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Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. ADAMS,
DANIEL H. SMITH,
BYRON R. HILL, Selectmen of Attleborough.
REPORT OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Selectmen of Attleborough :
The following summary will show the amounts appropriated and the expenditures in the departments placed in my charge.
APPROPRIATIONS.
General highway appropriation, $5,000 00
Sidewalks appropriation, $2,000 00
Sidewalks betterments, 591 36 2,591 36
Macadamized road, appro- priation,
4,000 00
Pearl and Dunham streets sewers, appropriation, 600 00
Betterments on above sewers, 220 16 820 16
Dean street sewer, appropri- ation,
1,400 00
Betterments on above sewer,
441 86 1,841 86
Mechanics street bridge, ap- propriation, 1,000 00
Amount received during year for sewer entrances, 262 50
Amount received for dirt and road scrapings, 68 10
$15,583 98
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EXPENDITURES.
Highways,
$5,199 97
Sidewalks,
2,448 82
Macadamized road,
3,516 88
Pearl and Dunham street sewers,
442 31
Dean street sewer,
1,285 93
Salary paid Superintendent,
375 00
Balance unexpended,
2,315 07
$15.583 98
Below is an itemized statement of the expenditures in each of the above accounts, and so far as I know there are no unpaid bills for work done during the year 1893.
GENERAL HIGHWAY.
1893.
Feb. 2. R. D. Manchester, snow bill, $88 30
9. W. E. Foster, plank Deantown bridge, 30 50
March 9. W. F. Shattuck, carpenter's labor, 5 46
T. Smith, snow bill, 9 60
16. H. A. Smith, snow bill, 18 00
R. D. Manchester, snow bill,
128 16
G H. Snell, sharpening tools,
6 53
23. R. D. Manchester, labor, 54 75
J. I. Pike and Brother, labor, 3 60
April 7. R. D. Manchester, labor, 26 47
13. R. D. Manchester, raking and scraping, 81 76
27. Grant Bros., rail for bridge, 2 93
H. A. Smith, scraping and raking, 71 70
R. D. Manchester, labor on crosswalk at post-office, II 03
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April 27. R. D. Manchester, scraping and raking, 83 85
R. D. Manchester, paving, 4 20
R. D. Manchester, scraping and raking, 108 13
James Kelley, stones for cross- walk, post-office, 76 05
May 4. O. C. Proal, labor in Valley hill road, 32 25
H. A. Smith, scraping and rak- ing, 55 15
H. A. Smith, labor in South Attleborough, 71 45
R. D. Manchester, scraping and raking, 71 49
R. D. Manchester, labor on crosswalk, 14 73
Anthony Crosby, paving, 7 50
II. J. Pierce, labor,
4 35
Wm. Annis, labor,
9 38
L. L. Read, repair of washout, II 25
H. A. Smith, repairing wash- out, etc., 39 75
13. R. D. Manchester, labor on roads, 127 40
17. H. A. Smith, repairing County street hill,
65 90
George Read, labor, 2 00
Darius Briggs, repairs on
scraper, 19 00
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
R. D. Manchester, labor on roads, 66 89
24. Anthony Crosby, paving cross- walk, II 60
Curry & Ladd, granite for Hol- man street crosswalk, 46 08
Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone, 20 48
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May 24. H. A. Smith, labor, 94 41
R. D. Manchester, clearing gutters, etc., 106 04
June I. Wm. Annis, labor, 18 00
John Pierce, labor, 6 45
R. D. Manchester, labor clear- ing gutters, 72 18
Pierce & Carpenter, lumber, 38
S. Anthony Crosby, paving, 5 65
R. D. Manchester, clearing catch basins, IS 00
John Pierce, labor, I 50
R. D. Manchester, labor, Hol-
man street crosswalk, 57 54
E. A. Briggs & Co., tools, 23 10
Attleboro Clothing Co., over- alls for catch basin job, I 50
Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone, 19 31
15. O. C. Proal, labor on Valley hill road, 26 40
Wm. Annis, labor, IS 00
J. W. Pierce, labor, 5 10
R. D. Manchester, labor on catch basins, 36 00
R. D. Manchester, labor on roads, 40 41
22. R. D. Manchester, labor on catch basins, 21 60
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
John Pierce, labor, I 95
29. H. A. Smith, re-building fences at dangerous places, 35 20
H. A. Smith, grading roads, 9 50
Wm. Annis, 9 00
July 6. Geo. H. Snell, sharpening tools 46 38
