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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
.
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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.
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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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