Report of the city of Somerville 1906, Part 26

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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308.0


1900


Washington st.


South side


Waverly st.


Franklin st.


1,338.0


190


1900


1898


1902 1902 1897-'04


Webster ave. (both sides)


Union sq.


Broadway


Broadway


Southwesterly


314.8


$15,386 14


1896


Winchester st. . Medford line


Broadway


102.7


Metropolitan sewer


Garrison ave.


860.9


Garrison av^.


Farragut ave.


Westerly


76.9


Cambridge line


Northeasterly


367.8


Total length and cost to January 1, 1907 (22.223 miles)


117,332.6


$196,527.63


*


Near Somerville ave.


Nenr Washington st.


2,798.5


1,189.0


1901 $11,489 31


Marion st. (west of Wyatt st.)


Old sewer changed to separate


system sewer


194.0


Meacham st.


Fremont st.


.


Near Fremont st.


206.0 96.3


1896


Medford st.


N. P. & P. Co.'s drive


.


190G


Medford st. (both sides)


Somerville ave.


.


Near Charlestown st.


1,319.9 996.6


1902 $23,417 57


1896


Mystic ave. Mystic ave.


Winthrop ave.


Webster ave.


Near Cambridge line


601.4


1898-'05 1899 1905


Pearson rd.


Near Dearhorn rd.


.


.


.


Somerville ave. Elm st.


*


Northeasterly


257.0


1904


Powder Ho. boul. (both sides) Private lands


Medford line


.


Medford st.


175.5


1899 1899-'00


Prospect st. (both sides) Raymond ave.


2,056.9


1898


1904-'05 1906 1898-'00 1896-'05 1900 1901


Somerville ave. (north side)


Linden avc.


9,935.3


Opposite Poplar st.


.


Prospect st.


Concord ave.


Clarendon ave.


84 ft. east of Thorndike st. Southwesterly and northeasterly Near Cambridge line Vine st.


410.8


1900 1898 1906


Victoria st.


Woodstock st.


Nenr Broadway


Village st.


Dane st. .


Near Vinc st.


326.0


1905


802.0


$9,633 54


1904 1906 1900-'05


Washington st. (both sides)


Lincoln park


Beacon st.


3,681.4 48.3


1902


Washington st. (south side) Washington st. (south side) Washington st. (north side) Waterhouse st. . Watson st. Waverly st. .


Crescent st.


Woodstock st.


Near Broadway


791.2


Broadway


Near Fairmount ave.


Washington st.


Near Cambridge line


Near Fosket st.


997.9


1906


1898


Woodstock st., private lands, and proposed st. Wyatt cir.


1902 1896


Yorktown st.


.


+


Broadway


Winchester st. Cedar st.


Willow ave. .


Alewife brook


About 70 ft. S. E. Weston ave.


Near Dearborn rd.


1,093.4


1897 $573 78


Poplar st.


Newton st. .


Washington st.


Near Warner st.


593.0


Columbia st.


Prospect st.


Springfield st.


Near Curtis st.


Nenr Dane st.


Fitchburg railroad


Dane st. (west side)


Washington st.


. .


Near Bromfield rd.


Angle near Tufts st.


342.5


Dickinson st. (both sides) Dickson st.


East Albion st.


Ash ave.


Oak sq.


Mossland st.


961.3


634.6


Elmwood ter.


Endicott ave.


Broadway


Newton st.


Near Webster ave.


306.7


1905 1902-'05 1887 1896 1896


Fremont st.


Garrison ave.


Proposed st.


Fountain nve.


1896 1890 1901 1905


Harrison st.


Southeasterly


Kent st.


1,309.2


1900 $39,427 69


1909 1900 1899 1906 1896 1899-'05 1900


Joseph st. (both sides)


Near Lincoln park


804.7


Josephine ave.


.


Kidder ave.


Lowden ave.


Bay State ave.


226.0


. .


Joseph st.


Westerly


382.0


Main st.


Fremont st.


Yorktown st.


system sewer


598.0


1896-'98


Moreland st.


Mystic ave.


Moreland st.


