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2,828.68
$2,397.63
77
$2,506.62
D. & W. Socket, D. S.
$2,070.68
80
$2,179.67
D. S. § 12" to 18" ) 20" to 24"
D. & W. Socket, D. S., 2}
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The Welteroth Plumbing and Tinning Co., of Williams- port, Penn., was the lowest bidder. They, and the pipe they represented were unknown in this vicinity and they were at once requested to send samples of 8-inch, 12-inch, and 20-inch pipe. After considerable delay we received a sample of 12-inch pipe. It was important that we be sure of the quality of the pipe used in so many miles of sewers and we considered it unwise to try an experiment with a brand absolutely unknown in New England. Further we were not fully satisfied with the sample and action of the parties. We then awarded the contract to one of the next lowest bidders, J. Wallace Grace, representing the well known Knowles, Taylor and Anderson Granite pipe, largely used throughout this region. He gave satisfactory bond, and contract was signed on April 16, 1901.
Bids for furnishing cement for sections four and six f. o. b. cars at Wakefield Junction were as follows :
CANVASS OF BIDS FOR CEMENT.
PORTLAND.
ROSENDALE.
Brand.
Price per barrel.
Brand.
Price per barrel.
D. W. Lewis, Boston, Mass .. .
Ironclad,
$1.95
Norton's, Akron,
1.10
Krauses,
2.05
W. G. Nash, Boston, Mass.,
Giant,
1.90
Norton,
1.17
Columbia,
1.70
Union,
1.10
Jas. A. Davis & Co,“
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Lehigh, 66
1.93
Newark & Ros.,
1.18
Berry & Ferguson, Boston
Saylors,
1.90
Beach's,
1.15
Bryant & Kent,
Nazareth,
1.80
Helderburg,
1.15
Helderburg,
1.80
Brooklyn Bridge,
1.16
Fiske & Co.,
Star,
1.85
Norton,
1.22
Waldo Bros.,
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Atlas,
1.90
Imp. Rosendale, Hoffman,
1.15
Empire Portland Cement Co.
Empire,
2.13
Flint,
2.03
$1.18
Victor,
1.70
1.68
Olympia,
1.20
Windsor Cement Co.
1.12
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The bid of James A. Davis & Co., being the lowest, and the brands satisfactory, contract was awarded and entered into under date of April 12, 1901.
Bids for furnishing cast iron, consisting of man hole and lamp shaft frames and covers and cast iron pipe to be deliv- ered f. o. b. cars at Wakefield Junction were as follows :
CANVASS OF BIDS FOR CAST IRON.
120 Manhole 4 lamp-shaft
covers frames.
and covers frames.
and 46,740 lbs. cost iron pipe and specials.
Name of Bidder.
Rate| Am't.
Rate|Am't.
weight.
Rate.
Am't.
Total of Bid.
Concord Foundry Co.
8.00
960.00
4.00
16.00
42,900
net ton 23.00 specials 0.03
493.35 115.20
1584.55
M. J. Drummond & Co.
8.00
960.00 13.20
52.80 conditional
1 1-4c.
584.25
1597.05
F. A. Houdlette & Son.
6.38
765.60
2.98
11.92
42,900 3,840
specials. 2.3-4c.
105.60
J. Thompson & Co.
9.25 1110.00
5.90
23.00
Osgood & Witherly.
6.72
806.40
3.12
12.48
Mechanics Iron Foundry.
6.30
756.00
3.42
13.68
12.60 1512.00
6.00
24.00
net ton 23.25
543.35
Jno. H. Welteroth (informal) (by letter R.D.Wood&Co.) Greger Mfg. Co. (informai) Sessions Foundry Co.
8.40 1008.00
7.34| 880.80
3.99
15.96
Geo. H. Taylor.
10.40 1248.00
4.85
19.40
Co-operative Foundry
8.40 1008.00| 7.50
30.00
1.08c.
463.32
1346.44
Contract was awarded to lowest bidder, F. A. Houdlette & Son, and entered into under date of April 2, 1901.
The bids for brick were not satisfactory, the various makers seeming to prefer that their prices be unknown to outside parties. Contract was finally entered into with the New England Brick Co., for all the brick required at $8.00 per thousand f. o. b. cars at Wakefield Junction, a very low price considering the quality of brick furnished.
