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7.688 11.182
Germantown. Belmont.
Two Worthington duplex engines ; reservoir.
Extraordinary repairs on old engine.
8.65
1.621
6.561 1.277
.189 9.671
Columbus,
38,571.89
10,842.16 10.708 ¿
Interest.
$2,319.70 $7.50 21.904
2.412
DUTY COST OF FUEL.
4.678
5.099
385
ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF WATER.
Taking everything into consideration, I am clearly of the opinion that Tatnuck Brook is the most desirable source for the city to secure for an additional supply of water.
The surveys of the Tatnuck Brook water-shed and Reservoir, have been made by General Percy Daniels and party, and of Henshaw Pond by Mr. L. A. Taylor, and I desire to acknowledge the valuable assist- ance rendered by both of them in the energetic prosecution of the work under their charge.
Respectfully submitted,
C: H. M. BLAKE, Civil Engineer.
CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE,
WORCESTER, June 21st, 1875.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN : As required by an ordinance of the City, I here- with present the annual report of the expenditures and receipts of the Highway Department for the year ending November 30th, 1875, including $4,021.19 allowed by vote of the City Council for various reasons to sundry persons for damages, &c., also a schedule of the city property in charge of the same at that date. The ten oxen belonging to the department at the commencement of the year have been sold, and seven horses, one pair double and two single cart harnesses and a sweeping machine have been bought. Five ox carts have been changed to four-wheeled horse carts. Ten horse stalls, a chimney, harness room 15 by 30 feet, and a sleeping room 15 by 15 feet, have been built in the stables, and the stables, sheds, tool house and fence have been repaired and painted. The wall under the sheds built by the Boston and Albany Railroad has been paid for, all of which are included in the expenses.
50
388
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30
REPAIRS.
Following, is a list of Streets and Bridges that have received the necessary repairs, and the cost of doing the same, also the cost of breaking roads, street cleaning, &c.
Apricot
street,
$68 50
Austin
66 27
Ararat
66
19 25
Auburn
66
65 75
Ashland
66
56 00
Adams
150 55
Arch
39 00
Beaver
66
245 25
Belmont
66
746 17
Brooks
66
108 25
Bloomingdale
267 75
Boylston
66
21 00
West Boylston 66
361 50
Blithewood
36 00
Burncoat
24 50
Bailey
66
24 00
Beacon
11 25
Bellevue
36 75
Brattle
66
56 40
Bliss lane,
16 50
Cambridge
street,
270 95
Canterbury
66
137 15
Charlton
12 75
Chandler
66
270 75
Channing
66
112 50
College
66
85 75
Catharine
71 50
Crown
66
39 50
Chestnut
66
21 00
Coral
66
72 60
Canal
69 50
Cedar
66
28 00
Central
66
65 70
Dix
66
50 00
Elm
164 80
Chester
14 00
Elizabeth
47 35
Endicott
66
64 60
Edward
66
19 75
Eastern avenue,
134 25
Fowler street,
200 00
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
389
Front
street,
$21 95
Foyle
12 50
Flagg 66
137 75
Franklin
12 75
Grafton
66
904 24
Grand
37 50
Green lane,
37 50
Green
street,
207 10
Grove
1,299 75
Garden
73 25
Gates' lane,
48 50
Greenwood street,
350 75
Hope avenue,
820 62
Hanover
street,
84 55
Hamilton
66
26 75
Harrington
108 00
Holden
481 00
Hermon
20 75
Hammond
23 26
Highland
183 00
Heard
66
32 50
Holmes
66
24 50
Jefferson
66
21 70
June
66
15 50
Jackson
47 75
Kendall
6 75
Lincoln
66
856 30
Leicester
66
1,313 15
Lake avenue,
18 75
Lovell
street,
37 20
Laurel
105 00
Lagrange
66
65 90
Ludlow
13 50
Ledge
13 50
Main
66
535.00
Millbury
66
712 00
Millbury avenue,
14 00
Mill
street,
177 60
Mountain
66
141 50
Malden
57 75
Millbrook
35 50
Mooreland
43 25
Manchester
66
32 53
May
239 55
Mechanic
66
32 50
Newton,
237 00
Newbury
15 00
Nelson place
21 50
390
CİTY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
North
street,
$44 75
Norwood
66
50 00
Olean
5 00
Oxford
66
39 50
Orchard
66
9 00
Oread
114 40
Orange
66
35 45
Oak avenue,
15 00
Pleasant street,
654 97
Pratt
10 85
Plantation
66
721 64
Plymouth
66
39 25
Park
29 50
Pearl
9 50
Prescott
66.
