Town of Newton annual report 1890, Part 17

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 680


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Elliot,


5


68.40


-


68.40


64.85


Norwood ave. and


6


10.00


29.30


39.30


40.06


Richardson,


1


1,315.30


1,315.30


1,155.35


Walnut,


2


379.10


379.10


306.83


Washington,


2,3,7


416.25


416.25


390.53


Watertown,


2


97.50


23.92


121.42


105.76


Wesley,


1


182.85


182.85


151.99


Stock,


352.00


352.00


245.22


Miscellaneous,


7


16.75


16.75


13.10


Total,


3,361.05


157.63


3,518.68


$2,964.04


Drains and Culverts.


Amount appropriated by order of


City Council for the year 1890, $6,000 00


Amount appropriated for special drains, . · 25,000 00 .


Amount transferred from appropria- tion for curbing,


600 00


Total appropriation, $31,600 00


Amount expended as per Auditor's


records, . . $28,858 78


Amount charged by Auditor to


other appropriations, . 1,353 13


Amount expended as per superintendent's and assistant superintendents' records of work,


30,211 91


Amount unexpended,


$1,388 09


-


Chestnut,


3 and 5


440.30


505.46


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


Trowbridge st., .


Bowdoin and Lincoln, .


5


20


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


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 :


Drains Constructed in 1890.


STREET.


Size in inches.


Length in feet.


Average cut.


Man Holes.


Catch Basins.


Feet of Inlets.


Size of Inlets


COST.


LOCATION.


Bowdoin, .


10


317


4.5


3 105


6 )


$1,042.49


Lincoln,


12


761


6.0


5 144


Brookline,


12


1,000


6.5


1


13


8


1,432.93


Cabot, .


12


431


4.5


6 100


8 }


544.18


Harvard,


12


219


4.5


4 100


Si


Charles,


18


752


11.5


6


93


6


1,476.13


Laundry br. to Wash'n pk Angle to near Auburn st.


Chestnut, .


12


180


7.5


S.5


1


1


27


8)


Church,


24


200


8.5


1


2


45


8


Eldridge st. to Wav'ley av


Franklin, .


15


100


7.0


1


3 100


8


4,560.39


At Kenrick pk. West side.


Kenrick park,


15


447


6.5


2


36


8


Park, .


12


48


6.5


2


37


8


At Franklin st.


Waverley av


18


456


7.5


2


6


129


8 1


Church st. to Brighton st. Angle to Washington st.


Grant ave.,


15


772


5.5


2


1


47


8


2,385.03


Beacon st. to GrayCliff rd. Carleton st. to Pearl st.


Centre,


10


113


7.0


Pearl st. to Jefferson st.


Emerson,


15


517


7.5


1


2


66


Boyd st. to Pearl st.


Hovey,


10


117


6.0


2


28


At Waban st.


No. School,


12


203


6.0


2


62


8


1


Pearl st to Gardner st.


Pearl,


8


281


6.0


2


37


8


Pearl st. to Waban st.


Thornton,


8


325


6.8


Waban,


10


440


5.8


2


3


55


8


Newtonville av.,


15


368


6.0


2.5


1


24


119.95


Otis,


12


500


8.5


2


6


151


8


797.15


Pearl, .


15


152


5.5


1


1


90


8


492.93


-


Walnut,


15


1,138


7.0


2


8


232


8


2,111.55


Walnut,


12


572


8.0


1


4 222


8


739.55


Washington (off)


12


420


5.8


1


4 239


8


550.24


Washington,


12


312


3.0


-


-


+


Woodward, . .


12


100


7.0


-


2


30 )


10 }


+


At Pine Ridge rd.


Total, . . .


15,681


27 118 3,049


$23,425.15


-


1


-


50


12 )


15


642


6.0


4


50


co


12


268


7.0 }


1


5


145


8)


8 8 CO CO I


Emerson st. to No. School Centre st. westerly.


12


225


6.8


1


4


67


8


Wab'n st to Th'rnt'n st.pl. Thornton st. to Hovey st. Laundry br. to Lewis st. Trowbridge st. to Crys.lk. Hillside av. to Lenox st.


.


18


135


5.5 }


* Pipes bought but not laid.


t Cost included in widening, reconstruction and improvement.


