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To the Honorable City Council :-
The City Engineer respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1884 :
STREET CONSTRUCTION AND HIGHWAYS.
Richards and Ripley streets are the only streets, for which orders for construction were adopted in the year 1884, that are not completed. They are both partially worked and will receive attention early in the season.
Decrees have been adopted the past year making public the following streets. They will have to be worked within two years of the date of the adoption of their respective decrees in order to hold the lay-out. An estimate of the cost of construction and land damages is also given.
Name of Street.
From
To
Date of Adoption of Decree.
Estimated Cost.
Crystal, So. Crystal,
Main,
B. & A. R. R., B. & A. R. R., Kingsbury, 66
May 19, 1884,
No Estimate. $1,909.31.
75.00.
Queen, Shepard, John,
No. Ashland,
West,
Nov. 10, "
1,509.86.
" The Circuit " around Lake Park,
Meade,
Lamartine, Water,
Lafayette,
Dec. 8,
66
66
5,643.90.
May,
Queen,
" 31
250.00.
Mechanic,
Thomas,
.6
8,223.42.
Ward,
193.64.
Millbury, Sever,
Agricultural,
May 19,
400.00.
.€
Sept. 22, "
800.00.
§ (for cut'g brush) 1,500.00. 400.00.
Harrison,
Green,
Kingsbury, Union, Endicott, Cedar.
Cambridge, King,
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" The Circuit " is laid out upon a strip of land fifty feet in width around the new Lake Park. The land was given for this purpose by Mr. H. H. Bigelow. It will be observed that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars has been appropriated for the construc- tion of this avenue. This amount was intended merely to cover the expense of clearing the land of brush, roots, &c., it being the desire of the Chairman of the Commission on Shade Trees and Public Grounds, that nothing further be done at present. A much larger amount will be needed to complete the avenue. Burncoat street for its entire length has recently been re-located by the County Commissioners. As the cost of making the entire improvement asked for by the petitioners, would have been $8,000,-the City Engineer was instructed to appear before the Commissioners, and ask to have the plan so modified that the expense would be considerably reduced, and also to oppose the scheme unless the abutters would relinquish all claim for damages, and would agree that only the first section of the street from Brittan square to Millbrook street, which is estimated to cost $3,797.90, should be constructed the present season. The decree as adopted by the Commissioners is substantially as asked for by the City.
Decrees have also been adopted by the County Commissioners re-locating Pleasant street from West street to Highland street, and Lincoln street from Lincoln Square to Frederick street. The estimated cost of doing the work required on Pleasant street is $100. There will be no expense on Lincoln street. The decree for the re-location of Union street was adopted Dec. 31, 1884. It was the original intention to widen this street at Central street, by taking twelve feet from the estate of Stephen Holman, but it was found upon investigation, that the consequential damage would be so great, that the project of widening the street at this point was abandoned, and instructions were given to re-locate as nearly as possible by the old lines. The principal item of expense is the widening of the Foster street and the Worcester and Nashua Railroad bridges. This work should be done at once, as Union street is one of our busiest manufactur- ing thoroughfares, and the space between the abutments to the
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bridges is now but twenty-two feet, which is altogether too narrow for a street of this character. When finished the space between the new abutments will be forty feet.
The matter of a bridge under the Boston and Albany Rail- road in the vicinity of the Union Station has been discussed for many years. The project has finally taken shape in the form of a petition to the Board of Aldermen, asking that a bridge may be constructed, so that Franklin street may pass under the tracks of the railroads crossing said street, instead of at grade as at present. This will be an improvement of great convenience to the public, as it is not uncommon for a dozen or more teams, besides a large number of foot passengers, to be delayed there from five to twenty minutes, by the making up and passage of long freight trains. If constructed, this bridge will be the means of affording an unobstructed passageway from the Boston and Albany Railroad Freight Station, and from a large portion of the easterly section of the city, to the business centre.
