Report of the city of Somerville 1908, Part 21

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 466


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Lines and grades have been given for the erection of new city buildings, and plans and sketches made for the laying out of the surrounding grounds.


About one hundred and twenty-five street lines and grades have been given by the department during the year for builders and private parties applying for established grades and lines in connection with the erection of buildings and fences and grading of property.


Plans have been made by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, of Boston, the New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company. West End Street Railway Company, Charles- town Gas and Electric Company, and Cambridge Gas Light Company, and filed in this office, showing the various locations of poles, tracks, and conduits in this city which have been granted by the board of aldermen during the year; and work


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has been continued under a special act of the legislature, with reference to the city of Somerville, passed in April, 1905, whereby the electric light and telephone companies are placing their overhead wires in conduits underground in certain specified streets, and removing all poles from these streets.


The electric light company has extended the underground conduit in Broadway during the year 2,205 feet (Partridge ave- nue to near the Boston & Maine railroad bridge, North Somer- ville). The total underground conduits in the city January 1, 1909, belonging to the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company amount to 13.31 miles; the Edison Electric Illu- minating Company, 3.23 miles; and the Boston Elevated Rail- way Company have 0.85 of a mile of underground conduits on Broadway, in which the power wires are placed, and this work should be extended where all other wires and poles have been removed above the street surface.


The Charlestown Gas and Electric Company have laid 0.87 of a mile of gas mains, and the Cambridge Gas Light Company have laid 1.98 miles of gas mains in various streets in the city during the year.


Lines and grades have been given for laying 3,846 linear feet of new city water mains varying in size from one and one- half inches to twelve inches in diameter. One hundred and sixty-nine house services, eighteen gates, seventeen hydrants, five water posts, and two blow-offs have been located and re- corded, sketches and plans made showing the same, and the large water works map corrected to date, and eighty-three old services were re-located.


Some of the trench work on the extension of water mains the past year has been done by the Water department by day labor at a considerably increased cost to the city. The greater part of this work should be done by contract, under proper specifications, with the lowest bidder, similar to contract work in the sewer department, at an annual saving of cost to the city.


During the year the Engineering department has made plans and established grades for the acceptance, under the bet- terment act, of ten new public streets, a total length of 1.31 miles.


Three plans have been made of private streets for accept- ance as public streets during the year, as ordered, but not as yet made public, and there are plans for acceptance of twelve other private streets, previously made, on file in the office that, for va- rious reasons, are still unaccepted as public ways.


Twenty streets have been constructed during the year, a length of 11,727 feet (2.2 miles), at a cost of $22,412.24, where


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betterment assessments have been levied on the abutting prop- erty amounting to $14,126.6 ?.


The total length of public streets in the city is 74.095 miles, and private streets, 20.613 miles.


Lines and grades have been given for setting 22,887.2 linear feet (4.34 miles) of new edgestone, and the re-setting of 4,759.3 feet (0.90 miles) of old edgestone, and measurements taken for computing assessments.


4,446.7 square yards of new brick sidewalks and 6,185.7 square yards of granolithic and tar concrete sidewalks, including sidewalks laid by private parties, have been laid (about three miles in length), and 2,414.6 square yards of old brick side- walks re-laid.


The average cost for the year of setting edgestone with gravel sidewalk has been ninety-nine cents per linear foot, and laying brick sidewalks, $1.07 per square yard, and granolithic, $1.57 per square yard.


7,653.2 square yards of new paved gutters have been laid, and 413.3 square yards of new vitrified brick and granite crossings and driveways constructed ; 1,827.7 square yards of old gutters, driveways, and crossings have been re-laid, all requir- ing lines, grades, and measurements.


(See tables in this report for cost of new work, 1908, and total lengths of sidewalks constructed in the city to date.)


Streets Accepted as Public Highways in 1908 under the Betterment Act.


NAME OF STREET.


WARD.


FROM


To


Width in Feet.


Length in Feet.


Date of Acceptance.


Bromfield rd. .


7


Warner st.


Dearborn rd.


40


1,262


July 23


Chestnut


1


Poplar st. .


Southeasterly


40


537


Dec. 24


Dimick .


2


Calvin st. .


