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21 4 in. 4 60
28 6 in. §
25 4 in. 3 66
7 12 in. 1-16 "
4 in. 1-16 "
4 16x12 4-way Branches.
7일
4
66
66
10 6×6 66
2 16x16 3-way
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1 16×8
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15 Gate Covers.
4 Ludlow Gate Frames.
5 Ludlow Gate Covers.
14 12×6
15 Post Hydrants.
3 Post Hydrant Boxes.
3 Flush Hydrant Boxes.
13 Flush Hydrant Frames.
10 Flush Hydrant Covers.
2 Hydrant Bowls.
66
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66 60
8
143
3 10
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66
86
20
1 20 in. Plug.
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8 Hydrant Screws.
14 Valves for Hydrants.
28 Nozzles for Hydrants.
50 Hydrant Caps.
9 Nuts for Hydrant.
51 Brass Nuts.
3 Extension Hydrant.
8 Extension Tops.
5 Castings for drains.
69 feet 14 in. Cement-lined pipe.
960 feet 1 in. Cement-lined pipe.
77} feet 2§ in. Galvanized iron pipe. 65 feet 2
9 feet 1} 66
8 feet 14 66
16 feet 1
168 feet 3
1555 lbs. lead pipe.
10 lbs. Solder.
1 2} in. Peet valve.
18 2 in. Valves.
2 1 66
8 3 66
7 & in. stops for bands.
3 & in. waste stops.
7 ₺ in. waste stops.
4 & in. hose faucets.
44 Cast iron stop boxes.
122 lbs. cast iron box covers. 8 Sleeves for stop box extensions.
424 Front tapping bands.
2253 lbs. back bands.
475 lbs. bolts and nuts for service pipe.
455 lbs. bolts and nuts. 95 brass tees.
584 galvanized iron tees.
37 brass elbows.
291 galvanized iron elbows.
3 galvanized iron reducing coup- lings.
5 2 in. galvanized iron coupling.
139 thimble couplings.
172 galvanized iron nipples. 1 3 in. plain iron nipples. 8 combination nipples.
156 solder nipples. 26 brass nipples.
225 plugs from 3 to à inch. 7 bushings. 16 iron unions.
123 lead connections.
319 rubber packings for tapping bands.
2 Gem meters.
1 Crown meter.
14 Ball & Fitts meters.
1 Worthington meter.
2 pieces pipe for meter connection.
8 Stanwood pipe cutters.
1 Chase pipe cutter and dies.
9 die plates and 52 dies.
9 pipe taps.
1 packing box tap.
39 pipe tongs.
3 chain tongs.
6 packed drill stock and drills.
2 ratchet and drills.
1 tapping machine and drills. 73 files.
1 hydrant tongs.
3 screw drivers.
4 screw driver handles.
33 Monkey wrenches.
2 Baxter 66
15 Stop
12 Gate
11 Hydrant 66
42 cold chisels.
23 steel sets.
8 stone points.
5 packing irons.
1 large furnace and ladle.
3 furnaces.
10 ladles.
23 hand drills.
8 hand hammers.
10 striking hammers.
4 stone hammers.
2 nail hammers.
2 paving hammers.
2 hammers for breaking stone.
14 hammer handles. 15 iron bars.
55 picks.
68 shovels.
15 long-handled forks.
5 long-handled hooks.
6 hay forks.
9 long-tooth rakes.
14 hay rakes.
3 garden rakes.
5 boiler pumps.
2 force pumps.
3 copper pumps.
1 Knowles rotary pump.
2 Knowles large steam pumps.
2 Knowles No. 3 feed pumps.
4 boilers, heaters and connections.
1 12-horse-power portable engine.
3 iron spoons 28 iron tampers.
3 iron vises.
2 wood vises.
4 pair shears.
4 jack screws.
19 pails.
15 axes.
3 hand saws.
1 bit stock and 7 bits.
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1 try square.
1 drawing knife.
1 grindstone.
1 oil stone.
2 scythe stones.
4 hoes.
6 oilers.
5 trowels.
3 derricks.
1 23 inch flue scraper.
1 tube cleaner.
3 bbls. cement.
1,400 lbs. pig lead. 94₺ lbs. jute packing.
95 lbs. twine.
3 bbls. charcoal.
6 bbls. charcoal dust.
1 bbl. rosin.
20 lbs. rubber cloth.
182 lbs. hook bolts.
