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1,053 73
Private work (bills for which remained unpaid December 31, 1913)
210 29
Value of material on hand December 31, 1913 .
1,918 10
Total debit
$45,079 16
Highways Construction Account.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912
$2,857 84
Appropriation .
.
20,000 00
Transfer from funded debt account
7,000 00
$29,857 84
Advertising and recording releases and plans in 1912, charged in cost of streets in 1913 .
$111 52
Value of material on hand January 1, 1913 . 308 71
Profit and Loss on material . 576 98
$997 21
Total credit DEBIT.
$30,855 05
Expenditures : --
For construction of streets as appears by table A, at end of this report $36,834 70
Less assessments
7,135 45
Advertising and recording releases and plans for streets not constructed
250 53
Street crossing, Hudson street opposite Proctor School
52 09
Street crossing. Glenwood road at Broadway
46 54
Street crossing, Washington street, opposite Perry street .
77 76
Street crossing, Austin street at Benedict street . .
68 05
Amount carried forward
$30,194 22
.
$29,699 25
0
176 78
375
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Amount brought forward
$30,194 22
100 00
Settlement of claim by laying out Langmaid avenue, Books Value of material on hand this day
12 00
235 45
Total debit
$30,541 67
Balance unexpended
$313 38
Highways, Street Sprinkling.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$28,000 00
Transfer from Highways Maintenance ac- ·
650 00
$28,650 00
Receipts :-
Sale of running gear
75 00
$28,725 00
Less transfer to Highways Maintenance ac- count
$2,003 15
Less transfer to Care of Trees account 400 00
2,403 15
Total credit
$26,321 85
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Teaming, street sprinkling
$4,948 42
Oiling streets
17,768 77
Tarviating streets
2,413 00
Painting carts .
436 88
Repairing carts . .
473 55
Maintenance of water posts
85 22
Clerical work
176 01
Books
20 00
Total debit
$26,321 85
Sidewalks Construction.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1912 .
$382 37 20,000 00
Receipts and Credits :-
Zebedee E. Cliff, constructing sidewalk (inside sidewalk line)
$98 16
Boston & Maine Railroad (sidewalk, Walnut street) . Abutters on Powder House Boulevard (partial payment) . Abutters on Elm street (partial pay- ment)
17 49
1
Abutters on Washington street (partial payment) Eastern Clay Goods Company (cement bags)
76 21
102 87
Amounts carried forward $1,278 73
$20,382 37
.
·
.
.
1
Appropriation
.
$20,382 37
404 00
580 00
count
·
376
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $1,278 73
$20,382 37
Transfer from Sewers Construction account, 670 68
96 90
Value of material on hand January 1, 1913, Profit and Loss on materials .
110 74
2,157 05
Total credit
$22,539 42
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For fifty-two sidewalks constructed as per table C at end of this report . $38,116 20
Less assessments
18,198 89
$19,917 31
Construction of sidewalk, Broadway at No. 274 to No. 290 (private work)
307 88
Construction of sidewalk, Elm street
1,113 12
Construction of sidewalk, Crescent street (partial cost)
46 42
Construction of sidewalk, Powder House boulevard, Construction of sidewalk, Washington street (par- tial cost) from near Union square to railroad bridge
157 09
Abatement of sidewalk assessment to Stevens es- tate, Myrtle street, constructed in 1912 ·
16 76
Books
13 20
Value of materials on hand December 31, 1913 .
5 18
Total debit
$22,539 42
Sidewalks Maintenance.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$5,000 00
Material on hand January 1, 1913 .
40 64
Profit and Loss on material .
68 25
$5,108 89
Less transfer to Highways Maintenance
account
558 12
Total credit 1 DEBIT.
$4,550 77
General Repairs of Sidewalks.
Labor, repairing sidewalks
$394 52
Use of city teams
114 80
Bricks
64 30
Gravel
5 58
Sand
5 12
Crushed stone
1 37
Ashes
2 25
Cement
1 64
Special Repairs of Sidewalks.
Repairing sidewalk, Albion street
$579 06
Repairing sidewalk, Aldrich street
7 44
Repairing sidewalk, Alston street
29 10
Amount carried forward
$615 60
.
