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Removing tree, Cross street, corner of Medford
.
$47,068 76
366
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$39,973 16
Bricks
1 79
Lamp black
3 75
Holland street ledge .
329 50
Sundry expenses
913 92
Public Grounds (bill unpaid December 31, 1912) .
359 69
Public Property (bill unpaid December 31, 1912) .
5 07
Cleaning Streets (bill unpaid December 31, 1912) .
51 80
Care of Trees (bill unpaid December 31, 1912) .
2 80
Private work (receipts credited to revenue)
431 86
Private works (bills for which remained unpaid December 31, 1912)
200 92
Value of materials on hand this day
1,230 78
Total debit
Highways Construction Account.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911
$1,733 54
Appropriation .
50,000 00
Advertising and recording releases and
plans in 1911, charged in cost of streets in 1912
$98 35
Profit and Loss on materials
1,607 54
1,705 89
Total credit
$53,439 43
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For construction of streets, as appears by table A, at end of this report .
$54,950 21
Less assessments
5,923 91
Ball square paving (constructed in 1911, final pay- ment) .
352 85
Elm street paving (constructed in 1911, final payment), Holland street paving (constructed in 1911, final pay- ment
83 00
Teele square paving (constructed in 1911, final pay- ment)
218 73
Advertising and recording releases and plans for streets not constructed .
176 47
Advertising relocating Greenville street about 200 feet from Medford street .
10 00
Abatement to City of Cambridge (Highway Better- ment Assessments of 1905) .
115 00
Labor handling stock
47 73
Tools .
15 68
Value of materials on hand this day
308 71
Total debit .
$50,581 59
Balance unexpended .
$2,857 84
Highways, Paved Gutters and Crossings.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
·
$8,000 00
From Highways Construction account . ·
4,823 99
$12,823 99
Amount carried forward
·
$12,823 99
.
$43,505 04
$51,733 54
$49,026 30
227 12
STREET COMMISSIONER.
367
Amount brought forward .
$12,823 99
Less transfer to Sidewalks Construction account .
$3,508 38
Less transfer to Alewife Brook Bridge
account .
3,500 00
$7,008 38
From Highways Contruction, paving stock from Teele square and permanent pav- ing of 1911 .
280 80
Value of material on hand January 1, 1912 . 310 00
590 80
Total credit
$6,406 41
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For paving ten gutters, as per table D . $5,709 21
Street crossings, as per table J
354 14
Value of materials on hand December 31, 1912
203 10
Profit and Loss on materials . .
139 96
Total debit .
$6,406 41
Highways, Street Sprinkling.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
Less transfer to Highways, Refuse Dis-
posal
$3,000 00
Less transfer to Excess and Deficiency
404 57
3,404 57
Total credit
$27,595 43
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Teaming, street sprinkling
$6,247 51
Oiling streets
18,125 49
Tarviating streets
956 86
Painting carts
514 35
Repairs of carts .
90 48
New carts and attachments
615 00
Automobile, supplies and freight .
669 45
Oiling public grounds (bill unpaid)
20 61
Clerical work
134 33
Maintenance of water posts
201 35
Books .
20 00
Total debit .
$27,595 43
Sidewalks Construction.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1911
.
$62 38 15,000 00
Appropriation .
.
·
Transfer from Lowell Street Bridge ac- count
$357 18
Amount carried forward
O
$357 18
٣
$15,062 38
$5,815 61
$31,000 00
account .
368
ANNUAL REPORTS. -
Amount brought forward . $357 18
Transfer from Paved Gutters and Crossings account 3,508 38
Transfer from Sewers account
1,000 00
Abutters on Powder House boulevard .
1,000 00
Estate of Roman Catholic Church, Arling- ton street, etc.
219 95
Profit and Loss on materials .
18 46
$6,103 97
Total credit
$21,166 35
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For fifty sidewalks con-
structed as per table C, $34,391 18
Less assessments . 17,195 62
$17,195 56
Construction of Powder House boule- vard sidewalk .
2,120 14
Construction of Arlington, Hathorn, and Franklin street sidewalks
.439 90
Construction of Walnut street side-
walk, abutting land of Boston and Maine Railroad (less one-half charged to railroad) 17 49 .