John W. Pierce, labor, 2 93
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
Inter-State R. R. Co., lowering tracks, Pine Street, 121 45
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July 13. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
H. A. Smith, grading roads, 12 65
20. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
R. D. Manchester, work on North Main Street, ISI 25
J. W. Gifford & Co., materials, IO 60
J. W. Pierce, labor, 2 10
27. Wm. Annis, labor, 13 50
H. A. Smith, repairing Valley Hill road, 131 82
R. D. Manchester, North Main Street, 221 03
Aug. 3. R. D. Manchester, North Main Street, 181 61
Win. Annis, labor, 9 00
J. W. Pierce, labor, 3 75
Aug. 17. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
E. A. Briggs & Co., tools, 6 00
W. F. Shattuck, repairs, 2 25
Massachusetts Broken Stone
Co., freight bills, 59 78
J. W. Gifford & Co., drain pipe South Main Street, and materials, 103 75
R. D. Manchester, North Main Street, 148 40
Geo. L. Read, labor,
6 50
J. W. Pierce, labor,
12 23
R. D. Manchester, 98 15
Aug. 24.
Wm. Annis, labor,
18 00
J. W. Pierce, labor,
3 30
Aug. 31. R. D. Manchester, work, County and School Streets, 109 31
E. A. Briggs & Co., tools, 3 20
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
Sept. 7. R. D. Manchester, Pikes' Hill, 118 0I J. W. Pierce, labor, 3 00
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
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Sept. 14. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
Edgar H. Thayer, cutting ยท brush, 19 50
W. L. Hawkins, cutting brush, 18 00
John McCormick, labor remov- ing wind fall, I 00
John W. Pierce, labor, 8 25
R. D. Manchester, labor on streets, 42 88
Sept. 21. Wm. Annis, 9 00
J. W. Pierce, 2 10
Sept. 27. Wm. Fontneau, labor cutting brush, 12 75
Wm. Hawkins, labor cutting brush, 13 50
Wm. Annis, labor,
9 00
H. A. Smith, guard rails and labor on roads, 98 15
J. W. Pierce, labor, 5 25
Oct.
5.
Elwood Fisher, gravel, 70
D. B. Claflin, gravel, 6 15
Thomas Knott, gravel, 91 80
J. Whitney, gravel, 7 50
Wm. Annis, labor,
9 00
J. W. Pierce, labor,
4 50
J. W. Gifford & Co., wheel barrow, 1 75
Geo. H. Snell, sharpening tools, 27 60
12. J. Collum, cutting brush, 5 85
E. Thayer, cutting brush, 6 98
Wm. Annis, labor,
9 00
J. O. San Souci & Co., rubber boots for cleaning catch basin, 3 00
H. F. Leonard, overalls for cleaning catch basin, 1 50
H. E. Mathewson, guard rails, IS 80
J. W. Pierce, labor, 8 70
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Oct. 12. R. D. Manchester, labor for streets, 34 60
Chas. E. Bliss, labor widening Mechanics streets, 32 03
19. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
25. R. D. Manchester, labor, [6 8S
Wm. Annis, labor,
9 00
Nov. 2. Joseph Collum, labor, 75
J. W. Pierce, labor, 1I 25
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
R. D. Manchester, labor for streets, 16 05
9. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
H. A. Smith, guard rails, 44 40
J. W. Pierce, labor, 8 25
R. D. Manchester, labor, 18 46
E. A. Codding, repairs on road, 26 25
16. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
Pierce & Carpenter, plank for Mechanics bridge, 37 49
J. W. Pierce, labor, 6 75
23. E. A. Briggs & Co., tools, 6 00
Pierce & Carpenter, plank for bridge, 18 27
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
J. W. Pierce, labor, 7 20
R. D. Manchester, County, Pine and North Main streets, 243 18
Dec. I. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
Interstate R. R. Co., paving North Main street, 148 28
7. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
14. H.A. Smith, guard rails, 18 49
W. F. Shattuck, labor replank- ing bridges, 52 51
R. D. Manchester, clearing catch basin, 38 43
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Dec. 14. R. D. Manchester, snow bill, 7 05
21. Geo. H. Snell, repairs, 8 15
Thomas Knott, gravel, 1 40
Elwood Fisher, gravel, 25 00
O. C. Proal, labor, 4 40
J. W. Gifford & Co., 13 20
Ames Plow Co., branding iron, I 20
Josiah Sullivan, snow bill, 14 00
$5,199 97
SIDEWALKS.