76 00
Portland
6 75
Prospect
7 50
Piedmont
16 50
Queen
52 50
Southbridge
66
742 67
Shrewsbury
66.
324 50
Suffolk
97 75
Sever
66.
25 50
Salisbury
367 40
Salem
66
51 00
Summer
66
93 75
Spring
66.
13 50
Stafford
29 00
Sycamore 66
12 75
Spruce
10 80
Shelby
74 50
Trumbull
48 50
Taylor
37 25
Thomas
71 75
Temple
66
13 20
Union
16 22
Union avenue,
28 50
Vernon
street,
67 00
Washington
26 00
Washington square,
140 00
Webster
street,
285 70
Woodland
66
37 30
Ward
66.
27 25
Water
55 82
West
13 80
Walnut
80 00
Wall
111 45
Wellington
10 50
391
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
William street,
$12 50
Wyman
66
61 00
Sundry streets,
369 65.
Total for street repairs,
$19,425 75
BRIDGES.
Belmont
street,
$3 60
Green
2 00
Grove
6 66
Grafton
66
34 42
June
2 50
Jamesville
43 24
Leicester
5 65
Mill
66
171 89
Market
1 50
Millbrook
66
6 20
Pleasant
17 64
Southbridge
66
70 50
Thomas
66
9 80
Union
12 33
Washington
66
10 10
Webster square,
29 91
Total for repairs on bridges,
$427 94
Snow and ice,
$3,978 92
Street cleaning,
3,215 60
Incidental labor,
990 65
$8,185 17
Total for repairs, snow and ice, cleaning streets, &c., $28,038 86
The measurement of the materials used and charged to sidewalk accounts, is as follows :-
CURBSTONE.
Length of new curbstone,
4,913.6-10 feet.
66 " curbstone reset,
866
66
66 " circle curbstone,
78 66
FLAGSTONE.
Length of new flagstone,
" flagstone relaid,
2,195.2-10 feet. 95.6-10 «
392
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
PAVING.
Amount of new gutter paving,
2,308
square yards.
66 " gutter paving relaid,
187.9-10
66 66
66
" new cross-walk paving,
1,159.7-10
66 66
66 " cross-walk paving relaid,
184.2-10
66
66 " new brick paving,
178.5-10
66
66 " brick paving relaid,
47.5-10
66
66 " block paving,
22.6-10
66
66 " Asphaltum paving,
209.8-10
66
.
CORNERS.
Number of 3 foot corners,
18
“2
2
66
" corners reset,
2
The cost of the labor in connection with the materials used is shown in a statement of the account with each street, to wit :-
MAIN STREET.
North-west side, from Downing to Beaver street.
958.3-10 lineal feet curbstone,
$479 15
6.3-10 6.6 reset,
44
" flagstone, 130
67 60
429.6-10 square yards gutter paving,
184 71
89.8-10
cross-walk paving,
38 61
3 long corners,
16 05
Engineering,
17 26
Labor, &c.,
294 50 -$1,098 32
MAIN STREET.
West side, from Beaver street to the estate of E. T. Marble.
230.7-10 lincal fect curbstone,
$115 35
27
66
reset,
1 89
18
" circle curbstone,
15 66
95.5-10 square yards gutter paving,
41 06
39.7-10
66 cross-walk paving,
17 07
18.8-10
66 relaid,
2 82
42.2-10 lincal feet flagstone,
25 32
1 long corner,
5 35
Engineering, labor, &c.,
86 91
-$311 43
393
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
CEDAR STREET.
North side, from West to Fruit street.
720.9-10 lineal feet curbstone,
$360 45
55.3
flagstone,
33 12
8.5 66
curbstone reset,
59
34 square yards cross-walk paving,
14 62
310.5
66 gutter
133 51
4
66 66
relaid,
60
2 long corners,
10 70
Gravel,
9 30
Grading, carting stone, &c.,
227 75
Engineering,
7 12
-$797 76
AUBURN STREET.
