Report of the city of Somerville 1913, Part 28

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 540


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Public.


40


559


75


Tremont


Webster ave.


Cambridge line .


Public.


40


589


. .


Trull


Vernon st.


Medford st.


Public.


40


1,050


Trull lane


Highland ave.


Oxford st.


Private.


15


200


Tufts parkway


College ave.


College ave.


Public.


22


900


. .


Tufts


Washington st.


Cross st.


Public.


40


982


...


Tyler


Vine st.


Dane st.


Public.


40


404


....


Union


Broadway


Mystic ave.


Public.


40


345


Union pl.


Linwood st.


Southwesterly


Private.


10


100


Upland Park


Main st.


Southwesterly


Private.


20


....


175


Veazie


Walnut st.


Bradley st. .


Public.


35


392


....


Veazie


Bradley st.


Marshall st.


Public


40


261


. . .


Vermont avc.


Mystic ave.


Pennsylvania ave.


Private.


40


433


Vernon


Central st.


Glenwood road


Public.


40


761


....


Vernon


Glenwood road .


Partridge ave. .


Public.


40 to 30


190


....


Vernon


Partridge ave.


Lowell st.


Public.


30


434


....


Victoria .


Broadway


Cambridge line


Public


35


. .


370


Vinal ave


Summer st.


Highland ave.


Public.


45


1,425


Vinal


Richardson st.


Northeasterly


Private.


20


....


140


Vine .


Somerville ave.


Fitchburg R. R.


Public.


40


540


...


Vine .


Fitchburg R. R.


Hanson st.


l'rivate.


40


Vine .


Hanson st.


Beacon st.


Public.


30


662


..


Virginia


Aldrich st.


Jasper st.


Public.


40


405


....


Wade ct.


Cedar st. .


Westerly .


Private.


20


. .


Waldo ave.


Beacon st.


Dimick st.


Private.


40


. .


277


Waldo


Highland ave.


Hudson st.


Public.


40


287


713


Wallace .


Holland st.


Broadway


Public.


40


1,342


....


Walnut .


Bow st.


Broadway


Public.


40


3,948


. .


Walnut road


Walnut st.


Kenneson road


Public.


40


270


. ...


Walter pl.


Walter st.


Southwesterly


Private.


40


. .


Walter


Walnut st.


of Bradley st.


Ward


Medford st.


Emery st.


Private.


30


450


Ware .


Curtis st.


Dow st.


Private.


10


680


Warner


Powder House sq.


Medford line


Public.


60


500


...


Warren ave.


Union sq.


Columbus ave.


Public.


40


663


....


Warren .


Medford st.


Cambridge line


Public.


30 to 40


109


Warwick place


Warwick st.


Northeasterly


Private.


15


150


Warwick


Cedar st. .


Warwick pl.


Public.


40


665


3.50


Washington pl.


Washington st.


Southerly


Private.


about 7.5


1,060


Washington


Franklin ave.


Fitchburg R. R.


Public.


60 to 100


3,977


Washington


Fitchburg R. R.


Cambridge line


Public.


60


2,344


. ..


Water


South st.


Northerly


Public.


25


366


....


Waterhouse


Broadway


Cambridge line


Public.


40


987


Watson .


Broadway


Fairmount ave.


Private.


40


..


200


Waverly


Union sq.


Cambridge line


Public.


49.5


1,955


Webster


Franklin st.


Cross st.


Public.


40)


1,034


. .


Wellington ave.


Walnut st.


Montgomery


ave.


Public.


40


215


. .


Wellington ave. ..


Montgomery ave.


Easterly


Private.


40


85


.


Northwesterly .


Private.


25


1,036


200


Villa ave.


Winslow ave.


Arlington Br. R. R. Vine st.


Private.


25


Village


Danc st.


200


Vine ct.


Vine st.


Broadway .


Leonard st.


Private.


40


. .


S about 100 ft. N.


Public.


40


548


Washington ave.


Washington st.


Northerly


Private.


18


114


Washington


Charlest'n line


Franklin ave.


Public.


75


Washington st.


Roland st.


Private.


35


. .


150


Tremont pl.


Tremont st.


Southeasterly


Private.


about 10


. .


. .


..


. .


....


222


Private.


