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66
5
. 3.65 66
66
6
7
8.90
Total
46.01 .
66
· 5.52 66
· 7.32
I would recommend that the condition of these walks and the question of maintaining them be carefully considered and a more economical method devised.
The culvert crossing Beacon street, near Grant Avenue, has been rebuilt and enlarged and no further trouble is ex-
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pected. A drain has been constructed in Bennington street to relieve the abuttors of ground water. A drain was constructed in Hyde Avenue, at Sargent street, to prevent washing away the street-surface on the steep grade. In Centre street, from Bennington to Bellevue streets, a drain has been laid to prevent washing street-surface, and the gutters have been laid with concrete instead of paving stone.
The principal streets which have been rebuilt or regraded during the year are as follows :-
Auburn street, near Charles River ; Beacon street, from Centre street to Crescent avenue; Circuit avenue ; Cross street, from Washington street to Watertown street; Floral street, from Walnut street to Boylston street ; Gibbs street, near Everett street ; Jackson street, near Parker street; Jewett street, from Washington street to Pearl street; Park street, from Washington street to near Church street; Walnut street, from Newtonville Avenue to Otis street ; and Water- town street, from Cheese Cake Brook to Walnut street.
Parties opening new streets have frequently, either through imperfect knowledge of street construction or for pur- poses of economy, constructed their streets in a very poor man- ner, and thereby caused themselves and the city considerable trouble and expense whenever the streets were accepted. On many of the old streets in previous years it has been necessary to dig out all the loam and fill with macadam. It is now pro- posed by the Committee to refuse to accept streets from which it is known that the loam has not been entirely removed. Dur- ing the past year the City Engineer has furnished grades for new streets and also a set of specifications for their construction, whenever he has been requested. In this way a large number of new streets have been constucted in a proper manner and can be maintained in a more economical manner.
The question of the drainage of the Morse Field district, lying partly in Watertown, was taken up early in the season.
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The Joint Committee from each government finally decided to apportion the cost, four-sevenths to be paid by the City of New- ton, and three-sevenths to be paid by the town of Watertown, this being the proportion of area benefited. It was decided to perform the work by the day and as far as possible the men of each district were given their proportionate share of the labor By reason of excellent weather which prevailed during the entire work no ground water was encountered and a large item of expense was saved thereby. A statement of the work done and the cost appears later in this report.
As early as possible the rebuilding of the Washington Street and Bemis bridges were brought before the City Coun- cil and the necessary appropriations obtained.
A contract was made with Thos. F. Maney & Co. of Bos- ton for the construction of the Bemis Bridge. Owing to delays on the part of the contractors the work was not commenced until about Sept. 1, and after a few days, work was suspended by reason of the failure of the contractors. After some delay the bondsmen took the work under an assignment and they are now carrying out the contract. It is to be regretted that the work was not commenced promptly at the time the contract was signed in July, as the water in the river was very low and staid so until about the time work was really begun, after which a constant succession of storms and high water occurred which delayed the work and caused an increased cost to the contract- ors. A three-arch stone bridge is being built, twenty-seven feet in width, the arches being twenty-one feet span and four feet rise. On account of the weak character of the old pier in the middle of the river, opposite the store house, it was thought best to remove all of it, excepting the wall supporting the Watertown bridge, and to build it solid with masonry. The foundations are much deeper than those of the old bridge abutments. The piers and wing walls are now completed ard one of the centres set. It is now intended to stop work for the
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winter in a few days and to provide for the passage of teams by placing a temporary bridge resting upon the piers. The amount expended to this date has been $6,724.59.
Delay was caused at Washington street by the necessity of consultation and joint action with the selectmen of the town of Wellesley and the necessary appropriation of money by a town meeting. It was found that the town did not wish to pay for a stone bridge and it was finally decided to put in a new stone abutments and bridge seats and an iron bridge. A con- tract was made with Trumbull & Cheney of Boston to construct the abutments and bridge seats. As at the Bemis bridge, on account of the lateness of the season at which the work was commenced, it was greatly delayed by the high water in the river which poured over the dam and prevented rapid work on the foundations. On the Wellesley side it was necessary to excavate to a considerable depth below the flumes leading to the mills, and immediately adjoining them ; this required great care and was necessarily slow. At the present time the abut- ments are nearly completed. It will be necessary to set foun- dations at the foot of the dam for the two columns which sup- port the long south girder of the bridge ; as the water is very high this is likely to be a difficult undertaking. A contract has been made with the Boston Bridge Works for an iron bridge and it is expected that it will be put in place as soon as the abutments are completed. The amount expended on the Newton abutment to this date is $2,010.66.
