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THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
CITY ENGINEER
BOSTON
FOR THE YEAR 1900
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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
CITY ENGINEER
BOSTON
FOR THE YEAR 1900
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Engineering Department, City Hall,
Boston, February 1, 1901.
Hon. Thomas N. Hart,
Mayor of the City of Boston :
Sir, — The following report of the expenses and operation
of this Department for the year ending January 31, 1901, 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-
vey, 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 Cit3\ 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 b}- chapter
449 of the Acts of 1895.
The Architectural Division of the Public Buildings De-
partment which was detached from that Department January
13, 1898, and placed under the Engineering Department,
was reattached to the Public Buildings Department on
May 11, 1900.
City Document No. 14.
The following is a statement of engineering expenses
from February 1, 1900, to January 31, 1901 :
Amount of department appropriation for
1900-1901 $80,000 00
Amount expended for 1900-1901 . . 79,992 95
Unexpended balance .
$1 05
Statement of Expenditures, Department
Appropriation.
Object of expenditures :
Salaries :
Engineer, William Jackson,
Assistant Engineer, archi-
tect, draughtsmen and
assistants
Instruments, tools and repairs .
Travelling expenses .
Horses, buggy and horse-keeping
Furniture and office expenses
Stationery and drawing materials
Printing .....
Telephone service
Blue printing and photographing
Binding and plans
Washing and small supplies
Books and papers
Cartage .....
Messenger service
Typewriting ....
Advertising ....
Broadway bridge :
Employes
Boringfs ....
16,000 00
63,461 06
$69,461 06
2,316 30
1,567 68
1,330 97
907 62
792 73
791 56
643 87
438 11
405 75
219 64
155 13
33 09
25 80
15 50
15 25
$117 OC
755 8S
-
872 89
O ( Zi ov
$79,992 95
South Union Station.
Items of expenditure by the Engineering Department, from
February 1, 1900, to January 31, 1901 :
Engineering Department.
New York, New Haven «Sc Hartford Rail-
road Company (construction of Broadway
and Albany-street bridges) . . . $80,000 00
Engineering and inspection . . . 708 40
Repairing fence ...... 66 90
180,765 30
Expended previous to 1900
174,864 48
$265,629 78
Faneuil Hall Building, Reconstruction.
Appropriation .
.
$104,500 00
Expenditures from February 1, 1900, to
January 31, 1901 :
Woodbury & Leighton
$565 33
Motor fans
281 20
Furniture
116 50
Gas piping
34 66
Electric wiring .
17 30
11,014 99
Expended previous to 1900
103,485 01
104,500 00
Chelsea Bridge — Widening Opening North Draw.
Appropriation, City of Boston, $30,690 44
Contribution
30,800 00
Expenditures from February 1, 1900, to
$61,490 44
January 31, 1901 :
Widening draw opening .
$26,117 93
Draw, fenders, etc. .
10,200 54
Temporary bridge
6,994 61
Engineering and inspection.
2,092 45
Chelsea highway depart-
ment ....
253 60
Electric wiring .
99 30
Advertising
42 18
Printing ....
41 31
Coal ....
20 32
Water-service pipe .
10 00
$45,872 24
Expended previous to 1900
15,618 20
$61,490 44
City Document No. 14.
Mat-den
Bridge.
Appropriation .
.
Expenditures from February
1, 1900, to
January 31, 1901 :
Temporary bridge
125,226 00
Rebuilding bridge
23,771 10
Engineering and inspection,
5,492 81
Paving, fences, etc. .
1,341 10
Dredging ....
705 95
Rent of wharf .
300 00
Advertising
88 82
Printing ....
49 84
$200,000 00
156,975 62
Expended previous to 1900 . 1,969 15
58,944 77
Balance, February 1, 1901 .... |141,055 23
Atlantic-avenue Bridge.
(Over Fort Point Channel.)
Expenditures from August 21, 1900, to January 31, 1901 :
Borings $1,903 63
Engineering 1,548 95
$3,452 58
Abolishment of Grade Crossings.
Congress Street.
Expenditures from February 1, 1900, to January 31, 1901 :
Items of expenditure :
Land damages $129,095 04
Paving, fences, etc.
Dorchester-avenue extension, sea-wall
B-street bridge ....
A and C streets, bridges
Engineering and inspection
Congress street, sea-wall
Draw, foundation, fender-piers, etc.
Filling
67,054 43
57,185 94
27,680 70
17,551 55
9,014 99
7,973 77
4,473 40
4,208 05
Carried forward $324,237 87
Engineering Department.
Brought forward
1324,237 87
Bulkheads
2,685 07
Abutments, piers, etc. .
1,377 21
Taking down building .
700 00
Congress-street sewer
418 01
Services, for appraisal land damages, etc
250 00
Rent of office ....
191 70
Advertising
105 70
Printing .....
82 06
Cement tests .....
25 00
1330,072 62
Expended previous to 1900
847,744 29
$1,177,816 91
Dorchester Avenue.
Items of expenditure :
Land damages ....
. 1120,595 00
Paving, fences, etc.
37,263 63
Dorchester-avenue bridge
28,290 79
Filling
27,276 70
Relocating water-pipes .
23,284 50
Boston-street bridge
11,091 19
Engineering and inspection
6,719 54
Services, for appraisal land damages, etc
650 00
Sewer construction
163 92
Retaining walls ....
151 29
Rent of office ....
112 00
Dorchester-avenue temporary bridge
92 62
Swett-street bridge
41 50
Printing .....
14 81
1255,747 49
Expended previous to 1900
403,901 75
1659,649 24
Bridges.
The annual inspection of all highway and foot-bridges has
been made, together with special examinations when notified
by the Superintendent 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
6 City Document No. 14.
cliarge 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.
1. — Bridges wholly Supported by Boston.
Agassiz road, in the Fens.
AUston bridge, over Boston & Albany Railroad, Brighton.
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 Disision, 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.
Charlesgate, in the Fens, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Charlesgate, in the Fens, over Ipswich street.
*Charlestown bridge, from Boston to Charlestown.
*Chelsea bridge, South, over South channel of Mystic river.
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*Clielsea 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.
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.
Ipswich street, over waterwa}'-, 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.
* IMeridian 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 A street.
Summer street, over B street.
Summer street, over C street.
* Summer street, over Fort Point channel.
Swett street, east of Midland Division, N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R.
8 City Document No. 14.
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 Muddj' river.
Central avenue, from Dorchester to Milton.
* Chelsea bridge. North, over North Channel, Mystic river.
* 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.
Tremout 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, over Old Colony Division, N. Y., N. H. &
H. R.R.
* Cambridge street, from Brighton to Cambridge.
* Canal bridge, from Boston to Cambridge.
Chelsea bridge, over the Boston & Maine Railroad.
Dorchester avenue, over Old Colony Division, N. Y., N. H. &
H. R.R.
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.
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* 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.
Perkins street, over Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany
Railroads.
* Prison-Point bridge, Charlestown to Cambridge.
Summer street, over freight tracks, N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R.
Swett street over Old Colony Division, N. Y., N. H. & H.
R.R.
* West Boston temporary bridge, from Boston to Cam-
bridge.
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.
2d. — Boston ^ Maine and Boston ^ Albany Railroads.
Main street.
Mystic avenue.
3d. — Boston., Revere Beach ^ Lynn R.R.
Everett street.
4th. — New York, New Haven ^ Hartford R. K., Midlaiid
Division.
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.
10 City Document No. 14.
5th. — New York, New Haven ^ Hartford B.B., Old Colony
Division.
Adams street.
Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Freeport street.
Savin Hill avenue.
6th. —N. Y., N. H. cf- H. E.E., 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.
Dudley avenue, West Roxbury.
Harrison avenue.
Park street. West Roxbury.
Washington street.
Recapitulation op Bridges.
I. Number wholly supported by Boston . . 71
II. Number of which Boston supports that part
within its limits . . . . . . 14
in. Number of which Boston pays a part of the
cost of maintenance ..... 20
IV. Number supported by railroad corporations :
1. Boston & Albany Railroad .... 5
2. Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany Rail-
roads ........ 2
3. Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad . . 1
4. N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R., Midland Division . 1 2
5. N. Y., N, H. & H. R.R., Old Colony Division . 4
6. N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R., Providence Division . 14
Total 143
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.
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Albany-street Bridge (over the Boston tf 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 m part by
the Boston & Albany Railroad. The bridge has been painted
during the year, and the sheathing and sidewalk patched.
The iron railing has been repaired and is now in fair condi-
tion. The sidewalk planking is very thin, and should be
renewed. The under planking is poor and should be exam-
ined carefully when the bridge is sheathed again, and such of
the plank as is found poor should be replaced by new.
Allston Bridge (over the Boston ^ Albany B.R., Brighton^
This is an iron bridge, built in 1892. During the year the
bridge has been thoroughly cleaned and painted and new
lower planking laid. The bridge is now in good condition.
Arborway Bridge (over Stony brook, in Parkivay, 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 pine. It was built in 1893, and is main-
tained by the Park Department. The sidewalk planking is
poor and should be renewed and the fences painted.
Ashland-street bridge (over Providence Division, Neiv York,
New Haven ^ Hartford R.R., West Roxbury).
The present structure is of iron, and was buiit in 1875.
The bridge needs sheathing, and when this is done the under
planking should be renewed where found to be in poor con-
dition.
Ashmojit-street and Dorchester-avenue Bridge (over Old Colony
Division, Neiv York, New Haven ^ Hartford R.RS).
f
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 fencing needs painting, and some of the roadway
planking needs renewal.
12 City Document No. 14.
Athens-street Bridge (^over Midland Division, Neiv York, New
Raven ^f- 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
woodwork should be renewed.
Auduhon-road Bridge (over the Boston ^ Albany B.R.^.
This is a steel-plate girder bridge, built in 1893-94, and
is maintained by the Park Department. With the exception
of the sheathing, which should be renewed, the bridge is in
good condition.
Beacon-street Bridge (over Outlet of the Fens).
This is an iron bridge, built in 1880-81. The deck which
is in poor condition should be renewed, and the sidewalks
should be replanked.
Beacon-street Bridge (over Boston ^ Albany R.B.).
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 Railway Com-
pany. With the exception of the sidewalks and facias, the
bridge is in good condition. The woodwork of sidewalks
and facias should be repaired.
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., N. H. ^ H. R.R.).
The bridge over the tracks of the Boston & Albany Rail-
road which is maintained by the City, was origmally built
for the Boston Water Power Company, and accepted by the
City in 1869. The structure over these tracks is a through
plate girder bridge, and was built in 1891. The iron work
of this span is very rusty under the flooring, and should be
thoroughly cleaned and painted. The temporary fence at
tlie northeast corner of the bridge, to which attention has
been called in these reports for the past five years, is not a
sufficient protection to be considered safe, and the recom-
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mendation made for several years past that a more permanent
fence be built, is here renewed.
The span over the tracks of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad, built in 1899, is maintained by that com-
pany. The roadway sheathing of this span has been worn
entirely through in places, and the lower planking is now
being worn away by traffic.
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. Agreements have now been made
with the railroad company by which this bridge will be
removed and the street filled in solid.
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.
Berwick-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 should be
painted, but otherwise is in good condition.
Blakemore-street Bridge (over Providence Division, New York,
New Haven ^ Hartford R.R.).
This is an iron bridge, built in 1881-82. During the
past year the bridge has been painted and a new lower
planking has been laid. The bridge is now in a good
condition.
14 City Document No. 14.
Bolton-street Bridge (^over Midland Division, New York, New
Haven cf 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 Yorh,
New Haven ^ Hartford R.R.').
See page 129.
Boylston-street Arch Bridge (in the Fens.^.
This is a stone arch bridge, built in 1881. It is in good
condition.
Boylston-street Bridge (over Boston <f Albany R.R.^.
This is an iron bridge, built in 1886-88. The ironwork
below the floor of the bridge, although painted in 1895, is
now very rusty. The sidewalk planking has been renewed,
and the facias repaired and painted.
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.
Broad'way Bridge (over Fort Point Channel).
This is an iron bridge. It was built in 1869-71, and the
draw and i];s 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
renewed in 1896. The sidewalks, the lower planking of
the mam bridge and the fender-piers are in poor condition,
the draw fomidation should be pointed, the fences are out of
line, and the iron hangers over the railroad are rusty ; as
this bridge will soon be rebuilt only necessary repairs have
been made during the year.
Broadway Bridge (over Boston Sj- Albany R.R.^.
The old bridge, built in 1880-1, has been removed and a
new steel through bridge erected under a contract with the
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company.
This work was completed early in July, 1900, and the bridge
opened to travel.
The new bridge consists of three steel trusses of the
Baltimore type, the spans being of the following lengths,
south truss 196 feet 8^ inches, centre truss 213 feet 2f
inches, and north truss 229 feet 8f inches, all trusses being
30 feet deep, centre to centre of pins. The width of the
bridge is 60 feet, divided into two roadways of 17 feet 6
inches width in the clear and two sidewalks of 10 feet 6
inches width less the width of a truss. The floor beams are
built steel-beams 24 inches deep and 20 feet 7 inches span
between hangers, with overhanging sidewalk brackets 8 feet
6 inches long. The stringers are of hard pine, those of the
roadways being 8 inches by 14 inches and 6 inches by 14
inches and those of the sidewalks 6 inches by 12 inches and
4 inches by 12 inches, varying with the length of span. The
planking of the roadways are in two courses, the lower of 4-
inch hard pine and the upper of 2-inch spruce. The side-
walk plank is 2 inches in thickness.
Brookline-avenue Bridge (^over Boston ^ Albany R.R.').
This is an iron bridge, built in 1884. The ironwork
above the flooring has been painted and is in good condition.
The portion of the ironwork below the flooring needs paint-
ing, and the lower planking should be renewed.
Brookline-avenue Bridge (over Muddy River, in the Riverway').
This is a semi-circular masonry arch of 15 feet span. It
was built in 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,
fences and bulkheads need repairing, and the ironwork
should be painted.
Cambridge-street Bridge (from Brighton to Cambridge').
This is a wooden pile bridge with a wooden leaf draw. It
was rebuilt in 1884; 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. Some repairs have been made on the fender-
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guard, and pier, and a few deck planks have been renewed,
one draw arm, and the plankmg on the Cambridge side of
the draw need renewal, and the sidewalk and fender-guard
need repairing. The bridge on the Boston side of the chan-
nel is in poor condition ; the draw needs adjusting, the plank-
ing is off the waterway, the flooring on the deck of the main
bridge, the top of the pier and wheel-guard on the draw need
renewal, the abutment needs repairing, and the bridge should
be painted.
Canal, or Craigie^s Bridge.
This is a wooden pile bridge, with a wooden turntable
draw. The City pays one-half the cost of maintenance.
The bridge was originally built in 1808, was rebuilt in 1852,
and was again rebuilt and widened in 1874. The bridge is
in the care of the Commissioners for the Boston and Cam-
bridge bridges. The sidewalks on the draw have been
repaired, and some repairs have been made on the pier. The
sidewalks, sidewalk bulkheads, and fencing that have not
recently been rebuilt are poor, and need rebuilding ; addi-
tional 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 con-
dition; the draw, draw-pier, and wharf need extensive
repairs, and the bridge should be painted.
Castle Island Foot-bridge (from 3Iarine Park to Castle
Island^ .
This is a temporary foot-bridge, built in 1892, and is
maintained by the Park Department. It connects the Ma-
rine 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 main land. Repairs are needed on
the fence and planking, and the bridge should be painted ;
otherwise the bridge is in fair condition.
Central-avenue Bridge (over Neponset River, Dorchester
Lower Mills).
This is an iron bridge, and was built in 1876. The City
maintains the part within its limits. The 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.
Engineering Department. 17
Charlesgate Bridge (in the Fens, over Boston, cf Albans/ B.R.}.
This is an iron bridge, built in 1881-2, and is maintained
by the Park Department. Half of the roadway has been
sheathed, and the other half should be without further delay.
The whole biidge should be cleaned and painted, and new
sidewalks laid.
Charlesgate Bridge (in the Fens, over Ipswich Street).
See page 112.
Charlestoivn Bridge (from Boston to Charlestown) .
The care and maintenance of this bridge was not assumed
by the Street Department for the City untilJanuary 31, 1900,
although the bridge had been open to travel since November
27, 1899. The bridge w\as built under authority of Chapter
548 of the Acts of 1894, by the Boston Transit Commission,
the City Engineer of Boston serving as Chief Engineer for
the Commission.
The new bridge runs from Keany square in Boston to City
square in Charlestown, passing over the Charles river,
Water street, and a branch of the Fitchburg Division, Boston
& Maine Railroad. Including the approaches it is about
1,900 feet long. Its width is 100 feet, comprising two side-
walks each 10 feet wide, two carriage-ways each 27 feet 9
inches wide in the clear, and a middle space 22 feet wide for
electric cars. Over the car space are the elevated tracks of
tlie Boston Elevated Railway Company.
Starting from Keany square the new street rises at the
rate of 3 feet per 100 feet to the edge of the river, and con-
tinues to rise at the same rate nearly to the southerly draw
channel. It passes over the two draw channels on a level
grade at a height of 38 feet 6 inches above City base, and
then descends at the rate of eight-tenths of a foot per 100 feet
to the Charlestown shore, and at the same rate to and across
the tracks of the railroad company, over which it passes at
a height of about 18 feet 3 inches above the tracks, giving a
clear passage 16 feet high under the structure. Thence,
curving to the right and passing over Water street, it de-
scends at the rate of 3 feet per 100 feet into City square.
The two draw channels for the passage of vessels are each
50 feet wide. The height of the under side of the draw
above mean high water is 23 feet. The south draw channel
is for vessels passing up or down the river, while the north
draw channel gives access to the space enclosed by the
18
City Document No. 14.
Warren bridge, the new bridge, the Charlestown shore, and
the fender-piers of the two draw-bridges.
The principal dimensions of the bridge are :
Total length, including approaches
Length of l^oston approach
Length of Charlestown approach
Length of bridge over river
Distance from Boston abutment to
draw .....
Distance from Charlestown abutment
to draw .....
Length of draw ....
Lengtli of fixed spans over river centra
to centre of piers (each) .
Width of bridge
Width of sidewalks (each) .
Width of roadways (each) .
Width of car space
Number of fixed spans over river
Width of draw openings (each) ,
Height of under side of draw above
mean high water
Weight of draw ....
Width of Water street under bridge
Width of railroad under bridge .
Width of passageway beside raikoad
1,900 feet.
207
603
1,090
425
425
240.5 "
85
100
10
27.75 «
22 «
10
50 "
23 "
1,200 tons.
40 feet.
27 feet 6 inches.
25 " 6 «
The fixed spans rest on ten river piers of granite masonry,
with concrete foundations, and on two granite abutments,
which also have concrete foundations. The concrete foun-
dation of the Charlestown abutment and of the two piers
nearest that abutment, rest directly on the boulder-clay bed
of the river, while the Boston abutment and all the other
piers have bearing piles of spruce or Norway pine, driven
through the softer material to the hard clay below.
In each pier alternate ranges of bearing piles were cut off
at different grades. The first, third and fifth ranges, etc.,
were cut off about 18 inches above the bottom of the exca-
vation, while the second, fourth, sixth, etc., were cut off
about ten feet below low water. The latter, or high-grade
piles, were not cut off until a layer of concrete, 6 feet deep,
had been laid in the bottom of the foundation.
The concrete was composed of Portland cement, sand and
gravel in the proportions ranging from 1, 2 and 4, to 1, 2
and 5. The sand and gravel were dredged from the harbor
Engineeeing DePxVrtment. 19
near Shirley Gut. In order to prevent the use of any cement
of abnormal composition samples from each lot received was
submitted to a chemical analysis in addition to the usual
physical tests.
The concrete in the foundations was deposited under water
within a coffer-dam of sheet piling, through a chute or tube,
with the exception of the upper foot immediately under the
stone masonry, which was laid when the coffer-dam was free
from water.
The stone piers are of large blocks of quany-faced granite,
backed with Portland cement concrete. The piers are
pointed at the ends and liave a curved profile. A coping
course projects 6 inches beyond the face of the pier, and on
the top of the coping is the bridge-seat of granite.
The abutments are of masonry, similar in quality to that
of the piers, but they have a straight batter instead of a
curved profile. The coping of each abutment is surmounted
by a parapet Avail.
In constructing the circular foundation pier for the draw
span, the bottom of the river was dredged to a level surface
about 27 feet below mean low water, and 967 spruce piles
were driven within a circular space about 75 feet in diameter.
The piles were sawed off from 2 to 4 feet above the dredged
bottom. The wooden curb which served to retain the con-
crete, forming the main portion of the pier, is of somewhat
novel construction. It is approximately cylindrical, 75 'feet
mean diameter and 32 feet high. It is built of 3-inch by 12-
incli spruce planks, laid flatwise, there being 21 planks about
10 feet long in each course. The planks were planed on one
side to an even thickness, sawed to proper length and end
bevel, and spiked and tree-nailed together. Vertical timbers
of hard pine were placed about 10 feet apart inside the curb-
ing, and bolted to it as the laying of the planks proceeded.
The curbing was built floating in the water and kept in
position by temporary radial arms attached to a ring placed
about a central clump of piles. As the building up of the
curbing progressed, it was weighted by means of temporary
pockets on the inside filled with concrete, and it was finally
sunk to the proper grade by outside pockets filled with
gravel. This curbing was filled with Portland cement con-
crete laid under water by the same method adopted for
the foundations of the other piers. From a level 3 feet
above mean low water the draw-pier has the form of a
truncated cone. It is of concrete laid inside a wooden form
which has been left in place. At its top is a granite coping
ring bearing the lower track of the draw turntable.
20 City Document No. 14.
Levels taken on this pier, before, during, and after the
erection of the draw span, showed that no settlement had
taken place since its completion.
Each of the ten fixed spans over the river consists of six
steel-plate girders, 84 feet 4 inches long and 8 feet 3 inches
to 8 feet 9 inches deep. Transverse floor-beams, crossing
from girder to girder, support the longitudinal stringers,
which are steel I-beams. Along the top of each steel stringer
is bolted a spiking strip of hard pine, across which the floor
planking is laid transversely of the bridge. The floor plank-
ing is of hard pine planed to a uniform thickness from 6-inch
stock. The planking is coated on top with a preservative
compound, and on this is laid a water-proofing layer consisting
of four thicknesses of roofing felt laid in roofing pitch. The
rails for the street cars are laid on cast-iron plates resting on
the water-proofing, and are spiked to the floor planking. The
water-proofing is protected by a 1-inch layer of concrete com-
posed of road-pitch and sand. The wearing surface of the road-
way is of granite blocks laid upon a thin bed of sand, with the
joints between the blocks filled with pebbles and road pitch.
The sidewalk floor-beams rest directly on the top of the
outer girders of the bridge, and are anchored to the roadway
floor-beams by means of a web. At their outer ends they
bear a fascia which gives the outside finish to the edge of the
bridge and furnishes support to the outer edge of the
sidewalk. At their inner ends they bear a longitudinal
channel-iron to which is attached a cast-iron gutter curb.
The immediate support of the sidewalk paving is of pressed
steel buckle plates riveted at their edges to the floor-beams,
fascia, and longitudinal channel. The hollows of the buckle
plates are levelled up with pitch concrete, upon which is laid
a wearing surface of asphalt. At the outer edge of the
sidewalk there is a strong ahd simple iron railing 3 feet
7i inches high.
The top of the curb is 6 inches higher than the stone pav-
ing at the edge of the roadway. Between the curb and
the stone paving is a continuous longitudinal slit kept open
by separator blocks. This opening is intended to provide
for the surface drainage of the roadway and for the difference
in expansion between the roadways and the walks. The
ends of the floor planks are protected from the drippings by
a flashing of sheet copper, and the drippings are diverted
from the floor-beams and from the piers and abutments by
copper gutters.
Tlie posts supporting the elevated railway are placed
alternately at mid-span, and over the piers of the bridge.
Engineering Department. 21
Those at the piers stand directly on the masonry ; those at
mid-span are attaclied to special cross girders put in by the
railway company. In both cases the posts pass through
holes left for that purpose in the floor planking. The stone
paving is retained in place and prevented from touching the
posts by a curb casting having an opening of 18 inches by
26 inches.
The main girders of the fixed spans rest in pin-bearing
shoes. The shoes at that end of each span towards the
middle of the river are bolted to the pier masonry. The
shoes at the shoreward end of each span are provided with a
roller bearing to allow of expansion and contraction of the
girders with changes of temperature.
The draw-span is a swing or turntable draw 240 feet 6 in.
long and 100 feet wide between centres of sidewalk railings.
It has two sidewalks, two roadways for street traffic, one
roadway for surface street cars, and one floor above the
latter for a double track line of the Boston Elevated Rail-
way.
The main trusses are four in number, of the pin-connected
type, and discontinuous when the draw is in position for
travel.
Floor-beams, sidewalk brackets, and beams and stringers of
the elevated railway floor system are built sections, and
roadway and sidewalk stringers are rolled beams provided
with nailing pieces of hard pine. The sidewalks are covered
with 2-in. thick hard pine plank, and the roadways, with 6-
in. kyanized spruce, upon which a wearing surface of 2-in.
thick spruce is laid.
The draw is so designed that when swung clear of its end
supports its entire dead load is concentrated on the four
tower posts of the inside trusses, the outside trusses being
hung to them by two transverse trusses, the spaces occu-
pied by the middle panels of these trusses being required for
the passage of the elevated trains, it Avas not practicable to
counterbrace them, and therefore unbalanced live loads on
the outside trusses are transferred to the turntable by canti-
lever girders to which the trusses were connected by adjust-
able shoes after the draw was swmig. The weight on the
four tower posts of the inside trusses is carried to eight equi-
distant points on the turntable drum by a system of heavy
plate girders.
The turntable drum is 54 feet in diameter, with planed
steel track, and rests upon seventy steel wheels 27 in. mean
diameter, and 12 in. face. The lower track is planed steel
attached to a bed casting.
22 City Document No. 14.
The turning mechanism of the draw span consists of two
trains of gears driven by electric motors and engaging with a
circular rack fastened to the bed casting of the lower track.
The motors are operated from a controller in the power room.
A strap brake operated by compressed air is connected with
the main shaft of each train of gears, the purpose of these
brakes being to control the draw span in high winds, and re-
tard its motion when necessary. The ends of the draw-span
are provided Avith hydraulic jacks for bringing them to the
proper grade for traffic. The cylinders of these jacks trans-
fer the weights at ends of trusses to movable landing blocks
inserted between them and the draw landings, these blocks
being operated by the gateman at each end of the draw
span.
All the operations incident to turning and adjusting the
draw-span, except the moving of the landing blocks, are con-
trolled from a power room located between four of the dis-
tributing girders of the turntable. The hydraulic jacks
under the ends of the main trusses are operated by a special
mineral oil kept under pressure by compressed air in a set of
accumulators consisting of heavy steel tubes. The air com-
pressor is of 2,000 lbs. per square inch capacity. The accu-
mulators are charged by filling them with air at about 1,000
lbs. pressure and then pumping oil into them until the work-
ing pressure of 1,800 lbs. per square inch is reached.
An automatic air-pump connected with an air-tank sup-
plies air forlpperating the air-brakes and an oil ejector. All
the machinery in the power-room is driven by electric
motors, and the room is lighted and heated by electricity.
An electric signal system is provided for the general opera-
tion of the draw-span, and an emergency system, including
speaking tubes, affords means of further communication be-
tween the operator and the gatemen.
A target is provided to assist the operator in bringing the
draw-span into the proper position for traffic, this target being
electrically illuminated at night.
In operating the draw-span, its ends are first lifted clear
of the landing blocks and the blocks withdrawn by the gate-
men. The pressure on the jacks is then relieved, and the
ends of the span allowed to settle to their swinging level,
the plungers of the jacks being meanwhile lifted clear of the
draw landings by counterweighted levers. When the draw-
span returns to its position over the landings, the ends are
lifted about one-half inch above the proper grade, and after
the landing blocks are inserted, allowed to drop into bearing
upon them.
Engineeiung DEPAIlT^^ENT. 23
After an operation of the draw-span the air pressure in
the accumulators is regained by pumping into them the
amount of oil used in the jacks in lifting the ends of the
span. Loss of air from the accumulators is replenished from
time to time by the air-compressor working in combination
with the hydraulic pumps.
The Boston approach to the bridge rises on a 3 per cent,
gradient from Keany square to the edge of the river. It con-
sists of a solid earth embankment, retained at the sides by
masonry retaining Avails. The east wall is of rubble laid in
cement on a base of natural cement concrete. Its maximum
height is about 13^ feet. The west wall is located partly on
an old wharf and partly in the slip between two wharves.
The portion on the wharf is of rubble masonry. The portion
in the slip is of dressed granite, quarry faced, in courses of
thickness uniform with the courses of the abutment. The
foundation is of Portland cement concrete on piles. The
maximum height of this wall is about 24 feet above the con-
crete base. To diminish the outward thrust of the embank-
ment on the abutment and on the high portion of the west
wall, the filling adjacent to these walls is sustained b}^ a
timber platform, resting on piles, about 8 feet above mean
low water.
The paving of the Boston approach is of granite blocks on
a gravel base and the sidewalks are of brick. On the top of
the west wall is an iron fence like that on the river spans.
From City square to Water street the Charlestown approach
rises on a 3 per cent, gradient. This part of the approach
is a solid earth embankment, retained by a wall of dressed
granite on its western side, that towards Warren avenue.
A granite staircase leads up from Warren avenue at the
corner of Water street. The retaining wall is surmounted
by a granite balustrade. There is no retaining wall on the
east side of the embankment ; the filling is allowed to slope
on to adjoining land. The roadway paving between City
square and Water street is of granite blocks on gravel.
Water street is crossed by a bridge of two spans, made of
steel I-beams, between which are built brick arches levelled
up with cement concrete, upon which is laid a water-proofing
layer of roofing felt and pitch protected with a one-inch layer
of pitch concrete. The paving is of granite blocks with
pitched joints. The central pier is a trestle-bent of steel
upon a heavy granite foundation designed to serve as a wheel
guard. The abutments on both sides of Water street are of
quarry-faced granite in 2-foot courses, backed with rubble
and laid on a concrete foundation.
24 City Document No. 14.
Between Water street and the railroad the gradient of the
approach changes from 3 per cent, to -^^ of one per cent.
This part of the structure is a solid earth fill, enclosed by
granite walls similar in construction to the Water-street
abutments. The wall towards the railroad, however, has a
pile foundation.
South of the railroad a new passageway has been laid out,
leading from Warren avenue to Charles-river avenue. The
railroad and this new passageway are crossed by a bridge of
two spans. The central pier is of granite masonry. The
bridge is similar in construction to that over Water street,
except that, owing to the limited depth available asphalt is
used for paving instead of granite blocks. The railroad, at
this crossing, was depressed about 1 6 inches below its former
elevation.
