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10
0.30)
*Harris st.
Beacon st.
Southwesterly
Day Labor
Sand and peat
5.7
125.5
1
30.00
10
0.2G
0,21
0.08
0.04
0.84
105,88
105.88
Highland ave. (north side)
Cedar st.
Near Lowell st.
Daniel A. Dorey
Hardpan
10.0
12
1264.0
1.2
4.00
4
35,50
43
0.57
0.37
0.0-
10.26
1.36
1,718.55
1,718.55
*Joseph st. (west side) and
End of old sewer
Lincoln parkway
Daniel A. Dorey
Filling and clay
9.0
107.0
1
36.00
3
0.50)
0.19
0.05
0.01
0.97
476.11
476.11
*Lincoln parkway (south side)
Joseph st.
Westerly
Daniel A. Dorey
Filling and clay
6.7
8
382.0
2
36.00
13
0.50 )
*North st. and .
Powder House boulevard
Russell road .
Bartholomew Burke
Hardpan
9.2
10
180.6
1
34.00
11
0.49 )
North st.
Angle thence southerly
Bartholomew Burke
Hardpan and rock
8.7
8
763.8
84.6
2.20
34.00
52
0.46)
Teele ave.
Northerly
James H. Fannon .
Hardpan and boulders
9.8
10
301.6
91.9
1.65
36,00
17
0.52
0.31
0.05
1.50
453.11
186.11
267.00
*Palmer ave. (south side)
Franklin st.
City playground
Patrick Burke
Filling .
G.7
10
170.0
1
31.50
7
0.36
Palmer ave.
Fountain ave.
Patrick Burke
Filling .
6.7
10
314.9
8
534.4
24
1063.0
3
115.0
3.00
2
57.50
1.25
Broadway (storm drain, north
side) .
Pearson road .
Boston ave.
Daniel A. Dorey .
Hardpan
13.0
24
712.1
47.0 480.0
3
57.50
2
1.25J
Pritchard ave.
S. of Frederick ave.
Near Boston ave.
Bartholomew Burke
Filling and Hardpan
G.2
8
491.0
5
75.0
1.7
2.00
33.50
0.45
0,20
0.29
0.08
0.03
0.11
1.10
501.10
414.11
86.99
Skilton ave.
Pearl st.
S'ly thence westerly
Timothy F. Crimmings.
Hardpan and Sand
8.2
10
10.4
10
581.9
G
559.7
30.0
2.60
50,50
18
0.875
0.20
0.36
0.10
0.02
1.82
1,060.83
*Washington st. (south side)
Perry st.
Beacon st.
Willard B. Bryne .
Sand and gravel 12.5
15
1400.1
5
1069.0
1.0
7.00
1
63.00
51
1.48
0.20
0.50
0.12
0,09
0.21
2.81
3,930.85
3,920.85
Total length and cost
* Separate system sewers.
Includes cost of connecting drains and repaving sidewalk. #Includes relaying a portion of Knowlton street sewer.
§Catch-basins.
Total length of sewers built by the city, January 1, 1906 Total length of private sewers in the city, January 1, 1906 .
Total length of sewers in the city, January 1, 1906 Total length of storm drains in the city, January 1, 1906
461,229.7 feet, or 87.354 miles. 29,598.3 feet, or 5.606 miles.
(20.115 miles separate system.)
Total length of the city drainage system, January 1, 1906
92.960 miles.
3,368 miles.
Total length of Met. sewerage system mains running through the city
426,602.7 feet. 34,627.0 feet.
32,50
36
0.3G
0.20
0,04
0.01
0.75
368.09
3€8.01
0.08
*Somerville ave. (south side)
No. 50 Somerville ave. .
East Cambridge line
Richard Falvey
Filling and old seawall
SEWER.
SUB-DRAIN.
PIPE SEWER, COST PER LINEAL FOOT.
Main
Sewer.
Sub- drain
Price, including
-
11,511.7 (2.18 miles. )
$19,608.00
$2,686.94
$16,921.06
*Private lands and
0.36
0.24
0,07
$109.17
0,01
0.94
961.13
961.13
*Fountain ave. (both sides)
Glen st.
Northwesterly
Patrick Burke
Filling .
