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Broadway, from Boston line to Cross
Street . 1,463 72
College Avenue . 1,128 86
Cross Street, from railroad bridge to Webster Street 341 64
Elmwood Street . 253 26
Linwood Street, filling
150 00
Amounts carried forward .
$3,337 48
$10,308 67
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $3,337 48 $10,308 67
Medford Street, from Central to Par-
tridge Avenue 130 78
Mystic Avenue, from Middlesex Ave-
nue to Union Street 474 30
Pearl Street, from Pinckney to Mt. Ver-
non 146 80
Poplar Street
170 26
Somerville Avenue and Union Square, from East Cambridge line to Craigie
Street . 3,271 11
Webster Avenue . . 1,005 58
general repairs · . 6,721 43
15,257 74
For repairs of stone paving brick sidewalks
506 49
701 92
cost to city of sidewalks, the bricks and edge-stone for which have been furnished by abutters
346 15
repairs of streets, and paving of gutters, made necessary by said sidewalks 400 64
clearing and repairing streets after the construc- tion of sewers and catch-basins (including the macadamizing of Cedar Street from Arlington Railroad to Lowell Railroad) .
327 88
cost of repairing streets after the laying of water- pipes removing snow and ice, and care of icy sidewalks, cleaning streets .
104 91
1,150 49
1,940 30
one-half cost of maintaining Middlesex Avenue bridge for the year 1883, the other half being paid by the town of Medford . setting stone bounds . 501 69
trees furnished by citizens
20 12
setting fountain in Union Square, furnished by Woman's Christian Temperance Union 54 52
partially rebuilding William H. Mahoney's fence on line of Evergreen Avenue extension 3 50
reduction of Columbus Avenue betterment assess- ments, and costs of court 782 03
58 25
Amount carried forward
$32,465 30
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
247
Amount brought forward . $32,465 30
sewer assessment on Bond Street ledge-lot
210 60
taxes on Waltham gravel-land 134 30
less received for pasturage . 60 00
74 30
tax on Winchester gravel-land
9 34
repairing tools
235 04
salary of superintendent
1,500 00
board of superintendent's horses
417 17
rent of superintendent's telephone
36 00
books, stationery, and printing
46 00
sundry small expenses
8 97
private work, the bills for which remain uncol- lected
148 30
Value of tools, etc., Jan. 1, 1884
383 25
added during the year
249 22
Total
632 47
value of same Dec. 31, 1884
384 75
Depreciation . 247 72
Value of materials on hand Dec. 31, 1884 . 1,400 60
Value of personal property on hand Dec. 31, 1884 : - horses . 4,225 00
carts and implements used with horses, 2,191 00
harnesses and horse-clothing 643 00
stable utensils and property . 172 65
stone-crusher and fittings . 1,612 05
tools, tool-house, and tool-chests
384 75
9,228 45
Total debit
$46,027 79
Balance unexpended
$846 09
The earnings and expenses of the city teams have been as follows : - Earnings, at $1.50 per day for each horse $7,330 13
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Expenses : -
For grain and feed .
$1,994 98
hay and straw
596 20
shoeing
480 39
doctoring and medicine
124 02
repairs of carts and implements used with horses .
241 15
repairs of harnesses and horse-clothing
142 47
stable expenses, and repairs of stable (including pay of stable-man) . 1,042 31
fence at City Farm
141 61
Value of carts and implements used with horses, Jan. 1, 1884
2,162 25
added during the year
380 00
Total
2,542 25
value of same Dec. 31, 1884 · . 2,191 00
Depreciation
351 25
Value of harness and horse-clothing, Jan. 1, 1884
595 00
added during the year
178 80
.
Total
773 80
value of same Dec. 31, 1884
643 00 .
Depreciation .
130 80
Value of horses Jan. 1, 1884
3,750 00
added during the year (5) .$1,555 00
less for (2) horses sold · 135 00
1,420 00
Total
. 5,170 00
value of same Dec. 31, 1884
. 4,225 00
Depreciation (including one horse that died) .
945 00
Amount carried forward .
$6,190 18
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amount brought forward . $6,190 18 Value of stable utensils and property Dec. 31, 1884 172 65
value of same Jan. 1, 1884 . $127 65
added during the year 30 40
Total
158 05 increase in value 14 60
Total expenses of city teams $6,175 58
Excess of earnings, as hereinbefore stated under the heading of "Receipts and Credits " .