The structure between the new passageway and the edge
of the river consists of a one-story building with side-walls
and one end wall of granite ashlar backed with brick. The
south end wall is the Charlestown abutment and parapet
wall. Alternate brick cross-walls and bents of steel columns
divide the building into apartments about 25 feet in width,
each provided with a large doorway at each end. The
building is available for storage. The walls rest on con-
crete foundations sustained by piles, except the south portion
of the west side-wall, which rests, on a granite dock-wall,
built, like the Charlestown abutnrent, on a concrete fonnda-
tion resting directly on hard bottom, without piles.
The cross-walls and columns support the roadway and
sidewalks, which are also the roof of the building. This roof
is made of steel beams supporting brick arches and concrete
filling, upon which is laid a water-proo&ig coat and the granite
block paving. The sidewalks are granolithic. The posts of
the elevated railway stand on the brick cross-walls before
mentioned.
The east doors of the storage building open upon land ac-
quired by the Commission between the new structure and
Charles-river avenue. The west doors open on a passage-
way 30 feet wide, connecting with the new passageway .
beside the railroad. The southern end of the 30-foot pas-
sageway is on piles in the river, and forms a wharf at which
light-draft vessels can unload.
After the new bridge was sufficiently advanced to be
opened for travel the Charles-river bridge, in compliance with
the terms of the license issued December 27, 1895, by the
War Department,, was completely removed from harbor line
to harbor line.
Engineering Department. 25
Chelsea Bridge (over Boston ^ Maine B.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, and the sidewalk needs repairing ; 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. The
draw-way has been widened, to 60 feet, the draw being
lengthened at each end, new and longer piers having been
built ; the draw has been painted ; the wheel-guard has been
raised and widened and ordinary repairs have been made;
the old fender-guard is in poor condition, and some of the
sidewalk planking needs renewal ; otherwise the bridge is in
good condition. (See page 112.)
Chelsea Bridge, South (over South Channel, Mystic River').
This is a pile bridge with an iron draw. The original
bridge was 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 machinery
has been overhauled, and general repairs have been made.
The fender-guards and the top of the pier are in poor con-
dition, and the waterways 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
has been painted, and general repairs been made ; the bridge
" condition.
26 City Document No. 14.
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.
h
Columhus-ave7iue Bridges (over Boston cf Albany B.R. and
Providence Division N. Y., N. H. ^ H. R.R.).
The bridge over the Boston & Albany Railroad was built
in 1876-77, and is maintained by the City. In 1899 the
bridge was shortened 11 feet at its south end, and a pier
built in place of the old south abutment. This work was
done by the N. Y., N. H., & H. R.R. in connection with its
new location of tracks leading to the South Station. A
small amount of painting has been done during the year, but
the whole bridge should be painted and the flooring repaired.
The bridge over the tracks of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R.
was built in 1899, and is maintained by that company.
Commercial Point or Tenean Bridge (Dorchester).
This is a wooden pile bridge with a wooden leaf draw,
built in 18-75. Only small repairs have been made. This
bridge is in poor condition ; the draw and 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 is
now in good condition.
Congress-street Bridge (over Fort Point Channel).
This is a wooden pile bridge with an iron turntable draw
on a stone foundation, and was built in 1874-75. Two
shelter houses have been completed, the spur-shores have
been refitted, the bridge has been repaved on the Boston
side of the draw and general repairs have been made.
In connection with the work of abolishing the grade cross-
ing on Congress street a new abutment has been built on the
Boston side of the channel at the harbor line, a sea-wall has
been built between Dorchester avenue and the old abutment,
the old bridge back of the new abutment has been removed,
the street has been filled, and about 30 feet of the bridge
has been rebuilt and paved. Some of the fencing and side-
walk near the Boston end, part of the roadway flooring and
paving are in very poor condition. The track circles are
Engineering Department. 27
much worn, the fender-guards and wings on the waterway
are in poor condition. The draw should be provided with
new tracks, the lower chord should be uncovered, examined,
repaired if necessar}-, and be painted ; the centre of the
bridge and part of the gutter and sidewalk should be un-
covered, the poor timber and planking should be renewed,
and the bridge repaved, and repairs are needed on the cross-
bracing, fender-guards, ends of draw and draw landings ; the
sidewalks on the draw need renewal.
Cornivall-street Bridge (jover Stony brook, West Roxlury').
This is a small wooden bridge, built in 1892. It is in
good condition.
Cottage Farm Bridge (over Boston ^ Albany B.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-
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 Qover fiats, East Boston^.
This is a wooden pile bridge, built in 1889, for foot travel
only. Some of the piles are commencing to decay, and one
pile needs repauing ; the cross-bracing is in poor condition
and should be renewed where necessary, the flooring and
fences at the ends of the bridge need repairing and the fences
should be painted ; otherwise the bridge is in fair condition.
Dartmouth-street Bridges (over Boston ^ Albany B.R., and
Providence Division, iV. Y., N. R. ^ H. R.R.).
The bridge over the Boston & Albany Railroad was built
in 1878-79, and is maintained by the City. Very extensive
changes were made in this bridge in 1899 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 short plate-girder span was entirely
removed, and the main truss span moved northerly about
thirty -four feet along the street line, and new masonry built
28 City Document No. 14.
to support the bridge in its new position. During the year
the entire bridge has been cleaned and painted. The lower
planking is poor, and should be renewed when the bridge is
again sheathed.
The bridge over the tracks of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R.,
was built in 1899, and is maintained by the railroad company.
Dorchester-avenue Bridge (over Old Colony Division, N. Y.,
N. H. ^ H. E.R.}.
See page 129.
Dorchester-street Bridge (over Old Colony Division, New
York, Neiu Haven ^ Hartford B.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. The bridge is, however, too
light a structure for the street-car traffic now passing over it,
but as the railroad tracks are to be removed very soon and
the bridge abandoned, it can be made to do service for a year
or two longer, if carefully looked after.
Dover-street Bridge (over Fort Poivit Channel).
This was originally a wooden pile bridge, built in 1806,
rebuilt m 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 resting on masonry piers
was built. The under part of the bridge has been painted,
and new walks have been laid on the sidewalks of the draw,
and general repairs have been made ; the draw-piers are
being repaired ; some new track is needed for the draw ; the
rack should be realigned in order that the draw may be
reversed!; the masonry piers need repointing. (See page
106.) J
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.
\J 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
Engineering Department. 2f
was rebuilt in 1891 ; the woodwork above the piles was
renewed in 1896. The upper part of the up-river pier has
been rebuilt. The bridge should be painted ; one Samson
post needs additional fastening ; the curb irons on the Cam-
bridge side need regulating, and the staging under the bridge
on the Boston side needs strengthening.
Everett-street Bridge (over Boston cf Albany R.R., Brighton).
This is an iron bridge, built in 1891, by the Boston &
Albany Railroad Company. As reported last year the bridge
needs painting and slight repairs to some of the woodwork.
Federal-street Bridge (over Fort Point Channel).
This is a wooden pile bridge, with a double retractile iron
draw, and was rebuilt in 1891-2. The sidewalks on the
draw have been replanked, the waterways have been repaired,
the gates have been painted, and general repairs have been
made. The fence on the main bridge needs painting, the
sidewalk needs resurfacing in part, the wharves and fender-
guards need repairing ; the deck of the draw needs renewal,
the bulkheads at the draw-landing should be trimmed, and
the draws should run on further ; some loose lumber has
been caught in the piling and should be removed ; additional
stops are needed for the draw, the trucks should be cleaned,
and a spare truck should be provided ; some of the spur-
shores have begun to decay, and need refitting; the irons on
the waterway need repairing.
Fen Bridge (in the Fens).
This bridge was built in 1891-3. It is in good condition.
Ferdiiiand-street Bridge [over Boston ^ Albany B.M.).
This is an iron bridge, built in 1892. In 1899 this bridge
was shortened about three feet at its southerly end, and the
old south abutment replaced by a brick pier. This work was
done by the N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. in connection with its new
location of tracks leading to the South Station. The fences
on the bridge need some repairs, and the lower planking
should be renewed.
Forest Hills Entrance Bridge (in Franklin Park).
This bridge was built in 1894-5. It is maintained by
the Park Department, and is in good condition.
30 City Document No. 14.
Q-old-street Bridge (over Midland Division, New York, New
Haven ^ Hartford M.B.).
This bridge was built in 1895, replacing a foot-bridge
which was built in 1890. The bridge has been painted, and
the roadway has been sheathed ; the sidewalk plank should
be renewed, and the walls need some repointing ; otherwise
the bridge is in good condition.
Granite 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 fence has been repaired
and painted. The piling is getting worn; the spur-shores
should be rebolted, and the piles should be cross-braced ; the
sidewalk and up-stream pier should be replaned ; the fender-
guard needs repairing, the abutment should be repaired, and
the bridge should be painted.
Harvard Bridge (from Boston to Cambridge).
This is an iron bridge, with an iron turntable draw, and
was built in 1887-91. The bridge is in the care of two
Commissioners, 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 the ironwork on the Boston side has been painted,
excepting the railings. The Cambridge side should be
painted, and the railings on both sides. The under plank-
ing should be renewed. The planking of the draw-piers is
very rotten and dangerous in places ; both piers should be
replanked. The masonry should be pointed. The sidewalks
are in very poor condition, and cannot be considered credit-
able to the cities responsible for the maintenance of the
bridge.
Harvard-street Bridge (over Midland Division, Neiv York,
New Haven ^ Hartford R.R., Dorchester).
The sidewalks are supported by the City, the roadway by
the railroad ; the brickwork under one of the Avalks needs
repairing; otherwise the bridge is in good condition.
Huntington-avenue Bridge (over Boston <f Albany R.R.).
This is an iron bridge. It was built in 1872, and in
1876-7 the abutments were rebuilt and the bridge widened
Engineering Department. 31
by the addition of two new girders. In 1896, in conse-
quence of changes in the grade of tlie 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.
Ipstvich-street Bridge (over Waterway in the Fens').
The bridge was built in 1898, and is in good condition.
Irvington-street Foot-bridge (over Providence Division^ New
York, Neiv Haven ^' Hartford R.R.).
This is an iron foot-bridge, built in 1892, and is now in
good condition except paintmg, which should be done during
the year.
L-street Bridge (over Reserved Channel, South Boston).
This is a wooden pile bridge, with an iron retractile draw.
It was built in 1892. General repairs have been made.
Some of the piling in the fender-guard and under the six-
foot walk needs renewal. The iron girders need repainting.
The bridge is in good condition.
Leverett-Pond Foot-bridge (in Leverett 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 <f Lynn
R.R.).
This is an iron bridge, built in 1889. The bridge should
be painted, and the sidewalks should be repaired. 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.
Longtvood-avenue Bridge {over Muddy River and Boston
cf Albany R.R.).
The original wooden structure was built in 1857, and re-
built in 1877. The present masonry arches were erected in
32 City Document No. 14.
1899 by the Park Departments of Boston and Brookliue,
and are maintained jointly by them.
Maiden Bridge (^from Charlestown to EvereW).
This bridge is being rebuilt, and the ti^avel is accommo-
dated by a temporary bridge which is in good condition.
(See page 130.)
Massachusetts-avenue Bridge (over Boston ^ Alhany 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. Some new lower planking has been put in during
the yenr, and the ironwork painted. The sidewalks should
be resurfaced.
Massachusetts-avenue Bridge (over Providence Division,
Neiv York, New Haven ^ Hartford R.R.^.
This is an iron bridge, built in 1876. It is in good con-
dition with the exception of the lower planking, which should
be renewed. The sidewalks have been re planked during the
year.
Mattapan Bridge (from Dorchester to Milton').
The City maintains the part within its limits. This is an
old iron bridge, and is in poor condition, and will soon be re-
placed. A new deck of 4-inch spruce has been put on the
roadway, and the sidewalksh ave been repaired. Plans are
being made by the Metropolitan Park Commission for a new
bridge at this place, and the work of construction will be
commenced at an early date.
Meridian-street Bridge (from East Boston to Chelsea).
This is a wooden pile bridge, with a wooden turntable
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.
Only general repairs have been made. 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 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 fur-
Engineering Department. 33
nished with some new rack, the track is getting much worn,
and one pile under the sidewalk should be spliced.
Milton Bridge (^from Dorchester to Milto7i).
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 widening
is an iron structure on stone columns. The Roslindale and
West Roxbury R.R. Co. has laid a track across the bridge,
previously rebuilding the westerly sidewalk in a new loca-
tion. The bridge should be painted and the sidewalk plank-
ing on the down-stream side of the bridge should be renewed ;
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 Quincg).
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 turntable draw. The fences and
iron girders have been painted, and general repairs been
made. The up-stream draw arm is bent from being struck ;
the piers and fender-guards need extensive repairs ; the
stringers near the gudgeons are in poor condition, and the
iron flaps need thorough overhauling.
Neptune-road Bridge (over Boston, Revere Beach ^ Lynn
R.R.).
This is an iron bridge, built in 1887-88, and is mam-
tained by the Park Department. The roadway plank should
be renewed ; otherwise the bridge is in good condition.
y
34 City Document No. 14.
Newton-street Bridge (over Providence Division^ New York.,
Neio Eaven cf Hartford R.R.^.
This is an iron bridge, built in 1872. The sidewalks have
been resurfaced. The bridge should be painted and the
lower planking repaired.
North Beacon-street Bridge (^from Brighton to Watertowii).
The City maintains the part within its hmits. This is a
wooden pile bridge with a wooden leaf draw. The original
structure was built in 1822, and the present one in 1884.
As was reported last year the bridge is in poor condition,
several of the draw arms need renewal, and some of the piles
and deck planking. The pier needs replanking along the
channel-way, and new plank and capsills on the top. The
bolts and fastenings to the draw are broken and need renewal.
North Harvard-street Bridge (from Brighton to Cambridge^.
The City maintains the part within its limits. This bridge
was originall}" 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 Citj^ pays one-half the cost of mainte-
nance. The bridge has been painted and minor repairs
have been made. The abutment, piling, roadway plank and
fence are in poor condition ; the counterbalances need addi-
tional rear strikers. This bridge should be replaced with a
new and wider structure, more in keeping with the improve-
ments recently made in the vicinity.
Perkins-street Foot-bridge (over the B. ^ M. R,R. and
B. ^ A. R.R. in Charlestown').
This is a new bridge of three spans, two of wooden string-
ers and one of steel Pratt trusses ; it was built under the
Grade Crossmg Act and is connected with the street by
flights of steps ; the bridge is completed, and will be opened
to travel in a few days.
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
City pays one-half the cost of maintenance. It is in poor
Engineering Department. 35
condition, The planking on the draw and a part of the
bridge has been renewed, and the hinges have been repaired.
The stringers near the gudgeons are rotten, the draw-arms
are l)ent and broken, the planking under one sidewalk is in
poor condition ; this bridge will probably be soon rebuilt at
a higher grade, owing to the abolishing 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. During the year new hard
pine planking has been laid, and the bridge is now in good
condition.
Scarhoro'' 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.
Sliawmut-avenue Bridge (over Boston ^ Albany B.B., and
Providence Division., New York., New Haven ^ Hart-
ford B.B.').
This is an iron bridge, built in 1871, and although it was
cleaned and painted in 1897, parts of it, particularly over the
main tracks of the B. & A. R.R., are very rusty. The
whole bridge should be stripped, cleaned and painted, and
the cast-iron parapet covering the sidewalk girders should be
taken off so that the condition of these girders can be ascer-
tained. The lower planking is also very poor and should be
renewed.
Spring-street Bridge (from West Boxbury to Bedharri).
This is a stone bridge. The City maintains the part within
its limits. It is in good condition.
Stony-brook 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 Bridges {over A, B, C, streets').
See page 121.
36 City Document No. 14.
Summer-street Bridge (over iV. F., N. H. ^ H. R.R.
Freight tracks).
See page 126.
Summer-street Bridge (over Fort Point Channel).
See page 119.
Swett-street Bridge (over Old Colony Division^ N. Y.^ N. H.
i' IT. R.B.).
See page 129.
Swett-street Bridges (over South Bay Sluices).
These are wooden bridges, built in 1875, as temporary-
structures ; the easterly bridge has been strengthened and
redecked and except the wing bulkheads both bridges are
in fair condition,
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. The
piers and wharves have been replanked. Some of the side-
walk planking has been renewed, and the concrete sidewalks
been repaired and resurfaced ; the fencing has been repaired
and painted, and new sidewalks have been built on the draw.
Some of the piles under the wharf supporting the draw-
tender's house are broken, the fender-guards are in poor con-
dition, the paving, the planking on the waterway and the
track timbers need repairing ; the sidewalk near the old
Fitchburg Station should be extended about 20 feet.
West Boston Temporary Bridge (from Boston to Cambridge).
This bridge was built in 1898-99 to accommodate the
travel using West Boston bridge till the Cambridge bridge
should be built ; it is in care of the Commissioners for the
Boston and Cambridge bridges ; the City pays one-half the
cost of maintenance. The bolting near the draws needs
overhauling ; the bridge is in good condition.
Engineering Department. 37
West Fourth-street Bridge (over Old Colony Division^ New
York, New Haven ^ Hartford M.R.).
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 has been renewed, the lower planking patched, and some
sheathing laid by the City during the past year. The lower
planking is in poor condition and should be renewed. The
bridge should be painted.
West Rutland-square Foot-bridge (over Providence Division^
New York, New Haven ^ Hartford R.RS).
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 of
maintenance. Ordinary repairs have been made. The main
bridge on the Cambridge side is in good condition, the plank-
ing on the piers and waterway need repairing. On the
Boston side, some of the piles, the deck planking and fences
are poor and need renewal, and the pier planking needs re-
newal in part.
Western-avenue Bridge (Brighton to Watertown').
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 draw has been painted, and the bearings at
the ends of the draw have been adjusted. Two lines of
tracks of the Boston Elevated Railroad now cross this bridge,
and additional stringers of hard pine were placed in the draw
under each rail. A large latch is needed at the Watertown
end of the draw. The Boston end of the draw should be
raised and the centre taken out and adjusted. The angles of
the ap-stream pier and fender-guards are broken and should
be repaired and scupper holes should be made in the flooring
of the draw foundation inside the track circle.
38 City Document No. 14.
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 now being
repaired.
Wood Island Park Foot-bridge.
This is a steel foot-bridge, built in 1898-99, and connects
Prescott street, East Boston, with Wood Island Park, span-
ning the tracks of the Boston, Revere Bea-ch & Lynn Railroad.
The walls need pointing and the bridge should be painted.
Bridges wholly Supported hy Railroad Corporations.
The bridges maintained by the several railroad companies
are in good or fair condition, with the exceptions noted. One
of the trusses of the Dorchester-avenue bridge has been re-
built. The abutments and filling between the two bridges
on Main street and the two bridges on Mystic avenue have
been removed and additional bridge work built, making one
bridge at each place instead of two.
Most of the railroad bridges over the Midland Division,
N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R., in South Boston and the Norfolk-
street bridge, near the Dorchester Station, are in need of
repairs ; the stringers should be examined by removing the
planking, and the woodwork should be renewed where neces-
sary.
-J"
Engineering Department. 39
SURVEYING DIVISION.
iThe work of the Surveying Division has proceeded upon
the general lines of former years and has consisted mainly of
giving lines and grades of public streets, to builders and
owners, as required in connection with building operations,
and doing such surveying as called upon for by the several
City Departments, the greater part being for the Street
Laying-out Department and the Street Department.
\During the season of 1900 the construction of Common-
wealth avenue was completed.
The large amount of construction and repair work per-
formed by the Street Department called for an unusual
amount of line and grade work by this Division.
"two hundred and twenty-five petitions to lay artificial
stone sidewalks have been reported upon to the Superintend-
ent of Streets.
V In eighty-eight cases the Paving Division was notified that
the existing edgestone should be reset to the correct line and
grade.
^ The amount of edgestone required for one hundred and
eighty-one estates was ascertained and reported upon to the
Paving Division.
^ Fifty-four petitions to construct coal holes, bulkhead and
sidewalk areas were reported upon to the Superintendent of
Streets.
^ Two hundred and thirty-nine petitions for the construction
of catch-basins were reported to the Sewer Division.
A system of catch-basins was furnished the Sewer Division
01} seventy-nine streets, calling for six hundred and fourteen
basins.
The locations of two hundred and eighty-nine catch-basins
were staked out, and sketches of the same furnished the
Sewer Division.
Two hundred and forty-three plans and profiles, represent-
ing a total length of thirty and six-tentlis miles, showing
1,712 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.
40
City Document No. 14.
A few of the more important being Carleton street, from
Yarmouth street to Massacliusetts avenue ; South Hunting-
ton avenue, from Heath street to Centre street ; Hyde Park
avenue, from Forest Hills street to the Dedham line ; Ruther-
ford avenue, from Chapman street over Devens street and
Bow street to City square ; Boardman street, from Saratoga
street to Gladstone street, and Heath street, from Hunting-
ton avenue to Parker street.
Plans have been made of ten passageways for the purpose
of laying them out as Public Alleys.
Fifty-six plans have been made for the purpose of assess-
ing benefits occasioned by the laying out and construction
of new streets. The most important being that of Columbus
avenue, from Park square to Franklin park.
The grades and lines of twenty private streets submitted
to the Street Commissioner were examined and reported
upon.
Plans of the following cemeteries have been made for the
Cemetery Commission : Central Burial Ground, on the
Common ; South Burial Ground, at the South End ; Bunker
Hill Burying Ground, Charlestown ; Eliot Cemetery, Rox-
bury; North Burying Ground, Dorchester; South Cemetery,
Dorchester, and the Market-street Burying Ground, Brighton.
Surveys have been made for the Hospital Department, at
the City Hospital, and a plan prepared of the Emergency
Hospital site in Haymarket square.
This Division, as Custodian of the records, in relation to
the magnetic variation in Suffolk County, is frequently
called upon to furnish information upon that subject. The
following table, covering a period of thirty years, gives the
number of tests for each year and the yearly average of the
same :
Year.
Number
of
Tests.
Average Varia-
tion
West of North.
YEAR.
Number
of
Tests.
Average Varia-
tion
West of North.
1871
9
8
3
3
3
13
6
8
10° -53' -46"
IP -09'- 47"
11° -07' -53"
IP -11' -40"
10° -58' -33"
IP -13' -00"
IP- 12' -36"
11° -28'- 56"
11° -35' -15"
IP -34' -53"
IP -28' -23"
IP -36' -18"
IP -42- -02"
lP-46'-13"
IP -43'- 12"
1886
14
]■
"s
6
'8
1872
lP-51'-i^4"
IP -40' -57"
1888
1874
1875
IP -39'- 56"
IP -49' -SO"
1876
1891
1877
1878
1894
1895
1896
1880
1881
1882
1897
12° -04' -37"
1883
1884
1885
1900
12° -35' -45"
Engineeking Department.
41
In connection with the Surveying Division there have been
3,060 titles examined, 1,221 deeds and 572 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, 1900, to February 1, 1901 :
Street lines given ....... 445
Street grades given . . . . . . .384
Street Department, Paving Division . . . . 2,262
Street Department, Sewer Division . . . .676
Street Department, Street Watering Division . . 27
Buildings Department ...... 46
Public Buildings Department . . . . . 17
Public Grounds Department ..... 7
Law Department ....... 94
Street Commissioners ...... 392
Engineering Department ...... 225
Park Department ....... 3
Board of Health 2
City Hospital Department ..... 3
Police Department ....... 2
Fire Department ....... 1
Cemetery Department ...... 11
School Committee ....... 3
Mayor and City Council ...... 3
Total 4,603
Twenty-two hundred and seventy-five blue prints have
been made during the year.
List of plans for sewerage works made during the year
ending January 31, 1901.
Putnam street outlet.
East Boston.
Condor street to water.
Dorchester.
Davenport brook. — Bailey street to Fuller street.
Freeport street. — Glendale street to Hancock street.
Shoreham street. — Carson street to Old Colony Railroad.
Brighton.
Commonwealth avenue and Harvard street. — Dwyer lot.
Faneuil Valley brook. — Washington street opposite Fairbanks
street.
3Iadison avenue.
Between Madison avenue and Shannon street.
42 City Document No. 14.
The following list gives the principal sewerage works
staked out for construction, during the year ending January
31, 1901:
South Boston.
B street. — East First street to Congress street.
East Boston.
Putnam street outlet. — Condor street to water,
'Wordsworth street. — Bennington street to Pope street.
Dorchester.
Canterbury brook. — Lyons street, from Callender street to
Franklin field.
Richmond street outlet. — From Adams street to Milton Branch
Railroad.
Shoreham street. — From Carson street to Old Colony Railroad,
Tenean creek. — From Park street to Adams street.
Tenean creek. — From Adams street to Sewer Department Yard.
Tenean creek. — From Gibson street to Dix street.
Brighton.
Harvard avenue. — From Commonwealth avenue to Harvard
avenue.
Harvard avenue. — From Harvard avenue to Commonwealth
avenue.
Faneuil Valley brook. — From Oakland street to Fairbanks
street.
Madison street. — From Madison street to Shannon street.
Faneuil Valley brook. — From Washington street to Lake
street.
West Roxbuey.
Belgrade avenue. — From bend to Lorraine street.
Boylston avenue. — Between Ginn estate and railroad.
Cornell street. — From Newburg street to Westbourne street.
Gardner street. — Near ice houses.
Lorraine street. — From Belgrade avenue to Colberg street.
Perkins street. — From Centre street to Parkway.
Pleasant street. — From Dent street towards LaGrange street.
Railroad street. — From Centre street to Corey street.
Stony brook. — From Green street to Sturtevant's Blower
Works.
Westbourne street. — From Cornell street to Beech street.
Engineering Department.
43
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, 1901 :
73 CO
ess;
0 a-a
3 9 =^ «
j4 o'S
^^
February..
April
May
June
July
August —
September.
October —
November .
December..
January .. .
147
1,934
2,889
1,233
2,365
1,632
2,606
3,323
66
71
1,211
8,206
24,807
24,273
37,203
34,748
51,532
46,134
28,455
8,342
24
448
3,122
8,514
13,305
14,457
18,264
31,275
36,941
25,542
1,367
7,159
4,158
8,628
12,989
10,891
11,093
3,193
1,726
183
348
3,487
8,592
8,317
19,119
20,539
31,210
26,241
26,014
3,813
Totals.
489 16,541 264,982 161,428 61,356
147
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, 1901, by districts:
Districts.
ill
CO
Square Yards
Block - stone
Paving and
Crossings.
•S a
US
i2
11
c«
CD
11
It
CO
4,978
401
64,160
30,107
14,843
12,178
70,028
48,446
13,134
12,086
54,700
16,099
2,821
6,779
44,606
21,777
7,703
6,943
7,346
7,858
4,942
2,863
8,614
6,119
16,311
7,303
44,930
22,615
14,706
7,533
45,644
8,085
3,792
558
1,995
South Boston
489
4,543
6,004
166
449
382
West Roxbury.
Totals
489
16,541
264,982
161,428
61,356
147,863
2,377
44
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 seven years :
Year Ending
January 31.
CO
Square Yards
Block - stone
Paving and
Crossings.
11,
IB
pi
^1
1895
23,487
129,383
120,158
154,718
76,991
86,354
264,982
12,007
60,472
64.952
100,414
56,541
60,803
161,428
5,175
32,940
24,976
36,658
14,249
17,323
61,356
6,168
68,701
68,178
94,003
43,930
48,946
3,962
12,2^6
13,471
13,599
11,652
14,221
16,541
11,738
183
2,971
4,019
1,619
789
489
1,406
1996
1,297
394
1897
1898
27
1899
1900
16
1901
2,377
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, 1900, to February 1, 1901 :
City Proper.
(North of Massachusetts avenue.)
Albany street, south-east side, Beach street to Kneeland street.
Grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Albany street, at Dover street. Measurement of edgestone and
roadway paving.
Albion street, at Compton street. Measurement of edgestone,
roadway and sidewalk paving.
Anderson street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk,
and sidewalk paving.
Atlantic avenue, at Hotel Essex. Meaurement of sidewalk
paving.
Atlantic avemte, easterly side, at Lewis wharf. Measurement
of edgestone, roadway, and sidewalk paving.
Atlantic avenue, westerly side, Broad street to Belcher lane.
Grade of edgestone tested and measurement of edgestone,
gutter, and sidewalk paving.
Barrett street, southerly corner North street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Beach street. South street to Atlantic avenue. Line and grade
for edgestone.
Engineering Department. 45
Beach street^ southwesterly side, Albany street to Lincoln street.
Revised grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Beacon street, north side, near Somerset street. Grade of edge-
stone tested for area.
Beacon street, Nos. 8-10. Grade for edgestone, grade of edge-
stone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Beacon street, westerly corner Dartmouth street. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone, etc., for proposed grade.
Beacon street, Nos. 270 to 280. Measurement of edgestone and
sidewalk paving.
Beacon street, No. 394. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Beacon street, Nos. 412 to 416. Grade of edgestone tested and
grade for inside.
Belcher lane, Purchase street to Atlantic avenue. Grade for
edgestone tested and measurement of edgestone, roadway
and sidewalk paving.
Belmdere street, northerly side, Massachusetts avenue to St.
Cecilia street. Grade for edgestone tested, line and grade
for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Boylston street, Tremont street to Washington street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Boylston street, Nos. 274 to 310. Measurement of edgestone,
roadway and sidewalk paving.
Boylston street, Nos. 306 to 318. Plan and profile for revised
grade, grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade
for inside and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
waUi paving.
Boylston street, southerly corner Exeter street. Line and grade
for edgestone, line and grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Bosioorth street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and side-
walk paving.
Broad street, northeast side, India street to Export street. Plan
and profile for proposed grade and grade for inside for area.
Broadvmy, Washington street to B. & A. R.R. Measurement
of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Cambridge street. No. 29. Grade of sidewalk tested for bulk-
head.
Cambridge street, south side, Joy street to South Russell street.
Measurement of edgestone and sidewalk paving.
Canal street, at Haymarket square over Subway. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone for revised grade.
Canal street, opposite Travers street. Measurement of edge-
stone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Carver street. No. 8. Grade of sidewalk tested for area.
Causeway street, Prince street to Medford street. Measurement
of roadway paving.
46 City Document No. 14.
Cazenove street^ westerly corner Chandler street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, grade of edgestone, grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Cazenove street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk
and sidewalk paving.
Central street^ Broad street to India street. Plan and profile for
proposed grade, grade for edgestone on north side, and
measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Chambers street., Nos. 105 to 113. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Chambers street^ westerly corner Spring street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, grade for edgestone and grade for inside for
area.
Chambers street^ No. 121. Grade of edgestone tested, grade
for inside and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Chambers street, Cambridge street to Green street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Chandler street., easterly corner Cazenove street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Charles street., No. 76. Grade of sidewalk tested for bulkhead.