6.5
31,50
16
0.34
Pearson road (storin drain) and
Two Penny brook
Broadway
Daniel A. Dorey .
Hardpan and rock
0.20
1.06
0.09
0.04
3.74
6,630.35
6,630.35
1
3
2
27
2
-
0.20
0.03
0.08
0.23
0.04
1.08
· 1,019.14
1,019.14
*Russell road
3
Packard ave.
1
30.00
...
1
1
1
8
8
11.0
489.0
Excavation.
Average cost Manholes
Average cost per
0.75
350.14
350.14
9
431.0
1,060.83
7.0
COMPILED TABLE SHOWING LENGTH AND COST OF SEPARATE SYSTEM SEWERS CONSTRUCTED TO 1906.
DATE OF CONSTRUC- TION
STREET.
FROM
To
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST BY YEARS.
1899 1902
Adrian st. (both sides) .
.
Joseph st.
Marion st.
1,203.2
system sewer
643.0
1896
Ash ave.
Old sewer changed to separate Meacham st. .
Northeasterly
302.0
1896
Ash ave.
East Albion st.
Southwesterly
288.5
1900
Bay State ave.
Mallet st.
Northerly and southerly
448.5
1900
Bay State ave.
Kidder ave.
Northerly and southerly
518.5
1902
Beach ave.
Columbia st.
Near Webster ave.
186.9
1902-'05
Beacon st. (northeast side) Beacon st. (southwest side)
Beacon st.
.
1899
Bolton st. (both sides)
Oak st.
Medford line
Pritchard ave.
911.0
1889
Bowdoin st.
Old sewer changed to separate
system sewer
Willow ave.
Cedar st.
Southeasterly
480.5
1898
Broadway
Alewife brook .
About 70 ft. S. E. Weston ave.
431.6
1896
Cameron ave.
Seven Pines ave.
Broadway
.
Near Boston & Lowell railroad .
412.8
1900
Clark st. and Lincoln park
Newton st.
.
Washington st.
1,149.6
1896-'03 College ave.
Private lands
Near Warner st.
593.0
1901 1899 1899
Columbia st.
Webster ave.
.
Springfield st.
553.8
1899
Concord ave. (south side)
Prospect st.
.
Near Curtis st.
1.276.6
Dane avc. (both sides)
Leland st. .
Fitchburg railroad
729.2
1902
Dearborn rd.
Boston ave.
Glen st.
Springfield st.
Near Cambridge line
Northerly
[211.0
1896 1896
Elmwood st.
Tannery Brook sewer .
Southwesterly and northeasterly
634.6
Elmwood ter.
Elmwood st.
Easterly
201.4
1903 1898-'02 1898
Endicott ave.
Broadway
Southwesterly
Broadway
Northwesterly
534.4
1905
Fountain ave. (both sides)
Glen st.
Washington st.
Oliver st.
1887
Fremont ave.
Old sewer changed to separate
system sewer
234.8
1896 1896
Fremont st.
East Albion st.
.
1899
1905
Glen st. (southeast side)
Fountain ave.
Dell st.
Near Cameron ave.
334.1
1896
Glendale ave.
.
Howard st.
Northeasterly
569.6
1896
Gorham st.
.
Old sewer changed to separate Washington st.
Near Vine st.
733.6
1905
Harris st.
Beacon st.
Elmwood st.
Southeasterly
194.0
1899
Houghton st. (both sides) Jay st.
Howard st.
Northcasterly
Near Lincoln park
804.7
1899-'05
Joseph st. (both sides)
.
.
South of Frederick ave.
1,301.5
1900
Josephine ave.
Broadway
.
Bay State ave.
226.0
1900
Kidder ave.
Lowden ave.
.
Park pl.
239.2
1902
Laurel st.
Somerville ave.
-
Dane avc. .
393.0
1904
Leland st.
Washington st.
Joseph st.
Westerly
382.0
1905
Lincoln parkway (south side) Linden st.
Somerville ave.
Near Charlestown st.
598.3
1902
Linwood st. (both sides) Lowden ave.
Broadway
Near Fosket st.
1,189.6 180.7
1902
Main st.
Fremont st.
Near Moreland st.
240.0
1896
Malvern ave.
Yorktown st.
Near Cameron ave.
333.5
1903
Maple st.
Old sewer changed to separate Wyatt st.
