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Extinguished by citizens. Extinguished by citizens. Members truck 1.
45.00 6,(00.00
2 st'y wood dwelling. 1 st'y wood dwelling. 1 st'y wood dwelling. 45.00 Wagon loaded with hay. 1 st'y wood stable.
Spark from lamp. Smoking in bed. Rags stuffed in flue. Child'n play'g matches. Set by boys.
Engine 3, hose 7, truck 1. Engine 1.
Explos'n kerosene lamp Engine 1, hose 4, truck 1.
$72,120.00 $14,473.10
$1,545.10
Engine 2 and carriage.
Engine 2, hose 4, truck 1.
Engine 2, hose 4, truck 1. Hose 6.
10,000,00 1,200.00
50.00 1 st'y wood station.
Engine 1, hose 4, truck 1.
Incendiary.
Engine 1, hose 4, truck 1.
Brush fire.
Brush fire.
Defective flue.
Brush fire.
Call for assistance. Child'n play'g matches. Incendiary.
Smoking in bed.
Members Engine 1.
600.00
2% st'y wood dwelling. 1 st'y wood flag-station. 3 st'y wood store. 250.00 21% st'y wood dwelling. 2 stacks straw. 350.00 3 st'y wood dwelling. I st'y wood sheds. 3,000.00 2 st'y wood stables. 21% story wood dwelling.
Engine 1, hose 4, truck 1.
3,000.00
Members Engine 1.
3,000.00
Engs. 1, 2, 3, hose 4, 7, truck 1.
3 st'y wood dwelling.
Smoke from furnace. Defective flue. Brush fire.
1,200.00
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SERVICE PERFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE YEAR.
No. ft. Hose laid. Ladders.
Miles Travelled. Hrs. in Service.
28,450 feet. 833 feet.
275 miles. 71 hours.
HOSE IN SERVICE, AND HOW DISTRIBUTED.
COMPANIES.
LEATHER.
AMERICAN JACKET.
EUREKA.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Engine One.
2,000 feet.
Engine Two.
1,850 feet.
1,150 feet.
Five years. Seven years. Seven months.
Engine Three.
1,000 feet.
Seven years.
Engine Three.
1,000 feet.
Two years 8 mos.
Hose Four.
900 feet.
Nine years.
Hose Four.
800 feet.
Two years 8 mos. Six years.
Hose Six.
1,500 feet.
Seven years.
Hose Seven.
1,600 feet.
Seven years.
Total, Grand Total,
10,000 feet.
1,150 feet.
1,800 feet.
12,950 feet.
ALARMS PER YEAR SINCE 1874.
1874. 31
1875. 40
1876. 64
1877 37
1878 47
1879
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Engine Two.
Hose Five.
1,150 feet.
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS.
WARD ONE.
Bellevue st. and Newtonville ave. Pearl and Jewett sts.
Bellevue and Centre St.
Pearl and Waban sts.
Bellevue, 495 ft. W. Centre st.
Richardson and Church sts.
Bellevue st. and Maple pl.
Richardson, 455 ft. W. Centre st.
Boyd and Jewett sts.
School and Waban sts.
Bennington and Centre sts. Church st. and Maple pl. Fayette and Gardner sts.
Walnut park,
Washington, 400 ft. W. Walnut park.
Washington and Bacon sts.
Watertown and Pearl sts.
Wesley and W. Centre sts.
WARD TWO.
Adams st., 120 ft. N. Washington st. Adams st., 400 ft. N. Clinton st.
Adams and Watertown sts.
Brooks ave. and Washington st.
Lowell and Edinboro' sts.
Bowers st., 675 ft. E. Walnut st.
Lowell and Washington sts.
Newtonville ave. and Harvard st.
Newtonville ave., 530 ft. E. Walnut st.
Newtonville ave. and Walnut st.
Brooks pl., 600 ft. N. Washington st.
Brookside ave. and Washington st.
Otis st. and Forest ave.
Otis and Murray sts.
Walker and Washington sts.
Walker, 475 ft. N. Washington st.
Walnut, 340 ft. S. Cabot st.
Central ave. and Turner sts.
Walnut and Washington sts.
