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1910
to date*
* Present member.
t Deceased.
Table No 7. RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS).
Appropriation . Reimbursements
$12,500 00 3,881 46
Total receipts
Total expenditures .
$16,381 46 16,110 42
Balance
Net expenditures
.
.
$271 04 $12,228 96
.
·
.
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.
City Home, January 1, 1911.
To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen,-I submit the following as the report of the warden of the city home for the year ending December 31, 1910 :-
Table No. 1. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Produce and pork sold 1.
$4,312 65 927 00
Board of sundry persons
$5,239 65
Table No. 2. LIVING EXPENSES.
Salaries and wages .
$2,790 03
Groceries and provisions
2,250 13
Dry goods
208 82
Boots and shoes
73 55
Hay and grain .
698 81
Seed and fertilizer
101 19
House furnishings
13 85
Kitchen furnishings
48 53
Sundries
221 70
Farm sundries
406 98
Cash paid by warden, car fares for warden, inmates, and laborers
83 65
Medicine
70 67
Shoeing horses
41 00
Repairs on wagons and tools
20 95
Repairs on sash
9 32
Telephone .
46 98
General repairs
22 61
Swill and bedding
358 55
New tools .
62 50
Live stock
60 00
Ice
31 40
Credits :-
Produce and pork
$4,312 65
Board of sundry persons
927 00
5,239 65
Net living expenses .
$2,381 57
Table No. 3.
Number of weeks' board of inmates
1,399 4-7
Number of males admitted during 1910
20
Number of females admitted during 1910
6
Number of males discharged during 1910
6
Number of females discharged during 1910 . 6
Number of males supported during 1910
34
Number of females supported during 1910
16
Number of males died during 1910
6
Number of females died during 1910
4
Number of inmates in home December 31, 1910
31
$7,621 22
305
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Table No. 4. FARM ACCOUNT. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Produce and pork sold .
$4,312 65
Produce used at city home
350 00
$4,662 65
EXPENSES.
Wages for help
$1,131 40
Feed for one horse .
116 22
Shoeing one horse
13 67
Repairs on wagons and tools .
20 95
Repairs on sash
9 32
Swill and bedding
358 55
Farm sundries .
406 98
Seed and fertilizers .
101 19
Live stock
60 00
New tools
62 50
$2,280 78
Balance
$2,381 87
Table No. 5. PERMANENT REPAIRS AND FIXTURES.
Removing and rebuilding :-
Pig yards
$32 41
Hot-bed fence
20 24
Extending water pipe in shed .
9 65
Drain pipe .
3 60
Painting walls
8 77
Living expenses
Total expenditures .
$7,695 89
Table No. 6.
Appropriation .
$3,000 00
Reimbursements
5,239 65
Net expenditures
2,456 24
Total receipts .
$8,239 65
Total expenditures
7,695 89
Balance
$543 76
Respectfully submitted, J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN,
Warden.
.
.
·
$74 67 7,621 22
.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN, Somerville, January 1, 1911.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :- Gentlemen,-The work of your city physician during the year 1910 is summarized in the abstract presented below :-
Office consultations and treatments
666
Total outside visits
1,002
Confinements
10
Vaccinations
113
Visits at city home .
43
Attended at police station
28
Examinations :---
For legal department
5
For highway department
15
For police department
2
For fire department
6
.
.
Respectfully submitted, C. CLARKE TOWLE, City Physician.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 25, 1911. 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, 1910, by the depart- ments and appropriations under my charge and supervision, in- cluding Engineering, Grade Crossings, Sewers Construction, Sewers Maintenance, Public Grounds and Parks, and other pub- lic works, is herewith presented.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. Statement of Expenses, 1910.
Salary of City Engineer . .
$3,000 00
Salaries of assistants (see itemized state-
ment following)
7,234 25
Stakes, tools, and general supplies (outside work)
152 77
Draughting materials and office supplies (inside work)
206 52
Car fares
188 25
Maintenance of automobile
342 29
Setting stone bounds
372 66
Telephone, postage, expressing, and inci- dentals
138 19
Total debit
$11,634 93
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$11,500 00
Amount received for making acceptance
plans
55 00
Amount received from other departments, services rendered
80 00
Total credit
$11,635 00
Balance unexpended .
$ 07
Classification of Expenses, Assistants' Salaries.
