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The total length of this relief drain is 1,877.5 feet, and the cost $15,741.27. It provides relief from flooding for a district in East Somerville comprising about 147 acres.
Another line of storm drain was constructed from the previ- ously mentioned chamber and extended on the southwesterly side of Broadway, from Winthrop avenue to Sargent avenue, thence on the easterly side of Sargent avenue to Sherman court, through Sherman court to Marshall street, thence along
SIZE 4'-8."
DROP CHAMBER ON BROADWAY STORM DRAIN, NEAR WALNUT ST.
3'-6" CONNECTION.
5'-2" CONNECTION. 7'-6" X 7'-I" OUTLET.
BELL-MOUTH CHAMBER, JUNCT. BROADWAY AND WINTHROP AVE.
1
4' CONNECTION.
4' CONNECTION.
BELL-MOUTH CHAMBER, GILMAN SQ., ON STORM DRAIN.
MARSHALL ST. SEWER CROSSING THROUGH 5'-6" STORM DRAIN.
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the northwesterly side of Marshall street to Gilman square, crossing the square and running on the southwesterly side of Medford street to the junction of School street.
This work was done by contract and divided, for conven- ience, into two sections, the part in Broadway and Sargent avenue being constructed by Richard Falvey, and the remaining portion by Charles E. Trumbull & Co.
It is a circular structure, built of concrete and brick masonry, and varies in size, being 5 feet 6 inches, 5 feet 2 inches, 4 feet 8 inches, and 4 feet in diameter, respectively, having overflow connections with the old sewers at various points.
The total length of this drain is 3,774.7 feet, and the cost, $35,467.03 ; it is designed to drain, eventually, 285 acres. At Gilman square a bell-mouth connection was left, to be used in the future for draining the Lowell Railroad valley, between School street and Cedar street; this section includes an area of about 118 acres, and at present has no storm-drainage system. A portion of this area is badly flooded at times, and the storm- drainage system should be extended in the railroad valley as a means of relief, the railroad corporation paying a proportional part of the expense for the benefits it will derive therefrom.
A short section of the main trunk outlet for storm water in this Eastern district system remains to be constructed across the marsh land, on the line of Winthrop avenue extended, between Mystic avenue and Middlesex avenue.
When these two sections, just referred to, are constructed, the whole watershed area on the northeasterly side of the city, com- prising 520 acres, will be completely drained, and cellars and streets permanently relieved from flooding during storms.
On the southerly side of this watershed, flooding is also experienced, and for the purpose of giving relief to a portion of the district, a storm-relief drain has been constructed during the past year, from the Washington street and Somerville avenue sewers, in Union square, northwesterly in Bow street, on the easterly side, crossing through Wesley square, and extending on the westerly side of Summer street to the junction of School street, a distance of 2,080.8 feet.
The structure is built of concrete and brick masonry, varying in size from 5 feet to 3 feet 4 inches in diameter, with relief
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overflows, constructed at different points, connecting the old sewerage system.
C. E. Trumbull & Co. were the contractors, and the total cost of construction amounted to $18,259.94.
The southerly and westerly portion of this same watershed area, in the vicinity of Union square, and westerly to the Cam- bridge line, being a very flat and low area, presents a more difficult problem in the city's drainage system.
Within this area there are many cellars at a lower elevation than tide-water, and whenever a heavy storm occurs, accom- panied with a high tide, some 700 cellars become more or less flooded by back sewage. To relieve this district, an entirely separate system of sewers has been designed for house drainage only, having its outlet into the metropolitan sewer, the present ·system to be used for storm drainage.
A section of this separate sewer system, a part of the main trunk line, was constructed the past year, extending from the Metropolitan sewer at Poplar street, along the northeasterly side of Somerville avenue to Prospect street, a distance of 1,846 feet. The work of construction was divided into two sections, the contractors being Timothy F. Crimmings and C. E. Trumbull & Co. The sewer is built of concrete and brick masonry, egg shaped, 3 feet and 3 inches by 2 feet and 2 inches in size, the total cost amounting to $16,168.03.
By the extension of this separate system, with various branches, all cellars in the entire Somerville avenue and Con- cord square districts will be relieved from flooding during storms. Also to give partial relief in times of heavy rains to the present overcharged Somerville avenue sewer, a short sec- tion of storm-water drain should be constructed from Somer- ville avenue easterly to the present head of Miller's River, on the northeast side of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, at the East Cambridge line ; this outlet would be protected by auto- matic tide-gates.