Drains above 18 inches in diameter are brick. Drains less than 18 inches diameter are Akron or cement drain pipe.


1


B.&A.R.R.toHighland st


30


200


18


1,135


8.5


4


12 230


8


Court, .


*209.77


1,557.42


Mechanic st. to Col'bia av.


Elliot, .


15


1,474


7.8 )


3


10


195


8


2,891.55


Lincoln st. to Erie av. Chester st. to Tappan pl. Near N. S. King's.


Harvard st. to Gay st.


-


1


4


8


2,386.96


15


246


7.3


1


00 1 8


126.93


Norwood av.,


10


115


Laundry br. to Waban st. Cemetery to Cochituate aq. Lake ave. to Hillside st. Through Jenison est. At Crehore's mill.


.


1


20 5


85


in inches.


-


1


.


21


DRAINS AND CULVERTS.


The following miscellaneous items of expenditure have also been charged to drains and culverts :


Adams street, repairing drain, . $16 81


Ash street, building culvert, 167 35


Bellevue street, repairing drains, 78 72


Boyd's pond, lowering, 4 00


Brook street, repairing catch basin and drain, 18 07


Cabot street, cleaning culvert, .


89 15


Central avenue, repairing drain,


13 33


Centre street, repairing catch basins,


29 23


Cheese Cake brook, cleaning,


170 43


Cleaning catch basins,


2,207 64


Cleaning catch basins and grates,


384 40


Concord street, repairing bridge,


63 54


Crafts street, cleaning drain,


2 00


Cypress street, repairing drain,


9 24


Elliot street, repairing drain,


14 25


Elm street, repairing catch basins,


5 13


Franklin street, repairing catch basins,


7 99


Grant avenue, building culvert,


82 38


Greenough street brook, cleaning,


12 25


Hyde's brook, cleaning,


100 94


Margin street, cleaning culvert,


33 52


Mount Ida street, repairing drain,


5 28


Murray street, repairing drain,


10 00


Murray street brook, cleaning,


188 42


Newtonville drain, cleaning,


196 49


North street, cleaning culvert,


81 87


Otis street, repairing drain,


8 24


Pearl street, repairing drain,


8 50


Pelham street, cleaning drain, .


15 00


118 94


Prospect street, repairing drain, Rowe street, cleaning brook,


343 31


Amount carried forward,


$6,618 32


22


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


Amount brought forward, $6,618 32


Rowe street, building culvert, .


174 23


Stock on hand, paid for from appropriation for 1890, 1,171 38


Walnut street, cleaning culvert,


28 78


Waltham street, repairing drain,


205 23


Washington street, repairing drain, .


5 54


Watertown street, repairing drain, .


9 04


Waverley avenue, building catch basins, . 324 10


Sundries,


382 04


Total, .


$6,786 76


Gravel Land.


Amount appropriated by order of


the City Council for the year 1890, . $2,000 00


Amount transferred to appropria-


tion for sidewalks and street


crossings, 1,400 00


Total appropriation, $600 00


Amount expended as per superintendent's and assistant superintendents' record of work, . 589 35


Balance unexpended, . $10 65


The above amount has been expended for the purchase of gravel.


Highways, General Repairs.


Amount appropriated by order of


the City Council for the year 1890, . $65,000 00


Amount of additional appropriation, 1,200 00


Amount carried forward, $66,200 00


23


HIGHWAYS.


Amount brought forward, $66,200 00 Amount transferred from appropria-


tion for curbing, 300 00


Amount transferred from appropria- tion for land damages, 200 00


Amount received for services of em- ployes and for materials sold and transferred to general ap- propriation, 2,261 03


Total appropriation, .


Amount expended as per Auditor's


$68,961 03 records, $68,135 40


Amount charged by Auditor to other appropriations, 469 79


Amount expended as per superintendent's and assistant superintendents' records of work, 68,605 19


Balance unexpended, $355 84


24


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


The following table will show in detail the amount expended on each street for maintenance as made up from the superintendent's and assistant superintendents' record of work :


Adams street, .


$22 75


Arlington street,


18 09


Auburn street,


199 95


Auburndale avenue,


77 07


Beacon street, .