West side, from Kendall street to the northerly line of the estate of F. A. Gaskill, and east side from Kendall street to Catharine street.
1,117
lineal feet curbstone,
$558 50
258.3-10
reset,
18 08
50
66 flagstone,
30 00
496.5-10 square yards gutter paving,
213 49
82.2
relaid,
12 33
24.6
cross-walk,
10 57
2 long corners,
10 35
Carting stone and gravel,
76 25
Grading,
121 36
Engineering,
15 00 -$1,065 93
DAVIS PARK.
243
lineal feet curbstone,
$121 75
60
66 " circular curbstone,
52 20
66
curbstone reset,
4 62
135 square yards gutter paving,
58 05
12
66 66 66 relaid,
1 80
140.3 66 " brick paving,
20 22
6,312 bricks,
88 36
Carting stone and gravel,
19 10
Grading,
66 25
Sand,
16 80
Engineering,
5 50
-$454 65
394
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
FRONT STREET.
·
South side of Washington square, in front of the estate of E. D. Weatherbee, and on the north side of Washington square, from the end of the present walk to Summer street. Also, on the south side of Front street, in front of the estate of Pratt and Earle.
129.9 lineal feet curbstone,
$64 95
48.1
66 reset,
3 36
146.2
" flagstone,
76 02
53.6 square yards cross-walk paving,
23 04
50.2
gutter
21 62
16
brick 66
2 24
15.2
66 gutter
relaid,
2 28
720 bricks,
10 08
1 long corner,
5 35
1
reset,
35
Grading, Engineering, &c.,
27 35
-$236 64
LINCOLN STREET.
West side, from Frederick street to Paine's driveway.
54.5-10 square yards gutter paving,
$23 43
40.1
66
relaid,
8 82
Engineering, labor, &c.,
6 70
-$118 95
OREAD STREET.
South side, from Main street to the easterly line of the estate of Myron C. Davis.
335.4-10 lineal feet curbstone,
$167 70
113.4
" flagstone,
58 96
69.8-10 square yards cross-walk paving,
30 01
146.2
gutter
62 86
1 long corner,
5 35
Grading,
123 50
Labor, cutting stone,
9 40
Engineering,
17 20
-$474 98
FRUIT STREET.
West side, from Pleasant street to Elm street.
505.8-10 lineal feet curbstone,
$252 90
35
reset,
2 45
210.2 square yards gutter paving,
90 38
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS. 395
1 long corner reset,
35
1 short « . «
21
Gravel,
5 85
Grading, carting gravel, &c.,
141 20
Engineering,
15 75
-$509 09
HAMMOND STREET. East side, from Main street southerly, to the southerly line of the estate of Charles Newton.
434.2-10 lineal feet curbstone,
$217 10
26
"
reset,
1 82
30
66
flagstone,
18 00
26.6
square yards cross-walk paving,
11 43
192.2
gutter
relaid,
1 35
37
brick
5 18
1 long corner reset,
35
Carting stone and gravel,
29 25
Grading,
191 20
Engineering,
3 56
-$561 88
WASHINGTON STREET. East side, in front of the estate of Francis Hoyle.
45.3-10 lineal feet curbstone,
$22 65
11 66 66 reset,
77
20.1
square yards gutter paving,
8 64
1 long corner reset,
35
Grading,
15 75
-$48 16
CHANDLER STREET.
South side, in front of the estate of Alden Thayer.
114.2-10 lineal feet curbstone,
$57 10
50.7 square yards gutter paving,
21 70
1 long corner,
5 35
Grading,
16 40
-$100 55
CROSS -WALKS.
WELLINGTON STREET.
14 lineal feet curbstone,
$7 00
20.5
66
66 reset,
1 43
66.4
" Belgian flagstone,
56 44
20.6
common
13 39
48.8 square yards, cross-walk paving,
25 38
8.8
relaid,
3 52
22.4 66
66 gutter paving,
9 63
14.4
brick
relaid,
2 88
7.6
block
2 28
Labor,
50 12
-$172 07
51
82 64
9
396
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
TEMPLE STREET.