Walnut, 540 ft. N. Washington st.
Walnut st., 330 ft. S. Crafts st.
Washington and Harvard sts.
Washington and Crafts sts. Washington park, 500 ft. E. Walnut st.
Watertown, 310 ft. W. Walnut st.
Watertown and Crafts sts.
Washington and Parsons st.
WARD THREE.
Alpine st., 800 ft. E. Hillside av. Auburn and Washington sts. Auburn and Crescent sts. Chestnut and Washington sts. Elm and Washington sts. Fountain and Highland sts. Eden, 300 ft. N. Watertown sts. Highland and Washington sts. Highland and Hunter sts. Highland and Chestnut sts. Hillside ave. and Chestnut sts.
Margin and Putnam sts. Mt. Vernon and Hillside ave.
Mt. Vernon and Greenwood ave. Otis st. and Hillside ave.
Otis, 500 ft. E. Hillside ave. Oak ave., 500 ft. N. Webster st.
Prospect and Washington sts. Perkins and Lander sts.
River and Henshaw sts.
River and Elm sts.
River st. and Franklin School.
Bridge and Chandler sts. Bridge, 465 ft. N. Chandler st. Bridge and California sts.
Otis and Walnut sts.'
Chapel and Watertown sts.
Chapel and Dalby Mills. Cabot st., 745 ft. E. Walnut.
Central ave. and Washington sts.
Central ave. and Prescott sts.
Court st., 550 ft. Central ave.
Crafts and Linwood sts. Crafts and California sts.
California, 700 ft. E. Crafts st.
Cross and Washington sts. Forest ave., 500 ft. S. Otis st. Harvard and Washington park. Highland ave. and Walnut st.
Highland ave., 470 ft. W. Walnut st. Highland ave.
Lowell and Walnut sts.
Hovey and Washington sts. Jewett and Washington sts. Newtonville ave. and Oak st. Newtonville ave., 130 ft E. Howard st.
Waban park,
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WARD THREE. (Continued.)
River and Pine sts.
Temple and Highland sts.
Temple and Putnam sts.
Temple and Prospect sts. Waltham and Washington sts.
Waltham, 500 ft. N. Eden st.
Waltham and Derby sts.
Waltham and Pleasant sts.
Waltham and Crafts sts.
Washington, 600 ft. W. Cross st. Washington st. and Davis ct.
Washington st. and Lucas ave. Watertown and Cross st. Watertown, 260 ft. E. Davis ct. Webster and Waltham sts. Webster and Cherry sts. Webster st. and Oak ave. Webster st. and Webster pl. Webster pl. and Webster park, Winthrop and Putnam sts. Winthrop and Shaw sts.
WARD FOUR.
Ash and Melrose sts
Ash and Seaverns sts.
Ash st. and the Park.
Auburn and Greenough sts. Auburn st., 240 ft. W. Maple st.
Auburn and Washington ave.
Auburn and Franklin sts. Auburndale ave., 540 ft. W. Rowe st. Beacon, 1180 ft. E. Washington st. Beacon st. and Almshouse.
Beacon, 300 ft. W. Woodward st. Concord st., 300 ft. N.R.R. Crossing. Concord and Washington sts.
Central, 340 ft. W. Fern st. Central and Woodland ave. Central, 500 ft. E. Woodland ave. Charles st. and R. R. Station. Charles, 1000 ft. W. Auburn st. Charles and Auburn sts. Evergreen ave., 500 ft. S. Auburn st. Grove and Washington sts. Grove, 500 ft. N. Washington st. Grove, 1000 ft. N. Washington st. Grove and Cornell sts. Grove and Woodland ave. Grove st., 460 ft. N. Woodland ave. Wolcott and Rowe sts.
Grove and Central sts. Hawthorne ave. and Woodland ave. Hancock and Grove sts. Hancock and Fern streets. Hancock and Woodland ave.
Hancock and Central sts. Islington ave. and Malvern sts. Lexington and Auburn sts. Lexington, 860 ft. N. Auburndale av. Lexington and Freeman sts. Melrose and Seaverns sts. Foot Melrose st. Oakland and Auburn sts. Pine Grove ave. Rowe and Auburn sts.
