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ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT, 


THIRTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT 


CITY    ENGINEER, 


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ENGINEERING    DEPARTMENT. 


THIRTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT 


CITY    ENGINEER, 


BOSTON, 


FOR  THE  YEAR  1899. 


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Engineeeing  Department,  City  Hall, 
Boston,  February  1,  1900. 

Hon.  Thomas  N.  Haet, 

Mayor  of  the   City  of  Boston  : 

Sir,  —  The  following  report  of  the  expenses  and.  operation 
of  this  department  for  the  year  ending  January  31,  1900,  is 
submitted : 

The  duties  of  the  City  Engineer  include  the  designing  and 
superintending  of  the  construction  of  new  bridges,  retaining- 
walls,  city  wharves,  and  such  other  public  engineering  works 
as  the  City  Council  may  authorize ;  the  making  of  such  sur- 
veys, plans,  estimates,  statements  and  descriptions,  and  taking 
such  levels  as  the  city  government  or  any  of  its  depart- 
ments or  committees  may  require ;  the  custody  of  all  surveys 
and  plans  relating  to  the  laying-out,  locating  anew,  altering, 
widening  or  discontinuing  of  streets ;  and  the  new  engineer- 
ing construction  for  all  departments  of  the  city.  He  must 
be  consulted  on  all  work  where  the  advice  of  a  civil  engineer 
would  be  of  service.  The  office  of  the  City  Engineer  was 
established  by  ordinance  on  October  31,  1850,  and  by  chapter 
449  of  the  Acts  of  1895. 

The  Architectural  Division  of  the  Public  Buildings  De- 
partment was  detached  from  that  department  January  13, 1898, 
and  placed  under  the  Engineering  Department.  The  work  of 
this  division  is  that  of  a  consulting  or  expert  force.     It  may  be 


City  DocTj]srENT  No.  14. 


called  upon  by  an}-  department  for  technical  advice  on  matters 
relating  to  building,  heating  or  ventilation.  Plans  or  specifi- 
cations for  work  to  be  done,  in  certain  cases,  b}^  the  Repair 
Division  of  the  Public  Buildings  Department,  are  prepared 
by  this  division,  which  is  also  charged  with  a  general  super- 
vision of  the  work  done  by  the  Repair  Division  of  the  Pub- 
lic Buildings  Department. 

The  following   is    a   statement   of   engineering    expenses 
from  February  1,  1899,  to  January  31,  1900  : 

Amount  of  department   appropriation   for 

1899-1900      

Transferred  from  surplus  revenue 


Amount  expended  for  1899-1900 


$78,800  00 
69  46 

$78,869  46 


State>eent  of  Expenditures,  Department 
Appropriation. 

Object  of  expenditures : 
Salaries : 

Engineer,  William  Jackson, 

Assistant  Engineer,  archi-  [ 
tect,  draughtsmen  and  as- 
sistants .... 


Instruments,  tools,  and  repairs 

Travelling  expenses    . 

Furniture  and  office  expenses 

Stationery  and  drawing  materials 

Prmting     .... 

Horse-keeping    . 

Blue  printing  and  photographing 

Binding  and  plans 

Books  and  papers 

Telephone  service 

"Washing  and  small  supplies 

TvpeA%T.iting 

Work  on  Shaw  monument 


85,862  50 

59,527  37 

865,389  87 
3,329  01 

1,483  08 

3,151  82 

1,137  33 

525  57 

895  13 

497  19 

403  25 

224  98 

884  12 

253  47 

179  15 

515  49 

878, 


46 


South  Union  Station. 

Items  of   expenditure    by   the    Engineering    Department, 
from  February  1,  1899,  to  January  31,  1900  : 


Engineeees-g  Department. 

3 

Engineering  and  inspection 

$2,017  19 

Fence    on   sea-wall,   Dorchester-avenue    ex- 

tension ....... 

2,381  00 

Bulkhead  ....... 

1,111  07 

Repairs  at  Federal-street  bridge 

512  41 

Displacement  of  tide  water 

157  88 

86,179  58 
Expended  previous  to  1899         .         .         .  168,684  90 

8174,864  48 

Fanetjil  Hall  BuELDrs^G  Reconstruction. 

Appropriation    .  .  .  8104,500  00 

Expenditures  from    February    1,    1899,    to 
January  31,  1900  : 

Woodburj-     &     Leighton, 

foundations,  etc.     .         .  875,623  98 

Electric  wiring  .         .  9,258  60 

Boston  Furnace  Co.,  steam- 
heating  apparatus  . 

Plumbmg,  gas-piping,  etc., 

B.  F.  Sturtevant  Co.,  motor  fans, 

Furnishings  of  hall    . 

Engineering 

Storage  and  repairs  on  stat- 
uary and  furniture 

Printing    .... 

Expended  previous  to  1899, 
Balance,  February  1,  1900, 


4,862  14 

2,824  06 

,     1,691  50 

1,537  01 

694  18 

586  00 
5  79 

897,083  26 
6,401  75 

108,485  01 

81,014  99 

Chelsea  Bridge,  Widening  Opening  North  Draw. 

856,000  00 


Appropriation,  City  of  Boston,        $30,000  00 
Contribution  ".         .         .  26,000  00 


Expenditm-es  from  July  15,  1899,  to  January 
31,1900: 
Temporary  bridge       .  .  814,329  73 

Engineering  and  inspection,  1,234  26 

Advertising         .  .  .  43  71 

Printmg     .  .  .  .  10  50 


15,618  20 
Balance,  February  1, 1900       .         .         .      810,381  80 


City  Docuiment  No.  14. 


Malden  Bridge. 

Appropriation 1200,000  00 

Expenditures  from  April  15,  1899,  to  January 
31,  1900: 
Temporary  bridge       .         .  $1,326  00 

Engineering  and  inspection,  480  20 

Advertising        .         .         .  105  95 

Printing     ....  57  00 

1,969  15 


Balance,  February  1,  1900 


$198,030  85 


Abolishiment  of  Grade  Crosslngs. 


Congress  Street. 

Expenditures  from  February  1,  1899, 
Items  of  expenditure : 

Land  taking        .... 

Draw,  foundation,  fender  piers,  etc. 

Pa^^ng,  fences,  etc. 

Filling 

Fixed  spans 

Bulkheads  . 

Engineering 

Congress-street,  sea-wall 

A  and  C  streets,  bridges 

Summer-street  abutment,  piers,  etc. 

Inspection . 

Wall  at  B  and  C  streets 

Services,  for  appraisal  land  damages, 

Watchmen 

Advertising 

Sewer  construction 

Rent  of  office 

Printing     . 

Borings 

Cement  tests 


Expended  previous  to  1899 


to  January  31,  1900. 


etc. 


•$198,180  00 

83,348 

63 

52,470 

96 

52,284 

76 

48,506 

62 

20,521 

44 

10,778 

83 

9,381 

98 

8,420 

10 

7,700 

00 

4,746 

40 

4,500 

00 

1,764 

82 

1,006 

92 

420 

38 

308 

35 

300 

00 

257 

54 

138 

35 

25 

00 

$505,061  08 
342,683  21 

$847,744  29 


Engineering  Department. 


Dorchester  Avenue. 


Items  of  expenditure: 
Land  damages    . 
Boston-street  bridge   . 
Swett-street  bridge     , 
Paving,  fences,  etc.     . 
Land  takings 
Filling 

Services :  appraisal  land 
Retaining-walls  . 
Dorchester-avenue  bridge 
Engineering 
Inspection  . 
Sewer  construction 
Rent  of  oifice 
Printing 
Advertising 
Signs 


Expended  previous  to  1899 


etc 


$276,840  00 

21,062  66 

20,508  02 

15,484  23 

12,650  00 

12,081  54 

10,171  28 

9,639  86 

9,044  04 

6,733  87 

2,005  69 

939  95 

148  75 

,       128  61 

96  66 

29  39 

$897,564  55 
6,337  20 

$403,901  75 


Bridges. 

The  annual  inspection  of  all  highway  and  foot-bridges  has 
been  made,  together  with  special  examinations  when  notilSed 
by  the  Supermtendent  of  Streets  of  the  progress  of  repairs. 

The  management  of  all  the  bridges  and  draws  between 
Cambridge  and  Boston,  by  the  Acts  of  1898,  chapter  467,  is 
vested  in  a  board  of  two  commissioners,  which  now  has 
charge  of  the  following  eight  bridges,  viz. :  Canal,  Harvard, 
Prison  Point,  West  Boston,  Cambridge  street,  Essex  street, 
North  Harvard  street,  and  Western  avenue  to  Cambridge ; 
one-half  the  cost  of  the  maintenance  of  these  bridges  is  paid 
by  each  of  these  cities. 

In  the  list  of  bridges  those  marked  with  a  star  (  *  )  are 
over  navigable  waters,  and  are  each  provided  with  a  draw, 
the  openings  in  which  are  shown  in  a  table  in  Appendix  A. 
The  widths  of  the  openings  have  been  measured  for  this 
report. 

I.  —  Bridges  wholly  Supported  by  Boston. 

Agassiz  road,  in  The  Fens. 

AUston  bridge,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad,  Brighton. 


6  City  Document  No.  14. 

Arborway  bridge,  in  Parkway,  over  Stony  brook. 

Ashland  street,  over  Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H. 

R.R.,  West  Roxbury. 
Athens  street,  over  Midland  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H. 

R.R. 
Audubon  road,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Beacon  street,  over  outlet  to  The  Fens. 
Beacon  street,  over  Boston  &  Albany,  Railroad. 
Berkeley  street,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Berkeley  street,  over  Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  & 

H.  R.R. 
Bernier-street  foot-bridge,  in  the  Riverway. 
Berwick-park  foot-bridge,  over  Providence  Division,  N.  Y., 

N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 
Blakemore  street,  over  Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  & 

H.  R.R. 
Bolton  street,  over  Midland  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &    H. 

R.R. 
Boylston  street,  in  The  Fens. 
Boylston  street,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Bridle  path  in  the  Riverway,  over  Muddy  river. 

*  Broadway,  over  Fort  Point  channel. 
Broadway,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Brookline  avenue,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Byron  street,  over  Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn  Railroad. 

*  Castle  Island  foot-bridge,  from  Marine  park,  South  Boston, 

to  Castle  Island. 

*  Charles-river  bridge,  from  Boston  to  Charlestown. 
Charlesgate,  in  The  Fens,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Charlesgate,  in  The  Fens,  over  Ipswich  street. 

*  Chelsea  bridge.  South,  over  South  channel  of  Mystic  river. 

*  Chelsea  street,  from  East  Boston  to  Chelsea. 
Circuit  drive,  over  Scarboro'  pond  in  Franklin  park. 
Columbus  avenue,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 

*  Commercial  point,  or  Tenean,  Dorchester. 
Commonwealth  avenue,  in  The  Fens. 

*  Congress  street,  over  Fort  Point  channel. 
Cornwall  street,  over  Stony  Brook,  West  Roxbury. 
Cottage    Farm    bridge,    over   Boston    &   Albany   Railroad, 

Brighton. 
Cottage-street  foot-bridge,  over  flats,  East  Boston. 
Dartmouth    street,    over    Boston    &    Albany    Railroad    and 

Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 

*  Dover  street,  over  Fort  Point  channel. 
Ellicott  arch,  in  Franklin  park. 

*  Federal  street,  over  Fort  Point  channel. 


Engineering  Department.  7 

Fen  bridge,  in  The  Fens. 

Ferdinand  street,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Forest  Hills  entrance,  in  Franklin  park. 
Gold  street,  over  Midland  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 
Huntington  avenue,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Ipswicli  street,  over  Waterway,  in  The  Fens. 
Irvington-street  foot-bridge,  over  Providence  Division,  N.  Y., 
N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 

*  L  street,  over  Reserved  channel.  South  Boston. 
Leverett-pond  foot-bridge,  in  Leverett  park. 

Leyden  street,  over  Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn  Railroad. 
Linden  Park  street,  over  Stony  brook. 

*  Maiden  bridge,  from  Charlestown  to  Everett. 
Massachusetts  avenue,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Massachusetts  avenue,  over  Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  N. 

H.  &  H.  R.R. 

*  Meridian  street,  from  East  Boston  to  Chelsea. 

*  Mount  Washington  avenue,  over  Fort  Point  channel. 
Neptune  road,  over  Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn  Railroad. 
Newton  street,  over  Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H. 

R.R. 
Public  Garden  foot-bridge. 
Scarboro'-pond  foot-bridge  in  Franklin  park. 
Shawmut    avenue,    over    Boston    &    Albany    Railroad    and 

Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 
Stony  brook,  in  The  Fens. 
*Summer  street,  over  Fort  Point  channel. 
Swett  street,  east  of  Midland  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H. 

R.R. 
Swett  street,  west  of  Midland  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H. 

R.R. 

*  Warren  bridge,  Boston  to  Charlestown. 

West  Rutland-square  foot-bridge,  over  Providence  Division, 

N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 
Winthrop,  from  Breed's  Island  to  Winthrop. 
Wood  Island  park  foot-bridge,  over  Boston,  Revere  Beach 

&  Lynn  Railroad. 

II.  —  Bridges   of  which  Boston   Supports  the  Part 
WITHIN  its  Limits. 

Bellevue  street,  in  the  Riverway,  over  Muddy  river. 
Bernier-street   foot-bridge,    in    the    Riverway,    over    Muddy 

river. 
Brookline  avenue,  in  the  Riverway,  over  Muddy  river. 
Central  avenue,  from  Dorchester  to  Milton. 

*  Chelsea  bridge,  North,  over  North  Channel,  Mystic  river. 


8  City  Document  No.  14. 

*  Granite  bridge,  from  Dorchester  to  Milton. 

Longwood  avenue,  in  the  Riverway,  over  Muddy  river  and 

Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 
Mattapan  bridge,  from  Dorchester  to  Milton. 
Milton  bridge,  from  Dorchester  to  Milton. 

*  Neponset  bridge,  from  Dorchester  to  Quincy. 

*  North  Beacon  street,  from  Brighton  to  "Watertown. 
Spring  street,  from  West  Roxbury  to  Dedham. 
Tremont  street,  in  the  Riverway,  over  Muddy  river. 

*  Western  avenue,  from  Brighton  to  Watertown. 

III.  —  Bridges  of  which  Boston  pays  a  Part  of  the 

Cost  of  Maintenance. 

Albany  street,    over   Boston    &  Albany   Railroad,    Freight 

Tracks. 
Ashmont  street  and  Dorchester  avenue,  over  Old  Colony 

Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R. 
Boston  street  bridge,  over  Old  Colony  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H. 

&  H.  R.R. 

*  Canal  bridge,  from  Boston  to  Cambridge. 

*  Cambridge  street,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 
Chelsea  bridge,  over  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad. 
Dorchester  street,  over  Old  Colony  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  & 

H.  R.R. 

*  Essex  street,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 

Everett  street,  over  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad,  Brighton. 

*  Harvard  bridge,  from  Boston  to  Cambridge. 

Harvard  street,  over  Midland  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H. 
R.R.,  Dorchester. 

*  North  Harvard  street,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 

*  Prison-Point  bridge,  Charlestown  to  Cambridge. 

*  West  Boston  bridge,  from  Boston  to  Cambridge. 

West  Fourth  street,  over  Old  Colony  Division,  N.  Y.,  N.  H. 
&  H.  R.R. 

*  Western  avenue,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge. 

IV.  —  Bridges  Supported  by  Railroad  Corporations. 

1st.  —  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R. 

Albany  street,  over  Passenger  tracks. 
Harrison  avenue. 
Market  street,  Brighton. 
Tremont  street. 
Washington  street. 


Engineering  Department.  9 

^d.  —  Boston  ^  Maine  R.R.,  Western  Division. 

Main  street. 
INIystic  avenue. 

Scl.  —  Boston  ^  3faine  B.R.,  Eastern  Division. 

Main  street. 
Mystic  avenue. 

^th.  —  Boston,  Revere  Beach   ^  Lynn  R.R. 
Everett  street. 

5th. — New   York,  Neiv  Haven   ^  Eartford  R.R.,  Midland 

Divisio7i. 
Broadway. 
Dorchester  avenue. 
Fifth  street. 
Fourth  street. 
Morton  street,  Dorchester. 
Norfolk  street,  Dorchester. 
Norfolk  street,  Dorchester. 
Second  street. 
Silver  street. 
Sixth  street. 
Third  street. 
Washington  street,  Dorchester. 

6th.  —  New  York,  New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.,  Old  Colony 

Division. 
Adams  street. 
Cedar  Grove  Cemetery. 
Freeport  street. 
Savin  Hill  avenue. 

7th.  —  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  ^  H.  R.R.,  Providence  Division. 

Albany  street. 

Beech  street.  West  Roxbury. 

Bellevue  street,  West  Roxbury. 

Berkeley  street. 

Broadway. 

Canterbury  street,  West  Roxbury. 

Castle  square. 

Centre  and  Mt.  Vernon  streets.  West  Roxbury. 

Columbus  avenue. 

Dartmouth  street. 


10  City  Document  No.  14. 

Dudley  avenue,  West  Roxbury. 
Harrison  avenue. 
Park  street,  West  Roxbury. 
Washington  street. 

Recapitulatiox  of  Bridges. 

I.  Number  wholly  supported  by  Boston        .         .  68 

II.  Number  of   which  Boston  supports   that  part 

within  its  limits  .          .          .          .          .          .  14 

HI.  Number  of  which  Boston  pays  a  part  of  the 

cost  of  maintenance      .....  16 

IV.  Number  supported  by  railroad  corporations : 

1.  Boston  &  Albany    ......  5 

2.  Boston  &  Maine,  Western  Division  .         .  2 

3.  Boston  &  Maine,  Eastern  Division  ...  2 

4.  Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn  Railroad  .         .  1 

5.  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  Midland  Division       .  12 

6.  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  Old  Colony  Division  .  4 

7.  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  Providence  Division  .  J^ 

Total 138 

Agassiz-road  Bridge  (in  the  Fens). 

This  bridge  was  built  in  1887,  of  brick  and  stone  masonry. 
It  is  maintained  by  the  Park  Department,  and  is  in  good 
condition. 

Albany-street  Bridge  (over  the  Boston  cf  Albany  R.R.  Freight 
tracks). 

The  original  structure  was  built  in  1856-57,  and  rebuilt  in 
1867-68.  The  present  bridge  was  built  in  1886-87,  and  is 
maintained  in  part  by  the  City  of  Boston,  and  in  part  by  the 
Boston  &  Albany  Railroad. 

Attention  has  been  called  in  the  reports  for  the  past  three 
years  to  the  rusty  condition  of  the  portion  of  this  bridge 
below  the  flooring.  As  the  passenger  tracks  under  the 
bridge  have  been  removed  there  is  no  good  reason  for  longer 
delaying  the  work  of  cleaning  and  painting  the  floor  beams 
and  bottom  chord  bars. 

The  iron  railmg  has  rusted  so  badly  that  the  web  plates  in 
some  of  the  sections  have  entirely  disappeared,  and  the  railing 
is  in  such  condition  that  it  cannot  be  considered  safe.  The 
sidewalk  planking  is  very  thin,  and  should  be  renewed.  It  is 
recommended  that  this  bridge  be  repaired  and  painted  early 
this  season. 


Engineering  Department.  11 

Alhany-street  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R.  Passenger 
tracks'). 

This  is  a  new  structure  built  the  past  year  over  the  new 
location  of  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  lead- 
ing to  the  South  Station.  The  new  structure  consists  of 
steel-built  beams  twenty-eight  inches  deep  and  about  fifty- 
three  feet  span,  spaced  thirty-six  inches  on  centres.  Between 
the  beams,  arches  are  turned  of  two  courses  of  bricks  and 
filled  solid  with  concrete.    The  wearing  surface  is  of  asphalt. 

Allston  Bridge  (over  the  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R.,  Brighton). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1892.  The  fences  and  the 
ironwork  below  the  flooring  should  be  cleaned  and  painted  as 
recommended  in  last  year's  report,  and  when  the  painting  is 
done  a  new  lower  floor  should  be  laid. 

Arhorivay  Bridge  (over  Stony  hrooJc,  in  Parkway,  near  Forest 
Hills  Station). 

This  is  a  wooden  bridge  resting  on  abutments  of  vulcan- 
ized spruce  piles.  The  stringers  and  under-planking  are  of 
vulcanized  hard  pme.  It  was  built  in  1893,  and  is  main- 
tained by  the  Park  Department.  The  bridge  has  been 
sheathed  during  the  year,  and  is  now  in  good  condition. 

Ashland-street  Bridge  (over  Providence  Division,  Neiv   York, 
New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.,  West  Roxbury). 

The  present  structure  is  of  iron,  and  was  built  in  1875. 
The  fence  on  the  southerly  side  has  been  rebuilt  during  the 
year,  and  the  bridge  is  now  in  good  condition. 

Ashmont-street  and  Dorchester-avenue  Bridge  (over  Old  Coloyiy 
Division,  Netv  York,  Neiv  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 

This  is  a  wooden  bridge  formerly  maintained  by  the  rail- 
road company.  It  was  lengthened  on  the  Boston  side  in 
1895,  and  now  the  city  maintains  75  feet  of  the  northerly 
part.  The  fence  needs  painting ;  the  bridge  is  in  good  con- 
dition. 

Athens-street  Bridge  (over  Midland  Division,  New  York,  New 
Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1874.  The  bridge  is  in 
poor  condition ;  it  should  be  stripped  and  painted,  and  the 
upper  woodwork  should  be  renewed. 


12  City  Document  No.  14. 

Auduhon-road  Bridge  (^over  the  Boston  ^  Albany  R.B.^. 

This  is  a  steel-plate  girder  bridge,  built  in  1893-94,  and 
is  now  in  good  condition.  It  is  maintained  by  the  Park 
Department. 

Beacon-street  Bridge  (^over  Outlet  of  the  Fens}. 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1880-81.  The  deck  is  in 
poor  condition,  and  should  be  renewed,  and  the  sidewalks 
should  be  replanked. 

Beacon-street  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R.}. 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1884-85,  widened  in 
1887-88,  and  the  central  roadway  further  widened  in  1890 
for  the  convenience  and  at  the  expense  of  the  Street  Rail- 
way Company.  The  roadway  needs  sheathing,  and  the  facias 
should  be  repaired,  otherwise  the  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Bellevue-street  Bridge  (over  Muddy  River.,  in  Riverway}. 

This  is  a  segmental  masonry  arch  of  44  feet  span  and 
15  feet  rise.  It  was  built  in  1893  by  the  Park  Departments 
of  Boston  and  Brookline,  and  is  maintained  jointly  by  them. 

Berkeley-street  Bridges   (over  Boston   ^  Albany  R.R.^   and 
Providence  Division,  N.  Y.,  K  H.  ^  H.  R.R.). 

The  bridge  over  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Rail- 
road was  originally  built  for  the  Boston  Water  Power  Com- 
pany and  accepted  by  the  city  in  1869.  The  structure  over 
these  tracks  is  a  through  plate  girder  bridge,  and  was  built 
in  1891.  During  the  past  year  a  second  bridge  of  the  same 
type  has  been  built  over  the  new  tracks  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad.  The  south  abutment  of 
the  old  bridge  was  replaced  by  a  granite  masonry  pier  about 
3  feet  wide  and  the  span  shortened  about  8  feet.  This  work 
was  done  by  the  railroad  company.  The  iron  work  of  the 
«pan  over  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  needs  painting,  and 
the  temporary  fence  at  the  north-easterly  corner  of  the 
bridge  should  be  replaced  by  a  more  permanent  railing. 

Berkeley-street  Bridge  (over  Providence  Division,  New   York, 
New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.}. 

This  bridge  has  been  reported  for  a  number  of  years  to  be 
in  a  poor  condition,  and  only  such  repairs  as  seemed  abso- 
lutely necessary  to  keep  the  bridge  in  a  safe  condition  for 
travel  have  been  made.     As  the  railroad  tracks  have  been 


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removed  it  is  probable  that  this  bridge  can  l)e  removed  in  tlie 
near  future.  It  shoukl,  however,  be  watched  very  closely, 
and  the  sheathing  kept  in  good  condition. 

Bernier-street  Foot-bridge  (over  Bridle  Path  in  Riverway). 

This  is  a  semi-circular  masonry  arch  of  38  feet  4  inches 
span.  It  was  built  in  1893,  and  is  maintained  by  the  Park 
Department. 

Bernier-street  Foot-bridge  (over  Muddy  River'). 

This  is  a  segmental  masonry  arch  of  52  feet  span  and  14 
feet  rise.  It  was  built  in  1893  by  the  Park  Departments  of 
Boston  and  Brookline,  and  is  maintained  jointly  by  them. 

BerivicTc-park   Foot-bridge    (over   Providence    Division.,   New 
York.,  New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  foot-bridge,  erected  in  1894.  The  iron 
stairs  and  piers  were  new,  but  the  trusses  and  floor-beams 
were  those  built  for  Franklin  street  in  1883.  It  is  now  in 
good  condition. 

Blakemo re-street  Bridge  (over  Providence  Division,  New  York, 
New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1881-82.  In  the  annual 
reports  for  1897  and  1898  the  recommendation  has  been 
made  that  this  bridge  "  be  painted,  and  the  under  planking 
renewed."  This  planking  is  now  in  such  a  state  that  it 
must  be  relaid  this  year  to  maintain  the  bridge  in  a  safe  con- 
dition.    It  should  be  painted  when  the  planking  is  laid. 

Bolton-street  Bridge  (over  Midland  Division,  New  York,  New 
Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 

This  is  a  wooden  bridge,  built  in  1889.  The  fences 
should  be  repaired  and  painted ;  otherwise  the  bridge  is  in 
good  condition. 

Boston-street  Bridge  (over   Old  Colony  Division,  New  York, 
New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 
See  page  169. 

Boylston-street  Arch  Bridge  (in  the  Fens). 

This  is  a  stone  arch  bridge,  built  in  1881.  It  is  in  good 
condition. 


14  City  Document  No.  14. 

Boylston-street  Bridge  (^over  Boston  ^  Albans/  R.R.'). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1886-88.  The  ironwork 
below  the  floor  of  the  bridge,  although  pamted  in  1895,  is 
now  very  rusty.  The  sidewalk  planking  is  very  thin  and 
should  be  renewed,  and  the  facias  should  be  repaired. 

Bridle-path  Bridge  (over  Muddy  River,  in  the  Riverway^. 

This  is  a  masonry  bridge  of  three  arches ;  the  central  arch 
is  elliptical  in  form,  with  a  span  of  30  feet  and  a  rise  of  9 
feet  6  inches ;  the  side  arches  are  semi-circular,  15  feet  in 
diameter.  It  was  built  in  1894,  and  is  maintained  by  the 
Park  Department.     It  is  in  good  condition. 

Broadway  Bridge  (over  Fort  Point  Channel}. 

This  is  an  iron  bridge.  It  was  built  in  1869-71,  and  the 
draw  and  its  foundation  were  rebuilt  in  1874-75.  The 
bridge  was  temporarily  strengthened  in  1893,  to  allow  elec- 
tric cars  to  use  it,  and  the  woodwork  on  the  draw  was  re- 
newed in  1896.  Only  ordinary  repairs  have  been  made;  the 
sidewalks,  the  lower  planking  of  the  main  bridge  and  the 
fender  piers  are  in  poor  condition,  the  draw  foundation 
should  be  pointed,  the  fences  are  out  of  line,  two  of  the  iron 
columns  have  been  injured  by  cars,  the  iron  hangers  over 
the  railroad  are  rusty,  and  should  be  uncovered  and 
thoroughly  examined ;  owing  to  the  work  of  building  Broad- 
way and  Albany-street  bridges  over  the  railroad  this  bridge 
is  not  used  by  the  street  cars,  and  during  part  of  the  year 
it  was  closed  to  team  travel. 

Broadivay  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R.}. 

The  iron  bridge,  built  in  1880-81  has  been  removed  dur- 
ing the  past  year  and  a  new  bridge  is  now  under  construc- 
tion. The  old  southerly  abutment  was  also  removed  to 
permit  of  the  new  alignment  of  the  tracks  leading  to  the 
South  Station,  and  three  granite  piers  built  to  support  the 
southerly  ends  of  the  new  trusses  and  the  northerly  ends  of 
the  beams  of  the  new  bridge  over  the  tracks  of  the  Prov- 
idence Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad.  It  is  expected  that  the  new  structure  will  be 
opened  for  travel  early  in  the  summer. 

Broadway    Bridge    (over   Providence    Bivisioyi,   New    York, 
New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.}. 

This  is  a  new  structure,  built  the  past  year  over  the  tracks 
leading  to  the  new  South  Station.     This  bridge  is  similar  to 


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that  on  Albany  street  over  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad, 
consisting  of  28-inch  steel  built-beanis,  about  53  feet  span, 
spaced  from  30  to  36  inches  on  centres,  with  brick  and  con- 
crete arches,  and  an  asphalt  wearing  surface. 

Brookline-avenue  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^-  Albany  R.R.^. 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1884.  It  is  in  good  con- 
dition with  the  exception  of  the  wooden  facias,  which  are 
somewhat  rotten,  and  need  repairing  generally ;  the  whole 
bridge  should  be  painted  during  the  coming  year. 

Brookline-avenue  Bridge  (over  Muddy  River,  in  the  River- 
way'). 

This  is  a  semi-circular  masonry  arch  of  15  feet  span.  It 
was  built  m  1892  by  the  Park  Departments  of  Boston  and 
Brookline,  and  is  maintained  by  them  jointly. 

Byron-street  Bridge  (over  Boston,  Revere  Beach  ^  Lynn 
R.R.}. 

This  is  a  wooden  bridge,  built  in  1889.  The  sidewalks 
and  bulkheads  need  repairing,  and  the  nests  under  the  bridge 
made  by  the  English  sparrows  should  be  removed ;  otherwise 
the  bridge  is  in  fair  condition. 

Cambridge-street  Bridge  (from  Brighton  to  Cambridge'). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge  with  a  wooden  leaf  draw.  It 
was  rebuilt  in  1881;  the  draw  was  rebuilt  in  1891.  The 
bridge  is  in  the  care  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  Boston 
and  Cambridge  bridges,  and  the  city  pays  one-half  the  cost 
of  maintenance.  Last  fall  the  Boston  Elevated  Railroad 
Company  laid  a  second  track  across  the  bridge,  adding  two 
new  draw  arms  and  a  header  to  each  leaf  of  the  draw ;  some 
of  the  channel  piles  were  strengthened,  and  the  decks-  on  the 
Boston  side  of  the  main  bridge  and  draw  were  repaired.  On 
the  Boston  side  the  abutment,  pier,  and  fender-guard  need 
repairing,  and  some  of  the  deck  planking  needs  renewal ;  one 
draw  arm  on  the  Cambridge  side  should  be  renewed. 

Canal,  or  Craigie's  Bridge. 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  a  wooden  turn-table 
draw.  The  city  pays  one-half  the  cost  of  maintenance.  The 
bridge  was  originally  built  in  1808,  was  rebuilt  in  1852,  and 
again  rebuilt  and  widened  in  1874.  The  bridge  is  in  the 
care  of   the  Commissioners  for  the  Boston  and  Cambridge 


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bridges.  The  wharf  has  been  strengthened  by  the  addition 
of  a  few  timbers,  but  it  is  still  in  a  poor  condition ;  some  of 
the  paving  has  been  relaid,  new  shafting  furnished,  and 
general  repairs  made.  The  sidewalks,  sidewalk  bulkheads, 
and  fencing  that  have  not  recently  been  rebuilt  are  poor,  and 
need  rebuilding;  additional  stringers  are  needed  near  the 
draw,  and  some  pile  work  is  needed  near  the  ends  of  the 
bridge ;  some  of  the  spur-shores  need  refitting ;  the  roadway 
pavement  needs  repairing ;  the  up-stream  fender-guard  is  in 
a  very  poor  condition ;  the  draw,  draw-pier,  and  wharf  need 
extensive  repairs,  and  the  bridge  sliould  be  painted. 

Castle  Island  Foot-bridge  (^from  Marine  Park  to  Castle 
Island'). 

This  is  a  temporary  foot-bridge,  built  in  1892,  and  is  main- 
tained by  the  Park  Department.  It  connects  the  Marine 
park  with  Castle  Island,  and  is  furnished  with  a  draw,  so  that 
if  desired  by  the  United  States  authorities,  the  island  can  be 
cut  off  from  the  shore.  Repairs  are  needed  on  the  fence  and 
planking,  and  the  bridge  should  be  painted ;  otherwise  the 
bridge  is  in  fair  condition. 

Castle-square  Bridge  (over  Providence  Division  N.  F.,  N.  H. 
^  H.  R.R.y 

For  the  purpose  of  supporting  the  streets  over  the  exten- 
sion of  the  tracks  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad  to  the  South  Station  a  two-span  bridge  has  been 
built  extending  from  Chandler  street  across  Castle  square 
and  down  Castle  street  to  Village  street,  a  total  length  of 
about  576  ft.  The  bridge  as  built  consists  of  18-inch  steel 
I-beams  of  about  27  ft.  clear  span  spaced  from  2  to  3  ft. 
on  centres  and  brick  arches  turned  between  the  beams,  the 
whole  filled  solid  with  concrete.  The  wearing  surface  is  of 
asphalt,  two  inches  in  thickness.  The  southerly  abutments 
of  the  bridges  on  Ferdinand  and  Tremont  streets  were 
removed,  and  a  continuous  brick  pier  3  ft.  in  width  built  to 
support  the  southerly  ends  of  these  bridges,  as  well  as  the 
northerly  ends  of  the  beams  of  this  bridge.  An  intermediate 
brick  pier  2  ft.  in  width  was  also  built  the  entire  length  of 
the  bridge. 

Central-avenue  Bridge   (over  JVeponset  River,  Dorchester 
Lower  Mills'). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  and  was  built  in  1876.  The  city 
maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  The  bridge  has  been 
painted,  and  breaks  in  the  deck  have  been  repaired.     The 


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woodwork  of  the  roadway  is  in  poor  condition ;  the  bridge 
should  be  stripped,  the  upper  part  of  the  floor-beams  should 
be  cleaned  and  painted,  and  the  woodwork  renewed. 

Charles-river  Bridge  (from  Bostoii  to  Charlestotvn^. 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge  with  an  iron  draw.  The 
present  bridge  was  built  in  1854-55;  the  draw  was  built  in 
1870.  A  contract  has  been  made  for  removing  that  part  of  the 
bridge  between  the  harbor  lines  as  authorized  by  the  Acts  of 
the  Legislature,  and  tlie  bridge  was  closed  to  travel  Decem- 
ber 22.  The  ends  of  the  bridge  are  in  fair  condition,  but  will 
require  some  repairing  near  the  harbor  lines. 

Charlesgate  Bridge  (in  the  Fens,  over  Boston  cf  Albany  R.R.'). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1881-82,  and  is  maintained 
by  the  Park  Department.  It  has  been  closed  part  of  the 
year  on  account  of  the  construction  of  the  bridge  over  Ips- 
wich street.     It  is  in  good  condition. 

Charlesgate  Bridge  (in  the  Fens,  over  Ipswich  Street'). 
See  page  164. 

Chelsea  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Maine  R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  by  the  Boston  &  Maine  Rail- 
road Company  in  1894,  and  is  over  the  railroad  location. 
The  surface  of  the  bridge  is  maintained  by  the  city ;  the 
remainder  by  the  railroad  company.  The  wheel-guard  on 
the  bridge  is  too  narrow,  the  fences  need  repairing  and  paint- 
ing ;  otherwise  the  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Chelsea  Bridge,  North  (over  North   Channel,  Mystic  River). 

The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  The  original 
structure  was  built  in  1802-3.  The  piles  under  the  main 
bridge  were  driven  in  1880.  The  upper  part  of  the  bridge, 
the  draw  and  draw  foundation,  were  built  in  1895.  General 
repairs  have  been  made.  The  bridge  needs  painting,  and  the 
sidewalk  planking  needs  small  repairs  ;  the  old  fender-guard 
is  in  poor  condition ;  otherwise  the  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 
The  draw  way  of  this  bridge  will  soon  be  widened  from 
forty-five  feet  to  sixty  feet,  and  while  the  work  is  being  done 
travel,  will  be  carried  around  the  draw  on  a  temporary  bridge. 
See  page  164. 


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Chelsea  Bridge,  South  (over  South    Channel,  Mystic  River'). 

This  is  a  pile  bridge  with  an  iron  draw.  The  original 
bridge  were  built  in  1802-3.  The  piles  of  the  present  bridge 
were  driven,  and  the  draw  was  built  in  1877.  That  part  of 
the  bridge  above  the  girder  caps  was  rebuilt  at  a  higher 
grade,  and  the  draw  was  raised  in  1895.  The  fencing  has 
been  painted,  the  waterways  and  piers  repaired,  and  other 
general  repairs  have  been  made.  The  fender-guards  and 
the  top  of  the  pier  are  in  poor  condition,  and  the  water 
ways  need  repairing;  the  sidewalk  stringers  and  facias  on 
the  draw  need  renewal,  and  the  iron  brackets  need  repairing ; 
otherwise,  the  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Chelsea-street  Bridge  (from  East  Boston  to  Chelsea). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  an  iron  swing  draw; 
the  original  bridge  was  built  in  1834;  was  rebuilt  in  1848, 
1873,  and  again  in  1894-95.  The  iron  fence  on  the  draw 
needs  painting,  and  the  wooden  fence  needs  repaning ;  the 
bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Circuit-drive  Bridge  {over  Scarhoro'  Pond,  in  Franklin  Park). 

This  is  an  elliptical  masonry  arch  of  30  feet  span  and  6 
feet  3  inches  rise.  It  was  built  in  1893,  and  is  maintained 
by  the  Park  Department. 

Columbus-avenue  Bridges  (over  Boston   ^  Albany  R.R.  and 
Providence  Division  N.  J.,  N.  H.  ^  H.  R.R.). 

The  bridge  over  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  was  built 
in  1876-77.  The  old  south  abutment  has  been  replaced 
during  the  year  by  a  new  pier  which  now  supports  the 
north  end  of  the  new  bridge  over  the  tracks  of  the  N.  Y., 
N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.  as  well  as  the  south  end  of  the  old  bridge 
over  the  B.  &  A.  R.R.  The  old  bridge  has  been  shortened 
about  eleven  feet  at  its  south  end,  the  work  being  done  by 
the  railroad  company  and  with  the  exception  of  the  absence 
of  pamt  on  the  new  steel-work  added  in  makmg  necessary 
changes,  the  construction  has  been  done  in  a  very  satisfactory 
manner. 

The  new  bridge  over  the  extension  of  the  tracks  to  the 
South  Station  is  in  two  spans  of  about  twenty-six  feet,  in 
the  clear.  It  consists  of  18-inch  I-beams  spaced  from  two 
to  three  feet  on  centres,  with  brick  and  concrete  arches  and 
an  asphalt  pavement.  The  centre  pier  is  two  feet  wide, 
built  of  brick  with  blue-stone  belt  courses. 


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Commercial  Point  or  Tenean  Bridge  (^Dorchester}. 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge  with  a  wooden  leaf  draw, 
built  in  1875.  This  bridge  is  in  poor  condition;  the  draw 
and  most  of  the  woodwork  above  the  piles  should  be 
renewed. 

Commonwealth-avenue  Bridge  (in  the  Fens). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  and  was  built  in  1881-82.  It  has 
been  sheathed  during  the  year,  and  is  now  in  good  condition. 

Congress-street  Bridge  (over  Fort  Point  Channel). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge  with  an  iron  turn-table  draw 
on  a  stone  foundation,  and  was  built  in  1874-75.  Some  of 
the  sidewalk  near  the  Boston  end  and  part  of  the  roadway- 
flooring  are  in  very  poor  condition.  The  track  circles  are 
much  worn,  the  roadway  paving  and  the  fender-guards  are 
in  poor  condition,  the  spur  shores  on  the  pier  need  refitting. 
The  draw  should  be  provided  with  new  tracks,  the  lower 
chord  should  be  uncovered,  examined,  repaired  if  necessary, 
and  be  painted ;  the  centre  of  the  bridge  and  part  of  the 
gutter  and  sidewalk  should  be  uncovered,  the  poor  timber 
and  planking  should  be  renewed,  and  the  bridge  repaved, 
and  repairs  are  needed  on  the  cross  bracing,  fender-guards, 
iron  on  channel  way,  ends  of  draw  and  draw  landings  ;  the 
sidewalk  on  the  draw  needs  renewal.  Part  of  the  top  of  the 
pier  has  been  rebuilt,  and  the  whole  top  except  a  small  por- 
tion near  the  draw  has  been  rebuilt  within  two  years.  Work 
has  commenced  on  building  two  shelters  over  the  sidewalk 
near  the  draw  and  painting  the  fence. 

In  connection  with  the  work  of  abolishing  the  grade  cross- 
ing on  Congress  street,  a  sea-wall  has  been  built  twenty  feet 
outside  the  northerly  line  of  this  bridge,  between  the  harbor 
line  and  the  abutment,  on  the  Boston  side  of  the  channel, 
and  the  work  of  filling  solid  this  portion  of  the  bridge  is  now 
in  progress. 

Cornwall-street  Bridge  (over  Stony  Brook.,   West  Roxbury'). 

This  is  a  small  wooden  bridge,  built  in  1892.  It  is  in 
good  condition. 

Cottage  Farm  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  JR.R., 
Brighton). 

The  present  bridge  was  built  in  1895-96.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  the  plate  girders  on  the  outside  lines  of  the  bridge, 
and  some  special  construction  under  the  sidewalks,  the  super- 


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structure  is  composed  of  twenty  inch  steel  beams  filled  be- 
tween with  brick  arches  and  Portland  cement  concrete,  on 
which  is  a  wearing  surface  of  Sicilian  rock  asphalt.  The 
sheet  lead  on  the  lower  flanges  of  the  beams  has  been  torn 
off  in  places.     The  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Cottage-street  Foot-bridge  {over  flats,  East  Boston'). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  built  in  1889,  for  foot  travel 
only.  Some  of  the  piles  are  commencing  to  decay.  The 
cross-bracing  is  poor,  and  should  be  renewed, where  necessary ; 
the  flooring  and  the  fences  at  the  ends  of  the  bridge  need 
repairing ;  otherwise,  the  bridge  is  in  fair  condition. 

Dartmouth-street  Bridges  {over  Boston   ^  Albany  R.R.  and 
Providence  Division,  N.  F.,  iV^.  S.  ^  H.  R.R.). 

The  bridge  over  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  was 
built  in  1878-79.  Very  extensive  changes  have  been  made 
in  this  bridge  during  the  past  year  by  the  railroad  companies 
necessitated  by  the  new  location  of  the  tracks  of  the  N.  Y., 
N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  leading  to  the  South  Station  and  the 
abandoning  of  the  tracks  connecting  this  road  with  the  B.  & 
A.  R.R.  The  old  south  abutment  and  the  pier  just  north  of 
the  main  line  of  the  B.  &  A.  R.R.  were  entirely  removed, 
and  a  new  face  added  to  the  old  north  abutment  so  that  it 
should  be  parallel  with  the  tracks  of  the  latter  road.  The 
old  plate  girder  span  over  the  tracks  connecting  the  two 
roads  was  removed  entirely,  and  the  main  truss  span  was 
moved  north-easterly  from  its  original  position,  83  feet  8 
inches  along  the  line  of  the  street  and  lowered  eighteen 
inches,  a  new  abutment  being  built  at  the  proper  location  to 
support  the  southerly  end  of  this  bridge  and  the  northerly 
end  of  the  new  bridge  over  the  tracks  of  the  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  & 
H.  R.R. 

This  bridge  should  be  painted  at  once.  The  flooring 
should  be  removed,  and  a  careful  examination  of  the  stringers 
made  to  ascertain  if  any  have  been  injured  during  the  mov- 
ing.    The  sidewalk  plank  should  be  renewed. 

The  new  bridge  is  built  of  15-inch  steel  I-beams,  spaced  2 
feet  6  inches  on  centres  under  the  roadway  and  3  feet  6 
inches  on  centres  under  the  sidewalks,  supported  on  steel 
columns,  the  span  of  the  beams  being  from  fourteen  to 
seventeen  feet  in  the  clear.  Between  the  beams  arches  are 
turned,  built  of  two  courses  of  brick  and  filled  solid  with 
concrete,  on  which  rests  a  wearing  surface  of  asphalt,  two 
inches  in  thickness. 


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Dorchester-street   Bridge    (^over    Old    Qolony   Division,   New 
York,  Neiv  Haven  and  Hartford  R.R.^. 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1869.  It  is  principally 
maintained  by  the  railroad  company,  and  was  repaired  and 
put  in  fair  condition  in  1893 ;  it  is,  however,  too  light  a 
structure  for  the  street-car  traffic  now  passing  over  it. 

Dover-street  Bridge  (over  Fort  Point   Channel^. 

This  was  originally  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  built  in  1805, 
rebuilt  in  1858-59,  and  again  in  1876.  In  1893-94,  upon 
the  abolition  of  the  grade  crossing  of  the  Old  Colony  Rail- 
road, the  present  iron  structure  restmg  on  masonry  piers 
was  built.  The  Boston  Electric  Light  Company  have  placed 
a  conduit  under  the  pier,  channel,  and  bridge ;  part  of  the 
conduit  is  carried  by  the  bridge  and  part  is  supported  on 
new  piling.  This  bridge  needs  painting,  and  work  has 
already  been  commenced  on  it.  The  sidewalk  planking  on 
the  draw  is  poor,  and  should  be  renewed.  The  upper  parts 
of  the  old  draw  piers  are  in  poor  condition,  and  should  be 
rebuilt.  The  planking  on  the  channelway  needs  repairing ; 
some  new  track  is  needed  for  the  draw ;  the  rack  should  be 
realigned  in  order  that  the  draw  may  be  reversed ;  the  piers 
need  repointing. 

Ellicott-arch  Bridge  (in  Franklin  Park'). 

This  is  a  semi-circular  masonry  arch  of  17  feet  6  inches 
span.  It  was  built  in  1889,  and  is  maintained  by  the  Park 
Department. 

Fssex-street  Bridge  (^from  Brighton  to  Cambridge). 

This  bridge  is  in  the  care  of  the  Commissioners  for  the 
Boston  and  Cambridge  bridges ;  the  city  pays  one-half  the 
cost  of  maintenance.  It  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  a 
wooden  leaf  draw,  and  was  originally  built  in  1850  ;  the  draw 
was  rebuilt  in  1891  ;  the  woodwork  above  the  piles  was 
renewed  in  1896.  The  draw  has  been  redecked,  and  gen- 
eral repairs  have  been  made.  The  up-river  pier  is  in  very 
poor  condition,  the  top  work  needs  renewal ;  and  the  cross 
bracing  needs  repairing ;  the  bridge  should  be  painted  ;  one 
Samson  post  needs  additional  fastening ;  the  draw-way  should 
be  replanked;  the  curb  irons  on  the  Cambridge  side  need 
regulating,  and  the  staging  under  the  bridge  on  the  Boston 
side  needs  strengthening. 


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Everett-street  Bridge  {over  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R.,  Brighton). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1891,  by  the  Boston  & 
Albany  Railroad  Company.  The  bridge  needs  painting  and 
slight  repairs  to  some  of  the  woodwork. 

Federal-street  Bridge  Qover  Fort  Point  Channel). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  a  double  retractile  iron 
draw,  and  was  rebuilt  in  1891-92.  The  entu-e  bridge  was 
painted  last  fall ;  the  track  timbers,  which  were  forced  up  by 
the  pile  driving  done  by  the  Boston  Terminal  Company,  have 
been  trimmed,  the  trucks  have  been  cleaned  without  being 
taken  apart.  The  cross  bracing  irons  on  the  waterway,  and 
the  sills  on  the  pier  need  repairing ;  the  sidewalks  and  central 
way  on  the  draw  need  replanking,  and  a  set  of  spare  trucks 
should  be  provided.  The  draw  works  much  easier  than  it 
did,  but  should  it  work  hard  during  the  hot  weather  the 
trucks  should  be  taken  apart  and  cleansed,  and  some  of  the 
rails  may  have  to  be  realigned. 

Fen  Bridge  (in  the  Fens). 
This  bridge  was  built  in  1891-92.     It  is  in  good  condition. 

Ferdinand-street  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1892. 

The  span  of  this  bridge  has  been  shortened  on  account  of 
changes  in  location  of  railroad  tracks,  about  three  feet  being 
cut  from  its  southerly  end.  The  old  south  abutment  was 
replaced  by  a  brick  pier  three  feet  wide  which  also  supports 
the  northerly  end  of  the  new  bridge  at  Castle  square.  This 
work  was  done  by  the  railroad  companies.  The  fences  of 
the  bridge  have  been  painted  during  the  year,  but  the  fence 
on  the  retaining-wall  adjoining  the  bridge  at  its  north-west- 
erly end  still  remains  in  a  damaged  condition.  The  lower 
planking  of  the  bridge  is  poor,  and  should  be  renewed. 

Forest  Hills  Entrance  Bridge  (in  Franklin  Park). 

This  bridge  was  built  in  1894-95.  It  is  maintained  by 
the  Park  Department,  and  is  in  good  condition. 

Gold-street  Bridge  (over  Midland  Division.,  New   York,  New 
Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 

This  bridge  was  built  in  1895,  replacing  a  foot-bridge 
which  was  built  in  1890.  The  fences  are  badly  cut  and 
dirty,  and  should  be  repaired ;  the  bridge  should  be  painted, 


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and  the  roadway  should  be  resheathed ;  the  walls  need  some 
repomting. 

G-ranite  Bridge  (^from  Dorchester  to  Milton^. 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  a  wooden  leaf  draw. 
The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  The  bridge 
was  originally  built  in  1837.  The  bridge  has  been  redecked 
with  4-in.  hard  pine,  and  a  new  header  has  been  put  on  the 
draw.  The  sidewalk  should  be  patched,  the  draw  chain 
needs  refastening,  the  up-river  pier  needs  replanking,  the 
abutment  should  be  repaired,  and  the  bridge  should  be 
painted. 

Harrison-avenue  Bridges  (over  Boston  tf  Albany  R.R.  and 
Providence  Division^  New  York,  New  Haven  ^  Hart- 
ford B.R}. 

The  present  bridge  over  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad 
tracks  was  built  in  1886.  During  the  past  year  the  south 
abutment  was  removed,  and  a  granite  pier  3  feet  wide  built, 
which  supports  the  south  end  of  the  old  bridge  and  the  north 
end  of  the  new  bridge  over  the  tracks  of  the  Providence 
Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad. 
About  two  feet  was  cut  off  from  the  south  end  of  the  old 
bridge,  and  that  end  raised  about  12  inches.  The  northerly 
end  was  raised  about  6  inches.  The  new  bridge  is  a  through 
plate  girder  bridge,  similar  to  that  over  Washington  street, 
with  the  exception  of  the  floor  beams,  which  in  this  bridge 
are  about  20  inches  deep  and  about  33  feet  long. 

Harvard  Bridge  (from  Boston  to  Cambridge) . 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  with  an  iron  turn-table  draw,  and 
was  built  in  1887-91.  The  bridge  is  in  the  care  of  two 
Conunissioners,  one  appointed  from  Boston,  and  one  from 
Cambridge,  and  the  expense  of  maintenance  is  borne  equally 
by  each  city.  The  roadway  has  been  sheathed  during  the 
year,  and  some  painting  done. 

Harvard-street  Bridge  (over  Midland  Division^  Neiv    YcrJc^ 
New  Haven  ^  Hartford  B.B.,  Dorchester'). 

The  sidewalks  are  supported  by  the  city,  the  roadway  by 
the  railroad;  the  brickwork  under  one  of  the  walks  is  in 
poor  condition ;  otherwise  the  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Huntington-avenue  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  B.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge.  It  was  built  in  1872,  and  in 
1876-77  the  abutments  were  rebuilt  and  the  bridge  widened 


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by  the  addition  of  two  new  girders.  In  1896,  in  conse- 
quence of  changes  in  the  grade  of  the  avenue,  the  floor  was 
entirely  rebuilt,  the  ironwork  thoroughly  cleaned  and  painted, 
and  new  girders  added  for  supporting  the  water-pipes.  The 
bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Ipswich-street  Bridge  (^over  Waterway  in  the  Fens^. 

This  bridge  was  built  in  1898,  and  consists  of  steel  beams 
of  depths  varying  from  10  inches  in  the  gutter  to  20  inches 
on  the  outer  lines  of  the  bridge ;  they  are  spaced  from  2  feet 
to  3  feet  2  inches  apart ;  the  spaces  between  the  beams  and 
above  them  to  within  2^  inches  of  the  surface  of  the 
street  are  filled  with  Portland  cement  concrete ;  sheets  of 
expanded  metal  are  imbedded  in  the  concrete  2  inches  above 
the  under  surface,  this  surface  being  flush  with  the  bottoms 
of  the  beams;  on  top  of  the  concrete  an  asphalt  covering 
was  laid  2^  inches  thick.  There  is  a  sidewalk  8  feet  in 
width  on  the  southerly  side  of  the  bridge,  but  none  on  the 
northerly  side,  a  curb  being  placed  on  this  side  1  fopt  from 
the  outer  line.  The  depth  of  the  bridge  is  20  inches  on  the 
outside  lines,  19  inches  at  the  sidewalk  curb  and  14  inches 
in  the  gutter.  The  surface  of  the  bridge  is  61  feet  in  length 
by  50  feet  in  width. 

Irvington-street  Foot-bridge   (over  Providence  Division^  New 
York,  New  Haven  ^  Hartford  R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  foot-bridge,  built  in  1892,  and  is  now  in 
good  condition. 

L-street  Bridge  (over  Reserved   Channel,  South  Boston). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  an  iron  retractile  draw. 
It  was  built  in  1892.  The  under  part  of  the  draw  and  the 
houses  have  been  painted.  Some  of  the  pier  plank  and 
fencing  need  refastening,  and  two  piles  in  the  fender-guard 
need  renewal.     The  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Lever ett-Pond  Foot-bridge  (in  Lever ett  Park). 

