Report of the city of Somerville 1903, Part 25

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 492


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Bridges.


Boston-avenue bridge over Mystic river and Broadway bridge over Alewife brook are in good condition. The railings of both have been painted during the year.


The new bridge over Mystic river at Middlesex avenue and the Fellsway boulevard, which is being constructed by the metro- politan park commission, is nearly completed.


Subways.


During the year a new subway has been built at Thorndike street under the railroad, and upon its completion it was put into the hands of the highway department.


The subways at Kent and Sacramento streets are in good condition, but require constant care to keep them neat and clean.


Brown=Tail and Gypsy Moths.


The city is not yet free from the brown-tail and gypsy moth pests, although much has been done toward their destruction, and at present most of them are found on private property.


After making a personal inspection, I find the trees in the highways are comparatively free from them. When they are re- moved from the trees by this department, the nests are all taken to the city yard and burned in a furnace ; this being the only sure way to destroy them.


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CLARENDON AVENUE, LOOKING TOWARD BROADWAY, FROM POINT NEAR CAMBRIDGE LINE.


CLARENDON AVENUE, LOOKING TOWARD BROADWAY, FROM POINT NEAR STONE QUARRY.


319


STREET COMMISSIONER.


Shade Trees.


Much interest in shade trees has been manifested within the last five years, and the interest is increasing. The conditions with which the shade trees have to contend in the cities is a seri- ous drawback to their growth, the principal damage being caused by the electric wires, which burn the limbs, thereby necessitating much injurious pruning.


Seventy-eight trees have been set out and forty-two cut down during the year.


Steam Road Rollers.


The city has two Buffalo Pitts rollers, one fifteen and one twelve-ton ; also one five-ton asphalt roller. All of these have been in use nearly the entire year, and are in good condition.


Wide Tires.


The legislature of 1900 passed an act (chapter 334) to regu- late the width of tires on draft wagons as follows :-


Section 1. On and after the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and two, it shall be unlawful, except as provided in section four of this act, to use upon any road, street or way in this Commonwealth a draft wagon or cart having tires of iron or steel, or of any substance equally hard, which are less in width than one and one-half times the diameter of the axle, measured at the shoulder thereof; but in no case shall a tire more than four inches in width be required, and wagons or carts built with wooden or hollow axles shall have tires not less in width than the diameter of the axle, measured at the shoulder thereof.


Section 2. This act shall apply to all wagons and carts, the axles of which are two inches or more in diameter, measured as aforesaid, and to all stage coaches, tally-ho coaches, barges and other passenger vehicles not built to run on iron or steel rails, and constructed to carry eight or more persons.


Section 3. Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.


Section 4. This act shall take effect on the first day of January, in the year nineteen hundred and two, but shall not apply to wagons or other vehicles owned and used in this state on that date. (Approved May 23, 1900).


Under the above act, the city has placed wide tires on all its carts.


Clarendon Avenue.


An order having been passed by the board of aldermen June 25, 1903, for the laying out of Clarendon avenue, from Broadway to the Cambridge line, work was begun on said avenue soon after its acceptance, and $1,613.41 have already been expended. The city has until the first day of May, 1905, to complete the construc- tion of said avenue.


Middlesex Avenue.


December 11, 1902, a hearing was given before the board of aldermen on the petition of the Boston Elevated Railway Com- pany for track locations on Mystic avenue, from the Boston line


320


ANNUAL REPORTS.


to Middlesex avenue, and thence through Middlesex avenue to the Fellsway boulevard. The location has not yet been granted, and before such action is taken I would recommend that the avenue be raised to grade sixteen.


Packard Avenue.


Packard avenue was laid out as a public highway from Broadway to Professors row. Considerable work has been done toward its construction during the year, the sum of $2,376.44 having already been expended.


Miscellaneous Work.


There have been 1,403 loads of snow and ice, 6,241 loads of dirt, 8,903 loads of scrapings, and 3,301 loads of old macadam re- moved from the streets and 5,328 loads of ashes and 2,730 loads of ballast used in the streets.


