Report of the city of Somerville 1891, Part 15

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 448


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rent of dwellings at City


Farm $104 00


less repairs and water


rates


35 15


68 85


pasturage at City Farm


50 00


pasturage at Waltham gravel land $120 00


less taxes on said land . 119 00


1 00


742 86 1,728 20


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1891 Value of tools and property ( including bins and sheds at crusher, $600.00, not included in statement of December 31, 1890) on hand January 1, 1891, 11,392 75 Net profit on tools, property, and materials 312 74 Unpaid bill for materials 67 50


Total credit


·


· $59,244 05


266


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For laying out of Ames, Arthur, Dickinson, Elston, Gorham, Harrison, Moore, and Tennyson streets ( advertising notices of hearings )


$65 50


Construction of Streets : -


Belmont street, Summer to High-


land avenue


$570 75


Brastow avenue


276 80


Chandler street, Park avenue to


Broadway .


183 00


Gibbens street . .


239 25


Gorham street


44 90


Jaques street, Grant street west-


erly 450 feet


456 35


Madison street


898 50


Montrose street


.


.


315 80


Moore street, Holland


street


southwesterly 400 feet


102 20


Norfolk street


717 60


Norwood avenue


582 20


Preston street


627 80


Runey street


485 20


Tyler street


446 60


Wesley park


223 50


William street


245 40


6,415 85


street crossings


2,563 34


openings for new streets


174 54


street signs erected


22 47


Paving of gutters in connection with setting of edgestones : -


Aldrich street, east side, L. R. R. to Pearl street, and west side, Gil- man to Pearl


$393 70


Amounts carried forward . ·


$393 70


$9,241 70


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.


.


.


267


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


Amounts brought forward $393 70 $9,241 70


Belmont street, west side, Summer to land of Prindle 218 60


Broadway, north side, Cross to Winthrop avenue 239 15


Central square, at J. A. Talpey's


13 80


Central street, west side, Gibbens to Cambria


40 80


Central street, west side, at Hotel Carnarvon


29 00


Chandler street, west side, Park avenue to Broadway .


569 75


Chauncey avenue, west side, from Jaques street northeasterly 350 feet


86 40


Cherry street, at John Coon's


16 75


Gibbens street, both sides, entire length


375 00


Greene street, at H. W. P. Colson's,


46 85


Hillside park, at S. Blaikie's


37 10


Holland street, east side, Wallace to Irving


73 55


Holland street, west side, Arlington Branch R. R. to Broadway


956 40


Irving street, east side, Holland to Broadway . 406 85


Medford street, at North Packing and Provision Co.'s


286 60


Medford street, west side, School to Lowell R. R. bridge


265 00


Montrose street, southwest side, entire length


310 00


Norfolk street, both sides, entire length


305 95


Pearl street, at J. A. Litchfield's


22 85


Poplar street, at James Gavin's


20 65


Amounts carried forward .


$4,714 75


$9,241 70


230


ANNUAL REPORTS.


sented in the following table, under the heads of the months when the complaints were made : -


NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1891.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


Cellar damp


6


1


1


1


1


20


Cesspool offensive


Cesspool overflowing


3


2


1


1


Connections of drainage pipes de- fective


1


2


3


1


2


5


2


1


2


4


1


27


Drainage emptying into cellar


1


2


1


1


1


2


1


8


Drainage emptying on surface


1


3


2 LINE


1


1


2


1


1


3


Manure exposed and offensive


1


6


4


1 00 1


2 1


2


1


21


Offal on land


Offensive odor in and about dwel- lings


1


2


2


4


5


5


6


1


28


Opening in drain-pipe in cellar


Pigs kept without license


1


1


1


2


1


1


2


1


N11


1


1


3


Privy-vault defective Privy-vault full


4


4


12


15


6


16


7


22


6


2


98


Privy-vault offensive


4


12


15


11


16


11


97


6


6


3


113


Removal of bodies of animals


burned at fires


2


1


3


Rubbish in cellar .


