Report of the city of Somerville 1892, Part 19

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 554


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CREDIT.


Holland-street ledge


$539 14


Edgestones and paving stock


1,699 31


City teams .


424 88


Total .


$2,663 33


DEBIT.


Steam road roller (depreciation) .


$49 50


Repairs of steam road roller


14 50


Tools (depreciation)


470 04


Repairs of tools .


242 56


Amounts carried forward . $776 60


$2,663 33


339


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


Amounts brought forward $776 60 $2,663 33


Stone-crusher and fittings (deprecia- tion) · 153 50


Crushed stone (to which account is charged repairs at crusher) 335 62


Total


$1,265 37


Excess of charges over cost, as stated on page 331


$1,397 96


No charge has been made for the use of the steam road roller used on the several streets, except for the time of the engineer.


Crushed stone used on the streets has been charged at the rate of seventy-five cents for each single-horse load at the crusher ; and for ballast used, ten cents per single-horse load.


Gravel and sand has been charged at the rate of twenty-five cents for each one-horse load at the bank, being the same price as charged last year.


Number of loads of gravel taken from North-street


bank


7,150


Number of loads of sand taken from North-street bank, 616


Number of loads of stone for crusher from Holland-


street ledge 6,840


Number of loads of stone for crusher from North- street bank


289


Number of loads of stone crushed


6,154


The charges to the city teams account are as follows : -


Horses (depreciation) $1,005 00


Carts and implements used with horses (depreciation), 254 82


Repairs of same 704 18 ·


Harnesses and horse clothing (depreciation) 54 00


Repairs of same


450 26


Stable utensils and property (depreciation) 46 20


Stable expenses and repairs 713 68


Grain and feed


2,652 68


Amount carried forward


$5,880 82


340


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$5,880 82


Hay and straw


1,930 85


Horseshoeing


604 28


Horse medicine and doctoring


308 17


Total


$8,724 12


The credit to the account amounts to $9,149, being at the rate of $1.40 per horse for each day he has worked during the year, which shows a credit to city teams account of $424.88, as shown on page 338.


The above statement does not include the keeping or use of the superintendent of streets' team, the cost of which is kept separately, as stated in the schedule of expenditures.


Ten new horses have been purchased during the year, and six sold; four have died, making the total number, including the two used by the superintendent of streets, in charge of the department to December 31 twenty-six.


The Winchester gravel land has been sold during the year to Mr. Patrick Nelson, for the sum of $200.


SIDEWALKS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$10,000 00


Credit from sale of Winchester gravel land . 200 00


Credit from highways account, mate- rials not paid for


02


Total credit


$10,200 02


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For 35 sidewalks, as per table C at the end of this report, $20,438 05


less assessments, 10,219 04


$10,219 01


Amounts carried forward . . $10,219 01


$10,200 02


341


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


Amounts brought forward · $10,219 01


$10,200 02 advertising notices of hearings . 25 00


Cost to city


10,244 01


Amount overdrawn


$43 99


EDGESTONES AND PAVING STOCK.


Lineal feet of edgestones set ( including 250 feet reset ), 18,477.3 ; square yards of brick paving laid ( including 100 yards relaid ), 6,318 ; square yards of stone paving laid, 6,448.


BROADWAY PARKWAY ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$4,500 00


Transfer from Highland Schoolhouse addition account


23 41


Transfer from schoolhouse in Ward Three account ·


773 87


West End Street Railway Company (loam )


247 95


Total credit


$5,545 23


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For labor


$977 50


teaming


154 90


trees .


67 00


stone posts


90 00


edgestones


1,053 41


lime and cement


3 90


ribbon wire and staples


18 86


sods .


284 13


Amounts carried forward . $2,649 70


$5,545 23


342


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$2,649 70


$5,545 23


fertilizer


25 00


grass seed .


16 00


loam .


2,774 93


wooden stakes


8 37


catch-basin


67 17


Total debit


5,541 17


Balance unexpended .


$4 06


BROADWAY PARKWAY.


Under authority of an order passed by the City Council, dated January 27, a parkway has been constructed in the centre of Broad- way, from Cross street to near Sargent avenue, at an expense of $5,541.17. The cars of the West End Street Railway Company run through the parkway, and on each side of the track the park is sodded. Sixty-seven trees have been set out. The construction of the parkway not only adds greatly to the personal appearance of this part of the highway, but will also materially decrease the expense of keeping this part of Broadway in repair, it being at the point of its greatest width.