Rowe st. and R. R. Crossing. Seminary ave. and Woodland ave. Vista ave., 540 ft. S. Woodland ave. Wales st. and Needham line. Washington, 300 ft. E. Grove st. Washington and Hamilton sts.
Washington and Wales sts. Washington, 290 ft. E. Wales st. Washington and Beacon sts. Washington, 650 ft. E. Beacon st. Washington, 1300 ft. E. Beacon st. Washington st. and Aspen ave. Washington, 100 ft. E. Fuller st. Washington and Greenough sts. Wolcott st. and Wolcott park.
Washington ave. and Auburn st. Woodland ave. and Washington. Wooland ave. and Maple st. Woodland ave., 100 ft. W. Maple st.
WARD FIVE.
Boylston and Needham line. Boylston and Chestnut sts. Boylston, 500 ft. E. High st. Boylston and Hartford sts. Boylston and Centre streets. Chestnut and Summer sts. Chestnut and Elliott sts. Clark and Parker sts. Clark and Centre sts.
Columbus and Lincoln sts. Elliott, 265 ft. W. Chestnut st. Elliott and Oak sts. Elliott and Cottage sts. Erie ave. and Bowdoin st. Forest and Columbus st. Forest and Bowdoin sts. Hartford and Erie ave. High and Winter sts.
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WARD FIVE. (Continued.)
High and Boylston sts.
Lake ave. and Walnut st.
Lincoln and Woodward sts.
Pumping station and Needham line. Walnut, N. Forest st.
Needham st., 100 ft. E. pump'g stat'n. Winchester and Hyde sts.
Oak st., 400 ft. E. Needham st.
Oak st., 85 ft. N. Chestnut st.
Oak and Linden sts. Pettee st., opp. Hose House 7. Walnut and Centre sts.
Woodward and Boylston sts. Woodward and Chestnut sts.
WARD SIX.
Beacon st. and Beacon ct.
Beacon and Crescent sts.
Beacon and Centre sts.
Beacon st., 490 ft. W. Grant ave.
Beacon st., 2000 ft. E. Grant ave.
Cedar and Homer sts.
Hammond st. and R. R. bridge.
Cedar, 1500 ft. N. Homer st.
Homer, 150 ft. E. Ccdar st.
Centre and Clinton pł.
Centre and Homer sts.
Hyde and Centre sts.
Knowles and Station sts.
Parker, 630 ft. S. Cypress st.
Pleasant, 465 ft. W. Centre st.
Pleasant, 1000 ft. N. Beacon st.
Centre and Sargent sts.
Roger and Centre sts.
Chase st. and Institution ave.
South st., 480 ft. S. Ward st.
Chase and Station sts.
Crescent and Centre sts.
Crystal st. and Lake ave.
Cypress and Paul sts.
Ward, 570 ft. E. Sumner st. Ward and Grant ave.
Ward st., 480 ft. E. Waverley ave.
Ward st. and Waban hill.
Ward st., 550 ft. W. South st.
Warren st. and Glen ave.
Willow and Centre sts.
Walnut st. and Cemetery gate.
WARD SEVEN.
Arlington st. and Waverley ave. . Arlington and Pembroke sts. Centre and Mt. Ida sts.
Church and Centre sts.
Church and Eldredge sts.
Church and Park sts. Elmwood and Centre sts.
Elmwood and Brook sts.
Franklin and Centre sts.
Franklin and Kenrick park.
Franklin and Waverley ave. Hunnewell park. Jefferson and Williams sts. Linden and Washington sts. Nonantum st., 110 ft. N. Orchard st. North Bend and Centre sts. Park and Vernon sts. Park, 525 ft., S. Vernon st.
Park and Sargent sts. Pearl and Bacon sts. Pearl and Linden sts.
St. James st., R. R. bridges Sargent and Hyde ave.
Tremont and Pembroke sts. Tremont and Waverley ave. Vernon and Centre sts. Vernon and Baldwin sts.
Washington and Nonantum sts.
