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$82,239 92 Partial abatement of assessment, constructing Cleveland street, assessed in 1908 39 90 Partial abatement of assessment, constructing Vine street in 1908
66 50
Taxes assessed by city in 1905 and 1906, Weston avenue
97 25
Taking of land from estate of Abbie E. Taylor for con- struction of Cleveland street 500 00
Taking of land from estate of Charles I .. Upham for con- struction of Heath street in 1908 . . ·
75 00
Abatement of Highway Betterment Assessments to sundry persons .
67 79
Advertising and recording releases and plans for streets not constructed 94 05
Total debit
$83,180 41
Balance unexpended
$5,951 51
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$8,000 00
Transfer from Sewers Construction ac-
count
. 7,670 95
$15,670 95
Value of material on hand January 1, 1909 . $54 40
Net gain on materials
107 98
162 38
Total credit
$15,833 33
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For paving thirteen gutters, as per
table D
$10,174 25
Street crossings, as per table H
1,038 07
Value of materials on hand December 31
4,621 01
Total debit
$15,833 33
Highways, Watering Streets.
CREDIT.
Receipts :-
Assessments and contributions from abutters
$30,707 25
Insurance on® water carts (collected from contractors)
70 00
Gulf Refining Co., empty barrels
59 47
Barrett Manufacturing Co., empty barrels
29 00
Value of water carts on hand January 1, 1909
11,750 00
Total credit
$42,615 72
.
(Clarendon-hill ledge lot) ·
.
·
368
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Teaming (street watering)
$20,799 95
Use of city teams
2,345 00
Building platform
69 38
Tarvia
3,669 53
Asfaltoil emulsion
263 20
Dust preventive .
1,270 50
Asphaltum
518 45
Lard
1 76
Repairs of water carts
338 94
Painting water carts .
1,013 55
Insurance on water carts
90 00
Water posts
108 25
Repairing water posts
184 37
Rubber boots
21 00
Clerical work (making assessment list) .
125 34
Books, printing, and postage .
29 62
Margaret E. Lawler, excess paid for
5 92
$30,854 76
Value of water carts on hand this day
11,550 00
Profit and loss on water carts
200 00
Total debit
$42,604 76
Balance unexpended
$10 96
Lowell Street Bridges.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$40,000 00
DEBIT.
Advertising
$13 00
Labor
2,516 13
Use of city teams
286 30
Teaming, filling
434 70
Filling
358 00
Raising houses
460 00
Carpentering
445 97
Mason work
2,223 00
Plumbing
367 62
Lumber
529 37
Furnace and stove work
141 36
Changing grade of manholes .
394 28
Bricks
10 80
Edgestones and circles
35 69
Cement
12 89
Crushed stone
49 77
Paving blocks .
9 50
Pipe and strainer
2 99
Photographs
16 50
Engineering work and inspection
125 00
Total debit
$8,432 87
Balance unexpended
$31,567 13
.
watering on Columbus avenue
369
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Sidewalks Construction Account.
CREDIT.
1
1
Balance from 1908
$309 13
Appropriation
12,000 00
Balance of uncollected bill of 1908
13 10
Total credit
$12,322 23
DEBIT.
1
Expenditures :-
For thirty-four sidewalks con- structed as per table C . $24,166 39
Less assessments 12,083 18 ·
$12,083 21
Abatement of assessment, estate of Mary A. Kenney, for construction of sidewalk, Loring street, in 1908
25 62
Abatement of assessment in front of es- tate of James J. and Catharine A. Mc- Farlane, for construction of sidewalk, Moreland street, in 1908 15 28
Abatement of assessment in front of es- ·
51 59
William St. G. Little, taking of land and damage to estate, Cleveland street, in constructing sidewalk, 1908
31 76
Books
13 00
Total debit
$12,255 54
Balance unexpended
$66 69
Sidewalks Maintenance Account.
CREDIT.
1
!
Transfer from Highways Maintenance ac- count
$1,082 19
Receipts and credits :-
From Julius A. Durell, balance of bill of 1908
1 50
Total credit
* $1,083 69
- DEBIT. -
Expenditures :- 1
Labor, repairing sidewalks
$758 45
Use of city teams, repairing sidewalks
163 10
Repairing concrete sidewalk
4 00
Bricks used in repairing sidewalks . .
142 75
Amount carried forward
$1,068 30
tate of Ellen F. Collins, for construc- tion of sidewalk, Vine street, 1908 West End Street Railway Co., taking of land and damage to estate, Vine street, in constructing sidewalk, Vine street, 1908 .
