76 manholes, 2 overflow chambers, and 3 flushing chambers, and 1,179 inlets. The following table will show the location, cost, assessment, , length, size, etc., of each sewer : -
.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1879.
LOCATION.
CONSTRUCTION.
COST.
Name of Street.
From
To
Built by
Materials.
Size in
inches
Manholes.
Inlets.
Average
Length
in feet.
Cost per foot.
Total cost
Assessment.
Cost to city.
Adams Street .
Medford Street . .
near Broadway . near Temple St. Southwesterly .
Richard Falvey Martin Gill
Akron Pipe. Brick
12
3
46 9.7
660.1
$0 93
$1,209 93
$933 18 354 24
113 81
Broadway Pl. .
Broadway .
·
Edward Fitzgerald .
Akron Pipe
12
1
11 10.1
159 5
1 29
205 60
Canal Street ·
Creek
Passageway . ·
C' as. A. Mongan . .
Briek . .
24
2
14
9.3
197.5
1 40
See
Cedar Street .
Northeasterly .
Edward Fitzgerald .
20
0
9
6.5
105.0
1 37
See
Tenney Highland Highland
Court. Avenue.
Cedar Street,
Edward Fitzgerald .
Akron Pipe.
12
2
12
6
61 10 2
843.5
0 98
829 15
617 64
211 51
2Chandler St.
Park Avenue . .
Dennis O'Connell
12
2
28
9.2
371.0
1 05
390 49
294 87
95 62
3Claremon St.
Me d Street
Holland Street .
Edward Fitzgerald .
12
3
48
9.3
529.0
1 59
844 25
584 40
259 85
Dane Court .
Dane Street
near end . . .
Maurice Terry .
Maurice Buttimer City
·
·
.
2
31 7.0
495.5
3 76
7,094 16
1,711 06
5,383 10
4Elmwood St .*
Cameron Ave. .
Richard Falvey
·
· ·
2
24
8.1
299.5
1 19
503 33
377 94
125 39
Frost Avenue .
Angle
Patrick Terry
Edward Fitzgerald .
12
2
20 10.2
293.5
0 91
266 75
202 62
63 13
George Street .
Broadway
Chas. A. Mongan
12
3
33
9.1
461.0
0 92
422 06
325 57
96 49
Hamlet Street .
Highland Ave.
near end .
Edward Fitzgerald .
Briek ·
30
2
30 12.1
330.0
1 65
944 84
714 78
230 06
Highland Ave. Holland St .*
Culvert
Richard Falvey ·
·
·
·
1
3
41 12.6
751.1
1
65
2,482 15
1,281 99
1,200 16
Ivaloo Street .
.
Park Street Northerly .
Richard Falvey
Akron Pipe.
12
4
48 11.0
620.0
0
93
578 92
449 46
129 46
Line Street .
Washington St. ·
n. Cooney St.
Edward Fitzgerald .
12
4
71 7.6
1,056.5
0
75
1,094 88
731 25
363 63
Central Street .
Adams Street
Richard Falvey .
.
·
·
·
·
33 × 22
2
28 17.2
462.3
5 14
See
Elmwood
Street.
8Passageway* ·
Walnut Street . .
J. McCarty .
12
2
30 8.7
468.5
2 11
1.759 57
1,033 60
725 97
9Mills Street . ·
·
.
Brick
24 × 17
0
4 9.5
58.0
1 06
See
Elm
Street.
11 Newbury St. ·
Passageway . ·
Holland Street .
Akron Pipe.
12
4
72 10.8
802.0
2 31
1,848 75
1,026 39
822 36
Park Avenue .
near Elm St. . .
Dennis O'Connell
Briek . . ·
24 × 17
2
37 10.0
435.0
0 98
424 84
320 63
104 21
Park Street .
Tenney Court .
Canal Street .
Somerville Ave. 1. Mystic Ave. .
Edward Fitzgerald . Chas. A. Mongan ·
·
Akron Pipe.
12
3
47 10.7
576.0|
1 29
1,021 75
766 55
255 20
·
·
18
1
24 11.4
296 0
1 58
468 05
1Broadway :.
n. Sargent Ave. .
near Hall Street . Ilighland Ave. . end of brick sewer Medford Street . . near Broadway . near end .
