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Third. Branches or inlets must be built into the sewer when constructed to enable connections to be made when desired without breaking down or cutting out the original work.
Fourth. Catch-basins constructed to receive a run of water from the gutters, and with outlets trapped, must be provided at proper points in the street and connected with the sewer by a pipe entering obliquely.
Fifth. The grade lines defined on the plan for proposed sewers indicate the slope of the top of the sewer, i. e., the invert or crown in each case.
Sixth. Where a small sewer enters a larger one, or the size of a sewer in increased, the bottom is dropped to accom- modate the flow to the change.
Seventh. All sewers proposed, eighteen inches or less in diameter are to be hard-burned, vitrified pipes, with salt- glaze finish ; over eighteen inches in diameter, the construc- tion will be of hard-burned brick, specially selected on account of its evenness of quality and trueness of shape, laid in hydraulic mortar made of equal parts of best hydraulic cement and sand.
In regard to the cross-section and details of the improved street construction to be carried out when remodelling the streets in conformity with the surface grades shown on the detail sheets, the following may be noted :-
First. The grade lines given on the plan show the fin- ished crown of the street, and also the grade of the curbstone line.
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Second. In narrow streets the run of water in the gutters may be next the curbstone, and in all cases the sidewalks should have a cross pitch toward this gutter of three inches in a width of six feet, or at that rate.
Third. The gutters should be paved to prevent wearing away and to facilitate cleaning, for a width of three feet at least from the edge or curb stone.
Fourth. Edge or curb stones should never be less than twenty inches deep, and should be set on the same grade as the crown of the street. The gutter paving should be laid eight inches down on the face of the curbstone. Asphalt concrete gutters are smooth, regular in grade, and conse- quently convey water more rapidly than those of rougher material. The trench in which the curbstone is laid should first be filled to a depth of a few inches with fine, broken stone or coarse gravel.
Fifth. Whenever repairs of the road surface become neces- sary the work done should accurately conform to lines and levels given by an experienced surveyor from the data re- · corded on the detail sheets submitted herewith.
Thus far we have considered the drainage and sewerage of the main village of Dedham. All that has been said regard- ing the advantages of good grades and drains, and the essen- tial details necessary to have faithfully carried out in provid- ing such, will apply equally well to the districts east of the Wigwam Brook. Detail plans of these several districts, viz., High Street east of the railroad bridge, East Dedham to the Hyde Park line, that section known as Germantown, and the section called Oakdale, have been made with the same care and on the same scales as those first described in this report. All of these different sections and the main village of Dedham must at some day in the future be connected and made parts of an harmonious system of drainage. So far as taking care of surface water alone goes, there will be no obstacle to dis-
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charging the same into the Charles River, Mother Brook, or the Neponset River. But when it comes to the removal of sewage matters, house wastes, manufacturing refuse, etc., as previously stated, the town of Dedham will be found restricted and compelled to conduct its operations with a strict regard to the sanitary interests of populations lying farther down the streams mentioned.
It is no doubt quite generally known that a State commis- sion, appointed in 1884, to specially consider a general system of drainage for the Charles River valley, made what appears to be a careful investigation of the opportunity for providing Dedham with a competent outlet for any local sewerage sys- tem which the town might adopt. The report of the engineer of the commission, approved by the consulting engineers whose advice was secured by the commission, suggested a main valley sewer, beginning at the Boston main drain- age works and extending up the Neponset valley, through Milton Lower Mills, Mattapan, Hyde Park, and East Dedham to the Wigwam Brook at the point under the railroad bridge I have designated as a termination of the outfall sewer of the main village system of drains. I have given this part of the study much thought and personal investigation and I am decidedly of the opinion that the ultimate and permanent sewerage system of the town of Dedham must, of necessity, be constructed substantially on the plan proposed by this commission.
