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Constructing "separate system" sewers (as-
sessments levied) petitioned for .
$3,254 71
Constructing "separate system" sewers (no assessments)
3,137 73
Constructing combined system sewers (as- sessments levied) petitioned for
2,552 16
Constructing storm drains and overflows .
4,172 22
Constructing 48 catch basins, street drainage,
2,478 00
Final payments on sewers constructed 1903 .
1,060 66
Work and materials furnished other depart- ments
203 40
Sundry expenses, books and printing
46 08
Materials on hand December 31, 1904
358 01
Total expenditure
$17,262 97
Transferred to Highway Department
5,000 00
Transferred to Fire Department
2,500 00
Transferred to Public Buildings Depart- ment
1,500 00
Total
$26,262 97
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$25,000 00
Balance unexpended December 31, 1903
1,374 58
Assessments levied, sewers constructed 1904,
5,174 17
Amounts received from other departments .
275 67
Reserves on contracts, due 1905
499 34
Materials on hand December 31, 1903
686 29
Total
$33,010 05
Balance unexpended
$6,747 08
The greater part of the new construction work has been done by contract, and the remainder by the city employing day labor, where old structures were to be remodeled or replaced by some difficult construction work.
All materials have been furnished by the city, and the prices paid for drain pipe, cement, etc., for the season have been at an unusually low rate.
A number of sewers have been constructed as petitioned for in different sections of the city, and portions of the cost of con- struction assessed on the abutting estates under orders adopted by the board of aldermen.
Short lines of storm drains and overflows from congested sewers have been constructed during the year in the most needed districts.
The "separate system" sewers (those built for house drainage only) have been extended in a number of streets, and this system should be extended yearly until all the flooded dis- tricts in the city have two complete systems of drainage, the new
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
sewer to be used for house drainage, and the old existing sewer mains to be used for storm and surface water.
Wherever these new sewers are constructed, the house . plumbing should be changed where necessary, and the house drains re-connected with both systems as soon as possible.
New sewers and drains were constructed during the year, varying in size from eight-inch pipe to thirty-inch pipe and forty- four-inch brick in the following localities :-
"Separate system" sewers in :- -
Beacon street,-(northeast side) Sacramento street to Stanford terrace.
Boston avenue,-Highland road to Pearson avenue.
Dane avenue,-(both sides) Leland street to Dane street.
Leland street,-Washington street to Dane avenue.
Porter street,-(both sides) Elm street, northeasterly.
Powder-house boulevard,-(both sides) North street to near Curtis street.
Russell road,-Broadway, northeasterly.
Ware street,-Powder-house boulevard, southwesterly.
Webster avenue,-(westerly side) Union square, south- erly.
Washington street,-(southerly side) Union square to near Fitchburg railroad.
"Combined system" sewers in :-
Boston avenue,-Morrison avenue, northeasterly.
Boston street,-Walnut street, southeasterly.
Highland road,-Frederick avenue to Boston avenue. Hillside circle,-Craigie street, westerly.
Line street,-Cooney street, southeasterly.
Pearson avenue,-Frederick avenue to Boston avenue. Walnut street and private lands,-Gilman street to Bos- ton & Maine railroad, and westerly along railroad. Storm drains in :-
Broadway and private lands,-(southwesterly side) Bos ton & Maine railroad to Josephine avenue.
Cameron avenue,-Seven Pines avenue to Mead street. Cedar street,-Sartwell avenue, southwesterly. Lowell street,-Albion street to Hudson street.
Vine street,-Somerville avenue, southwesterly.
Yorktown street,-Seven Pines avenue to Glendale avenue.
Summary of Work. Twenty-four new sewers and drains have been constructed during the year, a total length of 11,544.2 linear feet (2.19 miles), at a cost of $13,116.82 ; plans have been made showing these sewers and assessments levied on a portion of them, amounting to $5,174.17. (See tabular statement of sewers and drains for 1904, showing itemized statement of work and cost.)
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1904.
LOCATION.
ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST.
SEWER.
SUE-DRAIN.
PIPE SEWER, COST PER LINEAL FOOT.
NAME OF STREBT.
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.
