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Table No. 4
AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)
Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1929.
54
Number of families aided at close of year
47
Number of children
175
Number of out-of-town families
2
Number having no settlement
11
Cost to City
Somerville settlement
$26,160 00
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)
1,092 00
State
8,300 00
Somerville families living in other cities and towns
3,861 98
$39,413 98
Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $20.00 per week
208
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table No. 5 REIMBURSEMENTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$31,453 81
City of Boston
8,011 50
66 Cambridge
5,726 81
66
66 Chelsea
127 44
60
Fitchburg
152 01
66
66
Lawrence
74 38
66
66
Lynn
948 90
66
66 Malden
203 65
1
5
66
66
Newton
r: 15
66
66
Revere
315 38
45 00
66
66
Woburn
1,299 00
Town of Andover
175 00
66
Arlington
737 79
66
66 Framingham
28 00
66
66
Middleboro
2.38
66
66
Orange
63 00
66
66
Plymouth
548 47
66
Rochester
71 53
66
Wakefield
103 50
66
Watertown
590 74
66
66
Weymouth
8 00
Individual
810 61
$53,259 76
Table No. 6 SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (City Patients)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
107
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
30
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to State)
27
Total number of patients sent to hospital
164
Amount paid to hospital
$10,000 00
Table No. 7 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 to 1929
1900
-* 61,643
Misc. $23,697.62
Home, $5,528.83
Total $29,226.45
1901
- 62,500
29,171.15
60
6,622.43
60
35,793.58
1902
63,500
66
28,667.04
66
7,396.64
36,063.68
1903
65,500
30,470.20
7,548.39
38,018.50
1904
69,500
66
20,476.64
6,563.11
66 27,039.65
1905
-* 69,272
66
17.627.88
66 7.474.36
25,002.24
1906
72,000
18,237 53
60 6.806.79
66 25,044.32
1907
- 74,000
66 17,852.20
66
7,001.23
6
24,853.43
1908
- 75,500
60
17,955.34
6,875.56
24,830.99
66
Worcester
377 00
66
Hingham
3 06
Shrewsbury
308 00
66 Medford
66 Taunton
Table No. 8 EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL FOR THE YEAR 1929
1929
Board.
Burials.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns.
Cash Paid Out.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns Chap. 118
Cash Allowance
Fuel and Dry Goods
Other Institu- tions.
Med. Att. and Medicine
Stationery and Printing.
Salaries.
Somerville Hospital.
State Institu- tions.
All Other. Telephone.
Totals
January
$1,648.60 $16.66
$
$ 946.12
$ 8,277.00
$179.35
$
$ 4.75
$57.67
$
$ 6.70
$594.54
$833.33
$457.00
$ $12.27
$13,969.60
February
84.00
16.68
611.81
8,288.00
182.00
73.71
83.32
6.00
617.58
833.33
12.14
11,653.83
March.
92.99
16.66
272.00
1,941.45
10,433.40
184.34
201.50
1,132.83
43.85
2.40
718.85
833.33
44.00
24.40
15,942.00
April
1,522.95
16.66
185.00
4,306.35
8,673.00
194.99
1,283.90
50.57
43.03
33.40
749.17
833.33
611.00
5.00
6.11
18,514.46
May
92.99
16.66
1,499.71
8,691.45
205.78
188.21
5.00
793.83
55.21
4.00
734 40
833.33
11.82
13,132.39
June
72.85
16.66
288.01
10,700.00
199.27
18.50
888.10
48.00
60.87
860.55
833.37
18.00
11.15
14,045.33
July.
1,555.28
16.66
349.23
8,435.50
205.92
4.00
673.00
101.00
40.53
16.50
26.25
805.94
833.33
945.99
18.00
7.13
14,034.26
August
75.28
16.66
572.87
10,442.00
163.67
241.34
634.05
124.29
43.74
4.00
925.77
833.33
16.73
14,093.73
September
72.85
16.66
6,388.28
8,219.50
3,234.38
268.40
487.90
31.71
42.89
28.50
12.50
643.72
833.33
6.98
20,287.60
October.