.
·
.
$589 58
.
·
962 46
1
377
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Amount brought forward . .
$615 60
Repairing sidewalk, Broadway (near
Sycamore street) 55 59
Repairing sidewalk, Church street .
12 23
Repairing sidewalk, Flint street, Cross street to Aldrich street .
210 79
Repairing sidewalk, Greene street . .
30 93
Repairing sidewalk, Lowell street at Park .
13 70
Repairing sidewalk. Newton street and Concord avenue
205 39
Repairing sidewalk, No. 370 Somerville avenue
10 40
Repairing sidewalk, Summer street
10 78
Repairing sidewalk, Nos. 3 and 4 Union square
7 21
Repairing sidewalk, Virginia street
32 00
Repairing sidewalk, Webster avenue and Prospect street . .
29 11
Repairing sidewalk, Wesley park .
47 44
Repairing sidewalk, Wheeler street
10 40
Repairs of brick sidewalks 723 10
Repairs of gravel sidewalks
1,665 06
Repairs of granolithic sidewalks,
202 60
0 (Bill receivable) Timothy F. Crim- mings, repairing sidewalk, West- minster street .
9 38
Books
.
.
.
$2,613 34
Material on hand December 31, 1913
56 28
$4,550 .7
Highways, Street Cleaning.
CREDIT.
$21,000 00
Transfer from Water Works Extension
1,000 00
Transfer from Highways Maintenance
800 00
$22,800 00
Less transfer to Highways Maintenance .
198 70
Total credit
$22,601 30
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
Labor .
$18,634 30
Use of city teams
3,803 80
Push brooms
36 00
Repair of sweeping machines .
.
127 20
$22,601 30
Care of Trees.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Transfer from Highways Maintenance
600 00
Amount carried forward .
$3,100 00
.
.
.
.
.
1
$1,291 57
.
13 20
Appropriation
378
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . .
$3,100 00 400 00
Less transfer to Highways Maintenance
56 80
Total credit
$3,443 20
DEBIT.
Expenditures :--
Removing trees
$2,089 04
Trimming trees
747 49
Setting trees
543 93
Cementing and patching trees
19 54
Spraying trees for tussock moths.
43 20
Total debit. .
$3,443 20
Shade Trees.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$500 00
Transfer from Highways, Steam Roller
100 00
Total credit
$600 CO
DEBIT.
For 200 Norway Maples, $1.10
$220 00
Delivering same
20 00
Labor, setting trees .
242 90
Use of city teams
30 80
Lumber
61 13
Wire
14 70
Staples
6 50
Total debit
$596 03
Balance unexpended .
$3 97
Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moth Extermination.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
.
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For labor
$2,277 71
Use of city teams
27 92
Brushes and screw eyes .
3 60
Badges
3 00
Books
10 00
Printing notices
11 00
Clerical work
20 10
Damage to clothing
46 67
Total debit
$2,400 00
Elm Leaf Beetle Extermination.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$700 00
Less transfer to Highways Maintenance 9 07
$690 93
$2,400 00
Transfer from Street Sprinkling . ·
$3,500 00
.
379
STREET COMMISSIONER.
1
1
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
$298 78
Use of city teams
51 80
Arsenate of lead
271 87
Gasoline
24 30
Cycle oil
8 81
Spray pipe, spark plugs and couplings .
13 50
Oil suits
7 83
Printing warning cards
10 00
Tacks and punch
3 89
Expressing
15
Total debit .
$690 93
Refuse Disposal.
CREDIT.
$80,000 00
Transfer from Contingent Fund
2,000 00
Total credit
DEBIT.
Collecting refuse
22,133 19
Horses
420 00
1
Stable expenses
2,963 25
Carts, wagons, and repairing same
666 54
Repairs and maintenance of auto truck
792 02
Harnesses and horse clothing, and repair- ing same
501 40
Tools and repairing same
59 17
Horse shoeing (stock on hand)
302 51
Horse shoeing .
440 47
Horse medicine and doctoring
77 91
Hay and straw
3,833 14
Grain and feed
3,016 20
Rental of dump
600 00
Laborers paid for holidays
712 27
Money paid men injured while at work
53 00
Lime
1 25
Books and stationery
42 50
Care of highway property
465 89
Total debit
$81,809 81
Balance unexpended .