35 08
370
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$1,068 30
Crushed stone used in repairing side- walks
4 34
Sand used in repairing sidewalks
4 80
Value of materials on hand December 31, 1 $1,077 44
1909 .
6 25
$1,083 69
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$3,800 00
Receipts :-
From sundry persons, removal of moths from trees
$1,649 41
New England Oil Co. (oil barrel re- turned)
1 50
1,650 91
Total credit
$5,450 91
DEBIT. .
Expenditures :-
For labor .
$2,860 58
Use of city teams and teaming
123 20
Walsh Brothers, spraying trees
Tools
Supplies
circulars,
stationery,
and
postage
136 25
Clerical work ·
53 34
Total debit
$3,274 76
Balance unexpended
$2,176 15
Suppression of Elm-Leaf Beetle.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For labor
$670 50
Use of city teams
58 80
Walsh Brothers, spraying trees
3 00
Arsenate of lead .
114 50
Total debit .
$846 80
Balance unexpended
$153 20
.
.
·
.
8 50
63 75
29 14
Books,
371
TABLE A. Streets Constructed in 1909.
STREET.
FROM
To
CONSTRUCTED
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST.
Alpine street .
Cedar street
Accepted portion of Alpine street
Wholly
667
$757 49
** Beacon street
Cambridge line
Buckingham street
Wholly
870
2,398 72
Boston avenue
Broadway .
Pritchard avenue
Wholly
795
2,163 01
** Broadway ·
.
.
Concord avenue .
Calvin street
Partially
957
237 81
*Hamlet street
Present terminus
Boston street
Partially
165
2,121 25
** Highland avenue
Near Medford street
Near Davis square
Wholly
8,870
55,768 77
** Medford street
Somerville avenue
Washington street
Wholly
982
5,570 45
Pearson avenue
.
·
Morrison avenue
Boston avenue
Wholly
1,320
2,815 43
** Washington street
.
(Southwesterly side) Opp. Tufts street
Charlestown line
Wholly
.
1,813
10,883 63
Length in feet, and cost
.
. ·
17,129
$85,602 93
.
.
·
.
.
.
·
(Northeasterly side) Cross street
Fellsway (west)
.
Wholly
690
2,886 37
*Dimick street
.
.
·
.
·
.
*Partially constructed.
** Reconstructed with permanent pavement.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
TABLE B. Streets Repaired.
STREET.
FROM
To
DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
FEET.
COST.
Bonner avenue
·
.
Washington street
Columbus avenue
Re-surfaced
376
$ 63 09
Broadway
.
.
Magoun square (Northerly side)
·
·
Re-surfaced with tarvia
1,640
603 79
(Boston and Lowell)
Re-surfaced with tarvia
1,000
1,112 70
Middlesex avenue
·
Mystic avenue .
·
·
.
Re-surfaced
800
371 76
Oak street
.
.
Prospect street
Angle
Macadamized
660
141 13
Prospect street
.
.
Washington street
Cambridge line
Re-surfaced with tarvia
1,950
1,471 63
School street
.
.
Highland avenue
Berkeley street ·
Re-surfaced
500
60 63
Stone avenue
Columbus avenue
Munroe street
Re-surfaced with tarvia
110
89 87
Webster street
Franklin street .
Glen street .
Re-surfaced with tarvia
512
542 19
Length in feet, and cost
.
.
.
7,548
$4,456 79
.
.
.
.
.
.
Willow avenue ·
.
(Northerly side)
Northerly
·
.
.
·
.
·
372
ANNUAL REPORTS.
t
Railroad bridge
Broadway
Powder House square .
TABLE C. Sidewalks Constructed Where the Materials Were Furnished by the City and One-half the Cost Was Assessed Upon the Abutting Estates.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC.
COST.
Alpine street
Both
Cedar street
Princeton street
1,329.4
....
$1,281 04
Ashland street
Southeasterly
·
.
·
Autumn street .
Both
·
·
·
Pritchard avenue
622.6
.. .
. .
561 87
*Boston avenue
.
.
·
Annie R. Bates
Broadway
Northeasterly
in front of estate of .
No. 855
S
.
.
·
.
.
.
Northwesterly
Lexington avenue .
Morrison avenue
387.5
415 95
§ Chapel street and
Northeasterly
College avenue
Chandler street
.
.
..
244.
470 66
Chandler street
Easterly
in front of est. No. 19 .