The past year sewers have been built in a section in the westerly part of the city, between Clarendon Hill and Alewife Brook; these are small pipe sewers, constructed for house drainage only, and have their outlet into the Metropolitan
5'-0" STORM DRAIN CONNECTING WITH 5'-6" SEWER IN UNION SQ.
33" x 22" SEWER UNDER 5'-6" SOMERVILLE AVE. SEWER AT PROSPECT ST. INVERT SOMERVILLE AVE. SEWER 38" STEEL.
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sewer. New sewers have been built and old ones rebuilt in various streets in different parts of the city, as required by petitions, during the year.
METROPOLITAN SEWER CONNECTIONS.
During the year 1898, four new connections have been made with the Metropolitan sewer mains, three in the vicinity of Alewife Brook, and the other at the junction of Somerville avenue and Poplar street. At present the city has within its limits, eight connections between the local system and the State sewer, and also two outlets for sewage from small districts through the cities of Cambridge and Medford.
A connection should be made at North Union street for the district on Mount Benedict and vicinity, preventing the discharge of this sewage into Mystic River.
About sixty-nine miles of sewers, having over eleven thou- sand house connections in the city, are connected with the Metropolitan sewer mains. The city's assessment for mainte- nance of the Metropolitan sewer for 1898 was $9,046.15, and on construction account, $22,520.16. The total amount paid by the City of Somerville on account of construction and maintenance of the Metropolitan sewerage system has been $202,506.37.
SEWERS AND STORM DRAINS CONSTRUCTED IN 1898.
Nineteen sewers have been constructed during the year, a length of 14,975.3 feet (2.84 miles), at a total cost of $33,240.92. One sewer, contracted for, remained uncom- pleted December 31, 1898.
On thirteen of these sewers, assessments have been levied on the abutting land owners, amounting to $11,107.04; the remaining six sewers will be assessed the coming year.
Eight thousand and seventy-six and nine-tenths feet (1.53 miles) of storm-water drains, costing $70,584.81, have been con- structed during the year.
The total cost of constructing the sewerage system in the city has amounted to about $843,200.00, and the total amount expended for storm-relief drains, exclusive of land damages, about $131,128.00.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CATCH-BASINS AND MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION WORK.
Forty-two catch-basins have been built during the year 1898, at a total cost of $1,715.22.
The total number of catch-basins built in the city Decem- ber 31, 1898, is nine hundred and forty-one.
By the addition of more basins on the streets in the locali- ties of the newly constructed storm drains, the highways of the city can be better maintained and at a less expense.
Ten manholes have been constructed on a portion of the old sewerage system in the East Somerville district, east of Cross street, at a total cost of $272.33, for the purpose of inspecting and cleaning the sewers in this district.
A temporary wooden tide-gate has been built at a cost of $296.65, in the Winthrop Avenue storm drain, at its outlet on Mystic avenue into the creek across the marsh lands ; this tide- gate will be permanently constructed at Middlesex avenue, when the storm drain is completed, in the place of the tide- water creek.
The outlet to the Tannery Brook storm drain, in Cambridge, has been improved and extended during the year at a cost of $455.24.
MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM, 1898.
The general work and cost of maintaining the sewerage system of the city increases each year as more catch-basins are added, more connections with the Metropolitan sewer made, and additional lengths of sewers and storm drains constructed, all of which must be cleaned and flushed occasionally during the year.
The cost of changing the line and grade and repairing man- holes, the cleaning of flooded cellars, the flushing, cleaning, repairing and general maintenance of sewers during the year 1898, amounted to $3,641.61.
The cost of changing the line and grade, repairing, clean- ing, flushing and general maintenance of catch-basins during the year 1898, amounted to $3,694.36.
Permits were granted the past year for laying two hundred and eighty-six private drains connecting buildings with the
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public sewers, and for the repairing of thirty-three old drains. All connections with the public sewers are made by licensed drain layers, under the direction of the city's inspector, and are located and recorded for future reference. The cost of inspec- tion, location and general supervision of house drains has amounted to $368.02.
EXPENDITURES IN SEWER DEPARTMENT, 1898.
The total cost of work done under Sewers Construction account during the year amounted to $108,567.71, which includes the amount expended for construction of storm-relief drains.
The total cost of work done under Sewers Maintenance account during the year amounted to $7,703.99.
