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A boiler for use with the steam drill has been purchased and added to the machinery of the department, which now consists of a 15 ton steam road roller, a portable engine, a portable stone crusher, a stationary engine, a stationary stone crusher and a steam drill and boiler. All of the machinery has been under the careful attention of William
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Kent and is in excellent condition. During the season the steam road roller has picked up 30,650 square yards of macadamized road, and has laid down 66,535 square yards of Telford, macadamized or gravel road; it has also been let to the Town of Quincy for five weeks and to the Town of Brookline for four days, and has given excellent satisfaction.
A large tract of land on Murray Street has been pur- chased upon which is located a ledge of hard rock closely resembling trap. A stone crusher is soon to be located on this land and the stone broken for street purposes. As the land is centrally located it will furnish stone for a large por- tion of the city. About one and one-half acres of land on Pine Street has been bonded of Michael Lester and will probably be purchased the coming year. This land joins a tract purchased last year of the Union Institution for Sav- ings. and contains a coarse, hard gravel and stone suitable for paving and crushing purposes.
In the early part of February occurred a freshet or flood of unusual magnitude ; six inches of rain fell during Febru- ary 11, 12 and 13, melting and carrying away a great depth of snow which had accumulated. All the brooks overflowed the low lands in their vicinity and in many places rose over the roadways doing great damage to them. At the Pettee Machine Works a vast amount of water had accumulated in the meadows above, which burst the dam and then broke through the Oak Street embankment and washed away quite a portion of Needham Street. On the Charles River, the bridge at Nahanton Street and the foot bridge at Newton Lower Falls were washed away and the Washington Street bridge at Newton Lower Falls seriously damaged. As it was necessary that these damages should be repaired immediately and no provision had been made in the annual appropriation for such an extra expenditure, the City Council appropriated
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the additional sum of $10,550 for this purpose.
The Boston and Albany Railroad having fenced its track on the northerly side opposite the Auburndale station, all persons living upon that side of the track were obliged to pass over the Auburn Street bridge in order to reach the station. To obviate this difficulty a subway was constructed under the track near Hancock Street. A portion of the expense of the same was borne by the citizens of Auburndale and the Boston and Albany Railroad contributed towards the cost of drainage for the subway. The drain was laid through Auburn, Melrose and Seaverns Streets to the brook at Lexington Street.
A number of concrete sidewalks having become out of repair to such an extent as to be unsafe for travel, a large proportion of the appropriation for sidewalks has been expended in repairing or rebuilding the same. This has been a step in the right direction but a greater ultimate sav- ing could be effected by a systematic maintenance of these sidewalks. Upon this subject I feel it would not be out of place to copy a portion of the City Engineer's Report to the City Council for the year 1883.
"The policy of the town and city governments for the past twelve or fourteen years has been to encourage the lay- ing 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 side- walk, 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, legiti- mate 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 assigned to wear, is the loss of the volatile oils which it con-
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tains, leaving the surface rough and brittle, to be the more readily affected by ordinary wear. The cost of these renewals, without special repairs, at the present price of lay- ing 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 sur- face, 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 travel- ling 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 year's 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 question 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 con- stant repairs be made as above described. "
The following is a statement of the expenditures under the several appropriations controlled by the Highway Com- mittee.
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CURBING.
Amount appropriated by order of the City Council for the year 1886 Amount charged to appropriation for curbing as per Auditor's records $1,500 00 Amount charged by Auditor to other appropriations 288 11
$1,500 00
Total amount expended as per Superintendent's and Assistant Super- intendent's records of work
$1,788 11
The following table shows the number of linear feet, kind and cost of curbing which has been laid : -
CURBING LAID IN 1886.
STREET.
WARD.
LINEAR FEET OF STRAIGHT CURBING.
LINEAR FEET OF CURVED CURBING.
TOTAL LENGTH OF CURBING.
COST.
Channing, (re-setting)
1, 7
6 06
-
6 06
$219 71
Chestnut
5
62 00
6 50
68 50
78 89
Church
1.