Charles street., No. 156 to Cambridge street. Measurement of
edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Charlestown street.. No. 32. Grade of edgestone tested and
grade for inside for arpa.
Charlestovm (New) Bridge., northerly corner Causeway street.
Measurement of roadway paving.
Charter street.. No. 76, to Commercial street. Measurement of
edgestone, crosswalk gutter and sidewalk paving.
Chatham, street., Nos. 5 and 16. Grade for inside for area.
Church street., Boylston street to Pi-ovidence street. Measure-
ment of roadway paving.
Claremont parlc . Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk
and sidewalk paving.
Clarendon street., Tremont street to Columbus avenue. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Columbus ave7iue, north-westerly side, Buckingham street to
Northampton street. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Columbus aoenue., south-easterly side, Columbus square to Mas-
sachusetts avenue. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Commercial street., Hull street to Prince street. Measurement
of edgestone and roadway paving.
Commercial street., Nos. 23 and 27. Grade of sidewalk tested
for area.
Compton street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and side-
walk paving.
Cornhill., Franklin avenue to Washington street. Plan and pro-
file to see if grade can be given.
Cornhill., No. 25. Grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone
tested, grade for inside and measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Engineering Department. 47
Creek square. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and side-
walk paving.
Cross street, Endicott street to Hanover street. Measurement of
edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Dalton street, south-westerly side, Dundee street to Falmouth
street. Grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for edge-
stone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Dartmouth street, Nos. 109-111. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for edgestone, profile for revised grade, revised grade
for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside,
and measurement of sidewalk paving.
JDartn-iouth street, No. 116. Grade of edgestone tested, line and
grade for edgestone, line and grade of edgestone tested,
and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Dartmouth street, westerly side. No. 120 to Columbus avenue.
Measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Dartmouth street. No. 126. Grade of edgestone tested for area.
Devonshire street. No. 23. Grade of sidewalk tested for area.
Dover street, Albany street to Fort Point channel. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Dundee street, southerly corner Dalton street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, line and grade for edgestone, line and grade of
edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
East street, corner Atlantic avenue. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Edinhoro street, Nos. 9 and 11. Grade of sidewalk tested for
area.
Elm street, Nos. 7 and 9. Grade for edgestone tested (twice),
grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Endicott street, Nos. 25 to 29. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone and sidewalk paving.
Essex street. Hotel Essex. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Exeter street, southerly corner Boylston street. Line and grade
for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Falmouth street, westerly corner Dalton street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, line and grade for edgestone, line and grade of
edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Falmouth street, south-easterly side near Massachusetts avenue.
Line and grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Federal street, north-easterly corner High street. Plan and pro-
file for proposed grade, line and grade for edgestone, grade
of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
sidewalk paving.
Friend street, south-westerly side, near Sudbury street. Line
and grade for edgestone.
48 City Document No. 14.
Friend street^ Washington street to Sudbury street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Garden street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Gray street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Grove sti'eet. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Hancock street., Mt. Vernon street to Myrtle street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Harrison avenue.^ westerly side, at Hotel Savoy. Grade of
edgestone tested and grade for inside for area.
Haverhill street^ Haymarket square to Travers street. Profile of
edgestone for revised grade, grade for edgestone, and
measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Hawley street, Franklin street to Summer street. Measurement
of roadway paving.
Haymarhet square. Measurement of roadway paving.
High street.^ north-easterly corner Federal street. Plan and pro-
file of building for grade, line and grade for edgestone,
revised grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade
for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Howard street., No. 9. Grade of sidewalk tested for area.
Howard street. No. 33. Grade of edgestone tested and grade
for inside for area.
Huntington avenue, Nos. 64 and 66. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving,
Huntington avenue, at Copley Square Hotel. Measurement of
gutter paving.
Irving street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, sidewalk and
crosswalk paving.
Irvington street, southerly corner Huntington avenue. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for edgestone, revised grade for
edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
James street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, sidewalk and
crosswalk paving.
John street, easterly corner North street. Grade of edgestone
tested, grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Joy street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk, drive-
way and sidewalk paving.
Eneeland street, northeasterly side, Albany street to Lincoln
street. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of sidewalk paving.
Kneeland street, Albany street to Atlantic avenue. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Juawrence street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Lehigh street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and side-
walk paving.
Leverett street. No. 30. Grade of edgestone tested for area.
Engineering Department. 49
Leverett street^ No. 60. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measnrement of sidewalk paving.
Lincoln street^ north-westerly side. Beach street to Kneeland
street. Revised grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone
tested, grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Lincoln street^ north-westerly side, No. 185 to Kneeland street.
Measurement of roadway paving.
Massachusetts avenite^ northerly corner Belvidere street. Grade
of edgestone tested, line and grade for edgestone, line and
grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Massachusetts avenue^ Boylston street to Falmouth street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and sidewalk
paving.
Massachusetts avenue^ northerly corner St. Germain street.
Grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Massachusetts avenue, at Dundee street. Measurement of cross-
walk paving.
Massachusetts avenue, at Falmouth street. Measurement of
crosswalk paving.
3Iassachusetts avenue, Columbus avenue to Boston & Provi-
dence Railroad. Plan and profile for revised grade.
Massachusetts avenue, Tremont street to Washington street.
Plan and profile for edgestone for proposed grade and
measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and sidewalk
paving.
Medford street, No. 23. Measurement of sidewalli paving.
Merchants Kov), at Faneuil Hall. Grade for area on sidewalk.
Merrimac street, Sudbury street to Friend street. Measurement
of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
3It. Vernon street, Joy street to Hancock street. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
3It. Vernon place. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Myrtle street, northerly side. South Russell street, to Joy street.
Grade of edgestone tested.
Myrtle street, Revere street to Joy street. Measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Norman street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and side-
walk paving.
North street. No. 348. Grade of edgestone tested for area and
grade for inside.
North street, south-easterly side, John street to Barrett street.
Grade of edgestone tested, grade for edgestone, grade of
edgestone tested, grade for inside and measurement of side-
walk paving.
Norway street, Massachuestts avenue to Falmouth street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
50 City Document No. 14.
North Market street, at Faneuil Hall. Grade for area on sidewalk.
Otis street^ Nos. 27 and 29. Grade of sidewalk tested for area.
Phillips street^ West Cedar street to Ii-ving street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Pinckney street^ Joy street to Charles street. Measurement of
edgestone, gutter, driveway and sidewalk paving.
Pitts street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk
paving.
Pleasant street^ Tremont street to Carver street. Measurement
of roadway and sidewalk paving.
Portland street^ westerly corner Sudbury street. Line and grade
for edgestone.
Purchase street, easterly side, Atlantic avenue to Belcher lane.
Grade of edgestone tested and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Revere street, Grove street to Irving street. Measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Revere street. West Cedar street to Charles street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Rollins street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and
sidewalk paving.
St. Cecilia street, northwesterly corner Belvidere street. Line
and grade for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone
tested, grade for inside and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
St. Germain street, Nos. 36 to 48. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
St. Germain street, northerly corner Massachusetts avenue.
Grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for edgestone,
grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
Sotith Market street. No. 47. Grade for inside for area.
South Margin street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and
sidewalk paving.
Savoy street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk
paving.
Shawmut avenue, at West Newton street. Measurement of
edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Snoichill street. Charter street to Hull street. Measurement of
edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
Spring street, westerly corner Chambers street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, grade for edgestone, and grade for inside for
area.
State street, No. 70. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside,
and measurement of sidewalk paving.
State street, No. 77. Grade of sidewalk tested for area.
State street, No. 109. Grade of sidewalk tested for area.
Stillman street, Endicott street to Charlestown street. Measure-
ment of roadway paving.
Sudbury street, Merrimac street to Portland street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Engineering Department. 51
Sudbury street^ westerl}^ corner Portland street. Line and grade
for edgestone.
Summer street^ No. 161. Levels to test pitch of sidewalk.
Tremont street^ Nos. 131, 151, 153, 163. Grade of sidewalk
tested for area.
Tremont street^ southerly corner Boylston street. Measurement
of sidewalk paving.
Tremont street^ Pleasant street to Boston & Albany Railroad.
Measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Tremont street^ Clarendon street to Union Park. Measurement
of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Tremont street^ at West Newton street. Measurement of edge-
stone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Tremont street^ at Massachusetts avenue. Measurement of road-
way paving.
Union Park^ Shawmut avenue to Montgomery street. Measure-
ment edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Union Park street, Washington street to Shawinut avenue.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Utica street, Beach street to Kneeland street. Plan and profile
for revised grade.
Utica street, No. 31. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
edgestone, grade of edgestone tested and grade for inside.
Warren avenue, No. 73. Grade of edgestone tested.
Washington street, No. 268. Grade for inside and measure-
ment of sidewalk paving.
Was/migt07i street, Nos. 277 and 279. Grade of edgestone
tested, grade for inside and measurement of sidewalk pav-
ing.
Washington street, Nos. 413 to 417 and 451. Grade of side-
walk tested for area.
Washingt07i street, No. 685. Grade of edgestone tested, grade
for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Water street, southerly side, near Washington street. Grade of
sidewalk tested for area.
West Cedar street, Nos. 33 to 47. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
West Cedar street, Pinckney street to Phillips street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
West JVewto?i street, Shawmut avenue to Columbus avenue.
Grade for gutter and measurement of edgestone, gutter,
crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
Wesf liutland square, westerly corner Columbus avenue.
Measurement of sidewalk paving.
South Boston.
A street, Nos. 276-282. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Bolton street, between D street and E street. Line and grade
for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
52 City Document No. 14.
Boston street^ westerly side, between Howell street and Wash-
burn street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Broadxoay^ between Foundry street and Dorchester avenue.
Measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Dorchester avenue^ between West Sixth street and Alger street.
Measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Dorchester avenue, Nos. 613-615. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Dorchester street, between East Third street and East Broadway.
Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edge-
stone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
E street, at Fargo street. Measurement of edgestone and road-
way paving.
East Second street, No. 713. Line and grade for edgestone.
East Second street. No. 724. Line and grade for edgestone.
East Secojid street, Nos. 825-827. Line and grade of edge-
stone and measurement of edgestone and sidewalk paving.
East Third street, between Dorchester street and Emerson street.
Line and grade for edgestone and measurement for edge-
stone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
East Ihird street, Nos. 526-528. Line and grade for edgestone
and measurement of sidewalk paving.
East Third steeet, southwesterly corner 0 street. Line and
grade for edgestone.
East Third street, between N street and O street. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
East Broadway, north-westerly corner O street. Measurement
of sidewalk paving.
East Fourth street, between Dorchester street and G street.
Line and grade for edgestone and measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
East Fourth street, between G- street and H street. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
East Fourth street, between N street and O street. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement, roadway and side-
walk paving.
East Fourth street, between O street and P street. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, roadway
and sidewalk paving.
East Fifth street, between G street and H street. Measurement
of gutter paving.
East Sixth street, between Gr street and H street. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
East Sixth street, Nos. 434-454. Measurement of edgestone
and sidewalk paving.
East Sixth street, No. 427, to G street. Measurement of edge-
stone and sidewalk paving.
East Sixth street, Nos. 732-740. Line and grade for edgestone.
Engineering Department. 53
^ast Eighth street^ Nos. 442-444. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Emerson street^ between East Third street and H street. Line
and grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone,
roadway and sidewalk pa%ang.
Emerson street^ between K street and L street. Line and grade
for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Em.erson street, between L street and M street. Line and grade
for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
F street, between West Broadway and Silver street. Line and
giade for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested
(three times), grade for artificial stone sidewalk, revised
grade for artificial stone sidewalk, grade for artificial stone
sidewalk tested, and measurement of artificial stone side-
walk.
G street, between East Fourth street and East Fifth street.
Line and grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
G street, between East Fifth street and East Sixth street. Line
and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gut-
ter and sidewalk paving.
J£ street, between Emerson street and East Broadway. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
H street, between East Broadway and East Fourth street. Line
and grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gut-
ter and sidewalk paving.
ff street, between East Fourth street and East Fifth street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Ij street, between East First street and L-street bridge. Line
and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone and
roadway paving.
L street, between East First street and East Second street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
X street, between East Second street and East Third street. Line
and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gut-
ter and sidewalk paving.
X street, between East Third street and East Broadway. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Leeds street, between Woodward street and Dorchester avenue.
Line for cutting off building.
Linden street, between East Fourth street and Thomas park.
Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paxing.
M street, between East Broadway and East Fourth street. Line
and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gut-
ter and sidewalk paving.
M street, between East Fourth street and East Fifth street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
64 City Document No. 14.
M street^ between East Fifth street and East Sixth street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
31 street, between East Sixth street and East Seventh street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
31 street, between East Seventh street and East Eighth street.
Line for edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
3r street, between East Broadway and East Fourth street. Line
and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
^street, between East Fourth street and East Fifth street.
Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Old Harbor street, between Dorchester street and Telegraph
street. Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Old Harbor street, between Telegraph street and East Eighth
street. Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Old Harbor street, Xos. 81-83. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Old Harbor street, beeween East Eighth street and Columbia
road. Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Pacifc street, between East Fourth street and Thomas park.
Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Silver street, north-easterly corner F street. Line and grade for
edgestone, line and grade of edgestone tested, grade for
artificial stone sidewalk, grade of artificial stone sidewalk
tested, and measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
Summer street, near L-street bridge. Measurement of roadway
paving.
Vale street, Nos. 14-16-18. Line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade of edgestone tested, grade for artificial stone
sidewalk, grade of artificial stone sidewalk tested, and meas-
urement of artificial stone sidewalk.
West Broadxoay , Nos. 421-427. Line and grade of edgestone
tested, grade for artificial stone sidewalk, revised grade for
artificial stone sidewalk, and measurement of artificial stone
sidewalk.
West JBroadxoay , southerly side, between Dorchester avenue and
No. 21. Measurement of roadwa}' and sidewalk pacing.
East Boston.
Bennington street, Nos. 295-297. Grade for bulkhead.
Breed street, Gladstone street to Leyden street. Measm-ement
of gutter paving.
Breed street, at Ashley street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Engineering Department. 55
Brool's street^ easterly side, between Falcon street and White
street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, driveway and
sidewalk paving.
Brooks street^ westerly side, between Falcon street and West
Eagle street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Brooks street^ between Condor street and Falcon street. Meas-
urement of gutter and crosswalk paving.
Chelsea street^ south-easterly side, between Curtis street and East
Eagle square. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Condor street^ southerly side, between Brooks street and Meri-
dian street. Line and grade for edgestone.
Condor street, southerly side, between Brooks street and Meridian
street. Measurement for assessment.
Cottage street^ between Marginal street and Maverick street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter, driveway, crosswalk and
sidewalk paving.
Decatur street, No. 23, southerly corner Liverpool street. Levels
and measurement on edgestone and grade for bulkhead and
coal holes.
Eagle street, southerly side, at Lexington street. Measurement
of sidewalk paving.
Eagle street^ Nos. 52-54. Line and grade for edgestone.
Eutaw street, between Meridian street and White street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter, driveway, crosswalk and side-
walk paA-ing.
Falco7i street, southerly side, near Brooks street. Measurement
of gutter paving.
Falcon street, Nos. 103 and 105. Line and grade for edgestone.
Falcon street. No. 191. Line and grade for edgestone.
Gladstone street, northerly side, near Walley street. Measure-
ment of gutter paving.
Henry street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and
sidewalk paving.
Lexington street, between Prescott street and Shelby street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Lexington street, at junction East Eagle street. Measurement
of sidewalk paving.
Leyden street, at Breed street. Measurement of crosswalk
paving.
Liverpool street, at and near Central square. Measurement of edge-
stone, roadway, driveway, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
3farion street, between Bennington street and White street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter, driveway, crosswalk and
sidewalk paving.
Marion street, westerly side, between Princeton street and Sara-
toga street. Levels and measurements for profile, levels and
measurements on edgestone, line and grade for setting edge-
stone, line and grade of edgestone tested, and grade for in-
side.
56 City Document No. 14.
Maverick street^ southerly corner Maverick square. Grade for
bulkhead.
Maverick street^ No. 143. Levels on curb and grade for bulk-
head,
Maverick street^ No. 186. Line and grade for edgestone.
Maverick street^ No. 238. Line and grade for edgestone.
Meridian street^ easterly side, between Lexington street and
Trenton street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and
sidewalk paving.
Meridian street^ at and near Havre street. Measurement of
edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Meridian street^ opposite Police Station No. 7. Measurement
of roadway.
Meridian street^ No. 262. Levels and measurements on curb,
and grade for bulkhead.
Monmouth street^ between Marion street and Meridian street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Morris street^ north-westerly side, at Putnam street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Morris street^ Nos. 20-26. Line and grade for resetting edge-
stone.
Orleans street^ easterly corner Maverick street. Line and grade
for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Orleans street, No. 106. Line and grade for bulkhead.
Paris street, south-easterly side, between Brooks street and Put-
nam street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Paris street, north-westerly side, at Bennington street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter, driveway and sidewalk paving.
Paris street, north-westerly side, between Sumner street and
Engine House No. 9. Measurement of edgestone, gutter,
driveway, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
Paris street, south-easterly side, between Sumner street and
Maverick street. Measurement of edgestone. gutter, cross-
walk, driveway and sidewalk paving.
Princeton street, southerly corner Marion street, at High School.
Levels and measurements on edgestone, line and grade for
resetting edgestone, levels and measurements for profile, line
and grade of edgestone, tested, inside grade, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Putnam street, westerly side, between Trenton street and White
street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Putnam street, easterly side, between Condor street and Falcon
street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Putnam square. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Putnam street, southerly side, between Bennington street and
Morris street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, driveway,
and sidewalk pa\ing.
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Saratoga street^ northerly side, at Marion street, at High School.
Levels and measurements for profile, levels and measure-
ments on edgestone, line and grade for resetting edgestone,
line and grade to test edgestone, inside grade, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Shelby street, easterly corner Princeton street. Line and grade
for edgestone.
Trenton street^ between Brooks street and Meridian street.
Measurement of edgestone, crosswalks, gutter, driveway, and
sidewalk paving.
White street, between Eutaw street and Putnam street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter, driveway, crosswalk and side-
walk paving.
White street, sputherly side, between Marion street and Meridian
street. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Winthrop street, measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk,
and sidewalk paving.
Charlestown.
Alford street, between Main street and the l)ridge. Measure-
ment of edgestone and roadway paving.
Allston street. Bunker Hill street to Medford street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk, and sidewalk paving.
Austin street, between Fitchburg Railroad and Boston & Maine
Railroad Measurement of roadway paving.
Galdwell street. Main street to Perkins street. Grade for reset-
ting edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, roadway,
driveway, and sidewalk paving.
Chamber street, northerly side, between Chelsea street and Water
street. Measurement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk
pa\'ing.
Chelsea street. City square to Mt. Vernon street. Measurement
of edgestone, roadway, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
City square, southerly side, near Warren avenue. Measurement
of crosswalk paving.
Cordis-street avenue, Pleasant street to Cordis street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Ferrin street, near Jackson street. Measurement of edgestone,
roadway, driveway and sidewalk paving.
Green street, southerly side between Main street and High street,
Measurement of sidewalk paving.
High street. Cordis street to Walker street. Measurement of
edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and sidewalk paving.
Monument street, easterly side, between Bunker Hill street and
No. 75. Levels and measurements for profile and grade for
resetting edgestone.
Mt. Yernon street, from Adams street to end of street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Park street, westerly side, between City square and Joiner street.
Levels and measurements on edgestone, line and grade for
resetting edgestone and measurement of roadway paving.
58 City Document No. 14,
Pearl street^ Bunker Hill street to Medford street. Levels and
measurements on edgestone, grade for resetting edgestone,
arid measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk and side-
walk paving.
Pearl street^ between High street and Summer street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Perkins street, between Caldwell street and Brighton street.
Measurement of roadway paving.
Pleasant street., Main street to Monument square. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter, driveway, crosswalk and sidewalk
paving.
Stone street, Nos. 16 to 24. Measurement for assessment.
Thompson square, easterly side, at northerly corner .Church street.
Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Wa7'ren avenue, easterly side, Fitchburg Railroad and the bridge.
Measurement of roadway, driveway and sidewalk paving.
Warreii avenue, easterly side, between City square and Water
street. Measurement of roadway paving.
West street, No. 5. Grade for bulkhead.
ROXBURY.
(South of Massachusetts avenue.)
Albany street, at Swett street. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Albany street, westerly side. No. 871 to Randall street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Alleghany street, at Parker street. JNIeasurement of edgestone
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Amory street. No. 172. Line and grade for edgestone tested,
grade for inside and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Amory street, at School street. Measurement of crosswalk
paving.
Autum7i street. Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Ba'mhridge street. Plan and profile for proposed grade.
Bartlett street. No. 21 to Washington street. Measurement of
edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Batavia street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter, crosswalk
and sidewalk paving.
Batchelder street, Burrell street to Marshfield street. Measure-
ment of edgestone gutter and sidewalk paving.
Batchelder street, easterly corner Burrell street. Measurement
of sidewalk paving.
Bay State road, north-easterly corner Raleigh street. Grade
of edgestone tested, grade for edgestone, grade for inside,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Bay State road. No. 56. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Bay State road. No. 71. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
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Bay State road^ No. 77. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measuienient of edgestone, and gutter paving.
Bay State road, Nos. 82 to 94. Grade of edgestone tested,
line and grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Bay State road. No. 117. Measurement of sidewalk parang.
Bay State road, Nos. 121 to 125. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Bay State road, Nos. 131 and 133. Grade of edgestone
tested, grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade
for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Bay State road, No. 153. Grade of edgestone tested, and line
and grade for edgestone.
Bay State road, Nos. 158 to 164. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Bay State road, No. 166. Grade of edgestone tested, grade
for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, and measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Bay State road, Nos. 183 to 189 . Grade of edgestone tested, grade
for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Bay State road, Nos. 193 to 199. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Bay State road, Nos. 204 to 210. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measuremeHt of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Beacon street, Massachusetts avenue to Raleigh street. Grade
for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter, cross-
walk, and sidewalk paving.
Beacon street. No. 532. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Beacon street, southerly corner Brookline avenue. Line and
grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Beacon street, westerly corner Commonwealth avenue. Measure-
ment of crosswalk paving.
Bellevue street. No. 47. Line and grade for sidewalk.
Bellevue street. Park to Francis street. Measurement of gutter
and crosswalk paving.
Bickford street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and cross-
walk, and sidewalk paving.
60 City Document No. 14.
Bickford street^ north-westerly corner Centre street. Grade for
edgestone.
Blue Hill avenue^ at Maywood street. Measurement of edge-
stone and crosswalk paving.
Blue mil avenue^ at Woodcliffe street. Measurement of cross-
walk paving.
Blue Hill avenue^ Nos. 245 and 247. Line and grade for edge-
stone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for in-
side, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Blue Hill avenue^ south-easterly side, Grove street to Intervale
street. Grade for edgestone.
Blue Hill avenue^ Lawrence avenue to Intervale street. Measure-
ment of edgestone and roadway paving.
Blue Hill avenue^ at Brunswick street. Measurement of cross-
walk paving.
Blue Hill avenue^ Nos. 421 to 425. Line and grade for edge-
stone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Broohford street, at Eand street. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
BrooJcline avemce, south-easterly corner Beacon street. Grade
of edgestone tested, line and grade for edgestone, grade
of edgestone tested, and measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
Brookline avenue, at Short street. Measurement of edgestone
and crosswalk paving.
Brookline avenue, Boylston street to Boston & Albany Railroad.
Measurement of gutter paving.
Brookline avenue, Longwood avenue to Smyrna street. Grade
for edgestone.
Brookline avenue, southerly corner Francis street. Line and
grade for edgestone.
Brunsioick street, grade for edgestone, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and crosswalk paving, and measurement
for assessment plan.
Burrell street, No. 79, to Batchelder street. Measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Calumet street, Nos. 50 to 56. Line and grade for edgestone
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Calumet street, Pequot street to St. Alphonsus street. Line and
grade for edgestone, measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving and measurement for assessment plan.
Centre street, southerly side. Highland street to Highland
avenue. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Centre street, north-westerly corner Bickford street. Grade for
edgestone.
Centre street, north-westerly corner Gay Head street. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of side-
walk paving.
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CUford street^ Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Cobden street^ No. 17. Line and grade for edgestone and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Columbus avenue^ Tremont street to Camden street. Measure-
ment of sidewalk paving.
Columbus avenue, easterly corner Cunard street. Grade for
edgestone tested, grade for inside and measurement of
sidewalk paving.
Cohwibus avenue, at Roxbury Crossing. Measurement of edge-
stone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Columbus avenue, Nos. 1090 to 1094. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Columbus avenue, No. 1103. Grade for inside for area.
Columbus avenue. No. 1140. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Com,monwealth avenue. Beacon street to St. Mary's street.
Grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone and
gutter paving.
Crav) ford street. No. 139. Line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Crav)ford street, Humboldt avenue to Elm Hill avenue. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Cunard street, easterly corner Columbus avenue. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone
tested, grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Dennis street, Nos. 20 to 26. Line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Devon street. No. 4. Line and grade for edgestone, line and
grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Dorr street, easterly corner Highland street. Line and grade for
edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Dunmore street, south-westerly side. Line and grade for edge-
stone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Elm Hill aveiiue, south-westerly side Crawford street to Ruthven
street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
li/hn Hill avenue, at Hutcliings street. Measurement of edge-
stone and crosswalk paving.
Elminood street. No. 8. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Fairbury street. No. 28. Measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
Fisher avenue, Nos. 70 and 72. Line and grade for edgestone,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Fisher avenue. No. 74. Grade for edgestone.
62 City Document No. 14.
Forbes street. No. 67. Measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving.
Francis street, easterly corner Bellevue street. Measurement of
gutter paving.
Gainshoro' street, southerly side, Huntington avenue to St.
Stephens street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Gainsboro' street, north-easterly side, Huntington avenue to Bos-
ton and Providence Railroad. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Gardner street, south-westerly corner Roxbury street. Line and
grade for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Gay Head street, north-westerly corner Centre street. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone
tested, grade for inside, and measurement of sidewalk pav-
ing.
Gore street, Nos. 2 to 8. Line and grade for edgestone, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Greemoich place (private way). Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Greemoich street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Halleck street. No. 28, to Ruggles street. Line and grade for
edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Hampshire street, Cabot street to Whittier street. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Harrishojf street, Humboldt avenue to Harold street. Line and
grade for edgestone.
Harrishoff street, Nos. 90 to 98. Line and grade for edgestone
tested, line and grade for edgestone, line and grade for edge-
stone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Harrishojf street, Nos. 100 to 108. Line and grade for edge-
stone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Harrishoff street. No. 110. Line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Harrishoff street, southerly corner Harold street. Line and grade
for edgestone and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving.
Harrishoff' street, north-easterly side, between Humboldt avenue
and Harold street. Measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving.
Harrishoff' street, westerly corner Harold street. Line and grade
for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for
inside and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
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Harold street^ Nos. 27 and 29. Grade of edgestoue tested, grade
for inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Harold street., Nos. 31 to 35. Line and grade for edgestone
tested, grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Harold street^ easterly corner Munroe street. Grade for edge-
stone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside and
measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Harold street. No. 43. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Harold street, southerly corner Harrishoff street. Line and grade
for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving.
Harold street, westerly corner Harrishoff street. Line and grade
for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Harold street, Nos. 131 and 133. Line and grade for edge-
stone, line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for in-
side, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Havsiland street. Line and grade for edgestone and measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Hazelwood street, westerly corner Munroe street. Grade of edge-
stone tested, grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested,
grade for inside and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Hazelwood street, northerly corner Munroe street. Measurement
of sidewalk paving.
Heath street, Nos. 79 to 87. Measurement of gutter paving.
Heath street, Nos. 231 to 247. Measurement of edgestone and
gutter paving.
Heath street, No. 261. Measurement of crosswalk paving.
Heath street, easterly corner lawn street. Line and grade for
edgestone and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Heath street, Nos. 305 to 319. Line and grade for edgestone,
plan and profile for revised grade and revised grade for
edgestone.
Heath street, south-westerly side, S. Huntington avenue to Hunt-
ington avenue. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Heath street, at Huntington avenue. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Hemenway street, Nos. 142 to 148. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Hememcay street, easterly corner Boylston street. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Hemenway street, easterly side, Bryant street to Huntington
avenue. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
64 City Document No. 14.
Hexoes street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Highland street., Millmont street to Dorr street. Line and grade
for edgestone on north-easterly side, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Homestead street.. No. 13. Line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Howland street., Humboldt avenue to Elm Hill avenue. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Hoioland street., l^o. 86. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Howland street., No. 83. Grade of edgestone tested, grade for
edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Humboldt avenue., easterly corner Munroe street. Grade of
edgestone tested, line and grade for edgestone, line and grade
for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Humboldt avenue., No. 83. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Humboldt avenue., Townsend street to Waumbeck street. Line
and grade for edgestone (twice) .
Humboldt avenue., easterly corner Brookledge street. Line and
grade for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested,
grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, grade for
inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Humboldt avenue., northerly corner Seaver street. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Huntington avenue.. No. 311. Measurement of crosswalk paving.
Huntington avenue, south-easterly side, Gainsboro' street to
Longwood avenue. Grade for edgestone, and measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Huntington avenue., Longwood avenue to Tremont street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Huntington avenue., Nos. 797 to 811. Measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Huntington avenue.. No. 872. Measurement of crosswalk paving.
Huntington avenue., at Colburn street. Grade for edgestone and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and crosswalk paving.
Huntington avenue., southerly corner Heath street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Hem.pton street., from Huntington avenue. Line and grade for
edgestone.
Hensington street, No. 13. Line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Kingsbury street, Nos. 4 and 6. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade for edgestone tested, and grade for inside.
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Kingshnry street., Nos. 4 to 10. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Lawn street., easterly corner Heath street. Line and grade for
edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Ztongwood avenue, 'No. 325. Measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
Longxoood avenue, Nos. 356 to 364. Grade of edgestone tested,
line and grade for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone
tested, grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Magazine street, north-westerly side, Dudley street to Dunmore
street. Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Maple street. No. 8. Line and grade for edgestone, line and
grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Marble street, south-westerly side. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Marvin street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Massachusetts avenue, southerly corner Newbury street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
3fassachusetts avenue, at Astor street. Measurement of cross-
walk.
Massachusetts avenue, No. 183. Measurement of crosswalk.
Massachusetts avenue. No. 393. Line and grade for edgestone,
grade of edgestone tested, grade for inside and measure-
ment of sidewalk paving.
Massachusetts avenue, at Swett street. Measurement of road-
way paving.