This  is  a  segmental  masonry  arch  of  24  feet  span  and  5 
feet  5  inches  rise.  It  was  built  in  1894,  and  is  maintained 
by  the  Park  Department. 

Ley  den-street  Bridge   {over  Boston,  Revere  Beach   ^   Lynn 
R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1889.  The  roadway  is 
generally  very  dirty,  and  should  be  cleaned  oftener.     The 


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hand-rails   should    be    painted ;    otherwise  the  bridge  is   in 
good  condition. 

Linden  Park-street  Bridge  [over  Stony  Brook). 

This  is  a  wooden  bridge,  built  in  1887.  The  sidewalk 
planking  is  very  thin,  and  should  be  renewed,  and  the  entire 
bridge  painted. 

Longwood-avenue    Bridge    {over   Muddy    River    and  Boston 
^  Albany  R.R.). 

The  original  structure  was  built  in  1857,  and  rebuilt  in 
1877.  During  the  past  year  the  work  on  the  new  masonry 
bridge  has  been  completed.  The  structure  consists  of  a  large 
arch  of  100  feet  span  crossing  Muddy  river  and  a  portion  of 
the  park,  and  a  smaller  arch  of  about  31  feet  span  crossing 
the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad.  The  length  of  the  masonry 
portion  of  the  bridge  is  about  220  feet,  and  the  width  between 
parapet  walls  about  56  feet.  The  bridge  was  built  by  the 
Park  Departments  of  Boston  and  Brookline,  and  is  main- 
tained jointly  by  them. 

Maiden  Bridge  (from  Charlestown  to  Uverett). 

The  present  structure  was  built  in  1875,  and  the  draw  in 
1892.  Only  general  repah's  have  been  made.  The  bridge  is 
in  poor  condition,  and  will  soon  be  rebuilt.     See  page  171. 

Massachusetts-avenue  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  R.R.'). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1876.  It  was  thoroughly 
repaired  in  1893,  with  the  exception  of  the  wooden  fences. 
These  fences  are  now  in  very  poor  condition,  and  should  be 
rebuilt,  and  the  middle  and  westerly  sections  of  the  roadway 
should  be  redecked. 

Massachusetts-avenue    Bridge     {over     Providence     Division, 
New  York  Netv  Haven  ^  Hartford  B.R.'). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1876.  It  is  in  good  con- 
dition with  the  exception  of  the  lower  planking  and  sidewalk 
planking;  these  should  be  renewed. 

Mattapan  Bridge  (from  Dorchester  to  Milton'). 

The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  This  is  an 
old  iron  bridge,  and  is  in  a  dangerous  condition,  and  it  should 
be  replaced  by  a  stone  bridge  ;  only  general  repairs  have 
been  made. 


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Meridian-street  Bridge  (from  East  Boston  to  Chelsea^. 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  a  wooden  turn-table 
draw  on  a  pile  foundation.  The  original  structure  was  built 
in  1858.  It  was  rebuilt  soon  afterwards,  and  was  widened 
and  rebuilt  in  1884,  excepting  the  draw,  which  was  built  in 
1875-76.  The  chords  of  the  draw  were  rebuilt  in  1896. 
The  waterways  are  in  poor  condition,  some  of  the  piles 
should  be  replaced,  the  ribbons,  caps,  planking  and  irons 
need  renewal  in  places ;  the  wharf  and  part  of  the  draw 
should  be  redecked,  the  facias  on  the  sidewalks  are  getting 
poor,  the  stringers  and  bulkhead  at  the  Boston  end  of  the 
channel  need  strengthening,  the  draw  should  be  furnished 
with  some  new  rack,  the  track  is  getting  much  worn,  one  of 
the  rods  under  the  draw  should  be  repaired,  and  one  pile 
under  the  sidewalk  should  be  spliced. 

Milton  Bridge  (from  Dorchester  to  Milton). 

The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  The  origi- 
nal structure  is  very  old.  It  was  widened  in  1871-72.  The 
older  part  of  this  bridge  was  built  of  stone,  and  the  widen- 
ing is  an  iron  structure  on  stone  columns.  The  bridge 
should  be  painted,  the  sidewalk  planking  should  be  renewed, 
and  additional  stringers  should  be  placed  under  the  up-stream 
sidewalk ;  one  of  the  cap-stones  over  the  first  waterway  is 
cracked. 

Mt.  Washington-avenue  Bridge  (over  Fort  Point  Channel). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  an  iron  draw.  It  was 
built  in  1854,  and  rebuilt  in  1870-71  ;  this  bridge  is  in  poor 
condition.  It  has  the  only  draw  of  importance  in  the  city 
that  is  moved  by  hand-power ;  the  draw-pier  is  in  poor  con- 
dition, and  is  so  low  that  it  is  covered  with  water  at  every 
high  course  of  tides.  The  sidewalks,  draw  landings,  bracing 
on  bents,  roadway  pavement  and  one  of  the  fender-guards 
are  in  very  poor  condition,  the  waterways  are  out  of  repair, 
the  foundation  of  the  house  is  in  poor  condition.  The  bridge 
should  be  rebuilt. 

Neponset  Bridge  (from  Dorchester  to    Quinoy). 

The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  The  origi- 
nal structure  was  built  in  1802,  and  the  present  one  in 
1877.  The  draw  is  too  heavy  to  be  handled  by  hand,  and 
should  be  replaced  by  a  turn-table  draw.  Only  general 
repairs  have  been  made.     The  up-stream  draw  arm  has  been 


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struck  and  bent,  and  a  hole  was  made  through  the  web.  The 
piers  and  fender-guards  need  extensive  repairs,  and  the  draw 
should  be  painted. 

Neptune-road   Bridge   {over  Boston,  Revere  Beach   ^  Lynn 
R.E.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1887-88,  and  is  main- 
tained by  the  Park  Department.  The  roadway  plank  should 
be  renewed ;  otherwise  the  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Newton-street  Bridge  (over  Provideiice  Division,  Neiv   York, 
New  Raven  ^  Hartford  R.R.y 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1872.  It  is  in  good  con- 
dition, excepting  the  concrete  sidewalks,  which  should  be 
resurfaced. 

North  Beacon-street  Bridge  (from  Brighton  to  Watertown'). 

The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  This  is  a 
wooden  pile  bridge  with  a  wooden  leaf  draw.  The  original 
structure  was  built  in  1822,  and  the  present  one  in  1884. 
The  bridge  is  in  poor  condition ;  the  old  draw  arms,  which 
were  not  renewed  in  1898,  are  weak,  some  of  the  piles  and 
deck  planking  need  renewal,  the  stringers  have  begun  ta 
decay;  the  wheel-guard  needs  repairing;  the  painting  and 
the  pier  are  in  poor  condition. 

North  Harvard-street  Bridge  (from  Brighton  to  Cambridge). 

The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  This  bridge 
was  originally  built  in  1662,  and  was  rebuilt,  except  the 
piling,  in  1879  ;  the  draw  was  built  in  1891.  The  bridge  is 
in  the  care  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  Boston  and  Cam- 
bridge bridges ;  the  city  pays  one-half  the  cost  of  mainte- 
nance. A  new  house  has  been  built  on  the  Boston  side,  and 
ordinary  repairs  have  been  made.  The  abutment,  piling, 
roadway  plank  and  fence  are  in  poor  condition ;  the  counter- 
balances need  additional  rear  strikers.  This  bridge  should 
be  replaced  with  a  new  and  wider  structure,  more  in  keep- 
ing with  the  improvements  recently  made  in  the  vicinity. 

Prison-Point  Bridge  (from  Charlestown  to  Cambridge). 

This  bridge  was  originally  built  in  1833,  and  the  present 
structure  was  built  in  1876-77.  It  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge, 
with  an  iron  leaf  draw.  The  bridge  is  in  the  care  of  the 
Commissioners  for  the  Boston  and  Cambridge  bridges ;  the 


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city  pays  one-half  tlie  cost  of  maintenance.  It  is  in  poor 
condition.  Two  sidewalks  have  been  rebuilt.  The  draw, 
machinery,  hinges,  two  sidewalks  and  the  woodwork  on  the 
main  bridge  near  the  channel  need  thorough  repairing ;  the 
top  of  the  pier  also  needs  repairing ;  this  bridge  Avill  prob- 
ably be  soon  rebuilt  at  a  higher  grade,  owing  to  the  abolish- 
ing of  the  grade  crossing  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad. 

Public  Garden  Foot-bridge. 

This  is  an  iron  bridge.  It  was  built  in  1867,  and  was 
thoroughly  repaired  in  1887.  The  bridge  is  now  in  fair  con- 
dition, but  will  need  resheathing  this  year. 

Scarboro'  Pond  Foot-bridge  (in  Franklin  Park). 

This  is  an  elliptical  masonry  arch  of  40  feet  span  and  8 
feet  3  inches  rise.  It  was  built  in  1893,  and  is  maintained 
by  the  Park  Department. 


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Shawmut-avenue  Bridge  (over  Boston  ^  Albany  B.R.,  and 
Providence  Division.,  New  York.,  New  Haven  ^  Hart- 
ford R.R.). 

This  is  an  iron  bridge,  built  in  1871,  although  it  was 
cleaned  and  painted  in  1897,  parts  of  it,  particularly  over 
the  main  tracks,  are  very  rusty.  The  only  changes  made  at 
this  bridge  to  accommodate  the  new  arrangement  of  tracks 
leading  to  the  South  Station  were  the  raising  of  the  southerly 
end  10  inches,  and  replacing  the  old  centre  pier,  which  was  6 
feet  wide,  with  a  new  one  only  3  feet  wide.  The  recommenda- 
tion made  in  the  annual  reports  for  the  last  three  years  is 
again  renewed,  that  the  cast-iron  covering  over  the  sidewalk 
girders,  which  has  not  been  removed  since  the  bridge  was 
built,  to  be  taken  off,  so  that  a  thorough  examination  can  be 
made  of  the  condition  of  these  girders. 

Silver-street  Bridge  (over  the  Midland  Division  of  the  N.  T"., 
N.  H.  ^  H.  B.R.). 

This  bridge  was  closed  to  team  travel  on  account  of  its 
dangerous  condition,  during  part  of  the  year ;  it  was  rebuilt 
and  opened  to  travel  last  fall. 

Spring-street  Bridge  (from  West  Roxbury  to  Dedharri). 

This  is  a  stone  bridge.  The  city  maintains  the  part  within 
its  limits.     It  is  in  good  condition. 


Engineering  Department.  29 

Stony-hrook  Bridge  (^in  the  Fens'). 

This  is  an  ornamental  brick  arched,  bridge,  with  stone 
facings,  built  in  1891-92,  and  maintained  by  the  Park 
Department.     It  is  in  good  condition. 

Summer-street  Bridge  (over  Fort  Point  Channel'). 
See  page  165.     (Congress-street  Grade  Crossings.) 

Sivett-street  Bridges  (over  South  Bay  Sluices). 

These  are  wooden  bridges,  built  in  1875,  as  temporary 
structures;  the  westerly  bridge  was  redecked  in  1898  and, 
except  the  wing  bulkheads,  is  in  fair  condition.  The  easterly 
bridge  is  in  very  poor  condition,  and  extensive  repairs  should 
be  made  on  it  innnediately.  Owing  to  the  work  of  abolishing 
grade  crossings  this  bridge  has  been  practically  closed  to 
travel  for  some  time,  and  the  piling  should  be  strengthened 
before  travel  is  resumed. 

Tremont-street  Bridge  (over  Muddy  River). 

This  is  a  semi-circular  masonry  arch  of  fifteen  feet  span- 
It  was  built  in  1893,  and  is  maintained  by  the  Park  Depart- 
ments of  Boston  and  Brookline. 

Warren  Bridge  (from  Boston  to  Charlestown) . 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  a  double  retractile  iron 
draw.  The  present  structure  was  built  in  1883-84.  Only 
general  repairs  have  been  made.  The  track  timbers,  fender- 
guards,  upper  parts  of  the  pier  and  wharves,  the  planking  on 
the  waterway,  the  sidewalk  bulkheads  and  the  fencing  are  in 
poor  condition ;  the  planking  on  the  sidewalks  is  poor  in 
places  ;  the  curbs  on  the  draw  should  be  straightened.  Some 
of  the  piles  under  the  wharf  supporting  the  draw  tenders* 
house  are  broken,  and  the  concrete  walks  on  the  Charlestown 
side  of  the  draw  need  repairing. 

Washington-street    Bridges    (over    Boston    cj-    Albany    B.R. 
and  Providence  Division,  iV.  Y.,  iV.  21.  ^  H.  li.B.). 

The  present  bridge  over  the  B.  &  A.  R.R,  tracks  was  built 
in  1870,  excepting  the  sidewalk  girders  which  were  put  in 
place  in  1897.  During  the  past  year  the  south  abutment 
was  taken  down,  and  a  new  granite  pier  built,  three  feet 
wide.  The  old  bridge  was  moved  about  one  foot  southerly, 
and  raised  about  nine  inches. 


30  City  Document  No.  14. 

The  new  bridge  over  the  tracks  of  the  Providence  Divi- 
sion of  the  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  which  rests  at  its  north- 
erly end  on  the  new  pier,  is  a  through  plate-girder  bridge, 
consisting  of  four  lines  of  girders  six  feet  deep  and  fifty-four 
feet  span  over  all.  The  roadway  girders  are  spaced  thirty- 
three  feet  on  centres,  and  the  roadway  flooring  is  supported 
by  floor-beams  sixteen  and  one-quarter  inches  deep,  spaced 
thirteen  feet  on  centres.  The  flooring  consists  of  two 
courses  of  planking,  the  lower  one  being  four  inches  thick, 
and  the  upper  one  two  inches.  The  stringers  are  4  inches  by 
12  inches,  except  under  the  street-car  rails,  where  two  8 
inches  by  14  inches  are  used,  all  being  of  hard-pine  timber. 

West  Boston  Bridge  (^from  Boston  to  Cambridge'). 

This  is  a  wooden  pile  bridge,  with  a  wooden  turn-table 
draw.  The  bridge  was  originally  built  in  1792-93,  was 
rebuilt  in  1854,  and  repaired  in  1871 ;  it  is  in  the  care  of 
the  Commissioners  for  the  Boston  and  Cambridge  bridges. 
This  bridge  was  closed  to  travel  Oct.  19,  1899,  the  travel 
going  over  the  temporary  highway  bridge,  which  was  built 
in  1898-99  to  accommodate  the  travel  until  a  new  bridge 
should  be  built  to  replace  West  Boston  bridge.     See  page  171. 

West  Fourth-street  Bridge   (over   Old   Colony  Division,  New 
York,  New  Haven   ^  Hartford  R.RS). 

In  1893-94  the  grade  crossing  of  the  Old  Colony  Railroad 
on  this  street  was  abolished,  and  an  iron  bridge  built,  extend- 
ing from  the  end  of  Dover-street  bridge  at  the  South  Boston 
side  of  Fort  Point  channel  to  the  easterly  line  of  Foundry 
street.  The  surface  is  maintained  by  the  city,  the  rest  of 
the  structure  by  the  railroad  company.  The  sidewalk  plank- 
ing and  the  lower  planking  on  the  roadway  are  in  poor  con- 
dition, and  should  be  renewed  this  year.  The  ironwork 
needs  painting. 

West  Rutland-square  Foot-bridge   (over  Providence  Division, 
New   York,  New  Haven   ^   Hartford  R.R.).  I 

This  is  an  iron  foot-bridge,  built  in  1882;  it  is  now  in 
good  condition,  except  the  planking  which  should  be  renewed 
this  year. 

Western-avenue  Bridge  (from  Brighton  to   Cambridge). 

The  present  bridge  was  built  in  1879-80,  and  the  draw  in 
1891.  It  is  in  the  care  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  Boston 
and  Cambridge  bridges,  and  the  city  pays  one-half  the  cost 


Engineering  Department.  31 

of  maintenance.  The  Boston  Elevated  Railroad  Company 
put  a  second  track  across  the  bridge  in  the  fall,  adding  four 
new  draw  arms  and  renewing  the  headers ;  six  stringers  and 
the  cap  at  the  draw  landing  on  the  Boston  side,  the  planking 
on  the  Boston  half  of  the  draw,  and  some  of  the  roadway 
planking  were  also  renewed.  The  main  bridge  on  the 
Cambridge  side  is  in  good  condition ;  the  house  on  the 
Cambridge  pier  has  been  removed ;  the  planking  on  the  piers 
and  waterway  needs  repairing.  On  the  Boston  side,  some 
of  the  piling  needs  strengthening,  the  fender-guard  should  be 
rebuilt,  and  the  deck  plank  needs  renewal  in  part;  the  draw 
piers  are  too  short. 

Weste7-7i-avenue  Bridge  (^from  Brighton  to  Watertoivn). 

The  city  maintains  the  part  within  its  limits.  This  is  a 
wooden  pile  bridge,  with  an  iron  draw,  and  was  rebuilt  in 
1892-93.  The  Watertowu  end  of  the  bridge  has  been 
painted.  The  draw  and  its  bearings  should  be  adjusted,  and 
scupper-holes  should  be  made  in  the  flooring  of  the  draw 
foundation.  The  casting,  which  supports  the  screw  at  the 
end  bearing,  on  the  up-stream  end  on  the  Watertown  side,  is 
cracked. 

Winthrop  Bridge  (^from  Breed's  Island  to  Winthrop). 

This  is  a  pile  bridge  without  a  draw.  It  was  originally 
built  in  1839 ;  it  was  rebuilt  in  1851,  and  was  extensively 
repaired  in  1870.  This  is  an  old  bridge,  and  is  in  poor  con- 
dition ;  the  caps  need  additional  fastenings ;  a  few  bolsters 
and  stringers  need  strengthening,  and  some  new  piles  are 
needed  immediately  to  replace  others  that  have  been  destroyed 
by  the  limnoria.  The  fences  should  be  repaired,  and  the 
sidewalk  planking  should  be  renewed. 

Wood  Island  Bark  Foot-bridge. 

This  is  a  new  steel  foot-bridge,  built  during  the  years 
1898  and  1899,  and  connects  Prescott  street,  East  Boston, 
with  Wood  Island  Park,  spanning  the  tracks  of  the  Boston, 
Revere  Beach  &  Lynn  Railroad. 

A  flight  of  wooden  steps,  supported  by  iron  stringers  and 
columns,  leads  from  Prescott  street  to  the  bridge.  From  the 
top  of  this  flight  of  stairs  the  railroad  is  spanned  by  two 
riveted  double  triangular  trusses,  each  4  feet  6  inches  deep, 
33  feet  6  inches  long  and  spaced  8  feet  apart,  supported  at 
each  end  by  steel  columns  resting  on  stone  foundation  piers. 


32  City  Document  No.  14. 

The  rest  of  the  bridge  is  made  up  of  two  spans  of  10-inch 
steel  I-beams,  each  span  being  18  feet  7i  inches  long,  and 
supported  by  steel  columns  on  stone  foundations. 

The  flooring  consists  of  five-inch  steel  I-beams  each  11  feet 
3  inches  long,  laid  crosswise  of  the  bridge,  and  upon  these 
are  laid  the  one  and  one-half  inch  hard-pine  floor  plank.  An 
iron  gas-pipe  fence  is  built  the  entire  length  of  both  sides  of 
the  bridge,  and  there  are  two  electric  light  posts  at  each  end 
of  the  bridge. 

The  work  was  done  by  the  Boston  Bridge  Works ;  the 
total  cost  of  construction  heing  $3,126.90.  The  stone  piers 
need  pointing..    The  bridge  is  in  good  condition. 

Bridges  tvholly  Supported  by  Railroad  Corporations. 

The  bridges  maintained  by  the  several  railroad  companies 
are  in  good  or  fair  condition,  with  the  exceptions  noted. 

Most  of  the  railroad  bridges  over  the  Midland  Division, 
N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  in  South  Boston,  are  in  need  of 
repairs ;  the  stringers  should  be  examined  by  removing  the 
planking,  and  the  woodwork  should  be  renewed  where  neces- 
sary. Norfolk-street  bridge,  near  the  Dorchester  station, 
over  the  same  railroad,  has  been  repaired  in  part,  but  is  still 
in  poor  condition. 

Widths  of  Draw-Openings. 

The  widths  of  draw-openings  in  the  bridges  over  tide-water 
in  this  city  have  all  been  remeasured  for  this  report,  and  will 
be  found  in  Appendix  A. 


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SURVEYING   DIVISION. 


The  work  of  the  Surveying  Division  during  the  year 
ending  January  31, 1900,  has  been  of  the  usual  miscellaneous 
character. 

The  work  of  this  division  in  its  relation  to  the  Street 
Department  has  consisted  in  giving  lines  and  grades  on 
streets  under  construction  by  the  department. 

The  construction  of  Commonwealth  avenue  has  engaged 
the  attention  of  one  party  continuously  for  six  months.  The 
work  has  involved  an  entire  reconstruction  from  Warren 
street  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue,  including  two  roadways,  car 
reservation  and  grass-plot,  as  well  as  a  complete  system  of 
sewer  and  water-pipes.  The  work  is  nearly  completed,  except 
a  ledge  which  remains  to  be  blasted  out  near  Chiswick  road. 

Lines  and  grades  have  been  furnished  for  the  construction 
of  Talbot  avenue,  which  is  now  completed.  Some  work  has 
been  done  on  Blue  Hill  avenue,  between  Walk  Hill  street 
and  Mattapan. 

Two  hundred  and  six  petitions  to  lay  artificial  stone  side- 
walks have  been  reported  upon  to  the  Superintendent  of 
Streets. 

The  amount  of  edgestone  required  for  one  hundred  and 
forty-nine  estates  has  been  furnished  to  the  Paving  Division. 

In  seventy-three  cases  the  Paving  Division  has  been 
notified  of  the  necessity  of  resetting  edgestone  on  account  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalks  to  be  laid. 

Forty-two  petitions  for  permits  to  construct  coal-holes, 
bulkheads,  and  sidewalk  areas  have  been  examined  and 
reported  upon  to  the  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

Ninety-one  petitions,  calling  for  eighty-seven  catch-basins, 
were  referred  by  the  Sewer  Division  and  reported  upon. 

Locations  were  furnished  the  Sewer  Division  for  construc- 
tion purposes  of  nine  hundred  and  forty- three  catch-basins 
on  one  hundred  and  sixty  different  streets. 

Some  of  the  more  important  surveys  and  plans  made  for 
the  Street  Commissioners,  are  as  follows :  Morton  street 
widening  to  eighty  feet,  from  Canterbury  street.  West  Rox- 
bury,  to  a  point  near  Sanford  street,  Dorchester;  Walnut 
avenue  widenmg,  from  Columbus  avenue  to  Sigourney 
street;  Cambridge  street,   Brighton,   a  widening   to   eighty 


84  City  Document  No.  14. 

feet,  from  Union  square  to  Washington  street ;  Rutherford 
avenue,  Charlestown,  from  Chapman  street  to  City  square, 
including  Devens  and  Bow  streets,  making  a  sixty-foot 
street ;  Alford  street,  from  the  Charlestown  playground  to 
the  Everett  line,  including  the  Maiden  bridge  widening,  to 
sixty  feet ;  Atlantic-avenue  extension,  from  Kneeland  street 
over  the  Terminal  grounds,  and  the  Fort  Point  Channel  to 
Dorchester  avenue. 

An  assessment  plan  of  Huntington  avenue  has  been  pre- 
pared, covering  the  entire  length  from  Copley  square  to  the 
Brookline  line. 

The  location  and  grades  of  twenty  private  streets  submitted 
to  the  Street  Commissioners  by  property  owners,  asking  for 
permission  to  open  the  same  into  ]3ublic  ways,  were  examined 
and  favorably  reported  upon. 

Two  hundred  and  three  plans  and  profiles  representing  a 
total  length  of  twenty-five  and  seven-tenth  miles,  showing 
1,085  buildings,  property  owners'  names,  established  grades, 
areas  of  land  taken  or  to  be  taken  for  street  widenings  or 
relocations,  public  alleys,  etc.,  were  completed  for  the  Street 
Laying-out  Department. 

Plans  were  made  of  the  streets  centreing  near  the  new 
Charlestown  bridge,  for  the  purpose  of  revising  the  grades 
affected  by  the  approach  to  the  bridge  on  the  Boston  side. 

Plans  and  profiles  were  made  of  Wheeler  street,  Corning 
street,  Kirkland  street.  Porter  street,  and  Pleasant  street,  in 
Boston  proper,  and  Dana  street,  Zeigler  street,  Warren  street 
and  Dudley  street  in  Roxbury,  for  the  purpose  of  revising 
their  grades  necessitated  by  the  construction  of  the  elevated 
railroad. 

Plans  are  now  in  progress  for  the  purpose  of  revising 
grades  in  connection  with  the  change  of  location  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad,  between  Dartmouth 
street  and  the  South  Terminal. 

Acting  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  426  of  the  Acts  of 
1897  and  amendments  thereto,  three  surveying  parties  have 
been  engaged  in  preparing  plans  for  brook  and  sewer  takmgs. 

These  plans  cover  a  total  length  of  about  16,000  feet,  or 
three  miles. 

About  four  miles  of  takings  made  in  former  years  have 
been  staked  out  during  the  year. 

The  division  has  been  called  upon  to  give  lines  and  grades 
for  the  building  of  walls  around  Franklin  Park  and  the 
Arnold  arboretum. 

Other  work  for  the  Park  Department  includes  a  survey  of 
land  takings  for  an  addition  to  Chestnut  Hill  Park,  Brighton, 


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and  a  survey  of  Jeffries  Point,  East  Boston,  for  a  proposed 
playground. 

The  work  of  the  Street  Watering  Division  of  the  Street 
Department  has  been  extended  over  the  whole  city,  for  the 
purpose  of  which  the  frontages  of  eleven  thousand  and  eighty 
estates,  covering  a  distance  of  two  hundred  and  sixteen 
miles,  have  been  furnished  by  this  division. 

Surveys  and  plans  have  been  made  for  school  purposes  for 
the  taking  of  land  for  additions  to  the  Hancock  School,  in 
Boston  proper,  and  the  Warren  School,  in  Charlestown;  also 
for  new  school  lots  on  Parker  street,  Roxbury,  and  Morton 
street,  at  the  corner  of  Norfolk  street,  Dorchester, 

Plans  involving  surveys  for  other  public  purposes,  include 
an  engine-house  lot,  on  Warren  avenue,  Boston  proper ;  a 
bath-house  lot,  on  Magnolia  street,  Dorchester,  and  an  addi- 
tion to  the  South  ferry,  on  Lewis  street.  East  Boston. 

Acting  under  authority  of  chapter  433  of  the  Acts  of 
1899  (which  requires  that  the  Street  Commissioners  shall 
forthwith,  after  passing  an  order  to  lay-out  and  construct  a 
public  highway,  estimate  the  value  of  any  benefit  and 
advantage,  beyond  a  general  advantage  to  all  real  estate  in 
said  city,  to  be  received  from  the  carrying  out  of  said  order 
by  so  much  of  the  several  parcels  of  land  as  is  situated  within 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  of  said  highway),  thirty- 
eight  estimate  plans  have  been  prepared  and  furnished  the 
Assessment  Division  of  the  Street  Laying-out  Department. 

A  complete  list,  giving  all  plans  made  during  the  year, 
will  be  found  in  the  Appendix. 

The  Boston  city  base  is  in  such  common  use  that  some- 
thing of  its  history  may  be  of  interest  at  this  time. 

The  earliest  reference  to  benches  which  we  have  is  found 
in  Suiwey  Book  No.  1,  dated  1851,  which  places  the  base  of 
"  city  water  levels  "  84.729  feet  below  the  coping  of  the 
dry  dock,  mean  low  water  14.7  feet  below  the  coping,  and 
marsh  level  5.089  feet  below  the  coping. 

Level  Book  22  contains  levels  to  establish  bench  marks  in 
the  City  of  Boston,  commenced  May  18, 1854.  The  starting 
pomt  being  the  coping  of  the  "  dry  dock  in  the  Charlestown 
Navy  Yard  at  elevation  15.000,  on  the  west  end  of  the 
dock  right  side  of  centre  on  curved  stone  on  which  is  an 
inscription."  These  benches  established  in  1854  have  been 
in  use  ever  since  at  the  same  elevations.  This  base  was 
designated  as  mean  low  water  on  plans  made  by  the  city 
up  to  1878. 

Level  Book  31  (1855)  has  a  list  of  two  sets  of  benches, 
one  made  from  the  old  base  and  one  from  the  new  base. 


36  City  Document  No.  14. 

There  is  nothing  there  shown  to  give  the  relation  of  the  two 
bases,  the  points  not  being  identical.  In  Book  22  we  find 
levels  taken  on  the  old  benches,  making  them  from  0.06  to 
0.13  lower  than  the  heights  given  in  the  old  list. 

In  1878  the  benches  in  the  City  Proper  were  compared. 
They  were  found  to  be  in  substantial  agreement.  The  dry 
dock  bench  at  entrance  was  also  compared  with  city  base, 
and  was  found  to  be  grade  15.33  city  base.  A  second 
bench  on  the  dry  dock,  on  the  westerly  side  over  arrow  cut, 
in  the  face  of  wall,  was  found  to  be  grade  15.14.  The  north- 
west end  of  the  dry  dock  was  made  grade  15.13.  United 
States  Coast  Survey  Report,  1870,  page  93,  gives  the  height 
of  the  dry  dock  bench  above  mean  low  water  as  14,69  and 
4.89  above  mean  high  water.  These  figures  make  the 
mean  rise  and  fall  of  tides  as  9.80.  Boston  city  base  thus 
appears  to  be  0.64  below  mean  low  water  (15.33  minus 
14.69  equals  0.64)  and  5.54  below  mean  sea  level  (4.90  plus 
0.64  equals  5.54).  The  result  of  these  levels  was  to  change 
the  designation  of  the  Boston  datum  plane  from  mean  low 
water  to  city  base. 

The  effect  of  establishing  benches  upon  buildings  erected 
on  made  land  is  shown  by  a  series  of  tests  upon  a  bench 
established  upon  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts. 

In  1886  the  bench  at  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts  was  estab- 
lished from  the  original  line  of  benches  on  Pleasant  street  at 
grade  20.297.  This  bench  is  on  made  land  in  the  Back  Bay 
district,  the  building  resting  on  piles. 

About  1895  a  careful  line  of  levels  was  run  from  the  old 
benches,  for  the  State  Metropolitan  Water  Board,  touching 
on  the  bench  at  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  which  made  it 
grade  20.215,  an  apparent  settlement  of  0.082  in  nine  years 
(.009  per  year). 

In  June,  1893,  a  line  of  levels  was  started  by  the  State 
Topographical  Survey  from  this  bench  taking  it  to  be  20.297 
above  city  base  or  14.737  above  mean  sea  level,  obtained  by 
subtracting  5.56  from  city  base. 

As  something,  which  may  have  a  bearing  on  this  subject,  it 
may  be  stated  that  it  is  understood  that  the  Harbor  and 
Land  Commissioners  use  a  mean  low  water,  which  is  0.38 
above  city  base. 

In  connection  with  the  Surveying  Division  there  have  been 
2,762  titles  examined,  1,550  deeds  and  458  plans  copied  from 
the  Registry  of  Deeds. 

The  following  list  gives  the  number  of  orders  attended  to 
for  property  owners,  builders,  and  the  various  city  depart- 
ments, from  February  1,  1899,  to  February  1,  1900: 


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Street  lines  given      ....... 

566 

Street  grades  given 

390 

Street  Department,  Paving  Division  . 

2,008 

Street  Department,  Sewer  Division    . 

675 

Street  Department,  Street  Watering  Division     . 

3 

Buildings  Department 

103 

Public  Buildings  Department    .... 

53 

Public  Grounds  Department      .... 

5 

Law  Department       ...... 

92 

Street  Comnissioners         ..... 

229 

Engineering  Department  ..... 

285 

Engineering  Department,  Architectural  Division 

3 

Park  Department      ...... 

33 

Water  Department   ...... 

4 

Board  of  Health 

3 

City  Hospital  Department         .... 

2 

Police  Department    ...... 

1 

Fire  Department       ...... 

4 

Cemetery  Department        ..... 

6 

School  Committee     ...... 

1 

Mayor  and  City  Council 

2 

Total 

4,468 

Twenty-four  hundred  and  ninety-six  blue  prints  have  been 
made  during  the  year. 

List  of  plans  for  sewerage  works  made  during  the  year 
ending  January  31,  1900  : 

Plans  for  Brook  Takings. 

Dorchester. 

Length  in  feet 

Avondale  place,  from  Richmond  street  to  Dorchester 

avenue  ........    1,620 

Bernard  street  and  Southern  avenue  branch  of  Stony 

brook 1,100 

Canterbury   branch    of    Stony   brook,    from    Lauriat 

avenue  to  Callender  street     .  .  .  .  .315 

Mattapan  brook,  from  Blue  Hill  avenue  and  River 

street  to  Neponset  river         .....         88 


Carried  forward 


.    3,123 


38  City  Docu^ient  No.  14. 

West  Roxhury. 

Length  In  feet. 

Brought  forward       .         .         .         .         .         .3,123 

Pleasant  street,  near  Dent  street        ....       534 

Stony  brook,  from  Boylston   station   to    Sturtevant 

Blower  Works 1,260 

Brighton. 

Corey  road,  from  Corey  road  to  Brookline  line  .         .       140 
Harvard  avenue,  from  Harvard  avenue  across  Com- 
monwealth avenue  to  Harvard  avenue    .         .         .       350 
Faneuil  Valley  brook,  from   Oak  square  avenue  to 

Oakland  street 646 


Total 6,053 

Plans  for  Sewer  Takings. 

Dorchester. 

Bernard  street,  from  Lauriat  avenue  to  Talbot  avenue,    1,565 

Roxhuri/. 

Ellingwood  street,  from  Fisher  avenue  to  Ellingwood 

street 170 

Prentiss  place,  from  Prentiss  place  to  Lamont  street .       160 

West  Roxhury. 

Parley  Vale  Outlet,  from  Parley  Vale  street  to  St. 

John  street 236 

East  Boston. 

Condor  street,  from  Condor  street  to  low  water  .       400 

East  Boston  low  level  sewer,  from  Metropolitan  pump- 

ing-station  and  Belle  Isle  Inlet  at  Revere  line         .    7,200 


Total 9,731 


Engineering  Department. 


39 


The  following  table  gives  the  monthly  amounts  of  paving 
work  measured  by  the  Surveying  Division  of  the  Engineering 
Department  for  the  year  ending  January  31,  1900  : 


EKPh 


February 

March 

April , 

May 

June 

July , 

August , 

September  — 

October 

November  ... 
December. . . . 
January,  19U0 

Total 


None 
None 

5,923 
13,340 
11,660 

4,386 

9,078 
13,883 
10,918 
12,918 

4,177 
71 


None 
None 
8,566 
6,715 
6,144 
5,334 
7,302 
7,978 
7,562 
9,634 
1,544 
•24 


None 

None 

993 

2,801 

457 
1,250 
1,643 
3,015 
3,664 
649 
152 


None 
None 
2,651 
8,202 
4,206 
2,039 
4,813 
10,376 

8,228 
1,742 


None 
None 
281 
426 
1,726 
1,453 
3,923 
1,095 
1,578 
2,544 
1,195 


None 
None 


None 
None 


86,354 


1,803 


17,323 


The  following  table  gives  the  amounts  of  paving  work  meas- 
ured by  the  Surveying  Division  of  the  Engineering  Depart- 
ment for  the  year  ending  January  31,  1900,  by  districts : 


o  g 
II 

IP. 

ill! 

03 

11 

iil 

CO 

—  ^ 

161 
4,225 

Boston  Proper 

9,007 
7,249 
3,882 
11,895 
49,978 

1,616 

6,552 
1,809 
4,258 
8,814 

25,974 
913 

12,483 

538 
2.703 
78 
1,495 
8,192 
3,484 

833 

4,995 
8,164 
3,660 
4,170 
25,.560 
1,204 
1,193 

16 

East  Boston 

South  Boston 

120 
4,767 
3,058 

922 

968 

754 

32 
3 

Dorchester 

Roxbury 

WestRoxbury 

Total 

86,354 

60,803 

17,323 

48,946 

14,221 

789 

40 


City  Document  No.  14. 


The  following  table  gives  the  comparative  annual  amounts 
of  paving  work  measured  by  the  Surveying  Division  of  the 
Engineering  Department,  for  six  years : 


Year    Ending 

jANUAURr  31. 

1' 

Square    Yards 
Block  -  stone 
Paving    and 
Crossings. 

^1^ 

"25 
IP 

IB 

ill 

|o6 

1895 

23,487 
129,383 
120,168 
154,718 
76,991 
86,354 

12,007 
60,472 
64,952 
100,414 
56,541 
60,803 

5,175 
32,940 
24,976 
36,658 
14,249 
17,323 

6,168 
68,701 
68,178 
94,003 
43,930 
48,946 

3,962 
12,296 
13,471 
13,599 
11,652 
14,221 

11,738 

183 

2,971 

4,019 

1,619 

789 

1,406 

1,297 

394 

1896     

1897 

1898 

27 

1899 

1900 

16 

As  a  matter  of  record,  the  following  list  is  given  of  the  work 
done  for  the  Paving  Division  of  the  Street  Department,  from 
February  1,  1899,  to  February  1,  1900: 


Boston  Proper. 

(North  of  Massachusetts  avenue.) 

Albany  street,  opposite  East  Canton  street.     Grade  for  edgestone. 

Albemarle  street,  south-westerly  side,  next  to  railroad.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone. 

Albemarle  street,  Nos.  17-19  and  at  Albemarle  Chambers.  Line 
and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Atlantic  avenue,  southerly  side,  near  Oliver  street.  Grade  for  edge- 
stone. 

Atlantic  avenue,  westerly  corner  Summer  street.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Atlantic  avenue,  northerly  corner  Essex  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Atlantic  avenue,  north-westerly  side,  Essex  to  East  street.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested  and  grade  for  inside. 

Barrett  street,  No.  14.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Beach  street,  opposite  Knapp  street.  Levels  on  edgestone,  side- 
walk, etc. 

Beacon  street,  at  Hotel  Bellevue.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade 
for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Beacon  street,  Arlington  street  to  No.  133.  Measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Beacon  street,  No.  422.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for 
inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 


ENGrNEERING    DEPARTMENT.  41 

Beacon  street,  westerly  corner  Hereford-street  extension.  Grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  edgestoue,  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Beacon  street,  Nos.  456-458.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Beacon  street,  Nos.  479-481.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice, 
grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Beacon  street,  easterly  corner  Massachusetts  avenue.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Bedford  street,  easterly  corner  Washington  street.  Levels  on  edge- 
stone. 

Belvidere  street,  westerly  corner  Dalton  street.  Grade  for  edge- 
stone. 

Belvidere  street,  northerly  side,  Dalton  street  to  Bothnia  street. 
Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Beverley  street,  No.  78.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade 
for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  in- 
side, and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Blackwood  street,  Nos.  13-15.  Grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Boylston  street.  No.  160.  Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade,  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Boylston  street,  Arlington  street  to  Berkeley  street.  Measurement 
of  gutter  paving. 

Broad  street.  Central  street  to  Milk  street.  Plan  and  profile  for  pro- 
posed grade. 

Broad  street.  No.  36.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Buckingham  street,  northerly  corner  Columbus  avenue.  Grade  for 
bulkhead. 

Cambridge  street.  No.  8.     Grade  for  bulkhead. 

Camhridge  street,  No.  25.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade 
for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Camhridge  street.  No.  158.     Levels  to  test  edgestone,  and  bulkhead. 

Canal  street,  southerly  corner  Causeway  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Canal  street,  westerly  corner  Market  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Castle  street,  corner  Washington  street.  Measurements  and  levels 
to  test  edgestone,  etc. 

Causeicay  street,  Beverley  street  to  Medford  street.  Plan  showing 
edgestone,  tracks,  etc.,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  road- 
way, and  sidewalk  paving. 

Charleftown  street.  No.  132.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for 
inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Uiauncy  street,  easterly  corner  Essex  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Clinton  street,  northerly  side  Merchants  row  to  Blackstone  street. 
Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Clinton  street.  No.  12.     Grade  for  area  in  sidewalk. 


42  City  Document  No.  14. 

Clinton  street,  northerly  corner  Commercial  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  in- 
side, and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Columbus  avenue,  easterly  side.  Chandler  street  to  Clarendon  street. 
Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Columbus  avenue,  northerly  corner  Wellington  street.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Commercial  street.  Prince  street  to  Hull  street.  Plan  showing  edge- 
stone, tracks,  etc.,  measurement  of  edgestone,  roadway,  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Court  square,  south-westerly  corner  Court  street.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested  and  grade  for  inside. 

Court  street,  south-westerly  corner  Court  square.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  and  grade  for  inside. 

Dalton  street,  westerly  corner  Belvidere  street.  Grade  for  edgestone, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Dartmouth  street,  Columbus  avenue  to  Warren  avenue.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  roadway, 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Dundee  street,  N"©.  27.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested  and 
grade  for  inside. 

Dundee  street,  jSTo.  47.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested  and 
measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

JEast  street,  northerly  corner  Atlantic  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and  grade  for  in- 
side. 

Eliot  street,  south-westerly  corner  Tremont  street.  Grade  for  side- 
walk tested  for  coal  hole. 

Essex  street,  easterly  corner  Chauncy  street.  Grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Essex  street,  westerly  corner  South  street.  Line  and  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Essex  street,  westerly  corner  Atlantic  avenue.  Grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Essex  street,  westerly  corner  Atlantic  avenue.  Grade  of  edgestone 
tested  and  grade  for  inside. 

Exchange  street,  easterly  side.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Exchange  street,  easterly  side,  near  Dock  square.  Grade  for  area  in 
sidewalk. 

Exeter  street,  easterly  corner  Marlboro'  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Fairfield  street,  westerly  corner  Commonwealth  avenue.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for  edgestone,  revised  grade  for 
edgestone,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  pav- 
ing. 

Friend  street,  Sudbury  street  to  Washington  street.  Plan  and  profile 
for  proposed  gi-ade. 

Friend  street,  north-easterly  side,  Sudbury  street  to  Washington 
street.     Grade  for  edgestone. 

Fulton  street,  opposite  John  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of 
sideAvalk  paving. 

Hammond  avenue.    Grade  for  sidewalk. 


Engineering  Department.  45 

Rarcourt  street,  north-easterly  side.  Measurement  of  edgestone, 
gutter,  driveway,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Harris  street,  measurement  of  roadway  paving. 

Hereford  street,  south-westerly  corner  Commonwealth  avenue. 
Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

High-street  place,  south-westerly  corner  Matthew  street.  Grade  for 
bulkhead. 

Hollis  street,  south-easterly  corner  Tremont  street.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested  twice,  revised  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for  in- 
side, and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

India  street,  Nos.  72-74.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement 
of  sidewalk  paving. 

John  street,  jSTos.  13  to  27.  Grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Joy  street,  from  Myrtle  street  north.  Plan  and  profile  for  proposed 
grade. 

Kneeland  street,  Kos.  16-18.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice, 
grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Lancaster  street,  No.  34.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested  and  grade  for 
inside. 

Marlboro''  street,  No.  409.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice,  grade 
for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Mason  street,  rear  of  Adams  House.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Massachusetts  avenue,  easterly  corner  Beacon  street.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  edge- 
stone, roadway  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Medford  street,  north-easterly  side.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone 
and  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested. 

Merrimac  street,  Nos.  114  to  126.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade 
for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  in- 
side, and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Motte  street,  southerly  corner  Washington  street.  Grade  for  bulk- 
head. 

Myrtle  street,  Joy  street  to  South  Kussell  street.  Plan  and  profile 
for  proposed  grade. 

Nevihury  street,  north-easterly  side,  near  Hereford  street.  Grade 
for  edgestone. 

North  street,  No.  26.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Ohio  street,  near  northerly  corner  Washington  street.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested. 

Oliver  street,  south-west  side,  near  Milk  street.     Grade  for  sidewalk. 

Public  Alley,  No.  414,  north-east  corner  Massachusetts  avenue. 
Grade  of  edgestone  and  sidewalk  tested  and  measurement  of 
sidewalk  paving. 

Pvhlic  Alley,  No.  JfSO,  north-west  corner  Hereford  street.  Grade  of 
edgstone  tested  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

St.  Germain  street,  Nos.  37  and  39.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and  grade  for 
inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 


44  City  Document  No.  14. 

School  street,  'No.  40.     Grade   for   edgestone,  grade   of    edgestone 

tested  aud  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 
Scotia  street,  Nos.  15-16.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 
Snowhill  street,  easterly  corner  Prince  street.     Plan  and  profile   for 
proposed  grade,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone  tested 
and  grade  for  bulkhead. 

South  street,  north-westerly  side,  Essex  to  Tufts  street.  Line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement 
of  sidewalk  paving. 

South  Cedar  place,  measurement  of  edgestone,  roadway  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Summer  street,  No.  73.  Grade  of  edgestone  and  sidewalk  tested 
and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Summer  street,  No.  175.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Sunwier  street,  westerley  corner  Atlantic  avenue.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Tremont  street,  at  No.  175.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Tremont  street,  at  No.  176.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice,  grade 
for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Tremont  street,  south-easterly  corner  Hollis  street.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested  twice,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Tufts  street,  northerly  corner  South  street.  Line  and  grade  of  edge- 
tone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Tyler  street,  northerly  corner  Curve  street.     Grade  for  bulkhead. 

Village  street,  Compton  street  to  Dover  street.  Plan  and  profile  for 
proposed  grade. 

Village  street,  No.  80.     Grade  for  bulkhead. 

Walnut  street.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Walnut  street,  Nos.  4-6.  Grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Washington  street.  No.  324.     Grade  for  sidewalk  tested. 

Washington  street,  north-westerly  side.  Winter  street  to  Bromfield 
street.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Washington  street,  easterly  corner  Bedford  street.  Levels  on  side- 
walk to  test  grade. 

Washington  street.  No.  625.     Levels  to  test  sidewalk. 

Water  street.  Congress  street  to  Kilby  street.  Plan  and  profile  for 
proposed  grade. 

Water  street.  No.  85.  Grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Wellington  street,  northerley  corner  Columbus  avenue.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  edgestone,  and  measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

West  street,  westerly  corner  Washington  street.  Grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  edgestone,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

West  Newton  street,  Washington  street  to  Shawmut  avenue.  Plan 
and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

West  Newton  street,  Huntington  avenue  to  railroad.  Measurement 
of  gutter  and  crosswalk  paving. 

Winchester  street.  Pleasant  street  to  Church  street.  Plan  and  profile 
for  proposed  grade. 

Winchester  street.  Pleasant  street  to  Ferdinand  street.  Grade  for 
edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  roadway  and  sidewalk 
paving. 


Engikeetiing  Department.  45 


South  Boston, 


Congress  street,  at  I^ew  England  Kailroad.     Limit  of  repaying  fixed. 

Congress  street,  at  'New  England  Railroad.     Paving  measured. 

East  Fifth  street,  northerly  side,  H  street  to  G  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  setting  edgestone. 

East  Ninth  street,  Nos.  255-263.  Line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk  and  steel-bound  edgestone,  and  edgestone  tested  for 
line  and  grade  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk  measurement. 

East  Second  street,  Ko.  728.      Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

East  Seventh  street,  No.  667.     Edgestone  tested  for  line  and  grade. 

East  Sixth  Street,  !Nos.  422-424.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edge- 
stone. 

East  Third  street,  Nos.  472-476.  Estimate  furnished  for  amount  of 
edgestone  required,  and  line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

East  Third  street,  No.  477.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

East  Third  street.  No.  571.  Estimate  furnished  for  amount  of  edge- 
stone required. 

East  Third  street,  No.  740.      Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestones. 

Mercer  street,  Nos.  73-75.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Mercer  street,  Nos.  81-83.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Middle  street,  Nos.  66-68.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Peters  street,  Nos.  9-11.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Story  street,  Nos.  2-4.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Story  street,  Nos.  6-8.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Vale  street,  Nos.  6-8.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone  and 
edgestone  tested  for  line  and  grade,  and  measurement  of  edge- 
stone and  sidewalk  paving. 

Vale  street,  Nos.  9-11.  Curb  tested  for  line  and  grade  for  artificial 
stone  sidewalk  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

W.  Broadway,  No.  322.  Edgestone  tested  for  line  and  grade  for 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

W.  Seventh  street,  E  street  to  Dorchester  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
resetting  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter, 
crossing,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

W.  Third  street,  B  street  to  D  street.  Measurements  and  levels  on 
edgestone,  line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter,  crossing,  and  sidewalk  paving. 


East  Boston. 

Bennington  street,  No.  432.     Measurement  of  crossings. 

BlacMnton  street,  westerly  side,  at  Leyden  street.  Measurement  of 
sidewalk  paving. 

Bremen  street,  at  Prescott  street.     Measurement  of  gutter. 

Bremen  street.  No.  294.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Bremen  street,  Nos.  310-312.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edge- 
stone, and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Bremen  street.  No.  418.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Brooks  street,  at  Morris  street.  Measurement  of  gutter  and  crossing 
paving. 

Brooks  street,  between  Paris  street  and  Morris  street.  Measurement 
of  gutter  paving. 


46  City  Document  No.  14. 

Brooks  street,  at  Paris  street.  Measurement  of  gutter  and  crossing 
paving. 

Condor  street,  south-easterly  corner  Meridian  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  setting  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Everett  street,  northerly  side,  between  Cottage  street  and  Lamson 
street.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Marion  street,  Nos.  249-251-253.  Line  and  grade  for  setting 
edgestone. 

Maverick  street,  between  Cottage  street  and  Orleans  street.  Line 
and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Maverick  street,  Nos.  90-92.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Maverick  street,  Nos.  210  to  212.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edge- 
stone and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Morris  street,  northerly  side,  between  Brooks  street  and  Putnam 
street.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Morris  street,  IS'o.  15.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Morris  street,  No.  50.     Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone. 

Morris  street,  No.  71.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Pans  street,  northerly  side,  at  Brooks  street.  Measurement  of  gutter 
and  crossing  paving. 

Paris  street,  No.  136.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Paris  street,  No.  166.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Prescott  street,  between  Saratoga  street  and  Trenton  street.  Measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter,  crossing,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Princeton  street,  between  Meridian  street  and  Prescott  street.  Meas- 
urements and  levels  on  edgestone,  line  and  grade  for  setting 
edgestone,  and  measurements  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway, 
crossing,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Shelby  street,  Nos.  4-8-10.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Shelby  street,  Nos.  12-14-16-18.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edge- 
stone and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

W.  Eagle  street,  No.  88.  Line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

White  street,  northerly  side,  between  Brooks  street  and  Putnam 
street.     Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Charlestown. 

■Chelsea  street,  northerly  side,  corner  Prospect  street.  Graae  of  edge- 
stone tested,  line  and  grade  for  setting  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Prospect  street,  easterly  side,  corner  Chelsea  street.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

EOXBURY. 

(South  of  Massachusetts  avenue.) 

Abbotsford  street,  grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for  edge- 
stone, grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  47 

Ahbotsford  street,  No.  14.  Line  a.nd  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Atherton  street,  westerly  corner  Amory  street.  Measurement  of 
gutter  paving. 

Bartlett  street,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Batchelder  street,  westerly  corner  Marsbfield  street.  Measurement 
of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Batchelder  street,  easterly  corner  Burrell  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Bay  tState  road,  Nos.  43  to  49.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Bay  State  road.  No.  71.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested  and  line  and 
grade  for  edgestone. 

Bay  State  road,  119.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for 
edgestone,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Beacon  street,  Nos.  510,  514,  516.     Measurement  for  assessments. 

Beacon  street,  south-easterly  side,  near  Brookline  avenue.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested  twice,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for 
inside,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Beacon  street,  Nos.  817,  819.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Beacon  street,  easterly  corner  St.  Mary's  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Beech  Glen  street,  at  Highland  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone, 
gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Bickford  street,  Nos.  10  to  16.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Blanehard  street,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  westerly  side,  near  Dudley  street.  Grade  for 
bulkhead. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  easterly  corner  Huckins  street.  Grade  of  edge- 
stone tested. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  Nos.  318,  320.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  southerly  corner  Brunswick  street.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade 
for  inside,  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  northerly  corner  Warren  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  road- 
way paving. 

Boylston  street,  Boylston  road  to  Brookline  avenue.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  cross- 
walk paving. 

Brook  avenue,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Brookline  avenue,  north-westerly  side,  near  Beacon  street.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade 
for  inside,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Burke  street,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  crosswalk  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Burrell  street,  westerly  corner  Norfolk  avenue.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  and  gutter  leaving. 


48  City  Document  No.  14. 

Burrell  street^  Nos.  79,  83,  90.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and 
gutter  paving. 

Burrell  street,  easterly  corner  Batchelder  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Calumet  street,  Tremont  street  to  Pequot  street,  westerly  side. 
Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Calumet  street,  Nos.  4  to  34.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Calumet  street.  No.  51.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Calumet  street,  No.  80.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Calumet  street,  No.  102.     Measurement  of  crosswalk  paving. 

Carmel  street,  southerly  corner  Tremont  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Cedar  street,  north-easterly  side,  Thornton  street  to  Washington 
street.     Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Cedar  street,  north-easterly  side.  Highland  street  to  Lambert  avenue. 
Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Centre  street.  No.  119.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade 
for  inside,  and  measurement  of  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Centre  street,  southerly  corner  Lamartine  street.  Measurement  of 
sidewalk  paving. 

Centre  street,  Nos.  337-339.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Centre  street.  No.  354.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Centre  street,  easterly  corner  Forbes  street.  Measurement  of  edge- 
stone and  gutter  paving. 

Cheney  street,  easterly  corner  Hartwell  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Cheney  street,  north-easterly  side,  Montana  street  to  Elm  Hill  avenue. 
Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Cohden  street.  No.  27.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Columbus  avenue,  easterly  corner  Coventry  street.  Measurement  of 
sidewalk  paving. 

