Report of the city of Somerville 1900, Part 24

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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Wyatt (south)


2


Both


Lincoln park


Concord ave.


6.67


969.9


862 51


. . 323


450 95


Wyatt (north)


2


Easterly


Washington st.


Lincoln park


1


6.67


862.5


599 74


287


441 14


Totals


40,874.9


5,950.8


$35,210 53


11,989


$18,915 18


(1) Includes 117 square yards concrete gutter.


Total assessment, $17,320.66.


Net cost to city, $17,889.87.


(2) Abatement, $284.65.


* Gutters uncompleted


Length of Edgestone and Brick Sidewalk in Each Ward.


Edgestone.


Brick.


Ward One


14.424 miles.


11.208 miles.


Ward Two


8.737 miles.


3.642 miles.


Ward Three


12.331 miles.


11.125 miles.


Ward Four


11.483 miles.


7.749 miles.


Ward Five


11.576 miles.


S.820 miles.


Ward Six


14.343 miles.


6.398 miles.


Ward Seven


13.196 miles.


6.103 miles.


Total lengths in the city


86.090 miles.


55.045 miles.


8.00


1,742.8


1,210 13


581


1,252 32


(1) Benton road


4


Southeasterly


Veazie st. .


Walter st.


6.67


214.8


177 35


Broadway


1


Northerly . Both .


Park st.


Vine st.


6.67


609.0


420 92


203


232 88


Highland ave.


Boston & Lowell R. R.


6.67


78.5


96 78


Grove


Southeasterly


Elm st.


( Southwesterly


Elm st.


Elm st.


Hall avenue .


7


Northeasterly


( Northeasterly


Kent st.


Mondaniin court


$ 5.00 l


Central st.


6.00


2,384.2


1,630 25


795


967 19


Prospect


2


Southeasterly


Estate of City of Somerville


Estate of Babcock


8.33


392.9


266 94


131


230 15


Somerville ave.


Subway


6.67


242.2


186 22


81


154 85


(2) *Meacham (Extension)


5


Southwesterly


Central st.


Lowell st. .


6.67


917.0 327.6


$862 30


Ashland


Northeasterly


Central st.


Beech st.


6.67


257.7


184.4


322 86


86


105 95


Atherton


6


G


Both .


Somerville ave.


Estates of Hills & Cotton


Tufts st.


6.67


329.3


259 30


Glen st.


Estate of


Thierry


1 6.673


$ 7.50 }


Estate of Morrow


Washington st.


{ Westerly


Lincoln park


Wyatt place


150.0


§ Westerly


Both


School st. .


Oxford


Northwesterly


Glen


6.67


6.67


TOTAL COST.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE SECTION OF VITRIFIED BRICK PAVING AS LAID IN DAVIS SQ 1900 E W BAILEY CITY ENGINEER.


RAIL


EL., 30.78


EL., 30.79


SAND 9_CONCRETE


EL., 30.21


7


SUB FOUNDATION ROLLED BY 15 TON ROAD ROLLER


GEO. H.WALKER & CO. BOSTON.


SCALE 1 IN = 3 FT


EDCESTONE


SIDEWALK


BRICK


2997


CITY ENGINEER.


Cabot, & Daly, for the first-named amount. The structure: built is a granite arch bridge, having a span of sixty feet and a rise of 12.85 feet, the length is 120 feet and width fifty-six feet, with a coping projecting one foot on either side; the roadway is forty feet wide and the sidewalks eight feet in width. The bridge is built on a skew angle of sixteen degrees. The foundations are built of concrete masonry, and the outside of the wing walls, arch, coping, and pilasters are of rock-faced granite, of slightly differ- ent color and quality.


The total amount of masonry in the bridge is 1,877 cubic vards, and was constructed for $148.60 less than the original bid. The contractor furnished a portion of the filling to bring the street surface to sub-grade between the wing walls of the bridge, at an expense of $547.50, and extra work was done, for the city of Medford, at an expense of $126.75.


A substantial iron fence to protect travel was erected on the- line of the back of the sidewalk at an expense of $491, making the cost of the bridge construction complete $18,316.65 ; the Boston Elevated Railway Company paying $5,000, and the two cities bearing the remainder of the expense.