Massachusetts avenue, Swett street to railroad bridge.
Measurement of gutter paving.
Millmont street, southerly corner Highland street. Line and
grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter
and sidewalk paving.
Mountfort street, Nos. 33 and 35. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for edgestone, and measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Mountfort street, Nos. 37 and 39. Grade of edgestone tested,
grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Mt. Pleasant avenue, Nos. 43 and 45. Grade of edgestone tested,
and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Munroe street, westerly corner Hazelwood street. Line and
grade for edgestone, line and grade for edgestone tested,
grade for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Munroe street, easterly corner Humboldt avenue. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
sidewalk paving.
66 City Document No. 14.
Munroe street^ top of hill, between, between Humboldt , avenue
and Harold street. Grade for cutting.
Munroe street^ Nos. 87 to 97. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Northampton street^ Albany street to Harrison avenue. Grade
for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Norway street^ northerly side, Massachusetts avenue to Turner
street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Oscar street, at Parker street. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Otisfield street, line and grade for edgestone, and measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Palmer street, Eustis street to Harrison avenue. Measurement
of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Palmer place (private way). Measurement of edgestone and
sidewalk paving.
Parker street, Longwood avenue to Parker Hill avenue. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Parker street, at Souther's brewery. Measurement of edgestone,
roadway and sidewalk paving.
Parker Hill avenue, Huntington avenue to Parker street. Line
and grade for gutter, and measurement of gutter paving.
Raleigh street, north-easterly corner Bay State road. Grade of
edgestone tested, line and grade for edgestone, line and
grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Raleigh street, southerly corner Bay State road. Measurement
of edgestone and gutter paving.
Pand street, at Brookford street. Measurement of edgestone
and gutter paving.
Rockland street, at Hewes street. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Roxhury street, southerly corner Gardner street. Plan and pro-
file for proposed grade, line and grade for edgestone, line
and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Ruggles street, Washington street to Cabot street. Line and
grade for edgestone.
Ruggles street, Washington street to Tremont street. Measui'e-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Ruggles street, at Vancouver street. Grade for edgestone.
Ruggles street, Huntington avenue to Parkway. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Ruthven street. No. 74. Line and grade for edgestone, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Ruthven street, Nos. 75 and 77. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and
measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
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Jiuthven street, No. 147. Line and grade for edgestoue, and
measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Ruthcen street. No. 155. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Sachem street, at Calumet street. Grade for edgestone, and
measurement of gutter paving.
St. James street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
St. Siejy/ien's street, north-westerly side, Massachusetts avenue to
Gainsboro' street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Seaver street, northerly corner Humboldt avenue. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
gutter and sidewalk paving.
School street, at Copley street. Measurement of crosswalk paving.
Shawmut avenue, Ruggles street to Eoxbury street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Sherborn street, north-westerly corner Bay State road. Grade of
edgestone tested, grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone
tested, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Sterling street, Warwick street to Cabot street. Measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Sunderland street, Nos. 3 and 5. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade for edgestone tested (twice) , grade for inside,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Sunderland street, southerly side, Warren street to bend. Line
and grade for edgestone, hue and grade of edgestone tested
(three times), grade for inside, and measurement of edge-
stone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Sussex street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Swett street, Albany street to Massachusetts avenue. Line and
grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, road-
way and sidewalk paving.
Swett street, at Gerard street. Grade for edgestone.
Thorndike street. No 16. Line and grade for edgestone, line and
grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Townsend street, northerly corner Hazelwood street. Measure-
ment of sidewalk paving.
Toxcnsend street. No. 60. Grade of edgestone tested, line and
grade for edgestone, grade of edgestone tested (twice), grade
for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Tremont street, northerly corner Davenport street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Tremont street, Nos. 1142-1144. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Tremont street, Nos. 1520-1524. Grade for edgestone, grade
of edgestone tested, grade for inside, and measurement of
edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
68 City Document No. 14.
Turner street, easterly side, NoiTvay street to Haviland street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Vancouver street, westerly corner Ruggles street. Grade for
edgestone, and measurement, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Wabeno street, Nos. 7-17. Line and grade for edgestone.
Waberio street, Nos. 7-17. Grade of edgestone tested, grade
for inside, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Wabori street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Waln^it avenue, No. 137. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Walmtt park. No. 20, to Washington street. Measurement of
edgestone and gutter paving.
Warren street, westerly corner St. James street. Measurement
of roadway paving.
Wai'wick street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Washington street, Nos. 2018-2030. Measurement of edge-
stone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Washington street, opposite Sterling street. Measurement of
roadway paving.
Washington street. No. 2219. Sidewalk tested for area.
Washington street, northerly corner Marvin street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving.
Washington street. Guild street to Dale street. Measurement
of edgestone, roadway and sidewalk paving,
Washington street, Townsend street to Walnut park. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Waiimbeck street, Nos. 64-68. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade for edgestone tested, and grade for inside.
Waumbeck street, No. 68. Grade for edgestone tested, grade
for inside.
Waumbeck street, Humboldt avenue to No. 68. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Waumbeck street, Nos. 12-lQ. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade for edgestone tested, grade for inside and
measurement of sidewalk paving.
Wayne street, No. 11. Line and grade for edgestone. Hue
and grade for edgestone tested (twice), grade for inside,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk pav-
ing.
Westland avenue. No. 14, to St. Stephens street. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Westminster street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Weston street, near Warwick street. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
West Walnut Park, ^o. 22. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Whittier street, Tremont street to Cabot street. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Engineering Department. 69
Windsor street, Warwick street to Shawmut avenue. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Winthrop street, Warren street to Greenville street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Dorchester.
Adams street, Neponset avenue to Minot street. Measurement
of edgestone and gutter paving.
Alba7i street, and Welles 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 measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Alban street, Nos. 76-82-114. 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 and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Algonquin street, and Washington street, north-westerly. Line
and grade for resetting edgestone, line and grade of edge-
stone tested, line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk, line
and grade of artificial stone sidewalk tested, and measure-
ment of edgestone and gutter paving and artificial stone
sidewalk.
Alexander street, No. 79. Line and grade for edgestone.
Allston street, and Melville avenue, south-westerly corner. Line
and grade for resetting edgestone, line and grade of edge-
stone tested, line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk, line
and grade of artificial stone sidewalk tested, and measure-
ment of edgestone and gutter paving and artificial stone
sidewalk.
Allst07i street, No. 22. Line and grade for resetting edgestone,
line and grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for arti-
ficial stone sidewalk, line and grade of artificial stone side-
walk tested, and measurement of edgestone and gutter pav-
ing and artificial stone sidewalk.
Ashland street, between Park street and Mill street. Line and
grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone and
gutter paving.
Ashmont street, Nos. 18 and 20. Line and grade for edgestone
and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Ashmont street, Dorchester avenue to Bruce street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and brick paving.
Ashmont street, Nos. 94-98. Measurement of edgestone and
gutter paving.
Athelwold street, Nos. 29-33. Line and grade for edgestone
tested, line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk, fine and
grade of artificial stone sidewalk tested, and measurement of
artificial stone sidewalk.
Bailey street, Dorchester avenue to Washington street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and brick paving.
70 City Document No. 14.
JBatchekler street^ No. 29. Line and grade of edgestone and
measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Jiatchelder street^ and Burrell street. Line and grade for reset-
ting edgestone, line and grade of edgestone tested and
measurement of edgestone and gutter pa\'ing.
J3ellflower street. Line and grade for brick sidewalk.
Blue Hill avenue., Nos. 562-566. 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.
Blue Hill avenue., at Walk Hill street. Measurement of gutter
paving.
Boiodoin street., Nos. 97-222-266-276, and south-westerly cor-
ner of Hamilton 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.
Brent street., Washington street to Talbot avenue. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and brick paving.
Bushnell street. Line and grade for edgestone and measurement
of edgestone and gutter paving.
Callender street., south-westerly corner Carlos street. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone and gut-
ter paving.
Carlos street.. No. 6. Line and grade of edgestone tested, and
line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk.
Centre street.. No. 36. 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 and gutter paving and arti-
ficial stone sidewalk.
Chamberlain street. Measui-ement of edgestone, gutter and brick
paving.
Codman street., at City Paving Yard. Line and grade for
edgestone and measurement of edgestone and gutter pav-
ing.
Columbia road., Nos. 722-409. Line and grade of edgestone
tested, line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk, Une and
grade of artificial stone sidewalk tested, and measurement of
artificial stone sidewalk.
Crescent avenue., No. 37. 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.
Cushing avenue., and Jerome street. Line and grade for edge-
stone and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
dishing avenue., No. 40. 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 and gutter paving and
artificial stone sidewalk.
Engineering Department, 71
Gushing auenue, Nos. 13-21. 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.
Dean street. Measurement of brick paving.
Dexcey street^ No. 16. Measurement of brick paving.
Dewey street, and Howard avenue. Line and grade for edge-
stone and measurement of edgestone, gutter and brick
paving.
Ditson street, Nos. 25-27. 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 and gutter paving and
artificial stone sidewalk.
Dorchester avenue, Nos. 1015, 1019, 1021, 1125, 1129, and
1818. 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 and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Dorchester avemce, between Home for Incurables and Pierce
square. Line and grade for edgestone, and measurement of
edgestone and gutter paving.
Dorchester avenue, opposite Van Winkle street. Measurement
of street paving.
Dorchester avenue, No. 1857. Measurement of brick paving.
Dorchester avemie, Nos. 2261-2263. Measurement of brick
paving.
Dorchester avenue, and Roach street. Measurement of brick
paving.
Dorchester avenue, Nos. 1832-1838. Measurement of brick
paving.
Dracut street, Dorchester avenue to Bruce street. Measurement
of edgestone, gutter and brick paving.
£rie street, Nos. 114 and 116. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for artifi-
cial stone sidewalk, line and grade of artificial stone side-
walk tested, and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving
and artificial stone sidewalk,
^rie street, and Wolcott street. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade of edgestone tested, hne and grade for artifi-
cial stone sidewalk, line and grade of artificial stone sidewalk
tested and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving and
artificial stone sidewalk.
Euclid street, Nos. 5, 9, 11, and 13. 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
sidewalk tested and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Fenelon street. No. 9. Measurement of brick paving.
Folsora street, extension. Measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving.
72 City Document No. 14.
Freeport street^ No. 197. Measurement of edgestone, gutter
and brick paving.
Gaylord street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and brick
paving.
Gaylord street., No. 27. 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.
Gaylord street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and brick
paving.
Glenway street, Blue Hill avenue to Harvard street. Line and
grade for edgestone and measurement of edgestone and
gutter paving.
Glermay street, Nos. 6, 19, 21, 43, 45, 53, 55, 110, 112 and
120. Line and grade of edgestone tested, grade for artifi-
cial stone sidewalk, line and grade of artificial stone side-
walk tested, and measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
Greenbrier street, Nos. 37, 41 and 45. 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 and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Harley street, No. 22. 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 and gutter paving and artifi-
cial stone sidewalk.
Harley street, corner Roslin street. Measurement of edgestone
and gutter paving.
Harvard street, at Glenway street. Measurement of gutter
paving.
Harvard street, No. 43. Line and grade of edgestone tested,
and line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk.
Hooper street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and brick
paving.
Howard avenue, Nos. 91 and 99. Line and grade for edge-
stone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and brick
paving.
Howell street. Line and grade for resetting edgestone, and meas-
urement of edgestones, gutter and brick paving.
Julian street, Nos. 27 and 29. Line and grade for edgestone
and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Kerwin street. Line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk.
Kingsdale street. Line and grade for construction.
Lawrence avenue. Blue Hill avenue to Magnolia street. Meas-
urement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Magnolia street, Lawrence avenue to Quinc}' street. Measure-
ment of gutter paving.
Massachusetts avenue, Swett street to Edward P>erett square.
Line and grade for gutters and measurement of gutter
paving.
Engineering Department. 73
Massachusetts avenve, Nos. 1281, 1283-1293. 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 and
gutter paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Mather street^ Dorchester avenue to railroad. Measurement of
edgestone, gutter and brick paving.
May field street^ Nos. 11-33. Line and grade for resetting edge-
stone, 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 and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
May field street. Measurement of artificial stone repair work.
McLellan street., Nos. 35-39-45. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for artifi-
cial stone sidewalk, line and grade of artificial stone side-
walk tested, and measurement of edgestone, and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Melville ave7itte, l^os. 29, 31, and corner AUston street. Line
and grade for resetting edgestone, line and grade of edge-
stone tested, line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk, line
and grade of artificial stone sidewalk tested, and measure-
ment of edgestone and gutter paving and artificial stone side-
walk.
Minot street. Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Neponset avenue, and Freeport street. Measurement of edge-
stone and gutter paving.
Nej^onset avenue. No. 192. Line and grade of artificial stone
sidewalk tested, and measurement of artificial stone side-
walk.
Newport street, Nos. 11-15, 17, 19-23-29-33. Line and grade
for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving.
Norfolk street, and Milton 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 measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Oakland street, at River street. Measurement of paving.
Ocean street, 'So^. 97-103-107-111. Line and grade for reset-
ting 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 and
gutter paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Park street, Adams street to New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford railroad. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and brick
paving.
Park street, Waldeck street to Washington street. Line and
grade for construction, and measurement of gutter paving.
Park street, Nos. 331-345. Line and grade for edgestone, and
measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
74 City Document No. 14.
Park street, Nos. 109-111-518-521-560. 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 edge-
stone and gutter paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Port Norfolk street. Water street to Ericsson street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and brick paying.
Quincy street, Blue Hill avenue to Columbia road. Line and
grade for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone and gut-
ter paving.
Quincy street,^os. 101-105, 107-109-115-117-119-121-125 and
120. 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.
Quincy street, at Dunkeld street. Line and grade for edgestone,
and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Jiice street. Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Pick field street, at Barry street. Line and grade for edgestone.
Pomsey street, No. 10. 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.
Poslin street, No. 62. Line and grade for artificial stone side-
walk tested, and measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
Savin Hill avenue, Dorchester avenue to railroad. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and brick paving.
School street, No. 39. Line and grade of edgestone tested, line
and grade for artificial stone sidewalk, line and grade of
artificial stone sidewalk tested, and measurement of edge-
stone and gutter paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Seaver street, Nos. 323-329. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for artifi-
cial stone sidewalk, line and grade of artificial stone side-
walk tested, and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Stanwood street, Nos. 51-67. Line and grade for edgestone,
line and grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for artifi-
cial stone sidewalk, line and grade of artificial stone sidewalk
tested, and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving and
artificial stone sidewalk.
Stoughton street, at North Burial Ground. Measurement of
brick paving.
Talbot avenue, and Washington 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
sidewalk tested, and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk,
Talbot avenue. Brent street to Washington street. Line and
grade for resetting edgestone, and measurement of edgestone
and gutter paving.
Engineering Department. 75
Virginia street, No. 55. Line and grade for resetting edge-
stone, 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 and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Wahiut street, Neponset avenue to Ericsson street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and brick paving.
Washington street, No. 146. Measurement of brick paving.
Washinc/ton street, Nos. 663-665 and Euclid 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 edge-
stone, gutter paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Washington street, Nos. 620, 622. 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
sidewalk tested, and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Washington street. No. 557 and corner Harvard street. Line
and grade of edgestone tested, line and grade for artificial
stone sidewalk, and measurement of edgestone and gutter
paving.
Welles avenue, Nos. 12-18-26-30-29-65. 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 and gutter
paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Wessex street. Line and grade for gutter and measurement of
gutter paving.
Willis street, Pleasant street to Bakersfield 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 edge-
stone and gutter paving and artificial stone sidewalk.
Wolcott street, at Columbia road. Line and grade of artificial
stone sidewalk tested, and measurement of artificial stone
sidewalk.
Wolcott street. No. 48 and corner Erie street. 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.
West Roxbury.
Adelaide street, at Adelaide terrace. Line and grade for corner
stone.
Alfred street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk
paving.
Alveston street, between Revere street and Seaverns avenue.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
76 City Document No. 14.
Atiawau, avenue, from Beech street to the railroad. Line and
grade for construction and measurement of gutter paving.
Beech street, from Anawan avenue to Colberg street. Line and
grade for sidewalk construction.
Biltmore street, No. 6. Line and grade of edgestone tested, and
measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
BoyUton avenue, near the railroad. Line and grade for edge-
stone, and measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Boylston street, corner Chestnut avenue. Line and grade for
edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Colder street. Line and grade for filling.
Centre street, corner Eliot street. Line and grade for edgestone,
and measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Centre street, at May street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Centre street, corner Maple street. Line and grade for edge-
stone, line and grade of edgestone tested, inside grade for
artificial stone, and measurement of edgestone, artificial
stone sidewalk, and gutter paving.
Centre street, at Nervine Hospital. Measurement of gutter
paving.
Chestnut avenue, corner Boylston street. Line and grade for
edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Chestnut avenue, from Boylston street to Paul Gore street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Chestnut avenue, opposite Hubbard street. Measurement of
sidewalk paving.
Clive street, No. 9. Line and grade of edgestone tested, inside
grade for artificial stone, and measurement of artificial stone
sidewalk.
Corey street, at Garfield avenue. Measurement of gutter paving.
Corey street, between Weld street and Vermont avenue. Meas-
urement of gutter paving.
Corey street, between Centre street and Highland avenue.
Measurement of gutter paving.
Cornwall street, between Washington street and Brookside
avenue. Measurement of gutter paving.
Conway street, between South street and Fairview street.
Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Dresden street, Nos. 14 and 16. Measurement of sidewalk
paving.
Eliot street, corner Centre street. Line and grade for edgestone,
and measurement of sidewalk paving.
Elm street, at Sedgewick street. Measurement of edgestone
and gutter paving.
Fairvieio street, between South sti-eet and Jones street. Meas-
urement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Forbes street. No. 67. Line and grade for edgestone.
Forest Hills street, corner Washington street. Measurement of
sidewalk paving.
Engineering 'Department. 77
Glen road, at Forest Hills street. Measurement of edgestone,
gutter and sidewalk paving.
Green street, between Centre street and Oakdale street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Green street, Nos. 159 to 161. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Green street, Nos. 177 to 185. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Greenough avenue, from Alveston street to Elm street. Meas-
urement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Hastings street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Hazel street. No, 6. Line and grade for edgestone, and measure-
ment of edgestone and gutter paving.
Hyde Park avenue, near Ashland street. Line and grade for
construction.
Keyes street, between Washington street and the bridge.
Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Jordan street. Measurement of gutter paving.
La Grange street, between Pleasant street and Centre street.
Measurement of gutter paving.
Lamartine street. No. 2G0. Measurement of sidewalk paving.
Lorraine street, near Belgrade avenue. Line and grade for
artificial stone sidewalk.
Maple street, corner Centre street. Line and grade for edge-
stone, line and grade of edgestone tested, inside grade for
artificial stone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter pav-
ing and artificial stone sidewalk.
Maple street, at junction of Weld street. Line and grade for
construction.
May street, at Moss Hill road. Measurement of crosswalk and
gutter paving.
May street, at Pond street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Montview, street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Newhern street, between Nos. 24 and 42. Measurement of
edgestone and gutter pa\'ing.
Oakdale street, corner Green street. Measurement of side-
walk paving.
Park street, between Anawan avenue and the railroad. Line
and grade for construction, and measurement of edgestone
and gutter paving.
Park street, between Centre street and the railroad. Measure-
ment of edgestone and gutter paving.
Perkins street, from Day street to Jamaicaway. Line and
grade for construction.
Pond street, between Moss Hill road and Brookline line.
Measurement of gutter paving.
Poicell street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Prospect avenue, corner Shei'wood street. Line and grade for
edgestone.
Rutledge street, corner Park street. Measurement of gutter
paving.
School street, from Walnut avenue to Washington street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
78 City Document No. 14.
Seaverns avenue, between Starr lane and Alveston street.
Measurement of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Seaverns avenue, between Centre street and Elm street. Measure-
ment of edgestone, gutter and sidewalk paving.
Sedgexoick street, between John A. Andrew street and Elm
street. Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Sheridan street. No. 87. Line and grade of edgestone tested,
and inside grade for artificial stone sidewalk.
Sherwood street, corner Prospect avenue. Line and grade for
edgestone.
Spring Park avenue, No. 9. Line and grade of edgestone
tested, inside grade for artificial stone, and measurement of
artificial stone sidewalk .
Spring street, from Springville avenue to Gardner street. Line
and grade for construction.
Spring street, between Centre street and Gardner street.
Measurement of gutter paving,
St. Hose street. Line and grade for construction and measure-
ment of gutter paving.
Summer street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Teviple street, from Mt. Vernon street to Ivory street. Line
and grade for construction, and measurement of gutter
paving.
Wachusett street, westerly side. Measurement of gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Walk Hill street, at Wenham street. Measurement of gutter
and sidewalk paving.
Walter street, at Hewlett street. Measurement of edgestone
and gutter paving.
Washiiigton street, Nos. 3224 to 3234. Measurement of side-
walk paving.
Washington street, at Williams street. Line and grade for
edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Washington' street, from Walk Hill street to South street.
Measurement of gutter paving.
Weld street, at junction of Maple street. Line and grade for
construction.
Williams street, corner Washington street. Line and grade
for edgestone, and measurement of edgestone, gutter and
sidewalk paving.
Zamora street, from Perkins street to Castleton street. Measure-
ment of gutter paving.
Brighton.
Bennett street, west of Parsons street. Measurement of gutter
paving.
Bentley street. Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Brighton avenue, No. 193. Line and grade of edgestone tested,
and measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
Engineeuing Department. 79
Cambridge street, comer Harvard avenue. Measurement of
gutter paving.
Cambridge street, corner Washington street. Line and grade of
edgestone tested, and measurement of artificial stone side-
walk.
Chestnut Hill avenue, between Commonwealth avenue and Beacon
street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Commonwealth avenue, at Chiswick road. Line and grade for
reconstruction, and measurement of gutter paving.
Commonwealth avenue, between Chiswick road and Strathmore
road. Measurement of gutter paving.
Commonwealth avenue, between Kinross road and Chestnut Hill
avenue. Measurement of gutter paving.
Commomoealth avenue, corner Babcock street. Line and grade
of edgestone tested, inside grade for artificial stone, and
measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
Commomoealth avenue. No. 1202. Line and grade of edgestone
tested, and measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
Corey road, No. 74. Line and grade for artificial stone sidewalk.
Dustin street, from North Beacon street, southerly. Measure-
ment of gutter paving.
Elko street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Everett street, near North Beacon street. Measurement of gutter
paving.
Faneuil street, at Brackett street. Measurement of edgestone
and crosswalk paving.
Foster street, from No. 183 to Commonwealth avenue. Measure-
ment of edgestone and gutter paving.
Hardwick street, from Bigelow street to Dunboy street. Line
and grade for construction.
Harvard avenue, at Commonwealth avenue. Measurement of
crosswalk and gutter paving.
Harvard avenue, between Cambridge street and Brighton avenue.
Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving,
Mt. Vernon street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Nonantum street. Measurement of gutter paving.
Parsons street, at Surrey street. Measurement of edgestone and
gutter paving.
Raymond street. Line and grade for construction, and measure-
ment of gutter paving.
Rockland street. Measurement of edgestone, gutter and side-
walk paving.
Tremont street. Tangent points and corners staked out.
Union street, between Washington street and the bend. Meas-
urement of gutter paving.
Washington street, at Chestnut Hill avenue. Measurement of
crosswalk paving.
^Washington street, between Commonwealth avenue and the Brook-
line Une. Measurement of edgestone and gutter paving.
Washington street, corner Cambridge street. Line and grade of
edgestone tested, and measurement of artificial stone sidewalk.
80
City Document No. 1-1.
PLANS
IN SURVEYING DIVISION, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, JANUARY 31, 1901.
Indexed.
General Head under which Classified.
Number
of
Plans.
C
D
E....
F
1 to 131
1 14, 15, 16,
i and 17
18
19
Plans of estates (lithographed).
in Brighton
in West Roxbury.
widenings, 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
' South Boston,:
at South End.
in Church and Suffolk
streets Districts
" " " " various streets.
Miscellaneous plans, estates, etc
Oflicial plans from 1851 to 1854.
Plans of estates
Hale's plans of the streets in Boston, 1819.
Plans of estates
Carried forward
1 Vol. 8 is a set of Architects' plans, and has been transferred to the Public
ings Department.
Engineering Department.
81
PLANS
IN SURVEYING DIVISION, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, JANUARY 31,
1901. — Continued.
General Head under which Classified.
Number
of
Plans.
Part 1
Part 2
70
71 to 82....
Brought forivard.
Plans of estates
Ancient plans of estates in Soutli Boston, etc.
Sectional plans of city lands at South End
Plans of estates in Roxbury
widenlngs 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
Carried forivard
3,637
229
265
115
74
18
75
44
58
27
199
217
73
152
140
185
82
City Document No. 14.
PLANS
IN SURVEYING DIVISION, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, JANUARY
1901. — Continued.
General Head under which Classified.
Number
of
Plans.
Brought forward
Miscellaneous plans
Plans of estates in Roxbury.
Insurance volumes.
Dorchester surveys .
Plans of estates, etc
" " " " in -Dorchester
Sectional Plans, City Proper, pipe locations
" " South Boston, west of G street...
south-east of Bremen st,
north-west of " "
Miscellaneous Plans
Tracings of plans and profiles.
Assessors' Plans, 1, Roxbury and West Roxbury.
" " 2, Dorchester and Brighton
" " 3, City proper
4, South Bay, Harbor and Charles
town
" " 5, East Boston. .. .
" " 6A, South Boston.
Carried forward
Engineering Department.
PLANS
IN SURVEYING DIVISION, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, JANUARY
190l.— Co7iti7iued.
General Head under which Classified.
Number
of
Plans.
Vol. 117.
" 118.
" 119.
" 120.
" 121.
" 122.
" 123.
" 124.
" 125.
" 126.
" 127.
" 128.
" 129.
" 130
In Case A
" Cases CC.
" Drawer E .
F.
G..
H...
L...
M...
N...
" CaseT
" Drawers...,
Vol. I. to LX VI.
Brought forward
Assessors' Plans, 6B, South Boston.
7A, Back Bay
8A, Roxbury
9A, Dorchester
lOA, West Roxbury
lOB, " "
IIA, 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 rolled 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. 81 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..
Carried forward
10,795
137
127
149
139
149
162
100
127
112
144
37
15
65
129
111
745
672
322
154
706
152
2,724
1,460
15
23
105
24,067
84
City Document No. 14.
IN SURVEYING DIViyiON.
PLANS
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, JANUARY 31,
1901.— Concluded.
General Head under which Classified.
Brought forward
Plans in progress, Roxbury
" " " Dorchester
" " " West Roxhury
" " " 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 ofliclal 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
Engineering Department.
85
There are also 4,080 lithographed plans in the office at
Old Court House not included in the foregoing list, viz. :
2, 3)
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
made in 1860 ....
" Washington-st. extension, made in
" North 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
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 .
34
131
14
4
83
176
1,193
326
44
10
98
34
9
65
90
67
24
49
44
44
195
42
17
1.36
60
123
5
13
105
112
112
16
38
57
420
86 City Document No. 14.
[FROM THE CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT TO THE
WATER DEPARTMENT.]
During the past year 20.4 miles of main pipe have been
laid and 11.1 miles abandoned, making a net increase of 9.3
miles, and a total length in the system of 713.4 miles. The
following classification will indicate to some extent the
character of the work done :
Miles.
(1) Extension of large supply mains . . . 1.0
(2) Extension of mains for new buildings (by
petition) ....... 5.6
(3) Relaying old or small mains .... 4.4
(4) Relaying in advance of street construction . 6.0
(5) Miscellaneous work largely necessitated by other
construction ...... 3.4
The most important work done during the year is as
follows :
The 30-inch high service main was extended in Washing-
ton street, Dorchester, from Bowdoin street to Talbot avenue,
there connecting with a 16-inch line. A 20-inch main was
laid in B street, South Boston, from Danby to Claflin street,
thence crossing under twenty-three freight tracks of the
N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. and through Binford street to A
street; this line materially improves the fire service in a
district where values are I'apidly growing. A 24-inch pipe
was laid from the 30-inch high service main on the Common
to the subway, it there divides into three 16-inch pipes, which
pass over the subway roof in channels provided for the
purpose, and which are each connected with the 16-inch line
in Tremont street.
The new location of the Boston & Providence R.R. made
it necessary at Castle square to abandon two lines of 30-inch
pipe for a distance of about 120 feet; four lines of 20-inch
Bteel pipes were substituted for them and were carried under
the floor of the new highway bridge over the railroad tracks
and connected by 30" X 20" Y branches on each end ; in
addition to being enclosed in tight boxes formed by special
Engineering Department. 87
bridge construction the steel pipes were covered by Voorhees
patent insulation as a further protection from freezing.
The work of abolishing the grade crossing at Cambridge
street, Charlestown, carried out by the B. & M. R.R., caused
a number of changes in the water pipes in that vicinity —
820 feet of 30-inch wrought-iron cement-lined pipe was
abandoned in Cambridge and Perkins streets, and a like
amount of 30-inch cast-iron pipe was laid in the same streets
to replace it; the old cement-lined pipe, laid in 1869, was
found to be remarkably clean on the inside ; its wrought-iron
shell, originally 0.16-inches thick was reduced in spots by
rusting to a thickness of 0.11 inches, and the cement lining
and covering showed but slight tensile strength ; 3,150 feet
of 12-inch pipe was laid in Cambridge street and in other
streets affected by the change of grade, replacing in each case
pipe of a small size ; also 680 feet of 6-inch was relaid in
different streets.
The following work was done in connection with the
changes of grade on Dorchester avenue, Boston street and
Swett street.
1,266 feet of 16-inch pipe was laid in Dorchester ave., replacing 12-inch.
' " ■■ " "• " " Washburn St., " 8 "
" " raised in " "
" " laid " Rawson " replacing 8-inch.
" "■ raised " " "
" " laid " Kemp st., replacing 6-inch.
" " " in Boston St., replacing 16-inch.
" " raised in Boston st.
" " laid " " " replacing 20-inch.
" " raised " " "
" " laid " " " replacing 12-inch.
154 "
- 8
75 "
" 8
222 "
" 8
125 "
" 8
290 ''
" 6
928 "
" 16
150 "
" 16
844 "
" 20
210 "
" 20
623 "
" 12
265 "
" 12
532 "
" 16
762 "
" 8
" " laid " Swett st., replacing 12-inch,
u tc .1 u Ellery " " 6 "
The 12-inch mains in Atlantic avenue and Commercial
street, from Oliver to Prince, and the 6-iuch main in Clinton
street, from Commercial to Atlantic avenue, were relaid with
16-inch pipe, making a great improvement in the fire service
of the north-eastern section of the City.