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CURBING.
Amount appropriated by order of
the City Council for the year 1888, $2,000 00
Amount charged to appropriation for curbing, as per auditor's records, $2,000 00
Amount charged by auditor to other appropriations, . 38 90
Total amount expended as per su- perintendent's and assistant su- perintendents records of work $2,038 90
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 1888.
STREET.
Linear feet Linear feet Ward. of Straight of Curved Curbing. Curbing.
Total Length of Curbing.
Cost.
Beacon
6
64.65
17.17
81.82
$80.63
Bridge
2
160.60
13.30
173.90
163 04
Centre
6
189.00
17.17
206.17
193 80
Chestnut
5
210.20
210.20
191 28
Grove.
4
189.35
189.35
J172 31:
Highland
3
196.05
196.05
178 40
Hovey
1
223.87
223.87
203 72
Jewett
1
80.15
80.15
81 94
Washington
1,3,7
163.67
33.50
197.17
*242 18
Watertown
2
146.25
20.03
166.28
158 53
Waverley Ave
7
33.50
33.50
42 55
Stock .
161.75
161.75
100 47
Miscellaneous
230.96
17.10
238.06
230 05
Total
2,016.50
141.77
2,158.27
$2,038 90
*Includes resetting 130 feet in front of Bacon's and Hyde's Blocks. Old curbing taken from stock.
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DRAINS AND CULVERTS.
Amount appropriated by order of
the City Council for the year 1888, . $10,000 00
Amount transferred from appropri-
ation for gravel lands, 500 00
Amount transferred from appropri- ation for land damages, 500 00
Total appropriation, ·
Amount charged to appropriation for
drains and culverts, as per au- ditor's records, . $11,315 59
Amount charged by auditor to oth-
er appropriations, 2,068 37
$11,000 00
Total amount expended as
per superintendent's and assistant superintendents'
records of work,
$13,383 96
The following tables show the cost, etc., of the catch- basins, culverts and drains, constructed or reconstructed during the year, and the streets in which the same were built :-
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CATCH BASINS CONSTRUCTED AND RECONSTRUCTED IN 1888.
STREET.
LOCATION.
COST.
REMARKS.
Auburn
$11 65
Repairs.
Bellevue
-
40 44
Repairs.
Centre
21 41
Repairs.
Newtonville Ave.
19 08
Repairs.
Otis
Near Walnut St.
6 40
Repairs.
Washington
At Highland St.
51 85
Washington
At Waverley Ave.
22 33
Waverley Ave.
9 97
Repairs.
Webster .
Near Warren Ave.
12 51
Repairs.
$195 64
CULVERTS CONSTRUCTED AND RECONSTRUCTED IN 1888.
STREET.
LOCATION.
COST.
REMARKS,
Beacon
Near Grant Ave.
$2,874|49
Rebuilt and St. regraded.
Crafts
Near Clinton St.
90 90
Derby
Near Cranberry St.
39 91
Repairs. Repairs.
Eddy's Coal Yard
From Washington St. to Cheese Cake Brook.
440 34
Rep'rs and re- built.
Oak
At estate of A. L. Hale.
42 95
Repairs.
Parsons
Near Cheese Cake Brook.
32 15
Repairs.
Washington .
Near Auburn St.
302 82
Repairs.
Total
$3,823 56
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DRAINS CONSTRUCTED IN 1888.
STREET.
Size in Inches.
Length in Feet.
Man- holes.
Catch- Basins.
Feet of Inlets.
Size of Inlets.
COST.
LOCATION.
Beacon
10
226.00 516.20
1
3
43.70
8
$211 67 938 64
Near Grant Avenue. Centre St. to Mt. Ida Terrace.