Columbus  avenue,  south-easterly  side,  from  Riverside  street.  Grade 
of  edgestone  tested. 

Cohimbus  avenue,  south-easterly  corner  Ruggles  street.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  edgestone  twice  and  measurement 
of  edgestone  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Columhus  avenue,  northerly  corner  West  Walnut  park.  Line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for 
inside,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Copelaiul  street,  Louise  park  to  Warren  street.  Protile  for  revised 
grade. 

Copeland  street,  Nos.  2G  to  34.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  X'e- 
vised  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Crawford  street,  south-westerly  side.  Elm  Hill  avenue  to  Warren 
street.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Cra^vford  street,  both  sides  of  Humboldt  avenue.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Crawford  street,  Nos.  96  to  100.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  sidewalk  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  49 

Creighton  street,  ^os.  47  to  59.  Measurement  of  driveway  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Day  street,  north-easterly  corner  Round  Hill  street.  Line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Dennis  street,  Nos.  15  to  25.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Dennis  street,  westerly  corner  Moreland  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Dorr  street,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Dudley  street,  Adams  street  to  Mt.  Pleasant  avenue.  Measurement 
of  edgestone,  roadway,  driveway  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Edgewood  street,  Nos.  3  to  9.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and 
grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade 
for  inside,  and  measurement  of  driveway  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Eliot  square,  southerly  side,  Bartlett  street  to  Highland  street. 
Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Elm  Hill  avenue,  westerly  corner  Howland  street.  Measurement  for 
assessment. 

Elm  Hill  avenue,  south-easterly  side,  Crawford  street  to  Georgia 
street.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Elm  Hill  avenue,  IS'os.  89-95.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Fisher  avenue.  No.  28  to  Parker  street.  Measurement  of  gutter 
paving. 

Fisher  avenue,  Nos.  12-16.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Fisher  avenue,  Nos.  30-50.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Fisher  avenue.  No.  78.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Forbes  street,  No.  18  to  Centre  street.  Measurement  of  gutter  and 
crosswalk  paving. 

Fort  avenue.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveways,  and  side- 
walk paving. 

George  street,  No.  91.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Georgia  street,  north-easterly  side.  Elm  Hill  avenue  to  Hartwell 
street.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Georgia  street,  south-westerly  side.  Elm  Hill  avenue  to  Montana 
street.     Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  crosswalk  paving. 

Guild  row.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  roadway  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Guild  street,  south-westerly  side,  Thornton  street  to  Washington 
street.     Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Harrishof  street,  Humboldt  avenue  to  Harold  street.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Haskins  street,  north-westerly  side.  Measurement  of  edgestone, 
gutter,  driveway,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Hartwell  street,  easterly  corner  Cheney  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Hartwell  street,  Nos.  30-32.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of 
sidewalk  paving. 


50  City  Document  No.  14. 

Hartwell  street,  Cheney  street  to  Schuyler  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Heath  street,  Nos.  357-367.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  leaving. 

Heath  Mreet,  Nos.  331-353.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Heath  place,  ]S^os.  3-5.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Highland  avenue,  easterly  side.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Highland  street,  Eliot  square  to  Norfolk  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Highland  street,  north-westerly  side,  Morley  street  to  Lewis  park. 
Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Highland  street,  south-easterly  side.  Cedar  street  to  Dorr  street. 
Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Highland  street,  'No.  198  to  Hawthorn  street.  Measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Highland  street,  iSTos.  235-219.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Highland  Park  avenue.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  drive- 
way and  sidewalk  paving. 

Highland  Park  street,  north-west  side.  Measurement  of  edgestone, 
gutter  ane  sidewalk  paving. 

Hillside  street,  at  Calumet  street.    Measurement  of  crosswalk  paving. 

Hillside  street,  No.  180.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Hollander  street,  Nos.  15-31.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested  ;  line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Homestead  street,  Nos.  19-25.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving. 

Howland  street,  No.  29.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  edge- 
stone. 

Howland  street,  Nos.  29-31.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter, 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Hoxcland  street,  east  corner  Humboldt  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Huckins  street,  east  corner  Blue  Hill  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested  (twice),  grade 
for  inside,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Huckins  street,  No.  15  to  Blue  Hill  avenue.  Measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Huckins  street,  Nos.  17.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  measurement 
of  edgestone  and  gutter. 

Huckins  street,  Nos.  19-29.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  for  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Humboldt  avenue,  north  corner  Crawford  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Humboldt  avenue,  Crawford  street  to  Ruthven  street.  Measurement 
of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  51 

Humboldt  avenue,  No.  201.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  measurement  of  sidewalk  i)aving. 

Humboldt  avenue,  north  corner  Ruthven  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Humboldt  avenue,  north  corner  Seaver  street.     Grade  for  edgestone. 

Humboldt  avenue,  at  Seaver  street.  Plan  and  profile  for  revised 
gi-ade. 

Humboldt  avenue,  north-west  corner  Seaver  street.  Eevised  grade 
for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside, 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  paving. 

Hunneman  street,  east  corner  Washington  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  sidewalk. 

Hunneman  street,  near  west  corner  Fellows  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside,  measurement  of  gutter,  cross- 
walk, and  sidewalk  paving. 

Huntington  avenue,  Nos.  2.52-254.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and 
grade  for  inside,  measurement  of  edgestone,  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

fysivich  street,  north  corner  Boylston  street.     Grade  for  bulkhead. 

Jumper  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  crosswalk,  drive- 
way, and  sidewalk  paving. 

Kendall  street,  at  Tremont  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone, 
gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

King  street,  Nos.  18-24.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested  and 
grade  for  inside,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway, 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Kingsbury  street,  south  corner  Washington  street.  Measurement  of 
sidewalk  paving. 

Lamartine  street,  south  corner  Centre  street.  Measurement  of  cross- 
walk and  sidewalk  paving. 

Lambert  avenue.  Cedar  street  to  Dudley  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Laurel  street,  Nos.  19-27.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter, 
driveway,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Lawn  street,  easterly  end.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Lawn  street,  westerly  side  of  street,  easterly  corner  Heath  street. 
Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Lenox  street,  at  Tremont  street.     Measurement  of  roadway  paving. 

Lewis  park.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Linwood  square.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Linwood  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Mansur  street,  westerly  corner  Schiller  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Marshfield  street.  No.  32.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Massachusetts  avenue,  westerly  side,  near  Norway  street.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 


62  City  Document  No.  14. 

Mimlen  street,  easterly  corner  Heath  place.  Grade  of  edgestone 
tested  twice,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Montana  street,  southerly  and  westerly  corners  Georgia  street. 
Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and  sidewalk 
paving, 

Moreland  street,  south-easterly  corner  Warren  street.  Line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for 
inside  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Moreland  street,  westerly  corner  Dennis  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Munroe  street,  No.  76.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measurement 
of  edgestone,  gutter,  crosswalk,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Munroe  street,  No.  99.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Newhury  street,  north-easterly  corner  Charlesgate  east.  Measure- 
ment of  sidewalk  paving. 

Norfolk  avenue,  Shirley  street  to  Marshfield  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  roadway 
paving. 

Norfolk  avenue,  Nos.  164-166.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Norfolk  avenue,  No.  253.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Norfolk  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

North  avenue.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Northampton  street,  Columbus  avenue  to  railroad.  Grade  for  edge- 
stone. 

Northfield  street.  Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade,  grade  for 
edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  crosswalk 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Norway  street,  Nos.  102  to  108.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested 
twice,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for  inside  and 
measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Ottawa  street,  No.  30.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Parker  street,  Huntington  avenue  to  Ruggles  street.  Measurement 
of  edgestone,  roadway,  crosswalk  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Parker  street,  at  Fisher  avenue.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Queenshury  street,  westerly  corner  Audubon  road.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Band  street,  Nos.  28-30.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Eiverside  street,  northerly  corner  Tremont  street.  Line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested  and  grade  for  inside. 

Eockland  street,  No.  28  to  Walnut  avenue.  Measurement  of  gutter 
paving. 

Bound  Hill  street,  easterly  corner  Day  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Bound  Hill  street,  Day  street  to  Gay  Head  street.  Grade  for  edge- 
stone. 

Bound  Hill  street,  Nos.  47  to  57,  54  and  56.  Measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  53 

Rocchiiry  street,  Guild  Eow  to  Shawmut  avenue.  Measurement  of 
edgestone  roadway  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Buggies  street,  south  corner  Columbus  avenue.  Grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone  tested  and  grade 
for  inside,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Eiithven  street,  north  corner  Humboldt  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Buthven  street,  Nos.  144  and  148.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measure- 
ment of  sidewalk  paving. 

Buthven  street,  north-easterly  side.  Elm  Hill  avenue  to  Humboldt 
avenue.     Offsets  to  fix  line. 

Buthven  street,  No.  137.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Buthven  street,  ISTo.  153.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

St.  Stephen  street,  Gainsboro'  street  to  No.  86.  Grade  for  edge- 
stone, and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Schiller  street,  at  Mansur  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and 
gutter  paving. 

Schiller  street,  north-westerly  corner  Minden  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Schuyler  street,  Nos.  3  to  13.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Seaver  street,  at  Humboldt  avenue.  Plan  and  profile  of  gutter,  car 
tracks,  etc.,  for  revised  grade. 

Seaver  street,  northerly  corner  Humboldt  avenue.  Grade  for  edge- 
stone, line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and 
measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Thornton  street,  Guild  street  to  Cedar  square.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter,  crosswalk  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Tremont  street,  south-easterly  side,  Camden  street  to  Hammond 
street.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  roadway  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Tremont  street,  northerly  corner  Eiverside  street.  Line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested  and  grade  for  inside. 

Tremont  street,  St.  Alphonsus  street  to  Burney  street.  Plan  show- 
ing location  of  poles,  curb,  etc. 

Tremont  street,  southerly  corner  Carmel  street.  Line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested  twice,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  grade  for 
inside  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Tremont  street,  No.  1528.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gut- 
ter and  sidewalk  paving. 

Tremont  street,  opposite  Mission  Church.  Measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter,  crosswalk  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Tremont  street.  No.  1562.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  meas- 
urement of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Valentine  street,  easterly  corner  Fulda  street.  Proposed  change  in 
grade  marked. 


64  City  Document  No.  14. 

Vancouver  street,  north-westerly  side.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  driveway, 
gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Victor  street,  westerly  side.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Vine  street,  southerly  corner  Dudley  street.  Measurement  of  edge- 
stone, gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Waheno  street,  westerly  corner  Wyoming  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  in- 
side and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter,  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Wabeno  street,  !N'os.  11  to  17.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Wait  street,  Huntington  avenue  to  Pequot  street.  Measurement  of 
gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Walnut  avenue,  Kos.  80  to  94.  Measurement  of  gutter  and  crosswalk 
paving. 

Warren  place.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Warren  street,  south-westerly  corner  Moreland  street.  Grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of  side- 
walk paving. 

Warren  street,  Moreland  street  to  Winthrop  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  roadway  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Washington  street,  Nos.  2491  to  2497.  Measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Washington  street,  JSTos.  2450-2486.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  roadway  and 
sidewalk  paving. 

Washington  street,  liios.  2764-2766.  Grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  inside  and  measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Washington  street,  JTos.  2760  to  2780.  Measurement  of  edgestone, 
roadway,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Washington  street,  N"©.  2985.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Waumbeck  street,  ISTos.  73-75.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Waumhech  street,  Nos.  77-79.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Waumbeck  street,  No.  81.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside,  and  measurement 
of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

West  Cottage  street,  Dudley  street  to  Judson  street.  Measurement 
of  edgestone,  gutter,  driveway,  and  sidewalk  paving. 

West  Wahmt  Park,  northerly  corner  Columbus  avenue.  Measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Whitney  street,  Nos.  30-36.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Wyman  street,  Nos.  25-35.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Wyman  street,  Nos.  20,  78-80.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
grade  for  edgestone,  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  grade  for  inside 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  55 

Wyoming  street,  opposite  Wabeuo  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edge- 
stone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested  twice,  grade  for  in- 
side, and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk 
paving. 

Dorchester. 

Abbot  street,  Xo.  28.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk, 
line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Adams  street,  at  Tenean  creek.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Adams  street,  j^os.  128-136  and  373.  Line  and  grade  for  artificial 
steel-bound  curb,  line  and  curb,  line  and  grade  for  artificial 
stone  sidewalk,  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measure- 
ment of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Algonquin  street,  N'o.  30.  Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone, 
line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial 
stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk 
tested  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk  measured. 

Allston  street,  Nos.  4-6-8  and  corner  Centre  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and 
grade  Jfor  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  side- 
walk. 

Bellevue  street,  Xo.  10.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Bkhiell  street,  Xo.  50.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  side- 
walk, line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and 
measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  ISTos.  390-398.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and 
gutter  paving. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  near  Mattapan  street.  Line  and  grade  for  con- 
struction. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  from  Walkhill  street  to,  and  south  of,  railroad. 
Line  and  grade  for  construction. 

Boivdoin  avenue,  No.  101.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving,  brick  and  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Bowd.oin  street,  JTos.  304-308.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Brent  street,  Talbot  avenue  to  Washington  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  resetting  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  brick  paving. 

BrooJcford  street,  No.  45.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  and  brick  paving. 

Bullard  streei,  from  Bowdoin  street  to  Rosseter  street.  Measure- 
ment of  coal  tar  concrete. 

Burrell  street,  corner  Norfolk  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for  edge- 
stne,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  arti- 
ficial stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk 
tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Burrell  street,  Nos.  50-60.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 


66  City  Document  No.  14, 

Capen  street,  from  Norfolk  street  to  Evans  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  construction. 

Clarkson  street,  Nos.  75-79-81.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 
grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  side- 
walk, line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  meas- 
urement of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Clarkson  street,  No.  27.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Clarkson  street,  No.  67.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Clarkson  street,  No.  28.     Measurement  of  coal  tar  concrete. 

Columbia  road,  No.  572.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artifi- 
cial stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Columbia  road,  corner  Quincy  street.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade 
of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Columbia  road,  near  Dorchester  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for  artifi- 
cial stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk 
tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Crescent  avenue,  at  Sydney  street.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Crescent  avenue,  Nos.  20-25.     Measurement  of  brick  pavement. 

Dewey  street,  Nos.  51-57-61-63,  and  at  Howard  avenue.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and 
grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
paving  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Dorchester  avenue,  East  Cottage  street  to  Edison  Green.  Line  and 
grade  for  resetting  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone, 
gutter  paving  and  brick. 

Dorchester  avenue,  Nos.  865,  867.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial 
stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested, 
and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Dorchester  avenue,  No.  1221.     Measurement  of  roadway  paving. 

Dorchester  avenue,  Nos.  1851,  1849,  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and 
grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Dorchester  avenue.  No.  1500.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Dorchester  avenue,  Bailey  street  to  Fuller  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
resetting  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

East  Cottage  street,  No.  278.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
'  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  brick  paving. 

East  Cottage  street,  No.  47.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

East  Cottage  street,  corner  Batchelder  street.  Measurement  of  brick 
paving. 

East  Cottage  street,  at  Clifton  street.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Edson  street,  Nos.  15-17-27.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Eldon  street,  Washington  street  to  Bowdoin  avenue.  Measurement 
of  edgestone,  gutter  and  brick  paving. 

Elmo  street.  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Erie  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone,  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  57 

Fenelon  street,  Nos.  8-16  and  17.  Line  aud  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Folsom  street,  JSTos.  15-19.  Line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone-bound 
curb,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade 
of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Geneva  avenue,  at  Bowdoin  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  brick  paving. 

Gleamn  street,  Harvard  street  to  Bradshaw  street.  Measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter  and  brick  paving. 

Glendale  street,  No.  64,  and  corner  Columbia  road.  Line  and  grade 
for  edgestone,  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Gramjnan  ivay,  Howard  estate.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Greenbrier  street,  Nos.  24-32-42-46-50.  Line  aud  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and 
grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Hamilton  street,  No.  80.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Hamilton  street,  near  Bellevue  street  extension.  Line  and  grade  for 
resetting  edgestone. 

Hancock  street,  No.  227.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artifi- 
cial stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Harbor  View  street,  corner  Dorchester  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for 
resetting  edgestone,  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter. 

Harbor  View  street.  No.  14.  Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone, 
line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial 
stone  sidewalk,  line  aud  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Hartford  street,  Nos.  47-49.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Humphrey  street,  Nos.  16-18-20-22.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Kemvood  street,  Nos.  06-68.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

King  street.     Measurement  of  coal  tar  concrete. 

Magnolia  street,  at  Magnolia  square.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
line  and  grade  for  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial 
stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutters,  paving,  aud  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

McLellan  street,  between  Page  street  and  Fowler  street.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and 
grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
paving  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

McLellan  street,  and  Erie  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  aud  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  aud  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 


58  City  Document  No.  14. 

Michigan  avenue,  Nos.  29-33.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Morse  street,  No.  10.  Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Morse  street,  south-easterly  side,  from  Washington  street  to  Bowdoin 
avenue.  Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone,  line  and  grade 
of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk, 
line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Neponset  avenue,  No.  491  to  Bridge.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Neponset  avenue.  No.  125.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  and  meas- 
urement of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Neponset  avenue,  No.  192.  Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone, 
line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  and  line  and  grade  for 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Newport  atreet,  Nos.  10-12,  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Nightingale  street.  No.  26.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artifi- 
cial stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Norfolk  street,  near  Nelson  street.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Oakland  street,  near  Kiver  street.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Park  street,  Nos.  514-516.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Park  street,  No.  549.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and 
grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone. 

Pleasant  street,  between  Savin  Hill  avenue  and  Freeport  street. 
Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone. 

Qui7icy  street,  Nos.  132-148.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  and 
measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Quincy  street,  Nos.  364-366.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measure- 
ment of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Quincy  street.  No.  457.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  and  measure- 
ment of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Bichfield  street,  No.  12.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  and  measurement  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Richfield  street.  No.  63  to  Olney  street.  Line  and  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line 
and  gi-ade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measure- 
ment of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Rockwell  avemie,  and  Milton  avenue.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Bosedale  street,  No.  27.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement 
of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 


Engineering  Depaetment.  59 

Boslin  street,  No.  62.  Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestones  tested,  and  line  and  grade  for  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Bosseter  street,  No.  120.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Sagamore  street,  Nos.  35-37.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidevvalk  tested,  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Sargent  street,  Nos.  34-36.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Savin  Hill  avenue,  Nos.  71-73.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Savin  Hill  are»ue,  corner  Spring  street.  Line  and  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line 
and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement 
of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Savin  Hill  avenue,  Nos.  153-159.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and 
grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of 
edgestone,  gutter  paving,  and  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Sawyer  avenue,  Nos.  56-58.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

School  street,  south-westerly  corner  Washington  street.  Line  and 
grade  for  edgestone. 

Standish  street,  No.  43  to  Park  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edge- 
stone, line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for 
artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  side- 
walk tested,  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving,  and 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Stanwood  street.  Nos.  34-36-38.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested,  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Stanwood  street,  Nos.  151-153.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested  and 
measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  paving  and  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Stamvood  street,  Nos.  140-142.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone  and 
measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Sydney  street,  Nos.  103,  105,  107.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone 
and  measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  brick  paving. 

Talbot  avenue,  Nos.  2,  4,  6,  8,  10.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone 
and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Talbot  avenue,  Norfolk  street  to  Blue  Hill  avenue.  Line  and  grade 
for  construction  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Topliff  street,  corner  Longfellow  street.  Measurement  of  coal  tar 
concrete. 

Trull  street,  No.  23.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and 
grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk  tested  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  side- 
walk. 

Van  Winkle  street,  Carruth  street  to  Eandolph  terrace.  Line  and 
grade  for  resetting  edgestone,  and  edgestone  and  gutter  paving 
measured. 


60  City  Document  No.  14. 

Victor  street,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Virginia  street,  Nos.  54-56.     Measurement  of  brick  paving. 

Walcott  street,  'Nos.  7-15  and  46.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and 
grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested  and  measurement  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

JVales  street,  No.  16.  Line  and  grade  for  resetting  edgestone,  line 
and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone 
sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested  and 
measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Wales  street,  No.  26.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and 
grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  side- 
walk. 

Wales  street,  Nos.  25-27.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line 
and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  arti- 
ficial stone  sidewalk  tested  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Washington  street  and  Erie  street.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and 
grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested  and  measurement  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Washington  street  and  Columbia  road.  Measurement  of  crossing 
and  brick  paving. 

Washington  street,  corner  Koslin  street.  Line  and  grade  for  reset- 
ting edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  pav- 
ing. 

Washington  street.  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Glenarm  street.  Line  and 
grade  for  construction  and  measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Washington  street,  at  Dakota  street.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Washington  street,  Nos.  215-217.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and 
grade  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested  and  measurement  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Washington  street,  'No.  321.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of 
artificial  stone  sidewalk  tested  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Washington  street,  IsTos.  493-503.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  brick  paving. 

Washington  street,  Nos.  710-712.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested,  and  line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Waterlow  street,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  line  and  grade 
for  artificial  stone  sidewalk,  line  and  grade  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalk  tested,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

West  Eoxbury. 

Anawan  avenue,  between  Irving  street  and  Park  street.  Measure- 
ment of  gutter  paving. 

Ashland  street,  Florence  street  to  Sycamore  street.  Line  and  grade 
for  construction  and  measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Beech  street,  at  Kenneth  street.  Measurement  of  crosswalk  and 
gutter  paving. 

Birch  street,  Corinth  street  to  Brandon  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  61 

Birch  street,  Corinth  street  to  Penfield  street.  Measurement  of  gut- 
ter paving. 

Boylston  street,  Xos.  19  to  25.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter 
paving. 

Boylston  street,  No.  173.     Measurement  of  sideAvalk  paving. 

Brandon  street,  corner  Birch  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone 
and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Call  street,  corner  Carolina  avenue.  Measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Carolina  avenue,  corner  Call  street.  Measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Centre  street,  at  Park  street.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Centre  street,  at  Starr  lane.     Measurement  of  concrete  sidewalk. 

Centre  street,  corner  Forbes  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edgestone, 
line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  inside  grade  for  artificial 
stone,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidevvalk. 

Centre  street,  corner  Park  street.  Grade  for  edgestone  and  meas- 
urement of  edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 

Chestmit  avenue,  from  Armstrong  street.  Measurement  of  sidewalk 
and  gutter  paving. 

Corey  street,  at  Pomfret  street.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Cornell  street,  Kittredge  street  to  Poplar  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
construction. 

Cranston  street,  Kos.  39  to  59.     Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested. 

Cranston  street,  Nos.  44  to  76.     Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested. 

Danforth  street,  No.  46.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Danforth  street,  Nos.  53-55.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Eliot  street,  No.  38.     Measui-ement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Elm  street,  No.  34.     Measurement  of  sidewalk  paving. 

Florence  street,  Ashland  street  to  the  bend.  Line  and  grade  for 
construction. 

Forbes  street.  Centre  street  to  No.  20.  Line  and  grade  for  edge- 
stone, line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  inside  grade  for  arti- 
ficial stone  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Forhes  street,  Nos.  43  to  61.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
inside  grade  for  artificial  stone  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Forbes  street.  No.  50.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  inside 
grade  for  artificial  stone,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 

Forest  Hills  street,  corner  "Washington  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Qlen  road,  east  of  Forest  Hills  street.  Measurement  of  sidewalk 
paving. 

Hewlett  street,  corner  Walter  street.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 

Hyde  Park  avenue,  from  Weld  street,  southerly.  Measurement  of 
gutter  paving. 

Hyde  Park  avenue,  opposite  Weld  Hill  street.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  sidewalk  and  gutter 
paving. 

Jamaica  street,  corner  Woodman  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edge- 
stone and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Kenneth  street,  at  Beech  street.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Keyes  street,  corner  Washington  street.  Line  and  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested,  line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of 
edgestone  tested,  inside  grade  for  artificial  stone,  and  measure- 
ment of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 


62  City  Docurient  No.  14. 

Lorraine  street,  No.  35.     Line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 
Montview    street,    opposite    Park   street.      Measurement    of    gutter 

paving. 
Mt.  Vernon  street,  La  Grange  street  to  Vermont  street.     Line  and 

grade  for  gutters  and  measurement  of  gutter  paving. 
Mt.  Vernon  street,  Nos.  19  to  31.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 
Park  street,  from  Centre  street  to  Montview  street.     Line  and  grade 

for  construction  and  measurement  of  gutter  paving. 
Park  street,  from  Centre  street  to  Corey  street.      Line  and  grade 

for  construction   and  measurement  of  edgestone  sidewalk  and 

gutter  paving. 
Paul    Gore  street.    No.    96.      Line   and  grade   for   edgestone   and 

measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 
Perkins  street,  near  Prince  street.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 
Perkins  street,  Zamora  street  to  Catalpa   street.      Measurement  of 

edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 
Pom/ret  street,  from  Maple  street  to  Corey  street.     Line  and  grade 

for  construction. 
Poplar  street,  corner  of  South  street.      Measurement  of  sidewalk 

paving. 
Bidge  street,  corner  of  Sycamore  street.      Measurement  of  gutter 

paving. 
School  street,  Nos.  164  to  172.     Measurement  of  edgestone,  sidewalk 

and  gutter  paving. 
Sheldon  street,  at  Prospect  avenue.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 
Sheridan  street,  Nos.  56  to  76  and  53  to  69.    Line  and  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 
South  street,  at  Dudley  avenue.     Measurement  of  gutter  paving. 
South  street,  between  Keyes  street  and  Boynton  street.     Measure- 
ment of  gutter  paving. 
South  street,  corner  of  Poplar   street.     Measurement   of  sidewalk 

paving. 
Spri7ig  street,  at  Gardner  street.     Line  and  grade  for  construction. 
Spring  street,  corner  Centre  street.     Line  and  grade  for  construction 

and  measurement  of  gutter  paving. 
Spiring  street,  opposite  Church  street.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 
Spring  Park  avenue,  No.  10.     Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 

inside  grade  for  artificial  stone  and  measurement   of  artificial 

stone  sidewalk. 
Starr  lane,  corner  Centre  street.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone. 
Stratford  avenue,  easterly  side,  corner  Clement  avenue.      Line  and 

grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 
Stratford  avenue,   easterly  side,  near  Clement  avenue.      Line  and 

grade  for  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 
Summer  street,  between  Powell  street  and  Autumn  street.     Meas- 
urement of  gutter  paving. 
Walter  street,  corner  Hewlett  street.      Line   and   grade   for   edge- 
stone and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 
Washington   street,   between    Hyde    Park    avenue    and   AValk  Hill 

street.     Line   and   grade  for  edgestone   and   measurement   of 

edgestone,  gutter  and  sidewalk  paving. 
Washi7igt07i  street,   between   Kittredge   street  and    Albano   street. 

Measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 
Washington  street,  corner  Forest  Hills  street.     Line  and  grade  for 

edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 
Washington  street,    near    Metropolitan   avenue.      Measurement   of 

edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 


Engineering  Department.  63 

Washington  street,  Nos.  3140  to  3144^.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone 
tested  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Washington  street,  Nos.  3236  to  3240.  Measurement  of  gutter 
paving. 

Washington  street,  No.  3524.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 
inside  grade  for  artificial  stone  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Weld  aveyme.  No.  6,  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Weld  avenue,  No.  13.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter  and  side- 
walk paving. 

Wenham  street,  Nos.  72  to  90.  Measurement  of  edgestone,  gutter 
and  sidewalk  paving. 

Woodman  street,  corner  Jamaica  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edge- 
stone, revised  grade  for  edgestone  and  measurement  of  edge- 
stone and  gutter  paving. 

Brighton. 

Cambridge  street,  at  AUston  Heights.  Measurement  of  edgestone 
and  crosswalk  paving. 

Cambridge  street,  at  Brookline  Gas  Company.     Grade  for  edgestone. 

Cambridge  street,  at  Dustin  street.  Measurement  of  concrete  side- 
walk. 

Cambridge  street,  near  Eleanor  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone 
and  crosswalk  paving. 

Cambridge  street,  at  Mechanic  street.  Measurement  of  crosswalk 
and  gutter  paving. 

Chestnut  Hill  avenue,  opposite  Chiswick  road.  Line  and  grade  for 
edgestone  and  measurement  of  edgestone,  crosswalk,  and  gutter 
paving. 

Chestnut  Hill  avenue,  at  Winship  street.  Measurement  of  crosswalk 
paving. 

Commonwealth  avenue,  at  Babcock  street.  Measurement  of  cross- 
walk paving. 

Commonwealth  avenue,  at  Naples  road.  Measurement  of  crosswalk 
paving. 

Commonwealth  avenue,  between  Babcock  street  and  Winslow  road. 
Line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone,  revised  grade  for  artificial 
stone  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 

Commomvealth  avenue,  Brighton  avenue  to  Warren  street.  Plan  and 
profiles  for  revising  grade  of  centre  roadway,  line  and  grade 
for  dish  gutters  and  measurement  of  gutter  paving. 

Commonwealth  avenue,  Wai-ren  street  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue.  Line 
and  grade  for  constructing  roadways  and  slopes,  line  and  grade 
for  dish  gutters  and  catch-basins  and  measurement  of  gutter 
paving. 

Dustin  street,  corner  Cambridge  street.  Line  and  grade  for  edge- 
stone, and  measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 

Faneuil  street,  at  Parsons  street.  Measurement  of  edgestone  and 
crosswalk  paving. 

Gardner  street,  Nos.  84-88.  Line  and  grade  for  artificial  stone,  line 
and  grade  of  artificial  stone  tested  and  measurement  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalk. 

Market  street,  No.  58.  Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested,  inside 
grade  for  artificial  stone,  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalk. 


64  City  Document  No.  14. 

Marlcet  street^   at  Western   avenue.     Measurement  of   edgestone, 

crosswalk  and  gutter  paving. 
Market  street,  Nos.  386-388.     Line  and  grade  of  edgestone  tested, 

inside  grade  for  artificial  stone  and  measurement  of  artificial 

stone  sidewalk. 
North  Beacon  street,  at  Everett  street.     Measurement  of  crosswalk 

paving. 
Orkney  road,  Strathmore  road  to  bend.     Line  and  grade  of  edge- 
stone tested  and  measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 
Royal  road.  No.  30.     Line  and  grade  for  sidewalk. 
Soutlierland  road,  Beacon  Circle  to  Englewood  avenue.     Line  and 

grade  for  construction  and  measurement  of  crosswalk  and  gutter 

paving. 
Warren  street,  at  Commonwealth  avenue.     Grade  for  edgestone  and 

measurement  of  edgestone  and  gutter  paving. 
Washington  street,  Nos.   326-328.     Line   and  grade   of   edgestone 

tested,   inside  grade  for  artificial    stone  and   measurement  of 

artificial  stone  sidewalk. 
Washington  street,  corner  Wirt  street.     Measurement  of  crosswalk 

paving. 
Washington  street,  No.  555.     Line  and  grade  for  edgestone,  line  and 

grade  of  edgestone  tested,  inside  grade  for  artificial  stone  and 

measurement  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk. 
Winship  street,  at  Union  street.     Measurement  of  crosswalk  paving. 


Engineering  Department. 


65 


PLANS 

IN  SURVEYING  DIVISION,  ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT,  JANUARY  31,  1900. 


General  Head  under  which  Classified. 


Number 

of 
Plans. 


A 

B 

C 

D 

E 

F 

1  to  131 


14,  15,  16, 
and  17 


-,   (  Part  1 
"  (Part  2... 


Plans  of  estates  (lithographed) . 


in  Brighton 

in  West  Roxbury. 


wldenings,  etc. 


School-houses  and  miscellaneous  plans 

Plans  from  actual  survey  in  City  Proper 

Profiles  of  City  Proper  and  Boston  Harbor,  and  ancient 
plans 

Plans  and  profiles  of  streets  in  East  Boston,  1849. .. 

"      "         "         1868... 

' "        "  South  Boston,  1848... 


at  South  End. 


in    Church    and    Suffolk 
street  Districts 


"         "       "    various  streets . 
Miscellaneous  plans,  estates,  etc 


Official  plans  from  1861  to  1854. 
Plans  of  estates 


Hale's  plans  of  the  streets  in  Boston,  1819. 
Plans  of  estates 


Carried  forward. 


221 
189 
36 


664 
505 


1  Vol.  8  is  a  set  of  Architects'  plans,  and  has  been  transferred  to  the  Public  Build- 
ings Department. 


66 


City  Document  No.  14. 


IN    SURVEYING   DIVISION, 


PLANS 


ENGINEERING    DEPARTMENT,  JANUARY  31, 

1900.  —  Continued. 


General  Head  under  which  Classified. 


Number 

of 
Plans. 


Vol.  42. 

"  43. 

"  44. 

"  45. 

"  46. 

"  47. 

"  48. 

"  49. 

"  50. 

"  51. 

■"  52. 

"  53. 

"  54. 

"  55. 

"  56. 

■"  57. 


70.... 
71  to  I 


Brought  forward 

Ancient  plans  of  estates  in  South  Boston,  etc. 

Sectional  plans  of  city  lands  at  South  End 

Plans  of  estates  in  Roxbury 


widenings  in  Roxbury 

"        etc.,  in  Roxbury 


Third  Parish  and  Grammar  School  lands  in  Roxbury. 

Plans  of  widenings  in  Roxbury 

"      "  city  lands  and  widenings  in  Roxbury 

Profiles  of  streets  in  Roxbury 


Plans  of  widenings  in  Brighton, 
estates  in  Brighton 


city  property,  etc.,  in  Brighton, 
widenings  in  West  Roxbury 


Profiles  of  streets 

Plans  of  city  property,  etc.,  in  West  Roxbury. 
"      "  estates,  etc.,  in  West  Roxbury 


and  Brighton. 


Charlestown  plans,  in  bound  volumes,  showing  street 
widenings  and  estates 

Charlestown  street  surveys 

Miscellaneous  plans. .  , 

Plans  of  estates  in  Roxbury , 

Carried  forward 


Engineering  Department. 


67 


PLANS 

IN   SURVEYING    DIVISION,    ENGINEERING   DEPARTMENT,    JANUARY 
1900.  —  Continued. 


Indexed. 

General  Head  under  which  Classified. 

Number 

of 
Plans. 

7,989 
18 

Vol    86 

Plans  of  estates  in  Roxbury 

"88 

32 



"     90 

(I             l<                     Cl                •< 

10 

<<     93 

X                                    <> 

28 

.. 

97 

"     95 

65 

"     96 

61 

il               « 

"     98 

Plans  of  estates  etc          

"99 

"      "        "       "    in  Dorchester 

529 

"   101 

"            "      South  Boston,  west  of  G  street 

"       east    ' 

"            "      East        "       south-east  of  Bremen  St., 
"          "           "       north-west  of     "         " 

24 

"   102        

19 

"   103 

"104 

27 

"   106 

"   107  

152 

<l            <C          <1           •<              << 

"109     

"        .<      «        <i         « 

215 

«        «      «        <i         « 

267 

"  in 

Assessors'  Plans,  1,  Roxbury  and  West  Roxbury 

"              "       3,  Dorchester  and  Brio'hton 

"   112 

24 

"    113 

81 

"   114 

"               "       4,  South  Bay,  Harbor  and  Charles- 

"   115 

"             "      5,  East  Boston    

72 
129 
137 
127 

"   117  

"               "       6B,      "           " 

"   118 

10,976 

68 


City  Document  No.  14. 


PLANS 

IN    SURVEYING    DIVISION,    ENGINEERING    DEPARTMENT,  JANUARY   31, 

1900.  —  Continued. 


General  Head  under  which  Classified. 


Number 

of 
Plans. 


Vol.  119. 
120. 
121. 
122. 
123. 


130 

In  Drawer  A. 

Cases  CC. . 

Drawer  E. 

"       F. 

G. 
H. 
L. 


N. 


CaseT 

Drawers 

Vol.  I.  to  LXV. 


Brought  forward 

Assessors'  Plans,    8A,  Roxbury  , 


"  "        9A,  Dorchester 

9B,  "  

"  "       lOA,  West  Roxbury , 

"       lOB,      "  "  , 

llA,  Brighton 

Hale's  Street  Maps  of  Boston,  Whitmore  Reproduction, 
Sectional  Plans,  City  Proper,  Boston  Gas  Light  Co., 
Public  Lands  belonging  to  Town  of  Dorchester 


Copies  of  plans  filed  with  Town  of  Dorchester  previous 
to  annexation 


Copies  of  Deed  Plans  and  Plans  of  other  Surveyors 

Maps  of  Boston,  etc 

Miscellaneous  roUed  plans 

Plans  from  surveys  in  City  Proper 


Plans  and  profiles  from  surveys  in  City  Proper  and 
Roxbury 


South  Boston  plans  and  profiles 

East  Boston  plans  and  profiles 

Official  plans,  profiles,  etc 

Copies  of  plans  by  other  surveyors 

Plans  of  city  lands 

Miscellaneous  rolled  tracings 

Tracings  of  plans  and  profiles 

Copies  of  official  plans  indexed  in  Vol.  .31  and  Drawer  L, 
Maps,  etc.,  in  bound  volumes 


Miscellaneous  plans  of  the  Back  Bay  Commission  in 
portfolio 


Hanging  plans 

Plans  in  progress,  City  Proper. . . 

"      "         "  South  Boston. 

"      "         "         East  Boston  . . 

"      "         "         Roxbury 

"      "         "  Dorchester  . . . 

Carried  forward 


Engineering  Department. 


69 


PLANS 


IN   SURVEYING    DIVISION, 


ENGINEERING    DEPARTMENT,    JANUARY    31. 

1900.  —  Concluded. 


General  Head  under  which  Classified. 


Number 

of 
Plans. 


Brought  forward 

Plans  in  progress,  West  Roxbury 

"      "         "  Brighton 

"      "         "  Charlestown 

Roxbury  sectional  plans 

"West  Roxbury  sectional  plans 

Sectional  plans  filed  under  Board  of  Survey  Act. 
Plans  filed  by  the  Boston  Transit  Commission 

*'       "      "     "    Boston  Terminal  Company  — 

Indexed  plans  of  Dorchester 

Sectional    "      "  "        

Miscellaneous  plots  and  plans  of  Dorchester 

Blue  prints  of  ofllcial  and  progress  plans 


Blue  prints,  change  of  Location  and  Grade,  N.Y.,  N.H 
&H.R."  ~       .   ~    . 


.R.,  at  South  End 


Blue  prints,  change  of  Grade,  Providence  Division,  Old 
Colony  R.R 


Blue  prints,  change  of  Grade,  West  Roxbury  Branch. 

Plans  of  proposed  streets  submitted  by  owners  and 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners : 


City  Proper.... 

East  Boston 

South  Boston. .. 

Roxbury 

Dorchester 

Charlestown  . . . 
West  Roxbury. 
Brighton 


Plans  of  proposed  streets  submitted  by  owners  for  the 
approval  of  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners  now 
under  consideration: 


Roxbury 

Dorchester 

West  Roxbury. 
Brighton 


419 
14 


2,508 
232 
530 
916 


48 
16 

1 

12 
5 
59 
186 
1 
102 
51 


70 


City  Document  No.  14. 


There  are  also  4,470  lithographed  plans  in  the  office  at 
Old  Court  House  not  included  in  the  foregoing  list,  viz. : 

Lithographed  maps  of  Dorchester,  made  in  1869     . 

"       "  "  "       "  1880  . 

"       "  West  Roxbury,  made  in  1873 

"       "  Brighton,  made  in  1873 

"       "  Fort  Hill,  made  in  1866-69  . 

"       "  Church-st.  district,  made  in  1868 

"  "  Washington-st.  widening  (parts  1,  2,  3) 
made  in  I860 

"       "  Washington-st.  extension,  made  in  1869 

It       u  jsforth  street,  made  in  1859  . 

"       "  Stony  brook,  drainage  area 

"       "  Boston,  made  in  1866-67 

"       "  Boston,  made  in  1888    .... 

"       "  Suffolk-st.  district,  made  in  1869 

"       "  South  Boston,  made  in  1880 

"       "  Roxbury,  made  in  1880 

"       "  Burnt  district 

"       "  Mt.  Hope  Cemetery      .... 

"       "  Winthrop  Farm 

"       "  Hanover  avenue 

"       "  Muddy  river  "         .         .         .        . 

"       "  Pemberton  square,  Court-House  site 

"  "  East  Newton  street,  lots  on,  sold  by  auc 
tion,  made  in  1888      .... 

"  "  Public  lands  in  South  Boston,  sold  by  auc- 
tion, made  in  1885      ..... 

"  "  Public  lands  in  South  Boston,  sold  by  auc 
tion,  made  in  1888      .... 

"       "  Boylston  street,  old  Public  Library  lot 

"  "  Public  lands  in  South  Boston,  sold  by  auc- 
tion, made  in  1882     .... 

"       "  Boston  Directory  map,  made  in  1886  . 

"  "  Boston,  scale,  1,600  feet  to  an  inch,  made 
in  1890        

"  "  Boston,  scale,  800  feet  to  an  inch,  made  in 
1891,  colored  plans   .... 

"  "  Boston  proper,  scale,  500  feet  to  an  inch, 
made  in  1894 

"  "  Exhibit  No.  1,  City  Surveyor's  Report 
1893 

"  "  Exhibit  No.  2,  City  Surveyor's  Report 
1893 

"       "  Exhibit    No.    3,   City  Surveyor's   Report, 

1893  ....'..: 

"       "  High  street,  public  lands  sold  by  auction 

"       "  Beacon  Hill,  State  House  site 

"       "  Harrison  avenue.  Savage  School-house  lot, 

auction  plan 

"       "  Boston  proper,  showing  changes  in  street 

and  wharf  lines  from  1795  to  1895    . 


4,470 


Engineering  Department.  71 


ARCHITECT   DIVISION. 


The  duties  of  this  division  are  to  furnish  to  the  different 
departments,  upon  application,  information,  sketches,  esti- 
mates, etc.,  on  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  construction, 
alteration  and  equipment  of  buildings,  and  to  prepare  plans 
and  specifications,  and  to  superintend  the  construction  of 
alteration  work.  The  Consulting  Architect  of  the  depart- 
ment is  connected  with  this  division,  and  through  him  the 
division  acts  in  an  advisory  capacity  to  the  Mayor  in  all 
architectural  matters,  including  the  approval  of  plans  and 
specifications  and  of  contracts  and  changes  in  the  same. 
The  office  has  been  organized  as  an  expert  force,  and  every 
effort  has  been  made  to  place  at  the  disposal  of  the  different 
departments  full  and  reliable  information  on  matters  of  archi- 
tectural design,  and  construction,  plumbing,  heating  and 
ventilating,  power  plants,  cooking  and  laundry  apparatus, 
elevators,  etc.,  etc. 

The  services  of  the  division  along  the  above  lines  have 
been  in  demand  throughout  the  year  by  nearly  every  depart- 
ment, as  shown  in  the  appended  itemized  statement  of  work 
performed,  and  has  unquestionably  had  a  strong  influence  in 
obtaining  better  and  more  economical  work  in  all  building 
matters. 

The  office  is  maintained  upon  a  business  basis,  employing 
men  only  for  such  time  as  there  is  actual  work  for  them. 
Charges  are  made  against  other  departments  only  in  cases 
where  plans  are  made  and  construction  work  actually  per- 
formed and  superintended.  These  charges  have  averaged 
about  £2  per  cent,  of  the  cost  of  construction. 

The  need  of  an  expert  office  for  reference  has  been  well 
established,  together  with  the  fact  that  its  legitimate  work 
can  be  performed  at  the  greatest  convenience  and  at  the 
lowest  cost  by  an  office  of  this  kind.  The  greatest  field  of 
influence  of  the  division  will  lie  in  consultation  and  altera- 
tion work,  together  with  the  preparation  of  schemes  and 
estimates,  rather  than  in  the  actual  construction  of  large  and 
important  new  buildmgs  which,  under  the  present  system, 
are  placed  in  charge  of  architects  in  private  practice. 

The  total  cost  of  the  division  for  the  year  has  been 
$12,529.40,  which  is  properly  distributed  as  follows : 


$2,500 

00 

4,600 

00 

5,529 

40 

112,529  40 

4,650 

71 

$7,878  69 

72  City  Document  No.  14. 

For  approval  of  plans,  specifications,  contracts, 
etc.,  and  changes  in  the  same       .  .    ,      . 

For  reports,  sketches  and  other  consultation 
work  ....... 

For  plans,  specifications  and  superintendence 
of  work  actually  constructed 

Total  cost  of  division  .... 

Total  amount  charged  off  against  other  city 
departments        ...... 

Net  cost  to  Engineering  Department  . 

The  following  is  a  synopsis  of  the  work  performed  by  the 
division  for  the  year  ending  January  31,  1900. 

Plans  and  contracts  have  been  approved  by  the  Consulting 
Architect  for  the  following  construction  work : 

Erection  and   Completion. 

Bigelow  School,  South  Boston. 

Chapman  School,  East  Boston. 

Temporary  School,  Monroe  street. 

Winship  School. 

Grammar  School,  Quincy  and  Perth  streets,  Dorchester. 

Primary  School,  Parker  street,  Roxbury. 

Heating  and   Ventilating. 

Dorchester  High  School. 

East  Boston  High  School. 

South  Boston  High  School. 

West  Roxbury  High  School. 

Mechanic  Arts  High  School,  addition  to. 

Quincy  and  Perth  streets  School,  Dorchester. 


Frothingham  School. 

Quincy  and  Perth  streets  School. 

Mechanic  Arts  High  School,  addition  to 

G-rading. 

West  Roxbury  High  School. 
Webster  avenue  Primary  School. 
Frederick  A.  Whitney  School. 


Engineering  Department.  73 


Miscellaneous. 

Frothingham  School,  masonry. 

Qiiincy  and  Perth-streets  School,  plastering,  carpentry,  etc. 

Mechanic  Arts  High  School,  furnishing. 

Boston  Elevated  Railway  stations,  Atlantic  avenue,  Dover 
street. 

Apartment  house,  fronting  on  park  property,  J.  P.  Leahey, 
owner. 

Columbia  Yacht  Club-house,  on  park  property,  South 
Boston. 

Catholic  Church,  Columbia  road,  Dorchester. 

Residence,  fronting  on  park  property,  Back  Bay,  H.  S. 
Bradley,  owner. 

Additions  to  the  contracts  for  the  various  city  buildings, 
now  in  process  of  construction,  aggregating  the  sum  of 
$18,137.87,  and  deductions  aggregating  the  sum  of  |6, 378.20, 
were  carefully  checked  up  and  report  made  to  the  Mayor  as 
to  their  correctness. 

Reports  have  been  made  on  the  following  matters : 

On  the  conditions  governing  the  architectural  competition 
for  Mt.  Hope  Chapel,  Cemetery  Department. 

On  the  amount  charged  by  the  Repairs  Division  for  work 
performed  by  them  for  Park  Department. 

On  the  amount  charged  by  the  Repairs  Division  for  work 
performed  by  them  for  Trustees  for  Insane. 

On  charge  for  architectural  services  by  J.  Lyman  Faxon. 

On  charge  for  architectui'al  services  by  James  Mulcahey. 

On  heating  and  ventilation  of  East  Boston  High  School. 

On  renewal  of  drains.  Men's  Dormitory,  Long  Island. 

On  storage  tank  and  water  connection,  Charlestown  Alms- 
house. 

On  cost  of  house,  fronting  on  park  property,  J.  P.  Leahey, 
owner. 

On  scheme  of  decoration  proposed  for  Armory,  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company,  Faneuil  Hall. 

On  building  limit  line.  South  Boston  Strandway,  Park  De- 
partment. 

On  steam  supply  to  water  service  pump,  Long  Island. 

On  boiler  capacity.  City  Hall. 

On  condition  of  Engine-house  No.  43,  South  Boston. 

On  roof  construction  of  East  Boston  High  School. 

On  settlement  of  chimney  and  wall  of  chapel,  Austin  Farm. 


74  City  Document  No.  14. 

On  cost  of  proposed  waiting-room   and    drinking   fountain, 

Brighton  avenue,  Street  Department. 
On  machinery  and  shafting,  Parental  School,  West  Roxbury. 
On  alterations  of  heating  system,  Women's  Dormitory,  Long 

Island. 
On  heating  and  ventilation  plans,  Quincy  and  Perth  streets 

School. 
On  alterations  of  heating  system.    Men's   Dormitory,  Long 

Island. 
On  "  Sydney  Smith  "  boiler  settings. 
On  elevators  and  proposals  for  same  for  City  Hospital. 
On  erection  of  an  ambulance  stable,  South  Boston. 
On  amount  to  be  paid  for  purchase  of  steam,  Faneuil  Hall. 
On  alteration   of  dormitory  building,  Rainsford  Island. 
On    additional    heating    surface    required,    hospital.    Long 

Island. 
On   party-wall   agreement.    Fire  Department    headquarters 

building. 
On  hot  water  apparatus.  Convenience  Station,  Park  street. 
On  condensation,  laundry  building.  Pierce  Farm. 
On  extension  of  boiler-house.  Pierce  Farm. 
On  cost  of  steam    supplied  by  Fire  Department  to  Dover- 
street  bath-house. 

Sketch  plans  have  been  made  and  submitted  on  the  follow- 
ing architectural  problems : 

For  extension  of  hospital  buildings.  Deer  Island. 

For  enlarging  Convenience  Station,  Park  street. 

For  rearrangement  of  rooms  and  lockers.  South  Boston 
gymnasium. 

For  Convenience  Station,  Ward  19,  Roxbury. 

For  proposed  power-house,  Long  Island. 

For  proposed  bakery.  Long  Island. 

For  proposed  laundry  building,  Long  Island. 

For  alterations  of  Chemical  No.  11  house. 

For  rearrangement  of  quarters  occupied  by  Printing  Depart- 
ment. 

For  rearrangement  of  shower  baths.  South  Boston  gymna- 
sium. 

For  tower  clock,  South  Ferry  head-house. 

For  stable,  sheds,  wash-room,  etc..  Street  Department,  East 
Boston. 

For  balustrade,  Ipswich-street  bridge. 

For  cattle  tie-up.  Long  Island. 

For  temporary  school  building,  Parental  School. 

For  gymnasium  building,  Ward  9. 


ExGixEERixG  Department.  75 

For  extension  of  boiler-house,  Pierce  Farm. 

For  removal  of  Mechanics  Building  organ  to  West  Church, 
Cambridge  street. 

For  removal  of  Mechanics  Building  organ  to  Ward  17, 
ward-room,  Dudley  street. 

For  alterations,  Engine-house  No.  23,  Northampton  street. 

For  grading  grounds  aroimd  Ward  17  ward-room,  Dudley 
street. 

For  ambulance  stable,  South  Boston. 

For  arrangement  of  laundry  machinery.  Long  Island  building. 

For  alteration,  dormitory  building,  Rainsford  Island. 

For  proposal  coal  bunker,  Rainsford  Island. 

For  proposed  coal  bunker.  Long  Island. 

For  tablet,  South  Boston  gymnasium. 

For  tablet,  Dover-street  bath-house. 

For  tablet,  Convenience  Station,  Park  street. 

For  shelter,  Congress-street  bridge. 

For  shelter,  Summer-street  bridge. 

For  float,  run,  etc..  Ward  3  playground,  Charlestown. 

For  winter  housings  of  stairs.  Convenience  Station,  Park 
street. 

For  alteration.  Ward  19  ward-room,  for  gymnasium  purposes. 

For  proposed  Nurses'  Home,  Long  Island. 

For  proposed  extension  of  hospital.  Long  Island. 

For  proposed  extension  of  west  wing.  House  of  Correction, 
South  Boston. 

For  proposed  Sloyd  building,  Parental  School. 

For  proposed  coal  bunker.  Parental  School. 

For  proposed  combination  library,  public  bath,  etc.,  Hay- 
market  square. 

For  Convenience  Stations,  Post  Office  square. 

For  alterations,  Mayor's  private  office. 

For  canopy,  Council  Chamber,  City  HaU. 

For  alteration,  dormitory  building,  Parental  School. 

For  brick  administration  building.  Parental  School. 

For  wooden  administration  building.  Parental  School. 

For  new  dormitory  building,  Parental  School. 

For  chapel,  Parental  School. 

Plans  have  been  traced  and  detail  drawings  have  been 
made  for  changes  in  offices,  for  inside  finish,  cupboards, 
lockers,  closets,  etc.,  etc.,  for  various  departments. 

The  following  is  a  statement  of  the  work,  together  with 
the  cost  of  the  same,  performed  and  superintended  by  this 
Division : 


76  City  Document  No.  14. 

Bath  Commission : 

Gymnasium,  Commonwealth 

Park  ....  $14,779  72 

Convenience    Station,  Park 

street  ....    15,000  00 

Convenience  Station,  Ward  19  .  1,624  50 
Alteration,  Gymnasium,  Ward  9,  1,150  73 
Public  Landing,  Dorchester  .  998  91 
Miscellaneous,    floats,    rafts, 

houses,  lockers,  runs,  etc.,  etc.      2,360  37 


Children's  Trustees  Department : 
Parental  School : 

Temporary  school  building, 
alteration  of  buildings,  heat- 
ing, etc 17,276  84 

Rains  ford  Island  : 

Repairing  wharf  damaged  by 
storm,  repairing  burned 
dormitory  building,  miscel- 


135,914  23 


laneous  alterations.    . 

19,157  06 

26,433 

90 

Election  Commission : 

Alteration  of  booths,  miscellane- 

ous alterations  in  ward-rooms, 

putting  up  rails,  etc.     . 

15,081  71 

5,081 

71 

Engineering  Department : 

Faneuil  Hall,  reconstruction  of  . 

$30,229  29 

Drawtender's    House,  Summer- 

street  Bridge 

1,903  00 

32,132 

29 

Fire  Department: 

Chemical  No.  11,  house,  altera- 

tion     ..... 