Concord ave.


40


957


Jan. 1, 1909


Francis .


6


Porter st.


Conwell st.


30


180


Dec. 24


Grant


4


Jaques st.


Mystic ave.


40


829


July 24


Hamlet (exten.) .


3


End st. (accept-


Boston st.


30


165


Dec. 24


Kidder ave.


7


Liberty ave. .


Willow ave. .


40


664


Dec. 24


Linden .


2


Somerville ave.


.


Charlestown st. .


33


587


June 12


Marion


2


End st. (accept-


Dimick st.


40


401


Dec. 11


Pearson ave.


6


ed June 14,1902) Morrison ave.


Boston ave.


45


1,320


May 15


Total .


(1.307 miles)


. .


6,902


ed Dec. 30, 1905)


.


Table Showing Sidewalks Constructed (not exceeding one-half cost assessed on abutters) and Paved Gutters Laid in Connection Therewith in 1908.


STREET.


WARD.


SIDE.


FROM


To


WIDTH OF SIDEWALK IN FEET.


Gravel and Edgestone. Lineal Feet.


Bricks. Sq. Yards.


Sq. Yards.


Cost.


Albion .


5


Northeasterly


Central st.


Lowell st.


6.67 and 9.67 6.67


1,334.3


$1,470 99


444.8


$984 12


Ash ave.


5


Both


Meacham st.


East Albion st.


1,168.8


1,130 41


389.6


709 88


Autumn


4


Both .


Broadway


Bonair st. .


3.00


813.5


743 01


180.8


527 60


Bay State ave.


7


Both


Broadway .


Fosket st.


6.67


2,421.2


2,352 26


807.1


1,895 29


Beech .


6


Both (where not already


Somerville ave.


Atherton st.


6.67


479.9


27.3


43 03


* Benton road Bond


5


Northwesterly


Est. Chas. W. Cahalan


Pearson road


No. 763 inclusive


11.00


gran. 5.00 l


91.6


158 99


*Broadway


7


Southwesterly .


Lowden ave.


Bay State ave.


11.00


sod 3.00 )


gran. 10 to 8.1


265.4


502 93


. ..


*Broadway


4


Northeasterly (where not already laid)


Fellsway, west .


Temple st.


15.00


gran. 8.00 ( sod rem, width S


837.4


1,466 37


Charles


1


Westerly


Washington st.


Southerly end


5.00


84.5


105 33


Cleveland


6


Both .


Central st.


Harvard st.


6.67


913.5


950 08


304.5 237.0


592 61 620 23


Concord ave.


2


Both .


Beacon st.


Wyatt st.


5.00


711.0


855 74


Dana


4


Southeasterly


Pearl st.


No. 3 inclusive


6.67


60.1


70 98


*Electric ave.


Westerly


Curtis st.


Westminster st.


6.67


158.8


226 90


*Gilman terrace


4


Westerly


Pearl st.


End of terrace


6.67


242.6


356 45


*Glenwood road


5


Westerly (where not already laid)


Vernon st.


Medford st.


9.00


[ brick 6.00 } sod 3.00 }


466.7


617 17


*Glen wood road


5


Easterly


Broadway


Medford st.


6.67


Granite


Both .


Somerville ave.


Osgood st.


6.67


773.5


Harrison and


Both .


Ivaloo st.


Kent st.


6.67 {


Heath


5


Both .


Mt. Vernon ave.


Moreland st.


6.67


705.8


633 36


235.2


423 28


Highland ave.


G


Southwesterly (where not already laid)


Central st.


Spring Hill ter.


10.00


885.7


926 62


Howard


7


Both .


Thorndike st.


Gorham st.


6.67


743.9


697 61


248.0


700 57


Ivaloo


6


Northerly


Beacon st.


Park st. .


6.67


630.8


581 99


210.2


432 59


Lexington ave.


6


Both .


Cedar st.


Hancock st.


6.67


1


1


Appleton st.


Both .


Liberty ave.


Clifton st.


6.67 & 8.50 S


548.6


551 41


182.9


392 49


Linden


Both .


Somerville ave.


Charlestown st.


5.50


1,190 9


1,049 08


396.9


655 26


Loring .