649 lbs. bands and straps.
134 lbs. post hydrant box fastenings. 20 hydrant yokes.
1 drinking fountain.
1 fountain stand.
2 sidewalk grates.
513 lbs. chains.
16 lbs. wire.
210 lbs. rope.
280 lbs. old metal.
2 horses.
2 wagons.
2 buggies.
2 sleighs.
2 harnesses.
7 horse blankets.
brush.
2 cards.
1 curry comb.
5 sponges.
1 chamois skin.
8,500 lbs. hay.
2 tons meadow hay.
1 bag C. corn.
3 bush. oats.
1 wagon jack.
1 fire alarm gong.
Patterns for pipe, gates, branches and hydrant box frames.
5 hooks for removing hydrant waste.
3 forks for removing hay from hydrants.
5 wrenches for repairing hydrants.
46 letters for flush hydrants.
Lot of tools for repairing hydrants. 1 Howe scale.
1 set scales for testing meters.
17 set cones for lining pipe.
1 press for lining service pipe.
1 tank for testing meters.
1 truck.
2 sand screens.
1 test pump and gauge.
4 steam gauges.
2 rain gauges.
4 sets pulley blocks and ropes.
1 1000 lbs. 8 ft. block.
1 canvas tent and frame.
200 ft. chestnut plank.
670 ft. chestnut joist 3 x 4.
75 tt. pine plank.
¿ ton coal.
59 lanterns.
14 lantern globes. 48 lantern bottoms.
4 bracket lamps.
1 anvil.
1 portable forge and blacksmiths' bellows.
1 fan blower.
132 lbs. steel in drills.
3 tool boxes.
5 tool chests,
12 iron screws.
4 papers of screws.
1 wood branding iron.
3 ladders.
58 lbs. wire rope.
2 hand-carts.
5 stoves.
5 hose nipples.
2 goose necks.
6 oil cloth coats.
6 pair rubber boots.
4 pair rubber mittens.
2 soldering furnaces and tools.
8 dies for cutting packing.
1 oil tank.
28 gallons kerosene oil.
9 oil cans.
1 spirit level.
6 brooms for cleaning hydrants.
1 shop broom.
3 brushes.
1 coal hod.
2 pair plyers.
3 powder cans.
3 paving rammers.
3 pair tongs for lifting pipe.
2 carpenter horses.
5 hay knives.
1 wood marker.
1 sprinkler.
2 tin dippers.
4 tea kettles.
2 mixing boxes.
3 tape lines.
1 sled.
1 2 qt. measure.
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1 1 qt. measure.
3 tunnels.
2 thermometers.
6 furnace grates.
8 boilers.
5 wooden rollers.
15 scythes and snaths.
3 spoons for cleaning stop boxes.
2 zinc dripping pans.
750 ft. § in. pipe for thawing service pipe. 20 lbs. tin pipe for thawing service pipe. 175 lbs. nails. 1 bedstead and bedding.
2 desks.
5 office chairs.
REPORT
OF THE
WATER REGISTRAR.
To the Joint Standing Committee on Water:
GENTLEMEN :- I respectfully present the following report for the year ending November 30th, 1881. There were three hun- dred and fifty-five applications for water received during the year, all of which were granted, but the service pipes to the number of twenty-four remain to be laid next season.
I rendered to the City Treasurer for collection water bills as follows :
For Metered Water . . 7,876 . amounting to $71,296.06 Annual Rates 2,154 . . 66 16,577.09
Total, 10,030 $87,873.15
The water was shut off from the premises of thirteen takers, on account of non-payment of bills, and immediately turned on upon settlement of same. Abatements amounting to $2,743.60 were made owing to adjustment of bills from rate to meter assessment, for correction of bills, and in accordance with orders of the committee.
The quantity of metered water furnished during the twelve months ending September 30th, 1881, inclusive of waste and leakage, was as follows :
From October, 1880, to April, 1881. . . 162,897,911 gallons. April, 1881, to October, 1881 . 198,283,102
Total, 243,713,494
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METERS.
During the year four hundred and sixty-four (464) meters have been placed upon the works, and the total number in use at the present time is four thousand two hundred and forty-six (4,246), the sizes and kinds of which are given below :
SIZES.
KINDS.
1 in.
1} in.
2 in.
3 in.
4 in.
6 in.
8 in.
Union, Rotary .