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


2


2


1


1


1


1


9


Waste-pipe not trapped


4


1


3


1


5


1


2


Water-closet defective


3


4


2


1


4


8


2


1


2


30


Water-closet insufficiently supplied with water


1


1


2


1


5


6


2


-


17


Water-closet offensive


2


1


3


11


Total


55


10


55


64


43


70


54


86


64


28


31


11


571


-


1


3


2


4


-


1


-


14


Drainage not ventilated


11


Drain-pipe defective


1


1


I


1


1


5


1


1


2


13


Drying straw on sidewalk


Hennery offensive


1


,


1


1


1


2


Premises untidy


2


4


2


1


Premises undrained


1


2


6


1


2


3


4


2


2


3


1


8


Slops thrown on surface


Stable infected with glanders


2


1


1


4


Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive


1


2


Stagnant water in house cellar


Stagnant water on surface


15


Waste-pipe defective


1


3


1


2


1


7


Sewer-gas in house


1


1


1


1


-


1


1


1 .


3


Premises filthy


3 3 2 2 2 IN INHI INWNI WOW HHH


-


110


-


-


-


1


1


-


8


Drainage defective


2


8


7


1


1


1


4


Hens kept in cellar


3


2


2


1


-


-


1


9


-


-


1


24


1


-


1


17


-


2


1


1


1


8


10


3


10


-


1


231


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


Number of nuisances abated


571


referred to board of 1892


116


complained of


687


complaints (many covering nuisance )


more than one


264


tenements ordered vacated


1


notices mailed


202


66


" served by constables


3


Probably as many nuisances as the number mentioned in the preceding table have been abated on verbal notice from the agent, without any action of the board; and of such no record has been made.


GLANDERS .- As may be seen by the foregoing table [stables infected with glanders ], several cases of glanders have occurred during the year. When this disease is encountered the promptest action is necessary, and that we may have opportunity to take such action, we ask that owners of horses notify the board or its agent immediately on the appearance of this disease.


SEWER OUTLET, MYSTIC AVENUE. - A complaint, signed by a large number of the residents of Winter Hill, was presented to us concerning the bad odors from the sewer outlet at Mystic avenue, near the Broadway Park. This sewer drains a large territory, and empties, on the northeasterly side of Mystic avenue, into an open ditch, which extends across the marshes to a culvert under Middlesex avenue, and thence to the Mystic River. A tide-gate at its lower end prevents the contents of this ditch from discharging during about six hours in every twenty-four ; and this, with the deposits on the flats, causes a nuisance which demands early attention.


BAD ODORS AT EAST SOMERVILLE. - The following reports, which were presented to the Board of Aldermen February 24, 1892, are self-explanatory :-


OFFICE OF BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, Mass., February 24, 1892.


To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somer- ville : -


GENTLEMEN, - In August, 1890, an order was passed by the Board of Aldermen requesting the Board of Health to investigate the


270


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$43,494 39


setting trees


127 80


setting stone bounds


26 00


repairing fence at Broadway bridge over Alewife brook


20 29


repairing Boston-avenue bridge


28 78


building fence around dwellings at City Farm


171 81


building retaining wall for sidewalk, Washington


street, south side, between Joy street and L. R. R. bridge


310 99


setting city scales, Union square


62 25


one-half cost of maintenance of Middlesex avenue bridge, the other half being paid by the town of Medford


536 40


tax on Wakefield gravel land


29 40


tax on Winchester gravel land


10 78


gravel land, North street, price


$3,900 00 ·


interest at 5% from Sept. 6, 1890,


date of purchase, to April 15, 1891,


date of payment . 118 63


$4,018 63


less credit from gravel land, North


street account


4,000 00


18 63


damages to estates by changing grades of streets .


325 00


superintendent's salary .


1,500 00


board of superintendent's horses


417 17


superintendent's telephone


34 30


superintendent's office, new, built at entrance to city stable yard


160 88


books, stationery, and printing


7 75


sundry small expenses


46 22


private work, the bills for which remain uncol- lected


366 76


Value of materials on hand this day


423 75


Amount carried forward . . $48,119 35


·


.


271


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


Amount brought forward . $48,119 35 Value of tools and personal property on hand this day :-


horses .


$3,125 00


carts and implements used with horses


2,266 50


harnesses and horse clothing 320 00


stable utensils and property .


112 80


tools


378 10


stone crusher, engine, and fittings, with bins and sheds


1,538 25


steam road roller .


3,553 00


11,293 65


Total debit


$59,413 00


Excess of expenditures


$168 95


Labor and materials have also been furnished and property not valuable to the department sold, for which payment has been received by the city treasurer or credit received from other accounts, as follows : -


Private parties, constructing driveways and sidewalks, sale of old horses and other property $2,880 88


Fire Department account, constructing driveway, Somer- ville avenue, in rear of house of Hose Co. No. 3, 16 20 Sewers account, bricks 11 25


Sidewalks account, materials and use of horses


1,634 73


Total


$4,543 06


272


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The profit and loss account on city teams, tools, property, and materials is as follows : -


CREDIT.