214 40
214 40
200 40
Elliot
5
: 65
6 50
51 15
68 02
Elmwood
7
46 20
51 17
97 37
105 81
Margin
3
183 65
183 65
127 08
Park
7
172 40
51 16
223 56
224 24
Pelham (re-setting)
6
7 25
-
197 25
154 06
Putnam
3
4 88
Walnut
2
472 54
35 34
507 88
458 98
Waltham
3
148 35
3 18
151 53
97 16
Stock
76 25
6 38
82 63
47 88
Miscellaneous
1 00
Totals
1623 75
160 23
1783 98
$1788 11
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DRAINS AND CULVERTS.
Amount appropriated by order
of the City Council for the year 1886 $12,000 00
Amount of additional appropria- tions 2,803 75
Total appropriation $14,803 75
Amount charged to appropriation for drains and culverts as per Auditor's records $14,779 63
Amount charged by Auditor to other appropriations .. .
211 21
Total amount expended as per Superintendent's and Assist- ant Superintendent's records of work . · $14,990 84
The following tables show the cost, etc., of the catch- basins, culverts and drains, constructed or reconstructed dur- ing the year and the streets in which the same were built.
CATCH-BASINS CONSTRUCTED AND RECONSTRUCTED IN 1886.
STREET.
LOCATION.
COST.
REMARKS.
Channing .
$0 25
Repairs.
Dedham.
48 25
Jefferson
30 46
Lexington and River. .
at junction.
258 58
3 catch-basins and repairs.
Newtonville Avenue.
.
near Summit Street
50 96
Oak ..
18 01
Park
8 75
Repairs.
Sargent .
4 38
Station
23 51
Tremont.
3 25
Miscellaneous
33 97
Repairs.
Total
$480 37
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CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED AND RECONSTRUCTED IN 1886.
STREET.
LOCATION.
COST.
REMARKS.
Boylston .
corner of Walnut Street
11 50
Centre
Cheese Cake Brook
north of Washington Street
1,117 08
Cherry
at Stroud's estate .
63 22
Fuller
near Cheese Cake Brook
3 25
Hancock
4 20
Hillside Avenue
12 50
Repairs.
Nahanton
175 53
Washington
Pierce School yard
15 00
Repairs.
Winter
3 66
Woodbine
3 50
Total,
.
$1439 02
Repairs. Repairs.
26 12
Ext'nd'g and covering in Porter estate.
539
at W. P. Holden's
3 46
DRAINS CONSTRUCTED IN 1886.
STREET.
SIZE IN INCHES.
LENGTH FEET.
MAN- HOLES.
CATCH BASINS Inlets.
Feet of Size of Inlets
COST.
LOCATION.
Bellevue
8
30 00
10 00
6 0
Bridge .
12
455 20
2
24 00
8 )
Harvard
12
233 00
1
2 5
30 00
6
273 80
Hollis .
10
234 00
2 )
14 00
8
162 21
54×36
93 84
-
48 00
Hyde's Brook .
45×30
220 00
8
98 00
6
3,517 74
Changing course from Church to Franklin Sts.
Margin
.
10
170 00
16 00
6 5
18
74 35
Melrose .
12
113 80
92 15
6 5
5
735 03
Mt. Vernon P'k
12
277 75
8
132 80
8
1,045 30
Mt. Vernon
12
338 00
2}
2 00
8 9
Newtonville Ave
12
36 00
12 60
Seaverns .
20
556 50
4
14 45
9
880 39
Tremont .
12
849 00
5
1
80 00
10
765 11
Washington
12
702 00
4 ) 1
30 00
6 5
444 06
Near Wales St.
Totals .
.
.
6,995 06
14
34
944 80
$10,639 22
·
.
.
.
36×24
664 76
1
58 00
5)
15
118 00
60 00
124 00
81
222 17
Near depot.
15
523 83
3
3}
85 40
10 }
2,650 29
Seaverns St. to B. & A. R. R.