Centre .
.
6
192.00
30.00 48.00
12 8 )
414 88
At and near Bellevue St.
4
32.00
Cherry
10
226.00
2
261 60
Clark .
10
243.70
1
113 63
So.side Wash.St. to Cheese Cake Brook. Centre St., southeasterly.
Copley
8
150.00
1
88 93
Washington St., northerly.
Cross
.
1
6
171.00
Elm .
12
237.80
Washington
10
309.00
3
108.00
8 1 8
708 38
( Cheese Cake Brook to Washington St. ¿ Elm St. to Lucas Court.
Harvard
8
154.70
18.00
114 15
Spruce St. to Norwood Ave.
Hyde Ave .
1
12
266.00
1
1
33.00
8
1
. ·
15
21.00
1
1
27.00
8 1
Park
15
216.40
4
33.30
8
1
84 82
Wolcott Park, southerly.
Totals
4,306.60
3
24
503.50
-
$4,703 05
-
-
-
.
.
.
8
12.00
1
225.00
12
45.00
1
-
1
1
1
44 31
Cheese Cake Brook, so utherly.
·
.
.
.
8
202.00
1
94.50
12
382 73
Tremont St. to Vernon St.
Wolcott
-
-
1
18
302.50
32.00
10
666 68
George St. to Sargent St.
Lake Ave
12
522.30
2
36.00
8
1
672 64
Walnut St. easterly. Opposite Lake Ave.
Walnut
·
8
36.00
1
24
-
2
2
1
-
.
-
1
-
1
-
4
Bennington
12
15
25
The following miscellaneous items of expenditure have also been charged to drains and culverts :-
Adams street, repairing drain $12 25
Auburn street, cleaning brook .
5 50
Boylston street, cleaning raceway at Charles river 23 01
Boylston street, repairs on bridge over Charles river 48 39
Carleton street, cleaning catch-basin . 10 00
Centre street, repairing drains
38 54
Chapel street, repairing drain
43 04
Cheese Cake brook, cleaning
155 76
Chestnut street, repairing drain
52 29
Church street, repairing and cleaning drain
39 13
Cleaning catch-basins 2,494 91
Eldridge street, cleaning drain .
44 61
Elliot street, cleaning culvert
26 45
Franklin street, building manhole
107 46
Henshaw street, cleaning drain .
15 51
Highland street, repairing manhole cover
1 39
Hyde's brook, cleaning and repairs
266 51
Kenilworth street, repairing drain
51 68
Laundry brook, cleaning
47 25
Lexington street, drains
88 87
Lombard street, cleaning drain
5 50
Murray street, cleaning drain
30 28
Murray street brook, cleaning
94 67
Nahanton street, repairs on bridge over Charles river 9 30
Newtonville drain, cleaning
40 18
Otis street, cleaning drain
25 02
Perkins street, repairing drain .
2 38
Prospect street, building manhole
93 77
Amount carried forward,
$3,873 65
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Amount brought forward, $3,873 65
Sargent street, repairing drain . 25 31
Stock on hand, paid for from appropriation for 1888 :-. Bricks $1 31
Cement .
89 58
Covering-stone
11 76
Grates
115 88
$218 53
Walnut street, repairing drain .
2 63
Waltham street, use of land
100 00
Washington street, repairs on bridge over Charles river 37 60
Washington street, repairing drain near Nonan- tum street
26 17
Washington street, miscellaneous repairs on drains 45 05
Watertown street, repairing drains 10 71
West street, repairing drain 3 50
Sundries .
318 55
Total
$4,661 70
.
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES CHARGED TO THE APPROPRIA- TION FOR DRAINS AND CULVERTS.
Catch-basins constructed and reconstructed $195 64
Culverts constructed and reconstructed 3,823 56
Drains constructed
4,703 06
Miscellaneous expenses .
4,661 70
$13,383 96
MORSE FIELD DRAINAGE.