$1,154 55
The charges for crushed stone, and the cost of the same, have been as follows : -
Charges, -
For 6,925 loads at crusher, at $1.00 . $6,925 00
11} loads delivered, at $1.25 14 38
6,939 38
on hand Dec. 31, 1884, 508 loads at $1.00 .
508 00
received for old materials sold 6 80
Total charges and receipts $7,454 18
Cost, -
On hand Jan. 1, 1884 : -
crushed stone, 210 loads at $1.00
$210 00
stone for crusher, 30 loads at 60 cents . 18 00
228 00
cost of ledge and field-stone delivered at crusher, 6,884 loads at 60 cents 4,130 40
cost of labor and teaming at crusher 1,503 51
repairs and renewal of machinery, exclu- sive of new engine and boiler 333 46
" fuel
303 36
water 22 50
66 steam-boiler insurance
15 00
Amount carried forward . $6,536 23
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $6,536 23
Value of crusher, machinery, and fit- tings, Jan. 1, 1884 . .
1,206 60 added new boiler and engine, 1,004 79 less for old engine and boiler, 200 00
804 79
Total
. 2,011 39
value of same Dec. 31, 1884 ·
1,612 05
Depreciation
399 34
Total cost
$6,935 57
Excess of charges, as hereinbefore stated . $518 61
The charges for Holland Street ledge-stone, and the cost of the same, have been as follows : ----
Charges, -
For 5,118 loads delivered at crusher, at 60
cents
. $3,490 80
2,241 loads ballast at ledge, at 20 cents, 448 20
50 loads cellar-stone at ledge, at 50 cents
25 00
Total
3,964 00
Cost, -
labor and teaming
. 3,362 09
powder and fuse, and expressing . . ·
277 23
lumber
·
1 00
· Total
3,640 32
Excess of charges, as hereinbefore stated . . $323 68
In addition to the above, labor and materials have been furnished, and the treasurer has received payment for the same, as follows : - To private parties, constructing driveways and side- walks, selling hay, etc. $1,121 42
committee on public property, work at schoolhouses, 39 52
Total
$1,160 94
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
SIDEWALKS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
. $3,000 00
less transfer to highways account . 1,400 00
Net credit
.
1,600 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For Appleton Street (gravel) sidewalks . 1,123 42
Church Street (gravel) side- walks 804 12
Pleasant Avenue (gravel)
sidewalks 799 00
Summer Street (gravel) side-
walks 156 40
Total cost of sidewalks
. 2,882 94
less assessments
. 1,441 47
Net cost to city . advertising notices of hearings for side-
1,441 47
walks in Dover Street, Spring Street, and Linwood Street.
34 80
advertising for proposals for edge-stones, 7 80
Total debit
1,484 07
Balance unexpended
$115 93
WATERING STREETS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . $3,000 00
Receipts from abutters and horse-railroad
companies for watering . . 3,790 30
Value of carts, stand-pipes, and hydrant-
wrenches, Jan. 1, 1884 . 2,359 00
Total credit (Amount carried forward) $9,149 30
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$9,149 30
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For teaming . . $3,908 77
water .
. 2,190 82
repairs of carts . 478 29
repairs of stand-pipes and hydrants
34 25
hose .
23 51
storage-shed on Oliver Street land 34 49
advertising .
12 00
Value of carts, stand-pipes, and hydrant-
wrenches, Dec. 31, 1884 (including one new stand-pipe, cost $56.05) . 2,280 00
Value of paint-stock on hand Dec. 31, 1884, 49 00
Depreciation in value of property
135 05
Total debit
9,146 18
Balance unexpended
.
$3 12
BROADWAY PARK MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
. $1,500 00
Receipts, for hay sold
30 13
Value of property (tools, etc.) on hand Jan.
1,1884 .
258 50
Total credit
.
1,788 63
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For labor and teaming
802 40
loam .
327 75
gravel
7 56
trees and plants .
