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For all other miscellaneous work 287 36
Total amount . $5,838 00
Surveys have been made of the whole or a part of thirty- nine streets, covering a total length of seven miles and seven- tenths. One hundred and ten street plans and profiles have been made. Levels have been taken over the whole or a part of thirty-nine streets or brooks, - a total length of twelve miles. Lines have been established on fifty-two, and grades on fifty-five, streets.
The average number of assistants employed during the year was six ; maximum number at any time, seven.
Plans and profiles have been made ; lines and grades de- fined ; the titles and boundaries of the estates abutting upon
$4,059 07
1,039 35
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the following-named streets have been examined ; and said streets have been laid out and accepted by the City Coun- cil, - Bennington Street, from Centre Street westerly, 380 feet, 40 feet wide; Fairmont Avenue, from Centre to Clare- mont Streets, 1,120 feet, 40 feet wide; Turner Street, from Walnut Street to Central Avenue, 465 feet, 30 feet wide ; Warren Street, from Glen Avenue easterly, 630 feet, 40 feet wide. Boylston Street, Ward Five, between Centre Street and Woodward Street, was relaid out 60 feet in width.
The highway and town papers have been classified, in- dexed, and filed in the large safe in the basement.
All actions of the Board of Aldermen relating to high- ways, drains, etc., have been indexed by streets, or under their respective heads, for reference.
Copies of all Newton (street, railroad, and land) plans on file at the Registry of Deeds and other county offices, and a complete index of the same, are being made.
The large amount of additional work required by the com- mittees on Public Property and Parks, not being anticipated at the beginning of the year, was not provided for in making the appropriation for the department; which accounts for the additional appropriation made necessary.
Perambulation of Town and City Lines.
A special committee, consisting of Aldermen Chester and Henry, City Clerk I. F. Kingsbury, and the City Engineer, appointed to represent the Board of Aldermen, together with a committee of the Selectmen of the town of Waltham, on July 12, 1883, perambulated the line, and established anew the boundaries between said city and town according to law.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS AND JOINT STANDING COM- MITTEE ON HIGHWAYS.
ALDERMAN DWIGHT CHESTER, Chairman. ALDERMAN JOHN Q. HENRY.
COUNCILMAN WILLIAM B. YOUNG. COUNCILMAN AUSTIN R. MITCHELL. COUNCILMAN JAMES H. NICKERSON.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM E. FULLER.
Assistant Superintendents of Streets. GEORGE E. STUART, Wards 1, 2, and 7. JOHN J. WARE, Wards 4 and 5. JOHN A. PECK, Ward 6.
City Engineer. ALBERT F. NOYES.
HIGHWAYS.
The management of the highways, the ordinary repairs, the building or rebuilding of all streets, drains, culverts, side- walks, etc., and the gravel lands, are under the general direc- tion of the Joint Standing Committee on Highways, Streets and Ways, Sidewalks, Drains and Sewers, and the Highway Surveyors.
The Committee on Highways and the Superintendent of Streets have continued their policy of the past three years, of thorough work in whatever was undertaken, with equally satisfactory results.
Highways, General Repairs.
Amount appropriated by order of the City
Council for highways, general repairs, for the year ending Jan. 1, 1884 $55,000 00 Amount transferred from receipts for work per-
formed for Boston and Albany Railroad Company 5,145 79 Amount transferred from appropriation for drains and culverts 2,000 00
Amount transferred from appropriation for gravel lands 800 00 Amount transferred from appropriation for land damages 800 00
Total appropriation . $63,745 79
Amount expended as per Auditor's records 63,003 47
Balance unexpended $742 32
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The following table will show in detail the amount ex- pended on each street for maintenance, as made up from the Superintendent's and Assistant Superintendent's records of work : -
Alpine
$28 88
Arlington
74 53
Ash
104 22
Auburn
417 11
Auburndale Avenue
33 25
Baldwin
5 25
Beacon
2,788 54
Bellevue
119 25
Belmont
9 42
Bourne
121 58
Bowers
115 75
Boylston
21 50
Bridge
3 25
Brookline
75 00
Cabot
27 90
Cedar
504 59
Cemetery Avenue
36 50
Central Avenue
40 25
Central
70 29
Centre
3,153 33
Channing
88
Cheney
7 50
Cherry
92 75
Chestnut
161 65
Church
188 88
Cook .