Sewers,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, and all engineer- ing work relating to sewers
$1,157 11
Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving, and all other engineering relating to the department 898 84 . Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, titles, costs, and assessments . 793 16 Bridges and Grade Crossings,-comprising surveys, plans, profiles, estimates, lines and grades, etc, . 218 31 .
308
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Water Works,-comprising lines, grades, locations of mains, gates, hydrants and services, and other mat- ters relating to the department .
576 88
. Public Grounds and Parks,-comprising surveys, plans, estimates, profiles and grades, including laying out of parks and grounds and boulevards · Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construc- tion . Street Numbering,-comprising locations of buildings, plans, and affixing street numbers on houses
167 01
36 79
208 43
Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishing of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading .
210 18
City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, acceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, etc. .
1,073 88
Middlesex Registry,-comprising copying of plans and abstracts from deeds and examination of 'titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracings of street ac- ceptance and sewer taking plans filed for record 186 71 Railway, Telephone, Electric Light, and Gas Light Com- panies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles, and office notes, locations of poles and conduits 63 18
Stone Bounds,-locating and setting 118 65
. Office Work,-comprising records of all locations, index- ing, typewriting, calculations, and general draught- ing 830 88
Miscellaneous Work,-comprising preliminary surveys,
designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for different committees 79 95
Vacations, Holidays, and Sickness 614 29
Total
$7,234 25
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-five.
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 ten.
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.
309
CITY ENGINEER.
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, cor- poration, or individual, until a plan is furnished showing the lo- cation, and approved by him.
During the year the Engineering department has made plans and established grades for the acceptance, under the bet- terment act, of six new public streets, a total length of 3,623 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 eleven other private streets, previously made, on file in the office that for va- rious reasons are still unaccepted as public ways.
Stone bounds have been set in Portland cement concrete at a number of street intersections and angles to define and pre- serve the true lines of public streets, and this work should be. continued as much as possible each year.
Stone Bounds Set in 1910.
Bromfield road, west side, at north side Warner street (brass bolt set in concrete).
Chestnut street, north side, at east side Poplar street.
Dimick street, cast side, at north side Concord avenue.
Francis street, north side, at west side Porter street.
Francis street, north side, at east side Conwell avenue. Fremont avenue, north side, at cast side Bowdoin street. Fremont avenue, north side, at west side Parker street. Grant street, west side, at north side Jaques street. Grant street, west side, at south side Mystic avenue (X 2' offset lines). Hamlet street, east side, at south side Highland avenue. Hamlet street, west side, at angle near Boston street. Hamlet street, west side, at north side Boston street. Kidder avenue, south side, at west side Willow avenue.
Kidder avenue, south side, at east side Liberty avenue. Linden street, east side, at south side Somerville avenue. Lovell street, west side, at north side Broadway. Lovell street, west side, at south side Electric aventic.
Lowell street, east side, at angle northeast corner Vernon street.
Lowell street, east side, at angle south side Albion street.
Mallet street, south side, at west side Willow avenue. Mallet street, south side, at east side Liberty avenue. Marion street, north side, at angle near Wyatt street. Marion street, north side, at east side Dimick street. Merriam street, cast side, at south side Somerville avenue. Parker street, west side, at south side Washington street. Pearson avenue, east side, at north side Morrison aventic. Pearson avenue, west side, at south side Boston avenue. Thorpe street, east side, at south side Highland avenue. Vernon street, north side, at east side Glenwood road. Vernon street, south side, at angle opposite Glenwood road.
Vernon street, north side, at east side Partridge avenue. Vernon street, south side, at angle opposite Partridge avenue. West street, west side, at south side Highland avenue.
West street, west side, at north side Hawthorne street. Wheatland street, cast side, at north side Jaques strect. Wheatland street, east side, at south side Mystic avenue.
310
ANNUAL REPORTS.
In the report of 1907 a table was compiled from old 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, and in the 1908 report a list of bounds set during the year. There are at the present time 560 stone bounds set in the city for defining street lines.
The total length of public streets in the city is 75.864 miles, and private streets 20.357 miles. (See table in this report for location, width, length, etc.)
Streets Accepted as Public Highways in 1910, under the Betterment Act.
NAME OF STREET. WARD.
FROM
To
Width in Feet.
Length in Feet.
Date of Acceptance.
Fairmount ave. .
7
Curtis st.
Northwesterly
40
679
Dec. 23
Hill st.
7
Broadway
Fairmount ave.
40
284
Dec. 23
* Lawrence st. .
5
Richardson st.