Near Concord ave.
917.0
1902
Meacham st.
Moreland st.
.
Medford line
141.5
1896
Meacham st.
Fremont st.
.
Near Fremont st.
206.0
1901
1901
Meacham st.
Moreland st.
.
N. E. D. M. & W. Co.'s drive
96.3
$11,489 31
1896
Medford st.
N. P. & P. Co.'s drive
.
Near Charlestown st.
499.0
1902
Merriam st.
Somerville ave.
. .
Near Heath st.
1,319.9
1896-'98
Moreland st.
.
Moreland st.
.
Wheatland st. .
714.8
1899
Newton st. (north side)
Prospect st.
.
Near Concord sq.
605.5
1899
Newton st. (south side)
Webster ave.
.
Near Cambridge line
601.4
1898-'05
Oak st. (both sides)
.
Franklin st.
City playground
240.0
1896
Passageway off Broadway
Southwesterly
916.2
1889
Perry st.
Washington st.
Southerly
325.0
1902
Poplar st.
Somerville ave.
.
Northeasterly
-
2,359.0
1904
Powder Ho. boul. (both sides) Private lands
Medford line
College ave. .
421.5
1896
Private lands
Somerville ave. Met. Con.
Medford st.
175.5
1898 1905
Private lands
Palmer ave.
.
Newton st.
2,056.9
1899-'00 1898
Raymond ave.
North st. .
Southeasterly
962.4
1904-'05
Russell rd.
Broadway
North st.
1,178.6
1898-'00
Somerville ave. (north side)
Franklin ct.
Linden ave.
East Cambridge line
2,008.9
1900
Somerville ave. (south side) Somerville ave. (south side)
Prospect st.
Malloy ct.
1.494.8
3,907.9
1896
Thorndike st.
Howard st.
Southwesterly and northeasterly
251.2
1901 1902
Tyler st.
Dane st.
Vine st.
410.8
1900
Upland park
Broadway
Southwesterly
195.2
1898
Victoria st.
Woodstock st.
Near Broadway
847,4
1904
Ware st.
Powder-house boul.
S'w'ly and in Ware st. E. and W. Beacon st. North side
3,681.4 48.8
1904 $6,392 44
1900
Washington st.
South side
Franklin st.
455.9
1898
Waterhouse st.
Woodstock st.
Near Broadway
791.2
1902
Watson st.
Broadway
Near Fairmount ave.
212.6
1902
Waverly st.
Met. Con., at Roland st.
Washington st.
215.9
1897-'04
Webster ave. (both sides)
Union sq.
Near Cambridge line
4,795.5
1896
Willow ave.
Broadway
Near Fosket st.
997.9
1896
Wilson ave.
Broadway
Southwesterly
314.8
1896
Winchester st.
Medford line
Broadway
102.7
$0,633 5€
1898
Metropolitan sewer
Garrison ave.
860.9
Garrison avr,
Farragut ave.
76.9
1902 1896
Yorktown st.
Cambridge linc
Northeasterly
367.8
Total lengthi and cost to January 1, 1906 (20.115 miles)
106,204,7
$181,141 49
1
1899 1905
East Albion st.
Ash ave.
Medford line
648.5
957.5
1902-'05
Franklin st. (westerly sidc)
89.0
Fremont st.
Mystic ave.
.
Main st.
1,229.5
1898
Garrison ave.
Proposed st.
Near Broadway
124.8
$15,931 52
1896
Hanson ave.
system scwer
Southwesterly
125.5
1902
Harrison st.
Springfield st. .
Near Cambridge line
992.1
1896
Newton st.
Near Somerville ave.
Near Washington st.
2,450.7
1900
Mallet st.
Lowden ave.
Bay State ave.
system sewer
598.0
1899
Marion st.
Marion st. (west of Wyatt st.)
Old sewer changed to separate
system scwer
Ash avc.
215.7
1896
Mystic ave.
Winthrop avc.
Concord avc.
1,158.6
1901
.
Russell rd.
Conwell ave.
734.3
1899 1905
Oliver st. (southerly side)
West of Glen st.
742.2
1902-'05 Palmer ave. (both sides) 1886 Parker st.
.
Old sewer changed to separate Broadway
system sewer
221.1
1902
Pearson rd.