Abatement of sidewalk assessments of 1911 to Boston and Maine Railroad and others 642 62
Construction of sidewalk inside of sidewalk line for Zebedee E. Cliff, Broadway, at Curtis street . Construction of Walnut street side- walks, abutting land of Boston and Maine Railroad (unpaid Decem- ber 31, 1912) . ·
98 16
Eastern Clay Goods Company, cement bags returned (unpaid December 31, 1912) ·
129 51
Lumber used in construction of side- walks
22 96
Books
3 25
Material on hand December 31, 1912 .
96 90
Total debit
$20,783 98
Balance unexpended .
$382 37
Sidewalks Maintenance.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$4,000 00
Profit and Loss on materials .
21 67
Less transfer to
Highways Maintenance
225 85
Total credit
$3,795 82
·
$4,021 67
account ·
.
17 49
STREET COMMISSIONER.
369
DEBIT. General Repairs of Sidewalks.
1
Expenditures :-
Labor, repairing sidewalks
$1,191 77
Use of city teams
.
307 87
Bricks
84 21
Sand
75 52
Ashes .
7 25
Cement
9 91
Oil
7 36
Crushed stone
29 04
Lumber
17 97
Loam
1 50
Lamp black
25
Paving blocks
1 20
$1,733 85
Special Repairs of Sidewalks.
Repairing Atherton street sidewalks $64 76
Repairing Cherry street sidewalks . 90 90
Repairing Mt. Pleasant street sidewalks,
882 65
Repairing Mt. Vernon street sidewalks .
424 02
Repairing Perkins street sidewalks
195 44
Repairing Pinckney street sidewalks
323 08
Repairing Walnut street sidewalk for
J. E. L. McLean .
20 26
Repairing Teele square sidewalk for Vernon H. Worster . ·
20 22
Materials on hand December 31, 1912 .
40 64
81 12
Total debit .
$3,795 82
Cleaning Streets.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$23,000 00
Less transfer to
Highways Maintenance
2,062 21
Total credit
DEBIT.
Labor .
$17,222 17
Use of city teams
3,580 32
Push brooms
61 75
Repairs of sweeping machines
73 55
Total debit .
$20,937 79
Care of Trees.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . Less transfer to
· Highways Maintenance
401 80
account ·
Total credit
$2,598 20
·
.
1,980 85
account .
$20,937 79
$3,000 00
1
370
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEBIT.
Removing trees
$1,636 53
Trimming trees
680 05
Setting trees
281 62
Total debit
$2,598 20
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
Less transfer to
. . Excess and Deficiency · $2,500 00
account ·
.
.
154 53
Total credit
$2,345 47
Expenditures :-
For labor
$2,093 27
Use of city teams
100 10
Arsenate of lead
60 00
Creosote
8 33
Oil
2 64
Brushes
1 50
Stationery and books
11 30
Printing notices .
35 00
Clerical services .
33 33
Total debit .
$2,345 47
Elm=Leaf Beetle Extermination.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$750 00
Less transfer to
· Excess and Deficiency
52 88
Total credit .
.
$697 12
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For labor .
$313 58
Use of city teams
61 60
Arsenate of lead
270 00
Gasoline
20 56
Oil
3 00
Spray pipe, hose, and couplings
21 98
Warning cards
4 00
Hardware
2 40
Total debit .
$697 12
Refuse Disposal.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$73,000 00
Transfer from Highways, Street Sprinkling, 3,000 00
Transfer from Highways Maintenance
3,563 72
Total credit .
$79,563 72
.
DEBIT.
.
account ·
.
371
STREET COMMISSIONER.
DEBIT.
Collecting refuse
$42,592 13
Collecting garbage . 20,794 55
Stable expenses
3,081 94
Carts, wagons, and repairing same
1,462 44
Harnesses, horse clothing, and repairing same
456 11
Tools and repairing same
91 07
Horse (1) new
275 00
Horse medicine and doctoring
238 29
Horse shoeing (including stock on hand)
963 82
Hay and straw .
4,498 80
Grain and feed .
3,685 71
Money paid men injured while at work
237 57
Books, stationery, etc. .
73 85
Cure of highway property
105 59
Laborers paid for holidays
712 85
Rental of dump .
600 00
Incidentals .
10 39
Total debit .