Both .


Somerville ave.


Osgood st.


6.67 & 7.67 6.67


782.5


808 95


260.8


569 97


Lowden ave.


7


Both .


Broadway


Fosket st.


2,441.5


2,664 55


813.8


1,721 41


Medford and South


2


Northwest corner


Medford st. No. 24,


And South st. No. 3


S.33 & 5.00


79.7


84 18


Moreland


Both .


Meacham st.


Mystic ave.


6.67


1,637.6


1,684 06


545.9


1,095 41


Morgan


Northerly .


Beacon st. to Park st. and south side


Front of No. 10, 12, 14


6.67


346.2


389 89


Munroe


3


Both (where not already


Boston st.


Prospect Hill ave.


10.00


798.1


Mystic


1


Both


Benedict st.


Mystic ave.


6.67


698 8


797 61


271.8


788 73


*Newbury


7


Northwesterly


Holland st.


No. 73 inclusive


6 67


779.7


1,061 93


Partridge ave.


5


Southeasterly


Medford st.


Vernon st.


7.67


670.4


867 25


Pearson road


7


Both


Broadway .


Warner st.


6.67


1,149.0


1,18 612


383.0


694 43


*Rogers ave.


6


Easterly


Morrison ave.


Frederick ave.


7.50


gran. 5.00 }


433.0


855 17


* Rogers ave.


6


Westerly .


Near Frederick ave.


Broadway .


7.50


gran. 5.00 l


500.6


934 16


*Sycamore


5


Easterly


Medford st.


Richdale ave.


6.67


309.6


443 37


Vine st.


Both .


Beacon st.


Hanson st.


5.00


1,112.1


349.0


345 56


Willoughby .


South westerly


Central st.


No. 11 inclusive


6.67


127.0


154 02


22,587.5


8,884.4


$35,145 97


7,521.8


$16,433 59


Total assessment . . $17,572.98


Net cost to city


$17,572.99


Amount of edgestone and brick sidewalk, including granolithic and tar, in front of private estates Totals. (Gravel sidewalks, 3.318 miles. Brick, granolithic, and tar sidewalks, 3.002 miles.)


299.7


1,748.0


6


Westerly


Estate No. 42


6.67


6.67


30.5


48 07


67 59


23.4


50 33


* Broadway


sod 6.00


gran. 8.00


189.3


313 21


*Broadway


5


Southerly .


Bartlett st.


Glenwood road


15. to 10.4


sod rem. width S


*Broadway and Cross st.


1


Southeasterly corner


In front of Fire Station


15. and 6.50


126.1


220 55


257.8


565 15


Kent


6


Easterly


Harrrison st.


Beacon st.


5.00 S


414.0


673 01


755 59


932.7


864 52


487.3


929 32


Liberty ave. and


Both .


Hall ave.


Appleton st.


6.67


6.67 to 8.33


1,462.0


1,405 03


7 1723 2 3


6


Westerly


Near Beacon st.


Fitchburg R. R.


8.33


444.7


460 23


*Pearson road


7


Easterly


Estate No. 1


6.67


31.8


71 79


sod 2.50 }


sod 2.50 §


Wesley st.


4


Southerly


Pearl st.


Otis st.


6.67


1,065 34


* 370.7


751 07


6


Westerly


Estate No. 44


6.67


70.2


537 54


159.9


641 31


*Benton road


MATERIALS.


PAVED GUTTERS.


TOTAL COST.


* Granolithic.


56


laid)


895 97


310.4


692 54


Park


3


6


No. 26, No. 28,


laid)


Northeasterly .


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Length of Public Streets in Each Ward.


Miles.


Ward one


9.456


Ward two


8.354


Ward three


7.479


Ward four


9.390


Ward five


11.182


Ward six


12.447


Ward seven


15.787


Total length of public streets in the city .


74.095


Miles of Edgestone, Brick, Granolithic and Gravel Sidewalks in Each Ward.


Edge- stone.


Brick & Granolithic Sidewalk.


Gravel Sidewalk.