1,381
51
22
18
17 44
8
1
1
1
Desper
792
36
2
Gem
14
1
1
3
Worthington
2
Union, Piston .
1,487
293
58
7
1
The advantages derived from the sale of water by meter measurement are numerous, and result in a benefit to both the city and the taker. There is an inequality in the division of the benefit however, the taker receiving the larger portion. It is a well-known fact that no meter in use in the city accurately records the water which passes through it, and that the register invariably indicates a less quantity than is actually furnished. This fact is not easily digested by a party who pays an excessive bill for leakage or extravagant use of water, but when he investigates the matter and learns that his meter will deliver fifty-four gallons daily for the sum of five dollars annually, he concludes that water is not after all such an expensive luxury.
The tax for water in this city is diminutive in comparison with that of many cities and towns, and cannot be called a burden when the value of the article assessed is considered. Only a desire for exercise would prompt a person to pump water for less than one cent a barrel, which price is more than the city receives from takers by meter measurement. As has been stated in previous reports, meters serve as a check to waste and leakage which otherwise might draw heavily upon our resources, 24
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and I firmly believe that to the large number of meters upon our works we can attribute the favorable condition of our storage at the present date.
REMARKS.
The details of the official duties of the Commissioner and Registrar increase yearly, and only those who are in the depart- ment can really enjoy the happiness which results from acquain- tance and intercourse with ten thousand water takers. Water is never valuable until it suddenly ceases to run through a faucet, and rest is not allowed members of this branch of the city government till the liquid flows again. The officials are sup- posed to know why each taker uses more water in June than in July, why this six months bill is larger than the one previous, to tell what is the trouble with a meter before looking at it, and to receive all the complaints, impolite language and unreasonable conversation with angelic smiles and lamblike gentleness. But " they are paid for it."
Respectfully submitted.
J. STEWART BROWN, Registrar.
Worcester, December 19, 1881.
REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER
TO THE
COMMITTEE ON WATER.
CITY OF WORCESTER, CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE,
December 20th, 1881.
To the Joint Standing Committee on Water :
GENTLEMEN .- In compliance with the requirements of Chapter XVII. of the City Ordinances, I herewith submit the following report :
The dams and reservoirs have been regularly visited by me during the past year, and I have found them to be in good con- dition. I would suggest that a weir be placed in the brook above the Lynde Brook reservoir, and that the measurement of the amount of water flowing into the reservoir be taken every day during the coming year. This is the only way by which we can estimate accurately the amount of water used. We have a gen- eral idea that we are using 3,000,000 gallons per day. But this amount is not based upon any calculations that are reliable. For several years we have been able to give an accurate estimate of the amount of water in the reservoir at any time, calculations having been made of the capacity of the pond for each one-hun- dredth of a foot in depth. If we have the weir measurement taken as suggested, we shall have sufficient data to calculate the amount of water taken from the reservoir daily.
During the past year the question of an additional water sup-
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ply has been thoroughly investigated. The result of these in- vestigations is fully set forth in a report made to you June 25th. The City Council having accepted this report, and having voted to take Tatnuck Brook as the source from which to obtain an additional water supply, I would respectfully recommend that the work be commenced the coming season.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES A. ALLEN, City Engineer.
REPORT
OF THE
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.
To the Honorable City Council : .
In obedience to section 7, chapter 40 of the Ordinances of the City of Worcester, the Joint Standing Committee on Sewers present their annual report together with the report of the Superintendent of Sewers.
The sewage system of the City as completed to date consists of 40.44 miles of sewers and appendages necessary thereto, all of which are in a good state of repair and working in a satisfactory manner. The demand for new sewers has been great the past year, and though but comparatively a small part of those petition- ed for have been built, the expense of construction has greatly exceeded the appropriation. The work has been done in a thorough manner, and your committee are of the opinion that the interests of the City can best be subserved by the building of sewers by the Department rather than by contract. Urgent necessity demands that steps be taken at once to drain the Lin- coln Brook and Pine Meadow districts; also to arch the open Mill Brook sewer in the thickly settled portion of the City. Your committee would recommend that a portion of each of these expensive jobs be built each year rather than that any one should be built to the exclusion of the others. To meet the ex- pense of these and other sewers which must be built the coming year will require a much larger appropriation of money than has been accorded to the Department for the year past. The atten- tion of the City Council is called to the great inequality in sewer
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assessments by the plan now in use by the Board of Aldermen. Your committee would recommend that the City Council con- sider the matter to the end that a more equitable plan of assess- ment be devised. The Department of Sewers the past year has been managed by the Superintendent in a manner creditable to him and eminently satisfactory to your committee.
