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Four hundred and forty-six permits for laying house drains, and thirty-nine for repairs of drains were issued during the year. These drains have all been located, the locations referred to the street lines and side lines of the house, properly recorded in note-books, plotted on. the assessment plans and indexed.
The cost of inspection of house drains was $453.10.
CATCH-BASINS.
Fifty-two catch-basins were built during the year at a cost of $3,822.71 ; three have been rebuilt at a cost of $119.29. The number of catch-basins in use January 1, 1895, was eight hundred and two.
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Twenty-one catch-basins have been repaired at a cost of $179.11; an average cost of $8.53.
The cost of changing the grade and line of eighteen catch-basins was $159.51, an average cost of $8.86.
Nine hundred fifty-seven catch-basins have been cleaned ; one thousand seven hundred eighty-one loads, or two thousand fifty-four cubic yards of material were removed and disposed of at a cost of $1,754.86, an average cost of $1.83 per basin, $0.99 per load, and $0.84 per cubic yard.
The cost of removing snow, ice and street dirt from catch-basin openings was $198.88. Eleven miles of pipe sewers were flushed at a cost of $439.63 ; an average cost per mile of $40, or $7.60 per thousand feet. One and one-third miles of brick sewers were cleaned at a cost of $280.12 ; an average cost per mile of $210.62, or $51.34 per thousand feet.
The cost of cleaning out-fall ditches at Winthrop avenue, Austin, North Union and Waverly street was $314.26.
MANHOLES.
The cost of changing the grade and line of sixty-six manholes was $221.52, an average cost of $3.36.
The cost of cleaning one hundred and seven manhole dirt-catchers was $148.44, an average cost of $1.13.
BRIDGE STREET OUTLET.
The cost of dredging was $4,323.67
The items of cost are as follows : -
Three thousand eight hundred and forty-one cubic yards of material dredged at $0.64 $2,458.24
Removal of shoal at end Bridge street pipes . 1,650.00
Labor, advertising, teaming, water and clothing 215.43
$4,323.67
Five-ninths of this amount, $2,402.03, was paid by the City of Somerville, the balance by the City of Cambridge. The item of
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$1,650 was the cost of removing material from the outlet end of the iron pipe out-fall near the channel.
EXTENSION OF THE WINTHROP AVENUE SEWER.
The attention of the City Council has been regularly called, every year since 1888, to the existing condition of the out-fall ditch at the end of the Winthrop Avenue Sewer ; it is certain that action by the City Council can no longer be delayed, and that this sewer must be extended to the Mystic River.
The attention of the City Council is hereby called to the several reports of the City Engineer since the year 1888, for further informa- tion with regard to the evils existing, and suggestions made to remedy them.
INTERCEPTING SEWER IN THE LOCATION OF THE BOSTON & LOWELL RAILROAD.
In the area bounded by Cross and Medford streets, Highland avenue, Willow avenue and Broadway, the existing sewers are very much too small to properly dispose of the areas they drain, so much so that during heavy rain storms these sewers are surcharged to such an extent that the storm water is forced through the house drains into cellars, and frequently streets are flooded and water is forced through the manhole covers. In a large part of this area no sewers have been constructed, and large tracts of land remain unoccupied because there is no outlet for the drainage of these areas.
In still other parts of this area sewers have been built on the sepa- rate system, without any provision for disposing of storm water, and the result is that street surfaces are washed out by every heavy rain, and cellars and private lands are flooded by storm water that should be disposed of by sewers.
The demand for relief from these evils is growing more urgent every year, and it is time that at least a system of disposal of house and surface drainage should be adopted. The outlet for this sewer must be located at some point on the Mystic River near the Middlesex Avenue Bridge, and when the Winthrop Avenue Sewer is extended, a common outlet should be provided for both sewers.
The attention of the City Council is respectfully directed to pre-
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vious reports of the City Engineer, and the statements there presented and recommendations made are repeated.
TANNERY BROOK DISTRICT.