Sewer at Medford line
Near Broadway
Joy st.
257,0
1904
Porter st. (both sides)
Elm st.
North st.
189G
Private lands
Alewife brook .
North st.
405.0
1899
Prospect st.
Webster ave.
.
Ncar Cambridge line
1,194.5
1900
Rogers ave.
Broadway
Near Frederick ave.
9,935.3
1896-'05
Somerville ave. (south side)
Laurel st.
Opposite Craigie .
2,261.7
1,263.8
1899
Springfield st. (both sides) Tannery brook
Clarendon ave.
84 ft. cast of Thorndike st.
638.6
Tremont st.
Webster ave.
Near Cambridge line
464.6
1900-'05
Washington st. (both sides)
Lincoln park
1902
Washington st. (south side) Washington st. (south side)
Waverly st.
1904
Webster ave.
Near Fitchburg railroad
1,338.0
.
Prospect st.
Near Cambridge line
2,376.7
1901
Hanson st.
Washington st.
Tyler st.
Near Bromfield rd.
198.5
1905
Dell st. (northeast side) Dickinson st. (both sides) Dickson st.
Broadway
.
Near Concord sq.
510.0
Concord avc. (north side)
Prospect st.
.
Springfield st.
986.2
Conwell ave.
North st.
Near Dane st.
1,105.5
1900 1904 1901 1901
Dane st. (east side)
Washington st.
997.3
Angle near Tufts st.
342.5
1,437.4
1897 $578 78
1905
Bromfield rd.
Two Penny brook
Near Warner st. .
Northeasterly
532.0
1896
Beckwith circle
Southwesterly
Houghton st.
962.3
1896-'05
Boston ave.
1896 1896
Broadway
Boston ave.
Winchester st.
1
1896 1897
Broadway
Cedar st.
Willow ave.
Bay State ave.
3,089.9
1903 1902
Southeast side Washington st. Kent st.
Stanford ter.
Harris st.
J,403.3 101.8
305.0
377.3
380.0
370.5
Broadway
1,847.1
Cedar st. .
Concord ave. (north side)
Newton st.
Near Cambridge line
797.6
478.0
Farragut ave.
Woodstock st.
785.9
Near East Albion st.
828.5
Yorktown st.
226.8
329.9
1900 $39,427 69
1902
Mystic ave.
.
Mystic ave.
Fremont st.
286.6
1896
Norfolk st. (both sides) . North st.
Webster ave.
Franklin st.
351.9
1902 $23.417 57
Near Curtis st.
Fountain avc.
314.9
Somerville ave.
68.4
1903 $3,619 10
1901
Concord ave.
Near Cambridge line
1896
Prospect st. (both sides)
194.0
.
Wyatt cir.
Wyatt st.
Westerly
1905
Woodstock st., private lands, and proposed st.
1896
$42,029 39
Broadway
Dane st. (west side)
1898 $28,627 15
Allen st. .
Opposite Poplar st.
733.7
1900
COMPILED TABLE SHOWING LENGTH AND COST OF STORM DRAINS CONSTRUCTED TO 1906.
DATE OF CON- STRUCTION.
DISTRICT BENEFITED.
FROM
To
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST.
East Somerville District :
1902
Boston & Maine R. R. (marsh land)
Middlesex ave. .
Mystic river
1,108.0
M. R. R.
Winthrop ave. extension . B. & M. land on Middlesex ave. Bell Mouth chamber .
.
Wheatland st.
726.0
7,569 17
Mystic ave.
.
Broadway .
25.7
755 67
Sargent ave.
1,648.6
14,566 77
Sherman ct.
Sargent ave.
Marshall st
Marshall st.
Sherman ct.
Gilman sq.
2,126.1
20,900 26
Medford st.
Gilman sq.
School st.
Medford st.
Richdale ave.
451.0
532 37
Broadway
Winthrop ave.
Cross st.
1,877.5
15,741 27
1899
Otis st.
Cross st.
Westerly
375.0
174 55
Lowell Railroad Valley District :
Murray st.
Washington st. .
Southerly
140.0
125 21
Lex. & Arl. Branch railroad
Hudson st.
865.0
1,853 46
Lowell st.
Albion st. .
Hudson st.
246.0
140 90
Vernon st.