Respectfully submitted. .
BENJ. WALKER, ANDREW ATHY, O. P. SHATTUCK, JOHN G. BRADY, F. E. LANCASTER, WM. O'CONNELL,
Joint Standing Committee on Sewers.
WORCESTER, Dec. 1, 1881.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS.
To the Joint Standing Committee on Sewers of the City of Worcester :
GENTLEMEN .- The Superintendent of Sewers presents his re- port of the work done during the year ending Nov. 30, 1881, together with a schedule of all property in his charge belonging to the Sewer Department.
The sewer in Quinsigamond Avenue, unfinished at the close of the last financial year, has been finished by the contractors and is a creditable piece of work. The work of sewer construction was commenced May 11th, and has continued without interrup- tion to the close of the year. The most expensive sewer built this year has been the brick sewer from Quinsigamond Avenue to Assonet street. Owing to unforeseen circumstances of water and quicksand, the cost of this sewer largely exceeded the esti- mate, but in no other case has this occurred. The Front street sewer was commenced at the very last of the year, and at this date is unfinished.
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The following table will show the length, size and cost of the sewers completed during the financial year of 1881 :
STREETS.
LOCATION.
Size.
Len'th
Man- holes.
Cost.
Quinsigamond Av.
Millbury to Southbridge,
70x72
3091
5
$40,244 01
Hospital,
Piedmont westerly,
15//12/
681
5
683 67
Clarkson,
Barclay to Penn Ave.,
12//
202
1
230 62
Lamartine,
Lafayette to Lodi,
27×33 24×36
1051
8
2,409 12
15/
22×33
Gold,
Sargent to Assonet,
20×30
1960
13
5,882 60
Sargent,
Gold to Lamartine,
22×23
$30
3
986 70
Orchard,
Belmont to Bismark,
12/1
485
3
480 21
Eastern Avenue,
Laurel northerly,
12/
480
3
458 59
Shelby,
Extension of former sewer
12//
175
2
325 60
Fox,
Water to Ingalls
12 !!
769
5
1,138 12
Water,
Millbrook to Fox,
15//
245
2
362 60
9469
50
The number of feet of sewer built the past year is
9,469
The number of feet in Island sewer which has never before been included is
4,142
Together they comprise,
13,611
or 2.56 miles, which added to the length heretofore built, makes the sewer system consist of 40.44 miles of sewer, 1,542 man- holes and 903 catch-basins.
To maintain the sewers of the City requires constant, watch- ful attention and a considerable force of men.
The old adage " Out of sight out of mind " applies with peculiar force to the sewers. So long as the sewer silently con- veys away the filth of a city, no thought is given to its import- ance, but let a sewer from any cause fail to perform the duty for which it was constructed, and the public health must suffer. The maintenance of sewers entails the clearing of many of them sev- eral times each year, which is done by flushing, scraping or the material is removed in pails by workmen. The Mill Brook sewer through the City is cleared once each year, and the obstruction, which is mostly sand, is carried below the arching in a boat and taken out.
12//
24×36
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The catch-basins are cleared as often as they become filled, which in many localities is after every violent shower. Less trouble is experienced from them where gutters are paved than elsewhere.
Lincoln Brook, which is used as an outlet for the sewer in Pleasant street, west of Piedmont, is frequently complained of as a nuisance, and though the stream is thoroughly cleaned each year, the abutters have just cause for complaint. The brook has been enclosed in a stone culvert from Pleasant to Chandler streets in some places of insufficient capacity and of very faulty workmanship.
The course of the brook is very crooked and the rough stones of the culvert are a serious obstruction to the flow of water, and in times of freshet causes the sewage to set back into cellars as far remote as Cedar street.
The rules and regulations for drain layers, adopted during the past year, have proved to be effective, particularly the require- ment to lay drains to a uniform grade, and to enter main sewers at an an angle of not less than 45°. The number of permits to enter sewers the past year has been 252, making the total num- ber to date 2782.
Hereto appended is a schedule of the property of the Depart- ment, amounting in value to $1,948.55.
Respectfully submitted.
ROBT. H. CHAMBERLAIN,
Superintendent of Sewers.
