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The City Physician, in his examinations of candidates for the Police and Fire Departments, has no means of testing the strength of the applicants, which, I think, very important. I therefore recommend that apparatus for that purpose be fur- nished.
Respectfully submitted,
ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
City Physician.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 25, 1902.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-In accordance with the provisions of the city charter, the following report of the work done and expense in- curred for the year ending December 31, 1901, by the depart- ments under my charge and supervision, including Engineering, Sewers, Public Grounds, and other public works, is herewith presented.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
In the report of 1900 the duties of the City Engineer under the new charter and ordinances were described; the varied lines of work carried on by the Engineering department being prac- tically connected with every other department in the designing or constructing of some portion of the city's work before com- pletion.
The different departments have carried through to com- pletion during the year work contemplated for some time past.
The laying of double tracks in Cross street by the Boston Elevated Railway Company necessitated the paving of this cross- town street from curb to curb on account of the traffic. 7,289.6 square yards of asphalt pavement were laid by the Barber Asphalt Company, under a ten years' guarantee, extending be- tween Broadway and Tufts street, the railroad company paying about three-fifths of the cost of this surfacing. A Portland cement base, six inches thick, was laid as a foundation for the asphalt surfacing ; the work of resetting the edgestone and relay- ing the brick sidewalks was done by the city. At the junction of Cross and Medford streets, 498 square feet of land were pur- chased by the railroad company and turned over to the city for the purpose of enlarging Central square sufficiently to enable the laying of double tracks on this sharp curve.
About 3,000 feet of street railway tracks have been laid the past year, making a total of twenty-nine and one-third miles of electric railway tracks within the city limits.
Lines and grades have been given and assessments com- puted during the year for the construction of 4.357 miles of
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CITY ENGINEER.
edgestone and 2.793 miles of brick and granolithic sidewalks ; the average cost for setting the edgestone was eighty-two cents per linear foot and the laying of brick sidewalk ninety cents per square yard. In laying granolithic sidewalk the city has assumed what would be paid if a brick walk had been laid and the abutting owners the remainder ; also lines and grades have been given for the resetting of 9,000 linear feet of edgestone on old sidewalks, The total lengths of sidewalks in the city are respectively : Edge- stone, 90.447 miles, and brick, 57.838 miles.
Thirteen streets have been accepted during the year under the betterment act, an aggregate length of one and twelve- hundredths miles. A portion of these streets have been graded and macadamized, but no assessments levied.
Stone bounds should be set at all intersections whenever these new streets are laid out, so that the lines and angle points may be accurately defined and preserved for future reference. This important matter has been neglected for many years.
Under the revised ordinances, all plans for the acceptance of streets as public ways are made by the city engineer's depart- ment, and the expense charged to the property owners on the street. This has been satisfactory to both the abutters on the street and the city, as the lines and grades are agreed upon with no misunderstanding, incorrect plans do not have to be made over, all the data for establishing the acceptance lines and grades are on record in the office, and the expense is less to the property owners.
Streets Accepted in 1901, and to Be Constructed under the Betterment Act.
NAME OF STREET.
WARD.
FROM
To
Width in Feet.
Length in Feet.
Columbus ave
3
Windham road.
North westerly .
40
73
Conwell
6
Highland ave. .
Southwesterly .
35
363
Elmwood
7
Holland st. .
Cambridge line .
40
1,057
Fremont
5
Main st.
Meacham st.
40
612
Gilman ter.
4
Pearl st.
Northeasterly .
40
360
Gordonia road
now Hancock st
6
Summer st. .
Highland ave. .
40
521
Hammond
2
Dickinson st.
Concord ave.
.
40
267
Museum
6
Beacon st.
Cambridge line .
40
164
Powder H'se ter.
7
Kidder ave. .
Northeasterly .
40
331
Spencer ave.
6
Cedar st.
Hancock st.
40
727
Sycamore
5
Highland Ave. .