While I believe the estimate of cost of constructing a proper sewer from the Wigwam Brook through the valley of Mother Brook to the Hyde Park town line made by the en- gineer of the commission to be altogether too small (it is given as $23,000 on page 206 of the commission's report), it is very evident that if, by building such a sewer, and by co- operating with the town of Hyde Park to secure the recep- tion of its discharge ou reasonable terms, either in the shape
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of a price to be paid towards the construction of the main Hyde Park sewer, or an annual rental for the privilege of freely discharging the sewage of Dedham into a sewer to be constructed for its reception by the town of Hyde Park as the case may be, the town of Dedham can be relieved of the restrictions, complications, and expense sure to accompany the adoption of any temporary plan for disposing of its sew- age without creating an indictable nuisance, it can well afford to undertake the project. I have made the surveys necessary to determine the most feasible line for this valley sewer, and find it will be substantially that shown on the 1 map accompanying the commission's report, but I have re- vised the estimate of the engineer, making the cost $34,500 instead of $23,000.
The Sewerage Study shows the course of this valley sewer as far as the town line, and the points on the same at which the local sewers in East Dedham are to discharge. I think you will find that the data given on the plans I have prepared will be sufficient to furnish all the information necessary in constructing the sewers shown in the various streets of the territory surveyed. It is of the greatest importance that the final and complete system should be kept in view when carry- ing out the smallest instalment of work authorized by the town. If this is done every dollar that is expended will be applied to good advantage, and the work will not have to be abandoned or remodelled to accommodate the future growth of the particular section it was designed to improve.
In regard to beginning the work of improving the drain- age of the town of Dedham, I respectfully make the follow- ing recommendations : -
First. That the overflow drain from High Street to the brook at Washington Street be constructed as shown on the plan.
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Second. That the overflow chamber at the head of this drain on Washington Street be constructed.
Third. That the High Street sewer from the overflow chamber to Chestnut Street be constructed with all neces- sary appurtenances.
Fourth. That the drains proposed for Village Avenue, Church Street, and Washington Street, south, with their catch-basins, etc., be laid and connected with the main sewer, all in accordance with the plans submitted.
Fifth. That the grades of the streets in which these sewers and drains are constructed be remodelled to con- form with the new lines.
Sixth. That all of this work be done under the personal and constant supervision of a superintendent of practical experience in sewer construction.
Using the figures of cost of similar work done recently in other places, the cost of the sewers and drains mentioned in these recommendations will be $18,900.
It will be understood that this system of drains is to be used for removing surface water only, for the present.
It was found in the course of the study of the problem that to provide a system of shallow drains for surface water alone would cost very nearly as much (the difference being but about $6,000 for the whole main village) as a thorough and complete system of sewers competent for all purposes and for all time. As it is inevitable that before many years sewers will have to be constructed and provision made for disposing of domestic wastes and other refuse, it would, in my opinion, be folly to expend any money for drainage im- provements of a temporary character, or to meet but a part of the requirements of a community provided with other modern conveniences and facilities.
If it should appear to the committee that the work pro- jected on the plan and described in this report is in some
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respects incomplete, the following summary of the study and the existing facts which must be known to many of your citizens, and can easily be verified by those who have as yet not given special attention to published investigations, will, I think, outline the only plan which the facts in the case will warrant as answering the requirements of the present laws.
First. The town of Dedham is prohibited from discharg- ing crude sewage, purified sewage, or the effluent from any area of sewage purification or utilization into the Charles River or the Neponset River above the entrance of Mother Brook.
Second. It is a physical impossibility for the town to find an outlet for its sewers on the water-shed of either of these rivers beyond the reach of this prohibition.
Third. It is not only possible but will be comparatively `easy and inexpensive to conduct by gravity the drainage of the main village, Oakdale, and East Dedham through the valley of Mother Brook to the Hyde Park town line.
Fourth. The town of Hyde Park, with its present rate of growth, soon will be compelled to enter upon a system of drainage, and can very properly co-operate with the town of Dedham to the mutual advantage of both towns, whereby, under some equitable arrangement, one main sewer may be made to answer the purposes of both communities, thus affording Dedham a convenient and efficient relief in the future.
Fifth. No temporary expedient, such as the pumping of sewage to the gravel beds near Readville would pay even if it were to meet no organized opposition from land owners and residents of the neighborhood and were to receive official license from the public-health authorities. The plan of sub- sidence into and through this gravel bed suggested by the engineer of the State commission previously referred to is, in my opinion hardly a practicable one. While very likely the
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porous subsoil might convey away the liquid matters, there would remain the danger of creating bad smells, to the detri- ment of surrounding real estate, most of which is admirably shaped and located for profitable development by the severai owners. Further, the cost of a pumping plant and its main- tenance would be several times greater to the town than the amount of any reasonable proportionate cost of a union sewer constructed for the benefit and use of both towns.