$6,695  18 

Ladder-house  No.  8,  alterations. 

1,478  68 

Engine-house    No.    43,    altera- 

tions   ..... 

566  02 

Miscellaneous  alterations 

2,147  42 

10,887 

30 

Hospital  Department : 

Machinery  and  shafting,  Laun- 

dry Building 

$2,125  00 

Conduit  work 

3,300  00 

Carried  forward    .         .         .    $5,425  00    $110,449  43 


Engineering  Department.  77 


Brought  forward   . 

•f5,425  00 

$110,449  43 

Elevator,  Surgical  Building 

8,842  00 

New  steam  mains     . 

2,388  00 

Miscellaneous  alterations  . 

8,014  96 

19,669 

96 

i/U 

Insane  Trustees  Department: 

Extension  of  boiler-house,  mis- 

cellaneous alterations,  piping, 

etc 

17,897  37 

Miscellaneous  alterations,  Pierce 

Farm 

1,990  49 

9,887 

Sfi 

Lamp  Department: 

Ou 

Alterations,  storehouse 

$2,500  34 

2,500 

34 

o^ 

Pauper  Institutions  Department: 

Miscellaneous     alterations, 

Charlestown  Almshouse 

12,478  47 

Miscellaneous  alterations    heat- 

ing,   plumbing,     etc..    Long 

Island  ..... 

5,624  48 

Power-house    and    Equipment, 

Long  Island 

48,105  54 

56  ^^08 

49 

Penal  Institutions  Department: 

«JU,.jUO 

^1/ 

Extension  of  Contagious   Hos- 

pital Buildings,  Deer  Island, 

19,778  00 

9,778 

00 

Printing  Department : 

Vv 

Alterations  in  offices,  etc. 

11,840  50 

1.840 

50 

Public  Buildings  Department: 

Ambulance    Stable,    Ward    15, 

South  Boston        .         .         .    $4,876  94 

Grading  grounds.  Ward  17  ward- 
room      1,455  00 

Miscellaneous  alterations  in  pub- 
lic buildings,  etc.  .         .         .      7,461  99 


Suffolk  County : 

Alterations  in  plumbing  system, 

etc.,  Charles-street  Jail  .    $3,504  77 


13,793  93 


3,504  77 


Grand  total  ....  $227,633  28 


78  City  Document  No.  14. 


[FROM   THE   CITY   ENGINEER'S    REPORT    TO    THE 
WATER   DEPARTMENT.] 


During  the  past  year  27.4  miles  of  main  pipe  have  been 
laid  and  10.5  miles  abandoned,  making  a  net  increase  of  16.9 
miles,  and  a  total  length  in  the  system  of  706.1  miles ;  the 
pipe  laid  can  be  classified  as  follows : 

Miles. 

(1)  Extension  of  large  supply  mains      .  .  .         2.2 

(2)  Extension  for  new  buildings  (by  petition)        .         7.1 

(3)  Work  done  in  advance  of  street  construction        6.Q 

(4)  Relaying  old  or  small  mains    .  .  .  .8.5 

(5)  Miscellaneous  work  necessitated  by  other  con- 

struction, etc.     ......        3.0 

In  addition  to  the  work  demanded  by  the  natural  growth 
of  and  improvements  m  the  city  there  is  an  increasing  neces- 
sity for  relaying  small  mains  in  order  to  ensure  ample  fire 
protection ;  for  several  years  past  much  has  been  done  in  this 
direction,  but  an  equal  or  increased  amount  of  relaying  is 
required  in  the  futui-e. 

It  will  be  necessary  to  lay  at  least  twenty-five  miles  of 
pipe  yearly  under  present  conditions. 

The  following  is  a  brief  statement  of  the  most  important 
work  done  during  the  year,  for  all  of  which  plans  were  fur- 
nished, lines  and  grades  given  when  required,  and  the  actual 
construction  inspected. 

The  24-inch  high  service  main  in  West  Roxbury  was  ex- 
tended in  South  street  to  Centre  street  and  thence  through 
Centre  street  to  Spring  street,  reducing  at  Beach  street  to 
twenty  inches ;  connections  were  made  at  Beach,  La  Grange, 
and  Spring  streets.  The  completion  of  this  main  to  Spring 
street  has  improved  very  greatly  the  service  in  the  south- 
westerly portion  of  West  Roxbury. 

A  20-inch  low  service  main  was  laid  in  Washington  street 
from  Boylston  to  Kneeland  street  under  difficulties  of  loca- 
tion shown  by  accompanying  plan ;  connection  was  made  at 
Kneeland  street  with  the  existing  16-inch  pipe  in  Washington 
street,  and  from  this  point  a  16-inch  main  was  laid  in  Kneeland 
street  to  Atlantic  avenue,  replacing  the  old  6-inch  pipe;  in 


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Engineering  Department.  79 

Atlantic  avenue  the  old  12-inch  main  was  relaid  with  16-inch 
as  far  as  Oliver  street.  This  work  was  made  necessary  by  the 
new  conditions  brought  about  by  the  construction  of  the  South 
Terminal  Station. 

The  12-inch  low  service  main  in  Western  avenue,  Brighton, 
was  relaid  with  16-inch  from  Barry's  corner  to  Everett  street, 
and  it  is  mtended  to  carry  the  larger  main  as  far  as  Market 
street,  to  improve  the  fire  protection  for  the  large  industries 
in  this  neighborhood. 

A  16-inch  pipe  was  laid  in  Columbia  road,  between  I  and 
O  streets,  under  contract  by  O'Rourke  &  Nelson. 

A  16-inch  main  was  laid  in  Q  street,  South  Boston,  from 
East  Third  to  East  Sixth  street.  A  16-inch  main  was  laid 
in  Talbot  avenue  from  Nightingale  street  to  Washington 
street.  A  16-inch  main  was  laid  in  Bowdoin  street  from 
Beacon  street  to  Somerset  street.  Two  12-inch  mains  were 
laid  in  Commonwealth  avenue,  on  the  westerly  side  from 
Warren  street  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue,  and  on  the  easterly 
side  from  Warren  street  to  Wallingford  road. 

In  a  number  of  localities  10-inch  and  12-inch  pipe  were  laid 
replacing  mains  of  a  smaller  size,  notable  on  Beacon  Hill  and 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Faneuil  Hall  square  in  the  City 
Proper,  in  Charlestown,  East  Boston,  and  South  Boston,  in 
the  northern  part  of  Roxbury,  in  Jamaica  Plain,  and  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Neponset,  Dorchester.  This  work  was  all 
caused,  entirely,  by  the  need  of  more  water  for  fire  protection, 
the  supply  being  ample  for  domestic  service  in  each  case. 

A  large  amount  of  relaying  and  changing  pipe  was  caused 
by  the  extension  through  the  city,  easterly  from  Columbus 
avenue,  of  the  Boston  &  Providence  Railway ;  by  the  work 
of  the  Massachusetts  Pipe  Line  Company ;  by  the  operations 
of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway  and  Transit  Commission, 
and  by  the  abolishment  of  grade  crossings  at  Summer-street 
extension  and  Dorchester  avenue. 

Some  of  the  work  done  under  the  above  heads  is  as  follows  : 

For  the  Boston  &  Providence  Railroad. 

250  feet  of  20-inch  pipe  was  relaid  on  Columbus  avenue, 

"  with  6-inch  pipe  on  Cazenove  street, 

was  laid  on  Chandler  street. 
was  relaid  with  12-inch  pipe  on  Chandler  street. 

"  on  Washington  street. 

"  "      Motte  street. 

"  with  12-inch  pipe  on  Way  street. 

"  on  Albany  street. 

"  "      Seneca  street. 


2.50 

"  12 

320 

"   4 

100 

"  12 

450 

"   6 

140 

"  16 

100 

"  12 

220 

"  12 

130 

"   6 

350 

"  12 

250 

"   6 

80 


City  Document  No.  14. 


80  feet  of    6-inch  pipe  was  relaid  on  Oneida  street. 
120        "     12        "  "  "       Lehigh  street. 

300        "     12        "  was  raised  on  Harrison  avenue. 

A  Deacon  meter  was  established  at  Tremont  and  Compton 
streets  to  replace  one  abandoned  at  corner  Tremont  and 
Castle  streets. 

For  the  Massachusetts  Pipe  Line  Company. 

Main  pipes  were  changed  at  41  different  points  in  Charles- 
town,  Brighton,  Roxbury,  West  Roxbnry,  and  Dorchester  to 
allow  the  large  gas-pipe  to  be  laid,  and  a  large  number  of 
service-pipes  were  changed  in  23  streets  on  the  same  account. 

For  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway. 

384  feet  of  24-inch  pipe  was  relaid  in  Main  street,  Charlestown. 
"     Main  street,  Charlestown. 
on  Commercial  street  at  Clark  street. 
"     Commercial  street  at  Foster  street. 
"     Commercial  st.  at  Greenough  lane. 
"     Commercial  st.  at  Greenough  lane. 
"     Atlantic  avenue  at  Pearl  street. 
"     Atlantic  avenue  at  Central  wharf. 
"     Causeway    street    at    Fitchburg 

Railroad  Depot, 
with    12-inch    pipe    on    Washington 
street,  south  of  Rollins  street. 
was  lowered  on  Zeigler  street,  Roxbury. 

The  16-inch  pipe  in  Main  street,  Charlestown,  was  changed 
at  16  points  to  avoid  foundations  for  posts. 

The  8-inch  pipe  in  Washington  street  was  changed  at  10 
points  for  the  same  reason, 

A  number  of  services,  hydrants,  etc.,  were  changed. 

For  the  Transit  Comivhssion. 

560  feet  of  12-inch  pipe  was  relaid  with  16-inch  in  Causeway  street. 
200        "     12        "  was  raised  in  Charlestown  street. 

165         "     12         "  "  "     Endicott  street. 

140        "      6        "  was  laid  in  Charles  River  avenue. 


,900 

"  16 

25 

"  12 

36 

"   6 

170 

"  12 

49 

"   6 

60 

"   4 

16 

"   8 

140. 

"  18 

139 

"   8 

300 

"   6 

On  Account  Dorchester  Avenue  Grade  Crossing. 

150  feet  of  30-inch  pipe  was  lowered  on  Swett  street. 
was  relaid  on  Boston  street. 
"  "       Boston  street, 

was  relaid  or  lowered  on  Boston  street. 
"     lowered  on  Dorchester  avenue. 
"    raised  on  Kemp  street. 


125 

'  20 

125 

'  16 

425 

'  12 

40 

'  12 

90 

'   6 

A  number  of  hydrants,  etc.,  were  changed. 


Engineering  Department.  81 

During  the  year  a  large  section,  containing  6,000  people, 
in  Charlestown,  was  changed  from  high  to  low  service,  and  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Milton  Lower  Mills  a  section  containing 
3,000  people  was  added  to  the  high  service. 

Three  additional  connections  were  made  with  the  large 
mains  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board,  viz. :  a  16-inch  on 
Morton  street,  near  Blue  Hill  avenue ;  a  16-inch  on  River 
street  at  Morton  street;  and  a  16-inch  on  North  Harvard 
street  at  Spurr  street.  The  connections  previously  made 
with  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board  mains  are  as  follows : 

A  36-inch  on  Beacon  street,  near  Harvard  street,  Brook- 
line. 

A  30-inch  on  Pearl  street  at  Walnut  street,  Somerville. 

A  24-inch  on  Broadway  at  Walnut  street,  Somerville. 

A  20-inch  and  a  24-inch  on  Broadway  at  Williams  street, 
Chelsea. 

A  20-inch  on  South  street  at  Morton  street. 

A  12-inch  on  Orient  avenue  near  Farrington  street.  East 
Boston. 

The  policy  of  abolishing  the  old  Boston  hydrants  has 
been  continued  during  the  year,  138  being  abandoned. 

Two  new  recording  gauges  have  been  established  in  Dor- 
chester and  two  have  been  abandoned ;  two  have  been  estab- 
lished in  Brighton,  and  one  in  West  Roxbury. 

The  results  of  the  work  done  by  the  men  operating  the 
Deacon  meters  have  been  computed,  and  monthly  statements 
of  the  waste  found  have  been  made. 


82  City  Document  No.  14. 


THE   CORROSION  OF  PIPES    BY  ELECTROLYSIS. 

During  the  past  year  there  has  been  no  marked  improve- 
ment in  electrical  conditions  in  the  pipe  system,  while 
nothing  has  been  observed  to  indicate  a  greater  cause  for 
uneasiness  than  in  the  past.  The  fact  that  conditions  are 
ever  changing,  owing  to  the  construction  of  new  lines  of 
electric  railway,  the  laying  of  new  pipe  lines,  etc.,  demands 
intelligent  and  constant  investigation  that  new  dangers  may 
be  detected  and  guarded  against  before  serious  damage 
occurs ;  this  field  of  work  is  largely  without  precedent,  and 
an  element  of  uncertainty  in  regard  to  actual  conditions 
must  obtain.  While  it  is  true  that  the  return  systems  of 
electric  railways  have  been  improved  in  the  past  few  years, 
it  is  equally  true  that  the  use  of  electricity  for  motive  power 
is  rapidly  increasing,  and  that  the  water  pipe  proves,  too 
often,  to  be  the  line  of  least  resistance  to    the  power  station. 

The  following  extracts  from  the  report  of  Messrs.  Stone 
&  Webster  describes  the  work  done  by  them  during  the  year, 
and  the  existing  conditions  as  determined  by  them  : 

"  In  accordance  with  your  request,  we  have,  in  the  year 
1899,  as  in  precedmg  years,  made  an  electrical  survey  in  all 
parts  of  the  City  of  Boston  where  the  electric  car  tracks  are 
located,  to  determine,  if  possible,  the  extent  or  likelihood  of 
injury  to  the  water  mains  and  services  b}^  corrosion  due  to 
the  electric  current  escaping  from  the  return  sytems  of  the 
street  railwaj'^s. 

"  In  our  last  year's  report  we  showed  by  diagram  how,  in  a 
general  way,  the  conditions  compared  with  those  of  the  pre- 
vious year,  and  for  this  report  we  have  paid  still  more  atten- 
tion to  getting  data  for  comparison.  We  took  pams  to  obtain 
readings  at  the  same  places  as  in  1898 ;  and  furthermore  we 
took  the  readings  twice  between  piping  system  and  tracks, 
once  in  the  spring  and  a  second  time  in  the  autumn. 

"  Appendix  A,  to  this  report,  gives  in  tabulated  form  the 
three  sets  of  readings,  ^.e.,  1898,  spring  of  1899  and  autumn 
of  1899,  respectively.  The  maximum  values  are  given 
wherever  the  readings  fluctuated,  and  for  convenience  the 
figures  are  recorded  to  only  the  nearest  half  volt." 


Engineeeing  Department.  83 

"Volt-Meter  Readings  Between  Piping  System 
AND  Tracks. 

"  These  readings  are  taken  to  ascertain  the  general  tendency 
of  the  flow  of  electric  current,  which,  under  existing  condi- 
tions, is  bound  to  escape  in  larger  or  smaller  quantities  from 
the  car  tracks  and  on  to  the  water  pipes,  as  it  seeks  the  path 
of  least  resistance  in  completing  its  circuit  back  to  the  power 
station.  Where  the  piping  system,  which  for  convenience 
we  shall  also  speak  of  as  'hydrant,'  is  of  higher  potential 
than  the  track,  as  shown  by  what  we  call  a  plus  (-[-)  or  pos- 
itive reading,  the  presmnption  is  that  here  the  current  is 
flowing  off  the  piping  system  through  the  gromid  back  to  the 
rails.  On  the  contrary,  where  it  is  of  lower  potential,  as 
shown  by  a  negative  reading,  the  flow  is  presumably  in  the 
reverse  direction.  Single  readings,  however,  are  hardly 
reliable  in  an  investigation  of  this  kind,  and  often,  after 
many  readings  in  a  given  locality,  we  have  but  general  indi- 
cations of  how  the  current  is  flowing. 

"  Corrosion  by  electrolysis  takes  place  only  where  the 
current  leaves  the  metal,  whether  to  flow  through  the  earth 
back  to  the  rails,  or  on  to  some  other  pipe,  or  simply  around 
a  joint  of  poor  electrical  conductivit3^  Since,  however,  the 
current  which  flows  off  must  necessarily  first  have  flowed  on, 
indications  of  a  large  current  flowing  on  to  the  piping  system 
are  to  be  considered  as  indirect  danger  signs.  Furthermore, 
since  a  perfect  return  system  would  carry  the  entire  current 
back  to  the  power  station,  without  any  of  it  flowing  along 
the  water  pipes,  these  symptoms  of  escaping  current  afford  a 
rough  index  as  to  the  quality  of  the  street  railway  returns. 

'•'■  Appendix  A  is  inserted  for  a  study  of  the  conditions  in 
detail;  Appendix  B,  a  table  of  averages,  and  Appendix  C, 
a  diagram  giving  a  general  view,  contain  most  of  the  data 
essential  for  understanding  the  conclusions  which  we  have 
drawn  from  this  part  of  the  examination. 

"In  our  report  for  1898  we  gave  the  averaged  hydrant 
readings  of  the  familiarly  recognized  districts  of  the  city,  as 
East  Boston,  Charlestown,  City  Proper,  and  the  like ;  giving 
these  districts  the  somewhat  arbitrary  boundaries  which  we 
thought  would  best  serve  the  purpose.  In  this  report,  how- 
ever, we  have  adopted  what  we  consider  a  more  logical 
classification,  though  it  may  appear  at  first  sight  less  simple. 
We  have  grouped  the  readings  according  to  general  size, 
holding  to  the  usual  geographical  boundaries  onl}-  where 
they  happen  to  be  convenient. 

"  These  hj^drant  readings  and  their  averages,  thus  recorded 


84  City  Document  No.  14. 

can,  we  think,  be  easily  misunderstood,  and  therefore  as  our 
interpretation  we  offer  the  following : 

"  One  volt  positive,  or  one  volt  negative,  between  hydrant 
and  rail,  is  approximately  the  average  of  all  the  readings  for 
the  years  1898  and  1899.  Taking  this  as  a  standard  we 
assume,  for  the  present,  that  the  piping  system  in  all  the  dis- 
tricts in  which  the  averages  do  not  exceed  this  amount  is  free 
from  any  widespread,  serious  electrolytic  corrosion.  On 
this  basis  the  following  districts,  except  possibly  in  very 
small  sections,  are  not  in  danger  of  immediate  trouble  to 
water  pipes  :  I.  East  Boston  ;  III.  City  proper  ;  IV.  South 
Boston:  VI.  most  of  South  End;  VIII.  most  of  Brighton; 
XL  a  large  section  of  Dorchester ;  and  also  District  B, 
along  North  Beacon  street,  Brighton  (location  of  the  New- 
ton and  Boston  Street  Railway). 

"  It  will  be  noticed  by  referring  to  tables  in  Appendix  A^ 
and  B^  that  the  highest  single  reading  in  any  of  the  above- 
mentioned  districts  was  — 3.  volts  ;  this  was  in  South  Boston, 
at  one  hydrant  in  the  spring,  and  at  another  near  by  in  the 
autumn.  But  since  these  two  cases  are  so  isolated,  and 
since  they  indicate  a  flow  on  to  and  not  off  from  the  pipes, 
we  need  call  attention  to  them  only  for  future  comparison. 
Other  local  high  readings  also  occur  in  these  districts  ;  as, 
for  instance,  on  Bowdoin  street,  Dorchester  (District  XL), 
near  Geneva  avenue  and  near  Olney  street.  These  were 
-|-2.5  and  -|-2,  respectively,  and  were  taken  this  last  autumn. 
Being  positive  readings  they  point  to  a  possible  danger  dis- 
trict; but  since  the  other  positive  readings  of  that  vicinity 
are  so  much  smaller  we  consider  the  value  of  these  particu- 
lar ones  to  be  principally  for  reference  in  future  examinations. 

"  Of  the  districts  that  showed  a  higher  average  than  the 
standard,  II.,  including  most  of  Charles  town,  averaged  for  its 
negative  readings — 2.5  volts,  with  a  maximum  (in  1898)  of 
— 8 ;  but  evidently  the  extension  of  the  tracks  over  the  top 
of  Bunker  Hill,  to  connect  again  at  the  bottom  with  those  on 
Main  street  at  Sullivan  square,  has  bettered  the  return 
system,  as  shown  by  the  readings  in  1899.  The  reading  of 
— 4  last  spring  on  Chelsea  street  is  unusually  high,  but  too 
local  to  be  considered  of  much  significance  just  now.  Dis- 
trict XV.,  on  Alford  street,  Charlestown,  and  across  the 
Maiden  bridge,  with  an  average  of  positive  readings  of  over 
-|-2,  and  a  maximum  (in  the  spring)  of  -|-4  would,  we  think, 
in  all  probability  suffer  much  from  electrolysis  to-day,  were 
it  lined  with  houses.  So  long,  however,  as  we  know  of  no 
trouble  that  has  developed  here,  and  while  there  are  so  few 
service-pipes  on  Alford  street,  we  should  hardly  call  this  a 
serious  danger  district. 


Engineering  Depaetment.  85 

"  District  V.,  along  Harrison  avenue,  between  Dover  and 
Northampton  streets,  has  an  average  of  positive  readings  de- 
cidedly higher  than  the  standard,  being  -|-1.9  for  the  spring 
and  -|-1.7  for  the  autumn,  with  maxima  of  -|-3  and  -|-2.5,  re- 
spectively. The  negative  readings  were  too  low  to  consider. 
This  is  a  danger  district  which  we  shall  refer  to  again  when 
we  speak  of  excavations. 

"  District  VII.,  Back  Bay,  has  no  positive  readings,  but  its 
negative  readings  averaged  about  — 1.5  volts,  wdth  a  maxi- 
mum of  — 3.5,  in  both  spring  and  autumn.  Since,  however, 
the  maximum  readings  are  so  isolated,  and  since  the  average 
is  so  slightly  above  the  1  volt,  we  do  not  consider  its  condi- 
tion as  serious. 

"  District  IX.,  along  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,  is  without 
positive  readings,  but  shows  indications  from  the  large  nega- 
tive readings  that  much  current  tends  to  flow  on  to  the 
pipes,  the  average  being  over  — 3  volts  in  the  spring  and 
over  — 4  volts  in  the  autumn,  with  a  maximum  of  — 5. 
Whether  this  is  due  to  inferior  rail-bonding,  and  whether 
there  actually  is  a  large  flow  of  current,  as  indicated,  we 
cannot  be  sure  without  making  careful  and  somewhat  com- 
plicated tests,  which  we  tliink  would  be  worth  the  while 
another  season. 

"  A  source  of  trouble  which  we  have  not  considered  a  serious 
menace  to  the  pipes  in  Boston,  but  which  has  been  thought 
serious  in  other  cities,  as  proved  by  actual  cases  of  electro- 
lysis, is  the  flow  of  current  along  the  water  mains  themselves. 
So  long  as  the  joints  in  the  pipes  are  such  good  electrical 
conductors  that  there  is  little  or  no  tendency  for  the  current 
to  flow  around  them,  and  hence  to  cause  corrosion  when  it 
leaves  the  pipe,  we  know  of  no  harm  done  by  the  current 
simply  flowing  along  the  mains.  Experience  in  Boston 
seems  to  show  that  serious  trouble  from  this  flowing  around 
joints  has  rarely  occurred  here.  One  probable  case,  in  the 
South  End  district,  we  shall  consider  under  the  head  of 
'  Excavations.' 

'*  District  X.,  Roxbury  and  part  of  West  Roxbury, 
although  showing  a  somewhat  high  negative  average  for 
1898,  shows  by  later  measurements  an  improved  condition. 
The  local  high  readings  on  Centre  street  are  not  so  high  as 
in  1898,  and  we  understand  that  the  Boston  Elevated  Rail- 
way has  taken  much  pains  to  remedy  the  peculiarly  high 
reading  on  Washington  street,  near  Morton,  where  the  Nor- 
folk &  Suburban  Street  Railway  also  has  a  terminus. 

"  District  XII.,  Field's  Comer  and  Neponset,  has  no  nega- 
tive readings,  but  a  high  average  of  positive   ones.     It  is  a 


86  City  Document  No.  14. 

danger  district  where  serious  trouble  has  been  found  which 
we  shall  consider  under  the  head  of  '  Excavations.' 

"  District  XIV.,  Blue  Hill  avenue,  between  Grove  Hall 
and  Walk  Hill  street,  has  no  positive  readings  worth  con- 
sidering, but  a  high  negative  average,  and,  like  the  Reservoir 
District,  will  warrant  particular  study  to  see  how  much 
current  is  actually  flowing. 

"  District  XV.,  Charlestown,  we  considered  with  District  II. 

"As  a  whole,  the  hydrant  readings  along  the  Boston 
Elevated  Railway  system  had  nearly  tlie  same  average  as  the 
standard  of  1  volt,  positive  or  negative  ;  and,  as  compared 
with  most  of  the  other  street  railways  which  enter  the  city, 
the  Elevated  shows  a  more  efficient  return  system. 

"  The  districts  other  than  those  of  the  Boston  Elevated  do 
not,  for  the  most  part,  show  particularly  high  averages ; 
but  this  characteristic  was  noticed,  that  the  size  of  the  read- 
ing depends  largely  upon  whether  a  car  is  near.  In  general, 
the  smaller  the  system,  i.  e.,  the  fewer  the  cars,  the  more 
sensitive  to  the  nearness  of  the  cars  is  the  voltage  between 
hydrant  and  rail,  and  consequently  the  flow  of  current. 
Thus,  the  maximum  of  10  volts  last  spring  on  Washington 
street,  in  the  district  of  the  West  Roxbury  &  Roslindale 
Street  Railway,  maintained  only  for  a  moment,  shooting  up, 
as  it  were,  as  the  car  approached  from  Forest  Hills  Station. 
This  fact  should  be  remembered  in  judging  of  the  danger 
threatened  by  smaller  roads,  for  the  damage  to  be  done  by  a 
large  flow  of  current  depends  upon  how  long  a  time  it  flows. 

"  District  A,  of  the  Lynn  &  Boston  Railroad,  we  visited 
for  the  first  time  this  autumn.  It  is  but  a  short  strip  on 
Breed's  Island,  and  the  readings  were  low,  except  for  the 
few  moments  that  the  car  was  near.  It  may  be  that  in  the 
summer  season,  during  Sunday  traffic,  the  current  flows  on 
to  and  off  the  pipes  in  large  quantities,  so  that  we  v/ould 
reserve  our  decision  as  to  how  much  trouble  may  be  appre- 
hended from  this  source  until  we  have  taken  measurements 
under  more  representative  conditions. 

"  District  B,  along  North  Beacon  street,  Brighton,  part  of 
the  Newton  &  Boston  Street  Railway,  shows  almost  no  signs 
threatening  serious  trouble.  Here  is  a  recently  laid  track, 
in  operation  only  about  two  years,  and  if  that  company 
maintains  it  in  as  good  condition  as  we  have  found,  we  should 
be  surprised  to  learn  of  any  trouble  to  water-pipes  resulting 
in  the  near  future. 

"District  C,  in  Squantum  and  the  neighboring  section  of 
Quincy,  part  of  the  Quincy  &  Boston  Street  Railway,  showed 
the  high  negative  average  of  — 3,  with  a  maximum  of  — & 


Engineering  Depaht.ment.  87 

last  autumn.  Just  like  District  A,  of  the  Lynn  &  Boston, 
this  district  should  be  visited  at  a  time  when  there  is  heavier 
traffic  than  we  have  found. 

"  District  D,  along  River  street,  Dorchester,  part  of  the 
Norfolk  Suburban  Street  Railway,  shows  a  high  positive 
average  in  the  autumn,  and  a  high  negative  average  in  the 
spring.  The  readings  in  this  district  have  evidently  been 
much  influenced  by  the  opening  of  the  Boston,  Milton  & 
Brockton  Street  Railway,  which  has  a  terminus  on  Eliot 
street,  Milton,  and  which  is  fed  from  the  same  power  station 
as  the  Norfolk  Suburban  in  Hyde  Park.  We  have  not 
traced  any  metallic  connection  between  the  tracks  of  the  two 
railways,  but  we  think  it  possible  that  the  pipes  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan Water  Works,  affected  by  both  of  these  street  rail- 
ways, have  made  a  connecting  link  for  the  current  so  as  to 
materially  change  the  quantity  and  direction  of  its  flow.  A 
branch  of  the  West  Roxbury  &  Roslindale  Street  Railway 
connecting  with  the  Norfolk  Suburban  at  Mattapan,  and  fed 
from  the  same  power  station,  also  has  probably  affected  the 
conditions.  We  shall  consider  this  district  again  under  the 
head  of  '  Excavations.' 

"  District  E,  along  Hyde  Park  avenue,  also  a  part  of  the 
Norfolk  Suburban  Street  Raihvay,  showed  particularly  high 
positive  readings  in  the  spring,  but  a  much  improved  condi- 
tion in  the  autumn,  when,  however,  the  negative  readings 
were  somewhat  high.  As  a  whole,  the  road  shows  a  return 
system  inferior  to  that  of  the  Boston  Elevated ;  but  of 
course  the  lighter  traffic  gives  a  different  color  to  an  inter- 
pretation of  the  size  of  the  readings. 

"•  District  F,  including  most  of  the  West  Roxbury  &  Ros- 
lindale Street  Railway,  shows  a  lower  average,  particularly  of 
positive  readings,  than  might  be  expected  of  so  small  a  road. 
It  gave  some  high  local  negative  readings,  as  on  Washington 
street,  between  Forest  Hills  Station  and  South  street,  where 
there  was  a  maximum  of  —  10  volts  last  spring.  The  new  line 
to  Mattapan,  over  Ashland  street,  gave  somewhat  high  posi- 
tive readings.  Scarcity  of  service-pipes  here,  however,  as  in 
fact  along  the  locations  of  this  entire  railway,  should  be  con- 
sidered in  deciding  the  question  of  present  damage  to  water- 
pipes. 

"  District  G,  a  short  length  of  the  Needham  &  Boston 
Street  Railway,  has  been  opened  recently,  and  one  of  the  two 
readings  which  we  took,  being  — •  6,  is  sufficiently  high  to 
warrant  further  consideration  in  the  near  future,  in  order  to 
learn  approximately  how  much  current  leaks  on  to  the  mains 
and  service-pipes." 


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"  Excavations. 

"  For  an  inspection  of  the  mains  and  services  in  certain 
localities  where  we  suspected  they  might  have  been  injm^ed 
by  electrolytic  corrosion  we  requested  that  excavations  be 
made,  and  short  lengths  of  pipe  exposed  for  examination. 

"  On  Dover  street,  between  Washington  street  and  Shaw- 
mut  avenue,  there  was  a  break  in  the  main  early  last  April, 
and  our  attention  was  called  to  it.  Examination  showed 
that  in  all  probability  the  trouble  was  the  result  of  electroly- 
tic corrosion.  The  voltmeter  readings  which  we  took  were 
at  first  misleading,  because  they  differed  widely  according  to 
which  of  the  points  of  contact  wires  were  attached.  The 
pipe  had  been  cut  and  the  electric  current,  therefore,  broken, 
so  that  the  readings  were  not  characteristic  of  the  normal 
electrical  condition  of  the  pipe,  A  few  days  later,  after  the 
pipe  had  been  mended,  we  again  took  voltmeter  readings, 
not  at  the  same  spot,  but  at  the  excavations  near  by,  and 
these  showed  a  difference  of  potential  of  from  +1  to  +1.5 
between  pipe  and  rail,  and  from  +.2  to  +.4  between  pipe 
and  ground.  This  was  on  the  liigh  pressure  main.  The  low 
pressure  service-pipe  showed  a  somewhat  lower  potential ; 
but  other  readings  at  hydrants  and  high  pressure  gates  in 
this  section  lead  us  to  conclude  that  in  general  the  relation 
between  each  of  the  two  systems  and  the  tracks  is  about  the 
same. 

"  It  is  possible  that  the  Dover-street  main  burst  on  account 
of  recent  action.  We  think  likely,  however,  that  most  of  its 
weakening  took  place  several  years  ago,  under  conditions 
which  have  since  been  improved  upon. 

"  Excavations  at  seven  places  on  Harrison  avenue,  all 
between  Dover  and  East  Canton  streets,  revealed  little  or  no 
corrosion,  except  in  one  place,  the  service  to  No.  491,  some- 
what north  of  the  Central  Power  Station.  The  note  we 
made  of  this  excavation  was  as  follows  :  Five  feet  down, 
damp  clay,  almost  wet ;  +2.5  to  track ;  +.3  to  ground. 
Bad  corrosion  in  places,  tending  to  peel  off,  but  not  deep. 

"  How  recently  this  corrosion  was  formed  we  cannot  say ; 
but  considering  the  number  of  years  the  electric  road  has 
been  installed  and  this  power  station  in  operation  we  were 
surprised  that  in  these  seven  excavations  worse  symptoms  of 
serious  injury  to  water-pipes  should  not  have  appeared.  Al- 
though slight  corrosion  is  doubtless  going  on  along  the  Har- 
rison avenue  service-pipes  in  this  district  we  do  not  expect 
any  general  trouble  to  arise  in  the  immediate  future.  We 
strongly  recommend,  however,  that  the  authorities  in  charge 


Engineering  Department.  89 

of  the  water-pipes  in  this,  and  in  every  other  part  of  the  city, 
take  pains  to  keep,  as  far  as  practicable,  specimens  of  all 
broken  mains  and  services  showing  the  character  of  the 
break  and  the  condition  of  the  pipe  a  foot  or  so  at  either  side 
of  it.  All  such  evidence  is  useful  in  determining  to  what 
extent  the  trouble  may  have  been  due  to  current  from  the 
electric  road. 

"  Tlie  voltmeter  readings  along  River  street,  Mattapan,  a 
location  of  the  Norfolk  Suburban  Street  Railway,  and  the 
fact  that  in  many  places  between  Blue  Hill  avenue  and  the 
Hyde  Park  boundary  the  ground  is  apt  to  be  muddy  for  a 
considerable  length  of  time  after  wet  weather,  led  us  to  sus- 
pect that  there  might  be  trouble  from  electrolysis  in  this  dis- 
trict. In  two  out  of  four  excavations  the  corrosion  was 
quite  marked;  in  the  third  noticeable,  but  in  the  fourth 
almost  imperceptible.  The  serious  trouble  threatened  in  the 
first  two  instances  may  be  due  to  past  conditions,  but  we 
think  more  likely  it  is  owing  to  recent  ones,  because  last 
autumn's  readings  in  this  locality  were  larger  than  heretofore, 
a  fact  that  may  be  partially  accounted  for  by  the  opening  of 
the  Boston,  Milton  &  Brockton  Street  Railway,  which  uses 
the  Hyde  Park  power  station  for  feeding  its  lines  in  Milton. 
We  know  of  no  actual  bursting  of  water-pipes  from  electro- 
lysis in  this  district,  but  we  think  the  same  pipes  should  be 
examined  next  season  to  see  if  their  condition  has  changed 
for  the  worse. 

"  A  locality  in  which  serious  trouble  has  occurred,  and 
where  there  promises  to  be  more,  is  at  Fields  Corner,  Dor- 
chester, particularly  along  the  short  section  of  Park  street, 
between  Dorchester  avenue  and  Adams  street.  Learning 
that  here  there  had  been  several  cases  of  service-pipes  badly 
corroded  so  that  they  had  to  be  removed  and  replaced  by  new 
ones,  we  requested  that  the  pipes  be  exposed  in  several  places 
on  Park  street  and  on  the  south  side  of  the  street  where,  in 
order  to  connect  the  houses  with  the  water-main  they  run 
beneath  the  tracks  and  beneath  the  buried  return  feeders  of 
the  Boston  Elevated  Railway.  Two  representatives  of  that 
company  examined  the  pipes  with  us.  We  give  the  data 
from  our  note-book  as  follows  :  November  25,  1899,  11  A.M., 
Park  street,  Dorchester.  Service  to  No.  119.  Pipe  five  feet 
down  in  somewhat  damp  gravel.  Reading  from  pipe  to 
ground  (different  places)  +1  to  +1.5  volts.  Very  marked 
corrosion,  about  Jg  inch  deep,  along  the  2i  feet  of  pipe  that 
was  exposed.     A  dark  purple  scale. 

"  Service  to  No.  101.  Pipe  5  feet  down,  in  damp  clay. 
Reading  from  pipe  to  ground  +1  volt  (in  various  places). 


90  City  Document  No.  14. 

Reading  from  pipe  to  rail  +2.  General  corrosion,  about 
■^  inch  deep,  along  most  of  the  10  feet  of  pipe  that  was 
exposed.  Whitish  in  color.  Pipe  was  laid  about  one  month 
ago. 

"  Service  to  No.  129.  Pipe  5  to  6  feet  down,  in  damp 
gravel.  Reading  from  pipe  to  ground  +J  volt.  Reading 
from  pipe  to  rail  +^  to  +1  volt.  Very  much  corrosion, 
nearly  ^  inch  deep  ;  caking  off  in  pieces,  say  3  inches  long  by 
1  inch  wide.  Five  feet  of  pipe  exposed.  Pipe  should  be 
taken  out. 

"Service  to  No.  121.  Pipe  4  feet  down  in  not  very 
damp,  clayey  gravel.  Reading  from  pipe  to  ground  +-| 
volt.  Reading  from  pipe  to  track  +|-  volt.  Very  much 
corrosion,  almost  as  much  as  on  service  to  No.  129.  Pipe 
white  on  top,  purple  underneath.  Probably  corrosion  was 
about  I  inch  deep,  but  most  of  it  had  been  taken  off  by 
workmen. 

"  There  seems  to  be  no  question  but  that  the  return 
electric  current  is  doing  much  damage  in  this  section  at 
least,  and  we  are  told  of  a  pipe  that  gave  out  near  by  on 
Dorchester  avenue.  The  Boston  Elevated  Railway  should, 
of  course,  be  requested  to  take  radical  measures  for  stopping 
further  damage.  It  seems  to  us  that  the  underground 
feeder  return  system  in  all  probability  is  largely  the  cause  of 
trouble,  as  the  current  in  the  service-pipes  which  run  beneath 
it  finds  an  easy  path  through  the  damp  soil  and  damp 
woodwork  encasing  the  cement  in  which  the  bare  returns 
are  laid. 

"  We  did  not  have  excavations  made  for  an  examination 
of  the  iron  water  mains,  but  we  strongly  recommend  that 
such  an  examination  be  made  at  an  early  date,  for  if  the 
mains  themselves  are  badly  injured  the  sooner  it  is  known 
the  better. 

"This  is  hardly  the  place  to  discuss  what  means  of 
remedy  should  be  adopted.  Obviously,  however,  were  the 
returns  run  in  a  terra-cotta  conduit  like  the  outgoing 
feeders  the  current  from  off  the  water  pipes  could  not 
possibly  flow  on  to  them  directly.  This  would  doubtless 
relieve  the  situation  to  some  extent,  but  since  the  electric 
car  tracks  run  through  that  section  of  Park  street  where  we 
have  found  the  service  pipes  so  much  injured  it  might  be 
necessary  to  take  still  further  measures  to  effect  a  complete 
remedy." 


Engineering  Department.  91 


"Voltmeter  Readings  along  Sections  of  Track. 

"  For  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  in  a  general  way  the 
quality  of  rail-bonding,  we  took  voltmeter  readings  along 
sections  of  track  varying  in  length  from  1,000  feet  over  2,500 
feet.  We  did  this  also  in  our  investigation  for  the  previous 
year,  and  we  give  the  results,  tabulated,  in  Appe7idix  Z>,  and 
in  diagram  form  in  Appendix  E,  reducing  them  to  readings 
per  100  feet  to  allow  of  comparison.  We  have  recorded  the 
maximum  readings  when  there  was  a  fluctuation,  and,  for 
convenience,  we  have  recorded  only  the  approximate  values. 
It  will  be  noted  that  .3  volts  per  100  feet  is  the  highest 
maximum  recorded  and  .008  per  100  feet  the  lovv'est.  .3 
volt  per  100  feet  is  at  the  rate  of  over  15  volts  to  the  mile, 
which  is,  of  course,  high,  the  averages  for  all  the  readings 
being  .085  in  1899,  and  .035  in  1898  (when  much  fewer 
readings  were  taken). 

"  We  have  as  yet  done  hardly  more  with  this  data  than  to 
use  it  for  reference  and  comparison.  In  an  examination  for 
another  city  in  1893,  where  in  one  case  we  found  a  fall  of 
potential  of  7  volts  per  100  feet,  there  was  clearly  evidence 
of  neglected  rail-bonding.  In  our  report  of  that  examination 
we  took  the  somewhat  arbitrary  standard  of  .1  volt  per  100 
feet,  and  said  that  in  places  where  the  readings  showed  a 
difference  of  potential  to  be  higher  than  this  '  the  bonding 
is  defective  somewhere  within  the  given  interval.'  " 

"  Voltmeter  Readings  across  Boundaries. 

"  We  give  in  Appendix  F  the  readings  between  Boston 
water-pipes  and  those  of  adjoining  places  for  1899  and  1898, 
recorded  to  approximate  values.  At  the  Hyde  Park  boun- 
daries only  are  the  readings  particularly  high,  showing  that 
the  current  has  a  tendency  to  flow  off  in  large  quantities 
from  the  Boston  pipes.  A  further  study  along  the  Norfolk 
Suburban  Street  Railway  on  River  street  and  Hyde  Park 
avenue  should  be  made,  as  on  account  of  new  railways  in- 
stalled on  the  same  system  the  conditions  are  likely  to  change 
for  the  worse.  Meantime,  that  company  should  be  notified 
of  the  danger  that  threatens,  and  is  already  apparent  from  an 
insufficient  return  system. 

"  In  Appendix  G-  are  voltmeter  readings  between  hydrants 
and  rails  in  Boston  and  in  other  cities  and  towns  on  either 
side  of  boundaries,  which  should  be  considered  in  connection 
with  the  above,  as  they  are  a  check  upon  them.  In  the  case 
of  the  Dorchester  and  Hyde  Park  boundaries,  for  instance, 


92  City  Document  No.  14. 

they  confirm  the  indications  of  a  large  flow  of  current  off  the 
Boston  pipes  and  through  the  earth  on  to  the  Hyde  Park  pipes. 

"Headings   on  Metropolitan  Water  Works  System. 

"  We  give  in  Appendix  H  (^d)  the  tabulated  voltmeter 
readings  between  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  piping 
system  and  the  Boston  piping  system,  and  also  between  the 
former  and  the  Milton  piping  system ;  (5)  the  readings  be- 
tween the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  system  and  the  street 
railway  tracks. 

"  These  readings  were  made  on  October  25,  1899,  in 
co-operation  with  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board.  They  show 
that  the  Metropolitan  pipes  carry  a  large  quantity  of  current 
in  certain  localities.  By  a  further  study  the  pipes  of  that 
system  may  be  found  to  assist  in  carrying  the  current  from 
the  Milton  system,  and  thus  to  account  for  the  large  flow  of 
current  off  the  Boston  pipes  in  the  Mattapan  district. 

"  We  know  of  no  specific  injury,  however,  which  has  been 
done  to  the  Metropolitan  water-pipes  by  the  electric  current 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Boston ;  but  there  might  be  such 
serious  difficulties,  should  corrosion  thus  occur,  that  we 
strongly  recommend  the  continued  co-operation  in  watching 
for  possible  trouble  that  may  arise. 

"Summary  and  Conclusion. 

"  In  general,  we  think  the  City  of  Boston  is  comparatively 
free  from  injury  to  water-pipes  due  to  electrolytic  corrosion, 
considering  heavy  electric  traffic  on  the  street  railway  system. 
The  serious  trouble  in  Dorchester  seems  to  be  due  not  to 
negligence,  but  to  conditions  arising  in  spite  of  an  effort  to 
avoid  them,  and  which  cannot  be  fully  accounted  for  as  yet. 
The  injury  to  the  service-pipes  in  Mattapan  seems  to  be 
largely  due  to  conditions  that  have  arisen  within  a  year. 
The  Norfolk  Suburban  Street  Railway  Company  should  be 
notified  that  its  return  system  threatens  serious  trouble." 


Engineering  Department. 


93 


Alphabetical  List  of  Streets  in  Appendix  A, 


Adams .  .  . 
Alforcl  .  .  . 
Ashland 
Atlantic  ave.  . 
Atlantic 
Bartlett  .  . 
Beach    , 


Page 
,       .  Ill 

,  .  113 
,  .  115 
.  .  97 
.  .  114 
.  .  107 
.     .         97 

Beacon 104,  107 

Beech 115 

Belgrade  ave 115 

Bennington      .      .      .      95,  113 

Berkele^y 98 

Beverly 98 

Blue  Hill  ave  .      107,  112,  113 

Border 95 

Bowdoiu 110 

Bowdoin  sq 98 

Boylston    ....      98,  104 

Brandon 115 

Brighton  ave.        ...        105 

Brighton 96 

Broadway  .  .  .  .  98,  101 
Broadway  (Charlestown)  96 
Bunker  Hill     ....  96 

Caldwell 96 

Cambridge       ....  98 

Cambridge  (Brighton)  .  105 
Cambridge  (Charlestown)       96 

Canal 98 

Causeway 98 

Centre 107,  115 

Chambers 98 

Chardon 98 

Charles 98 

Chauncy 98 

Chelsea(Charlestown),  .  96,  97 
Chelsea  (East  Boston)  .  95 

Chestnut  Hill  ave  .  .  107 
Columbia 110 


Columbus  ave.        98, 
Commercial 
Commonwealth  ave.. 


Congress  . 
Dartmouth 
Dearborn    . 


103,  107 
.  98,  99 


104, 
106, 


105 
107 
99 
104 
107 


107, 


Dorchester 

Dorchester  ave.,  99, 
111, 
Dover  . 
Dudley  . 
E.  Broadway 
E.  Eifijhth  . 
E.  Third  . 
E.  Fourth  . 
E.  Sixth  . 
E.  Seventh 
Eliot  .  . 
Eliot  sq.  . 
Emerson  . 
Essex  . 
Federal 
Geneva  ave. 
Grove  . 
Hampden  . 
Hancock  . 
Hancock  (Quincy) 
Hanover  . 
Harrison  ave 


99,  1 


Harvard  ave. 
Haverhill    . 
Haymarket  sq 
High      .      . 
Humboldt  ave 
Huntington  av 
Hyde  Park  av 
Kneeland   . 
Leverett     . 
Lexington 
Longwood  ave 
Main     . 
Market 
Massachusetts 
Meridian    . 
Merrimac   . 
Milk      .     . 
Neponset  ave 
Norfolk      . 
Northampton 
N.  Beacon 
Oakland 


104 


Page 
101 

101,  110 
112,  114 

99 

108,  110 

101 

01,  102 

101 

101,  102 

102 

101,  102 

99 
1U8 
102 

99 

99 
110 
115 
108 
110 
114 

99 
)0,  103 
108 
106 
100 
100 
100 
108 

105.  108 
114 
100 
100 

9'o 
105 

97 
106 
03,  105 

95 

98 

100 

11,  112 

110 

103 

106,  113 
115 


M 


City  Document  No.  14. 


Page 

Orleans 95 

Park 110,  112 

Perkins 97 

Pleasant     ....    100,  110 

Portland 100 

River 114 

Roxbury 108 

Saratoga 95,  96 

Savin  Hill  ave.  ...  110 
Shawmut  ave.,      100,  103,  104 

108 
South  .  .  .  100,  108,  115 
15,  116 

114 


Spring  . 

Squantum 

State     . 

Stoughton 

Summer 

Sumner 


100 

110 

100 

96 


Tremont,      100,  104,  108,  109 


Page 

Tremont  row  ....       100 
Tremont  (Brighton)  .     .       106 

Walley 113 

Walnut  ave 109 

Walnut 112 

Warren  (Charlestown)  .  97 
Warren  (Roxbury)  .  .  109 
Washington,  100,  101,  103,  104 
106,  109,  111,  114,  115 
Washington  (Dorchester),  110 
111,  114 
Washington  (Brighton),  106 
Webster 96 


W.  Broadway 
W.  Eighth      . 
Western  ave. 
W.  Ninth 
W.  Seventh    . 
W.  Sixth   .     , 


101,  102 
102 
106 
102 
102 
102 


Engineering  Depaetment. 


95 


Appendix  A. 


Readings  between  Piping  Systems  and  Street  Car  Track 
in  City  of  Boston. 


DISTRICT  I,    (East  Boston.) 


Spring. 


Bennington  and  London 

"  "      Brooks 

"  "      Putnam 

"  "      Prescott 

Border  Street,  at  Ferry-house 

Chelsea  and  Saratoga.    See  Saratoga. 

Lexington  and  Meridian.   See  Merid- 
ian. 

Le-xington  and  Marion 

"  "     Brooks 

"  "     Putnam 

"  "     Prescott 

"  opp.  Car  House,  Eagle  sq 
Meridian  and  Paris 

"  "     London 

"  "     Saratoga 

"         "     Lexington 

"  "     Monmouth 

"  "     W.  Eagle 

"  "     Condor 

Orleans  and  Webster.  See  Webster. 
See  Merid 


Saratoga  and  Chelsea  and  Shelby 

"  "     Bremen 

"     Swift 

"  "    Moore 


+0 

— 0 

+  -5 

-0 

+  .5 

— 0 

+0 

— 0 

+0 


+1 

+0 


+0 
+  .5 


+0 
+  .5 


—0 

—  .5 
—0 
— 0 


—  .5 

—  '5 
— 1 
— 1 


+0 


+0 

+ . 


— 0 

—  .5 

—  .5 
— 0 


96 


City  Document  No.  14. 

DISTRICT  I.    (East  Boston.)— CowcZwdeci. 


1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Saratoga,  1  N.  of  "Wordsworth 

"          ''  So  of  Ford 

+  -5 

-  .5 

+  -5 
+  -5 
+  -5 
+1 

+0 
+  -5 

0 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 
-0 

—  .5 

—  .5 
—0 

—  .5 

«          1       "       "       

+  .5 

—  .5 

+  -5 
+  .5 

+0 

+  -5 

—0 
-1 

-  .5 
—1 
-1.5 

-  .5 
—2 

—  .5 

—  .5 

"         "    1  W.  of  Seaver 

—  .5 

"         "    Webster          

—  .5 

—  .5 

"         "    IW.  of  Cottage 



—2 

'<        and  Sumner.    See  Sumner. 

^ 

+  .32 

—  .43 

+    .7 

-  .3.5 

+  .21 

—  .33 

DISTRICT  II. 

(Most  of  Chaklestown.) 

+  -5 

+  -5 

—1 

+0 

—0 

+1 

+  -5 

—0 

+  -5 

"           "    Baldwin 

+  .5 

+0 

+  -^ 

—0 

-0 

-0 

—8 

+0 
+0 

—  .5 

+  -5 

—0 

"           "    Elm             

—4 

—  .5 

+0 

"    Polk 

—6 

+  -5 

—  ..5 

+0 

—0 

_3 

+  .5 

—  .5 

+  -5 

—  .5 

"           "    Tufts 

-2 

-1 

+  -5 

-  .5 

Bunker  Hill  and  Chelsea.    See  Chel- 
sea. 

CaldweU  and  Broadway.    See  Broad- 
way. 

+1 
+1 

+  -5 
+  -5 

+0 

—0 

Caldwell,  half-way  between  Perkins 

+  -5 

Cambridge  and  Main.    See  Main. 

+  -5 

+  -5 
+  .5 



—  .5 

-, 

-3 

—4 

—  .5 

Engineering  Department.  97 

DISTEICT  II.    (Most  of  Charlestown.)  —  Concluded. 


Streets. 


1898. 


1809. 


Spring. 


Chelsea  and  Henley 

"         "    Prospect 

"    Bunker  HiU 

"         "    Bainbridge 

"    Medford 

City  sq.  and  Main.    See  Main. 

Main  and  west  side  of  City  sq 

"    Pleasant 

"    Nash  row  or  Wood 

"    Phipps 

"    Lincoln 

"    Mead 

"    Middlesex 

north  of  Albion  pi 

and  Allen  

"    Furbush  ct 

"    Cambridge 

in  and  Alford.  See  Alford. 
Perkins  and  Brighton.  See  Brighton. 
Perkins  and  Caldwell.  See  Caldwell 
Warren  and  Henley 


Ma: 


+1 
+  -5 

+2 
+1 


—1.5 
—1.5 
—1.5 


+  .5 
— 1 

+1 


—1.5 
—  .5 


—1 

—1.5 

—1.5 


+  .5 


— 1 

—  .5 


+0 


+  .5 

+  .5 
+1 


—  .5 
-1 

—  .5 
—1 
—1 


Average . 


+  .3^ 


DISTKICT 

III.    (City  Proper.) 

Atlantic  ave  and  Kneeland     .... 

-  .5 

—  .5 

—2 
-1.5 

—1 
-0 
—1 

+  -5 

"           "     Pearl 

5 

"           "     150  south  of  Broad, 

—1.5 
-1.5 
-1.5 

"           "     Central                ..  . 

-1.5 
-1.5 

1  6 

Beach  and  Harrison  ave.    See  Har- 
rison ave. 

—  .5 

-  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 

"        "    South     

., 

98 


City  Document  No.  14. 


DISTRICT  III.    (City  F-rofeb..)— Continued. 


Spring. 


Berkeley  and  Tremont. 


Columbus     ave. 
Cohimbus  ave 


See  Tremont, 

See 


Beverly  and  Causeway.    See  Cause 
way. 


Beverly,  100  yds.  N.  of  Causeway 
Bowdoin  sq.,  Court  and  Chardon  . 


Boylston  and  Washington, 
ington. 


Boylston  and  Tremont 

"       Charles,  and  Park  sq. 


opp.   Subway,   or   west   of 
Church 


Broadway     and    Washington.      See 
Washington. 

Broadway  and    Harrison   ave.     See 
Harrison  ave. 


Cambridge  and  South  Russell 

"  "     Charles.  See  Charles. 