Franklin st.


system sewer


240.0


221.1


1902-'06 1889 1902


Poplar st.


Joy st.


733.7


Near Curtis st.


2.359.0


1896


Private lands


Somerville ave. Met. Con.


.


Fountain ave.


314.9


Newton st.


68.4


Near Cambridge line


Near Hanson st.


271.1


1904 $6,392 44


Somerville ave. (south side) . Somerville ave. (south side) Somerville ave. (south side) Springfield st. (both sides) Tannery brook


1896


3,907.9


251.2


1901


Webster ave.


638.6


Upland park


Ware st. . Warner st.


Powder-house boul.


464.6


Pearson rd.


North side


Near Fitchburg railroad Franklin st.


1.495.0


Met. Con., at Roland st.


215.9


4,795.5


1896 1896


Willow ave.


Wilson ave.


Webster avc.


455.9


1902-'05 1886


Oliver st. (southerly side) Palmer ave. (both sides) Parker st.


Near Cambridge line


2,376.7


742.2


Old sewer changed to separate Broadway


.


.


Near Broadway


.


.


Northeasterly


302.0


1896 1896 1900


Bay State ave. Bay State ave.


Kidder ave.


1900 1902 1902-'05 1909 1902


Beacon st. (northeast side) Beacon st. (southwest side) Beckwith circle


Southeast side Washington st. Kent st. Beacon st.


.


1899


Bolton st. (both sides) *


Oak st.


Medford line


Pritchard ave.


911.0


1889


system sewer


305.0


377.3


189€ 1896 1896


Broadway


Broadway


480.5


1,847.1


Near Warner st.


Northeasterly


532.0


Cedar st ..


412.8


1905-'06 1896 1890 190G 1900 1896-'03 1901 1899 1899 1899 1900 1901 1901 1901 1902 1905


1899 1905 1896 190G


Elm st. (west side) .


Elmwood st.


Southwesterly and northeasterly Easterly


201.4


1903 1898-'02 1900 1898


Franklin st. (westerly side)


Near East Albion st.


234.8


1898


Glen st. (southeast side)


Gorham st.


733.6


Harris st.


Southwesterly


125,5


194.0


1898 $28,627 15


198.5


Dell st. (northeast side)


.


Near Cambridge line Northerly


Northwesterly


534.4


.


Southeasterly


Bay State ave.


Near Boston & Lowell railroad + Southeasterly .


1,149.6


986.2 1,276.6


.


Marion st.


1,203.2


518.5


Beach ave.


3,403.3


101.8


Bowdoin st. Broadway


1,105.5 729.2


1,437.4


211.0


1,229.5 828.5


Near Vine st.


Harrison st. (both sides) Houghton st. (both sides) Ivaloo st. (north side) Jay st.


Linwood st. (both sides) .


215.7


287.0


Newton st. (north side) Newton st. (south side)


Prospect st.


Prospect st.


2,261.7


212.6


Wyatt st.


COMPILED TABLE SHOWING LENGTH AND COST OF SEPARATE SYSTEM SEWERS CONSTRUCTED TO 1907.


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


!


1896


Ash ave.


East Albion st. .


Southwesterly .


288.5


1900


Bay State ave.


Mallet st.


.


1000


.. . .


.


Leland st. .


Near Dane st.


1,105.5


1901


Dane st. (east side)


Washington st.


Fitchburg railroad


729.2


1901


Dearborn rd. .


Boston ave.


Glen st.


Springfield st.


Near Cambridge line


1,437.4


Broadway


Northerly


211.0


1906


Elm st. (west side) .


Oak sq.


Mossland st.


961.3


1896


Elmwood st.


Tannery Brook sewer


Southwesterly and northeasterly


634.6


1903


Elmwood ter.


Elmwood st.


Easterly


201.4


1898-'02


Endicott ave.


Broadway


Southwesterly


478.0


1906


Everett st. (north side)


Newton st.


Near Webster ave.


306.7


1898


Farragut ave. . Fountain ave. (both sides)


Glen st.


Northwesterly


534.4


Washington st.


Oliver st.