.
·
Somerville Avenue District :
1903
Maple st.
Poplar st.
Near Medford st.
608.5
625 54
Linden st.
Old sewer changed to storm .
drain
626.0
Merriam st.
Old sewer changed to storm drain
547.0
Allen st.
Somerville ave.
Near Charlestown st. Northerly
262.0
343 72
Union sq.
Washington st.
Bow st.
Bow st.
Union sq.
Summer st.
2,080.8
18,259 94
Summer st.
.
Bow st.
School st.
Berkeley st.
438.0
981 90
Vine st.
Somerville ave.
Southwesterly
130.0
222 78
Somerville ave.
Spring st.
Lowell st.
705.0
1,432 96
1901-'04
Cedar st.
.
Southwest of Sartwell ave.
Highland ave.
1,443.2
5,428 96
North Somerville District :
Pearson rd.
Two Penny brook
Broadway
1,775.1
6,630 35
Broadway
Pearson rd.
Boston ave.
Boston & Lowell railroad
504.0
692 54
Tannery Brook Valley District :
1898-'03
Tannery Brook drain (in Camb.) . Tannery Brook drain
Clarendon ave.
657.3
2,533 73
1896
Davis sq.
3,144.0
*31,942 76
1901
Lex. & Arl. Branch R. R. location Yorktown st. .
Tannery Brook drain
Glendale ave.
251.0
149 73
1896
Cameron ave. .
Tannery Brook drain
.
Northerly
170.0
115 72
1904
Cameron ave.
Tannery Brook drain
Mead st.
614.5
1,726 89
1896
Gorham st.
Tannery Brook drain
Northerly
285.0
196 24
1896
Jay st.
Tannery Brook drain
Northerly
155.0
87 38
1898
Day st.
Davis sq.
Westerly
318,2
360 90
Total length and cost (5.606 miles)
.
29,598.3
$188,032 33 1
.
End of drain built in 1897 Winthrop ave. .
.
Broadway .
1,268.0
19,241 53
W'nth'p av. (including Bell Mouth) Broadway
Sargent ave.
Broadway
Sherman ct.
Gilman sq.
Marshall st.
Medford st.
School st. .
1898 1898 1900 1900 1898 1898
Richdale ave.
School st.
Northwest of Essex st.
Cross st.
Broadway
Pearl st.
1902 1896-'99 1904 1903
Private lands (west of Lowell st.) .
Glenwood road .
Trull st.
372.0
531 42
1902 1902 1902 1902
Prospect Hill parkway
Columbus ave.
1898 1898 1898 1899 1904 1901
School st.
.
·
·
1905 1905 1904
Broadway
Josephine ave.
Near Alewife brook Clarendon ave. (in Cambridge) Holland st. . .
Willow ave. & Morrison ave.
2,135.2
10,031 61
1904
.
.
.
B. & M. railroad land Mystic ave.
24.0
$2,988 60
880.4
17,596 35
58.2
2.470 82
Winthrop ave.
.
Winthrop ave.
Middlesex ave. (tidegate chamber) Middlesex av. & Winthrop av. ext'n Mystic ave. and Winthrop ave. Mystic ave.
By B. &
1902-'03 1903 1900-'03 1897 1897 1898 1898 1898 1898 1898
*Land damages excepted.
.
557.0
1,080 23
Summer st.
.
Compiled Table Showing Various Forms and Sizes, Materials of Construction and Lengths of the City's Drainage System.
SIZE IN INCHES.
PIPE, FEET.
BRICK, FEET.
BRICK, STONE, FEET.
BRICK, CONCRETE, FEET.
WOOD, FEET.
WOOD, BRICK, FEET.
STONE, CONCRETE, FEET.
CONCRETE, FEET.
STONE, FEET.
IRON. PIPE, FEET.
6
6,802
8 .
110,407
9 .
258
10 .
10 x 12
114,881
290
12 × 12
12 × 14 .
13 x 16 .
15,124
17,466
14 × 18
131/2 × 20
1,762
16 .
16 × 16
380
875
15 x 22
250
15 x 2212
250
908
18 .
16 x 21
462
16 x 22
17 x 17
17 x 21
16 x 24 .
17 × 24
4,183
10,121
17× 26
1,258
18 x 24 .