Broadway Bridge. The extension of the double tracks on Broadway to the town of Arlington necessitated the widening of the roadway and lengthening of the old bridge over Alewife. brook.


The granite arch, with a span of fifteen feet and rise of 7.5 feet, was extended westerly twenty-four feet, granite masonry wing walls built, and an iron rail fence erected on each sidewalk line, making the street its full width, sixty-five feet, and corre- sponding with similar work done in Arlington.


Davis Square Pavement. The grade in the square was lowered about eighteen inches in the centre, making a uniform slope in cross-section, and the sub-grade foundation rolled with a twelve-ton steam road roller; on this was placed a six-inch layer of concrete and one inch of sand on which the vitrified bricks were laid and the joints filled with Portland cement grout ; at intervals of about thirty feet, three joints were filled with tar. The work was done by contract, the city furnishing the vitrified bricks, which were the "Catskill Block"; 3,246 square yards were. laid and the total cost per yard was $2.65.


The railroad company paved the space occupied by their double tracks, a width of about fourteen feet, amounting to 1,018, square yards, to correspond with the city's work.


:300


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWER DEPARTMENT.


Construction. What are termed the "separate system" sewers have been extended during the past year in the low, flat districts in the southwesterly part of the city.


One of the main lines was continued westerly on the north- erly side of Somerville avenue, from Prospect street to Oak square, and in Elm street as far as Linden avenue, also on the southerly side of Somerville avenue from near Dane street to . Oak square; another section was built on the northerly side of Somerville avenue, extending from Poplar street easterly to near the Cambridge line.


A line has been built from the junction of Newton street and Webster avenue, extending through Clark street, Lincoln park, and on the northerly side of Washington street as far as Hanson street, and on the southerly side of Washington street from Lin- coln park to Wyatt street ; also lines were built on the southerly side of Prospect street and westerly side of Webster avenue.


These sewers vary in size from 24-inch pipe to 8-inch pipe, and the length laid during the year amounted to 14,791.4 feet (2.8 miles), and cost $31,220.95. The entire length of this new sys- tem constructed in the low and flat districts for the purpose of relieving flooded cellars is 6.05 miles, and no assessments are levied for this system.


Twenty pipe sewers have been laid in different parts of the city, as petitioned for at various times, a combined length of 10,314.3 feet (1.95 miles), costing $11,150.33; of this amount, $10,573.81 has been assessed on the estates benefited, the city as- suming the remainder. Total length of sewers constructed dur- ing 1900, 4.75 miles.


A bell-mouth chamber was constructed on Mystic avenue at the junction of Winthrop avenue for the purpose of joining three large sewer overflows (seven feet six inches, five feet, four feet two inches) into one outlet line, discharging across the marsh lands into Mystic river in times of storms. This structure was built of concrete and brick masonry on a pile foundation, and cost $2,264.82.


Seventy-nine catch basins have been built (including ten constructed on the line of the Powder-house boulevard), making the total number of basins in the city 1,118.


The total length of the city's sewerage system is 77.7 miles, and the total cost of constructing has been about $904,971; in addition to this are three miles of large sewer relief drains used in times of storms, which have cost $132,367.


In the table showing sewers built in 1900 will be found an itemized statement of construction and cost.


B


BASKET MANDLE


5-0"


CIRCLE


EL., 3.25 EL., 2-60


4.2" CIRCLE


8- 84" x 9-3" BASKET HANDLE OUTLET


SECTIONAL PLAN ON SPRING LINES PILING AND CAPS DOTTED


B-


CITY BASE MLW


E.VONES.


SECTIONAL ELEVATION ON A A


RADIUS 9:38"-


-RADIUS 4-72"-


8-84x 9-37/BASKET HANDLE


DIAMETER 8-8#.


RADIUS 14-5 **


+DIAM 9-3"


ELEVATION OF OUTLET


CITY DASE MLW


SECTIONAL ELEVATION ON BB


GEO.H.WALKER &CO.BOSTON.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS BELL MOUTH CHAMBER MYSTIC AVE AT WINTHROP AVE SHOWING THREE DRAINS CONVERTED INTO ONE OUTLET 1900 E W BAILEY CITY ENGINEER SCALE 0 If 2f 30 44 54 6^


30g


CITY ENGINEER.