Sub-drain
Inspection.
Miscellaneous.
Lumber.
lineal foot.
Total cost.
Assessment.
Cost to City.
*Beacon st. (N. E. side)
Sacramento st.
Stanford ter.
Richard Falvey
Sand
7.5
10
577.4
237.0
2
$37.45
$0.42
$0.20
$0 32
$0 03
$0.02
$1.00
$579.55
$579.55
*Boston ave.
Highland road
Pearson ave.
Timothy F. Crimmings .
Hardpan and clay .
11.5
269.7
6
268.7
37.75
19
0.90
0.20
0.33
0.10
1.78
$423.43
28.02
Boston ave.
Morrison ave.
Northeasterly
Timothy F. Crimmings .
Hardpan and clay .
10.5
2
330.5
1
38.75
19
0.85
0.43
0.02
0.01
1.43
471.12
385.05
86.07
Boston st. (S. W. side) .
Walnut st.
Southeasterly .
Timothy F. Crimmings .
Hardpan
6.5
8
178.0
2
Built
at peti tioners'
expense
1.37
G92.54
692.54
Private lands (storm drain) .
Boston ave.
Boston & Maine R. R. .
Day Labor
Hardpan
5.0
15
252.0
30
344.0
Cameron ave. (storm drain)
Seven Pines ave.
Mead st.
Richard Falvey
Sand
7.2
20
270.5
1
$3.00
1
35.95
2
0.61 )
Cedar st. (storm drain)
Sartwell ave.
Southwesterly
Day labor
Hardpan and clay
9.2
Brick
264.5
2
40.00
10
4.10
0.72 )
0,25
0.25
0,04
0.01
0.05
0.99
1,430.49
1,430.49
*Leland st.
Washington st.
Dane ave.
Daniel A. Dorey
Filling and sand
9.5
10
336.9
331.6
3
2.00
21
0.39)
0.60
0 35
0.04
0.90
731.95
729.61
2.34
Highland road .
Frederick ave.
Near Boston ave.
Richard Falvey
Sand and clay
7.5
703.4
3
34.67
54
0.43)
3
Built
at peti tioners'
expense
+18 65 0.04
1.82
454.01
193.75
260.26
Line st. .
Cooney st.
Southeasterly .
Timothy F. Crimmings .
Hardpan
11.8
12
249.5
2
.GO
1
36.65
20
1.00
0.26
0.20
0.25
0.05
0.93
551.59
0.99
Pearson ave.
Frederick ave.
Near Boston ave.
Richard Falvey
Filling, clay, and sand 8.0
611.7
5
179 0
2
34.50
42
0.43
0.43
0,21
0.07
0.01
0,83
437.01
437.01
*Porter st. (hoth sides)
Elm st. .
Northeasterly
Bartholomew Burke
Clay
7.2
8
257.0
1
35.45
7
0.37
0.34
0.15
0.22
0.04
0,73
798 90
798.72
0.18
*Powder-ho. b'l'vard & (S. W. side)
North st.
Near Curtis st.
Charles A. Kelley .
Hardpan, rock, and sand
7.0
1262.5
52.3
2.50
33,38
48
0.34 )
0.22
0.03
0.86
1,156.76
1,074.70
82.06
"North st.
East side boulevard
West side boulevard
Charles A. Kelley .
Hardpan
10.0
91.8
35.88
1
0.90)
*Russell road
Broadway
Northeasterly
Bartholomew Burke
Hardpan and rock
7.8
414 8
69.5
2.48
0,33
0.04
0.01
1.17
485.15
485.12
0.03
Vine st. (storm drain)
Somerville ave.
Southwesterly
Day Labor
Sand
8.8
18
130.0
1
30,00
0.72
0.6
0.0
222 78
222.78
Walnut st. and (S. side) .
Gilman st.
S. W. of B. & M. R. R.
Day Labor
Hardpan
3.0
8
225.8
3
14.98
0.18
0.05
0.03
0.71
342.50
169.79
172.71
Private lands
Walnut st.
N'ly along B. & M. R.R.
Day Labor
Filling .