1893.
Feb. 8. O. C. R. R. Co., freight bills of 1892, 13 03
May 13. R. D. Manchester, labor on sidewalks, 14 88
17. R. D. Manchester, labor on sidewalks, 3 70
24. R. D. Manchester, labor setting curbing, 3 75
June
I. R. D. Manchester, labor setting curbing 14 26
15. F. P. Manwell, surveying, 15 55
R. D. Manchester, labor setting curbing, 38 03
22. R. D. Manchester, labor setting curbing, 63 78
L. Z. Carpenter, incidentals, 3 24
29. R. D. Manchester, labor setting curbing, 56 58
Anthony Crosby, paving,
24 00
F. M. Ballou & Co., concrete, 100 00
July
6. R. D. Manchester, labor setting curbing, 33 28
F. M. Ballou & Co., concrete, 100 00
13. R. D. Manchester, labor, 31 28
P. Whalen, concrete, 123 28
A. H. Tucker, mason work, 29 65
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July 13. A. Crosby, paving, 56 00
Nash & Hunter, surveying, 18 50
F. M. Ballou & Co., concrete, 412 65
20. J. W. Gifford & Co., catch basin, 52 87
J. W. Gifford & Co., paving ram, 5 00
Curry & Ladd, curbing,
557 16
James Kelly, labor on drive- ways, 23 40
27. W. F. Shattuck, labor on fences, 43 37
Aug. 17. W. F. Shattuck, labor on fences, 40. 58
N. Perry & Co., incidentals,
6 71
G. T. Holmes, grass seed,
25
R. D. Manchester, labor,
II 25
F. P. Manwell, surveying,
12 50
31. R. D. Manchester, labor,
IO 50
Sept.
7. R. D. Manchester, labor,
IO 95
14. Curry & Ladd, curbing, IIO 94
F. M. Ballou & Co., concrete, IIO 60
Anthony Crosby, paving, 19 25
R. D. Manchester, labor, 21 91
21. Anthony Crosby, paving,
30 25
Oct.
5. Geo. H. Snell, sharpening tools,
9 45
J. W. Gifford & Co., catch basin connections, 36 62
12. R. D. Manchester,
2 40
Dec.
I. E. O. Dexter, labor,
2 13
7. J. W. Pierce, labor,
13 05
14. J. W. Pierce, labor, Wm. Annis, labor,
3 75
9 00
21. E. S. Horton, loom for grad- ing, 12 00
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
A. B. Black, snow plows
80 00
J. W. Pierce, labor, 7 35
28. J. W. Pierce, labor, 5 25
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Dec. 28. Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
J. W. Pierce, labor, 4 43
L. Z. Carpenter, incidentals, 2 52
Wm. Annis, labor, 9 00
Nahum Perry, materials, 7 60
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight bills, 3 34
$2,448 82
MACADAMIZED ROAD .- SPECIAL.
1893.
Oct. 5. J. W. Gifford & Co., water pipe for crusher, etc., 145 29
J. W. Gifford & Co., 13 04
12. Patrick Crosby, paving, 3 25
R. D. Manchester, labor, 12 35
25. James Kelly, cutting drive- ways, 58 50
R. D. Manchester, labor, 31 75
Nov. 2. Anthony Crosby, paving, 7 00
9. R. D. Manchester, labor, 13 22 R. D. Manchester, stone in ledge, 100 00
16. Anthony Crosby, paving, 3 00
23. McClintoch, & Woodfall, con- tract for building road, 2,888 64
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight, 229 46
Dec. I. Wm. N. Fales, raising man- hole covers, 7 37
W. F. Shattuck, signs, 3 41
14. Providence Telephone Co., 60
$3,516 88
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PEARL AND DUNHAM STREET SEWERS.