B. & M. R. R. .
35
502
Dec. 23
Paulina st. .
7
Holland st.
Broadway .
.
40
769
Dec. 23
Victoria st.
7
Broadway
Waterhouse st. .
40
1,036
Dec. 23
+West st.
5
Broadway
Heath st.
30
353
Dec. 23
Total
(0.686 miles)
..
3,623
* Lawrence street, name changed to Hinckley street December 30, 1910.
+ West street, name changed to Langmaid avenue December 30, 1910.
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
11.535
Ward six
12.447
Ward seven
16.986
.
Total length of public streets in the city, 75.864
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.
311
CITY ENGINEER.
Somerville avenue between the East Cambridge line and Medford street (except the new bridge approaches), a length of 843 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. The street railway tracks were re-laid by the company, at their ex- pense, with a similar pavement.
This pavement was laid by contract at the following cost :-
Simpson Brothers Corporation, Boston :-
Laying 4,137 square yards granite block paving, concrete base $12,245 52
Extra work grouting old pavement 5 00
Cost of work done by contract $12,250 52
City,-re-setting edgestone and re-laying brick sidewalk,
and catch basin changes, etc. . 1,279 06
Total cost of work
$13,529 58
CREDIT.
By old granite gutter paving .
$477 50
Net cost of pavement to city . $13,052 08
Average cost, $3.15 per square yard for cement-grouted granite block pavement laid on concrete base, including all incidental work.
Somerville avenue between Lowell street and Elm street, a length of 799 feet, has been paved with granite blocks, grouted with crushed stone and pitch, the work being done by the Highway department, day labor. The street railway tracks were re-laid by the company at their expense.
City, Highway Department (day labor) :-
Laying 4,077 square yards granite block pavement :--
Labor, teaming, rolling
$4,649 68
Paving blocks (94,900)
6,395 12
Pitch used (53.9 tons)
793 26
Crush stone used (262 tons)
287 83
Changing catch basins, manholes, etc.
97 00
Re-setting edgestone, re-laying side-
walks, crossings, etc.
628 16
. Total cost of work
$12,851 05
CREDIT.
1
By old gutter paving
$282 40
i
Net cost 'of pavement to city $12,568 65
Average cost, $3.08 per square yard for pitch grouted granite block pavement.
The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 8.98 miles.
The policy recently adopted of permanently constructing
512
ANNUAL REPORTS.
the city's main thoroughfares in preference to side streets has commenced to show good results. Within the past few years a line of roadway that can be used by automobiles, carriages, and other vehicles has been completed practically through the centre of the city, commencing at the East Cambridge line and extending on Somerville avenue, Medford street, Highland avenue, College avenue, and Powder House boulevard to West Medford, connecting on the south the new Charles river dam and roadways with the Mystic Valley parkway and thorough- fares on the north.
By the completion of Somerville avenue granite block pav- ing, the city has a through street for heavy traffic on the south- westerly side ; and on the northeasterly side of the city, Mystic avenue, recently constructed by the state, with the newly-com- pleted bridge over the Boston & Maine railroad tracks connect- ing with Charlestown and Boston, provides a similar thorough- fare.
In a few years' time, by the continuation of permanently constructing the remaining roadways, namely,-on Broadway (Winter Hill, to the Arlington line), Summer, Elm, Holland, and Beacon streets, the city will have main thoroughfares that will compare favorably with any city in the state.
Seven new streets have been constructed during the year, with a " tarviated " trap-rock surface, a length of 4,830 feet (0.92 mile), costing $9,144.39, where betterment assessments have been levied on the abutting property amounting to $6,141.70 ; the average cost of this construction being $0.82 per square yard.
. Seven streets have been constructed, " tarvia " being used as a binder, a length of 5,265 feet (1 mile), where no assess- ments were levied.
Eleven streets have been re-macadamized or re-surfaced, a length of 6,630 feet (1.26 miles).
Table of Street Construction.
Square Yds. Miles.
*Streets paved with granite blocks 1
93,465
3.67
Streets paved with Hassam pavement
.
36,802
1.80
Streets paved with asphalt
10,410
0.73
Streets paved with vitrified brick (Davis square)
6,197
0.22
Streets paved with bitulithic
14,689
0.88
Combination pavement (concrete base with bitu- minous top)
1.68
Streets macadamized ("tarvia" bound)
.
10.17
** Streets macadamized (water bound)
.
55.61
Streets graveled or unimproved
21.55
Total
96.31
.
