Report of the city of Somerville 1897, Part 33

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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46.5


Walter E. Stetson .


Browning road


50.2


33.9


W. H. Swain


Bradley street


34.5


George W. Taylor


Chester street


101.1


57.7


Third Universalist Parish


Morrison street


22.2


Warren C. Trask .


13 Tower street


42.2


117.8


James Wood


Tower street .


40.2


William H. Wood


Tower street .


40.2


William H. Wood & Co.


Tower street


106


Fire Department


Grove street .


105.1


15.6


Sacramento-street Subway Approaches


109


15.6


Public Property


Sanford Hanscom School Lot


224.7


27.7


Public Grounds


City Hall Annex, Highland avenue


3,223.6


1,362.4


619


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


J. W. Scott


80 Highland avenue


.


.


.


.


·


.


George W. W. Whiting


Broadway and Sargent avenue


40.2


Fire Department


Cross street


138


.


Kent-street Subway Approaches


.


TABLE F.


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


STREET.


SIDE.


FROM


To


FEET OF EDGESTONES.


YARDS OF BRICKS.


Cost.


Aldrich


Easterly


Gilman street


Flint street


·


.. .


97.0


$90.72


Arthur


Westerly


Broadway


Bonair street


... .


254.2


220.33


Arthur


Easterly


Broadway


Bonair street


310.4


247.28


Avon


Both


School street


Central street


2,616.2


....


1,836.40


Bartlett


Easterly


Medford street


Vernon street


731.6


582.89


Bradley


Southerly


Pearl street


Walter street


766.1


. . .


496.06


Bradley


Northwesterly


Pearl street


North westerly boundary line of estate of Margaret Driscoll


96.2


....


73.05


Bradley


Northwesterly South westerly


in front of estate


of Frank W. Titcomb


89.7


....


72.12


Broadway


Adams street


Bartlett street


195.4


· · · ·


553.58


Burnside ave.


Westerly Both


Central street


Benton avenue


Central


Westerly


Atherton street


Cypress street


107.4


103.26


Central


Westerly


Atherton street


Estate of John C. Nichols


616.6


503.35


Chandler


Easterly


Chapel street


Broadway


201.8


233.92


Cherry


Easterly


Elm street


Sartwell avenue


575.3


413.7


752.20


Crocker


Both


Highland avenue


Crown street


1,082.8


... .


690.50


Dell


Both


Tufts street


Glen street


926.4


.. . .


666.37


Elm


Northeasterly


Willow avenue


Cutter square


997.5


423.05


Elm


Southeasterly


Nathan Tufts park


Kidder avenue


...


824.7


881.02


Elm


Southeasterly Both


Kidder avenue Elm street


Liberty avenue


1,555.6


1,198.99


Francesca ave.


Flint


South westerly


Cross street


Aldrich street


Hancock


Elm street


Summer street


787.8


·


202.98


Harrison


Kent street


Mondamin court


280.2


..


620


ANNUAL REPORTS.


·


...


634.30


Cambria


Elm street


Summer street


729.7


....


106.4


105.77


Cherry


North westerly


Summer street


Highland avenue


722.82


286 9


Morrison street


411.7


362.36


620.81


Northwesterly Westerly


.


129.65


1,009.8


TABLE F. - Continued.


STREET.


SIDE.


FROM


To


FEET OF EDGESTONES.


YARDS OF BRICKS.


COST.


Hudson


Northeasterly Southerly


Newton street


Sanborn Field


368.9


203.8


445.62


Kidder ave.


South westerly Both


School street


Granite street


810.3


....


585.09


Lee


Both


Medford street


Richdale avenue


798.0


·


564.8


473.92


Madison


Northeasterly


School street Washington street


Somerville avenue


905.2


....


642.21


Morrison


Northeasterly


Elm street


Rear of lot of Universalist Church


....


56.5


70.45


Newbury


Northwesterly


Holland street


South westerly boundary line of estate No. 73


1,130.2


.


·


594


492.08


Richdale ave.


Southerly


School street


Sycamore street


....