$79,880 11
Amount overdrawn
$316 39
Refuse Disposal, New Equipment.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
.
$5,000 00
DEBIT.
Three ash carts .
$1,275 00
One auto truck .
3,675 00
Total debit .
$4,950 00
Balance unexpended
$50 00
Statement of Tools and Personal Property in the Hands of the Highway Department This Day.
Horses
$7,625 00
Carts and implements used with horses
10,133 35
Steam road rollers .
5,150 00
Stone crusher fittings
1,751 75
Harnesses, horse clothing, and supplies
1,478 37
Automobiles
750 00
Stable utensils and property .
736 55
Horse medicine . . .
9 80
Horseshoeing supplies
287 75
Hay, straw, and grain
480 85
Blacksmith stock
436 98
Watering carts and stock
11,568 84
Carpenter's stock
142 40
Paint stock
39 10
Tools
2,238 24
Street signs
67 00
Care of tree stock
72 00
Supplies for gypsy and brown-tail moth extermination
137 53
$43,105 57
.
TABLE A. Streets Constructed in 1912.
STREET.
FROM
To
MATERIAL.
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST.
Beacon street .
.
.
·
,
.
Macadam and tarvia
3,148
$10,744 91
Broadway
.
.
.
·
·
·
·
1,687
4,891 88
Fairmount avenue
Curtis street
entire length
Macadam and tarvia
679
2,212 91
Hill street
·
.
.
·
.
·
284
1,132 63
(old part)
Hinckley street
.
.
·
Boston & Lowell railroad Moore street
Macadam and tarvia
502
1,692 10
Holland street
.
.
.
.
Concrete base, macad- am and tarvia ·
1,583
8,418 72
Langmaid avenue .
·
.
.
·
·
·
.
.
Broadway ·
Holland street
Macadam and tarvia
769
2,235 48
Pearl street
Cross street .
Mt. Vernon street
·
·
.
·
.
·
am and tarvia
990
6,146 33
Pennsylvania avenue .
Mystic avenue
·
·
·
.
.
.
·
·
Concrete base, paving blocks grouted ·
989
5,698 24
Victoria street
.
,
.
.
·
Macadam and tarvia .
1,036
3,471 09
Wisconsin avenue .
·
Broadway .
.
·
.
. .
.
499
149 82
Length in feet, and cost .
·
14,996
$54,950 21
·
.
·
·
·
2,017
6,950 59
Prospect street
Cambridge Line . ·
·
Webster avenue .
Concrete base, macad-
460
101 94
Rhode Island avenue South street .
Broadway
Heath street
Macadam and tarvia
353
1,103 57
Paulina street
·
·
.
Macadam and tarvia
·
Medford street
Water street
Broadway ·
Cambridge line ·
(partial)
Pennsylvania avenue .
.
(northerly side)
Fellsway East .
Temple street
Macadam and tarvia
Broadway .
Fairmount avenue
Macadam and tarvia
·
372
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Park street .
Railroad bridge .
Hinckley street .
Thorndike street .
(partial)
·
TABLE B. Streets Repaired.
STREET.
FROM
To
DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
FEET.
COST.
Adrian street
Joseph street
Marion street
Resurfaced
579
$96 08
Berkeley street
Central street
School street
Macadam and tarvia
1,360
1,886 39
Concord avenue
.
.
Cambridge line
Macadam and tarvia
975
1,389 98
Flint street
.
Franklin street
Cross street
Resurfaced
1,038
1 136 96
Forest street .
Beacon street
Cambridge line
Resurfaced .
117
26 28
Franklin street
Pearl street .
Oliver street
Resurfaced .
517
76 22
George street
Broadway
Lincoln avenue
Resurfaced .
275
40 69
Gilman street
Cross street
Aldrich street
Resurfaced and tarvia
805
109
06
Joseph street
Newton street
Lincoln park
·
.
.
458
70 36
Joy street
Washington street
Poplar street
Resurfaced and tarvia
1,121
576 75
Kent street
Beacon street
Subway
Resurfaced .
386
30 05
Lincoln avenue
Lincoln street
Mt. Vernon street
Resurfaced .
478
90 64
Morgan street
.
.
.
.