1,562.62
16.66
94.54
2,199.10
8,227.20
259.05
51.60
529.44
111.42
26.06
31.37
754.94
833.33
781.29
11.46
15,490.08
November
89.99
16.66
75.00
840.83
10,601.50
73.81
263.55
521.90
108.00
51.83
15.00
36.86
865.55
833.33
11.68
14,405.49
December.
92.99
16.74
433.08
8,796.00
290.04
579.83
59.43
15.40
800.79
833.33
12.86
11,930.49
Totals.
.. |$6,963.39
$656.54
$20,376.84 $109,784.55 $3,861.98 $2,673.62
$79.10
$9,300.67
$653.45
$613.43
$60.00
$178.88
$9,071.80
$10,000.00
$2,795.28
$85.00
$144.73
$177,499.26
Groceries.
......
....
$200.
30.00
Auto Mainte- nance
Nursing.
$935.61 840.28
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
1909
-
75,500
16,843.17
66
7,562.83
66.
24,406.00
1910
-* 77,236
16,110.42
66
7,695,89
66
23,806.31
1911
- 78,000
66
16,327.56
66
7,842.03
24.169.59
1912
-
- 82,000
66
21,827.73
10,945.95
66
46,819.93.
1915
-* 86.854
66
45,490 98
66
11,218.65
56,709.63
1916
90,000
66
51,759.62
11,593.41
63,353.03
1917
90,000
66
53,653.33
13,417.77
66
67,071.10
1918
90,500
1919
- 91,000
66
67,682.53
66
15,789.34
66
94,764.86
19
95,000
66
87,922.69
15,069.81
102,992.50
10.4
- 97,000
66
95,510.92
13,577.07
109,087.99
1923
- 98,000
66
100,013.27
14,891.79
66
114,905.06
1925
-* 99,032
108,009.99
17,138 03
66
125,148.02
1926
- -101,000
66
121,513.30
16,896.89
66
138.410.19
1927
-103,000
66
135,671.34
16,070.45
66
151,741.79
1928
-104,000
66
160,269.41
66
13,393.85
173,663.25
1929
-104,000
177,499.26
14,382.34
191,881.60,
66
19,201.33
8,998.97
28,200.30
1913
32,773.68
1914
85,000
35,619.68
66
11,200.25
15,411.20
78,831.68
1
-* 93,033
66
77,456.57
88,909.21
14,770.97
103,680.17
1924
-100,000
63,420.48
17,308.29
83,471.34
81,000
* Census
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR IN SOMERVILLE Since the reorganization in 1885
-¿ Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-officio
1885
1888
inclusive
"¿Col. Herbert E. Hill
1885
1889
66
¡Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman
1885
1887
66
¿Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)
1885 Apr. 1893
66
¡Hon. Edward Glines ·
1885
1887
66
¿Edward B. West (president May, 1894, February, 1912)
1888
1912
¿Daniel C. Stillson
1888 Apr. 1892
¿Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio
1889
1891
66
¡Nathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April, 1894)
1890 Apr. 1894
66
¿Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman ex-officio
1892
1895
66
+James G. Hinckley
May,
1892
1894
+Albert W. Edmands
May,
1893 Oct. 1918
66
¿Herbert E. Merrill
May,
1894
1909
Ezra D. Souther
1895 Feb. 1898
66
"James H. Butler March,
1898
1899
66
¿Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman ex- officio
1899
Henry F. Curtis, M. D. (president 1912- 1919)
1910
1921
66
Philip Koen
1912 Nov. 1916
66
¡Michael Coll
Nov.
1916 Dec. 1924
66
*Fred E. Durgin (chairman 1919 to date) Oct.
1918
date
66
George G. Brayley
Jan.
1922 June 1928
66
*James D. Sharkey
Dec.
1924
date
66
*Wilbur F. Lewis
June
1928
date
1
Table No. 9 RECAPITULATION (Miscellaneous)
Expenditures and transfers
$177,499 26
Reimbursements and refunds
53,890 76
Net cost to city
$123,608 50
* Present member.
7 Deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE,
General Agent.
66
Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio Henry F. Curtis, M. D. (president 1912-
1896
1898
.
211
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
Somerville, January 2, 1930
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :-
The work of your City Physician during the year 1929 is presented in the following abstract :-
Office consultations and treatments
512
Total outside visits
1,146
Confinements
4
Vaccinations
19
Visits at City Home
133
Attended at Police Station
26
Examinations :-
For highway department
1
For legal department
10
For fire department
3
For soldiers' relief department
1
For pension
12
The work of the city physician has increased to a marked degree, and many of the important duties such as attendance at hearings, conferences and the like, do not admit of tabula- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. BATEMAN, City Physician.
