Report of the city of Somerville 1909, Part 24

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 510


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Number of females admitted during 1909


4


Number of males discharged during 1909


6


Number of females discharged during 1909, 4


Number of males supported during 1909


26


Number of females supported during 1909


17


Number of males died during 1909


4


Number of females died during 1909


4


Number of inmates in home December 31, 1909


28


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table No. 4. FARM ACCOUNT. REIMBURSEMENTS.


Produce and pork sold


Produce used at city home


$4,219 65 325 00


EXPENSES.


Wages for help


$1,005 38


Feed for one horse


.


146 86


Shoeing one horse


12 25


Repairs on wagon and tools


86 39


Repairs on sash


11 68


Swill and bedding Farm sundries


258 67


Seed and fertilizers


141 16


Live stock


61 50


New tools


78 47


$2,111 86


Balance


$2,432 79


Table No. 5. PERMANENT REPAIRS AND FIXTURES.


New laundry machinery


$500 00


Removing and rebuilding :


Hen house


32 01


Barn floor


7 83


Chimney for greenhouse


2 84


New pens in piggery


24 21


New door for ash pit


7 05


Living expenses


Total expenditures


$7,562 83


Table No. 6.


Appropriation


$3,000 00


Reimbursements


5,027 75


Net expenditures


2,535 08


Total receipts .


$3,027 75


Total expenditures


7,562 83


Balance


$464 92


Respectfully submitted, J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN, Warden.


$4,544 65


$573 94 6,988 89


309 50


REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.


OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN, Somerville, January 1, 1910.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-The following summary is presented as rep- resenting the work of your city physician during the year 1909 :-


Office consultations and treatments


617


Total outside visits


1,309


Vaccinations


169


Confinements


25


Examinations for legal department


12


Visits at city home


34


Attended at police station


41


Respectfully submitted,


C. CLARKE TOWLE,


City Physician.


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.


OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 20, 1910. 5 To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-In accordance with the provisions of the city charter, the following report of the work done and expense in- curred for the year ending December 31, 1909, by the depart- ments and appropriations under my charge and supervision, in- cluding Engineering, Grade Crossings, Sewers Construction, Sewers Maintenance, Public Grounds, and other public works, is herewith presented.


ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.


Statement of Expenses, 1909.


Salary of City Engineer


$3,000 00


Salaries of assistants (see itemized state-


ment following) 8,455 19


Stakes, tools, and general supplies (outside · work) ·


50 31


Draughting materials and office supplies (inside work)


172 13


Car fares


268 63


Maintenance of team


244 25


Telephone, postage, expressing, and inci- dentals


128 63


Total debit


$12,319 14


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$11,500 00


Amount received for making acceptance plans


25 00


Amount received from other departments, services rendered


825 00


Total credit


$12,350 00


Balance unexpended


$30 86


Classification of Expenses, Assistants' Salaries.


Sewers,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, and all engineer- ing work relating to sewers $1,285 99


Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving, and all other engineering relating to the department ·


1,377 13


. Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, titles, costs, and assessments 917 43


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Bridges and Grade Crossings,-comprising surveys, plans, profiles, estimates, lines and grades, etc. 299 90


Water Works,-comprising lines, grades, locations of mains, gates, hydrants, and services, and other mat- ters relating to the department 540 07


. Public Grounds,-comprising surveys, plans, estimates, profiles and grades, including laying out of parks and grounds and boulevards 309 37


Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction Street Numbering,-comprising locations of buildings, plans, and affixing street numbers on houses 320 17


64 59


Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishing of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading 192 78


City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, ac- ceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, etc. 1,003 38


Middlesex Registry,-comprising copying of plans and ab- stracts from deeds and examination of titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracings of street acceptance and sewer taking plans filed for record 294 13


Railway, Telephone, Electric Light, and Gas Light Com- panies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles, and office notes, locations of poles and conduits


290 59


Stone Bounds,-locating and setting


29 85


Office Work,-comprising records of all locations, index- ing, typewriting, calculations, and general draught- ing 841 40


Miscellaneous Work,-comprising preliminary surveys,


designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for different committees 43 42


Vacations, Holidays, and Sickness


644 99


Total


$8,455 19


Grade Crossings Account. STATEMENT OF EXPENSES, 1909.


Account overdrawn, 1908


$32,879 52


Extra legal services (City Solicitor) 1,184 09


Damages paid for land and buildings taken


64,397 98


Photographs 9 00


$98,470 59


CREDIT.