WORCESTER, Dec. 1, 1881.
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SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY IN CHARGE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS, DECEMBER 1, 1881.
One hoisting engine . $400 00
One Andrews' rotary pump 200 00
One pulsometer pump . 150 00
One rotary submerged pump 50 00
Two rotary submerged pumps 10 00
20 00
One hand pump .
One derrick (45 foot), 1,000 ft. wire guys and blocks 200 00
One Ingersoll steam drill . 200 00
One electric battery . 20 00
One cement testing machine 30 00
One house for engine . 8 00
One lot rubber hose for flushing 50 00
Three pair pipe tongs . 8 00
One lot composition valves . 20 00
One lot blacksmiths' tools, bellows and anvils
20 00
Thirty-three picks .
33 00
Thirty-seven shovels
18 00
Eight crowbars
20 00
Three sledges .
6 00
Four stone hammers 8 00
10 00
Sixteen drills
30 00
One lot tackle blocks
6 00
Nineteen lanterns
9 00
Four spirit levels .
5 00
Four saws .
4 00
Four trowels, $8.00; two brick hammers, $2.00
10 00
Three nail hammers .
3 00
Six long handled shovels 4 00
Four tool chests
12 00
Two tool carts
25 00
Six hand drills, $1.00; one boat in Mill Brook, $15.00
16 00
Two steel points
50
Three cold chisels
75
One lot sewer scrapers
10 00
One lot rope, $10.00; one cross cut saw, $3.00
13 00
Five fish hook ropes .
2 50
Two oil cans, $2.00; two vises, $6.00; one jack screw, $3.00
11 00
One lot sewer pails
6 00
Three wheel barrows
9 00
Seven hoes, $1.50; one sand screen, $6.00; one lot chains,
$12.00 . 19 50
Ten striking hammers
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One lot & rubber hose . 10 00
One bill hook, 75 cents ; two hatchets, $1.00 . 1 75
One wagon, $30.00; two crotch derricks, $6.00 . 36 00
One lot tackle blocks and rope . 10 00
Twenty-four sets catch basin plank 28 80
Five sets catch basin stone . 46 25
One lot of cement pipe, $7.50; two ladders, $2.00 9 50
One lot forms and centers, $25.00; two iron pails, $8.00 . 33 00
Three squares, $3.00; one tamper, $1.00; two tape meas- ures, $4.00 . 8 00
Lot bracing plank and R. R. ties, $30.00; exploders, $3.00 33 00
Sixteen screw braces, $50.00; one crane, $5.00 . 55 00
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REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN : - I herewith submit the following report of the Department of Civil Engineering for the year ending Decem- ber 1st, 1881.
HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
The following tables show the location of streets and side- walks decreed, constructed, and made public; also those streets on which street and sidewalk grades have been established.
STREETS AND GRADES DECREED.
Name of Street.
From.
To.
Remarks.
Millbury.
At Washburn & Moen's,
Quinsigamond.
Millbury.
Vernon,
Northerly.
Larch.
South Russell,
Winslow.
Piedmont.
Chandler,
Pleasant.
Grade and re-location. Grade and re-location. Grade re-established. Grade.
Summer.
Washington Square,
Lincoln Square.
Grade and re-location.
Woodland.
King,
Maywood.
Grade re-established. Re-location.
Union.
Thomas,
Mechanic.
Winslow.
Pleasant,
Austin.
Grade and location.
Salem Square.
Front,
Park.
Union Place.
Providence,
Coral.
Union Avenue. Blackstone.
Howard,
Bridge.
Relocation.
Ætna.
Providence,
Cutler.
Grade and location.
Taylor. Beaver.
Green,
Ward.
Location.
Main,
Park Avenue.
Grade and re-location.
Re-location east line. Location. Location.
Ward,
Vernon.
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SIDEWALKS DECREED.
Name of Street.
From.
To.
Length in Feet.
Remarks.
Spruce.
Green, Catharine,
Mount Vernon Place.
1,228.0
Both sides.
Piedmont.
Main,
Pleasant.
5,689.5
Both sides.
Allen.
Main,
Mount Pleasant.
833.0
Both sides.
Larch.
South Russell, Main,
Winslow.
506.6
Both sides.
Foster.
Waldo.
285.4
North side.
Woodland.
King,
Maywood.
7,624.0
Both sides.
Exchange.
Union,
Summer.
