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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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CITY ENGINEER.
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.
328
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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