Received from City Solicitor, part counsel fees


$577 50


Received from Commonwealth of Massa-


chusetts, apportionment of damages, decree of court


46,460 03


Received from Boston Elevated Railway, decree of court


7,009 42


Received from Boston & Maine Railroad Co., decree of auditor .


32,351 17


Received from New York Central & Hud- son River Railroad, decree of auditor,


2,695 93


$89,094 05


Overdrawn, 1909


$9,376 54


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Office Records and Value of Instruments.


Number of survey note-books, sewer permit books, deed books, calculation books, and record books,-three hundred and twenty.


Number of plans, including sewers, highways, parks, house lots, etc.,-six thousand four hundred.


Value of field instruments, tools, and office instruments,- $2,500


The number of assistants employed during the year on en- gineering work varied from seven to twelve.


General Work. A varied line of city work is carried on each year under the Engineering department, including the de- signing and superintending of the construction and mainte- nance of sewers, parks, playgrounds, boulevards, bridges, and other public works as may be authorized; the making of such surveys, plans, estimates, descriptions and specifications, and contracts for work as the mayor, board of aldermen, or any committee or department may require ; the custody of all plans and profiles ; and all data relating to the laying out, widening, or discontinuing of streets, and the engineering work for all departments of the city.


The city ordinances require that the city engineer must be consulted on all work where the advice of a civil engineer would be of service ; and no structure of any kind can be placed upon, beneath, or above any street by any department of the city, corporation, or individual, until a plan is furnished show- ing the location, and approved by him.


During the year 1909 there has been undertaken and com- pleted a larger amount of permanent improvement in the city's main thoroughfares than during any previous year.


Considerable of the engineering work is so closely allied with work in the Highway department that it is carried on in conjunction with it, and the final cost of completed work made up and betterment assessments computed, showing the amount assessed on the various property owners.


Highland avenue has been constructed its entire length, 8,870 feet, with a combination pavement, consisting of a Port- land cement concrete base five inches in thickness and a bitu- minous wearing surface three inches in thickness.


The excavation, concrete base, grouted granite block centre and brow-stone along the car track were done by con- tract, and the remainder of the work by the city (day labor).


The electric railroad tracks were re-laid by the company


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at their expense, with new rails and ties bedded in concrete, and the granite block pavement, between tracks, grouted with cement.


Itemized cost to city, Highland-avenue pavement, 1909 :-


Contract work, Simpson Brothers Corporation :-


Excavation and removal of material, fur- nishing materials, and laying five-inch


concrete foundation (25,069.4 square yards)


$23,815 93


Furnishing and laying granite block .


brow-stone (17,642.5 linear feet) 5,733 81


Re-laying granite block paving between car tracks (4,565.9 square yards) 3,196 13


Extra excavation and teaming . 200 32


Cost of work done by contract $32,946 19


City, Highway Department :--


Day labor


$5,025 06


Teaming


739 90


Rollers


1,910 48


"Tarvia" used (91,814 gallons)


5,993 01


Stone used (5,175 tons)


6,351 36


Re-setting edgestones, re-laying cross- ings, changing catch basins, manholes, water pipes, inspection of work, etc., 2,836 77


Cost of work done by city (day labor) . $22,856 58


Total cost of work


$55,802 77


CREDIT.


By old granite gutter paving


$5,937 22


Net cost of pavement to city . $49,865 55


Average cost, $1.81 per square yard, for combination pavement, bituminous wearing surface laid on a concrete base.


Washington street, on the southerly side, between the Bos- ton city line and opposite Tufts street, a length of 1,813 feet, has been paved with granite blocks, averaging four and one- half inches in depth, grouted with pebbles and cement, laid with a sand and cement cushion one inch in thickness, on a Portland cement concrete base four inches in thickness.


This pavement was laid by contract at the following cost :-


Fred S. & A. D. Gore Corporation :- Laying 4,292.4 square yards granite block paving, concrete base $12,520 88


Extra work and materials, re-setting edgestone, re-paving driveways, etc., 314 10


Cost of work done by contract $12,834 98 City,-labor, inspection, catch basin changes, etc. 165 22


Total cost of work


$13,000 20


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By old granite gutter paving CREDIT.


$881 00


Net cost of pavement to city . $12,119 20 Average cost, $2.96 per square yard for cement-grouted granite block pavement laid on concrete base.


Medford street, between Somerville avenue and Washing- ton street, a length of 982 feet, has been paved with granite blocks, grouted with pebbles and "tarvia," the work being done by the Highway department, day labor.


The old granite gutter blocks and car track paving on the street were used with new granite blocks to complete the work, at the following cost :-


City, Highway Department (day labor) :-


Laying 2,547.3 square yards granite block


pavement :-


Labor, teaming, rolling $2,455 23


Paving blocks (37,970) 2,278 20 .


