Report of the city of Somerville 1914, Part 29

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 596


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STREET


Ward.


SIDE.


FROM


To


WIDTH OF SIDEWALK IN FEET.


BRICK.


GRANOLITHIC.


Lin, Feet. Sq. Yards.


Lin. Feet. Sq. Yards.


Acadia park .


6


Both .


Somerville avenue


End of street


6.67


*481.6


634.0


545.0


$724.85


Albion


5


Northeasterly


Central street


Centre street


19.67


Aldrich .


4


Southeasterly


Pearl street


Flint street


6.67


223.1


151.7


204.73


Ashland


Westerly


Summer street


Sartwell avenue


5.00


71.0


89.7


54.5


205.72 344.88


Beacon


2


Westerly


Washington street


Scott street


11.00


866.1


Belmont


6


Both .


Summer street


Somerville avenue


1 8.00


145.3


· 405.0


272.5


545.50


Boston avenue


6


Both .


Morrison avenue


N'E'ly to and inc. No. 19 & 20


6.67


587.4


396.4


539.51


Broadway


1


Northeasterly


Austin street


Cross street


15.00


rem. width


Broadway


4


Northeasterly Southwesterly .


In front of estate of D. W.


Sanborn, No. 382


Alfred street


15.00


rem. width S


412.5


408.0


625.23


Broadway


7


Southerly


Teele square


City ledge property


11.00


415.1


477.5


691.14


Broadway


2


Both .


Beacon street


Dimick street


6.67


Cameron avenue .


7


Northwesterly


Mead street


Malvern avenue


10.00


Gran. 6.0, sod } rem. width


191.0


145.4


257.44


Cedar


5


Southeasterly


Hudson street


Alpine street


6.67


Central street &


6


S. W. corner


In front of K. of C. Building


1 10.00


Chester avenue


.


Both .


Broadway


Camb. line (except ledge lot) 6.67


1,701.2


1,526.3


1,030.0


8,327.82


Clark


2


Both .


Newton street


Lincoln Parkway


5.83


#1,120.7


Con well


6


Northwesterly


Highland avenue


End of street


5.83


367.0


212.3


342.54


Conwell avenue


7


Both .


Curtis street


near North st. (where not laid)


6.67


Cross and Allston


1


N'E'ly corner


In front of estate of Sears


B. Condit


7.50


Curtis


Easterly


Electric avenue


Teele square


6.67


Cutter avenue


7


Both .


Highland avenue


Cutter square


6.67


Cutter square


7


Southeasterly


Elm street .


Summer street


6.67


63.2


Dane avenue


Both


Leland street


Dane street


5.00


1,063.4


75.0


56.7


77.37


Delaware


4


Both .


Pearl street .


Aldrich street


6.67


Elm


6


Westerly


Beech street


White street


10.00


711.8


Elm


7


Westerly


Russell street


Miller avenue


289.4


1,781.0


1,188.8


1,648.77


Fairmont avenue


7


Both


Curtis street


6.67


1,212.0


831.1


1,106.69


Fenwick


Both .


Heath street


Near Broadway


6.67


476.0


308.3


410.04


Fisk avenue


Both .


Lowell street


Hinckley street


2.75


*955.3


6.67


*1,672.4


974.0


656.0


890.98


Harding


2


Both .


Ward street


Cambridge line .


5.00


648.9


Harold


2


Both .


Dimick street


Marion street


6.67


*598.4


Harold


2


Southeasterly


Marion street


6.67


343.7


231.8


352.91


Henderson


Both


Richardson street


B. of L. R. R. .


2.75


*1,055.6


190.0


196.8


286.29


Holland


7


Easterly


City ledge property


Land of Taapken


10.09


149.9


147.6


252.97


Houghton


2


Both .


Springfield street


Cambridge line .


6.67


1,068.5


719.8


985.09


Ibbetson


0


Both


Lowell street


Somerville avenue


6.67


1,552.0


1,049.2


1,411.31


Jasper


1


Westerly


Gilman street


6.67


282.2


191.5


254.70


Jay


7


Westerly


Holland street


Howard street


6.67


561.5


378.3


504.47


Landers


3


Both


School street


Westerly


6.67


*438.6


460.6


307.8


410.70


Lowell Main


6


Southeasterly


Highland avenue


Albion street


6.67


391.0


265.0


369.18


Mallet


7


Northeasterly


Lowden avenue . Main street


Mystic avenue


6.67


129.8


104.5


70.8


537.5


364.5


575.81


Orchard


Northeasterly


Chester street


Meacham rd, (where not laid)


479.0


317.4


Orchard


7


Both


Chester street


Meacham rd. (where not laid) Packard avenue


6.67


Ossipee road


7


Both.