$190 19
Statement of Tools, Materials and Personal Property in the Hands of the Highway Department This Day.
Horses
$7,775 00
Carts and implements used with horses
10,507 05
Automobile
700 00
Steam road rollers
·
8,900 00
Stone crusher and fittings
1,644 80
Harnesses and horse clothing ·
1,299 40
Amount carried forward .
.
$30,826 25
.
Appropriation
$82,000 00
$44,729 10
Collecting garbage
.
For labor
.
380
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . .
.
.
$30,826 25 895 88
Stable utensils and property .
.
.
Horse medicine .
23 54
Horse shoes and supplies
493 14
Blacksmith stock
265 74
Carpenter's stock
21 35
Watering carts and stock
11,921 28
Tools
2,334 79
Moth stock and tools
106 86
Paint stock
15 00
Edgestones and paving stock (credited various depts.),
2,215 01
Stock for repairs of carts, plows, etc. .
157 46
Arsenate of lead, etc.
65 15
Street signs
44 50
$49,385 95
.
.
TABLE A. Streets Constructed in 1913.
STREET.
FROM
To
MATERIAL.
LENGTH IN FEET.
COST.
Alston street (gutters)
Shawmut place
Cross street
Paving blocks
233
$ 186 16
Conwell avenue
Curtis street .
North street
Macadam and tarvia Ballast
1,346
4,296 15
Crescent street
·
·
.
(S'wly side) Hadley st.
174
247 43
Dearborn road
Boston avenue ·
·
.
Macadam and tarvia
469
2,013 90
. Elm street (northeasterly roadway)
Oak square
Cutter square ·
.
Concrete base, macad- am and tarvia top ·
3,540
8,281 84
Elm street (S'ly side gutters) .
Beech street ·
.
.
·
470
86 02
Fremont street .
.
.
460 ft. northeasterly
Macadam and tarvia ·
460
1,774 67
Garrison avenue .
Broadway
.
. land of city of Cam- bridge
Macadam and tarvia ·
460
1,637 23
Leland street .
Washington street
.
·
Macadam and tarvia
359
1,040 95
Lowell street
Summer street
Crown street ·
Macadam and tarvia ·
351
1,189 54
Main street (widening) .
Southwesterly side
Medford line .
Macadam
86
137 81
Prichard avenue .
Boston avenue .
Frederick avenue
Macadam and tarvia
517
2,028 55
Porter street
Elm street .
·
Summer street .
Filling .
1,175
1,193 96
Shawmut place .
Shawmut street .
Alston street
Macadam and tarvia
190
596 93
Shawmut street (gutters)
Cross street .
·
Washington street
Paving blocks
575
259 84
South and Bedford street
in front of Est. 6 & 8
Paving blocks (Bed- ford street)
49
20 20
(gutters)
.
.
.
Derby street
Macadam and tarvia
993
4,393 33
Tufts street
.
Cross street .
Washington street .
Concrete base tarvia top .
979
3,244 70
Walnut street, N'w'y side
Medford street .
Pearl street
Paving blocks
104
51 96
Water street
.
.
.
Railroad
Concrete base paving
371
2,542 78
. Woodstock street (par- tials)
Victoria street
.
·
Alewife Brook · ·
Ballast
.
.
232
1,177 80
Length in feet, and cost
·
.
.
13,696
$36,834 70
.
.
.
Paving blocks
563
432 95
Greene street (gutters) .
Laurel street ·
where not laid
·
·
·
.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
South street
and 11 Bedford street .
Temple street .
.
Broadway .
.
.
.
(gutters)
.
South street .
.
.
Pearl street . .
·
College avenue
Miller avenue
Paving blocks (old)
.
Meacham street
Dane avenue
.
.
·
blocks grouted
381
382
TABLE B. Streets Repaired.
STREET.
FROM
To
DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
FEET.
COST.
Central street
Medford street
·
·
Railroad bridge .
Macadam and tarvia
780
$1,008.10
College avenue
at-
.
.
.
.