36 square yards cross-walk paving,
$28 80
50 lineal feet flagstone,
17 50
Labor,
33 97
-$80 27
MAIN STREET.
25 lineal feet curbstone,
$12 50
183.6
Belgian flagstone,
156 06
168
66 common
174 72
50
curbstone reset,
3 50
5
square yards block paving,
13 75
185.9
cross-walk paving,
113 31
6
gutter
relaid
90
Labor,
41 60
-$516 34
CHATHAM STREET.
56.6 lineal feet Belgian flagstone,
$48 11
31.5 square yards cross-walk paving,
13 54
10.6 66
relaid,
1 59
Grading,
9 80
Labor, cutting stone,
9 00
-$82 04
IRVING STREET.
40.3-10 square yards asphaltum paving,
80 60
-$80 60
FRONT STREET.
7.9-10 square yards brick paving relaid,
$1 10
67.6 66 cross-walk paving relaid,
10 14
113.7 lineal feet curb reset,
7 95
1 long corner,
5 35
Labor,
14 25
-$38 79
LINCOLN SQUARE.
6 square yards block paving,
$16 50
48.3
cross-walk paving,
20 76
108.8 lineal fect flagstone,
65 28
Labor,
35 75
-$138 29
OAK AVENUE.
30.4 square yards cross-walk,
$13 07
54 23
63.8 lineal feet Belgian flagstone, Labor,
6 50
-$73 80
397
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
WEST STREET.
8 square yards brick paving,
$1 12
729 bricks,
10 20
-$11 32
ELM STREET.
36.4 square yards cross-walk paving,
$15 65
60 lineal feet flagstone,
36 00
Labor, &c.,
9 80
-$61 45
PEARL STREET.
16.2-10 square yards cross-walk paving relaid,
$2 43
55.3-10
gutter
8 29
36.6
lineal feet flagstone,
21 96
4
66
2 00
164.1
6.6 reset,
11 48
4 square yards brick paving,
1 12
360 bricks,
5 04
-$52 32
WASHINGTON SQUARE.
119.5-10 square yards asphaltum paving,
$221 07
237.7 66 cross-walk 6
102 21
535
lineal feet Belgian flagstone,
454 75
Labor, grading,
229 77
Engineering,
27 70
Labor, cutting stone,
60 83 -$1,096 33
GREEN STREET.
50 square yards asphaltum paving,
$100 00
4
66 block
11 00
31
cross-walk
13 33
66 lineal feet flagstone,
39 60
13
curbstone,
6 50
Labor, &c.,
9 80
-$180 23
HERMON STREET.
62.3 square yards gutter paving,
$26 78
Labor,
13 75
-$40 53
WASHINGTON STREET.
38.6 lineal feet curbstone reset,
$2 70
2 long corners,
10 70
30.4 square yards cross-walk paving,
13 07
8.1 gutter 66 relaid,
1 21
53 lineal feet flagstone,
31 80
Labor,
11 00
-$70 48
398
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
SOUTHBRIDGE STREET.
43.5 square yards cross-walk paving relaid, $6 52
66 lineal feet flagstone 2 64
33 square yards cross-walk, 14 19
32.7 lineal feet Belgian flagstone,
27 79
27.3
curbstone,
13 65
1 Long corner,
5 35
Labor,
29 25
-$99 39
PLEASANT STREET.
72.1 square yards cross-walk paving,
$31 00
18.7-10
relaid,
2 80
125
lineal feet flagstone,
75 00
39.6 66 66
relaid,
1 58
1 Long corner,
5 35
Labor,
25 25
-$140 98
SUNDRY SIDEWALKS.
Labor, repairing sundry walks,
$245 69
Advertising for proposals to construct walks,
32 37
Damages for injury to persons and property,
671 54
Engineering,
165 74
Expense to the city for sidewalks,
$9,828 91
RECEIPTS.
Balance to the credit of the Department November 30th, 1874, brought forward,
$2,316 02
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation,
$40,000 00
For sidewalks, driveways, &c., collected and passed to the credit of the Department,
$12,075 39
For Labor and Material.