355 1


311.27


Sargent ave.


Northwesterly


Broadway


Angle street


680.5


493.8


483.78


Summer


South westerly Northeasterly


School street


in front of estate of West End St. Railway Co.


27.0


119.0


191.42


Summer


Northeasterly


corner of Summer and Cherry streets


49.4


....


38.04


Temple


Southeasterly


Sidney street


Tennyson


Both


Forster street


Medford street


982.4


....


70.19


Tower


Westerly


Highland avenue


South westerly


90.2


410.3


384.93


Walnut


Westerly


Summit avenue


Giles park


485.2


341.01


Wheatland


Broadway


Jaques street


468.5


370.0


638.93


Wheeler


Southeasterly Both


Pinckney street


Mt. Vernon street


22,061.5


6,181.5


$21,621.04


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


Lowell street


Cedar street


1,437.8


$933.17


Joseph


Elm street


Estate of Grace F. Lowell


535.3


....


524.50


Knapp


Sycamore street


Medford


Westerly


Columbus avenue


Union square


Stone ave.


Westerly


School street


Preston street


....


413.69


Summer


in front of estate of F. A. P. Fiske Derby street


235.7


194.98


785.22


779.44


417.32


621


622


ANNUAL REPORTS.


STREET CROSSINGS CONSTRUCTED.


Beacon street, across same, in line with westerly sidewalk of Kent street.


Beacon street, across same, in line with westerly sidewalk of Miller street.


Beacon street, across same, in line with westerly sidewalk of Park street.


Broadway, across end of Edmands street.


Broadway, across same, near to and east of Main street.


Broadway, across end of Melvin street.


Broadway, across end of Montgomery avenue.


Central street, across end of Cambria street.


Central street, across end of Gibbens street.


Central street, across end of Hudson street.


Cross street, across same, in front of Edgerly schoolhouse.


Elm street, across end of Kenwood street.


Medford street, across end of Lee street.


Mt. Vernon street, across end of Wheeler street.


Pinckney street, across end of Wheeler street.


Somerville avenue, across end of Beech street.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with westerly side- walk of Beech street.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with westerly side- walk of Bleachery court.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with easterly sidewalk of Central street.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with westerly side- walk of Garden court.


Somerville avenue, across end of Kent street.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with easterly sidewalk of Kent street.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with westerly side- walk of Kent street.


623


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.


Somerville avenue, across end of Park street.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with westerly sidewalk of Park street.


Somerville avenue, across same, in line with westerly side- walk of Spring street.


Summer street, southerly side, across Cherry street.


Walnut street, across end of Wellington avenue.


Webster street, across same, in front of Sanford Hanscom schoolhouse.


1


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 23, 1898.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 23, 1898.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports in concurrence.


CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON SEWERS, January 1, 1898.


TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF SOMERVILLE : -


The Committee on Sewers presents the following report for the year ending December 31, 1897 :-


MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$6,000 00


Transfer from interest account


2,900 00


Receipts and credits :-


Sale of old hose


$24 00


Reconstructing sewer in Oak street in 1896 .


23 19


Changing line and grade and


repairing manholes in


1896 and 1897, West End Street Railway Co. . .


152 25


Changes in sewers, house


drains, etc., on account of Metropolitan water mains 101 70


Lumber and sand paid for in previous years . 93 00


Sewers, Construction, drain pipe . 4 50


398 64


Value of tools and property on hand January 1, 1897


973 05


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1897 54 22


· Total credit $10,325 91


Amount carried forward .


$10,325 91


628


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $10,325 91


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For maintenance of sewers, in-


cluding repairing and cleaning sewers and manholes . $3,966 67 ·


Maintenance of catch-


basins · . ·


2,980 12


Inspection of house


drains


515 29


Franklin O. Reed, rent


of water course across marsh to Mystic river (15 months) 375 00


Changing line and grade and repairing catch- basins


104 68


Changing line and grade of manholes 244 59


Changing house drains .


59 38


Cleaning cellars flooded by overcharged sewers .