Gravel .


$588 02


Sand


. .


526 95


Edgestones and paving stock


. .


237 26


Total .


$1,352 23


DEBIT.


Steam road roller (depreciation) .


$11 25


Repairs of steam road roller


222 10


Tools, etc. (depreciation)


170 40


Repairs of tools, etc.


160 18


Stone crusher and fittings, with bins and sheds (depreciation) .


12 75


Holland-street ledge


176 12


Crushed stone (to which account is


charged the repairs of crusher),


58 21


City teams


228 48


Total .


.


$1,039 49


Excess of charges over cost as stated on page 265 .


$312 74


No charge has been made to the various jobs of work for the use of the steam road roller, except for the time of the engineer.


The charge for crushed stone used in the streets has been seventy- five cents for each one-horse load at the crusher ; and for ballast used the charge has been ten cents for each one-horse load at the ledge. For ledge stone to be crushed the charge has been forty-five cents for each one-horse load, delivered at the crusher.


Gravel has been charged at twenty-five cents for each one-horse load in the bank on North street or at the railroad dump in Dane street, and sand has been charged at the same price.


No charge has been made to gravel account for any part of the cost of the North-street gravel land recently purchased, or for interest on the cost.


273


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


No gravel was brought from the Waltham land last year, and none now remains at the railroad dump.


Number of loads of gravel taken from North-street land, 1,462


Number of loads of sand taken from North-street land, 1,667


Number of loads of stone for the crusher taken from


North-street land . 500


Number of loads of gravel taken from railroad dump, Dane street . 3,096


Number of loads of stone for the crusher taken from railroad dump, Dane street 210


Number of loads of stone crushed 7,150


Number of loads of scrapings taken from the streets


9,692


The charges to the city teams account are for : - -


Horses (depreciation) . $896 00


Carts and implements used with horses (depreciation), 571 20


Repairs of same .


791 33


Harnesses and horse clothing (depreciation)


89 75


Repairs of same


293 48


Stable utensils and property (depreciation)


22 30


Stable expenses and repairs


973 45


Grain and feed


3,008 80


Hay and straw


1,346 44


Horseshoeing


543 01


Horse medicine and doctoring


218 72


$8,754 48


The credits to the account amount to $8,526.00, being $1.40 per horse for each day he has worked, showing a loss on city teams of $228.48, as stated on page 272.


No charge is made for the use of the superintendent of streets' horses, neither is the cost of their board included in the city teams account, but it is kept separately, as stated in the foregoing schedule of expenditures. All other expenses of his teams are, however, in- cluded in the city teams account.


Five horses have been bought during the year and two sold, making the present number twenty-six, including two for the use of the superintendent.


274


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SIDEWALKS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation $10,000 00


Credit for advertising notices of hear-


ings paid for in previous years . 35 00


Total credit $10,035 00


Expenditures : -


For 31 sidewalks, as per table C at the end of this report $20,070 11


less assessments 10,035 11


cost to city


$10,035 00


GRAVEL LAND, NORTH STREET ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$4,000 00


DEBIT.


Expenditure : -


To reimburse highways account for amount paid for gravel land,


North street $4,018 63


less amount assumed by highways


account 18 63


balance (see page 270)


$4,000 00


EDGESTONES, PAVING, AND CLEANING.


Lineal feet of edgestones set (including 1,247 feet reset), 18,964.5; square yards of brick paving laid (including 455 yards relaid), 13,478 square yards of stone paving laid, 6,229.5.


275


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


TABLES.


Tables are furnished herewith, giving lists of streets accepted, streets improved, sidewalks constructed for which one-half the cost was assessed, sidewalks constructed the bricks and edgestones for which were furnished by the abutters, driveways constructed at the abutters' expense, and crossings laid.


For the committee,


ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


276


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE A. STREETS ACCEPTED.


NAME.


FROM.


To.


LENGTH


IN FEET.


Ames .


Central Street


Bartlett Street


580


Arthur .


Broadway


Bonair Street


438


Dickinson


Springfield Street .


Beacon Street


770


Elston .


Elm Street


Summer Street .


396


Gorham


Holland Street


Howard Street .