Amount appropriated by order of the
City Council . $5,500 00
Amount received from Town of Water-
town . . 2,837 56
Total appropriation $8,337 56
Amount charged to appropriation for
Morse Field drainage as per audi- tor's records .$7,660 64
Amount charged by auditor to other
appropriations . 197 44
Total amount expended as per records of work . $7,858 08
Cost of trunk drains constructed jointly with Town of Watertown $6,620 98
Cost of lateral drains constructed by
City of Newton . 1,237 10
Total
. $7,858 08
The following tables show the drains, manholes, and catch- basins, built jointly or separately, and the streets in which the same were built : -
TRUNK DRAINS CONSTRUCTED JOINTLY WITH THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
STREET. :
Size in Inches
Length in Feet.
Man Holes.
MATERIAL.
LOCATION.
Water .
.
18
20
127 70
1
Iron Pipe Akron Pipe Akron Pipe Brick
Charles River to Galen St.
Water St. to Morse St. Morse St. to Boyd St.
Galen
15
302 90
1
Akron Pipe Akron Pipe Akron Pipe Brick Brick
Boyd St. to Carleton St. At Carleton St.
1
1
22
300 90
2
Brick
Morse St. to Boyd St.
Street west of Park .
18
63 30
1
Akron Pipe
Park St. to Emerson St.
Boyd
15
518 30
2
Akron Pipe Akron Pipe
12
372 60
1
3,221 90
1
20
268 50
159 20
1
32
164 90
1.
18
304 80
1
12
3 00
2
Morse
26
395 50
Galen St. to Park St.
22
240 30
Park St. to Jewett St.
Jewett St. to Fayette St.
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LATERAL DRAINS CONSTRUCTED RY THE CITY.
STREET.
Size in Inches
Length in Feet.
Man Holes.
Catch- Basins.
Feet of Inlets.
Size of Iniets.
LOCATION.
-
-
1
1
12 40
Park to Fayette St. Park to Emerson St.
Boyd
15
3 00
38 30
2
31 45
6
Emerson St., easterly.
Carleton
10
196 60
1
-
4
58 60
6
Centre St. to near Pearl St.
Emerson .
15
43 50
2
16 00
8
Corner of Boyd St.
Fayette
10
35 30
2
28 65
S
Corner of Boyd St.
Park (Watertown)
-
-
2
18 80
6
Corner of Boyd St.
816 70
1 20
265 60
1
99 70
6
12
12
500 00
.
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GRAVEL-LANDS.
Amount appropriated by order of the
City Council for the year 1888 . $2,500 00 Amount transferred to the appropria- tion for drains and culverts 500 00
Total appropriation $2,000 00
Amount expended as per auditor's
records
1,993 95
Balance unexpended
$ 6 05
The above amount has been expended in the following manner : -
Bourne street, use of land for storage $50 00
Bridge street, paving stone for gutters 2 00
Florence street, land on 1,700 00
Highland street, paving stone for gutters 3 25
Park street, paving stone for gutters .
4 25
Pine street, service pipe and use of water at McBride house . 38 55
River street, gravel in the rear of
100 00
Sanding sidewalks, sand for
77 70
Watertown street, paving stone for gutters 1 50
Miscellaneous purposes, gravel, etc. 16 70
Total
$1,993 95
HIGHWAYS, GENERAL REPAIRS.
Amount appropriated by order of the
City Council for the year 1888, $60,000 00 Amount of additional appropriation 3,000 00 Amount received from various sources 613 41
Total appropriation $63,613 41
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Amount expended as per superin-
tendent's and assistant superin-
tendents' records of work . $63,930 77
Amount charged by auditor in excess 2,593 42
Amount expended as per audit-
$66,524 19 or's records
The following table will show in detail the amount expended on each street for maintenance as made up from the superin- tendent's and assistant superintendents' records of work : -
Adams
$21 82
Ash .
34 33
Auburn
782 92
Auburndale avenue
45 00
Beacon
1,059 33
Bellevue
29 95
Bennington
38 27
Bowers
42 26
Boyd
42 51
Boylston
449 69
Bridge
17 34
Brighton
30 30
Brookline
2 25
Cabot
154 45
Carleton .
26 23
Central avenue .