Canal  and  Haymarket  sq.    See  Hay- 
market  sq. 

Canal  and  Causeway.    ,S'ee  Causeway. 

Causeway  and  Beverly 

:  Haver- 


Haverhill. 
hill. 


"  "    Canal 

"    ■     Stamford,  and  Merrimac. 

Chambers  and  Eaton 

Chardon  and  Portland.  See  Portland. 
Charles  and  Boylston.    5ee  Boylston. 

"        "     Beacon 

"        "     Plnckney 

"         "     Cambridge 

"     Allen 

"        "     Leverett.     -See  Leverett. 

Chauncy  and  Bedford 

"  "     Essex 

Columbus  ave.  and  Berkeley —  ..... 


+0 
+  -5 


Commercial  and  Atlantic  ave.     See 
Atlantic  ave. 


—  .5 
—1.5 


—  .5 

— 1 


EXGINEERING    DEPARTMENT. 


99 


DISTRICT  III.    (City  Froper.)—  Continued. 


1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

-1 

-1 

-1 

"              "     250  ft  E  of  Charter. 

—1 

—  .5 

-1 

-1 

--1 

Congress  and  State.    See  State. 

Dorchester  ave.  and    Summer.     .See 
Summer. 

Dorchester  ave.  and  Mt.  Washington 
ave 

+  -5 

—  .5 

—1 

Dorchester  ave.  and  Kneeland.     See 
Atlantic  ave. 

-  .5 

—  5 

"            "    1  N.  of  Foundry 

+0 
+0 

—0 

1 

—  .5 

-0 

—1 

-0 

"    and  W.  Broadway.. 

+  -5 

—  .5 

Dover  and  Tremont.     See  Tremont, 
Berkeley,  and  Dover. 

Dover  and  Shawmut.    See  Shawmut 
ave. 

Dover  and  Washington.    See  Wash- 
ington. 

Dover,  bet.  Washington  and  Harri- 
son ave 

+1 

Dover  and  Harrison.    See  Harrison 
ave. 

+1 

Eliot  and  Tremont.    See  Tremont. 

Essex  and  Chauncy.    See  Chauncy. 

Federal  and  Milk.    See  Milk. 

"         "    High 

_    5 

0 

0 

Hanover  and  Tremont.    See  Tremont 
row. 

Hanover  and  Washington.  5ee  Wash- 
ington, 

Hanover  and  Prince 

1  5 

1 

1 

"         "     Commercial.    5ee  Com- 
mercial. 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 

"        "       "    Kneeland 

5 

■  0 

5 

• Oak 

+0 

+0 
+0 

+1 

+0 

+0 
+0 
+0 

+1 

"         "        "    Broadway 

+0 

+0 

+1 

100  City  Document  No.  14. 

DISTRICT  III.    (City  FRor^ti.)—  Continued. 


1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

+  .5 

+1 

+1 

—1 

Haymarket  sq .  and  Canal 

_1 

X 

High  and  Federal.    See  Federal. 

Kingston  and  Beach.    See  Beach. 

Kneeland  and  Harrison   ave.     See 
Harrison  ave. 

- 

Kneeland  and  Atlantic  ave.    See  At- 
lantic ave. 

Kneeland  and  Dorchester  ave.    See 
Dorchester  ave. 

Leverett  and  Cotting    .... 

5 

5 

5 

"    Charles 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 

Milk  and  Federal 

—1 

—  .5 

—  .5 

Pleasant   and    Shawmut    ave.      See 
Shawmut  ave. 

Portland,  Chardon  and  Merrimac. . . . 

—1 

-  .5 

-1 

Shawmut  ave.,  Pleasant  and  Tremont 

+  -5 

—0 

+0 

+  .5 

+  .5 
+0 

+0 

'    Castle 

-0 

"           "         "    IN.  of  Lucas.... 

+1.5 

+  -5 

+  .5 

+1 

+1 

South  and  Beach.    See  Beach. 

State  and  Congress 

_ 1 

_-. 

—1 

Summer  and  Washington.  See  Wash- 
ington. 

_1 

—2 

Tremont  and  Boylston.  See  Boylston. 

"         "    Eliot 

-  .5 

—0 

—0 

"         "    Shawmut  ave.  See  Shaw- 
mut ave. 

"       E.ofChurch 

+  -5 

+0 

+  .5 

+  .5 
+1 

+  .5 
+  .5 

+0 

-1.5 

-1 

—1 

Washington  and  Hanover.          

—1.5 

—1 



—1 

-1 
-  .5 

+0 

-1 

—0 

+  .5 

—1 

<•            "    Summer        

—  .5 

"          Boylston  and  Essex 

+  .5 

—  .5 

Engineering  Department.  101 

DISTRICT  III.    (City  Frofer.)  —  Concluded. 


1899. 

Streets. 

1898. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

—1 

+0 
+1.5 

-.5 

+0 
+1 

—1 

+  -5 
+1.5 

"West  Broadway  and  Dorchester  ave. 
See  Dorchester  ave. 

Average                 

.59 

.88 

.43 

.59 

.38 

.81 

DISTRICT  IV.    (South  Boston.; 

Broadway.    See  E.  Broadway  and  W. 
Broadway. 

Dorchester  st.  and   Dorchester  ave. 
See  Dorchester  ave. 

—1 

—  .5 

—  .5 

-1 

-1.5 

—  .5 

"     E.   Eighth.     See  E. 
Eighth. 

"             "     W.    Sixth.     See   W. 
Sixth. 

Dorchester  ave.  and  W.  Broadway. 
See  under  City  Proper. 

—1 

—  .5 

"     W.  Sixth.     See 
W.  Sixth. 

"              "        "      D 

-  .5 

"            "     300  S.  from  crossing 

-  .5 

—  .5 

—1 

"            "     and  D  and  W.  of  D 
(Norway  Iron  Wks) 

-  .5 

—  .5 

-1 

—  .5 

-1 

—  .5 

-1 

—  .5 

-1 

E.  and  W.  Seventh.     See  W.  Seventh 
andE. 

E.  and  W.  Eighth.  See  W.  Eighth  and 
E. 

E  Broadway  and  E 

—  .5 

—0 

—  .5 

-  .5 

+0 

-  .5 

-  .5 

"           "            "    L          

—2 

-2 

—1.5 

"    K.    ^eeK. 

E  Third  and  Emerson                  

—  .5 
-2. 

-  .5 

-1 
-2 
—1 

—1.5 

-1.5 

11       li       It    j^ 

—1 

102  City  Document  No.  14. 

DISTRICT  IV.    (South  Bostoth.)  —  Concluded. 


Streets. 

1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

-1 
-1 

-1.5 

—2 

"  Sixth     "    L 

—1.5 

"       "        "    N 

-1 
—2 

—1 
—3 

3 

'    P 

—1.5 

E.  Seventh  and  K.     See  K  and  E. 
Seventh. 

E.  Eighth  and  H 

'     Atlantic  (Corrington) 

-1 

-1 

-1 

"       "         "     Knowlton 

-1 
-1 

-1 

—1 

1 

Emerson  and  E.  Broadway.    See  E. 
Broadway. 

Emerson  and  E.  Third.    See  E.  Third 

K  and  E .  Broadway 

—1 

-1.5 

—1 

L  and  E.  Broadway.    See  E.  Broad- 
way. 

1,  and  E.  Fourth,      ^ee   E.    Fourth 
and  L. 

P     "      "         "            See  E.    Fourth 
and  P. 

P     "      "     Sixth.  ^eeE.SixthandP. 

Q     "      "     Fifth 

_1 

W.  Broadway  and  Dorchester  ave. 
See  Dorchester    ave.   under    City 
Proper. 

W.  Broadway  and  A 

—  .5 

+  -5 

+0 

—  .& 

"           "            "    C 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 

-0 
-  .5 

—  .6 

•'           "            "    E    

_1 

"           "           W.  of  Dorchester 

W.  Sixth  and  Dorchester  ave 

-1 

—1 

-1 

<«      "       "     c 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—0 

—1 

"       "      between  E  and  D 

—  .5 

"       "     and  Dorchester 

-  .5 

-  .6 

W.  Seventh  and  E 

-1 
—  .5 

—  .5 

—1.5 

W.  Eighth  and  E 

W.  Ninth  and  Frederick    

-1 

—  .5 

—1 

-.89 

+  .25 

-  .95 

+0 

—1.0 

Engineering  Department. 


103 


DISTRICT  V.    (Harrison  Avenue,  Part  of  South  End.) 


Streets. 

1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

+1.5 
+1.5 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+2.5 

+2.5 

+2.5 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+1.5 

+1.5 

+1.5 

+1 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+3.5 

+2.5 

+2.5 

+3 

+3 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+2 

+1.5 

+1 

+  .5 

+0 





—0 

+2 

■+2 

+1.5 

+1.5 

+2.5 

+2 

+2.5 

+2.5 

+2. 

+1.5 

+2 

+1 

+1.5 

+1 

+  .5 

+  .5 

"           "    IN.  of  Savoy 

"          "    and  Rollins 

"       •'    Union  Park..?.... 
"       "    Maiden 

"          "       "    E.Dedham 

"           '<        "    E.  Canton 

E.  BrooMine 

"          "       "    Sharon 

"       "    E.Newton 

"          "       "    E.Concord 

"          "       "    Worcester  sq 

"        "    E.  Springfield 

' Massachusetts  ave. 

"           "       "    Northampton 

-0 

Average 

+1.88 

+1.90 

+1.66 

DISTRICT  VI.    (MOST  OF  South  End.) 


Columbus  ave.,  Chandler  and  Dart- 

+0 
+0 

.5 

+0 

—  .5 

Columbus  ave.,  Warren  ave.,  and  W. 

-1 

-1 

-.5 

Columbus  ave.,    Massachusetts  ave. 
See  Massachusetts  ave. 

Massachusetts  ave.    and   Columbus 

-1 

-1 

—1 

Northampton  and  Tremont.   See  Tre- 
mont. 

Shawmut  ave.    See  Shawmut  ave. 

Washington.    See  Washington. 

Harrison  ave.    See  Harrison  ave. 

+1 
+1 
+1 

+1.5 
+1.5 

+1 
+1 

"       "    Union  Park 

+1 

+.5 

"    W.  Dedham 

+1 

+1.5 

+1 

104 


City  Document  No.  14. 


DISTRICT  VI.    (Most  of  South  End.)—  Concluded. 


1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Shawmut  ave.  and  W.  Brookline 

"           "       "    Rutland 

+1 
+  .5 
+.5 

-0 
-0 

+1 
+  .5 
+.5 
+0 
+1 



—0 

+.5 
+  .5 
+0 

"           "       "    Worcester 

Tremont  and  Union  Park 

+.5 

0 

"         "    W.  Dedham 

-1 

"         "    W.  Brookline 

-.5 
-.5 
-1 

+1 
+1 
+1 
+1 

+.5 

Q 

"         "    W.Concord 

5 

+1.5 

+2 
+1.5 

"              "    Waltham 

+2 
+1.5 

+2 

+1 
+.5 
+  .5 
+  .5 
+0 

"    Union  Park 

Washington  and  Blackstone  sq. 
(drinking  fountain) 

Washington  and  Rutland 

+.5 

+  .5 

+0 
+0 
+0 

"            "     Northampton 

+.5 

+.90 

-.63 

+  .87 

-.81 

+  .56 

DISTRICT  VII.   (Back  Bay.) 


Beacon  st.  and  Massachusetts,  ave.. . 

—1.5 
—1.5 

-1 
-3.5 

—2.5 

Beacon  st.  E.  cor.   Commonwealth 

—2.5 

-3 
—.5 

"        "     Dartmouth 

-1 

-1 

"       "    IW.  of  Exeter 

—1 

1 

Boylston  and  Massachusetts  ave.  See 
Massachusetts  ave. 

Commonwealth    ave.    and    Beacon. 
See  Beacon 

Commonwealth  ave.  and  Beacon.    E. 
of  St.  Mary's 

—  5 

Dartmouth  and  Boylston.     See  Boyl- 
ston. 

-1 

—1 



Engineering  Department. 


105 


DISTRICT  VII.    (Back  Bay.)  —  Concluded. 


1899. 

Streets. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Huntington  ave.    1  W.  of  W.  Newton 

Huntington  ave.    Massachusetts  ave. 
See  Massachusetts  ave. 

-1 

-1.5 

-2 
-1.5 

-3 

-1.5 

-1.5 

—2 

-1.5 

-1.5 
-1.5 
—1.5 

-1 
-2 

-1.5 
—  .5 

<<            "IE  of  Ru'^o'les 

-1.5 

-1 

liongwood  ave.  and  Huntington  ave. 
*    See  Huntington  ave. 

—1 

-1.5 

—1 

«'              <'      "     Boylston 

-1.5 

"              "      "     Beacon.      See 
Beacon. 

-1.6 

—1.38 

-1.4 

ge 

DISTRICT  VIII.    (MOST  OF  Brighton.) 


Brighton  ave.,  1 W.  of  Commonwealth 
ave 

. 

-2.5 

"            "     and  Harvard  ave.    See 
Harvard  ave. 

"            "    1  S.  E.  of  Cambridge.. . 

+  .5 

-0 

"            "    S  E   cor 

1 

Cambridge.    Last  in  Boston 

-  .5 

+  -5 

—0 

-1 

1  E.  of  N.  Harvard 

-  .5 

—1 

-1 

"            1  E.  of  Mansfield 

—  .5 
-0 

-1 

—  .5 

—0 

"            1 N.  E.  Harvard  ave. . . . 

+  .5 

-  .5 

Harvard  ave.    See  Har- 
vard ave. 

"            1  S.  E.  of  Harvard  ave.. 

+  -5 

-0 

+  .5 

-0 

-1 

11              2      "      "          "            " 

+0 

5 

"             IE.  of  Union  sq 

—0 

-  .5 

"            Brighton  ave. 

See  Brighton  ave. 

"            N.  Beacon.    See  N.  Bea- 
con. 

"            Eleanor 

+0 

—  .5 

+0 

-0 

-1 

"            N.E.  of  Washington.... 

+  -5 

-0 

+1 

—0 

-  .5 

—2.5 

"                "        St  Paul 

—2 

106 


City  Document  No.  14. 


DISTRICT  VIII.    (Most  of  Brighton.)— CowcZwrfed. 


Streets. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Commonwealth  ave.,  W.  of  Babcock, 

-1 

+0 

-1 
-0 

Harvard  ave  and  Cambridge 

1 

"           "     1  S.  of  Cambridge 

+  .5 

—0 
-  .5 

+0 

-  .5 

—1 
-1 

-  .5 

+0 

"          "     1   North    of    Common- 

2 

"         "     Last  in  Boston 

1 

Market.    1  S.  of  Waverly 

+  .5 

+  .5 

n 

"         Wicklow 

"         1  S.  of  Wicklow    .  . 

+  -5 

-0 

"         North  Beacon.    5ee  N.  Bea- 
con. 

"         Mapleton 

+  -5 

+  -5 

+  -5 

+0 

+1 
+1 

-  .5 

-  .5 

-  .6 

-  .5 

-  .5 
—0 

-  .5 

+0 
+0 

+1 
+1 

+  .5 

+0 

+1 

+1 

+1 

—0 

"         Washington.    See  Washing- 
ton. 

North  Beacon  and  Cambridge 

"           "         "     Market 

+  .5 
+  .5 
+  .5 
+0 
+  -5 
+0 

—  .5 

-  .5 

-  .5 
—0 

—  .5 

1 

Tremont.    Liast  in  Boston 

5 

"            IN.  E.  of  Lake 

—  .5 

"            Nonantum 

5 

Western  ave.    Last  in  Boston 

"           "       2  from  Cambridge  line 

+1 
+1 

"           "       Upton  court(Grant  pi.) 
"       2  E.  of  N.  Harvard.... 
"       2  W.  of  N.  Harvard... 

"          "       Telford 

+1.5 
+1.5 
+2 
+1 

+1.5 
+1.5 

+1 

"          "       1  B.  of  Waverley  .  ... 

+1 
+1 

+  .5 
+  .5 

"       1  E.  of  Market 

+1 

Average 

+  .60 

-  .34 

+  .74 

-  .48 

+  .59 

92 

Engineering  Department.  107 

DISTRICT  IX.    (Reservoir  Part  of  Brighton.) 


1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

—4 

-6 

-1 
-4 
—5 

—5 

—5 

-6 

—3 

—6.0 

—3.33 

—4.25 

DISTRICT    X.      (ROXBURY  AND 

PART  OF  West  Roxburt.) 

—1 

"       "      "     WoodviUe 

-1.5 

+0 

-  .5 

-1 

2.5 

—1 

"            "           "Washington   and 
Warren 

+0 

-  .5 

—  .5 

Centre  and  Cedar               

—1 

1 

+2 

"        "    Columbus  ave.     See  Co- 
lumbus ave. 

Centre  and  N.  of  Blckford 

-8 

—2 

—1.5 

Centre  and  Perkins 

—8 

—5 

—2 

"    Lakevillepl 

3 

-3 

—  .5 

—4 
—  .5 

—4 

Columbus  ave.  and  Davenport   

—  .5 

—1 

.5 

Columbus  ave.  and  Station,  Tremont, 

—1.5 

—1 

-1.5 

Columbus  ave.  and  Cedar 

-1 

-1 

'•      "    New  Heath 



—1.5 

"            "      "    Centre 

-1.5 

-1.5 

"            "      "    one-half  way  be- 

—1 

—1.5 

Columbus  ave.  and  Washington.    See 
Washington. 

Columbus  ave.  and  Walnut  ave 

—1 

-  .5- 

Dearborn  and  Dudley.    See  Dudley. 

Dudley  and  Washington 

—  .5 

—    5 

—  .5 

-  .5 

-  .6 

Dudley  and  Harrison  ave.    See  Har- 
rison ave. 

108  City  Document  No.  14. 

DISTRICT  X.    (BoxBURY  AND  Part  of  West  noxBVRr .)— Continued. 


Streets. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

5 

5 

"          "     Hampden.     See  Hamp- 
den. 

Dudley  and  Blue  Hill  ave.    See  Blue 
Hill  ave. 

Eliot  sq.  opp.  Highland 

1 

1 

Eustis  and  Washington.     See  Wash- 
ington. 

Eustis  and  Harrison  ave.    See  Harri- 
son ave. 

Guild  row  and  Roxbury.    See  Rox- 
bury. 

Guild  row,  Washington,  and  Dudley. 
See  Washington. 

Hampden  and  Albany 

+  -5 
+  .6 

+0 

—0 

+0 

"           "     Kemble  and  Adams  . . 

—  .5 

-  .5 

—  .5 

"           "     Dudley 

1 

_1 

1  5 

Harrison  ave.  and  E.  Lenox 

+  -5 

+  -5 

+0 

—0 

—1.6 

+0 

—0 

-0 

"          "       "    Eustis 

5 

+0 

0 

"          "       "    Taber 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—1 

-1.5 

-1 

"            "      "    I  N.  of  Seaver 

—1 

—1 

Huntington  ave.  and  Tremont.    See 
Tremont 

1.5 

—2.5 

Roxbury  and  Elmwood 

1  5 

—1.5 

Seaver  and  Walnut  ave.    See  Colum- 
bus ave. 

—  ..5 

+0 

—0 

-0 

+  .5 
+  0. 

+  -5 

+0 

"            "      "    Sterling 

+  -5 

—0 

—0 

—  .5 

+0 
+  -0 

—  .5 

—  .5 

"            "      "    Marvin 

—  .5 

—  .6 

-1 

South  and  Child 

-2.5 

-4 

-2 

South  and  Washington.    See  Wash- 
ington. 

Tremont  and  Hammond 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 

-  .5 

—  .5 

Engineeeing  Department.  109 

DISTRICT  X.    (ROXBURT  AND  Part  of  West  Eoxburt.)  —  Concluded. 


1899. 

Streets. 

1898. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Treinont  and  Culvert  ( — Whittier) 

1  5 

\ 

jj 

"          "    Cottage  pi 

2 

5 

"         "    Columbus  ave.   See  Co- 
lumbus ave 

"          "    St  Alphonsus        ..  . 

1  5 

"Walnut  ave.  and  Columbus  ave.    See 
Columbus  ave. 

"Warren  and  "Washington.    See  Wash- 
ington. 

"Warren  and  Dudley.    See  Dudley. 

"          "    Moreland 

-  .5 

-  .5 

—  .5 

5 

"          "    Dunreath 

—1.5 

—  .5 

"          "    Quincy 

1 

5 

"          "    Brunswick 

—  .5 



—1.5 

—1 

••    Blue  Hill  ave.    5ee  Blue 
Hill  ave.,  Dorchester. 

—  .5 

—  .5 

"              "    Ball  

-0 
—  .5 

-  .5 
—1 

0 

"               "    Eustis 

—  .5 

"              "    "Warren  and  Palmer 

—  .5 

—  .5 

-  .5 

"              "    Dudley.  See  Dudley 

—1 
-1.5 

-  .5 

-1 

"              "    Oakland  and  Dale.. 

"              "    Kingsbury 

1 

"    Marcella 

—1.5 

"               "    Dimock 

—1.5 

—1 

"              "    Atherton    and    Co- 

—1.5 

-1 

—2 

Washington  and  Forest  Hills  st 

"              "    Green.... 

+0 

"              "    No.    Bennet   (north 
end) 

1 

5 

2  5 

"Washington  and  Morton  (Boston  Ele- 

+1 

-6 

—4 

—  .56 

—1.56 

—.2 

-1.14 

+0 

110 


City  Document  No.  14. 

DISTRICT  XI.    (Part  of  Dorchester.) 


Streets. 

1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Bowdoin     and     Washington.       See 
Washington. 

+0 
+1 
+1 
+  .5 

—1 

+  -5 

+2.5 
+2 

"           "    Geneva  ave         

+  -5 
+1 
+  .5 

0 

"            "    Olney 

"    Hamilton 

"            "    Quincy      

+1 

+1 

+0 

Columbia     and     Washington.      See 
Washington. 

Columbia    and    Blue   Hill   ave.    See 
Blue  Hill  ave. 

Dorchester    ave.    and     Dorset     (or 

Dorchester  ave.  and  East  Cottage  — 

+  -5 

-  .5 

+0 

—1 

+0 

-1 

"       "    Savin  Hill  ave... 

+  -5 



+  .5 

-0 

+  -5 

Dudley  and  Shirley 

—  .5 

—1  .5 

-1 

+0 

—1 

—1.5 

"         "    Monadnock. 

+  -5 

5 

+0 

5 

—0 

Geneva    ave.    and    Bowdoin.       See 
Bowdoin. 

Geneva  ave.  and  Westville 

+  -5 

+  -5 
+1 
+  .5 

«         «       «    Park 

Hancock  and  Glendale 

+  -5 

+  -5 

+  .5 

+  -5 

+0 

+1 

+0 

—  .5 

+  -5 
+  .5 
+0 

Norfolk  and  Washington 

1 

—2 

—2 

Park  and  Geneva  ave.    See  Geneva 
ave. 

Pleasant  and  Savin  Hill  ave 

+1 

+0 

—0 

+  -5 

Savin  Hill  ave.  and  Dorchester  ave. 
See  Dorchester  ave. 

Savin  Hill  ave.  and  Pleasant.     See 
Pleasant. 

Stoughton  and  private  way  (west  of 

+  .5 
+0 

1 

+  -5 

Washington  and  Columbia   

1 

—0 

—1 

-  .5 

-  .5 

+0 

Engineering  Department. 

DISTRICT  XI.    (Part  of  Dorchester.)  —  Concluded. 


Ill 


Streets. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

—1 

-  .5 

-  .5 
-1 

-2 
—1 

+  .5 

+  -s 

—  .5 

+  -5 

"             "    School 

+0 
+5 

Washington  and  Coffee  pi 

—0 

—  .5 

-.5 
—1 



+  -5 

"    Norfolk.     See  Nor- 
folk. 

"              "    Euclid     

.44 

.88 

.33 

.73 

.68 

.79 

DISTRICT  XII.    (Field's  Corner  and  Neponset.) 


Adams  and  Park 

"    IN. of  Gibson. 


Neponset   ave.     See   Ne 
ponset  ave. 


Dorchester  ave 
Chester  ave. 


Dorchester  ave.  and  Creek 

"  "       "     Freeport. 

"  "       "     Lyon 

"  "       "     Linden.. 


Dorchester   avenue    and    Leedsville 
(=Leed8) 


Dorchester  ave.  and  Ellet 

"    N.  of  Greenwich 


Adams    (Field's 
Corner) 


Neponset  ave 


Faulkner  and  E. 
of  Faulkner. . . 


at  Field's  Cor.  Trans- 
fer Station 


'    and  Park 

.  and  Adams 

"    Saco 

"    IW.  of  Mill.. 

"    Mill 

"    1  N.  of  King. 


+1.5 


+1 


+2 

+2 

+1..5 

+2 

+1.5 


+1.5 
+1.5 


+  .5 
+1 
+2 
+2 

+2.5 
+1.5 
+1.5 

+1 

+2 


+1 

+1,5 

+1.5 

+1.5 

+1.5 

+1.5 


+2 
+1.5 


+1 
+1.5 
+2 
+2.5 

+2 
+2 
+2 
+1.5 

+1.5 
+1.5 

+1.5 

+1 


+2 

+2 

+1.5 

+2 

+1.5 


112 


City  Document  No.  14. 


DISTRICT  XII.  (Field's  Corner  and  Neponset.)  —  Concterferf. 


Spring. 


Neponset  ave.  and  Tileston  pi 

"  S.  of  Pope's  Hill  St, 

"  Bout  well  ave 

"  N.  W.  of  Freeport 

"  S.W.    " 

''  Blackwell 

"  Chickatawbut 

"  1  W.  of  Taylor  . . 

"  Taylor 


Park  and  Dorchester  ave.    See  Dor- 
Chester  ave. 


"     E.  of  Dorchester  ave 

"     "W.  of  Adams 

"     and  Adams.    See  Adams. 

Walnut,  E.  of  Neponset  ave . . . . 

"       1  W.  of  Rice 


+2 


+2 
+1.5 


+1.5 

+3 
+2 


+1 
+1.5 


+  .5 

+2 


+1 


+1.5 
+1.5 


+  -5 
+1.5 


+2 

+1.5 

+2 

+2 

+1 

+1.5 

+1 

+.5 

+2 

+1 
+1 

+  .4 

+1.5 


Average. 


+1.66 


+1.43 


+1.56 


DISTRICT  XIII. 

(ASHMONT.) 

Dorchester  ave.,  S.  of  Gibson 

+  -5 

+  .5 

+  .5 

Dorchester  ave    and  Centre    

+1 

+  ••'5 

+1 
+1 

"       "    1  N.  of  Lonsdale 
( —  s  of  Rosemont) 

+1 
+1 
+  .5 

+0 

—1  5 

"    2S.  of  Codman.. 

+0 

-0 

"             "        "    1  S.  of  Richmond 

+2 

—  .5 

+1 

_1 

+1.0 

-.5 

+.17 

—.75' 

+  .83 

—1.0 

DISTRICT  XIV.    (Blue  Hill  Ave.,  Grove  Hall  to  Mattapan.) 


—1.5 

—2 

-3.5 

—3 

••       "      "       "    Esmond 

—3 

"       "      "       "    Canterbury 

"       "      "       "IN   of  Harvard 



-1.5 
-3 

-  .5 
—2 

—4 

•  •        <c          .<     ig       .< 

—5 

"       "      "     gate  between  Harvard 

—i 

-3 

Engineering  Department.  113 

DISTRICT  XIV.    (Blue  Hill  Ave.,  Grove  Hall  to  ISIattafah.)— Concluded. 


1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

-2 

-2 

—6 

"       "      "       "    Evelyn 

i 

"      "       "    IN.  of  WalkHiU. 

Seaver  W.  of  Blue  Hill  ave.    See  Blue 
Hill  ave. 

—5 

-3.5 

—2 

-3.17 

-«s 



—3.63 

DISTRICT  XV.    (Charlestown.) 


Alford  and  Main 

+  -5 

+1.5 

+2 

"         "     West 

+2 
+1.5 

+2.5 

+2 
+3 

"         "     Arlington  ave 

Alford,  between  Arlington  and  the 
bridge      

+3 
+2 

+3 

+2.5 
+2 

Alford,  on  bridge,  S.  of  draw 

+1 
+  -5 

+  -5 

_, 

—  .5 

—  .5 

1 

+1.5 

—  .5 

+2.17 

-  .5 

+2.3 

—1 

DISTRICT  A.    (Ltnn  &  Boston  St.  Ry.    Orient  Heights.) 


Bennington  and  Orient  Heights  Sta. 

"  "     Blackinton 

"     1  N.  of  Blackinton. 

"  Leyden 

Walley,  last  in  Boston 


—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 

—  .5 


Average. 


+0 


DISTRICT  B.    (Newton  &  Boston  St.  Ry.    Part  of  Brighton.) 


N.  Beacon,  W.  corner  Cambridge 

+  -5 

-  .5 

—  .5 

-1 

"               "            DuBtin 

+0 
+.5 

+.5 

—  .5 

+0 
+.5 
+  -5 

—  .5 

+1 
+0 
+0 

"               "            3Iarket 

—0 

IN.W.  of  Market, 

-  .5 

-  .5 

"               "        2       "            " 

—1 

jr  arsons 

+  -5 

-1.5 

+0 

-0 



1  5 

Average 

+  .30 

-.50 

+.25 

-.40 

+  .33 

—1.0 

114  City  Document  No.  14. 

DISTRICT  C.     (QuiNCY  &  Boston  St.  Ry.    Part  of  Quincy.) 


1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

—4 

-3 

+  .5 

"           "    Sqiiantum 

3 

Hancock  and  Newbury 

-3 

-  6 

Squantum  and  Atlantic.  See' Atlantic. 
<<           "    1 N.  of  Atlantic  

-3 
-3 

1  5 

"            <■    2      "           "        

1  5 

+  -5 

Average                   .           ... 

-3 

—3 

+  -5 

3 

DISTRICT  D.    (Norfolk  Suburban 

ST.   RY. 

Part 

OF  Dorchester.) 

Blue  Hill  and  River,    ^'ee  River. 

Dorchester   ave.,   Washington   and 

+  -5 
+  -5 

+1 
+1.5 
+  .5 
+1 

+  -5 

+1.5 
+1.5 

+4 
+4 
+2 
+2.5 

River  1  W  of  Washington 

2 

'     10       "             "            

'      I  N.  E.  of  Blue  Hill  ave 

—1 

+2.5 
+1.5 

'     1 W.  Blue  Hill  ave 

'     Malta 

+2 
+2 

1  5 

+6 

+4 

Washington,  Adams  and  Dorchester 
ave.    See  Dorchester  ave. 

W 

a 

ishington,    between    Dorchester 

+1 



4-1.19 

+  -5 

-1.19 

+2.77 

—0 

DISTRICT  E.    (Norfolk  Suburban  St.  Ry. 

PART  OP  West  Roxbury.) 

Hyde  Park  ave.  2  N.  of  Walk  HiU. . . . 
•'            "    1       '<            " 

+4 

+4 
+2.5 

+2 
+  -5 

—3 

"    IS.  " 

+1 

-1 

-  .5 

—1 

_2 

+4 

+  -5 

+1 

—0 

"    IS.  of  Ashland 

+1 

-1 

+3 

+4 
+6 

—  .5 

+1 
+1 

'            "    last  in  Boston 

+1 

—1 

Wash 

+6 

-2 

+2 

—6 

A 

+1.75 

-1.33 

+4.21 

-1.0 

+1.14 

—2.2 

D  and  E  together  average 

+1.38 

—1.33 

+3.75 

—1.14 

+2.14 

-1.83 

Engineering  Depaetment. 


115 


DISTRICT  F.   (West  Roxbury  and  Roslindale  Street  Railway.) 


1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Ashla 

Beech 
Belgra 
Brand 

Centre 
Grove 

Oakla 

South 
don 

Spring 

Washi 

Washi 

+2 

+1.5 

+1.5 

+2 
+0 

H-1 

"    Rowe            

1 

+0 

-4 
-3 

+  -5 

-1 

-1.5 

-3 

on  ave.  and  South 

—2 

-3 
—1 
-  .5 

-2 

and  1  N  of  Bellevue 

+    -0 

+  ■•'> 
+0 

—1.5 
-2 

-  .5 

—  .5 

-0 

+  -5 

+  .5 
+  -5 

+1.5 

+1 

+1 

+5 
+1 

+1 

"     Spring 

5 

"     IN.  of  Baker 

AV.  from  Washington 

+  -5 

+2 

5 

and  Washington.    See  Wash- 
ington. 

"    Hollingsworth           .... 

"    River.    See  River. 

and  Brandon  ave.     See  Bran- 
ave. 

■■  and  Centre.    See  Centre. 

ngton  1  S.  of  Forest  Hills  sta.. 

ngton  1  S.  of  Bridge  =  2d  S.  of 
St  Hills  sta 

+1 

-3 

+0 

-0 

—4 

-3 

+0 

-10 
—  .5 

5 

,              „        „ 

4 

—3 

+1 

—2 
-1 

+1.5 
+  .5 

'              "    Albano 

2 

— ] 

'           1 N.  of  Beach       

+  -5 
+  .5 
+  .5 

+  -5 

—1.5 

-  .5 

-  .5 

+1 
+1.5 
+  .5 
+0 
+1.5 

2 

top  of  hill  opp.  car-house 

'           2  S.  of  LaGrange 

'           and  Grove 

+1 
+  .5 
+1 

-  .5 
—1 

1  5 

rerage 

+  .86 

-2.36 

+.41 

—1.70 

+.96 

1  76 

116 


City  Document  No.  14. 


DISTRICT  G.    (Needham  &  Boston  St.  Ry.    Part  of  W.  Roxbury.) 


1809. 

Streets. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

—6 

A 

—3.25 

i 

Appendix  B. 


Summary    of    Voltmeter    Readings 
and  Tracks. 


between    Hydrants 


Districts. 


Spring. 


Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company. 

I.  East  Boston 

II.  Most  of  Charlestown 

III.  City  Proper 

IV.  South  Boston 

V.  Harrison  ave.  (S.  End)  

VI.  Most  of  South  End 

VII.  Back  Bay 

VIII.  Most  of  Brighton 

IX.  Reservoir  (part  of  Brighton) . . . . 

X .  Roxbury  an  d  part  of  W .  Roxbury 

XI.  Part  of  Dorchester 

XII.  Field's  Corner  and  Neponset  . . 

XIII.  Ashmont 

XIV.  Blue  Hill  ave.  (Dorchester). . . 

XV.  Alford  St.  (Charlestown) 


Mx. 

Av. 


3.5 
1.4 


CITY  OF  EVERETT 


TOWN   OF  DEDHAM 


Engineering  Department. 


117 


Summary  of  Voltmeter    Readings    between     Hydrants 
and   Tracks. — Concluded. 


Districts. 

1$9S. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

+ 

Mx. 

Av. 

Mx.    .5 
Av.     .3 

Mx. 

Av. 

Mx.  2 

Av.  1.2 

Mx.  i 

Av.  1.8 

Mx.  2 

Av.     .9 

Mx. 
Av. 

- 

+ 

- 

+ 

6 

1.6 

1.5 
.5 

4 
3 

2 
1.3 

2.4 

.5 
.3 

.5 
.5 

6 
4.2 

1 
.4 

.5 
.4 

3 
3 

2 
1.2 

2 

1 

10 
1.7 

1 
.3 

.5 
.5 

6 

2.8 

2 
1.1 

1 

15 

C.    Squantum  &  Quincy  (Q.  &  B.) . . . . 

1 

6 
3 

E.  Hyde  Park  ave.  (N.  D.) 

F.  W.  Koxbury  and  Roslindale 

G.  Spring  st.  (Xeedham  &  Boston). . 

6 
2.2 

5 

1.8 

6 

3.3 

GENERAL   SUMMARY. 


Boston  Elevated  Railway 

Other  roads 

All  combined 


Mx.  3 
Av.  1 


Mx.  4 

Av.  1 


Mx.  4 

Av.  1 


_ 

4- 

- 

+ 

8 
1.2 

4 
.9 

4 

.9 

3 

.8 

7 
2.1 

6 
1.5 

10 
1.4 

6 
1.3 

8 
1.3 

6 

10 

1 

6 

1 

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ix  D. 


Voltmeter  Readings  along  Sections  of  Track. 


£5 


DISRICT  I.    (East  Boston.) 
Saratoga— Wordsworth  to  Bennington 

DISTRICT  II.    (Charlestown.) 
Alford— South  from  City  line 

DISTRICT  IV.    (South  Boston.) 

E.  Broadway— G  to  H 

E.  Eighth— Old  Harbor  to  G  

DISTRICT  VII.    (Back  Bat.) 
Commonwealth  ave.— St.  Mary's  to  cross  roads 

DISTRICT  VIII.    (Brighton.) 

Tremont— Washington  to  Pembroke  (Newton) 

"       near  boundary  to      "  "         

DISTRICT  IX.    (Brighton.) 
Commonwealth  ave.— E.  from  Lake  st 

DISTRICT  X.    (Roxbury.) 

Centre  St.- Mozart  to  Forbes 

"         Lakeville  pi.  to  Perkins  st 

Washington  st.— Green  to  Keyes 

DISTRICT  XI.     (DORCHESTER.) 

Norfolk— Edson  to  Withington 

"         Milton  ave.  to  Nelson  st 

Bowdoin  st.— Geneva  ave.  to  Hamilton 

Dorchester  ave.— Kemp  to  Locust 

"  "        Howes  to  Thornley 

DISTRICT  XII.    (Field's  Cor.  and  Neponset.) 

Dorchester  ave.— Savin  Hill  ave.  to  Freeport 

Neponset  ave.— King  to  Adams 

DISTRICT  XIII.    (Ashmont.) 

Dorchester  ave.— Melville  to  King 

"  Centre  to  King 

"  100  yds.  N.  of  Richmond  to  Codman. 


700' 
900' 


230C' 
1800' 


1600' 
1400' 
1400' 


1600'  I   .04 


2100' 
1600' 


800' 
2200' 


CrrV  OF  CHELSEA 


CITY  OF  EVERETT 


TOWN  OF  MIUON 


DIAGRAM  B 

ELECTRICAL  SURVEY  OF  CITY  OF  BOSTON 

STONE  AV/EBSTCR 


Engineeeing  Department. 


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Voltmeter  Readings  along  Sections  of  Track —  Concluded. 


1898. 

1899. 

Streets. 

1 

si 

11 

1 

P. 
ft, 
P 
0 

s 

M 

< 

1 

1 

g 
ft 

DISTRICT  XIV.   (Blue  Hill  avenxte.) 

1400' 

.02 

1400' 

2500' 

Morton  to  2,500'  N 

"               Fessenden  to  Morton 

1800' 

.01 

Walk  Hill  to  Morton 

2100' 
1500' 

"               Boston  Elevated  average 

.04 

.07 

DISTRICT  A.    (East  Boston.) 

DISTRICT  B.   (Brighton.) 

North  Beacon  st.— B.  &  A.  crossing  to  200  yds.  W.  of 
Market 

2000' 

.003 

2400' 

2,500' 

2000' 

"                R.  R.  side  track  crossing  town  of 

DISTRICT  C.    (QUINCT.) 

Squantum  St.— N.  E.  from  Atlantic  to  bridge  over 
creek  (about  2,000'.). . .             

08 

DISTRICT  D.    (Dorchester.) 
River  St.— 2,000'  W.  of  Central  ave.  to  500'  W 

1550' 
1550' 

.05 
.01 

2,000'  W.  of  Central  ave.  to  500'  W 

3,000'  W.  of  Central  ave.  to  .500'  W 

2500' 

2000' 
2000' 

1800' 
2500' 
2400' 
2500' 
2500' 
1440' 
2400' 

2.500' 

06 

DISTRICT  E.    (WEST  ROXBURY.) 
Hyde  Park  ave.— Richards  ave.  to  Metropolitan  ave.. 

05 

DISTRICT  F.     (WEST  ROXBURY.) 

.03 

Centre  st.— Grove  to  2,500'  N 

hington  st.— S.W.  from  bridge  at  Forest  Hills  . . . 

08 

"                Heron  St.  to  2,400' south 

9 

DISTRICT  G.     (WEST  ROXBURY.) 

Spring  St.— Webster  to  2,500'  W 

06 

.02 
.035 

Grand  average 

0*5 

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Appendix  F. 


Voltmeter    Readings    between   Hydrants  Across   Boundaries  of 
City. 


+    =  Away  from  Boston.       —    = 

Towards  Boston 

Streets. 

1898. 

189». 

Brookline  Boundary : 

-  .5 

—  .06 

-  .3 

-  .05 

—  .5 

+1.5 
+1 
+1.5 
-.3 

+  .2  to —2 
+  A  to -I 

—  .05to+  .01 

+2.5 
+5  to  -1 

"        "       "       Brighton  boundary 

0 

Huntinsfton  ave.  across  Parkway    

—1 

Cambridge  Boundary : 
Brookline  st    across  Brookline  bridge 

+1 

+1.5 

+  -6 

-  .2tO+  .1 

—  .2 

Chelsea— (not  city  boundary,  but  between  Boston 
and  Chelsea  pipes  in  Chelsea) : 

Dedham  Boundary : 

Everett  Boundary : 

0 

Hyde  Park  Boundary : 

+11 

+10 

2  to     28 

Milton  Boundary : 

+3  to  -10 
+2  to      10 

+1 

+1.5  to-  .2 

1  2 

Newton  Boundary : 
Newton  boulevard  and  Commonwealth  ave 

+  .01  to —2 
+  .1    to-1 

-2 

-1 

+  .01  to-  .] 

+  .1    to-  .3 

Quincy  Boundary : 

Somerville  Boundary : 

—  .8 

—  .2 

Watertown  Boundary : 

-1.5  to  +  .1 

Engineering  Department. 


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Appendix    G. 


Voltmeter  Readings  Between  Hydrants  and  Rails  on  either  side 
of  Boundaries. 


Streets.* 

1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Brookline  : 

—1.5 

Beacon  and  St  Mary's  st.  Brookline 

3  5 

3 

-3 

-4 

Last  in  (Brighton)  Boston 

i 

Harvard,  first  in  Brookline 

—I 

—2 

Last  in  (Brighton)  Boston 

1 

I 

—2.5 

Cambridge : 

+  .4  to— .2 
+  .5  to  —0 

—1 

Dedham : 

Grove  St.,  first  in  Dedham 

-  .5 

+  .2 

—  .2 

Last  in  (West  Ro''cbur}')  Boston 

+  .2  to -.2 

+0 

+1.5  to —1.5 

Everett  : 

Broadway  first  st  in  Everett 

1 

1 

1 

Alford,  last  in  (Charlestown)  Boston 

+  .5  to -.5 

-  .5 

-1 

Hyde  Park : 

Eiver  St.,  first  in  Hyde  Park 

2 

i 

+4 

+4 

Milton : 

Eliot  St.,  south  of  Central  ave 

—12 

44to-0 

Newton : 

Newton  boulevard,  first  in  Newton 

+3  to -4 

Commonwealth   ave.,   last   in   (Brighton) 
Boston 

3 

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Voltmeter  Readings  between  Hydrants  and  Rails  on  either  side 
of  Boundaries.  —  Concluded. 


1898. 

1899. 

Spring. 

Autumn. 

Tremont  first  in  Newton 

g 

Last  in  (Brighton)  Boston 



1 

Quincy : 

—3 

+2 

+1.5 
+1 
-  .5 
+  -5 

Neponset  ave.jlast  in  (Dordiester)  Boston. 

+2 

+1 
+  -5 

Somerville : 
Broadway  first  in  Somerville 

+2 
+1 
+0to-.5 
+  .5  to —.5 

Last  in  (Charlestown)  Boston 

Cambridge  St.,  last  in  (Charlestown)  Boston. 

—  .5 

Engineering  Department.  123 


Appendix  H. 


(a.)    Voltmeter  Readings  between  Pipes  of  Metropolitan  Water 
Works  and  those  in  Watertown,  Boston  and  Milton. 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Watertowu  system,  Mount  Auburn  st., 

near  Common  St +  .2  to —  .5 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Boston  Water  Works,  Beacon  st.  and 

Chestnut  Hill  ave —  .5 

Metropolitan  Water  Works,  north  line,  to  Metropolitan  Water  Works, 

soiithline.  Beacon  st.  and  Chestnut  Hill  ave —  .4 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Boston  Water  Works,  Boylston  st.  and 

Fisher  ave.,  Brookline +  -1 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Brookline  Water  Works,  Boylston  et., 

near  Fisher  ave.,  Brookline —  .05  to  —  .2 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Boston   Water   Works,  Perkins   and 

Prince  sts.,  West  Roxbury —  .,5 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Boston  Water  AVorks,  Morton  and  Wash- 
ington sts +  .1  to  —  .3 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Boston  Water  AVorks,  Morton  St.,  east  of 

BlueHillave —  .Ito—  .2 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Boston  Water  Works,  River  St.,  near 

Morton  st.,  Dorchester —  .1  to  —  .5 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Milton  Water  Works,  Lower  Mills +  •  1  to  —  .3 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Milton  Water  Works,  East  Milton -[-2     to  +  .1 

Metropolitan  Water  AVorks  to  Brookline  Water  Works,  Coolidge  Cor- 
ner    —1 

Metropolitan  Water  Works  to  Boston  Water  Works,  Brighton  and  Har- 
vard aves.,  A  llston —  .4 

Same  on  15-volt  scale  (instead  of  1.5-volt  scale) —1 

(6.)    Voltmeter'  Readings  between   Metropolitan  Water  Works, 
Pipes  and   Rails. 

Mt.  Auburn  and  Common  sts.  (Watertown  B.  EL  Ry.) —1     to  —2 

Irving  and  North  Beacon  sts.  (Watertown,  N.  &  B.  St.  Ry.) -j-  .2  to  —1.5 

Tremont  St.  and  Waverly  ave.  (Newton  B.  Bl.  Ry.)  .' -fl-5  to— 2.5 

Ward  St.  and  Commonwealth  ave.  (Newton  B.  El.  Ry.) -j-o     to  —3 

Beacon  st.  and  Chestnut  Hill  ave.  (Brighton  B.  El.  Kv.) —3     to  —5 

(Boston  Water  Works  and  Boston  Elevated  Railwa'v,  Beacon  st.  and 

Chestnut  Hill  ave.) —4     to  —6 

Washington  and  Morton  sts.  (Forest  Hills  B.  El.  Ry.)  —3     to  —5 

Blue  Hill  ave.  and  Morton  st.  (Dorchester  B.  El.  Ry.) —1     to  —2 

(Boston  Water  Works,  Morton  st.,  east  from  Blue  Hill  ave.  and  B.  El. 

Ry .) •  •  •  • —1     to  —3 

River  st.,  east  of  Morton  st.  (Dorchester  N-S.  St.  Rv.) +1     to  +2 

Milton  Water  Works,  Adams  and  Eliot  sts.  and  B.,  M.  &  Br.  St.  Ry.. . .  +8     to  —14 

Adams  st.,  at  East  Milton  Crossing  (B.,  M.  &  Br.  St.  Ry .) -j-lO   to  —14 

Adams  St.,  at  East  Milton  Crossing  (Q.  &  B.  St.  Rv.) +  .2  to  —10 

Coolidge  Corner  (Brookline  B.  El.  Ry.) '. —4 

Brighton  and  Harvard  aves.  (Allston  B.  El.  Ry.) —2     to  —4 

(Same  as  15,  instead  of  1.5-volt  scale) —1     to  —1.5 


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GENERAL    STATISTICS. 


Boston    Water    Department. 

Daily  average  amount  used  through  meters, 

gallons 15,027,500 

Number  of  services     .....  86,091 

Number  of  meters      .....  4,618 

Number  of  motors       .....  115 

Number  of  elevators  .....  497 
Length  of  supply  and  distributing  mains,  in 

miles 706.1 

Number  of  public  fire  hydrants  in  use  .  7,185 
Yearly  revenue  from  annual  water  rates       .     $1,475,815  57 

Yearly  revenue  from  metered  water  .  .  $937,861  40 
Percentage  of  total  revenue  from  metered 

water 38.8 

Yearly  expense  of  maintenance  .         .         .  $586,698  39 


Engineering  Department. 


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Bainfall  in  Inches  and  Hundredths  at  Albany-street  Pipe  Yard,  Boston, 
for  the  Tear  1899. 


1899. 

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s 

bo 

3 
< 

1 

1 

CO 

1 

1 

a 

1 

J 

0.29 

0.10 

1.15 

0.46 

3 

0.74 
0.15 

1.02 

0.03 

g 

0.02 

0.71 

1.12 

0.80 

0.46 

0.40 

g 

0.72 

0.12 

1.12 

0.49 

jl 

0.09 

1.11 

12 

0.03 

0.09 

1.70 

0.13 

14 

0.27 

2.00 

0.18 

0.45 

0.95 

16 

0.75 

0.10 

17 

0.96 

0.27 

0.56 

0.60 

19 

0.22 

1.70 

0.09 

0.11 

0.34 

20 

0.40 

2.80 
0.21 

0.12 

0.14 

22 

0.02 

23 

1.58 

0.04 

25 

1.60 

0.04 

0.16 

0.21 

2.40 
0.24 

2.21 

27 

0.13 

0.05 

0.33 

0.97 

1.22 

0.20 

30 

0.04 

0.12 

Totals. 

4.24 

4.41 

6.20 

1.41 

1.08 

2.43 

3.92 

1.16 

6.44 

2.16 

2.96 

1.42 

Total  rainfall  during  the  year  37.83  inches. 


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Bainfall  in  Inches  and  Hundredths  at  Gibson-street  Pipe  Yard,  Dorches- 
ter, for  the  Tear  1899. 


1899. 

a 
4 

1 

1 

P- 
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S 

6 

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0 

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1 

a 
1 

1 
2 
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0.65 

0.10 

1 

1.10 

0.52 

0.11 

0.45 
0.10 

3 

0.50 

4    

0.75 
0.06 

0.94 

5 

0.90 

0.02 

0.97 

1.25 

0.62 

0.57 

0.76 

8  

0.80 

0.60 
0.70 
0.04 

0.02 

9 

0.05 

0.70 

10 

1.07 

11    

0.15 

0.03 

0.09 

0.01 

0.47 

0.99 

13 

14     

0.42 

1.14 

0.05 
0.87 

0.06 

0.14 

0.03 
0.43 

0.04 

16 

0.12 

17 

0.97 

0.3-2 
0.03 
0.40 

0.46 

0.09 

0.48 

0.07 

19 

1.64 

0.10 

0.20 

20 

0.35 

3.13 
0.29 

0.14 

21 

22 



0.17 

0.25 

0.06 

23 

1.84 

0.02 

24 

0.07 
0.13 



0.18 

25 

2.17 

"2.43 

0.07 

26 

0.21 

0.24 

27 

0.31 

0.02 

28 

0.02 
0.03 

29 

0.29 

0.97 

0.09 

1.65 

0.30 

30   .   . 

31 

0.12 

Totals. 

5.46 

3.73 

7.02 

1.41 

1.27 

2.84 

4.02 

1.40 

6.35 

2.61 

3.20 

1.42 

Total  rainfall  during  the  year  40.73  inches. 


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[FROM     THE     CITY    ENGINEER'S     REPORT     TO     THE 
STREET   DEPARTMENT.] 


In  general,  the  construction  of  assessment  streets  and  boule- 
vards, and  the  laying  of  new  street  paving  has  been  supervised, 
the  repairs  of  asphalt  pavement,  not  under  guaranty,  superin- 
tended, the  grading  of  street  railway  tracks  determined,  numerous 
estimates  for  street  improvements  made,  and  many  miscellaneous 
matters  reported  upon  and  attended  to  upon  your  request. 

Lengths,  Areas,  etc.,  of  Accepted  Streets. 

The  tables  showing  lengths  and  areas  of  paving  on  accepted 
streets  have  been  brought  up  to  February  1,  1900,  and  tables 
giving  statistical  details  of  the  asphalt  pavement  in  the  city,  and 
the  cost  of  repairing  the  same  have  been  prepared. 

Asphalt  Streets. 

All  repairs  on  asphalt  streets  that  are  paid  for  by  the  city  have 
been  supervised,  and  the  patches  measured  for  payment.  The 
patches  are  carefully  located  in  all  cases,  so  that  they  may  be 
identified,  and  where  suitable  plans  are  on  file  in  this  office  they 
have  been  plotted.  Trenches  cut  in  asphalt  roads  by  city  depart- 
ments or  corporations  are  made  under  permit  from  the  Permit 
Office,  and  the  repairs  are  made  by  the  company  which  originally 
put  down  the  pavement,  at  the  expense  of  the  party  making  the 
opening.  Asphalt  streets  laid  under  a  maintenance  guaranty  for 
a  term  of  years  have  been  looked  after,  and  the  companies  giving 
the  guaranty  have  been  notified  when  repairs  were  required.  The 
cost  of  repairing  asphalt  has  been  24.7  cents  per  square  yard 
for  the  year.  The  recommendation  is  repeated  that  rates  for 
doing  this  work,  for  a  term  of  years,  be  made  with  the  several 
companies. 


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Comparative  Cost,  for  the  Year  1899,  of  Patching  Asphalt  Pave- 
ments, having  no  Maintenance  Guarantee. 

Trinidad  Asphalt, 


Pavement  Laid. 

Area 
square  yards. 

Cost. 

Average  cost 
per  yard. 

1881 

2,079 

957 

2,700 

4,883 

1,665 

1,142 

16,472 

26,113 

7,422 

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654  45 

1,043  48 

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320  50 

3,795  30 

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198  60 

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1 884 

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1887 

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1892 

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1893 

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t  Harrison  avenue,  part  of  which  has  been  resurfaced,  included  in  18S8. 


Sicilian  Rock  Asphalt. 


Pavement  Laid. 

Area 

square  yards. 

Cost. 

Average  cost 
per  yard. 

1892 

4,043 
2,723 

$395  40 
79  87 

$0.0979 

1893. .                   