The estimated cost of constructing the abutments and grading the street is $28,400. This is the proportion of the entire cost that it is proposed the city shall bear ; the cost of the superstructure will probably be borne by the railroad companies. The Boston and Albany Railroad Company having closed all means of access to the junction station, on the westerly side of their road by con- structing a high board fence upon their westerly line, Geo. S. Barton and three hundred others petitioned the City Council, to take the necessary steps to have a foot bridge constructed at the foot of Oread street, passing over the tracks of said railroad, and with the necessary stairway ending at the platform of the Junction Station. Final action has not been taken upon this peti- tion as yet, as it has been referred to the City Engineer for plans and estimates, with instructions to report to the next City Council.
At the time of the passage of the decree laying out Lake Avenue (adopted Sept. 22, 1873), provision was made for the lay-out of what is known as the "Bridle Path." This diverges from the main avenue at a point just south of the new boat house of the Quinsigamond Boat Club, and follows the edge of
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the bluff on the westerly side of the lake, and joins the main avenue in the vicinity of "Davis Cottage." As the city have recently come into possession of ground for a new park within which the " Bridle Path " runs for a greater portion of its length, I recommend that it be constructed during the coming season, and that that portion of the main avenne lying within the bounds of the park be discontinued. That portion of Lake Avenue which lies between Belmont street and the road to the City Farm has never been constructed. The estimated cost of working this, the only section of the Boulevard scheme that has been decreed and not constructed, is $29,227.40.
One of the most important matters that has received the attention of the Highway Department the past season, is the re-paving of the northerly end of Main street with small granite blocks, and the removal of the Street Railway tracks from the west side of the street to the centre.
The placing of the tracks in their present location adds about twelve feet in width to the roadway of the street, which is a very great convenience on the principal street of a city the size of Worcester. The other places that have been paved are Main street upon the easterly side of the Street Railway track, from Jackson street to Oread street, and a large portion of Washing- ton square.
The following are the locations that I would recommend to be paved the coming season, with the estimated cost in each case :
Union street, from Central street to Lincoln square, $11,623 .- 85 ; Lincoln square from the Grove street crosswalk to the Wor- cester and Nashua Railroad location, $6,611.44; completion of Washington square, $4,690.60 ; Bloomingdale Road, to be paved with the old large blocks taken from the north end of Main street last season, $1,900.00 ; Total, $24,825.89. A large num- ber of streets have been macadamized during the past season, and I am of the opinion that this, next to paving, is the best method of constructing our streets, as it reduces the cost of maintenance to the minimum.
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The following table shows the location of sidewalks decreed during the year ending December 31, 1884.
Name of Street.
From
To
Length in Feet.
Date of Decree.
Remarks.
Salisbury,
Highland,
600 feet north. Fox.
1090.67
May 26, '84.
both sides.
Blackstone,
Exchange,
Bridge.
839.20 June 16, '84.
East side.
Pleasant,,
So. Russell,
69.66 feet east. Austin.
69.66
66 66
6
South "
So. Russell,
Pleasant,
942.6 feet north.
942.60
30,
66
both sides. 66
Manchester,
Union,
Bridge.
1198.32
66
66
66
East side.
Oread,
Beacon,
309 feet east. Endicott.
1199.00
66
East
Carroll,
Glen,
Laurel.
1002.00
July
66
66
So'th side.
No. Ashland,
Home,
Highland.
1338.00
66
both sides.
Prescott,
Washburn & Moen's south line,
North.
2457.00
66
66
6.
66
66
Mason,
Lamartine,
Lafayette.
1147.00
20,'84.
60
66
66
Main,
Harrington heirs', north line,
J. H. Walker's south line.
64.20
22,
East side.
20233.10 or 3.83 miles.
66
East
66
Water,
Vernon,
Bridge,
Front,
Summer.
1690.46
66
66
Lincoln,
Harrington Ave.,
Forest Ave.
319.00
309.00
North "
Ward,
Vernon,
Highland,
Pink,
Denny.
471.00
Winslow,
Pleasant, Austin,
Chandler.
476.99 Oct.
6,'84.
