Report of the city of Somerville 1901, Part 25

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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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


322


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


324


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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