Report of the city of Somerville 1929, Part 11

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Publication date: 1929
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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


209


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


210


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.


221


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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