Armory building,
$22 88
City Hospital,
46 38
City Hall,
6 00
Fire Department,
3 46
Public Schools,
1 50
Pauper Department,
10 00
Water
66
196 17
Sundry persons,
458 82
66 12 M. bricks,
168 00
Street scrapings,
130 90
Live stock. Horse and oxen sold,
1,145 00
Shade trees and Public Grounds,
226 40
Sewer Department,
87 95 -$2,503 46
399
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
For Street Construction.
Endicott street,
$1,830 81
Wellington street,
499 90
Pond
145 43
Lincoln
40 94
Highland
662 45
Ward
53 00
Sundry streets,
294 38
- $3,526 91
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation,
$10,000 00
Total receipts,
$70,421 78
EXPENDITURES.
Salary of Commissioner,
$2,200 00
Labor as per pay roll,
29,085 66
Live stock,
1,400 00
Labor : Hired teams, &c.,
4,522 93
Breaking roads,
131 95
Shoeing,
364 80
Tools and repairs,
2,977 32
Hay, grain and straw,
4,195 48
4,843 feet curbstone, including freight,
2,136 77
1,887 " flagstone,
66
1,207 60
255 M. Bricks,
2,909 50
187 tons cobble stones,
195 91
33 street corners,
107 00
Lumber,
395 37
Daniel Sullivan, setting curb and paving,
1,931 10
Geo. F. Fisher, Asphaltum paving,
873 32
J. Sullivan, labor, patching walks,
151 87
C. O. Richardson, labor, patching walks, .
57 04
Wall stone, border stone, stone bounds, &c.,
105 50
Gravel,
635 20
Paving blocks and storage,
103 20
Engineering,
1,863 79
Traveling expenses, horse hire and car tickets for en- gineers, 44 77
Alterations and repairs at City stables,
1,029 19
B. & A. Railroad for retaining wall at stables,
168 60
Advertising, writing, printing and stationery,
446 43
Insurance on stables and stock,
75 00
Fuel and lights at city stables,
92 19
Powder and fuse,
17 86
Drain pipe and cement,
223 38
Supply of water for trough, South Worcester,
20 00
400
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
Medicines and attendance at stables, 73 25
Traveling expenses, telegraphing, &c., 13 64
Damages allowed Albert Curtis for injury to property and appraising the same, 317 50
Staples and Goulding, for examining case of Jason Cha- pin, vs. City of Worcester, 15 00
Damages allowed Geo. W. Gale for injury to carriage, 100 00
Jane F. Woodward, legal expense of suit, 100 15
Damages allowed Catharine Kneeland for injury to per- son, 25 00
Damages allowed J. O. Sullivan for injury to person, 50 00
Damages allowed Bridget Fitman for injury to person, 300 00
Damages allowed F. T. Burr for injury to carriage,
100 00
Damages allowed Josiah Rice for injury to person,
196 39
Damages allowed Abbie Dunawin for injury to property, 460 90
Damages allowed Leo Roberts for injury to person, 2,050 25
Damages allowed Alvira Newton for injury to person,
300 00
Damages allowed Michael McGrath for injury to property, 6 00
Total expenditure, $63,776 81
Expense to the City from sidewalks, as previously shown, $9,828 91
Balance of expenditures for Highway Department, 53,947 90
$63,776 81
RECAPITULATION.
HIGHWAYS.
Balance to the credit of Department brought forward,
November 30th, 1874, $2,316 02
Appropriation,
40,000 00
$42,316 02
Revenue for Sidewalks, Driveways, &c., collected and passed to the credit of Highway Department, $12,075 39
Revenue for labor and material from other departments and sundry persons, 2,503 46
Revenue for Street Construction, 3,526 91
$18,105 76
Total,
$60,421 78
Expended,
53,947 90
Balance unexpended,
$6,473 88
401
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation, Expended,
$10,000 00 9,828 91
Balance unexpended,
171 09
Balance unexpended to the credit of the Department, -
6,644 97
SCHEDULE
Of Real and Personal Property in charge of the Highway Department, November 30th, 1875.
REAL ESTATE.
50,331 feet land with City Stables thereon,
$23,000 00
1 acre land on Pleasant street,
150 00
Land near Paxton line,
100 00
1
Total of Real Estate, $23,250 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
LIVE STOCK.