195 65


Bellevue street,


366 12


Bowers street,


69 29


Boyd street,


25 98


Boylston street,


62 05


Cabot street, .


101 00


California street,


64 49


Central street,


101 69


Centre street, .


180 14


Chapel street, .


119 32


Charles street,


15 81


Cherry street, .


242 17


Chestnut street,


391 98


Church street,


25 63


Claremont street,


21 11


Concord street,


14 60


Copley street, .


34 21


Cottage street,


8 12


Crafts street, .


35 98


Derby street, .


427 76


Elliot street, .


62 89


Eliot avenue, .


4 40


Elm street,


67 37


Elmwood street,


4 15


Everett street,


60 75


Amount carried forward,


$3,020 52


25


HIGHWAYS.


Amount brought forward,


$3,020 52


Farlow park, .


6 53


Fayette street,


63 05


Fern street,


13 00


Florence street,


51 55


Forest street, .


69 07


Franklin street,


451 03


Freeman street,


9 62


Fuller street, .


62 20


Grafton street,


360 51


Grant avenue, .


574 99


Gibbs street, .


89 91


Glenwood avenue.


2 20


Grove street, .


338 65


Hammond street,


34 85


Hancock street,


60 55


Harvard street,


22 57


Highland avenue,


190 85


Highland street,


4 75


Hillside avenue,


138 27


Hollis street, .


13 13


Homer street, .


3,137 93


Hull street,


159 24


Hyde avenue, .


29 69


Institution avenue, .


26 11


Ivanhoe street,


80 75


Jewett street, .


27 20


Kenrick bridge,


5 90


Lake avenue, .


11 38


Lexington street.


322 92


Lincoln park, .


44


Linwood park,


1 00


Lombard street,


43 61


Amount carried forward,


$9,423 97


26


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


Amount brought forward,


$9,423 97


Lowell street, .


44 87


Maple street, .


16 00


Margin street,


8 35


Marshall street,


13 00


Melrose street,


3 30


Middle street, .


3 45


Mill street,


150 34


Mount Vernon street,


135 97


Murray street,


20 51


Needham bridge,


53 13


Newtonville avenue,


240 15


Newtonville square,


107 72


Nonantum square,


93 82


Oak street,


5 25


Oak Hill district,


1,306 12


Otis street,


287 33


Park street,


10 05


Peabody street,


8 00


Pearl street,


27 35


Pembroke street,


10 79


Pleasant street,


4 89


Prospect street,


48 02


Putnam street,


25 25


Richardson street,


38 75


River street,


1 63


Rowe street,


19 10


Sargent street,


62 84


South street,


36 98


Station street, .


644 11


Summit street,


7 29


Temple street,


533 73


Thornton street,


22 65


Amount carried forward,


$13,414 71


27


HIGHWAYS.


Amount brought forward,


$13,414 71


Tremont street,


50 41


Vernon street,


542 59


Waban street, .


8 08


Waban park, .


11 75


Wales street, .


55 85


Walnut street,


2,565 83


Waltham street,


115 00


Ward street,


59 39


Washington street, .


13,445 17


Watertown street,


191 64


Waverley avenue,


1,084 72


Webster street,


326 53


Winchester street,


47 09


Wolcott street,


68 87


Woodbine street,


58 10


Woodland avenue,


173 74


Woodward street,


104 03


Cleaning crossings, .


554 44


Cleaning gutters,


6,473 96


Crushed stone sold to private parties,


2,380 75


Cutting grass,


103 27


Derrick, .


22 81


Gravel pits,


8,941 75


Horse roller,


240 80


House at Murray street ledge, .


1,200 00


Patching streets,


2,519 51


Picking stones,


975 93


Portable engine,


51 25


Purchase of horses, .


.


1,375 00


Removing snow,


2,526 56


Repairing crushers, .


1,503 69


Repairing washouts,


109 03


Amount carried forward,


$61,302 25


28


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


Amount brought forward,


$61,302 25


Stable account,


2,225 28


Steam drill,


66 45


Steam roller, .


469 90


Storing stone, .


1,006 61


Street signs, .


25 17


Superintendent's salary,


1,816 88


Tools,


773 54


Ward 2, highway yard,


44 57


Miscellaneous,


874 54


Total, .