476 permits were issued for the use of streets and sidewalks, and 406 defects in the streets and sidewalks which were reported by the chief of police were promptly repaired.


The Boston Elevated Railway Company has laid 150 feet of new rails on Newton street, and a cross-over on Highland avenue, at Davis square.


7,503.5 square yards of brick and 215 square yards of grano- lithic sidewalks have been laid; 18,273.5 feet, or nearly three and one-half miles, of edgestone and inside curbing were set; 5,988 square yards of stone gutters and 548 square yards of vitrified brick, granite, granolithic and concrete crossings were laid.


11,810.5 feet, or over two miles, of edgestone were re-set, and 6,328.6 square yards of brick sidewalks re-laid.


80 square yards of crossings and driveways have been paved or re-paved with granite blocks, 280 square yards of granite crossings surfaced with concrete, and 30 square yards of drive- ways paved or re-paved with brick.


The Cambridge Gas Light Company dug up 6,474 feet of trenches to lay main pipes.


Recommendations.


I would recommend that Medford street, from Broadway to Lowell street, be paved, and that the gutters be paved and the edgestones set on the southerly side of Washington street, from the Boston line to Tufts street ; also that Somerville avenue be paved with block stone, from Kent street to Elm street; that Linwood street be macadamized; that Washington street be re- surfaced, from Union square to the Cambridge line; that Jaques street, from Bond street to Temple street, be re-surfaced; and that a new shed be built at the city yard to shelter the water carts, as at present there is not room enough to properly care for them.


JUNCTION OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND PROFESSORS ROW.


321


STREET COMMISSIONER.


Highways Maintenance Account.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$2,100 00


Receipts and credits :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, street


railway tax


$47,392 51


Boston Elevated railway tax


7,744 52


Transfer from Highways Construction account


3,807 25


Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, Boston Elevated Railway Co., and Patrick McGovan


1,000 00


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and In- surance Co., return premium


5 55


70 00


Ellis and Buswell, use of steam road roller, New England Oil Co., partial payment on repairs of Allen street


182 26


Sale of ledge stone


500 00


Materials furnished prior to January 1, 1903, the bills for which remained un- collected that day


816 64


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1903, Value of tools and property on hand January 1, 1903


20,558 50


$82,585 44


Total credit


$84,685 44


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For repairs of sundry streets as per table B, at end of this report


$8,559 39


General repairs of streets


13,000 25


Repairs of stone paving


582 75


Repairs and maintenance of gravel sidewalks


4,748 09


Repairs of street crossings


1,622 56


Cleaning streets


14,972 06


Removing snow and ice and care of slippery sidewalks, ·


2,590 86


Maintenance of Middlesex-avenue bridge .


50 77


Teaming coal to schoolhouses


1,056 60


Teaming coal for relief stations (city to be reimbursed in July, 1904) .


63 20


Wakefield gravel land, taxes


101 50


Middlesex avenue widening


144 90


. Raising house of Mrs. Helen F. Ingalls, 12 Munroe street, on account of change in grade


449 72


Paving in front of stand pipes


60 55


Repairs of gutters


2,881 98


Repairing fence at Washington-street bridge


23 51


. Rolling walks and furnishing crushed stone for public grounds


154 01


Street signs


610 71


Care of subways


222 30


Removing trees


454 30


Trimming trees


253 40


Setting trees


79 00


Blacksmithing


488 50


Carpentering


149 63


Cutting edgestones at catch-basins


153 78


Amount carried forward


$53,474 32


.


.


.


508 21


322


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$53,474 32


Rolling trenches


18 39


Constructing driveway for American Tube Works


125 00


Constructing driveway at Armory


23 70


Constructing driveway in front of estate of Daniel M. Smith


33 43


Superintendent's salary


2,000 00


Superintendent's team, board of one horse


260 03


Sundry expenses


3,949 78


Books, stationery and printing


82 56


Private work, the bills for which remained unpaid


December 31, 1903 89 96


Value of materials on hand this day


1,868 45


Value of tools and personal property on hand this day :-


Horses


$4,500 00


Carts and implements used with horses


4,027 00


Harnesses and horse clothing


716 00


Stable utensils and property


210 25


Tools


1,417 20


Steam road rollers


7,800 00


Stone crusher and fittings .