B. & L. R. R.
.
35
660
Sydney .
4
Grant st. .
Temple st.
40
679
Thorndike .
7
B. & L. R. R. .
Kingston st ..
40
115
Total
( 1.12 miles )
5,929
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Length of Accepted Streets in Each Ward.
Miles
Ward One
·
8.500
Ward Two
7.032
Ward Three
6.115
Ward Four
8.068
Ward Five
10.152
Ward Six
10.297
Ward Seven
12.924
Total length of accepted streets in the city . . 63.088
Grades have been given for relaying 3,836 square yards of the old granite block paving in Union square ; this work will last for a few years, but the square eventually should be laid with a less noisy and less dusty pavement, the prepared wooden block paving, similar to that just laid on Harvard bridge. A pave- ment of this kind, cleaned during the night and properly cared for, would give the business section of this square what is desir- able; and in other sections of the city a bituminous macadam could be laid to advantage, both as a wearing surface and as to cost.
A number of street names have been changed during the year, new streets numbered, and various old streets re-numbered. All buildings throughout the entire city were numbered previous to May first for the benefit of the assessors' department.
The total length of public streets in the city amounts to 63.088 miles and private streets 28.822 miles.
Lines and grades have been given for laying over three miles of new water mains, and all hydrants, gates, and water ser- vices accurately located and recorded in this office for future reference.
All plans filed at the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, showing property in Somerville, have been copied and indexed, and abstracts made from all deeds where assessments have been levied for sewers and sidewalks constructed and streets accepted.
Eight granite tablets, suitably inscribed, have been made and are to be erected in different parts of the city to mark historical points of interest.
A set of block plans could be made of the entire city from accurate surveys made during the past twenty-five years and compared, section by section, with the deed dimensions and areas recorded in the Assessors' Department, and in this manner the correct areas of land always determined ; this set of plans would also be of value to the water department and various other city departments, and would more than pay for the cost of making.
Grade Crossings and Bridges .- Nothing definite has been decided on the question of abolition of grade crossings on the line of the Fitchburg division in this city, as the best means of separating the present grades of the different railroads and the city's street at Somerville avenue has not been determined, it in-
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CITY ENGINEER.
volving the question of possible grade changes of the Lowell division of the Boston & Maine railroad, as well as the Grand Junction railroad in Cambridge. But the matter of abolishing the crossings between Webster avenue and Beacon street could be carried on in the mean time, if it was so decided, as this work can be treated wholly independent of the other grade crossings.
On the line of the Boston & Lowell division, two old bridges should be rebuilt immediately, namely, at School street and Syca- more street, and some conclusion should be arrived at with the Boston & Maine railroad corporation as to the construction of a new bridge at Lowell street, a most important crossing in the centre of our city, and eventually will be one of the principal cross-town streets.
Plans have been made which contemplate constructing a new pile bridge with a paved roadway over Mystic river just west of the Middlesex avenue bridge. This new structure is to be built under the direction of the Metropolitan Park Commission, and will be used jointly for boulevard travel and teaming pur- poses. Somerville has proposed the changing of the present established pier, or building line, shortening the length of the bridge, improving the river front and filling in the mud flats; at the same time it is proposed to widen the Fellsway drive on the westerly side, about seventy-two feet, which will make a broad approach to the new bridge.
Record plans have been made of all new work constructed in the city during the year, and many plans, estimates, etc., made for committees as required.
Statement of Expense, 1901, Engineer's Department.
Salary City Engineer (including mainte- nance of team)
$2,800 00
Salaries of assistants
8,238 77
Stakes, tools, and general supplies (outside work)
199 43
Draughting materials and office supplies (inside work)
237 34
Car fares
216 30
Telephone and incidentals
59 49
Total expenditure in the department Appropriation
$11,751 33
Credit by amount received for making ac- ceptance plans
125 00
12,025 00
Balance unexpended
$273 67
Classification of Expenditures, Assistants' Salaries.