40


180


Walker st.


236


Webster ave.


....


LENGTH.


365


CITY ENGINEER.


Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets. - Concluded.


STREET.


FROM.


To


Public or Private.


Width in Feet.


Public.


Private.


Wesley pk.


Wesley sq.


Northieasterly


Public.


40


405


..


Wesley .


Pearl st.


Otis st.


Public.


40


515


. . ..


West .


Hawthorne st.


Highland ave.


Public.


30


192


266


West Adams


Conwell ave.


Medford line


Private.


40


710


Westminster


Broadway


Electric ave.


Public.


40


376


525


West Quincy


Bailey st. .


Medford line


Private.


40


....


291


Westwood road


Central st.


Benton road


Public.


40


489


Wheatland .


Broadway


Mystic ave.


Public.


40


1,364


Wheeler


Pinckney st.


Mt. Vernon st.


Public.


40


269


Whipple


Highland ave.


Arlington Br. R. R.


Private.


30


318


| White


Flın st.


Cambridge line


Public.


. .


307


White St. pl.


White st.


Southeasterly


Private.


20


200


Whitfield road.


Packard ave.


Curtis st.


Private


40


..


. .


684


Wihtinan st.


Mason st. .


Packard ave.


Private.


40


632


Wigglesworth .


Bonair st. .


Pearl st. .


Public.


40


744


William .


Chandler st.


College ave.


Public.


40


381


45


Williams ct.


Porter st.


Northwesterly .


Private.


30


427


Willow ave.


Elm st.


Broadway


Public.


50


3,534


Willow pl. .


Cambridge line


South st. .


Private.


25


150


Wilson ave.


Broadway .


B. & L. R. R.


Public.


20


307


Wilton .


Lowell st.


Hinckley st.


Public.


35


470


. . .


Winchester


Broadway .


Medford line


Private.


40


65


Windom


Elm st.


Summer st.


Public.


40


300


Windsor road .


Willow ave.


Hancock st.


Public.


10


575


Windsor st. (Extn.)


Windsor st., Camb.


Fitchburg R. R.


Private.


20


530


Winslow ave. .


College ave. .


Clifton st.


Public.


40


1,123


Winter


College ave. .


Holland st.


Public.


30


402


177


Winthrop ave. (Extension.)


Mystic ave.


Middlesex ave.


Private.


40


583


Wisconsin ave.


Broadway


Pennsylvania ave.


Public.


50


499


. .


Woodbine .


Centre st.


Lowell st.


Private.


30


600


* Woods


North st. .


Victoria st.


Alewife brook .


Public.


40 to 32


403


..


*Woodstock


Victoria st.


Tannery st. (Ext'n.)


Private.


40


....


9:20


Wyatt circle


Wyatt st. around to


Wyatt st.


Private.


20


315


Wyatt


Concord ave.


Lincoln parkway .


Public.


40


496


Yorktown


Cambridge line .


¡ N. E. line Mal-{


Public.


40


294


Yorktown


Malvern ave.


Northerly . .


Private.


40


100


* Proposed.


+Sidewalk in Somerville.


Court


Albion st.


Centre st. .


Private.


12


218


Court


11 Albion st.


.


Northeasterly


Private.


9


170


Court


21 Albion st.


Northeasterly


Private.


10


100


Court


292 Broadway


Southwesterly


Private.


15


96


Court


612 Broadway


Southwesterly


Private.


20


188


Court


227 Columbia st.


Northwesterly .


Private.


10


117


Court


Conlon ct.


Windsor st. (Extn.)


Private.


20


240


Court


36 Craigie st.


Westerly


Private.


225


126


Court


58 Dane st.


Easterly


Private.


10


70


Court


20 Dimick st.


Southwesterly


Private.


39.25


136


Court


Buena Vista rd.


Southeasterly


Private.


15


151


Court


66 Lowell st.


Westerly


Private.


25


101


Crurt


78 Lowell st.


Westerly


Private.


101


Court.


101 Medford st. .


Easterly


Private.


75


Court


10 Stone ave


Northwesterly


Private.


20


113


Court


Windsor st. (Extn.)


East'ly and West'ly


Private.


20)


370


Total


420,615


102,459


West .


Highland ave.