A 16-inch main was laid in Summer street, from Dewey
square to the foot of Bedford street, replacing a 12-inch pipe.
The 16-inch main in Western avenue, Brighton, was
extended from Everett street to Market street, replacing
a 12-inch main.
A 16-inch main was laid in Blue Hill avenue, Dorchester,
from Gaston to Edgewood street, replacing an 8-inch pipe.
A 16-inch main was laid in Corinth street. West Roxbury,
from Birch to Washington street, replacing a 6-inch pipe.
88 City Document No. 14.
A 12-inch main was laid on each side of Washington
street, from Canton street to Northampton street, replac-
ing a single line of 6-inch pipe and reinforcing the supply in
a district where the hre supply was altogether inadequate.
A number of other streets in different parts of the City
were relaid with 12-inch, 10-inch and 8-inch pipe, to improve
the existing service ; about one-half the total amount of work
done throughout the year was of this class.
In relaying practically no leaks have been found in the
joints of the old pipes, and the fact that no considerable
amount of water is wasted in this way is a tribute to careful
and effective work.
Considerable attention has been given to improving the
designs of the gates and hydrants ; the old B. W. W. type of
gate, with body in three pieces, and with heavy lead joints, is
being given up as fast as new drawings, patterns, etc., can
be made. The type of gate adopted is equally durable,
much lighter, and consequently more economical. The
Bachelder independent valve hydrant is now being manufact-
ured exclusively, from drawings made in this ofhce ; each
outlet is controlled by its own valve, making it possible, with-
out shutting off the water, to connect a second and third
engine to a hydrant already in use.
The patterns owned by the Water Department (400 in
number, comprising 2,100 different parts) have been marked
with composition letters and listed in a " Pattern Book ; "
a room has been set apart for their storage with stalls, shelves,
etc., suitably marked.
Electrolysis.
While the water-pipe system of the City has not suffered
from electrolysis in the past to so great an extent as was
feared, there is reason to believe that the conditions are grow-
ing worse, and that something must be done or the pipe sys-
tem will suffer serious damage.
The accompanying report of Messrs. Stone and Webster
shows the special work which has been done during the past
year to determine the electrical condition of the pipe system,
and in addition to this special work a large number of obser-
vations were made when pipes were exposed in excavations ;
these observations cover every section of the City, and show
that serious damage is being done to services in some places.
Engineering Department.
William Jackson, Esq., City Engineer,
City Hall, Boston, Mass. :
Dear Sir, — In oui- report on the electrolysis of water pipes
for the year 1899 we considered in detail the voltmeter readings
in various sections of the City, paying much attention to a com-
parison with what we had found the preceding year. In our
investigations for 1900 we have not deemed it essential to take
so many readings or to make so detailed a comparison, for the
reason that we find the conditions varying so little from year to
year. Therefore, in this report we make but a general compari-
son of the conditions in 1899 and 1900, emphasizing only such
points as we believe of particular importance, notably the serious
conditions that still prevail in the Field's Corner District.
In 1899 we made two electrical surveys of the City, taking
about 450 voltmeter readings each time; in 1900 we took hardly
more than 250 such readings, a sufficient number, however,
to enable us to report with much certainty upon the general con-
ditions. From the accompanying tables it will be seen that the
grand averages of the two years are about the same, 1 volt being
the positive average for 1899, and 1.1 for 1900; 1 and 1.1 the
negative averages for 1899, and 1.3 for 1900. So also with
the maximum readings, + 6 being the highest positive reading
for 1899 and + 6 for 1900 ; — 10 the highest negative reading for
1899 and — 12 for 1900. Therefore, we consider the conditions
about the same for the two years, with certainly no general im-
provement for 1900. In considering the Boston Elevated Rail-
way system apart from the others, it will be seen that likewise
the conditions for the two years were about the same. Owing to
a new line having been opened on Commonwealth avenue to
Chestnut Hill Reservoir there is a local increase in the size of the
readings in Brighton, and we should expect this slight difference
on account of the unusually heavy grade on that avenue.
The other roads, taken by themselves, show, on an average,
conditions somewhat for the worse.
We use in making up our averages only the maximum read-
ings ; therefore where we took but a single reading in any district
this will be the average as well as the maximum. In one instance
(Lynn & Boston Railroad, on Breed's Island), the fluctuation
was from — .5 to — 9.5, according to the position of the cars.
But we used only — 9.5 in making up our averages. We may
further add that where there is the most uninterrupted traffic, and
consequently the most continuous flow of current, the readings
are apt to be the steadiest, the maximum, minimum and average
tending to become one and the same. Much variation in voltage
generally indicates an inferior return circuit, but the greatest
fluctuations are apt to be in districts where the traffic is light,
hence are not a sure sign that there is any very large flow of
current on to the pipe system. The above case is where a single
90 City Document No. 14.
car caused almost the entire movement of the needle, and, being
in a negative district, we do not consider it cause for alarm.
The troubles to pipe caused by the Lynn & Boston Railroad are
likely to be on some other water system than that belonging to
the City of Boston.
The AVest Roxbury & Roslindale Street Railway has com-
paratively light traffic, and, although we found — 12 volts on
Oakland street, the needle only shot up to that figure momenta-
rily, so we are not prepared to say that serious trouble is immi-
nent because of this reading.
High + readings on River street, in the Mattapan district of
the Norfolk- Suburban Street Railway, still maintain, and there we
expect that trouble will soon be apparent.
We come now to a point to which your attention should be
particularly called, namely, corrosion along Park street, Dor-
chester avenue, and Neponset avenue, in the Field's Corner
district of Dorchester. We have been accustomed to ask for
special excavations in order to examine the service pipes of this
district, and last year we reported the notes that we made on
several of these investigations. So evident is it now, however,
that the lead services in this locahty are being seriously injured
that we no longer think it worth while to have special excavations
made beyond those that are necessitated by the frequent cases of
bursted pipes.
Since our last report, breaks at the following places have
occurred, all of which cases we attribute to electrolysis :
June 8, 1900, No. 1294 Dorchester avenue, between Linden
and Leedsdale streets.
July 20, No. 208 Neponset avenue, opposite Boutwell avenue.
January 25, 1901, No. 117 Park street.
February 21, Neponset avenue and King street.
March 1, No. 105 Park street.
March 7, Park street, near corner of Geneva avenue.
These vary in distance from the power station from one-half
mile to one mile. Within these limits we should expect to find
corrosion on almost any of the services.
Believing that the mains themselves were probably affected, we
had six excavations made on July 23, 1900, all on Park street,
between Adams street and Dorchester avenue, the short section
where the services have suffei'ed the most injury. We found,
however, almost no corrosion beyond the usual surface rust,
except in one instance. There, on the bell of the joint, the
graphite formation could be shaved to a slight depth with a knife.
Although the mains have, so far as we know, shown no marked
corrosion, we should be surprised to learn that they are absolutely
free. We happen to have found almost no signs of electrolytic
injury to mains in that district, but of course this does not prove
that the injury is not going on in sections adjacent to where we
made our inspections.
In other localities there have been cases of bursting pipes, but
Engineering Department.
91
only in the case, at the corner of Harrison avenue and Massachu-
setts avenue, do we attribute the trouble to electrolysis. Along
here we had four excavations made in order to examine the con-
ditions. Only slight traces of corrosion were found.
There was during the winter a break on Clinton street, another
on Atlantic avenue, corner Summer street, another on Causeway
street, between Friend and Portland streets, none of which do we
think were due to electrolysis, unless it took place years ago, for
the voltmeter readings have for several years past indicated that
in these localities the current flows on to the pipes and not off of
them, and there is no indication that the bursting was due to
corrosion at the joints.
General Summary of Voltmeter Readings for Years 1899 and
1900.
Street Railways.
1899.
Spring.
Autumn.
Boston Elevated Railway... j
Other roads |
Max. +3.5
Av. +0.8
Max. +6
Av. +1.9
Max. +6
Av. +1.1
- 6
- l.l
-12
- 3.3
-12
- 1.3
tt
— 4
— 0.9
— 10
— 1.4
-10
— 1
+ 0.18
-6
— 1
-6
-1.8
— 6
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Stone & Webster.
In General.
During the year there has been an unusual number of
breaks in large mains. On August 8 the easterly 30-inch
main in Tremont street broke about 70 feet south of Boyls-
ton street. At this point the original line of main pipe, laid
about 1850, had been supported during the construction of
the subway, the excavation for which extended 17 feet be-
low the pipe; when uncovered a rigid support in brick-
work was found a few feet south of the break, while north-
erly no rigid support was found for a distance of 24 feet.
The pipe was of normal thickness, and the iron of excellent
quality. This main was micovered for a distance of 220
feet between Boylston and Eliot streets, its position in rela-
tion to the subway being practically the same as at the point
where the break occurred ; the supports were found to vary
in character, at one point the pipe being in immediate danger
of failing, the old supports were removed and new ones
92 City Document No. 14.
of a uniform character were built under the pipe for the
entire distance. A further examination of the conditions
under this main should be made still further south of Tre-
mont street. The easterly 30-inch main on Tremont street
again broke on September 5, opposite HolHs street. At this
point the pipe had been supported during the construction of
the subway below it ; when the broken pipe was removed it
was found to have rested directly upon a short upright piece of
8 X 8-inch spruce, imbedded in cement at the point where
the break occurred. Between October 19 and December 5
six breaks occurred in the 48-inch main which runs from
Chestnut Hill reservoir to Boylston street, Brookline, con-
necting with the three large mains from the Brookline reser-
voir; this main was laid in 1868, and up to the time of the
first break had been connected directly with Chestnut Hill
reservoir, and consequently had been subjected to a head not
exceeding 15 pounds; the immediate cause of the develop-
ment of the breaks was an increased pressure on the low
service of the City furnished by the Metropolitan Water
Board, which increase, the main, if of normal condition, should
have easily withstood. The broken pieces indicated in two
or three cases at least the existence of old cracks, and in
most of the samples tested the iron was found to be of
inferior quality. The line is now in service under a pres-
sure of over 30 pounds. The following is a statement of
tests made of pieces cut from broken pipes :
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In view of the dangerous and uncertain conditions existing
at Shirley Gut it was decided to lay a second main under the
Gut to Deer Island. The new line was located about 350
feet west of the 8-inch line laid in 1896, at a point where- the
channel is 150 feet wide at low water mark. After a trench
had been dredged across the channel a line of 12-inch flexible
pipe, which had previously been made up on rolls on the
Winthrop shore, was hauled across the channel by steam
power, the friction of the pipe on the bottom of the channel
being reduced by empty oil casks attached to the pipe. The
trench was then refilled. A test showed the line to be prac-
tically tight. The pipe used, shown in cut on opposite page,
was of special design ; the fact that the lead must remain in
the bell, whatever position the pipe assumes, is believed to be
of advantage in sub-aqueous work. »
On May 10 the Metropolitan Water Board made a taking
of the lines which formerly supplied East Boston and
Chelsea, from the Boston side of the Mystic draw, through
Chelsea and across Chelsea creek to East Boston, a total
length of about 10,600 feet of pipe. A 24-inch siphon is
now being laid under the Mystic river by the Metropolitan
Board, they having removed the old 24-inch and 30-inch
siphons, both of which were broken.
Engineering Department.
95
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Boston Water Department.
Daily average amount used through meters,
'gallons 15,760,400
Number of services ..... 87,525
Number of meters ..... 4,445
Number of motors ..... 120
Number of elevators ..... 545
Length of supply and distributing mains, in
miles 713.4
Number of public fire hydrants in use . 7,321
Yearly revenue from annual water rates . $1,295,719 91
Yearly revenue from metered water . . $901,250 20
Percentage of total revenue from metered
water ...... 41.0
Yearly expense of maintenance . . . $507,163.96
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[FROM THE CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT TO THE
STREET DEPARTMENT.]
The total quantities of work done and measured are as
follows :
Edgestones set, 23,562 linear feet; gutter paving laid,
7,837 square yards ; brick sidewalks laid, 735 square yards;
crushed stone sidewalks constructed, 7,776 square yards ;
artificial stone sidewalks laid, 47,698 square feet; coal tar
concrete sidewalks laid, 1,733 square yards ; flagging cross-
walks laid, 818 square yards ; macadam surface (6 inches
thick), 28,072 square yards; Telford (8 inches thick), 1,989
square yards ; macadam (4 inches thick), 1,989 square yards.
In addition to the above, measurements were made of
work as follows :
Square yards coal tar concrete walk, 489 ; square yards
of artificial stone walk, 16,541 ; linear feet of edgestone
set and reset, 264,982 ; square yards block-stone paving
and crossings laid and relaid, 161,428; square yards round-
stone paving relaid, 61,356; square yards brick paving laid
and relaid, 147,863 ; square yards asphalt blocks laid, 2,377.
The following statement gives the details of work done :
Assessment Streets.
The following streets were constructed under Chapter 323 of
the Acts of 1891, and acts in amendment thereof or in addition
thereto :
Aberdeen street, Beacon street to Brookline branch of Bos-
ton & Albany Railroad, is about 385 feet long. The contract
for constructing the surface of this street and for building retain-
ing wall, board fence and bulkhead was awarded to J. O'Brien &
Son. Work under this contract was begun February 8, 1900, and
completed August 21, 1900. 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
Engineering Department. 101
furnished on the work by the City, and flagging for crosswalks
by the contractor. A contract for laying the ai'tifieial stone side-
walks was awarded to Taylor, Carr & Andrews. Work under
this contract was begun July 9, 1900, and completed August 21,
1900.
Alexander street, from Alexander street, southerly, about
611 feet. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to James McGovern. Work under this con-
tract was begun October 25, 1899, and substantially completed
November 25, 1899 (a small amount of work required to finish
roadway and sidewalks was done during season of 1900). It
is a 6-inch macadam road, with brick and crushed stone sidewalks.
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 and bricks were furnished on the work
by the City, and flagging for crosswalks 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. AVork under this con-
tract was begun November 14, 1899, and completed May 8, 1900.
It is a 6-inch macadam road with crushed stone sidewalks.
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 ; and circular edgestones were furnished on the work by
the City, and flagging for crosswalks by the contractor.
Ashley street, Breed street to Walley street, is about 641 feet
long. A contract for filling 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 tliis con-
tract was begun December 4, 1899, and . completed March 24,
1900. Total amount of filling deposited was 7,825 cubic yards.
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, measured in place. Work under this contract was begun
January 16, 1900, and is still in progress; 100,400 cubic yards
of filling were deposited before February 1, 1901.
Plans and specifications have been prepared for extending the
abutments of the bridge (formerly Leyden street bridge) over
the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad so as to widen the
existing bridge. Plans have also been made for a wooden bulk-
head on the northerly line of the railroad for supporting the filling
of the street.
Blandford street, Commonwealth avenue to the Boston &
Albany Railroad, is about 399 feet long. A contract for depos-
iting about 15,000 cubic yards of filhng 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,
102 City Document No. 14.
and completed May 9, 1900. Total amount of filling deposited
was 10,400 cubic yards.
Chiswick road, Chestnut Hill avenue toEnglewood avenue, is
about 2,046 feet long. The contract for constructing the sur-
face of tliis street was awarded to Collins & Ham. Work under
this contract was begun September 10, 1899, and substantially
completed December 28, 1899 (a slight amount of surfacing being
required to finish roadway and sidewalks during season of 1900).
It is a 6-inch macadam road with crushed stone sidewalks, without
edgestones and with " hip" gutters. Crushed stone and gutter
blocks were furnished by the City, and hauled to the site of the
work by the contractor, and flagging for crosswalks was furnished
by the contractor.
Columbia road. During the year, under the contract with
Simon J. Donovan, dated October 25, 1898, for grading that
portion of Columbia road between Atlantic and I streets, there
have been deposited 110,078 cubic yard of filUng. The work is
not yet completed.
Congreve street, South street to Centre street, is about 1,409
feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to WilUam Finneran. Work under this con-
tract was begun November 4, 1899, and completed July 7, 1900.
It is a 6-inch macadam road with crushed stone sidewalks.
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, and flagging for crosswalks by the contractor.
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 a rate of 45
cents per cubic yard, measured in the bank. Work under this
contract was begun January 3, 1900, and completed May 9,
1900. Total amount of filling deposited was 43,292 cubic
yards.
Custer street. Woodman street to Arnold Arboretum is about
509 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to Philip Doherty. Work under this contract
was begun May 14, 1900, and completed June 6, 1900. 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, and flagging
for crosswalks by the contractor.
Dresden street, Boylston street to Spring Park avenue, is
about 393 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface
of this street was awarded to Thomas Minton. Work under this
contract was begun April 11, 1900, and completed May 18, 1900.
It is a 6-inch macadam I'oad with crushed stone sidewalks.
Crushed stone, gutter blocks and straight edgestones were fur-
nished by the City and hauled to the site of the work by the
Engineering Department. 103
contractor; circular edgestones were furnished on the work by
the City, and flagging for crosswalks by the contractor.
Edison Green, Dorchester avenue to Pond street, is about
1,344: feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of
this street was awarded to James McGovern. Work under this
contract was begun April 16, 1900, and completed July 9, 1900
(including setting about 420 linear feet of park curb and grading
and seeding a centre planting space about 10,241 square feet in
area) . It is a 6-inch macadam road with crushed stone sidewalks.
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 and park curb were furnished on
the work bj^ the City, and flagging for crosswalks by the con-
tractor.
Edwin street, Dorchester avenue to Florida street. (See
report of Superintendent of Streets for 1899, page 272.) A
contract for laying the artificial stone sidewalks was awarded to
Patrick Lyons. Work under this contract was begun October
30, 1899, and completed June 9, 1900.
Esmond street. Blue Hill avenue to Harvard street, is about
1,.518 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of
this street was awarded to T. F. Bradlej^ AVork was begun May
8, 1900, and completed August 30, 1900. It is a 6-inch macadam
road with artificial 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, and flagging for crosswalks by
the contractor. A contract for laying the artificial stone side-
walks was awarded to Warren Bros. Company. Work under this
contract was begun July 5, 1900, and completed August 25, 1900.
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 completed August 30, 1900 (in-
cluding grading and seeding a centre planting space about
14,619 square feet in area and loaming and sodding a sidewalk
planting space about 5,442 square feet in area). This street is
50 feet wide, and was built in the following manner : Two side-
walks each 8 feet wide, 4.5 feet of the 8 feet being either coal tar
concrete or artificial stone, the rest of the sidewalk being grass,
bounded by granite edgestones ; two 6-inch macadam roadways,
each 9.5 feet wide without block gutters, and a centre planting
space with trees, 15 feet wide. Crushed stone and straight edge-
stones 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, and flagging for crosswalks by the con-
ti'actor. A contract for resurfacing old and laying new tar con-
crete walks on that portion of the street between King and Lons-
dale streets was awarded to Taylor, Carr & Andrews. Work
under this contract was begun June 20, 1900, and completed
June 26, 1900. A contract for laying artificial stone sidewalks on
104 City Document No. 14.
that portion of the street between Lonsdale and Templeton
streets was awarded to Warren Bros. Company. Work under
this contract was begun June 27, 1900, and completed July 9,
1900. Fourteen maple trees were planted in the centre planting
space in addition to those already there.
Hubbard street, Chestnut avenue to Lamartine street, is
about 449 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface
of this street was awarded to Thomas Minton. Work under this
contract was begun November 20, 1899, and substantially com-
pleted December 27, 1899 (a small amount of work being required
to finish the surface of the roadway and sidewalks during the
season of 1900). It is a 6-inch macadam road with crushed stone
sidewalks; crushed stone, edgestones and gutter blocks were fur-
nished by the City and hauled to the site of the work by the
contractor, and flagging for crosswalks was furnished by the con-
tractor,
Ipswich street, Boylston road to Boylston street, is about
2,366 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of
this street was awarded to Collins & Ham. Work was begun
under this contract August 16, 1899, and substantially completed
December 8, 1899 (a small amount of work being required in sur-
facing roadway and sidewalks during season of 1900). 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, and
flagging for crosswalks by the contractor. Another contract was
made with Collins & Ham for building fence on northerly side of
street along location of the Boston & Albany Railroad.
The Parkway bridge was unfinished, but temporary wooden
fences and floor had been constructed so that it was open to
travel. The ornamental iron fences have been completed, and the
roadway has been paved with asphalt and the sidewalks with arti-
ficial stone. The fences should be painted to correspond in
color with the fences on the adjoining bridge over the railroad.
Lauriat avenue, Ballou 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 completed August
21, 1900. It is a Telford (8 inches) macadam (4 inches) road.
Telford stone, crushed stone, gutter blocks and straight edge-
stones 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, and flagging for crosswalks by the con-
tractor. Under this contract the sidewalks were omitted, but
artificial stone sidewalks have since been constructed under the
supervision of the Street Department.
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 completed May 22,
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1900. It is a 6-inch macadam road with crushed stone sidewalks.
Crushed stone, gutter blocks and straight edgestones were fur-
nished b}^ the City and hauled to the site of the work by the con-
tractor ; eii'cular edgestones were furnished on the work by the
City, and flagging for crosswalks by the contractor.
Oakview terrace, from Centre street about 861 feet south-
easterly. The contract for constructing the surface of this street
was awarded to Collins & Ham, Work under this contract was
begun November 9, 1899, and completed July 13, 1900, not
including artificial stone sidewalks. It is a 6-inch macadam road
with artificial stone sidewalks and sidewalk planting spaces 2 feet
wide on a portion of the street, together with an oval planting
space near the upper end about 5,200 square feet in area. Crushed
stone, straight edgestone and gutter blocks were furnished by the
City and hauled to the site of the work by the contractor ; cir-
cular edgestones were furnished on the work by the City, and
flagging for crosswalks by the contractor. A contract for laying
the artificial stone sidewalks was awarded to Patrick Lyons.
Work under this contract was begun May 21, 1900, and com-
pleted June 30, 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 con-
tract was begun May 2, 189 'J, and substantially completed Sep-
tember 12, 1899 (a small amount of work being done in sur-
facing the roadway and sidewalks during season of 1900). 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 ; cir-
cular edgestones were furnished on the work by the City, and
flagging for crosswalks by the contractor.
Rowe street, Ashland street to Seymour street, is about 475
feet long. The 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.
This contract was cancelled by letter of Superintendent of Streets,
dated May 26, 1900.
Rozella street, Adams street to Muzzy street, is about 322
feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street and for rebuilding a retaining wall at the Mary Hemen-
way School was awarded to Timothy F. Bradley. Work under
this contract was begun November 27, 1899, and completed
June 14, 1900. 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 delivered on the work by
the City, and flagging for crosswalks by the contractor.
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.
10(3 City Document No. 14.
This contract was cancelled by letter of Superintendent of Streets,
dated May 26, 1900.
Shatter street, Waterlow street to Faxon street, is about 744
feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this street
was awarded to Philip Doherty. Work under this contract was
begun April 4, 1900, and completed May 23, 1900. It is a 6-inch
macadam road with brick 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 and
bricks for sidewalks were furnished on the work by the City, and
flagging for crosswalks by the contractor.
Warner street, Harvard street to Park street, is about 830
feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to Timothy F. Bradley. Work under this
contract was begun April 12, 1900, and completed July 17, 1900,
not including the artificial stone sidewalks and sidewalk planting
spaces. It is a 6-inch macadam road with artificial stone 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 were furnished on the work by the
City, and flagging for crosswalks by the contractor. A contract
for laying artificial stone sidewalks was awarded to Warren
Bros. Company. Work under this contract was begun June 14,
1900, and was completed July 3, 1900. The sidewalk planting
spaces were finished by Timothy F. Bradley July 17, 1900.
Dover-street Bridge.
Plans and specifications were made for repairing the piers
and removing part of the old draw foundation, and recover-
ing the remaining part. A contract was made with William
J. Lawler, November 30, for doing the work, which is now
nearly completed.
East Boston Ferries.
Repairs of Piers. — Specifications were made early in the
year for the renewal of a few piles in the pier heads at the
East Boston landing of the North Ferry. The work was done
by W. H. Ellis & Co.
Specifications were made in March for repairing the north
pier of the North Ferry, East Boston side. The work was
done by Ross & Fowler at a cost of $826.60.
Specifications were made in April for repairing the middle
pier of the South Ferry, Boston side. The work was done by
George Hayes & Co. at a cost of $643.
Specifications were made in December for rebuilding 29
feet of the northerly pier of the North Ferry, Boston land-
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ing, and making other small repairs on the same pier. The
work was done by Wm. J. Lawler at a cost of $472.89.
Mount Washington Avenue Bridge.
A plan and specifications were made for making general
repairs on this bridge, but as the plan failed of approval by
the Harbor and Land Commissioners no work has been done.
South Union Station.
Early in April, 1900, the work of repaving Atlantic avenue
with granite blocks on a concrete base with pitch and pebble
joints was resumed under the contract with H. Gore & Co.,
dated Nov. 6, 1899, and the entire work completed July 30,
1900.
The area paved included the portion of the street east of
the street car tracks between Summer street and Kneeland
street and a small area at the intersection of Beach street,
where the work had been postponed on account of the delay
in setting the special track-work at that point. Two small
areas in Dewey square were also repaved with granite blocks,
thus completing the entire pavement in the square on a con-
crete base with pitcli and pebble joints.
Beach street, between Atlantic avenue and South street,
was regraded, the edgestone set, sidewalk relaid with brick,
and the street repaved with granite blocks on a gravel base.
Winter op Bridge.
Plans and specifications were made for renewing some of
the piles of this bridge which had been badly eaten by the
"limnoria," and for making general repairs. A contract was
made November 30 with William L. Miller for doing the work,
which is now under way.
AsSESSiMENT StEEETS.
Working plans, specifications, and forms of contract were
prepared and forwarded to the Street Department for the
following assessment streets :
Ashby street, Commonwealth avenue to Bay State road.
Ashley street, Breed street to Walley street.
Bay State road, Granby street to Chilmark street.
Cardington street, Cobden street across Fenner street.
Chilmark street, Commonwealth avenue to Bay State I'oad.
Corinth street, Washington street to Brandon street.
Dunford street, Cobden street to Fenner street.
Echo street, Columbus avenue to Centre street.
108 City Document No. 14.
Fowler street, Glenway street to McLellan street.
Homes avenue, Bowdoin street to Topliff street.
Montague street, Ashinont street to Roslin street.
Nottingham street, Ballard street to Bowdoin avenue.
Province court, Pro^dnce street easterly.
Public alley. No. 432, between Commonwealth avenue and
Newbury street, from Fairfield street to Gloucester street.
Rockford street, Dudley street to Clifton street.
Seaborn street. Centre street to Kenwood street.
Stratford street, Anawan avenue to Clement avenue.
Tremont street, Washington street to Newton line.
Trinity place, Stuart street to Stanhope street.
Van Winkle street, Dorchester avenue to Shawmut Branch
Railroad.
Washington street, Morton street to Tower street.
Woodcliff street, Howard avenue easterly.
Wordsworth street, Saratoga street to Pope street.
Plans and Specifications for Repaying Streets.
Preliminary surveys were made and working plans, speci-
fications, and forms of contract were prepared and forwarded
to the Street Department for repaving the following streets :
Atlantic avenue, Oliver street across India square.
Atlantic avenue, India square across Clinton street.
Atlantic avenue, CUnton street to P^astern avenue.
Beacon street, Arlington street to Dartmouth street.
Boylston street, Arlington street to Berkeley street.
Commercial street. Eastern avenue aci'oss Hanover street.
Commercial street, Hanover street across Hull street.
Commercial street. Fleet street across Clinton street.
Devonshire street. State street across Water street.
Harrison avenue, Davis street to Asylum street.
Mason street, Tremont street easterly.
Meridian street, Trenton street to Eutaw street.
Neponset avenue, Adams street to Minot street.
Oliver street, Atlantic avenue to Milk street.
Summer street (southerly side), Washington street to Fed-
eral street.
Temple place, Wasliington street to Tremont street.
Tremont street, Scollay square to Boylston street.
Plans for Repaying Streets.
Preliminary surveys were made and working plans were
prepared and forwarded to the Street Department for repav-
ing the following streets :
Blue Hill avenue. Intervale street to Dewey street.
Broadway extension, Washington street to Harrison avenue.
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Dover street, Washington street to Tremont street.
Northampton street, Harrison avenue to Albany street.
Prince street, Salem street 210 feet toward Hanover street.
Tremont street, Dover street to Boston & Albany Railroad
Bridge.
Miscellaneous.
Preliminary surveys have been made and plans have been
prepared of the following Assessment streets and Public
alleys, preliminary to construction :
B street, West First street to Congress street.
Berkeley street, Boylston street to Columbus avenue.
Bird street, Columbia road to Hancock street.
Boardman street, Saratoga street to Boston & Maine Rail-
road.
Brookline avenue, Longwood entrance to the riverway.
Carlow street, Albany street to Chadwick street.
Conrad street, Sumner street, 224 feet westerly.
Dixfield street. Old Harbor street to Covington street.
Gainsborough street, St. Stephen street to Hemenway street.
Gibson street, Dorchester avenue to Adams street.
Hancock street, Columbia road to Winter street.
Leonard street, Duncan street to Adams street.
Moseley street, Crescent avenue to Columbia road.
Normandy street, Lawrence avenue across Grove street.
Perkins street. Centre street to Jamaicaway.
Public alley. No. 414, between Beacon and Marlborough
streets, from Hereford street to Massachusetts avenue.
Public alley. No. 415, between Beacon and Marlborough
streets, from Gloucester street to Hereford street.
Public alley. No. 416, between Beacon and Marlborough
streets, from Fairfield street to Gloucester street.
Public alley. No. 417, between Beacon and Marlborough
streets, from Exeter street to Fairfield street.
Public alley. No. 421, between Beacon and Marlborough
streets, from Arhngton street to Berkeley street.
Public alley. No. 430, between Commonwealth avenue and
Newbury street, from Massachusetts avenue to Hereford street.
Railroad street, Corey street to Willow street,
Shepton street, Dorchester avenue to Florida street.
Spencer street, Athelwold street to Harvard street.
Templeton street, Dorchester avenue to Adams street.
Thane street, Athelwold street to Harvard street.
Westbourne street, Cornell street to Beech street.
Grading Street Railway Tracks.
The grades for tracks in the following streets have been
determined and the necessary surveys made for determining
110 City Document No. 14.
the same, except that the Boston Elevated Railway Com-
pany made the surveys for Adams and Webster streets.
Boston Elevated Railway Company.
Adams street, Neponset avenue to Minot street.
Atlantic avenue, Oliver street to Comniercial street.
Beach street, Atlantic avenue to South street.
Blue Hill avenue, Intervale street to Dewey street.
Broadway extension, Harrison avenue to Washington street.
Brookline avenue, Longwood entrance to the riverway.
Causeway street, Nashua street to Haverhill street.