"Tarvia" used (7,974 gallons) . 528 24 .


Pebbles used (200 tons)


254 55


Changing catch basins, manholes, etc.,


54 23


Total cost of work


$5,570 45


CREDIT.


By old gutter paving $170 87


Net cost of pavement to city . $5,399 58 Average cost, $2.19 per square yard for "tarvia"-grouted granite block pavement.


Broadway, on the northeasterly side, between Cross street and Fellsway east, a length of 690 feet, has been constructed with trap-rock, using "tarvia" for a binder, the work being done by the Highway department, day labor, at the following cost :-


City, Highway Department (day labor) :-


Constructing 2,950 square yards pave-


mment :-


Labor, teaming, rolling ·


$1,085 19


Stone used (768 tons) 1,104 06


"Tarvia" used (9,562 gallons) 629 30


Changing catch basins and miscella-


neous work


67 82


Total cost of work . $2,886 37 Average cost, $0.98 per square yard for street construction with bituminous wearing surface.


Beacon street, extending from the Cambridge city line to Buckingham street, a length of 870 feet, has been improved, using the same form of construction as described on Broadway, amounting to 2,610 square yards of pavement.


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The foregoing descriptions and itemized statements of cost for comparison represent four different types of pavement, laid in the city's main thoroughfares during the year 1909.


The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 8.33 miles.


Three new streets have been constructed during the year, with a "tarviated" trap-rock surface, a length of 2,782 feet (0.50 mile), costing $5,735.93, where betterment assessments have been levied on the abutting property amounting to $3,363.01 ; the average cost of this construction being $0.78 per square yard.


Two streets have been partially constructed, a length of 1,120 feet.


Eight streets have been re-macadamized or re-surfaced, a length of 7,548 feet (1.24 miles).


Lines and grades have been given for setting 14,194.2 linear feet (2.69 miles) of new edgestone, and the re-setting of 5,015.5 feet (0.95 mile) of old edgestone, and measurements taken for computing assessments.


2,396.6 square yards of new brick sidewalks and 5,390 square yards of granolithic and tar concrete sidewalks, includ- ing sidewalks laid by private parties, have been laid (2.24 miles in length), and 1,436.3 square yards of old brick sidewalks re- laid.


. The average cost for the year of setting edgestone with gravel sidewalk has been $1.01 per linear foot; for laying brick sidewalks, $1.14 per square yard; and granolithic sidewalks, $1.60 per square yard.


4,731.4 square yards of new paved gutters have been laid, and 426.9 square yards of new vitrified brick and granite cross- ings and driveways constructed; 950.4 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, 1909, and total lengths of sidewalks and streets constructed in the city to date.)


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 foundation of streets and on sidewalk work, to the city's advantage. By using the stone from these two ledges and purchasing trap-


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rock, the city will have a sufficient supply of good road material for a number of years to come.


Streets Accepted as Public Highways in 1909, under the Betterment Act.


NAME OF STREET.


WARD.


FROM


To


Width in Feet.


Length in Feet.


Date of Acceptance.


Fremont ave.


2


Bowdoin st.


Lincoln park.


30


232


Dec. 24


Lovell st.


7


Broadway


Electric ave.


40


385


Dec. 10


Lowell st.


5


Albion st.


Vernon st.


40


867


Aug. 25


Mallet st.


7


Willow ave. .


Liberty ave. .


40


657


Dec. 3


Merriam st.


2


Somerville ave. .


Charlestown st. .


30


510


Sept. 10


Parker st.


2


Washington st. .


Fremont ave.


35


203


Dec. 3


West st.


7


Highland ave.


Hawthorne st.


30


192


Dec. 3


Total .


. .


(0.58 miles)


..


3,046


Length of Public Streets in Each Ward.


-


Miles.


Ward one


9.494


Ward two


.


.


8.533


Ward three


7.479


Ward four


9.390


Ward five


11.373


Ward six


12.447


Ward seven .


16.021


Total length of public streets in the city .


74.737


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


Edgestone.


Brick and Granolithic Sidewalk.


Gravel Sidewalk.


Ward one


16.893


12.432


4.461


Ward two


.


13.799


6.091


7.708


Ward three


13.921


11.915


2.003


Ward four


13.819


10.524


3.295


Ward five


19.073


12.096


6.977


Ward six


21.649


15.750


5 899


Ward seven


21.430


12.284


9.770


Total miles in the city


120.584


*81.192


40.113


.


·


.