15
510 00
16 00
10
295 68
Allston St. to B. & A. R. R. Mt. Vernon St. to near B. & A. R. R.
.
Repairs near Mt. Ida St. Lexington St. to Melrose St. Near Boston Line.
70 00
81
At B. & A. R. R.
$20 71
349 16
Through Nonantum Mills Est.
Newtonville Ave. to Spruce St. To Branch of Hyde's Brook.
12
1
2} 1
540
IN
541
The following miscellaneous items of expenditure have also been charged to drains and culverts:
Adams Street, cleaning drain $24 00
Bemis Street, bridge over Charles River, repairs . 32 96
Brighton Street, cleaning drain 22 90
Cheese Cake Brook, cleaning
270 82
Cheese Cake Brook, repairs
10 75
Chestnut Street
4 25
Cleaning catch-basins
933 93
Cranberry Street, iron pipe culvert
28 34
Highland Street, manhole cover .
0 75
Hyde's Brook, cleaning and repairs
33 74
Kenilworth Street, drain 25 00
Linwood Avenue, cleaning drain from Page estate 11 64
Murray Street, cleaning drain 28 00
Newtonville Avenue, near Harvard Street
1 18
Newtonville Drain, cleaning
49 62
Newtonville Square improvement
10 50
Otis Street, near Fountain Street
21 13
South Meadow Brook, deepening at Pettee
Machine Co. .
24 00
Stock on hand. paid for from appropriation for 1886: Akron Pipe $33 96
Bricks
10 35
Cement
39 42
Covering Stone
14 99
Grates
313 50
$412 22
Ward Street, improvement .
1 30
Washington St., near Waverly Ave., catch-basins Sundries
15 75
469 45
Total
$2432 23
.
.
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES, CHARGED TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR DRAINS AND CULVERTS.
Catch-basins constructed or reconstructed $480 37
Culverts constructed or reconstructed
1439 02
Drains constructed
. 10,639 22
Miscellaneous expenses
2,432 23
$14,990 84
FLOOD.
Amount appropriated by order of the City
Council
$10,000 00
Amount of additional appropriation by the City Council
550 00
Total appropriation
$10,550 00
Amount expended
10,550 00
The whole amount was charged by the Auditor to High- ways, General Repairs ; and has been expended upon the fol- lowing work :
Baptist Pond
$220 42
Beacon Street
3 58
Boylston Street
64 65
Centre Street
10 32
Concord Street
272 35
Foot Bridge over Charles River at Newton Lower Falls
350 00
Harvard Street
5 25
Homer Street
92 48
Hyde's Brook
42 07
Lexington Street
6 90
Mt. Vernon Street
7 35
.
.
Amount carried forward . 1,075 87
543
Amount brought forward . 1,075 87
Nahanton Street, Bridge over Charles River 1,821 30
Needham Street 549 78
Oak Street
5,056 54
Pearl Street, at Laundry Brook Culvert . 195 77
South Street
351 52
Warren Street
23 27
Washington Street
28 90
Care of water, etc.
1,447 05
Total
$10.550 00
GRAVEL LANDS.
Amount appropriated by order of
the City Council for the year 1886 $2.000 00
Amount of additional appropriation by order of the City Council, from sale of land 567 00
Total appropriation $2.567 00
Amount expended as per Auditor's
records 1,259 57
Balance unexpended. $1,307 43
The above amount has been expended in the following manner :
California Street, near Allison's pit, storage room $14 82
Murray Street, land on ·
1,000 00
Newtonville Avenue, near Harvard Street, gravel. for improvement 40 70
Pine Street. gravel 100 00
Washington Street, Lower Falls, gravel for im- provement 73 00
Sanding sidewalks, sand and gravel for 22 55
Miscellaneous purposes, gravel for 8 50
Total . $1,259 57
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HIGHWAYS, GENERAL REPAIRS.