212
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME
City Home, January 1, 1930.
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass .:-
Gentlemen :- I submit the following as the report of the Warden of the City Home for the year ending December 31, 1929 :-
Table No. 1
Number of weeks board of inmates
2144-5
Number of males admitted during 1929 18
Number of females admitted during 1929
9
Number of males discharged during 1929 9
Number of females discharged during 1929
4
Number of males supported during 1929
42
Number of females supported during 1929
21
Number of males died during 1929
2
Number of females died during 1929
4
Number of inmates in home December 31, 1929
47
Table No. 2 City Home Hospital
Number of weeks' board 436-2
Number of patients admitted
10
Number of patients in hospital December 31, 1929
10
Table No. 3
Expenditures
$14,382 34
Reimbursements and refunds
7,496 42
Net cost to city
$6,885 92
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN M. REYNOLDS, Warden.
213
CITY ENGINEER
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER,
CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, JANUARY, 1930.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- The undersigned presents herewith the 57th annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1929, of the Engineering Department, including sewer, park and play- ground divisions.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
In previous reports the general work, charter require- ments and city ordinances relating to the duties of the City Engineer have been fully described. City Engineer is also Supt. of Sewers and Supt. of Parks and Grounds.
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Divisions
Transfers Appropriations and Credits Expenditures
Balances
City Engineer
$17,700 00
$40 00
$17,044 70
$695 30
Sewers Maintenance
31,375 00
556 96
31,907 34
24 62
Sewers Construction .....
20,961 88
357 83
19,841 05
1,478 66
Parks Maintenance
18,400 00
18,313 03
86 97
Playgrounds Maintainence
14,700 00
67 24
14,204 88
562 36
Playground,
Foss
Park
880 04
880 04
John M. Woods Play-
ground
1,000 00
1,000 00
Improvement
Walter
Ernest
Shaw
Play-
ground
1,093 23
47 42
1,045 81
Tannery
Brook
Drain
35,000 00
4 88
17,435 60
*17,569 28
...
....
.. .........
..........
Construction
* Bills amounting to approximately $7,000 to be paid in 1930.
214
ANNUAL REPORTS
CITY ENGINEER DIVISION, CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES, 1929
Sewers and Storm Drains,-comprising surveys, esti- mates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assess- ments, all engineering work relating to same and su- pervision
$2,200 11
Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles lines and grades, inspection of paving and all other en- gineering work relating to the department.
3,035 64
Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, inspection, titles, costs and assessments ... ..
319 17
Water Works,-comprising giving lines and grades and other matters relating to the department. 91 25
Parks and Playgrounds,-comprising surveys, plans, esti- . mates, profiles, and grades, including laying out of parks, playgrounds, boulevard and supervision. 244 99
Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction and laying out of grounds 44 99
Street Numbering,-comprising locations of buildings, plans, assigning street numbers, etc.
1,146 16
Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishing of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading
9.17
Subways, Bridges and Grade Crossings,-comprising sur- vays, plans, profiles, estimates, line and grades, etc .....
86 67
City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, ac- ceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, etc.
869 72
Middlesex Registry and Land Court,-comprising copying of plans, and abstracts from deeds and examination of titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracing of street acceptance and sewer taking plans, filed for record .... 30 00
Private Corporations, Railway, Telephone, Electric Light and Gas Light Companies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles and office notes, locations of poles and conduits
6 87
Setting Stone Bounds and Brass Rods,-defining street lines and city boundary lines
............
Office Work,-comprising record of all locations, index- ing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calculations, reports and general drafting
2,310 33
Miscellaneous Work,-comprising designs, sketches, etc., relating to various schemes for committees
67 50
Holidays, Vacations and Sickness
889 88
Engineering,-General departmental expenses (all divi- sions) comprising City Engineer's salary, automobile maintenance, telephone, car fares, and supplies. 5,692 25
Total
$17,044 70
215
CITY ENGINEER
The total cost of maintaining the Engineer's Division since it was established, 1872-1929, both years inclusive, has amounted to $543,170.58.