The area bounded by Holland street, Boston & Maine Railroad (Arlington and Lexington branch), Cambridge city line, Alewife Brook and Broadway has a considerable population, but has no system of sewerage, except a small area drained by the Holland, Elmwood and Mead Street sewers, and except in the area last mentioned, the sewer- age from a population of about six hundred people is collected either in cesspools or is disposed of by a private sewer emptying into Tan- nery Brook. This private sewer was originally a part of the Tannery Brook, and since houses have been erected has been made a covered channel and used as a sewer. Surveys and plans have been made for a main sewer, which it is proposed to lay through the valley of this brook and connect with Metropolitan Sewer.
CONNECTIONS WITH THE METROPOLITAN SEWER.
The Metropolitan Sewer is so far completed that it will be necessary to make the several connections with the Metropolitan Sewer during the coming season.
Six connections will be made, as follows :
At Somerville avenue and Poplar streets with the Somerville Avenue Sewer ; the drainage area of this sewer is bounded by East Cambridge city line, Linwood and Medford streets, Highland avenue, Central street, Medford street, Broadway, Cedar street, Morrison avenue and Morrison street, Elm street, Broadway, Holland street, Meacham street and the Cambridge city line.
Included within the area drained at this connection is a part of Cambridge draining into the sewer in Webster avenue, the establish- ment owned by the North Packing Company, John P. Squire Com- pany, and the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company, and is the largest and most expensive of all the connections.
Second - At Washington and Waverly streets. The drainage area of this sewer is bounded by the Boston city line, Crescent, Pearl and Cross streets, the Boston & Maine Railroad (Southern Division), and Washington street.
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These two connections will be made with the Cambridge branch of the Metropolitan Sewer.
Third - At North Union street. The drainage area of this sewer is bounded by the Boston city line, Mystic avenue, Union, Benedict and Austin streets.
Fourth - At Mystic and Winthrop avenues. The drainage area of this sewer is bounded by Mystic avenue, Austin, Benedict and Union streets, Broadway, Boston city line, Mt. Pleasant, Pearl and Cross streets, Boston & Maine Railroad (Southern Division), Cen- tral, Medford and Adams streets, Broadway, Main, Heath, Jaques and Temple streets, and Mystic avenue.
Fifth - At Mystic avenue, at or near Moreland street, extended. The area to be drained by the sewer at this connection is bounded by Mystic avenue, Temple, Jaques, Heath and Main streets, and the Med- ford City line, and includes a small area in Medford.
The three sewers last mentioned connect with the Somerville branch of the Metropolitan Sewer.
Sixth - At the junction of Alewife and Tannery brooks. The area to be drained by the sewer at this connection has already been described in the description of the proposed sewer in the Tannery Brook District. The last-mentioned sewer will connect with the Alewife Brook branch of the Metropolitan Sewer.
TABLE.
In appendex A will be found a table showing the location, items of cost, cost per lineal foot, amount of assessments made, and the cost to the city of sewers built in 1894.
In appendix H will be found an ordinance relating to the sewer department.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
The work of the Highway Department has been done under the direction of Mr. Thomas H. Eames, the Superintendent ; the City Engineer is only required to give lines and grades, make measurements of work done, and compute the assessments for sidewalk improvements.
The following information has been compiled from the records of this office, information obtained from the Superintendent, and from the annual report of the Committee on Highways.
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The items of expenditure are as follows :
CREDIT.
The appropriation for highways for 1894 was
$60,000.00
Collections for work of former years
Net income, city dwellings.
Health Department account.
Building at gravel bank.
Money approved in pay-roll not called for and decrease in value of tools, property and materials 2,143.13
$62,143.13
DEBIT.
Laying out streets and advertising notices of hearings .
$ 173.00
Construction of new streets
4,731.65
Street crossings
1,021.65
Street signs in place
185.85
Repairs and improvement of streets in connection with
setting edgestone
5,928.40
Ordinary repairs of streets
8,557.25
General repairs of streets
10,201.27
Cleaning streets 6,525.95
Planting and trimming trees
532.20
Labor, laying brick and edgestone for single estates
2,110.38
Repairs of brick sidewalks
3,138.75
Salary of drawtender and repairs, Middlesex Avenue Bridge
462.51
Removing snow and ice from streets and sidewalks
3,814.38
Sewer Assessment, Glen street
15.88
Books, stationery and printing
70.00
Setting stone bounds
39.00
Building at crusher
269.63
Laying out triangular lot, Broadway and Holland street
115.46
Repairs, Boston Avenue Bridge .