69.60
Dane street .
Somerville avenue
.
bridge approaches
.
Old macadam and tarvia
1,465
201.68
Middlesex avenue
Mystic avenue
Boulevard
Patching
2,304
101.72
Mt. Pleasant street
Broadway .
.
·
.
·
Tarvia and screenings
584
74.51
Sargent avenue
.
.
·
·
.
Old macadam and tarvia
1,075
173.63
Webster street
Cross street . .
Glen street
Resurfacing
225
54.00
Wesley park
Bow street
Entire length
·
.
Macadam and tarvia :
405
320.46
Length in feet, and cost
.
.
.
.
.
7,348
$2,405.34
.
.
·
.
·
·
.
·
.
.
·
.
·
.
.
Dearborn road
Macadam and tarvia .
Washington st. to near
Macadam and tarvia .
510
401.64
Dartmouth street
Broadway .
Medford street
Perkins street
Broadway
Walnut street
·
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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 EDGESTONE.
YARDS OF BRICK.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC.
COST.
Alston street
.
·
. . .
. . . .
$261 26
Beacon street
·
·
Northeasterly
Railroad bridge
Near Sacramento st.
...
....
1,557.1
2,174 42
Beacon street
·
Southwesterly
Forest street
·
·
. .. .
. .
1,513.1
2,162 95
Beacon street .
·
.
.
Som. Bldg. Asso.
·
Broadway
Southerly
Magoun square
City road .
.. .
. . . .
429.5
760 69
Broadway
·
·
·
·
Railroad bridge
....
. . . .
120.
162 00
Broadway
Northeasterly
In front of estate
Nos. 1119 to 1135
....
... .
114.5
154 58
Calvin street
Easterly
Washington street
Dimick street
·
...
....
204.5
280 58
Calvin street
Westerly
Beacon street
Washington street
.
..
366.
521 55
Crescent street
Both
Pearl street
.
Hadley street
. .
Conwell avenue
Both
Curtis street
North street
2,703.6
...
Concord avenue
Northerly
Dimick street .
·
Dimick street
....
. . .
20.9
Dearborn road .
Both
Boston avenue .
·
.
809.5
854 12
Dimick street .
Both
Concord avenue
·
laid) Calvin street
....
....
1,005.8
1,549 96
Fremont street
.
Both .
Meacham street
460 feet northeasterly.
952.3
... .
.
1,072 75
Garrison avenue
.
·
.
.
.
.
Land of City of Cam- bridge
887.7
.
872 57
Carried forward
5,864.2
5,670.0
16,124.31
.
·
.
In front of estate
No. 489
154.2
320 66
Broadway
.
.
·
·
·
·
.
In front of estate
·
Nos. 101 to 107 inc.
....
. ...
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
Southwesterly
side
244.3
. . . .
2,577 41
About 461 7/1 west of
32 19
College avenue .
(Where not already
..
.
·
.
.
·
·
.
Both
Broadway .
.
laid
To sidewalk already
Northeasterly
Shawmut place
Cooney street
In front of estate
·
61.6
104 27
STREET
COMMISSIONER.
....
122.8
2,081 95
Broadway
Northeasterly
.
·
.
.
383
.
·
Northeasterly
Southwesterly
City road .
.
180 40
Southwesterly
Beckwith circle
266.8
384
TABLE C .- Continued.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONE.
YARDS OF BRICK.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC.
COST.
Brought forward
5,864.2
. . .
5,670.0
16,124.31
Grant street
.
·
.
.
.
. . . .
...
122.9
180.83
Greene street .
.
Northerly .
.
Laurel street
Southeasterly where
103.8
70.4
169.13
Heath street
Northerly
Fenwick street .
.
.
. .
150.5
281.37
Leland street
Both
Washington street .
Dane avenue
731.2
....
239.9
361.86
Lowell street
Both
Summer street .
.
·
....
.
.
.
.
·
·
Southeasterly
Holland street .
Mead street .
.. . .
. . .
466.8
742.82
Moore street ·
·
Easterly
Meacham street
·
Mystic avenue
.. .
. . . .
511.3
748.50
Moreland street
.
Northwesterly
Meacham street
.
