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$2150
1908
6 Lois P. Wilbur, 23 Williams Street
2000
1923
...
1911
Michael B. Dewire, 600 Washington Street, Brookline
...
John W. Healey, Master, 68 Arlington Road. Woburn
1931
2000
1928
1
320
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1937-Continued
Name and Residence
Grade
Salary
Began Service
6
Margaret E. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue
2000
1926
4
Helen M. Merry, Cadet, 12 Summit Street
1200
1936
3 +Edith M. Murchie. 3 Lincoln Street
600
1937
? Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue
1900
1928
2 ¿Mary Diskin, 33 Lexington Avenue
600
1938
2 Abbie M. Brown, 8 Teele Avenue
2000
1923
1 Gertrude O. Kohler, 24 Jackson Road
2000
1931
1 Margaret Morgan, 71 Park Street
1700
1931
Kdgn. Mabell M. Sheehan, 49 Avon Street
1775
1930
Asst. Alice Hagan, 351 Washington Street
1575
1933
+ Temporary.
S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue
6
Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street Bernice J. Andrews, 59 Ossipee Road
2150
1914
6
Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, 127 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1922
6
Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Road, Concord
2000
1926
6
Alice A. Libbey, 32 Paulina Street
2000
1919
5
Eugenia Carver, 119 College Avenue
2000
1922
5
Stella G. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue
2000
1917
5
Mary R. Egan, 22 Aberdeen: Road
1725
1933
4
Mildred H. Lunt, 176 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1926
4
Doris H. Spellman, 68 Liberty Avenue
1550
1934
4
Eliza I. Patterson, 59 Ossipee Road
2000
1919
3
Alice E. Campbell, 26 Garrison Avenue
1925
1928
3
E. Mildred Milner, 80 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1920
3
Mrs. Nettie M. Humiston, 43 Fairmount Avenue
1925
1220
2
Evelyn G. Stern, 4 Billingham Street
1900
1928
2
Pauline Emery, 188 Central Street
2000
1925
2
Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street
2000
1931
1
Mildred M. Lougee, 225 Morrison Avenue
2000
1928
1
Mary L. McKenna, 119 College Avenue
2000
1915
1
Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1919
1
Mary A. Dewire, Cadet, 48 Central Street
600
1937
Kdgn. Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 90 Curtis Street
2000
1921
Asst.
Mildred Williston, 26 Warren Avenue
1375
1934
MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street
John W. Healey, Master, 68 Arlington Road, Woburn
1931
4
May E. Small, 11 Chapel Street
$1850
1900
4
Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street
1850
1928
3
Mary L. O'Neil, 12 Sunset Road
1400
1936
3
Mrs. Katharine D. Millen, 110 Powder House Boulevard 2000
1920
2
Katherine E. Hourahan, 25 Orchard Street
2000
1892
2
Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street
2000
1897
1
Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street
1825
1917
1 Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street
1700
1922
EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Per Evening
Arthur L. Morrissey, High
$10.00
Joseph A. Regan, Bell and Cliff
6.00
Mary Henleigh Brown, Practical Arts for Women
6.00
CADETS
Lois C. Banks Anthony C. Calabro
M. Eileen Kenney
15 Hawthorne Street 359 Beacon Street 101 Conwell Avenue
1931
Ruth M. Kelley, 250 Willow Avenue
1600
1930
$3000
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1937-Continued
Francis L. Leary
Helen M. Merry
10 Mystic Street 12 Summit Street
John C. Palmer Frances H. Shea
19 Sterling Street 95 Central Street
Helen K. McNally
Mary A. Dewire
40 Highland Avenue 48 Central Street
SECOND-YEAR CADETS (Status)
John J. Costello