Patrick Terry
·
·
·
.
·
·
.
0
9 9.5
100.0
1 06
167 52
126 00
41 52
Elm Street .
Morrison Street .
Patrick Terry
Akron Pipe.
12
1
16
9.3
215.0
0 68
See
Frost
Avenue.
Frost Avenue
Angle
n. Somerville Av. Angle
Elmwood St. .
Richard Falvey
66
·
·
.
30
25 15.0
353.0
2 82
See
Elmwood
Street.
5Holland St .*
·
Edward Fitzgerald .
28 × 24
1
26 12 8
313.8
1 90
See
Adams
Street.
6Medford St. . "Mead Street*
Cameron Avenue . Moore Street . . ·
.
Richard Falvey
30 × 20
1
11 14.7
236.7
3 18
See
Elmwood
Street.
Akron Pipe.
12
1
31 9.6
320.0
1 17
375 17
330 59
44 58
1( Moore Street Morrison St.
end of old sewer .
Wallace Street . Ivaloo Street . .
See
Ivaloo
Street.
28 × 24
3
53 8.5
750.0
1 65
.
3
55' 8.0
695.0
0 86
595 70
463 86
131 84
Dover Street
Elm Street .
n. Orchard St. Northeasterly
Brick
24 X 17
3
48' 4 7
538.5
0 91
491 64
381 49
110 15
152
·
·
2
41 13.0
493.5
2
23
See
Elmwood
Street.
Irving Street . Culvert
·
Joy Street ·
Poplar Street . · ·
Moore Street . Newbury St. . n. Sargent Are. Northeasterly . Elm Street . .
·
Richard Falvey
·
Mead Street .
Dennis O'Connell City
Richard Falver* * .
Briek .
18
19 9.7
272.7
0 94
See
Avenue.
Central Street
Holland Street . Dane Street
Cedar Street .
Southeasterly
·
36
24 × 17
24 X 17
28
24 X 17
$276 75
205 60
·
Beacon Street ·
cut.
12Walnut Street . | near Broadway . Mills Street · . Be seon Street
Mills Street · near Veazie St. Line Street . ..
.
Dennis O'Connell Edward Fitzgerald .
. J. MeCarty . · Akron Pipe. Brick . . .
Brick
18 12
2 2
40| 9.4 35|
446.3 454.7 232.0
1 73 1 22 1 31
See 556 84 See
Mills 421 02 Line
Strect. 135 82 Street.
76 1,179
15,691.7 $24,575 34 |$13,449 13 $11,126 21
REBUILT.
14 Broadway · Sargent Avenue Cedar Street Dane Street . . Medford St. . . · Summer Street . Fitchburg R. R. . Somerville Ave. . end of brick sewer
Northwesterly . near Hall St. . Frost Avenue . Northerly ·
Martin Gill . Edward Fitzgerald .
Briek
18 20
1 15|11.6
171.4
2 54
434 94
434 94
2
32| 6.0
320.0
1 41
451 91
451 91
Patrick Terry .
Richard Falvey City .
Plank
. . . 36 × 30
0
2.7
311.7 159.0
2 66 1 80
285 70
285 70
5
79
1,275.1
$2,524 50
$2,524 50
*Part of Holland, Elmwood and Mead Streets Sewer.
1 15 eubie yards of ledge.
3 90.25 eubie yards of ledge.
4 70 cubic yards of ledge.
5 205.83 cubic yards of ledge.
7 382.93 cubie yards of ledge.
8 25 eubie yards of ledge.
9 180.5 eubie yards of ledge. 13 32.9 cubic yards of ledge.
2 27 eubie yards of ledge. 6 32.9 cubic yards of ledge. 10 24.85 cubic yards of ledge. 14 29.1 cubic yards of ledge.
Total length of sewers built previous to Jan. 1, 1879
. 133 667.1 feet. Total length of sewers built during the year 1879 .
. 15,691.7 «
Total
. 149,358.8 " or 28.3 miles.
·
·
·
. .
·
28 × 24
2
19 8.0
313.0
1 67
523 15
523 15
828 80
·
828 80
· ·
·
30
0
13 10.4 0
Waverly St.
Southeasterly
24
1
8.9 13 11.9
13Walnut Street . Washington St.