·


*Includes 11.88 miles granolithic and tar concrete walk,


Table Showing Sidewalks Constructed (not exceeding one-half cost assessed on abutters) and Paved Gutters Laid in Connection Therewith in 1909.


MATERIALS.


PAVED GUTTERS.


STREET.


WARD.


SIDE.


FROM


To


Width of Sidewalk in Feet.


Gravel and Edgestone. Lin. Ft.


Brick. Sq. Yds.


Sq. Yds.


Cost.


Alpine.


5


Both ..


Cedar.


Junc. Princeton and Alpine


5.00


1,329.4


$1,281.04


443.1


$ 790.32


Ashland


6


Southeasterly.


Summer.


Sartwell avenue.


5.00


....


242.0


313.11


*Autumn ..


4


Both.


Broadway.


Bonair. . .


3.00


217.80


368.97


...


Boston avenue


6


Northeasterly


Broadway.


Opp. Pritchard avenue ...


8.33 S


622.6


561.87


207.5


499.15


*Broadway.


7


Northerly


Estate of Annie R. Bates.


11 to 20


154.50


244.81


*Campbell park.


7


Westerly.


Meacham road.


Kingston.


6.67


. .


. . .


Cedar


6


Northwesterly


Lexington avenue


Morrison avenue ..


6.67


387.5


. .


415.95


129.2


233.31


*Chapel


7


Northeasterly


(Where not laid) and Chandler Holland ..


st. easterly side at No. 19 .. . Mead.


6.67


564.9


...


..


583.81


188.3


424.71


Curtis


7


Easterly.


Broadway


Professors row ..


6.67


1,485.9


. .


1,545.77


495.3


1,012.27


Dana.


4


Easterly.


Everett avenue


Bonair


6.67


272.0


320.1


...


Dimick


2


Both ..


Concord avenue.


Calvin.


6.67


1,722.6


......


1,662.05


574.2


1,157.24


*Elm


7


Easterly


Willow avenue.


Elston


10.00


296,3


473.97


..


5


Both


Broadway.


Jaques (where not laid).


6.67


954.9


996.13


318.3


836.10


*Henry avenue ..


6


Both.


Highland avenue


Lexington avenue


6.67


400.6


683.23


......


Highland avenue ...


6


Southwesterly


Porter


Conwell.


10.00


136.8


185.37


6


Southwesterly


Cherry .


Southeasterly about 150 ft.


10.00


144.9


217.35


....


*Medford.


5


Northeasterly .


Tennyson


Central.


8.33


186.2


286.95


. .


Medford.


4


Northeasterly


Walnut.


R. R. Bridge.


8.33


574.2


550.39


191.4


Medford.



Northeasterly


Walnut


Highland avenue


8.33


605.6


602.05


201.9


953.43


Medford.


4


Northeasterly


Gilman square


R. R. Bridge (where not laid)


8.33


91.3


....


88.01


30.4)


7


Easterly.


Holland .


Mead.


6.67


700.2


. .


..


7


Westerly


Holland.


Mead.


6.67


712.1


1,468.61


237.4


601.71


Packard avenue.


7


Easterly.


Broadway.


Professors row .


10.00


1,621.5


1,713.96


540.5


1,129.28


5


Westerly.


Broadway.


Medford .


6.67


318.3


555.33


870.8


1,824.41


*Sewall.


4


Both


Grant ..


Temple


6.67


812.70


1,126.74


Shawmut.


1


Northeasterly


Estate of Mary Weeks ....


6.67


250.4


305.49


7.50 }


909.9


1,253.26


Trull. .


5


Easterly.


Medford . .


Vernon.


6.67


754.5


824.38


Walnut.


4


Easterly.


Estate of No. 91.


6.67


81.9


110.87


27.3}


175.58


Walnut. .


4


Easterly.


Estate of No. 91.


Highland avenue


6.67


127.2


111.64


42.4


Washington


2


Southerly


Fitchburg R. R.


No. 330


10.00


740.9


801.53


*Willow avenue


7


North westerly


Morrison avenue


Appleton.


8.33


Sod. rem.


117.0


269.40


..


width.


14,194.2


6,980.6


$24,166.39


4,731.4


$10,174.25


. .


. .


284.4


415.27


6.67


....


244.0


470.66


Claremon


7


Easterly.


Grano. 6.5


Sod rem.


width.


Brick 6.0 ) Sod rem.


. .


687.15


233.4


536.74


Pearson avenue ..


6


Both.


Morrison avenue


Boston avenue.


7.5


2,612.4


2,671.17


*Summer and Elm. .


7


Northeasterly


Willow ave. to Cutter ave.


to Grove street.