Washington and Park sts. Washington, 190 ft. E. St. James st. Washington st. and Boston line. Washington st., 395 ft. E. Waverley ave. Waverley ave. and Kenrick sts. Waverley ave., 925 ft. S. Kenrick st. Waverley ave. and Cotton sts.
Everett st.
Elgin, 480 ft. E. Glen ave.
Grafton and Homer sts.
Lyman, bet'n Centre & Sumner sts. Maple ave.
Homer and Walnut sts.
Homer, 600 ft. E. Walnut sts.
Hammond st., op. F.W. Johnson's. Hammond and Beacon sts. Hammond st., op. Dr. Slade's.
Hammond st., op. Daniel Stone's.
Hammond st., op. Chapel.
Homer and Pleasant sts.
Centre and Ward sts.
Centre and Mill sts.
Centre, 310 ft. N. Cotton st.
Centre, 610 ft. S. Sargent st.
Station, 135 ft. E. Centre st. Station and Beacon sts.
Sumner and Gibbs sts.
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LOCATION OF RESERVOIRS.
WARD ONE.
Washington st., op. School st. Church and Richardson sts. School and Pearl sts.
WARD TWO.
Washington and Walnut sts. Walnut and Lowell sts. Washington park.
WARD FOUR.
Central st., bet'n Grove & Maple sts. Auburn and Melrose sts.
WARD FIVE.
High st., op. Elliott Hall.
Pettee st.
Chestnut and Summer sts. Lincoln st.
Elliott, W. High st.
WARD SIX.
Centre and Beacon sts.
Station and Glen sts.
Pelham st., W. Centre st.
WARD SEVEN.
Church and Centre sts. Kenrick park. Waverley ave. and Arlington st. Tremont and Park sts.
Centre st. and R. R. crossing. Nonantum sq. Franklin and Centre sts.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS
FOR
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE,
INCLUDING
REPORT OF ENGINEER.
EWT
LIBERTY
AND UNION.
FOUNDE
8.A CITY 1873
R
BOSTON: PRESS OF W. L. DELAND & SON, Congress Building, 4 Post Office Square. 1880.
REPORT
OF THE
Commissioners for Drainage and Sewerage.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, Board of Aldermen,
and Common Council of the City of Newton.
The undersigned, Commissioners for Drainage and Sewer- age for the City of Newton, submit this report of their doings in obedience to the orders and directions of the City Council.
Soon after the appointment of the Commissioners they en- tered upon the discharge of their duties and selected Mr. Edward Sawyer, of the firm of Shedd & Sawyer, as the engineer to make the surveys and to aid them in their inves- tigations.
It soon became apparent, after the consideration of the subject had been entered upon, that in order to establish such a system of sewers as should be sufficient for the require- ments of the city, legislation would have to be obtained from the General Court, and at our suggestion, the City Council authorized the Mayor to apply for the same. The Commis- sioners appeared with the Mayor and City Solicitor before the legislature and procured the enactment of a statute, be- ing chapter 144 of the Acts of 1877. As this law did not confer all the authority which was necessary, and as it became manifest upon further surveys and examinations that it would be both economical and desirable to extend the main drain through a portion of the town of Watertown, another appli- cation was made to the succeeding legislature which resulted in the enactment of chapter 63, of the Acts of 1878.
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At the request of the Commission, the City Council, in 1877, appropriated three thousand dollars towards defraying the expenses of the Commissioners in performing the work assigned to them. Of that appropriation there was expended only the sum of nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty- nine cents, and the balance was transferred by the city gov- ernment and expended for other purposes. In 1878 a further appropriation of two thousand dollars was made, and this lat- ter sum, by the forbearance of our engineer, enabled us to complete the work, without asking for an additional grant of money.
The engineer completed his surveys and submitted to us his report on the day of its date, November 30, 1878, at which time the amount of his services and expenditures exceeded somewhat largely the last appropriation of two thousand dol- lars, and for which sum we gave him a certificate of approval. After receiving and examining that report and the accom- panying plans, we requested the engineer to consider certain matters and to present his views in relation to the same. This he did- which rendered necessary a further study of the subject and the re-writing of considerable portions of the report in order to have those matters treated of in their proper connections, and the same was completed, as it now appears, within the present year. The amount of Mr. Saw- yer's charges and services was in excess of both appropria- tions, but as your Commissioners wished to avoid asking for a further allowance, with which desire he sympathized, he very generously waived a just claim for further compensation amounting to several hundred dollars. The surveys which had been previously made by Mr. Sawyer in establishing the water-works were used to a considerable extent in the prose- cution of this enterprise, and materially lessened the expense which must otherwise have been incurred.