190.37
Insurance and grading at city stable
1,212.95
Opening new streets .
44.16
·
Amount carried forward
$49,340.69
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Amount brought forward
$49,340.69
Superintendent's salary
1,600.00
Board of horses
417.17
Superintendent's telephone
2.95
Cleaning Cross and Pearl streets, after the rebuilding of
West End Street Railway tracks 1,643.35
Private work not paid for in 1894
457.05
Sundry expenses
125.19
Net loss on tools, property and materials
8,065.54
Total cost of work done
$61,651.94
Balance unexpended
491.19
$62,143.13
EDGESTONE AND BRICK SIDEWALK.
The appropriation for sidewalks was
$10,000.00
Thirty-three sidewalks laid in 1894 (see Appendix B)
$19,811.22
Abatements
31.67
Books
26.00
$19,868.89
Less assessments and receipts .
9,905.65
Cost to City
$9,963.24
Balance unexpended
36.76
$10,000.00
The work done is itemized as follows :
Sixteen thousand one hundred nineteen and three-tenths lineal feet of edgestone. Twelve thousand four hundred forty-one and four- tenths square yards of brick sidewalk.
REPAIRS OF STREETS.
The repairs made on the main streets were as follows : -
Elm street from Willow avenue to Cedar street, Medford street from Somerville avenue to the Fitchburg Railroad, School street,
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Berkeley street to Somerville avenue, Washington street, Fitchburg Railroad to Beacon street.
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS IN CONNECTION WITH SETTING EDGESTONE.
Edgestones were set on twenty-four streets. The cost of street repairs per lineal foot of edgestone set, including the cost of paving gutters with cobble stones, was $0.51 per lineal foot. The cost of paved gutters per lineal foot of edgestone was $0.34 ; per square yard was $1.07.
CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS.
The average cost per square yard of street macadamized in 1894 was $0.27 (see Appendix C).
TOTAL EDGESTONE AND BRICK SIDEWALK.
December 31, 1894, there were in Somerville three hundred ten thousand eight hundred thirty-eight lineal feet, or fifty-nine miles of edgestone and two hundred seven thousand and ninety lineal feet or thirty-nine and two-tenths miles of brick sidewalk.
TABLES.
In Appendix B will be found a table showing the location and cost of edgestones, brick sidewalks and paved gutters, and of repairs on roadway in streets where edgestones were laid.
In Appendix C will be found a table showing the location and cost of street improvements made during the year.
In Appendix D will be found a table showing the length and width of streets accepted in 1894.
In Appendix F will be found a table showing the location and length of public and private streets.
STREET NUMBERING.
Street numbers on all houses in the city have been compared with the numbering plans, and all houses without numbers have been num- bered according to plans and at the city's expense.
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PUBLIC GROUNDS.
NATHAN TUFTS PARK.
Work on the completion of the Nathan Tufts Park was begun March 13th, and completed November 5th. The work done during the year comprised the completion of the parapet wall protecting the top of the ledge, the planting of trees and shrubs, crushing stone for the roads and walks, grading in the vicinity of the Powder House and at the foot of the ledge, the construction of roads and walks, paving gutters and seeding the areas not planted.
The planting was made from a design by James H. Bowditch, of Boston, forester, and the trees and shrubs were furnished by him.
The stone for the roads was collected from excavations within the park limits, and was broken in sizes convenient for crushing.
The stone was broken on the park by a crusher erected by Arthur J. Wellington, Manager Gates Iron Works Company, of Boston.
All other work was done by the City, by day labor.
The plans of laying out and constructing roads, and all landscape work, except the planting previously mentioned, were made by the City Engineer.
As the park is practically completed, it may not be out of place to allude to its natural beauties, and that there may be no possible chances for criticism of motives, the following quotations from an editorial in the Boston Herald, October 14, 1894, is made : -
" A new pleasure ground of exceptional importance for an area of only a few acres, is the Nathan Tufts Park in Somerville, the improve- ment of which has just been completed. This importance is given by the historic associations, and the picturesque character of the central feature of the place, * ** the ancient powder tower that constitutes the most precious historic possession of Somerville. The city has the appreciative good sense to give it a setting worthy of its character and quite in keeping with it. The improvement of the place for park purposes has been in hand for something less than two years.