HIGHWAYS, PAVING UNION SQUARE AND PARTS OF SOMERVILLE AND WEBSTER AVENUES ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation . $100,000 00 Receipts : -


Jeremiah McCarthy, recutting flag-


ging .


74 09


Total credit


$100,074 09


Amount carried forward .


.


$100,074 09


343


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


Amount brought forward


$100,074 09


DEBIT.


Horatio Gore & Co., contractors


$18,965 38


William H. Gore & Co., contractors


13,555 74


Paving blocks


56,115 50


Granite flagging


3,160 33


Wharfage


1,200 40


Edgestones


590 95


Bricks .


712 35


Lumber


5 51


Tools


12 00


Moving poles


9 80


Labor .


1,385 17


Teaming


77 50


Advertising contracts


90 35


Printing contracts


74 30


Car fares


16 72


Total debit


95,972 00


Balance unexpended .


$4,102 09


PAVING UNION SQUARE AND PARTS OF SOMERVILLE AND WEBSTER AVENUES.


Under authority of an order passed by the City Council, dated July 13, a contract was made with the Rockport Granite Company for the furnishing of such paving blocks as should be required for the paving of Union square, Somerville avenue, from Medford street: to Park street, and Webster avenue, from Union square to the Fitch- burg railroad crossing. A contract was also made, under authority of an order dated July 27, with Messrs. Horatio Gore & Co., and with William H. Gore & Co., for paving the same. The work has been completed during the year, at a cost of $96,249.77. This sum includes the entire expense, except the cost of removing the gravel which was spread over the paving at the time it was laid, and the amount reserved under the terms of the contracts, amounting to.


344


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$3,562.12. This is deemed an economical measure, as the heavy travel over this portion of the city has each year involved a large expenditure of money.


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.


WILLIAM L. BARBER, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


345


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


TABLE A. STREETS ACCEPTED.


NAME.


FROM.


To.


LENGTH


IN FEET.


Crocker


Highland Avenue .


Crown Street


528


Essex


Medford Street


Richdale Avenue


232


Francesca Avenue


Elm Street


Liberty Avenue


762


Greene .


Summer Street .


Laurel Street


555


Grove


Arlington Branch R.R.


Morrison Street


325


Heath


Temple Street


Bond Street .


1,043


Hudson


Central Street


Lowell Street


1,368


Pariridge Avenue


Broadway


Vernon Street


1,457


Stone Avenue


Union Square


Columbus Avenue


676


Summit


Elm Street


Billingham Street


262


Winslow Avenue


Elm Street


Grove Street


514


TABLE B. STREETS IMPROVED.


STREET.


FROM.


To.


IMPROVEMENT.


FEET.


Arthur


Broadway


Bonair Street


Gravelled


438


Beacon


Ivaloo Street


Kent Street .


Macadamized


500


Bond


Broadway


Heath Street


Macadamized


350


Broadway


Cross Street.


Marshall Street


Macadamized


2,350


Central


Broadway


Medford Street .


Macadamized


1,100


Cross


Pearl Street


Medford Street . Cambridge Line


Macadamized


1,600


Day


Davis Square


Gravelled .


940


Davis Square .


Elm Street


Holland Street . Liberty Avenue


Ballast .


762


Gilman


Aldrich Street


Walnut Street .


Macadamized


700


Grove


Arlington R. R.


Morrison Street


Ballast


340


Jaques


Temple Street .


Grant Street . Elm Street


Ballast


1,050


Linwood


Washington Street Orchard Street . .


Cambridge Line


Macadamized


220


Medford


Somerville Avenue


Cambridge Line


Ballast


770


Middlesex Ave.


Mystic Avenue


.


Wellington B'dge Mead Street


Macadamized


695


Mystic Avenue


Near Temple St.


Westerly


Ballast


50


Oliver


Glen Street .


Franklin Street


Macadamized


470


Orchard


Russell Street


Chester Street


Gravelled .


550


Pleasant Avenue Richdale Avenue


Sycamore Street


Gravelled .


875


Sycamore


Medford Street


Broadway . ·


Macadamized


1,250


Tennyson


Medford Street


Forster Street


Macadamized


469


Thurston


Medford Street


Gravelled


310


Tremont


Webster Avenue Elm Street . .