Mason street


Packard ave. (where not laid) Broadway


6.67


Perkins .


Northeasterly


In front of estate Armstrong No. 97


7.67


Porter


6


Northwesterly


In front of estates 64 and 70 .


7.50


Prospect


Both


Washington street


Prospect pl. (where not laid)


8.33


474.2 *989.7


(Narrow walks from grano, sidewalk to


edgestone)


44.8


114.64


Russell road .


Both


Hamilton road


6.67


*1,079.0


194.0


194.0


130.7


428.07


Somerville ave. & Elm .


Easterly


Craigie street


near Porter street


10.00


*240.8


251.7


123.0


163.59


Walnut street


Wigglesworth street


5.83


Taylor


4


Both


Sydney street


Mystic avenue


6.67


*644.7


616.6


417.6


554.80


Tremont


2


Both .


Cambridge line .


6.67


541.0


78.5


53.2


70.76


Walnut


4


Northwesterly


Highland avenue


8.00


857.2


42.9


45.5


60.52


Washington & Hanson


2


N. E. cor.


In front of estate Michael H. Dewire


5.00


Waterhouse


7


Both


Broadway


Cambridge line


6.67


*1,919.4


Winter


Both


Holland street


College avenue .


5.00


Woodstock


7


Both .


Victoria street


west of Waterhouse street


6.67


*537.0


Wisconsin avenue


1


Both .


Broadway


Pennsylvania avenue


11.50


(Narrow walks


from grano, sidewalk to gutter line)


125.1


249.00


Wisconsin avenue


1


Circles at Pennsylvania avenue


11.50


47.6


Total assessment, $20,033.56.


Net cost to city, $20,428.61.


23,100.9


583.5


436.8


35,591.4 25,219.8


$40,462.17


7


Northerly .


Packard avenue .


Westminster street


11.00


418.1


489.9


651.57


Broadway


7


Southerly


Clarendon avenue


E'ly in front No. 1156


11.00


107.7


120.8


224.20


Buckingham .


G


Northeasterly


In front of Girls' Vocation al School


Bartlett .


5


Southeasterly


Vernon street


Ames street


6.67


$ 7.50


2,384.0


1,830.6


2,513.13


Billingham


7


Southeasterly Both


Morrison avenue


Frederick avenue


6.67


*1257.1


Gran. 8.0, sod }


1,213.3


1,230.0


1,876.05


(Replacing Sod.)


42.5


6.1


Gran. 8.0,sod }


Broadway


5


Northeasterly .


William street


In front of estate of Katharine C. Kelley et al.


52.75 11.13


Broadway


5


1


Northerly


In front of estate of S. B. Condit No. 23


4.00


60.0


22.5


50.99


Clarendon avenue


7


-


Dearborn road


7


Southwesterly


In front of No. 32


8.33


Elmwood


7


Both


Holland street


near Cambridge line End


Near E. Albion street


6.67


Hall


6


Northeasterly


Cherry street


5.00


419.8


457.0


222.3


809.20


Holland


7


Easterly


Irving street


Simpson avenue


10.00


near Bay State avenue


6.67


101.3


67.0


113.15


Moreland


Westerly


Northwesterly


129.8


88.0


264.84


Newton


2


Southerly . Both


Webster avenue.


Cambridge line


6.67 6.67


6.67


611.3 *1.282.4


6.67


364.4 1,565.7


438.7


626.98


Paulina


7


Both.


Holland street


1,003 3


1,886.85


Rhode Island avenue


Both .


Pennsylvania avenue


Mystic avenue


7.50


Rhode Island avenue .


Both


Mystic avenue


7.50


School


3


Northwesterly


Preston road


Landers street


6.67


342.4


351.2


467.10


St. James avenue Sunnyside avenue


745


Westerly


Central road


B. & L. R. R. .


5.83


291.4


168.7


285.67


Walnut road .


1


Northeasterly


In front of estate L. W


6.67


222.4


185.8


300.00


Ward


2


Both


Medford street


Harding street .


5.00


Washington


2


Northerly .


In front of Nos. 405 & 407


10.00


$ 10.00


249.3


170.9


227.30


791.9


385.5


520.65


Totals .


.