Sixth. A careful investigation will show, I believe, that the territory immediately below Hyde Park and bordering on the Neponset River may be utilized with propriety for some process of filtration or purification of the sewage of the two . towns sufficient to remove such solid matters and specially offensive properties as will permit the remaining liquids to be discharged into the swift, running current of the Neponset River. Such discharge of a sufficiently purified liquid would be permissible under existing laws, and certainly no greater offence would be committed thereby than now exists from manufacturing wastes thrown into the stream. Judging from the condition of many other streams in the State into which sewers discharge, and taking into account the amount of water daily flowing into the Neponset River, I am of the opinion that no nuisance would be created nor any measurable injury inflicted on abuttors on the stream by the discharge into the Neponset River of the sewage of the towns of Dedham and Hyde Park purified by methods which can be applied with reasonable success in such cases.
Seventh. Undoubtedly, in a not very distant future, the Neponset valley will be so thoroughly populated, and the valuations of the several towns so increased, that the con- struction of a main valley sewer starting at tide water, - per- haps at the main drainage works of the city of Boston, perhaps from an independent outlet, - will be authorized and undertaken, toward the cost of which the towns benefited will
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severally and willingly contribute, and in such event it is evident that if the expenditures for drainage made by the town of Dedham for local drainage are on the basis of the plan I have outlined there will have been no waste of money, and there will be required no expensive remodelling.
In conclusion, I would respectfully recommend that the town of Dedham authorize its committee to consult with the officials of the town of Hyde Park in regard to a joint in- vestigation of the feasibility and cost of uniting with that town, with the object of securing the facilities for drainage which existing conditions in each case suggest should be provided at an early date.
Yours respectfully, PERCY M. BLAKE, :
HYDE PARK, MASS., MARCH 21, 1888.
Civil Engineer.
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DEDHAM DRAINAGE.
ESTIMATE SHEET. - WORK RECOMMENDED.
8-inch pipe sewer, 575 feet, at $1.20
$690 00
10
1,093 1.40
1,537 20
12
1,268 1.90
2,409 20
15
1,868 2.20
4,109 60
18 “
1,017 66 2.90
2,949 30
20x30-inch brick sewer, 163 "
4.10
668 30
22x33 “ .1,030 “ 4.40
4,532 00
$16,895 60
Overflow chamber . .
500 00
Branches, catch-basins and man-holes .
1,500 00
$18,895 60
DEDHAM DRAINAGE.
LIST OF BENCH MARKS.
Above Approximate Mean Sea Level.
Point in recess just north of iron pillar north of front entrance Memorial Hall .
104.065
Top of stone post southwest corner High and Court Streets, near pillar of Liberty . Point on north end of lower step main entrance Episcopal Church, corner of Court Street and Village Avenue 108.865 · Highest point on tablet stone near Village Avenue, entrance to cemetery, head of Bullard Street 113.569 Highest point on stone bound, southeast corner of Village Avenue and Chestnut Street . 109 918
107.994
Top of west stone post, Laforme's bank wall 117.416 Top of stone bound southwest corner Washington and Bryant Streets, west side of Washington . 99.650
Top of stone bound east corner of School and Washington Streets
99.577
Outer corner north end of curb at catch-basin, Washington Street, foot of School Street . Top of stone bound southwest corner of Washington and Pros- pect Streets
100.359
96.297
Highest point on stone bound southeast corner of Richards and Highland Streets . 101.055 Top of stone bound southeast corner of Prospect and Washing- ton Streets 96.260 ·
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Above Approximate Mean Sea Level.