Chapel street
Claremon street
Easterly
Holland street
Mead street
564.9
583 81
Curtis street
.
.
·
.
Broadway
Professors Row
·
. .
.. .
1,545 77
Dana street
·
.
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
Elston street .
.
.
.
296.3
473 97
*Fenwick street
Both
Jaques street
954.9
996 13
Henry avenue
Both
Highland avenue
Lexington avenue
....
400.6
683 23
Highland avenue
Southwesterly
.
in front of estate of Wilbur P. Rice from Cherry st.
Southwesterly about 150 feet
-
.
144.9
217 35
Carried forward
7,067.8
514.
1,742.5
$10,554 09
.
·
·
Summer street .
Sartwell avenue
242.
217.8
368 97
Broadway .
Bonair street
Northeasterly .
Broadway .
154.5
244 81
Campbell Park
Westerly
Meacham road
Kingston street
284.4
415 27
·
*Where not already laid.
373
STREET COMMISSIONER.
.
320 10
Dimick street
Both
Concord avenue
Calvin street .
1,722.6
.
1,662 05
Elm street
·
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
Everett avenue
Bonair street .
272.
.
·
.
Easterly
1,485.9
Easterly
Easterly
Willow avenue . Broadway .
.
·
.
Cedar street
313 11
374
TABLE C .- Concluded.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC
COST.
Brought forward
7,067.8
514.
1,742.5
$10,554.09
Highland avenue Medford street
.
Northeasterly
·
Walnut street .
·
B. & M. R.R. Bridge .
91.3
....
186.2
286.95
Moore street
Easterly
Holland street .
Mead street
700.2
.. ..
497.4
1,468.61
Moore street .
Westerly
Holland street .
Mead street
712.1
318.3
555.33
Packard avenue
Easterly .
Broadway
Professors Row
1,621.5
. ...
1,713.96
Pearson avenue
Both . ·
Morrison avenue
Boston avenue ·
2,612.4
....
812.7
1,126.74
Sewall street ·
Both
Grant street
Temple street
·
...
.
to and including est.
250.4
. . .
305.49
Shawmut street
Northeasterly
Washington street
No. 154 Cross street
754.5
824.38
Trull street .
Easterly ·
Medford street
·
·
.
.
Northeasterly
Willow avenue
Cutter square
....
. ...
909.9
1,253.26
Elm street .
Northeasterly
.
.
Annie D. Donovan No. 91
81.9
....
·
.
.
·
in front of estate of Estate No. 91. .
Highland avenue
127.2
....
111.64
Walnut street ·
Easterly .
.
Washington street .
Southerly .
F. R. R. bridge
.
to and including estate No. 330
740.9
...
117.
269.40
Willow avenue ·
Northwesterly ·
Morrison avenue .
Appleton street
Total
14,194.2
2,396.6
4,584.
$24,166.39
.
Walnut street
.
B. & M. R.R. Bridge .
574.2
....
...
602.05
*Medford street
·
Northeasterly
·
Central street
.
.
Tennyson street
· · · ·
687.15
Partridge avenue
Westerly
Broadway
Medford street
...
.
.
.
·
.
.
Cutter square
Grove street
110.87
Walnut street .
Easterly
·
·
.
*Where not already laid.
.
Conwell street
136.8
. .. .
550.39
Highland avenue
605.6
...
·
Northeasterly
·
88.01
Medford street
·
Northeasterly
·
-
-
Southwesterly
Porter street
.
$185.37
Medford street
ANNUAL REPORTS.
{ *Summer street and
Vernon street
·
·
801.53
.
2,671.17
Gilman square
375
:
TABLE D. Gutters Paved in Connection with Setting Edgestones.
STREET.
Side.
From
To
Square Yards.
Cost.
Alpine street
Both
Cedar street
Princeton street .
443.1
$ 790.32
Boston avenue
Northerly
Broadway .
Pritchard avenue
207.5
499.15
Cedar street
Northwesterly
Lexington avenue
Morrison avenue
129.2
233.31
Claremon street
Easterly
Holland street
Mead street
188.3
424.71
Curtis street
Easterly
Broadway .
Professors Row
.
495.3
1,012.27
Dimick street
Both
Concord avenue .
Calvin street
574.2
1,157.24
Fenwick street
Both
Broadway .
Jaques street
318.3
836.10
Medford street
Northeasterly
Gilman square
Highland avenue
423.7
953.43.