124 00
repairing tools
19 76
66 buildings
7 15
oil
5 05
Amounts carried forward . . . $1,293 67
$1,788 63
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Amounts brought forward . $1,293 67 $1,788 63
expressing . 1 90
Value of property on hand Dec. 31, 1884 (including purchases during the year, 25 cents) Depreciation in value of property
244 00
14 75
Total debit
1,554 32
Balance unexpended
$234 31
CENTRAL HILL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For trees
59 00
labor and lumber for tree-protectors
20 69
grass-seed .
3 72
freight on cannons from Plymouth .
150 00
teaming cannons
36 00
wharfage on cannons .
5 00
lumber for care of cannons .
10 35
labor and teaming at fort or
breastwork,
243 44
stone for same .
25 00
lime and cement for same
13 25
281 69
less stone sent to crusher
25 20
cost of fort to date .
256 49
Total debit
541 25
Balance unexpended
$458 75
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
These figures are exclusive of work done at the Public Library building, and for the new schoolhouses on School and Tufts Streets, for which the account has been reimbursed.
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES.
A large draft has been made upon highways account in the past year for extraordinary expenses ; many of which should, in the judg- ment of this committee, have been provided for by special appro- priations.
The cost of land taken for the extension of Evergreen Avenue from Thurston Street to Sycamore Street was $4,794.21 : but of this the amount paid to public property account for land in the Forster School yard was transferred back to highways account, $2,077.76; leaving the net draft upon highways account for the land, exclusive of the cost of construction, $2,716.45.
The cost of land taken for Summit Avenue extension was $1,118.00.
The reductions in the Columbus Avenue betterment assessments made by the courts, with the costs of court, have also been charged to highways account, and amounted to $782.03.
The amount of the sewer assessment on the Bond Street ledge-lot was $210.60.
The engine at the crusher gave out in the spring, and it became necessary to purchase a new one, at a cost of $800.
Making, in all, $5,627.08 in excess of the expenses of the depart- ment in ordinary years, while the appropriation was the same as in the preceding year. We have therefore been obliged to postpone work which should have been done, and for which the appropriation would have been sufficient had not the cost of these street-extensions been charged to it.
NEW STREETS.
Five streets have been laid out this year ; viz., Evergreen Avenue, from Thurston Street to Sycamore Street ; Glen Street, from Oliver Street to Tufts Street ; Little Washington Street, from Central Street to land formerly of Spear ; Pleasant Avenue, from Walnut Street to Vinal Avenue ; and Summit Avenue, from Walnut Street to Vinal Avenue.
Of these, Evergreen Avenue and Pleasant Avenue have been con- structed ; and a walk has been made in Glen Street for the accommo- dation of the pupils of the new Davis School. No work has been done on Little Washington Street or Summit Avenue.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
Evergreen Avenue, from School Street to Thurston Street, which was laid out in 1883, has also been constructed this year.
SIDEWALKS AND GUTTERS.
Sidewalks have been laid, under the sidewalk Act, and gutters paved, in the following named streets : Appleton Street, from Willow Avenue to Morrison Street, both sides ; Church Street, from Somerville Avenue to Summer Street, both sides ; Pleasant Avenue, from Walnut Street to Vinal Avenue, both sides ; and Summer Street, from Laurel Street south-easterly about two hundred and sixty feet, south-westerly side.
All these sidewalks were with edge-stones, and covered with gravel ; but the one on Summer Street has since been paved with bricks, which were furnished by the owner of the abutting estate, the labor being done by the city.
Sidewalks have also been constructed, and gutters paved, in various parts of the city, as specified in the accompanying tables, where the abutters have furnished the bricks and edge-stones.
CENTRAL HILL IMPROVEMENT.
The appropriation for this purpose this year was $1,000, and it has been applied as hereinbefore stated.
Four cannons were donated to the city by the United States Gov- ernment early in the year, and were delivered in the summer on the Central Hill land ; the transportation being at the city's expense. It was at first proposed to erect these cannons in the form of a mon- ument, but it was finally decided to mount them on a breastwork to be built on the line of the old Revolutionary defences, and an order was passed to that effect ; the work to be constructed in accordance with a plan drawn by Major F. H. Parker, U.S.A., of the Watertown Arsenal. The breastwork is to be of stone on the inside, and earth on the outside ; and considerable work has been done on the excava- tion and the stone wall.