Different methods of drainage and of disposing of sewage have received our attention, but after full consideration of the subject, we are of the opinion that the system of main
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drains and lateral sewers, as fully set forth in the report and plans prepared by the engineer, which are herewith sub- mitted, is the one which will, in view of all the circumstances, best subserve the requirements of our municipality and of its citizens. We therefore recommend its adoption. In doing so we do not wish to be understood as expressing the opinion that no deviation can be made, in the execution of the work, from the general plan proposed. On the contrary, as it is probable that many years will elapse before it will become necessary to construct the works to that extent and complete- ness which is contemplated they will finally assume, it may be found to be advantageous, in an economical point of view, not to adhere strictly to the plan at the outset. For instance, we are of the opinion that, if it shall be found to be desirable to build a drain for the benefit of portions of Wards 1 and 7, for a considerable period of time before it shall become necessary to largely extend the sewers into other parts of the city, then the construction of that section of the main drain, shown on the plans, as extending from the vicinity of the brook, near the former site of Brackett's coal wharf, to deep tide-water near the Arsenal, may be deferred, and a tempo- rary wooden outlet be laid into Charles river, near the mouth of that brook. This the city has the right to do, subject only to the restriction that a public nuisance be not created. If this be done, then the estimated expenditure of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars for that portion of the work, or the smaller expense for a wooden trunk, as hereinafter sug- gested, may be postponed for several years, thereby saving to the city the annual interest on the cost thereof. In view of the small percentage of house sewage which would be dis- charged from that outlet into the river, it is not probable that any inconvenience or anything detrimental to the public health or comfort would result from the same. But as a measure of precaution it might be eminently proper that the whole flow of the brook should be turned into the sewer just before it empties into the river, and thereby largely dilute
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what might otherwise be objectionable matter. The experi- ment is one which can be safely made. The whole subject will at all times be within the control of the city authorities, and whenever indications shall appear that the discharge into the river at that place may prove detrimental, either to health or property, the main drain can be extended to the ultimate terminus near the Arsenal. The construction of the main drain may properly be commenced in Maple Street, near the brook, and until the lateral branches shall be considerably extended there will consequently be but a small quantity of sewage to be disposed of. The knowledge to be derived from experience will indicate the length of time during which the drain may be discharged into the river at this point. There can be no question that the extension of the sewer to a point near the Arsenal may properly be postponed until after the construction of other portions of the work.
The Commissioners have carefully considered whether it might not be advantageous, in a financial point of view, to postpone the construction of that portion of the main drain which is indicated to be built across the marsh to the deep tide-water, of bricks, and of the dimensions as set forth in the engineer's report, for a period of fifteen years or more. But if, upon trial, it should be found to be necessary to have an outlet at that point, then to construct that part of the drain of timber and of a smaller size; and as the same would be below the level of ordinary high tides it would be preserved for many years. The distance is about five thousand feet. A wooden drain six feet square inside would undoubtedly be adequate for the carriage of the sewage for the period above- named, perhaps even for a longer time. If this should be done there would be a material saving in the first cost of con- struction. The land damages would be the same, but the cost of excavation would be somewhat less. We estimate the cost of such a wooden trunk at the sum of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, which, with the cost of land and excavation would amount to about one hundred and thir-
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ty-five thousand dollars, which would be about forty thousand dollars less than would be expended in the construction of the full size brick drain. If this should be done, then it might be well to build a brick drain from the lower terminus of Ma- ple Street, near the brook, to connect with the upper end of the wooden drain, such portion to be only six feet in diame- ter instead of the size given by the engineer. The length of this part of the route is about sixteen hundred feet. The smaller drain would not cost as much as the larger one by eight thousand dollars or more. The two changes would make a total saving of nearly fifty thousand dollars; and this sum invested and the interest thereon compounded until the time shall arrive when it would become necessary to recon- struct the drain of the size and materials stated by the engi- neer, the same would amount to more than would then be re- quired to defray the cost of the new work, which would prob- ably not exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. The only question thus far presented in the consideration of this portion of our subject, is that of economy. The putting in of the wooden structure will not be an experiment, as similar drains in neighboring cities have been in use for many years with satisfactory results.