The above contracts being awarded, an estimate was then made with the view of determining whether the appropria- tion of money was large enough to justify your board in proceeding to let the contracts for Sections Five and Seven, thus covering all the territory embraced within the vote of the Town at the time of making the above appropriation except the low level area about the southerly end of Lake Quannapowitt, embracing Spaulding street and Lake avenue.
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Communications were then sent to the contractors for the supply of pipe, cement, cast iron and brick asking if they were willing to furnish the additional amounts required for sections five and seven at the same prices. It was known by the board that the prices on several of the above mate- rials was to be advanced. Subsequent events have justified our action. The price of pipe alone very soon advanced an equivalent of over thirty per cent. Affirmative replies were received to our communications.
We then decided to proceed, and the work of said sections was advertised and sealed bids received on May 22, 1901, with the results shown in the following canvasses of bids :
WAKEFIELD SEWERAGE SYSTEM .- CANVASS OF BIDS FOR SECTION FIVE.
Item.
Quantity.
T. Bruno & Co., Boston, Mass.
yMaloney& Peterson, |F. J. Cushing & Co., Springfield, Mass. Lynn, Mass.
Daniel A. Dorey, Somerville, Mass.
Minnahan & Costa, Wakefield, Mass.
Michael Russo Co., Boston, Mass.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
(a) Earth Excavation
0-8
8000 cu. yds $ .48
$3840.00 $ .77
$6160.00
.43
$3440.00
.50
$4000.00 $ .49
$3920.00 $ .46
$3630.00
(b)
8-12 1100
66
.95
1045.00
.77
847.00
.74
814.00
.75
825.00
.73
803.00
.82
902.00
(c)
12-16
300
16
1.50
450.00
.77
231.00
1.40
420.00
1.25
375.00
1.50
450.00
1.30
390.00
(d)
16-20
20
2.00
40.00
.77
15.40
2.75
55.00
1.50
30.00
3.00
60.00
2.00
40.00
(e)
20-26
(f) Rock Excavation
0-8
250
66
4.00
1000.00
6.00
1500.00
6.50
1625.00
4.00
1000.00 4.50
1125.00
4.50
1125.00
(g)
8-12
90
5.00
450.00
6.00
540.00
8.00
720.00
5.00
450.00
5.50
495.00
5.50
495.00
(h)
66
12-16
10
6.00
60.00
6.00
60.00
9.00
90.00
5.00
50.00
6.00
60.00
7.00
70.00
(i)
16-20
5
7.00
35.00
6.00
30.00
8.00
40.00|
5.00
25.00
7.00
35.00
9.00
45.00
(j)
20-26
(k) Brick Masonry
(1) Concrete
50
4.00
200.00
6.00
300.00
3.50
175.00
4.00
200.00
4.00
200.00
4.00
200.00
(m) Belgian Block Paving
45 sq. yds
3.50
157.50
3.00
135.00
2.75
123.75| 2.50
112.50 2.00
90.00
2.50
112.50
(n) Spruce Lumber M. B. M.
5
40.00
200.00 40.00
200.00 30.00
150.00 10.00
50.00 20.00
100.00 30.00
150.00
(o) Piling
(p) Laying 6" pipe sewer
(q)
6870 lin. ft
.09
618.30
.10
687.00
.10
687.00
. 07
480.90
.10
687.00
.10
687.00
(r)
10"
2270
66
.12
272.40
.10
227.00
.14
317.80
.10
227.00
.13
295.10
.10
227.00
(s)
66 12"
66
390
66
.15
58.50
10
39.00
.14
54.60
.12
46.80
. 15
58.50
. 15
58.50
(t)
15"
18"
66
.20
(v)
20"
24"
.25
80
.10
8.00
.10
8.00
.10
8.00
.10
8.00
.15
.15
12.00
7050
.20
1410.00
.10
705.00
.07
493.50
.15
1057.50
.20
12.00 1410.00
.19
1339.50
Sheet piling left in place
Total,
10,494.70
12,464.40
9,733.65
9,522.70
10,450.60
10,238.50
130
5.00
650.00
6.00
780.00
4.00
520.00
4.50
585.00
5.00
650.00 5.00
650.00
.40
.10
.20
.20
.
(w)
-
(x)
chimney etc.
sub-drain
.. .