The land has also been graded in front of the new Public Library building, and the driveways for said building have been partially constructed, - such filling as was required being carted to the new schoolhouses on School and Tufts Streets, -for all of which, Central Hill improvement account has been reimbursed from the appropria- tions for these new buildings.
This is all the work that has been done on the hill, except repla-
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
cing dead trees with new ones, and removing filling that was needed elsewhere.
STONE-CRUSHER.
The crusher has worked to good advantage, and aside from the change of engines, made as before stated at a cost of $800, it has been run at moderate expense ; the cost of crushed stone being less than one dollar per load, including sixty cents per load for the stone delivered from Holland Street ledge, which more than paid expenses there.
HORSE-RAILROADS.
The only extension of horse-railroad tracks made during the year was by the Middlesex Railroad, in Broadway and Main Street, from near Sycamore Street to the Medford line, connecting with the tracks already laid and operated from that point to Medford Centre, and completing a through line from Boston, via Somerville, to Medford.
RAILROAD BRIDGES.
The Boston and Lowell Railroad Company has rebuilt its wooden bridges at Walnut Street and Broadway, substantially the same as they were originally built ; thus making them safe for public travel except in the matter of width, but not furnishing such bridges as . would be considered desirable in main thoroughfares.
GENERAL.
The exceedingly heavy rain-storm which occurred in the summer did more damage to the highways than they have suffered before from a similar cause for several years, and the cost of repairing after it was large.
The removal of ice and snow has not been more expensive than in ordinary years.
The public park on Broadway has received the usual care.
Eighty-six trees, furnished by citizens, have been planted in the public streets at an expense of $20.12 ; and we hope the number will increase from year to year.
We renew the recommendations made by our predecessors of 1882 and 1883, that a steam road-roller and picker be purchased.
Additional information of the work performed in this department may be gained from the following statements :
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
STREETS IMPROVED.
Name.
From
To
Improvement.
Feet.
Appleton
Willow Avenue
Morrison
Macadamized
750
Austin
Broadway
Mystic Avenue .
Gravelled .
710
Broadway, south
side
Boston Line
Cross
Remacadamized .
2,480
Cedar
Arlington Railroad
Lowell Railroad,
Macadamized
1,250
Church
Somerville Avenue
Summer
Macadamized
640
College Avenue
Broadway
Foot of hill
Macadamized
1,200
Cross .
Railroad Bridge
Webster
Remacadamized .
1,500
Elmwood
Holland
Southerly
Macadamized
300
Evergreen Avenue, Linwood
School
Sycamore .
Graded and macadamized,
780
Medford .
Central
Partridge Avenue,
Filling and macadamizing,
1,050
Mystic Avenue
Middlesex Avenue
Union .
Macadamized
1,300
Pearl .
Pinckney
Mt. Vernon
Remacadamized .
300
Pleasant Avenue .
Walnut
Vinal Avenue
Graded and macadamized,
540
Poplar
Somerville Avenue
Chestnut
Ballast and hard-pan .
600
Somerville Avenue,
North side,
East Cambridge Line,
Prospect
Remacadamized .
3,870
South side,
Medford .
Laurel .
Remacadamized .
4,800
Both sides,
Laurel
Craigie
Remacadamized .
2,200
Union Square . .
Entire,
Remacademized .
Remacademized .
1,970
. SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED, WHERE THE MATERIALS AND LABOR WERE FURNISHED BY THE CITY, AND ONE-HALF OF THE COST WAS ASSESSED UPON ABUTTING ESTATES.
Street.
From
To
Feet of Edge-stone.
Appleton
Willow Avenue
Morrison .
1551.8
Church
Somerville Avenue
Summer
1274.0
Pleasant Avenue .
Walnut
Vinal Avenue
1119.0
Summer, south-west side
Laurel
South-easterly
249.0
SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED, WHERE EDGE-STONES AND BRICKS WERE FURNISHED BY THE ABUTTERS.
For
Street.
Feet of Edge- stone.
Yards of Brick.
John L. Ambrose
Columbus Avenue
119.0
James W. Brine
Columbus Avenue
14.8
21.8
Charles River Street Railway Com- pany
Summer and School .
180.8
E. W. Cummings
Myrtle
26.0
17.5
Charles A. Cushman
Columbus Avenue
37.7
27.6
Alexander Foster .
Summer .