Macadam and tarvia
1,063
851 14
Prospect Hill avenue
Medford street
Boston street
Macadam and tarvia
597
124 54
Roseland street
Beacon street
Cambridge line
Resurfaced .
121
9 30
Sacramento street
Subway
Cambridge line
Resurfaced
290
41 50
Wallace street .
·
.
.
.
Macadam and tarvia
1,342
1,719 92
Wheatland street .
·
.
·
Jaques street
Macadam and tarvia
495
639 46
Wyatt street .
Concord avenue ·
·
Lincoln park
Resurfaced .
·
496
95 96
Length in feet, and cost
.
·
.
.
.
14,165
$8,312 03
.
Prospect street
Concord square
Resurfaced
553
102 78
Dover street .
.
Davis square
·
Heath street .
Temple street
Fenwick street
Resurfaced
·
·
.
·
.
·
377
58 41
Mt. Vernon street
Pearl street .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
Broadway ·
Holland
·
.
.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
373
.
·
.
.
722
139 56
Resurfaced .
·
Park street .
Resurfaced
Beacon street
Broadway
Broadway
374
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.
Bay state avenue
Both
.
Fosket street
.
102 63
Benedict street
Northeasterly
Union street
.
sidewalk already laid sidewalk already laid
.
.
144.3
305 68
Zebedee E. Cliff
.
...
....
150.8
254 93
Beacon street
...
.. . .
522.5
948 31
Cameron avenue
Northwesterly
Summer street .
Cleveland street
....
... .
182.5
288 09
Cottage avenue
·
·
353.2
626 49
Both
.
.
1,061.8
2,901 76
College avenue
.
Easterly
No. 171 College ave. Grant street · .
Temple street
·
·
....
....
1,078.6
1,873 57
Derby street ·
.
.
426.
856 70
Elm street
.
.
868.9
1,459 34
Fosket street
413 12
Boston street
....
. .
...
1,044.
1,632 28
Gorham street .
Both
.
.
.
.
. . .
465.7
753 61
Heath street .
806 99
Hill street
Both
·
·
·
.
961.6
. .
.
.
Both
.
.
.
Richardson street
.
Boston & LowellR. R.
Carried forward
3,685.0
211.9
7,030.7
$16,489 54
.
end of present sidewalk
Cambridge line
.
....
....
263.3
424 81
Central street
·
Easterly .
.
Russell street .
Bowers avenue .
....
95.4
113 17
Columbus avenue ·
Southerly .
.
Washington street
·
angle point 19
....
Columbus avenue.
Northeasterly
Warner street
·
Dearborn road
.
·
Both .
·
Waldo avenue
·
.
Cutter avenue
.
·
Northeasterly
1,404 16
Fairmount avenue
Both
Willow avenue .
Liberty avenue
..
.
261.5
Greenville street
Northerly
.
.
Holland street ·
·
Howard street
....
. .. .
Both
.
·
Moreland street
Mt. Vernon avenue Fairmount avenue ·
575.
.
.
Broadway .
971 43
Hinckley street
.
· ....
Broadway and Curtis street . .
in front of estate of Dimick street
Calvin street
Southeasterly
Easterly ·
Bonner avenue .
including est. Nos. 12-14
....
... .
.
Dearborn road
.
852.4
....
146.1
239 28
Calvin street
. . . .
Dimick street
Southwesterly
Elston street
Entire length
1,296.
. .
Curtis street
Both
Medford street .
·
55.
... .
Easterly
.
in front of estate No.
.
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
61.5
$113 19
61.5
·
TABLE C. - Continued.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC
COST.
Brought forward
3,685.0
211.9
7,030.7
$16,489 54
Holland street . Kidder avenue .
Northerly
·
Powder House terrace Powder House terrace
Liberty avenue
213.2
. ...
157.1
284 82
Langmaid avenue
Both
Broadway .
Heath street
696.6
. ...
998.4
1,551 17
Lexington avenue Line street ·
Northeasterly
in front of estate
Nos. 102 to 116, inc.
....
.
110.3
224 13
Lowden avenue
Both
Fosket street .
sidewalk already laid
....
.
.
Both
.
.
.
.. . .
1,439.5
2,532 76
Marion street
Northerly
Dimick street .
Wyatt street
401.9
484 74
Mansfield street
Easterly .