TABLE SHOWING STORM DRAINS CONSTRUCTED IN 1898.
DISTRICT BENEFITED.
FROM
To
CONTRACTOR.
7
Size
in Inches.
Length in
Cubic Yds.
Engineering
Inspection.
Materials
Furnished by
Average Cut.
Average Cost
per Foot.
East Somerville District.
Broadway.
Winthrop ave. Broadway .
Cross st. .
T. H. Bryne . .
42
1,877.5
757
$619.90
$428.10
13.2
$8.38
$15,741.27
Cross st.
End drain built 1897
Broadway . .
City. Day labor .
90×85
25.7
(Includes Bell-mouth.)
755.67
Broadway. Sargent ave.
Winthrop ave. Broadway .
Sargent ave. Sherman ct.
Richard Falvey. . .
62-56 56
1,648.6
115.1
631.41
286.30
13.5
8.84
14,566.77
Sherman ct ..
Sargent ave.
Marshall st ..
Sherman ct.
·
C. E. Trumbull & Co.
56 66 66-48 18
2,126.1
8.2
878.30
1,242.95
11.6
0.83
20,900.26
Gilman sq. .
Marshall st. .
Medford st. .
Gilman sq. .
Somerville Ave. District.
Union sq. . .
Washington st. sewer Union sq. Bow st ..
Bow st. . · Summer st .. School st. .
C. E. Trumbull & Co.
60-51 51 51-40
2,080.8
437.2
751.53
557.97
11.3
8.78
18,259.94
Summer st.
Tannery Brook Valley District.
Day st. .
Davis sq. . . .
Westerly . . .
C. E. Trumbull & Co.
A 20-12
318.2
16.00
81.18
10.0
1.13
360.90
Total . .
8,076.9
$70,584.81
.
A. Pipe.
Total length storm drains constructed by the city Jan. 1, 1899, 14,689.9 feet.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CONCRETE AND BRICK.
Total Cost.
Feet.
Rock.
and
City.
Winthrop ave.
Pearl st. . .
1
Marshall st. Gilman sq. . Medford st .. School st.
Bow st. . .
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1898.
ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST.
LOCATION.
SEWER.
SUB-DRAIN.
PIPE SEWER COST PER LINEAL FOOT.
NAME OF STREET.
FROM
To
CONTRACTOR.
MATERIAL EXCAVATED.
Average Cut.
Size in inches.
Length in feet.
Size in inches.
Length in feet.
Cubic yards
Price per Cubic
Yard, Rock.
Manholes.
Average
Cost Manholes.
Inlets.
Main
Sewer.
Sub-
Drain.
Pipe, including
where Laid.
Inspection.
Miscellaneous.
Average cost
Total Cost.
Assessment.
Cost to City.
Bowers ave.
Elm st.
Southwesterly
Charles A. Kelley .
Sand
6.5
8
216.5
1
6
Built at peti tioners'
expense
12.7
12
13.0
10
30 767
$0.50 0.50 0.65
$0.30 0.30 0.20
$0.24
$0.05
$0.02
$2.13
$3,927.03
$3,108.30
$818.73
Broadway
Met. sewer
Ab't 70' S. E. of Weston ave.
Charles A. Mongan
Hardpan and rock
8.5
248.8
6
1,098
347.0
$4.00
11
$48.95*
0,32 0,32
0.18
0.08
1.04
1,065.47
assessed
Curtis st.
Electric ave.
Conwell ave.
Daniel A. Dorey
Hardpan and rock
7.5
193.3
97.8
3.00
35.00
71
Endicott ave.
Broadway
Southwesterly
William F. Cunningham
7.4
S
407.0
6 401.0
93.0
5.00
1 33.25
30
0.37
0.15
0.22
0,09
0.03
2.09
850.02
555.24
294.78
Farragut ave.
Woodstock st.
Broadway .
William F. Cunningham
Sand
6.7
8
957.5
954.5
6.8
5.00
35.00
0.30
0.15
0.17
0.04
0.01
0.78
749.56
748.80
00.76
Garrison ave.
Proposed st. .
Near Broadway
William F. Cunningham
Sand
6.9
828.5
829.2
0.30
0.15
0.19
0.03
0.02
0.82
680,20
678,58
1.62
Jenny Lind ave.
Vernon st.
Near Medford
Charles A. Kelley
Hardpan and rock
6.3
8
167.3
5
818.0
14.7
4,00
39.00
51
0.55
0.15
0,30
0.06
0.02
1.28
1,052.85
1,052.47
0.38
Liberty ave.