The picturesqueness of the fine old tower, impressive in the stateliness of its admirable proportions, naturally calls for correspondingly pictur- esque surroundings. The piece of hilly ground, at whose summit the tower stands, contained the little that was picturesque in itself when
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taken in hand, having been a rather bare and bleak piece of old pasture. To give convenient access to the place, a fine drive has been carried up the hill by easy curves and gradients, making a circuit of the park. Pleasant walks have also been provided with stone steps, where slopes are steep. To make room for the drive, the rocky hillside has been blasted away, forming a steep cliff of rock that makes a most appropriate base for the old tower, when seen from the street. This ledge is capped by a parapet of rough work.
A chief value of the park lies in the opportunity for breathing the fresh air from a hill-top, with very pleasant immediate surroundings."
The amount expended on construction each year, and the cost of land are given below.
Expended in 1892 .
$ 2,196.40
Expended in 1893 .
13,466.33
Expended in 1894 .
.
17,655.28
Total cost of construction
$33,318.01
Amount paid for land
19,424.55
Total cost of the park
$52,742.56
SOMERVILLE AVENUE CEMETERY.
The report of the City Engineer for 1893 contained some sugges- tions as to the need of further control of burials, and the need of making a record of locations of interments, the propriety of allowing burials to be made in a closely populated district, and some method of ensuring the care of all the lots. As no action has been taken, I respectfully renew the suggestions embodied in the report of 1893.
The items of expenditure on Public Grounds are as follows : -
CITY HALL AND LIBRARY GROUNDS.
Labor, care of walks and grass
$130.48
Repairing driveways
5.00
Plants .
19.65
Tree guards
18.00
$173.13
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HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS.
Labor, care of walks and grass
$90.23
Repairing driveways
· 5.63
$95.86
CENTRAL HILL.
Labor, care of walks and grass
$534.11
Horse hire
10.75
Removing snow and ice from walks.
322.27
Seed and dressing
168.54
Sod and labor
47.78
Repairing and painting seats
37.99
Repairing and painting fences .
59.74
Repairing and painting steps, Medford street entrance
43.42
Repairing catch-basins
2.41
Tools, property, oil and repairs
40.55
Plants
.
$1,305.73
BROADWAY PARK.
Labor, care of walks and grass
$977.26
Horse hire
41.25
Labor, care of ice for skating
18.25
Police service
301.50
Raising and lowering flagstaff
20.00
Repairing and painting flagstaff
17.71
Loam, grass seed and dressing
17.45
Plants
89.15
New seats
63.00
Tools, property, oil, repairs and sundries
61.23
$1,606.80
BROADWAY PARKWAY.
Labor, care of grass
$187.75
Horse hire
6.50
Reseeding railway location
69.38
Loam, seed and dressing
29.08
Repairing fence
38.50
Trees and labor of planting
55.00
Three water services
54.70
Use of water
15.00
$455.91
(29)
.
38.17
.
.
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SOMERVILLE AVENUE CEMETERY.
Care of walks and grass
$211.89
Plants
3.53
Loam, sod and dressing
15.72
Tools and sundries
4.17
Water service
16.60
Use of water
5.00
$256.91
NATHAN TUFTS PARK.
Labor, care of grass and walks
$580.82
Repairs of roof of Powder House
23.36
Flagstaff, halliards, ball, etc.
42.75
Fences
32.68
Signs
2.00
Tools, property and repairs
91.19
Water service
9.80
Use of water
15.00
Expressing
2.00
$799.60
Total .
$4,705.94
BRIDGES.
Bridges over the Boston & Maine Railroad, Southern Division.
Washington, Cross, Central and Cedar Street, and Broadway bridges are all iron bridges of modern construction, and are in excellent con- dition.
WALNUT STREET BRIDGE.
Has been removed, and an iron bridge is under construction.
SCHOOL STREET BRIDGE.