763


Harrison


Ivaloo Street


Mondamin Court


335


Moore


Holland Street


Mead Street


695


Tennyson


Medford Street


Forster Street .


469


Thurston .


Medford Street


Richdale Avenue


310


TABLE B. STREETS IMPROVED.


STREET.


FROM.


To.


IMPROVEMENT.


FEET.


Beach


Somerville Avenue Summer Street


Spring Street Highland Ave. . Porter Street


Graded and gravelled


940


Brastow Avenue .


Lowell Street


Graded and gravelled


686


Broadway


Charlestown Line


Franklin Street .


Re-surfaced


1,350


Cedar


Summer Street .


Highland Ave. . Broadway .


Graded and macadamized


1,232


Flint .


Cross Street


Franklin Street


Macadamized


1,050


Gibbens


Central Street


Benton Avenue . Lowell Railroad


Re-macadamized


259


Jaques


Grant Street


Northwesterly . Vernon Street


Graded and gravelled .


910


Joy


Washington Street


Poplar Street


Gravelled .


1,150


Madison


School Street


Sycamore Street


Graded and macadamized


891


Medford


Bartlett Street


Broadway .


Re-graded and macadamized


1,400


Montrose


School Street


Sycamore Street


Graded and gravelled .


886


Moore


Holland Street .


Westerly .


Graded and macadamized


450


Norfolk .


Webster Avenue


Graded and macadamized


200


Norwood Avenue


Medford Street


Graded and macadamized


350


Park .


Somerville Avenue


Re-surfaced


1,300


Pearl .


Cross Street .


Franklin Street .


Re-surfaced


1,000


Preston


School Street


Summer Street .


Graded and macadamized


800


Runey


Cross Street .


Aldrich Street


Graded and gravelled .


753


Rush


Flint Street .


Pearl Street


Re-surfaced


320


School


Highland Avenue


Re-surfaced


900


School


Evergreen Avenue


Macadamized


650


Somerville Ave.


Union Square


Park Street


Macadamized


2,900


Spring


Somerville Avenue


Gravelled .


400


Tyler


Dane Street


Graded and macadamized


404


Washington


Beacon Street


Cambridge Line


Macadamized


220


Wesley Park


Bow Street


Northeasterly .


Graded and gravelled .


405


William .


Elm Street


Chandler Street


Graded and macadamized


381


Total length


improved ( in feet )


24,530


660


Chandler


Park Avenue


Graded and gravelled .


492


Gilman Square


Marshall Street


Macadamized


400


Jenny Lind Ave.


Medford Street


Cambridge Line Broadway


Beacon Street


Medford Street . Broadway .


Beach Street Vine Street .


Gravelled


80)


Belmont


Macadamized


277


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS. .


TABLE C.


SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED WHERE THE MATERIALS AND LABOR WERE FUR- NISHED BY THE CITY, AND ONE-HALF OF THE COST WAS ASSESSED UPON THE ABUTTING ESTATES.


STREET.


SIDE.


FROM.


To.


FEET OF


EDGESTONES.


YARDS OF BRICK.


COST.


Adams


North W


Broadway .


Medford Street .


617


$567 95


Aldrich


Both .


Pearl Street


Gilman Street


780


490 07


Belmont


North W


Summer Street


Land of Prindle .


393


274


514 22


Boston


Both .


Walnut Street


Prospect Hill Ave.


1,481


1,591 98


Broadway


North E


Winthrop Avenue


Cross Street .


645


434 23


Central


North W


Gibbens Street


Cambria Street


190


136 45


Central


North W


Cambria Street .


Southwest'ly 100 ft.


115


-


79 45


Chauncey Avenue


North W


Jaques Street


Land of McCarty


347


241 26


Gibbens .


Both . .


Central Street


Benton Avenue .


1,040


746


705 35


Holland .


West


Arlington Railroad


Branch


Broadway


2,408


1,473 42


Holland .


East .


Wallace Street


Irving Street


214


236


341 01


Irving


South E


Holland Street


Broadway .


1,211


808


1,524 20


Medford


South W


School Street


Lowell Railroad


635


572


852 94


Montrose


South W


School Street


Sycamore Street


654


555


1,047 93


Norfolk .


Both .


Prospect Street .


Cambridge Line


593


394 59


Pearl


South W


Cross Street .