785.9


1902-'05 1887 1896


Fremont st.


.


East Albion st.


Main st.


1,229.5


Proposed st.


Near Broadway


828.5


Fountain ave.


Dell st.


124.8


Yorktown st.


Near Cameron ave.


334.1


1896 1896


Hanson ave.


Old sewer changed to separate


systemn sewer


226.8


1901


Hanson st.


Washington st.


Near Vine st.


733.6


1905


Harrison st.


Elmwood st.


Southeasterly


194.0


Ivaloo st.


Kent st.


1,309.2


Springfield st.


Near Cambridge line


992.1


1906


Beacon st.


Harrison st.


397.8


$39,427 69


1896 1899-'05


Joseph st. (both sides)


Newton st.


Near Lincoln park


804.7


1900


Josephine ave.


Broadway


South of Frederick ave. (n. w. side) near R. R. (s. e. side) Harrison st.


483.7


1900


Kidder ave.


Lowden ave.


Bay State ave.


226.0


1902


Laurel st.


Somerville ave.


Park pl.


239.2


1904


Leland st.


Washington st.


Dane ave.


393.0


1905


Lincoln parkway (south side) Linden st.


.


Near Somerville ave.


Near Washington st.


2,798.5


1900


Lowden ave.


Broadway


Near Fosket st.


1,189.6


1901


1902


Main st.


Fremont st.


Near Moreland st.


180.7


$11,489 31


1900


Mallet st.


Lowden ave.


Bay State ave.


240.0


1896


Malvern ave.


Yorktown st.


Near Cameron ave.


333.5


1903


Maple st.


598.0


917.0


1896


Meacham st.


Moreland st.


Ash ave.


215.7


1896


Meacham st.


Fremont st.


Medford line


141,5


Near Fremont st.


206.0 96.3


1906


Medford st. (both sides)


Somerville ave.


Washington st. .


1,992.9


1902


Merriam st.


Somerville ave.


Near Charlestown st.


499.0


1896-'98


Moreland st.


Mystic ave.


Near Heath st.


1,319.9


1896


Mystic ave.


Winthrop ave.


Wheatland st.


714.8


.


1899


Bolton st. (both sides)


Oak st.


Medford line


Pritchard ave.


911.0


1889


Bowdoin st.


Old sewer changed to separate Boston ave.


Willow ave.


Cedar st.


Southeasterly


370.5


1897


Broadway


Willow ave.


Alewife brook .


About 70 ft. S. E. Weston ave.


1,847.1


1905-'06


Bromfield rd.


Near Warner st.


Near Dearborn rd.


Northeasterly


532.0


1896


Cedar st ..


Broadway


Near Boston & Lowell railroad .


412.8


1906


Chestnut st.


Poplar st.


Southeasterly


519.6


1900


Clark st. and Lincoln park College ave.


Private lands


Near Warner st.


593.0


1901


Columbia st. .


Webster ave.


Near Cambridge line


797.6


1899


Concord ave. (north side)


Newton st.


Springfield st.


553.8


1899


Concord ave. (north side)


Prospect st.


Near Concord sq.


510.0


1899


Concord ave. (south side) Conwell ave.


.


Prospect st.


Springfield st.


986.2


1900


North st.


Near Curtis st.


1,276.6


1904


Dane st. (west side)


Washington st.


Near Bronifield rd.


198.5


$28,627 15


1902 1905 1899 1905 1896


East Albion st.


Ash ave.


Medford line


648.5


1905


Franklin st. (westerly side) .


.


Old sewer changed to separate Mystic ave.


Near East Albion st.


234.8


1896


Fremont st.


1898 1905 1896


Glendale ave.


Gorham st.


Howard st.


Northeasterly


569.6


Harris st.


Beacon st.


Southwesterly


125.5


1902 1906 1899


Ivaloo st. (north side) Jay st.


Howard st.


Northeasterly


329.9


1906


Kent st. (both sides)


Beacon st.


Joseph st.


Westerly


382.0


1902


Somerville ave.


Near Charlestown st.


598.3


1902-'06


Linwood st. (both sides)


.