. $68,605 19


Highways, Widening, Reconstruction and Improvements.


Amount appropriated by order of


the City Council for the year 1890, . $22,000 00


Amount of additional appropriation, 3,500 00


Total appropriation, $25,500 00


Amount expended as per superin-


tendent's and assistant superin- tendents' records of work, . $24,008 79


Amount charged by Auditor in ex-


cess. 1,557 42


Amount expended as per Auditor's records, ·


25,566 21


Amount overdrawn,


$66 21


29


HIGHWAYS.


The following table shows in detail the expenditure under this appopriation :


STREET.


Ward.


Location and Description of Work.


Cost.


Auburn,


1


Regrading and reconstructing,


$4,416.50


Greenough to Grove streets.


Elliot,


5


Regrading and reconstructing, Me- chanics street to Columbus ave.


3,000.00


Kenrick,


7


Regrading and reconstructing, east of Magnolia ave.


1,823.33


Union,


6


Widening and reconstructing, Sta- tion street to Institution ave.


2,342.99


Walnut,


2


Regrading and reconstructing, Cabot to Mill streets.


3,348.94


Walnut,


6


Regrading and reconstructing, Ho- mer street to Cemetery gateway.


3,207.57


Washington,


1


Regrading and reconstructing, Grove to Hamilton streets.


2,259.78


Washington, .


7


Regrading and reconstructing, Park street to Waverley ave.


2,073.11


Woodward,


5


Regrading and reconstructing, junc- tion of Beacon street.


1,536 57


Total cost,


$24,008.79


Land Damages.


Amount appropriated by order of the City Council for the year 1890,


$500 00


Amount received from Boston & Albany railroad for widening Union street, .


4,518 50


+


Total, .


$5,018 50


Amount transferred to appropriation


for highway general repairs,


200 00


Total appropriation,


$4,818 50


Amount expended as per Auditor's records,


4,618 50


Balance unexpended,


$200 00


30


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


The above amount has been expended as follows :


Widening Union street, . $4,518 50 Right of way for drain in land of J. G. Lyford, Court street, 100 00


Total, . $4,618 50


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 City Council


for the year 1890, $5,000 00


Total amount expended, as per superintendent's


and assistant superintendents' records of work, 4,432 07


Balance unexpended, $567 93


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, $1,027 22


Ward 2, Friday,


708 90


Ward 3, Saturday, . 673 63


Ward 4, Monday, . 431 85


Ward 5, Tuesday, .


455 41


Ward 6, Wednesday,


630 11


Cost of labor, as per superintendent's and as-


sistant superintendents' records of work, . $3,927 12 New horse, 275 00


Maintenance of carts and harness, 160 75


Blacksmithing,


68 35


Miscellaneous,


85


Total, .


$4,432 07


31


HIGHWAYS.


Sidewalks and Street Crossings.


Amount appropriated by order of


City Council for the year 1890, $15,000 00 Amount transferred from land damages, 1,400 00


Total appropriation, . $16,400 00 Amount expended as per superin- tendent's and assistant superin- dents' record of work, . $15,581 49 Amount charged by Auditor in


excess, . 265 50


Amount expended as per Auditor's records, . $15,846 99


Balance unexpended,


$553 01


The following table shows the number of square yards of concrete and street crossings laid and repaired, the number of feet of flagstone crossings laid, and the cost of all sidewalks and crossings constructed :


FREE


NEWTON,


NOIMEY


SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.


STREET.


WARD.


Sidewalks, new.


Sidewalks Repaired.


Crossings, New.


Crossings Repaired.


Adams,


Arlington,


174 1 4


.


730.72


. .


.


.


·


4.62


42.37


Auburn,


4


.


.


Partly gravel. Partly gravel.


Bellevue, .


1


54.93


235.98


45.83


415.59


Belmont,


7


836.32


10.00


857.55


Bowdoin, .


5


235.81


16.68


·


2.40


Brookside ave.,


2


.


. .


7.41


Gravel.


Cabot, .


2


.


.


.


15 07


Gravel.


Carleton, .


7


.