3.0
257.2
8.0
00
461.6
1
3.00
2
34.15
0.34
0.05
0.01
0.78
362.45
362,41
0.04
·Webster ave. and (W. side)
Union sq.
Southerly
Richard Falvey
Sand
9.0
8
123,2
*Washington st. (S. side)
Union sq.
Near Fitchburg R R.
Richard Falvey
Sand
9.0
8
455.9
10
40.00
13
0.61
0.19
0.05
$25.00 )
Yorktown st. and
Seven Pines ave.
Glendale ave.
Day Labor
Sand
4.3
12
170.0)
149.73
Glendale ave. (storm drain) .
Yorktown st. .
Southeasterly .
Day Labor
Sand
4.3
10
810.
Total length and cost of new sewers and drains built in 1904
11,544.2 ( 2,19 miles. )
* Separate system sewer.
+Paid Highway Dep't. for resurfacing trench. #Extra work on account of gas pipe.
Total length of sewers built by the city, January 1, 1905 Total length of private sewers in the city, January 1, 1905 .
34.627.0 feet. (1,380 feet added 1904 not shown previously).
Total length of sewers in the city, January 1, 1905 Total length of storm drains in the city, January 1, 1905
26,476,8 feet, or 5.015 miles.
Total length of the city drainage system, January 1, 1905
90.780 miles.
Total length of Met. sewerage system mains running through the city
3.368 miles.
8
1105.5
6 39.45
45
*Dane ave. and (both sides)
Leland st.
Near Dane st.
Daniel A. Dorey .
Sand
Charles A. Kelley .
Hardpan and loam
6,8
8
193.5
50
10
246.0
8
272.7
1
35,45
10
*Powder-house b'l'vard (N. E. side)
North st.
Near Curtis st.
Charles A. Kelley .
Hardpan and sand
7.0
8
1096.5
164.
6.9
3.75
3
30.30
42
4
1
8
2 34,15
22
0.21
0.08
0.31
0.5
140.99
140.90
Lowell st. (storm drain)
Albion st.
Hudson st.
Day labor
Hardpan
10.0
12
252.0
5
0.78
0.68 )
2.02
0.06
0.02
2.81
1,726.89
4.68
1,239.38
1,239 38
Arch
7.8
12
56.1
Hillside circle
Craigie st,
Northwesterly
Day Labor
Hardpan
Broadway and (S. W. side)
Boston ave.
Josephine ave.
0.59
Sewer.
Sub-
drain
Pipe, including
where laid
Main
Average cost Manholes.
1
0,21
0.39
0.60
149.73
$13,116 82
$5,174.17
$7,942.65
4
20
4
0.64
175 88 )
1.19
690.68
690.68
*Ware st. .
Powder-house boulevard
S. W'y and in Ware st. E. & W.
Patrick Burke
Hardpan
44
123.60
$0.19
552.58
8
7.5
4
8
12
1
1.71
0.35
0 22
36
1
418,212.5 feet.
- 452,839,5 feet, or 85 765 miles. (18,65 iniles separate system.)
451.45
8
7.5
1,726.89
6.0
0.45
....
Excavation.
Average cost per
1
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CITY ENGINEER.
The total length of the city's drainage system is 90.50 miles ; 18.65 miles being on the "separate system," and 5.02 miles of storm drains, and the entire cost of construction has amounted to about $1,144,328, exclusive of the amount paid the state for the construction of the North Metropolitan sewerage system.
Forty-eight new catch basins have been constructed in the highways during the year, at an average cost of $51.62 per basin, making a total of 1,314 catch basins in the city for street drainage purposes.
Metropolitan Sewer Connections. All of the city's ten con- nections with the North Metropolitan sewerage system are in good condition. No new main connections have been required, but on the northeasterly side of Mystic avenue, near Melrose street, a small temporary house connection was made with the state sewer, the city having no main sewer in Mystic avenue at this locality.
At the Somerville-avenue-Poplar-street connection with the Metropolitan sewer, records compiled from an automatic record- ing clock placed in the "regulator chamber" on the combined system show this outlet to have been cut off as follows :-
Year 1904, completely closed 279 hours, partly closed 922 hours. (In the 1903 report a table shows the record for the pre- vious four years.)