1 75
Crafts
149 00
Cross
5 25
Cypress
419 59
Davis
3 50
Dedham
300 00
Amount carried forward
$9,081 14
13
Amount brought forward
$9,081 14
Dudley
75 00
Durant
12 75
Eldridge
90 72
Elliot
278 11
Ellis .
21 50
Elm
397 75
Elmwood
2,380 75
Fairmont Avenue
9 25
Farwell
47 25
Florence
69 75
Forest Avenue
66 00
Fountain
127 12
Franklin
10 50
Fuller
92 90
Grant Avenue
365 70
Green
40 00
Greenough
14 00
Greenwood
11 00
Grove
304 05
Hammond .
67 50
Hancock
70 74
Harvard
13 50
Hawthorne Avenue
56 66
Henshaw
9 33
High .
12 50
Highland Avenue
45 50
Highland .
823 12
Hillside Avenue
41 37
Homer
667 55
Hovey
6 13
Hunter
7 88
Hyde
327 26
Ivanhoe
12 84
Jackson
39 42
Amount carried forward
. $15,696 54
14
Amount brought forward
. $15,696 54
Jefferson
223 25
Jewett
28 00
Kenilworth
12 83
Lake Avenue
195 98
Lander
4 38
Lexington .
145 36
Linden
10 75
Maple (Ward Four)
17 50
Margin
28 01
Mechanic
10 75
Melrose
28 14
Mill .
495 41
Mount Ida
7 00
Mount Vernon
177 00
Nahanton .
75 00
Newtonville Avenue
433 97
Newtonville Square
186 69
Nonantum Square
12 25
Nonantum .
22 25
Oak
21 50
Otis
93 75
Park
15 00
Parker
369 24
Parsons
291 00
Pearl
140 25
Pelham
14 25
Pembroke
54 30
Perkins
20 12
Prospect
39 75
Putnam
10 50
River
331 33
Rowe
21 87
St. James
16 25
Sargent
35 00
Amount carried forward
. $19,285 17
15
Amount brought forward
. $19,285 17
Seaverns
64 56
Shaw
15 00
South
92 25
Station
35 50
Sumner
280 96
Temple
27 13
Tremont
126 25
Turner
17 39
Vernon
365 97
Vista Avenue
91 82
Waban Park
47 37
Waban
17 50
Walnut Park
41 00
Walnut
493 05
Waltham
106 50
Ward
32 88
Warren Avenue
9 34
Washington Park
28 00
Washington
2,037 51
Watertown
186 90
Waverley Avenue
304 45
Webster Park
8 75
Webster
75 84
Wesley
10 50
Willow
74 70
Winchester
3 75
Winter
21 50
Winthrop
17 50
Wolcott
13 13
Woodbine .
27 27
Woodland Avenue
68 19
Woodward
19 08
Boston and Albany R. R. (labor and material) . 5,145 79
Amount carried forward . $29,192 50
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Amount brought forward
. $29,192 50
Cleaning crossings
146 94
Cleaning grates and manholes
117 64
Cleaning gutters
2,551 77
Clearing brush
13 00
Clearing streets
3 50
Gravel-pits
6,073 60
Patching streets
189 07
Paving around stand-pipes
94 50
Picking stones .
1,275 14
Removing snow
6,313 01
Stable-work
176 60
Steam roller
59 50
Street-signs
81 39
Turning water from streets
3 50
Water department
1 75
Watering streets
25 25
Miscellaneous
4 50
$46,323 16
HIGHWAY WIDENINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Amount appropriated by the City Council for
highway widenings and improvements Amount expended 9,815 11
. $10,000 00
Amount charged to appropriation for highway widenings and improvements, as per audi- tor's records 9,794 89
Amount charged to appropriation for improve- ments on public squares 18 75
Amount charged to appropriation for drains and culverts 1 47
The above amount has been expended on the following- named streets : -
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Adams Street, Wards 1 and 2, near the corner of Washington Street : - For labor, etc., as per rolls $428 56
For building fences, and extending culvert, as per bills 173 83
$602 39
Bowers Street, Ward 2, fence at the Methodist Church, as per bill 2 52 Central Street, Ward 4, Woodland Avenue west- erly to the end 799 66 Lake Avenue, Ward 5, near the estate of Moses G. Crane 351 42
Lake Avenue, Ward 6, at northerly end of Crys- tal Lake : -
For labor, etc., as per rolls $285 74
For building wall, etc., as per bills . 301 94 587 68
Maple Street, Ward 4, Central Street to Wood- land Avenue : -
For labor, etc., as per rolls $232 50
For capping wall, etc., as per bills . 203 70
436 20
Murray Street, Ward 2, Otis Street to Highland Avenue : -
For labor, etc., as per rolls . . $1,581 48
For material, fences, etc., as per bills 142 00
1,723 48
Needham Street, Ward 5 .