Francesca ave.
Powder House ter.
Daniel A. Dorey
Hardpan and rock
8.0
10
374.5
308.6
2.45
3
45
0,47
0.17
0.08
2.04
1,340.59
1,091.42
249.17
Lincoln parkway
Clark st. .
Northerly and Westerly
City. Day labor
Filling and clay
2.0
12
678.3
4
18.84
0.21
0.32
0.04
0.68
463.53
463.31
0.22
Moreland st. .
Meachamn st.
Near Heath
Patrick Burke
Hardpan and rock
7.5
8
487.5
239.1
2.33
3
31.33
0,40
0.17
0.05
0.03
1.98
966.28
811.42
154.86
North st., and
Private lands
Raymond ave.
Daniel A. Dorey
Hardpan . .
8.3
12
219.5
10
225.5
2
12
0.32
0,15
Raymond ave.
North st. .
Southeasterly
Daniel A. Dorey
Hardpan and rock
6.5
B
1,194.5
1,194.5
85.4
3.75
2 34.75
87
0.30
0.10
0.31
0.06
1.30
1,844.59
To be assessed.
Private lands
Alewife brook
North st.
Richard Falvey
Peat
6.0
12
405.0
298,5
2 94.87*
0.47
0.15
0.58
0.11
0.03
2.18
885.86
assessed.
Raymond ave.
Curtis st.
Northwesterly
Daniel A. Dorey
Hardpan and rock
7.3
8
192.0
7.4
3,00
35.00
13
0.32
0.17
0.06
0.86
164.37
assessed
Somerville ave., Sec. 1.
Poplar st.
Medford st.
T. F. Crimmings
Peat and sand
18,5
358.3
650.3
3
12
Brick Sewer
12.03
4,305.85
4,305.85
Somerville ave., Sec. 2.
Medford st.
Prospect st.
C. E. Trumbull & Co.
Sand and clay
14.5
2,916.0
6
51
Brick Sewer
7.97
11,862.18
11,862.18
Tennyson st.
Sewer built in 1884
Near Pembroke s
Charles A. Kelley .
7.5
10
154.6
5.1
3.00
1 35.00
0.32
0,24
0,04
0.92
142.58
142.56
0.02
Victoria st.
Woodstock st.
Near Broadway
William F. Cunningham
6.7
847.4
847.0
0.9
5,00
63
0,30
0.15
0,17
0.03
0.02
0.76
644.82
643.69
1.13
Waterhouse st.
Woodstock st.
Near Broadway
William F. Cunningham
Sand and clay
5.9
8
791.2
6
791.2
37.50
56
0.30
0,15
0.17
0,03
0.02
0.76
603.83
602.28
1.55
Windsor road
Willow ave.
Near Gordonia road
William F. Cunningham
Sand and clay
8.4
S
237.5
2 35,90
24
0.44
0.12
0,03
0.72
384.38
383.68
0.70
Woodstock st.
Met. sewer
Victoria st.
Private lands and
Victoria st.
Garrison ave.
William F. Cunningham
Sand and clay
8.5
12
860.9
8 875.7
1.7
5.00
6 51.52*
44 0.43
0.24
0.33
0.14
0.01
1.52
1,306.93
825.29
481.64
Proposed st.
Garrison ave.
Farragut ave.
Total length and cost of new sewers built in 1898
$33,240.92 $11,107.04 $18,173.59
* Includes connections with Metropolitan sewer.
32,717.0 feet.
364,227.0 feet or 68.98 miles.
THE FOLLOWING SEWER UNCOMPLETED AND NOT ASSESSED DECEMBER 31, 1898.
NAME OF STREET.
FROM
To
CONTRACTOR.
MATERIAL EXCAVATED.
SIZE IN INCHES.
APPROXIMATE LENGTH IN FEET COMPLETED.
AMOUNT PAID DEC. 31, 1898.
Packard avenue and
Electric avenue
Private lands Curtis street
Timothy F. Crimming's
Clay and sand
12'' Pipe
.
16×24 Brick
250.0
Private lands
Packard avenue
$51.90
.
8.3
12
282
0,47
136
2.00
6
12
294.5
0.56
To be
30 )
26×39
6
26×39 22×33
1,426.0 63.0
6
..