Columbia road, at Stoughton street.
Commercial street, Atlantic avenue to Hull street.
Dover street, Tremont street to Washington street.
Qreen street, Bowdoin square to Chambers street.
Harrison avenue, Davis street to Asylum street.
Longwood avenue, Huntington avenue to Brookline avenue.
Massachusetts avenue, Swett street to Edward Everett
square.
Neponset avenue, Adams street to Minot street.
Northampton street, Albany street to Harrison avenue.
Pleasant street, Tremont street to Shawmut avenue.
Swett street, Albany street to Massachusetts avenue.
Tremont street, Dover street to Boston & Albany Railroad
Bridge.
Tremont street (Brighton), Washington street to Newton
line.
Webster street, Orleans street to Sumner street.
Western avenue, at Market street.
West Roxbury and Roslindale Street Railway Company.
Washington street, Adams street to Neponset river.
Union Freight Railroad Company.
Atlantic avenue, Oliver street to Commercial street.
Commercial street, Atlantic avenue to Huh street.
Total length of single track grades 17.2 miles.
Miscellaneous Plans, Specifications, etc.
The following plans have been prepared and the prelim-
inary surveys necessary for the same have been made.
Alford street, Mystic river to Everett line, plan of cross-
section for construction ; plan of solid filling and riprap.
Bay State road, G-ranby street to Chilmark street, plan of
cross-section for construction ; plan, cross-section and specifi-
cation for cap-stone for sea-wall ; plan and specifications for arch
and sea-wall opposite Ashby street.
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Bennington street, Chelsea street to Revere line, cross-sec**^
tion of street as approved for construction.
Beacon street, Arlington street to Dartmouth street, cross-
section.
Brookline avenue, Longwood entrance to the riverway,
cross-section of construction ; plan of proposed change in line
and grade near Longwood entrance.
Cambridge street, between Warren street and AYashington
street, plan and section of ground water drains.
Centre street, opposite New Heath street, plan and specifi-
cations for retaining wall.
Devonshire street. State street to Water street, plan of
templet for concrete base.
Echo street, Columbus avenue to Centre street, cross-section
for construction.
Edison Green, Dorchester avenue to Pond street, plan and
specifications for park curb for planting space.
Florida street. King street to Lonsdale street, plan and
specifications for tar concrete sidewalks.
Freeport street, at Dorchester Yacht Club property, plan,
sections and specifications for extending retaining wall.
Harrison avenue, Davis street to Asylum street, plan of
templet for concrete base.
Macadam street, 20 feet wide, cross-sections for construc-
tion.
Mason street, from Tremont street, plan of templet for con-
crete base.
Meridian street, Trenton street to Eutaw street, plan of
templet for concrete base.
Moseley street, at Columbia road, proposed change of
grade.
Newburg street. Beech street to beyond Cornell street, plan
for ground water drains.
Pontiac street, Tremont street to Hillside street, plan and
specifications for retaining walls and fences.
Stratford street, Anawan avenue to Clement avenue, plan
and section of artificial stone sidewalks.
Tremont street, easterly side, from School street to Mason
.street, plan for widening sidewalk.
Trinity place, Stuart street to Stanhope street, plan and speci-
fication for wall and fences.
Van Winkle street, Dorchester avenue to Shawmut Branch
Railroad, cross-section for construction.
Waldeck street. Park street to near Tonawanda street, plan
for tar concrete sidewalks.
112 City Document No. 14.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK AND CONSTRUCTION
IN 1900.
Atlantic Avenue Extension.
Surveys and borings have been made preparatory to the con-
struction of this work. Plans and specifications have been pre-
pared for the southerly approach between Dorchester avenue and
the Harbor Commissioners line on the South Boston side of Fort
Point channel, and also for a portion of the northerly approach.
Plans have been made for the foundations of the piers which are
to be in the yard of the Boston Terminal Company.
Bennington Street Extension.
Plans and specifications have been prepared for extending the
abutments of the bridge (formerly Leyden-street bridge) over the
Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, for widening the exist-
ing bridge. Plans have also been made for a wooden bulkhead
on the northerly line of the railroad for supporting the filhng of
the street.
Broadway Bridge Rebuilding.
A survey has been made preparatory to rebuilding this bridge
and borings have been taken. A plan has been made of a
temporary wooden foot-bridge to be used during the reconstruc-
tion of the permanent bridge.
Charlesgate Bridge over Ipswich Street.
At the beginning of the year this bridge was unfinished, but
temporary wooden fences and floor had been constructed so that
it was open to travel.
The ornamental iron fences have been completed, and the road-
way has been paved with asphalt and the sidewalk with artificial
stone. The fences should be painted to correspond in color with
the fences on the adjoining bridge over the railroad.
Chelsea Bridge, North.
The temporary bridge, built around the draw of this bridge to
accommodate travel while work was being done on the permanent
bridge, was opened to street car travel May 12, and to team
travel May 15, 1900, and was used continually until September
2l, 1900, when travel was resumed over the main bridge.
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The coutract for widening the opening of the main bridge from
45 to 60 feet was awarded to William J. Lawler, February 27,
1900. This contract included the building and extending of two
new draw-piers, strengthening and enlarging the draw foundation,
building two new fender-guards on the up and down-stream sides,
making a new landing for the draw on the Chelsea side of the
main bridge and cutting off about 10 feet of the main bridge on
the Charlestown side. The iron draw was lengthened about 15
feet on the Chelsea end, and 10 feet on the Charlestown end was
added as a counterbalance. The contract for the work on the
draw was awarded to the Boston Bridge Works on January 2,
1900, for the sum of $9,992. The necessary changes to the elec-
trical apparatus for moving the draw were made by the General
Electric Co., and the machinery was refitted by Miller & Shaw.
Travel was resiuned over the main bridge on September 24,
1900, and the temporary bridge with its draw was soon after
removed.
The total cost of the work was $61,490.44, of which the City
of Boston paid $30,690.44, the remainder being donated.
Columbia Road.
The only work done during the year has been that under the
contract with Mr. Simon eT. Donovan, dated October 25, 1898, for
grading that portion of Columbia road between Atlantic and I
streets. Under this contract there have been deposited 110,078
cubic yards of filling. The work is not yet completed.
Congress-street Grade Crossing.
Upon the petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Boston, a commission was appointed by the Superior Court for
the alteration of the grade crossing of Congress street and the
railroad of the New England Railroad Company. Before any
action was taken by the Commission, however, a special act was
passed by the Legislature (Chap. 535, Acts of 1896) and ap-
proved by the Governor, June 9, 1896, authorizing them to
abolish the crossing " either by carrying Congress street over the
location and lands of the New England Railroad Company, or
altering the location of Congress street east of a point on that
street 375 feet east of the easterly boundary of A street, or by
discontinuing any portion of Congress street east of said point on
that street and locating and constructing a new street 100 feet
wide, including a bridge over Fort Point channel in substitution
therefor." It also provided that the expenses of the alteration
and improvement "shall be paid by the railroad company and
the City of Boston and the Commonwealth, in such proportions
as the Commission shall decide to be just and equitable, consider-
ing all the relations of the parties."
Under this authority, after numerous hearings, the commission
filed its report with the Superior Court on March 10, 1897, and
114 City Document No. 14.
the report was accepted, and a decree was entered March 13,
1897. The decree provided for the discontinuance of " that por-
tion of Congress street east of a point on that street about three
hundred eighty-eight and eighteen one-hundredths (388.18) feet
east of the easterly boundary of A street over the raih'oad and
land of the New England Railroad Company to the westerly side
Une of B street," and in substitution therefor a new street was
laid out 100 feet wide in extension of Summer street from the
westerly line of Dorchester avenue, on the Boston side of Fort
Point channel to the junction of Congress street, as heretofore
planned, and L-street bridge at the " Reserved Channel," South
Boston flats. Three approaches to this new street were also laid
out by the decree ; the first approach called for the widening of
Congress street to a width of 80 feet from Atlantic avenue to
the harbor hue on the westerly side of Fort Point channel, and
the building of a new street 80 feet wide along the harbor line
between Congress street and the new street in extension of Sum-
mer street ; the second approach called for a new street 60 feet
wide from A street along substantially the old location of the
New England Railroad, to a junction with the new street near
the harbor line on the easterly side of Fort Point channel ; and
the third approach provided for the building of portions of three
streets already planned on the land of the Commonwealth on the
South Boston flats, a part of D street 80 feet wide between its
intersection with the new street and Fargo street, a part of Fargo
street 50 feet wide between D and C streets, and a part of C
street 60 feet wide between Fargo and Congress streets.
The decree further provided that the New England Railroad
Company should build the bridge over its lands, including the
necessary abutments and piers, and that the City of Boston
should do all the other work. The decree also provided that the
expense of the whole work should be paid in the following pro-
portions : The Commonwealth, 31 per cent. ; the City of Boston,
30 per cent. ; and the Railroad Company, 39 per cent.
The first work entered upon by the City in carrying out its part
was the construction of the bridge across Fort Point channel, the
general plans for which were approved by the Board of Harbor and
Land Commissioners, September 7, 1897, and the necessary
authority for the construction of the bridge and the building of the
sea-walls was obtained from the United States Government
through the Secretary of War, dated September 23, 1897. The first
contract of the work, that for building the west abutment, was let
on October 7, 1897. and the other contracts were let as rapidly as
plans could be prepared.
The masonry abutments and piers were completed December 30,
1898, and the steel superstructure of the fixed spans on June 15,
1899. The timber foundation for the draws and the necessary
draw-piers were completed on August 8, 1899. On August 14,
1899, work was so far advanced that the portion of the new street
across Fort Point channel, and the approach leading to A street,
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South Boston, were opened to public travel. At that time, how-
ever, only one of the draws was put in service, the power for
operating it being furnished by a temporary steam plant. Later
the 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 of building the streets and bridges east of A street
was prosecuted during the year 1900, and on December 4, 1900,
when the roadway of the bridge constructed by the railroad com-
pany over its tracks was paved and the sidewalks laid, the entire
work was turned over to the care of the Street Department.
The new street in extension of Summer street, as built is 4,954
feet in length, measured on it centre line from the westerly side
line of Dorchester avenue, to its intersection with centre line of
L-street bridge, at the abutment on the westerly side of the
reserved channel. The width of the new street for its entire
length is 100 feet, divided into two sidewalks, each 12 feet in
width, and a roadway 76 feet in width reduced slightly at some
of the bridges by the trusses projecting above the roadway. The
roadway is paved with granite blocks for its entire length, except
the portion on the draw-bridge at Fort Point channel, and granite
edgestones are set on the curb lines on all filled portions of the
street.
The gradient of the new street, starting from Dorchester avenue,
rises at the rate of 1.75 feet per 100 feet to the draw over Fort
Point channel ; across the draw and to the easterly line of the
channel, the grade is level at 25.50 feet above city base ; from
the easterly line of the channel to the bridge over A street, the
gradient rises at the rate of 1 .75 feet per 100 feet ; from this point
the gradient rises at the rate of 0.90 feet per 100 feet to the
bridge over the railroad tracks. Across the tracks to the west-
erly line of B street the grade is level at 40.50 feet above city base.
At the latter point the gradient descends at the rate of 0.74 feet
per 100 feet to the westerly Une of C street, and from this point
the gradient descends at the rate of 1.50 feet per 100 feet to ele-
vation 16 feet above city base and continues at this elevation to
L-street bridge.
The bridge over the channel consists of four deck-plate girder
spans resting on masonry piers and abutments, and two retractile
draws over a 50-foot channel-way for the passage of vessels.
The four fixed spans rest on four granite masonry piers with
concrete foundations, and two granite masonry abutments with
similar concrete foundations. Borings made before the work of
construction was begun showed that the bed of the channel was
a layer of soft black silt, varying in thickness from 3 to 6 feet,
and overlaying a stratum of soft blue clay, the top of which was
at about 15 feet below city base on the westerly side of the
channel and sloped to about 20 feet below, on the easterly side.
This clay layer extended to a depth of about 40 feet below city
116 City Document No. 14.
base gradually becoming harder as it was mixed with sand and
gravel. Below this depth the material was a fairly hard blue
clay with increasing proportions of gravel and sand until a depth
of about 50 feet below city base was reached where the material
was almost entirely sand and gravel.
One of the pro\dsions of the license granted by the Board of
Harbor and Land Commissioners for the building of this bridge
required a channel for vessels to be dredged 50 feet in width and
to a uniform depth of 16 feet below low water, extending from
Congress-street bridge to Mt. Washington-avenue bridge.
The design adopted for the pile and concrete foundations of
the piers consisted of a mass of concrete 11 feet 4 inches wide at
the top, which was at elevation 0, city base and increasing in
width 2 inches for each foot in depth of the piers. Piers 1 and
2 (numbered from the west side of the channel) were carried
down to 18 feet below city base, at which elevation the width
was 14 feet 4 inches, and Piers 3 and 4 were carried down
22 feet where they had a width of 15 feet. Spruce piles were
driven in alternate rows of four and five piles each, spaced 15
inches on centres, and were cut off at 4 and 3 feet respectively
above the bottom of the concrete.
In the rows containing four piles, the two centre piles were
driven vertically, and in the rows containing five piles the centre
pile only was driven vertically, all others in both rows being driven
at an inclination of 1 to 12, the foot of all inclined piles spreading
outward from the centre, thus increasing the area of the founda-
tion over which the piles distribute the load coming on them more
than 50 per cent.
The construction of the piers proceeded in the following order :
The mud and soft material was excavated to elevation, minus 19
for Piers 1 and 2, and to elevation, minus 23 for Piers 3 and 4.
At a few points where the soft material extended slightly deeper,
the dredging was carried down until all the soft material was
removed. The dredging was carried one foot below the required
elevation of the bottom of the concrete to allow for the swelling
of the clay caused by the driving of the piles, and soundings
taken after the piles were driven showed that this allowance was
not too large. After the dredging was completed, the spruce
piles for the foundation were driven. The piles were from 35 to
45 feet long, not less than 6 inches in diameter at the point, and
were driven with the aid of a " follower," so that only a short
portion of the pile was wasted. The average total penetration of
the pile caused by the last five blows of a hammer weighing 2,600
pounds, and with a fall of 10 feet, was about 6^ inches, the
maximum allowed under the above conditions was 9 inches. As
soon as the piles had been driven in any pier they were sawed off
at the required grade and a coffer-dam, made of 6-inch splined
spruce sheeting, was constructed to serve as a mould for the con-
crete foundation. The sides of the coffer-dam were driven at the
inclination of 1 to 12, and the sheeting was held in position during
driving by double wale-pieces, the outside piece being attached
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to piles driven outside the sheeting for this purpose. The sheet-
ing was further secured against internal pressure by one-inch
diameter rods extending across the pier and fastened by nuts on
the outside of the sheeting. After the concrete was in place, and
the masonry laid, this coffer-dam was cut off at elevation 0, city
base.
After the coffer-dam was in place, the space enclosed was
filled with Portland cement concrete composed by measure of one
part of Portland cement, two parts of sand and four parts of
sound broken stone or gravel. The mixing was done in a con-
tinuous mixing machine, having paddles revolving on a horizontal
shaft in an inchned trough. The mixed concrete was conveyed in
wheelbarrows to place where it was to be deposited. The method
of depositing the concrete was by means of an iron chute or tube
about twelve inches in diameter, having a hopper at the top to
receive the concrete when dumped from the wheelbarrows. The
chute was made in sections so that its length could be adapted to
any required depth of the foundation. It was suspended by a
differential hoist from a truck on a travelling frame which could
be moved on a track from end to end of the pier, and the truck
itself could be moved from side to side of the pier. By means of
poles shod with saddled-shaped irons, the chute could be pushed
so that its lower end would follow the battered sides of the coffer-
dam and enable the concrete to be deposited close to the sides
of the sheeting. When the concrete had reached an elevation
within one foot of its finished surface, the water was pumped
from the coffer-dam and the final foot laid with the dam free from
water. This last layer was thoroughly rammed, and its surface
made smooth at the elevation required to receive the first course
of masonry.
The piers above the concrete foundation are built of Cape Ann
granite laid solid in Portland cement mortar, the exposed surfaces
are quarry-faced, pitched to line, with no projections of more
than 3 inches. The beds and vertical joints were dressed to lay
■^-inch joints. The faces of the piers under the coping show
seven courses, all of 22-ineh rise, excepting the two upper
coursse in each pier which are of 21 -inch rise. The bottom
course is composed entirely of headers extending through the
pier, the other courses being laid in " Flemish " bond, all headers,
however, extending through the pier. The stretchers vary in
width from 22 inches in the top course to 30 inches in the
bottom, the space between the stretchers being filled solid with
Portland cement concrete of the same proportions as that used in
the foundation. The coping stones of the piers are 22 inches
deep, quarry-faced on vertical faces and hammered on top. The
coping stones at the ends being dowelled to the course below.
All face joints are pointed with mortar composed of equal parts
Portland cement and fine sand.
In cross section the piers were 4 feet 6 inches wide under
the coping, increasing in width by a curved batter face to 8
feet at the foundation. The coping on all piers was 5 feet
118 City Document No. 14.
6 inches wide. The piers with the exception of Pier 2 (which is
protected by the piling of the draw foundations) have pointed
ends with cui-ved faces to aid in passing ice and other floating
material. The lengths of Piers 1, 3 and 4 measured on the
centre hne at the foundation are 105 feet lOJ inches and at the
coping 101 feet 6J inches, and of Pier 2, measured at the same
elevations are respectively 99 feet 2 inches and 98 feet.
The abutments on the west and east sides of Fort Point channel
are similar in design, that on the west side bonding into the sea
walls, which are built along the harbor line on that side of the
channel, while that on the east side has return walls extending
back about 35 feet along both street lines. The design of the
foundations of the abutments was similar to those of the piers
and consisted of a mass of concrete supported by spruce piles.
The foundations were prepared by dredging out the soft material
and then driving spruce piles the same as was done at the piers.
The piles in the two front lines were driven at an inclination to
the vertical of 1 in 6, and in the remaining lines they were driven
vertically. The piles were driven in rows of seven piles each,
the rows in the west abutment being spaced 2 feet on centres, and
those on the east abutment 2 feet 2 inches on centres. The
inclined piles at the front of the abutments were cut off at eleva-
tion minus 9 and the others at elevation minus 2. Coffer-dams
were driven about the foundations to hold the concrete, the front
line of sheeting being driven at the same incUnation as the front
piles. After the sheeting was in place clean gravel was deposited
within the coffer-dam and back of it, that within the dam being
placed with great care so that the finished surface on top should
have a uniform slope of 2 horizontal to 1 vertical, and the foot
of the slope should be below the original surface of the bottom
of the channel. In the case of the west abutment this was at
elevation minus 15, and in the case of the east abutment at
elevation minus 12. On this sloping surface of gravel the con-
crete rested. The object of this form of construction was to
provide a mass of concrete round the front piles carried down to
a depth which would insure protection to these piles from the
ravages of worms, and at the same time to use the minimum
quantity of concrete. The concrete used was of the same quality
and mixed the same as specified for the piers, and was deposited
in a similar manner by means of a chute.
The masonry of the abutment is similar in quality to that of
the piers. In cross section the west abutment is 12 feet o inches
wide at its base, which is at elevation 0, and 9 feet 6 inches at
the bridge seat at elevation 13.5; and the parapet is 5 feet 6
inches wide at the bridge seat and 12 inches at the top. The
east abutment is of the same dimensions as the west, excepting
the width at the base which is 6 inches less.
An opening for a sewer outlet was built through the west abut-
ment 5 feet square, the bottom of the outlet being at elevation
2.75 above city base. Some difficulty was found in the construe-
Engineering Depart^nient. 119
tiou of the return walls of the east abutment because of the old
sea-wall, which crossed the street back of the new abutment.
The old wall was taken down to about elevation 8 at the points
where the return walls crossed it, and five lines of 15-inch steel
I-beams were built into the masonry of each return wall, where
it spans the old wall, the whole being surrounded by Portland
cement concrete. In front of each abutment riprap was dumped
to a depth of at least three feet above the bottom of the con-
crete.
Each of the four fixed spans over the channel consists of six
steel-plate girders spaced 18 feet apart on centres. The lengths
of the girders, measured between centres of bearings for each
span, numbered from the west side are: For span 1, 70 feet 8^
inches up-stream girder and 78 feet 10 inches down-stream girder ;
for span 2, 80 feet 5 inches and for spans 3 and 4, 85 feet. The
depths of the girders for spans 1 and 2 increase from 7 feet at the
abutment end to 8 feet 2 inches at the draw-span ; the depths of
those for spans 3 and 4 being uniformly 8 feet 3 inches. The floor-
ing is supported by built beams 2 feet 6 inches deep, carrying 15-
inch I-beam stringers. A hard-pine spiking strip is bolted on the
top of each stringer to which the floor planking is spiked. The floor
planking is of hard pine planed to a uniform thickness, from 6-inch
stock, and coated on top with a creosote preservative compound.
On the planking is laid a waterproof coating consisting of four
thicknesses of roofing felt, thoroughly mopped with roofing-pitch.
This waterproofing is protected by a one-inch layer of concrete
composed of road-pitch and sand. The wearing surface of the
roadway is of granite block paving, laid on a thin bed of sand,
with the joints bet^'een the blocks filled with pitch and peb-
bles.
The sidewalk floor beams are cantilevers, resting directly on the
top of the outer girders of the bridge, and anchored to the road-
way floor-beams. At their outer ends they support a facia, which
forms the outside finish to the sidewalk, and at their inner ends
they support a channel-beam to which is attached a cast-iron curb.
The flooring of the sidewalk consists of pressed steel buckle plates
riveted to the sidewalk beams, facia and channel beam. The
wearing surface of the sidewalk is of rock asphalt with a pitch con-
crete base. At the outer edges of the sidewalks strong but
simple wi'ought-iron railings, with cast-iron posts, about 3 feet 7
inches high, are built the entire length of the bridge.
Between the curb and the granite paving of the roadway there
is a continuous longitudinal slit kept open by separators, which
provides for the surface drainage of the roadway and sidewallv.
The ends of the flooring plank are protected by copper flashing
and the water is diverted from the floor-beams and from the piers
and abutment, by copper gutters.
The fixed span adjacent to the draw landing has overhanging
girders carrying heavy cross beams upon which the main girders
of the draw rest when it is in position for travel.
120 City Document No. 14.
The draw-span consists of two retractile draws moving inde-
pendently on heavy trucks which roll on steel rails supported by
steel beams on a pile foundation. The foundations for these
draws are similar to other retractile draws built in Boston, the
only important difference being the substitution of steel I-beams,
20 inches deep for the hard pine timber heretofore used for the
upper track stringers. These beams are arranged in sets, one
beam under each rail, the whole being solidly braced by steel
angles, and bolted to the heavy timbering resting on the oak
piles of the foundation. On the beams, 6 inch by 6 inch hard
pine ties are placed and these in turn support the rails. The
object of this construction was to secure a support for the rails
which could be more easily renewed by the substitution of new
ties for those which might become soft or rotten, instead of tear-
ing out heavy timbering, as has been found necessary in the
other form of construction.
Each draw has a roadway 32 feet 6 inches wide in the clear
and a sidewalk 11 feet 6 inches wide. The draws have each
three lines of girders, each line being composed of two non-con-
tinuous plate girder spans. The outside girders which span the
channel used for the passage of vessels, rest at their front ends
when the draw is closed, on cast-iron shoes, supported by canti-
lever girders projecting from the fixed spans, and at the other ends
they are supported by the rear girders by means of a pin connec-
tion. The rear girders are supported on trucks resting on the
rails of the foundation. When tlie draw is opened the front ends
of each of the outside girders are carried by suspension rods
passing over Samson posts erected at the front end of the rear
span and then back to rear end of this span ; the front end of the
middle girder being supported by means of a heavy cross girder
attached to the outside girders. Proper counterbalance for the
draw when open is provided by cast-iron boxes filled with lead.
The floor is supported by built floor-beams riveted to the three
lines of main girders. The flooring consists of two courses of
spruce plank, the upper being 2 inches thick and the lower 4
inches thick, the latter being kyanized. The stringers are of
hard pine 4 inches by 14 inches.
The motive power for the draws is furnished by two electric
motors of the street-car type, one for each draw, placed in inde-
pendent motor houses located on the draw foundation. Each motor
is geared to a horizontal drum, 3 feet in diameter, whose axis is at
right angles with the line of motion of the draw and whose centre
is on the line passing through the centre of gravity of the draw,
and parallel to the line of motion. A wire cable 1 inch in diam-
eter attached to the draw at its centre of gravity by an adjusta-
ble hitch, passes over a sheave 3 feet in diameter located at the
channel face of the foundation and then back to the drum and a
second cable leads directly from the hitch to the drum, the move-
ment of the draw being accomplished by winding up on the drum
either of the cables as it is desired to open or close the draw.
Engineering Department. 121
The motors are operated by controllers, one for each draw,
placed in the controller house which is located between the draws
near the face of the channel, enabling one man to operate both
draws at the same time, and to have full view of the channel for
the passage of vessels and the landings of the draws. Brake
levers are also placed near the operator's station so that he can
check at will the speed at which either draw is moving. Latches
are provided at the landings so that the draws are locked auto-
matically when closed.
A house for the use of the draw-tenders while on duty is built
on a wharf between the draw and Dorchester avenue, and fur-
nished in a comfortable manner.
The bridge over A street is a deck structure similar in design
to the fixed spans across Fort Point channel, and consists of six
plate girders, 53 feet span, centre to centre of end bearings,
spaced 18 feet apart. The girders are 4 feet 3 inches deep at
the centre and 4 feet 6 inches at the ends, measured from back to
back of flange angles. The flooring is the same as the spans over
Fort Point channel, the wearing surface of the roadway being of
granite block paving and the sidewalks of asphalt.
The abutments of tliis bridge are of granite ashlar masonry
resting on a foundation of concrete and spruce piles. Borings
taken at these abutments showed a soft clay .* 24 feet below the
surface of A street, or at about elevation minus 8. The founda-
tion was excavated to elevation 4, or about 12 feet below the
surface of the street and spruce piles driven in rows of seven
piles each, the rows being spaced 2 feet 4 inches on centres.
The front pile in each row was driven at an inclination of 1 to 5,
and an additional pile was driven between each row also at the
same inclination. The foundation consists of a mass of Port-
land cement concrete 15 feet 6 inches wide and 9 feet in thickness.
The masonry above the foundation is of granite, laid solid in
Portland cement mortar.
The bridge over B street is a thorough plate-girder structure
consisting practically of two independent bridges, each bridge
covering half the width of the street. This gives two roadways
31 feet wide in the clear, and two sidewalks about 9 feet in the
clear. The girders are 86 feet 6 inches long over all, and 7 feet
deep at the end, and 8 feet 6 inches deep at the centre, the top
flange being curved. The floor-beams are built girders, spaced
about 17 feet on centres, and are 3 feet 10^ inches deep at
centre girders, and 2 feet 8^ inches deep at curb girders. The
roadway stringers are 15-inch I-beams built into the floor-beams
and spaced 3 feet 6 inches on centres. The roadway flooring is
of 6-inch hard pine resting on spiking strips, bolted to the steel
stringer^. The waterproofing and paving are the same as on the
A-street bridge and fixed spans over the channel.
The sidewalk is supported on cantilever beams which are
anchored to the roadway floor-beams. The buckle plate floor is
carried on built beams stringers and a facia, which forms the out-
122 City Document No. 14.
side finish of the bridge. The wearing surface of the sidewalk is
of rock asphalt, the same as on the other bridges. This bridge is
supported at its westerly end on the same piers that support
the easterly end of the railroad bridge, but at its easterly end
an abutment was built similar in construction to those at A
street.
The bridge over C street is a two-span steel-beam structure
with brick and concrete arches turned between the beams. At
the side lines of C street masonry abutments with concrete and
pile foundations are built of the same design as those at A street,
and in the centre of C street a masonry pier is built. The foun-
dation of the pier is of Portland cement concrete supported by
spruce piles. The piles are spaced 2 feet 6 inches by 3 feet on
centres, and the mass of concrete is 10 feet 6 inches in thickness,
111 feet 10 inches long and 8 feet wide at its base, which is at
elevation 4 and stepped off to 6 feet wide at the top. As a 30-inch
by 42-inch brick sewer had been built on the centre line of C street
it was necessary to provide for it in the new structure, and it was
accordingly rebuilt in the mass of concrete, with a single ring of
bricks. On this concrete foundation two courses of granite
masonry were laid, the upper course 2^ feet high being entirely
above the finished surface of the street and was 2 feet 6 inches wide,
100 feet 5|-inches long. On this pier a steel trestle rests, which
supports the ends of the beams, forming the bridge. The beams
under the roadway are 24-inch steel I-beams, weighing 90 lbs. per
foot, 30 feet 10^ inches long and spaced 3 feet ^ inch on
centres. Between the beams brick arches are turned made of a
single ring of brick, and above these arches the entire roadway is
filled solid with Portland cement concrete to within 9 inches of the
finished surface of the paving. A granite curbing is set in the
concrete, and the whole surface is protected by a four-ply water-
proofing made of roofing felt thoroughly mopped with road pitch.
The paving is of granite blocks laid with pitch and pebble joints.
The sidewalk flooring consists of 12-inch I-beams spaced trans-
versely 14 feet 3^ inches on centres and supported by plate
girders, one on each street line, and one near each curb line.
Between these beams brick and concrete arches are built similar
to the roadway arches, and an asphalt wearing surface is laid on the
concrete. The under sides of the arches are painted with asbes-
tine cold water paint.
The new street over filled land, between Fort Point channel
and A street, between A street and the railroad company's
property and between B street and C street, was required by the
decree to be filled solid, and the filling supported by timber bulk-
heads. On the northerly side of the street, between the channel
and A street, the owner of the abutting property erected build-
ings for the entire length, so that the foundation walls supported
the filling.
The design of bulkhead adopted served the double purpose of
a support for the filling and a foundation for the plank sidewalk.