10 50
Summer Street, Ward 5, Chestnut Street to High Street : -
For labor, etc., as per rolls $662 25
For building fences, steps, etc., as
per bills
79 09
741 34
Amount carried forward
$5,255 19
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Amount brought forward $5,255 19 Sumner Street, Ward 6, near estate of Dr. Alvah Hovey : -
For labor, etc., as per rolls $10 88
For concrete, etc., as per bills 82 73
93 61
Walnut Street, Ward 2, near Watertown Street, on estate of George W. Gould .
40 13
Ward Street, Ward 6, Sumner Street to Grant Avenue : -
For labor, etc., as per rolls . $1,979 01
For material, etc., as per bills . 137 27
2,116 28
Miscellaneous
127 67
Portable crusher and engine 2,182 23
$9,815 11
CURBING.
Amount appropriated by order of the City Coun- cil for curbing, for the year 1883 $1,500 00
Amount expended .
1,553 24
Amount charged to appropriation for curbing ·
1,500 00
Amount charged to appropriation for highways, general repairs 53 24
The following table shows the number of linear feet, kind and cost of curbing, which has been laid : -
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Curbing laid in 1883.
STREET.
WARD.
LINEAR FEET STRAIGHT CURBING.
LINEAR FEET CURVED CURBING.
TOTAL LENGTH OF CURBING.
COST.
Adams
2
377.92
48.33
426.25
$338 80
Auburn
4
8.50
8.50
10 47
Bowers
2
181.42
22.00
203 42
136 83
Centre
7
27.00
33 95
Elmwood
7
593.50
23.60
617.10
537 00
Grove .
4
4 75
Highland (unloading)
3
-
8.50
8 50
10 48
Mount Vernon .
3
178.70
6.30
185 00
137 28
Newtonville Square
2
63.00
69.80
132.80
116 94
Vernon
7
17.50
17.50
9 15
Washington
3
-
13.33
13.33
69 39
Miscellaneous (unloading)
1 37
Stock .
181.00
66.22
247.22
140 75
1,593.04
266.58
1,869.62
$1,553 24
SIDEWALKS.
Amount appropriated by order of the City Coun-
cil for sidewalks for the year 1883
$6,000 00
Amount transferred from receipts for work per- formed for Boston and Albany R.R. Co.
261 30
Total amount of appropriation
$6,261 30
Amount charged to appropriation for sidewalks . Amount overdrawn .
39 35
Amount charged to appropriation for drains and culverts
23 00
Amount charged to appropriation for highways, general repairs
655 61
Total amount expended 6,979 26
The cost of laying and repairing street-crossings is charged to the appropriation for highways, general repairs.
The following table shows the number of square yards of concrete sidewalk and street-crossings laid and repaired, and the cost of all gravel and concrete sidewalks.
-
3 08
Maple
4
-
-
6,300 65
SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.
STREET.
WARD.
SIDEWALKS, NEW.
SIDEWALKS, REPAIRS.
CROSSINGS, NEW.
CROSSINGS, REPAIRS.
COST OF GRAVEL AND CONCRETE WALKS.
REMARKS.
Adams
2
390.08
$335 15
Aspen Avenue
4
21 21
Auburn
4
79.65
21 90
Bellevue
1
209.54
171 68
Bowdoin
5
14 08
Bowers
2
339.11
101 51
Brook .
7
10.34
3 71
Cabot .
2
California
1
15 75
Gravel.
Carleton
.
Gravel.