Amount of edgestone, brick, granolithic and tar in front of private estates


Gravel sidewalks, 1.335 miles. Brick sidewalks, 0.923 miles. Granolithic sidewalks, 4.306 miles.


487.0


236.7


393.52


Atherton


344.0


232.5


243.6


388.37


6.67


295.0


240.0


319.20


Highland avenue


6.67


2,207.5


1,413.4


2,145.95


91.1


69.8


110.41


313.8


212.7


282.99


861.3


569.5


773.31


Frederick avenue


6


Both .


Boston avenue


Willow avenue


Fremont


Both


Meacham street Cedar street


.


.


.


6.67


66.6


45.1


70.53


1,321.0


894.0


1,216.78


Newbury


In front of estate of Samuel W. Flax


6.67


In front of estate A. C. Rogers No. 92


6.67


94.60


Norfolk


403.06


Ossipee road


Both.


Mason street


Northeasterly to end


5.00


511.4


298.5


396.98


Walnut road


1


Both .


Webster avenue Walnut street


Kenneson road Hazen .


6.67


1,113.5


753.0


1,068.56


18211 1 2 1 1


7


Pennsylvania avenue Broadway


Both .


Suminer street


Both


Sycamore


12377 7


Southwesterly


In front of estate No. 33.


1,152.7


560.8


1,866.64


896.2


607.6


850.41


10.00


583.5


392.0


539.16


Kenwood street ,


William street


6.67


Boston avenue


[ 6.67


Gravel and Edge- stone. Lineal Feet.


MATERIAL.


Total Cost


*Proportionate cost assessed under street construction.


172.22


47.2


36.5


147.0


113.0


Dimick street


Pearl street


6.67


(Replacing Sod.)


364.6


Medford street


6.67


385


CITY ENGINEER.


new house services, many gates, hydrants, water posts, and blow-offs have been located and recorded, sketches and plans made showing the same, and the large water-works wall maps corrected to date; also a large number of old water ser- vices where new meters were installed, have been located and recorded.


A set of block plans should be made, covering the entire city area, from accurate surveys made during the past twenty-five years, and compared section by section with the deed dimensions and areas recorded in the assessor's depart- ment, and in this manner the correct areas of land deter- mined.


This set of plans would show the area and dimensions of each lot, all houses and other buildings, sewers, catch basins, house drains, water services, gas mains, underground con- duits for wires, street lights, street railway tracks, etc., and be of great value to many city departments. Five of these sectional plans have already been made. A separate appro- priation should be made for completing these plans.


Plans have been made and photographs taken where accidents have occurred on the city work, or where boun- daries were in dispute, special plans and data prepared for the city solicitor's use in court cases and hearings.


All plans of estates in Somerville recorded at the Regis- try of deeds, East Cambridge, including land court plans, have been copied, also titles examined, abstracts from deeds made for the purpose of assessments, and the proportional part of the cost of new work computed, and the schedules of assessments made out showing the property owners. Copies have been made of all city plans where land has been taken for highways or sewers, and these have been filed and re- corded at the Registry, East Cambridge, as required by law. Plans have been


made by the various com- panies and corporations, and filed in the city engineer's office, showing the locations of gas mains, poles, tracks, and con- duits in this city, which have been granted by the board of aldermen during the year; and the work of placing overhead wires in conduits underground and removing all poles from the streets should be extended as rapidly as possible.


At the present time, there are underground in the city's streets 16.7 miles of telephone conduits, 8.59 miles of elec- tric light conduits, 1.4 miles of electric railway conduits and about 9.1 miles of underground conduits used for the city's wires.


The Cambridge and Charlestown Gas Companies have extended their mains in the city's streets 0.83 mile the past year.


Heavy explosions have occurred in the city's streets from underground conduits, owned by private corporations.


386


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The city ordinances should be so changed that in the future all underground work constructed by these companies should be rigidly inspected by a competent man employed by the city, so as to eliminate as far as possible faulty construc- tion.


The Boston Elevated railway has made extensive repairs in its roadbed in this city during the past year, replacing the old tracks with new and heavier rails, filling the space be- tween the ties with Portland cement concrete, and grouting the granite block pavement with cement in Springfield street and sections of Elm street and Broadway.


Where double car tracks have been laid in streets, leav- ing narrow roadways on either side, it is impossible to main- tain a macadam surface, even at a heavy expense yearly, and these streets should be permanently paved with a suitable pavement, adapted to the character of the suroundings and amount of traffic and conditions encountered.