Statement of Expense, 1900, Sewers Construction Account.


Cost of extending seven lines "separate sys- tem" sewers (no assessment)


$31,220 95


Cost of constructing twenty sundry sewers (assessments levied)


11,150 33


Constructing bell-mouth chamber, Mystic avenue catch basins, street


2,264 82


Building sixty-nine drainage


2,654 31


Tannery Brook storm drain, final payment 1896 contract .


2,800 00


Tannery Brook storm drain, land damages . Final payments on sewers constructed in 1899 ·


1,210 79'


Stationery, advertising, settlement for dam- ages, incidentals


219 30


Materials on hand, drain pipe, $1,015.41, catch basin stock, $56.75, manhole stock, $272.60


1,344 76


Depreciation in value of materials


18 84


Total


CREDIT.


Balance unexpended December 31, 1899


12,125 12


Appropriated from Water Works income


12,000 00


Received from Sidewalks account, drainage estates, etc.


65 26


Sundry sewer assessments, constructed in 1900


10,573 81


Materials on hand December 31, 1900. drain pipe, $119.91, catch basin stock, $84.50, manhole stock, $21.60 ·


226 01


Unpaid bills, reserves to be paid on 1900 con- tracts


1,453 93


69,418 03


Balance unexpended


$15,430 99


Maintenance. A number of manholes have been built on old sewers where there was no means of examining their condition, and for the purpose of cleaning, and old sewers repaired where found defective.


The large amount of edgestone set during the year and the laying of street railway tracks has necessitated the changing the line and grade of seventy-two catch basins and eighty-eight manholes.


Two hundred and ninety-nine new house drains have been connected with public sewers and forty-three drains repaired dur- ing the year by licensed drain layers, their work inspected, and the drains located and recorded in the office for future reference.


The work of maintaining the city's sewerage system in- creases as miles of new sewers are constructed each year, more


$53,987 04


$32,973 90


Balance of water rates for 1899


1,102 94


-302


ANNUAL REPORTS.


catch basins built, and connections made with the Metropolitan Sewerage System, and requires a force of men kept permanently for the purpose of cleaning, repairing, and looking after the sani- tary condition of the system.


Statement of Expense, 1900, Sewers Maintenance Account.


Maintenance of sewers, including repairing and cleaning


$3,193 50


Maintenance of catch basins, repairing and cleaning Changing line and grade of manholes and re- pairing


3,975 28


322 68


Changing line and grade of catch basins and repairing


·


343 14


Inspection and location of house drains


445 85


Rent of water course across marsh land to Mystic river


300 00


New tools and supplies


312 68


Repairs of tools and property


81 55


Changing line and grade of manholes for street railway tracks


203 31


Labor and materials furnished city depart- ments


368 43


Sundry expenses, car fares, telephone, etc. .


43 32


Materials on hand, cement, $3.60, lumber, $12.00


15 60


Total


$9,605 34


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$9,000 00


Receipts from city departments and miscel-


laneous accounts


472 28


Manhole covers from old sewers


141 00


Materials on hand, cement, $6.80, lumber, $12.00, drain pipe, $1.02


19 82


9,633 10


Balance unexpended


Value of tools and property used in mainte-


nance of sewers


$805 55


.


$27 76


Somerville's assessment for maintenance of the Metropolitan sewerage system for 1900 was $13,651.50, and on construction account, $28,272.40.


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TOOLS AND APPURTENANCES USED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM -


1


TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1900.


LOCATION.


ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST.


SEWER.


SUE-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 Rock


Price per cubic


yard, Rock.


Manholes.


Excavating, Re- filling, and Pipe Laying.


Pipe, including


where laid.


Inspection.


Miscellaneous.


Average cost per


Total cost.


Assessment.


Cost to City.


Bay State ave.


Mallet st.


Northerly and southerly


Charles A. Kelley .


Hardpan and rock .


7.6


00


448.5


253.5


142.9


$2.50


3


34


$0.34


$0.08


.21


$ .01


$1.53


$1,477.46


$1,475.94


81.52


Bay State ave.


Kidder ave.


Northerly and southerly


Jolın C. Terry


Hardpan and rock


6.3


&


518.5


G


369.0


3.10


3


28.55


40


.31


.06


Clark st. and Lincoln Park


Newton st.