1899


Marion st.


1902


Marion st. (west of Wyatt st.)


Old sewer changed to separate


System sewer


194.0


1901


Meacham st.


Moreland st.


1896


Medford st.


Mystic ave.


Moreland st.


Fremont st.


286.6


.


Columbia st.


Near Webster ave.


186.9


$42,029 39


1903


Beacon st. (southwest side) .


1902


Beckwith circle


Beacon st.


Southwesterly


.


Houghton st. .


962.3


1896-'05


Boston ave.


system sewer


305.0


1896


Broadway


377.3


1896


Broadway


Winchester st.


1


1896


Broadway


Cedar st. .


Bay State ave.


480.5


1898


Broadway


1,098.4


1896


Cameron ave.


Newton st.


Washington st.


1,149.6


1896-'03


Beacon st. (northeast side)


Southeast side Washington st. Kent st. .


Stanford ter.


3,089.9


Harris st.


1,403.3


1896


! 1900 1902 1902-'05


Bay State ave.


Kidder ave.


Northerly and southerly


518.5


Beach ave.


.


Old sewer changed to separate Meacham st.


system sewer


643.0


1896


Ash ave.


Allen st. .


·


Northeasterly


302.0


Northerly and southerly


448.5


.


N. P. & P. Co.'s drive


N. E. D. M. & W. Co.'s drive


1899 $15,931 52


Fremont ave.


systemn sewer


89.0


Garrison ave.


Glen st. (southeast side) .


Woodstock st.


Broadway


957.5


1898


Dell st. (northeast side) Dickinson st. (both sides) Dickson st.


Angle near Tufts st.


342.5


1897 $573 78


Seven Pines ave.


Tyler st.


997.3


Harrison st. (both sides)


Houghton st. (both sides)


1900


1,301.5


Old sewer changed to separate Wyatt st. .


system sewer


Near Concord ave.


1902 $23,417 57 .


Dane ave. (both sides) .


101.8


380.0


Mystic ave. Mystic ave. Nevada ave. Newton st. (north side) Newton st. (south side) . Norfolk st. (both sides) . North st. Oak st. (both sides) Oliver st. (southerly side) Palmer ave. (both sides) Parker st. ·


1896 1906 1899 1899 1901 1898-'05 1899 1905 1902-'05 1886 1896 Passageway off Broadway Pearson rd. Perry st. Poplar st.


.


Moreland st.


.


Wheatland st. ·


Near Hanson st.


.


Prospect st.


.


Webster ave.


Webster ave.


Russell rd.


Prospect st.


Franklin st.


. West of Glen st. .


City playground .


system sewer


Southwesterly


Near Broadway


1,569.2


1903 $3,619 10


1902-'06 1889 1902 1904 1904


Porter st. (both sides)


Elm st.


North st.


Medford line


Somerville ave. Met. Con.


.


North st.


405.0


Private lands


Palmer ave.


Somerville ave.


Newton st.


68.4


Webster ave.


Near Cambridge line


2,056.9


Raymond ave.


North st. .


Southeasterly


1,194.5


Rogers ave.


Broadway


Near Frederick ave.


962.4


Russell rd.


Broadway


North st.


1,178.6


1904 $6,392 44


Somerville ave. (north side)


Franklin ct.


Linden ave.


9,935.3


Opposite Poplar st.


East Cambridge line


2,008.9


Laurel st.


Opposite Craigie .


2,261.7


Prospect st.


Malloy ct.


1,263.8


1896


Tremont st.


Tyler st.


Dane st.


Vine st.


410.8


1900


Upland park


Broadway


Southwesterly


195.2


1898


Victoria st.


Woodstock st.


Near Broadway


847.4


1906


Village st.


Dane st.


Near Vine st.


326.0


1906 1904


Ware st.


Warner st.


Pearson rd.


Near Bromfield rd.


308.0


Washington st.


.


Waverly st.


Franklin st.


1,338.0


1904


Washington st. (south side) ·


Webster ave.


Near Fitchburg railroad


455.9


1906


Washington st. (north side) Waterhouse st.