To and including es- tate, 68 Moreland st.
... .
....
86.3
135.32
Mystic avenue .
Southwesterly
Union street
Charlestown line
. ..
-
.
·
·
·
...
918.3
1,335.54
Ossipee road .
Both .
.
.
·
Curtis street .
·
Frederick avenue
970.5
. . .
..
925.21
Prichard avenue
Both
.
.
.
Boston avenue .
·
Warner street (where not already laid) ·
. .
.. .
235.4
350.05
earson road
.
.
.
·
Carried forward.
8,657.8
691.8
10,274.8
27,027.98
.
Flint street .
Oliver street
.
. . .
. .. .
Westerly and
Summer street .
Laurel street
458.9
....
304.5
937.56
Greene street
.
not already laid
·
Bond street
Liberty avenue
Easterly
Mallet street
.
.
....
552.20
Marion street
In front of estate 51
Dimick street
·
.
70.6
108.72
Medford street .
Northeasterly
Central street .
Broad way
239.
747.8
1,735.02
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Gilman terrace.
.
.
Pearl street
.
.
Entire length
.
. . . .
....
242.2
437.14
Jaques street
Mystic avenue ·
508.3
798.10
Glen street .
·
Easterly ·
·
.
.
Broadway
Crown street
529.2
.
.
Moreland street
382.4
465.49
Packard avenue
·
Westerly
Broadway .
·
.
Easterly
Northwesterly
638.81
TABLE C .- Concluded.
STREET.
SIDE.
FROM
To
FEET OF EDGESTONE.
YARDS OF BRICK.
YARDS OF GRANOLITHIC.
COST.
Brought forward
8,657.8
691.8
10,274.8
27,027.98
(Where not already laid)
1,221.4
....
723.
1,069.32
Summer street
Southwesterly
Cherry street
.
.
.. . .
...
162.7
329.16
Summer street
.
Northerly ·
Porter street ·
Belmont street
·
. .
....
663.6
1,132.21
Shawmut street
Southwesterly
Central square .
Washington street
346.9
....
309.58
Shawmut place
Both
Shawmut street
Alston street
354.6
....
.
.
In front of Estate
No. 11
48.9
48.7
108.48
Temple street .
Westerly
Jaques street
Opposite Derby street
272.5
448.15
Veazie street .
Southwesterly
Walnut street
Marshall street
....
·
378.1
515.47
Walter street .
Both
Walnut street .
Entire length
.
670.6
1,029.06
Water street .
Both
South street .
Entire length
714.5
....
695.07
Walnut street .
Northwesterly
Medford street .
Pearl street (where not already laid)
104.3
265.4
443.92
Washington street
Northwesterly
Hawkins street .
....
358.
579.36
Warner street .
·
North westerly
Pearson road .
Bromfield road .
....
...
211.2
378.89
Warner street .
Northwesterly
Pearson road .
Medford line
...
...
35.8
63.50
Winslow avenue
Both
College avenue
Clifton street (where not already laid)
Total
11,720.9
1,005.9
14,934.4
$38,116.20
.
.
.
.
Summer street
Rossmore street
Both
.
Somerville avenue
Washington street
·
. . . .
. ...
·
.
.
. .
445.32
South street
In front of Estate
Nos. 6 and 8 and .
Bedford street .
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
.
·
(Where not already laid)
.
From driveway at Union building .
.
.
·
.
·
1,456.6
2,269.76
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Porter street .
Both
Elm street .
$1,270.97
Hancock street .
.
.
.
....
. . . .
385
386
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE D. Driveways Constructed at Expense of Abutters.
FOR
LOCATION.
American Tube Works .
Somerville avenue
Winthrop H. Bowman .
254 Highland avenue
Louise Budgell
. 48 Brastow avenue
Charles E. Carter
13 Grand View avenue
John L. Clark .
399 Highland avenue
Lawrence J. Dervin
218 Highland avenue
Albert W. Dow & Co.
12 Newbury street
James W. Dixon Philip Eberle
Washington street Waldo street
Chester A. Hall
94 Perkins street
Mary E. Hayden
25 Farragut avenue 174 Summer street
William B. Hamman
. 107 College avenue
Esther H. Kingsley
68 Central street
A. F. Lee .
, 166 Elm street
Adanıs H. Merrill .