Amount appropriated by order of the City
Council for the year 1886 . $55,000 00 Amount of additional appropriation for the flood 10,550 00 Amount received from various sources 3,531 32 Amount charged by Auditor to Auburndale Subway 6,573 23
Total appropriation . $75,654 55
Amount expended as per Auditor's records . 76,466 58
Balance overdrawn . $812 03
Amount charged for maintenance as per Superin-
tendent's and Assistant Superintendent's
records of work (including work at Auburn- dale Subway) . $61,025 87
Amount charged to Flood . . 10,550 00
Amount charged by Auditor in excess 4,890 71 .
Total amount expended . $76,466 58
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 : -
Adams
$47 34
Auburn
48 13
Auburndale Avenue.
76 38
Austin
1 75
Beach
13 25
Beacon
98 25
Bellevue
385 94
Bowers
7 25
Amount carried forward .
$678 29
545
Amount brought forward .
$678 29
Boyd
5 57
Boylston .
2,452 38
Bridge
2 75
Brookline
138 45
Cabot
14 07
Cemetery Avenue
67 25
Central Avenue
69 27
Centre
102 53
Channing
216 05
Cherry
67 00
Chestnut
223 87
Church
154 80
Cook (Ward 5)
9 48
Cottage
100 50
Crafts
7 87
Cypress
80 75
Dedham
194 90
Derby
60 75
Dudley
66 25
Eldridge
12 25
Elliot
24 38
Elmwood .
10 38
Fairmont Avenue
21 50
Farlow Park
12 25
Floral
9 60
Franklin
293 32
Gardner
1 75
Greenough
53 85
Hammond
170 50
Hartford
351 94
High
18 75
Amount carried forward .
$5,693 26
546
Amount brought forward
#5,693 26
Highland Avenue
41 62
Highland
173 75
Hillside Avenue
26 25
Hollis
13 06
Homer
225 80
Hunter
17 15
Ivanhoe
41 58
Jackson
14 75
Jefferson
5 00
Kenilworth
45 57
Kenrick
108 15
Lagrange
289 03
Lake Avenue
215 15
Lexington
233 37
Lincoln
3 50
Lowell
6 00
Margin
520 34
Melrose
52 25
Montrose .
38 57
Mt. Vernon
22 25
Myrtle
3 25
Nahanton
80 35
Needham
44 50
Newtonville Avenue
478 02
Newtonville Square
71 58
Nonantum
4 66
Nonantum Square
53 60
Oak
474 14
Oak Hill District
329 73
Orchard
4 67
Otis .
40 75
Amount carried forward . $9,371 65
547
Amount brought forward
$9.371 65
Park
1,499 21
Parker
43 00
Pearl
62 50
Pelham
62 74
Perkins
5 45
Pine
267 40
Pleasant
576 10
Prospect
52 87
Putnam
67 25
Richardson
38 64
St. James
4 67
Sargent
43 32
School
1 75
Seaverns
35 50
Shaw
7 25
South
1.609 62
Station
31 50
Summer
23 00
Sumner
577 05
Temple
10 75
Tremont
24 37
Vernon
152 41
Vine
31 00
Waban
16 75
Walnut Park
5 52
Walnut
234 48
Waltham .
151 40
Ward
658 00
Washington ·
2,088 46
Washington (Lower Falls)
2.715 76
Watertown
71 01
Amount carried forward .
$20.540 38
548
Amount brought forward .
$20,540 38
Watertown (Special)
1,036 59
Waverly Avenue
216 73
Webster .
233 89
Winchester
456 00
Woodland Avenue .
115 50
Auburndale Subway
6,573 23
Cleaning crossings
712 23
Cleaning gutters
7,097 08
Exchange of carts
380 00
Exchange of horses
1,322 00
Gravel pits
7,752 27
Mowing weeds
601 84
Patching streets
1,500 72
Paving around stand pipes
159 25
Picking stones
1,151 21
Portable crusher
7 88
Removing snow
6,477 52
Steam drill'
491 30
Steam roller
507 86
Street signs
285 32
Superintendent's salary
1,500 00
Trimming trees
113 51
Miscellaneous .