11 260 eubie yards of ledge. 12 106.5 cubic yards of ledge.
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CLARENDON HILL SEWERS.
The main sewer in Holland Street was extended from Irving Street northwardly to Elmwood Street, thence southwestwardly in Elmwood Street about 320 feet, thence northwestwardly across private lands to Cameron Avenue, thence continuing in the same direction through Mead Street, a passageway and private lands to Newbury Street ; lateral sewers connecting with this main were built in Claremon, Moore, and Newbury Streets.
That portion of the sewer between Irving and Mead Streets was laid with a slight inclination, and to provide for flushing, three brick chambers were constructed with brass eye-bolts built into the masonry for the attachment of flushing gates.
In the construction of the main and lateral sewers 1058.86 cubic yards of rock was removed at a cost of $4,184.23.
The deepest excavation was on Mead Street, near its junction with Claremon Street, being twenty-four feet, about one half of which was solid rock.
The total cost of the sewers was $9,903.57, exclusive of land damages ; the amount assessed on the abutters was $3,652.44.
SEWER OUTLETS.
The old wooden outlet of the Waverly Street sewer was found to be badly decayed and a cause of complaint to the residents in the neighborhood. In November the old sewer was removed, and replaced by a substantial wooden sewer, constructed of spruce timber.
PRIVATE DRAINS.
Two hundred and fifty-seven permits were issued for laying pri- vate drains, 244 for new connections, and 13 for repairs.
Three persons were licensed by the mayor and aldermen as drain layers, making the present number of drain layers twenty-one. Some of the work performed by the drain layers is unsatisfactory, and I would recommend that hereafter the laying of drains be under the direction of an inspector.
CATCH-BASINS.
Ten catch-basins were constructed during the year ; these were built at an average cost of $57.80. During the spring months quite a number of the North River flags used as a cap-stone for catch-
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basins located under the sidewalk, were found to be cracked by the action of the frost ; these were removed and replaced with sub- stantial granite cap-stones. In the construction of the new catch- basins during the year granite caps have been used.
A large number of old catch-basins have been partially rebuilt. Thirty old and decayed wooden covers were replaced by twenty- six cast-iron covers and four new oak covers. Twelve hundred and twelve loads of deposit were removed from the catch-basins, at a cost of fifty-eight and one half cents per load.
DEFECTIVE SEWERS.
. A portion of the sewer on Medford Street, between Somerville Avenue and Jackson Street, was rebuilt and the grade properly adjusted. The old sewer was found to be in bad condition, being about one half full of deposit and badly out of shape. As the mate- rial supporting the sewer at the spring line of the arch was found to be muck, the reconstructed portion was built with a double ring of brick.
The sewer on Cedar Street, between Summer and Hall Streets, was reconstructed at a proper grade ; the old sewer was about two thirds full of sand and gravel.
SIDEWALKS.
The following table will show the sidewalk improvements during the year : -
Street.
Side.
From
To
Materials.
Approx. length of walk.
Cost.
Beacon . .
Southwesterly
Cambridge Line .
Northwesterly.
Brick . . .
482.0
$375 66
Cedar
. .
Southeasterly.
Summer
.
Highland Ave.
Brick and
687.5
752 72
Central . .
Southeasterly.
Summer
·
Somerville Av.
edgestone. Brick . . .
1044.0
429 51
Columbus Ave. . .
Northeasterly
Warren Ave. .
Bonner Ave. .
Brick and edgestone. Brick and
670.0
802 46
Florence
.
.
Pearl
Washington
.
edgestone.
Franklin
. Northwesterly
Flint
Washington
.
Brick and edgestone.
865.0
979 20
Grand View
Ave. . .
Both
Walnut
Vinal Ave.
Gravel and edgestone.
1080.0
686 52
Total .
62485.0
$5529 03
.
Both
1656.5
1503 96
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The city has assessed one half of the cost of the above-named sidewalks on the abutters.
SURVEY OF STREETS.
But little has been accomplished in surveying streets, the appro- priation for this department not being sufficient. A few notes have been plotted on the large maps referred to in my last annual re- port. There are many streets where encroachments exist which should be determined, and the street lines properly recorded.
BRIDGES.