Arlington Br.R.R.


Private.


30


..


Weston ave.


Clarendon ave.


Broadway


Private.


40


..


William .


Broadway .


Medford line


Private.


50


..


150


Willoughby


Central st.


Sycamore st.


Public.


40


Winter Hill cir. .


Broadway .


Northeasterly


Private.


25


..


...


1,135


Powder House Blvd.


Private.


40


Woodstock .


(Extension.)


113 Central st. .


Southeasterly


Private.


150


Court


§ N. E. line


vern ave.


. .


LENGTH.


Public, 79.662 miles (includes 3.294 mile's boulevards and 1.16 miles State Highway); private, 19.400 miles.


Total length of streets in the city, 99.062 miles.


REPORT OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER.


OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER,


CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 1, 1914. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-I most respectfully submit the thirty-eighth annual report, containing a brief summary of the principal work performed by the highway department during the year 1913, with recommendations for necessary improvements and additions for the coming year.


This department has charge of the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, and management of ways, streets, side- walks and bridges, also the setting out and care of shade trees, the suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths, elm-leaf beetles, street watering and oiling, and the collection and disposal of ashes, garbage and refuse.


Highways Maintenance.


A large amount of this appropriation is expended in the running and operating of the department, thus leaving a small amount for resurfacing streets. By the construction of perma- nent paving on the main streets and with the good material excavated from them, many of our side streets could be lesurfaced with this material, with tarvia or heavy oil for a wearing surface, at a small expense.


Although the mileage of streets to be cared for has steadily increased, the hours of labor shortened and wages increased, there has been practically no increase in the highways main- tenance appropriation. The old method of patching streets with loose crushed stone has been abandoned, and the more modern way of patching with stone, gravel, tar or oil mixed, has been adopted with good success.


On all side streets constructed or resurfaced, tarvia was used for a wearing surface.


The average cost of macadam and tarvia construction on side streets was $1.18 per square yard, which includes granite paving block gutters three feet wide.


Highways Construction.


The department is doing its utmost to meet the demands for good streets, and the improvements made the last few years show good results and approval from the tax-payers.


With the advent of the automobile and auto truck, streets must be constructed with some kind of permanent paving, and after construction, should receive careful attention at all times.


We must not lose sight of the fact that smooth paving, which is pleasing to the automobilist, is more or less slippery for horses. What is satisfactory to one is unsatisfactory to others.


36%


STREET COMMISSIONER.


The average cost of macadam and tarvia on a concrete base was $1.70 per square yard. A contractor laid the con- crete at $.84 per square yard, and the department laid the tarvia top. On Tufts street, a contractor laid the concrete base at $.84 per square yard, and the department laid a pea stone tarvia top. The total cost was $1.10 per square yard. These prices include the resetting of edgestones, and repairing side- walks where needed.


Street Cleaning.


All the citizens could help keep the streets clean by not throwing or sweeping rubbish into the streets, and by using a little care when they set their refuse barrels on the sidewalks for collection, by seeing that the material is so placed that it will not blow out of the barrels, and I would thank them for so doing.


As recommended in the report of 1910, a single team and helper will be placed the coming year in each ward of the city, and a special effort will be made to keep the streets clean.


What the department should have is a flushing or pick-up machine that could be used nights to keep the squares clean. The scarcity of dumps increases the cost of this branch of the work.


Street Sprinkling.


Good work was done in the oiling of our streets by the horse-drawn automatic pressure oilers. With the purchase of an auto truck oiler the work could be done more economically. This year we used :-


58,544 gallons of Standard No. 4,


64,065 gallons of Speare's Tasscoil,


6.512 gallons of "Dustoline,"


6.901 gallons of Headley's No. 7, gallons of Headley's No. 22,


15,051


25.844 gallons of Barrett's "Tarvia B,"


32,174 gallons of Speare's "45 Percent,"


17,515 gallons of Indian oil,


19,800 gallons of gas house tar,


1,300 gallons of Speare's "Asphaltoline."


Each abutter is charged $.05 per linear foot.


There are several reasons why oil or tar is better than water, namely: the large number of gallons of water saved; dust laid for all times; saving the surface of the streets; less street cleaning ; and last but not least, no watering carts on the streets Sundays or holidays.