66
Washington, Elm,
No. Merrick,
Park Ave.
2698.00 Dec. 8. "
7. '84.
both sides.
Austin.
1499.00
66
LIGHTING STREETS.
In December, 1883, the American Electric Light Company, after obtaining permission from the Board of Aldermen to erect the necessary poles, commenced lighting some of the principal streets in the city by electricity. At this time they had no contract for lighting the city. After the lights had been running a short time, the plant was purchased from the American Company by a corporation known as the Worcester Electric Light Company. The question of making a contract with the newly organized company was referred by the City Council to the Joint Standing Committee on Lighting Streets. After a conference with the officers of the company, the committee reported to the City Council, that the company would agree to furnish the light at the rate of seventy cents per night for each light. The City Council voted, instructing the committee to enter into a contract
600.00 Apr. 21, '84.
West side.
Ingalls,
Vernon,
822.00
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with the company for the use of fifty electric lights, for one year from March 1, 1884, at the rate of sixty-five cents per night for each light, they to burn from dark to daylight, the company fur- nishing the entire plant. This contract was entered into and a legal location of the line and light poles was given to the com- pany by the Board of Aldermen. A set of plans was prepared showing the position of each line and light pole located. These plans were placed on file in this office. The streets upon which the electric lights are located are given in the following table.
STREET
FROM
To
Lincoln Square. Main street,
Lincoln square, Main street,
Chandler street. High
Pleasant
66
Pearl
66
66
Elm 66
Front
66
66
Washington square.
Washington Square.
Summer street,
Washington Square,
Grafton
66
‹‹
Shrewsbury street,
66
66
Trumbull 66
Front street,
Salem square.
Park street,
Green
Salem square, Park street,
Main street. Boston & Albany R. R.
Chatham street,
Chestnut 66
Fulton street. Bloomingdale Road. Mulberry street. Park
Generally speaking, the lighting of the streets by electricity has been very satisfactory. The only suggestion that I would make is that the lights, instead of being located at the outer edge of the sidewalk, as at present in most instances, should be sus- pended over the middle of the street. This I think will eventually be found to be necessary, as in the summer season the foliage upon the trees screens many of the lights in such a manner as to greatly impair their efficiency. The loca- tion of many of the line and light poles has been changed the past season, in order to get better service, from the lights. A careful record has been kept of all changes made and a new location given the company in each case. As numer- ous petitions have been presented to the City Council for additional electric lights, I recommend that the number be increased the coming season to seventy-five. A contract was
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made with Patrick Ronayne, on March 1, 1884, to light, extin- guish, and keep in order, the gas lamps in use by the city for the sum of two cents per night for each and every light, for one year from date. A contract was also entered into with him to furnish the fixtures and the gasoline for, and to light all the gasoline lamps in use by the city, for the sum of six and one-half cents per night for each and every light. Mr. Ronayne has faithfully fulfilled the conditions of his contract to date and in a manner entirely satisfactory to the committee.
It has been the policy of the Committee on Lighting Streets, in re-locating the gas posts that have been displaced by the elec- tric lights, to place them upon streets where gas mains are located, but where gasoline lights have been in use. There are fifty electric lights, seven hundred and seven gas lights, and one thousand two hundred and thirty-four gasoline lights now used in lighting the streets of the city.
SEWERS.
Surveys and plans have been completed, the past year, of the southern and western sewer districts. The southern district includes all that portion of the city lying between the Providence and Worcester Railroad on the east, Woodland street on the west, Hammond, Ripley and Norwood streets on the north, and Cambridge, Richards and Freeland streets on the south. The western sewer district includes all that portion of the city lying between Elm street on the north, Oliver and Beaver streets on the south, Park avenue, Winfield, and Abbott streets on the west, and North Merrick, Merrick, South Russell, King and Woodland streets on the east. The main outfall sewer for both these dis- tricts has already been constructed in Cambridge street. The main sewer for the southern district leaves the Cambridge street sewer at Washburn street, and has been constructed through Washburn street, and for a distance of three hundred feet in Southbridge street. This sewer will continue in Southbridge street to Southgate street. Here it will divide, one branch con- tinuing up Southbridge street to Hammond street, the otlier branch running through Southgate street to Gardner and Grand streets, receiving the sewage from most of the lateral sewers of the district at these points.