The abutments appear to be in the same condition as in 1893 ; the southerly abutment is somewhat out of line at the base, but appears to be safe. The easterly sidewalk approaches, supported on posts, need some repairs.
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REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
SYCAMORE STREET BRIDGE.
The approaches and bridge are in good condition. The surface drainage should be diverted into the railroad ditches, and not be allowed to run through the abutments.
Bridges over the Fitchburg Railroad.
PROSPECT STREET BRIDGE.
The bridge and approaches are in good condition, the northerly abutment should be rebuilt at once.
WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE.
The bridge is in good condition, except that the iron work needs painting.
BEACON STREET BRIDGE.
Is in same condition as in 1893.
Miscellaneous Bridges.
BROADWAY BRIDGE OVER ALEWIFE BROOK.
The retaining walls need pointing. The surface drainage should be collected in catch-basins ; at present it runs over and through the retaining wall and the arch, and may cause damage to the masonry.
BOSTON AVENUE BRIDGE.
The surface drainage should be collected and disposed of by catch- basins. The southerly abutment is in an unsatisfactory condition ; the ends of the floor stringers, where they rest on the masonry, are con- siderably decayed and must soon be replaced. When it becomes necessary to replace the stringers, the southerly abutment should be moved northerly to the location of the southerly pier, and an iron bridge built to replace the present one.
MIDDLESEX AVENUE BRIDGE.
This bridge was built about twenty-five years ago, and was probably sufficiently strong for the purpose for which it was designed. The
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condition of the bridge is such that it will probably be necessary that very extensive repairs be made during the coming year, and should an electric street railway be built through Middlesex avenue, it will prob- ably be necessary that the bridge and draw be rebuilt.
The planking on the sidewalk and the easterly draw pier should be relaid, the faces of the channel way be replanked, and the fences be repaired if it should be decided not to rebuild the coming season.
WATER WORKS.
Lines and grades have been given when called for ; all mains, gates, hydrants and services have been located, and the locations recorded in the usual manner.
The diameters of mains relaid are considerably larger than those heretofore used. The benefit of these changes is noticed in the in- creased pressure in different parts of the city.
HORACE L. EATON,
City Engineer.
APPENDIX A. TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1894.
LOCATION
ITEMS OF COST.
COST AND ASSESSMENT.
PIPE SEWER, Cost per lineal toot.
Earth.
Rock.
NAME OF STREET.
FROM.
To.
CONTRACTOR.
Size in inches.
Length in fect,
Material excavated.
Average cut.
Cubic yards rock
excavation.
Manholes.
Chimneys.
Inlels.
Labor.
Lineal ft. of
excavation.
Price per
cubic yard.
Chancys.
Inspection.
Miscellaneous,
Average cost per lineal
Total Cost.
Assessment.
Cost to Cuy.
Central and Westtrood road
Berkeley street Central street
Near Benton arenue
5t1.0
8.3
164.0
: :
+45
215 350
3.50
45.00
.00 (A) .0t
$2.17
$ 1,364.24
$ 853.05
$ 611.23
City Farm lands
Berwick street
Northeasterly 466 feet . Westerly
Timothy F. Criminrings and Dennis C. Collins
Hard-paul.
19.5
1.00
02.00
.07
1.14
059.27
05.20
... .
Congress place .
L'introod st tect
Southwesterly
Willard B. Bryne
116.0
Hard-pan.
:
-
85
5.00
15
(A) .02
.10
.02
5.85
45.24
.45
Cross Street place . Glen.
Cross streel
Westerly
Charles A. Mongan
Hard-pan.
3.4
:
1
=
-
:
1
2=
12
.75
120 145
3.65
18.0
48.00
19
2.Fl
2,140.8[
1.184.8?
and
Prirate lands .
Near Liberty avenue Francesca arenue
1
035.0
Sand.
9.5
24.9
12.1
Sand.
8.9
114.2
1
18
.54
3.50
47.00
8.80
47.00
14
.04
12
1.457.40
872.45
Private lands
Francesca arenue
A point 913 feet northeast trom Medlord street
Near Broadway'
Charles A. Mongan
@$5.8
Hard-pan.