Six assistants have been employed the greater part of the year, on engineering work.
A number of plans have been made during the year for street acceptance and eight streets were accepted as public highways under the betterment act; and there are plans for acceptance of ten streets on file in this office, that for various reasons have not been made public ways.
Surveys, calculations, estimates and plans have been made for taking land, buildings and private property for various purposes in certain sections of the city.
Some of the main thoroughfares should be renumbered their entire length to eliminate half numbers and letters now being used, also certain streets, continuing in bordering cities where numbers conflict.
216
STREETS ACCEPTED AS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN 1929, UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT
To
Width Length in ft. in ft.
Date of Acceptance
Name of Street
Ward
From
Bradford Avenue
4 School Street
Southeasterly
37
162
July
3, 1929
Crown Street
.5 Porter Street
Lowell Street
25
686
Mar.
29, 1929
Forster Street
4 Sycamore Street
Central Street.
30
451
May
24, 1929
Garrison Avenue
7 459.69 ft. So. of BroadwayHooker Avenue.
40
411
Mar. 29, 1929
Osgood
3
Granite Street
Easterly
40
204
June
14, 1929
Pitman
3
Beech Street
Spring Street
30
381
Sept.
13, 1929
*Shore Drive
4 Mystic Avenue
Fellsway.
50
Feb. 19, 1929
Ten Hills Road
4 Bailey Road
Puritan Road
..
25
463
May
24, 1929
Total (0.522 mile)
2758
..
*Shore Drive Constructed 1928 as per Plan Accepted Feb. 19, 1929.
ANNUAL REPORTS
217
CITY ENGINEER
LENGTH OF STREETS
Miles
*Public
90.005
Private
10.345
100.350
* Includes 1.406 Miles City Boulevard and Park Roadways. 2.331 Miles Metropolitan District Boulevard. 0.98 Mile State Highway.
(A revision of lengths of public and private streets showing that, owing to abandoned and duplicated streets and streets incorporated into the Northern Artery, the total length has decreased.)
A table of former names of certain streets was printed in the 1910 report, also a table of public squares.
LENGTH OF PUBLIC STREETS IN EACH WARD
Miles
Ward one
13.922
Ward two
14.671
Ward three
10.321
Ward four
14.783
Ward five
11.799
Ward six
11.591
Ward seven
12.918
Total length of public streets in the city 90 005
There are at the present time 665 street boundaries con- sisting of stone bounds and brass rods set in cement for defin- ing street lines, and the number should be increased each year ; definite boundaries do much to simplify surveying and are convenient to use for bench marks. Previous reports give locations of existing bounds.
STREETS CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE BETTERMENT ACT
In general the street construction consisted of granite edgestone with concrete gutters and bituminous roadways, certain streets being designed with asphaltic penetration and others with penetrated broken stone base and asphaltic mixed top-this last type being known as "Simasco," "Warrenite" or some other trade name.
218
ANNUAL REPORTS
Width of Roadway Length in feet
*Bradford Avenue
26.7
162.0
*Crest Hill Road
26.7
250.0
*Crown Street
19.3
686.0
*Forster Street
17.5
451.0
*Garrison Avenue
26.7
411.0
*Laurel Terrace
15.4
256.0
*Melville Road
26.7
281.0
*Puritan Road
26.7
1344.0
** Putnam Road
26.7
1141.0
** Ten Hills Road
20-26.7
1886.0
*** Bailey Road (under construction)
Total (1.30 Miles)
6868.0
*Asphaltic Penetration
** Part Simasco *** Simasco
STREETS REPAVED WITH GRANITE BLOCK
Square Yards
Length
Somerville Avenue-Northern Artery
to Union Square (old 8" granite
block relaid and grouted )
6,493
1,600
Washington Street-Northern Artery
to Union Square (new granite
block with grouted joints on old
concrete base and roadway widened
6 feet
6,792
1,353
Total
13,285
2,953 (0.559 Mile)
STREETS RESURFACED WITH WARRENITE
Square Yards
Length
Broadway-Cross Street to Boston
line (Warrenite top on old con- crete base)
6,904
2,433
College Avenue-Winter Street to
Broadway ( Warrenite top with
9,393
2,005
concrete base)
Medford Street-Northern Artery to Highland Avenue (Warrenite with concrete base)
2,440
439
Powder House Boulevard - North Street to Dow Street (Warrenite with concrete base)
3,422
750
Drive at High School (Warrenite top with broken stone base)
4,039
666
Total
26,198
6,293 (1.192 Miles)
The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 20.610 miles.