Stone Crusher.


The crushing plant has been in operation 251 1-2 days during the year. There were 7,698 tons of stone crushed, and 3,135.175 tons purchased during the year.


The steam drill has worked 270 days.


368


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Bridges.


The bridges are in good condition. The abolition of the grade crossings on Medford street and Dane street have been completed and the streets opened to the public, thus doing away with two very dangerous crossings.


All the fences at the bridges and grades that the depart- ment cares for, were painted and repaired.


Shade Trees.


The city purchased trees and set out the same on several of the main thoroughfares where trees had died or been removed.


Trees purchased by the abutters were set out by the department and all trees were protected by a wire guard and supported by a pole. The conditions with which the shade trees have to contend in the city is a serious drawback to their growth, namely: electric wires, gas leaks, permanent paving, and insects.


One hundred and fifty-one dead and dangerous trees were removed during the year and 613 new trees set out. Three hundred and thirty-six trees were trimmed. A total of 7,252 street and park trees were sprayed by the gasoline spraying machine.


The leopard moth or borer is increasing in the city, and an appropriation should be made to enable the department to make a fight against this pest which is destroying many of our trees.


Gypsy and Brown=tail Moths.


The moths are under control in our city. Most of the work is done in the winter-time because they are in the tent form and easy to find. The employees cut off the brown-tail nests and paint the gypsy nests.


Seven thousand and eighty-six street trees and 10,815 trees on private property were inspected and cared for by the department. -


Steam Rollers.


A new Buffalo-Pitts fifteen-ton steam roller was pur- chased this year. The old ten-ton roller will be kept for emergency. The No. 1 roller has worked forty-eight days, the No. 2 roller 204 days, No. 3, 23 1-2 days, and No. 4, 160 days. The No. 3 roller is a five-ton roller, and is used for rolling the parks in the spring of the year.


Sidewalks.


As recommended in last year's report an appropriation of over $20,000.00 was made. The city government could use the same amount the coming year. Great improvement was made


369


STREET COMMISSIONER.


in several sections of the city by the completion of the side- walks, thus giving a continuous walk.


The average cost of gravel sidewalks with edgestones was $1.02 per linear foot, brick sidewalks $1.30 per square yard, and granolithic $1.57 per square yard; this included the resetting of edgestones. A contractor laid granolithic for $1.35 per square yard, and where the edgestones were reset, where he laid the granolithic, the average cost was $1.41 per square yard.


The department received more complaints about muddy sidewalks from pedestrians and abutters where the sidewalks are not completed than from any other source. Where the brick or granolithic sidewalks are not completed it is a serious inconvenience to pedestrians in bad weather, and they should be completed so as to make one continuous sidewalk. The. abutters are assessed half the cost for constructing sidewalks.


The department used 10,613 bags of Portland cement.


Snow and Ice.


The department expends a considerable sum from the maintenance appropriation for snow and ice. It is the duty of this department to remove the snow and ice from all sidewalks in front of public buildings and grades, and sand the same when they become slippery, for which the department receives no compensation.


The department has four bridges from which it is required to remove snow and ice, due to the abolition of the grade crossings on the Fitchburg Division. Sand boxes are within casy access for the push-cart men who care for the subways, bridges and squares.


Not many years ago the department could let the snow lie in the several squares and on the main streets, but now the city is built up and progressing, and the snow and ice must be teamed away in order that the squares and main streets may be in proper condition for the conduct of business and the convenience of the general public.


Underground Wires.


The work of burying the wires is progressing slowly. Permits for opening the streets were issued to the Edison Electric Illuminating Company and the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Company to connect their underground system on the main streets to the first or second pole on the intersecting streets. On all the new streets, and streets to be constructed, the electric and telephone wires should be laid underground. This would help save the trees and beautify the city.


Accepted Streets.


There were twenty-two streets accepted under the Better- ment Act during the year, comprising a total length of 8,785


370


ANNUAL REPORTS.


linear feet. There were eight streets constructed under the Betterment Act, with macadam and tarvia, comprising a total length of 4,152 linear feet, at an average cost of $1.18 per square yard, which included paving the gutters with granite block paving three feet wide. Edgestones were set before the con- struction work was begun.