1,793 56
Total
$61,025 87
The principal work performed has been upon the follow ing streets in the following manner:
Margin Street, near Chestnut Street; Park Street, between Franklin Street and Sargent Street; Ward Street, near W. H. Ireland's ; Washington Street, at Auburn Street and near the Circuit R. R .; and Watertown Street, from Crafts Street to Nevada Street were macadamized and rolled.
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Boylston Street, from Parker Street to Centre Street; Hartford Street; Lagrange Street; South Street, from Ward Street to Boston Line ; Sumner Street, near Marshall Street ; and Winchester Street were gravelled and rolled.
On Newtonville Avenue, west of Harvard Street, the grade was raised, and the street macadamized and rolled.
On Washington Street, from Beacon Street to Wales Street, the hill was cut down and the grade improved, the street was built to its full width, macadamized and rolled. HIGHWAYS, WIDENING, RECONSTRUCTION MENTS. AND IMPROVE-
Amount appropriated by order of the City
Council for the year 1886 . $22,000 00
Amount expended as per Auditor's records 21,220 97
Balance unexpended $779 03 The above amount has been expended upon the follow- ing streets and for the following purposes :-
STREET.
WARD.
LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
AMOUNT
Beacon Street and Grant Ave ...
6
Rounding and filling corners.
1,562 77
Bellevue.
1
Construction from Boylston Street southerly
2,429 47
Circuit Avenue. .
5
Reconstruction from Waverley Ave. to near Magnolia Ave.
1,290 60
Lexington and River.
4
Widening at southerly corner
643 35
Newtonville Avenue.
1
Construction of retaining bank at Miller's.
881 38
Newtonville Avenue.
2
Improvement and widening.
53 75
Oak .
5
Widening southwest corner of Chestnut Street ..
1,038 51
Summit .
1 Paving gutters, etc ...
2,242 65
Ward ..
6
Reconstruction west of Grant Avenue.
5,578 91
Washington
4
Reconstruction from Beacon Street to Wales Street.
3,137 18
Waverley Avenue
7
Reconstruction and dramage, Tremont St. to Washington St.
142 21
Setting Bound Stones
37 23
Miscellaneous. ..
$21,220 97
.
1,504 61
Newtonville Square.
2
Reconstruction at Harvard Street
136 63
Kenrick.
7
Reconstruction from Summit Street to Howard Street. .
$541 72
550
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LAND DAMAGES.
Amount appropriated by order of the City Coun-
cil for the year 1886 . $2,000 00
Amount expended as per Auditor's records . 1,525 00
Balance unexpended $475 00
The above amount has been expended on the following named streets : -
Auburn and Grove Streets, for land taken for rounding of corner on estate of Alfred B. Darling $25 00
Cheese Cake Brook, for drainage rights through the estate of Martha A. Porter 500 00
Murray Street, land bought of the heirs of George J. Carleton to be used as a gravel and ledge pit 1,000 00 ·
. $1,525 00 Total
REMOVAL OF 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 removal of ashes for the year 1886 . $3,500 00
Amount expended as per Auditor's records. .
3,211 83
Balance unexpended $288 17
The following statement will show the cost of the col- lection of ashes for each ward, and the day of the week on which the collection is made : -
Wards 1 and 7, Thursday . $1,053 62
Ward 2, Friday 568 45
Amount carried forward . . $1,622 07
552
Amount brought forward $1,622 07
Ward 3, Saturday .
331 02
Ward 4, Monday
313 38
Ward 5, Tuesday
315 51
Ward 6, Wednesday .
394 72
Cost of labor, as per Superintendent's and Assistant Superintendent's records of work . . $2,976 70
Maintenance of carts 168 00
Maintenance of harnesses . 42 25
Blacksmithing
41 24
Total . $3,228 19 Amount charged by City Auditor to
appropriation for removal of
ashes .
. $3,211 83
Amount charged by City Auditor to appropriation for highways, gen- eral repairs 16 36
Total $3,228 19 .
SIDEWALKS AND STREET CROSSINGS.