4


118.16


197.16


193.39


Centre,


1, 6,7,


310.33


59.76


134.05


453.32


Partly gravel.


Chapel,


1


.


·


. .


.


.


.


Gravel.


Cherry,


3


.


.


.


.


.


Plank.


Chestnut,


3, 5,


335.09


135.51


27.68


3.58


764.61


Clark, .


6


.


.


. .


.


.


·


.


.


626.49


427.78


Crafts, .


2


78.98


173.63


275.04


Cypress,


6


..


. .


.


.


Elliot,


5


46.50


.


.


.


.


42.91


Erie ave.,


5


101.16


Forest,


5


108.91


36.62


32.70


30.09


127.47


.


. .


$115.39 1,106.60


Ash, .


6.40


Gravel.


Baldwin,


7


80.36 212.97


122.26


Beacon,


6


34.00


40.32


817.50


123.37


Boylston, .


5


3.44


22.77


Gravel.


Central ave.,


2


15.20


Gravel.


·


.


51.06


Gravel.


17.75


Chestnut Hill road,


6


1.10


Partly gravel.


176.12


Columbus,


·


.


.


8.35


.


82.15


Gravel.


32


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


COST.


REMARKS.


Gravel.


.


Central,


co


Green,


1


8.43


Hall,


1


119.37


65.85


Hammond,


6


.


20 43


Gravel.


High, .


In


289.97


135.34


Highland ave.,


2


33.72


Gravel.


Homer,


6


77.25


Gravel.


Hull,


2


42 61


Gravel.


Hyde. .


6


266.49


110.19


Ivanhoe, .


7


59.42


33.21


Jefferson,


1


93.31


86.21


Lake ave.,


6


..


237.36


Lexington,


1


211.39


57.92


53.71


94.24


Linden,


5


12 25


Gravel.


Linwood park,


2


135.00


Gravel.


Lombard,


1


Gravel.


Lowell,


2


39.15


Gravel.


Marshall,


6


15.50


Gravel.


Middle,


1


9.81


Gravel.


Mt. Ida, .


1


204.63


116.24


Mt. Vernon,


3


229.39


180.05


Partly Gravel.


Murray, .


2


54.42


Gravel.


Newtonville ave.,


2


37.10


86.14


Partly Gravel.


Nonantum square,


1, 7,


123.75


Gravel.


North,


2


22.81


Norwood ave.,


6


219.55


63.26


168.10


Carried forward,


.


1,645.01


4,891.64


165.29


212.66


$8,598.03


7


91 90


34.72


176.82 16.96


Gardner, .


1


Glenwood ave.,


6


8.50


Gravel. Gravel. Gravel.


Plank.


Hancock ave.,


6


27.22


Gravel.


Institution ave.,


154.09


80 00


Lincoln,


·


HIGHWAYS.


33


Franklin, .


49.22


Gravel.


40.32


SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE.


COST.


REMARKS.


STREET.


WARD.


Sidewalks, New.


Sidewalks, Repaired.


Crossings, New.


Crossings, Repaired.


Brought forward.


1,645.01


4,891 64


165.29


212.66 54.59


41.50


Orchard,


1


. .


.


·


.


Gravel, Plank.


Otis,


2


..


.


100.79


Park place,


2


196.61


30.60


46.35


Park, .


1


. .


700.24


296.37


Parker,


6


. .


33.70


Pearl, .


1


..


. .


41.44


Pembroke,


7


.


.


.


79.95


Pleasant, .


6


79.49


9.69


921.71


Richardson,


1


. .


Partly Gravel.


River, .


3


. .


Gravel.


Rowe,


1


10.07


Gravel.


Sargent,


1


. .


39.35


94.74


Partly Gravel.


Seaverns,


4


36.57


42 82


Shaw, .


Plank.


South, .


6


.


.


·


.


.


.


13.66


18.16


Union,


6


..


329.87


27 55


68.41


283.22


Vernon,


1


178.60


.


.


Partly Gravel.


Walnut,


2, 5,


. . 332.8'


110.44


78.04


369.73


Warren,


6


82.76


Washington park,


2


12.12


Gravel.


Oak,


5


. .


16.05


·


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


34


Partly Gravel.


Tremont, .