48 31
Centre
1245 25
Chapel
4 50
Cherry
11 05
Cherry-st. place
112 75
Chestnut
355 59
Church
226 37
Amount carried forward, .
$4,780 47
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Amount brought forward .
$4,780 47
Circuit avenue .
1,051 89
Clark
2 25
Concord
16 25
Copley
32 93
Crafts
61 81
Cross
500 58
Davis
2 25
Derby
97 90
Dudley
3 25
Elliot
66 75
Elm . .
6 75
Elmwood .
5 42
Floral
472 82
Foster place
29 13
Fountain .
22 88
Franklin .
19 29
Freeman
39 62
Fuller
65 08
Gibbs
546 56
Grove
106 27
Hammond
63 63
Hancock
10 61
Harvard .
15 02
Highland .
266 80
Highland avenue
34 65
Hillside avenue .
50 64
Hovey
252 16
Hull
16 25
Hyde avenue
22 27
Islington .
7 00
Jackson .
1,057 29
Amount carried forward. .
$9,726 47
33
Amount brought forward .
$9,726 47
Jefferson .
76 68
Jewett
761 00
Kenilworth
18 04
Lagrange .
2 25
Lake avenue
247 00
Lexington
159 21
Lowell
188 30
Maple, ( Ward 7)
2 95
Middle
4 50
Mount Vernon
4 07
Nahanton
4 25
Newton Highlands square .
17 75
Newtonville avenue .
6 12
Newtonville square
25 89
Nonantum
26 66
Nonantum square
37 24
North
98 11
Oak .
160 03
Oak Hill District
1,196 08
Otis .
172 99
Otis place
37 93
Park
1,543 37
Park place
7 22
Parker
302 76
Pearl
38 72
Perkins
36 88
Pine
19 92
Prince
6 37
Prospect
77 25
Putnam
152 43
Richardson
23 44
Amount carried forward .
$15.181 88
34
Amount brought forward .
$15,181 88
River
78 39
Rowe
20 00
Saint James
2 88
Sargent
305 80
Seaverns .
87 74
Seminary avenue
26 50
South
318 99
Summit
13 16
Sumner
4 57
Temple
8 38
Tremont
23 17
Valentine .
26 37
Vernon
30 86
Vista avenue
13 00
Wales
5 00
Walnut
1,119 31
Walnut park
2 25
Waltham .
22 12
Ward
92 60
Washington
1,058 04
Washington park
10 53
Watertown
672 75
Waverley avenue
110 15
Webster
60 65
Winter
14 29
Winthrop
40 63
Wolcott
12 00
Woodbine.
4 44
Woodland avenue
20 37
Auburndale subway
8 25
Cleaning crossings .
368 40
Amount carried forward :
$19,763 47
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Amount brought forward .
$19,763 47
Cleaning gutters
5,778 76
Crushers, screens, etc.
862 89
Foot-bridge, Newton Lower Falls
9 88
Gravel-pits
21,343 38
Mowing weeds .
384 92
Patching streets
2,499 82
Paving gutters .
530 02
Paving around stand-pipes
61 35
Picking stones .
884 36
Purchase of horses
660 00
Removing snow
4,546 38
Stable account
1,184 64
Steam-drill
422 66
Steam-roller
134 45
Street-signs
140 15
Superintendent's salary
1,699 96
Tools and sharpening
1,802 04
Trimming trees
16 44
Wash-outs, filling
303 87
Miscellaneous
901 33
Total
$63,930 77
LAND DAMAGES.
Amount appropriated by order of the
City Council for the year 1888, $1,000 00
Amount transferred to the appro- priation for drains and culverts . 500 00
Total appropriation $500 00
Amount expended as per auditor's records 500 00
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The above amount has been expended in settlement of the claim of Nancy Bakeman for damages caused by change of grade of Winter street.