There are 31.9 miles of electric railroad (single track lo- cation) laid at the present time in the city's streets; and in watering the main thoroughfares, time and expense could be saved by utilizing this trackage for running street-sprinkling cars, the same as operated in a number of cities throughout the state.


Grade Crossings Account Statement of Expenses, 1914.


Paid for damages to property and land


and buildings taken


$83,568 61 Paid various parties for appraisal of


property and damages .


. 1,407 25


$84,975 86


CREDIT.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston and Maine Railroad (lessee) and Bos- ton Elevated Railway. apportionment of cost by decree of court and auditor $80,783 15


$4,192 71


No actual construction on grade crossing abolishment has been done during the past year. At Medford street, however, an automatic pump has been installed for remov- ing storm water from the subway under the steam railroad tracks and discharging into a city sewer at a higher eleva- tion-this means of disposal of water being made necessary by an act of legislature. The operation of this pump has not proved satisfactory to the city up to the present time.


Probably work will be commenced at the Park-street crossing in the near future. The construction work for the elimination of these dangerous grade crossings will be con-


387


CITY ENGINEER.


tinued until completed as decreed by the court, and the total cost of the work as completed, will be apportioned as fol- lows : the steam railroad company, sixty-five per cent .; the state, twenty-five per cent., and the city, ten per cent., except at the Somerville avenue and Webster avenue crossings, where the steam railroad and the city pay the same percen- tage of cost. as at other crossings ; the state twelve and one- half per cent. and the street railway company twelve and one-half per cent.


The plans for abolishments of these crossings were de- scribed in previous annual reports and at two streets the plan adopted is the same as proposed by the city's scheme pre- sented to the commission; at the other three streets the plan adopted is just the reverse of the city's scheme, as presented. City Boundary Lines. A number of the stone boundary markers, defining the division lines between Somerville-Cam- bridge and Somerville-Medford, are out of plumb and should be reset.


A contemplated change in the boundary line between Somerville and Medford is under consideration by both cities, and probably an exchange of territory can be made that will be equally advantageous.


388


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWER DIVISION. Construction Account.


STATEMENT OF EXPENSES. 1914.


Constructing "separate system" sewers


(assessments levied) .


$3,135 11


Constructing "combined system" sewers


(assessments levied)


509 09


Constructing "separate system" sewers


(no assessments) 995 43


Constructing storm drains


1,067 75


Constructing catch basins and manholes, street drainage .


3,451 78


Constructing Middlesex avenue state high- way, street drainage 483 20


Sundries, payment assessments, books etc.


113 83


Materials on hand December 31, 1914 . 1,010. 48


Total expenditure


$10,766 67


Transferred to other accounts


4,200 00


Total debit .


$14,966 67


CREDIT.


Balance unexpended December 31, 1913


$ 4,391 68


Appropriation, 1914 .


20,000 00


Assessments levied, sewers constructed, 1914


2,779 03


Amount received for old material


150 68


Materials on hand December 31, 1913 ,


746 69


Total credit


$28,068 08


Balance unexpended


$13,101 41


The greater part of the new construction work has been done by contract, and the remainder by the city employing day labor, where old structures were to be remodeled or re- placed by some difficult construction work. All materials have been furnished by the city, and the prices paid for supplies for the season, have been by contract with the low- est bidder as follows :-


Sewer pipe (3 ft. lengths) . 0.69% discount from list price on cars Sewer pipe fittings . 0.69% discount from list price on cars


Portland cement per bar- rel


$1.26 on cars (net)


Sand per cubic yard . 0.65 on cars


Sewer bricks per M.


9.75 on cars or at yard


Iron manhole and catch basin castings, per hun- dred weight


1.33 on cars


Catch basin traps, each


1.70 on cars or at foundry


A number of sewers have been constructed as petitioned for in various sections of the city, or as considered necessary for the improvement of the drainage system, and portions of


389


CITY ENGINEER.


the cost of construction assessed on the abutting estates under orders passed by the board of aldermen.


Short lines of storm drains and overflows from con- gested sewers have been constructed during the year in the most needed districts.


The "separate system" sewers (those built for house drainage only) have been extended in a number of streets in the older districts, and this system should be extended yearly until all the flooded districts in the city have two com- plete systems of drainage, the old sewer to be used for storm, and surface water. The city pays the entire cost of these new sewer extensions for house drainage, and wherever con- structed the house plumbing should be changed where neces- sary ; and the house drains and conductor, or surface water drains, re-connected with both systems as soon as possible.