Top of stone bound end of fence near west end of Cobb's house, Village Avenue 108.480
Point on large stone, corner of wall northeast corner of Lowder and Highland Streets 129.691 Top of stone post northwest corner of High and Westfield Streets 120.199
118.898
Top of northeast bolt, south post, county compass standard Top of stone bound northeast corner of Bates and Highland Streets
92.313
Bound at first angle in Spruce Street, from Washington Street, northeast corner 101.125
Top of stone bound northeast corner of Spruce and Metcalf Streets
97.302 Point on new railroad bridge abutment, on corner projecting under date 1888
84.887
Top of stone bound at end of fence corner of High and Brook- dale Streets
106.606
Top of stone bound southeast corner of High and Mt. Vernon Streets
115.073
Top of stone bound southeast corner of Clark and East Streets . Top of stone bound northwest corner of Maverick and High Streets
86.162
South small bolt, top of hydrant east of Auburn Street 106 039
Highest point on bound southeast corner of Mt. Vernon and Walnut Streets
141.427
Top of stone bound southeast corner of Walnut and Cedar Streets
130.879 101.751
Top of stone bound northeast corner of Quincy Avenue and Cedar Street . · 136.635
Top of stone bound southwest corner of Myrtle and Milton Streets
93.429
Point on curb end of new stone trough, East Dedham Square . Top of stone bound corner of Walnut and Milton Streets, op- posite Boyden & Bailey's store
88.513
Top of bracket stone east of man-hole, northwest side of Dedham standpipe foundations 141.205
· Top of bound northwest corner of Maverick and Curve Streets , 109.049 Top of large blue stone in wall just east of Harvard Street and north side of Brookdale Street
113.362
PERCY M. BLAKE,
Civil Engineer.
MARCH 21, 1888.
96.000
Top of stone bound on Walnut Street, opposite Oakdale Avenue, Top of stone bound northwest corner of Cedar and River Streets
124.956
80.529
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DEDHAM DRAINAGE.
LIST OF ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS AND NEW SURFACE GRADES.
LOCATION.
Above Approxi-
mate Mean Sea
New Grade.
Cut.
Fill.
High St. and Lowder St.
118.10
118.00
.10
Station 42 +18.52
41
119.07
119.38
....
.31
Summit.
06
and Village Ave. .
118.12
118.00
.12
6 6
Station 34+78.51
115.84
116.64
115.89
.75
6 6
Station 29+77.3 . 28 W. of Com-
mon St.
112.97
112.50
.47
....
Valley.
and Common St. .
112.92
112.87
.05
.
Station 24
18+95.75.
112.32
66
and Chestnut St. .
111.74
110.49
1.25
Bullard St.
108.59
106 96
1 63
1
66
Court St.
Ames St. .
106.10
104.60
1.50
.38
60
River Pl.
Maple Pl. .
101.16
100.90
.26
66
Church St.
100.81
100.46
.35
Wash'ton St , south,
north,
99.90
99.50
.40
...
Summit.
" Eastern Ave. .
96.39
95.50
.89
Summit.
Valley.
Village Ave., Station 27
..
66
23+58.1
105.45
100.40
102.0
....
1.60
Valley.
104.36
107.05
107.0
.05
....
Summit.
6 6
" Bullard St.
110.26
110.00
.26
Summit.
Court St.
106.10
106.10
.00
.00
66
Church St.
105.71
105.5
.21
Church St and Fr'klin Sq., south,
101.49
101.76
...
.27
101.46
..
6 €
and Norfolk St.
101.26
101.41
....
.15
101 17
101.37
...
.20
School
" Fr'klin Sq., north. Station 8+26.6
and Worthington St.,
99.63
100.00
...
.37
Valley.
" Fr'klin Sq., south,
101.96
102.21
....
.25
66
Station 34-58
6 6
66
and Fr'klin Sq., north,
102 36
102.28
....
...
Summit.
.08
...
Summit.
106.16
104 65
1.51
Pearl St.
102>2
103 20
....
102 61
103.00
....
.39
" and East St., north
85.26
85.30
..
.04
114.67
114.5
.17
...
Summit.
Summit.
17+87.7
66
15
and Chestnut St.
109.04
108.13
.91
Valley.
Station 460
22
100.17
99.80
.37
Station 6+13
90.40
....
....
...
Bridge St.
114.81
114.92
114.50
.42
66
118.38
Level.
.
102.39
104.33
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LIST OF ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS, ETC. - Continued.
LOCATION.
Above Approxi-
mate Mean Sea
Level.
New Grade.
Cut.
Fill.
Chestnut St. and County St. . Bates St., Station 10 .
111.14
111.20
....
.06 1 28
Summit. Valley.
66
66
7.
85.23
86.00
....
.77
Valley.
6-1-4.15.
85.67
88.26
89.50
....
1.24
Valley.
4+79.1.
89.07
97.35
102.00
.24
....
Summit.