Washington st.


Chas, G. Craib


Clay and filling


9.8


20


1149.6


903.0


3


50.95


42


Washington st. (north side)


Opp. Lincoln Park


Hanson st


Chas. G. Craib


San


11.8


18


1518.3


5 and 6 1441.0


50.95


43


1.32 .95


.10


61


.06


$ .02


2.20


7,157.52


7,157.52


Washington st. (south side)


Lincoln Park:


Perry st.


Chas. G. Craib


Sand


12.3


444.0


414.0


3


50.95


11


Washington st.


South Side


North side


Chas. G. Craib


Sand and clay


12.


48.


50.0


176.4


2.85


30.71


94


.31


.04


.04


.01


1.1


1,509,13


1,494.02


15.11


Eustis st.


Beacon st.


Cambridge line


City of Cambridge


12


177.0


Day Labor ,


cost un known.


32.55


27


37


23


.01


.81


335,80


334.93


.87


Holyoke road


Elm st.


Angle


Charles A. Kelley .


Clay and filling


8.1


10


488.8


4.7


2.50


38,55


.52


.07


.10


1.16


631.86


631.42


.44


Angle


Near Elm st.


Charles A. Kelley


Clay


5.6


55.


5.9


938.5


940.5


.31


.15


21


.04


.77


744.82


744,75


.07


Kidder ave.


Lowden ave.


Bay State ave.


John C. Terry


Hardpan and rock


6.0


226.0


229.0


32.2


3.10


.34


.06


2G


09


1.19


268.76


268.64


.12


Lovell st.


Electric ave.


Southerly


Charles A. Kelley


Hardpan


7.1


118.0


1 1


.25


End of above


Southerly


Charles A. Kelley


Hardpan and rock


7.1


112.7


20.2


4.00


+1


2.00


.25


.02


.80


299.69


299.05


.64


Lowden ave.


Broadway


Mallet st.


Charles A. Kelley .


Hardpan


8.1


419.1


6


419.1


33.55


29


.34


.08


.25


.09


1.43


1,706,38


1,703.49


2.89


Mallet st.


Near Fosket st.


John C. Terry


Hardpan and rock


8.6


770.5


770.5


224.5


3.10


28,55


54


.34


.06


.08


.25


.09


1.3


329.83


299.24


30.59


Mystic ave.


Junction Win throp ave.


C. E. Trumbull & Co. .


Clay and peat


Bell Mouth


Chamber.


10


242.0


1


31.37


17


.34


.04


.51


.04


1.06


256.25


247.48


8.77


Passageway off Cedar st.


Cedar st.


Easterly


Bart. Burke


Filling


5.3


00


144.8


1


35.55


.28


.02


98.90


82.65


10.25


Passageway off Main st.


Fremont st.


Passageway


D. A. Dorey


Hardpan and rock


8.2


45.0


13.2


3.00


- 1


.40


.07


.03


204.75


204.17


.58


Passageway off Main st.


Main st.


Southwesterly


D. A. Dorey


Hardpan and rock


6.5


6 150.2


7.0


3.00


1 1


38.55


.30


11


.37


.03


.65


406.70


106.64


.06


Pritchard ave.


End of above


Frederick ave.


Richard Falvey


Clay


6.7


303.5


30,55


.33


.49


.01


.13


.08


1.09


392.50


392.50


Rogers ave.


Manhole in Broadway .


Rogers ave.


Wm. J. McCarthy


Hardpan


11.8


44.6


G


47


1


48.55


.75


.15


.20


.05


1.08


1,038.20


1,038.00


.20


Rogers ave.


Broadway


Near Frederick ave.


Wm. J. McCarthy


Clay and rock


7.9


8


917.8


C


26.1


5.00


2


48.55


.38


.15


1


.47


.08


.10


1.18


532.37


532.37


School st. and Richdale ave.


Essex st.


Northwesterly


Wm. J. McCarthy


Filling


6.2


12


37.0


Somerville ave., Sec. III


Prospect st.


Laurel st.


H. A. Hanscom & Co.


Clay, sand, and rock


13.5


3358.1


5


271.1


5.00


11


61.57


110


9


.12


.02


3,92


13,177.91


13,177.91


Somerville ave., Sec. IV


Laurel st.