New sewers and drains were constructed during the year varying in size from six-inch pipe to twelve-inch pipe in th .. following localities :-


"Separate system" sewers in :-


College Hill road,-Conwell avenue to North street. Glen street,- end of sewer built in 1913 to Broad- way.


New Hampshire avenue,-Mystic avenue to near Pennsylvania avenue.


North street,-end of sewer built in 1911 to Osgood street, Medford.


Power House Boulevard,-angle manhole in sewer built in 1908 to near Leonard street.


Powder House Boulevard,-Metropolitan connection opposite Somerville field to near North street. Weston avenue,-Broadway to angle.


"Combined system" sewers in :-


Boston avenue,-end of sewer built in 1904 to Fred- erick avenue.


Storm drains in :-


Frederick avenue,-Boston avenue to Prichard avenue.


College Hill road,-Conwell avenue to North street.


New Hampshire avenue,-Mystic avenue to near Pennsylvania avenue.


North street,-end of sewer built in 1911 to Osgood street, Medford.


Weston avenue,-Broadway to angle.


SUMMARY OF WORK.


Summary of Work. Thirteen new sewers and drains have been constructed during the year, a total length of 4,407


390


ANNUAL REPORTS.


linear feet (0.835 mile) at a cost of $5,707.38; plans have been made showing these sewers in detail, and assessments levied on a portion of them, amounting to $2,779.03. (See tabular statement of sewers and drains for 1914, showing itemized statement of work and cost.)


The total length of the city's drainage system is 108,708 miles; 30,597 miles being on the "separate system" and 9,017 miles of storm drains, and the entire cost of construction has amounted to about $1,312,608.38 exclusive of the amount paid to the state for assessments for the construction of the North Metropolitan sewerage system.


Thirty-one new catch-basins have been constructed in the highways during the year, making a total of 1,735 basins in the city for street drainage purposes, constructed and maintained as follows :-


By the city (sewer division) :-


Located in streets and subways ·


1,680 basins


Located in city boulevard 30 66


Located in parks (13) and other city lots (12) . ·


25


Total catch basins constructed and maintained by city


By Boston & Maine Railroad Company on railroad locations 33 basins


1,735


By state, located in boulevards 52 66


85


Total catch basins in the city for storm drainage purposes 1,820


Metropolitan Sewer Connections. All of the city's con- nections with the North Metropolitan state sewerage sys- tem are in good condition. One new main connection has been made at Powder House boulevard, opposite City Field.


Wherever the city's "combined system" sewers are con- nected with the Metropolitan sewer, the flow is automati- cally regulated so that in times of storms the connection closes and the discharge continues through the old channels to the rivers; the "separate system" connections are always in operation under all conditions. The locations of the con- nections of the city's mains with the state sewer are shown in the 1912 report.


The city's assessment for the Metropolitan sewer sys- tem for the past year was $41,489.52 on construction account and $30,948.03 for maintenance, and the total amount paid the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for this state sewer has been $1,029,583.79 (1892-1914, both years inclusive). The total length of the Metropolitan sewerage system mains running through the city amounts to 3.475 miles.


New Work. The separate system sewers should be ex- tended in the old sections of the city each year, as the appro-


TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS AND STORM DRAINS BUILT IN 1914.


ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST.


LOCATION


SEWER.


SUB-DRAIN.


PIPE SEWER, COST PER LINEAL FOOT.


FROM


To


CONTRACTOR.


MATERIAL EXCAVATED.


Average Cut.


Size in inches.


Length in feet.


Size in inches.


Length in feet.


Cubic yards Rock


Price per cubic


Manholes.


Average cost, Manholes.


Inlets.


Excavating, Re filling, and Pipe Laying.


Price, including


where laid


Engineering and


Inspection.


Miscellaneous.


Repaving Side-


walks, Resurfac-


ing Streets, etc.


Average C'est per


Total Cost.


Assessment.


Cost to City.


Boston avenue sewer and


End sewer 1904


Frederick avenue .


Charles A. Kelley


Filling and clay


9.5


12


328.5


1 $36.10


26


$0.90


$0.42


$0.15


$0.04


$1.55


$509.09


$491.30


$ 17.79


Frederick avenue, (storm-drain)


Boston avenue


Prichard avenue .


Charles A. Kelley


Filling and clay .