Permanent street pavement should be extended as rapidly as possible, using a base of cement concrete and some kind of a high type of wearing surface.
219
CITY ENGINEER
Grades were given and measurements taken for the recon- struction of eight streets with asphaltic penetration wearing surfaces, a length of 4,410 feet (0.835 miles).
In construction of new streets, new granolithic sidewalks and reconstructing old streets, 10964.2 linear feet (2.076 miles) of edgestone were set.
TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION
Square Yards
Miles
*** Streets paved with granite blocks
231,367
9.679
Streets paved with vitrified brick
20,958
1.290
Streets constructed with concrete base and asphaltic mixed top
87,393
4.024
Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top
40,513
2.613
¿Streets constructed with broken stone base and asphaltic mixed top
53,582
3.003
¿Streets constructed with broken stone base and bituminous penetrated top.
51.609
Streets constructed of water bound ma- cadam
17.787
Streets graveled or unimproved
10 345
Total
100.350
* Also 30.78 miles (single track) electric railway paved with granite, asphalt, bitulithic, etc.
** Includes 6,149 square yards (0.438 mile) concrete roadway Middlesex Ave. + Includes 0.98 mile of state highway.
¿ Includes 1.406 miles of city boulevard and park roadways and 2.331 miles of state boulevard (Metropolitan District Commission, Park Division).
The constantly increasing volume and speed of traffic makes a distinctly dangerous condition at many street inter- sections. This dangerous condition would be relieved to a great extent by replacing the present approximately right angle corners by circular corners; also on certain streets, particularly where street car lines are present, resetting the edgestone so that a wider roadway and consequent narrower sidewalk would improve traffic conditions.
Lines and grades were given and measurements taken for constructing fourteen new granolithic sidewalks-3481 square yards (1.208 miles) and assessments were computed, the abut- ting property owners paying one-half of the cost on ten side- walks, the remainder the entire cost.
220
ANNUAL REPORTS
In laying out new work, under orders passed for construct- ion of sidewalks, etc., occasionally portions of buildings and fences are found to be encroaching on the sidewalk and on some of the old rangeways these encroachments have existed for many years; as improvements are made, the full width of sidewalk should be maintained.
In all places the old brick sidewalks should be replaced with granolithic as soon as finances permit.
MILES OF EDGESTONE, GRANOLITHIC, GRAVEL AND BRICK SIDEWALKS IN EACH WARD
Edgestone
Gravel Sidewalk
Brick Sidewalk
Granolithic Sidewalk
Ward one
20.936
2.684
11.724
6.059
Ward two
17.779
5.537
6.272
4.869
Ward three
14.478
0.504
11.425
2.472
Ward four
20.454
0.321
9,126
5.794
Ward five
23.309
3.466
11.049
7.094
Ward six
25.873
3.350
10.182
12.513
Ward seven
38.373
1.999
7.979
26.372
161.202
17.861
67.757
65.173
(Details, etc., streets and sidewalks in report of Street Commissioner.)
Plans have been made by the various public service cor- porations and filed in the City Engineer's office, showing the locations of gas mains, poles, tracks and conduits in this city, which have been granted by the board of aldermen during the year ;- the work of placing overhead wires in underground conduits, and removing poles from streets should be extended as rapidly as possible.
In the City's squares overhead wires should be placed underground, immediately, and practically all poles (except for lights) removed-on the main thoroughfares many of the existing poles should be eliminated, at the present time, being unnecessary.
A special ordinance should be enacted concerning city in- spection on all underground construction done by private com- panies or corporations and regulation as to method of street openings.
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CITY ENGINEER
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS (Public Service Corporations)
Miles laid in City streets
Boston Elevated Railway Co.
5.55
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
20.17
New England Tel. & Tel. Company 19.59
Cambridge Gas Light Company
67.56
Charlestown Gas Co.
32.27
Somerville Dept. of Electric Lines and Lights, Police and Fire Alarm (wires are in corporation con- duits )
Total
145.14
All locations for sub-surface construction are assigned by this department.