Richdale Avenue Cambridge Line Grove Street .


Ballast


589


Winslow Avenue


Ballast


514


Total length


improved ( in feet )


23,867


Greene


Summer Street


Laurel Street


Macadamized


555


Macadamized


700


Linden Avenue


Summer Street


Somerville Ave.


Macadamized


2,050


Mason Avenue


Ballast


3,000


Moore


Holland Street


Vinal Avenue


Walnut Street School Street


Macadamized


470


Macadamized


200


Francesca Avenue


Elm Street


346


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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


BRICKS.


COST.


.


Arthur


Both . .


Broadway .


Bonair Street


940.5


$663 69


Berkeley


Both . .


Central Street


Hersey Street


1,370.7


1,013 55


Broadway


South W


Cross Street .


.


Walnut Street


1,337.2


1,030 84


Broadway


South W


Norwood Avenue Easterly line Lin- coln School lot


coln School lot


257.9


165


308 51


Chauncey Avenue


North W


Broadway


Jaques Street


476.6


403.8


755 04


Elm


North W


Chapel Street


·


Summit Street


475.9


481.3


891 55


Evergreen Ave.


South W


Thurston Street


Sycamore Street


333


213


414 79


Gilman


South W


Aldrich Street


Walnut Street


668.2


438 49


Gilman


North E


Westerly line estate


Jasper Street


246.4


174.4


413 60


Greene


South E


Summer Street . ·


Angle in street


308.5


-


309 65


Grove


South E


Highland Avenue .


South'ly line High- land School lot


1 56 4


115


222 72


Hathorn


Sou h E


Broadway


Arlington Street


329.4


219 02


Highland Avenue


South W


Grove Street . .


Easterly line High- land School lot .


137.4


130


233 60


Jaques


North E


Temple Street ·


475.7


372 04


Joy


South W


Poplar Street ·


149.5


116 86


Linden Avenue


North W


Elm Street


Summer Street .


1,120


820 80


Linden Avenue


South E


Elm Street


·


Washington Street


1,840


1,810 30


Madison


North E


School Street


·


Sycamore Street


912.7


786 10


Maple


South W


Poplar Street ·


North'ly line Jack- son School lot .


129.6


90 69


Medford


South W


Walnut Street


Railroad Bridge .


626.7


411 94


Montrose


North E


School Street


Sycamore Street


912.1


673 95


Oliver


North E


Glen Street


Franklin Street .


478.5


316.8


682 63


Oliver


South W


Glen Street


Franklin Street . Cambridge Line


>86.2


555 75


Orchard .


North E


Chester Street


539.1


386


846 90


Poplar


North W


Joy Street


Cambridge Line Westerly line Ben- nett School lot . .


149.3


98 03


Summit Avenue .


North E


Vinal Avenue


Westerly line estate B. F. Thompson .


Tremont


Both .


Webster Avenue


Cambridge Line


1,195.2


Washington


North


Medford Street .


Tufts Street .


449.5


523.3


1,191 34


Webster Avenue


East .


Everett Street Bow Street


Fitchburg Railroad Northeasterly


302.2


-


443.9


496 58


Total


18,227.3


6,218.1


$20,438 05


.


Cambridge Line


626


630 20


Dover


South E


Davis Square


.


·


Wheatland Street . Near Grant Street . Northerly line Ben- nett School lot .


821.8


548 29


Jaques


South W


Temple Street


Summer Street .


1,127.2


1,187 01


Linwood


South W


Somerville Avenue


Boston & Lowell


-


-


269


587 20


Orchard .


South W


Day Street


Medford Street .


523.1


420 18


Broadway


South W


Westerly line Lin-


-


-


130.6


184 75


734 01


247 45


Wesley Park .


Both .


390.8


-


C. B. Osgood


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


.


TABLE D.


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


FOR.


STREET.


FEET OF


EDGESTONES.


YARDS OF BRICK,


Suther Blaikie


Hillside Avenue


134.7


Marilla J. Butler


Prospect Hill Avenue


-


107


Mathew Carley .


Myrtle Street .


20,8


15


Jemima S. Carvill


Walnut Street .


95.5 -


Mary E. Chase


Beacon Street .


150


H. A. Clary .


Lincoln Avenue


32.6


Henry Doaghey .


Prospect Hill Avenue


35


Charles Drouet .