0293 

Paving. 

Street  paving  has  been  supervised  in  all  cases  where  requested. 

Granite  block  pavement  on  a  concrete  base,  laid  with  pitch  and 
pebble  joints,  30,883  square  yards. 

Granite  block  pavement  on  a  gravel  base,  laid  with  pitch  and 
pebble  joints,  963  square  yards. 

Granite  block  pavement  on  a  gravel  base,  laid  with  gravel  joints, 
14,794  square  yards. 

Trinidad  lake  asphalt,  with  a  binder  course  of  asphaltic  cement 
concrete,  on  an  American  cement  concrete  base,  4,041  square 
yards,  at  an  average  cost  of  about  $3.00  per  square  yard  for  five 
years  guaranty  and  $3.25  per  square  yard  for  ten  years  guaranty, 
exclusive  of  cost  of  preparing  road-bed  for  the  concrete  base. 

Trinidad  lake  asphalt,  with  a  binder  course  of  asphaltic  cement 
concrete,  on  an  American  Portland  cement  concrete  base,  2,595 
square  yards,  1,843  square  yards  in  Charles  street  from  Fruit  street 
across  Allen  street,  costing  $3.25  per  square  yard,  and  752  square 
yards  in  Devonshire  street,  between  Milk  and  Water  streets, 
costing  $3.65  per  square  yard  for  ten  years  guaranty,  exclusive 
of  cost  of  preparing  road-bed  for  the  concrete  base. 

Trinidad  /ant? asphalt,  with  a  binder  course  of  asphaltic  cement 


140  City  Document  No.  14. 

concrete,  on  an  American  cement  concrete  base,  2,500  square 
yards.  This  asphalt  was  laid  on  Public  Alleys  numbered  401 
to  405  inclusive,  419  and  431,  the  cost  per  square  yard  cannot 
be  definitely  stated,  as  the  price  paid  was  a  lump  sum,  which 
included  the  cost  of  considerable  other  work,  exclusive  of  the  cost 
of  preparing  the  road-bed  for  the  concrete  base. 

Sicilian  rock  asphalt,  on  an  American  cement  concrete  base, 
1,817  square  yards,  at  an  average  cost  of  about  $3.00  for  five 
years'  guaranty,  and  S3. 25  for  ten  years'  guaranty,  exclusive  of 
the  cost  of  preparing  the  road-bed  for  the  concrete  base. 

Seyssel  rock  asphalt,  on  an  American  cement  concrete  base, 
3,221  square  yards,  at  an  average  cost  of  about  $3.00  for  five 
years  guaranty,  and  $3.25  for  ten  years  guaranty,  exclusive  of 
the  cost  of  preparing  the  road-bed  for  the  concrete  base. 

All  asphalt  pavement  laid  during  season  of  1899,  was  laid  with 
a  maintenance  guaranty  for  ten  (10)  years,  except  that  on 
Genesee,  Mason  and  Oswego  streets  the  guaranty  is  for  five  years. 

Edgestones  set,  93,325  Hnear  feet;  gutter  paving  laid,  30,527 
square  yards  ;  brick  sidewalks  laid,  26,163  square  yards  ;  crushed 
stone  sidewalks  constructed,  38,860  square  yards;  artificial  stone 
sidewalks,  80,972  square  feet;  flagging  crosswalks  laid,  5,033 
square  yards;  macadam  surface  (6  inches),  83,933  square  yards; 
Telford  base  (8  inches),  macadam  (4  inches),  29,456  square 
yards. 

Endicott  street,  from  Cooper  street  across  Thacher  street, 
was  paved  with  1^  inches  of  Trinidad  lake  asphalt,  with  ij 
inches  of  bituminous  concrete  binder  on  a  6-inch  American 
cement  concrete  base,  by  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Company. 
The  old  pavement  was  removed  and  roadway  excavated  by  the 
Street  Department.  The  edgestones  were  reset,  flagging  cross- 
walks and  brick  sidewalks  relaid  by  Patrick  McGovern.  Former 
payment  was  asphalt  on  cobblestones. 

Mason  street,  from  450  feet  west  of  West  street  to  about 
120  feet  westerly,  was  paved  with  2^  inches  of  Seyssel  natural 
rock  asphalt,  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base,  by 
Jones  &  Meehan.  The  old  pavement  was  removed  and  roadway 
excavated  by  the  Street  Department ;  edgestones  were  reset  and 
brick  sidewalks  relaid  by  Jones  &  Meehan.  Former  pavement 
was  old  granite  blocks. 

Park  street,  from  Tremont  street  to  Beacon  street,  was  re- 
paved  and  newly  macadamized,  the  sidewalk  on  the  Common  side  of 
the  street  was  removed,  the  edgestones  on  that  side  being  set  one 
foot  from  the  bases  of  the  iron  fence  to  form  a  wheel  guard  ;  on 
the  other  side  of  the  street  the  sidewalk  was  widened  about  two 
feet,  making  it  twelve  feet  wide,  by  this  means  the  roadway  was 
also  widened  about  six  feet.  The  roadway  was  graded  and 
macadamized,  edgestones  reset,  granite  block  paving,  flagging 
crosswalks  and  brick  sidewalks  relaid  by  W.  H.  Glenn  &  Co. 
Three  new  catch-basins  were  built,  one  was  rebuilt,  and  three 
were  abandoned  and  sealed  up.  Former  pavement  was  old  granite 
blocks  and  macadam. 


Engineering  Department.  141 

The  following  streets  were  repaved  under  appropriations  made 
by  the  Board  of  Apportionment : 

Atlantic  avenue  (including  the  tracks  of  the  Boston 
Elevated  Railway  Company  and  Union  Freight  Railroad) ,  from 
Dewey  square  to  Oliver  street,  was  paved  with  large  granite  blocks 
on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base  with  pitch  and  pebble 
joints.  The  old  pavement  was  removed  and  roadway  excavated 
by  the  Street  Department,  concrete  base  laid  by  The  Metropolitan 
Contracting  Company.  In  the  portion  from  Dewey  square  across 
Congress  street  the  roadway  paving  was  laid,  edgestones  set, 
brick  sidewaUvS  and  flagging  crosswalks  laid  by  Jones  &  Meehan ; 
in  the  portion  from  Congress  street  to  Oliver  street  similar  work 
was  done  by  Patrick  McGovern.  The  Boston  Elevated  Railway 
Company  and  Union  Freight  Raih'oad,  by  agreement,  paid  for  the 
portions  within  their  tracks.  Former  pavement  was  old  granite 
blocks  on  gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints.  One  new  catch-basin 
was  built. 

Biackstone  street,  from  Hanover  street  across  North  street, 
was  paved  with  large  granite  blocks  on  a  6-inch  American  cement 
concrete  base  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints.  The  old  pavement 
was  removed  and  roadway  excavated  by  the  Street  Department ; 
concrete  base  was  laid  by  the  Metropolitan  Contracting  Company. 
Roadway  paving  was  laid,  edgestones  set,  brick  sidewalks  and 
flagging  crosswalks  laid  by  Patrick  McGovern  &  Co.  Former 
pavement  was  old  granite  blocks  on  gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints. 

Charles  street,  from  Fruit  street  across  Allen  street,  ex- 
clusive of  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company, 
was  paved  with  1^  inches  of  Trinidad  lake  asphalt  with  1^  inches 
of  bituminous  concrete  binder  on  a  6-inch  American  Portland 
cement  concrete  base,  by  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Company. 
The  old  pavement  was  removed,  roadway  excavated,  edgestones 
set,  flagging  crosswalks  and  brick  sidewalks  laid  by  the  Street 
Department.  Former  pavement  was  large  granite  blocks  on 
gravel  bed,  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints. 

Congress  street,  from  Atlantic  avenue  to  the  old  sea-wall,, 
was  paved  with  Philadelphia  size  granite  blocks,  on  a  6-incli 
American  cement  concrete  base,  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints. 
The  old  pavement  was  removed  and  roadway  excavated  by  the 
Street  Department ;  concrete  base,  roadway  paving,  flagging 
crosswalks,  and  brick  sidewalks  were  laid,  and  edgestones  set  by 
Jones  &  Meehan.  Two  catch-basins  were  rebuilt,  and  four 
abandoned  ones  sealed  up.  Former  pavement  was  old  granite 
blocks  on  gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints. 

Devonshire  street,  from  Milk  street  to  Water  street,  was 
paved  with  2  inches  of  Trinidad  lake  asphalt,  with  1^  inches  of 
bituminous  concrete  binder  on  an  American  Portland  cement  con- 
crete base  of  varying  thickness,  by  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving 
Company.  The  old  block  pavement  was  removed  and  former 
concrete  base  cleaned  by  the  Street  Department,  Upon  this 
existing  concrete  base  was  deposited  sufficient  new  concrete  to 
bring  the  base  to  the  proper  grade  and  crown  for  the  new  pave- 


142  City  Document  No.  14. 

ment ;  several  corporation  trenches  were  found  from  which  the 
former  base  had  been  removed  and  not  replaced.  These  trenches 
were  excavated  to  a  depth  of  six  inches  below  the  top  of  old  con- 
crete and  filled  with  the  new  concrete.  Flagging  crosswalks  and 
brick  sidewalks  were  laid  and  edgestones  reset  by  the  Street 
Department.  Former  pavement  was  granite  blocks  on  a  concrete 
base. 

Federal  street,  from  Dewey  square  to  Milk  street,  including 
the  tracks  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Eailway  Company,  was  paved 
with  large  granite  blocks  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete 
base,  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints.  The  old  pavement  was 
removed  and  roadway  excavated  by  the  Street  Department ;  con- 
crete base,  roadway  paving,  flagging  crosswalks,  brick  sidewalks, 
were  laid  and  edgestones  set  by  Patrick  McGovern.  The  Boston 
Elevated  Railway  Company,  by  agreement,  paid  for  the  portion 
within  its  tracks.  Former  pavement  was  old  granite  blocks  on  a 
gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints. 

Genesee  street,  from  Harrison  avenue  to  Albany  street,  was 
paved  with  2^  inches  of  Seyssel  natural  rock  asphalt,  on  a  6-inch 
American  cement  concrete  l)ase,  by  Jones  &  Meehan.  The  old 
pavement  was  removed  and  roadway  evcavated  by  the  Street 
Department ;  edgestones  were  reset,  granite  block  paving  and 
brick  sidewalks  relaid  by  Jones  &  Meehan.  Two  square  granite 
catch-basin  frames  were  removed  and  cast-iron  D  frames  substi- 
tuted. Former  pavement  was  fire  bricks  on  a  gravel  bed,  laid 
in  1891. 

Harrison  avenue,  from  about  20  feet  south  of  Kneeland 
street,  to  about  20  feet  north  of  Harvard  street,  including  the 
tracks  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company,  was  paved 
with  1^  inches  of  Trinidad  lake  asphalt  with  1^  inches  of  bitumi- 
nous concrete  binder,  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base, 
b}^  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Company.  The  20  feet  at  Knee- 
land  and  at  Harvard  streets  was  paved  with  large  granite  blocks 
on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base  with  pitch  and  pebble 
joints,  by  Patrick  McGovern,  except  that  the  Barber  Asphalt 
Paving  Company  laid  the  concrete  base ;  from  north  side  of 
Harvard  street  to  north  side  of  Bennet  street  the  roadway  was 
paved  with  large  granite  blocks  on  gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints, 
except  that  in  front  of  the  Fire  Department  ladder-house  about 
127  square  yards  of  paving  was  laid  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints, 
by  Patrick  McG-overn.  The  old  pavement  was  removed  and 
roadway  excavated  by  the  Street  Department ;  edgestones  were 
set,  flagging  crosswalks  and  brick  sidewalks  laid  by  Patrick 
McGovern.  Six  square  granite  catch-basin  frames  were  removed 
and  cast-iron  D  frames  substituted.  The  Boston  Elevated  Rail- 
way Company,  by  agreement,  paid  for  the  portion  within  its 
tracks.  By  changing  the  line  of  edgestones  the  roadway  was 
widened  about  1.5  feet,  it  now  being  32  feet  between  the  edge- 
stones. Former  pavement  was  old  granite  blocks  on  gravel  bed 
with  gravel  joints. 


Engineering  Department.  143 

Kingston  street,  from  Essex  street  to  Beach  street,  was 
paved  with  2  inches  of  Sicilian  rock  asphalt  on  a  6-inch  Ameri- 
can cement  concrete  base,  by  the  Boston  Asphalt  Company. 
From  Bedford  street  across  Essex  street,  including  the  tracks  of 
the  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company,  was  paved  with  Phila- 
delphia size  granite  blocks  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete 
base,  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints,  by  H.  Gore  &  Co.  The  old 
pavement  was  removed  and  roadway  excavated  by  the  Street 
Department,  edgestones  were  set,  flagging  crosswalks  and  brick 
sidewalks  laid  by  H.  Gore  &  Co.  Former  pavement  was  old 
granite  blocks  on  a  gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints. 

Leverett  street,  from  Craigie's  bridge  to  Causeway  street, 
including  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company, 
roadway  paved  with  large  granite  blocks  on  gravel  bed  with 
gravel  joints,  tracks  paved  with  Philadelphia  size  granite  blocks 
on  gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints.  The  old  pavement  was  removed 
and  roadway  excavated  by  the  Street  Department ;  granite  block 
paving  was  laid,  edgestones  set,  flagging  crosswalks  and  brick 
sidewalks  laid  by  Jones  &  Meehan.  Former  pavement  was  old 
granite  blocks  on  gravel  bed,  with  gravel  joints.  The  Boston 
Elevated  Railway  Company,  by  agreement,  paid  for  the  portion 
within  its  tracks. 

Milton  street,  from  Brighton  street  to  Spring  street,  was 
paved  with  2  inches  of  Seyssel,  natural  rock,  asphalt  on  a  6-inch 
American  cement  concrete  base,  by  Jones  &  Meehan.  The  old 
pavement  was  removed  and  roadway  excavated  by  the  Street  De- 
partment ;  edgestones  were  set  and  brick  sidewalks  laid  by  Jones 
&  Meehan.  By  changing  the  line  of  edgestones  the  roadway  was 
widened  about  1  foot,  it  now  being  8  feet  between  the  edgestones. 
Former  pavement  was  old  cobble  stones. 

Oswego  street,  from  Harrison  avenue  to  Albany  street,  was 
paved  with  2i  inches  of  Seyssel,  natural  rock  asphalt,  on  a 
6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base,  by  Jones  &  Meehan.  The 
old  pavement  was  removed  and  roadway  excavated  by  the  Street 
Department ;  edgestones  were  reset,  granite  block  paving  and 
brick  sidewalks  relaid  by  Jones  &  Meehan.  Former  pavement 
was  of  red  bricks  laid  in  1891. 

Assessment  Streets. 

The  following  streets  were  constructed  under  chapter  323  of 
the  Acts  of  1891,  and  acts  in  amendment  thereof  or  in  addition 
thereto. 

The  cost  of  the  work  herein  given  is  the  cost  of  the  work 
done,  and  materials  fiu'nished,  by  the  contractor,  and  does  not 
include  the  cost  of  materials  furnished  by  the  city. 

Albany  street,  northwesterly  corner  at  Northampton  street, 
was  widened  by  taking  137  square  feet  of  land  from  the  corner 
estate.  The  contract  for  doing  the  necessary  work  in  connection 
with  this  widening  was  awarded  to  H.  Gore  &  Co.  "\York  under 
this  contract  was  begun  October  16,  1899,  and  completed  Novem- 


144  City  Document  No.  14. 

ber  22,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $149.92.  The  work  consisted  of 
repaying  roadway  with  granite  blocks,  setting  new  edgestones, 
and  paving  brick  sidewalks. 

Alexander  street ;  Alexander  street  southerly  is  about  611 
feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awai'ded  to  James  McGovern.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  October  25,  1899,  and  suspended  November  25, 
1899. 

Amory  street.  School  street  to  Bragdon  street,  is  about  725 
feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Patrick  McGovern.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  May  1,  1899,  and  completed  December  21,  1899, 
at  a  cost  of  $2,210.36.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  crushed 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  gutter  blocks  and  straight 
edgestones  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of 
the  work  by  the  contractor.  Circular  edgestones  were  furnished 
on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished 
by  the  contractor. 

Andrews  street,  East  Canton  street  to  East  Dedham  street, 
is  about  216  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Com- 
pany. Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  September  26,  1899, 
and  completed  October  22,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,077.55.  It  is 
an  asphalt  road  with  brick  sidewalks.  The  roadway  is  paved 
with  1^  inches  of  Trinidad  lake  asphalt,  with  1^  inches  of 
bituminous  concrete  binder  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete 
base.  New  edgestones  and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were  furnished 
by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor  ; 
new  bricks  and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the 
city. 

Angell  street,  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Canterbury  street,  is  about 
877  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  Doherty  &  Co.,  November  2,  1898. 
Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  April  17,  1899,  and  com- 
pleted June  10,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $2,316.11.  It  is  a  6-inch 
macadam  road  with  brick  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  gutter 
blocks  and  edgestones  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to 
the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  bricks  for  sidewalks  were 
furnished,  on  the  work,  by  the  city  ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 
furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Annabel  street,  Columbia  road  to  Sumner  street,  is  about 
429  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  McGovern.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  November  14,  1899,  and  suspended  December  21, 
1899,  only  the  rough  grading  being  done. 

Ashley  street,  Breed  street  to  Walley  street,  is  about  641 
feet  long.  A  contract  for  filUng  this  street  to  sub-grade  was 
made  with  H.  &  D.  Burnett  on  November  20,  1899,  at  the  rate  of 
44  cents  per  cubic  yard,  measured  in  place.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  December  4,  1899,  and  is  not  yet  completed. 


Engineeeing  Department.  145 

Aster  street,  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Hemenway  street,  is 
about  890  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  this  street 
was  awarded  to  Patrick  McGovern,  November  5,  1898.  Work 
under  this  contract  was  begun  May  26,  1899,  and  completed 
August  18,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $2,220.02.  It  is  a  6-inch  mac- 
adam road  with  crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  gutter 
blocks  and  straight  edgestones  were  furnished  by  the  city  and 
hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edge- 
stones  were  furnished,  on  the  work,  by  the  city.  Flagging  for 
crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Atheiwold  street,  at  School  street,  was  widened  by  taking 
789  square  feet  of  land  from  the  corner  estates.  The  contract 
for  doing  the  necessary  work  in  connection  with  this  widening  was 
awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  July  5,  1899,  and  completed  July  17,  1899,  at  a  cost  of 
$150.  The  work  done  was  to  build  a  6-inch  macadam  roadway 
and  crushed  stone  sidewalk,  set  edgestones  and  pave  granite 
block  gutters.  All  stock  required  was  furnished  by  the  city  and 
hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor,  except  that  the 
city  furnished  the  circular  edgestones  on  the  work. 

Atherstone  street.  Fuller  street  to  Bailey  street,  is  about  314 
feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Philip  Doherty.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  August  19,  1899,  and  completed  October  26, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $701.94.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with 
artificial  stone  sidewalks  (3.5  feet  wide  and  loam  space  about  2 
feet  wide.  Cost  of  sidewalks  not  included  in  above  cost). 
Crushed  stone,  gutter  blocks  and  straight  edgestones  were  fur- 
nished by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  con- 
tractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the 
city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 
Artificial  stone  sidewalks  were  built  at  Numbers  1  and  5  by  H. 
Johnson  &  Co.,  and  at  Number  10  by  Patrick  Lyons.  On  the 
remainder  of  the  street  the  sidewalks  had  been  previously  con- 
structed. 

Belvidere  street,  West  Newton  street  to  Dalton  street,  is 
about  507  feet  long.  A  contract  for  filling  this  street  to  sub- 
grade  was  awarded  to  William  Gilligan,  at  the  rate  of  40  cents 
per  cubic  yard  in  place.  Work  under  this  contract  was  begun 
January  25,  1899,  and  completed  May  9,  1899,  1,535  cubic  yards 
of  filling  being  deposited,  costing  $614. 

Another  contract  for  building  wooden  bulkhead  and  fence  was 
awarded  to  Wm.  H.  Ryan  &  Co.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  April  4,  1899,  and  completed  April  29,  1899,  at  a  total 
cost  of  $538.40.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of 
this  street  was  awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  May  24,  1899,  and  completed  July  11,  1899, 
at  a  cost  of  $1,619.59.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  brick 
sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  gutter  blocks  and  straight  edgestones 
were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by 


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the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  and  bricks  for  sidewalks 
were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks 
was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Bennington  street,  Chelsea  street  to  Belle  Isle  inlet,  is  about 
10,621  feet  long.  A  contract  for  depositing  about  82,000  cubic 
yards  of  filling  in  this  street  was  awarded  to  Jones  &  Meehan, 
November  20,  1899,  at  the  rate  of  53  cents  per  cubic  yard  meas- 
ured in  place.  Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  January  16, 
1900,  and  is  being  carried  on  at  the  present  time. 

Blandford  street,  Commonwealth  avenue  to  the  Boston  and 
Albany  Raih-oad,  is  about  399  feet  long.  A  contract  for  deposit- 
ing about  15,000  cubic  yards  of  filling  in  this  street  was  awarded 
to  the  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad  Co.,  December  27,  1899,  at 
the  rate  of  45  cents  per  cubic  yard  measured  in  the  bank. 
Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  January  3,  1900,  and  is 
still  in  progress. 

Bragdon  street,  Columbus  avenue  to  Amory  street,  is  about 
622  feet  long.  A  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Thomas  A.  Dolan.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  September  28,  1899,  and  completed  October  14, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,052.22.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with 
crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  edgestones,  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor.  Flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished 
by  the  contractor. 

Burt  street,  WasMngton  street  to  Ashmont  street,  is  about 
1,365  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of 
this  street  was  awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  August  17,  1898,  and  completed  May  22, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $3,831.24.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with 
brick  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones,  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  and  bricks  were  fur- 
nished, on  the  street,  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 
furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Cambridge  street,  Brighton  avenue  to  Washington  street,  is 
about  3,642  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  J.  L.  Bryue  &  Co.  Work  under 
this  contract  was  begun  October  26,  1899,  and  suspended  Decem- 
ber 23,  1899. 

Canal  street,  Haymarket  square  to  Causeway  street,  is  about 
1,097  feet  long.  The  contract  for  paving  and  regulating  this 
street,  including  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway 
Company,  was  awarded  to  Jones  &  Meehan.  Woi-k  under  this 
contract  was  begun  October  15,  1898,  and  completed  May  15, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $11,588.95,  not  including  cost  of  granoUthic 
sidewalks.  This  street  was  widened  on  the  northeasterly  side 
about  twenty-five  feet,  making  it  75  feet  wide  between  street 
lines.  It  was  constructed  in  the  following  manner  :  Northeasterly, 
sidewalks  10  feet  wide,  paved  with  brick ;  roadway  50  feet  wide, 


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paved  with  large  grauite  blocks  on  a  6-incli  American  cement  con- 
crete base,  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints ;  southwesterly  side- 
walks 15  feet  wide,  paved  with  artificial  stone,  sidewalks  with 
granite  edgestones.  Straight  edgestones,  granite  paving  blocks 
and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and 
hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edge- 
stones and  bricks  for  sidewalks  were  furnished  on  the  work  by 
the  city. 

The  artificial  stone  sidewalk  from  Haymarket  square  to  Market 
street,  2,946.75  square  feet,  was  laid  by  W.  A.  Murtfeldt  Com- 
pany, at  a  cost  of  $589.35  ;  from  Market  street  to  Causeway 
street,  10,943.78  square  feet,  by  Simpson  Brothers  Corporation, 
at  a  cost  of  $2,188.76. 

The  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company,  by  agreement,  paid 
for  the  portion  of  the  work  within  its  tracks. 

Charlestown  street,  Haymarket  square  to  Causeway  street,  is 
about  1,056  feet  long.  The  contract  for  paving  and  regulating 
this  street,  including  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway 
Company,  was  awarded  to  the  Metropohtan  Contracting  Company. 
Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  July  31,  1899,  and  com- 
pleted November  23,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $16,883.78.  Tliis  street 
was  widened  on  the  westerly  side  about  42  feet,  making  it  92  feet 
wide  between  street  lines.  It  was  constructed  in  the  following 
manner:  Two  sidewalks,  each  12  feet  wide,  paved  with  bricks  ; 
roadway  68  feet  wide,  paved  with  large  granite  blocks  on  a  6-inch 
American  cement  concrete  base  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints  ; 
brick  sidewalks  with  granite  edgestones.  Straight  edgestones, 
granite  paving  blocks  and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were  furnished 
by  the  city,  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor. 
Circular  edgestones  and  bricks  for  sidewalks  were  furnished  on 
the  work  by  the  city.  The  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company, 
by  agreement,  paid  for  the  portion  of  the  work  within  its  tracks. 

Chester  street,  Brighton  avenue  to  Commonwealth  avenue,  is 
about  650  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  James  Doherty  &  Co.  Work  under 
this  contract  was  begun  June  1,  1899,  and  completed  August  3, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,158.62,  not  including  the  artificial  stone 
sidewalk  on  easterly  side.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road,  with 
crushed  stone  sidewalks  on  the  westerly  side.  Crushed  stone, 
straight  edgestones,  and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city 
and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular 
edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for 
crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  contractor.  The  artificial  stone 
sidewalk  (easterly  side)  was  laid  by  J.  C.  Newborg. 

Chiswick  road.  Chestnut  Hill  avenue  to  Englewood  avenue,  is 
about  2,046  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  September  10,  1899,  and  suspended  December 
28,  1899. 

Congreve  street,  South  street  to  Centre  street,  is  about  1,409 


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feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Williana  Finneran.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  November  4,  1899,  and  suspended  January  1, 
1900. 

Cummington  street,  Blandford  street  to  Avon  street,  is  about 
1,186  feet  long.  A  contract  for  depositing  about  54,000  cubic 
yards  of  filling  in  this  street  was  awarded  to  the  Boston  &  Albany 
Railroad  Company,  December  27,  1899,  at  the  rate  of  45  cents 
per  cubic  yard  measured  in  the  bank.  Work  under  this  contract 
was  begun  January  3,  1900,  and  is  still  in  progress. 

Devon  street,  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Columbia  road,  is  about 
1,860  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  John  Connors.  Work  under  this  contract 
was  begun  June  12,  1899,  and  completed  September  8,  1899,  at  a 
cost  of  ^3,774.79,  not  including  cost  of  artificial  stone  sidewalks. 
It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  artificial  stone  sidewalks. 
Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter  blocks  were 
furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the 
contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work  by 
the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  con- 
tractor. The  artificial  stone  sidewalks  were  laid  by  Patrick  Lyons 
at  a  cost  of  $4,161.80. 

Edwin  street,  Dorchester  avenue  to  Florida  street,  is  about 
1,188  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of 
this  street  was  awarded  to  Philip  Doherty.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  Sepetmber  28,  1899,  and  completed  December  8, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,801.35,  not  including  cost  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalks.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  artificial  stone 
sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter  blocks 
were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by 
the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work 
by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  con- 
tractor. A  contract  for  laying  the  artificial  stone  sidewalks  was 
awarded  to  Patrick  Lyons.  Work  under  this  contract  was  begun 
October  30,  1899,  and  suspended  November  24,  1899. 

Florida  street,  King  street  to  Templeton  street,  is  about  1,133 
feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Philip  Doherty.  Work  under  this  contract 
was  begun  October  30,  1899,  and  suspended  December  27,  1899. 

Fowler  street.  Greenwood  street  to  Glenway  street,  is  about 
874  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham,  November  2,  1898.  Work 
under  this  contract  was  begun  April  24,  1899,  and  completed  June 
5,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,410.38,  not  including  the  cost  of  artificial 
stone  sidewalks.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  artificial 
stone  sidewalks  4.5  feet  wide  and  loam  spaces  2  feet  wide, 
bounded  by  granite  edgestones.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edge- 
stones and  gutter  blocks,  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled 
to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were 
furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 


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furnished  by  the  contractor.  A  contract  for  laying  artificial 
stone  sidewalks  was  awarded  to  Barnes-Ruffln  Company.  Work 
under  this  contract  was  begun  June  12,  1899,  and  completed  July 
27,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,613. 

Francis  street,  Huntington  avenue  to  Brookline  avenue,  is 
about  1,455  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surf  ace 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  James  Doherty  &  Co.,  November  5, 
1898.  Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  May  1,  1899,  and 
completed  June  28,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $3,601.33.  It  is  a  6-inch 
macadam  road  with  crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone, 
straight  edgestones,  and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city 
and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular 
edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for 
crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Hamilton  street,  Bowdoin  street  to  Homes  avenue,  is  about 
944  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  McGovern.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  October  26,  1898,  and  completed  June  15,  1899, 
at  a  cost  of  $1,869.64.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  crashed 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on 
the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by 
the  contractor. 

Harold  street,  Munroe  street  to  Walnut  avenue,  is  about  748 
feet  long.  A  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this  street 
was  awarded  to  Patrick  McGovern.  Work  under  this  contract 
was  begun  November  21,  1898,  and  completed  June  15,  1899,  at 
a  cost  of  $1,628.10.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  crushed 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones,  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on 
the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by 
the  contractor.  A  retaining  wall  and  fence  was  built  in  front 
of  Harriet  V.  Sanderson  estate  by  Patrick  McGovern,  costing  $360. 

Hewins  street,  Columbia  road  to  Erie  street,  is  about  701 
feet  long.  A  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this  street 
was  awarded  to  Philip  Doherty.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  September  13,  1898,  and  completed  May  17,  1899,  at  a 
cost  of  $1,432.05.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  crushed 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on 
the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by 
the  contractor. 

Hubbard  street,  Chestnut  avenue  to  Lamartine  street,  is 
about  449  feet  long.  A  contract  for  consti'ucting  the  surface  of 
this  street  was  awarded  to  Thomas  Minton.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  November  20,  1899,  and  suspended  December 
27,  1899. 

Idaho  street,  River  street  to  Manchester  street,  is  about  867 


150  City  Document   No.  14. 

feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  McGovern.  "Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  July  20,  1899,  and  completed  October  12,  1899, 
at  a  cost  of  $1,978.30.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  crushed 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones,  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on 
the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by 
the  contractor. 

Ipswich  street,  Boylston  road  to  Boylston  street,  is  about  2,366 
feet  long.  A  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this  street 
was  awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  August  16,  1899,  and  suspended  December  8,  1899. 

Lauriat  avenue,  Ballon  avenue  to  Norfolk  street,  is  about 
769  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Timothy  F.  Bradley.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  August  22,  1899,  and  suspended  November 
25,  1899. 

Lonsdale  street,  Dorchester  avenue  to  Adams  street.  (See 
report  of  Superintendent  of  Streets  for  1898,  page  261.)  When 
work  was  suspended  December  28,  1898,  the  macadam  roadway 
required  a  small  amount  of  rolling,  which  was  done  early  in  sea- 
son of  1899.  The  cost  of  the  contract  work  for  constructing  the 
surface  of  this  street  was  $3,490.53,  not  including  cost  of  arti- 
ficial stone  sidewalks.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  artificial 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone  and  straight  edgestones  were 
furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the 
contractor ;  circular  edgestones  and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished 
on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished 
by  the  contractor.  Artificial  stone  sidewalks  were  laid  on  north 
side  (9,977.5  square  feet),  by  John  C.  Newborg,  costing  $1,895.73  ; 
on  south  side  (10,228.6  square  feet),  by  the  Barnes-Rufliin  Com- 
pany, costing  $1,943.43. 

Maryland  street,  Savin  Hill  avenue  to  Bay  street,  is  about 
474  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface'  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Philip  Doherty.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  October  18,  1898,  and  completed  May  10,  1899,  at 
a  cost  of  $1,250.05.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  brick  side- 
walks. Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter  blocks 
were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by 
the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  and  bricks  for  sidewalks  were 
furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 
furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Middleton  street,  Norfolk  street  northerly,  is  about  593  feet 
long.  A  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this  street  was 
awarded  to  Philip  Doherty,  November  14,  1898.  Work  under 
this  contract  was  begun  April  3,  1899,  and  completed  August  19, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,502.26.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with 
crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones 
and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the 
site  of   the   work   by   the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were 


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furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 
furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Newburg  street,  Beech  street  to  Belgrade  avenue,  is  about 
1,980  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of 
this  street  was  awarded  to  James  Doherty  &  Co.  Work  under 
this  contract  was  begun  November  14,  1899,  and  suspended 
December  16,  1899. 

Northampton  street,  at  Albany  street.     (See  Albany  street.) 

North  Harvard  street,  Western  avenue  to  Charles  river,  is 
about  2,573  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  sur- 
face of  this  street  was  awarded  to  Geo.  H.  Wentworth  &  Co. 
Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  October  4,  1898,  and  com- 
pleted June  23,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $15,142.31.  It  is  a  Telford 
(8-inch)  macadam  (4-inch)  road  with  crushed  stone  sidewalks. 
Crushed  stone,  stone  for  Telford  base,  straight  edgestones  and 
gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of 
the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished 
on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished 
by  the  contractor. 

Oak  view  terrace,  Centre  street  southeasterly,  is  about  861 
feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  November  9,  1899,  and  suspended  January  24, 
1900. 

Orkney  road,  Strathmore  road  to  Sutherland  road,  is  about 
841  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Daniel  E.  Lynch.  Work  under  this  eon- 
tract  was  begun  May  2,  1899,  and  suspended  October  16,  1899. 

Peterborough  street,  Audubon  road  to  Audubon  road  (see 
report  of  Supei'intendent  of  Streets  for  1897,  page  373),  is  about 
1,833  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  Doherty  &  Co.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  July  19,  1899,  and  completed  September  27, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $4,734.46.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with 
crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones, 
and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the 
site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were 
furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 
furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Peverell  street.  Sawyer  avenue  to  Salcombe  street,  is  about 
486  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this  contract 
was  begun  August  25,  1898,  and  completed  May  22,  1899,  at  a 
cost  of  $2,399.94.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  crushed 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on 
the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by 
the  contractor. 

Pontiac  street,  Hillside  street  to  Tremont  street  is  about  919 
feet  long  and  40  feet  wide,  and  is  to  be  cut  through  a  sohd  ledge 


152  City  Document  No.  14. 

for  about  420  feet.  The  work  of  excavatino;  the  ledge  was  com- 
menced January  19,  1900,  by  the  Paving  Division,  and  is  still  in 
progress. 

Public  Alley  No.  101,  District  No.  2,  Richmond  street  to 
Cross  street,  between  Fulton  and  Commercial  streets,  is  about 
385  feet  long,  and  averages  15.5  feet  wide.  A  contract  for 
paving  and  regulating  this  alley  was  awarded  to  Patrick 
McGovern.  Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  August  28, 
1899,  and  completed  September  16,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,044.23. 
This  alley  is  paved  with  large  granite  blocks  on  a  gravel  bed 
with  pitch  and  pebble  joints,  and  is  without  edgestones  or  side- 
walks. The  paving  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled 
to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor. 

Public  Alley  No.  102,  District  No.  2,  Marshall  street  to 
Creek  square,  is  about  205  feet  long  and  averages  10.5  feet  wide. 
The  contract  for  paving  with  asphalt  and  regulating  this  alley  was 
awarded  to  Jones  &  Meehan.  "Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  October  10,  1899,  and  completed  November  11,  1899,  at  a 
cost  of  $874.27.  This  alley  was  paved  with  2  inches  of  Seyssel 
natural  rock  asphalt  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base, 
with  edgestones  and  brick  sidewalks  for  about  half  its  length  on 
one  side.  The  paving  blocks  and  edgestones  required  were  fur- 
nished by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  con- 
tractors. Bricks  for  sidewalk  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the 
city. 

Public  Alleys  Nos.  401,  402,  403  and  404,  District  No.  5, 
between  Huntington  avenue  and  St.  Botolph  street,  from  Irving- 
ton  street  to  Public  Alley  No.  405  ;  and  PubUc  Alley  No.  405, 
District  No.  5,  from  Huntington  avenue  to  St.  Botolph  street. 
These  alleys  are  respectively  490,  486,  466,  587,  and  236  feet 
long,  and  each  16  feet  wide.  The  contract  for  paving  with 
asphalt  and  granite  blocks  and  regulating  these  alleys  was  awarded 
to  Simpson  Brothers  Corporation.  Work  under  this  contract 
was  begun  August  9,  1899,  and  completed  October  11,  1899,  at 
a  cost  for  each  alley,  as  follows  :  No.  401,  $1,885.19  ;  No.  402, 
$1,501.02;  No.  403,  $1,423.07;  No.  404,  $1,844.74;  No.  405, 
$690.79.  These  alleys  were  paved  with  1-^  inches  of  Trinidad 
land  asphalt  with  li  inches  of  bituminous  concrete  binder  on  a 
6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base,  and  also  with  granite  blocks 
on  gravel  base  with  gravel  joints  where  too  steep  for  asphalt. 
These  alleys,  except  No.  405,  were  constructed  with  a  roadway,  8 
feet  wide,  two  brick  sidewalks  each  four  feet  wide,  bounded  by 
granite  edgestones.  Two  turn-outs  were  constructed  in  each  alley, 
excepting  No.  405,  30  feet  long  and  14  feet  wide,  so  that  two 
teams  may  pass.  Alley  No.  405  was  constructed  with  a  roadway 
8  feet  wide,  and  brick  sidewalk  on  northerly  side  5  feet  wide  and 
on  southerly  side  3  feet  wide,  each  bounded  by  granite  edgestones. 
Paving  blocks,  straight  edgestones  and  flagging  for  crosswalks 
were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by 
the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  and  bricks  for  sidewalks  were 
furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city. 


ENGINEERmG    DEPARTMENT.  153 

Public  Alley  No.  418,  District  No.  5,  between  Beacon  and 
Maj-lborough  streets,  from  Dartmouth  street  to  Exeter  street,  is 
about  528  feet  long  and  16  feet  wide.  A  contract  for  repairing 
the  granite  block  pavement  and  brick  sidewalks  in  this  alley  was 
awarded  to  H.  Gore  &  Co.  Work  was  begun  August  30,  1899, 
and  completed  September  6,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $168.22. 

Public  Alley  No.  419,  District  No.  5,  between  Beacon  and 
Marlborough  streets,  from  Clarendon  street  to  Dartmouth  street, 
is  about  548  feet  long  and  16  feet  wide.  The  contract  for  pav- 
ing with  asphalt  and  regulating  this  alley  was  awarded  to  Simp- 
son Brothers  Corporation.  Work  under  this  contract  was  begun 
August  8,  1899,  and  completed  October  2,  1899,  at  a  cost  of 
$1,564.80.  This  alley  was  paved  with  1^  inches  of  Trinidad  laud 
asphalt,  with  1-^  inches  of  bituminous  concrete  binder  on  a  6-inch 
Amei-ican  cement  concrete  base.  This  alley  was  constructed  with 
a  roadway  8  feet  wide,  and  two  brick  sidewalks  each  4  feet  wide, 
with  granite  edgestones.  Paving  blocks,  edgestones  and  flag- 
ging for  crosswalks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to 
the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor  ;  bricks  for  sidewalks  were 
furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city. 

Public  Alley  No.  420,  District  No.  5,  between  Beacon  and 
Marlborough  streets,  from  Berkeley  street  to  Clarendon  street,  is 
about  548  feet  long  and  16  feet  wide.  A  contract  for  repairing 
the  brick  sidewalks  in  this  alley  was  awarded  to  H.  Gore  &  Co. 
Work  was  begun  August  29,  1899,  and  completed  September  1, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $80.85. 

Public  Alley  No.  431,  District  No.  5,  between  Commonwealth 
avenue  and  Newbury  street,  from  Hereford  street  to  Gloucester 
street,  is  about  375  feet  long  and  16  feet  wide.  The  contract 
for  paving  with  asphalt  and  granite  blocks  and  regulating  this 
alley  was  awarded  to  Simpson  Brothers  Corporation.  Work 
under  this  contract  was  begun  August  7,  1899,  and  completed 
September  30,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $953.67.  This  alley  was  paved 
with  1^  inches  of  Trinidad  land  asphalt,  with  1^  inches  of  bitumi- 
nous concrete  binder  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base, 
and  with  granite  blocks  on  a  gravel  bed,  with  gravel  joints  where 
too  steep  for  asphalt.  It  has  a  roadway  8  feet  wide,  and 
two  brick  sidewalks  each  4  feet  wide,  with  granite  edgestones. 
Paving  blocks,  edgestones  and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were  fur- 
nished by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  eon- 
tractor  ;  bricks  for  sidewalks  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the 
city. 

Public  Alley  No.  701,  District  No.  8,  between  Union 
Park  and  Upton  streets,  from  Shawmut  avenue  toTremont  street, 
is  about  628  feet  long  and  20  feet  wide.  The  contract  for  pav- 
ing with  asphalt  and  granite  blocks  and  regulating  this  alley  was 
awarded  to  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Company.  Work  under 
this  contract  was  begun  September  16,  1899,  and  completed  No- 
vember 8,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $3,077.46.  This  alley  was  paved 
with  1^  inches  of  Trinidad  lake  asphalt,  with  1^  inches  bitumi- 
nous concrete  binder,  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base, 


154  City  Document  No.  14. 

and  with  granite  blocks  on  a  gravel  bed  with  gravel  joints  where 
too  steep  for  asphalt.  It  has  a  roadway  in  part  9  feet  wide,  and 
in  part  13  feet  wide,  with  brick  sidewalk  northerly  side  3.5  feet 
wide,  and  southerly  side  in  part  3.5  feet  wide  and  in  part  7.5 
feet  wide,  with  granite  edgestones ;  the  wide  sidewalks  were 
built  to  protect  the  trees  on  the  alley.  Paving  blocks,  edge- 
stones  and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and 
hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  bricks  for 
sidewalks  were  furnished  on  the  work  bv  the  city. 

Public  Alley  No.  702,  District  No.  8,  West  Springfield 
street  to  Worcester  street,  is  about  205  feet  long  and  15  feet  wide. 
The  contract  for  paving  with  asphalt  and  regulating  this  alley 
was  awarded  to  Jones  &  Meehan.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  September  29,  1899,  and  completed  November  9,  1899,  at 
a  cost  of  $862.  This  alley  was  paved  with  2  inches  of  Seyssel 
natural  rock  asphalt  on  a  6-inch  American  cement  concrete  base. 
It  has  a  roadway  9  feet  wide,  and  two  brick  sidewalks  each 
3  feet  wide,  with  granite  edgestones.  Granite  blocks,  edge- 
stones  and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were  furnished  by  the  city 
and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  bricks  for 
sidewalks  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city. 

Public  Alley  No.  703,  District  No.  8;  Public  Alley  No. 
702  to  Newland  street,  is  about  192  feet  long  and  10  feet 
wide.  The  contract  for  paving  with  asphalt  and  granite  blocks 
and  regulating  this  alley  was  awarded  to  Jones  &  Meehan.  Work 
under  this  contract  was  begun  October  2,  1899,  and  completed 
November  9,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $629.10.  This  alley  was  paved 
with  2  inches  of  Seyssel  natural  rock  asphalt  on  a  6-inch  Ameri- 
can cement  concrete  base  and  with  granite  blocks  on  a  gravel  bed 
with  gravel  joints  where  too  steep  for  asphalt.  It  has  a  roadway 
8  feet  wide  ;  the  edgestones  are  placed  1  foot  from  the  building 
hne,  and  are  backed  up  with  concrete.  Paving  blocks,  edge- 
stones and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and 
hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor. 

Public  Alley  No.  2001,  Webster  street  to  Marginal  street, 
is  about  240  feet  long,  and  for  a  distance  of  65  feet  from 
Webster  street  it  is  10  feet  wide ;  from  this  point  60  feet  further 
it  is  5  feet  wide,  and  for  the  remaining  distance  of  115  feet  it  is 
4.5  feet  wide.  The  contract  for  paving  and  regulating  this  alley 
was  awarded  to  Ward  &  Conlin.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  September  25,  1899,  and  completed  October  14,  1899,  at 
a  cost  of  $305.20.  This  alley  was  paved  with  second-hand 
granite  blocks  (removed  from  Devonshire  street)  on  a  gravel  bed 
with  gravel  joints  for  125  feet  from  Webster  street;  the  remain- 
ing distance  was  paved  with  bricks,  except  for  a  distance  of  10 
feet,  which  is  occupied  by  a  flight  of  wooden  steps  about  9  feet 
in  height.  These  steps  were  repaired,  as  was  also  a  board  fence 
extending  about  60  feet  from  Marginal  street  on  the  northwesterly 
side  of  alley.  The  difference  in  elevation  of  Marginal  and  Web- 
ster streets  is  28  feet. 

Rosseter  street,  Bullard  street  to  Bowdoin  avenue.    (See  report 


Engineering  Department.  155 

of  Superintendent  of  Streets  for  1898,  page  262.)  Work  on  re- 
taining wall  was  completed  June  26,  1899.  On  account  of  mak- 
ing an  opening  in  fence  at  estate  of  T.  F.  Badlam,  the  cost  was 
increased  $28.18,  making  a  total  cost  for  retaining  walls  and 
fences  of  $1,303.18. 

Rowe  street,  Ashland  street  to  Sharon  street,  is  about  475 
feet  long.  A  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this  street 
was  awarded  to  Philip  Doherty.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  December  7,  1899,  and  suspended  December  23,  1899. 

Rozella  street,  Adams  street  to  Muzzy  street,  is  about  322 
feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  and  for  rebuilding  the  retaining  wall  at  the  Mary  Hemen- 
way  School  was  awarded  to  T.  F.  Bradley.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  November  27,  1899,  and  the  work  of  rebuild- 
ing the  retaining  wall  is  still  in  progress. 

St.  Stephen  street,  St.  Stephen  street  to  Bryant  street  is 
about  803  feet  long.  (See  report  of  Superintendent  of  Streets 
for  1898,  page  262.)  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  James  Doherty  &  Co.  Work 
under  this  contract  was  begun  June  27,  1899,  and  completed 
August  8,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,879.16.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam 
road  with  crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  gutter  blocks 
and  straight  edgestones  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled 
to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones 
were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks 
was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 

School  street,  at  Athelwold  street,  was  widened  by  taking 
548  square  feet  of  land  from  the  corner  estate.  The  contract  for 
doing  the  necessary  work  in  connection  with  this  widening  was 
awarded  to  Collins  &  Ham.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  July  5,  1899,  and  completed  July  17,  1899,  at  a  cost  of 
$125.  The  work  done  was  to  build  a  6-inch  macadam  roadway 
and  crushed  stone  sidewalks,  set  edgestones  and  pave  granite 
block  gutters.  All  stock  required  was  furnished  by  the  city  and 
hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractors. 

Seymour  street,  Canterbury  street  to  Brown  avenue,  is 
about  1,150  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  T.  F.  Welch.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  December  5,  1899,  and  suspended  December 
21,  1899. 

Shirley  street,  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Norfolk  avenue,  is 
about  877  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  J.  F.  Cullen.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  June  26,  1899,  and  completed  October  10, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $3,505.35.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road,  with 
brick  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor;  circular  edgestones  and  bricks  were 
furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 
furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Spencer  street,  Athelwold  street  to  Park  street,  is  about  480 


156  City  Document  No.  14. 

feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  McGovern.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  June  26,  1899,  and  completed  August  3,  1899, 
at  a  cost  of  $787.76.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  crushed 
stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter 
blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the 
work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on 
the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by 
the  contractor. 

Spencer  street,  Wheatland  avenue  to  Talbot  avenue,  is  about 
625  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  McGovern.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  November  20,  1898,  and  completed  May  25, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,500.54.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  roadway 
with  crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edge- 
stones and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled 
to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones 
were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks 
was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Stanley  street,  Quincy  street  to  Bellevue  street,  is  about 
375  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  James  Doherty  &  Co.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  May  28,  1899,  and  completed  July  17,  1899, 
at  a  cost  of  $1,260.63.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road  with  brick 
sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter  blocks 
were  furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by 
the  contractor ;  circular  edgestones  and  bricks  for  sidewalks  were 
furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was 
furnished  by  the  contractor, 

Thanii  street,  Athelwold  street  to  Park  street,  is  about  479 
feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this  street 
was  awarded  to  Philip  Doherty.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  June  29,  1899,  and  completed  August  3,  1899,  at  a  cost  of 
$552.79  (not  including  cost  of  artificial  stone  sidewalks).  It  is  a 
6-inch  macadam  road  with  artificial  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed 
stone,  straight  edgestones  and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by 
the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ; 
circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flag- 
ging for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  contractor.  Artificial 
stone  sidewalks  were  laid  by  the  Barnes-Ruffin  Company  from 
Park  street  81  feet  on  the  easterly  side  and  140  feet  on  the  west- 
erly side,  in  all  1,440.2  square  feet,  costing  $320.44.  The  re- 
maining artificial  stone  sidewalks  bad  been  constructed  before  the 
street  was  laid  out. 

Trinity  place,  St.  James  avenue  across  Stuart  street,  is  about 
398  feet  long.  The  contract  for  paving  with  asphalt  and  regula- 
ting this  street  was  awarded  to  the  Barber  Asphalt  Pa-s-ing  Co. 
Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  August  21,  1899,  and  com- 
pleted September  28,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $3,516.09.  It  is  an  as- 
phalt road  with  brick  sidewalks.  The  roadway  is  paved  with  IJ 
inches  of  Trinidad  lake   asphalt,  with    1^   inches  of   bituminous 


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concrete  binder  on  a  6-iuch  American  cement  concrete  base. 
New  edgestones,  granite  blocks,  and  flagging  for  crosswalks  were 
furnished  by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the 
contractor ;  bricks  for  sidewalks  were  furnished  on  the  work  by 
the  city. 

Waldeck  street,  Melville  avenue  to  Tonawanda  street,  is 
about  1,635  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  J.  F.  Cullen.  Work  under  this 
contract  was  begun  September  29, 1899,  and  completed  December 
5,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $4,207.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam  road, 
with  crushed  stone,  tar  concrete  and  artificial  stone  sidewalks. 
Crushed  stone,  straight  edgestones,  and  gutter  blocks  were  fur- 
nished by  the  city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  con- 
tractor ;  circular  edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work  bj^  the 
city ;  flagging  for  crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  city.  The 
street  was  constructed  in  the  following  manner :  Part  between 
Melville  avenue  and  Park  street,  781  feet  long  and  40  feet  wide, 
has  roadway  (including  gutters)  26  feet  wide  ;  two  crushed  stone 
sidewalks,  each  7  feet  wide,  bounded  by  granite  edgestones.  In 
this  part  there  is  179  linear  feet  of  artificial  stone  sidewalk  which 
was  constructed  before  the  street  was  laid  out.  Part  between 
Park  street  and  Tonawanda  street,  854  feet  long  and  50  feet  wide, 
has  a  roadway  26  feet  wide  (including  gutters),  two  tar  concrete 
walks  each  6  feet  wide,  and  two  loam  spaces  each  6  feet  wide, 
bounded  by  granite  edgestones ;  these  loam  spaces  were  sodded 
about  2  feet  in  width  back  of  the  edgestones.  The  tar  concrete 
sidewalks  were  constructed  before  the  street  was  laid  out. 

Wensley  street,  Heath  street  across  Bickford  avenue,  is  about 
720  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface  of  this 
street  was  awarded  to  ColUns  &  Ham.  Work  under  this  con- 
tract was  begun  May  10,  1899,  and  completed  November  14, 
1899,  at  a  cost  of  $2,600.16  (including  thecostof  furnishing  and 
laying  472  linear  feet  of  ground  water  drain  4  inches  in  size) .  It  is  a 
6-inch  macadam  road  with  crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed 
stone,  straight  edgestones,  and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the 
city  and  hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor ;  circular 
edgestones  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city.  Flagging  for 
crosswalks  was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 

West  5elden  street,  Morton  street  to  Manchester  street,  is 
about  3,424  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the  surface 
of  this  street  was  awarded  to  James  McGovern.  Work  under 
this  contract  was  begun  July  21,  1899,  and  is  still  being  carried 
on. 

Woodlawn  street,  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  Forest  Hills  Ceme- 
tery, is  about  1,068  feet  long.  The  contract  for  constructing  the 
surface  of  this  street  was  awarded  to  Thomas  A.  Dolan.  Work 
nnder  this  contract  was  begun  July  24,  1899,  and  completed  No- 
vember 13,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,933.99.  It  is  a  6-inch  macadam 
road  with  crushed  stone  sidewalks.  Crushed  stone,  straight 
edgestones  and  gutter  blocks  were  furnished  by  the  city  and 
hauled  to  the  site  of  the  work  by  the  contractor;  circular  edge- 


158  City  Document  No.  14. 

stones  were  furnished  on  the  work  by  the  city ;  flagging  for  cross- 
walks was  furnished  by  the  contractor. 

Worthington  street,  Fenway  to  Longwood  avenue,  is  about 
1,151  feet  long.  A  contract  for  filling  this  street  to  sub-grade 
was  awarded  to  J.  C.  Coleman  &  Son,  at  the  rate  of  44  cents  per 
cubic  yard  measured  in  the  fill.  Work  under  this  contract  was 
begun  July  27,  1899,  and  completed  December  30,  1899  ;  17,251 
cubic  yards  were  paid  for  at  44  cents  per  cubic  yard,  equal  to 
$7,590.44. 

Miscellaneous. 

Contracts  were  awarded  on  the  following  streets,  but  at  the 
end  of  the  season  no  work  had  been  done : 

Aberdeen  street,  Beacon  street  to  Brookline  branch  of 
Boston  and  Albany  Railroad. 

Callender  street.  Tucker  street  across  Don  street. 

Custer  street,  Woodman  street  to  Arnold  Arboretum, 

Dresden  street,  Boylston  street  to  Spring  Park  avenue. 

Edison  green,  Dorchester  avenue  to  Pond  street. 

Esmond  street.  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Harvard  street. 

Shatter  street,  Waterlow  street  to  Faxon  street. 