1,573 00


Profit and loss on tools, property, and materials .


2,516 37


Total debit


$84,685 44


Highways, Construction Account.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$15,000 00


Transfer from Stone-avenue and Munroe-


street account 5 00


Transfer from Paved Gutters and Crossings account


94 36


Transfer from Middlesex-avenue Bridge account


109 63


Transfer from Watering Streets account ·


1,272 08


$16,481 07


Less transfer to Highways Maintenance


account


$3,807 25


Less transfer to Sidewalks Construction


account


1,185 50


Less transfer to Sidewalks Maintenance ac- count


1,185 35


6,178 10


Net credit


$10,302 97


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Construction or partial construction of streets as appears by table A at end of this report


$19,838 75


Less assessments


10,646 46


Addie Russell, damage to estate Broadway caused by change of grade


500 00


Abatement of highway betterment assessments of 1902


261 44


Amount carried forward


$9,953 73


·


$20,243 45


.


$9,192 29


322


STREET COMMISSIONER.


Amount brought forward


$9,953 73 Abatement of highway betterment assessment on Elm- ·


6 25


wood street . Advertising and recording releases for streets not con- structed 36 30


Hammond street betterment assessment, portion as- sumed by city 68 96


Printing slips, notices for laying out streets 3 25


Total debit


$10,068 49


Balance unexpended


$234 48


Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings.


CREDIT.


Appropriation . overdrawn in


Less amount


1902


$9,382 27


Transferred to Highways Con-


struction account 94 36


9,476 63


$11,123 37


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1903 Net gain on materials


1,414 30


309 33


Total credit


$12,847 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For paving gutters as per table F $11,084 31


Street crossings as per table J .


1,368 69


Value of materials on hand this day


396 00


Total debit


$12,847 00


Sidewalks Construction Account.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$11,350 00


Less amount overdrawn in


1902 .


1,525 09


$9,824 91


Transfer from Highways Construction ac- count


1,185 50


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1903,


151 29


Net gain on materials


81 08


Total credit


$11,242 78


Expenditures :-


For forty-one sidewalks constructed as per table C


$20,592 71


Less assessments


10,295 65


$10,297 06


Amount carried forward


$10,297 06


.


$20,600 00


.


DEBIT.


324


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$10,297 06


Constructing sidewalks as per table D


350 85


Constructing sidewalks as per table E


107 79


Constructing sidewalks for William H. Berry, Hall street, he having furnished the edgestone 66 58


Public Buildings Maintenance, School- houses, constructing sidewalk Poplar street, in front of Bennett school . 30 08


Abatement of sidewalk assessment, Lowell and Tower streets


244 22


Value of materials on hand this day


146 20


Total debit


$11,242 78


Sidewalks Maintenance Account.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$6,000 00


Transfer from


Highways


Construction


account


1,185 35


Total credit


$7,185 35


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Bricks used in repairing sidewalks


$898 79


Repairing concrete sidewalks


329 56


Labor


5,064 53


City teams


495 60


Gravel and sand


330 44


Paving blocks


41 74


Crushed stone


10 54


Cement


1 15


Books


.


13 00


Total debit


$7,185 35


Highways, Watering Streets.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Receipts :-


Assessments and contribu-


tions from abutters


$20,725 80


Insurance on water carts


(collected from con-


tractors)


62 00


Less transfer to Highways Construction ac- count


1,272 08


$19,515 72


$20,787 80


Total credit


$20,515 72


325


STREET COMMISSIONER.


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Charles I. Bucknam, supervising street watering


$800 00


Teaming


17,032 01


J. L. and H. K. Potter, three new water carts


1,000 00


Repairing carts ·


1,413 21


Board of horse and shoeing


125 50


Clerical service, making up assessment list,


96 00


Incidentals


49 00


Total debit


$20,515 72


Highways, Removing Brown=Tail Moths.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$3,000 00


Receipts :-


From Public Grounds account


$37 00


From Public Buildings Maintenance,


Schoolhouses account ·


27 63


From sundry persons


126 46


191 09


Total credit


$3,191 09


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Labor, removing brown-tail moths from


trees


$3,588 00


City teams, use of


198 80


$3,786 80


Amount overdrawn


$595 71


Thorndike-street Subway.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$3,800 00


DEBIT.