1892. Sept. 21. J. W. Gifford & Co., contract, 415 31
Nov. 16. F. P. Manwell, grade, 2 00
Dec. 7. Nash & Hunter, grades and in- spection, 25 00
$442 31
DEAN STREET SEWER.
1893.
June 15. E. R. Read, serving notices, 4 50
F. P. Manwell, grades, 52 75
J. W. Gifford & Co., contract, 814 98
29. R. D. Manchester, grading, 35 20
R. D. Manchester, labor, grad- ing street, 93 20
July 13. R. D. Manchester, labor, grad- ing street, 135 88
20. B. A. Cummings, removing stone, 10 00
R. D. Manchester, 17 13
Aug. 17. F. P. Manwell, grades, etc., 40 00
Oct. 25. R. D. Manchester, labor, 70 So
Nov. 16. F. P. Manwell, grades and plans, 6 00
Dec. I. Wm. N. Fales, raising man- hole covers, 5 49
$1,285 93
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HIGHWAYS.
In the Highway Department, after the scraping and raking of the roads, the first matter to receive attention was the condition of the hills of the town. Many of these were found in a some- what dangerous condition owing to the fact that the gutters having become filled, the water had gullied into the middle of the road. County road just below the Poor Farm was one of these, while the hill on the Valley Road in the west part of the town had a trench washed out two to four feet deep and several hundred feet long This hill has caused considerable trouble and expense for several years by reason of these washouts. Probably this hill is as steep and long as any in town and it is of a very loose sand that washes easily, while about a third of the way up the hill it receives the wash from a large area of woodland.
The method adopted for repairing this hill, while simple, was entirely different from the way it has previously been repaired. The washout having been partially filled with stones and gravel, hard pan was placed in the gutter nearly to grade, when sods of any size and shape were used to complete the gutter. Then at the point where the wash of the woodland entered the road a breakwater was built and above this a gutter was paved across the road so that where all the water was formerly allowed to run down the hill in the gutter a part is now carried directly across the road in a paved gutter and at once discharged onto woodland on the opposite side of the road. I have referred at length to this matter in order to call attention more particularly to the method of using grass gutters for hills.
It has been my good fortune to meet (at the meetings of the Massachusetts Highway Association) superintendents from all over the state and I find it the general opinion that grass gutters are far more effectual on hills than even paved gutters. The most dangerous places on our roads are generally due to washouts on the hills but if those who have charge of highways will take care to first furnish good gutters with frequent opportunities for discharging onto the land adjacent to the road whenever possi- ble, and then keep the road-bed well crowned above the gutters,
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he cost of repairs as well as the danger of accident will be reduced to a minimum.
The special appropriation of one hundred dollars made for a cross- walk from the post office to County Street having been covered back into the treasury the first of January, '93, in accordance with the vote of the town, it was necessary that the cost should be paid from the regular appropriation. Instead of round cobble stones, granite paving blocks were purchased (at a cost of $55.90) and used between the large granite cross-walk stones. The entire cost of the crosswalk and paving was $154.06.
In accordance with the vote of the town a crosswalk was laid across Pleasant Street opposite the south sidewalk of Holman street. At this place concrete was used between the granite crosswalk stones, making a better crosswalk than when paving stones are used and having the advantage of being less expensive in the first cost.
During the month of May all of the catch basins in town (in- cluding those in Dodgeville and Hebronville) were thoroughly cleaned and in November all which required it were again cleaned. This item of care of the sewers and catch basins is one that should not be lost sight of in making the annual appropriation for the highways. The catch basins must be cleaned promptly when necessary ; not only as a sanitary measure, but to prevent the sand from washing into the sewers and causing stoppages which might entirely fill the smaller sewers and render them useless. As the sewers are being extended this work will cost more each year.