Warner  street.  Harvard  street  to  Park  street. 

Plans  have  been  prepared  of  the  following  "  new  streets  "  on 
which  the  work  of  construction  has  not  been  commenced : 

Barry  street,  Quincy  street  to  Richfield  street. 

Boston  street,  Mt.  Vernon  street  to  Columbia  road. 

Draper  street,  Robinson  street  to  Bowdoin  street. 

Fowler  street,  Glenway  street  to  McLellan  street. 

Jersey  street,  Brookline  avenue  to  Audubon  road. 

riontague  street,  Ashmont  street  to  Roslin  street. 

Public  Alley  No.  901,  Hemenway  street  to  another  part  of 
Hemenway  street. 

South  street,  Jamaica  street  to  Arborway. 

Stratford  street,  Anawan  street  to  Clement  avenue. 

Wainwright  street.  Centre  street  to  Welles  avenue. 

Williams  street,  Washington  street  to  Call  street.  • 

Woodcllff  street,  Howard  avenue  about  214  feet  easterly. 

GrRADING    StREET    RAILWAY    TRACKS. 

The  grades  for  tracks  in  the  following  streets  have  been  deter- 
mined. On  streets  marked  **  the  surveys  were  made  and  levels 
taken  by  the  companies  : 

{Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company ?j 

Atlantic  avenue,  Dewey  square  to  Oliver  street. 
Atlantic  avenue,   Dewey  square  to  Kneeland  street. 
Boston  street,  Edward  Everett  square  to  Washburn  street. 
Boylston  street,  Ipswich  street  to  Brookline  avenue. 


Engineering  Department.  159 

Cambridge  street,  Brighton  avenue  across  Washington 
street. 

Cambridge  street,  North  Harvard  street  to  Charles  river. 

Causeway  street,  Prince  street  to  Haverhill  street. 

Charlestown  street,  Haymarket  square  to  Charlestown 
bridge. 

Columbia  road,  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Edward  Everett  square. 

Commercial  street.  Prince  street  to  Hull  street. 

Dewey  square. 

Federal  street,  Dewey  square  to  Milk  street. 

Ipswich  street,  Boylston  road  to  Boylston  street. 

Kingston  street,  Bedford  street  to  Essex  street. 

Leverett  street,   Causeway  street  to  Craigie's  bridge. 

Talbot  avenue,  Norfolk  street  to  Blue  Hill  avenue. 

Washington  street.  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Glenarm  street. 

(  West    Roxhxcry  and   RosUndale  Street    Railway   Company  .^ 

**  Ashland  street.  South  street  to  1,100  feet  east  of  Sutton 
street. 

**  Spring  street,  Gardner  street  to  Dedham  Une. 

(yUnion  Freight  Railroad  Company S) 

Atlantic  avenue,  Dewey  square  to  Oliver  street. 
Atlantic  avenue,  Dewey  square  to  Kneeland  street. 
Causeway  street.  Prince  street  to  Haverhill  street. 
Commercial  street,  Prince  street  to  Hull  street. 
Dewey  square. 
Total  length  of  single  track  grades  16.9  miles. 

Plans  and  Specifications. 

Aberdeen  street,  plan  and  specification  of  retaining  wall, 
fence  and  bulkhead. 

Belvidere  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  wooden  bulk- 
head and  fence. 

Burt  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  iron  fence  on  culvert. 

Castle  square,  plan  with  elevations. 

Columbia  road,  plan  of  retaining  wall  and  steps  at  Hamilton 
street. 

Edward  Everett  square,  plan  and  specifications  for  park 
curb. 

Fairmount  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  ground  water 
drain. 

Freeport  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  iron  fence  on  wall 
at  Dorchester  Yacht  Club. 

Harold  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  retaining  wall  and 
iron  fence. 

Haverhill  street,  plan  of  sidewalk  southwesterly  side  leading 
from  Haymarket  square. 


160  City  Document  No.  14. 

Ipswich  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  concrete  bulkhead 
and  fence  along  location  of  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad. 

Rozelia  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  retaining  wall  and 
granite  steps. 

Wensley  street,  plan  and  specifications  for  ground  water 
drains. 

A  set  of  plans  showing  the  improved  pavement  in  the  central 
part  of  the  city  has  been  prepared  for  the  use  of  the  Permit 
Office,  the  object  being  to  show  the  location  of  all  openings  made 
in  this  class  of  pavement.  These  openings  have  been  plotted 
from  the  inspectors'  notes  upon  request. 

Columbia  Road. 

Columbia  road  construction  has  been  completed  from  Blue  Hill 
avenue  to  Edward  Everett  square,  with  the  exception  of  the 
bridge  by  which  the  Midland  Division  of  the  New  York,  New 
Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad  will  cross  the  road ;  this  work  has 
not  been  commenced. 

Bridge  over  the  Railroad  and  Columbia  Avenue. 

The  work  under  the  contract  with  Mr.  Dennis  F.  O'Connell, 
dated  October  10,  1898,  was  finished  in  June  at  a  cost  of 
$25,773.44.  This  work  consisted  of  building  two  abutments  and 
a  pier.  The  southerly  wing  wall  of  the  west  abutment  was  left 
unfinished,  as  it  was  necessary  to  leave  Carson  street  unobstructed 
until  other  means  of  access  to  Mt.  Vernon  street  east  of  the  rail- 
road can  be  provided. 

The  foundations  rest  on  a  hard  clay  or  sand  bottom  at  Grade 
2.5  above  city  base  for  the  West  abutment  and  at  Grade  2  for  the 
East  abutment  and  pier.  The  foundations  below  a  grade  3  feet 
below  the  grade  of  the  surface  in  front  are  of  American  cement 
concrete,  and  above  that  grade  the  abutments  and  pier  are  of 
granite  ashlar  and  rubble  backing  with  cut  stone  parapets  and 
coping.     The  walls  are  well  ballasted  with  quarry  chips. 

Road  Surfacing. 

The  section  of  road  between  Dorchester  avenue  and  Button- 
wood  street  has  been  completed.  The  work  was  done  under  a 
contract  with  Philip  Doherty,  dated  June  14,  1899,  and  was 
finished  August  30,  1899,  at  a  cost  of  $1,911.04. 

Bridge  over  Shoreliam  Street. 

This  bridge  is  to  be  built  to  carry  Columbia  road  over  Shore- 
ham  street,  a  traffic  street  to  connect  Mt.  Vernon  street  with  Car- 
son street.  It  will  be  parallel  with  the  railroad  and  100  feet 
distant  from  it.  Its  grade  will  be  the  same  as  the  existing 
streets,  and  the  crossing  of  the  Parkway  by  a  traffic  street  at  this 
point  will  be  avoided. 


Engineering  Department.  161 

Under  a  contract  with  Mr.  Michael  A.  Meany  the  excavation 
across  Cohimbia  road  above  the  grade  of  Shoreham  street  was 
completed  on  January  1,  1900,  at  a  cost  of  $591.44. 

Plans  have'  been  prepared  for  the  construction  of  the  bridge, 
but  the  work  of  erection  awaits  the  completion  of  a  proposed 
storm  water  sewer  at  this  point. 

Filling. 

The  section  of  Columbia  road  between  the  bridge  over  the 
railroad  and  Mercer  street,  South  Boston,  also  so  much  of  the 
proposed  Columbia  avenue  as  lies  east  of  the  old  location  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad  have  been  filled 
to  grade.  For  this  work  there  were  three  contracts.  Under  a 
contract  with  Mr.  J.  J.  Sullivan,  dated  December  24,  1898,  there 
were  brought  from  the  excavation  near  Story  street,  South  Bos- 
ton, 4,978  cubic  yards  at  a  cost  of  $2,986.80.  Under  a  contract 
with  John  S.  Jacobs  &  Son,  dated  October  20,  1898,  there  were 
brought  from  the  site  of  the  new  high  school  building  on  Thomas 
Park"25,811  cubic  yards  at  a  cost  o"f  $9,233.85. 

The  larger  part  of  the  filling  was  done  under  a  contract  with 
Mr.  Simon  J.  Donovan,  dated  December  28,  1898.  The  work 
was  finished  in  October,  and  there  were  deposited  116,471  cubic 
yards  at  69^  cents  per  cubic  yard.  This  contract  included  the 
construction  of  an  extension  of  the  culvert  under  the  railroad  to 
the  bay  outside  the  slope  of  the  new  filling.  This  culvert  is  of 
wood  on  a  pile  foundation  ;  it  is  250  feet  in  length  and  4  feet  by 
5  feet  8  inches  inside.  The  total  amount  paid  under  the  contract 
was  $83,375.59. 

Under  the  contract  with  Mr.  Simon  J.  Donovan  for  filhng 
that  portion  of  Columbia  road  between  Atlantic  and  I  streets, 
dated  October  25,  1898,  there  have  been  deposited  71,109  cubic 
yards.     The  work  is  not  yet  completed. 

Commonwealth    Avenue. 

Warren  street  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue,  cross-section  plans  for 
estimating  amount  of  rock  excavation  under  five  contracts,  aggre- 
gating 45,857.4  cubic  yards  costing  $64,634.84,  which  includes 
the  cost  of  loading  and  hauling  9,851.7  cubic  yards  to  the 
crusher  and  loading  19,436.7  cubic  yards  into  city  teams  at  foot 
of  ledge.  This  work  was  begun  in  September,  1898.  Plans  and 
specifications  were  also  prepared  for  two  retaining  walls,  one 
near  Summit  avenue,  and  one  near  Sutherland  road  ;  these  walls 
were  not  built. 

During  the  year  the  reconstruction  of  Commonwealth  avenue 
from  Brighton  avenue  to  Chestnut  Hill  avenue  has  been  under 
way,  and  is  nearly  completed  as  far  as  Chiswick  road. 

Congress  Street,  South  Boston. 

On  Congress  street,  between  B  and  C  streets,  a  roadway  about 
40  feet  in  width  has  been  paved  with  granite  blocks  on  a  gi  avel 


162  City  Document  No.  14. 

base,  granite  edgestoues  have  been  set  on  the  southerly  side  of 
the  street,  and  two  catch-basins  have  been  built.  The  paving  of 
this  short  portion  of  Congress  street  in  connection  with  the  work 
done  by  the  Commonwealth,  and  that  under  the  decree  abolishing 
the  grade  crossing  on  this  street  has  provided  a  continuous 
thoroughfare  paved  with  granite  from  Atlantic  avenue  to  South 
Boston  by  way  of  the  L-street  bridge. 

Dumping  Wharf  for  the  Sanitary  Division. 

The  high  platform  and  runway  at  the  Sanitary  Wharf  on 
Albany  street  was  completed  in  March  by  Thomas  E.  Ruggles, 
at  a  cost  of  $5,476. 

East  Boston  Ferries. 

New  drop. — The  northerly  drop  for  the  East  Boston  landing 
of  the  South  Ferry  was  completed,  and  put  in  commission  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1899,  at  a  cost  for  contract  work  of  $5,775. 

Charlesgate  Bridge  over  Ipswich  Street. 

Under  a  contract  with  the  King  Bridge  Co.,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  dated  March  25,  1899,  the  steel  work  was  completed  on 
January  2,  1900.  A  contract  has  been  made  for  the  erection  of 
the  ornamental  railing  of  the  same  design  as  that  on  the  bridge 
over  the  railroad. 

As  the  season  was  too  far  advanced  to  permit  of  laying  cement 
concrete,  when  the  steel  work  was  finished,  the  laying  of  the 
concrete  and  asphalt  floor  of  this  bridge  has  been  deferred  until 
spring,  and  a  temporary  wooden  floor  has  been  constructed  to  allow 
of  the  bridge  being  used  during  the  winter. 

South  Union  Station. 

The  portion  of  the  paving  on  the  westerly  half  of  Dorchester- 
avenue  extension,  between  the  southerly  end  of  the  new  station 
and  Federal-street  bridge,  which  was  not  laid  in  1898,  has  been 
completed.  The  entire  length  of  the  new  avenue,  on  which  was 
laid  a  temporary  granite  pavement  on  fresh  fillings  in  1898,  has 
been  repaved,  and  the  edgestone  reset.  The  sidewalk  on  the 
harbor  side  of  the  avenue  has  been  paved  with  brick,  and  an  iron 
railing  built  on  the  sea  wall  for  its  entire  length. 

The  paving  on  Summer-street  extension,  between  Dewey  square 
and  the  harbor  Une,  has  been  relaid,  and  a  bulkhead  carrying 
a  plank  sidewalk  has  been  built  along  the  property  of  the 
Boston  Electric  Light  Company. 

Eai'ly  in  the  season  the  narrow  strip  of  paving  on  Atlantic 
avenue  in  front  of  the  express  buildings,  which  could  not  be  laid 
when  the  other  paving  was  done  around  the  station,  was  com- 
pleted and  the  edgestone  set. 


Engineering  Depaetment.  163 

The  work  of  paving  Atlantic  avenue,  between  Dewey  square 
and  Kneeland  street,  with  pitch  and  pebble  joints  and  on  a  con- 
crete base,  was  commenced  early  in  November,  1899.  This  work 
had  been  delayed  until  almost  the  close  of  the  season,  because  of 
the  special  track-work  of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway  and  the 
Union  Freight  Railroad  in  Dewey  square.  As  soon,  however,  as 
any  of  this  material  was  in  position  the  work  of  concreting  and 
paving  was  carried  on  day  and  night  whenever  the  weather  and 
temperature  would  permit.  With  the  exception  of  a  small  area 
at  Beach  street,  where  the  special  track-work  was  not  ready,  all 
of  the  paving  between  the  tracks  and  westerly  of  the  tracks  on 
Atlantic  avenue  has  been  put  on  a  concrete  base,  the  paving  laid 
with  pitch  and  pebble  joints,  the  edgestones  set  and  the  westerly 
sidewalk  laid  with  brick  or  artificial  stone.  The  work  in  Dewey 
square  has  also  been  completed  with  the  exception  of  two  small 
areas  adjoining  Summer  and  Federal  streets.  A  small  refuge 
island  has  been  built  in  the  square,  surrounded  by  granite  edge- 
stone  and  paved  with  brick. 

Miscellaneous. 

Lines  and  grades  have  been  furnished  for  the  construction  of 
Talbot  avenue,  which  is  now  completed.  Some  work  has  been 
done  on  Blue  Hill  avenue,  between  Walk  Hill  street  and 
Mattapan. 

Two  hundred  and  six  petitions  to  lay  artificial  stone  sidewalks 
have  been  reported  upon  to  the  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

The  amount  of  edgestone  required  for  one  hundred  and  forty- 
nine  estates  has  been  fui'nished  to  the  Paving  Division. 

In  seventy-three  cases  the  Paving  Division  has  been  notified  of 
the  necessity  of  resetting  edgestone  on  account  of  artificial  stone 
sidewalks  to  be  laid. 

Forty-two  petitions  for  permits  to  construct  coal-holes,  bulk- 
heads and  sidewalk  areas,  have  been  examined  and  reported  upon. 

Ninety-one  petitions,  caUing  for  eighty-seven  catch-basins,  were 
referred  by  the  Sewer  Division  and  reported  upon. 

Locations  were  furnished  the  Sewer  Division,  for  construction 
purposes,  of  nine  hundred  and  forty-three  catch-basins  on  one 
hundred  and  sixty  different  streets. 


164  City  Document  No.  14. 


MISCELLANEOUS  WORK   AND   CONSTRUCTION 

IN    1899. 


Charlesgate  Bridge  over  Ipswich  Street. 
See  page  162. 

Chelsea  Bridge  North. 

General  plans  were  made  for  widening  the  draw-way  from 
45  to  60  feet  to  accommodate  the  larger  class  of  vessels 
needed  for  carrying  coal ;  the  widening  to  be  made  on  the 
Chelsea  side  of  the  channel.  These  plans  were  approved  by 
the  War  Departnent,  and  further  plans  were  made  for  a  tem- 
porary wooden  pile  bridge  around  the  draw  to  accommodate 
travel  while  work  was  being  done  on  the  permanent  bridge; 
the  principal  cost  of  the  temporary  bridge  being  borne  by  the 
New  England  Gas  &  Coke  Co.  and  the  Lynn  &  Boston  Rail- 
road Co. 

This  temporary  bridge  is  46  feet  wide,  with  one  sidewalk 
8  feet  wide  on  the  down-stream  side.  The  old  draw  used  at 
West  Boston  bridge,  the  engine,  shafting  and  other-  machin- 
ery were  moved  to  this  bridge  and  set  up  on  foundations  pre- 
pared for  them;  the  draw  was  strengthened  by  renewing 
several  chord-sticks,  keyes  and  packing  blocks,  about  two- 
thirds  of  the  fom'-inch  deck  plank  and  all  of  the  sheathing. 
The  contract  for  doing  the  work  was  awarded  to  William  J. 
Lawler,  and  the  work  is  nearly  completed. 

Specifications  and  plans  have  been  made  for  the  work  on 
the  main  bridge,  but  no  contract  has  yet  been  made  for  doing 
the  work. 

A  contract  has  been  made  with  the  Boston  Bridge  Works 
for  lengthening  the  draw  on  the  permanent  bridge. 

Columbia  Road. 
See  pages  160  and  161. 

Bridge  over  the  railroad  and  Columbia  road  —  Road  sur- 
facing. 

Bridge  over  Shoreham  street. 
Filling. 

Commonwealth  Avenue. 
See  page  161. 


Engineering  Department.  165 

Congress-Street   Grade   Crossing. 

During  the  year  the  work  of  building  a  new  street  in  sub- 
stitution for  Congress  street,  where  it  crosses  the  tracks  of  the 
Midland  Division  of  the  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  has  been 
carried  on  in  accordance  with  the  decree  of  the  Superior 
Court.  The  work  was  so  far  advanced  that  on  August  14, 
1899,  the  portion  of  the  new  street  across  Fort  Point  channel 
and  the  approach  leading  to  A  street,  South  Boston,  were 
opened  to  public  travel,  and  have  remained  open  since  that 
date.  At  that  time,  however,  only  one  of  the  draws  was  put 
in  service,  the  power  for  operating  it  being  furnished  by  a 
temporary  steam  plant.  Later  an  electric  plant  was  installed, 
and  on  January  26,  1900,  the  care  of  the  portion  of  the  new 
street  and  the  approach  which  had  been  opened  to  travel  and 
the  operating  of  the  draws,  were  turned  over  to  the  Street 
Department. 

The  work  done  during  the  past  year  on  the  several  sections 
of  the  new  street  and  its  approaches  has  been  substantially  as 
follows : 

On  the  approach  leading  from  Atlantic  avenue  the  work 
has  been  the  building  of  a  sea-wall  to  support  the  filling  on 
the  southerl}'  side  of  Congress  street.  As  the  piers  under 
the  building  projected  so  far  into  the  street  it  was  necessary 
to  build  the  wall  about  five  feet  back  from  the  street  line  and 
to  support  the  sidewalk  on  overhanging  beams.  This  work 
was  clone  under  a  contract  with  W.  J.  Lawler,  and  was  com- 
pleted early  in  January.  Under  the  same  contract  a  tempo- 
rary roadway  and  sidewalk  were  built  on  the  northerly  side  of 
the  street  over  the  area  taken  for  widening  Congress  street 
mider  the  decree.  By  this  means  it  has  been  possible  to  pro- 
vide a  clear  roadway  about  thirty  feet  wide  for  traffic  during 
the  time  required  for  the  construction  of  the  sea-wall,  the 
extension  of  the  storm  overflow  sewer  and  the  removal  of 
the  old  bridge.  A  large  amount  of  filling  has  been  deposited 
between  the  sea-walls  on  either  side  of  the  street  so  that  as 
soon  as  the  southerly  half  of  the  wall  across  the  street  on  the 
harbor  line  is  completed  the  street  can  be  paved  on  that  side 
and  travel  transferred  to  it.  A  contract  has  been  made  with 
W.  L.  Miller,  dated  November  6,  1899,  for  building  the  sea- 
wall along  the  harbor  line  on  the  easterly  side  of  Dorchester 
avenue  extension,  between  Summer  and  Congress  streets, 
calling  for  the  work  to  be  completed  by  May  1,  1900,  but  as 
it  was  impossible  to  clear  the  premises  so  as  to  begin  work 
promptly,  it  will  be  well  into  the  summer  before  the  wall  is 
finished.     By  an  arrangement  with  the  owners,   a  contract 


166  City  Document  No.  14. 

was  made  with  A.  A.  Elston  &  Co.  for  removing  the  portion, 
of  the  building  within  the  street  area,  and  the  building  is  now 
substantially  out  of  the  way.  A  contract  has  been  made  with 
W.  J.  Lawler  for  building  a  sea-wall  on  the  westerly  side  of 
this  street,  calling  for  its  completion  by  May  1.  This  sea 
wall  will  also  be  used  as  a  foundation  for  the  new  side  wall 
of  the  building. 

■^  The  work  done  during  the  year  to  complete  the  section  of 
the  new  street  between  Dorchester  avenue  extension  and  A 
street,  already  opened  to  travel,  has  been  the  erection  of  the 
steel  superstructure  and  flooring  of  the  fixed  spans  of  the 
bridge  over  Fort  Point  channel,  which  was  done  by  the  A.  & 
P.  Roberts  Co.  under  two  contracts,  and  was  finished  early  in 
August,  1899.  The  roadway  paving  of  granite  blocks,  with 
pitch  and  pebble  joints,  and  the  waterproofing  of  the  flooring 
were  done  under  contract  with  Patrick  McGovern,  and  was 
completed  about  August  1,  1899.  The  asphalt  sidewalks 
were  laid  by  the  Boston  Asphalt  Co.  The  pile  foundations 
for  the  draws  and  the  necessary  draw  fender  piers,  which 
were  under  contract  with  W.  J.  Lawler  at  the  date  of  the  last 
report,  were  finished  in  August,  1899,  and  the  same  contractor 
built  the  fender  guard  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  bridge. 
The  two  retractile  draws  were  built  under  a  contract  with 
the  Berlin  Iron  Bridge  Co.  and  the  trucks  upon  which  the 
draws  move  were  made  by  the  Coffin  Valve  Co.  from  the 
standard  patterns  owned  by  the  City.  The  motors  were  fur- 
nished by  the  General  Electric  Co.,  and  the  other  machinery 
required  for  moving  the  draws  was  built  by  Miller  &  Shaw. 
A  neat  house  has  been  built  for  the  draw-tenders  from  plans 
prepared  by  the  Architect's  Division  of  this  department,  and 
furnished  with  all  the  necessary  furnitui'e. 

Timber  bulkheads  were  built  along  the  southerly  side  of 
the  new  street  between  Fort  Point  channel  and  A  street  and 
on  both  sides  of  the  approach  from  A  street,  under  a  contract 
with  Ross  &  Fowler.  Fences  were  built  on  these  bulkheads 
and  plank  sidewalks  on  both  sides  of  the  approach  from  A 
street  under  contract  with  W.  J.  Lawler.  A  plank  sidewalk 
was  also  built  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  new  street  from  A 
street  to  Fort  Point  channel.  The  filling  of  this  portion  of 
the  street  was  done  by  carts  at  a  cost  of  35  cents  per  cubic 
yard  measured  in  place,  except  about  the  anchors  of  the  bulk- 
heads where  20  cents  per  cubic  yard  additional  was  paid  for 
ramming  the  filling  in  six-inch  layers.  The  catch-basins  and 
piping  for  surface  drainage  for  this  section  were  built  under 
contract  with  H.  Gore  &  Co.,  and  the  granite  block  paving, 
with  gravel  joints,  was  laid  and  the  edgestones  set  by  Patrick 


Engineering  Department.  167 

McGovern,    the    whole    being    finished    about    August    1, 
1899. 

On  the  section  between  A  street  and  the  freight  yard  of  the 
N.  Y.,  N.  H.  »fe.  H.  R.R.,  the  only  work  done  during  the  year 
has  been  the  building  of  a  timber  bulkhead  on  both  sides  of 
the  street  for  its  entire  length,  under  a  contract  with  W.  H. 
Ellis,  which  was  completed  in  November,  1899,  and  the  de- 
positing of  the  filling  required  to  bring  the  street  to  the  sub- 
grade  required  for  paving.  This  filling  was  also  done  by 
carts  at  a  cost  of  35  cents  per  cubic  yard,  measured  in  place. 
The  superstructure  of  the  bridge  over  A  street  is  now  under 
contract  with  the  New  England  Structural  Co.,  calling  for  its 
erection  in  October  last,  but  on  account  of  the  impossibility 
of  obtaining  the  delivery  of  structural  steel  from  the  rolling 
mills  at  the  date  agreed,  work  on  this  bridge  has  been  delayed. 
The  material  is  now,  however,  in  the  shops,  and  they  will  be 
erected  early  in  the  spring. 

On  the  section  east  of  the  railroad  freight  yards  the  east- 
erly abutment  of  the  bridge  over  B  street,  and  both  abutm.ents, 
and  centre  pier  of  the  bridge  over  C  street,  were  completed 
in  August,  1899,  under  a  new  contract  made  with  Ross  & 
Fowler,  the  former  contractor  having  abandoned  the  work  in 
February  last.  A  contract  for  the  superstructure  of  the 
bridge  over  B  street  was  made  with  the  Pennsylvania  Steel 
Co.,  dated  August  3, 1899,  and  required  that  the  bridge  should 
be  erected  before  May  1,  1900.  The  work  is  now  well  under 
way,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  completed  on  time.  The  steel 
work  of  the  bridge  over  C  street  was  erected  b}^  the  New 
England  Structural  Co.,  and  was  completed  in  October  last. 
On  the  northerly  side  of  the  street,  between  B  and  C  streets, 
a  timber  bulkhead  has  been  built  to  support  the  filling,  and 
on  the  southerly  side,  from  B  street,  for  a  distance  of  291  feet 
in  front  of  the  property  of  the  Cunningham  Iron  Works,  a 
pile  bulkhead  has  been  built.  The  outer  line  of  piles,  which 
are  spaced  three  feet  on  centres,  are  surrounded  by  concrete, 
forming  a  continuous  wall  two  feet  in  thickness.  This  form 
of  construction  was  adopted  to  protect  the  piles  in  case  of  a 
fire  occurring  in  the  adjoining  wooden  buildings.  The  filling 
of  this  entire  section,  including  the  approach  along  Fargo  and 
D  streets,  has  been  completed  during  the  year.  Fully  three- 
quarters  of  this  filling  was  brought  in  by  train  over  the  N.  Y., 
N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  a  special  track  being  laid  for  this  purpose- 
Under  a  contract  made  by  the  Board  of  Harbor  and  Land 
Commissioners  for  the  paving  of  that  part  of  Fargo  street 
conti'oUed  by  the  Commonwealth,  the  portion  of  that  street 
between  C  and  D  streets,  which  was  laid  out  by  the  decree  of 


168  City  Document  No.  14. 

the  court  as  an  approach  to  the  new  street,  has  been  paved 
with  granite  blocks,  the  edgestones  set  and  the  necessary 
catch-basins  and  drains  built  for  surface  drainage.  The 
amount  paid  for  this  work  was  1)7,173.76.  The  portion  of 
this  approach  on  C  street  has  also  been  paved  with  granite 
blocks,  the  edgestones  set,  and  the  crushed  stone  sidewalks 
and  fences  built.  By  doing  this  paving  in  advance  of  the 
other  work  a  continuous  paved  street  was  opened  to  public 
travel  from  L-street  bridge  to  the  city  proper. 

Dorchester  Avenue  Grade  Crossing. 

The  work  of  abolishing  the  grade  crossing  on  Dorchester 
avenue  in  South  Boston  is  being  done  in  accordance  with 
the  decree,  dated  June  22,  1898,  of  a  commission  appointed 
by  the  Superior  Court.  The  plan  calls  for  the  relocation  of 
the  Old  Colony  Division  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
Hartford  Railroad  between  Crescent  Avenue  and  South 
Boston  Stations.  The  new  line  leaves  the  old  one  at  a  point 
551.03  feet  north  of  Crescent-avenue  Station  and  a  short 
distance  south  of  Columbia  road.  It  curves  to  the  west, 
crossing  Dorchester  avenue  about  970  feet  south  of  Andrew 
square.  It  crosses  Boston  street  about  630  feet  south  of 
Andrew  square ;  thence,  curving  northerly,  it  crosses  Swett 
street  about  580  feet  west  of  Andrew  square.  It  continues 
across  South  Bay  and  crosses  the  Midland  Division  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  by  an  over- 
head bridge  about  900  feet  southwest  of  the  present  bridge 
over  the  same  road.  The  line  then  continues  through  the 
yard  of  the  Old  Colony  Division  until  it  connects  with  the 
present  line. 

The  decree  requires  the  City  to  do  all  work  necessary  to 
raise  the  grades  of  the  three  main  thoroughfares  of  Dorches- 
ter avenue,  Boston  street,  and  Swett  street,  so  as  to  pass 
over  the  railroad,  and  also  to  make  necessary  changes  in  the 
grades  of  all  streets  connecting  with  these  main  streets,  with 
the  exception  of  Blake  street,  which  is  discontinued. 

Dorchester  Avenue. 

A  contract  was  made  on  May  27,  1899,  with  Messrs. 
Holbrook,  Cabot  and  Daly  for  building  the  abutments  of  the 
bridge  on  Dorchester  avenue  over  the  railroad.  The  con- 
tract provided  that  so  much  of  the  work  as  could  be  done 
without  obstructing  travel  should  be  done  at  once.  Work 
was  begun  on  June  22,  and  suspended  on  August  15.  It 
was  resumed  on  December  16,  and  is  still  in  progress. 


Engineering  Department.  169 

On  December  17  Dorchester  avenue  was  closed  to  travel. 
The  car  tracks,  paving  and  curbstones  vs^ere  removed  at 
once  and  work  begun  on  the  filling.  This  latter  work  is 
now  in  progress. 

Boston  Street. 

The  first  work  entered  upon  by  the  city  was  the  raising 
of  Boston  street. 

On  March  1  the  street  was  closed  to  travel,  and  work  was 
begun  by  Messrs.  Holbrook,  Cabot  &  Daly  under  their  con- 
tract, dated  January  16,  1899,  for  building  the  abutments  of 
the  bridge.  This  work  was  finished  on  June  27,  at  a  cost 
of  !J18,247.29.  The  abutments  are  built  with  American 
cement  concrete  foundations,  resting  on  a  hard  clay  bottom 
at  grade  3.5  above  city  base,  and  with  the  top  of  the  concrete 
at  grade  12.  Above  this  grade  the  abutments  are  of  granite 
ashlar,  with  rubble  backing,  and  cut  stone  bridge  seat  and 
parapet  courses.        ^^■ 

On  September  22  a  contract  was  made  with  the  same  firm 
for  the  building  of  a  temporary  wooden  bridge  superstructure, 
to  serve  until  the  erection  of  the  permanent  bridge.  The 
work  was  finished  on  December  4,  at  a  cost  of  11,742.49.    ^.- , 

Owing  to  the  failure  to  make  satisfactory  settlements  of 
damages  with  several  of  the  abutters  on  Boston  street,  it  was 
necessary  to  build  several  retaining  walls  within  the  lines  of 
the  street  for  supporting  the  street.  The  total  length  of  such 
walls  was  496  feet,  and  their  cost,  $8,637.86.  These  walls 
were  built  by  Messrs.  Holbrook,  Cabot  &  Daly. 

Under  an  arrangement  with  the  Boston  Electric  Light 
Company  the  street  front  of  their  building  on  Boston  street 
was  strengthened  by  buttresses.  The  work  was  done  by 
that  company  at  a  cost  of  $3,120. 

The  filling  of  Boston  street  and  the  approach  from  Ellery 
street  was  done  by  several  parties,  the  material  baving  been 
obtained  mostly  from  cellar  excavations.  A  small  amount 
was  obtained  from  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 
Railroad  Company.  The  total  amount  of  filling  deposited 
was  15,117  cubic  yards,  for  which  there  was  paid  $5,120.80. 

On  September  23,  1899,  a  contract  was  made  with  Messrs. 
Jones  &  Meehan  for  paving  and  regulating  Boston  street, 
and  parts  of  Ellery  and  Rawson  street.  This  work  was  com- 
pleted on  December  28,  at  a  cost  of  $12,677.26. 

The  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company  having  laid  its 
tracks  through  Boston  street  with  temporary  tracks  in  Howell 
and  Bellflower  streets,  connectmg  with  those  on  Dorchester 
avenue,  the  travel  was  turned  on  to  Boston  street  on  Decem- 
ber 17,  1899. 


170  City  Document  No.  14. 

Stvett  Street. 

On  Swett  street  a  temporary  road  was  built  around  the 
site  of  the  new  bridge,  over  the  railroad.  The  filling  was 
composed  of  ashes  furnished  by  the  Street  Department,  and 
of  earth  from  the  excavations  for  the  bridge.  By  this  means 
travel  was  maintained  through  Swett  street  until  November 
8,  1899,  when  the  street  was  closed. 

On  February  21,  1899,  a  contract  was  made  with  Messrs. 
Holbrook,  Cabot  &  Daly,  for  building  the  abutments  for 
the  bridge  over  the  railroad,  on  Swett  street.  The  work  was 
completed  on  August  1, 1899,  at  a  cost  of  $17,406.55.  The 
work  was  of  the  same  character  as  that  for  the  bridge  on 
Boston  street. 

The  filling  of  the  street  has  been  completed  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  small  portion  due  to  the  recent  widening  of  the 
street  to  a  width  of  70  feet.  Most  of  the  filling  has  been 
furnished  by  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad 
Company. 

On  December  1,  1899,  a  contract  was  made  with  William 
L.  Miller  for  building  a  temporary  wooden  superstructure  for 
the  bridge  on  Swett  street.  The  work  was  completed  on 
January  27,  at  a  cost  of  $2,798.  The  bridge  occupies  about 
one-half  of  the  width  of  the  street. 

A  contract  was  made  with  Messrs.  Jones  &  Meehan,  on 
December  8,  1899,  for  paving  and  regulating  Swett  street, 
and  parts  of  Dexter  and  Ellery  streets.  This  work  is  not 
yet  completed. 

Dumping  Wharf  for  the  Sanitary  Division. 
See  page  162. 


East  Boston  Ferries. 
New  drop.     See  page  162. 

Long  Island  Wharf. 

At  the  request  of  the  Penal  Institutions  Commissioner 
plans  and  specifications  were  made  by  this  department  for 
building  a  wharf  on  the  easterly  side  of  Long  Island. 

This  wharf  was  proposed  to  be  built  in  order  to  facilitate 
the  transportation  of  children  from  the  city  to  the  southerly 
end  of  this  island,  in  connection  with  the  George  L.  Ran- 
didge  fund  excursions  and  the  Boston  Municipal  Camp. 

The  wharf  has  not  been  built. 


Engineering  Dbpaktment.  171 


Malden  Bridge. 

The  Acts  of  1899,  chapter  280,  requn-es  the  City  Engineer 
to  construct  a  bridge  not  less  than  sixty  feet  wide  across 
Mystic  river,  at  or  near  the  site  of  the  so-called  Maiden 
bridge. 

General  plans  made  for  a  bridge  sixty  feet  wide  with  a 
draw-way  of  fifty  feet  and  for  a  temporary  bridge  forty  feet 
wide  to  be  used  while  the  new  bridge  was  being  constructed. 
November  23,  1899,  a  contract  was  made  with  Benj.  Young 
for  building  the  temporary  bridge  for  ^28,867,  and  15  per 
cent,  of  the  work  has  been  done. 

South  Union  Station. 
See  page  163. 

Temporary  Highway  Bridge  across  Charles  River. 

This  is  a  pile  bridge  2,248  feet  long  and  47.17  feet  wide, 
with  one  sidewalk  ten  feet  wide  on  the  up-stream  side,  and 
is  provided  with  two  di-aws  ;  it  is  about  300  feet  south  of 
West  Boston  bridge,  and  connects  with  the  approaches  to  that 
bridge ;  it  was  built  under  two  contracts,  the  first  was  for 
building  1,920  feet  of  the  biidge  and  was  completed  July  3, 
by  Benjamin  Young,  at  a  cost  of  '$33,639.24  ;  the  second  con- 
tract was  made  April  27,  1899,  with  W.  J.  Lawler  for  build- 
ing the  draws,  piers,  fenders,  and  remaining  parts  of  the 
bridge,  and  the  work  was  completed  August  15,  at  a  cost  of 
$20,834.30.  The  draw  machinery  was  furnished  by  Miller 
&  Shaw,  the  electrical  apparatus  by  the  General  Electric  Com- 
pany, and  the  electricity  for  operating  the  draw  is  obtained 
from  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway.  This  bridge  was  opened 
to  the  public  October  19,  1899. 

Miscellaneous   Work. 

A  system  of  inside  fire  protection  for  the  hospital  at  Long 
Island  was  designed  and  carried  out,  the  work  being  done 
under  contract  by  the  Walworth  Manufacturing  Company. 

A  system  of  inside  fire  protection  was  established  in  the 
Sloyd  building  on  Rainsford  Island,  the  work  being  done  by 
the  Repair  Division  of  the  City  of  Boston.  A  complete  sys- 
tem of  inside  fire  protection  was  established  in  the  Ann 
White  Vose  Home  for  Nui'ses  at  the  City  Hospital,  the  work 
being  done  under  contract  by  Richardson  &  Clements. 

A  salt-water  system  of  fire  protection  on  Long  Island  has 
been  partially  completed;    3,400  linear  feet   of   main    pipe 


172  City  Document  No.  14. 

have  been  laid,  11  hydrants  have  been  established,  and  the 
pump,  well,  and  concrete  retaining  wall  have  been  completed. 
The  failure  of  the  contractors  to  complete  the  suction  pipe 
and  crib  in  season,  made  it  inadvisable  to  attempt  to  finish 
the  work  this  year. 

About  130  feet  of  sea-wall  was  built  at  the  wharf  on  the 
west  side  of  Long  Island,  the  work  being  done  under  con- 
tract by  Wm.  L.  Miller. 

Studies  and  estimates  were  made  for  the  improvement  of 
the  bank  of  Charles  river,  between  Massachusetts  avenue  and 
Mt.  Vernon  street,  and  for  tunnelling  Beacon  Hill  from  the 
foot  of  Mt.  Vernon  street  to  Scollay  square,  so  as  to  provide 
a  new  route  for  street-car  traffic. 

Additional  estimates  have  been  made  of  the  cost  of  the 
proposed  abolishment  of  the  grade  crossings  on  Blue  Hill 
avenue  and  Oakland  street. 

Plans  and  specifications  have  been  prepared  for  steps  and 
railings  on  Independence  square.  South  Boston,  at  the  corners 
of  Second  and  M  streets,  and  Second  and  N  streets. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

William  Jackson, 

City  Engineer. 


Engineering  Department.  173 


CITY   ENGINEERS. 

1850-1899. 


E.  S.  CHESBROUGH,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
November  18,  1850,  to  October,  1855. 

(Died  August  18,  1886.) 

JAMES  SLADE, 

October  1,  1855,  to  April  1,  1863. 

(Died  August  25,  1882.) 

N.  HENRY  CRAFTS, 

April  1,  1863,  to  November  25,  1872. 

JOSEPH  P.  DAVIS,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
November  25,  1872,  to  March  20,  1880. 

(Resigned  March  20,  1880.) 

HENRY  M.  WIGHTMAN,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
April  5,  1880,  to  April  3,  1885. 

(Died  April  3,  1885.) 

WILLIAM  JACKSON,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
April  21,  1885,  to  the  present  time. 


174  City  Document  No.  14. 


APPENDICES. 

Appendix  A.  —  Table  showing  the  widths  of  openings  for 
vessels  in  all  bridges  provided  with 
draws. 

Appendix  B.  —  List  of  estimate  plans  furnished  the  Assess- 
ment Division  of  the  Street  Laying-Out 
Department  from  February  1,  1899,  to 
February  1,  1900. 

Appendix  C.  —  Table  of  accident  and  other  plans  made  for 
the  Law  Department  from  February  1, 
1899,  to  February  1, 1900. 

Appendix  D.  —  Table  of  surveys,  plans,  and  profiles  made 
by  the  Surveying  Division  of  the  Engi- 
neering Department  from  February  1, 
1899,  to  February  1,  1900. 

Appendix  E.  —  List  of  sti-eets  where  frontages  have  been 
obtained  for  the  Sewer  Division  of  the 
Street  Department,  for  Sewer  Assess- 
ments, from  February  1,  1899,  to  Febru- 
ary 1,  1900. 

Appendix  F.  —  Engineering  Department  property  schedule. 

Appendix  G.  —  Elevations  referred  to  Boston  city  base. 

Appendix  H.  —  Engineering  Department  Annual  Reports, 
1867-1899. 


Engineering  Department. 


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APPENDIX  B. 


LIST  OF  ESTIMATE  PLANS  FURNISHED  THE  ASSESSMENT 
DIVISON  OF  THE  STREET  LAYING-OUT  DEPARTMENT, 
FROM  FEBRUARY  1,   1899,  TO  FEBRUARY  1,  1900. 

Boston  Proper. 

Andretvs  street.  —  From  East  Canton  street  to  East  Dedham 

street. 
Public  Alley   No.   102.  —  From    Marshall  street    to    Creek 

square. 
Public  Alley  Wo.  4^8.  —  From  Arlington  street  to  Berkeley 

street. 
Public  Alleys  Nos.  439,  UO,  441,  442,  443,  444.  —  From 

Clarendon  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue. 
Public  Alley  No.  702.  —  From    Worcester   street   to    West 

Sprmgfield  street. 
Public  Alley  No.  703  —  From  Newland  street. 
Public  Alley  No.  905.  —  From  Massachusetts  avenue. 

East  Boston. 

Bennington  street.  —  From  Chelsea  street  to  Belle  Isle  inlet. 
Wordsworth  street.  —  From  Saratoga  street  to  Pope  street. 

Charlestown. 
Alford  street.  —  From  Mystic  river  to  Everett  line. 

ROXBURY. 

Brookline  avenue.  —  From  Longwood  Entrance  to  Riverway. 
Echo  street. — From  Columbus  avenue  to  Centre  street. 

Dorchester. 

Annabel  street.  —  From  Columbia  road  to  Sumner  street. 

Barry  street.  —  From  Quincy  street  to  Richfield  street. 

Centre  avenue.  —  At  Centre  street. 

Conrad  street.  —  From  Sumner  street. 

Draper  street.  —  From  Robinson  street  to  Bowdoin  street. 

Mdison  G-reen.  —  From  Dorchester  avenue  to  Pond  street. 


178  City  Document  No.  14. 

Esmond  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Harvard  street. 
Fowler  street.  —  From  Glenway  street  to  McLellau  street. 
Leonard  street.  —  From  Duncan  street  to  Adams  street. 
Montague  street.  —  From  Ashmont  street  to  Roslin  street. 
Nottingham  street.  — From  Bullard  street  to  Bowdoin  avenue. 
Rockford  street.  —  From  Dudley  street  to  Clifton  street. 
Rozella  street.  —  From  Adams  street  to  Muzzy  street. 
Seaborn  street.  —  From  Centre  street  to  Kenwood  street. 
Templeto7i  street.  —  From  Dorchester  avenue  to  Adams  street. 
Thane  street.  —  From  Athelwold  street. 
Wainwright  street.  —  From  Centre  street  to  Welles  avenue. 
Warner  street.  —  From  Harvard  street  to  Park  street. 

West   Roxbury. 

Congreve  street.  —  From  South  street  to  Centre  street. 
Dresden  street.  —  From  Boylston  street  to  Spring  Park  ave. 
Fairvietv  street.  —  From  Proctor  street  to  Mendum  street. 
Oahview  street.  —  From  Centre  street. 
Rowe  street.  —  From  Ashland  street  to  Seymour  street. 
Stratford  avenue.  —  From  Anawan  avenue  to  Clement  avenue. 
Washington  street.  —  From  Morton  street  to  Tower  street. 
Williams  street.  —  From  across  railroad  tracks  to  Call  street. 


ENGmEERING    DEPARTMENT.  179 


APPENDIX   C. 


TABLE  OF  ACCIDENT  AND  OTHER  PLANS  MADE  FOR  THE 
LAW  DEPARTMENT,  FROM  FEBRUARY  1,  1899,  TO  FEBRU- 
ARY 1,  1900. 

Boston  Proper. 

Allen  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Charter  street. 
Atlantic  avenue.  —  Plan  of  street,  Eastern  avenue  and  Fleet 

street. 
Atlantic  avenue.  —  Plan  of  street,  Boston,  Revere  Beach  & 

Lynn  Railroad  Station. 
Barton  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  46. 
Bedford  street. —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  55. 
Bradford  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  53. 
Bromfield  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  62. 
Buckingham  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  28. 
Cambridge  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  10. 
Castle  street.  —  Plan  of  street  near  Mayo  street. 
Causeivay  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  119. 
Causeivay   street.  —  Plan  of    street  at  corner   of    Haverhill 

street. 
Charter  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  26. 
Columbus  avenue.  —  Plan  of  avenue  in  front  of  No.  366. 
Columbus   avenue.  —  Plan  of   avenue   in  front   of  Nos.  125 

and  135. 
Commomvealth   avenue.  —  Plan    of    avenue   in  front   of  No. 

482. 
Cornhill.  — Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  70. 
Compton  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  15. 
Court  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  92. 
Court  square.  —  Plan  of  square  at  corner  of  Court  street. 
Dartmouth  place.  —  Plan  of  place  in  front  of  No.  3. 
Dartmouth  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  Warren  avenue. 
Friend  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  220. 
Friend  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  220. 
Hanover  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  154. 
Harrison  avenue.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  Nos.  9  and  11. 
Harrison    avenue.  —  Plan  of  street    at    Boston    &  Albany 

Railroad  bridge. 


180  City  Document  No.  14. 

High  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  1 9. 
Huntington  avenue.  —  Plan  of  avenue  at  Oxford  terrace. 
Leverett  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  Nos.  86  and  88. 
Maiden  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  13. 
Maiden  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  Wareham  street. 
North  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  164. 
North  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  Nos.  256  and  258. 
North  Crrove  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  21. 
North  Russell  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  18. 
Park  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  2 A. 
Portland  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  35. 
Portland  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Sudbury  street. 
Summer  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  High  street. 
Temple  place.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  21. 
Temjjle  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  7. 
Tremont  row.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  22. 
Tremont  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  468. 
Tremont  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  482. 
Tremont  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  378. 
Tremont  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  Hotel  Touraine. 
Tremont  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  578. 
Trumbull  street.  —  Plan  of  street  near  Ivanhoe  street. 
Village  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  95. 
Washington  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  1008. 
Washington  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  West  street. 
West  Newton  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  36. 
Washington  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  598. 

South  Boston. 

Broadway.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Dorchester  street. 
P  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  114. 

East  Boston. 

Bennington  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Byi'on  street. 
Brooks  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  122. 
Meridian  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  294. 
North  Ferry.  —  Plan  of  entrance  on  East  Boston  side. 
Paris  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  292. 
Saratoga  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at   West   street,    showing 

grades. 
Sumner  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  420. 

Charlestown. 

Alford  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  70. 
Charlestown  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  new  bridge. 


ENGINEERIiSTG    DEPARTMENT.  181 

Decatur  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Decatur  street. 
High  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  26. 
Monument  square.  —  Plan  of  square  in  front  of  No.  21. 
Salem  street.  — Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  16. 

Dorchester. 

Mmo  street.  —  Plan  of  street  near  Erie  avenue. 
Mill  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  Tenean  creek. 
Po7id  street.  —  Plan  of  street  near  Columbia  road. 
Willoivwood  street.  —  Plan  of  street  near  No.  26. 

ROXBURY. 

Columbus  avenue.  —  Plan  of  avenue  in  front  of  No.  1142. 
Cohimbus  avenue.  — Plan  of  avenue  in  front  of  No.  1115. 
Dale  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Mill  street. 
Highland  avenue.  —  Plan  of  avenue  in  front  of  No.  14. 
Ipswich  street.  —  Plan  of  street   over    Boston    and    Albany- 
Railroad. 
Kendall  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Shawmut  avenue. 
Munroe  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  39. 
Quiney  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  105. 
Sterling  street.  —  Plan  of  street  on  westerly  side. 
Warren  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Zeigler  street. 
Warren  street.  —  Plan  of  street  in  front  of  No.  341. 
Washiyigton  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Arnold  st. 

West   Roxbury. 

Boynton  street.  —  Plan  of  street  near  No.  41. 

Qrove  street.  —  Plan  of  street  at  corner  of  Washington  street. 

Brighton. 

Commonwealth  avenue.  —  Levels  near  Malvern  street. 
Western  avenue.  —  Plan  of  avenue  near  Charles-river  bridge. 


182  City  Document  No.  14. 


APPENDIX    D. 


table  of  surveys,  plans  and  profiles  made  by  the 
surveying  division  of  the  engineering  depart- 
ment, from  february  1,  1899,  to  february  1,  1900. 

Boston  Proper. 
(North  of  Massachusetts  avenue.) 

Albany  street.  —  Beach  street  to  Kneeland  street.  Plan  and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Albany  street.  —  Oswego  street  to  Curve  street.  Plan  and 
profile  for  revised  grade. 

Albion  street.  —  Castle  street  to  Paul  street.  Plan  and  pro- 
file for  revised  grade. 

Atlantic  avenue.  —  (Cove  street)  Kneeland  street  to  Dor- 
chester avenue.     Plan  for  proposed  extension. 

Bartlett  place.  —  From  Salem  street  westerly.  Plan  for  pro- 
posed relocation. 

Battery  street.  —  Commercial  street  to  the  ferry.  Plan  and 
profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Beach  street.  —  North-easterly  side,  South  street  to  Atlantic 
avenue.     Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Beach  Street.  —  Albany  street  to  Lincoln  street.  Plan  and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Beach  street.  —  South-westerly  side,  Tyler  street  to  Hudson 
street.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Berkeley  street.  —  Chandler  street  to  Columbus  avenue.  Plan 
and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Beverly  street.  —  South-westerly  side,  Causeway  street  to 
Traverse  street.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Boylston  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Charles  street.  Plan 
and  profile  for  proposed  relocation  of  grade. 

Bristol  street.  —  Plan  showing  westerly  wall  Fire  Depart- 
ment building  and  land  proposed  to  be  purchased. 

Broad  street.  —  Central  street  to  Milk  street,  easterly  side. 
Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Broad  street.  —  State  street  to  Blackstone  street.  Plan  for 
proposed  extension. 


Engineering  Department.  183 

Broadway.  —  Fort  Point  channel  to  New  York,  New  Haven 
&    Hartford    Railroad.     Plan   and    profile   for   revised 
grade. 
Buckingham  street.  —  Columbus  avenue  to  Dartmouth  street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  widening  and  revised  grade. 
Burbank  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Cambridge   street.  —  Corner   Charles   street.     Plan  showing 
widening. 

Castle  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Cazenove  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Causeway  street.  —  Beverly  street  to  Medford  street.     Plan 
showing  edgestone,  car  tracks,  etc. 

Chambers  street.  —  Opposite  Ashland  street.     Plan  showing 
proposed  relocation. 

Chandler  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Berkeley  street.     Plan 
and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Chandler  street. —  Clarendon  street  to  Berkeley  street.    Plan 
and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Clarendon  street.  —  Approximate  plan  of  proposed  extension. 

Clarendon  street.  — Warren   avenue  to  Montgomery  street. 
Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Clark  street.  —  Hanover  street  to   North  street.     Plan   and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Clinton  street.  —  Corner  Fulton    street.     Plan    showing  en- 
croachment of  steps,  etc. 

Clinton  street.  —  Northerly  side,  Merchants'  row  to  Black- 
stone  street.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Columbus  avenue.  —  Morgan  street  to  Clarendon  street.    Plan 
and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Commercial  street.  —  Prince  street  to  Hull  street.    Plan  show- 
ing edgestone,  car  tracks,  etc. 

Cornhill.  —  Corner  Scollay  square.     Plan  for  Police  Depart- 
ment. 

Corning  street.  —  Shawmut  avenue  to  Porter  street.     Profile 
for  established  grade. 

Creek  and  Hatters  squares.  —  Plan  showing  deeds  of  abutt- 
ing estates. 

Dartmouth  street.  —  Columbus  avenue  to  Huntington  avenue. 
Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Dorchester  avenue.  —  Plan  for  proposed  new  location  across 
Fort  Point  channel. 

Undicott  street.  —  Hanover  street  to  Cross  street.     Plan  and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Exchange  street.  —  Easterly  side.     Plan  and  profile  for  pro- 
posed grade. 

Federal  street.  —  High  street  to  Summer  street.     Plan  and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 


184  City  Document  No.  14. 

Ferdinand  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Fayette  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
Friend  street.  —  Sudbury  street  to  Washington  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Hammond  avenue.  —  Plan  showing  vicinity  of  to  accompany 

report  on  location  of  the  line  of. 
Harrison  avenue.  —  Broadway  to  Oneida  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  revised  grade. 
Harwich  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
High  street.  —  Southerly  corner    Federal  street.     Plan    and 

profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Huntingtoii  avenue.  —  Copley  square  to  Massachusetts  avenue, 

assessment  plan. 
India  square.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established 

grade. 
Irvington  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
John  street.  —  North-easterly  side.     Plan  and  profile  for  pro- 
posed grade. 
Joy  street.  —  From  Myrtle  street,  north.     Plan  and  profile 

for  proposed  grade. 
Kneeland  street.  —  Albany  street    to  Lincoln    street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Knox  street.  —  Bay  street  to  Church  street.     Plan  and  pro- 
file for  proposed  grade. 
McLean  aiid  Chambers  streets.     Plan  to  show  street  line. 
Motte  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
Music  Hall  place.  —  Plan    to  show  points  at  which  wall  of 

building  was  plumbed  down. 
Myrtle  street.  —  Joy  street   to  South  Russell   street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Newland  street.  —  West  Brookline    street  to  West   Newton 

street.     Plan  and  jDrofile  for  laying  out  and  established 

grade. 
North  street.  —  Fleet  street  to  Clark  street.     Plan  and  profile 

for  proposed  grade. 
North  Bennet  street.  —  Plan  of  estate  adjoining  playground 

taken  by  the  city. 
North  Grove  street.  —  Tracing  of  city  property  for  Board  of 

Health. 
Oneida  street.  —  From  Albany  street.     Plan  and  profile  for 

revised  grade. 
Park  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Paul  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Albion  street.     Plan    and 

profile  for  established  grade. 
Pinckney  street.  —  Joy  street  to  Anderson  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  proposed  grade. 