9
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The following table gives a list of the streets in which sewers are to be constructed in the southern district, with the sizes of said sewers :
Name of Street.
FROM
To
Size of Sewer.
REMARKS.
Cambridge,
Millbury,
South Crystal.
84. inches and 48" x 72"
Brick. Constructed.
South Crystal,
Cambridge,
Boston & Albany R. R.
48" x 72"
Constructed. Partially con-
Crystal,
B. & A. R. R. Main.
48" x 72"
structed. Tun'l. Brick invert. Pipe.
Kansas,
Cambridge, Kansas,
Sherman.
15"
Sherman, Pitt,
Cambridge, Entire length. Pitt,
Dorrance.
12"
66
Sheridan,
Cambridge, 66
Sherman. 66
12/
Holmes,
Entire length. Southbridge, Cambridge,
Cambridge. Chelsea.
12/
66 Brick. 66
Chelsea,
Southbridge.
12/
18"
15"
66
12"
Camp,
Cambridge,
southerly 850. feet.
12"
Dwight,
Pipe.
Taft,
Anne.
Pipe.
Anne,
Taft,
Sutton Road.
Sutton Road, Illinois, Richards,
Anne, Richards, Illinois,
Crystal. top of hill.
- 16" x 24"
Brick.
Main,
Crystal,
New Worcester hill.
15"
Pipe.
Richards, Freeland,
Main, 66
top of hill. Lowell.
12/
Pipe
Main,
Grand,
Crystal.
12"
Gates,
Illinois,
Main.
12" 12"
Pipe.
Illinois,
Crystal,
easterly 650. feet.
Canterbury,
South Crystal,
easterly 1250. feet.
12"
Pipe.
Litchfield,
Hacker,
South Crystal.
12"
Pipe.
Hacker,
Southgate,
Cambridge.
12" 12"
Southgate, Camp, Southgate, Southbridge,
Litchfield, Southgate, Camp, Colton,
Cambridge.
12"
Hacker.
Cambridge.
Kansas,
Southbridge,
D
Kansas. D
12" 12" 24"x 36" 18" X 27" 18/ 12" 12"
-
Brick
Riley, Colton,
Washburn,
66
Four private sts. entering Chel- sea street.
15"
Pipe.
5
15/
850. feet.
12"
Cambridge.
12/ 12" 18"X 27" 15' 12"
12"
18"
Pipe.
15"
Pipe.
Hacker.
Pipe.
Pipe. 66
66
Dorrance,
15"
Riverside, Southbridge,
18"x 27" 16"x 24" 15"
Pipe.
Pitt.
12/
Mitchell.
15"and 18"
Mitchell,
12"
Sherman,
12"
Brick. Pipe.
12/
15"
Brick.
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REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
SEWERS. Continued.
Name of Street.
FROM
To.
Size of Sewer.
REMARKS.
D Lawrence,
Riley,
Lawrence. Kansas.
12' 12'
Pipe. 66
Washburn, Colton, Southbridge,
Southbridge, Colton,
Washburn. 66
12"
Brick. Constructed. Pipe. "6
Washburn,
Southgate.
51"
Brick. Partly constructed.
Southgate,
Southbridge,
Camp.
22" x 33" 12"
Pipe.
Armory Court, 66
Grand,
Southgate. westerly.
20"x 30" 12/
Brick.
Grand,
Armory Ct.
Norwich & Worc. R. R.
18"
Pipe.
Carson Court, Grand St. Court,
Cambridge,
Grand.
Pipe.
Douglas Court,
Pipe.
Gardner,
Southgate,
Main.
12" 12" 15" 12" 12" 26"x 39" 16" x 24'' 15" 12"
Pipe.
Burns Court, Tainter,
Gardner,
Ripley.