For the repair of the streets in the village of Attleborough two kinds of gravel were used. Both were made up almost entirely of small stones, but the first contained a small amount of hard pan while the second contained a small amount of coarse sand. So far as I am able to judge from the short time they have been in use both will make a hard road that will not rut up easily, but the one containing the sand will probably make the drier road and therefore wear the longer on our roads having flat grades, while on a road of, say four per cent. grade, like County Street
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hill that containing a little hard pan would be less liable to wash in heavy rains and by draining quickly would wear well.
As the principal streets of the village have such slight grades, special attention must be given to the following requirements or else muddy and rutted streets are sure to result :
IST. Paved gutters in order to properly remove rain water and keep the proper grade.
2D. The road bed to be built of course stony gravel.
3D. The round should be well crowned without shoulders so as to quickly shed water into the gutters.
4TH. Continual repairs of small holes and defects.
The Highway Department being allowed the use each day of one of the two horses purchased for the Fire Department, Wm. An- nis was employed by the year and has kept constantly at work on the streets repairing small defects, cleaning gutters, crosswalks, etc., and I think the work done by him has given as good results for the money as any work done on the roads, the important feature is the fact that he has done a kind of work that is often neglected under the. common method of road building and repairing, although the need of such work has often been very apparent.
The City of Newton a few years ago tried the experiment of giving of a few men each a small district in which they were to do the small repairs, clean gutters, &c. The experiment has proven so successful that the system has been greatly extended so as to cover nearly if not all the city.
If it is deemed advisable for the town to purchase two additional horses for the Fire Department another man could certainly be employed to advantage by the Highway Department by the year.
BRIDGES.
In the repair of bridges, Mechanics Street Bridge and Thacher Street Bridge were replanked. County Street Bridge was partially replanked while several other bridges were either partially planked or patched. Several of the bridges that were either built or par- tially rebuilt at the time of the flood in 1886 will need replanking during 1894.
Among these are the bridge over Ten Mile river below Dodge- ville and the bridge on County Street near the Rhode Island line.
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The bridge over Seven Mile River near the pumping station should be replaced by a new one. The present bridge at this place con- sists of a few light chestnut logs on which the planking is sup- ported which is nearly worn out.
It is surprising that the bridge has not broken through with some of the loads that have been over it in the last two years. A bridge like the one built last year on Maple Street can be built for about one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars provided no change is made in the abutments.
The matter of a bridge at Mechanics Street was considered in a report made last August when it was shown that a stone bridge at this location would be expensive and probably not advisable.
Therefore the other alternatives are to either build an iron or a wooden bridge. Probably a wooden bridge could be built for about five hundred ($500) dollars or half the amount appropriated, (which was $1,000), while an iron bridge was estimated to cost eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars. Of course in both the iron and wooden bridges the floor is the same, that is, of wood so that the only advantage of iron over the wood is the fact that the iron trusses and floor timbers will not rot.
It has recently been brought to my attention that there is a process of treating wood by which it is claimed the decay of the wood is prevented. This process consists of impregnating the wood with a solution of bichloride of mercury commonly called corrosive sublimate and this process known as kyanizing has been in use by a private company-"The Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River"-since 1840 and has given good results. For instance it is stated that the Pawtucket Street Bridge over the Northern canal, Lowell, Mass., built in 1849, of kyan- ized northern pine is in good condition to-day after forty-four years' constant use, and has had but few repairs except to be re- planked as needed. Recently opportunity has been afforded the general public to secure kyanized lumber by a firm who have built a large plant for this purpose and, in fact Mr. Arthur B. Carpenter of this town has during the past season built a bridge with kyan- ized spruce over the Ten Mile River on his land near South Main Street. As kyanized spruce can be delivered here for from $26
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to $30 per thousand, I recommend that it be tried in the rebuild- ing and repairing of our bridges during the coming year.
During the summer the brush and limbs of trees on the roads outside the villages were cut back so as not to interfere with car- riage travel. About one hundred dollars was spent for this pur- pose and while the work was not completed as well as it would have been if we could have spared more money for this purpose yet a great change was made in the appearance and condition of many of our roads, especially in the east part of the town. This is a matter that should receive attention every year. If the brush is once cut back to the walls it will not cost much each year to keep it down while the roads will be drier and better in many ways.