John E. Flynn
88 Yorktown Street 384 Washington Street 34 Bradley Street
Nancy G. Marquess
James J. McGowan
79 Concord Avenue
Thomas F. O'Brien
16 Prescott Street 27 Jaques Street
Daniel W. Twomey
5 Maine Terrace
Janet R. Woodman
42 Farragut Avenue
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS Name and Residence
Grade
Mary G. Blackwell, 42 Belmont Street
Salary $3500
Began Service 1900
MUSIC
12-7
Bart E. Grady, Director, 66 Highland Avenue James M. Clark, 15 Radcliffe Road
2200
1929
6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan 142 Summer Street
2150
1934
ART
9-1 Elfrida V. Callister, 30 Kimball Road, Arlington
$2400
1925
PENMANSHIP
6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 123 Highland Avenue
2200
1915
SEWING
6-5 Mary Rhilinger, 11 Dorset Street, Dorchester
1700
1926
€-5 Pia M. Fortini, 274 Willow Avenue
1975
1930
6-5 Alice C. Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road
1700
1930
MANUAL ARTS
Melvin T. Carver, Supervisor, 247 Winthrop St.,
Winthrop
400
1936
ATHLETICS
Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 163 Summer Street
3300
1925
PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION
9-1 Alice F. Morgan 71 Park Street
$2800
1925
9-1 John J. St. Angelo, 24 Packard Avenue
2775
1933
$3000
1935
Guy A. Petralia
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1937-Continued
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
ATYPICAL
Winifred M. Ford, 100 Pearson Avenue
1950
1927
Margaret McAuley, 433a Broadway
1600
1933
Irma DiGiusto, 19a Flint Street
1575
1934
Ursula H. Cairns, 41 Moore Street
1475
1934
Alice M. Hayes, 166 Central Street
2050
1913
Mrs. Fernell B. Houghton, 284 Grove Street, Melrose
1750
1926
Dorothy M. Leighton, 15 Electric Avenue
1675
1936
Margaret McDonald, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue
1675
1936
*Mrs. Ruth S. Willard, 108 Porter Street Margaret E. Connors, 138 Lowell Street
1750
1929
Marion D. Cotter, 22 Prescott Street, Cambridge
1300
1935
Frank X. Veneri, 48a Burnside Avenue
1850
1933
* Leave of absence
SIGHT SAVING
Mrs. Amy F. Woodbury, 83 Pearson Road
2050
1917
LIP READING
Grace A. Foley, 31 Vinal Avenue
1400
1937
THRIFT
E. Bella Weisman, 17a Melvin Street
2100
1921
Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street
1100
1930
FIELD MUSIC
Wesley A. Maynard, 53 Albion Street
2100
1925
AMERICANIZATION
Mary A. Whitney, 10 Dow Street
2400
1916
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 82 Bromfield Road
2000
1928
Mrs. Clare M. Stanton, 751 Broadway
1500
1937
AUDIOMETER
Ellen Walsh, 36 Elm Street
$1600
1932
OPEN -AIR
Dorothy M. Reynolds, 1357 Broadway
1400
1937
1300
1936
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 30-OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 1937 SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY Everett W. Ireland, 137 Powder House Boulevard $6550
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
Walter P. Sweet, 71 Hume Avenue, Medford 4300
CLERKS
Mary A. Clark, 15 Pleasant Avenue
1754
Mildred A. Merrill, 108 Highland Avenue 1589
Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street 1589
Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue
$27.50 per week.
Margaret R. O'Connor, 2 Adrian Street
23.50
Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street
22.00
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Benjamin R. Jones, 88 Raymond Avenue $2200
VISITING TEACHERS
Mrs. Kathryn F. McDonnell, 56 Raymond Avenue 1500
Estelle M. Walsh, 50 St. James Avenue 1200
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 31-SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1937