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 Council for the year 1888 . $4,500 00
Amount charged to appropriation for
removal of ashes, as per auditor's
records . $3,670 21
Amount charged by auditor to other
appropriations 103 36
Total amount expended as per
superintendent's and assis- tant superintendents' records of work
$3,773 57
Balance unexpended
$726 43
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 . $1,083 70
Ward 2, Friday
595 92
Ward 3, Saturday
538 91
Ward 4, Monday
463 31
Ward 5, Tuesday
359 50
Ward 6, Wednesday
597 76
Cost of labor, as per superintendent's and assistant superintendents' rec- ords of work $3,639 10
37
Maintenance of carts and harnesses
18 32
Maintenance of horses
64 00
Blacksmithing
43 40
Miscellaneous
8 75
Total
$3,773 57
SIDEWALKS AND STREET-CROSSINGS.
Amount appropriated by order of the
City Council for the year 1888 $14,000 00
Amount charged to appropriation for
sidewalks and street-crossings as
per auditor's records · $15,954 29
Amount charged by auditor to other
appropriations . 237 49
Total amount expended as per superintendent's and assist-
ant superintendents' rec-
ords of work . $16,191 78
The following table shows the number of square yards of concrete sidewalk and street crossings laid and repaired, the number of feet of flagstone crossings laid, and the cost of all sidewalks and crossings constructed : -
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SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.
STREET.
Ward.
Sidewalks, New.
Sidewalks, Repaired.
Crossings, New.
Cros'gs Rep'd.
No. of Feet of Flag- stone Crossings.
Cost.
Remarks.
Adams
2
-
-
-
$ 5 00
Alpine
3
70 13
Ash .
.
4
49.92
214.52
137 44
Aspen Ave
4
739.27
97.87
543 60
Auburn .
3, 4
105.13
30.41
147 20
Auburndale Ave
4
60.61
54 77
Bacon
7
11.71
5 86
Beach
2
117.15
-
54 47
Beacon
6
320.57
732 14
Partly gravel.
Bellevue
1
423.06
99.07
302 87
Belmont
3 25
Gravel.
Bowdoin
5
148.31
48 20
Bowers .
2
169.17
25.56
107 11
Boyd
1
94.50
93.43
114 73
Boylston
5
104.07
31.84
63 94
Brookside Ave
2
48 64
Carleton
7
37 93
Centre
1, 6, 7 3
257.38
102.68
150.23
24.43 21.91 39.90
.
466 83
Church .
41.17
40.25
80 70
Circuit Ave
5
13 50
Concord .
4
-
10 00
Copley
7
130 97
Court .
41.60
13 86
Crafts
2
226 86
Crescent Ave
6
8.35
76.42
-
16 08
Crescent
1
25 38
Cross .
3
3 17
Cypress .
6
334.89
47.01
148 81
38
Partly laid in 1887.
Gravel.
Gravel. Gravel.
Partly gravel.
Cherry
119.30
83.62
196 41
Partly gravel.
Chestnut
3, 5 1
289.02
398.86
Partly gravel.
Gravel. Gravel. Plank.
Gravel.
Gravel.
3.73
112 14
Bridge
2
563 49
Gravel. Gravel.
Derby Durant
3
7
Eldridge
7
200.68
Elliot
Emerson
7
308.00
258 81
Fairmount Ave
1
8 00
Fountain
71 00
Franklin
28 52
Greenough .
14 46
Grove
4.
282.49
269.76
265 26
Hammond
6
209 50
Hartford
5
149.23
16.79
67 40
Harvard
73.02
47 46
Highland Ave
2
66.73
27.36
84 68
Partly gravel.
Gravel.
Hull
2
12 88
Hyde Ave
7
7
68.11
8.68
59 10
Jewett
1
534.36
28.90
61.85
563 12
Kimball Terrace
2
154.19
62 04
Kingsbury
6
65 74
Lake Ave
5,
6
1,023.91
191.60
76.85
652 06
Lexington
4
Gravel.
Lincoln
5
91.21
984.69
54.22
68.60
563 50
Lombard
1
263.49
183 68
Lowell Maple
4
10 00
Mt. Vernon
3
47.13
44 16
Murray
2
10 00
Nevada
2
119.43
56 70
Newtonville Ave
1,2
487.56
529 00
Nonantum .
7
159.16
12.94
99 95
North
2
69 00
Carried Forward,
-
7,668.00
2,565.35
849.95
182.52
61.85
$9,568 46
-
50 80
Highland . Hillside Ave Hovey
3
1
172.55
95.40
88 10
72 09
Gravel. Gravel.