6.6


10


170


1


36.10


4


0 55


0.33


0.16


$0.01


1.27


215.58


215.58


*College Hill road, sewer


Conwell avenue


North street


Denis I. Crimmings


Hardpan and rock


6.6


496.5


$3.00


2


35.95


32


0,55


0.27


0.05


1.47


731.19


460.55


270.64


College Hill road, (storm-drain)


Conwell avenue


North street


Denis I. Crimmings


Hardpan and rock


7.6


6


496.5


25


3.00


32


0.20


0.20


0.05


0.60


298.60


298.60


*Glen street exteu. sew. 1913 .


End sewer 1913


Broadway


John D. Collins


Sand


7.1


10


211.9


6


403


13


0.9


$0.20


0.36


0.22


1.60


$0.52


4.70


995.43


995.43


*New Hampshire avenue, sew. .


.


Near Pennsylvania ave. .


Day labor


Filling and hardpan


6.7


8


307.3


2


17


0.07


1.14


351.85


351.85


New Hampshire ave., (storm-drain)


Mystic avenue


.


Near Pennsylvania ave.


Day labor


Filling and hardpan


7.7


8


307.3


2


17


0.09


0.07


0.78


239.59


239.59


End sewer 1911


Osgood street, Medford


Denis I. Crimmings


Hardpan


8.1


8


212.6


3.3


1


35.80


16


0.64


0.26


0.10


0.01


1.24


263.80


210.64


53.16


End sewer 1911


Osgood street, Medford


Denis I. Crinimings


Hardpan


9.1


G


212.1


8 00


327.5


6


3.00


2


39.25


11


0.30 1.40


0.23


0.13


0.96


314.09


300.14


13.95


*Powder House boulevard


Metropolitan connection near North street .


Charles A. Kelley


Sand and clay


6.5


776.8


4.3


4.00


42.00


29


1 .70


0.26


0.12


0.05


0.02


1.42


1,100.22


709.75


390.47


*Weston avenue, sewer


Broadway


Angle


Denis I. Crimmings


Hardpan and rock


6.7


8


280


32


3.00


1


35.80


19


0.55


0.24


0.07


1.34


373.96


254.80


119.16


Weston avenue, (storm-drain)


Broadway


Angle


Denis I. Crimmings


Hardpan and rock 7.7


G


280


33


3.00


19


0.20


0.18


0.07


0.80


224.89


224 89


4,407 ( .836 miles.)


$5,707.38


$2,779.03


$2,92.35


"Separate system sewer. tIncludes cost of reconstructing old sewer and portion cost previous year's work.


Total length of public sewers in the city, January 1, 1915 Total length of private sewers in the city, January 1, 1915 .


491,618.0 feet. 34,748.0 feet.


Total length of sewers in the city, January 1, 1915 Total length of storm drains in the city, January 1, 1915


526,366.0 feet, = 99.691 miles. (30.597 miles separate system sewer.) 47,610.9 feet, = 9.017 miles.


Total length of the city drainage system, January 1, 1915


108.708 miles.


Total length of Met. sewerage system mains running through the city . 3.475 miles.


Excavation.


yard, Rock.


Main


Sewer.


Sub-


drain.


Sub-drain


0.20


0.16


0.06


0.42


89.09


89.09


North street, (storm-drain) *Powder House boulevard


Angle manhole, 1908 near Leonard street


Bartholomew Burke


Sand


4.3) 13.5


.North street, sew.


Mystic avenue


.


+1.36


Lumber.


lineal foot.


NAME OF STREET.


4.00


15


-


391


ČÍTY ENGINEER.


priations will allow. The construction of the storm drainage system commenced in the vicinity of North Somerville, where buildings and new streets are being rapidly con- structed, should continue, the outlet for this district being through the city of Medford into the Mystic river; and in connection therewith, the boundary line between Somerville and Medford should be changed in the vicinity of Pearson road and Boston avenue, so that this outlet, Two Penny Brook, can be improved by Somerville, and the covered channel extended to the Boston & Maine railroad, to con- form with the work already done within the present city limits.


A large storm overflow drain has been contemplated for some time at the East Cambridge line, across private lands from Somerville avenue, discharging into the head of Miller's river ; and this matter of improving the city's drain- age system should be carried out without further delay.


Some agreement should be made whereby a storm drain and sewers may be constructed in the valley along the loca- tion of the Southern division of the Boston & Maine rail- road, between Gilman square and Cedar street, this being the natural outlet for a number of the city's streets and house lots, which at the present time have either very poor or no means of drainage, and would abolish two syphons under the railroad tracks.


This work, if completed, would be of great benefit to the railroad company, and give relief to sections of the city's overcharged drainage system during heavy storms by divert- ing through this proposed conduit the proper drainage area which is now flowing in other directions.




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