Washington street
including estate No. 35
47.2
119.
176 73
Moreland street
Easterly
Main street
Meacham street .
...
155.5
.. . .
313 29
Mystic street
.
Southwesterly
in front of estate
No. 66
30.
112.7
....
740 33
Paulina street
Both ·
Broadway .
Holland street
.
. ...
41.7
60 41
Russell street
Northwesterly
in front of estate
No. 51
. .. .
466.
. . . .
741 32
Spring street .
.
Northwesterly
sidewalk already laid
in front of estate of Wm. F. Bennett
.. .
·
.
94.1
134 87
South street .
Northerly .
Medford street .
including estate No. 15
42.9
...
51 12
St. James avenue
.
.
Elm street .
Summer street
....
340.7
275.9
535 77
Sydney street .
Both
Grant street
Temple street
....
.. .
908.5
1,516 49
Carried forward
.
6,137.8
2,636.8
12,019.1
$30,720 17
·
Northerly ·
Liberty avenue .
.
....
807 20
Both
Cedar street .
Hancock street
... .
....
.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
375
.
Easterly
.
.
in front of estate
No. 205
... .
152.6
276 59
Kidder avenue
·
.
.
.
Myrtle street .
Southeasterly Westerly .
Benedict street .
Mystic avenue
238.
. . . .
203 92
Mystic avenue · Oak street
Both
.
Cambridge line
sidewalk already laid
548.2
. .. .
1,349 44
Spring street
Northwesterly
Atherton street
Summer street
·
.
.
Burnside avenue .
....
.
Southwesterly
Willow avenue.
.
.
.
.
252.4
395 91
Meacham road .
Southerly .
Cambridge line
sidewalk already laid
453.4
663 99
.
Pearl street .
Myrtle court
.
. .. .
104.5
226 32
Lowell street
Somerville avenue
Summer street
.
.
·
·
.
.
Easterly .
478 25
Summer street .
217 11
.
1,465.8
...
263 95
376
TABLE C .- Concluded.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONES.
YARDS OF BRICKS.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC.
COST.
Brought forward .
6,137.8
2,636.8
12,019.1
$30,720 17
Victoria street .
Both
Broadway
.
.
Gilman street .
.
·
98.2
273.5
...
69 80
Walnut street .
in front of estate
·
·
....
47.5
....
114 66
Warren & Medford st.
in front of estate College avenue .
·
No. 56 Warren street .
. ...
84.5
. ..
105 30
Warner street .
Westerly
·
Concord avenue
·
.
....
146.7
703 39
Wyatt street.
-
·
Concord avenue
.
Lincoln parkway
....
292.2
Total
8,291.0
3,189.0
12,367.5
$34,391 18
.
.
.
·
Easterly
.
Cambridge line . Highland avenue
2,055.
...
500 21
No. 105
Bromfield road
·
.
....
Westerly
·
·
Easterly
Wyatt circle
56.2
2,177 65
Walnut street .
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE D. Gutters Paved in Connection with Setting Edgestones.
STREET .
Side.
From
To
Square Yards.
Cost.
College avenue ·
.
·
.
No. 171 College avenue
Dearborn road
284.1
$667.52
Fairmount avenue
Both
Curtis street
· ·
Its entire length
432.
916.80
Hinckley street
·
Both
Richardson street
Boston & Maine R. R.
320.3
693.55
Kidder avenue
·
.
Northerly
Powder House terrace
Liberty avenue .
71.
139.80
Hill street
Both .
Broadway .
Fairmount avenue
191.6
578.52
Langmaid avenue
Both
Broadway .
Heath street
232.2
514.87
Meacham road
Southerly
Cambridge line .
Sidewalk already laid.
15.7
32.78
Paulina street ·
Both
Broadway .
Holland street
488.9
805.08
Victoria street
·
.
Both
Broadway ·
.
·
·
685.2
1,315.17
*Walnut street
.
Easterly
Gilman street
.
·
·
32.7
45.12
Total
.
.
.
2,753.7
$5,709.21
.
·
.
.
.
.
·
·
.
COMMISSIONER.
*Where not already laid.
377
STREET
.
·
Cambridge line .
Highland avenue
.
Easterly
.
.