Central
1,297.18
53.67
545 91
Partly laid in 1882.
Centre
1, 6, 7
202.51
178.47
87.96
70.40
451 54
Part gravel; part brick.
Cherry
3
49.69
263.47
22.61
64 07
Church
7
53.79
64.00
9.00
32 27
Crafts .
2
20.00
269.69
41.31
9.00
4 44
Ellis
5
-
Elm
3
1
-
87 50
Elmwood .
7
543.85
76.72
135.87
-
298 33
Part gravel; part brick.
Emerson .
1,7
Forest Avenue
2,3
57 40
Gravel.
Forest.
5
-
14 08
Gravel.
·
Part gravel. Gravel. Laid in 1882.
Gravel. Partly laid in 1882.
Gravel.
20
Gravel.
10 50
Central Avenue
2
4
1
Laid in 1882.
Eldridge
7.39
3 75
Gravel. Gravel. § Partly laid in 1882.
10 50
Gravel.
.
7 00
5 50
7
48 65
Franklin .
7
2.54
583.94
-
154 54
| Part gravel.
Glen Avenue
6
90.40
-
Grove .
4
36.14
Hammond
6
-
Hancock .
4
18 00
Hartford .
5
18.37
116.08
67 09
Harvard .
2
70.95
26 26
High
5
-
14.53
Highland Avenue
2
Gravel.
Highland .
3
1.89
4.40
1 13
Homer
6
57.69
199 00
Part gravel.
Jefferson .
7
329.71
448 47
Kenrick
7
17 50
Gravel.
Lake Avenue
5, 6
48.53
66 06
Margin
3
-
7 00
Mount Vernon
3
196.86
280 12
Part gravel.
Murray
2
35 50
Gravel.
Newtonville Avenue .
1
4.63
30.45
127 52
Newtonville Square .
2
37.12
1 75
Gravel.
Nonantum .
7
26 50
Gravel.
Norwood Avenue
6
250.31
68 83
Laid in 1882.
Pearl
1
1
37.70
123 75
Gravel.
Pembroke
7
50 75
Gravel.
Pettee .
5
1.60
46.25
17 21
Pleasant
6
132.81
101 71
Prospect .
3
8 75
Gravel. Gravel.
River .
3
-
Am'ts carried forward
.
.
.
4,478.05
1,488.37
490.32
141.46
$4,681 85
.
[1882. Part gravel; partly laid in
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Nonantum Place
7
·
.
.
66 00
Laid in 1882. Part gravel. Part gravel; part plank. Gravel.
24 86 62 38 317 74
37 00
Part gravel. Gravel.
SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.
STREET.
WARD.
SIDEWALKS, NEW.
SIDEWALKS, REPAIRS.
CROSSINGS, NEW.
CROSSINGS, REPAIRS.
COST OF GRAVEL AND CONCRETE WALKS.
REMARKS.
Am'ts brought forward
4,478.05 889.74
1,488.37
490.32
141.46
$4,681 85
Sargent
6,7
375 07
Seaverns
4
1
Gravel. Gravel.
Station
6
85 13
Summer
5
214.25
108 08
Sumner
6
211.51
113 64
Turner
2
Vernon
7
30.00
61.17
18 03
Gravel.
[1882.
Walnut
2,5
102.04
86.39
102.29
379 43
Part gravel; partly laid in Gravel.
Waltham
.
6
-
1
20 50
Gravel. Part gravel.
Washington .
1,2,3,4, 7
282.56
263.91
229.35
191.10
483 97
Watertown
60.02
22.71
252 50
Gravel.
Wesley
1
193.76
29 37
William
7
62.43
Winter
5
-
Miscellaneous
-
-
6,524.36
1,813.45
842.54
434.85
$6,979 26
.
26 25
Gravel. Laid in 1882.
Vista Avenue
4
-
.
-
-
13.77
1
3 50
Ward .
191 25
Waverley Avenue
1, 2, 3 7
101 88
14 75
Gravel.
35 57
.
37 29
.
21 20
22
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES CHARGED TO THE APPROPRI- ATION FOR HIGHWAYS, GENERAL REPAIRS.