Ward one


16.893


12.365


4.528


Ward two


13.473


5.955


7.518


Ward three


·


13.918


11.915


2.003


Ward four


13.539


10.064


3.475


Ward five


18.640


11.766


6.874


Ward six


20.963


15.487


5.476


Ward seven


20.464


11.021


9.443


Total miles in the city


117.890 .


*78.573


39.317


*Includes 9.82 miles granolithic and tar concrete walk.


Table of Street Construction.


Square Yds. Miles.


*Streets paved with granite blocks


68,542


2.85


Streets paved with "Hassam" pavement


. 36,802


1.80


Streets paved with asphalt


10,410


0.73


Streets paved with vitrified brick (Davis square)


5,640


0.20


Streets paved with "bitulithic"


14,689


0.88


** Streets macadamized .


67.45


Streets graveled or unimproved


20.80


Total


94.71


·


·


·


.


.


*Also 31.8 miles (single track) electric railway, paved with granite, asphalt, "bitulithic."


** Includes 2.84 miles boulevard, and 1.17 miles state highway.


Lines, grades, and measurements have been given and mis- cellaneous work done for extending the granite block pavement on Somerville avenue, from Kent street to Lowell street, a


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length of 596 feet. Two thousand two hundred forty-two square yards were laid on a gravel foundation, with tar pitch joints, at a cost of $5,586.27.


Granite block paving has been re-laid in various streets to the amount of 512 square yards. The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 6.46 miles, and includes five different kinds of pavement, namely,-granite blocks, "Hassam," "bitulithic," asphalt, and vitrified brick.


Only a small amount of permanent pavement was extended on the main thoroughfares the past year, the greater part of the work being the constructing of lateral streets.


These streets have been macadamized and the top course constructed with "trap-rock" and a mixture termed "Tarvia," used for a binder and dust-layer, at an average cost of about $0.81 per square yard; showing an average cost of $1.86 per lineal foot for macadamizing the roadway of a forty-foot street, built by the city, day labor.


Twelve streets have been re-macadamized or re-surfaced, a length of 9,479 feet (1.8 miles).


Mystic avenue, between Austin street and the Medford line, about 6,200 feet in. length, and formerly an old turnpike road, has been taken as a state highway and thoroughly con- structed with macadam roadway at a total cost of about $30,000, and will be maintained in the future at the state's expense ; the only cost to the city being whatever damages may accrue on ac- count of construction work in front of the abutting estates.


On some of the principal streets, the edgestones should be completed, gutters paved, and catch basins added between the car tracks, so that the street can be properly drained in times of heavy storms. A considerable quantity of stone still remains on the two parcels of ledge property owned by the city, situated in West Somerville, that can be quarried and used for the foun- dation of streets and on sidewalk work, to the city's advantage. By using the stone from these two ledges and purchasing trap- rock, the city will have a sufficient supply of good road material for a number of years to come.


Where double car tracks have been laid in streets, leaving narrow roadways on either side, it is impossible to maintain a macadam surface, even at a heavy expense yearly, and these streets should be permanently paved with a suitable permanent pavement adapted to the character of the surroundings and amount of traffic and conditions encountered.


There are 31.8 miles of electric railroad (single track loca- tion) laid at the present time in the city's streets, and in water-


4


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ing the main thoroughfares, time and expense could be saved by utilizing this trackage for running street-sprinkler cars, the same as in a number of cities throughout the state.


During the year 1908 sixty-five and seven-tenths miles of city streets have been watered, at a total cost of $28,738.72.


Abolition of Grade Crossings. The special commission ap- pointed by the court in 1905 to determine what should be done as to the abolishment of grade crossings on the line of the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad, running through the southwesterly portion of the city, have nearly com- pleted the duties for which they were appointed.


After many hearings held before this commission, various plans being presented and interested parties heard, a final plan and report was made on the Somerville-avenue crossing and a decree issued by the court in accordance therewith, July 7, 1908, whereby at this crossing the city's highway and the electric car service is to be carried over the steam railroad tracks by a bridge with elevated approaches having a three and one-half per cent. grade.


The contract for the work to be done at this crossing has been awarded, and considerable progress on the construction work has already been made, and it will probably be completed by August, 1909.


On the remaining crossings no decree has yet been issued, but it is known what the commissioners' report will be in regard to the matter, and final plans are being made to accompany their findings on the separation of grades at these various crossings.