But there is another consideration why so much of the drain as will extend below Maple Street should be built in the manner just indicated. If the method of disposing of sewage now generally pursued shall be ascertained by scientific in- vestigations and experience to be the only practicable way of dealing with it, and if population and manufactures shall in- crease as rapidly during the next twenty-five years as they have in the past quarter of a century, the disposal of the waste matter of the sewers will become a more serious and difficult problem than it is at the present time. The large sewer now being constructed by the city of Boston is not de- signed for the removal of any considerable portion of the sewage from either Newton or Brookline. And we do not learn that the authorities of Boston have as yet originated, or
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seriously contemplated the construction of a system of drains which shall be adequate for the disposal of sewage from any considerable portion of the territory outside of its own limits. It is a question of considerable moment whether, for many years longer the sewers of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline can be safely permitted to discharge their con- tents into Charles river. If not, then objections may be made to the introduction of sewage from Newton, Watertown, and Waltham, into that stream. It is to be regretted that the whole subject of the drainage of Boston, and of its neigh- boring cities and towns, has not been committed by the authority of the State to a general commission, having power to prescribe a system for the whole metropolitan district, and to compel its adoption. But this has not been done, and it is manifest that for a term of years, whose limit cannot now be foreseen, the territory west of Brookline and Cambridge must be allowed to drain into the river. And we do not appre- hend that any serious inconvenience will result therefrom un- til after the population shall become much more numerous and dense than it is at present. But what is to be appre- hended is, complaints which may arise from the accumulation of sewage matter from other and larger sources, in the river and harbor below.
The fact that it is now impossible to foresee what may be required in the future is one important reason why the con- struction of a large and permanent drain leading from Maple Street to a point near the Arsenal should not hastily be en- tered upon. The outfall at that point will be at so low a grade that it will be impossible to connect that terminus of the drain with any drain to be constructed through Boston, so as to receive the sewage from Newton without resort to pumping, the expense of which should be avoided if possible. But if pumping must be resorted to, then it will be desirable that the large quantities of storm-water must be discharged from the sewers before arriving at that point. By an exam-
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ination of the profile* it will appear that in the lower portion of Maple Street it is designed to construct the drain with a descent of fourteen feet within the distance of about three hundred feet. In the line of this descent and near its upper portion is the proper place to commence the six foot brick drain to connect with the wooden drain below, which we have already indicated will be of sufficient capacity to meet all reasonable requirements for at least fifteen years, and probably for twenty-five years. If, at the end of such pericd, the discharge of the sewers into the river shall not be found to be so objectionable as to require a discontinuance of the practice, or a modification of the same so far as to exclude the dry-weather sewage, then, whenever required, the build- ing of the larger drain in place of the smaller brick and wooden structure may be effected. And by the time when the smaller drain shall become inadequate, we believe it will be definitely determined whether the sewage of Newton can or cannot be permitted to flow into the river. But if it shall be ascertained that the discharge of the principal portion of the sewage into the river must be stopped, then there can be constructed an intercepting sewer from Maple Street, by such route as may be found to be best, to and along the northerly slope of Brighton Hill to Faneuil, there connecting with a drain leading through Boston. This would also provide for the drainage of the northerly side of that hill. We think it is probable that this sewer could be constructed at such an elevation as would allow the sewage to pass from it, without pumping, into the connecting sewer. This intercepting sewer should have a capacity sufficient to receive the ordinary sew- age, but should not be designed to carry off large quantities of storm-water, which should be discharged either through an outlet into the river near the brook, or by way of the drain across the marsh. As it must not be assumed that any con- siderable portion of the rainfall in Newton will be conveyed
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