.77
.3.50
.6.00
.6
.07
(u)
WAKEFIELD SEWERAGE SYSTEM .- CANVASS OF BIDS FOR SECTION SEVEN.
Item.
Quantity.
T. Bruno & Co., Boston, Mass.
|Maloney& Peterson, |F. J. Cushing & Co.,| Springfield, Mass. Lynn, Mass.
Daniel A. Dorey, Somerville, Mass.
Minnahan & Costa, [ Michael Russo Co.' Boston, Mass. Wakefield, Mass.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
Price.
Amount.
(a) Earth Excavation,
0-8
10000 cu. yds $ .35
$3500.00
$ .77
$7700.00 $ .42
$4300.00 $ .50
$5000.00 $ .53
$5300.00
A .44
$4400.00
(b)
8-12
1200
. 70
840.00
.77
924.00
. 74
888.00
.80
960.00
.70
840.00
. 84
1008.00
(c)
12-16
500
66
1.25
625.00
.77
385.00
1.40
700.00
1.25
625.00
2.50
1250.00
1.25
625.00
(d)
16-20
130
=
1.50
195.00
.77
100.10
2.75
357.50
1.50
195.00
3.00
390.00
2.00
260.00
(e)
20-26
(f) Rock Excavation,
0-8
150
46
3.00
450.00
6.00
900.00
6.50
975.00
1.00
150.00
5.00
750.00
3.00
450.00
(g)
8-12
150
4.00
€00.00
6.00
900.00
8.00
1200.00
1.00
150.00
5.50
825.00
4.00
600.00
(h)
12-16
50
66
4.00
200.00
6.00
300.00
9.00
450.00
1.00
50.00
6.00
300.00
7.00
350.00
(i)
16.20
5
66
5.00
25.00
6.00
30.00
8.00
40.00
1.00
5.00
7.00
35.00
9.00
45.00
(j)
20 26
cu. yds.
160
4.50
720.00
6.00
960.00
4.00
640.00
4.50
720.00
5.00
800.00
5.00
800.00
(1) Concrete.
(m) Belgian
sq. yds.
50
3.00
150.00
3.00
150.00
2.75
137.50 2.50
125.00
2.00
100.00
2.50
125.00
(o) Piling.
lin. ft.
(p) Laying 6" pipe sewer " "
66
8ª « CC
66
66
7140
.09
642.60
.10
714.00
.10
714.00
.13
928.20
.11
785.40
.10
714.00
(r)
66
10" ‹‹
66
880
.10
88.00
.10
88.00
.14
123.20
.16
140.80
.14
123.20
.15
132.00
(s)
12"
66
190
.13
24.70
.10
19.00
.14
26.60
.16
30.40
.16
30.40
.15
28.50
(t)
15"
66
66
.20
v)
20" "
66
66
(w)
24"
66
Chimney etc.
300
.07
21.00
.10
30.00
.10
30.00
10
330.00
.15
45.00
.15
45.00
.15
783.00
.10
522.00
.07
365.40
05
261.00
.20
1044.00
.19
991.80
Sheet Piling left in place
Total .
$9631.70
$14904.10
$11752.80
$9940.60
$13385.40
$11506.30
100
3.50
350.00
6.00
600.00
3.50
350.00
1.00
100.00
4.00
400.00
4.00
400.00
(n) Spruce Lumber, M. B. M.
5
30.00
150.00 40.00
200.00 30.00
150.00 10.00
50.00 20.00
100.00 30.00
150.00
.40
.10
382.00
.08
305.60
11
420.20
.07
267.40
.10
382 00
3820
.07
267.40
.20
.25
.25
(x)
Sub-drain.
5220
. 77
6.00
(k) Brick Masonry.
(q)
(u)
18" «
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Contract for section five was awarded to the lowest bid- der. Daniel A. Dorey, of Somerville, Mass., and entered into under date of May 29, 1901.
Contract for section seven was awarded to the lowest bidder, T. Bruno & Co, of Boston, Mass., and entered into under date of May 29, 1901.
In all of the before mentioned contracts a suitable bond was required to protect the town and guarantee as far as possible the completion of the work for the prices named. The form of contracts, prior to printing, were turned over to the Town Counsel for his inspection and they received his approval.