10.00


width.


*Highland avenue ...


Moore.


*Moore.


497.4


..


Total assessment, $12,083.18.


Net cost to city, $12,083.21. Amount of edgestone and brick sidewalks, including granolithic and tar, in private streets Totals: (Gravel sidewalks, 3.318 miles; brick, granolithic and tar sidewalks, 2.718 miles.)


*Denotes granolithic sidewalks.


Grano. 5.0


Totals.


..


Fenwick.


*Partridge avenue ...


11.00 }


TOTAL COST.


الأداء اللمسات


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Table of Street Construction.


Square Yds.


Miles.


*Streets paved with granite blocks


75,382


3.04


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


Combination pavement (concrete base with bitu- minous top)


1.68


** Streets macadamized


66.05


Streets graveled or unimproved .


20.55


Total


94.93


*Also 31.9 miles (single track) electric railway, paved with granite, asphalt, "bitulithic."


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


During the year the Engineering department has made plans and established grades for the acceptance, under the bet- terment act, of seven new public streets, a total length of 3,046 feet.


Two plans have been made of private streets for acceptance 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 various reasons are still unaccepted as public ways.


The total length of public streets in the city is 74.737 miles, and private streets, 21.190 miles.


A number of street names have been changed and plans made showing a re-numbering of the buildings, and all old numbering plans revised, new houses plotted, and numbers as- signed.


Some of the old main thoroughfares should be re-num- bered throughout their entire length, so as to eliminate half numbers and letters now being used, as many of these old streets have outgrown their original numbering.


There are many streets, avenues, courts, and places in the city of the same or very similar name, which should be changed to prevent the confusion and inconvenience now existing.


About 170 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. Some order or ordinance should be adopted whereby parties on private streets shall have official grade indicated, so that any improvements made will conform to the established grade of the street when accepted by the city as a public way,


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Stone monuments have been set at a number of street intersections and angles to define and preserve the true lines of public streets, and this work should be continued as much as possible each year. By setting these stone bounds or monu- ments, in Portland cement concrete, at the level of the surface of the ground, or flush with the surface of the sidewalk, they can be used as permanent "Bench Marks" throughout the city by establishing their. exact elevations, and thereby being a great convenience and saving of time in giving grades, not only for the City Engineering department, but also for all other sur- veyors. In the report of 1907 a table was given compiled from reports, maps, and office notes, showing the location of stone bounds, as set, for defining street lines and angles; the year when set, and whether existing or removed at the present time, from 1860 to 1907 inclusive.


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.


Lines and grades have been given for laying 8,250 linear feet of new city water mains, varying in size from two inches to twelve inches in diameter. Two hundred and eleven new house services, forty-seven gates, thirty-four hydrants, seven water posts, and three blow-offs have been located and recorded, sketches and plans made showing the same, and the large water works map corrected to date, and a large number of old meters and services have been located and recorded.


A set of block plans should be made covering the entire city area from accurate surveys made during the past twenty- five years, and compared section by section with the deed dimensions and areas recorded in the Assessors' department, and in this manner the correct areas of land determined.


This set of plans would also be of value to the Water de- partment and various other departments, and would more than pay for the cost of making; three of these sectional plans have already been made.


All plans of estates in Somerville recorded at the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, including land court plans, have been copied, titles examined, and abstracts from deeds made for the purpose of assessments, and the proportional part of the cost of new work computed, and schedules of assessments made out showing the property owners; also copies have been made of all city plans where land has been taken for highways or sewers, and these have been filed and recorded at the Registry, East Cambridge, as required by law.


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Plans have been made and photographs taken where acci- dents have occurred on the city work or where boundaries were in dispute, and special plans and data prepared for the use of the city solicitor in court cases and hearings.


Plans have been made by the various companies and cor- porations, and filed in this office, showing the locations of poles, tracks, and conduits in this city, which have been granted by the board of aldermen during the year; and the work of plac- ing overhead wires in conduits underground and removing all poles from streets should be extended as rapidly as possible.


The Boston Elevated Railway Company have extended their surface car tracks through Union street, connecting at Broadway and Mystic avenue, and have made extensive repairs in their roadbed in this city during the past year, replacing the old tracks with new and heavier rails, filling the space between the ties with Portland cement concrete, and grouting the granite block pavement with cement, on Highland avenue the entire length, Medford street, between Highland avenue and Cross street, and Broadway, between Cross street and the Bos- ton city line. Also, new rails have been laid on Broadway, be- tween Clarendon avenue and North street.


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 pavement, adapted to the character of the surroundings and amount of traffic and conditions encountered.




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