.
.
*Also 31.9 miles (single track) electric railway, paved with granite, asphalt, bitulithic.
** Includes 3.29 miles boulevard and 1.16 miles state highway.
Table Showing Sidewalks Constructed (not exceeding one-half cost assessed on abutters) and Paved Gutters Laid in Connection Therewith in 1910.
MATERIAL.
PAVED GUTTERS.
STREET
Ward.
SIDE.
FROM
To.
WIDTH OF SIDEWALK IN FEET.
Gravel and Edge- stone. Lineal Feet.
BRICK.
GRANOLITHIC.
Sq. Yards.
Cost.
Albion
5
South westerly .
Cedar street
Lowell street
6.67
1,339.3
....
.....
$1,362.96
446.4}
Albion
5
Northeasterly
Cedar street
Lowell street
6.67
1,341.9
.... .
.....
. . ...
. ..
447.37
Alpine
5
Bothı .
Lowell street
Westerly 288 feet
6.67
575.6
. ..
. ... .
. . .
498.08
191.9
470.49
Alpine
5
Bothı .
End of above
30 foot street
6.67
805.8
Beech
6
North westerly .
Somerville avenue
Northeasterly
6.67
70.8
49.4
. . . . .
49.73
Benton road
6
Southeasterly
Highland avenue
Westwood road
6.67
6.67
720.8
470.4
. . . .
581.03
Broadway
6
Southwesterly .
Rogers avenue
Willow avenue
11.00
Gran. 8.0, sod Į
409.0
375.3
Broadway
7
Southwesterly .
Willow avenue
Liberty ave. (where not laid)
11.00
rem. width
Bromfield road
7
Both .
Warner street .
Dearborn road
6.67
2,554.2
Bromfield road
7
Both .
In front of estates near est Warner street .
6.67
1,058.3
. ..
. .
..
5
Southeasterly
Medford street
Richdale avenue
6.67
224.2
152.8
161.49
119.2
324.52
Grant
4
Both .
Jaques street
Mystic avenue
6.67
1,585.4
...
. .. .
1,406.19
528.5
1,131.14
Hamlet (extension)
Both .
End of old street
Boston street
303.5
. . .
. ..
359.80
101.2
332.69
Highland avenue .
6
Southwesterly .
Conwell street
Estate No. 274
10.00
153.3
158.9
211.30
Highland avenue .
6
Southwesterly
Eastman road
Estate No. 284
10.00
155.7
161.6
194.37
Jasper
4
Easterly .
Pearl street .
Gilman street
6.67
250.1
166.2 74.9
83.85
383.3
908.59
Lowell
Albion street
Vernon street
1,308.9
1,268.31
436.3
857.08
Lowell
Highland avenue
Albion street
398.0
267.8
310.36
Lowell
Medford street
Vernon st. (where not laid)
826.3
595.6
691.63
250.5
671.89
Medford
5
Northeasterly
Estate of Thomas Kilma rtin, Nos. 51512-517
9.17
53.5
51.3
57.65
7.8
10.05
Oxford
3
Southwesterly Both .
Lowell street
Westerly 166 feet
6.67
332.7
760.3
517.6
639.62
Summer
Northeasterly
Willow avenue
Hancock street
7.50
600.6
457.6
657.99
Sycamore
North westerly
Highland avenue
and including No. 22
6.00
332.3
191.0
295.83
Sycamore
2010
Easterly
Medford street
Pembroke street
6.67
398.8
278.6
307.33
Thorndike
7
Both .
Holland street
B. & L. R. R.
6.67
1,117.1
622.3
782.60
Warner .
7
Southeasterly .
Broadway
Medford line (where not laid)
10.00
312.1
272.17
784.75
112.4
226.47
Warner .
7
Southeasterly .
Broadway .
Medford line (where not laid)
10.00
337.2
.. .
1,206.5
724.2
1,358.60
.. ..
.. .
Total assessment, $11,659.59.
Net cost to city, $11,659.45.
13,825.4
4,589.7
3,215.1
5,659.9
3,877.5
$23,319.04
4,608.5
$10,402.31
. .
. . .
. . .
226.7
123.8
229.17
Chestnut
1
Both .
Poplar street
Southeasterly
6.67
1,122.28
352.8
848.36
Francis
6
Both .
Porter street
Conwell street
5.00
357.6
Glen
1
Easterly
Estate of Orville L. Story, No. 156
6.67
63.5
42.0
....
. . .