The amounts given in the canvass of bids do not show the ultimate cost of each section, for to this must be added the cost of such materials as are furnished by the town. Likewise it does not include the cost of the timber sheet- ing and shoring left in trenches, and a few minor items, the prices of which are fixed at a uniform price in all the con- tracts, and it is to the contractor's advantage to use as little as possible of such items. Neither does it include cost of rights-of-way, easements, etc. These cannot be estimated in advance with satisfactory accuracy.
The history of work on Sections One, Two and Three has been one of troubles and difficulty for the contractors, and of vexatious delay and great inconvenience to the inhabi- tants of the town. Repeated efforts were made by the board to induce the contractors to effect a better organiza- tion in order that more rapid progress might be made. Work was carried on continuously at some point or other but frequently without seeming to bring forth material re- sults. Matters continued this way until finally the con- tractors came to a meeting of the board and stated that they could continue no further unless "concessions were made to them" meaning of course larger prices for some of the various items of the contract. This the board felt
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they had no authority to grant and there was no alternative but to follow the stipulations of the contract which provided for such contingencies.
After careful consideration notice was given the con- tractors on January 10, 1902, to stop work on these sections. There was a force of unpaid laborers at the time of stopping the work and by advice of the town council they were paid by the town and the amount charged to the con- tractors.
Notice of our action was also given at the same time to the contractors' bondsmen.
It was then decided to advertise for bids for completing these sections and the same were received on January 28, 1902, with the following results :
Section One-Randall & Cass, $10,718 00
Bruno, Salamone & Petitte, 12,925 00
Section Two-C. E. Trumbull & Co., 49,880 00
Bruno, Salamone & Petitte, 49,480 00
Section Three-Bruno, Salamone & Petitte, 89,965 00
At this time no award has been made.
TOWN YARD.
It was decided to adopt the policy of most of the cities and towns in the Metropolitan district and furnish the materials for the pipe sewers, viz. : the pipe, cement, brick, manhole covers and frames and iron work, cheese cloth, jute, etc. Municipalities can usually purchase these materials cheaper than the individual. Not only this but it secures opportunity for a stricter inspection and insures better materials and removes many of the chances of a poor job in the end. Under such conditions a contractor has no object in using a broken pipe or a spoiled barrel of cement, or a cracked manhole cover, and is further saved the trouble of storing a large lot of materials for any length of
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time. In view of these considerations it was concluded that it would be to the Town's interest to establish a storage and delivery yard, and a suitable location was secured by lease from the Boston & Maine Railroad at Wakefield Junction, and a good building for storing the cement was secured at a bargain and moved to this point. There have been handled at this yard about 140 cars of material and a careful inspec- tion of it all has been made at the time of its unloading, and no material has been accepted unless in good condition, and fully equal to quality specified.
LAND TAKINGS.
Under the provisions of Sec. 3, Chap. 377, Acts of 1900, the Town by its Board of Sewer Commissioners is emplowered to take lands necessary for sewer purposes. Under this authority two takings have been made.
On April 2, 1901, one taking in Greenwood consisting of 34 parcels in easement through proposed streets and private lands for the purposes of the out-fall sewer. Said taking is recorded under date of April 16, 1901, in Middle- sex Deeds, book 2885, page 506, and the plan accom- panying, in plan book 129, plan No. 18.
On October 25, 1901, one taking in the central portion of Wakefield consisting of 14 parcels in easement. The major portion of this taking is approximately along the line of the present brook between Main and Crescent streets. Said taking is recorded under date of October 28, 1901 in Middlesex deeds, book 2925, page 446, and the plan accom- panying in plan book 132, page 33.
Negotiations for the settlement of a few of the above takings are under way at the present time.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE AND PLANS.
Realizing the importance to the town of complete records of everything in the nature of plans, notes, etc., we have
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endeavored to preserve the same in a systematic manner and also have started a set of plans which will show the location, size, grades, etc., of the sewers, and incidentally the location of other structures in the street, together with street lines, dimensions and areas, and names of owners in the sewer district. The plans will be on sheets 27x39 inches and on a scale of 40 feet to the inch, These plans will be of inestimable value to the Town in future years and of great use to other departments having to do with the streets.
The work of the Engineers for the year past has mainly consisted of giving lines and grades for construction pur- poses, the inspection of the work and estimating the quantities, and amounts to be paid to contractors.