This plan of abolishment of grade crossings to be adopted at two streets is the same as proposed by the city's scheme pre- sented to the commission; at the other three crossings it is just the reverse of the city's scheme as presented.


By the final plan adopted, five crossings will be changed, at an estimated cost of about $1,000,000, leaving a number of dead-end streets, while the city's scheme provided for the carry- ing of all streets across the railroad location at a cost slightly in excess of $1,000,000.


No provision is made by the commission for crossings at Vine street, Kent street, or Sacramento street, and the steep ap- proaches and old narrow bridges remain as at present at Pros- pect street and Washington street.


The plan to be adopted at Webster-avenue and Newton- street crossing (combined) for carrying the city's street over the railroad tracks by a bridge with elevated approaches is a very unsatisfactory solution of the problem for the city's welfare, and


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requires unnecessary changes to private property and streets outside of the railroad location, necessitating the payment of heavy damages.


The matter of constructing bridges over the main line and branch locations of the Boston & Maine railroad, on the line of Lowell street, North Somerville, as formerly decreed by the county commissioners, has been pending in court for some time, and an unfavorable decision for the city has been rendered.


Some other line of procedure should be taken by the city to obtain this much-desired and important crossing.


Stone Bounds. In the report of 1907 a table was given compiled from reports, maps, and office notes, showing the loca- tion of stone bounds, as set, for defining street lines and angles ; the year when set, and whether existing or removed, at the pres- ent time, from 1860 to 1907, inclusive.


Stone Bounds Set in 1908.


Alpine street. South side, at east side Cedar street.


Alpine street. South side, at end 30-foot street.


Appleton street.


South side, west side Liberty avenue.


Autumn street.


East side, south side Broadway.


Autumn street


East side, angle.


Autumn street. East side, north side Bonair street.


Bay State avenue.


. West side, south side Broadway.


Bay State avenue.


West side, north side Fosket street.


Boston avenue ..


West side, north side Highland road.


Boston avenue.


.West side, north side Prichard avenue.


Calvin street.


. East side, south side Washington street.


Cleveland street


.South side, P. C., near Central street.


Concord avenue


.Southeast side, northeast side Beacon street.


Franklin avenue


East side, north side Washington street. East side, angle.


Giles park.


South side, west side Walnut street.


Granite street .. West side, north side Somerville avenue X 2-foot offset lines.


Highland road. . West side, north side Morrison avenue.


Hinckley street. East side, south side Broadway.


Hinckley street.


East side, P. C. curve, near Fisk avenue.


Hinckley street.


East side, P. T. curve, near Richardson street.


Jasper street. West side, south side Pearl street.


Jasper street. .West side, north side Gilman street


Lexington avenue. South side, X tangents, near Hancock street.


Lexington avenue North side, X 40 and 50-foot streets.


Lexington avenue North side, west side Cedar street.


Lowden avenue. West side, south side Broadway.


Lowden avenue West side, north side Fosket street.


Loring street. West side, south side Osgood street.


Loring street. West side, north side Main street.


Moreland street


East side, south side Heath street.


Moreland street.


West side, south side Mystic avenue.


Moreland street


West side, north side Somerville avenue.


Mystic street. East side, south side Mystic avenue.


Mystic street. East side, north side Benedict street.


Pearson road. East side, north side Broadway.


Calvin street ..


.Southeast side, northeast side Beacon street.


Franklin avenue


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Pearson road East side, south side Warner street.


Vine street. ,East side, north side Beacon street.


Vine street. West side, angle opposite Village street.


SEWER DEPARTMENT. Sewers Construction Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES, 1908.


Constructing "separate system" sewers (as-


sessments levied) petitioned for .


$2,451 40


Constructing "separate system" sewers (no assessments)


9,256 98


Constructing "combined system" sewers


(assessments levied) petitioned for . 477 93


2,889 73


Constructing storm drains and overflows . Extending Tannery brook underdrain as per agreement of 1901 ·


458 32


Constructing fifty-two catch basins, street drainage .


3,125 48


Final payments on sewers constructed, 1908, .