134
18 × 27
1,051
20 x 24 .
313
19 x 26
600
24 .
9,474
13,249
556
20 × 30
1,889
24 × 28
5,417
26 .
1,703
22 x 33
5,071
24 × 30
63
28 .
1,918
30 .
1,386
5,240
24 x 36
2,645
26 × 39
2,623
36 .
8,011
36 x 38
2,803
30 x 45
2,873
35 x 44
727
40 .
618
36 x 48
4,666
39 x 52
444
48 .
7,686
50 .
725
48 × 52.
42 × 60
1,326
642
54 .
1,899
56
1,174
60 .
926
62 .
732
18 to 84 .
48 x 84 .
1,902
48 x 86
1,487
84 .
1,219
78 × 78
85 × 90
1,267 1,165
96 .
90 x 120 .
·
.
10434 x 111
12
132 x 132 .
20
Totals
323,244
152,455
6,575
3,145
1,173
1,343
657
900
1,070
266
40
12 .
335
198
426
15 .
4,619
18,853
1,200
289
230
851
20 .
17,204
500
126
578
15 x 20 .
56,100
190
848
66
187
72 .
1,108
872
657
370
42 .
51 .
48 × 60
1,468
471
700
100
Total length of the city drainage system, January 1, 1906, 490,828 feet, or 92.960 miles.
900
.
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CITY ENGINEER.
drains constructed ; size and materials of construction of the city's entire drainage system :-
Sewers Maintenance Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES, 1905.
Maintenance of sewers, including cleaning
and flushing (93 miles)
$3,616 54
Maintenance of catch basins, cleaning and flushing (1,314)
6,013 88
Changing line and grade and repairing catch basins
719 76
Changing line and grade and repairing manholes
520 40
Inspection and location of house drains
253 10
New tools and supplies .
428 79
Repairs of tools and property
75 45
Sewer plan books, binding and repairing
42 25
Sundry expenses, car fares, telephone, etc.,
52 84
Maintenance of sewer department yards and buildings 288 67
Work and materials furnished other depart- ments
107 08
Total
$12,118 76
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$12,000 00
Amounts received from other departments,
labor, materials furnished
107 08
Sale of old hose, iron, etc.
13 40
Total
$12,120 48
Balance unexpended
·
$1 72
Value of tools and property on hand used in maintenance of sewers
$1,004 38
·
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.
Over 9,000 cubic yards of deposit have been removed from the catch basins and sewers during the year, and the average cost per mile for cleaning and maintaining has amounted to $103.55.
Forty-five catch basins and seventy-six manholes have been repaired, and grade or line changed.
A number of 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.
Three hundred and forty-eight permits have been issued to licensed drain layers for connecting buildings with the main ·sewers, forty-eight being for repairs ; all of the work being done
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
under the supervision of the city's inspector. There are to date about 13,115 private drain connections with the city's drainage- system.
Considerable miscellaneous work has been done and mate -- rials furnished other departments during the year whenever re- quested, the sewer department being reimbursed for the same.
VIEWS IN SOMERVILLE PARKS
CENTRAL HILL PARK
TUFTS PARK
PROSPECT HILL PARK
LINCOLN PARK
BROADWAY PARK
ー≥1905←
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CITY ENGINEER.
·
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 as the appropriation would allow, 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 when the weather was favorable.
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.
Additional seats have been built on the enclosed athletic field in West Somerville during the year, at the expense of the High School Athletic Association, making a total seating capacity for nearly 5,500 people, and a raised inclining platform was con- structed, accommodating an additional 3,000 people; this plat- form is removable.
On Thanksgiving day, at a football game between teams representing the Somerville and Cambridge high schools, there were over 9,000 people in attendance.
A portion of the cost of maintaining this field should be paid for by the High School Association, as admission is charged to these contests.
The playground located at the corner of Broadway and Cedar street has been completely graded, and the slopes along the streets will be planted with shrubs and trees in the early spring.
Wyatt's clay pit in Lincoln park has been completely filled, and during the coming year this park can be laid out and com- pleted as originally designed.
Trees of the Bolleana poplar variety have been planted on both sides of the Powder-house boulevard, extending from Curtis street westerly to the end of this roadway, near Mystic river ; also there was a small balance left over on construction account, which was used during the year in grading the grass plots, slopes, and sidewalks northwest of North street, amounting to $369.30.