Moore street
Westerly
Holland street
Mead street
.
.
.
540.5
1,129.28
Pearson avenue
Both
Morrison avenue
Boston avenue
870.8
1,824.41
Walnut street
·
Easterly
Medford street
Highland avenue
69.7
175.58
Total
4,731.4
$10,174.25
STREET COMMISSIONER.
.
.
.
.
237.4
601.71
Moore street
Easterly
Holland street
Mead street
233.4
536.74
Packard avenue
Easterly
Broadway
.
·
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Professors Row
376
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE E. Driveways Constructed at Expense of Abutters.
FOR
LOCATION.
American Tube Works .
. Somerville avenue
Builders' Iron and Steel Co.
1 Somerville avenue
William Crossman
8 Ashland street
Derby Desk Company
. Central street
E. Charles Drouet .
Pleasant avenue . 56 Bow street ·
E. Charles Drouet .
R. A. Fash
14 Wheeler street
Frederick A. P. Fiske
44 Cherry street
Harry Gavel .
. 55 Vernon street . 22 Bow street 179 Highland avenue
Joseph Gridley
J. Ernest Gustin
3 Virginia street
Ella G. Haig
9 Carlton street
Hattie E. Marsh
. 35 Day street . 95 College avenue 119 Central street
J. Frank Mixer
192 Pearl street
Walter H. Snow
West Somerville Public Library .
46 Derby street College avenue
TABLE F. Driveway Discontinued at Expense of Abutter.
FOR
LOCATION.
James Cruise .
31 Wheatland street
.
.
Dr. Arthur A. Gibson
Harvey D. McGray
Leander A. Penney
377
TABLE G. Streets Accepted by the Board of Aldermen in 1909.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
STREET.
WARD.
FROM
To
WIDTH IN FEET.
LENGTH IN FEET.
ACCEPTED.
Fremont avenue
2
Bowdoin street
Lincoln park . Electric avenue
30
232
December 24, 1909 December 10, 1909
Lovell street
7
Broadway .
.
tracks of Boston
Lowell street ·
5
Across all railroad
& Lowell R.R.
40
867
August 25, 1909'
Mallet street
7
Willow avenue
Liberty avenue
40
657
December 3, 1909
Merriam street .
2
Somerville avenue
Charlestown st.
30
510
September 10, 1909
Parker street
2
Washington street
Fremont ave.
35
203
December 3, 1909
West street
7
Highland avenue
Hawthorne st.
30
192
December 3, 1909
Length in feet .
3,046
40
385
.
.
.
.
378
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE H. Street Crossings Laid. GRANITE FLAGGING.
Acadia park, across same, at northerly side of Somerville avenue. Broadway, across same, between School street and Dartmouth street. Broadway, across same, between Thurston street and Sycamore street. Glen street, across same, at southerly side of Pearl street. Holland street, southerly side, at Buena Vista road.
Mystic avenue, across same, from easterly side of Austin street.
PAVING BRICKS.
Benedict avenue, southwesterly side, across Benedict street. Summer street, across same, from easterly side of Cedar street.
PAVING BLOCKS.
Medford street, across same, at westerly side of Walnut street.
Length of Accepted Streets in Each Ward.
Miles.
Ward 1
.
2
.
.
.
3
.
.
.
7.479
4
9.390
5
11.373
6
12.447
6
7
.
16.021
Total length of accepted streets in the city .
74.737
Respectfully submitted, ASA B. PRICHARD, Street Commissioner.
9.494
8.533
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, City Hall, Somerville, January 1, 1910. )
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-I have the honor, as commissioner of public buildings, to submit the following as the report of the depart- ment of public buildings and the department of inspection of buildings for the year 1909. In submitting this report I desire to express my appreciation of the valuable counsel and advice received from his honor, the mayor, and from the members of the honorable, the board of aldermen.
Somerville Beach.
In the report of this department for the year 1908 a detailed description was given of the Somerville bathing beach and bath- ing houses. The patronage had so increased that in response to the request of the commissioner provision was made for ad- ditional facilities. An addition was made to the building which doubled in size the original plant and provided much better ac- commodations for those of our citizens who availed themselves of the privileges of the beach. This institution is still increas- ing in popularity, and it will undoubtedly be necessary soon to further increase the accommodations. In addition to the above mentioned improvements a shelter was constructed on the shore of the river for those who desired to watch the bathing. A diving raft was also provided and located in the river, which was very much enjoyed by the patrons.