Crescent st.


Franklin st.


1,495.0


1898


.


5


1902 1902 1897-'04


Webster ave. (both sides)


Union sq.


Near Cambridge line


4,795.5


1906


1896


Winchester st.


.


Medford line .


Broadway


102.7


1898


Woodstock st., private lands, and proposed st ..


Metropolitan sewer


Garrison ave.


860.9


Garrison av^,


Farragut ave.


76.9


Cambridge line


Northeasterly


367.8


Total length and cost to January 1, 1907 (22.223. miles)


.


117,332.6


$196,527.63


.


Private lands


Alewife brook .


.


Fountain ave.


314.9


1896 1898 1905 1899 1899-'00 1898 1900 1904-'05 1906 1898-'00


.


Washington st. .


Southerly .


325.0


Somerville ave.


Joy st.


733.7


Northeasterly


257.0


Powder Ho. boul. (both sides)


2,359.0


1896


Private lands -


College ave. .


421.5


Private lands


Prospect st. Prospect st. (both sides)


.


Skehan st.


Dane st.


Near Hanson st.


271.1


1896-'05 1900 1901 1899


Somerville ave. (south side) . Springfield st. (both sides) Tannery brook Thorndike st.


Concord ave.


Near Cambridge line


1,494.8


Clarendon ave.


84 ft. east of Thorndike st. .


3,907.9


Howard st.


Southwesterly and northeasterly Near Cambridge line


638.6


Vine st. (south side)


Beacon st.


Near Fitchburg railroad


802.0


Powder-house boul. i


S'w'ly and in Ware st. E. and W.


464.6


1906 1900-'05 1900 1902


Washington st. (both sides)


Lincoln park South side


Beacon st.


North side


Near Broadway


791.2


Watson st. Waverly st.


Broadway


Near Fairmount ave.


212.6


Met. Con., at Roland st.


Washington st.


215.9


1896 1896


Willow ave. .


Broadway


Near Fosket st.


997.9


Wilson ave.


Broadway


Southwesterly


314.8


$15,386 14


.


1902 1896


Wyatt cir.


Wyatt st.


Westerly


Yorktown st.


.


Winthrop ave. Dane st. ·


·


Fremont st.


.


286.6


$23,417 57


714.8 287.0 1,158.6 605.5 601.4


Concord ave. . Near Concord sq. .


Near Cambridge line .


Conwell ave.


Near Cambridge line


734.3 2,376.7 742.2


Franklin st.


. Old sewer changed to separate Broadway


351.9 240.0 221.1


Near Dearborn rd.


.


Near Curtis st.


Medford st.


175.5


Somerville ave. (south side) . Somerville ave. (south side) .


1896 1901 1902


251.2


Webster ave.


.


1905 $9,633 54


3,681.4 48.3


Washington st. (south side) .


Woodstock st.


.


.


.


COMPILED TABLE SHOWING LENGTH AND COST OF STORM DRAINS CONSTRUCTED TO 1907.


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


By B. & M. R. R.


1902-'03 1903


Middlesex ave. (tidegate chamber) Middlesex av. & Winthrop av. ext'n


Winthrop ave. extension .


+


Mystic ave.


880.4


17,596 35


1900-'03 1897


Mystic ave.


Winthrop ave.


Wheatland st.


726.0


7,569 17


1897


Winthrop ave.


Mystic ave.


End of drain built in 1897


Broadway


25.7


755 67


1898


1898


Sargent ave.


.


1898


Sherman ct.


Sargent ave.


·


1898


Marshall st.


-Sherman ct. .


1898


Gilman sq.


Marshall st.


Medford st.


1898


Medford st.


Gilman sq. .


School st.


1900


School st.


Medford st.


Richdale ave.


451.0


532 37


Broadway


Winthrop ave.


Cross st.


Pearl st.


1,877.5


15,741 27


1899


Otis st.


Cross st.


Westerly


375.0


174 55


Lowell Railroad Valley District :


Murray st.


Southerly


140.0


125 21


Hudson st.


865.0


1,853 46


Lowell st. .


Hudson st.