16'' x 24"
Brick.
Ripley,
Tainter,
top of hill.
12/
Pipe.
Beacon,
Hammond,
Ripley.
-
12/
Hollis,
Gardner,
Kilby. Main.
15" 12"
Pipe.
Kilby,
Hollis,
northerly 450. feet.
12"
Pipe.
Norwood,
Main,
Woodland. Loudon. Gardner.
12"
Pipe.
Woodland, Canterbury, Tainter,
A private street,
Tainter,
Hancock.
Hollis, Hancock, Hathaway,
Wyman, Main, Hancock, 66
Hathaway.
Gardner.
Main,
Gardner.
12"
Loudon,
Main.
12"
Pipe.
Woodland, Hawthorn, Main,
Wyman,
Hancock.
Pipe.
Grand,
Southgate,
Main.
{
22"x 33" 20" x 30" 18" 15" 15"
Pipe.
Hollis,
Wyman,
Grand.
Wyman,
Main,
Tainter.
12.
Pipe.
Main,
Downing,
Grand.
18"
Pipe.
D
Cambridge,
Southbridge.
51"
12/
- 32"x 48"
26" x 39''
· Brick.
-
18"x 27"
15"
Pipe.
Brick.
66
Main,
Gardner,
Oberlin, Grand,
66
12" 12/ 18"x 27" 12' 18"x 27" 16" x 24" 18" 12" 15/ 12/7
15/
66 66 Pipe.
Woodland, Loudon, Woodland,
Hawthorn. Main.
12/ 15" 15" 12/
Brick. Pipe.
Brick.
Pipe. 56
Gardner.
15"
Pipe. Brick.
Douglas,
15"
15"
Brick,
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SEWERS. Continued.
Name of Street.
FROM
To
Size of Sewer.
REMARKS.
Downing,
Main, Hawthorn,
300 ft. So. of Downing St.
12/
Charlotte,
Woodland,
200 feet west.
12"
66
Sharon,
200
66
12"
66
Canterbury,
Grand,
350
66
12/
Illinois,
Gates.
15"
66
Leonard,
entire length. Grand,
westerly 300 feet.
12"
Albert,
66
350 66
12"
66
A court,
66
200
66
12"
Cristy,
66
200
12'
Southbridge,
Southgate,
Prov. & Worcester R. R.
28" X 42" 12"
Pipe.
Hammond,
Southbridge,
Beacon.
18"
Pipe
12/
20"x 30"
Brick.
Canterbury,
Gardner,
Hammond.
15"
Pipe.
Private land, Oread,
Hammond, Beacon,
Oread.
15"
Pipe. 66
Benefit,
12/
66
The following table gives a list of the streets in which sewers are to be constructed in the western district, with the sizes of said sewers:
Name of Street.
FROM
To
Size of Sewer.
REMARKS.
Maywood,
Main,
Park Avenue.
54"x 78"
Partly Constructed.
Woodland,
Maywood,
450. feet easterly.
12/
Pipe.
Florence,
Sharon.
12"'
Shirley,
Florence,
200. feet south.
12/
66
Birch,
Maywood,
300. feet east.
12/
66
Florence,
Beaver.
15"
Beaver,
Florence,
400. feet east.
12/
200. feet west.
12"
Pine,
Maywood, 66
Oliver. 66
12"
66
Oliver,
Park Avenue.
12"
Park Avenue. 66 66
54" x 78"
Brick.
Shirley,
Park Avenue,
Florence.
S
15"
-
Pipe.
Sharon.
easterly 1100. feet.
12'
Florence,
Charlotte,
Sharon.
12"
Pipe.
Charlotte,
Park Avenue, Clifton.
-
18"x 27" 16"x 24" 12"
Brick.
-
Pipe.
Birch,
Beaver, Maywood, 66
Oliver.
12/
66
May.
12/
15"
Pipe.
Woodland,
Woodland.
15'
12"
Hollis,
Brick.
24" x 36"
Brick.
18/
12/
Boston & Albany R. R.