268 95


Work and materials furnished other de- partments ·


1,098 67


Sundry expenses, books and printing


16 50


Materials on hand December 31, 1908 .


500 38


Total expenditure


$20,544 34


Transferred to Grade Crossings account


1,000 00


Transferred to Public Buildings Construc- tion' account


1,500 00


Amount overdrawn December 31, 1907


369 01


Total debit


$23,413 35


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$30,000 00


Assessments levied, sewers constructed,


1908 . ·


2,385 01


Amount received for entrance fee, Pearson- road sewer · .


30 34


Amounts received from other departments,


1,115 55


Materials on hand December 31, 1907


714 48


Total credit


$34,245 38


Balance unexpended


$10,832 03


The greater part of the new construction work has been done by contract, and the remainder by the city employing day labor where old structures were to be remodeled or replaced by some difficult construction work.


All materials have been furnished by the city, and the prices paid for drain pipe, cement, supplies, etc., for the season have been by contract with the lowest bidder, and at an unusually low rate.


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A number of sewers have been constructed as petitioned for in different sections of the city, or as considered necessary for the drainage system, and portions of the cost of construction assessed on the abutting estates under orders adopted by the board of aldermen.


Short lines of storm drains and overflows from congested sewers have been constructed during the year in the most needed districts.


The "separate system" sewers (those built for house drainage only) have been extended in a number of streets, and this system should be extended yearly until all the flooded dis- tricts in the city have two complete systems of drainage, the old sewer to be used for storm and surface water. The city pays the entire cost of these new sewer extensions for house drainage.


Wherever these new sewers are constructed, the house plumbing should be changed where necessary, and the house drains and conductor, or surface water drains, re-connected with both systems as soon as possible.


The Tannery brook underdrain has been re-laid and ex- tended to Muller's tannery in Cambridge, according to an agreement made by the city in 1901 for furnishing water.


Small private sewers have been laid by the property owners, at their expense, in Adelaide road, Mardel circle, and in the sidewalk on Medford street (Tennyson street to Central street), a combined length of 485 feet.


New sewers and drains were constructed during the year varying in size from eight-inch pipe to twenty-inch pipe, and a re-enforced concrete structure three feet by three feet nine inches, in the following localities :-


"Separate system" sewers in :-


College avenue,-(east side) Two Penny Brook to opposite Talbot avenue.


Florence street,-(east side) Washington street to angle in street.


Garfield avenue,-Mystic avenue to Broadway (south- westerly side).


Joseph street,-(north side) end of old sewer to Lincoln parkway.


i Kent court,-(both sides) Kent street to near end of court.


Miller street,-(both sides) Sacramento street to angle in street.


Mystic avenue,-(south side) Fellsway east to Cross street.


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Newbury street,-Cambridge city line, northeasterly. Private lands and Powder House boulevard,-College


avenue, across Tufts College land to boulevard (west side), and southerly to near Powder House square.


Sacramento street,-Beacon street to near Fitchburg railroad.


"Combined system" sewers in :-


Dante terrace,-Craigie street, westerly.


Grant street,-Sydney street to near Mystic avenue. Storm drains in :-


Bowdoin street,-Washington street to Lincoln park.


Mallet street,-Lowden avenue to Willow avenue.


Willow avenue,-Mallet street, southerly.


Waverly street,-extension of outlet.


Tannery brook extension of underdrain, agreement of 1901.


Summary of Work. Eighteen new sewers and drains have been constructed during the year, a total length of 7,310.8 linear feet (1.385 miles), at a cost of $15,076.04 ; plans have been made showing these sewers in detail, and assessments levied on a portion of them, amounting to $2,385.01. (See tabular state- ment of sewers and drains for 1908, showing itemized statement of work and cost.)


The total length of the city's drainage system is 98.57 miles, 24.51 miles being on the "separate system," and 6.46 miles of storm drains, and the entire cost of construction has amounted to about $1,221,765, exclusive of the amount paid to the state for assessments for the construction of the North Metropolitan sewerage system.


Fifty-two new catch basins have been constructed in the highways during the year, at an average cost of $60.10 per basin, making a total of 1,515 catch basins in the city for street drainage purposes, constructed and maintained as follows :-




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