Marsh St., Station 4+83
103.91
102.49
102.00
.49
94.10
92.57
93.00
....
.43
Valley.
Maple
4+58.75
88.19
89.00
...
.81
Summit.
Ames St
66
12+98.58
89 56
89.50
.06
Ames St., Station 8 .
99.18
97.50
1.68
....
Summit.
66
66 6+28.6.
169.00
102.02
Washington St., south, Station
27+9.75
Washington St., south, Station 27+9.75, bed of brook
79.77
95.04
94 88
.16
$6
Metcalf St. .
100.38
100.00
.38
...
Summit.
66
Station 18 + 65.72 16 ·
102 79
102.80
.01
Summit.
and Marsh St.
102.47
101.98
.49
Worth'gton St.
101.40
100.87
.53
Bryant St. .
99.41
98 80
.61
. ..
Valley.
66 School St.
100.60
100.39
.21
Station 2 .
101.48
100.80
.68
....
Summit.
Bullard St and County St. .
109.92
108.86
1.06
Court St., Station 25+47.6
88.53
89 50
....
.97
of brook
Court St. and Weatherbee St.
94 53
Station 22
100.99
101.00
...
.01
Summit.
and Richards St
103.56
104.95
104.27
.68
66
66 13+21.25
106.69
106.50
.19
....
and School St.
106.30
106.10
.20
....
Summit. Valley.
66
2 .
97.42
97.00
.42
....
66
1+80.96
97.85
of river
.
60 12+98.58, bed .
75.18
87.85
89.50
....
1.65
Wash'ton St. and Weatherbee St.
" Prospect St.
.
95.70
95.44
.26
68
66
and Chestnut St.
106.75
106.50
.25
River Pl., Station 7+46
2 .
85.72
87.00
. ..
9+88.93
85.58
.
5.
3+-67.3. 3 .
25+47.6,
bed
81 21
Station 15+24.4 .
105.29
Marsh St.
3+-53.3.
102 44
102.24
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LIST OF ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS, ETC. - Continued.
LOCATION.
Above Approxi-
mate Mean Sea
New Grade.
Cut.
Fill.
Court St. Station 7+-66.9
105 63
66
~
5
107.55
107.50
.05
Summit.
and Norfolk St. .
106.69
105.94
.75
Norfolk St. and Pearl St ..
103.63
103.22
.41
Worthington St., Station 3
104.04
103.00
1.04
...
Spruce St. and Prospect St.
98.99
98.50
.49
Summit.
culvert .
85.73
90.00
4.27
Spruce St., Station 5
100.09
99.37
.72
. ...
6
" and Spring St. .
101.13
99.87
1.26
. Highland St. and Lowder St. .
129.30
129.00
.30
109.64
66
66 66 17.
92.31
93 00
....
.69
Valley. Valley.
bed of brook
82.01
Highland St , Station 12 +53.35,
81.72
87.00
....
5.28
Valley.
Highland St., Station 11+-17 95.
and Bates St. .
91.70
92.00
....
.30
Valley. Summit.
Richards St., Station 7+73.83
103.68
103.58
104.50
...
.02
Summit.
High St. and East St.
..
66
Harvard St.
89.11
88.93
...
....
Valley
66
66
Linden PI. ·
·110.23
109 88
6:
Station 28, east (ex-
115.50
115.50
..
Summit.
" and Mt Vernon St.
115.01
114.00
....
..
Summit.
66
Maverick St. .
85.22
86 00
...
Valley
Station 39, east
44, east
91 75
91.50
66 and Walnut St.
80.10
80.00
Harvard St. Station 8
66 " 5 (going north).
112.06
112.00
Linden Pl. and Avery St.
110.36
1 9.38
Brookdale St. Station 3+53.50
89.04
89.00
...
Valley.
5
90.27
90.50
...
....
9
108.84
108.00
....
....
Summit.
and Harvard St.
110.89
110.00
....
....
Summit.
106.77
106.77
....
....
Valley.
Mt Vernon St. and B. & P. R. R. .. 66
66 Barrows St. .
112.60
110.68
120.51
120.00
....
....
Valley.
16.
88.26
89 00
....
.74
66
66 14 + 4.30,
Richards St. .
99.98
100.00
....
.02
.
5+82.7. .
5.
66 2++ 58
104.04
85.26
85.30
Station 22. east of R. R.