208.0
A. E. Hughes .
Myrtle
57.2
42.6
Eva G. Lord
Aldersey
194.8
-
M. C. Parkhurst .
Columbus Avenue
67.3
43.0
N. Richardson
Myrtle .
27.0
18.1
L. J. Sturtevant
Columbus Avenue
110.4
R. H. Sturtevant
Columbus Avenue
334.7
-
B. F. Thompson .
Columbus Avenue
39.0
600 feet southerly from Washington
400 feet southerly from Poplar .
Partially filled
1,000
Webster Avenue .
Union Square
Cambridge Line,
27.2
John Medina
Curtis
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DRIVEWAYS CONSTRUCTED.
FOR.
STREET.
F. J. Baldwin
Springfield.
Howard B. Chase .
Webster Avenue.
George H. Crosby .
Franklin.
Milo Crane
Flint.
Charles Davis
Rush.
W. A. Hunnewell
Cedar.
M. O'Neil .
Bonair.
William H. O'Shea
Oak.
Samuel Stephens .
Walnut.
R. A. Vinal and S. E. Sewall
Somerville Avenue.
Horatio Wellington & Co ..
Union Square.
T. C. Woodward
Bonair.
Mrs. M. D. Wright
Mossland.
Thomas Young .
Highland Avenue.
DRIVEWAYS RECONSTRUCTED.
FOR.
STREET.
Cooper Brothers
C. F. Crosby .
Broadway. Franklin.
Locke & Co.
Washington.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
CROSSINGS CONSTRUCTED.
Broadway, from easterly side of Union Street to westerly side of Mount Vernon Street.
Broadway, at head of Dartmouth Street.
Cherry Street, easterly side, across Summer Street.
Cross Street, in line with northerly side of Gilman Street.
Franklin Street, in line with southerly side of Webster Street.
Marshall Street, from southerly side Oakland Avenue to passage-way. Summer Street, across end of Vinal Avenue.
Summer Street, southerly side, across Cedar Street.
Sycamore Street, in line with southerly side of Evergreen Avenue. Washington Street, across end of Shawmut Street.
Washington Street, southerly side, across Medford Street.
CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED.
Cedar Street, wooden
1
College Avenue, "
1
Medford Street,
.
2
School Street, 66
·
1
Walnut Street, 66
2
DANGER-SIGNS ERECTED.
Chapel Street, southerly side of Broadway. Claremon Street, southerly side of Holland Street. Lowell Street, southerly side of Medford Street. Mead Street, westerly side of Cameron Avenue. Moore Street, northerly side of Mead Street. Moore Street, southerly side of Holland Street. Oxford Street, easterly side of Central Street. Partridge Avenue, northerly side of Medford Street.
Partridge Avenue, southerly side of Broadway. Tennyson Street, northerly side of Medford Street. Tennyson Street, southerly side of Medford Street.
STREET-SIGNS ERECTED.
Boston Street (2). Chester Avenue (2). Hathorn Street. Holland Street. Munroe Street.
Porter Street. Russell Square. School Street (2). Vernon Street (2). Wheatland Street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
EDGE-STONES AND PAVING.
Whole number of lineal feet of edge-stones set (including 203 feet reset), 5,605.5 ; whole number of square yards of brick paving laid (including 735 yards re-laid), 1,141 ; whole number of square yards of stone paving laid (including 556 yards re-laid), 2,650.
For the committee,
HIRAM D. SMITH, Chairman. GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1885.
Report accepted, and referred to the next city council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1885.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
IN COMMITTEE ON SEWERS, Jan. 3, 1885. To the Board of Aldermen of Somerville.
THE following is respectfully submitted as the final report of this committee for the year 1884.
SEWERS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation $10,000 00
Transfers : -
From school-fuel account 300 00
street-lights account . 400 00
700 00
Receipts and Credits : ----
For catch-basin curbs in side- walks, -received credit from highways account 5 73
catch-basin curbs in sidewalks,
--- received credit from side- walks account 19 41
fee for entering Russell Street sewer .
55 32
fee for drainage of asylum buildings into Fitchburg Street sewer
50 00
130 46
Value of materials on hand Jan. 1, 1884 274 21 . Value of tools and property Jan. 1, 1884 344 75 · Total credit. . 11,449 42
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For fourteen
sewers,
as
per
table .