1,315.2
Both sides.
Austin.
South Russell,
Westerly.
700.0
Both sides.
Cambridge.
Southbridge,
N. & W. R. R.
1,021.0
North side.
Total length,
20,135.6
STREETS CONSTRUCTED.
Name of St.
From.
To.
Date of Order.
Width
in Feet.
Length
in Feet.
Remarks.
Quinsig'd Ave.
Southbridge.
Millbury,
April 5, '80.
60
3,095 Partly constructed.
Hospital.
King.
Wellington. May 17, '80.
50
1,931 Partly constructed. 576 Completed.
Lake.
Leicester.
Lafayette. Mill.
Dec. 6, '80.
40
1,692 Completed.
Mill.
Leicester.
Coes' Pond.
Dec. 6, '80.
49₺
2,360 Partly constructed.
Park Avenue.
Mill.
May.
Dec. 20, '80.
80
4,410 Partly constructed.
Claremont.
Main.
Woodland.
July 11, '81.
44
830 Partly constructed.
Total length, 14.894
SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED.
Name of Street.
From.
To.
Side of Street.
Length.
Foster.
Main,
Waldo.
Northerly.
292
Lancaster.
Dix.
Highland.
Westerly.
700
Columbia.
Water.
Blake.
Southerly.
560
Columbia.
Blake,
Arlington.
Northerly.
407
Mount Pleasant.
Benefit,
Allen.
Southerly.
307
Jackson.
Main,
N. & W. R. R.
Northerly.
974
Providence.
Harrison,
Waverly.
Easterly.
540
Harrison.
Water,
Providence.
Northerly.
1,015
Spruce.
Green,
Washington.
Both.
922
William.
West,
Fruit.
Northerly.
417
Allen.
Main,
Mount Pleasant.
Northerly.
385
Austin.
Queen,
670 feet westerly.
Southerly.
677
Temple.
Green,
Mill Brook.
Southerly.
731
Westminster.
Catharine,
Harrington Avenue.
Westerly.
290
Exchange.
Union,
W. & N. R. R.
Northerly.
233
Exchange.
Blackstone,
Summer.
Southerly.
353
Mulberry.
Shrewsbury,
117 feet northerly.
Easterly.
117
Summer.
Lincoln Square, 235 feet southerly.
Westerly.
235
Lincoln Square.
Summer,
47 feet westerly.
Southerly.
47
King.
Shepard,
91 feet westerly.
Southerly.
91
Catharine.
Westminster,
66 feet westerly.
Northerly.
66
Total length,
9,359
Westminster.
Washington.
932.9
Both sides.
Grosvenor.
Lamartine.
Dec. 6, '80.
40
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 36.
Quinsigamond Avenue was completed and opened to the public March 28. The total cost of the street to date, including land damages, is $14,886.60. All the damages have been settled, with the exception of George Crompton's claim for land taken, for which he was awarded $2,633.75 by the Board of Aldermen. Hospital street has been finished from King street to Piedmont street, that section of the street lying between Piedmont and Wellington streets cannot be finished until after the removal of the old Hospital building. As the new Hospital building is ready for occupancy, the old building will undoubtedly be removed at an early day, and the street finished.
The work of widening Park Avenue between May and Mill streets has been partly done and should be finished the coming year. This street was originally 60 feet wide between the points named above, but as now laid out is 80 feet wide.
Stephen Salisbury, jr., and others having petitioned the, County Commissioners to re-locate Summer street for its entire length, the Commissioners issued a decree re-locating the street and making it of a uniform width of 60 feet. This street as originally laid out varied in width from 40 feet to 55 feet, and some of the lines were very difficult to find. As the decree of the Commissioners was issued late in the season, nothing has been done as yet towards constructing the street. Most of the land taken is on the east side of the street, and is owned largely by the State, County and City. The grade of the street will be changed by cutting (2}) two and one-half feet in front of the Asylum grounds, filling two and one-half feet between Central and Thomas streets and cutting six feet in front of the Edward Earle estate. The estimated cost of making this improvement is $75,000, including land damages.
The new iron bridge at the southern crossing of the Provi- dence and Worcester railroad with Southbridge street has been completed, and the street partly re-graded. When finished this will be a great improvement to the street. The change in the location of Millbury street in front of the works of the Wash- burn and Moen Manufacturing Company has been completed to the satisfaction of all parties interested.
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