Wesley Park


50


Caroline M. Egin


Appleton Street


80


Anna Elston


Greene Street


31


A. Ward Follett


Medford Street, corner Broadway


167.7 73


-


O. H. Fuller .


School Street


Mary T. Graham


Greene Street


54


67 35 70


L. D. Junkins


Lincoln Avenue


45.1


-


-


Charles H. Lockhart


William Street


96.1


Mason Avenue


Orchard Street to Cambridge Line


442.7


Ellen McCarren .


Greene Street .


30


Edward B. Morgan


Porter Street, corner Carver Street


226.4


4


Edward S. Sparrow


George M. Stevens, trustee


Walnut Street .


75.7


60


Eugene Stilphen


Lincoln Avenue


34.5


Jonathan Stone


Stone Avenue


95


James A. Strout


Greene Street


13.7


Charles F. Swan


Greene Street


13.7


Daniel Sullivan


Myrtle Street .


20 8


Mary E. Vinal.


Webster Avenue


-


-


18


G. H. Wildes


Dover Street


-


45


Totals


1,706.2


992


I


David D. Gregg


Greene Street .


Ceylon Hoyt .


Evergreen Avenue, cor. School Street


1


M. P. Lewis


Lincoln Avenue


64.2


Herbert W. Raymond


Wesley Park


-


Elm Street, corner Highland Avenue


130


-


15 50


J. Frank Wellington


Summit Avenue


347


348


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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


FOR.


LOCATION.


William Armstrong & Co.


Somerville Avenue .


William J. McLean


32 Concord Avenue


George E. Newcomb


32 Glen Street


Father O'Brien


Summer Street


John P. Squire & Co.


Medford Street


349


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


TABLE F.


CROSSINGS CONSTRUCTED.


Ames street, in line with westerly side of Central street. Beacon street, in line with westerly side of Sacramento street. Browning road, in line with westerly side of Central street. Cross street, in front of Baptist Church.


Cross street, in line with southerly side of Chester avenue. Concord avenue, at junction of Newton street.


Davis square, in line with southerly side of Dover street. Davis square, in line with easterly side of Highland avenue. Dover street, in line with westerly side of Elm street. Delaware street, in line with westerly side of Pearl street. Elm street, in line with easterly side of Morrison street. Medford street, in line with westerly side of Adams street. Medford street, in line with westerly side of Sycamore street. Medford street, in line with westerly side of Central street. Medford street, in line with easterly side of School street. Magoun square, across Medford street.


Newton street, at junction of Concord avenue.


School street, in line with easterly side of Medford street. Summer street, in line with southerly side of Spring street. Washington street, in line with southerly side of Joy street.


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 1, 1893. 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 1, 1893. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON SEWERS, January 2, 1893.


To the Board of Aldermen of Somerville : -


The committee on sewers presents the following final report for the year 1892 :-


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$18,000 00


Receipts and credits :-


For catch-basin curbs in sidewalks, received credit from sidewalks account $94 33


fee for drainage of Asylum build- ings into Fitchburg-street sewer, fee for draining estates into Elm- street sewer, White-street place sewer, Line-street sewer, and Elmwood-street sewer


50 00


238 33


labor ( paving Somerville avenue, etc., account ) 10 44


labor and materials furnished in 1890 the bills for which remained uncollected January 1, 1892 14 82


407 92


pay for laborers not called for unpaid bills of 1892


30 00


2,213 88


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1892 Value of tools and property January 1, 1892


256 04


589 25


Total credit


$21,497 09


354


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For twenty-two sewers, as per ac-


companying table .


$12,208 32 ·


less assessments .


9,168 55


$3,039 77


labor on Granite-street sewer ( not finished December 31) $73 26


labor on Pauline-street and Broad- way sewer ( not finished Decem- ber 31 )


3,855 81


labor on McGregor-place sewer


4 38


labor on Broadway sewer, Wallace street, easterly, to College ave- nue ( not finished December 31, 1892)


680 45


4,613 90


rebuilding Glen-street sewer


556 69


rebuilding Harvard-street sewer


404 25


twenty-six catch-basins ( average cost, $65.06 )


1,691 58


rebuilding two catch-basins .


154 88


26 12


labor on catch-basin, Delaware street ( not built ), five-ninths cost of removing deposit from mouth of Bridge-street sewer 1,217 47


abatement of sewer assessments


497 27


repairing sewers and drains .