1 Lines and grades have been given for laying new city water mains and measurements taken of same. Locations of mains, services, etc. for water distribution which were former- ly made by the Engineering Department are now made and recorded by the Water Department. Length of new mains, etc. in report of Water Commissioner.
All plans of estates in Somerville recorded at the Registry 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 schedules of assessments made out showing the property owners.
A set of block plans should be made covering the entire city area, from accurate surveys made during the past forty years, and carefully compared section by section with the deed dimensions and areas recorded in the assessors' department, and in this manner the correct areas of land determined. 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 conduits for wires, street lights, street railway tracks, etc., and would be of great value to many city departments. A separate appropriation should be made for completing these plans.
Total number of plans on file in this office approximately nine thousand, seven hundred and sixty-five.
ANNUAL REPORTS
For the immediate improvement of conditions in this city the highway bridges and approaches over the steam railroads should be rebuilt the full width of the street at Broadway, (North Somerville) Prospect Street and Washington Street, near Union Square and Northern Artery over the Fitchburg Railroad ; and the dangerous railroad grade crossing at Park Street should be abolished, as decreed by the courts a number of years ago.
A compiled table of areas showing a sub-division of city's acreage was published in the 1925 report.
I respectfully refer to some of the more important recom- mendations and suggestions made in reports of the City Engin- eer for a number of years past, which are for the improve. ment of conditions in this city.
SEWER DIVISION
The designing and construction of sewers, storm drains, catch basins, house drains, etc.,-maintenance of the drainage system and other items in this division are under the direct- ion and control of the City Engineer.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT, STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES, 1929
Labor (City Dept.)
$ 2,358 64
Labor (contract)
13,834 45
Teaming and trucking
73 77
Materials and supplies, etc.
3,574 19
Expenditure
$19,841 05
Materials on hand Jan. 1, 1929. 554 70
Total
$20,395 75
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES
Constructing sewers (separate system) $ 8,400 27
Constructing sewers (combined system) 297 88
Constructing storm drains 8,094 63
Constructing catch basins 2,324 99
Constructing manholes on old sewers
215 39
Labor, teaming and materials other depart- ments and divisions
514 92
Cost of new work
$19,848 08
Materials on hand Dec. 31, 1929 547 67
Total
Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1929
$20,395 75 1,478 66
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS AND STORM DRAINS BUILT IN 1929
LOCATION
ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST
SEWER
SUB-DRAIN
ROCK EXCAVATION
MANHOLES
COST PER LINEAR FOOT
Street
From
To
Contractor
Material Excavated
Average Cut
Size and Type
Length
Size
Length
Cubic yards
Price per yard
Number
Average Cost
Number of Inlets
Sewer
Storm
Drain
Sub-Drain
Sub-Drain
Engineering
Inspection
Lumber
Total Cost
Assessment
Cost to City
Broadway Sly Side Sewer
Mt. Pleasant Street
Boston-Somerville Line
City- Day Labor
Cravelly Hard Pan
8" Portland Pipe
87.5'
1
$42.17
1
$2.58
$0.35
$3.40
$297.88
$297.88
Farragut Avenue Storm Drain
Hooker Avenue
Northerly
Denis I. Crimmings Day Labor
Clayey Hard Pan
10" Portland Pipe
218.0
3
1.61
0.30
0.00
2.06
449.85
449.85
Garrison Avenue Storm Drain
Hooker Avenue
Northerly
Denis I. Crimmings Day Labor
Clayey Hard Pan
6'-1"
¡10" Portland Pipe
387.0'
1.44
0.25
0.03
1.7€
680.47
680.47
Hinckley Street Relief Overflow
Wilton Street
B & M. R. R.
City-Day Labor
Gravelly Hard Pan
10'-11"
10" Portland Pipe
105.0
1
49.42
4.22
0.6:
5.35
561.77
561.77
Mossland Street Easterly Side Sewer
Somerville Avenue
Elm Street
Denis I. Crimmings Day Labor
Clay
10'-2"
8" Portland Pipe
361.0
3
6
5.02
0.32
0.07
0.04
5.81
?
3.702.31
3,702.31
Mossland Street Westerly Side Sewer ....
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