20 Horses,
$3,750 00
8,000 pounds hay,
$92 00
1,200 66 straw,
12 00
25 bushels oats,
15 00
200
corn,
170 00
-$289 00
WAGONS, CARTS, SLEDS AND EQUIPMENTS.
1 street sweeper,
$300 00
29 neck yokes,
$29 00
1 four-horse wagon,
175 00
2 pairs ox bows, 2 00
1 two horse wagon,
65 00
32 whiffletrees, 48 00
2 one-horse wagons,
300 00
15 horse blankets, 15 00
14 two-horse carts,
2,100 00
11 surcingles,
11 00
6 one-horse carts,
500 00
26 halters, 26 00
1 tight cart,
150 00
15 curry combs and brushes, 22 50
1 pair cart wheels,
56 00
40 meal bags, 10 00
1 stone lifter,
225 .00
11 draft chains,
22 00
1 cesspool cleaner,
200 00
2 heavy cable chains,
15 00
1 street roller,
200 00
2 scraper chains,
4 00
1 stone truck,
40 00
17 stake chains,
3 50
2 two-horse sleds,
175 00
20 tie chains,
11 00
1 light horse sled,
40 00
16 whiffletree chains, 8 00
1 light express sleigh,
25 00
2 pair lead bars,
6 00
2 ox sleds,
35 00
1 brush harrow head, 5 00
1 portable watering trough,
5 00
3 single harnesses,
105 00
1 buggy, 75 00
6 cart harnesses,
200 00
1 buffalo robe, 5 00
1 pair lead harnesses,
50 00
8 ox yokes,
40 00
$5,709 00
8 pairs double harnesses,
400 00
HAY AND GRAIN.
402
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
TOOLS.
2 sets tackle and falls,
$15 00
1 adze,
$2 00
1 grindstone,
13 00
5 chopping axes,
5 00
44 shovels,
44 00
1 broad ax, 2 00
56 snow shovels,
56 00
6 mattocks,
12 00
5 long-handle shovels,
5 00
2 ladders,
4 00
1 ox scraper,
17 00
1 cross-cut saw,
5 00
1 manure hook,
1 00
8 hay forks,
4 00
2 feed troughs,
8 00
46 street hoes,
46 00
7 oil cans,
3 00
8 snow scrapers,
25 00
2 garden rakes,
2 00
20 wheelbarrows,
20 00
24 picks,
48 00
6 stone forks,
: 00
3 stone drags,
15 00
2 steel wedges,
2 00
5 side-hill plows,
70 00
1 grain shovel,
2 00
1 pick plow,
50 00
2 churn drills,
1 00
1 snow plow,
10 00
1 oil pan,
00
7 striking hammers,
17 00
4 brooms,
2 00
16 crowbars,
48 00
1 iron vise,
6 00
10 stone drills,
20 00
3 monkey wrenches,
3 00
Lot light stone tools,
5 00
3 stoves,
25 00
3 stone hammers,
10 00
10 water pails,
5 00
8 cinder
17 00
Lot carpenter's tools,
12 00
22 lanterns,
22 00
4 tool chests,
40 00
1 basket,
50
200 feet fire hose,
150 00
2 hay cutters,
18 00
75 tape measure,
2 00
3 grain chests,
15 00
3 manure forks,
4 50
3 gravel screens,
25 00
2 coal hods, Lot of manure,
200 00
3 side
15 00
1 set grain measures,
1 50
1 'spirit level,
2 00
$1,239 50
LUMBER.
$75 00
72 00
-$147 00
STONE AND BRICK.
300 tons cobble stones,
300 00
Granite paving blocks,
75 00
132 feet Belgian bridge,
132 00
23 long corners,
69 00
18 short
45 00
stone posts,
15 00
25 M. paving bricks,
300 00
100 yards gravel at stables,
55 00
$991 00
Total of personal property,
$12,125 50
" " real estate,
23,250 00
Amount in Department,
$35,375 50
Respectfully submitted,
RUFUS CARTER,
Commissioner of Highways.
WORCESTER, December 24th, 1875.
3 00
2 patent scrapers,
70 00
5,000 feet bridge plank, 6 bridge stringers,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON WATER.