246.0


140 90


Vernon st.


Glenwood road


Trull st.


372.0


531 42


Somerville Avenue District :


1903 1902 1902 1902 1902


Maple st.


Poplar st. ·


.


.


Near Medford st.


608.5


625 64


Linden st.


Old sewer changed to storm


drain


626.0


.


Merriam st.


Old sewer changed to storm


drain


547.0


1,080 23


Prospect Hill parkway


Columbus ave.


Washington st.


Bow st.


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 with Broadway storm-drain


504.0


692 54


1906


Broadway, connecting Rogers, Wil low, Josephine, and I.owden aves.


220.9


400 95


Tannery Brook Valley District :


1898-'03


Clarendon ave.


657.3


2,533 73


1896


Tannery Brook drain (in Camb.) . Tannery Brook drain


Near Alewife brook . Clarendon ave. (in Cambridge) Holland st. .


Davis sq.


3,144.0


*31,942 76


1901


Lex. & Arl. Branch R. R. location Yorktown st.


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 (5.648 miles)


29,819.2


$188,433 28


.


Winthrop ave. Broadway


Sargent ave.


1,648.6


14,566 77


Sherman ct.


Marshall st


Gilman sq. .


2,126.1


20,900 26


1900 1898 1898


Richdale ave.


School st.


Northwest of Essex st.


1,268.0


19,241 53


1898


Mystic ave. and Winthrop ave.


58.2


2,470 82


Broadway


B. & M. railroad land


24.0


$2,988 60


B. & M. land on Middlesex ave. Bell Mouth chamber .


W'nth'p av. (including Bell Mouth) Broadway


.


.


.


1902 1896-'99 1904 1903


Private lands (west of Lowell st.) .


Washington st. Lex. & Arl. Branch railroad Albion st. .


Near Charlestown st. Northerly


262.0


343 72


Union sq.


·


Bow st.


Union sq.


.


School st.


Summer st.


.


.


1905 1905 1904


Broadway


Josephine ave.


.


.


1904


Glendale ave.


251.0


149 73


1896


Cameron ave.


·


Tannery Brook drain


·


·


Willow ave. & Morrison ave.


2,135.2


10,031 61


Allen st.


Somerville ave.


557.0


1898 1898 1898 1899 1904 1901


Cross st.


Broadway


.


.


.


.


·


*Land damages excepted.


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


118,023.8


100


9 .


258


10 .


10 x 12


12 .


12 x 12


12 × 14


13 x 16


15 .


14 × 18


131/2 x 20


16 .


16 x 16


380


875


15 × 22


250


250


18 .


4,619


18,853


908


16 x 21


462


1,200


17 x 17


17 x 21 .


16 x 24


17 x 24


4,183


10,121


17 x 26


1,258


18 x 24 .


134


18 x 27


1,051


20 x 24


313


19 x 26


600


24 .


9,474


13,249


556


20 x 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


65


24 x 36


2,645


26 x 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


42 .


4,666


39 x 52


444


48 .


7,686


50 .


725


48 x 52.


42 × 60


51 .


1,326


48 × 60


1,899


56


1,174


60 .


926


62 .


732


48 to 84 .


48 x 84 .


66 .


1,902


48 x 86


72 .


1,487


84 .


1,219


78 x 78


1,267


96 .


1,165


90 x 120.


900


10434 x 111


12


132 x 132 .


20


Totals


335,201.1


152,455


6,575


3,145


1,173


1,343


657


900


1,070


266


Total length of the city drainage system, January 1, 1907, 502,785.1 feet, or 95.225 miles.


.


. 40


116,609.7


290


335


198


426


15,124


17,466


500


1,762


126


16 x 22 .


17,204


20 .


851


289


230


578


15 × 20


58,711.6


190


642


54 .


872


657


848


187


1,108


85 × 90


·


1,468


471


700


370


15 x 221/2


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Sewers Maintenance Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES, 1906.