School
Name
Residence
Weekly Salary
High
Jeremiah M. Brennan
44 Radcliffe Road
$33.00
High
John N. Quirk
64 Marion Street 32.00
High
Joseph McCormack
35 Radcliffe Road 32.00
High
John P. Driscoll
44 Montrose Street 32.00
High
Joseph F. Kiley
50 Highland Avenue 32.00
High
William P. Sloane
Edward J. Barbour
67 Marion Street 34.00 109 Pennsylvania Av. 32.00 9 Granite Street 33.00
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
Martin J. Frazar
95 Heath Street 40.00
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
Peter McNally
23 Everett Avenue 35.00
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
John Murphy
2 Thurston Street 32.00 43 Pennsylvania Av. 34.00
Prescott
William H. Prestley
11 Tower Street 36.00
Hanscom
Giuseppe Del Ponte
51 EImwood St. 34.00
Bennett
Nicholas J. Lacey
327 Washington St. 35.00
Baxter
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
25 Walnut Street
30.00
Knapp
Maurice T. Mullins
Daniel E. Cunningham
Pope
John J. McNamara
53 Dartmouth St. 35.00
Southern Jr. High
Michael Mullaney
7 Greene Street 38.00
Southern Jr. High
George J. Kelley
10 Nevada Avenue 32.00
Southern Jr. High
John T. Donovan
61 Pearl Street 32.00
Southern Jr. High
James E. Dowd
66 Hudson Street
32.00
New Vocational
William J. Hickey
7 Aberdeen Rd.
32.50
New Vocational
Vincent Santarlasci
28 Walnut Road 38.00
182 Pearl Street 36.00
Grimmons
Earl R. March
47 Spencer Ave.
38.00
Northeastern Jr. High
10 Packard Ave.
32.00
Northeastern Jr. High
John F. O'Connell
13 Conwell Avenue
32.00
Forster
Edwin C. Lamkin
17 Grand View Ave. 34.00
Bingham
Archibald McDonald
132 Morrison Avenue
38.00
Carr
Patrick L. Delmore
3 Harvard Place
41.00
Morse
Joseph Binari
14 Evergreen Sq.
35.50
Proctor
Vincent J. Burke
86 Highland Road
31.50
Durell
Francis J. Donovar
3 Harvard Place 30.00
Burns
Charles J. Elkins
16 Cutter Avenue 31.50
Brown
William Kennedy
508 Broadway 33.00
Highland
Michael F. King
25 Bowdoin Street 35.00
Hodgkins
Anthony T. Farrington
19 Rose Street
37.00
Western Jr. High
Joseph Farrington
50 College Ave.
32.00
Western Jr. High
Thomas Copithorne
23 Gordon Street
32.00
Western Jr. High
Francis J. Creamer
102 College Ave. 32.00
Cutler
Thomas J. Flynn
34 Powder H. Blvd 31.50
Cutler
Thomas F. Murphy
28a Sterling Street 37.00
Lowe
Walter M. Burns
23 Avon Street
31.50
High
High, Gymnasium
Thomas F. Keane
Prescott
Jeremiah O'Connor
13 Fremont Avenue 37.50 15 Leland Street 30.00
Cummings
Royal Brenize
321 Broadway 31.50
New Vocational
John F. Fonseca
267 Medford St. 32.00
Glines
Joseph A. McNeill
121 Ten Hills Road 36.00
Northeastern Jr. High
Jeremiah J. Canniff Elmer Carleton
Andrew J. Curran
237 Medford St.
35.00
Northeastern Jr. High Forster
George E. Babin
33 Vernon Street
41.00
Western Jr. High
James T. Eddy
1061 Broadway
32.00
Perry
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CITY ENGINEER
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
Office of the City Engineer, City Hall, Somerville, January, 1938.
Honorable John M. Lynch, Mayor, and Members of the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter X, Section 5, of the Revised Ordinances of 1929 of the City of Somerville, I hereby submit the Sixty-fifth Annual Report of the Engineer- ing Department for the year ending December thirty-first, nine- teen hundred and thirty-seven.
This report summarizes the work performed and the ex- penditures of the following divisions :
First-Engineering Division Second-Sewer Division
Third-Park Division Fourth-Playground Division.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS E. HEGARTY
City Engineer.
326
ANNUAL REPORTS
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriations
Divisions
or Balances Expenditures
Balances
City Engineer
$16,500.00
$16,388.79
$111.21
Sewers Maintenance
22,300.00
22,112.92
187.08
Sewers Construction
570.72*
570.72
Parks Maintenance
13,600.00
.. 13,520.74
79.26
Playgrounds Maintenance
15,875.00
15,497.23
377.77
John M. Woods Playground
4.14*
4.14
Playground Foss Park
254.56*
.. .....
254.56
Improvement Walter Ernest Shaw Playground
110.93*
110.93
Playground Improvement and Ex- tension
132.99*
132.99
P. W. A. Sewer Account
2,945.25*
2,945.25
Glen Street Playground
300.00*
300.00
Balance from 1936.
HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION
Sewers and Storm Drains,-comprising surveys, estimates,
profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, and en- gineering work relating to same and supervision Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, inspection, titles, costs and assessments
54.67
Parks and Playgrounds,-comprising surveys, plans, estim- ates, profiles, and grades including laying out of parks, playgrounds, boulevard and supervision
603.82
Street Numbering,-comprising locations of buildings, plans, assigning street numbers, etc.
185.78
City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, ac- ceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city maps, etc.
197.25
Office work,-comprising record of all locations, indexing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calculations, reports, and gen- eral drafting
5,202.13
Miscellaneous Work,-comprising designs, sketches, etc., relating to various plans for committees, etc.