Dould'rs
4.50
48.00
.15
.06
312.31
287.50
21.81
Laurel arenlie
Lautel street
Westerly
Maurice Buttimer
150.0
Hard-pan.
0.9
30.9
:
-
%
.50
5.00
.15
.9%
(B) .05
314.9%
64.10
253.05
Leland
Washington street
Northeasterly
Charles A. Mongan
262.8
Sand.
8.0
-
16
Melrin
A point 273 feet southwest trom Broadway
Southwesterly
Maurice Buttimer
Hatd.pan,
S.8
:
:
-
2
Bould'rs
65.00
.13
(A) .00 (C5.00
301.72
123.95
Passageway
Northeast of No. 65 Newbury street
Westerty
Crimmings & Collins
136.9
Hard-pan.
0.1
Hard. pan.
6.0
Hard-pan.
G.7
1.7
1
Bould'rs
5.00
5.00
. 14
(4) .01
122.91
121.78
.56
Private tands
Broadway (opp. Wallace street)
Northeasterly :30 feet Talbot areque College avenue
Charles A. Mongan
519.
Sand,
0.0
7.2
250.8
02.0
313.9
G13
8.50
44.50
.15
.03
(A) .04
2.86
1,844.91
3,608.90
Pirtoam and
A point 50 teet southwest from Highland avenue Putnam street
Highland avenue Northwesterly
Charles A. Mongan
NJ.9 140.
Hard pan. Hatd-pan.
10.0
0
:
:
1 -
.4ª
00
3.00
7.00
.16
1.N
191.00
14.42
178.61
Summer
Cedar street
Near Lindeo arenue
Charles A. Mongan
257.5
Hard-pan.
9.2
1
.14
.11
(A) .05
1.09
262.28
252.20
10.0
Surimer
Willow arenue
Banks street
Timothy F. Crimmings and Dennis C. Collins
543.5
Hard-pan.
Hard-pan.
-
10
.39% Bould'ss
0.50
.02
140.10
138.64
3.52
Wheeler
Pinckney street
Neat Mt. Vernon street
Charles A. Mongan
402.1
Hard.pan.
-
12
1.00
7.00
.15
.03
(A) .03
t.01
203.27
13.23
80.04
Total length and cost of new sewers built in 1st
10,305 .=
$15,759.34
$19.790.05
$2,060.29
(A) Removing surplus material.
(B) T'est pits lor location of rock. (C) Adrertising. (D) Filling on line ot server.
SEWERS CONTRACTED FOR IN 1894, AND UNCOMPLETED DECEMBER 31, 1894, FOR WHICH NO ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
NAME OF STREET.
FROM.
To.
CONTRACTOR.
Size in inches.
Approximate Length in feet,
Materials.
Payments 10 December 31, 1824.
North Union Street sewer extension .
North Union street, northeasterly .
Mystic river .
Dennis F. O'Connell
18 and 20
315.
Akron ( pi Iron pipe
$091+T4
Pitman street
Spring street
Westerly
Timothy F. Crimmings and Dennis C. Collins .
10
100.0
Akron pipe
04.25
Union Street and Mystic Avenue sewer extension
A point on Mystic avenue, near Austin street
North Unton sticel
Maurice Buttimer
14
400.0
Akron pipe
08.00
$353.90
Total cost to the City of sewers built in 18:4
33,344.98
Total length of sewers built by the city prerious to January 1, 1854 Total length of sewers built during the year 1634
207.₹13.5
10,903.2
Total length of sewers built by the city January 1, 1623
308,018.₸
Total length of sewers built by prirate parties
23,502.1
Total length of sewers built in the city January 1, 18:5
333,520,8
APPENDIX B.
Table showing the Location and Cost of Edgestone and Brick Sidewalks, of Paved Gutters and Roadway constructed in Streets where Edge- stone was laid.
MATERIALS.
PAVED GUTTERS.
GRAVEL.
ALACADAM.
STREET.
SIDE
FROM.
To.
WIDTH OF SIDEWALK.
Gravet and Edgestones. Lineal fcet.
Bricks. Sy. Vaids.
Cost.
Sq. Yards.
Cost.
Sq. Yards.
Cost
Sq. Yards.
Cost.
Beacon
Northeasterly
Concord avenue
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