For maintenance, as per superintendent's records of work $46,323 16
For curbing, in excess of appropriation 53 24
For concrete and gravel sidewalks, in excess of appropriation 655 61
For miscellaneous expenses, as per sundry bills
in auditor's report 15,971 46
Total amount expended . . $63,003 47
An order recently passed the City Council for the purchase of a portable stone-crusher and engine, and the sale or ex- change of the engine and crusher at the Pine-street gravel- pit. Contracts have been made with the Farrel Foundry and Machine Company of Ansonia, Conn., for a 9-inch by 15-inch Marsden and Farrel portable crusher; and with John H. Houghton of Boston, for the delivery of a Lidgerwood porta- ble hoisting and pulley engine, with 7-inch by 9-inch double cylinders, and 40-inch by 83-inch vertical boiler, with house- fixtures and every thing complete. These are intended for crushing stone at points in the city where stone can be easily collected, and where no crusher is at present located.
The policy of the town and city governments for the past twelve or fourteen years has been to encourage the laying of concrete (coal-tar and pitch-mastic) sidewalks; so that now there is a considerable mileage of concrete sidewalks laid. With no special repairs, the life of a concrete sidewalk, if unaffected by causes other than wear, has been, in this city, from six to ten or more years.
The causes for the destruction of concrete are, legitimate wear, the upheaval or breaking by the frost or the growth of roots of trees, the settlement of poor foundations, and drainage; and the greater cause by far, which is usually
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assigned to wear, is the loss of the volatile oils which it con- tains, leaving the surface rough and brittle, to be the more readily affected by ordinary wear. The cost of these renew- als, without special repairs, at the present price of laying the concrete, is from six to ten cents per year ; the probable average with the best of work being about eight cents. After laying one or two years, the surface becomes slightly rough, and it is found that a thin coating of sand and tar, or pitch, if applied at this time (at a cost of about six cents per square yard), restores the smooth, pliable surface, and will last for two or three years longer, without necessity for renewal. If the sidewalk is left for four or more years, it can usually be restored by a skim-coating of fine gravel and tar, or pitch, at a cost of about thirty-five cents per square yard. It will be observed that the cost of maintaining sidewalks, without any special repairs, is about eight cents per square yard, besides the discomfort of travelling for four or more years over rough sidewalks; with occasional repairs and skim- coating, and allowing for breaks from outside causes, about the same amount as above, and perhaps one or two years' travel over a rough sidewalk ; with constant repairs, as above described, and allowing for breaks from outside causes, the cost is about four or five cents per square yard. The ques- tion of economic maintenance of these sidewalks has become a serious one ; and there are now miles of sidewalk needing immediate attention in order to remain safe and convenient for travel. I would therefore recommend, in view of its economy and comfort, that constant repairs be made as above described.
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DRAINS AND CULVERTS.
Amount appropriated by order of the City Coun-
cil for the construction of new, and the cleaning out and repairing of old drains, culverts, and catch-basins . Amount expended $11,929 66
Amount transferred to highways, general repairs 2,000 00
$14,000 00
13,929 66
Unexpended balance $70 34 The following table shows the length of each kind, size and cost of drains constructed during the year, and the streets in which the same are laid : -
Drains constructed in 1883.
STREET.
SIZE, IN INCHES.
FEET OF DRAIN.
MAN- HOLES.
CATCH- BASINS.
FEET OF SIZE OF INLETS. INLETS.
COST.
LOCATION.
Adams
10
26
-
-
-
-
$63 07
At corner of Washington Street.
Auburn
5
-
-
-
-
708 62
Greenough Street to Rowe Street.
Bowers
36 by 36
993
1
8
8
962 27
Central
15
45
1
-
-
44 87
Centre
8
130
2
171 43
Chapel
15
132
3
120
8
370 06
Church
12
3
Eldridge
36 by 36
373
1
-
-
-
508 64
Near Elmwood Street. Near River Street.
Elm
8
210
-
-
-
Brook Street to Eldridge Street.
Elmwood .
36 by 36
174
1
4
6
6
Gardner .
12
70
35
8
101 59
Margin
18
572
106 02
Mechanic
12
135
1
-
Corner of Newtonville Avenue. Near Highland Avenue.
Murray .
15
401
3
30
8
427 15
Newtonville Avenue
10
44
Park .