12"
Brick.
66
12/
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REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
SEWERS. Continued.
Name of Street.
FROM
To
Size of Sewer.
REMARKS.
Florence,
Charlotte,
Oberlin.
16/ x 24" 16" x 24"
Brick.
Oberlin,
Florence,
Hollywood.
15/
Pipe.
Hollywood, Clifton, A court,
Clifton,
Hollywood,
Park Avenue.
15"
66
Pipe.
Florence,
Oberlin,
May,
48' x 72"
Brick. 66
Winfield,
May,
Tufts.
18" 15"
Pipe.
Tufts,
Park Avenue,
Winfield.
Pipe.
Abbott,
Chandler,
Tufts.
5
15"
Pipe.
Parker,
Park Avenue, Page.
12" 24" x 36" 22" x 33" 15/ 12/
Pipe.
Kingsbury, Hollywood, Decatur,
Woodland, May,
Kingsbury.
12" 12/ 15" 5
66
Page,
Barbour,
Kingsbury.
12/
Pipe.
Mason,
May,
Tufts.
18" x 27" 15"
Pipe.
Bluff,
King,
Mason.
12/
Pipe.
Barbour,
Hollywood,
Dewey.
12/
Pipe.
Dewey,
May,
Tufts.
$ 18ª 12"
Park Avenue,
Tufts,
Elm.
Brick.
Chandler,
Park Avenue,
Abbott.
Pipe.
Abbott,
Pleasant,
Chandler.
Pipe.
Pleasant,
Park Avenue, 700. feet westerly.
Pleasant.
18" 15/ 12"
Pipe.
Chandler,
Park Avenue, 200. feet east of King.
- 18" x 27/ 18 !! 12/7
Pipe.
Bellevue.
Bluff,
Chandler.
S 15/ 12/
66
King,
Woodland,
66
S
15"
12/
Jaques Avenue, King,
250.'feet easterly.
S
18"
Pipe.
Austin,
Dewey,
South Russell.
Mason, Bellevue,
Austin, 66
Pleasant. 66
₹ 12" 12" 12"
Pipe.
66
Park Avenue, Parker,
May,
Park Avenue,
Winfield.
18'x 27/
Park Avenue, 450. feet west.
12/ 12"
Pipe.
12/
12/ 12/
66
May,
May,
Oberlin.
Charlotte.
18"
12"
Tufts.
12/ 12/
Brick.
Hollywood,
Page.
12/
15"
-
24" x 36" 22" x 33" 20" x 30" 18/7 15" 12/ 18" 44" x 66"
Pipe. Brick.
Tufts & Mason,
Dewey,
Pleasant,
Tufts.
Brick.
Pipe.
Pipe.
15"
Brick.
66
15/
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SEWERS. Continued.
Name of Street.
FROM
To
Size of Sewer.
REMARKS.
Winslow,
Austin,
Pleasant.
n 12"
Bellevue,
Chandler,
Austin.
12/
Pipe.
Larch,
South Russell,
Winslow.
12/
66
South Russell, Merrick,
Larch, 66
Pleasant.
15"
66
15"
40" x 60"
Brick.
Pleasant,
Winslow,
Park Avenue.
12"
Pipe.
North Merrick, Russell.
Elm,
Pleasant.
12"
66
-
Pipe.
Russell Court,
12"
Pipe.
Townsend,
Hudson,
Russell, 66
12'
12/
66
Hudson,
Pleasant,
Elm.
S
18"
Pipe.
Hudson Court,
Park Avenue, Hudson.
12/
Pipe.
The southern sewer district when completed will have 11 95 miles of sewers, divided as follows :
SIZE OF SEWER.
LENGTH IN FEET.
MILES.
REMARKS.
12"
27600.
5.22
Pipe.
15 !!
10670.
2.02
66
18"
4350.
0.82
16" x 24"
2050.
0.39
Brick.
18" x 27"
2600.
0.49
20" x 30"
1320.
0.25
22" x 33"
1000.
0.19
24" x 36"
1050.