Boston and Maine Railroad, partial pay- ment on account of constructing sub- way


$2,000 00


Lumber


.


8 93


Total debit


$2,008 93


Balance unexpended


$1,791 07


TABLE A. Streets Constructed or Partially Constructed in 1903.


STREET.


FROM


To


CONSTRUCTED WHOLLY OR PARTIALI.Y.


LENGTH IN FEET.


COST.


Bedford


South street


Cambridge line


Materials used in 1902


·


.


·


.


.


.


Somerville avenue .


·


Cambridge line


Partially


.


569


546 07


Dane avenue


Dane street


·


Hanson street


Wholly


423


478 77


Durham Elmwood .


Holland street.


Cambridge line


Wholly


1,057


1,004 06


Fenwick


Heath street .


Broadway ·


Jaques street


Wholly


250


563 51


Fremont


Main street


Meacham street


Wholly


612


893 40


Gorham


Holland street .


Howard street


Wholly


·


.


.


.


.


Jay


·


Meacham road


Cambridge line


Wholly


647


366 71


Knowlton .


Junc. Wash. and Tufts sts.


N. E. line, Estate No. 37.


Wholly


461


652 18


Line


Washington street


Cambridge line


Partially


.


...


1 54


Marion


Wyatt street, Northerly .


Land of Dimick


Materials used in 1902


699


795 96


Maple


Poplar street


Medford street


Wholly


Wholly


886


504 55


Montrose .


.


School street


Sycamore street


.


Partially .


850


2,376 44


Packard avenue


.


Broadway


Professors row


·


·


Partially .


.


.


430


418 55


Pembroke


Central street .


·


·


.


·


·


.


.


666


729 15


Poplar


Somerville avenue .


·


·


Wholly .


·


·


Carried forward


.


.


.


.


.


.


12,497


$14,513 71


.


.


.


.


.


.


Leland street .


.


.


.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


326


.


·


534


348 12


Holland street


Howard street


Wholly


.


275


128 30


Ibbetson


Kimball street


Lowell street


.


Wholly


653


693 24


Houghton .


Cambridge line


Springfield street


·


Wholly


290


363 92


Henry avenue


Highland avenue


Lexington avenue


Wholly


351


286 99


Fenwick


Heath street .


.


·


Houghton street


Wholly


476


394 98


Bolton


Oak street


Lake street


Wholly


300


156 36


330


1,613 41


Clarendon avenue


Broadway


·


·


.


.


763


564 00


.


.


.


.


Vernon street .


Medford street


975


560 01


Partridge avenue


.


Sycamore street


Wholly


.


Joy street .


·


Kingston


22 30


Partially


Beacon street .


Wholly


$51 19


Carlton


.


TABLE A .- Concluded.


STREET.


FROM


To


CONSTRUCTED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY.


LENGTH IN FEET.


COST.


Brought forward


12,497


$14,513 71


South Church .


.


.


Somerville avenue .


.


.


·


.


.


.


94


62 09


Sycamore .


.


At both ends R. R .bridge


.


.


.


405


340 14


Tennyson .


.


.


Pembroke street


Wholly


Wholly


392


294 72


Veazie


Walnut street . .


Bradley street .


Wholly


500


539 66


Warren


Powder House square


Medford line


Wholly


38 00


Westminster


Broadway


Electric avenue


Partially


470


377 40


Wilton


Lowell street .


·


Lawrence street


Wholly


427


357 10


Willoughby


Central street . ·


Sycamore street


Wholly


277


503 97


Windom road, now Co- lumbus avenue.


Angle


Washington street .


Wholly


.


.


·


·


Length in feet and cost .


.


.


.


17,308


$19,838 75


.


.


.


Professors row .


·


.


College avenue


.


.


.