76.00
Holidays, Vacations and Sickness
775.30
Engineering,-General Departmental expenses (all divi- sions) comprising City Engineer's salary, automobile maintenance, telephone, car fares, and supplies
4,941.07
Total
$16,388.79
The total cost of maintaining the Engineering Division since it was established in 1872 up to December 31, 1937, has amounted to $697,161.97.
Five assistants have been employed the greater part of the year on engineering work.
There are on file in this office, plans for acceptance of several streets that for various reasons have not been made public ways.
....
$4,352.77
327
CITY ENGINEER
LENGTH OF STREETS
Miles
*Public
90,254
Private
10.107
100.361
* 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 show- ing that, owing to abandoned and duplicated streets and streets incorporated into the Northern Artery, the total length has decreased.)
LENGTH OF PUBLIC STREETS IN EACH WARD
Miles
Ward one
13.922
Ward two
14.671
Ward three
10,321
Ward four
14.737
Ward five
11.799
Ward six
11.591
Ward seven
13.213
Total length of public streets in the city .. 90.254
A table showing the location and length and width of public and private streets is attached and made part of this report.
A table listing the original names of streets is also at- tached.
There are at the present time 665 street boundaries con- sisting of stone bounds and brass rods set in cement for defining street lines, and the number should be increased each year ; definite boundaries do much to simplify surveying and are con- venient to use for bench marks. Previous reports give locations of existing bounds.
The total length of permanent paved streets in the city is- 25.88 miles.
Permanent street pavement should be extended as rapidly as possible.
328
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION
Square Yards
Miles
** Streets paved with granite blocks
218,759
9.013
Streets paved with vitrified brick
1,648
0.288
Streets constructed with concreto base and bituminous concrete top
289,046
12.826
¿Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top
19,245
0.461
¿Streets constructed with broken stone and bituminous concrete top
57,834
3.757
¿Streets constructed with broken stone and bituminous penetrated top
...
49.566
Streets constructed of water bound maca- dam
14.401
Streets graveled or unimproved
10.049
Total miles
100.361
* Also 27.92 miles (single track) electric railway praved with granite, as- phalt, etc.
** Includes 6.149 sq. yards. (0.438 mile cement concrete roadway Middlesex Avenue).
Inclues 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).
During the year, approximately 15,817 square yards of Portland cement concrete sidewalks were constructed, replacing the old brick and dirt.
MILES OF EDGESTONE, GRANOLITHIC, GRAVEL AND BRICK SIDEWALKS IN EACH WARD
Edgestone
Gravel Sidewalk
Brick Sidewalk
Granolithic Sidewlak
Ward one
20.936
2.525
10.264
7.678
Ward two
17.946
5.168
4.058
7.452
Ward three
14.619
0.504
10.734
3.163
Ward four
20.901
0.564
7.234
10.628
Ward five
23.309
3.106
10.696
7.807
Ward six
25.873
3.319
9.712
13.014
Ward seven
38.807
1.514
7.105
27.731
162.391
16.700
59.803
77.473
(Details, etc., streets and sidewalks in report of Street Commissioner.)
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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.
20.68
New England Tel. & Tel. Company
19.59
Cambridge Gas Light Company
67.56
Boston Consolidated Gas Co. (formerly Charlestown Gas Co.)
32.27
Somerville Department of Electric Lines and Lights, Police and Fire Alarm (wires are in corporation conduits).
Total
145.65
All locations for sub-surface construction are assigned by this department.
Lines and grades have been given for laying new city water mains and measurements taken of same. Length of new mains, etc., in the 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.
Total number of plans on file in this office approximately ten thousand.
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 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.
A perambulation of the Medford-Somerville city bounds was made by this department in December, in conjuncton witih the Public Works Committee of the Board of Aldermen, City
330
ANNUAL REPORTS
Engineer of Medford, and a committee of the Board of Alder- men of Medford. In the Spring, bound No. 3 will be reset. This was disturbed during construction of the Winter Hill apartments.
I respectfully refer to some of the more important recom- mendations and suggestions made in reports of the City Engi- neer for a number of years past, which are for the improvement of conditions in this city.