$18,810 98
less assessments
..
. 14,310 15
cost to city : 4,500 83
less amounts due contractors
in 1885
.
1,260 94
and bill for drain-pipe in
Clyde Street sewer unpaid
.
104 74
1,365 68
3,135 15
For relaying Beech Street sewer at a lower grade .
646 19
less assessments
131 40
cost to city
514 79
less amount due contractor in 1885 .
42 58
472 21
For relaying Poplar and Linwood Streets
sewers
2,294 34
less amount due contractor in 1885 . 192 16
2,102 18
For five catch-basins (average $73) . 365 00
less amount due contractor in 1885 . 20 00
345 00
For moving two catch-basins in Church
Street .
93 50
less amount due contractor in 1885 . 13 50
80 00
101 10
For repaving in Union Square over sewer laid in 1882 five-ninths cost of removing deposit from mouth of Bridge Street sewer
1,714 70
repairing sewers and drains
135 15
flushing sewers
171 27
cleaning sewers
49 75
examining sewers
104 38
repairing catch-basins
126 64
changing lines and grades of catch-basins .
23 15
cleaning catch-basins
1,101 92
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS
clearing mouths of catch-basins .
.
$197 27
filling catch-basins with water . 3 25
examining catch-basins . .
6 87
repairing manholes . 53 22
changing lines and grades of manholes 39 38
cleaning ditches
26 61
inspecting sewers built by abutters in Dartmouth, James, and Tennyson Streets, and Hawkins Park . 71 50 building stone wall in mouth of culvert leading to Washington Street sewer near Fitchburg Railroad bridge 14 88
books, stationery, and printing
15 50
repairing tools and property
30 91
arranging tools and property
4 00
sundry small expenses
27 55
abatement of assessment of 1883
3 29
balance due Dennis O'Connell on Oakland Avenue and School Street sewer, constructed in 1883
490 17
Depreciation in value of materials . 49 41 66 tools and property 37 80
Value of materials on hand Dec. 31, 1884
228 94
Value of tools and property on hand Dec. 31, 1884 (in- cluding purchases during the year $22.80) . 329 75
Total debit . . $11,292 90
Balance unexpended .
$156 52
Bills of 1884 remain unpaid as follows : -
Favor Putterill & Killian, balance due on Partridge Avenue sewer, Feb. 28, 1885 .
$32 86
Richard Falvey, balance due on Poplar and Linwood Streets sewer, Feb. 16, 1885 192 16
Patrick Terry, balance due on Cutter Ave- nue and Graves Street sewer, Feb. 23, 1885 . 45 50
balance due on Morrison and Cedar
Streets sewer, June 4, 1885 ·
576 01
621 51
Amount carried forward
$846 53
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $846 53 .
Charles A. Mongan, balance due on Dur- ham Street sewer, Feb. 28, 1885 . 16 19 on account construction Clyde Street sewer 242 51
balance due on Clyde Street sewer, June 29,1885 93 61
balance due on Pinckney Street sewer, Feb. 16, 1885 . 31 12
balances due on catch-basins in 1885,- March 13, $7; March 16, $6.50; March 18, $6.50; and April 22, $13.50 33 50
John J. Dorey, balance due on Murdock Street sewer, May 27, 1885 71 10
416 93
Maurice Terry, balance due on Medford Street sewer, Feb. 12, 1885 152 04
balance due on Beech Street sewer, June 5,1885 . 42 58
194 62
Howe & Flint, for a portion of the drain-pipe used in Clyde Street sewer . 104 74
1,633 92
The following bill of 1883 remains unpaid, awaiting the result of an accident suit : -
Favor Richard Falvey, balance for constructing Shaw- mut and Alston Streets sewer 99 33
Total of unpaid bills .
$1,733 25 Work has been done for other departments, and credit has been received for the same, as follows : -
For the Board of Health (Health Department account),
draining water from Murdock Street $3 00
the committee on public property (schoolhouse inci- dentals account), laying drains at Bennett, Jackson, and Highland Schools 156 29
the Water Board (water maintenance account), re- pairing sewer in Franklin Street, and catch-basin in Flint Street, damaged by water department 59 72
Total . $219 01
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
In addition to the above, private work has been done, and the treasurer has received payment for the same, to the amount of $14 74
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