Engineering Department. 123
It consisted of two lines of piles thoroughly braced, both verti-
cally and horizontally, the outer line of piles being driven about
18 inches inside the street Hue and the inner line about 18 inches
back from the curb line ; the piles in the former were spaced 6
feet on centres, and in the latter 3 feet on centres. The face of
the bulkhead which supported the filhng was made of 3-iuch
plank. The bulkheads were anchored back into the filHng by one
or two rods according to the height of the bulkhead, the rods
being from 1 inch to 1^ inch in diameter. These rods were secured
to anchors made of 3-inch plank set vertically in the filling, and
located from 14 to 25 feet back from face of the bulkhead. The
bulkheads east of A street were all built with oak piles on the
curb hues, and hard-pine planking for their faces, those west
of A street were built entirely of spruce timber. These bulk-
heads varied in height from 13 feet to 26 feet 6 inches above the
surface of the ground in front. The piles of these bulkheads
are capped every 6 feet by 3-inch by 10-inch double girder-caps on
which rest the 3-inch by 8-inch longitudinal stringers spaced
about 3 feet 6 inches on centres, and on these the 3-inch plank-
ing forming the sidewalks is placed. On account of the wooden
buildings abutting on the south side of the street near B street, it
was deemed advisable to make the bulkheads fireproof in front of
these buildings. The anchors and piling with its facing near the
curb line, were built the same as in the others, but the outer line
of piles were spaced 3 feet on centres and surrounded by a wall
of Portland cement concrete 2 feet thick extending from the sur-
face of the ground in front to the top of the piles. This wall was
tied to the curb bulkhead by 1-inch diameter rods, four to each
pile. The bracing and plank sidewalk used at the other bulk-
heads were omitted at this point. On all bulkheads wooden
fences were built, those east of A street being 5^ feet high, made
of 5^-inch wide boards separated by 1^-inch spaces, and those
west of A street being rough two rail fences 3i feet high. The
bulkheads on the approach from A street were built of a single
line of spruce piles driven near the street lines, and faced and
anchored in the same manner as the other bulkheads.
Between the lines of bulkheads the new street was filled solid
and paved with granite blocks on a gravel base, and granite
edgestones wei-e set on both sides for the entire length of the
street. The sidewalks had a wearing surface of crushed stone
except on the north side between A street and the channel where
a plank walk was laid.
Where the new street was built across the lands of the Com-
monwealth, the filling was allowed under the decree to slope on
the adjoining lands. Surface drainage with the necessary catch-
basins and manholes have been provided for the entire length of
the new street. "West of A street the surface water is discharged
into Fort Point channel; between A street and the railroad, the
discharge is into the City sewer in A street ; between B and C
streets the discharge is into the State sewer in C street, and
east of C street the discharge is into the reserved channel.
124 (Irrv Dooiimknt No. 14.
IIiKler Mm^ (|c,(;rc(', ( 'oii^rc.HH hI.ic'-cI, Iuih \h'a;h widened 20 feel, on
il.H ii()il,li(!rly Hid(!, from Ailiiiilic avcmic, to iJic, liarhor line (mi the
weHt(!ily Hi(l(! of Fort I'oird, clianiKd, rnukiiif^ tJic total width of
Uic, hIvccX Hi) feci, ; and a ni^w Htrc(!t .">() I ffrot ion^ liaH been laid
out anfl hiiilt HO feet wide, l)c,l,w(M'n (Jorif^rcHH and Siitnnicr HtntctH,
)i.loM^ tli(; hai'l)or lin<;, in continnnljon of l)<)V<'.\\i'.H\i-r !i,v(;n(i(; cx-
tonHion. TIh; roadwa,y of tliJH ap|)roa(!li Ih 00 feet wide, and the
Hid(!waIkH (iac.ii 10 feet wid(!. I W^twcon Atlantic avctinc! and the
old ahiittnctil, of (Jorif^rcHH-Htroitt hridfjjc, it waH only n(!(!(tHHai'y to
(ill th(! widc-iKid portion of the; Htrcot to tlu; rctjninid ^liuUi, and
n!pav<! tJM! Htn!(5t. ThiH H(^(;tion of the Htrcc-t wjih p;i,v(!d with
(^ranit(! hlockH on a cojuircti! haHe and pitcli and jx-hhlc, jointH
w(!((! nHed. lMl(^c,Hf(Hi('H w(U'(' rcHc.t on hotli HidcH of th(! Htnuit
!i,iid the Hid<'wall<H piivcd with lirick, Jiiid new catdi-haHinH hnilt on
the wcHt Hide. l>(!yond th(i old ahiitnient it wmh neecHHary to hiilld
Hea-wallH on both Hid(!H of (Jonj^icHH Htr(!<!t and alon^ th<', ru^w
Htrcet on tli(^ water Hid(! from the northerly Hide of (/'on<^n!HH Htn^ot
to th(! new al)ntin<!nt at Suinrner HtnMit, the nortluTly end of this
wall Hc.rvinj^ aH a new abutment for the old pile bridge on (^oii-
f^r(!HH Htre,et. It waw alHO neecHHary to build a Hhort length of
wall on th(! W(!HterIy Hide of th(^ n(!W Htrect to |)r(^vent th<! flllinj^
from nlopitif^ iind(!r the buildin<4- at the eortuir of ('on^r(!HH Htreet
jitid horchcHter jiammmk! cxtenHion.
In dcHif^n tin; foiMidationH of tlKiHc wailn on t,he harbor fn^nt
are Himilar to thoHc of the abutmentH of Summer-Htnuit bridge,
aln^ady d(!Heribed; the only important dlffe,ron(t(! bein<^ th(! addi-
tion of anehor rodw to the foundationn of the, wnll on Dorchenter
avenue. 'rii(!H(! rodH were I |j in(;h(!H in diameter, and w(!r<i Hi)a(te(l
from ',i to T) feet on rcnivvM, d<!p(!tidin«j; on tli(! iKiif^ht of th(! wall.
()n(! <!nd of <raeh rod wan Heciued to the foundation by larp;e, eant-
iron wanherH (smbedchid in the c.onc-icU' near itw tof), and the oth«!r
end waH anchored to tlu; oak pihiH of tli<i «)ld wlmrf buck of 1,he
wall. In croHH Hection tin; wall ni the; t(;p waH .'} leet wide und(!r
th<! (H)f>in^, and at the bottom it vari(;d from iO feet widc^, when'-
th(! wall wan 18 ("(tet hi(z;h, to 12 Htet 0 inehcH when! itw«H 2.'J feci
fi incrhcH liijrh. TIk! (mtini wall, exc<!pt the; part formitifi; the
abutmetit of ('orif^rcHH-Htniet brid}j;e, waH cai)p(!d with a j^ranitc
copinj^, and ban a wrou<i;ht-iron railin(^of the Hanu; d(!Hif^n an thoHe
UHcd on the brid^cH. In (tonH(!(|U('nce of ilw. iirKM-r'tainly of the
foundation under l,he building on IIk; Houthcrly Hide of (!on<rreHH
HtrcM't, it wan <\vA'.incd si.dviHJible to build the wall on thin Hide of
the Htnuit far enough b:i,ck from tlu; Htreet line; to avoid «,tiy
poHHibhi injury to th(; foundntion of tlie pierH on which the build-
iuff renin, and which projected nbout Jl h'A'l into the Htnu^t. The
face of the wm,II wmh thenifore placed 4 feet (J inchcH back from
the face of the biiildinj^, and thin Hi)ace Hf)anned by Ht,(!el-b(!amH
anchon^d to ilw. wjill. The (h^Hi^n adopicd for tliiH wall provided
a Portland c(^ment (concrete foundn,tion H feet 0 in(!lieH wide; and
II f<M't dee[), extending' from the top of th<! black nilt nt (ileva-
tioii minuH f) to elevation 0 feel, siipporled by HpiiKM- pileHHpa(!ed
EN(iINICIORIN(} DlOI'AliTMENT. 125
2 fe(^t on (•(!iitr(!H, in rowH 2 icoi ."» incli(!H jipiiil;. To loluin Um
Hilt in j)OHiti(Mi, und Hcrvc uh a coiU'.v-diuw lor IIk! conciftlc, (J-incli
liai'd |)inf( HlKii'tinfji; wjih driven not, Ichh lliiui 7 fciot into tlic (ilsiy
holovv the Hilt. On tlii.s concrote foundation a rnhhlc; maHonry
wall wan hnilt hiid Holid in Portland cenutnt. In order to relieve!
the wall aH nnieh as poKHihIo from the preHHure of the fillirifij back
of it, a pil(! jjlatforrn wan bnilt at (elevation a, extendirifj; Itaek I f>
feet from the w:i,ll, and npon thiw r<!Htod the fillinf^ direet.ly hack
of the wall. The widewalk, which waH partly (»ver the wail and
partly ov(!r thcHpae-o betwcion the wall and the adjoinirifj; htiildinji;,
waH suf)i)ort(!d on lO-ineh Ht.eel I-heaniH, Hpaee(l .'5 feet, on e(!ntr(!H
and aneliored to the wall. J>etw(!en the Ht<!(!l heuinH th(; Hpiure
was lillod with eonctrote for their full depth, ex[>an«l(!d uielal l»ein<5
used where the (ron(rrete actn aH a beam. Diirinf^ the eonHtruetion
of the walls on CongrcHH street, and the filling, fijradin^ and
paving of that Htreet, an unohHtrueted roadway, not I<!Hh than .'51
feet wide, and one Hidewalk, wen; maintained at all tiiruiH f(;r the
acconnnodiition of traflio.
The wall on the wenterly Hide; of I)oreli(!Mter uvcriiu; ex-
tenHion for a length of abont 70 feet from the (corner of ('on-
gre-HH Htre(;t, was built to mivva as a foundation for the n(!W
Hide wall of the building built on the new Htn!et liiK;. Con-
siderable diflieulty was found in driving the piles for th(! founda-
tion of thiH wall, because of the piers of th(! old building. The
bases of Hom(! of the pic^rs below low water wen; mon; thiin 5
feet H(|uare, but an it waH known that thcHc pierH nisted on pilcH,
it was not considcM-ed nciceHsary to remove the; foundation below
low wat(M-. Expanded nietnl was uned in the eonei'ete foundiition
of the n(!W wall to aid in distributing th(; lojid. About 20 feet
in length of wall, in addition tcj that under tlx; building, wan
built of the same, design as that on the houIIi side of (Congress
Htreet to prev(!iit tli(! (illing in the Htreet from niaching tin; old
pier foundations under the building. IJeyond this building the
filling was allowed to slope on the adjoining propcrt,y. In ordc^r
to allow of th(! free; ebbing and (lowing of tide water under th(?
building on the corner of DorehcHtcr avcmiie iuid ('ongresH street,
two lines of 20-ineli cast-iron f)ipe were laid through tli<r walls on
Dorchester av(;nu(! and connectcrd by wooden Humes set in the
filling of the strec^t.
'J'he Hew<!r in Congi'<'HH strcc^t was extended Uowi Uic. old abut-
ment to a new outh't in the new abutment at the harbor line.
Hctween the new wallH the Htreet forming thiH a[)proach was
filled HoIid for itH entire length, tlu^ roadway paved with grnnite
Ijlock on a gnivel base*, granite; edgestorM; H<;t and the nidewalks
paved with brick.
The jipproaeh from CongrcHH Htreet laid out iind built under
the decree covered partn of three; streetH which had been nbcjuiy
planned by the; Comiiionwe;!dth in the; de've'lopme-nt of South
JioHton flatH.
'JMie portion of t,he appro:i,e-h ove-r (J stree-t, be-twcen (Jongre-sH
126 City Document No. 14.
and Fargo streets is 386 feet long and 60 feet wide, divided into
a roadway 44 feet wide and two sidewalks each 8 feet wide.
The portion over D street, between the new street and Fargo
street, is 294 feet long and 80 feet wide divided into a roadway
60 feet wide and two sidewalks each 10 feet wide. The gradi-
ent of this portion is 1.50 feet per 100 feet.
The portion of the approach called Fargo street, between C
and D streets, is 550 feet long and 50 feet wide, divided into a
roadway 34 feet wide, and two sidewalks each 8 feet wide and
has a gradient of 1.70 feet per 100 feet. This portion of the
api)roach was bnilt under the direction of the Board of Harbor
and Land Commissioners in connection with the construction of
other portions of Fargo street, between B street and Summer
street, near L-street bridge.
On all of the streets forming this approach the construction
was the same, the filling was allowed to slope on the adjoining
land, the roadway paved with granite blocks on a gravel bed,
granite edgestones were set on both sides of the streets and the
sidewalks were surfaced with crushed stone.
The approach to the new street from A street laid out and built
under the decree, and since named Melcher street by the Board of
Aldei'men, is 652 feet long measured on its centre line, and 60 feet
wide, di^^ded into a roadway 40 feet wide, and two sidewalks each
10 feet wide. For a distance of 300 feet from A street the filling
slopes on the adjoining property, but beyond this distance timber
bulkheads are built on both sides of the street to its intersection
with the new street as already described.
The roadway was paved with granite blocks on gravel base,
and granite edgestones are laid on both sides of the street. The
sidewalks have plank surfaces, and catch-basins were built and
connected with the sewer in A street.
The bridge over the freight tracks of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad consists of four spans of three trusses
each, and are of the following lengths, measured on the centre
line of the street, beginning at the westerly end of the bridge :
Span one, 96.51 feet, from face of the parapet to centre line of
piers; span two, 191.18 feet, between centres of piers; span
three, 206.07 feet, between centres of piers, and span four,
210.48 feet, from centres of piers to the westerly side line of B
street.
The westerly end of span one rests on a masonry abutment
similar in construction to those built on the other bridges on the
new street, the other end of this span and the ends of all other
spans, except at B street, rest each on bents of three steel col-
umns, supported on masonry foundations ; the three piers at B
street, however, are entirely of masonry.
The abutment is of granite masonry laid solid in cement mortar„
and supported on a pile foundation with a concrete cap. The
piles w^ere driven in rows of seven piles each, the piles being
spaced two feet on centres, longitudinally and transversely.
Engineering Department. 127
The concrete cap, which is 3 feet thick and 15 feet wide, was
carried up to elevation 8, where the masonry foundation begins.
The width of this foundation is 14 feet at the bottom, and is
stepped off to 11 feet at the surface of the ground.
The abutment is 10 feet wide at the surface of the ground and
4 feet 10 inches under the bridge seat, at elevation 36. The
bridge seat is 5 feet 2 inches wide projecting 4 inches over the
face of the abutment, and is 21 inches deep. Above the bndge
seat is a masonry parapet carried up to the under surface of the
roadway paving. The foundations for the steel columns are all
of the same design and differ only in areas, which vary in accord-
ance with the loads coming upon them. Tlie dimensions of the foim-
dations are as follows : Centre pier of north-westerly bent is 21
feet square at the bottom and 8 feet square at the top ; side piers
of same bent 17 feet square at the bottom and 6 feet square at
the top. The centre pier has 100 piles in its foundation, and the
side piers 64 piles in each. The centre pier of the middle bent
is 26 feet square at the bottom and 10 feet square at the top ; side
piers of this bent are 22 feet square at bottom and 9 feet square at
top. The centre pier has 169 piles, and the side piers each have
121 piles. The centre pier of the south-easterly bent is 25 feet
square at the bottom and 1 1 feet square at the top ; side piers of
this bent are 19 feet square at bottom and 9 feet square at top.
The centre pier has 144 piles, and the side piers each have 81
piles. The lower course in all these piers is of concrete, 3 feet in
thickness with the top at elevation 8, above city base. All the
other courses are of granite laid in cement mortar and are of a
uniform rise of 2 feet, except the top course which is 2 feet 6
inches in thickness. The elevation of the top of all these piers
is at 16.50 feet above city base.
The three piers in the bent at the hne of B street are built
entirely of granite masonry from the concrete foundation to the
bearings for the truss shoes. The concrete foundation of the
centre pier is 37 feet long and 20 feet wide, and the side piers are
25 feet long and 20 feet wide. The centre pier has 162 piles in its
foundation, and each side pier has 99 piles, all piles being cut off
at elevation 6. The concrete is 3 feet thick and is carried up to
elevation 8, where the granite masonry foundation begins. The
foundation masonry consists of four courses of 24-inch rise laid in
cement mortar, and stepped off regularly from the dimensions given
for the concrete foundation to a uniform width of 11 feet 6 inches,
and to a length of 28 feet 6 inches for the centre pier and 17
feet 6 inches for the side piers. The top of the foundation
masonry is at elevation 16, substantially the present surface of
the ground. Above the foundation the masonry is of quarry-faced
ashlar laid in uniform courses. The dimensions of the centre pier
are at foundation, length 26 feet, width 8 feet; under coping
at elevation 33, length 16 feet, width 7 feet 3^ inches. The
width of the side piers is the same as the centre pier and the
128 City Document No. 14.
length is uniformly 15 feet for the entire height. Each pier is
surmounted by a granite coping 24 inches in thickness, projecting
6 inches beyond tlie body of the piers on all sides.
The built steel coliunns upon which the trusses of the bridge
rest, are 19 feet 5^ inches long, measured from the top of the
masonry to the distributing caps. The side columns are 5 feet
by 6 feet 9 inches in cross section and the centre column is 6 feet
by 6 feet 9 inches, outside dimensions, built up of plates and
angles and thoroughly laced with angles. The foot of each
column is anchored to the foundation by four 2-inch diameter
bolts set in the masonry. The distributing caps are 7 feet 7
inches long ; of 7 feet 5 inches wide for centre column and 6 feet
5 inches wide for side column ; and consist of a nest of eight 15-
inch I-beams for each cap, with 1 inch base plate and f inch top
plate.
The superstructure of the bridge is divided into four spans,
each span consisting of three through trusses of the Baltimore
type. The lengths of spans measured between centres of end
pins are : Span one, 98 feet 4 inches ; span two, 188 feet 2 inches ;
span three, 203 feet 1 inch; and span four, 211 feet 6 inches.
The trusses are of a uniform depth of 25 feet between centres of
pins and are spaced 40 feet apart on centres, dividing the bridge
into two roadways 35 feet 6 inches wide in the clear and two side-
walks about 8 feet wide in the clear.
The flooring is supported by liuilt floor-beams 4 feet 4 inches
deep at the centre and 3 feet 4 inches deep at side trusses, hung
to the bottom chord pins by U-suspenders 1^ inch square, two
at each connection. The ends of the floor-beams have projecting
sidewalk brackets carrying a built facia, 36 inches deep, which
forms the outside finish of the bridge.
The roadway stringers are of creosoted hard pine 8 inches by
16 inches, spaced 26 inches on centres, and rest on shelf-angles
riveted to the floor-beams. The floor planking is also of creo-
soted hard pine 6 inches in thickness. The planking is protected
by a waterproof coating siiuilar to that used on the bridges built
by the City. The wearing surface of the roadway is of granite
block paving, laid on a thin bed of sand, with the joints filled
with pitch and pebbles.
The stringers of the sidewalks are 3 inches by 12 inches, creo-
soted hard pine, spaced 26 inches on centres, and the planking is
creosoted hard pine, 3 inches in thickness.
The wearing surface of the sidewalk is an asphalt composition,
on a coal tar concrete base, the whole being 3 inches in thickness.
The raihngs are of the same design as used on the bridges built
by the City.
As required by the decree this bridge was designed and con-
structed by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company. The expense of maintaining its wearing-surface,
however, must be borne by the City, while the maintenance of the
rest of the structure falls on the railroad company.
Engineeking Department. 129
Dorchester Avenue Grade Crossing.
The work of raising Dorchester avenue, Boston, Swett, and the
adjacent streets so as to pass over the tracks on the new location
of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad has been
completed with the exception of the permanent superstructure of
the bridge on Swett street where a temporary wooden super-
structure has been built.
The main features of this work were described in the last
annual report. The streets affected by the changes in grade
have all been reconstructed ; the main thoroughfares Dorchester
avenue, Boston and Swett streets, have the roadways paved with
granite blocks on a gravel base, and the sidewalks paved with
brick with granite curbstones ; the side streets are finished with
granite curbstones, gutters paved with granite blocks, roadways
with Telford macadam and sidewalks with crushed stone surfaces.
Where the abutting land is vacant wooden fences have been built
on the street lines. All of the pipes, electric conduits, poles and
manholes on the streets have been raised to conform to the new
grades. Catch-basins have been built where required and con-
nected with the sewers.
In some cases where settlement for damages had not been
made with abutters, retaining walls were built within the street
lines for supporting the street. The total length of such walls
was 570 feet, and their cost $9,502.86.
-^ The masonry for the bridges on Dorchester avenue, Boston,
and Swett streets is substantially of the same character in each.
No piles were required, good hard bottom having been found at
grades varying from 2.5 to 3.5 feet above city base. The
foundations below grade 12 are of American cement concrete.
Above the foundations the masonry is of granite ashlar with rub-
ble backing and cut-stone bridge-seat and parapet courses. The
walls are ballasted with quarry chips.
The total amount of filling deposited on Swett and adjacent
streets was 37,064 cubic yards costing $13,865.94, of which
6,152 cubic yards costing $2,617.21 was on account of the widen-
ing of the street, and was paid by the Street Department.
The paving and regulating of Swett and adjacent streets was
done under the contract with Messrs. Jones and Meehan, dated
December 8, 1899. The work was finished on July 25 at a cost
of $21,681.09. There was also paid to the same contractors
$1,315.80 by the Street Department for additional work done on
account of the widening of Swett street.
The filling on Dorchester avenue and the approaches thereto
was done by several parties, but the larger part was done by the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. The
total amount of filling was 65,599 cubic yards.
The abutments for the bridge on Dorchester avenue were
built by Messrs. Holbrook, Cabot and Daly under their contract
130 City Document No. 14.
dated May 27, 1899, and were finished late in March at a cost
of $23,427.41.
On April 17, 1900, a contract was made with Messrs. Jones
and Meehan for paving and regulating Dorchester avenue, Kemp
and Albert streets. The work was completed on September 4, at
a cost of $18,612.33.
On April 20, 1900, a contract was made with Messrs. ColUns
and Ham for surfacing Powers, Rawson, Washburn and Howell
streets. They finished their work on August 16, at a cost of
$5,268.
The bridge superstructures on Dorchester avenue and Boston
' street were built by the Toledo Bridge Company under a contract
dated October 6, 1899. The Dorchester-avenue bridge was
finished on June 19, at a cost of $13,483.78.
The erection of the bridge on Boston street was begun on
July 10, and finished on August 18, at a cost of $9,945.50,
including the removal of the temporary wooden bridge.
There were built on the whole work 7,560 hnear feet of wooden
fences at a cost of $2,496.25.
Dover-street Bridge.
See page 106.
East Boston Ferries.
See page 106.
Independence Square.
On April 27, 1900, a contract was made with the W. A. Murt-
feldt Co. for building steps at the corner of M and Second streets,
and also at the corner of N and Second streets. The work con-
sists of artificial stone steps with landings, and with iron railings.
They serve to connect the promenade on the square with the
street below. The work involved some changes in the drainage
of the square. It was finished on August 3, at a cost of $2,444.15.
Malden Bridge.
The temporary bridge mentioned in the last report as being
built by Benj. Young, was completed in June, at a cost for con-
tract work of $26,552, and was opened to travel early in June;
it is 40 feet wide with one sidewalk 7 feet wide on the northerly
side ; the draw is the one used on the old bridge, and was moved
to the new foundation, and the old bridge was closed. An ap-
proach was built through the Charlestown playground.
Specifications and plans were made for building a pile bridge
60 feet wide with a draw-way of 50 feet, near the site of the old
bridge, and a contract was made with William J. Lawler, June 11,
1900, for building the main bridge and wharves, but not includ-
ing the draw, for $66,079, and about a third of the work is done.
January 22, 1901, a contract was made with the New England
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cordance with plans and specifications made by this department,
for $15,200.
Mx. "Washington-avenue Bridge.
See page 107.
Salt- Water Fire Protection, City Institutions, Long Island.
During the past year a salt-water system of fire protection for
the City buildings on Long Island has been completed. Its
essential features are a pipe system of 3,400 feet of 6-inch cast-
iron pipe with hydrants necessary to protect the different build-
ings ; a Blake Underwriter pump of 1,500 gallons per minute
capacity located on the south-easterly shore of the island, at high
water mark ; a pump- well, 4 feet in diameter, extending to grade
— 4.5 ; a suction box (2 feet by 1 foot) with its top at grade
— 2.0 running level from the pump-well to a point about 150 feet
beyond mean low water mark and a crib (14 feet by 14 feet by
4 feet) on ihe end of the suction box. Steam is supplied from
the Institutions boiler-house which is 400 feet distant, and full
working pressure is always maintained at the pump. Tests made
show the ability of the plant to satisfactorily furnish six efficient
fire streams.
WiNTHROP Bridge.
See page 107.
Miscellaneous.
Additional estimates were made of the cost of abolishing the
grade crossings on Blue Hill avenue and Oakland street.
Estimates were made of the cost of abolishing the grade cross-
ing on Dudley street.
Borings were taken and a report made on two lots of land
which were being considered by the School Committee for a site
for the proposed Normal School.
An examination and report were made concerning the retaining
walls on Park street, Dorchester.
An examination and report were made for a proposed public
boat-landing on Charles river to replace the one done away with
by the removal of the old Charles-river bridge.
Respectfully submitted,
William Jackson,
City Engineer.
132 City Document No. 14.
CITY ENGINEERS.
1850-1900.
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.
Engineering Department. 133
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, 1900, to
February 1, 1901.
Appendix C. — Table of accident and other plans made for
the Law Department from February 1,
1900, to February 1, 1901.
Appendix D. • — Table of surveys, plans, and profiles made
by the Surveying Division of the Engi-
neering Department from February 1,
1900, to February 1, 1901.
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, 1900, to Febru-
ary 1, 1901.
Appendix F. — Engineering Department property schedule.
Appendix G. — Elevations referred to Boston city base.
Appendix H. — Engineering Department Annual Reports,
1867-1900.
Appendix I. — Engineering Department, Revised Ordi-
nances.
Appendix J. — Employees and Salaries.
Appendix K. — Meridian Line.
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APPENDIX B.
LIST OF ESTIMATE PLANS FURNISHED THE ASSESSMENT
DIVISION OF THE STREET LAYING-OUT DEPARTMENT,
FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1900, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1901.
Boston Proper.
Public Alley No. 101 Richmond street to Cross street.
Public Alley No. 402 Garrison street to West Newton street.
Public Alley No. 403. — West Newton street to Cumberland street.
Public Alley No. 404- — Cumberland street to Public Alley No. 405.
Public Alley No. 4I8. — Dartmouth street to Exeter street.
Public Alley No. 419. — Clarendon street to Dartmouth street.
Public Alley No. 4^0. — Berkeley sti-eet to Clarendon street.
Public Alley No. 42^- — Arlington street to Berkeley street.
Public Alley No. 423. — Berkeley street to Clarendon street.
Public Alley No. 4^4- — Clarendon street to Dartmouth street.
Public Alley No. 4^5. — Dartmouth street to Exeter street.
Public Alley No. 4^6. — Exeter street to Fairfield street.
Public Alley No. 4^7. — Fairfield street to Gloucester street.
Public Alley No. 4^8. — Gloucester street to Hereford street.
Public Alley No. 4^9. — Hereford street to Massachusetts avenue.
Public Alley No. 431. — Gloucester street to Hereford street.
Trinity place. — St. James avenue to Stuart street.
Trinity place. — Stuart street to Stanhope street.
South Boston.
L street. — Between East First street and low water.
East Boston.
Public Alley No. 2001. — Marginal street to Webster street.
ROXBURY.
Aberdeen street. — From Beacon street to Boston & Albany Rail-
road.
BrooTdine avenue. — From Longwood entrance to riverway.
Cardington street From Cobden street to Fenner street.
(Jarlow street From Chadwick street to Albany street.
Dunford street From Cobden street to Fenner street.
Gainsborough street. — From St, Stephen street to Hemenway street.
Pontiac street From Hillside street to Tremont street.
Swett street. — From Albany street to Dorchester avenue.
Dorchester,
Bird street From Columbia road to Hancock street,
Gibsmi street. — From Adams street lo Dorchester avenue.
Engineering Department. 137
Hancock street. — From Columbia road to Winter street.
Morton street From Harvard street to Sanford street.
Normandy street. — From Lawrence avenue to Grove street.
Shepton street. — From Dorchester avenue to Florida street,
Templeton street. — From Adams street to Dorchester avenue.
West Koxbury.
Angell street. — From Blue Hill avenue to Canterbury street.
Congreve street. — From Centre street to South street.
CoriJith street. — From Washington street to Brandon street.
Centre street. — From Woodman street to Arnold Arboretum.
Dresden street. — From Spring Park avenue to Boylston street.
Huhhard street. — From Lamartine street to Chestnut avenue.
Morton street. — From Canterbury street to Harvard street.
Newhurg street. — From Belgrade avenue to Beech street.
Oakview street. — From Centre street.
Mailroad street. — From Corey street to Willow street.
Bowe street. — From Ashland to Seymour street.
Seymour street. — From Brown avenue to Canterbury street.
Stratford avenue From Anawan avenue to Clement avenue.
Washington street. — From Morton street to Tower street.
Westhourne street From Beech street to Cornell street.
Brighton.
Cambridge street. — From Washington street to Union square.
CJiester street. — From Commonwealth avenue to Brighton avenue.
North Harvard street From Western avenue to Charles river.
Tremont street. — From Washington street to Newton line.
138 City Document No. 14.
APPENDIX C
TABLE OF ACCIDENT AND OTHER PLANS MADE FOR THE
LAW DEPARTMENT, FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1900 TO FEB-
RUARY 1, 1901.
Boston Peoper.
Albany street. — Plan of street near Keed's Block.
Berkeley street. — Plan of street at Boston and Providence Eailroad
bridge.
Berkeley street. — Plan of street near Tremont street.
Bowdoin square. — Plan of street near Cambridge street.
Bromfield street Plan of street corner Province street.
Chapman place. — Plan of street corner School street.
Charles street. — Plan of street at Boston Common.
Charter street. — Plan of street in front of No. 42.
Columbus avenue. — Plan of street in front of No. 371 A.
Court street. — Plan of street in front of No. 107.
Cross .street. — Plan of street in front of No. 2.
Dartmouth street. — Plan of street at Railroad bridge.
Devonshire street. — Plan of street corner Milk street.
Devonshire street Plan of street in front of No. 71.
Hanover street. — Plan of street in front of No. 307.
Hanover street. — Plan of street in front of No. 307.
Hams street. — Plan of street near Hanover street.
Harrison avenue. — Plan of street near Way street.
Harrison avenue Plan of street in front of No. 79.
Harrison avenue. — Plan of street corner Oneida street.
Harrison avenue. — Plan of street corner Oneida street.
Harrison avenue. — Plan of street in front of No. 647.
Hudson street Plan of street in front of No. 80.
Huntington avenue. — Plan of street at Oxford terrace.
India street. — Plan of street near Atlantic avenue.
Kendall street Plan of street in front of No. 108.
Lenox street Plan of street in front of No. 112.
Leverett street. — Plan of street in front of No. 110.
Massachusetts avenue. — Plan of street corner Albany street.
McLellan street. — Plan of street near Reed street.
Merrimac street. — Plan of street at Haymarket square.
Minot street. — Plan of street in front of No. 10.
Montgomery street. — Plan of street corner Clarendon street.
Oxford terrace Plan of street near Huntington avenue.
Pinckney street Plan of street in front of No. 23.
Pleasant street. — Plan of street corner Shawmut avenue.
Pleasant street. — Plan of street in front of No. 179.
Poplar street. — Plan of street in front of No. 27.