Partially


.


.


2,000


1,585 78


Church-street place


Wholly


246


1,058 02


South Church


.


Church-street place


Lake street


.


·


Wholly


Wholly


.


138 85


Thorndike


.


At both ends subway


.


.


.


.


.


.


STREET COMMISSIONER.


327


.


.


Curtis street .


.


.


Medford street


.


29 31


TABLE B. Streets Repaired.


STREET.


FROM


To


DESCRIPTION OF WORK.


FEET.


COST.


Allen street


Somerville avenue .


.


Somerville. avenue .


.


Macadamized


·


.


.


.


.


Mystic river


·


.


.


Macadamized .


900


332 50


Columbus avenue


Walnut street .


·


·


Carlton street .


Macadamized .


300


120 19


Lake street


Church street .


.


School street .


·


.


Macadamized .


400


162 21


Mystic avenue .


Middlesex avenue .


.


Cross street


.


.


Macadamized .


600


235 36


Newton street .


·


Cross street


Mt. Vernon street


.


.


Macadamized -.


1,600


1,592 89


Somerville avenue


East Cambridge line


·


.


·


Macadamized .


300


104 07


Sunnyside avenue


Walnut street


Wigglesworth street


·


Macadamized .


200


112 03


White-street place


White street .


.


Southeasterly .


·


Length in feet and cost .


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


14,290


$8,559 39


·


·


.


.


East Cambridge line


.


291 61


Boston avenue .


Medford line .


Angle


.


.


300


144 77


Medford street .


Dartmouth street ·


.


Macadamized .


.


.


.


Macadamized .


2,000


1,793 34


Pearl street


Concord avenue


Webster avenue


.


Charlestown street .


Macadamized .


680


$364 52


Beacon street


6,100


3,305 90


Macadamized .


910


·


.


.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


328


.


Medford street


POPLAR STREET, FROM SOMERVILLE AVENUE.


MAPLE STREET, FROM POPLAR STREET.


TABLE C. Sidewalks Constructed Where the Materials Were Furnished by the City and One-half the Cost Was Assessed Upon the Abutting Estates.


STREET.


SIDE.


FROM


To


FEET OF EDGESTONES.


YARDS OF BRICKS.


COST.


Adrian


Southerly


·


.


.


.


.


·


·


·


·


·


.


.


464 68


Burnside avenue .


·


.


.


·


Lake street .


630.3


417.4


812 43


Carlton


Both


· ·


Highland avenue


Spencer avenue


·


199.6


Claremon


Westerly


.


·


.


Morrison avenue .


...


292.1


266 87


Clifton .


·


.


Kenwood street


.


.


...


358.6


322 67


Crocker


·


.


.


Crown street


·


Lake street .


649.7


...


572 11


Grant .


Northwesterly


Broadway


·


.


Lexington avenue


612.8


....


795 56


Houghton


Both


.


·


Springfield street


Cambridge line


·


974.7


.


468.7


462 66


Hudson


South westerly


Lowell street


.


*Somerville avenue


Lowell street


.


Howard street


.


.


.


.


Southerly


· ·


Meacham road


.


Cambridge line


·


·


330.2


239.2


495 34


Kidder avenue


Northeasterly


College avenue


·


Powder House terrace Mt. Vernon street .


423.7


...


322 80


Lincoln avenue


Northeasterly


Lincoln street


Mt. Vernon street


252.4


161.4


1,442 66


Line


Easterly


·


Washington street


Cambridge line


.


.


398.1


334 00


Lowell .


.


.


Southeasterly


Highland avenue


.


Medford street .


.


1,096.8


895 43


Maple .


Both


Poplar street


.


Vernon street


1,984.4


·


·


713 30


Pembroke


.


.


.


.


Central street


.


.


Sycamore street .


842.5


. ..


.


* Where not already laid.


STREET COMMISSIONER.


Carried forward .


·


13,533.5


4,420.S


$15,047 28


.


.


.


.


.


Holland street


Mead street .


....


450.6


397 59


College avenue


North westerly Both


Somerville avenue


.


Gorham


Southeasterly


Holland street


.