There were nine streets or portions of streets macadamized or resurfaced at a cost of $2,405.34.


There are 79.662 miles of public streets and 19.4 miles of private streets in the city, making a total length of 99.062 miles. (See table in back of report.)


Sidewalks Maintenance.


The department received a fairly good appropriation for repairing sidewalks this year, but as the cost of repairing gravel sidewalks was charged to this account, and because we have so many miles of gravel or dirt sidewalks to care for, less work was done on the repairing of brick sidewalks. Three thousand five hundred and ninety feet of edgestones were reset, and 2,700 square yards of brick sidewalks relaid.


The more money spent for permanent sidewalks, the less money will be needed for the repair of gravel or dirt sidewalks.


Sanitary Division.


The collection of ashes and garbage increases each year. Take for instance the old nunnery grounds, which about a year ago was vacant land, and where now there are over 152 families from whom to collect ashes, rubbish and garbage. Practically the same condition obtains in the western part of the city.


I think the only solution of the whole problem is for the city to erect large hoppers in the districts where there are no dumps, and haul the material from the hoppers to the dumps with auto trucks. By this system the ashes and rubbish would be removed from the streets much quicker and more economically.


The garbage is teamed to the city yard and sold to the farmers at $.70 per cord foot, and the combustible material to the incinerator, where it is sorted by a contractor who pays the city $85.00 a month. For these two items the city received $10,465.15.


Summary of collections :-


75.194.5 cubic yards of refuse, 3,289 cubic yards of rubbish, 23,079 cubic yards of paper, 1.844.49 cords of garbage.


Two hundred and thirty-seven requests and complaints were received and attended to.


371


STREET COMMISSIONER.


Statement of Tools and Personal Property in the Hands of the Sani- tary Division, January 1, 1914.


Horses


$10,200 00


Carts and implements used with horses


11,204 00


Auto truck


3,375 00


Harnesses and horse clothing


1,970 00


Stable utensils and property


154 90


Tools . .


158 20


Incinerator stock


103 00


Painting stock .


37 56


Stock in harness room .


70 80


Stock and tools for horse shoeing


187 78


$27,461 24


Emergency Call.


The emergency call for this department is 8-8 on the fire alarm system, and is used to call the employees to the stable in case of emergency. The emergency wagon is always ready, day or night, to answer all calls.


Miscellaneous.


Specifications were sent out to all the local and wholesale concerns and bids asked for the furnishing of edgestones, brick, sand, gravel, cement, tools, paving stock, etc. The bids were opened publicly in the office of the mayor, and the contracts were awarded to the lowest bidders, preference being given to Somerville citizens and taxpayers.


The department has been called upon to furnish steam rollers, teams, crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement and ashes to the other departments of the city, being reimbursed for the same.


The department does its own painting, carpentering, blacksmithing, horseshoeing and harness repairing, and main- tains shops for these different lines of work at the city stable.


Horses have been purchased, killed or sold as follows :-


Street Division


Purchased. Killed. Sold. 3 1 1 1 I


I have attended thirty-one meetings of the committee on public works for consultation regarding work and petitions before the committee.


Under the Pension Act for Laborers, accepted in 1912, three laborers have been pensioned. In 1913 the voters of the city accepted the Workmen's Compensation Act.


The following permits were issued during the year :-


Permits for steam rollers, erecting canopy and blasting rock .


24


Permits for Cambridge Gas Light Company 233


Permits for Charlestown Gas Company 132


Permits for occupying streets and sidewalks 210 .


Permits for opening streets and sidewalks . 152 · · .


Sanitary Division


3


312


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Permits for crossing sidewalks


71


Permits for feeding horses


8


Street watering complaints and requests


45


Notifications to other departments and corporations .


563


Requests for repairing gravel sidewalks .


194


Accidents reported


27


Police reports


Streets oiled


Brick and granolithic sidewalks repaired


268


Miscellaneous reports and requests .


581


Requests to care for moths


9


Poles and guards for trees


519


Drain layers' permits


153


Water department openings


1,045


Ice and snow removed (loads) .


118


New signs erected by department


118


Signs repainted by department


74


Sand and gravel used (cubic yards)


1,890


Dirt removed or handled (cubic yards)


15,076


Scrapings removed from streets


11,071


Old macadam used (cubic yards)


1,206


Ashes used (cubic yards)


6,567


Ballast used (loads) .