378
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE E. Driveways Constructed at Expense of Abutters.
FOR
LOCATION.
James M. Andrews
9 Edmands street
James M. Andrews and Son
Medford street at Walnut street
Ezra Andelman
512 Columbia street
Maurice J. Barrow
522 Medford street
John E. Boyden
15 Gorham street
Corinne W. Bigley
.157 College avenue
William B. Brown
72 Wallace street
Herbert Cholerton
. 94 College avenue
Augustus L. Dearborn
25 Charnwood road
Daniel L. Downey
. 88 Prospect street
N. J. Edwards
54 Dickinson street
Mary R. England
96 Orchard street
Earle W. Edwards
· 40 Kidder avenue · 436 Broadway 39 Cameron avenue
Alice N. Hale
90 Wheatland street 21-24 Edmands street
Arvine Hager
John Herbert
56 Dartmouth street 45 Day street
John Johnson
77 Pearl street
William R. Lawrence
86 Ossipee road
Clifford B. Lewis
Liberty avenue 68 Mt. Vernon street 50 Houghton street 47 Winslow avenue
Fannie A. Morton .
19 Wellington avenue
Seymour T. Myers
10 Irving street
Nils Nelson
95 Temple street 62 Webster avenue
John R. Poole
12-14 Marshall street
S. M. Robbins
51 Jaques street
Edward B. Russell
14 Kidder avenue .
Jens Stenner
15 Claremon street
Edwin A. Sanborn, M. D.
24 Franklin street
Walter E. Stetson .
. 13 Browning road
Lawrence H. Sullivan
: 21 Lincoln street
Harry C. Van Wert
41 Derby street
Michael W. White
21 Warren avenue
George W. W. Whiting, M. D. .
Sargent avenue (rear 282
Broadway)
Elisha G. Woodward
. 8 Oakland avenue
TABLE F. Driveways Discontinued at Expense of Abutters.
FOR
LOCATION.
Charles E. Sherman
Daniel J. Spence
88 Gilman street 71 South street
.
Lucie W. Gately
James H. Hawkins
Horsman and Kingston
Frank G. Lombard
John Martin
Thomas H. Mooers
James P. O'Neill
379
STREET COMMISSIONER.
TABLE G. Driveway Widened at Expense of Abutter.
FOR
LOCATION.
Walter S. Glidden . .
Sycamore street (rear 380 Broadway)
TABLE H. Driveway Re-located at Expense of Abutter.
FOR
LOCATION
Flint Street Methodist Church
.
Flint street
TABLE I. Streets Accepted by the Board of Aldermen in 1912.
STREET.
WARD.
FROM
To
WIDTH IN FEET.
LENGTH IN FEET.
ACCEPTED.
Acadia park ·
·
·
·
·
·
40
256
December 27
Frederick avenue
·
.
.
.
·
·
....
..
December 7
Henderson street
5
Richardson street
Boston & Maine R. R., Southern Division .
20
569
December 27
Landers street .
3
School street
Westerly
40
228
December 27
Ossipee road
7
Packard avenue
Mason street
40
633
December 27
Rhode Island avenue
1
· Pennsylvania avenue . Broadway .
Angle point
40
559
December 31
St. James avenue
7
Summer street
Northerly
30
125
December 27
Sunnyside avenue
Walnut street
·
.
·
·
.
.
.
40
270
December 27
Water street
·
.
.
2
South street
·
·
Land of Fitchburg R.R. Co. ·
25
366
December 27
Waterhouse street
.
.
7
Broadway .
·
·
·
40
987
December 27
Wisconsin avenue
.
.
1
Broadway .
Pennsylvania avenue
50
499
November 20
Length in feet .
·
6,917 (1.310 m.)
.
6 6653 6 3
Willow avenue
·
·
·
40
1,175
December 27
Fisk avenue .
Lowell street
Hinckley street .
20
484
December 27
Greenville street
Medford st., s'ly 196 ft.
·
·
· ·
·
Mystic avenue
40
460
November 20
Russell road
.
.
·
.
·
Wigglesworth street
35
306
December 27
Walnut road
.
4
4
Walnut street
Kenneson road
Cambridge line
·
.
380
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Somerville avenue
Northeasterly
Boston avenue
East sidewalk widened
·
.