1


303.91


443.37


223.41


Station,


6


308.56


Trowbridge,


6


83.06


195.80


Perkins.


3


54.99


19.25


1,063.78


91.49


299.22


14.10


.


.


101.01


Waban park,


.


·


36.84


.


123.96


Gravel Gravel.


$8,598.03


35.21


376.32


Washington,


1,2,3,4,7


381.12 201.77


896.05 187.25


332 14


208.29


1,760.35 226.81


Watertown, .


2


Partly gravel. Partly gravel. Gravel.


Webster, .


3


. .


..


42.37


Wesley,


1


. .


.


. .


..


25.21


Gravel.


Willow,


6


. .


4


Gravel.


Woodland ave ,


4


48.11


30.33


Woodward, .


5


. .


207.83


Gravel.


Miscellaneous,


.


..


.


345.54


Totals,


3,409.64


8,826.98


1,280.89


543.95


$15,581.49


. .


96.20


170 17


Waverley ave ,


6


..


.


Gravel.


West, .


2


22.10


Gravel.


Wolcott,


6.40


. .


.


HIGHWAYS.


35


. .


. .


20.00


36


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


Trimming Trees.


There has been expended for trimming trees the sum of $312.53, which has been charged to the appropriation for miscellaneous expenses.


Watering of Streets.


Amount appropriated by order of


the City Council for the year 1890,


$7,500 00


The appropriation was expended as follows :


Paid Water Department, for use of water, $1,748 79


Timothy Stuart, watering Ward 1,


and southeast part of Ward 7, 950 00


John Joyce, watering north part of Ward 7,. 325 00


William H. Mague, watering Wards 2, 3 and 4, 1,816 66


Thomas R. Frost, watering Ward 6, 940 00


J. M. Keating, watering Ward 5, . 325 00


Total amount expended, 6,105 45


Balance unexpended, $1,394 55


WATER DEPARTMENT.


The surveys for land taken in the town of Needham and the city of Newton, for the protection of, and from which to obtain an additional water supply, were completed and plans made and recorded; 664.64 acres of land were taken in the town of Needham, and 91.21 acres in the city of Newton.


A large amount of work was required to prepare plans for the seizure of these lands. There were no plans of the district existing ; many of the owners were unknown, and when known the location and boundaries of their lands were frequently unknown. A survey of the entire district was necessary, and a thorough search of the records of the Nor- folk Registry of Deeds and of Probate was made. Many of the properties having come into the possession of the present owners by inheritance, it was frequently necessary to search back a hundred years in order to make the identification.


There has been paid from the Water Construction Account the following sums for engineering and inspection :


Additional supply, $3,597 88


New reservoir, . 3,200 68


New engine and work at pumping station, 255 00


Total, . $7,053 56


Surveys and topographical plans were also made of the land on Waban Hill taken or purchased for reservoir pur- poses. There was taken from the heirs of Hiram Tucker and


40


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


William Lawrence one and one-half acres, and purchased from Mr. F. W. Sargent 422,605 square feet.


Detail plans and specifications for extending and im- proving the water supply, as set forth in report made to the City Council in December, 1889, were prepared and proposals received.


The plan determined upon for obtaining additional water supply was by means of a wooden flume four feet square, inside measure, and placed in the ground between elevation 81 and 85 above city base and about six feet below the normal level of the water in the river, which is at eleva- tion 91.


The flume was extended from the up stream end of the old filter basin to Kendrick street, a distance of about 2,220 feet, and thirty feet to three hundred feet from, and parallel to the river, within the above limits.


The general elevation of the ground along the lines of conduit range from ninety-three to ninety-seven feet above the city base.


Underlying the surface of the ground was first a layer of loam or muck from one to four feet deep, a layer of gravel four to fifteen feet deep, variable in quality from fine sandy or coarse loose gravel to hard pan, and in places almost pure clay.


Underlying the gravel was a layer of quicksand from ten to eighty or more feet deep, containing a considerable percentage of clay. Enclosed in the layer of quicksand were pockets of gravel or coarse sand, sometimes of considerable areas and thickness, and underlying it there was generally found a layer of coarse sand or gravel running into a hard pan immediately above the bed rock or boulder. In the layers of hard pan were veins of coarse gravel.