Sewers-comprising surveys, estimates, pro- files, lines, grades, titles, plans, assess- ments, and all engineering work re- lating to sewers
$2,597 36
Amount carried forward
$2,597 36
-
.
$11,900 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$2,597 36
Highways-comprising plans, estimates,
titles, profiles, lines and grades, and all other engineering relating to the department
805 72
Sidewalks-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measurements, titles, costs, and assessments 837 95
Water Works -- comprising lines, grades, lo- cations of mains, gates, hydrants, and services, and other matters relating to water department 398 88
Public Grounds-comprising surveys, plans, estimates, profiles, and grades, includ- ing laying out of parks and grounds . 293 19 Public Buildings-comprising surveys, esti- mates, lines, grades, and other work relating to construction 43 86
Street Numbering-comprising locations of buildings, plans, and affixing street numbers on houses
249 82
Street Lines and Grades-comprising estab- lishing of lines, grades, and miscella- neous data given parties for building and grading 207 30
Middlesex Registry-comprising copying of plans and abstracts from deeds filed, and examination of titles 101 53
City Survey-comprising lines, angles, and measurements, calculations of trav- erses, and locations of division lines and buildings
714 78
Powder House Boulevard -- comprising sur- veys, calculations, taking of land plans, construction plans, profiles, deeds, and general engineering work in laying out and constructing 636 38
Railway, Telephone, Electric Light, and Gas Light Companies-comprising grades, plans, profiles, and office notes, loca- tions of poles and conduits . 39 01
Office Work-comprising records of all lo- cations, indexing, typewriting, calcu- lations, and general draughting . 842 39
Miscellaneous Work-comprising prelimi- nary surveys, designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for differ- ent committees 132 40
Vacations and Sickness
338 20
Total $8,238 77
Twenty assistants have been employed at various times during the year.
Office Records and Value of Instruments.
Number of survey note books, sewer permit books, and deed books 230
Number of plans, including sewers, high- ways. parks, house lots, etc. 6,000
Value of field instruments, tools, and office instruments $1,400 00
Table Showing Sidewalks Constructed (not exceeding one-half cost assessed on abutters) and Paved Gutters Laid in Connection Therewith in 1901.
MATERIALS.
PAVED GUTTERS.
STREET.
WARD.
SIDE.
FROM
To
WIDTH OF SIDEWALK IN FEET.
Gravel and Edgestones. Lineal feet.
Bricks. Sq. Yards.
Sq. Yards.
Cost.
Adrian .
2
Northerly . Southwesterly
Estate No. 36
Cooney st. .
11.00
Benton road .
5
Northwesterly
Highland ave.
Hudson st.
6.67
281.3
285 91
94
$114 63
Billingham
7
Southeasterly
Broadway .
Summit st.
6.67
271.0
220 53
90
145 43
Bowdoin
2
Both .
Washington st.
S'W'ly line Fremont ave ..
6.67
466.6
341 86
155
150 35
Bradley ·
4
Northwesterly Both .
Lowell st. .
Porter st.
6.67
295.8
205.5
432 83
99
120 35
Cambria
6
Southwesterly
Central st.
Benton road
6.67
334.9
276 71
Chandler
7
Southeasterly
Park ave. .
Chapel st. .
6.67
391.9
159.5
230 36
55
45 30
Cottage avenue
7
Northeasterly
Russell st.
Estate of Bowers
6.67
261.4
190 19
87
135 33
Crocker
6
Southeasterly
Highland ave.
Crown st.
6.67
363.4
322 83
Cutter square
7
Northeasterly
Cutter ave.
About 95. ft. E. of Grove st.
10.00
177.8
136 81
59
78 58
Cypress .
6
Both (where not already set)
Central st.
Beech st. .
6.67
276.2
307.5
485 05
92
135 07
Derby
4
Southwesterly
Temple st.