81 775


Repairing and enlarging siphon under Boston & Maine railroad at city stables


534 26


Repairing Somerville ave- nue sewer, near Cam- bridge line ·


193 32


Books, stationery, and printing


49 50


Repairs of tools and prop- erty ·


49 38


Sundry expenses


36 25


·


Amounts carried forward


$9,190 19


$10,325 91


629


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


Amounts brought forward $9,190 19 $10,325 91


Depreciation in value of tools and property 220 94


Value of materials on hand De- cember 31, 1897 113 32


Value of tools and property on hand December 31, 1897 (in- cluding purchases during the year, $108.19) 826 30


Total debit


10,350 75


Amount overdrawn


$24 84


CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Unexpended balance of 1896


$27,809 83


Appropriated in 1897


25,000 00


Receipts and credits :-


For catch-basin curbs in side-


walks, received credit from Sidewalks and Highways account .


$38 34


Fee for draining estate into Tannery Brook sewer 17 25


Fee for draining estate into Broadway sewer 8 20


Changes in yard of John P. Squire & Co. 260 00


Reconstruction catch-


basins, West End Street Railway Co. 25 00


Amounts carried forward $348 79


. $52,809 83


630


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


Metropolitan park com- mission, on account of construction of Mystic-avenue drain and sewer . ·


$348 79 $52,809 83


2,000 00


Highways, Paving Somer- ville Avenue account, materials 22 00


Sewers, Maintenance ac- count, teaming . .


42 63


2,413 42


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1897


619 03


Unpaid bills of 1897


596 21


Total credit


$56,436 49


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For twelve sewers constructed


and partially con- structed during the year $7,293 54


Less assessments .


4,586 77


$2,706 77


Abatement of sewer as-


sessment


74 00


Tannery Brook sewer


2,684 60


Balance on private lands and College-avenue sewer


32 34


Balance on North Packing


and Provision Co., sewer 49 00


Tannery Brook drain


6,291 67


Amounts carried forward


$11,838 38


$56,436 49


631


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


Amounts brought forward $11,838 38 $56,436 49


Mystic-avenue storm- water drain and sewer Winthrop-avenue storm- water drain and sewer Construction storm drains Building thirty-four catch- basins ·


7,569 17


13,016 43


399 34


1,684 26


Packing house connec-


tions, surface water changes in yards ·


163 18


Books, stationery, and


printing .


177 00


Sundry expenses .


50 98


Unpaid bills of 1896


2,071 99


Value of materials on hand De-


cember 31, 1897


191 41


Total debit


37,162 14


Balance unexpended


$19,274 35


A detailed statement of the work of this department during the year will be found in the report of the City Engineer.


For the Committee on Sewers, ANDREW A. LAMONT, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


CITY ENGINEER.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 16, 1898.


Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 16, 1898.


Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.


WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, January 24, 1898. 5


To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE : -


Gentlemen,-Herewith I respectfully submit a report of the work done and expense incurred for the year ending December 31, 1897, by the Engineering Department, Sewer Department, Public Grounds Department and other special works of improve- ment which have been under the supervision of the City Engineer.


ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.


In January, 1897, the office of the Engineering Department had been removed from its apartments in the old part of the City Hall building to the northwesterly side of the new addition, on the second floor, where the varied work that comes under the depart- ment can be carried on far more advantageously and economically than formerly.


The new office is nearly three times the size of the old one, and the fireproof vault, for storage of valuable plans, note books, and other important data, is over four and one-half times the size of the former vault; also, there are facilities in the roof for the copying and printing of plans and other miscellaneous work.


638


ANNUAL REPORTS.


During the past year many questions of importance have come before the City Council requiring the services of the En- gineering Department ; embracing studies, designs and estimates for relieving the overcharged sewer system in times of storms, de- signs and estimates for the construction of bridges and subways and many other local improvements, which necessitated more or less study, the making of plans, estimates of cost, furnishing lines and grades and general supervision and inspection of the work of construction.