At the time the electric on North Main street was relaid and paved he Selectmen requested that the gutters next to the rail (outside the width to be paved by the electric road) be paved with granite blocks and the additional expense paid by the high- way department. This cost $148.28.
I have spent a considerable sum of money this year in building and repairing fences and guard rails next to dangerous places along the roads. Several hundred feet of fence has been built this last season along the Washington Street Turnpike and several hundred feet more should be built next year.
This is a matter that should not be neglected by the town as the Statutes not only require these guard rails and fences to be main- tained in dangerous places but also provide that heavy fines or damages shall be assessed in case accidents occur by reason of negligence in providing these rails or fences.
In making an appropriation for the coming season it should be kept in mind that for several years little if any work has been done on a great many miles of our country roads while the annual appropriations have been spent on the streets of the villages. The way these country roads have worn speaks well for the builders and the material they used, but money must be spent on them soon. The Bearswamp Road in particular is in a condition where it needs a coating of gravel. In making the appropriation for this department, I recommend that the same amount be raised by taxation as was appropriated last year viz. five thousand ($5,000) dollars and that to this be added the special appropria-
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tion of one thousand ($1,000) dollars which was raised last year for the Mechanics Street Bridge and that this bridge be built from the general highway appropriation.
MACADAMIZED ROAD.
In undertaking to build a macadamized road it was supposed that there would be no trouble in obtaining crushed stone for this pur- pose by rail at a reasonable price. For instance the Massachusetts Broken Stone Co., having extensive quarries and crushers in Salem and Waltham ; deliver crushed stone by rail, freight paid, in Springfield, Mass., for $1.30 per ton.
After spending several weeks in attempting to get a satisfactory freight rate from the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., we were obliged to give up this idea, as the best rate they would quote would make the price of the stone from Salem $3.25 per ton and from Waltham $2.75 per ton, although they stated that if a quarry were to be located on their road they would make their rates much lower. It being evident tha: the stone must be crushed in the town, if a road was to be built, an examination was made for available stone of a suitable quality, with the result that it was decided to locate a crusher near the ledge of R. D. Manchester on County Street, he having offered, the town the stone contained in two large conglomerate boulders located on his land. A contract was made with the Massachusetts Broken Stone Co., whereby they agreed to set up and run a crusher plant and furnish the town crushed stone at $1.40 per ton, the town to furnish the ledge and water for the boilers.
Bids were then invited from road builders for the macadam- izing of Bank Street in accordance with specifications which had been prepared.
The contractors were to purchase the stone at the price men- tioned above, deliver the same on the road and properly build and roll the road, first having removed all surplus dirt.
Two bids were received, one from McClintock & Woodfall, of Boston, Mass., at $1.oo per square yard, and one from S. E. Luther, of Providence, R. I., at $1.40 per square yard. The
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contract was awarded to McClintock & Woodfall, and they did the work in a most satisfactory manner, although they were greatly delayed at a considerable expense to themselves because the stone could not be delivered to them as fast as they had expected. This was not due to any fault of the persons running the crusher, but was caused by the fact that the stone which it had been our intention to use proved to be of a poor quality when the ledge was opened. That is the matrix or cementing material of the pudding stone was not as hard as the pebbles of the stone, so that the pebble be- came loosened, instead of the stone breaking into angular pieces, as is generally the case.
The Broken Stone Co. had expected to get several hundred tons of stone crushed before the steam roller began work. but when they were obliged to abandon the first ledge this advantage was lost and the amount of road constructed each day was limited by the production of the crusher. Both the Broken Stone Co. and McClintock & Woodfall worked energetically and without complaint to overcome the difficulties that presented themselves. The stone of good quality being exhausted before the road was quite finished it was considered advisable, by the Selectmen and myself, to top dress about one hundred and fifty feet of the lower end of Bank Street with trap rock from Waltham, thus giving an opportunity to compare trap rock with conglomerate. The act- ual cost of macadamizing Bank Street is covered in these three items :-
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