39
Gravel. Gravel.
360 78 14 47 199 96 56 35 Gravel.
Plank. Gravel. Laid in 1887. Gravel.
Plank.
-
15.97
18 34
2
Partly gravel. Gravel.
Gravel.
Gravel.
-
31.69
7
4
2
3
151.02
137 32
Jefferson
Plank.
48 75
12.18
5
3
SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.
STREET.
Ward.
Sidewalks, New.
Sidewaiks, Repaired.
Crossings, New.
Cros'gs Rep'd.
No. of Feet of Flag- stone Crossings.
Cost.
REMARKS.
Brought Forward, Otis
2
7,668.00
2,565.35
849.95 20.16
182.52
61.85
$9,568 46 49 42
Partly gravel. Part- ly laid in 1887.
Park
7
612.96
268.18
169.17
22.22
748 10
Parker
6
11 75
Parsons
·
·
·
·
1, 7
55.79
40.28
49 11
Perkins .
3
77.99
50 69
Prescott
2
105.48
58.97
89 20
Prince
3
17 12
Prospect
3
-
46 13
Richardson
1
30.56
27 50
River .
3
98.52
91 89
Seaverns
4
10 00
Station Ave
5
214.06
69 57
Summit .
1
307.22
135 51
Temple .
3
-
1
61.19
31 44
Vernon .
7
12.39
69 54
Vista Ave
4
157.91
Waban
1
4.72
Walnut .
2, 5
883.83
152.37
62.66
758 39
Waltham
3
27.92
22 31
Ward .
6
26 35
Warren
6
63 52
Washington
670.78
315.84
158.63
2,545 14 78 23
Watertown
1, 2, 3, 4,7 2
193.82 2,491.40 172.51
-
-
11 40
Pearl .
29 94
Pembroke
7
-
Partly gravel. Part- ly laid in 1887. Gravel.
14 00
Pleasant
6
-
-
-
·
·
.
8 25
Sargent
7
Gravel. Partly gravel. Gravel.
Gravel.
Thornton
36.71 12.70 5.06
7 63
-
Gravel.
Partly gravel.
-
.
.
40
Gravel. Gravel.
59 49
73 75
518.44
Gravel. Gravel.
2
Waverley Ave
7
324.79
20.77
146.21
289 33
· Gravel.
Webster Park
3
Gravel.
Webster Place
3
.
8 25
Gravel.
Webster
3
Winthrop
10 75
Gravel.
Wiswall . .
·
Wolcott
4
-
86.77
83 75
Woodland Ave
4
117.59
6.93
108 36
Partly gravel.
Sodding Borders
Grading, patching,etc.
Miscellaneous
Totals
-
13,161.51
4,529.07
1,872.71
426.03
61.85
$16,191 78
-
3 25
Gravel.
2
-
-
-
-
41
6 50
5 00
587 63
325 13
42
WATERING OF STREETS.
By order of the Board of Aldermen the appropriation for watering streets was expended under the direction of the Joint Standing Committee on Highways. Some complaint having been made in past years concerning the faithfulness of the contractors and the method of collecting the abutters proportion of the expense, it was thought best for the City to make the collection and supervise the watering.
By vote of the Committee the City Engineer was instructed to solicit pledges from the abutters. A large amount of clerical work was required to prepare a list of abutters upon such streets as it was thought best to water; circulars and postal cards were then mailed to each abutter ; pledges returned were tabulated, and in case of many streets a second statement was sent out to make up the deficiency in the first pledges received ; solicitors were also sent from house to house, and finally a list of pledges was made out and placed in the hands of the City Treasurer for collection.
At the outset it was expected by the Committee that each abutter would willingly contribute his share for the benefit he might receive but it was soon found that if some of the streets were to be watered, the citizens most interested must increases their subscriptions to make up for those that did not subscribe; as above stated this necessitated a second or third solicitation on some of the streets.
Bids were received for watering the streets in any or all of the wards of the City. The bids being substantially on the same basis the Committee awarded the work for the season, at the rate of $100 per month for each cart, to the following parties : ---
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