Sixteen assistants have been employed in the Engineering Department, nine permanently and the others as additional work required. The cost of maintaining the department has been as follows :--


Appropriation


$9,000 00


Received from West End Street Railway Co., for lines and grades furnished 81 28


Received from Miscellaneous account, survey Somerville and Cambridge boundary line . 150 00


Received from Highway Department, street num- bering 43 00


$9,274 28


Salary City Engineer (including


maintenance of team) . ·


$2,200 00


Salaries of assistants


6,486 93


Draughting materials, stationery and office supplies ·


207 91


Tapes, plumbs, stakes, tools and general supplies ·


94 23


Car fares


172 18


Expressing and incidental ex-


5 99


penses


·


Total expenditure . .


9,167 24


Unexpended balance .


$107 04


639


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.


CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES, ASSISTANTS' SALARIES.


Sewers-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles,


lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments and all work relating to sewers Highways-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades 313 74


$2,405 49


Sidewalks-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measurements, titles, costs and assessments . 501 98 Water Works-comprising lines, grades, loca- tions of mains, gates, hydrants and services and other matters relating to water works 477 72


Public Grounds-comprising surveys, plans, esti- mates, profiles and grades 193 60


Public Buildings-comprising surveys, estimates, lines, grades and other work relating to con- struction 90 46


Street Numbering-comprising locations of buildings, plans and affixing street numbers on houses 207 59


Street Lines- comprising establishing of lines, grades and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading 155 07


Middlesex Registry -- comprising copying of plans and abstracts from deeds filed and ex- amination of titles 185 66


City Survey-comprising lines, angles and meas- urements, calculations of traverses and loca- tions of division lines and buildings


361 94


Somerville-Cambridge Boundary Line-com- prising surveys, plans, areas, valuations and data for proposed change in line 529 52


Subways and Bridges-comprising preliminary surveys, plans, estimates and lines and . grades for construction 167 19


Amount carried forward


$5,589 96


.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$5,589 96.


West End Street Railway Co .- comprising grades, plans and profiles 139 07 Somerville Electric Light Co .- comprising lines, plans and locations 33 43


Office Work-comprising records of all loca- tions, indexing, typewriting, calculations and general draughting 413 33


Miscellaneous Work-comprising preliminary surveys, designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for different committees 311 14


Total $6,486 93


The total cost of maintaining the Engineer's de- partment from 1872 to 1897, both years in- clusive, has amounted to $135,138 00


SEWERS AND STORM RELIEF DRAINS.


WEST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT.


The construction of the Tannery Brook storm drain was com- pleted to Davis square in January, 1897, and during the severe storms of the past season cellars and large areas in this section, which formerly have been badly flooded, were entirely relieved of rain water and back sewage. A description of this work is given in the City Engineer's report of 1896.


Early in the year, to give partial relief to the Morrison-street and Grove-street sewers, a twenty-four-inch pipe drain was con- structed from Davis square northeasterly in Elm street to the junc -- tion of Morrison street, where an overflow connection with the sewerage system was made, and, in times of storms, conducts a large quantity of water from the district in the vicinity of Nathan Tufts park, comprising about twenty-five acres, directly to the newly-constructed Tannery Brook storm drain.


The Grove-street sewer and adjacent cellars will not be en- tirely relieved from flooding in times of storms until the large .


640


Forbes Co., Boston.


WINTHROP AVENUE STORM DRAIN, 7 FT. 6 IN. X 7 FT. 1 IN.


Plan showing Platform and Ples Crossing Metropolitan Jewer Line .


Longitudinal Section Showing Storm Drain Crossing Metropolitan Server Line.


=


CITY OF SOMERVILLE


PLANS AND SECTIONS SHOWING CONSTRUCTION


WINTHROPAVE. STORM DRAIN


(SEWER.)


-JULY 15, 1897.


ERNEST W. BAILEY CITY ENGINEER .


Semer: 22×27'


Auer Bachi


Longitudinal Section on Concrete.


Cross


encrete


"Und


rain


Storm Drain 76 high & Fioride.


exe


12 Jewer:


Longitudinal Section Showing Blattley Are. Serrer Siphon Crossing Storm Drain.


