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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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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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