The city's assessment for the Metropolitan system for the past year was $32,172.57 on construction account and $18,231.97 for maintenance, and the total amount paid the commonwealth of Massachusetts for this state sewer has been $470,636.71 (1894- 1904, both years inclusive). The total length of the Metro- politan sewerage system mains running through the city amounts to 3.31 miles.
New Work. The construction of a permanent storm drain- age system should be commenced in the vicinity of North Som- erville in the near future, where buildings and new streets are being rapidly constructed, with no good and permanent means yet provided for taking care of the storm water.
A relief sewer should be constructed along the northeasterly side of Highland avenue, between Cedar street and Lowell street, to prevent the flooding of cellars in this locality in times of storms.
In the vicinity of Lowell and Vernon streets, some arrange- ment should be made with the railroad company, whenever the highway bridge is constructed at Lowell street, for providing an outlet for storm water in this locality through the railroad valley, which would be beneficial to both the city and railroad.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
A large storm overflow drain has been contemplated for some time at the East Cambridge line, across private lands from Somerville avenue, discharging into the head of Miller's river. In conjunction with this last proposed work, a readjustment of the present legislative act should be made on a more equitable basis, whereby the amount paid by this city to Cambridge for the maintenance of the Somerville-avenue-Bridge-street sewer would be less and in proportion to the use of the same at the present time, the prevailing conditions being far different from what ex- isted some thirty years ago, when the division of the cost was es- tablished.
A special act of the legislature in 1903 authorized the cities of Somerville and Cambridge and the towns of Arlington and Belmont to unite in improving the sanitary condition of Alewife brook within the limits of the referred-to cities and towns, and after considerable preliminary work had been done, it was deemed advisable to suspend operations, as another act was passed by the legislature in 1904 whereby, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Park Commission, the entire length of Alewife brook, together with upper Mystic river in Medford, might be improved far more extensively than at first proposed by the cities and towns originally interested in the matter.
The Metropolitan Park Commission have recently issued a lengthy report on this proposed improvement of the brook and river.
Sewers Maintenance Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES, 1904.
Maintenance of sewers, including cleaning and flushing
$2,749 48
Maintenance of catch basins, cleaning and
flushing
5,818 25
Changing line and grade and repairing catch basins 791 43
Changing line and grade and repairing man- holes
366 93
Inspection and location of house drains
200 44
Rent of water course between Mystic and Middlesex avenues
300 00
Rebuilding sections of old sewers .
894 03
New tools and supplies .
449 05
Repairs of tools and property
59 86
Cleaning cellars flooded in times of storms,
7 75
Sundry expenses, car fares, telephone, etc.
69 28
Maintenance of sewer department yards and buildings
255 48
Work and materials furnished other depart- ments
124 22
Construction of drain and drainage of base- ment floors, Armory building .
112 79
Settlement of claims for damages .
300 00 .
Total
$12,498 99
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CITY ENGINEER.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Transferred from other accounts
$11,800 00 370 62
Amounts received from other departments, labor, materials 290 82
Sale of old hose, iron, etc.
37 55
Total
$12,498 99
Value of tools and property on hand used in maintenance of sewers .
$977 36
A permanent force of men and teams are kept continually at work flushing, cleaning, and repairing the city's drainage sys- tem, the expense necessarily increasing yearly as lengths of sewers, drains, and catch basins are added to the system.
Nearly 7,000 cubic yards of deposit have been removed from the catch basins and sewers during the year. Eighty-five catch basins and eighty-three manholes have been repaired, and grade or line changed.
A number of extensive repairs have been made on some of the old sewers, alterations made in the outlets, and overflows and extra manholes built for the purpose of improving the system.
Sewers have been repaired in Beacon street, Flint-street place, Harrison street, Moore street, Temple street, Webster street, and Wilton street.
Three hundred and eighteen permits have been issued to licensed drain layers for connecting buildings with the main sewers, twenty-nine being for repairs ; all of the work being done under the supervision of the city's inspector. There are to date about 12,815 private drain connections with the city's drainage system.
The coming year will terminate the city's payment of rental for the use of the old water course across the marsh land between Mystic and Middlesex avenues, as a permanent right of way has been obtained and a large storm drain completed.