Engineering  Department.  185 

Pleasant  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Shawmut  avenue.  Plan 
and  profile  for  established  grade. 

Prince  street.  —  Plan  of  addition  to  Hancock  School  lot. 

Province  court.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  estab- 
lished grade. 

Public  Alley  No.  101. —  (Chair  Alley)  Plan  for  relocation 
of  line. 

Public  Alley  No.  103 A.  —  Fulton  street  to  North  street. 
Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Public  Alley  No.  302.  —  Off  Park  street.  Plan  and  profile 
for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Purchase  street.  —  Easterly  corner  Federal  street.  Plan  and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Salem  street.  —  Near  Bartlett  place.  Plan  for  proposed  re- 
location. 

Seneca  street.  —  Albany  street  to  Harrison  avenue.  Plan 
and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Shawmut  avenue.  —  At  Pleasant  street.  Plan  and  profile  for 
proposed  grade. 

Shawmut  avenue.  —  Cobb  street  to  Corning  street.  Plan 
and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

Snowhill  street.  —  Easterly  corner  Prince  street.  Plan  and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Snowhill  street.  — Near  Prince  street.  Plan  for  proposed  re- 
location. 

Stuart  street.  —  Assessment  plan. 

Summer  street.  —  Southerly  side,  South  street  to  Atlantic 
avenue.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Tremont  street.  —  No.  175.  Plan  and  profile  for  proposed 
grade. 

Tremont  street.  — Lucas  street  to  Corning  street.  Plan  and 
profile  for  revised  grade. 

Tremont  street.  —  At  Pleasant  street.  Plan  and  profile  for 
proposed  grade. 

Truro  street.  —  At  Harwich  street.  Plan  and  profile  for  re- 
vised grade. 

Village  street.  —  Compton  street  to  Dover  street.  Plan  and 
profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Walnut  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Warren  avenue.  —  North-easterly  side,  Clarendon  street  to 
Berkeley  street.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 

Warren  avenue. — Near  Clarendon  street.  Plan  of  city  lot 
for  engine-house. 

Warrenton  street.  —  North-easterly  side,  near  Washington 
street.     Plan  for  line. 

Washington  street.  —  North-westerly  side,  Winter  street  to 
Bromfield  street.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 


186  City  Document  No.  14. 

Washington  street.  —  Cobb  street  to  Corning  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
Water  street.  —  Congress  street  to  Kilby  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Way  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
West    Newton     street.  —  Washington     street     to     Sliawmut 

avenue.     Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Winchester  street.  —  Pleasant  street  to  Church  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Yarmouth  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  revised  grade. 

East  Boston  (including  Breed's  Island). 

Chelsea  street.  —  North  side,  opposite  Glendon  place.     Plan 

showing  elevations  and  grades. 
Chelsea  street.  —  North  side,  opposite  Glendon  place.     Plan 

of  land  purchased  by  the  City  of  Boston  from  Francis 

Lally  for  the  use  of  the  Street  Department. 
CheUea  street.  —  Plan  of  lots  owned  by  the  City  of  Boston 

to  be  sold  at  public  auction 
Cowper  street.  —  Byron    street   to    Rice   street.     Plan   and 

profile. 
Eutaw  street.  —  Chapman  School  lot.     Plan  showing  eleva- 
tions for  Public  Building  Department. 
Lewis  street.  —  Marginal  street  to  South  Ferry.     Plan  and 

profile  of  relocation  and  established  grade. 
Marion  street.  —  Plan  of  lots  owned  by  the  City  of  Boston 

to  be  sold  at  public  auction. 
Morris  street.  —  Plan  of  lots  owned  by  the  City  of  Boston 

to  be  sold  at  public  auction. 
Northtvood  street.  —  Leyden  street  to  Gladstone  street.     Plan 

and  profile  of  proposed  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Paris  street.  —  Plan  of  lots  owned  by  the  City  of  Boston  to 

be  sold  at  public  auction. 
Selma  street.  —  Gladstone    street   to  Orient   avenue.     Plan 

and    profile    of    proposed    laying  out   and    established 

grade. 

South  Boston. 

Bigeloiv  School-house.  —  Lot,  corner  W.  Fourth  street  and  E 

street.     Plan  for  grading. 
Columbia  road.  —  Between  I  and  P  streets.     Survey. 
Bixfield  street.  —  Between  Old  Harbor  street  and  Covington 

street.     Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established 

grade. 
National   street.  —  No.    13.     Plan    of    land    for    ambulance 

station. 


Engineering  Department.  18T 

Summer  street.  —  Between  Fort  Point  channel  and  A  street. 

Plan  for  revising  grade. 
Summer  street  approach.  —  Between   Summer  street  and   A 

street.     Plan  for  revising  grade. 

Charlestown. 

Alford  street.  —  Charlestown.     Playground  to  Everett  line. 

Plan  and  profile  of  proposed  relocation  and  established 

grade. 
Bow  street.  —  Washington  street  to  City  square     Plan  and 

profile  of  proposed  widening  and  relocation  and  estab- 
lished grade. 
Crescent  street.  —  Cambridge  street  to  Roland  street.     Plan 

and  profile  of  proposed  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Devens   street.  —  Rutherford  avenue   to   Washington  street. 

Plan  and  profile  of  proposed  widening,  and  relocation 

and  established  grade. 
Rutherford   avenue.  —  Chapman    street   to    Devens    street. 

Plan  and  profile  of  proposed  widening,  relocation,  and 

established  grade. 
Summer  street.  —  Warren  School  lot.     Plan  of  land  taken  by 

City  of  Boston  for  school  purposes. 

ROXBURY. 

(South  of  Massachusetts  avenue.) 

Aberdeen  street.  —  Beacon  street  to  railroad.     Plan  and  pro- 
file of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Allerton  street.  —  Magazine  street  to  Gerard  street.    Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Amory  street. —  Centre  street  to  Bragdon  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  widening  and  established  grade. 
Brookline  avenue.  —  Audubon  road  to  Brookline  line.     Plan 

and  profile  for  widening  and  established  grade. 
Carlow  street. —  (Formerly  Chadwick  place)  Chadwick  street 

to  Albany  street.     Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and 

established  grade. 
Charles  river.  —  Plan  showing  regatta  course. 
Conant  street.  —  Huntington  avenue  to  St.  Alphonsus  street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Copeland  street.  —  Benton  avenue  to  Louise  park.     Plan  and 

profile  for  revised  grade. 
Darling  street.  —  Calumet  street  to  Hillside  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 


188  City  Doccjment  No.  14. 

Davenport  street.  —  Tremont    street   to    Columbus    avenue. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Echo  street.  —  Centre  street  to  Columbus  avenue.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Evergreen  street.  —  From  end  of  street  to  Huntington  avenue. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Farnham  street.  —  Reading  street  to  Magazine  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Highland  street.  —  South  side  Millmont  street  to  Dorr  street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Humboldt  avenue.  —  At  Seaver  street.     Plan  and  profile  for 

revised  grade. 
Huntington  avenue.  —  From  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Brook- 
line.     Plan  showing  estates  for  assessment. 
Island  street.  —  Gerard  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue.    Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Kenwood  road.  —  Huntington  avenue  to  Brookline  avenue. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Linwood  street.  —  Highland  street  to    Centre   street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Millmont  street.  —  South-east  side  Highland  street.    Plan  and 

profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Northampton  and  Albany  streets.     Plan  showing  widening 

on  westerly  corner. 
Northam^pton    and  Albany  streets.     Plan  showing  encroach- 
ment on  westerly  corner. 
Northfield  street.  —  Plan  and  profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Parker  street.  —  Corner  of  Willis  street.     Plan  of  estate  for 

school  purposes. 
Preissing  place.  —  Addition  to  plan  and  profile  for  laying  out 

and  established  grade. 
Prentiss  place.  —  Tremont   street   to    Halleck  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
Public  Alley  No.  801.  — Gainsboro'  street  to  St.  Stephens 

street.     Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established 

grade. 
Public  Alley  No.  802. —  Camden  street  to  Northampton  street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Public  Alley  No.  803. —  Camden  street  to  Northampton  street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Public  Alley  No.  8O4.  —  From  803  to  805.     Plan  and  profile 

for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Public  Alley  No.  805. —  Camden  street  to  Northampton  street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Public  Alley  No.  806. —  Northampton  street  to  Camden  street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 


EngiiNEering  Department.  189 

Public  Alley  No.  905.  —  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Marlboro' 

street.     Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established 

grade. 
Public   Alley  No.  906.  —  Queensberry  street  to   Peterboro' 

street.     Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established 

grade. 
Rochford  street.  —  From  Dudley  street  to  Clifton  street.     Plan 

showing  estates  for  assessment. 
Ruggles  street.  —  Cabot  street  to  Haskins  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Ruggles  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Leon  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  revised  grade. 
Seaver  street.  —  North  corner  of  Humboldt  avenue.     Profile 

of  gutter,  and  sidewalk  for  revised  grade. 
Station  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Halleck  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  revised  grade. 
Street  Nos.  194  ^^^  ^9^-  —  Parker  street  to  Fenway.     Plan 

and  profile  for  established  grade. 
Street  No.  134^.  —  Hutchings  street  to  Seaver  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Swett  street.  —  Albany  street  to   Dorchester  avenue.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Tremont  street.  —  Columbus  avenue  to  Parker  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
Tremont  street.  —  Alphonsus  street  to  Burney  street.     Plan 

showing  locations  of  poles,  curb,  etc. 
Warwick  street  —  Ruggles  street  to  Marble  street!     Plan  and 

profile  for  proposed  grade. 
Whittier  street.  —  Tremont  street  to  Columbus  avenue.     Plan 

and  profile  for  revised  grade. 
Winthrop  street.  —  Dennis  street  to  Brook  avenue.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Dorchester. 

Barry  street.  —  Quincy  street  to  Richfield  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Birch  street. —  Callender  street   to    Lauriat  avenue.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Bird  street.  —  Columbia  road  to  Hancock  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Blackwell  street.  —  Bowman  street  to  Neponset  avenue.    Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Brunswick   street.  —  Blue    Hill    avenue    to    Columbia  road. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Centre    avenue.  —  Junction    of    Centre    street.     Plan    and 

profile  for  relocation. 


190  City  Document  No.  14. 

Conrad  street.  —  Formerl}^  Roland  park.     Plan  and   profile 

for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Davenport  avenue.  —  Columbia  road  to  Virginia  street.    Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
I)o7i  street.  —  Callender  street  to  Lauriat  avenue.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Mniont  street.  —  Faxon  street  to  Waterlow  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
JErie  street.  —  Glenway  street  to  McLellan  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  revising  grade. 
Florida  street.  —  Ashmont  street  to  Templeton  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Fowler   street.  —  Formerly  Read  street,   Glenway   street  to 

McLellan  avenue.     Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and 

established  grade. 
Freeport  street.  —  Junction  of  Neponset  avenue.     Plan  and 

profile  for  relocation. 
Hamilton  street.  —  At  Columbia  road.     Plan  showing  pro- 
posed discontinuance. 
Hamilton   street.  —  Columbia   road    to    Mt.    Everett   street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  revising  grade. 
Hancock  street.  —  Columbia   road  to  Freeport  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  relocation. 
Kirwin  street.  —  Bernard  street  to  Talbot  avenue.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Mascoma  street.  —  Lawrence  avenue  to  Quincy  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  lajdng  out  and  established  grade. 
Morton  street.  —  Harvard  street  to  River  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  relocation. 
Moultrie  avenue.  —  AUston  street  to  Washington  street.    Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Mt.  Everett  street.  —  At  Hamilton  street.     Plan  and  profile 

for  revising  grade. 
Norfolk   street.  —  At   north-westerly  corner    Morton    street. 

Plan  of  proposed  school  lot. 
Normandy  street.  —  Formerly  Grove  street.     Plan  and  profile 

for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Rochville  stret.  —  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Oakland  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Seaborn  street.  —  Centre  street  to  Kenwood  street.     Plan  and 

profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Shepton  street.  —  Dorchester  avenue  to  Florida  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Shoreham  street.  —  Carson  street  to  Dorchester  avenue.    Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
JSilloway  street.  —  Mather  street  to  Melville  avenue.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 


Engineering  Department.  191 

Sewall  street.  —  Neponset  avenue  to  Pope's  Hill  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Stratford  street. —  Greenbrier  street  to  Waldeck  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Thatcher     road.  —  Gushing     avenue    to    Stoughton    street. 

Plan  and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Waldeck  street.  —  Park   street  to  Tonawanda   street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Westville  street.  —  Bowdoin  street  to  Geneva  avenue.     Plan 

and  profile  for  revising  grade. 
Whitman  street.  —  Dunbar  avenue  to  Norfolk  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 
Willowwood  street.  —  Lauriat  avenue  to  Norfolk  street.     Plan 

and  profile  for  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

West   Roxbury. 

Ashland  avenue.  —  Cass  street  to  Summer  street.  Plan  and 
profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Birch  street — Corinth  street  to  Brandon  street.  Profile 
for  grade. 

Canterbury  street.  —  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Morton  street.  Plan 
and  profile  showing  grade. 

Centre  street.  —  From  Walter  street  to  beyond  Arnold  Ar- 
boretum.    Plan  and  profile  for  grade. 

Colherg  avenue.  —  Beech  street  to  Belgrade  avenue.  Plan 
and  profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Cornell  street.  —  Near  Kittredge  street.  Plan  showing  en- 
croachments on  northerly  side  of  street. 

Dudley  avenue.  —  Walworth  street  to  South  street.  Plan 
and  profile  of  relocation  and  established  grade. 

Eldridge  road.  —  From  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  beyond  Nathan 
street.     Plan  and  profile  of  laying  out  established  grade. 

Fairview  street.  —  Proctor  street  to  Mendum  street.  Plan 
and  profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Forest  Hill  street.  —  From  opposite  Keyes  street,  300  feet 
southerly.     Profile  for  grade. 

Grormley  street.  —  St.  Rose  street  to  South  street.  Plan  and 
profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Q-uernsey  street.  —  South  street  to  Central  street.  Plan  and 
profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Haverford  street.  —  Cornwall  street  to  Boylston  street.  Plan 
and  profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Nathan  street  —  Eldridge  road  to  Patten  street.  Plan  and 
profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Oakvietv  terrace.  —  Southerly  side.  Plan  showing  encroach- 
ments. 


192  City  Document  No.  14. 

Parh  street.  —  Northerly  side,  at  Centre  street.  Profile  for 
grade. 

Patten  street.  —  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  Bourne  street.  Plan 
and  profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Pond  street.  —  Prince  street  to  Eliot  street.  Plan  and  profile 
for  grade. 

Hodman  street.  —  Wachusett  street  to  Patten  street.  Plan 
and  profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Sigourney  street.  —  From  Walnut  avenue  to  beyond  Robeson 
street.  Plan  and  profile  of  relocation  and  established 
grade. 

Spring  street.  —  At  junction  with  Centre  street.  Plan  show- 
ing location  of  trees. 

Summer  street.  —  Autumn  street  to  Cass  street.  Plan  and 
profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Temjjle  street.  —  Ivory  street  to  Centre  street.  Plan  and  pro- 
file of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Walk  Hill  street.  —  Morton  street  to  Washington  street. 
Plan  and  profile  of  relocation  and  established  grade. 

Walnut  avenue.  —  Columbus  avenue  to  Sigourney  street. 
Plan  and  profile  of  relocation  and  established  grade. 

Washington  street.  —  Morton  street  to  Tower  street.  Plan 
and  profile  of  relocation  and  established  grade. 

Weld  sti-eet.  —  Corey  street  to  Arnold  street.  Profile  show- 
ing grade. 

Westhourne  street.  —  Beech  street  to  Cornell  street.  Plan 
and  profile  of  laying  out  and  established  grade. 

Woodmayi  street.  —  Custer  street  to  Jamaica  street.  Plan 
and  profile  for  revising  grade. 

Brighton. 

Cambridge  street.  —  Brighton  avenue  to  Washington  street. 

Plan  and  profile  of  relocation  and  established  grade. 
Chestnut  Hill  Park.  —  At  Commonwealth  avenue.     Plan  of 

land  for  Park  taking. 
Commo7iwealth  avenue.  —  Brighton  avenue  to  Warren  street. 

Plan  and  profile  of  centre  roadway  for  revising  grade.    . 
Commomvealth  avenue.  —  Wallingford  road  to  Chestnut  Hill 

avenue.     Plan  and  profile  for  revising  grade. 
Bighton  place.  —  Winship  school  lot.     Plan  of  lot  for  Public 

Buildings  Department. 
Essex  street.  —  Commonwealth  avenue  to  Cambridge.     Plan 

and  profile  of  centre  of  roadway. 
High    Rock    Way.  —  Allston    Heights    to    Webster    street. 

Profile  for  grade. 


Engineering  Department.        193 

North  Harvard  street.  —  On  both  sides  of  Charles  river.  Plan 
and  profile  of  centre  of  roadway. 

South  street.  —  Commonwealth  avenue  to  Chestnut  Hill  ave- 
nue. Plan  and  profile  of  relocation  and  established 
grade. 

Telford  street.  —  From  Western  avenue.  Plan  for  construc- 
tion assessment. 

Webster  avenue.  —  At  school  lot.  Plan  showing  encroach- 
ment of  building. 


194  City  Document  No.  14. 


APPENDIX    E. 


LIST  OF  STREETS  WHERE  FRONTAGES  HAVE  BEEN  OB- 
TAINED FOR  THE  SEWER  DIVISION  OF  THE  STREET 
DEPARTMENT,  FOR  SEWER  ASSESSMENTS,  FROM  FEB- 
ruary 1,  1899,  to  february  1,  1900. 

Boston  Proper. 
Atlantic  avenue.  —  Between    Summer  street    and    Kneeland 

street. 
Belvidere  street.  —  Between  Dalton  street  and  West  Newton 

street. 
Charlestown  street.  —  Whole  length. 
Clinton    street.  —  Between    Fulton    street   and    Commercial 

street. 
Cross   street.  —  Between    Commercial    street    and    Endicott 

street. 
Dorchester  avenue.  —  Between  Summer  street  and  Mt.  Wash- 
ington avenue. 
Endicott  street.  —  Between  Cross  street  and  Stillman  street. 
Fulton  street.  —  Between  Clinton  street  and  Cross  street. 
HaverJdll  street.  — 

Kneeland  street.  —  Cove  street  to  South  street. 
Maiden   street    and    Wareham    street.  —  Corner    of    Harrison 

avenue. 
Public  Alley  No.  101. 
Public  Alley  Ms.  401,  403,  403,  404,  405. 
Public  Alley  No.  419. 
Public  Alley  No.  431. 
Public  Alley  No.  437. 
Public  Alley  No.  702,  703. 
Stillman  street.  —  Between  Charlestown  street  and  Endicott 

street. 
Summer  street.  —  Between  Atlantic  avenue  and  Dorchester 

avenue. 
South  street.  —  Between  Kneeland  street  and  Harvard  street. 
Stevens  street.  —  Between  Shawmut  avenue  and  Lincoln  place. 
Travers  street.  — 
West   BrooMine    street.  —  Between    Washington   street   and 

Shawmut  avenue. 


Engineering  Department.  195 


South  Boston. 

Bulloch  street.  —  Between  C  street  and  D  street. 
Columbia  road.  —  Between  P  street  and  Q  street. 
Dexter  street.  —  Between  Dorchester  avenue  and  Ellery  street. 
Dorchester  avenue.  —  Between  D  street  and  Dexter  street. 
E  street.  — Between  Bowen  street  and  West  Fifth  street. 
E  street.  —  Between  West  First  street  and  Summer  street. 
Ellery  street. —  Between  Dexter  street  and  Swett  street. 
Ellery  street.  —  Between  Swett  street  and  Boston  street. 
H  street, — Between  East  Eighth  street  and  Columbia  road. 
K  street.  —  Between  East  Ninth  street  and  Columbia  road. 
Kemp  street.  —  Between   Dorchester  avenue   and  Columbia 

road. 
Passageivay.  —  Between  Congress  street  and  Summer  street, 

from  A  street  to  Fort  Point  Channel. 
Peters  street.  —  Between  East  Sixth  street  and  East  Seventh 

street. 
Q  street.  —  Between  East  Sixth  street  and  tidewater. 
Summer  street.  —  Between  E  street  and  L-street  bridge. 

East  Boston. 

Bennington  street.  —  Prescott  street  to  Revere  line. 

Chaucer  street.  —  Curtis  street  to  Moore  street. 

Havre  street.  —  Decatur  street  to  a  point  about  360  feet  east. 

Pojje  street.  —  Saratoga  street  to  Byron  street. 

Public  Alley  No.  2001.  —  Webster  street  to  Marginal  street. 

Charlestown. 

Beach  street.  —  Main  street  to  Boston  &  Lowell  Railroad. 
Carter  street.  —  Cambridge  street  to  Roland  street. 

ROXBURY. 

Adams  p>l ace.  —  From  Washington  street  to  Williams  street. 
Armory  street.  —  From  Bragdon  street  to  School  street. 
Astor  street.  —  From    Massachusetts    avenue    to    Hemenway 

street. 
Beech  Grlen  street.  —  From  Highland  street  to  Fort  avenue. 
Benton  street.  —  From  Tremont  street  to  Columbus  avenue. 
Bragdon  street.  — From  Washington  street  to  Amory  street. 
Gray  street.  —  From  Washington  street  to  Columbus  avenue. 
Columbus  avenue.  —  From  Dimock  street  to  Bragdon  street. 
Devon  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Columbia  road. 


196  City  Document  No.  14. 

Fairiveather  street.  —  From  Harrison  avenue  to  Reed  street. 
Felloivs  street.  —  From  Hunneman  street  to  Webber  street. 
Francis    street.  —  From    Huntington    avenue    to    Brookline 

avenue. 
Halleck  street.  —  From  Ruggles  street  to  Ward  street. 
Harold  street.  — From  Walnut  avenue  to  Munroe  street. 
Raskins  street.  —  From  Ruggles  street  to  Vernon  street. 
Hemenway    street. —  From   Boylston  street   to    Huntington 

avenue. 
Highland  street.  —  From  Cedar  street  to  Millmont  avenue. 
Hollander  street.  — From  Walnut  avenue  to  Humboldt  avenue. 
Ipswich   street.  —  From    Boylston    street   to    Boyls ton-street 

extension. 
Kenwood   road.  —  From    Huntington    avenue    to    Brookline 

avenue. 
Linden  Park  street.  —  From  Lamont  street  to  Stony  brook. 
Neivark  street.  — 
Passageway.  —  Between   Massachusetts  avenue,   Hemenway 

street,  Boylston  street,  and  Haviland  street. 
Riverway.  —  At  Longwood  avenue. 

Ruggles  street.  —  From  Rogers  avenue  to  Halleck  street. 
St.  Stephen  street.  —  From    Gainsborough   street   to   Bryant 

street. 
Seaver  street.  —  From  Humboldt  avenue  to  Elm  Hill  avenue. 
Shirley  street.  —  Extension  from  Norfolk  avenue  to   Massa- 
chusetts avenue. 
Smith  street.  —  From  Phillips  street  to  St.  Alphonsus  street. 
Sonoma  street.  —  From  Maple  street  to  Elm  Hill  avenue. 
Walnut  avenue.  —  From  Harrishof  street  to  Townsend  street. 
Waumbeck     street.  —  From    Humboldt    avenue    to    Harold 

street. 
Wensley  street.  —  From  Heath  street  to  Bickford  avenue. 

Dorchester. 

Adams  street.  —  From  Ruth  street  to  Cedar  Grove  Cemetery. 
Alexander  street.  —  From  Oleander  street  to  600  feet  west. 
Alpha  road.  —  From  Greenbrier  street  to  Waldeck  street. 
Annabel  street.  —  From  Columbia  road  to  Summer  street. 
Ashmont  street.  —  From  Train  street  to  Neponset  avenue. 
Atherstone  street.  —  From  Bailey  street  to  Fuller  street. 
Barry  street.  —  From  Quincy  street  to  Richfield  street. 
Bellevue  street.  —  From  Quincy  street  to  Trull  street. 
Bernard  street.  —  From  Harvard  street  to  Talbot  avenue. 
Birch  street.  —  From  Callender  street  to  Lauriat  avenue. 
Blacktoell  street.  —  From  Bowman  street  to  Neponset  avenue. 


Engineering  Department.  197 

Bloomfield  street.  —  From  Geneva  avenue  to  Greenbrier 
street. 

Blue  Hill  avenue.  —  From  River  street  to  Walk  Hill  street. 

Boivdoin  street.  —  From  Hamilton  street  to  Quincy  street. 

Boivman  street.  —  From  Blackwell  street  south. 

Burrell  street.  —  From  Clifton  street  to  Norfolk  avenue. 

Burt  avenue.  —  From  Ashmont  street  to  Washington  street. 

Butler  street.  —  From  Adams  street  to  Richmond  street. 

Callender  street.  —  From  Don  street  to  Tucker  street. 

Carlos  street.  —  From  Callender  street  to  Lauriat  avenue. 

Centre  street.  —  From  Centre  avenue  to  800  feet  east  of 
Dorchester  avenue. 

Coffey  street.  —  From  Neponset  avenue  to  Newhall  street. 

Columbia  road.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Dudley  street. 

Conrad  street.  —  From  Columbia  road  to  Summer  street. 

Corbet  street.  —  From  Evans  street  to  Nelson  street. 

Bitson  street.  —  From  Charles  street  to  Westville  street. 

Borchester  avenue.  —  From  Columbia  road  to  Mt.  Vernon 
street. 

Downer  court.  —  From  Hancock  street  to  200  feet  north- 
west. 

Mmo  street.  —  From  Erie  street  to  Erie  street. 

Esmond  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Harvard  street. 

Evans  street.  —  From  Capen  street  to  Morton  street. 

Evelyn  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Norfolk  street. 

Fairmount  avenue.  —  From  Morton  street  to  Washington 
street. 

Fairvieiv  street.  —  From  Frost  avenue  to  Train  street. 

Faxon  street.  —  From  Elmont  street  to  Washington  street. 

Ferndale  street.  —  From  Norfolk  street  to  Southern  avenue. 

Florida  street.  —  From  King  street  to  Templeton  street. 

Fowler  street.  —  From  Glenway  street  to  McLellan  street. 

Fremont  street.  —  From  Norfolk  street  to  River  street. 

Frost  avenue.  —  From  Boutwell  street  to  Fairview  street. 

G-rove  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Perth  street. 

G-reenbrier  street.  —  From  Bloomfield  street  to  Park  street. 

Hamilton  street. —  From  Bowdoin  street  to  Homes  avenue. 

Hancock  street.  —  From  Bowdoin  street  to  Columbia  road. 

Harvard  avenue.  —  From  Harvard  street  to  Washington 
street. 

Harvard  street.  —  From  ]:5ernard  street  to  Wales  street. 

Hewins  street.  —  From  Columbia  road  to  Erie  street. 

Homes  avenue.  —  From  Hamilton  street  to  Topliff  street. 

Hopkins  street.  — From  Evans  street  to  Corbet  street. 

Huntoon  street.  —  From  Butler  street  to  Medway  street. 

Idaho  street.  —  From  Manchester  street  to  River  street. 


198  City  Document  No.  14. 

Lauriat  avenue.  —  From  Norfolk  street  to  Tucker  street. 
Lauriat  street.  —  From  Lauriat  avenue  to  Callender  street. 
Leedsville  street.  —  From  Adams  street  to  Dorchester  avenue- 
Lonsdale  street.  — From  Adams  street  to  Dorchester  avenue. 
Lyons  street.  —  From  Callender  street  to  Lauriat  avenue. 
Magnolia  street.  —  At  Magnolia  square. 
Magnolia  square.  —  Off  Magnolia  street. 
Malvern  street.  —  From  Adams  street  to  Milton  street. 
Maryland  street.  —  From  Bay  street  to  Savin  Hill  avenue. 
Massasoit   avenue.  —  From    New    England   avenue    to    New 

England  Railroad. 
Melbourne  street.  —  From  Centre  street  to  Welles  avenue. 
Mellen  street.  —  From  Montague  street  to  Ocean  street. 
Merlin  street.  —  From  Athelwold  street  to  Park  street. 
Middleton  street.  —  From  Norfolk  street  to  Wildwood  street. 
Milton  street.  —  From  Adams  street  to  Malvern  street. 
Nelson  street.  —  From  Norfolk  street  to  Selden  street. 
Neponset  avenue.  —  From  Bertram  street  to  Minot  street. 
Nightingale  street.  —  From  Bernard  street  to  Talbot  avenue. 
Norfolk  street.  —  From  Evelyn  street  to  Walk  Hill  street. 
Nottingham  street.  —  From  Bowdoin  avenue  to  Bullard  street. 
Oak  avenue.  —  Off  Plain  street. 
Oakridge  street.  —  Off  Morton  street. 
Park  street.  — 

Plain  street.  — From  Chickatawbut  street  to  Pierce  street. 
Peverell  street. —  From  Salcombe  street  to  Sawyer  avenue. 
Quincy  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Perth  street. 
Raven  street.  —  From  Crescent  avenue. 
Rozella  street.  —  From  Adams  street  to  Muzzy  street. 
Savin  Hill  avenue.  — From  Wesley  avenue  to  Grampian  way. 
Shafter  street. —  From  Faxon  street  to  Waterlow  street. 
Shelton  street.  —  From  Adams  street  to  Bruce  street. 
Spencer  street.  —  From  Park  street  to  Wheatland  avenue. 
Spencer  street.  —  From  Talbot  avenue  to  Wheatland  avenue. 
Stanley  street.  —  From  Bellevue  street  to  Quincy  street. 
Stanwood  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Columbia  road. 
Talbot  avenue.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Norfolk  street. 
Thane  street.  —  From  Athelwold  street  to  Park  street. 
Tonawanda   street.  —  From    Geneva   avenue    to    Greenbrier 

street. 
Torrey  street. —  From  Learnard  street  to  Washington  street. 
Trescott  street.  —  From  Faxon  street  to  Harvard  street. 
Walk  Hill  street.  —  From  Norfolk  street  to  Tileston  avenue. 
Warner  street.  —  From  Harvard  street  to  Park  street. 
Washington  street.  —  From    Dorchester   avenue   to   Ruggles 

place. 
Waterlow  street.  —  From  Harvard  street  to  Harvard  street. 


Engineering  Department.  199 

WenttvortJi  street.  —  From  Norfolk  street  to  Torrey  street. 
West   Seidell  street.  —  From    Manchester   street  to   Morton 

street. 
White  terrace.  —  From  Jones  avenue  to  Lauriat  avenue. 
WoodoUff  street.  —  From  Howard  avenue. 

West  Roxbury. 

Alder  street.  —  From  Mt.  Vernon  street  to  Keith  street. 

Angell  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Canterbury  street. 

Anson  street.  —  From  South  street  to  Percy  street. 

Beech  street.  —  From  Newburg  street  to  Westbourne  street. 

Colder  street.  —  From  Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Canterbury  street. 

Catherine  street.  —  From  Bourne  street  to  Florence  street. 

Congreve  street.  —  From  South  street  to  Centre  street. 

Corey  street.  —  From  Ruskin  street  to  beyond  Weld  street. 

Corey  street.  —  At  Henshaw  terrace. 

Dent  street.  —  From   Mt.  Vernon  street  to  beyond  Roberts 

avenue. 
Dent  street.  —  From  Jordan  street  to  Pleasant  street. 
Farquhar  street.  —  From  South  street  to  Centre  street. 
Fletcher  street.  —  From  South  street  to  Centre  street. 
Florence  street.  —  From  Ridge  street  to  Ashland  street. 
Grlenham  street.  — From  Harwood  street  to  La  Grange  street. 
Harrison  street.  —  From  Florence  street  to  end. 
Harwood  street.  —  From  Glenham  street  to  Lassell  street. 
Haverford  street.  —  From  Cornwall  street  to  Germania  street. 
Hubbard    street.  —  From     Lamartine     street     to     Chestnut 

avenue. 
Ivory  street.  —  From  Dent  street  to  Temple  street. 
Keith  street.  —  From  Alder  street  to  Libbey  street. 
La  G-range  street. —  E'rom  Weld  street  to  Glenham  street. 
Lassell  street.  —  At  Harwood  street. 

Marmion  street.  —  From  Germania  street  to  Cornwall  street. 
Morrison  street.  —  From  Selwyn  street. 
Mt.  Vernon  street.  —  From  Alder  street  to  Temple  street. 
Newburg  street.  —  From  Belgrade  avenue  to  Beech  street. 
Park  street.  —  From  Centre  street  to  Montview  street. 
Percy  street.  —  From  Anson  street  to  St.  Mark  street. 
Perham  street.  —  From  Mt.  Vernon  street  to  end  of  street. 
Perkins  street.  —  From  Centre  street  to  Jamaicaway. 
Proctor  street.  —  From  Fairview  street  to  Walter  street. 
Rosemary  street.  —  From  South  street. 
Sedgewiek  street.  —  From  Elm  street,  westerly. 
Selivyn  street.  —  From  Walter  street  to  Arundel  street. 
Sherwood  street.  —  From  Ashland  street  to  Florence  street. 


200  City  Document  No.  14. 

South  street.  —  At  Dudley  avenue. 

South  street.  —  (Substitute    way)   from    Brandon    street   to 

South  street. 
St.  Mark  street.  —  From  South  street  to  Percy  street. 
Temple  street.  —  From  Mt.  Vernon  street  to  raih-oad. 
Wachusett  street.  —  From  Walk  Hill  street  to  Varney  street. 
Walter  street.  —  From  Proctor  street  to  Ashfield  street. 
Walter  street.  —  From  Selwyn  street  to  Mendum  street. 
Weld  street.  —  From  Gould  sti^eet  to  Dwinell  street. 
Westbourne  street.  —  From  Beech  street  to  Cornell  street. 
Winslow  street.  —  From  Dent  street  to  Perham  street. 
Woodlawn  street.  —  From  Hyde  Park  avenue  to  Forest  Hills 

Cemetery. 
Woodside  avenue. — From  Washington  street  to  Forest  Hills 

street. 

Brighton. 

Allston   street.  —  From    Commonwealth   avenue    to   Warren 

street. 
Cambridge  street.  —  From  Windom  street  to  Charles  river. 
Chester  street.  —  From  Brighton  avenue  to  Commonwealth 

avenue. 
Chiswich  road.  —  From  Chestnut  Hill  avenue  to  Englewood 

avenue. 
Commomvealth  avenue.  —  From  Strathmore  road  to  Chiswick 

road. 
Cypress  street.  —  From  Dustin  street  to  Murdock  street. 
Empire  street.  —  From    North   Harvard    street    to    Sorrento 

street. 
Hano  street.  —  From  Cambridge  street  to  Hano  street. 
Sardivick  street.  —  From  Dun  boy  street  to  Bigelow  street. 
Harriet  street.  —  From  Parsons  street,  westerly. 
Kilsyth  road.  —  From  Lanark  road  to  Colliston  road. 
Kinross  road.  —  From  Commonwealth  avenue  to  Sutherland 

road. 
Lanark  road.  —  From  Sutherland  road  to  Kinross  road. 
Leicester  street.  —  From  Surrey  street  to  Bennett  street. 
North  Harvard  street.  —  From  Cambridge  street  to  Parker 

avenue. 
North  Harvard  street.  —  From  Western    avenue   to  Charles 

river. 
Orkney  road.  —  From  Strathmore  road  to  Ayr  road. 
Proposed  street.  —  From  Faneuil  street  to  Harriet  street. 
Selkirk  road.  —  From  Chiswick  road  to  Kilsyth  road. 
Sparhaivk  street.  —  At  Murdock  street  and  Cambridge  street. 
Sutherland  road.  —  From  Beacon  circle  to  Englewood  avenue. 


Engineering  Department.  201 

Telford    street.  —  From   Western    avenue    to    Charles    river 

reservation. 
Union  street.  —  From   La  Rose  place  to  beyond  Washington 

street. 
Warren  street. —  From  Cambridge  street  easterly. 
Washington  street.  —  From   Union  street  to  Commonwealth 

avenue. 


202 


City  Document  No.  14. 


APPENDIX   F. 


Engineering  Department  Property  Schedule,  Main  Office. 


1  horse. 

2  carriages. 

1  sleigh. 

2  harnesses. 

3  robes. 

Instruments  for  drawing. 
Instruments  for  surveying,  as  fol- 
lows: 

2  Temple  transits 

6  Buff  &  Berger  transits. 
1  Berger  &  Son  transit. 

8  Gurley  transits. 

1  Keuffie  &  Esser  transit. 

2  Temple  levels. 

4  Buff  &  Berger  levels. 

7  Gurley  levels. 
14  Boston  rods. 

6  New  York  rods. 

8  Troy  rods. 

2  Philadelphia  rods. 
Apparatus  for  blue  printing. 
Cases  for  plans  and  books. 
Reference  library,  1,250  volumes. 


11,685   plans    engineering    works, 

loose. 
14     volumes     plans     engineering 

works,  bound. 
Photographs  of  engineering  works. 
1  microscope. 
1  mecurial  barometer. 
1  aneroid  barometer. 
1  holosteric  barometer. 
1  set  hydrometers. 
1  hygrometer. 

1  pair  field  glasses. 
3  typewriters. 

2  dynamometers. 

1  pantagraph. 

2  calculating  machines. 
1  volt  meter. 

1  comptometer. 

2  thermophones. 
2  cameras. 

1  planimeter. 

1  Bourdon  pressure  gauge. 


Surveying  Division. 


2  Temple  transits. 

1  Moody  transit. 

2  Buff  &  Berger  transits. 
2  Berger  &  Sons  transits. 
1  Stackpole  transit. 

1  Troughton  &  Sims  transit. 


7  Buff  &  Berger  levels. 

1  Moody  level. 

18  Boston  rods. 

5  pipe  rods. 

29,664  plans. 

4,470  lithographed  maps. 


Architectural  Division. 


1  horses. 

1  Goddard  buggy. 
1  open  buggy. 

1  sleigh,   harnesses,  robes,  stable 
blankets,  etc. 


1  Remington  typewriter. 

Miscellaneous  drawing  instru- 
ments. 

650  plans  in  filing  cases  in  store- 
room. 


Engineeking  Department.  203 


APPENDIX   G. 


Elevations  referred  to  Boston  City  base.     (The  city  base  is  0.64  feet 
below  mean  low  tide.) 

Feet. 

0.00  City  base. 
15.66  Highest  tide,  April  16,  1851. 
15.33  Coping  dry  dock,  Charlestown  Navy  Yard. 
12.04  Greatest  elevation  of  high  tide,  per  United  States 

Tide  Tables,  November   7-8    and    December  6, 

1900  (11.4  +  0.64)  =  12.04. 
7.94  Least  elevation  of  high  tide,  per  United  States  Tide 

Tables,  July  7  and  December  16,   1900   (7.3  + 

0.64)  =  7.94. 
2.54  Greatest  elevation  of  low  tide,   per  United   States 

Tide  Tables,  May  8,  June  5,  July  7,  and  August 

5,  1900  (1.9  +  0.64)  =  2.54. 

—  1.16   Least  elevation  of  low  tide,  per  United  States  Tide 

Tables,    November    7,    1900    (—1.8  +  0.64)  = 

—  1.16. 
0.64  Mean  low  tide. 
5.00  Piles  cut  off  for  building. 
9.91  Water  works  base  (approximate  tide-marsh  level). 

—  4.98  Cambridge  City  base. 
0.38  South  Boston  flats  base. 


Note.  —  Cambridge  City  base  is  4.98  feet  below  Boston  City  base.    Tlie  elevation  of 
the  tide  on  November  27, 1898,  was  14.75. 


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CONTENTS. 


REPORT   ENGINEERING   DEPARTMENT   FOR    1899. 


[General  Index  to  contents  Engineering  Department  Reports,  ls'67 
in  Report  of  February  1,  1892.] 


Engineering  Department 

Statement  of  Expenses,  Engineering  Department 

"  Abolishment  grade  crossings : 

"  Congress  street 

"  Dorchester  avenue 

"  Chelsea  Bridge  (North) 

"  Maiden  Bridge 

"            Faneuil  Hall  Building,  reconstruc- 
tion   

"  "  "  South  Union  Station 

Bridges  Inspected 

"  wholly  supported  by  Boston 

"  "  "  "    railroads 

"            of  which  Boston  supports  the  part  within  its  limits. . 
"             "       "           "        pays   a  part  of   the  cost  of  mainte- 
nance   

"  supported  by  railroad  corporations 

"  "        "        '•'■  "  Boston  &  Albany 

R.R 

"  ''         "         "  "  Boston 

R.R., 
"  "        "■        "  "  Boston 

R.R., 


will  be  found 
PAGE 
1 


&  Maine 
W.  Div... 
&  Maine 
East  Div. . 


Revere 
Lynn 


Bridges . 


Total  number  (138) 


Boston, 
Beach 

N.Y.,"n.H.  &  H. 
R.R.,  Midland 
Div 

N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H. 
R.R.,  Old  Col- 
ony Div 

N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H. 
R.R.,  Prov.  Div., 


Agassiz  road,  in  the  fens 

Albany  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R.,  freight  tracks 

Albany  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R.,  passenger  tracks 

Allston,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 

Arborway,  over  Stony  brook  Parkway 

Ashland  street,  over  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 

Ashmont  street  and  Dorchester  avenue,  over  Old  Colony  Div. 
N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  11.  R.R 


206  City  Document  No.  14. 

Bridges,  continued.  page 

Athens  street,  over  Midland  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 11 

Audubon  road,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 12 

Beacon  street,  over  outlet  of  the  fens 12 

Beacon  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 12 

Bellevue  street,  over  Muddy  river,  in  Riverway 12 

Bernier-street  foot-bridge,  over  Bridle  Path,  Rivervray 13 

Bernier-street  foot-bridge,  over  Muddy  river 13 

Berkeley  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R.  and  Prov.  Div.  and  N.Y., 

N.H.  &  H.  R.R 12 

Berkeley  street,  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 12 

Berwick-park    foot-bridge,    over  Prov.   Div.    N.Y.,  N.H.    & 

H.  R.R 13 

Blakemore  street,  over  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 13 

Bolton  street,  over  Midland  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 13 

Boston  street,  over  Old  Colony  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R. . .  13 

Boylston  street,  Back-bay  fens 13 

Boylston  street,  B.  &  A.  R.R 14 

Bridle  Path,  over  Muddy  river,  in  Riverv^ay 14 

Broadvray,  over  Fort-point  channel 14 

Broad vray,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 14 

Broadway,  over  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 14 

Brookline  avenue,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 15 

Brookline  avenue,  over  Muddy  River,  in  Parkway 15 

Byron  street,  B.,  R.  B.  &  L.  R.R 15 

Cambridge  street 15 

Canal  or  Craigie's 15 

Castle-island  foot-bridge 16 

Central  avenue,  over  Neponset  river 16 

Charles  river 17 

Charlesgate,  in  the  fens 17 

Chelsea,  over  B.  &  M.  R.R 17 

Chelsea  (North)   17 

Chelsea  (South) 18 

Chelsea  street 18 

Circuit  drive,  over  Scarboro'  pond,  in  Franklin  Park 18 

Columbus  avenue,  over  B  &  A.  R.R.  and  Prov.  Div.  N.Y., 

N.H.  &  H.  R.R 18 

Commercial  Point,  or  Tenean 19 

Commonwealth  avenue,  in  the  fens 19 

Congress  street 19 

Cornwall  street,  over  Stony  brook,  West  Roxbury 19 

Cottage  Farm,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 19 

Cottage-street  foot-bridge 20 

Dartmouth  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R.,   and  Prov.  Div.  N.Y., 

N.H.  &  H.  R.R 20 

Dorchester  street,  over  Old  Colony  Div.  N.Y.,N.H.  &  H.  R.R.,  21 

Dover  street 21 

Ellicott  arch,  in  Franklin  Park 21 

Essex  street 21 

Everett  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 22 

Federal  street 22 

Fen  bridge,  in  the  fens 22 

Ferdinand  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 22 

Forest  Hills  entrance,  in  Franklin  Park 22 

Gold  street,  over  Midland  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.   R.R 22 

Granite  to  Milton 23 

Harrison  avenue,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R.  and  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H. 

&  H.  R.R 23 

Harvard  to  Cambridge 23 

Harvard  street,  over  Midland  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 23 

Huntington  avenue,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R 23 

Ipswich  street,  over  Waterway  in  the  fens 24 


Engineering  Departivient.  207 


Bridges,  continued.  page 
Irvingtoii-street  foot-bridge,  over  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,    N.H.    & 

n.  E.R 24 

L-street  bridge 24 

Leverett  pond  foot-bridge  in  Leverett  Park 24 

Leyden  street,   B.,  R.  B.  &  L.  R.R 24 

Liuden-park  street,  over  Stony  brook 25 

Longwood  avenue,  over  Muddy  river  &  B.  &  A.  R.R 25 

Maiden 25 

Massachusetts  avenue,  over   Prov.    Div.    N.Y.,    N.H.   &    H. 

R.R 25 

Massachusetts  avenue,  over  B.  &  A.  R.  R 25 

Mattapan  to  Milton 25 

Meridian  street 26 

Milton 26 

Mt.  Washington  avenue 26 

Neponset 26 

Neptune  road,  over  B.,  R.B.  &  L.  R.R 27 

Newton  street,  over  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 27 

North  Beacon  street 27 

North  Harvard  street 27 

Prison  Point 27 

Public  Garden  foot-.bridge 28 

Scarboro'  pond,  foot-bridge  in  Franklin  Park 28 

Shawmut  avenue,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R.  and  N.Y,,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.R.,  28 

Silver  street,  over  Midland  Div.,  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R 28 

Spring  street 28 

Stony  brook,  in  the  fens 29 

Summer-street  Extension 29 

Svrett-street  bridges  (over  South-bay  sluices) 29 

Tremont  sjbreet,  over  Muddy  river 29 

Warren 29 

Washington  street,  over  B.  &  A.  R.R.  and  Prov.  Div.  N.Y., 

N.H.,  &  H.  R.R 29 

Western  avenue  to  Cambridge 30 

Western  avenue  to  Watertown 31 

West  Boston 30 

West  Fourth  street  (over  O.  C.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H.  &  H.  R.R.)  . .  30 
West  Rutland-square  foot-bridge,  over  Prov.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.H. 

&  H.  R.R 30 

Winthrop 31 

Wood  Island  Park  foot-bridge 31 

Architect  Division. 

Plans  and  contracts  for  School  Committee 72 

Plans  and  contracts  for  miscellaneous  vpork 73 

Miscellaneous  reports 75 

Surveying  Division 33 

Lines  and  grades  given,  and  paving  work  measured,  1899 : 

East  Boston  and  Breed's  Island 45 

South  Boston 45 

Boston  Proper 40 

Charlestown 46 

Roxbury 46 

Dorchester 55 

Brighton 63 

West  Roxbury 60 

Plans  for  sewer  and  brook  takings 37 

Plans  in  Surveying  Division 65 

Miscellaneous  Worl<  and  Construction  in  1899: 

Charlesgate  bridge,  over  Ipswich  street 162 

Chelsea  bridge  north,  temporary  bridge 164 

City  Hospital,  system  inside  fire  protection,  Ann  White  Vose 

Home  for  nurses 171 


208  City  Document  No.  14. 

Miscellaneous  Work,  etc.,  concluded. 

Columbia  road :  page 

Bridge  over  railroad  and  Columbia  avenue 160 

"        "     Shoreham  street 160 

Filling 161 

Surfacing 160 

Commonvpealth  avenue,  rock  excavation 161 

Congress-street  Grade  Crossing: 

Abutments  and  piers 167 

B-street  bridge 167 

Bulkheads 167 

C-street  bridge 167 

Congress-street  sea-wall 165 

Dorchester-avenue  Extension,  sea-vpall 165 

Filling 167 

Paving  between  B  and  C  streets 161 

Summer-street  Extension 1 65 

"                     "          bridge 165 

Dorchester-avenue  Grade  Crossings: 

Boston-street  bridge  abutments 169 

filling 169 

"            paving 169 

Dorchester-avenue  bridge  abutments 168 

Swett-street  bridge  abutments 170 

"             filling 170 

"             paving 170 

"            temporary  bridge 170 

Dumping  wharf  for  Sanitary  division 162 

Long  Island: 

Hospital,  system  for  inside  fire  protection 171 

Salt-water  system  for  fire  protection 171 

Sea-wall 171 

Wharf 170 

Maiden  temporary  bridge 171 

Rainsford  Islar  "■   system  for  inside  fire  protection 171 

South  Union  St&ciOn: 

Paving,  Atlantic-avenue  Extension 162 

"       Dorchester-avenue     "         162 

"        Summer-street            "         162 

West  Boston  temporary  bridge 171 

Street  Department. 
Paving: 

Atlantic  avenue 141 

Blackstone  street 141 

Charles  street 141 

Congress  street 141 

Devonshire  street 141 

Federal  street 142 

Genesee  street   142 

Harrison  avenue 142 

Kingston  street 143 

Leverett  street 143 

Milton  street 143 

Oswego  street 143 

Asphalt  Streets  under  Guarantee 130 

City  proper 130 

Roxbury ; . .  132 

Charlestown 132 

Brighton 134 

Cost  of  patching 136 

Assessment  Streets. 

Albany  street .'.''..  143 

Alexander  street 144 

Amory  street 1 44 


Engineering  Department.  209 

street  Department,  continued. 

Assessment  Streets.  page 

Andrews  street 144 

Angell  street 144 

Annabel  street 144 

Ashley  street 144 

Astor  street 145 

Athelwold  street 145 

Atlierstone  street 145 

Belvidere  street 145 

Bennington  street 146 

Blandford  street 146 

Bragdon  street 146 

Burt  street 146 

Cambridge  street 146 

Canal  street 146 

Charlestown  street 147 

Chester  street 147 

Chiswick  road 147 

Congreve  street 147 

Cummington  street 148 

Devon  street 148 

Edwin  street 148 

Florida  street 148 

Fowler  street 148 

Francis  street 149 

Hamilton  street 149 

Harold  street 149 

Ilewins  street 149 

Hubbard  street 149 

Idaho  street 149 

Ipswich  street 150 

Lauriat  avenue 150 

Lonsdale  street 150 

Maryland  street .,. 150 

Middleton  street , . ', 150 

Newburg  street 151 

North  Harvard  street 151 

Oak  View  terrace 151 

Orkney  road 151 

Peterborough  street 151 

Peverell  street 151 

Pontiac  street 151 

Public  alley  No.  101 152 

"        "     102 152 

"          "       '•     401,2,3,4 152 

"     418 153 

"       "     419 153 

"     420 153 

"        "     431 153 

"        "     701 153 

''     702 154 

"     703 154 

"     2001 154 

Rosseter  street 1,54 

Eowe  street 155 

Rozella  street 155 

St.  Stephen  street 1,55 

School  street 1,55 

Seymour  street 155 

Shirley  street 155 

Spf  acer  street 155 

Spencer  street 156 

Stanley  street 156 


210  City  Document  No.  14. 

Street  Department,  concluded. 

Assessment  Streets.  page 

Thane  street 156 

Trinity  place 156 

Waldeck  street 157 

Wensley  street ; 157 

West  teelden  street 157 

Woodlawn  street 157 

Wortliington  street 158 

Grading  Stkeet  Railway  Tracks, 

Boston  Elevated  Railway  Co 158 

W.  Roxbury  and  Roslindale  Street  Railway  Co 159 

Union  Freight  Railroad  Co 159 

Surveys,  Plans,  etc 159 

Water  Works 78 

Corrosion  of  pipes  by  electrolysis "82 

Distribution 78 

Table  showing  the  average  monthly  and  yearly  heights  in 
feet  above  city  base  to  which  water  would 
rise    at    different    stations    on    the    Boston 

Water  Works 127 

"            "     rainfall  in  inches  and  hundredths  at  Albany- 
street  yard  for  1899 125 

"             "      rainfall  in  inches   and  hundredths  at  Gibson- 
street  yard  for  1899 ^. 126 

"            "     monthly  rainfall  in  inches  during  1899  at  vari- 
ous places  in  Eastern  Massachusetts 128 

General  statist  ics 124 

City  Engineer,  1859-1899 173 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Water  Works:  Electrical  survey  of  the  City  of  Boston,  diagrams 

showing  outline  of  street  railway  tracks 116,  118 

"  "        Table  showing  results  of  salt  water  fire-pipe  test. 

May  7,  1899 129 

"  "        Plan  of  streets  showing  location  of  hose  and  hy- 

drants at  salt-water  tire  pipe  test,  May  7,  1899 . .       129 

"  "  Plan  of  Washington  street  between  Kneeland  and 
Essex  streets,  showing  surface  tracks  and  under- 
ground structures 78 


APPENDICES. 

Appendix  A.  —  Table  showing  the  widths  of  openings  for  vessels 

in  all  bridges  provided  with  draws 175 

B.  —  List  of  estimate  plans  furnished  the  Assessment 

Division  of  t!ie  Street  Laying-out  Department,       177 
G.  —  Table  of  accident  and  other  plans  made  for  the 

Law  Department 179 

D.  —  Table   of  surveys,  plans  and   profiles   made  by 

Surveying  Division 182 

E.  —  List  of   streets  where   lot   frontages   have   been 

obtained  for  Sewer  Division,  Street  Depart- 
ment, for  Sewer  assessments 194 

F.  —  Engineering  Department  property  schedule 202 

G.  —  Elevations  referred  to  Boston  City  base 203 

H. — Engineering    Department  annual  reports,  1867- 

1899 204