Amount appropriated by order of the City Coun- cil for the year 1886 . $10,000 00
Amount charged to appropriation for sidewalks and street crossings, as per Auditor's records . . $10,000 00
Amount charged by Auditor to other appropriations
4,375 03
Total amount expended as per Superin- tendent's and Assistant Superintendents' records of work . $14,375 03
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The following table shows the number of square yards of concrete sidewalk and street crossings laid and repaired, the number of feet of flag-stone crossings laid, and the cost. of the same.
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SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.
STREET.
WARD.
SIDEWALKS SIDEWALKS NEW.
CROSSINGS NEW.
CROSSINGS REPAIRED
OF FLAGSTONE NO. OF FEET
COST.
REMARKS.
Adams
1
27 65
66 22
Arlington
7
120 21
85 30
Ash
5 75
Auburn
3,4
211 11
1,279 43
91 39
43
66
1,066 65
Auburndale Ave
4
1 75
Beacon .
6
156 60
140 21
367 76
Bellevue
1
66 35
24 14
65 94
Bennington
1
425 56
99 87
271 71
Bourne .
4
-
.
77 00
Cabot
2
396 62
188 98
369 81
California
2
11 07
Central Ave
2
128 89
71 14
Partly Gravel.
Central . Centre
1,6,7
16 54
39 84
333 30
748 83
Partly Gravel.
Channing
1,7
459 40
33 85
354 62
Chapel
2
86 38
-
64 55
Cherry
3
60 88
Chestnut
204 73
217 22
Church
1
209 79
122 30
Cotton
6
.
Court
2
375 63
109 28
149 41
Derby .
.
.
Durant
91 86
Eldridge
7
63 11
43 05
Elliot .
I
-
63 77 29 75
Gravel.
Partly Gravel. Gravel. Partly Gravel. Gravel. Partly Gravel.
Gravel. Gravel.
Bowen
6
·
.
-
.
.
.
4
373 61
123 64
268 04
Partly Gravel.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
/
.
·
.
Gravel.
Crafts
.
.
100 00
-
-
159 13
Gravel.
7
·
·
.
-
1
$67 63 187 84
.
.
.
554
Gravel. Partly Gravel.
3,5 .
144 90
270 50
-
.
2
102 06
5 75
Partly Gravel. Gravel.
-
-
.
CROSSING.
REPAIRED.
Elm . Emerson
.
3
25 11
7
.
Erie Ave
5
52 85 215 49
Fairmont Ave
1
·
Farlow Park . .
7
183 87 79 34
213 74 26 58
42 03
Franklin
Fuller .
4
Gibbs .
6
Glen Ave
6
155 97
185 70 240 74
51 30
Grove
.
.
4
96 58
Hartford
2
22 14
443 09
42 38 107 15 23 50
Hovey
1
40 04
57 24
56 95
Institution Ave Ivanhoe
6
76 84
5 34
Gravel.
Gravel.
[laid in 1884. .
Laurel
6
83 98
167 63
126 67 276 47 9 00
Lincoln Park
3
-
.
19 50
Linwood Ave
2
Lowell
2
267 40
Lyman .
6
.
Am'ts carried form'd .
4,766 58
3,407 20
765 82
83 50
333 30 $7,858 01
1
-
-
-
9 91 21-12 17 18 193 91 96 31 222 30 158 68 5 74 35 50 26 00 295 04 170 57 173 75 42 14
Gravel. Partly Gravel.
Gravel. Gravel.
Partly Gravel. Plank.
Gravel.
.
-
-
13 93 14 39 124 69
Highland Hollis
7 6
-
-
-
.
10 74
Jewett
1
16 53
Kenilworth
7
-
5 33
Lake Ave .
6
123 24
58 59
98 24
Lexington
4
-
·
.
.
25 64
Gravel.
.
4
30 43
Hammond
6
-
-
.
.
Gravel. Gravel.
555
Gravel.
-
-
Floral Forest
.
5 7
-
- 94 23
Hancock
Highland Ave
79 33
Homer
.