Belmont st.


Chas. G. Craib


Sand


10.5


20


1573.8


4


41.92


52


.90


.10


Somerville ave., Sec. IV


Belmont st.


Porter st.


Chas. G. Craib


Sand, gravel, and rock


10.0


1019.9


9.4


6.00


41.92


31


.80


.10


04


1.62 4,888.33


4,888.33


Somerville ave., Sec. IV


Porter st.


Linden ave.


Chas. G. Craib


Clay


10.0


12


417.8


12


921.5


5


11.5


3


38


.90


.05


22


.05


.00


1.47 2,529.36


2,529.36


Somerville ave., Sec. V


Linwood st.


Franklin ct.


H. A. Hanscom & Co.


Filling and peat


8.5


796.9


2


48,7G


1.12


.05


.55


.01


.05


.01


.96


2,164.08


2,164.08


Somerville ave., Sec. VI


Across Somervilleav. at Laurelst. and op. Craigie st.


H. A. Hanscom & Co,


Sand


10.0


70.4


.01


38.15


1 1


,55


.01


Spencer ave.


Fanning ave.


Easterly


John C. Terry


Clay


7.6


10


425.2


Spencer ave.


End of above


Near Cedar st.


John C. Terry


Clay


7.1


8


254.5


Warwick place


Warwick st.


Northerly


Jere Donovan


Hardpan and rock


5.6


127.0


13.0


1.00


0


.24


.14


.05


.09


.63


78.16


78.14


.02


Webster ave.


Prospect st.


Cambridge line


City Labor


Clay and filling


7.0


922.9


4


32.57


28


.16


.04


.99


911.25


911,25


West st.


Highland ave.


Northerly


C. A. Mongan


Filling .


6,5


10


177.6


(Pipe furnished by ow ners.)


...


.37


.03


.06


.46


82.03


81.85


.18


Hall st.


Cherry st.


Near Cedar st.


Jolın C. Terry


Clay


8.4


10


413.8


Josephine ave.


Broadway


Near Frederick ave.


Southerly


John C. Terry


Hardpan and rock


G.0


363.0


G


191.0


113.8


3.00


31.55


.48


.17


.18


.07


1.8!


671.16


602.62


68.54


Broadway


Northerly


Charles A. Kelley .


Hardpan


7.0


8 145.0


#1


10


.25


Mallet st.


Lowden ave,


Bay State ave.


Charles A. Kelley .


Hardpan and rock


7.7


240.0


240,0


11.5


1,00


54.7


2.5


North st.


Raymond ave.


Conwell ave.


Jolın C. Terry


Hardpan


7.0


10


242.4


12


359.5


36.55


11


Prospect st.


Webster ave.


Old sewer


John C. Terry


Sand and clay


9.0


School st. and Richdale ave.


Medford st


Essex st.


Wm. J. McCartby


Hardpan and filling


7.1


18


414.0


Somerville ave., Sec. V


Poplar st.


Linwood st.


H. A. Hanscom & Co.


Gravel, clay, and peat


Sand


10.5


12 237.2


Somerville ave., Sec. VI


Park st.


Opp. Craigie st.


H. A. Hanscom & Co.


Sand


8.3


10 1954.1


.01


38.15


.55


.01


22


.18


.05


.01


.70


478.08


478.03


.05


1


31.55


12


.33


Total length and cost of new sewers built in 1900


25,106.6


$44,636.10


$10,471.06


$31,165.04


"Chimney at end of sewer. t Cost sheeting and concrete.


Total length of sewers built by the city January 1, 1901 Total length of private sewers in the city January 1, 1901


377,244.4 feet 33,009.0 feet


410,253.4 feet, or 77.7 miles.


Total length of sewers in the city January 1, 1901


00


1276.6


G


1279.6


A


Conwell ave.


North st.


Near Curtis st.


Jolın C. Terry


Hardpan and rock


6.7


Near Frederick ave.


Wm. J. McCarthy


Hardpan and loam


38.55


41


.52


1


17


4


33.55


10


8


8


Clay


8.7


10


319.3


3


2.50


30.55


Pritchard ave.


Morrison ave.