The commissioner would respectfully assure the citizens of Somerville that every attention will be given them if they desire to patronize the Somerville beach, and hopes that the season of 1910 will show a largely-increased patronage.
Contagious Hospital.
It became necessary to provide better living accommoda- tions for the nurses of this hospital, and on October 2, 1909, an order was passed by the board of aldermen authorizing the con- struction of the addition to the present building and appropriat- ing $7,000 for the same. Plans were drawn and specifications prepared by this department and the estimates opened by his honor, the mayor, on September 29, 1909, which were as fol- lows :::
380
ANNUAL REPORTS.
J. M. Andrews & Son
.
$6,700 00
W. Fillmore & Co. .
6,125 00
J. E. Locatelli & Co.
J. P. Foley 5,990 00
5,800 00
E. N. Hutchinson
5,745 00
Arthur W. Berry .
5,490 00
J. E. L. McLean .
4,749 00
The lowest bidder, J. E. L. McLean, was awarded the con- tract. This contract did not include the heating, plumbing, or furnishing. The work was started promptly, and the addition is now completed and occupied.
This addition with the other interior changes will provide for the needs of this institution for years to come and make the work there much easier to perform than formerly, and will pro- vide more comfortable living accommodations for both pa- tients and attendants.
Care of School Buildings.
In order that the buildings in which the school children are required to spend so much of their time during the years of their educational life may be kept in a clean and hygienic condition, it is necessary at all times for somebody to exercise the most careful vigilance. The responsibility of this work is placed upon the commissioner of public buildings. The commissioner as well as the superintendent of schools must have the confidence of the people who are sending their children to be cared for day after day. The moral and physical elements of the child's na- ture are just as important as the intellectual and must be looked after just as carefully. It has been the aim of the present com- missioner to remedy unsatisfactory conditions and establish im- proved appliances for so doing whenever the necessity existed.
Attention was called by the commissioner in his report of 1908 particularly to the dust evil. The matter has been watched very carefully and experiments made in the endeavor to remedy the difficulty. The use of dust preventives is being continued, and the evil is largely eliminated. Continued efforts will be made until a perfect condition exists.
The danger from the unsanitary drinking cup has been given careful attention, and as a solution of the problem forty sanitary drinking fountains were installed in the various school buildings. These fountains were installed in the regular sinks of the buildings, and although not satisfactory in every particu- lar the commissioner feels that the experiment will result eventually in solving this important matter.
The question of cleanliness of school buildings has been given careful attention, and in most instances our buildings are in a clean and hygienic condition. The general supervision of this work has been delegated to John H. Kelley, who is also the head janitor of the high school buildings, and his careful and
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
systematic oversight has resulted in much better conditions than before existed.
The school buildings placed in accordance with the charter under the department of public buildings are as follows :-
Buildings.
Valuation.
Year Built.
Location.
Baxter school.
$32,955 64
1901
Bolton street
Bell school ..
45,400 00
1874
Vinal avenue
Bennett school
50,448 32
1902
Maple street
Bingham school
68,885 04
1886
Lowell street
Brown school.
59,690 16
1901
Willow avenue
Burns school
34,760 00
1886
Cherry street
Carr school.
53,800 00
1893
Atherton street
Cummings school
11,921 00
1884
School street
Davis school
22,720 00
1884
Tufts street
Durell school
19,720 00
1894
Beacon street
Edgerly school
44,230 00
1871
Cross street
Forster school
85,290 00
1866
Sycamore street
Glines school.
80,540 00
1891
Jaques street
Hanscom school.
69,580 00
1897
Webster street
Latin High school.
79,365 00
1871
Highland avenue
English High school ..
137,900 00
1895
Highland avenue
Highland school.
60,560 00
1880
Highland avenue
Hodgkins school
71,700 00
1896
Holland street
Knapp school
50,540 00
1889
Concord · square
Lincoln school
18,220 00
1885
Broadway
Morse school.
48,199 00
1869
Summer street
Perry school.
37,080 00
1899
Washington street
Pope school.
80,160 00
1891
Washington street
Prescott school
66,260 00
1867
Pearl street
Proctor school.
42,820 16
1905
Hudson street
Lowe school
51,826 16
1903
Morrison avenue
In addition to the above, the following public buildings are under the control of this department :-
Public library
42,000 00
1884
Highland avenue
Police building
57,000 00
1874
Bow street
City hall. .
47,432 32
1851
Highland avenue
City hall annex.