The strata, veins or pockets of coarse sand or gravel furnished a free passage for water, with which the various materials spoken of was surcharged,


41


WATER DEPARTMENT.


The frames of the conduit were made of spruce timber with uprights four inches by six inches, and the caps and sills four inches by eight inches, framed and securely fastened together with eight inch by one inch oak trenails. The frames were placed about three feet apart on centres, and covered with hemlock boards four inches thick, laid with space enough between each to allow for the infiltration of water.


A large portion of the conduit was laid in several feet of quicksand, and in order to insure against its infiltration into the conduit, the trench was excavated about one foot below the bottom of the conduit and the space filled with fine screened gravel, not above one-half inch in greatest dimen- sion. The trench was excavated five feet wider than the outside dimension of the conduit.


The space next the conduit one foot in width was filled with screened gravel from one-half to one and one-half inches in greatest dimension, and the outside space one and one half feet wide was filled with gravel from one-eight to one-half inch in dimension. Where there was a great depth of quicksand the excavation was made deeper, and a thick layer of gravel less than one-eighth inch in greatest dimen- sion was used to fill the space excavated below grade.


In order to obtain the water from the pockets of gravel in the quicksand, and from the strata of gravel below it, tube wells of galvanized wrought iron pipe, two and one-half inches in diameter, were driven and connected into the conduit.


It was found that the water was under a pressure about equal to the resistance it would meet with in passing through the compact strata of quicksand, and there is a constant flow of water from the well tubes into the conduit.


The plan for improving the water supply was to extend the wooden flume or conduit through the old filter basin, and fill the basin with gravel, also to build a covered masonry reservoir in which to store the surplus water pumped.


42


REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.


By these means the water is not exposed to the light until drawn for use, hence will not undergo a change in quality.


The letting of the proposed work was advertised, and proposals asked for, which were received and opened on April 18th, 1890, from the following parties : From Brigham & Co., of Cambridge, and amounted as determined by price bid multiplied by approximate quantity of each class of work to $116,055.00, and one from C. Horton & Co., for $59,690.00.


The proposals not being satisfactory to the Water Board, were rejected and new proposals asked for, which were received and opened on April 25th, 1890, from the following parties : From Brigham & Co., of Cambridge, Mass., for $106,635.00 ; from Messrs. Moulton, O'Mahoney & Trumbull, of Lawrence, Mass., for $100,608.00; and from C. Horton & Co., of Somerville, Mass., for $57,580.00.


The following table shows the canvass of the bids received :


SHEET ONE .- Canvass of Bids for Filtering Conduit and Driven Wells received by the Water Board April 18 and 25, 1890.


Bids received April 25, 1890.


Bids received April 18, 1890.


ITEMS.


Quantities.


MOULTON, O'MAHONEY & TRUMBULL, of Lawrence.


E. F. BRIGHAM & Co., of Cambridge.


C. P. HORTON, of Boston.


E. F. BRIGIIAM & Co., of Cambridge.


C. P. HORTON, of Boston.


Loam Excavation placed, .


900 c. y.


$ 38


$342 00


$ 60


$540 00


$ 25


$225 00


$1 00


$900 00


$ 25


$225 00


aa


Loam from spoil bank placed,


7,290 c. y.


30


2,160 00


75


5,400 00


30


2,160 00


1 50


10,800 00


30


2,160 00


b


Selected material placed, .


4,000 c. y.


1 25


5,000 00


1 00


4,000 00


75


3,000 00


75


3,000 00


75


3,000 00


bb


Selected material obtained outside,


550 c. y.


1 50


825 00


1 50


825 00


1 00


550 00


1 50


825 00


1 00


550 00


c


Rock Excavation, .


50 c. y.


2 50


125 00


6 00


300 00


8 00


400 00


5 00


250 00


8 00


400 00


Wooden Conduit, .


2,220 ]. ft.


25 80


57,276 00


31 00


68 820 00


18 50


41,070 00


34 00


75,480 00


18 50


41,070 00


e


Manholes, brick or concrete, .


8


165 00


1,320 00


125 00


1,000 00


75 00


600 00


125 00


1,000 00


75


600 00


f


Driven wells and connections, .




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