. 200 Broadway 43 Alpine street 315 Beacon street
Nellie A. Nowell
36 Pearson road 5 Webster street
James P. O'Neill
Columbia street Broadway
Marie S. Paasche .
. 53 Hall street
Ernest D. Pillsbury, M. D. .
. 9 Curtis street
Frank H. Richardson
57 Myrtle street
Henry M. Rood
14 Liberty avenue
John A. Ross .
124 Orchard street
Francis Shaw, M. D.
57 Cross street
Mark B. Smiley
, 22 Newbury street
Edmund S. Sparrow
, 17 College avenue
Gideon W. Swain .
56 Hall avenue 87 Irving street
TABLE E. Driveways Discontinued at Expense of Abutters.
FOR
LOCATION.
American Tube Works .
Somerville avenue
F. A. Callahan
. 6 Banks street
Harvey D. McGray
. Central street
Hannibal S. Pond .
56 Vinal avenue
Hypolite Stampfler
.
.
218-A Summer street
Charles B. Wyman .
.
.
161 Walnut street
.
. 75 Moreland street
Charles E. Fuller
Frederick G. Hills
Charles F. Mills
Alex Magnusson
Otto Olson
Arthur N. Park
William C. Wentzell
387
STREET COMMISSIONER.
TABLE F. Driveway Widened at Expense of Abutter.
FOR
LOCATION.
Napoleon Bernier .
.
. 336 Beacon street
TABLE G. Driveway Re-located at Expense of Abutter.
FOR
LOCATION
Nora E. Healey
·
11 Dimick street
TABLE H. Streets Accepted by the Board of Aldermen in 1913.
STREET.
WARD.
FROM
To
WIDTH IN FEET.
LENGTH IN FEET.
ACCEPTED.
Aberdeen road .
6
Highland avenue
Cedar street
40
449
December 31
Belknap street
·
·
6
Belmont street
.
·
25
177
December 31
Chester aven
4
Accepted portion .
Cross street .
20
451
December 31
Clark street.
2
Newton street
.
.
·
35
552
December 31
Clyde street
5
Cedar street
Murdock street
30
664
December 31
Crescent street
1
Pearl street
Hadley street
30
174
September 20
Derby street
.
.
4
Flint street
Northerly
40
202
December 31
Garfield avenue .
4
Broadway.
Blakeley avenue
40
447
December 31
Greene street
3
present terminus e'ly
Land of Caldwell
40
1
September 20
Harold street
2
Dimick street
Marion street
40
316
December 31
Main street (widening)
5
Westerly side at .
Medford line
.
. . . .
777
December 31
Pearl Street place
4
Pearl street .
Northeasterly
20
166
December 31
Pearson road
7
Warner street
Dearborn road
40
1,089
December 31
Sartwell avenue
6
Cedar street
Cherry street
35
427
December 31
Taylor street
4
Sydney street
Mystic avenue
40
309
December 31
Teele avenue
.
.
.
.
.
40
685
December 31
Vine street
2
Somerville avenue
Fitchburg Railroad
40
540
December 31
Wilson avenue
·
.
6
Broadway
Boston & Lowell R. R.
20
307
December 31
Woodstock street
.
·
7
Victoria street
Alewife Brook
40
403
June 13
Length in feet
. ·
8,785 (1.664 m.)
·
·
Broadway
Hamilton road
·
40
449
December 31
Belmont place
·
·
·
.
·
·
4
Grant street
.
.
.
40
200
December 31
Flint avenue
·
.
.
·
.
.
·
.
.
Mt. Vernon avenue
Medford line
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
.
·
·
.
7
Packard avenue
Curtis street
.
·
.
·
.
.
.
Southeasterly
·
.
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
388
·
·
·
·
September 20
Meacham street .
40
·
.
·
Lincoln Parkway
·
.
Wheatland street
389
STREET COMMISSIONER.
TABLE I. Street Crossings Laid.
r
Austin street, crossing samc, Benedict strect. Glenwood road, crossing same, at Broadway. Hudson street, crossing same, at George O. Proctor School. Washington street, crossing same, at Albion A. Perry School.