GEO. H.WALKER & CO. BOSTON


Cross Section on Piles Showing, Manhole Opening in Gutter Line of Street to be used as a Catch Basin.


Longitudinal Section on Piles.


AND SEWER IN


CANVASS OF BIDS JULY, 1897, FOR CONSTRUCTING STORM WATER DRAIN WINTHROP AVENUE.


NAME OF BIDDER.


Earth Excavation


per. lin. ft.


Underdrain


per lin. ft.


Concrete (5-2-1) Amer. Cement


per cu. yd.


Concrete (5-2-1) Port. Cement


Concrete (6-3-1) Port. Cement


per cu. yd.


per cu. yd. Brick Masonry Amer. Cement


per cu. yd. Brick Masonry Port. Cement


Spruce Piles in


per lin. ft.


Spruce Lumber


in Place


per M ft. B. M.


E. W. Everson & Co.


$5 00


$0 50


$6 00


$6 90


$6 40


$12 00


$14 00


$0 25


$30 00


$26,800 00


Charles A. Mongan .


3 75


0 20


5 50


7 00


6 50


12 50


15 00


0 18


30 00


24 860 00


Charles G. Craib


6 05


0 15


4 50


6 37


5 70


10 40


11 62


0 15


21 00


24,491 80


Felton, Holbrook, Cabot & Daly


4 50


0 12


4 50


6 00


5 50


12 50


13 80


0 19


30 00


24,331 00


Dennis F. O'Connell


3 00


0 20


6 00


7 50


6 75


12 75


14 75


0 18


30 00


24,297 50


H. A. Hanscom & Co.


2 50


0 20


5 50


6 75


6 75


12 00


14 00


0 30


35 00


24,267 50


T. H. Bryne


3 75


0 25


5 00


6 50


6 25


12 00


14 00


0 16


28 00


23,822 50


J. P. O'Connell


3 00


0 20


4 80


7 00


6 50


11 50


15 00


0 20


28 00


23,485 00


Richard Falvey


4 00


0 30


5 00


6 50


6 00


11 00


13 00


0 20


29 00


23,435 00


Richard J. Malone


2 40


0 10


4 90


6 40


6 15


13 00


16 00


0 19


25 00


22,922 50


William F. Cunningham


2 35


0 15


5 60


7 06


6 66


11 50


14 00


0 20


30 00


22,689 00


C. A. & C. E. Trumbull


2 85


0 12


4 35


5 50


5 75


10 85


14 25


0 17


24 00


21,375 50


Crimmings & Collins


3 30


0 25


4 50


5 50


5 00


11 00


12 00


0 13


20 00


20,305 00


Daniel A. Dorey & Co.


4 50


0 25


5 50


7 00


6 50


13 00


17 00


0 20


22 00


26,470 00


The contract was awarded Daniel A. Dorey & Co.


per cu. yd.


Total Bid.


Place


641


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.


quantity of surface water which is being discharged into this sewer from another watershed is diverted to its natural outlet ; this can only be done by the construction of a drainage system in the Lowell railroad valley.


WINTER HILL AND EAST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT.


During the past year a beginning on the construction of the eastern district storm water system has been made, commencing at Mystic avenue and extending through Winthrop avenue to Broadway ; this section built is a "basket handle" drain in shape, seven feet six inches high by seven feet one inch wide, the top half being a semi-circle, and the lower half having nearly perpendicular sides and a flattened bottom.


Five hundred and ninety-three feet of this structure is built on a four-inch spruce platform, supported on piles, capped with ten-inch by ten-inch spruce timbers, the piles varying in length from six feet to twenty-eight feet.


The invert of the drain and sides are built of four-inch Port- land cement brickwork and the arch of eight-inch Rosendale cement brickwork, the sides and bottom being supported with Portland cement concrete, varying in thickness from six inches to ten inches.


The portion constructed is a part of the main outlet channel to Mystic river, which will eventually take branches from the East Somerville and Winter Hill districts, having a total area of more than five hundred acres.