12
12
Parsons
6
49
1
-
8 1 00
926 05
Pearl
12
825
-
62
Laundry Brook to Eliot School.
-
-
-
Walnut Street to Depot. Near Elmwood Street. Near Fern Street Near Boston and Albany R.R.
30
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
43 13
Mount Ida
1
-
-
46
8
15
69
-
-
-
1
76 34
Corner of Tremont Street.
Near Cheese-cake Brook.
7 35
-
-
-
1
92 84
2
50
8
1,954 98
.
At Angle. Near Lincoln Park.
18 12
14
10
994 37
Mount Ida Street, westerly.
12
1,056
2
110 45
Brook
6
7
4
6
6
-
-
26
26
10
15
595
Prospect
12
145
-
8
60
8
794 07
Cheese-cake Brook to near Temple Street.
River .
12
108
1
-
-
.
9
26
19 39
Walnut .
8
60
1
-
52 82
Walnut
8
30
1
41 51
Near Turner Street.
Waltham
6
1011
-
1
-
36 92
Near Crafts Street.
4,643
2
43
529
$8,720 36
72
6
88 00
Seaverns
Near Pine Street. At Lexington Street. At Boston and Albany R.R.
·
.
-
27
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CULVERTS AND CATCH-BASINS.
The following tables show the lengths, size, and cost of the culverts or catch-basins constructed or reconstructed during the year, and the name of the street in or under which they are laid.
Culverts constructed and reconstructed in 1883.
STREET.
SIZE, IN INCHES.
LENGTH, IN FEET.
COST.
LOCATION.
REMARKS.
Adams
.
-
$37 50
Laundry Brook.
Extension. Repaired.
Bellevue .
6
334
9 74
Under Driveway
Cabot .
5 00
Near Harvard Street
Repaired.
Crafts .
1 75
Repaired.
Margin
31 75
Park
7 50
Vernon
7 50
Washington .
4 00
Near Adams Street.
Repaired, under sidewalk. Repaired.
Washington .
19 57
Brighton Hill.
Watertown ·
3 50
Near Eden Avenue.
Repaired, under sidewalk.
Watertown .
3 90
Near Chandler Street.
Waverley Avenue
10 75
Under Driveways.
Repaired, under sidewalk. Repaired. Repaired.
Winchester
·
28 13
$170 59
Near Cheese-cake Brook. Corner of Putnam Street. Corner of Vernon Street. Corner of Park Street.
Repaired. Repaired. Repaired.
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Catch-Basins constructed and reconstructed in 1883.
STREET.
LOCATION.
COST.
REMARKS.
Centre
Near Public Library
$27 38
Centre
Near Wesley Street
5 25
New covers.
Centre
.
.
.
Near Boston and Albany R R.
39 76
High
Near Pettee Street .
31 39
Highland Avenue
Near Walnut Street
220 75
Highland
Corner of Margin Street
18 47
Rebuilt
Homer
8 82
Covers changed.
Lake Avenue
Corner of Auburn Street
61 06
Maple (Ward 4)
8 82
Covers changed.
Parker
Near High Street
33 40
Rowe
Near Boston and Albany R.R.
24 32
Covers changed.
Station
Near Washington Street :
14 70
Covers changed.
Warren .
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24 93
Washington
Near Adams Street .
52 89
Washington
Ward 3
1 75
Washington
Ward 4
26 03
Waverley Avenue
Repairs
52 44
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11 63
Washington
Near Greenwood Avenue
Two new catch-basins. Rebuilt.
Repairs.
25 97
$793 90
30
Pettee
48 32
Walnut Park
At Newton Centre
33 75
Hammond
22 07
31
Miscellaneous Expenses for 1883.
Arlington Street, 2 Concord grates $14 70
Boyd-street ledge, excavating rock 160 00
Boylston Street, repairs on Bridge over Charles River . 162 47
Bridge Street, arch rebuilt, and bridge repaired, over Charles River 568 96
Cement, 9} barrels 15 20
Cheese-cake Brook, cleaning out and repairs 44 00
Cleaning catch-basins and culverts
741 50
Covering-stone, 2724 feet of 3-feet
41 22
Covering-stone, 333 feet of 4-feet
20 63
Covering-stone, 26 feet of 6-feet §
61 85
Elliot Street, labor
7 12
Elmwood Street, bricks (used for sidewalks)
23 00
Farlow Park, cement .
