Report of the city of Somerville 1905, Part 23

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 486


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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←


303:


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-


304


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


306


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.


FROM


To


Public or Private.




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