0.20
26" x 39/
1250.
0.24
66
28" x 42"
1100.
0.21
32" x 48"
1100.
0.21
51"
1700.
0.32
Partly constructed.
48" x 72"
5850.
1.11
66
Nearly completed.
84"
1500.
0.28
66
Completed.
Total,
63140.
11.95
.
12"
66
Blossom, Elm,
No. Merrick,
Park Avenue.
18"
66
66
15"
Pipe.
S 15'
-
66
66
100
15"
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REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
The western sewer district when completed will have 9.13 miles of sewers, divided as follows :
SIZE OF SEWER.
LENGTH IN FEET.
MILES.
REMARKS.
12/
23700.
4.49
Pipe.
15/
7500.
1.42
18"
3500.
0.66
16" x 24"
1550.
0.29
Brick.
18" x 27"
1450.
0.28
66
20" x 30"
700.
0.13
"י
22" x 33"
900.
0.17
66
24" x 36"
1750.
0.33
66
40" x 60"
200.
0.04
66
44" x 66"
2300.
0.44
66
48" x 72"
1150.
0.22
54" x 78''
3500.
0.66
Partly constructed.
Total,
48,200.
9.13
Total number of miles in both districts 21.08. Of this amount 1.94 miles have been constructed, or are in process of construction. The main sewer of the southern district has been completed in Washburn street, and in Southbridge street to a point three hun- dred feet north of Washburn street. In order to more effectually drain the swamp lying south of Southbridge street and west of the Providence and Worcester Railroad, which has been partially drained by the Kansas street sewer, the sewer in Southbridge street should be extended to Hammond street. This would cut off all the brooks running into the swamp. The sewer in Canter- bury street should also be constructed as far as the financial con- dition of the Department will allow. The main outlet sewer has been completed in Cambridge and South Crystal streets and is now in process of construction in Crystal and Maywood streets, where tunneling has been resorted to, as a large quantity of rock has been encountered. The work is progressing satisfactorily, and there is every prospect that the sewer will be completed to Park Avenue in June, or July at the latest. The manner in which the work has been done is very fully set forth in the report of the Superintendent of Sewers. In finishing the tunnel, the bottom and sides as far up as the springing line of the arch, will
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be first lined with cement concrete, thoroughly rammed and brought to a proper shape. Upon this concrete a brick lining will be laid. No part of the tunnel will be arched unless there are indications of weakness in the rock forming the roof, in which case a brick arch will be constructed, its thick- ness depending to a great extent upon the condition of the roof of the tunnel. It has not been fully decided as yet how many of the shafts to the tunnel will be utilized as manholes to the sewer. Those that are so used will be finished in the following manner. A 12" brick arch will be sprung from the finished invert of the sewer. This arch will extend back into the tunnel for a distance of five feet from the face of the shaft, and into the shaft a distance sufficient to receive and support the brick lining of the shaft. This lining will be laid up in the same manner as in the construction of man- holes.
The space between the back of the lining and the face of the rock in the shaft is to be filled with cement concrete or masonry to the upper surface of the ledge, and above this point the space is to be filled with selected earth, well rammed. As the grade line of the sewer is from 32 to 45 feet below the surface of the street, the following provision will be made for the disposition of the sewage in the immediate neighborhood. The drainage of Main street from Grand street to the top of New Worcester Hill, together with the drainage from Freeland, Richards and a por- tion of Gates street, will be conducted by means of pipe sewers to the junction of Main and Maywood streets, from which point it will be conducted to the shaft at the junction of Maywood and Woodland streets by a 20" x 30" brick sewer. West of this shaft there will be constructed in Maywood street a 16" x 24" brick sewer, which will receive the drainage of Florence and Pine streets and a portion of Beaver, Oliver and Shirley streets. These sewers will enter and discharge into a funnel-shaped chamber, which will be connected with the tunnel by an 18" cast iron pipe, extending from the bottom of the chamber down through the shaft between the brick work and the face of the shaft. At the bottom of the pipe will be placed a quarter turn
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