·


Howard street


746.6


·


343.4


317 86


Henry avenue


Both


·


.


Highland avenue


N. W. line, Est. No. 136


877.1


. ...


782 51


Ibbetson


·


536.5


....


683 49


Kingston


Both


·


347 70


Lincoln avenue


South westerly


Lincoln street


.


.


.


.


.


1,577 96


Partridge avenue


Both


.


.


.


Medford street


.


·


.


.


Both


Marion street


Joseph street


.


402.6


$380 21


Bolton


Both


Oak street .


.


Houghton street


.


·


783.4


Southeasterly


Elm street


Summer street


500.3


Somerville avenue


·


Cedar


· North westerly .


·


Appleton street


.


.


Broadway


Highland avenue


Church ( south )


.


·


·


.


.


504 66


416 81


Jay


Both


Holland street


.


841.4


388.4


180 13


340 60


Both Northeasterly


514 26


Jaques street


.


1,751.4


Opp. Crown street


.


702 99


329


330


TABLE C .- Concluded.


STREET.


SIDE.


FROM


To


FEET OF EDGESTONES.


YARDS OF BRICKS.


COST.


Porter


Southeasterly


Highland avenue


·


Robinson


·


Westerly


*Landers street


·


Medford street


.


·


...


300 38


Tennyson .


Northerly


Pembroke street .


Medford street


398.1


....


141 40


Thorndike


Both


Arlington branch R. R.


Kingston street


189.9


. . .


450 92


Tower


Westerly


Highland avenue


Somerville Hospital


...


537.5


486 07


Tower


Westerly


Medford street


.


·


Vernon street


1,037.4


....


565 16


Veazie


Both


·


Highland avenue


Hudson street


·


·· · ·


389.8


332 18


Waldo


Both


.


Pearl street .


.


·


Chandler street .


·


..


124.3


125 38


William


·


·


Southerly ·


College avenue .


·


Sycamore street .


846.4


....


647 38


Willoughby


Both


·


.


.


.


.


Total


.


.


17,593.3


6,951.1


$20,592 71


.


Ames street


.


.


Somerville avenue


·


195.6


148.9


290 75


Tennyson .


Southerly


.


Pembroke street .


·


·


Richdale avenue .


211.5


187 96


Trull .


.


.


Southeasterly


Medford street


·


.


Bradley street


723.9


Walnut street


.


Northeast'ly line, Est. 20


...


218.1


183 85


Wesley


Westerly ·


·


Central street


Brought forward .


·


13,533.5


4,420.8


$15,047 28


Crown street


.


385.2


361 88


Bartlett street


·


360


289 83


School


Southerly


.


S. W. line, Hospital Est.


Crown street


282.3


155


Thurston


.


Southeasterly


868 19


386.2


314 10


ANNUAL REPORTS.


* Where not already laid.


331


STREET COMMISSIONEB.


TABLE D. Sidewalks Constructed where the Bricks and Edgestones were Furnished or Paid for by the Abutters.


For


Street.


Feet of Edgestones.


Yards of Bricks.


Cost to City.


Michael H. Dewire


121-131 Beacon street .


12.2


154


$86 65


W. J. Edwards


252-258 Beacon street .


....


114.2


42 38


Thomas Kilmartin


484-486 Medford street


....


74.5


23 93


John D. Taapken and


Holland street and


188


298.9


176 23


Emma Walsh


.


20 School street


37.2


25


21 66


Total .


237.4


666.6


$350 85


TABLE E. Granolithic Sidewalk Laid (the Edgestone being already set), the Abutters Paying the Excess above the Equivalent of One-half the Cost of a Brick Sidewalk.


For


Street.


Square Yards.


Cost to City.


Allen F. Carpenter .


Laurel street


60.1


$30 06


Grace M. Grant


54 Benton road


25.15


12 57


Wilbur F. Mansfield


775 Broadway


37.6


18 80


Edward I. Morrison


97 Rogers avenue


20.2


10 10


New England Mutual


Benton road


72.52


36 26


Life Insurance Co.


Total


.


. .