The organization during the year has been as follows : the members being employed as their services were needed and dispensed with as soon as they could be.
Chief Engineer, Orlando K. Morgan.
Division Engineer, Henry O. Peckham.
Assistants, James G. Reardon, Jno. W. Kernan.
Draftsmen, Theo. F. Stark, N. R. Willard.
Inspectors, Ed. F. Adams, Henry A. Taylor, F. P. Cutter, Chas. J. Jackson, Thos. T. Cass, N. R. Willard, Windsor M. Ward, A. F. Lyman, J. W. Kelley.
Foreman and Inspector at Town Yard, H. T. Mitchell.
WELL DAMAGES.
The opening of the sewer trenches and the pumping therefrom has proven an effectual way of lowering the level of the water table and consequently the draining of neigh- boring wells. This contingency could not be avoided. In Greenwood near the lower end of the Outfall sewer a num- ber of wells were dried in this manner. As most of this section was without public water supply and this occurring during the hottest season of the year, many of the in-
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habitants were in distress and were obliged to carry water a long distance. Such a situation could not be long endured. After careful consideration the board decided to afford re- lief by laying a temporary pipe near the top of the ground with several public faucets. An arrangement was then made with the Wakefield Water Company to permanently lay 1100 feet of 6 cast iron pipe in Grove and Hanson streets. Owing to the difficulty in securing pipe this main was not put in until the end of October. All claims for damages for the drying of wells, after investigation, and under advice from the town counsel, were settled on the basis of the town paying the cost of putting in a service pipe from said main to the inside of the cellar wall of the build- ing and releases were taken. Releases on said basis have been taken from Ira E. White, N. L. Drake, Rebecca Grossman, Leo S. Bartlett, A. E. Parks and Chas. E. Taylor.
OUTFALL SEWER.
This sewer is the main sewer connecting the pipe sewers throughout the town with the Metropolitan sewer at the Melrose line. It will be built of brick and concrete throughout its entire length, 10,047 feet. It is oval in shape 28 inches wide and 44 } inches high. It has a grade of one foot in 900 feet extending from its northerly end to Pearl street in Greenwood where it changes to one foot in 600 feet until it reaches a point 450 feet from its southerly end where it changes to one foot in 510 feet and connects with the Metropolitan sewer. Its capacity on the 1: 900 grade is about 19 cu. ft. per second equivalent to about 12,280,000 gallons in 24 hours, flowing full. The location of this sewer is more minutely described under articles styled sections one, two and three.
While we do not wish to minimize the difficulties attend- ing the construction of this sewer throughout its entire length we do wish to emphasize the fact that tunneling through the materials encountered along any possible loca-
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tion for this sewer is a very difficult and expensive opera- tion and as a rule contractors prefer not to do tunnel work at all. The experience of the town in obtaining bids for this work indicate that the two tunnels on its present loca- tion, while comparatively short, are considered by them the most difficult features of it.
SUB-DRAINS.
Sub-drains, sometimes referred to as under drains, have been a construction necessity under a large part of the system. Many erroneous ideas concerning their utility exist. By many of our people it is thought that the sub- drain is to take care of the surface water of the street. This is not the case.
Primarily the sub-drain serves its purpose during con- struction by draining the water from the trench and per- mitting the construction of the sewer on a practically dry bottom, thus giving the pipe layers a chance to make clean, tight joints and give time for the cement to set before be- ing immersed in water, with the consequent danger of its be- ing washed away by any current, and following this idea they are used under those sewers which are constructed through very wet ground and omitted where it is reasonably dry.
Incidentally if they can be kept open and connected as a system and carried to a suitable point of discharge they will effect a permanent drain, drawing off the ground water, thereby lowering the water table and improving the sanitary conditions. They will also tend to reduce the amount of ground water which finds its way into the sewer in spite of the most careful construction, which, if the time ever comes when the sewage is measured and the Metropolitan assess- ments are based on such measurements, will be a direct pecuniary benefit to the town.
As before stated it was decided to sub-divide the work into seven sections and the division was as follows :
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BRICK OUTFALL SEWER INTO THREE SECTIONS. SECTION ONE.
Contractors, Minahan & Costa, Orange, New Jersey.