A number of cases of claims for damages have been settled for small amounts.
Considerable work has been done and materials furnished other departments during the year whenever requested, the sewer department being reimbursed for the same.
The armory building on Highland avenue was found to have surface and ground water flooding the basement floors after every storm, on account of faulty construction in the drainage of the building, and there being no appropriation, the sewer department spent $112.79 in laying drains that would make the basement available for use.
A tide gate was constructed on the city home property, to prevent the back flowage from Alewife brook ; a number of gate chambers have been constructed for the water department, and miscellaneous work done for the highway department.
304
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PUBLIC GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
At the present time there are eighteen separate parcels of land, located in all parts of Somerville, used for parks and play- grounds, amounting to sixty-four acres, and also a boulevard about one and one-third miles in length maintained by the city.
The larger areas, Broadway, Central hill, Prospect hill, Lin- coln and Tufts parks, have been policed by regular officers from the police department during the spring and summer months ; trees and shrubs added to the various grounds, and bulbs, plants, and flowers furnished in their seasons, and during the winter time ponds flooded for skating.
Six fields have been maintained for baseball and three for football playing, and are constantly in use by the various athletic teams, and the outdoor gymnasium, bicycle track, and tennis courts have been a source of much enjoyment.
The city maintains one of the finest enclosed athletic fields in this vicinity, located near Powder-house square, West Somer- ville, between Broadway and the boulevard, which, on Thanks- . giving day, was the scene of a fine athletic contest between teams representing the Somerville and Cambridge high schools, about 8,000 people being in attendance.
Additional seats have been built on this field during the year at the expense of the High School Athletic Association, making a total seating capacity for nearly 5,000 people, and standing room for three to four thousand more.
The playgrounds on Glen street, at Oliver street, have been enlarged by the city obtaining the use of the vacant land in the rear joining the city's property, which has been graded and in use during the year ; also another area located east of Broadway park has been partially graded and put in condition for a play- ground, the owners of this vacant land agreeing to allow the city to use the same for this purpose.
At the corner of Highland avenue and Cedar street, a por- tion of the Gurney estate has been graded and laid out for a play- ground, at the solicitation of parties interested in this matter.
The remaining unimproved portion of the city's field, lo- cated at the corner of Broadway and Cedar street, has been partly graded, and will probably be completed in the early spring, so that the area in front of the city stables and on one of the prin- cipal streets of the city may be kept in a respectable condition and utilized as a playground in this vicinity.
Wyatt's clay pit in Lincoln park has been used by the board of health for the disposal of ashes, and during the coming year will be practically all filled, so that this park can be completed as originally designed to be laid out.
PROSPECT HILL TOWER, Prospect Hill Park, Somerville, Mass.
COPYRIGHT 1904 BY G. O. W. SERVIS ENG. DEPT.
305
CITY ENGINEER.
Trees of the Carolina poplar variety have been planted on both sides of the Powder-house boulevard, extending from the square westerly to Curtis street, and the coming spring planting should be continued on the remaining length. Houses have been erected on all lots on both sides of this boulevard, between Packard avenue and Curtis street, and a number of buildings are being built west of Curtis street.
On Prospect-hill park the retaining wall along the south- westerly side has been completed, an iron fence erected on top of this wall, and a walk constructed at the base of the slope, and additional trees and shrubs planted, all at an expense of $1,630.70.
The total amount expended in completing this park and ob- servation tower within the last three years has been as follows :-
Land purchased
$48,964 91
Laying out and grading
17,762 30
Observation tower
8,103 03
Bronze tablets erected
500 00
Total
$75,330 24
The granite observation tower on this park was electrically illuminated in the evening on Decoration day, the Seventeenth of June, and Fourth of July, by arranging about 500 incandescent lights around the top of the structure.
Elevations and check levels taken on this tower show no set- tlement since construction.
During construction work in the excavation of material from the slopes of this old hill, many ancient relics were found, such as buttons from the uniforms worn by the American and British soldiers, cannon balls, bullets, an old spade and pick, etc., also an old well was found, said to have been used by the soldiers of the Revolution encamped on Prospect hill, which has been pre- served, and in which an old-time well-sweep and oaken bucket are to be placed.