Aldrich Street


683


639 86


Pearl


South W


Aldrich Street


Walnut Street


579


599 54


Pleasant Avenue


North E


Walnut Street


Vinal Avenue


367


364 10


Prospect


North W


Washington Street


Somerville Avenue


91


96 05


Runey


North E


Aldrich Street


Cross Street .


737


429 53


School


North W


Medford Street .


Evergreen Avenue


756


1,172 39


Summer


Both .


Near Greene Street


1,24l


425


447 35


Tufts


South W


Cross Street


937


641


1,182 13


Vinal Avenue


South E


Highland Avenue


1,017


991 95


Washington


South .


Medford Street


Lowell Railroad


396


531


745 46


Wesley Park


Both .


Bow Street


Northeasterly


659


446 53


Wheatland


North W


Broadway .


Jaques Street


532


398 86


Total


15,448


10,379


$20,070 11


-


761 51


Chandler


North W


Park Avenue


Near Broadway .


1,072


587 63


Grand View Ave.


Both .


Walnut Street


Vinal Avenue


Broadway .


649


-


812 17


Thurston


North W


Evergreen Avenue . Washington Street Summer Street .


.


School


North W


Evergreen Avenue . School Street


Broadway .


278


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE D.


SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED WHERE THE EDGESTONES AND BRICKS WERE FURNISHED BY THE ABUTTERS.


FOR.


STREET.


FEET OF


EDGESTONES.


YARDS OF BRICK.


Edward Ayers et als.


Howe Street


-


William P. Blanchard .


Elm Street


Suther Blaikie


Hillside Park


134.6


-


Christopher C. Brady


113.2


Nathan C. Cary .


Summer Street


149.8


267


Amanda A. Chandler


Aldrich Street


36.


Henry W. P. Colson


Greene Street .


152.


100


John Coon


Cherry Street


77.


60


Robert Duddy


Heath Street


67.8


First M. E. Church


Wesley Park


193.8


133


Thomas Fortier et als.


Auburn Avenue


77.2


40


W. Irving Heald


Chandler Street


50.5


-


Jason E. Herrick


Chandler Street


118.5


61


James A. Litchfield


Corner Pearl and Marshall Streets


104.


61


Charles May .


Pleasant Avenue


37


Timothy L. Mayo


Highland Avenue


55.9


North Packing and Provision Co.


Medford Street


551.5


833


Charles E. Robertson


Highland Avenue


40


Christopher E. Rymes


Spring Street .


-


102


Lucius Slade .


Summer Street


47.8


John H. Stevens


Chandler Street


83.9


Jonathan Stone


Stone Avenue .


95.5


70


Joseph P. Talpey


Central Square


39.4


55


Thomas W. Tuttle .


Summer Street


89.2


61


Susan C. Wass


Aldrich Street .


31.9


-


Totals


2,269.5 2,495


.


122


Mary J. Holt


Putnam Street


John Kelley


Highland Avenue


40


40


Hiram R. Mills


Aldrich Street


James Gavin


Poplar Street .


297


76


Corner Summer and School Streets


279


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


TABLE E. DRIVEWAYS CONSTRUCTED ( AT EXPENSE OF ABUTTERS ).


FOR.


STREET.


Charles C. Bartlett


Quincy Street, No. 13


Daniel J. Buckley


Tufts Street, No. 17


Eva T. Christie .


Linwood Street, Nos. 139 and 141


George H. Derby


Highland Avenue


Fire Department ( Hose 3)


Somerville Avenue .


William M. Hanson


Bonair Street .


Kerr Chemical Co.


Somerville Avenue, No. 2


Frederick M. Kilmer


Adams Street .


George H. Lomax .


Somerville Avenue, No. 296


William S. Moore


Spring Street, No. 24


* North Packing and Provision Co. (2)


Medford Street


Abel L. Proctor .


Spring Street, No. 54 .


Robert J. Rutherford


Columbus Avenue, No. 27


Charles F. Simes


Dartmouth Street, No. 53


Hiram L. Simpson


Concord Avenue, No. 26


* Labor furnished by city in connection with construction of sidewalk.


TABLE F. CROSSINGS CONSTRUCTED.


Across Boston street, in line with northerly side of High street. Bow street, across end of Wesley park.


Across Broadway, in line with easterly side of Adams street.


Across Broadway, from easterly side of Arthur street to street railway track.


Across Broadway, in line with northwesterly side of Curtis street.


Across Broadway, in line with easterly side of Dartmouth street.