Grant st.
6.67
828.0
748 41
276
351 70
Edmands
4
Both .
Broadway .
End of street
6.67
749.7
663 20
250
384 37
Elm
6
Northeasterly
Craigie st.
Cedar st. .
10.00
1,020.7
S29 05
340
637 37
George .
1
Northwesterly
Broadway .
Lincoln ave.
5.00
285.4
136.3
354 18
95
92 40
George .
1
S'E'ly (where not already set)
Lincoln ave.
5.00
56.2
54.6
93 37
19
31 40
Hall avenue
7
Both (where not already set)
College ave.
Liberty ave.
6.67
517.2
1,257.3
1,584 11
172
204 55
(2) Highland avenue
6
South westerly Both .
Pearl st.
Veazie st.
6.67
656.4
540 17
219
281 54
Jaques
4
Northeasterly
Grant st.
Estate of A. A. Davis
6.67
268.9
218 91
90
124 55
Joy
1
South westerly
Poplar st.
Estate of Doyle
5.00
68.4
72 10
Joy and
1
Northwesterly of Poplar st.
Joy st.
Lamson ct.
5.83
814.8
799 24
132
315 35
Lowell
5
Southeasterly
Highland ave.
Albion st. .
6.67
380.8
321 43
127
232 72
Lowell .
6
Southeasterly
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
6.00
1,258.9
1,180 88
420
1,411 97
Lowell .
5
Southeasterly
Bingham school
Vernon st. .
6.67
510.4
393 99
170
285 97
Wilton st.
Medford st.
6.67
1,563.3
1,253 04
521
901 31
Medford
5
Southwesterly
Lee st.
Sycamore st.
8.33
135.9
131 42
(3) Medford .
5
Northeasterly Both
Willow ave.
Clifton st. .
6.67
1,051.6
817 95
351
603 12
Mystic avenue
1
Southwesterly
Mystic st. .
Union st.
11.00
550.3
827 88
164
278 00
Norwood avenue
5
Both
Medford st.
Broadway .
6.67
691.9
643 44
231
361 06
Partridge avenue
5
Southeasterly
Broadway .
Medford st.
485.2
473 06
162
206 69
Russell .
7
Southeasterly
Orchard st.
Elm st.
6.67
313.3
614 13
156
263 80
Russell .
7
Northwesterly
Cambridge line .
Orchard st.
6.67
165.2
132 20
Stickney avenue
4
Both .
Marshall st.
School st. .
6.67
638.7
538 14
595 51
257
318 50
Thorndike
7
Northwesterly
Holland st.
Howard st.
6.67
340.0
. 249 10
113
144 09
Thorndike
7
Southeasterly Both
Highland ave.
Hudson st.
6.67
557.0
427 65
186
204 02
Walnut .
4
Southeasterly
Broadway .
Estate of Potter
6.67
290.9
244 35
Westminster
7
Southeasterly
Broadway .
Electric ave.
6.67
388.5
325 39
129
180 25
White
Southeasterly
Elm st.
White st. place .
5.00
323.9
143.9
336 08
108
122 73
Windsor road
6
Both .
Gordonia road
Willow ave.
6.67
1,173.3
982 09
391
493 14
Winslow avenue
7
South westerly
Grove st. .
Villa ave.
6.67
251.1
187 51
84
101 97
Totals
21,309.7
8,321.9
$24,786 76
7,097
$10,673 10
(1) Concrete sidewalk.
Total assessment, $12,393.39.
Net cost to city, $12,393.37.
(2) Brick with grass strip.
(3) 29.8 ft. set previous to 1901.
Length of Edgestone and Brick Sidewalk in Each Ward.
Edgestone.
Brick.
Ward One
14.582 miles.
11.478 miles.
Ward Two
9.146 miles.
3.867 miles.
Ward Three
12.331 miles.
11.143 miles.
Ward Four
11.981 miles.
8.102 miles.