Northerly


Richard Falvey


.16


.51


.47


1.75


1.12


1.45


.70


.10


Somerville ave., Sec. VI


Opp. Laurel st.


Park st.


H. A. Hanscom & Co.


.01


1


38.15


10


1


2


31.55


17


.34


N


41,92


10


1


10


.12


1.05


2,264,82


2,264.82


.08


24


805.6


15


4


48.70


11.0


915,9


40


.02


2.00


.34


Average Cost Manholes.


Inlets


Main


Sewer.


Sub-


drain.


Sub-drain


lineal foot.


103.6


Excavation.


$33.55


3


.28


.01


22


15


8


CO


1


TAUBAT


TOURNER HOMBRE


LINES OF FRENCH REDOUBT


118:2 FT


87.7 FT


H


46.6 FT


33.2 FT


BATTERY BUILT 1885


LJ 99


43.4 FT


INSCRIPTION ON TABLET PLACED ON WALL OF BATTERY


23:2 F10


27.5 FT


18700JU HONJU 10 SANIT !!! FT


SIDEWALK


310.4 FT


HIGHLAND AVE


SIDEWALK


LINES OF FRENCH REDOUBT


GRANITE MONUMENTS MARK THE ANGLES AS SHOWN ON THIS PLAN


THIS TABLET SHOWS THE LINES OF THE FRENCH REDOUBT WHICH WAS FINALLY OBLITERATED IN 1885 AFTER STANDING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY


NORTH


188.5 FT


GEO.H.WA


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LINCOLN PARK BALL


MELD FLOOD


EDTFOR _


SKATING IN WINTER


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CITY ENGINEER.


PUBLIC GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.


The parks and playgrounds of the city have been maintained at a comparatively small expense for the pleasure and benefit de- rived by the children and citizens ; park police have been pro- vided throughout the year, and during the winter ponds main- tained for skating.


The athletic field at Lincoln park has been in constant use for ball games and other sports ; a new running and bicycle track has been constructed of four and one-half laps to the mile, and an appropriation made for an out-doors' gymnasium. The city's lot at the corner of Broadway and Cedar street has been partially graded for a ball field. and when completed will give that section of the city a long-desired playground.


An appropriation has been made for laying out an athletic field on a section of the Tufts College land, lying between Broad- way and the Powder-house boulevard, opposite Tufts park; also an appropriation has been made for purchasing the remaining land of about one and one-fourth acres on Prospect hill to com- plete this park area.


The water tower that was located on top of Spring hill has been removed and the area will be converted into a small pleas- ure park.


On Central hill the location of the lines of the old French redoubt has been established and stone bounds set locating the angle points of the old breast-works. A descriptive tablet has been placed on the present "battery wall" showing the location of these bounds, lettered, for future historical reference.


The total area in the city maintained as parks and play- grounds is 52.1 acres.


Statement of Expense, 1900, Maintenance and Improvement.


Broadway Park (15.9 acres), maintenance :-


Labor, care of walks, grass, etc.


$1,090 75


Labor, preparing pond for skating


152 00


Labor, police service


323 00


Tools and supplies


132 42


Repairing tools and property


55 50


Plants, flowers, etc.


175 00


Repairing flagstaff


175 50


$2,104 17


Broadway Parkway (1.4 acres), maintenance :-- Labor, care of grass, etc.


$178 50


Plants, flowers, etc.


75 00


253 50


Central Hill Park (13.1 acres), maintenance :-


Labor, care of walks, grass, etc.


$1,060 68


Labor, removing ice and snow 87 50


Amounts carried forward


$1,148 18


$2,357 67


.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$1,148 18


$2,357 67


Labor, police service


116 00


Tools and supplies


156 92


Repairing tools and property


39 46


Plants, flowers, etc.


500 00


1,960 56


Improvements :-


Grading around Library addition


$166 00


New concrete walks and gutters


816 77


Tablet and bounds showing location of old breastworks


191 50


1,174 27 .


Lincoln Park (8.3 acres), maintenance :--


Labor, care of walks, grass, etc.


$972 25


Labor, flooding field for skating


153 50


Labor, police service


253 00


Tools and supplies


245 10


Repairing tools and property


31 40


Plants, flowers, etc.


75 00


Filling in Wyatt's pit .