The old wooden bridge on Medford Street over the Boston and Lowell Railroad has been removed. New abutment walls are now being constructed, on which it is proposed to place a new iron bridge fifty feet in width, corresponding with the lines of the street.
The bridges over the Boston and Lowell Railroad at School and Cedar Streets, and at Broadway, should be rebuilt, and made to conform to the lines of the street.
STREET NUMBERING.
One street has been numbered during the year. Plans for num- bering several other streets are now nearly complete.
WATER WORKS.
Lines and grades have been given for laying water mains ; the service pipes laid during the year have been located and properly recorded.
The old water mains on Mt. Pleasant Street, Oakland Avenue, and on Franklin Street, from Broadway to Pearl Street, have been replaced by new mains.
HEALTH.
A map of the city was prepared by order of the Board of Health, showing the location of sewers, dangerous diseases, etc., which was published in the annual report for 1878.
ENGINEERING EXPENSES FOR 1879.
Salary of city engineer, including maintenance of team, $1,900 00 Salaries of assistants,
1,099 32
Repairing instruments, stationery, spikes, tools, etc. 160 61
$3,159 93
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. A. KIMBALL.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
1879.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1880.
Accepted and referred to the next city government, to be printed with the City Reports for the year 1879, and sent down for concurrence.
Accepted and sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1880.
Accepted and referred to the next city government to be printed with the city reports for the year 1879, in concurrence.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
SOMERVILLE, Dec. 31, 1879.
To the Committee on Sewers :
I submit the following statement in relation to sewers built during the year 1879.
GEO. A. KIMBALL, City Engineer.
SEWERS BUILT IN 1879.
Street.
From
To
Materials.
Size
in inches.
Manholes.
Inlets.
Length.
Total cost.
Assessment.
Cost to city.
Broadway
near Sargent Ave.
near Temple St. Southwesterly . Passageway .
Brick
18
1
24
296.0 159.5 197.5 )
1,021 75
766 55
255 20
Tenney Court and private lands
Canal St. .
·
near Mystic Ave. . Northeasterly .
Brick
20
9
105.0 )
Cedar
end of brick sewer
Highland Avenue
Akron pipe
12
2
19
272.7
944 84
714 78
230 06
Highland Avenue
Cedar St.
Southeasterly
Brick
30
2
30
330.0
Central .
Medford St.
near Broadway .
Akron pipe
12
6
61
843.5
829 15
617 64
211 51
Chandler
Park Ave.
near end . ·
12
3
48
529.0
844 25
584 40
259 85
Claremon
Mead St. . ·
Holland St.
Brick
24 × 17
3
48
538.5
491 64
381 49
110 15
Dane Court
Dane St. .
near end .
near Orchard St.
3
55
695.0
595 70
463 86
131 84
Frost Avenue
Dane St. .
Angle
Akron pipe
12
1
16
215.03
George .
Broadway
Angle
12
2
20
293.5
265 75
202 62
63 13
Hamlet
Highland Ave.
near end .
12
3
33
461.0
422 06
325 57
96 49
Holland .
Irving St.
Culvert
Brick
36
2
41
493.5 )
Holland .
Culvert
Elmwood St.
30
1
25
353.0
Elmwood and pri- vate lands .
Holland St. . Cameron Ave.
Cameron Avenue .
·
€
33 × 22
2
28
462.3
Mead Street and passageway
Moore St. ·
Newbury St. .
30 × 20
1
11
236.7 J
Ivaloo
Beacon St.
·
Park St.
28 × 24
3
41
751.1 }
2,482 15
1,281 99
1,200 16
Park
. Ivaloo St. . ·
Somerville Avenue . Northerly ·
28 × 24
3
53
750.0
578 92
449 46
129 46
Joy .
Poplar St. ·
·
Adams St.
Brick
18
1
26
313.8 }
1,209 93
933 18
276 75
Adams
Medford St. ·
·
·
near Broadway
Akron pipe
12
3
46
660.1
375 17
330 59
44 58
Morrison
end of old sewer ·
Brick
24 × 17
· .
Elm
Morrison St. . . ·
Northeasterly
24 X 17
·
9
58.0 } 100.0
167 52
126 00
41 52
·
·
· ·
Brick ·
24
2
14
$468 05 205 60
$354 24
$113 81
Broadway Place
Broadway ʻ
Akron pipe
12
1
11
Canal . .