Ward Five
12.786 miles.
8.994 miles.
Ward Six
15.477 miles.
7.614 miles.
Ward Seven
14.144 miles.
6.640 miles.
Total lengths in the city .
90.447 miles.
57.838 miles.
6
Southeasterly
Elm st.
Summer st.
7.50
Lowell
5
Northwesterly
Highland ave.
Albion st. .
6.67
396.1
339 88
Lowell
6
Northwesterly
Somerville ave.
Summer st.
6.00
1,222.2
949 35
407
Lowell
5
¿ Southeasterly Both .
Somerville ave. .
Washington st. .
6.67
1,461.9
1,111 90
487
580 60
Downey, Nos. 501 to 509 .
9.16
120.0
116 29
30
153 60
Morrison avenue
7
5
Northwesterly
Medford st.
Holland st.
Boston & Lowell R. R.
6.67
444.1
317 66
148
145 39
Waldo
5
§ Southeasterly
Medford st.
Richdale ave.
6.67
770.7
Pembroke st.
5.00
206.5
155 50
. ..
Poplar
7
Northeasterly corner.
College avenue and .
Professors' Row
10.00
163.9
958.7
817 08
Browning road
5
Southerly .
Central st.
Estate of Smith
6.67
219.8
172 10
Brastow avenue
6
Joseph st.
Marion st.
6.67
402.9 441.0
$327 60
Beacon .
2
Mansfield
2
§ Northwesterly
Bingham school
Medford st.
10.00
152.6
165 86
James
4
Southwesterly of Joy st.
Estate of City of Somerville
Estate of Carson
Linden avenue
( Northwesterly
Wilton st.
North'ly line of Vernon st.
Broadway .
Tower st.
Lowell st. .
8.33
328 62
131
335 90
(1) College avenue
Veazie st. .
Walter st.
6.67
TOTAL COST.
483 86
In front of estate of .
491.6
6.67
458.8
Sycamore
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CITY ENGINEER.
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Considerable was accomplished during the past year in the matter of procuring permanent drainage rights in property be- longing to the Boston & Maine railroad corporation, two im- portant agreements between the city and railroad company hav- ing been signed, which have been in an unsatisfactory state for a number of years past.
One a matter of a large expenditure by the railroad com- pany in constructing for the city a permanent outlet across marsh land east of Middlesex avenue into Mystic river for the purpose of draining storm water in the eastern district of the city ; prob- ably this outlet will be constructed during the coming year.
The other location obtained is along the northeasterly side of the Lexington & Arlington branch division of the Boston & Maine railroad, between Holland street and Willow avenue, where the city has been permitted to construct a large storm water relief drain. This circular structure, thirty inches and twenty-four inches in diameter, respectively, has been completed its entire length, about one-half a mile, and overflow connections constructed at various points with the overcharged drainage sys- tem in this section, and will give relief to many cellars that have been badly flooded in times of storms, especially along Morrison avenue and vicinity.
The "Tannery Brook Drain" outlet in the city of Cambridge has been improved and extended through private lands, by agree- ment with the respective owners, thereby completing a portion of the work commenced in 1896 for draining a large area in the westerly part of the city and settling a disputed question of water rights on the line of the old brook.
The Cedar-street sewer has been enlarged for storm drainage purposes between Sartwell avenue and Highland avenue, to pre- vent the flooding of cellars along this line. The top of the old 24-inch sewer was removed and a new arch constructed of larger dimensions increasing the capacity sufficiently to carry off all storm water. In connection with this re-construction two parallel pipe sewers were laid and the house drains connected in the low section of the street to prevent any backing up of sewage during heavy storms; these 8-inch pipe sewers can be used in the future for "separate system" sewers.
A 24-inch pipe drain has been laid in Somerville avenue, between Belmont street and Lowell street, with which all catch basins between these points have been connected, and the street water carried off in times of storms, relieving the flooding experi- enced heretofore on account of the old sewer being of insufficient capacity.