149 51


flushing sewers and filling catch-basins


451 78


cleaning sewers


627 72


examining sewers


75 81


digging to locate sewers


68 63


inspecting house drains


249 40


soundings for ledge


49 71


repairs of catch-basins .


25 41


changing line and grade of catch-basins


554 56


cleaning catch-basins


1,831 86


opening mouths of catch-basins


144 19


changing line and grade of manholes


324 31


Amount carried forward


$16,754 82


.


355


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


Amount brought forward


$16,754 82-


building manhole, Glen street


34 66


building manhole, Union square


43 95^


repairing manholes


39 82*


cleaning manholes


143 70.


locating water-services


16 62.


laying outlet for drinking-fountain, Broadway at Medford street .


31 73'


teaming stone


2 62'


changing grade of bulk-head


4 90


puddling sewer-trenches


10 70


books, stationery, and printing


72 75


arranging tools and property


18 11


repairs of tools and property


60 47


unpaid bills of 1891


.


39 15


sundry small expenses


69 47


depreciation in value of tools, property, and materials


221 32


Value of materials on hand December 31, 1892


168 60


Value of tools and property on hand December 31, 1892 (including purchases during the year, $82.47)


657 45


Total debit


$18,390 84


Balance unexpended .


$3,106 25


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


Broadway Parkway account, catch-basin at parkway, $58 53


Public property account, catch-basin at Pope School, 61 57


19 66


Public property account, pointing wall at Pope School, Public grounds account, catch-basin, School street, Public grounds account, pointing wall at battery .


53 27


5 65


Total


$198 68


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


The sewer in Olive avenue, which was constructed by an order dated December 23, 1891, and referred to this committee as un-


356


ANNUAL REPORTS.


finished business of the year 1891, was finished early in January by Willard B. Bryne, at a cost of $93.55.


Under an order dated June 22, a contract was made with Charles Linnehan for the construction of a sewer in Granite street, from Somerville avenue to Osgood street. The sewer is not as yet com- pleted, owing partly to the large amount of ledge in the street. Only $73.26 has been paid on said sewer this year.


By an order dated July 27, a contract was made with Collins & Crimmings for the construction of a common sewer in Paulina street and Broadway, from Holland street to Broadway, and in Broadway, from Paulina street to Wallace street. This sewer is unfinished, but work will be resumed early in the spring. Three thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-six cents has been paid on this sewer.


Under the same order, a contract was made with Willard B. Bryne for the construction of a sewer in Broadway, from Wallace street to College avenue. Six hundred and eighty dollars and forty- five cents has been expended during the year. This sewer will be finished during the coming season.


Work on these sewers was abandoned late in the fall, owing to the weather. They are trunk sewers, constructed for the reception of smaller sewers, draining the locality in the vicinity of Elm street, College avenue, and Billingham street.


The sewer in Harvard street, from Beach street to Elm place, was rebuilt at a lower grade in order to furnish drainage for estates in Elm place. The city was obliged to bear the entire expense, as the cost of the sewer when first constructed was assessed. The cost of rebuilding the sewer was $404.25.


The sewer in Glen street and private lands was rebuilt through private lands, southwesterly 100 feet, and in Glen street north- easterly 164 feet, at a cost to the city of $556.69, the old sewer built in 1871 having been found defective.


For the committee,


CHARLES B. OSGOOD, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


357


SEWERS BUILT IN 1892.


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


STREET.


FROM.


To.


Length in Feet.


Total Cost.


Assessment.


Cost to City.


Atherton St. and .


End of sewer built 1891


Beech St. .


61.6


$76 73


$76 73


$ 00


Beech St.


.


Atherton St.


Westerly .


Northwesterly


542.5


533 99


533 48


51


Caldwell Pl.


Washington St.


Southerly


214.0


231 23


229 60


1 63


Cambria St.


End of sewer built 1885


Westerly


147.7


164 97


164 92


05


Elm Pl.


Harvard St. .


Easterly


167.3


170 92


170 60


32


Gilman Terrace


Pearl St.


Northeasterly


363.0


475 58


472 66


2 92


Harrison St.


Kent St.


Easterly


339.6


217 44


215 63


1 81


Heath St.


Temple St. .


Bond St.


1,102.7


2,397 28


1,525 00


872 28


Josephine Ave.