596


Recommendations.


I most respectfully recommend that the south side of Elm street, from Oak square to Cutter square, be constructed similar to the north side, with a concrete base and tarvia macadam top surface.


The unpaved portions of Beacon street, Somerville avenue, College avenue, Broadway, Springfield, and Newton streets should be completed. Portions of Morrison avenue, Willow avenue, Cedar street, School street, and Summer street should be resurfaced.


His honor, Mayor Burns, has petitioned the Massachusetts Highway Commission to accept Middlesex avenue as a State highway.


As recommended in last year's report, the blacksmith shop should be enlarged in order to make accommodations for the wheel-wrights.


I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all for their support and hearty co-operation.


Highways Maintenance Account.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$33,000 00


Transfer from Funded Debt Account .


806 96


Transfer from Street Sprinkling Account


2,003 15


Transfer from Sidewalks Maintenance


558 12


Transfer from Street Cleaning Account


198 70


Transfer from Care of Trees Account 56 80


Transfer from Refuse Disposal Account


190 19


Amount carried forward .


$36,813 92


528


384


373


STREET COMMISSIONER.


Amount brought forward .


$36,813 92


Transfer from Elm Leaf Beetle Extermina-


tion Account


9 07


Transfer from Public Buildings Mainten-


ance Highway Buildings Account . 43 50


$36,866 49


Less transfer to Care of Trees


600 00


Less transfer to Street Cleaning


800 00


Less transfer to Street Sprinkling


650 00


2,050 00


$34,816 49


Receipts and credits :-


Use of city teams on sundry work


$6,104 56


UJse of steam road rollers


2,421 78


Highways, street sprinkling (bill for materials) Public property bill paid of 1912


251 46


44 86


Value of materials on hand January 1, 1913


1,230 78


Profit and loss on materials


209 23


$10,262 67


Total credit


$45,079 16


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For repairs of sundry streets, as per table B, at end of this report


$2,405 34


General repairs of streets


13,045 29


Repairs of street and block paving


9,306 97


Repairs of street crossings


83 19


Repairs of gutters


54 15


Repairs of iron fence al Boston avenue bridge .


22 45


Repairs of fence at Clarendon Hill ledge


138 89


Repairs of crusher


466 19


Repairs of steam road rollers .


466 72


Repairs of carts, plows, rollers, etc.


1,678 83


Repairs of tools


41 63


Repairs and supplies of Street Commissioner's auto,


294 85


Storage of Street Commissioner's automobile .


79 40


Removing snow and ice and care of slippery side- walks


1,406 84


Painting carts


298 95


Painting and repairing at bridges and grades


291 64


Street opening, Illinois avenue at Broadway


176 60


Street opening, Indiana avenue at Broadway


170 34


Street opening, Michigan avenue at Broadway


161 40


Street opening, Minnesota avenue at Broadway .


121 55


Street opening, Pennsylvania avenue at Broadway (bill of 1912) .


66 69


Street opening, Central road at Central and Sycamore streets


67 52


Street opening, Burnham street at Broadway


47 73


Street opening, Leonard street at Broadway


49 81


Rolling for Tufts College


15 00


Care of subways


502 09


Blacksmithing


177 75


Carpentering


57 50


Painting .


.


83 60


Amount carried forward


$31,778 91


.


374


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$31,778 91


Street signs and numbers


1,080 98


Sawing wood


105 73


Steam drill (repairs of same and fuel) .


228 16


Waltham Gravel Land taxes for 1913


175 21


Money paid men injured while at work .


163 12


Money paid men for holidays .


1,018 75


Taking care of highway property .


1,095 41


Street crossing discontinued on Benedict street at Benedict avenue


15 18


Street Commissioner's salary .


2,400 00


Street Commissioner's telephone


32 45


Tools


552 25


Iron and hardware


30 00


Ashes


40 09


Stone bounds


50


Holland street ledge


180 11


Lumber


99 15


Cement


3 48


Sand


10 83


Pensions for laborers


337 92


Books, stationery, printing and postage Sundry expenses


2,372 03


Private work (receipts credited to revenue)




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