1 47
Jefferson Street, cement (used for wall, general repairs) 17 87
Linwood-avenue drain, cleaning out
24 75
Murray-street Brook, cleaning out
30 13
Newtonville drain, cleaning out and repairs
60 38
Removing covering-stones .
13 69
Shaw Street
32 25
Station Street
8 50
Stock on hand : -
1,115 bricks $12 27
half-barrel cement .
74
15 feet of 12-inch cement pipe 5 85
599 feet of 3-feet covering-stone 75 90
771 feet of spruce lumber
13 11
107 87
Summer Street, cement (used for widenings)
1 47
Tremont Street, covering-stone (used around stand-pipe) . 4 08
Amount carried forward
$2,102 63
32
Amount brought forward $2,102 63
Walnut Street, at gristmill, fence 17 05
Washington Street, labor . 19 00
Washington Street, covering-stone (used around stand-pipe) . 2 27
Washington Street, repairs on bridge over Charles River 34 81
Watertown Street, Cate's stable, cement-pipe . . 12 32
Waverley Avenue, building fence around drain at the ash-dump .
15 00
Sundries
41 73
$2,244 81
Summary of Expenses.
Drains constructed $8,720 36
Culverts constructed or reconstructed 170 59
Catch-basins constructed or reconstructed . 793 90
Miscellaneous expenses
2,244 81
Total . . $11,929 66 Of the above amount expended, $23 should have been charged to sidewalks, $1.47 to parks, $1.47 to highways, widenings and improvements, and $24.22 to highways, gen- eral repairs.
ASHES.
The collection of ashes is made by the highway depart- ment, under the direction of the highway surveyors. Amount appropriated by order of the City Coun-
cil for the collection of ashes for the year ending Jan. 1, 1884 $3,000 00
Amount expended
2,265 60
Balance unexpended . $734 40
The following table will show the cost of the collection of ashes for each ward, and the day of the week on which the collection is made : --
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Wards 1 and 7, Thursday .
$722 52
Ward 2, Friday .
255 94
Ward 3, Saturday
254 81
Ward 4, Monday
252 44
Ward 5, Tuesday
251 94
Ward 6, Wednesday
255 19
Cost of labor, as per superintendent's record of work .
$1,992 84
For miscellaneous expenses, as per sundry bills in auditor's report 272 76
Total amount expended .
$2,265 60
WATER DEPARTMENT.
WATER BOARD.
EDWARD W. CATE, President.
Members at Large.
FRANCIS J. PARKER. FRANCIS A. DEWSON.
Representatives of the City Council. ALDERMAN J. WESLEY KIMBALL.
COUNCILMAN FRED. W. FREEMAN.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE WATER BOARD.
Clerk and Water Registrar. ALBERT S. GLOVER.
Superintendent. H. N. HYDE, JUN.
Inspector. J. CLIFTON WHITNEY.
City Engineer. ALBERT F. NOYES.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
In connection with the Water Department, there have been located one hundred and seventy services and exten- sions laid during the year. Lines and grades for the laying of water-mains have been established on twenty-nine streets, and all special castings have been located, and the regular meetings of the Water Board attended.
PUMPING-STATION.
The setting of the pumps and engines upon the new foun- dations, begun in 1882, was completed early in the year ; and the smooth and even working of the pumps attests the solidity of the foundations. A new twenty-four inch force main, with check-valve and gate, was laid from the pumps in their new position to the Y in the yard.
The small feed-pump was lowered, and a large cast-iron reservoir made for the more perfect heating of the feed- water.
Feeling that there might still be cavities beneath the plank- ing of the pump-well, borings were made with a quarter-inch bell-hanger's auger, which showed that spaces existed under nearly the whole bottom of the well, varying in depth from nothing to ten or more inches. It was therefore decided to inject cement-grout under the plank in order to make every thing as solid as possible. The well was 29 feet 9 inches long by 9 feet 10 inches wide, and about 14 feet deep, with a screen and gate-chamber 5 feet 4 inches by 4 feet 6 inches, of the same depth as the main well.
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