Morrison Ave.


Northeasterly


394.4


482 20


475 74


6 46


Melvin St. .


Broadway


Southwesterly


333.5


285 04


285 00


04


Olive Ave.


Linden Ave. .


Easterly .


141.5


93 55


93 -


11


Private Way


Land of H. R. Glover


Dover St.


Westerly .


139.1


81 81


81 77


04


Pinckney St.


Easterly .


130.5


202 18


201 67


51


Private Way


Orr N. Towne


Land of


Somerville Ave.


Northwesterly


118.7


109 12


109 12


00


Skehan St.


Hanson St.


Westerly . .


335.3


223 59


223 53


06


Somerville Ave.


Mossland St.


Northwesterly


481.8


929 64


640 88


288 76


Summer St.


End of sewer built 1887


Southeasterly


706.9


921 81


919 30


2 51


Vinal Ave. .


End of sewer built 1887 Bradley St.


Walnut St.


461.3


680 94


680 10


84


Walter Pl.


Walter St. .


.


Southeasterly


293.9


239 06


115 92


123 14


White-st. Pl.


White St.


.


Hawthorne St. .


925.9


3,452 94


1,722 20


1,730 74


Winslow Ave. .


Grove St. .


Southeasterly


248.4 .


169 29


162 79


6 50


7,960.0


$12,208 32


$9,168 55


$3,039 77


.


.


·


.


.


.


.


Northeasterly


100.0


69 01


68 47


54


Walter St. and


Southwesterly


210.4


Willow Ave.


Elm St.


.


.


.


.


.


Private Way


Suther Blaikie


Sycamore St.


Browning Road


Land of


-


SEWERS REBUILT IN 1892.


STREET.


FROM.


To.


Length in Feet.


Total Cost.


Cost to City.


Glen St. and


Private lands


Southwesterly


100.0


Private lands


Glen St. .


164.7


$591 35


Harvard St.


Beech St.


Northeasterly . Elm Pl. .


259.8


404 25


524.5


$995 60


$995 60


SEWERS CONTRACTED FOR IN 1892 AND UNCOMPLETED DECEMBER 31, 1892, FOR WHICH NO ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.


STREET.


FROM.


To.


Approximate Length in Feet.


Payments to Dec. 31, 1892.


Cost to City.


Broadway


Wallace St.


Southerly


134.0


$680 45


Granite St.


. Somerville Ave.


Osgood St.


480.0


73 26


Paulina St. and


Holland St.


Broadway


845.0


Broadway .


Paulina St.


Wallace St.


850.0


3,855 81


Winslow Ave.


Villa Ave.


Northwesterly


125.0


$4,609 52


$4,609 52


SUMMARY.


Sewers built in 1892 ·


.


·


.


.


·


$3,039 77


Sewers rebuilt in 1892 ·


995 60


Sewers contracted for in 1892 ·


·


.


.


.


.


.


.


Total cost to the city of sewers built and rebuilt in 1892 ·


..


$8,644 89


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


·


. 4,609 52


358


ANNUAL REPORTS.


REPORT


OF THE


CITY ENGINEER.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, April 12, 1893. 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, April 12, 1893. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER, SOMERVILLE, March 15, 1893.


To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council :-


In compliance with City Ordinance, Chapter 9, Section 9, the following report of the city engineer for the year ending December 31, 1892, is respectfully submitted :-


ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.


The number of persons permanently employed during the year 1892 has been eight. The expenses of the department have been as follows :-


Salary of city engineer


$2,400 00


Salary of assistants


4,392 88


Instruments and supplies


168 42


Car fares


66 16


$7,027 46


The items of expenditure for salaries of assistants are as fol- lows :-


Giving lines and grades for edgestones and brick side- walks, examining titles of abutters, and computing assessments of cost $593 22


Giving lines and grades for defining street lines, for grading and macadamizing streets, revising accept- ance plans, and examining titles of abutters 459 94


Amount carried forward . $1,053 16


362


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $1,053 16


Making surveys and giving lines and grades for public sewers, examining titles of abutters, computing assessments and making assessment plans, locating and recording private drains, giving lines and grades for building catch-basins, and rebuilding old sewers


1,084 63


Giving lines and grades for laying water pipe, making surveys and plans, locating and recording locations of mains and house services, and plans for a wooden building to be located at the high-service pumping station 221 58


City survey .




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