39 00


Improvements :-


Flag pole and flag


$298 15


Fence around Wyatt's pit


89 97


Sidewalk assessment


72 59


Running track and re-grading athletic


381 41


842 12:


Tufts Park (4.5 acres), maintenance :-


Labor, care of walks, grass, etc.


$783 94


Labor, police service .


137 00


Tools and supplies


41 85


Repairs, tools and property


6 70


New sprinklers for rockery


57 95


Plants, flowers, etc.


175 00


1,202 44


Playgrounds, Glen street, corner Oliver street (0.9 acre) :-


Maintenance -- Labor, care of grounds .


$8 25


Improvement-Sidewalk assessment


128 77


137 02


Prospect Hill Park (1.3 acres) :- Maintenance-Labor


5 00


Playgrounds, Webster avenue (0.2 acre) :-


Maintenance-Labor


14 00


Somerville-avenue Cemetery (0.7 acre) :- Maintenance-Labor, care of grounds 44 00


Amount carried forward


$9,506 33


1,769 25


field


CITY OF SOMERVILLE CROSS SECTION POWDER HOUSE BOULEVARD 1900 E W BAILEY CITY ENGINEER


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FOR CAR TRACK


UNDERDRAIN


40 FT ROADWAY


ORIGINAL SURFACE


0


ORIGINAL SURFACE I'll1.


¥6


FEJ


GEO.H.WALKER & CO.BOSTON.


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CITY ENGINEER.


Amount brought forward .


$9,506 33


Playgrounds, Somerville avenue, corner Kent street (0.8 acre) :-


Maintenance-Labor, care of grounds ·


$26 00


Seats around trees and set- tees 84 60


110 60


Improvement-Sidewalk assessment


93 11


Playgrounds, Belmont street, near Summer street (0.4 acre) :-


Maintenance-Labor, care of grounds $57 88


Removal of high service water tower . 33 15


91 03


Playgrounds, College avenue, opposite Morrison street (0.4 acre) :-


73 85


Maintenance-Labor, flooding grounds for skating


Playgrounds, Broadway, corner Cedar street (4.2 acres) :- Improvement-Sub-grading athletic field


638 92


Incidentals


45 85


Total expenditure (52.1 acres)


$10,559 69


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$10,200 00


Sale of high service water tower


360 00


10,560 00


Balance unexpended


$0 31


Appropriations Made and Unexpended.


Prospect Hill Park, for purchasing additional area (1.25 acres)


$15,000 00


· Land, junction Broadway and Main street, Winter Hill, for purchasing triangular piece (1,499 square feet) · Proposed athletic field, between Broadway and Powder House Boulevard, for construction (3.9 acres) Purchasing gymnastic apparatus


1,500 00


3,000 00


1,000 00


Total


Value of tools and property used in main- . . $20,500 00


tenance of the grounds $1,250 00


Powder House Boulevard. Construction work has been ex- tended from North street along the easterly side of Alewife brook to near the Medford line, a length of 3,000 feet, the road- way forty feet in width sub-graded, drains and catch basins con- structed, and sidewalks and loam spaces graded; also the side- walks have been completed on the 1899 work between Powder- house square and North street, so that the entire boulevard, a


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


mile and a quarter in lengthi, can be completed by the surfacing of the roadway, the planting of trees, and lighting.


The total cost of work done in 1900 was as follows :-


William J. McCarthy, contractor, labor and materials fur- nished $11,426 60 City, labor and materials furnished 203 76 .


Inspection of work and car fares .


371 70


Total


$12,002 06


Appended Table. Following the report is a table giving names of all streets in the city, public and private, lengths, widths, and the total mileage.


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST W. BAILEY, City Engineer.


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CITY ENGINEER.


TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH, AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS.


STREET.


FROM


To


Public or Private.


Width in Feet.


Public.


Private.


Adams


Broadway .


Medford st. .


Public.


40


900


Adrian


Marion st.


Joseph st.


Public.


40


579


Albion pl.


Albion st. .


Northeasterly


Private.


10


....


166


Albion ct.


Albion st. .


Southwesterly


Private.


16


116


Albion


Central st.


Cedar st.


Public.


40


2,742


Albion


Broadway .


Medford line


Private.


50


100


Albion ter.


Albion st. .




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