The length of storm drains constructed during the year was 4,676.2 feet, and cost $17,423.97, and the following table shows the locations :-
CITY OF SOMERVILLE ENLARGEMENT (OF OLD) CEDAR STREET SEWER
19 01 ERNEST W BAILEY CITY ENGINEER
PORTLAND BRICKWORK
STORM DRAIN
-
/
/
AND
1
HOUSE DRAIN
10
8 INCH SEWER
8INCH SEWER
HOUSE DRAIN
PORTLAND CONCRETE
PORTLAND CONCRETE
SECTION NEW STORM DRAIN
SHOWING AND HOUSE SEWERS
326
ANNUAL REPORTS.
RADIUS 12'-2"
OLD ARCH REMOVED --
1
2
RADIUS 2-1." _1 10 INCH
SEWER
*
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1901.
LOCATION.
ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST.
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 Rock
Price per cubic
yard, Rock.
Manholes.
Inlets
Excavating, Re- filling, and Pipe Laying.
Pipe, including
w here laid
Inspection.
Miscellaneous.
Lumber.
lineal foot.
Assessment.
Cost to City.
Calvin st.
Dimick st.
Near Beacon st.
Patrick Burke
Gravel
9,0
10
192.9
...
1
$38.25
15
$0.55
$0 17
$0 03
$0.02
$0.97
$188.45
$183.91
84.54
Cedar st. (parallel sewers)
Sartwell ave. .
North of Hall st.
City Labor
Clay, rock, and hardpan
8.8
8
1812.3
72
*Columbia st.
Webster ave.
Near City line
Richard Falvey
Clay and filling
8
5
114.0
3
44.08
62
.53
.15
15
.05
.05
.96
769.81
769.81
*Dane st. (east side)
Washington st.
Fitchburg railroad
Charles A. Mongan
Sand
7.0
8
729.2
1.33
1
45.25
27
.70
.14
.04
.04
1.00
726.80
726.80
*Dane st. (west side)
Washington st.
Tyler st.
Charles A. Kelley .
Sand
6.7
8
997.3
3
49,69
33
1.10
.13
.04
.03
.01
1.40
1,450,58
1,450.58
Dimick st.
Calvin st.
Waldo ave.
Patrick Burke
Hardpan and clay
8.4
12
226.0
1 1
38.25
10
.53
.21
.05
.90
296.25
291.86
4.39
Fosket st.
Sewer built in 1896
Near Liberty ave. .
Daniel A. Dorey
Hardpan and rock
7.0
10
403.5
228.2
4.00
35.25
29
25
.18
.11
.01
2.10
1,208.48
697.49
510.99
Gibbens st.
Benton road .
Westerly
Charles A. Mongan
Clay
7.6
10
121.5
1
34,25
.33
.19;
07
.12
.90
119.53
112.21
7.32
*Hanson st. (east side)
Washington st.
Skehan st.
Maurice Buttimer .
Sand
11.0
476.4
2
48.25
27
.85
.12
.04
.01
1.29
613.94
613.94
Henderson st. .
Wilton st.
Boston and Lowell R. R.
Bartholomew Burke
Hardpan and filling
7.3
8
140,5
+1
1.00
.39
.13
.01
.60
83,84
48.98
34.86
Lowell st.
Somerville ave.
Kimball st.
Charles A. Kelley .
Hardpan and rock
6.1
12
593.0
140.0
3.85
2
39.25
35
.35
.24
.04
.01
1,68
997.04
744.22
252.82
"Meacham st ..
Moreland st. .
Near Fremont st. .
Bartholomew Burke .
Hardpau and rock
8.9
206.0
82.4
3.20
33.25
11
.30
13
.05
.09
2.07
426.09
190.79
235.30
*Norfolk st. (both sides)
Webster ave. .