20,655 02
1898
Highland avenue
Contagious hospital
22,793 76
1906
Broadway
City home.
37,901 73
1871
Broadway
City stables
84,000 00
1894
Broadway
Health shed.
1,189 79
1905
Broadway
Water dept. stable ...
32,000 00
1889
Cedar street
Central fire station ..
37,200 00
1893
Medford street
Engine 2 building.
33,600 00
1894
Broadway
Hose 2.
10,800 00
1871
Marshall street
Ladder 1.
56,143 18
1904
Union square
Ladder 2.
15,300 00
1894
Highland avenue
Hose 5
16,900 00
1888
Somerville avenue
Hose 6.
18,200 00
1898
Holland street
Engine 4.
15,900 00
1874
Highland avenue
Incinerating plant.
3,000 00
1907
Cedar street
Bathhouse
3,368 21
1908
Mystic river
İ
Total
$1,989,054 49
382
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Heating and Ventilating.
The new heating and ventilating system installed at the Highland school is described in detail elsewhere in this report. This work leaves the Morse, Cummings, and Davis schools the only ones in which furnaces are in use for heating and venti- lating. I would recommend that during the coming year a steam heating and ventilating system be installed in the Morse school building.
Several boilers were repaired as to their tubing and an en- tirely new boiler installed in the Prescott school building. The system of radiation in the air room at the Glines school was changed in order to provide for the school's needs. Other minor changes were made in the various school buildings which were found necessary. The following table will describe the system in use in the various buildings and the existing condition of each :-
School.
No. of Rooms.
System.
Working Condition.
Baxter
6
gravity-automatic control
good
Bell
12
fan-
automatic control
good
Bingham
16
gravity-hand control
good
Bennett
12
gravity-hand control
good
Brown
6
gravity-hand control
good
Burns
8
. gravity-hand control
good
Carr
16
good
Cummings
4
Davis
4
furnace
not satisfactory not satisfactory good
Edgerly
12
gravity-hand control
good
Forster
12
gravity-hand control
good
Forster Annex
6
gravity-hand control
good
Glines
14
gravity-hand control
good
Hanscom
6
fan-
hand control
good
High
47
fan- {
part hand control
good
Highland
12
gravity-hand control
good
Hodgkins
12
gravity-hand control
good
Knapp
12
gravity-automatic control
good
Lincoln
4
gravity-hand control
good
Morse
12
furnace-hand control
not satisfactory good
Pope
12
gravity-hand control
good
Prescott
12
fan- automatic control
good
Proctor
8
gravity-hand control
good
Lowe
8
gravity-hand control
good
Durell
4
gravity-hand control
part automatic control
Perry
8
gravity-hand control
Sanitaries, Cummings and Davis Schools.
In compliance with my request of last year an order was passed by the board of aldermen on June 25, 1909, authorizing the installation of new sanitary systems in the above-mentioned school buildings and appropriating the sum of $3,000 for the same. These systems were installed during the summer vaca- tion. The plans and specifications were made by this depart- ment and the estimates opened by the mayor on June 24, 1909, which were as follows :-
·
gravity-hand control furnace
383
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Davis School. Cummings School.
H. E. Campbell
$830 00
$825 00
W. J. Henderson
810 00
804 00
C. B. Cahalan
750 00 740 00
F. O. Johnson .
730 00
735 00
Armstrong Brothers
723 00
734 00
J. J. Fisher
694 00
697 00
E. S. Stack & Co.
680 00
680 00
J. H. Adcock
717 00
667 00
The contracts were awarded to the lowest bidders, in each case, viz., to E. S. Stack & Co. for the work at the Davis school, and to J. H. Adcock for the work at the Cummings school. Work was begun at once and completed for the opening of school in September. These changes were much needed and improve greatly the sanitary conditions in these buildings.
Toilets.
With the exception of the new sanitary systems installed in the Davis and Cummings schools and described in detail else- where in this report, the changes in the toilets were of a minor nature. The toilets are inspected each week by Duncan C. Greene, the inspector of plumbing, and his conscientious work in this direction has produced results which are well worth the effort and expense.
The following table will describe the systems in use and the existing conditions of each :-
School.
Baxter
System. Hydraulic closet system.
Ventilation. Local vented.
Good.
Bell
Bennett
66
66
66
"
Burns
66
66
66
66
.
.
66
66
66
Davis
Durell
Latrine
66
66
..
66
66
Forster Annex
60
66
66
66
66
Hanscom
66
66
66
Latin High
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