0.44
8.2
10
300
6
8
6
5.8
10
654
10
831.9
To be
7.5
10
1,585.3
8
8
105
5
2
69
35.00
64
0.53
31
1
Hardpan
Sand and clay
8
6
2 38.62
2
14,975.3
331,510.0 feet.
Total length of sewers built by the city January 1, 1899 Total length of private sewers in the city January 1, 1899 Total length of sewers in the city January 1, 1899
Rock Excavation.
Excavation, Refilling and Pipe Laying.
Sub-Drain
per Lineal Foot.
.
Hardpan and rock
37.00
48
10
To be
Filling and rock
10
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PUBLIC GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
The public parks in the city have been maintained during the season of 1898 at about the same cost as the preceding year. Some changes have been made in the location and plant- ing of the various flower beds on the different parks. A rockery has been added in the pond on Broadway Park, which was decorated during the summer with tropical plants, water grasses and pond lilies.
By an agreement, Florist J. W. Howard has furnished and maintained all flowers, plants, bulbs, bedding and shrubbery used on the public grounds during the season.
The fence which surrounded the Parkway, in Broadway, has been removed, and an order was adopted by the City Council in December, authorizing the removal of the iron fence enclosing the Broadway Park, but nothing was done, on account of insufficient time.
Some of the walks on Central Hill Park have been partially repaired during the year, but the steep walks leading to the railroad station are in an unsafe condition and should be recon- structed ; also an additional number of settees should be placed on the different parks.
The matter of depositing ashes and refuse material on all parts of the Ward Two park has been restricted, and all dump- ing confined to Wyatt's pit, in one section of this park.
During the winter months, Lincoln Park and Broadway Park have been flooded, and some excellent ice provided which has been enjoyed by crowds of skaters; at the Central Hill Park, Nathan Tufts Park and Broadway Park, special police service has been furnished throughout the entire season, the police officers being on duty during afternoons and evenings, which has raised the character and increased the popularity of the city's public grounds, the parks having been more liberally patronized during the past season by visitors and bicycle riders than ever before.
In August the heirs of Nathan Tufts donated a new flag to be used on the old Powder House at Tufts Park.
An order was adopted by the City Council, April 11, 1898, naming the two parcels of land, Sanborn Field and Wyatt's Pit,
-
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
in Ward Two, recently purchased by the city for park purposes, Lincoln Park, and also for the laying out and constructing of the park according to a certain plan. (A copy of this plan was printed in the report of 1897.)
An appropriation of $5,000.00 was made for a partial con- struction of this park. A roadway, 40 feet in width and 1,220 feet long, with an average fill of 3 feet 7 inches, has been sub- graded, the athletic field leveled over and put in condition for surfacing, sewers and drains constructed, and the portion of the field around the old pit partially graded and filled. According to an agreement in the purchase, the roadway in this park must be completed by July 1, 1899. The athletic field can be finished for use during the coming year.
By an act of the Legislature, approved April 1, 1898, the City of Somerville was authorized to acquire and lay out land as a public park, located on the summit of Prospect Hill.
During the year about one half of the land in the area for this proposed park was purchased, being the Thompson Estate, located on the southwesterly side of Munroe (or High) street, opposite the intersections of Prospect Hill avenue and Green- ville street, and comprising 1.32 acres, the city paying $20,000.00 for the land, and the taxes for 1898, amounting to $356.21. The remainder of the land for this park, the Hutchins and Jones Estates, may be purchased or taken any time within three years. The total area of this park will be 2.57 acres.
A number of sketches and considerable data have been pre- pared during the last year on projected boulevards ; Chauncey and Winthrop avenues and a small piece of land from the north- east corner of Broadway Park have been taken by the Metro- politan Park Commission for the extension of the Fellsway boulevard to Broadway ; the construction of this boulevard was completed as far as Mystic avenue, by the State, during the year, and when the extension is completed, the city will have an entrance to the driveways through Middlesex Fells.
Another proposed boulevard has been agitated, which would also be a direct entrance to the Fells ; beginning at Powder House square, opposite the Tufts Park, and extending north- westerly across Tufts College and other private lands, along the
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easterly bank of Alewife brook, to near the junction of Boston avenue and Mystic River, at the city of Medford boundary line. The property owners on the line of this proposed boulevard will contribute the necessary land, with but one or two exceptions, and probably during the next year the matter will be definitely settled, the city being unable to take this land for boulevard purposes without first obtaining authority from the Legislature.