TABLE J. Street Openings.
Burnham street, at Broadway.
Central road, at Central street and Sycamore street.
Leonard street, at Broadway.
Indiana avenue, at Broadway.
Illinois avenue, at Broadway.
Michigan avenue, at Broadway.
Minnesota avenue, at Broadway.
TABLE K. Length of Accepted Streets in Each Ward.
Ward 1
Miles. 9.745
2
8.936
3
.
4
9.797
5
12.100
66
6
13.150
7
18.374
Total length of accepted streets in the city .
79.662
Classification of Street Construction.
Streets paved with
granite blocks
Sq. Yds. 99,815
Miles. 4.12
hassam paving
36,802
1.80
66
asphalt
10.410
.73
66
66
66 vitrified brick
13,564
.64
66 bitulithic
14,689
88
Combination pavement, concrete base with bituminous top
2.68
Streets macadamized, "tarvia" bound
13.91
Streets macadamized, water bound
52.25
Streets graveled or unimproved .
22.05
Total
99.06
1
Respectfully submitted, ASA B. PRICHARD, Street Commissioner.
7.560
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, -
CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, January 1, 1914, 5
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, 1913.
The total valuation of the public property which is in the custody of the public buildings department is $2,358,414.
The total expenditure for the year 1913 for the care and maintenance of this property was $108,187.06.
The amount was expended as follows :-
Janitor service
$35,406 30
Fuel
23,105 27
Light
12,811 47
Telephone 529 16
Care and repairs Pensions 580 76
35,754 10
A table accompanies this report which shows a more de- tailed explanation of this amount.
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 past year has made 1,550 formal inspections of buildings in the process of construction.
The following table shows the number of permits issued for building operations during the year 1913 :-
WARDS.
Buildings.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Totals.
Dwellings
65
13
5
12
29
24
129
277
Stores
6
6
3
2
7
15
39
Dwellings and Stores
5
2
1
3
2
13
Stables .
1
1
4
Shops
Manufactories
8
3
1
3
15
Garages
8
1
4
3
3
2
16
37
Churches
1
1
1
1
4
Foundations
2
1
3
Miscellaneous .
17
8
1
1
2
2
31
Totals
109
34
17
21
37
42
169
429
1
1
3
5
1
1
Theatres
2
391
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
WARDS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Totals.
Brick buildings
10
6
3
3
1
4
4
31
Concrete buildings
2
1
2
2
10
17
Brick and Concrete buildings
1
1
Iron buildings
2
2
Steel buildings
1
1
·2
Terra cotta buildings
1
2
3
Totals
16
7
5
3
3
5
17
56
The number of plumbing permits issued during the year was Permits for plumbing in new buildings
457
259
Permits for plumbing in old buildings , 198
Number of buildings in which soil pipes were tested 389
The total number of permits issued during the year 1913, viz., 429 was two less than during the year 1912, when 431 per- mits for new buildings and alterations were issued. The total cost of the new buildings and alterations during the year 1913 was $1.952,179, while the cost in 1912 was $1,777,719, showing an increase of $174,460.
School Buildings.
The school buildings of the city are in a very satisfactory condition with a few exceptions. The principal need in several instances, viz., the Knapp, Pope, Glines, Bingham, Carr, Morse, Bennett, Burns and Cummings Schools is outside painting and should be done at once to prevent deterioration. Several of the buildings should also be renovated inside by the tinting of walls and ceilings.
During the year 1913 this department carried out the work of the required needs of the school buildings so far as possible with the money available.
The innumerable calls upon the department for work of every nature in the school buildings require the time and attention constantly of the commissioner who is obliged to select those matters which he considers most important for immediate attention.
During the year 1913 the improvements made at various . school buildings were as follows :-
Prescott School.
Yard surfacing (partial). Knapp School, Yard surfacing. 1
392
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Pope School, Yard extension.
Bell School,
Enlargement of assembly room. Improvement of lighting.
i
Forster Schocl, New office for master. New teachers' room. New fire exit.
Bingham School, New assembly hall. Yard surfacing (partial).
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