Maintenance Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES.
Broadway Park (15.9 acres) :---
Maintenance of grounds and general care
of property
$1,552 77
Removing brown-tail and gypsy moths 48 00
Tools and supplies
56 24
Repairing tools and property
114 60
Plants, flowers, butlbs, etc.
259 47
$2,031 08
Amount carried forward
$2,031 08
306
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
Broadway Parkway (1.4 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds
$168 75
Plants, flowers, etc.
100 00
268 75
Central Hill Park (13.1 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care of property
$1,414 32
Removing brown-tail and gypsy moths
32 00
Tools and supplies
76 00
Repairing tools and property
105 99
Repairing rockery and addition of trees and shrubs
138 84
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
609 11
2,376 26
Prospect Hill Park (2.6 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds
$1,218 12
Tools and supplies
46 09
Repairing tools and property
27 :
Repairing fences .
11 25
Illuminating tower
119 14
1,421 82
Lincoln Park (8.3 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care of property
$1,283 68
Tools and supplies
42 53
Repairing tools and property
70 45
Repairing fences
36 03
Sidewalk assessments
104 56
Plants, flowers, etc.
67 00
1,604 25
Tufts Park (4.5 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care of property
$719 70
Removing brown-tail and gypsy moths
36 00
Tools and supplies
35 35
Repairing tools and property
35 24
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc. .
144 96
971 25
Paul Revere Park :- Maintenance of grounds 8 63
Broadway Athletic Field, Tufts College land (4.4 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and care of prop- erty
$484 40
Building new seats and additions to fence,
1,134 91
Tools and supplies
124 36
Repairing property
33 31
.
1.776 98
Playgrounds, Glen street, corner Oliver street (0.9 acre + 1.5 acres leased) :- Maintenance of grounds $59 85
Grading additional area and lease of land, 276 21
336 06
Amount carried forward
$10,795 0S
-
.
.
.
$2,031 08
302
CITY ENGINEER.
Amount brought forward $10,795 08
Playgrounds, Poplar street, corner Joy
street (0.4 acre) :- Maintenance 17 75
Playgrounds, Webster avenue, near Cam- bridge line (0.2 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds 5 00
Playgrounds, Winthrop avenue (2.5 acres leased) :-
Laying out and grading
$100 25
Maintenance
18 88
119 13
Playgrounds, Highland avenue, at Cedar street (1.8 acres leased) :-
Laying out and grading
$188 79
Maintenance
47 75
236 54
Playgrounds, Somerville
avenue, corner
Kent street (0.8 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds
$46 25
Repairing property
17 85
64 10
Playgrounds, Belmont street, near Summer street (0.4 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds .
$48 00
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
109 19
157 19
Playgrounds, Broadway, corner Cedar street (4.2 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds $45 37
Grading westerly part of field
594 08
639 45
Playgrounds, College avenue, opposite Mor- rison avenue (0.4 acre) :- Maintenance of grounds
11 38
Cemetery, Somerville avenue (0.7 acre) :- Maintenance of grounds
40 31
Powder House Boulevard (1 1-3 miles long) :-
Maintenance of roadway and walks .
$211 79
Trees and planting
146 15
Incidentals
38 00
Total expenditure maintenance (64 acres, 1 1-3 miles
boulevard)
$12,481 87
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$11,000 00
Transferred from other departments 421 87
Amounts carried forward
$11,421 87
$12,481 87
.
.
.
357 94
308
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . Boston Elevated Railway Company, pro- portional park maintenance Broadway Parkway, 1904 . Sundry persons, part cost of improvements, Amount received from High School Athletic Association
$11,421 87 $12,481 87
50 00
10 00
1,000 00
Total
Value of tools and property used in main- tenance of grounds
$12,481 87
$2,000 00
APPENDED TABLE.
Following this report is a table giving names of all streets in the city, public and private, lengths, widths, and the total mileage; in the 1901 report a table was given showing the loca- tions and names of public squares in the city, and in the 1898 re- port old names of certain streets as formerly known.
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