.
7
.
.
.
·
Partly Gravel. Partly Gravel. Gravel.
114 38
1
-
.
SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.
STREET.
WARD.
SIDEWALKS SIDEWALKS NEW. REPAIRED.
CROSSINGS NEW.
CROSSINGS REPAIRED.
Am'ts brought forw'd
4,766 58
3,407 20
765 82
83 50
333 30 $7,858 01
Margin .
3
173 10
Montrose
7
-
21 06
Newtonville Ave
1,2
513 88
97 06
-
491 64 *
Newtonville Sq.
2
333 93
195 83
Nonantum Place
7
70 93
24 74
126 76
Otis
2
94 16
756 12
Park .
262 95
258 58
-
Gravel.
Paul
6
88 55
28 78
Peabody
7
87 79
Pearl
1,7
179 04
112 36
72 27
Pelham .
6
135 10
24 12
61 32
Perkins
3
20 14
-
-
-
-
69 60
River
3
-
-
- .
61 73
Sargent
7
-
-
-
18 87
Seaverns
4
-
.
.
.
3
344 27
75 10
257 30
Station
6
231 84
376 90
150 00
541 73
Summit
.
.
Gravel.
Vernon
7
-
102 15
66 60
-
-
119 53
-
-
5 33
Nevada
2
-
-
-
Gravel. Gravel. Partly Gravel.
Partly Gravel.
Nonantum
7
120 02
427 90
Parker
6
-
-
34 22
Partly Gravel.
Partly Gravel.
Pembroke .
7
-
39 67
13 09
Pleasant
6
427 27
Prospect
3
-
-
Gravel. Gravel. Gravel. Gravel.
Partly Gravel.,
Sumner
6
-
.
37 87
-
30 97
52 49
84 00
NO. OF FEET
OF FLAGSTONE
CROSSING.
COST.
REMARKS.
-
-
-
-
24 25
Shaw
-
·
1
-
-
68 76
67 03
245 34
14 75
158 18
260 92
556
Waban Park . Walnut Park
1
5 00
117 18 73 58
30 02 12 88
Walnut
.
2,5
446 08
64 07
34 41
39 26
78 65
Waltham
.
3 6
49 29 31 68 82 70
186 05
219 10|
1,123 30 124 86 46 76 1,223 06 281 18 219 42 17 50
Partly Gravel and Plank. Partly Gravel. Partly Gravel. Partly Gravel.
Washington Watertown
1,2,3,4.7
247 63 20 35
238 89
Waverly Ave. ·
6 57
75 89
Partly Gravel. Gravel.
.
Willow .
6
Winthrop
3
210 90
68 54
Woodward
·
-
13 93
Gravel.
Miscellaneous
-
-
-
28 72
Totals
8,736 16
6,178 02
1,547 60
308 81
631 05 $14,375 03
-
-
Warren
.
·
.
* Charged to Appropriation for Newtonville Square Improvement.
557
-
.
1
-
-
.
.
-
386 92
1,2
WATER DEPARTMENT.
The most important work carried on for this depart- ment was the completion of the contract of the Manhattan Artesian Well Company for driving tube wells, intended to furnish an additional water supply, and the test upon these wells in order to determine the amount of water they would yield.
The work was commenced under the first contract Nov. 30. 1885 and completed February 9, 1886. Under the second contract work was commenced April 24, 1886 and completed July 1, 1886. For a full description of the work and of the test I would respectfully refer you to my report to the Water Board made Sept. 30, 1886 and incorporated in their report to the City Council dated Dec. 31, 1886, pages 27 to 31.
After the test the wells were connected to a twelve inch pipe which was extended into the pump well and the water siphoned to the limits of the ground flow between grades 85 and 93. Should it be advisable at any time to draw the wells to a lower level, provisions have been made whereby this main can be connected to a pump in the basement of the pumping station and the connection with the well closed by a gate. The flow or suction pipe was made twelve inches in diameter, so that the size might be sufficient should it be desirable at some future time to put in more wells.
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