When these two proposed branches are completed, having overflow connections with the present sewerage system, the streets which are flooded in time of heavy rainfall and cellars which are flowed with back sewage will be permanently relieved.


A branch for storm water could be extended from the Win- ter Hill branch of the proposed drain at Gilman square, in the Boston &Maine railroad location, which would give relief for an area of about one hundred acres in this valley.


The building of another section of the eastern district system on the northerly side of Mystic avenue, between Winthrop avenue


642


ANNUAL REPORTS.


and Wheatland street, was necessitated the last year on account of the construction of a branch of the Metropolitan boulevard in this section of the city.


The new drain takes the place of an old box culvert which has been the outlet for more than twenty years for the drainage from a section of the city lying north of Broadway and west of Wheat- land street.


The sewer is a circular structure, fifty inches in diameter, composed of Portland cement concrete and brickwork, the whole structure resting on a timber platform supported by piles driven through the marsh land into a clay foundation.


This structure is crossed at right angles by one of the forty- eight-inch Metropolitan water mains, which extends through the boulevard before referred to; the water pipe at this point being supported by heavy spruce timbers, laid horizontally and upright, resting on the sewer foundation, the weight of both structures being supported by large spruce piles. Charles C. McGrew & Co. were the contractors.


UNION SQUARE DISTRICT.


Another section of the city where the sewers are wholly inadequate to carry off the surface water in times of storms is the watershed adjacent to Union square, extending northerly on Summer street as far as School street and westerly to Concord square and the Cambridge line; the only way of relieving this flooded district is by the construction of a large storm-water drain to the nearest tide water outlet, namely, Miller's river, near the boundary line at East Cambridge.


The main line being in Somerville avenue, with branches through Newton street, Concord square and Springfield street, and in Bow street and Summer street. The main line could be extended from Union square westerly in Somerville avenue and Beacon street, as required, in the future.


CLARENDON HILL DISTRICT.


That section of the city west of Curtis street is the only part of Somerville which has no means of house drainage by sewers.


-


MYSTIC AVENUE STORM DRAIN, 50 INCH, Forbes Co., Boston.


AT CROSSING WITH 48 INCH METROPOLITAN WATER MAIN.


643


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.


A number of petitions have been received from property owners for the construction of sewers in different part of this locality, but nothing can be done in the way of construction of these lateral sewers until the main line, or trunk sewer, is con- structed, connecting with the Metropolitan sewer along the east- erly bank of Alewife brook. Only house drainage will enter this system of sewers, storm water being discharged into Alewife brook through separate channels.


This outlet, being across private lands, should be constructed at once, while the right of way is available.


METROPOLITAN SEWER CONNECTIONS.


All of the city's connections with the Metropolitan sewer mains have been made, with the exception of a small district in East Somerville, having its outlet at North Union street. This connection should be made at an early date.


A portion of the sewage in the West Somerville district is discharged through the city of Cambridge into the Metropolitan sewer, and also sewage from a small area at North Somerville is discharged through the city of Medford into the Metropolitan sewer.


About sixty-six and one-tenth miles of sewers, having over eleven thousand house connections in the city, are connected with the Metropolitan sewer mains.


Following is a table showing the annual cost paid by the city of Somerville to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on account of the construction and maintenance of the Metropolitan sewerage system :-


Year.


Amount paid on Construction.


Amount paid on Maintenance.


1894


$22,230 79


$ 6,510 20


1895


29,872 56


6,964 40


1896


.


39,661 06


13,148 55


1897


39,260 25


13,292 25


644


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWERS AND STORM DRAINS CONSTRUCTED IN 1897.


Twelve sewers have been constructed during the year, a length of five thousand seven hundred sixty-one and one-half. linear feet, at a total cost of $6,810.10.


Four thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and seventy- seven cents being assessed on land owners, the city paying the balance of the cost. One sewer contracted for remained uncom- pleted December 31, 1897.


Two thousand six hundred and four linear feet of storm drains, costing $27,210.04, have been built the past year.




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