Playgrounds, where the land is owned by private parties and turned over to the city for use, have been maintained in the fol-
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
lowing localities : On Winthrop avenue (Fellsway east), 2.5 acres ; on Knowlton street, 1.5 acres; corner Highland avenue and Cedar street, 1.8 acres; and there are a number of vacant lots of land in different sections of the city, owned by private parties, large enough for the purpose of establishing recreation grounds and breathing spaces, which undoubtedly could be obtained for short term leases by payment of the taxes to the owner of the property, and be of great benefit to thousands of children in the congested parts of the city.
Maintenance Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES.
Broadway Park (15.9 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care of property
$1,120 67
Removing brown-tail and gypsy moths
36 00
Tools and supplies
78 29
Repairing tools and property
74 53
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
$1,466 26
Broadway Parkway (1.4 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds
$101 50
Plants, flowers, trees, etc.
98 73
Central Hill Park (13.1 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care of property
$1,102 81
Removing brown-tail and gypsy moths
24 00
Tools and supplies
33 15
Repairing tools and property
109 18
Repairing roadways
116 42
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc. .
1,786 41
Prospect Hill Park (2.6 acres) :-
$1,032 15
Tools and supplies
46 82
Repairing tools and property
117 39
Trees and shrubs .
32 38
1,228 74
Lincoln Park (8.3 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care
$1,374 88
of property
59 77
Repairing tools and property
128 13
Plants, flowers, etc.
.
.
1,618 53
Tufts Park (4.5 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and general care of property
$929 67
Removing brown-tail and gypsy moths
27 80
Tools and supplies
13 04
Repairing tools and property
267 26
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
·
1,264 77
Amount carried forward
$7,564 94
.
156 77
200 23
400 85
Maintenance of grounds
Tools and supplies
.
55 75
27 00
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CITY ENGINEER.
Amount brought forward
$7,564 94 Paul Revere Park :-
Maintenance of grounds 14 41
Broadway Athletic Field, Tufts College land (4.4 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds and care of
property
$629 83
Building new seats (High School Associa- tion)
545 83
Tools and supplies
32 29
Repairing property
.
Playgrounds, Glen street, corner Oliver street (0.9 acre + 1.5 acres leased) :- Maintenance of grounds .
35 37
Playgrounds, Poplar street, corner Joy street (0.4 acre) :-
Maintenance 52 62
Playgrounds, Webster avenue, near Cam- bridge line (0.2 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds 8 00
Playgrounds, Winthrop avenue (2.5 acres leased) :-
Maintenance 12 25
Playgrounds, Highland avenue, at Cedar street (1.8 acres leased) :- Maintenance
130 41
Playgrounds, Somerville avenue, corner
Kent street (0.8 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds .
$31 88
Repairing property
55 44
87 32
Playgrounds, Belmont street, near Summer street (0.4 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds .
$47 65
Plants, flowers, bulbs, etc.
125 50
173 15
Playgrounds, Broadway, corner Cedar
street (4.2 acres) :-
Maintenance of grounds $73 19
Completion, grading westerly part of field, 594 42
Trees and shrubs for slopes
393 75
1,061 36
Playgrounds, College avenue, opposite Morrison avenue (0.4 acre) :-
Maintenance of grounds 14 25
Cemetery, Somerville avenue (0.7 acre) :- Maintenance of grounds 36 75
Powder-house boulevard (1 1-3 miles
long) :-
Maintenance of roadway and walks $384 45
173 02
Trees and planting
557 47
Incidentals
39 00
Total expenditure, maintenance (64 acres, 1 1-3 miles boulevard)
$10,993 30
3 05
1,211 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Transferred from other departments (labor), ·
$10,500 00 45 00
Amount received from High School Ath- letic Association
Sale of old mower .
452 53 1 00
Total
$10,998 53
Balance unexpended
$0 23
Value of tools and property used in main- tenance of grounds
$1,500 00
Amount expended on construction account, Powder-house boulevard $369 30
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 report old names of certain streets as formerly known.
Respectfully submitted, ERNEST W. BAILEY, City Engineer.
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CITY ENGINEER.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS.
STREET.
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To
Public or Private.
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