Creek .
Akron pipe
12
3
47
576.0
Cedar . .
near Hall St.
.
.
.
Dover .
.
2
24
299.5 }
503 33
377 94
125 39
Frost Avenue
Angle .
·
.
28
2
31
495.5
7,094 16
1,711 06
5,383 10
Mead .
Moore St. .
Akron pipe
12
4
48
620.0
Medford
Central St. . ·
·
Moore
Mead St. . ·
Northeasterly Elm St.
12
1
31
320.0
4
12
2
28
371.0
390 49
294 87
95 62
24 X 17
Elm St. .
near Somerville Ave.
24 × 17
205 60
160
Newbury
Passageway ·
Holland St.
Akron pipe
12
4
72
802.0 435.0
1,848 75 424 84
1,026 39
822 36
Park Ave .
Wallace St.
near Elm St.
Brick
24 X 17
2
37
320 63
104 21
Walnut . ·
Mills St.
near Veazie St.
Akron pipe ·
12
2
35
454.7
556 84
421 02
135 82
Walnut .
near Broadway .
Mills St.
Brick ·
18
2
40
446.3 }
1,759 57
1,033 60
725 97
Mills
Walnut St. . . ·
near Sargent Ave. ·
Akron pipe ·
·
.
Washington
Beacon St. .
Line St. ..
Brick
24
13
232.0 (
1,094 88
731 25
363 63
Line
Washington St. .
near Cooney St. . .
Akron pipe
12
4
71
1,056.5
Total amount of sewers built .
· 76
1,179
15,691.7
$24,575 34 | $13,449 13 |
$11,126 21
RECONSTRUCTED.
Broadway
Sargent Ave. . . ·
Northwesterly .
Brick
18 20
1
15
171.4 320.0
$434 94
$434 94
Cedar . . ·
Summer St, . ·
near Hall St. .
.
.
·
Plank
36 × 30
. ·
· ʻ · ·
Total amount of sewers rebuilt .
5
79
1,275.1
$2,524 50
·
·
·
Total amount of sewers built and rebuilt .
81
1,258
16,966.8
$27,099 84
$13,449 13
$13,650 71
2
32
4.1 91
451 91
2
19
523 15
523 15
Medford
Somerville Ave. .
Northerly .
· ·
13
313.0 311.7 159.0
828 80
·
.
828 80
Waverly
end of brick sewer
Noutherly
. ·
·
Dane .
Fitchburg R. R. .
Frost Ave. .
28 × 24 30
2
12
30
468.5
1
·
·
·
·
·
285 70
285 70
$2,524 50
161
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON SEWERS, Jan. 3, 1880.
To His Honor the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :
Your Committee on Sewers have reported upon all matters referred to them during the past year, and present the following statement of the appropriation for sewers and the expenditures therefrom.
Appropriation for sewers, $7,500 00
Transferred July 1, from balance of
1878, 5,600 00
Value of materials on hand Jan. 1, 212 74
Total,
$13,312 74
EXPENDED.
For 24 sewers, as per ac-
companying table, $24,575 34
Less assessments, 13,449 13
Cost to the city, $11,126 21
For reconstructing 5
sewers as per
table, . 2,524 50
" 10 catch-basins (average $57.80),
578 06
" catch-basin on land of Hill & Buf- fum, Elmwood Street, 11 60
" clearing mouths of catch-basins, 168 80
" cleaning
708 51
" repairing 66
590 37
examining
3 50
repairing sewers and drains, 13 83
" flushing sewers, 49 50
" examining " 14 63
" cleaning
134 69
Amount carried forward, $15,924 20
163
Amount brought forward, $15,924 20
For repairing manholes,
8 25
" cleaning manhole dirt-catchers,
231 25
" raising tops of manholes to new grades, 17 50
" cleaning ditches,
11 00
" connecting culvert with sewer at Union Square, 9 00
" moving water pipe, Line Street,
28 60
" advertising hearing for sewer in Greenville Street, 5 00
" tools and personal property, 83 79
" repairing same, 15 66
arranging same,
12 00
" books and stationery,
34 50
" materials damaged, 6 6 on hand, Dec. 31, 219 17
10 66
" abatement of assessments of 1878, 47 53
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