SEWER DIVISION
The design 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 direction and control of the City Engineer. Construction work done this year was done with Federal funds under the Works Progress Ad- ministration, subject to the general supervision and inspection of this department.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT 1937
The total sewer construction completed in 1937 with the aid of the Works Progress Administration was as follows :
Separate System 19,537 feet or 3.7 miles
Storm Drains 1,649 feet or 0.312 mile
Combined System 300 feet or 0.057 mile
Combined System Reconstruction 1,551 feet or 0.294 mile
The following table shows the location of such construction. Total length of city's drainage system 135.56 Miles Cost of construction to date (including catch basins) $1,683,578.44
Total length of Metropolitan sewerage system mains running through this city 3.475 Miles
17 connections, in Somerville, with Metropolitan sew- erage mains. Also 4 connections through Medford and 1 connection through Cambridge. Locations of City's mains connecting with state sewer in 1912 report, and details of construction in previous re- ports
New catch basins constructed in city's highways 1937 7
Total catch basins maintained by city 2,168
Other catch basins-State Highway Metropolitan Park, B. E. Ry., etc. 298
Total catch basins in the city for storm drainage purposes 2,466
Sump manholes on drainage system 139
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS AND STORM DRAINS BUILT IN 1937 BY W. P. A. UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE CITY ENGINEER
- LOCATION
Street
From
To
Material Excavated holes S.D.
C.S.
S.S.
LENGTH IN FT. S.D. C.S. S.S.
Appleton Street
Clifton Street
Liberty Avenue
Clay and Ledge Clay
10"
183
Beacon Street
South side
Concord Avenue
near Cooney Street
653
Beacon Street
South side
Washington Street
near Cooney Street
935
Beacon Street
North side
Stanford Terrace
near Oxford Street Cambridge
8"
847
Beacon Street
South side
Prentiss Street
near Oxford Street Cambridge
8"
646
Bonair Street
North side
Melvin Street
Walnut Street
8"
424
Bonair Street
South side
opp. Melvin Street
Dana Street
Bonair Street".
North side
Cross Street
Arthur Street
8"-10"
603
Buckingham Street
Dimick Street
near Beacon Street
West side
Dimick Street
near Beacon Street
80
245
Concord Avenue
East side
Springfield Street
near Beacon Street
Sand and Clay
20
891
Dana Street
West side
Bonair Street
near No. 22 Dana Street
409
Dimick Street
South side
Calvin Street
Waldo Avenue
Clay and Ledge Clay Clay
ào ão
247
Dimick Street
North side
Concord Avenue
near Marion Street
8"
609
*Electric Avenue
Packard Avenue
near Curtis Street
Hardpan
12"-10"-8"
636
Ellsworth Street
North side
Cross Street
Rush Street
1
8'
236
Ellsworth Street Endicott Avenue
opp. No. 63 Endicott Avenue
opp. No. 25 Endicott Avenue
1
8'
373
Endicott Avenue
opp. No. 63 Endicott Avenue
Hardpan and Ledge
0
8"
373
Gilman Street
South side
Aldrich Street
near Walnut Street
4
8"
658
Gilman Street
Aldrich Street
near No. 37 Gilman Street
Sand and Clay
4
8"
298
Gilman Street
North side near No. 37 Gilman Street
near Cross Street
Clay
2
8"
445
Gliman Street
South side
at No. 24 Gilman Street
Sand and Clay
1
8"
232
Gllman Street
South side
at No. 24 Gilman Street
near Cross Street
Clay
2
277
Gorham Street
Howard Street
Holland Street
Sand
1
30"
796
Gorham Street
at No. 15 Gorham
near Holland Street
Sand
0
8"
175
at No. 31 Jay Street
Holland Street
Sand
2
12"
461
Jay Street
at No. 18 Jay Street
Holland Street
Sand
0
8'
282
Montgomery Avenue
Broadway
South side Wellington Avenue
Clay
1
8"
309
North Street
Hamilton Road
near Broadway
Sand
1
300
Oliver Street
South side
Angle
near Cross Street
Clay and Sand
2
8"
338
Oliver Street
North side
Franklin Street
ncar Cross Street
4 Clay and Sand 0 Hardpan 10"-8"
615
South side
across Otis & w'ly rear of Voc. School.
