Report of the city of Somerville 1912, Part 29

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 528


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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,


!


L


Street Commissioner.


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.


.


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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