When constructed, this drive would connect with the pro- posed boulevard extending from Mystic Lake along the banks of Mystic River to the Wellington bridge. On this river boulevard, considerable preliminary work was done the latter part of the year by the cities of Somerville and Medford in conjunction with the Metropolitan Park Commission.
The total area maintained by the Public Grounds depart- ment amounts to 50.2 acres.
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CONDENSED TABLE SHOWING COST OF MAINTENANCE OF CITY'S PARKS FOR 1898.
Broadway Park.
Broadway Parkway.
Central Hill Park.
Nathan Tufts Park.
Lincoln Park.
Somerville Ave. Cemetery.
Miscellaneous.
Labor, care of walks, drives, grass, etc.
$1,086.82
$126.00
$800.17
$640.40
$ 99.38
$26.00
Labor, removing snow and ice from walks.
208.69
.
.
·
429.31
Labor, police service on park (including uniform)
320.90
200.45
239.45
Labor, trimming trees and destroying brown-tail moth
51.00
27.37
Use of water, season of 1898
5.00
15.00
20.00
15.00
5.00
Tools and sundry supplies .
60.12
53.02
22.33
30.50
Repairs of tools and property
25.83
9.00
20.10
11.50
12.22
Teaming and use of horse on mower
99.68
56.13
24.90
Repairing walks and drives, materials .
56.50
49.45
10.38
New flag, raising and lowering topmast .
48.00
· ...
Plants, flowers, bulbs, and maintenance of same
286.00
164.00
350.00
100.00
Totals, each park
$2,624.76
$314.00
$1,785.38
$1,063.96
$571.41
$50.82
$26.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURE, maintenance . . $6,436.33
CREDIT.
APPROPRIATION . .
$6,000.00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
400.00
WEST END STREET RAILWAY CO.
50.00
SALE OF MATERIALS
15.30
6,465.30
UNEXPENDED BALANCE
$28.97
·
New settees, repairing and painting settees
53.85
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Labor, flooding pond and care of ice for skating
456.92
19.82
Constructing rockery in pond
74.14
653
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
LINCOLN PARK, CONSTRUCTION, 1898.
Labor, laying out and grading
park
$1,446.06
Teaming and rolling .
281.02
Underdraining field, pipe $133.55, labor $84.00
217.55
Loam delivered, 317 cubic yards
64.46
Labor, construction of roadway .
-571.00
Filling delivered, 10,276 cubic yards .
1,805.83
Labor, care of dumping and grad- ing at Wyatt's pit
353.50
Tools and supplies
30.11
Sewer assessment
218.34
Total expended
$4,987.87
Appropriation
5,000.00
Unexpended balance .
$12.13
TABLE SHOWING TOTAL COST OF PARKS AS CONSTRUCTED. (Exclusive of Maintenance.)
Broadway Park (15.9 acres.)
Central Hill Park (13.1 acres.)
Nathan Tufts Park (4.5 acres.)
Lincoln Park (8.3 acres.)
Prospect Hill Park (1.3 acres.)
Cost of land purchased for park purposes.
$126,257.10
$104,186.00
$19,424.55
$37,592.92
$20,356.21
First cost of laying out and constructing . .
86,138.57
31,624.70
33,404.83
5,602.87
Total cost
$212,395.67
$135,810.70
$52,829.38
$43,195.79
$20,356.21
HIGHWAYS.
Ten streets have been accepted during the year, an aggre- gate length of nine-tenths of a mile, making the total length of public streets, fifty-six and thirty-eight one-hundredths miles.
654
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Seventeen private streets have been added the past year, making a total length of thirty-two and twenty-four one- hundredths miles.
The sum total, public and private streets in the city, Decem- ber 31, 1898, is eighty-eight and sixty-two one-hundredths miles.
During the year, eighteen thousand four hundred and thirty-two feet, or three and one-half miles, of edgestone have been set, and sixteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven yards of brick sidewalk constructed, making a total of about seventy-five and nine-tenths miles of edgestone and about fifty miles of brick sidewalk.
About one fourth of a mile of paved streets have been con- structed the last year, making a total length of two and four- tenths miles of granite paved streets.
The latter part of the year the City Council granted a location to the Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas Company for laying two 36-inch supply mains in the highways across the easterly end of the city ; the route extending from the Charles- town line through Washington street, Prospect street, Hough- ton street and Springfield street to Inman square, Cambridge.
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