Near City line
Richard Falvey
Clay and filling
7.2
8
601.4
2
36.75
.59
16"
.01
.92
551.73
551.73
No. Union st. (Met. Con.)
Metropolitan Sewer
End of North Union st.
Chas. E. Trumbull & Co. Clay
11.0
18
110.2
1.0
3.50
1333.25
2.27
.68
2,99
1,662.29
1,662.29
Powder House terrace
Kidder ave.
Northerly
Richard Falvey
Hardpan and rock
8.3
10
257.8
20.5
3.50
36.25
15
.39
.
.17
.03
.02
.90
342.24
340.35
1.89
#Private lands (at city stable)
Sewer built in 1894
Near Broadway
Bartholomew Burke
Filling
6.6
8
431.1
1
00
...
...
.15
Linden st.
Merriam st.
Charles A. Kelley .
Sand
11.2
10
249.2
249.1
1
52.28
1.25
.15
.27
.07
.02
.82
2.75
3,472.17
3,472.17
Merriam st.
Malloy ct.
Charles A. Kelley Sand
10.2
8
538.8
5
419.9
1
52.28
22
1.20
15
-
*Tremont st.
Webster ave.
Near City line
Richard Falvey
Clay and filling
7.6
8
638.6
2
35.44
48
63
.13
03
.01
.91
583.79
583.79
Ware st. .
Curtis st.
Westerly
Patrick Burke
Hardpan
7.9
410.0
3.9
2.70
2
36.75
23
.41
.14
.06
.03
.84
346.47
343.29
3.18
*Webster ave. (east side)
East Newton st.
Near Union sq.
Charles A. Kelley .
Clay and sand
8.6
572.2
3.0
3,50
3
46,16
.84
13
.03
.01
1.22
765.10
765.10
Webster ave. (east side)
Webster ave. (west side)
Charles A. Kelley .
Clay
9.4
8
38.6
8
1039.6
3
45,25
20
1.35
.13
.05
.06
.04
1.58
2,129.30
2,129.30
Near Columbia court .
Near City line
Charles A. Kelley .
Clay and filling
8.0
8
309.6
1
39.75
16
.55
Total length and cost of new sewers built in 1901
$18,652.61
$2,953.10
$15,699.51
* Separate system sewers. t Chimney at end of sewer. # Built partly at petitioners' expense.
-
Total length of sewers built by the city January 1, 1902 . Total length of private sewers in the city January 1, 1902
389,596.6 feet 33,247.0 feet
Total length of sewers in the city January 1, 1902
422,843.6 feet, or 80.08 miles.
Total cost.
Main
Sewer.
Sub- drain.
Sub-drain
1.00
1,812.00
1,812.00
Waldo ave.
Near Buckingham st.
Patrick Burke
Hardpan and clay
8.4
8
101.1
6
.53
T
.41
*Somerville ave.
Prospect st.
Linden st
Charles A. Kelley .
Sand
12.0
12
475.8
5
445.4
52.28
15
1.35
End of above
Nathan Tufts Park
Richard Falvey
Hardpan and rock
8.3
8
120.0
Part.
106.71
106.71
*Webster ave. (east side)
East Newton st.
Near Columbia ct.
Charles A. Kelley .
Clay, filling, and sand
11.3
8
1
27
Regu- lutor
Chamb'r
1
1
9
.85
:
...
12,590.2
Excavation.
Average Cost Manholes.
Average cost per
7.4
797.6
$4.00
N
4
8
.07
.07
.04
00
8
TABLE SHOWING LENGTH AND COST OF STORM DRAINS CONSTRUCTED TO 1902.
Date of Con- struction.
DISTRICT BENEFITED.
FROM
To
Length in Feet.
COST.
East Somerville District :
Bell Mouth .
Chamber
58.2
$2,264 82
Mystic ave.
Winthrop ave.
.
Wheatland st.
726.0
7,569 17
Winthrop ave.
Mystic ave. .
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