Maintenance of sewers, including cleaning and flushing (95 miles) $3,734 23


Maintenance of catch basins, cleaning and flushing (1,416) 5,469 51


Changing line and grade and repairing catch basins ·


847 32


Changing line and grade and repairing man- holes


299 44


Repairing old sewers


405 07


inspection and location of house drains


373 17


New tools and supplies .


207 78


Repairs of tools and property


108 81


Sundry expenses, car fares, telephone,


books, etc. .


133 87


Maintenance of sewer department yards and buildings 364 37


Work and materials furnished other depart- ments and companies


906 66


Total debit .


$12,850 23


Appropriation $12,000 00


Amounts received from other departments


and companies, labor, materials fur- nished


906.66


Sale of old hose, iron, etc. .


19 25


Total credit


$12,925 91


Balance unexpended .


$75 68


Value of tools and property on hand used in maintenance of sewers .


$969 08


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.


About 9,000 cubic yards have been removed from the catch basins and sewers during the year, and the average cost per mile for this cleaning and maintaining has amounted to $96.88.


Ninety-five catch basins and sixty-three 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 fifty-six permits have been issued to licensed drain layers for connecting buildings with the main sewers, forty being for repairs; all of the work being done under the supervision of the city's inspector. There are to date about 13,431 private drain connections with the city's drainage system.


During the year the sewer department has done considerable miscellaneous work for other city departments and outside com- panies where alterations and new construction work has been re- quired, furnishing materials and labor, and being reimbursed for


the same to the amount of $906.66.


CREDIT.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


PUBLIC GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.


At the present time there are seventeen separate parcels of land located in all parts of Somerville, used for parks and play- grounds, amounting to 62.2 acres, and also a boulevard about one and one-third miles in length maintained by the city; in- cluded in this total area are playgrounds where the land is owned by private parties and leased to the city, for use, in the following localities : On Winthrop avenue (Fellsway east), two and one- half acres; Knowlton street, one and one-half acres; and the Broadway athletic field in West Somerville, 4.4 acres.


There are a number of vacant lots in the city, owned by private parties, large enough for the purpose of establishing rec- reation 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 a large number of children in the congested parts of 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, when required, the expense being paid from the police appropriation : 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 many athletic teams, the games being arranged for and scheduled on the vari- ous grounds throughout the season. An outdoor gymnasium, two bicycle and running tracks, and three tennis courts have been maintained, and are a source of much enjoyment for a large number of people.


At the annual Thanksgiving-day football game between teams representing the Somerville and Cambridge high schools played on the enclosed athletic field, West Somerville, there were about 8,000 people in attendance, and as an admission is charged by the Somerville High School Association at their contests, a portion of the cost of maintaining this field should be paid for by the association.


A charge of $200.91 has been rendered for proportional part of maintenance and repairs during the year 1906.


A six-inch water supply main should be laid, with a hydrant located inside this athletic field, to be used for flooding the field in winter, and also for fire protection.


The playground located at the corner of Broadway and Cedar street has been completely graded, making two large ball fields. The embankment along Broadway has been planted with


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shrubs and trees, and the grade of the roadway raised on the westerly side of the grounds and the drainage improved.


The westerly end of Lincoln park has been filled and graded to the same elevation as the rest of the playground, and this area can be laid out as another ball field. A swimming pool having an area of not over 4,000 square feet could be constructed with a concrete bottom and side walls at a small cost, and would be both a source of much enjoyment and beneficial to a very large number of children in the immediate vicinity of Lincoln park.


A new high board fence has been constructed on the west- erly boundary line of the Somerville-avenue cemetery lot, the American Tube Works paying a portion of the cost of same, hav- ing recently purchased all the adjoining property.


On Central-hill park considerable grading has been done, and walks changed where the addition was made to the high school buildings. Many of the walks on this park should be re- constructed.


About seventy-five feet of the easterly end of the present Broadway parkway, located in the centre of Broadway, is to be cut off and alterations made to conform to the highway improve- ments in conjunction with removal of poles and burying the wires underground.


The city has lost the use of the Gurney estate, situated at the corner of Highland avenue and Cedar street, which has been maintained as a playground, the owners refusing the use of same, and a sewer has been constructed on this property for the drain- age of house lots.




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