Central street, westerly side, across end of driveway leading to B. and L. R. R. depot south of R. R. bridge.


Across Cross street, at northeasterly side of Runey street.


Across Day street, in line with northeasterly side of Orchard street.


Franklin street, across end of Franklin avenue.


Gilman square, from Stickney building to Winter Hill depot, B. and L. R. R.


280


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Across Medford street, in line with easterly side of Greenville street.


Across Medford street, at works of North Packing and Provision Company.


Across Oliver street, in line with northwesterly side of Glen street.


Across Orchard street, in line with northeasterly side of Dover street.


Across that part of Preston street which extends westerly from School street, in line with easterly side of that part of Preston street which extends southerly from Summer street.


Prospect street, across end of Newton street.


Across School street in line with southwesterly side of Summer street.


Across Somerville avenue, southeast of and near the Fitchburg Railroad.


Across Thurston street, from Universalist Church at southerly corner of Evergreen avenue, diagonally to northerly corner of Ever- green avenue.


Across Tufts street, in line with northwesterly side of Glen street.


Across Walnut street, in line with northeasterly side of Aldersey street.


Walnut street, across end of Giles place.


Washington street, across end of Joy street.


Washington street, from westerly side of Joy street to street rail- way track.


Across Washington street, in line with westerly side of Tufts street.


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Across Webster avenue, north of and near the Fitchburg Rail- road.


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 10, 1892.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 11, 1892. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem.


1


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON SEWERS, January 1, 1892. To the Board of Aldermen of Somerville : -


The committee on sewers presents the following final report for the year 1891 : -


SEWERS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$10,000 00


Receipts and credits : -


For catch-basin curbs in sidewalks,


received credit from sidewalks account $51 79


feè for drainage of Asylum build- ings into Fitchburg-street sewer, 50 00


labor and materials furnished in


1890 the bills for which remained uncollected January 1, 1891 22 60


124 39


unpaid bills of 1891


39 15


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1891


355 00


Value of tools and property January 1, 1891


589 34


Total credit


$11,107 88


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For unpaid bills of 1889 and 1890 paid in 1891


$456 28


thirty-one sewers, as per accompany- ing table


$11,899 28


less assessments


10,667 85


cost to city


1,231 43


Amount carried forward


$1,687 71


.


:284


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $1,687 71 rebuilding Spring-street sewer 370 83 .


forty-one catch-basins (average cost, $73.42) $3,010 16


less two on Medford street paid for by North Packing & Provision Coompany 143 41


2,866 75


five-ninths cost of removing deposit from mouth of Bridge-street sewer 1,234 77


repairing sewers and drains .


111 44


flushing sewers and filling catch-basins with water, 398 07


cleaning sewers


759 91


examining sewers .


64 73


digging to locate sewers


6 00


inspecting sewers built by abutters in Porter street,


Morton street, Wyatt street, and Rogers avenue, inspection of house drains


27 00


338 75


soundings for ledge


93 25


repairs of catch-basins


335 65


removing catch-basins .


6 37


changing lines and grades of catch-basins


228 10


cleaning catch-basins


2,259 18


clearing mouths of catch-basins


171 12


repairing manholes


27 79


changing lines and grades of manholes


99 82


cleaning manholes 119 44


repairs of tools and property


14 30


arranging tools and property ·


9 76


sundry small expenses .


13 75


depreciation in value of tools, property, and mate- rials


244 05


Value of materials on hand December 31, 1891.


256 04


Value of tools and property on hand December 31, 1891 (including purchases during the year of $192.26)


589 25


Total debit


$12,333 83


Deficiency


$1,225 95


285


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


Labor and materials have also been furnished, and credit has been received for the same, as follows : -


To private parties, to the amount of $262 05 One-half cost of setting stone bounds between Boston and Somerville, received credit from Miscella- neous account 39 44


$301 49


Bills for labor and materials furnished prior to January 1, 1891, remain uncollected to the amount of $63.29.


Appended hereto is a table of sewers built during the year.


In pursuance of orders passed December 23d and 30th, a con- tract has been made with Willard B. Bryne for the construction of an 8-inch Akron pipe sewer, with one chimney, in Olive avenue, from the sewer in Linden avenue southeasterly about one hundred and thirty feet, at the following prices, viz .: For laying sewer, forty cents per lineal foot, and for the chimney, five dollars ; the pipe to be furnished by the city. No money has as yet been expended by the city under this contract.




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