To the Council of the City of Worcester :-
IN compliance with an ordinance of the City, the Joint Stand- ing Committee on Water submit their report with those of the Water Commissioner, the Water Registrar, and the City Engi- neer. For all details we refer to these reports. Within the year there has been laid 7300 feet of pipe, a part of which taking the place of smaller pipe. In addition to which about 9000 feet of service pipe was laid. The largest work was that of a 16 inch pipe in Main Street from Front to Lincoln Square, and in Thomas Street from Main to Union Street. This was done in accordance with a recommendation of the Committee of last year, concurred in by the present Committee, and ordered by the present Council.
The laying of a new main from Lincoln Square through Pres- cott Street to the works of the Ames Plow Co., also through Grafton Street from Washington Square to Providence Street, was recommended by the Committee of last year, but has not been ordered. We renew the recommendation that it be done the ensuing year.
With a revival of business in the City, many other changes and extensions will be called for, and should be met as the exi- gency arises.
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404
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 30.
WATER SUPPLY.
No steps beyond that of investigation have been taken toward a further supply. For a greater part of the year, rains have been so plentiful that the danger of an exhausted supply has not been imminent. But the fact that with more than a usual rain- fall our only reservoir has not been filled for more than fifteen months, should excite apprehension, and should be kept promi- nently before the Council. The measurement of the flow from Henshaw Pond, caused to be made through the year, does not in- dicate much value from that source unless it should be as a stor- ing reservoir.
North Pond has not, as a source of supply, met with that favor in committee that it had for two years previous. Tatnuck Brook as far as quantity, quality and capacity for storage is con- cerned, stands pre-eminent, but the expense, that we could not place below $400,000, would in these times, compel great delay, if not a virtual abandonment. Another source of supply would be the storing of the storm waters, or the floods of Kettle Brook. There would be grave legal objections to this course, certainly, without legislative authority, expressly defined. But the expense of making the connection with our present reservoir would be so small that it might be wise to procure that authority, and make such connection.
Above the expense of the connection, it would involve the ex- pense of additional storage either by raising the present dam, or building a new one above the present one to hold the Lynde Brook flow. In the opinion of the Committee, the latter course would be better, safer, and not necessarily more expensive.
We recommend that the Mayor be directed to petition the com- ing Legislature, for authority to take and store the waste waters of Kettle Brook. It has been stated in reports to the Council from time to time, that a small stream called Parsons Brook, could be turned into the Hunt reservoir at a very small outlay for construction or damage to estates. We recommend that the petition of the Mayor cover authority to take this stream for the uses of the City.
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405
REPORT OF WATER COMMITTEE.
METERS.
Your attention is called to the report of the Registrar on this subject. A limited number of the new "Desper" meter and the "Gem " have been read the past year. The result has been so favorable compared with the Ball & Fitts meter that it may be thought best to make no discrimination between them hereafter. The Committee are unanimously of the opinion that some meter should be required, wherever the consumption is large, or where waste is tolerated.
The Registrar and Engineer in their reports have indicated the importance of the self-closing fixtures, applied to faucets, closets, etc. The Committee are impressed with the great importance of these fixtures and recommend such a change of the " Ordi- nance relative to Water " as shall allow an abatement where they shall be applied. Another necessary change in the Ordinance is one that shall hold all plumbers doing work in connection with the water pipes to a more direct accountability to the Water De- partment for the character of their work. With these changes, a revision of rates might very properly be considered.
The Commissioner and Registrar, have given their undivided attention to their several duties, and the Committee make this acknowledgment of their unvarying courtesy. The Registrar has largely reduced the expenses of his department, and with the increased business of the office a corresponding increase of salary would still leave it below that of other positions of no greater work or responsibility.
Respectfully submitted,
D. S. GODDARD, .
GEORGE GEER, G. J. RUGG, T. J. HASTINGS,
Joint Standing Committee on Water.
December 20, 1875.
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REPORT
OF THE
WATER REGISTRAR.
WORCESTER, Dec. 20, 1875.
To the Joint Standing Committee on Water :-
GENTLEMEN,-In conformity to Section 8 of the "Ordinances relative to Water," I present the following Report for the year ending November 30th, 1875.
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