This section, 3056 feet in length, is composed of 2131 lin. feet of open cut work averaging 20.5 ft. deep to 20 inches below the invert, and with a maximum cut of 30 feet and 925 feet of tunnel. Beginning on the location of the B. and M. Railroad at the Melrose line it runs northerly along the westerly side of said location about 800 feet, then crossing under the tracks goes northeasterly into a proposed street known as Humphrey street thence northerly in said street to Pearl street so called ; thence along a proposed street known as Pleasant street to a point near the northerly end of the rock cut of the railroad in Greenwood. Its size is 28 inches x 44} inches.
Work was begun on April 29, 1901 at the southerly shaft of the tunnel ; after excavating about 5 feet, ground water appeared and work at this point was abandoned. Work was also begun on April 30, 1901 on the west side of the railroad tracks at the southerly end of this section. Later on a Carson Machine was erected on Humphrey street. Work was then prosecuted continuously, sometimes at one place, then at others, and with more or less vigor and energy. The wet weather and the vast quantities of water encountered prevented very rapid progress for a time.
After the middle of July fair progress was made and by the middle of September the sewer was completed up to Pearl street so called, and then gradually pushed northerly to its present end at Station 21 + 36.
For the main part of its length the excavation has been through gravel and sand, some of which was very fine, strongly impregnated with water, although a portion was through solid rock, and another portion through hard pan containing many boulders.
Work on the tunnel was first begun from a central shaft
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and later from the northerly end. It has been through solid rock. Comparatively little water in the tunnel was en- countered until a point was reached about 60 feet from the northerly end when considerable water came through the seams of the rock, and for about a hundred feet the "roof" is somewhat loose and broken and bears large quantities of water. Most of the distance has been drilled by using compressed air. The work has been carried on at various times with frequent stops due to various causes. There have been drilled about 760 feet of tunnel.
Work on this section was stopped by order of the Board on January 10, 1902.
SECTION TWO.
Contractors, Minahan & Costa.
This section, 3,220 feet long, is all in open cut and aver- aging 31.0 feet deep to a point 20 in. below the invert. The maximum cut is 34.4 feet to the same point. The size of the sewer is 28 inches x 44} inches.
It begins at the northerly end of Section One and runs northerly on the Boston and Maine railroad location to near the Greenwood street crossing, then curves easterly and northerly into Main street and runs northerly in Main street to a point near Mr. Rufus Kendrick's dwelling.
Work was begun at the corner of Main and Oak street about the middle of May 1901, and a cable machine set up. The excavation was carried down intermittently in the course of several months to the required depth. An at- tempt was then made by the contractors to see if they could tunnel it cheaper than by open cutting from the surface. After several weeks this attempt at tunnelling was aban- doned. About September 20 they set up a Carson machine at this point and for a short time fair progress was made- then it became necessary to sink a new well which neces, sitated a delay. When this was done some further progress was made but the season was well advanced and a heavy
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rain and snow brought the water up so high in the trench as to prevent the putting in of masonry. Pumping was continued for several weeks with inadequate appliances un- til the work was stopped. At the southerly end of this trench there was fine sand in the bottom for a distance, then the masonry structure of the sewer passes through about 120 feet of hard pan and then into a sand somewhat coarser than at the beginning. Owing to its great depth consider- able ground water was encountered which was gradually reduced by pumping to a point about 6 feet above the sewer, then with the rains during the latter part of December it rapidly rose above that height.
Another opening on this section was made at its souther- ly end and the work carried on much the same as elsewhere. For a period the work would be prosecuted fairly vigorous- ly, then practically cease. Ledge at this point was the main difficulty until about Christmas when the snow and rains in- creased the amount of water beyond the capacity of the pumps.
In all there have been completed on this section 768 lin. feet of sewer.
Work on this section was stopped by order of the Board on January 10, 1902.
SECTION THREE. Contractors, Minahan & Costa.
This section, 3771 feet long, has 2911 feet of open cut work averaging 19.1 feet deep to a point 20 inches below the invert and a maxim cut of 34.2 feet and a tunnel 860 feet long.
It begins at the northerly end of Section 2 and follows Main street northerly to a point near the overhead bridge and thence continues northerly following the location of the Boston and Maine railroad to Railroad street, near Main street, where it connects with Sections Four and Six herein- after mentioned.
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