45.24
258.43
Jay
7
Southeasterly
Estate of Kate P. Marsh all
6.67
....
7
Both .
Willow avenue
Liberty avenue
1,149.8
6.67
6.67
Marion
2
Both .
Dimick street
Near Wyatt street
6.67
1751.6
.
6
Northerly .
Estate of Hettie C. Clark
6.67
23.6
Mystic
1
Easterly
Benedict street
Northerly
6.67
89.4
60.1
63.58
675.1
409.0
478.57
110.9
235.75
Richdale avenue
5
Northeasterly
School street
Sycamore street .
6.67
0010
Medford street
Pembroke street
6.67
316.3
212.1
282.57
. .
Tennyson
Willow avenue
7
Northwesterly .
Broadway
Fosket street
8.33
....
. ... .
rem. width
3
Amount of edgestone and sidewalks, brick, granolithic and tar, in front of private estates Totals . . Gravel sidewalks, 2.555 miles. Brick sidewalks, 0.869 miles. Granolithic sidewalks, 2.000 miles.
4,869
. .
887.76
268.6
611.12
Bradley .
.
4
Both .
Pearl street
Veazie street (where not laid)
Gran. 8.0, sod l
rem. width
326.9
352.8
1,274.05
2,303.69
851.4
1,843.55
Essex
. ..
. . .
345.69
5.00
6.67
5
Both .
5
Northwesterly
5
Easterly .
School street
Hersey street
6.00
Princeton
5
346.99
. .
Gran. 7.0, sod (
rem. width
S
Gran. 5.0, sod ¿
.
Lin. Feet.
Sq. Yards.
Lin. Feet. Sq. Yards.
.
$1,930.61
1,253.86
. . .
305.2
451.1
424.62
. .
111.2
Kidder avenue
1,077.13
6.67
834.50
Museum
27.44
Northwesterly
Total Cost.
313
CITY ENGINEER.
Lines and grades have been given for setting 13,825.4 linear feet (2.62 miles) of new edgestone, and 3,215.1 square yards (0.87 mile) of new brick sidewalks, and 3,877.5 square yards (1.07 miles) of granolithic sidewalks have been laid, and meas- urements taken for computing assessments; also on private streets 0.92 of a mile of granolithic sidewalks have been laid by private parties.
In connection with setting edgestone 4,608.5 square yards of new paved gutters have been laid, at an average cost of $2.26 per square yard, and a number of driveways and crossings have been constructed, all requiring lines, grades, and measurements. (See tables for cost of new work 1910, and total lengths of side- walks constructed in the city to date.)
The average cost for the year has been as follows :-
For setting edgestone with gravel sidewalk
$0.98 per linear foot
Laying brick sidewalk, complete
1.18 per square yard
Laying granolithic sidewalk, complete 1.51 per square yard
And the cost of materials used, furnished by contract :-
Edgestone (straight) delivered at work
$0.58 per linear foot
Edgestone (circle) delivered at work
0.74 per linear foot
Bricks delivered at work
13.50 per M.
Cement (Portland) on cars
1.22 per barrel
Sand and gravel on cars
0.67 per cubic yard
Crushed stone on cars .
$1.09 and 1.10 per ton
In sections of the city where brick sidewalks have been laid many years and must necessarily be relaid on account of deterioration and unevenness, granolithic should be substituted in the place of brick.
Miles of Edgestone, Gravel, Granolithic and Brick Sidewalks in Each Ward.
Gravel
Edgestone.
Sidewalk.
Brick Sidewalk.
Granolithic Sidewalk.
Ward one
17.436
4.632
11.904
0.900
Ward two
.
13.941
7.850
6.080
0.011
Ward three ·
13.979
1.936
11.561
0.482
Ward four
14.119
3.406
9.699
1.135
Ward five
20.153
7.430 ·
11.732
0.991
Ward six
21.721
7.849
10.328
5.287
Ward seven
22.196
10.541
7.981
5.074
Total miles in the city . 123.545
43.644
69.285
13.880
·
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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- rock, the city will have a sufficient supply of good road material , for a number of years to come.
Lines and grades have been given for laying 4,355 linear
314
ANNUAL REPORTS.
feet of new city water mains, varying in size from six inches to twelve inches in diameter. One hundred and fifty new house services, twenty gates, nineteen hydrants, two water posts, and one blow-off 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 ser- vices 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 di- mensions 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.
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 city solicitor's use in court cases and hearings.
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