7
.
381
STREET COMMISSIONER.
TABLE J. Street Crossings Laid.
Morton street, across end at Glen street. Mystic avenue, across Tenney court.
Robinson street and Ames street (northerly corner), across Robinson street, near Central street.
Warren avenue, across same, from northerly side of Sanborn avenue. Wyatt street, across same, at Concord avenue.
TABLE K. Street Openings.
Spring street, southerly side, at junction of Atherton street. Pennsylvania avenue, northerly side, at Broadway.
Wisconsin avenue, northeasterly side, at Broadway,
Length of Accepted Streets in Each Ward.
Miles.
Ward 1
9.712
2
8.670
3
7.522
4
9.499
66
5
11.827
6
12.892
7
17.865
Total length of accepted streets in the city
. 77.987
Respectfully submitted,
ASA B. PRICHARD,
!
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Street Commissioner.
.
.
.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 1, 1913.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-In accordance with the provisions of the City Charter, I submit herewith the annual report of the public buildings department for the year ending December 31, 1912.
The total valuation of all property which by charter re- quirements is in the custody of the commissioner of public buildings is $2,188,414.97, and is made up as follows :-
School Buildings
$1,549,602 44
Fire Stations
204,043 18
City Hall
49,988 65
City Hall Annex
20,655 02
Police Buildings
57,000 00
Central Library
42,000 00
West Somerville Branch Library .
31,449 52
City Home Buildings
38,233 73
Hospitals
44,099 55
City Stables
99,243 92
Water Department Buildings
32,000 00
Sewer Department
Buildings
6,800 00
Park Buildings
5,485 58
Polling Booths .
1,783 14
Bathhouse .
3,730 24
Glen Street Land
2,300 00
Total .
$2,188,414 97
The total expenditure for the year 1912 for the care of this large amount of property was $106,732.09, which is 4 and 87-100 per cent. of the valuation.
This amount was expended as follows :-
Janitor service
$34,944 34
Fuel
21,544 77
Light
12,094 32
Telephones
530 99
Care and repairs .
37,617 67
The responsibility for the care of the public property is placed with the commissioner of public buildings, and in at- tending to the vast amount of detail necessary in this work the present commissioner has been ably assisted by his organiza- tion, which consists in addition to the office assistants, of the janitor and mechanical force.
The buildings are in a clean and sanitary condition and as a rule in fairly good repair. A large proportion of the buildings have been constructed a great many years, and of necessity require the most urgent attention to keep them in a good con-
383
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
dition. It is with a great deal of satisfaction, however, that I am able to report to you at this time that the city's public prop- erty is in a very satisfactory condition, and the various depart- ments which occupy the buildings bear me out in this state- ment.
Inspection of Buildings.
The commissioner of public buildings is also the inspector of buildings according to the terms of the charter, and as such during the year has made 1,420 formal inspections of buildings in the course of construction.
The following table shows the number of permits issued for building operations during the year 1912 :-
Buildings.
Totals
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Dwellings
56
22
18
28
27
26
119
296
Stores
11
11
4
6
10
42
Stables
1
2
1
1
2
2
19
Garages
2
2
4
11
5
2
13
39
Churches
3
10
3
2
2
3
23
Total
76
56
27
48
36
39
149
431
WARDS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Totals.
Brick buildings
4
9
1
5
1
6
26
Metal buildings
1
2
1
3
Steel buildings
1
1
Cement buildings . -
1
2
2
1
6
Terra cotta buildings
3
3
Total
5
9
2
12
3
5
10
46
The number of plumbing permits issued during the year was
Permits for plumbing in new buildings . 260
Permits for plumbing in old buildings
· 209
Number of buildings in which soil pipes were tested . ·
· 413
2
2
5
Manufactories
3
9
3
1
2
3
Miscellaneous .
-
1
2
3
6
1
Iron buildings .
469
Concrete buildings
4
Shops
WARDS.
384
ANNUAL REPORTS.
1
The total number of permits issued during the year, viz., 431, was twenty-nine more than during the year 1911, when 402 permits for new buildings and alterations were issued. The total cost of the new buildings and alterations during the year 1912 was $1,777,719, while the cost in 1911 was $935,478, show- ing an increase of $842,241.
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