101.04
101.00
and Brookdale St.
109.27
84.60
85 00
Valley.
...
Summit.
106.04
106.00
Summit. Summit.
Valley.
Auburn St. .
97.83
97.50
.33
Summit.
" Metcalf St. . Station 8+40, bed of
Valley. Summit.
", Station 19+18.10
bed of brook
86.97
104.48
66
107.63
treme summit) . .
Level.
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LIST OF ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS, ETC. - Continued.
LOCATION.
Above Approxi.
mate Mean Sea
New Grade.
Cut.
Fill.
·
Mt. Vernon St. Station 20 .
136.66
137.00
....
66
24.
142.18
142.00
....
66
and Walnut St. .
140.97
141.00
Auburn St., Station 3
124.06
124.00
....
66
66
10
114.60
114.00
....
...
66
66
and East St.
103 67
103 50
Walnut St., Station 7
and Cedar St. .
129 55
129.00
66
66
Station 16-+4.55 .
108.65
109.00
Cedar
St.,
8
121.48
122.00
Valley.
and River St. .
124.53
124.50
....
Summit.
66
66
18
132.08
132.00
...
66
and Quincy Ave.
136.22
136.00
Milton Ave., Station 2
82.56
83.00
....
5 .
93.23
92.00
....
66
and Myrtle St.
92.43
90.20
66
Station 10
.
84.52
84 50
....
66
66
66
15
89.49
88.00
....
..
Valley. Summit.
66
66
66
18
80 17
80.00
....
Valley.
PERCY M. BLAKE,
Civil Engineer.
MARCH 21, 1888.
$
-
8
119.99
120.00
...
...
Summit. Summit. Summit.
137.75
137.00
....
Summit. Summit.
66
Station 14 .
129.16
129.00
...
Summit. Valley.
Valley. Summit.
66
Summit. Summit.
Level.
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DEDHAM DRAINAGE, 1888. LIST OF SEWERS, MAIN VILLAGE.
LOCATION OF SEWER.
LENGTH.
SIZE OF SEWER.
Chestnut St.
675.0
8 inches.
County
643.2
8
Bullard
66
707.5
8
66
Court
66
650.0
10
Ames
66
600.0
8
66
River Place
200.0
8
Maple
200.0
Norfolk St ..
400.0
8
66
Village Ave.
1097.2
10
Church St.
1009.42
12
66
Highland.
400.0
8
66
Court S. of High St.
650.0
10
66
Village Ave
304.75
8
Marsh St.
316.0
8
Marsh St.
544.00
10
Spruce St.
334.50
10
66
Worthington St
566.35
8
Bryant St
Eastern Ave.
8
66
Washington St
300.00
18
66
66
66
257.58
12
574.85
8
66
School
66
450.35
10
66
High St. out-fall section.
868.70
15
66
66
Washington to Church
162.50
20 inches by 30 inches.
716.70
18 inches.
66
" Court to Chestnut. .
997.70
15
1011.68
12
66
66
66
" Village Ave. to Lowder.
724.40
12
66
Common St.
600.0
8
Village Ave.
396.70
8
66
Washington St. over-flow drain.
22 inches by 30 inches.
8
66
867.57
15
614.20
12
Chestnut to Common.
Common to Village Ave
1113.74
15
" Church to Court.
328.0
S
S
REPORT
OF
COMMITTEE ON DRAINAGE
OF THE
WIGWAM MEADOWS
AND
ADJACENT WET LANDS.
DEDHAM, MASS. : STANDARD STEAM JOB PRINT. 1890.
REPORT.
Article 36 of the warrant of Annual Town Meeting 1889 :--
"To see if the town will take measures to ascertain the best method of draining the Wigwam Meadows."
April, ISS9, adjourned meeting :-
Voted, that the subject relative to the matter of this article be referred to a com- mittee of three, consisting of Henry Onion, Alonzo W. Cheever and Dr. Geo. A. Southgate, to investigate and report in print or otherwise at the next annual Town Meeting. The committee so appointed hereby respectfully submit the following
REPORT.
This vote seems to have been passed on the assumption that the public good demands the drainage of these meadows, and hence it might be in- ferred that a discussion of that question is not required, but it may be doubted if most of our citizens are sufficiently impressed with the urgent necessity for action in the matter.
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