215.57


$107 79


-


V. H. Wooster


Teele square .


TABLE F. Gutters Paved in Connection with Setting Edgestones.


STREET.


Side.


From


To


Square Yards.


Cost.


Bolton


·


.


.


·


.


Houghton street


261


$500 98


Carlton .


Both


·


.


Cedar


.


.


North westerly


Highland avenue .


Spencer avenue


67


111 35


Church ( south )


Both


Church-street place


Lake street .


54


103 52


Gorham .


.


·


·


·


Howard street


249


469 30


Hall


.


.


.


.


In front of estate of Wil


liam H. Berry


67


137 43


Henry avenue


Both


Highland avenue .


Lexington avenue .


204


413 95


Holland


Southwesterly


In front of estate of John


D. Taapken


63


155 00


Houghton


.


Both


Springfield street .


Cambridge line


325


662 30


Ibbetson


Both


Somerville avenue


.


Lowell street .


341


672 87


Jay


Southeasterly


.


.


Powder House terrace .


110


223 67


Kingston


Both


Meacham road


Cambridge line


280


534.79


Line


Easterly


.


.


.


Cambridge line


584


1,128 69


Lincoln avenue


Both


.


.


·


·


188


335 82


Maple ·


Both


Poplar street .


.


.


Medford street


·


.


.


Both


Vernon street


.


·


.


772


1,195 00


Pembroke


.


.


.


.


Sycamore street


.


281


369 27


Professors row and


57 05


College avenue


Northwesterly


At the Bennett school .


12


61 95


School


Westerly


In front of Est. No. 20 .


.


.


12


29 25


*School


Westerly


·


.


Pembroke street


Medford street


·


63


174 85


Thorndike


Both ·


·


.


N. E. line, Hospital Est.


Crown street


110


276 76


Trull


.


Southeasterly


Medford street


Vernon street


346


669 11


Veazie


Both


Walnut street


·


.


Bradley street


241


436 22


Willoughby


·


.


·


Central street ·


Sycamore street


282


362 07


Total


.


.


5,932


$11,084 31


.


.


.


.


.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


* Where not already laid.


332


.


.


.


210


340 12


Somerville avenue


Lake street .


.


·


.


.


.


Holland street


Howard street


179


364 73


Kidder avenue


Northeasterly


College avenue


.


Mt. Vernon street .


304


823 87


Partridge avenue


Both


Central street


Materials used in 1902 .


...


Poplar


.


.


·


.


Somerville avenue


Landers street


·


65


138 80


Tennyson


Both ·


.


Arlington Branch R. R.


Kingston street


.


.


·


.


Tower


Westerly


.


.


Southeasterly


Holland street


Southwesterly


.


.


Both


Oak street ·


.


.


.


.


Washington street


Lincoln street


·


Medford street


.


262


335 59


Both


.


333


STREET COMMISSIONER.


TABLE G. Driveways Constructed at Expense of Abutters.


FOR.


LOCATION.


William J. Edwards


256 Beacon street.


J. Frank Mixer


119 Central street.


Peter Murray


. 34 Maple street.


John McCarthy


23 Maple street.


A. B. Parker


. 17 Gilman street.


Peter F. Quinn


. 24 School street.


Julia A. Record


Broadway at Record court.


Estate of John P. Squire


109 Prospect street.


Frank A. Titus


48 Broadway.


TABLE H. Driveway Discontinued at Expense of Abutter.


FOR.


LOCATION.


Ellen K. Larsen


6 Mossland street.


TABLE I. Streets Accepted in 1903.


STREET.


WARD.


FROM


To


WIDTH, FEET.


LENGTH, FEET.


Clarendon ave. .


7


Broadway


Cambridge line Leland st.


40


1,217


Dane ave. .


2


Dane st.


30


569


Durham st.


2


Beacon st.


Hanson st.


40


423


Eastman ter.


6


Highland ave.


So'westerly end


40


296


Hillside park


3


Walnut st.


Westerly end .


40


196


Knowlton st.


1


Tufts st.


No'easterly line Estate No. 37 Professors row Crescent st. .




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