Sand and Clay
3
534
Otis Street
South side
near Cross Street
Sand and Clay
8"
215
Rear of Vocational School
North side Otis Street
Sand and Clay
3
225
Sargent Avenue
East side
Broadway
Angle
Clay and Ledge
8"
529
Sargent Avenue
North side
Walnut Street
Angle
Clay and Ledge
1
12"
19
Waldo Avenue
East side
Dimick Street
near Beacon Street
Clay
1
220
Waldo Avenue
West side
near Beacon Street
Clay
1
8'
229
Walnut Road
North side
Walnut Street
Kenneson Road
Clay and Ledge
1
1
264
Walnut Street
East side
Broadway
South of Sunnyside Avenue
5
964
Walnut Street
West side
Broadway
near Radcliffe Road
Clay and Ledge
1
8"
154
Wellington Avenue
South side
opp. Montgomery Avenue
Clay and Ledge
1
121
Wellington Avenue
North side
Montgomery Avenue
near Walnut Street
1
174
Webster Street
North side
Cross Street
Franklin Street
Clay
5
8"
1030
Webster Street
South side
Cross Strect
near Franklin Street
Clay
5
990
*Westminister Street
opp. No. 6 Westminister
near Electric Avenue
Hardpan
0
8'
200
Washington Street
East side
North side of Beacon Street South side of Beacon Street
Sand
1
.. 10"
63
* Relaid combined system sewer.
1,649'-length of storm drains added to the system in 1937. 19,837'-length of sewers added to system in 1937. . ". 1,451'-length of sewers reconstructed in 1937. 22.937'-4.34413 Miles, total construction in 1937.
Total length of Public Sewers in the city, January 1, 1938
572,353.7-108.4003 Miles
Total length of Private Sewers in the city, January 1, 1938 34,896.0'- 6.6091 Miles
Total length of Sewers in the city, January 1, 1938 607,249.7'-115.0094 Miles (Including 45.5797 Miles
Total length of Storm Drains in the city, January 1, 1938
108,514.3'- 20.5519 Miles
S.S.Sewers)
Total length of City drainage system, January 1, 1938
715,764.0'-135.5613 Miles
Total length of Metropolitan Sewer Mains in the city, January 1, 1938
18,348.0'- 3.4750 Miles
2 4 2 224422241154220 4 2 4 4 1 1 0 5
1
8"
235
South side
Cross Street
Rush Street
Clay and Hardpan
Hardpan and Ledge
opp. No. 25 Endicott Avenue
Clay
East side
226
Buckingham Street
Clay Clay
Ledge and Clay
Clay
Sand and Clay Clay Sand
ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION
Man- · SIZE
1
Holland Street
Northerly
Sand
0
19
Walnut Road
South side
Walnut Street
opp. Kenneson Road
Clay and Ledge
980
Wellington Avenue
South side
opp. Montgomery Avenue
E'ly to Dead End
Clay and Ledge
1
South side
Bonair
526
*Simpson Avenue Simpson Avenue
Holland Street
Northerly
Sand
8"
20 50
1078
*Ossipee Road Otis Street
Packard Avenue
near Curtis Street
near Artery
rear of Voc. School
Dimick Street
272
Clay and Ledge
near Walnut Street
Clay and Ledge
Jay Street
beyond No. 40 Gilman Street
Clay and Hardpan
Sand and Clay
174
331
CITY ENGINEER
The separate sewerage system should be extended each year to assist in the ultimate separation of sewerage and storm water which the Metropolitan District Commission is striving to accomplish.
It is advisable to extend the storm drain system as fast as finances permit, particularly in the North Somerville District into Two Penny Brook, West Somerville District into Tannery Brook, and Winter Hill District into the Mystic River, thus relieving the combined sewerage system of much surface water. The city's drainage problems will be simplified with every move in this direction. The territory in general west of Cedar Street drains to Alewife Brook through a tributary known as Tannery Brook which has been replaced by pipe and conduits.
SEWERS MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
1937
Credit
Appropriation
$22,300.00
Statement of Expenditures
Labor
$15,931.84
Maintenance of trucks
2,197.73
Equipment, supplies and repairing
3,983.35
Total
$22,112.92
BALANCE UNEXPENDED
$187.08
A permanent force of men, varying in number from twelve to fifteen, and city trucks, are kept continually at work, flush- ing, cleaning and repairing the city's drainage system, includ- ing catch basins, the expense necessarily increasing yearly as sewers, storm drains and catch basins are added to the system, and the distance increased to the dumping places, only two of which are available at present.
There were received during the year 1937 a total of 535 complaints for drains clogged, cellars flooded, and catch basins blocked. These were attended to immediately.
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