Portland street. — Plan of street in front of No. 118.
Portland street. — Plan of street near Market street.
Engineering Department. 139
Revere street. — Plan of street in front of No. 45,
Salem street. — Plan of street in front of No. 142.
School street. — Plan of street corner Tremont street.
School street. — Plan of street in front of No. 28.
Shawmut avenue. — Plan of street in front of No. 289.
Sioett street. — Plan of street in front of No. 40.
Temple street. — Plan of street in front of No. .32.
Tileston street. — Plan of street corner Wiggin street.
Tremont row. — Plan of street corner Pemberton square.
Tremont street. — Plan of street in front of No. 801.
Trumbull street Plan of street near Ivanhoe street.
Utiion Park street. — Plan of street near Shawmut avenue.
Wall street. ~ Plan of street in front of No. 16.
Washington street. — Plan of street corner Kneeland street.
Washington street. — Plan of street in front of No. 154.
South Boston.
Bolton street. — Plan of street in front of No. 190.
Broadway. — Plan of street in front of Nos. 525 and 527.
Dorchester avenue. — Plan of street in front of No. 294.
Dorchester avenue. — Plan of street near Federal-street bridge.
Dorchester avenue. — Plan of street corner Telegraph street.
Ellery street. — Plan of street corner Wadleigh place.
F street. — Plan of street near Broadway.
Silver street. — Plan of street in front of No. 53.
Third street Plan of street at New England Railroad bridge.
East Boston.
Bremen street Plan of street in front of No. 440.
Brigham street. — Plan of street at Ida street.
Lexington .'Street. — Plan of street corner Marion street.
Murray court. — Plan of street at Orleans street.
Sumner street. — Plan of street at Boston & Albany Railroad.
Charlestown.
Cambridge street. — Plan of street corner Rutherford avenue.
Main street. — Plan of street corner Mystic street.
Dorchester.
Adams street. — Plan of street opposite No. 555.
Blue Hill avenue Plan of street at Fremont street.
Dorchester avenue. — Plan of street near Melville avenue.
Bowdoin street. — Plan of street at Draper street.
Lauriat avenue Plan of street in front of Nos. 40 and 42.
Neponset avenue Plan of street in front of No. 447.
Talbot avenue. — Plan of Hendries' buildings.
Wrentham street Plan of street in front of No. 96.
ROXBURY.
Bartlett street Plan of street near Washington street.
Blue Hill avenue. — Plan of street in front of No. 327.
Centre street Plan of street in front of No. 187.
Hemenway street. — Plan of street in front of No. 61.
140 City Document No. 14.
Sewell street. — Plan of street in front of No. 6.
Tremont street. — Plan of street near Roxbury Crossing,
Windsor street. — Plan of street in front of Nos. 40 and 40A.
West Eoxbury.
Alfred street. — Plan of street in front of No. 2.
A/ngell street. — Plan of Nason lot, with levels.
Cornwall street. — Plan of street at Stony brook.
Hyde Park avenue Plan of street beyond Walk Hill street.
South street. — Plan of street in front of No. 817.
Brighton.
Lanark road — Plan of street corner of Kilsyth road.
Bockland street. — Plan of street near Mt. Vernon street.
Waverly street. — Plan of street near Market street.
Engineering Department. 141
APPENDIX D.
TABLE OF SURVEYS, PLANS AND PROFILES MADE BY THE
SURVEYING DIVISION OF THE ENGINEERING DEPART-
MENT FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1900, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1901.
Boston Proper.
(ISTorth of Massachusetts avenue.)
Adams square. — Southerly side, Washington street to Devonshire
street. Plan and profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Atlantic avenue. — Kneeland street to Dorchester avenue. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Batterymarch street. — Southerly corner Milk street. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone for proposed grade.
Beach street. — Harrison avenue to Lincoln street. Plan and profile
of edgestone for proposed grade.
Beacon street. — Westerly corner Dartmouth street. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone for proposed grade.
Beacon street. — From Somerset street to Bowdoin street. Plan
showing building line.
Berkeley street. — Boylston street to Columbus avenue. Plan and
profile for revised grade.
Beverly street. — Causeway street to Traverse street. Plan show-
ing line.
Blossom street. — No. 17. Plan showing estate.
Blossom street. — Parkman street to Cambridge street. Plan and
profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Bosworth street Plan and profile of edgestone.
Broadway Harrison avenue to Fort Point channel. Plan and
profile for revised grade.
Bromfield street. — Washington street to Tremont street. Plan and
profile for proposed grade.
Buckingham street. — Columbus avenue to Dartmouth street. Plan
and profile for relocation and for revised grade.
Butler roiv. — Plan and profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Butler square. — Plan and profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Carlton street. — Yarmouth street to Wellington street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Central Wharf. — India street to Atlantic avenue. Plan and pro-
file for laying out and established grade.
Chandler street. — Southerly corner Berkeley street. Plan and pro-
file for proposed grade.
Chatham street. — Commercial street to Chatham row. Plan and
profile for proposed grade.
142 City Document No. 14.
Clarendon street. — Columbus avenue to, and over railroad tracks to
St. James avenue. Plan and profile for laying out and estab-
lished grade.
Clark street Hanover street to Korth street. Plan and profile
for proposed grade.
Clinton street. — Plan showing estate for assessment.
Congress street. — Plan and profile for laying out and established
grade.
Devonshire street. — South-westerly corner Adams square. Plan and
profile of edgestone for pro))Osed grade.
FHencl street. — South-westerly side, Washington street to Sudbury
street. Plan and profile for proposed grade.
Genesee street. — In vicinity of Albany street. Preliminary plan,
also plan for relocation.
Hale street (Crescent place) from Green street. Plan and profile
for laying out and established grade.
Harrison avenue. — At Perry street. Plan and profile of building,
etc., for proposed grade,
Harrison avenue. — At Randall street. Plan and profile of edgestone
for proposed grade.
Harrison avenue. — Maiden street to Dedham street. Plan and pro-
file for proposed grade.
Harvard street'. — Utica street to South street. Plan and profile of
edgestone for proposed grade.
Haverhill street, — Plan showing discontinuance at jog.
Haverhill street. — At Haymarket square over subway. Plan and
profile of edgestone for revised grade.
Haymarket square. — Over subway. Plan and profile of edgestone
for proposed grade.
Haymarket square Plan showing relocation.
Lawrence street. — Berkeley^ street to Clarendon street. Plan and
profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Lehigh street. — Broadway to South street. Plan showing discon-
tinuance.
Lerois street. — Plan of a portion of Sargent's wharf.
Milk street. — Southerly corner of Batterymarch street. Plan and
profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Newland street. — Worcester street to West Springfield street. Plan
and profile of edgestone for revised grade.
North Bennet street Corner Bennet avenue. Plan of estate.
Perry street. — Plan and profile for proposed grade.
Plympton street. — At Harrison avenue. Plan and profile of edge-
stone for revised grade.
Portland street. — At Sudbury street. Plan showing relocation.
Portland street. — At Market street. Plan showing taking.
Portland street. — Westerly corner of Sudbury street. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone for proposed grade.
Province street. — School street to Bromfield street. Plan and pro-
file for revised grade.
Public Alley No. 102. — Marshall street to Creek square. Plan show-
ing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 401. — Irvington street to Garrison street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 405. — Huntington avenue to St. Botolph street.
Plan showing estates for assessment.
Engineering Department. 143
Public Allen Xo. 438. — Arlington street to Berkeley street. Plans
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley JVb. 4^9 Clarendon street to Dartmouth street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 440. — Dartmouth street to Exeter street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 44^- — Exeter street to Fairfield street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 44^ Fairfield street to Gloucester street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 44'^- — Gloucester street to Hereford street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 444- — Hereford street towards Massachusetts ave-
nue. Plau showing estates for assessment, also plan and pro-
file for proposed revised grade.
Public Alley No- 44^ Dundee street to Norway street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Public Alley No. 446. — Dundee street to Public Alley No. 445.
Plan and profile for laying out and established grade.
Public Alley No. 501. — Concord square to Rutland square. Plan
and profile for laying out and established grade.
Public Alley No. 701. — Shawmut avenue to Tremont street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 702. — Worcester street to West Springfield street.
Plan showing estates for assessment.
Public Alley No. 705. — Newland street to Public Alley No. 702.
Plan showing estates for assessment.
Public alley No. 705. — Shawmut avenue to Tremont street. Plan
and profile for laying out and established grade, also plan show-
ing estates for assessment.
St. James avenue. — Berkeley street to Clarendon street. Plan and
profile for established grade.
Shawmut avenue. — Pleasant street to Corning street. Plan and
profile for revised grade.
Sheafe street Ingraham school. Plan showing estate.
South street Beach street to Kneeland street. Plan and profile
for proposed grade.
South street Northerly corner Harvard street. Plan and profile
of edgestone for proposed grade.
South Market street. — Southerly side, Merchants Row to Commer-
cial street. Plan and profile for proposed grade.
Stanhope street. — Berkele}' street to Morgan street. Plan and pro-
file for revised grade.
Sudbury street. — North-westerly side, Portland street to Bowker
street. Plan and profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Tremont street. — Granary Burial Ground. Plan of.
Trinity place. — Stuart street to Stanhope street. Plan and profile
for laying out and established grade, also plan showing estates
for assessment.
Utica street Beach street to Kneeland street. Plan and profile
for revised grade.
Utica street Easterly corner Harvard street. Plan and profile of
edgestone for proposed grade.
Warren avenue. — Northerly side, Dartmouth street to Clarendon
street. Plan and profile for revised grade.
Washington street. — South-westerly corner Dock square. Plan and
profile of edgestone for revised grade.
144 City Document No. 14.
South Boston.
B street. — Between "West First street and Congress street. Plan
showing lots to be assessed.
Dixfield street — Between Old Harbor street and Covington street.
Plan showing lots to be assessed.
E street. — Between East First street and Summer street. Plan and
profile showing location, established grade, extension, etc.
East Sixth street Nos. 434-454. Edgestone and sidewalk assess-
ment plan.
East Sixth sireei. —No. 427 to G street. Edgestone and sidewalk
assessment plan.
Fargo street. — Between C street and D street. Plan of proposed
revised grade.
Gold street. — Plan of land belonging to City of Boston.
Hawes Cemeteinj. — Emerson street. Plan showing tombstones, etc.
L street. — Between East First street and low water. Plan showing
lots to be assessed.
L street. — Between East First street and low water. Plan showing
lots to be assessed. (Blue Print.)
Leeds street. — Between Dorchester avenue and Woodward street.
Plan showing lots to be assessed.
Linden street. — Between East Fourth street and Thomas Park.
Plan of proposed revised grade.
Old Harbor street. — Kos. 81-83. Sidewalk assessment plan.
Tudor street Between B street and C street. Plan and profile
showing laying out and established grade.
West Broadway. — Southerly side, corner F street. Plan of inside
grade at Falvey estate.
East Boston.
(Including Breed's Island.)
Boardman street. — Saratoga street to Boston and Maine Railroad,
Plan and profile for laying out and established grade.
Everett street. — No. 111. Plan showing encroachment of building.
Lewis street. — Plan showing laud owned by City of Boston, devoted
to the use of the South Ferry.
Wordsworth street. — Coleridge street to Milton street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Charlestown.
Arlington avenue. — Alford street to Dorrance street. Plan and
profile for revised grade.
Austin street. — Cambridge boundary line to Washington street.
Plan and profile for relocation and established grade.
Austin street. — Lawrence street to Washington street. Plan and
profile for revised grade.
Beacham street. — Main street to West street. Plan and profile for
revised grade.
Beacham street. — Arlington avenue to West street. Plan and
profile for established grade.
Bow street. — City square to Washington street. Plan and profile
for widening, relocation and established grade.
Engineeking Department. 145
Brighlon street. — Cambridge street to Perkins street. Plan and
profile for revised and established grade.
Bunker Hill Burying Ground Plan showing headstones, tomb-
stones, etc.
Cambridge street Rutherford avenue to Parker street. Plan and
profile for revised and established grade.
Devens street Rutherford avenue to Washington street. Plan and
profile for widening, relocation and established grade.
Edgeworth street Mt. Vernon street to Prospect street. Plan and
profile for extension and established grade.
Haverhill street. — Perkins street to Sever street. Plan and profile
for established grade.
Kingston street. — Cambridge street to Sever street. Plan and
profile for established grade.
Main street. — Alford street to Beacham street. Plan and profile
for established grade.
Perkins street. — Boston and Maine Railroad to Cambridge street.
Plan and profile for established grade.
Butherford avenue. — Chapman street to Devens street. Plan and
profile for widening, relocation and established grade.
School street. — From Bartlett street south-westerly. Plan showing
relocation.
Spice court Cambridge street to land of Boston and Maine Rail-
road. Plan and profile for established grade.
West street. — Alford street to Beacham street. Plan and profile for
established grade.
ROXBURY.
(South of Massachusetts avenue.)
Albert street. — At Heath street. Plan and profile of edgestone for
revised grade.
Ashby street. — Commonwealth avenue to Bay State road. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Atkinson street. — From Swett street, northerly. Plan and profile
showing the laying out and established grade.
Audubon road. — At both ends of Queensberry street. Plan and
profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Bay State road. — From Granby street to Chilmark street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Bainbridge street. — Plan and profile for proposed grade.
Blue Hill avenue. — Gaston street to Intervale street. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone and rails.
Bragdon street. — From Columbus avenue to Amory street. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Brookledge street. — Easterly corner Humboldt avenue. Plan and
profile for proposed change of grade.
Chilmark street. — From Commonwealth avenue to Bay State road.
Plan and profile for laying out and established grade.
Columbus avenue. — From Massachusetts avenue to Walnut avenue.
Plan showing estate for assessment.
Columbus avenue. — South-easterly side, Cottage place to Terry street.
Plan and profile of edgestone for revised grade.
Commonwealth avenue. — Northerly side, Charles Gate East to Massa-
chusetts avenue. Plan and profile for revised grade.
146 City Document No. 14.
Cottage place. — Tremont street to Columbus avenue. Plan and pro-
file for proposed grade.
Echo street. — Plan and elevation of old building for Building Com-
missioner.
Fisher avenue. — Hayden street to Parker Hill avenue. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Francis street. — From Huntington avenue to Brookline avenue.
Plan showing estates for assessment.
Gardner street. — Southerly corner Roxbury street. Plan and pro-
file for proposed grade.
Grattan road. — Huntington avenue to Parkway. Plan and profile
for laying out and established grade.
Heath street. — Columbus avenue to Parker street. Plan and profile
of edgestone for established grade.
Heath street. — From Parker street to Huntington avenue. Plan and
profile showing relocation and established grade.
Huntington avenue. — I^orth-westerly side, Ruggles street to Van-
couver street. Plan and profile of edgestone.
Hvtchings avenue From Day street, west. Plan and profile for
laying out and established grade.
Hutchings street. — Elm Hill avenue to Humboldt avenue. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Jersey street. — From Brookline avenue to Audubon road. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Landsdoion street — Ipswich street to Brookline avenue. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Laioton street Commonwealth avenue to railroad. Plan and pro-
file for laying out and established grade.
Marlboro^ street. — Massachusetts avenue to Charles Gate East.
Plan and profile of edgestone for revised grade.
Massachusetts avenue. — Plan showing encroachment of steps of
Symphony Hall.
JVew; Heath street Columbus avenue to Parker street. Plan and
profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Otisfield street. — Plan and profile of edgestone.
Palmer street. — Winslow street to Eustis street. Plan and profile
of edgestone for proposed grade.
Phillips street — Ward street to Huntington avenue. Plan and pro-
file for estimate of filling.
Prentiss street. — Tremont street to Halleck street. Plan and profile
of edgestone for revised grade.
Public Alley JSTo. 801. — At St. Stephen street. Addition to plan
and profile for laying out and established grade.
Public Alley No. 807. — Off Heraenway street. Plan and profile for
laying out and established grade.
Queensberry street Plan and profile for relocation and revised
grade.
Buggies street. — Shawmut avenue to Haskins street. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone for revised grade.
Buggies street Tremont street to Leon street. Plan and profile
of edgestone for revised grade.
Buggies street. — Huntington avenue to Parkway. Plan and profile
for revised grade.
St. James street Plan and profile of edgestone for proposed grade.
Shirley street. — Norfolk avenue to Massachusetts avenue. Plan
showing estates for assessment.
Engineering Department. 147
South Huntington avenue — Heath street to Centre street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Station street. — Tremont street to Halleck street. Plan and profile
of edgestone for revised grade.
Sterling street. — Shawmut avenue to Cabot street. Plan and profile
for revised grade.
Sterling street. — Tremont street to N'ewbern street. Plan and pro-
file for widening and established grade.
Sunderland street. — Blue Hill avenue to bend. Plan and profile for
revised grade.
Swett street. — Plan of hospital lot for the Board of Health.
Tremont street. — Columbus avenue to Terrace street. Plan and
profile of edgestone for revised grade.
Wanoick street. — Hammond street to Marble street. Plan and pro-
file for revised grade.
Washington street and Eustis street. — Plan of the Eoxbury burial
ground showing tombs, graves, etc.
Wensley street Heath street to Bickford avenue. Plan showing
estates for assessment.
Westminster street.— -Flan and profile for revised grade.
Whitman street. — St. Botolph street to Boston and Providence Rail-
road. Plan and profile for laying out and established grade.
Whittier street Tremont street to Buggies street. Plan and pro-
file of edgestone for revised grade.
Windsor street Shawmut avenue to Cabot street. Plan and profile
for revised grade.
Williams street. — Shawmut avenue to Westminster street. Plan
and profile of edgestone for revised grade.
Dorchester.
Alexander street At Dudley street. Plan and profile for revising
grade.
Ashland street .From Mill street to Park street. Plan for sidewalk
assessment.
Atherstone street. — From Bailey street to Fuller street. Plan for
construction assessment.
Bellevue street. — Extension to Hamilton street. Plan and profile
for laying out and established grade.
Bowdoin square. — From Westville street to Lindsey street. Plan
and profile for laying-out and established grade.
Callender street. — From Blue Hill avenue to Don street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Christopher street. — From Adams street to Dorchester avenue.
Plan an profile for laying out and established grade.
Clarence place. — From Washington street to Whitfield street.
Additions to plan and profile for laying out and established
grade.
Clifton street. — At Dudley street. Plan and profile for revising
grade.
Columbia road From Dorchester avenue to Edward Everett
square. Plan and profile for sidewalk grade.
Columbia road. — Between Hewins street and Walcott street, and
between Annabel street and Stoughton street. Plan showing
proposed discontinuance.
Corona street. — From Bowdoin street to Geneva avenue. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
148 City Document No. 14.
Dorchester North Cemetery Plan showing lots.
Dorchester South Cemetery. — Plan showing lots,
Dudley street. — From Magnolia street to Monadnock street. Plan
and profile for revising grade.
Endleigh street. — From Savin Hill avenue. Plan and profile for
laying out and established grade.
Glenway street. — From Blue Hill avenue to Hai'vard street. Plan
for sidewalk assessment.
Hamlet street. — From Belden street to Columbia road. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Harvard street. — At the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad. Plan and profile for revising grade.
Hewins street. — From Columbia road to Erie street. Plan for con-
struction assessment.
Highland street. — From East street to High street. Plan and pro-
file for laying out and established grade.
Howard avenue. — At Nos. 91 to 101. Plan for sidewalk assess-
ment.
Howe street. — From Hancock street to Consumptives' Home prop-
erty. Plan and profile for laying out and established grade.
Learnard street. — From Norfolk street to Torrey street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Longfellow street. — From Draper street to Topliff street. Plan and
profile for 1 tying out and established grade.
Magnolia street. — At Dudley street. Plan and profile for laying-
out and established grade.
Malvern street. — From Adams street to Milton street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Morton street. — From Blue Hill avenue to near Sanford street.
Plan and profile for relocation,
Nonquit street. — From Dudley street. Plan and profile for revising
grade.
Park street From Adams street to Dorchester avenue. Plan and
profile for relocation.
Public Alley No. 1901. — From Blue Hill avenue to River street.
Plan and profile for laying out and established grade.
Quincy street. — From Blue Hill avenue to Columbia road. Plan
for sidewalk assessment.
Boseclair street. — From Boston street to Dorchester avenue. Plan
and profile for laying out and established grade.
JRosemont street. — From Dorchester avenue to Somerset street.
Plan and profile for laying out and established grade.
Russell park. — From Corona street to Westville street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Savin Hill avenue. — From Dorchester avenue to New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. Plan for sidewalk assessment.
Southern avenue. — Plan of lot for Public Land Plans.
Spencer street. — From Athelwold street to School street. Plan for
sidewalk assessment.
Spencer street. — From Talbot avenue to Wheatland avenue. Plan
for sidewalk assessment.
Spnngdale street. — From Dorchester Bay to New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad. Plan and profile for laying out and
established grade.
Stoughton street. — From Columbia road to near Sumner street.
Plan for sidewalk assessment.
Talbot avenue. — From Blue Hill avenue to Nightingale street.
Plan and profile for revising grade.
Engineering Department. 149
Vinson street. — From Geneva avenue to Park street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Waldeck street. — From Melville avenue to Tonawanda street. Plan
and profile for revising grade.
Washington street. — From Codman street to Sanford street. Plan
and profile for relocation.
Washi)igton street. — At Xeponset river. Plan for relocation.
Wentworth street. — From Norfolk street to Dunbar avenue. Plan
and profile for laying out and established grade.
Brighton.
Beacon street From Chestnut Hill avenue to Reservoir lane-
Plan and profile showing relocation and established grade.
Cambridge street. — Corner Lincoln street and Mansfield street.
Plan of lot owned by City of Boston.
Evergreen Cemetery. — Commonwealth avenue. Plan showing lots,
grades, etc.
Dighton place. — To Chestnut Hill avenue. Plan and profile show-
ing extension, relocation and established grade.
Faneuil street From Brooks street to Oak square. Plan and
profile of laying out and established grade.
Madison avenue. — From Washington street to Union street. Plan
and profile of laying out and established grade.
Market street Cemetery. — Plan showing lots, graves, etc.
West Roxbury.
Anawari avenue. — From Stratford avenue to Park street. Profile
for grade.
Argyle street From Boylston street to Cornwall street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Calder street. — From Blue Hill avenue to Canterbury street. Plan
and profile for laying out and established grade.
Centre street Cemetery Near La Grange street. Plan showing lots,
graves, etc.
Chapin avenue. — From La Grange street to Mt. Vernon street. Plan
and profile for laying out and established grade.
Clement avenue. — From Park street to Farrington avenue. Plan
and profile of laying out and established grade.
Cornwall street. — Plan and profile showing extension across rail-
road.
Florence street From Ashland street to Blakemore street. Plan
and profile of laying out and established grade.
Oilman street. — From Canterbury street to Sutton street. Plan and
profile of laying out and established grade.
Hyde Park avenue. — From Washington street to Hyde Park line.
Plan showing buildings and proposed line of widening.
Hyde Park avenue From Washington street to Hyde Park line.
Plan and profile of proposed relocation and established grade.
Locksley street. — From Robinwood avenue. Plan and profile of
laying out and established grade.
Mozart street. — At Lowell School. Profile of side line of school lot
for grade.
Oakvieiv terrace. — Southerly side. Plan showing encroachment.
Robinwood street. — From Centre street to Enfield street. Plan and
profile for laying out and established grade.
Walter street Cemetery Plan showing lots, graves, etc.
150 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, 1900, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1901.
Boston Proper.
Andrews street.
Boylston street. — Washiogton street to Park square.
Charlestown street.
Congress street. — Atlantic avenue to Fort Point channel.
East Brookline street. — Harrison avenue to Mystic street.
Eastern avenue.
Haverhill street.
Kneeland street. — Near Utica street.
Puhlic Alley ISfo. 102.
Puhlic Alley No. 701.
Poplar street. — Chambers street to Spring street.
TJtica street Near Kneeland street.
South Boston.
B street Between West Fourth street and Silver street.
Blake street. — Between Boston street and Dorchester avenue.
Hamlin street. — Between East Eighth street and Columbia road.
East Boston.
Chelsea street Glendon place to Curtis street.
Curtis street Chelsea street to Boston and Albany Kailroad.
Saratoga street. — At Chelsea avenue, Ford street and Bennington
street.
Charlestown,
Cambridge street. — Somerville line to Eutherford avenue.
EOXBURY.
Aberdeen street. — From Beacon street to Boston and Albany
Kailroad.
Alleghany street From Parker street westerly about 700 feet.
Atkinson street. — From Swett street easterly about 850 feet.
Bucknam street. — From Lawn street to Fisher avenue.
Cardington street. — From Cobden street to Fenner street.
Chesterfield street. — From Massachusetts avenue, westerly about
260 feet.
Darling street. — From Hillside street to Calumet street.
Engineering Department. 151
Echo street From Columbus avenue to Centre street.
Estey street. — From Ellingwood street to Fisher avenue.
Fisher avenue. — From Bucknam street, westerly about 180 feet.
Fisher avenue. — From Estey street to Mellen street.
Halleck street. — From Rugsjles street to Ward street.
Harold street. — From Hollander street to Harrishoff street.
Heath street. — From Huntington avenue to South Huntington
avenue.
Hollander street. — From Harold street to Humboldt avenue.
Jersey street. — From Boylston street to Peterborough street.
Kempton street. — From Kenwood road to Huntington avenue.
Kenwood road. — From Huntington avenue to Brookline avenue.
Linden Park street. — From Linden avenue to Simmons street.
Massadmsetts avenue. — From Albany street to Boston street.
Public Alley No. 901. — Between Hemenway street and the Fenway.
Ritchie street. — From Centre street to Marcella street.
Bockford street. — From Dudley street to Clifton street.
Boekville park. — From Warren street, easterly.
Toionsend street. — Between Walnut avenue and Codman park.
Dorchester.
Barry street. — From Quincy street to Eichfleld street.
Blue Hill avenue. — From River street to Walk Hill street.
Boston street. — From Massachusetts avenue to Mt. Vernon street.
Bowdoin street. — From Hamilton street to Jforton street.
Burrell street From Batchelder street to Clifton street.
Callender street From Don street to Tucker street.
Ceylon street. — From Columbia road to Quincy street.
Conrad street. — From Columbia road to Sumner street.
Corbi t street. — From Morton street to Norfolk street.
Cottage park. — From Bowdoin street.
Don street. — From Callender street to Lauriat avenue.
Dorchester avenue. — From Gibson street to Park street.
Dorchester avenue. — From Rosemont street to Welles avenue.
Dorvner court. — From Hancock street.
Draper street. — From Bowdoin street to Homes avenue.
Esmond street. — From Blue Hill avenue to Harvard street.
Hancock street. — From Adams street to Freeport street.
Hendry street. — From Bowdoin street.
Launat avenue. — From Birch street to Norfolk street.
Massachusetts avenue. — From Columbia road to New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad.
Maxwell street. — From Capen street to Nelson street.
Millet street From Talbot avenue to Wheatland avenue.
Montague street. — From Ashmont street to Roslin street.
Nelson street. — From Evans street to Norfolk street.
Nottingham street. — From Bowdoin avenue to Bullard street.
Park street. — From Kilton street to Spencer street.
Quincy street. — • From Dacia street to Howard avenue.
Seaborn street. — From Centre street to Kenwood street.
Selden street. — From Capen street to Milton avenue.
Shafter street. — Harvard street to Waterlow street.
Shepton street Fi-om Dorchester avenue to Florida street.
Talbot avenue From Harvard street to Washington street.
152 City Document No. 14.
Tileston avenue. — rrom Blue Hill avenue to Walk Hill street.
Train street. — From King street to Mill street.
Van Winkle street. — From Dorchester avenue to New York, New-
Haven and Hartford Railroad.
Waldeck street. — From Mellville avenue to Stratford street.
Washington street. — From Dorchester avenue to River street.
WoodcUff street. — From Howard avenue.
West Roxbury.
Belgrade avenue. — From Malcolm street to beyond Lorraine street.
Bellevue street. — From Brandon street to Cornell street.
Corey street. — From Weld street to Vermont street.
Corinth street. — From Washington street to Brandon street.
Custer street. — From Woodman street to Arnold Arboretum.
Dresden street. — From Spring Park avenue to Boylston street.
Hubbard, street. — From Chestnut avenue to Lamartine street.
John A. Andreiv street. — From Carolina avenue to Newbern street.
Jones street. — From Fairview street to Walter street.
Keyes street. — Lee street to the railroad.
La Grange street From Centre street to Pleasant street.
Xee street. — Keyes street to Child street.
Lorraine street From Belgrade avenue to Colberg avenue.
Oakvieiv terrace. — From Centre street.
Parley avenue. — At Rockview street.
Perkins street. — From Day street to Jamaicaway.
Selwyn street. — From Arundel street to Walter street.
South street — From Jamaica street to the Parkway.
St. John street. — From Rockview street to Centre street.
Stratford street From Anawan avenue to Clement avenue.
Washington street. — From Tower street to Morton street.
Weld street. — From Vermont street to Arnold street.
Zamora street. — From Perkins street to Castleton street.
Brighton.
Bagnal street. — From Aldie street to Holton street.
Cambridge street From Union square to Washington street.
Commonwealth avenue. — From AVarren street to Chiswick road.
Faneuil street. — From Bigelow street to Fairbanks street.
Kilsyth road From Colliston road to Sutherland road.
Sutherland road. — From Commonwealth avenue to Selkirk road.
Tremont street. — From Washington street to Newton line.
Washington street At Oak square.
Washington street. — From Commonwealth avenue to Brookline line.
Washington street From Winship street to Dighton place.
Engineering Department.
153
APPENDIX F.
Engineeking Department Propertt Schedule, Main Office.
1 horse.
2 carriages.
1 sleigh.
2 harnesses.
3 robes.
Instrviments for drawing.
Instruments for surveying, as fol-
lows:
2 Temple transits.
7 Buff & Berger transits.
1 Berger & Son transit.
8 Gurley transits.
1 Keuffie & Esser level.
2 Temple levels.
4 Buff & Berger levels.
7 Gurley levels.
13 Boston rods.
4 New York rods.
10 Troy rods.
4 Philadelphia rods.
Apparatus for blue printing.
Cases for plans and books.
Keference library, 1,291 volumes.
12,135 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.
3 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.
3 Buff & Berger transits.
2 Berger & Sons transits.
1 Stackpole transit.
1 Troughton & Sims transit.
7 Buff & Berger levels.
1 Moody level.
18 Boston rods.
7 pipe rods.
30,548 plans.
4,080 lithographed maps.
Architectural Division.
1 horse.
1 Goddard buggy.
1 open buggy.
1 sleigh, harnesses, robes, stable
blankets, etc.
1 Remington typewriter.
Miscellaneous drawing i n s t r u -
ments.
650 plans in filing cases in store-
room.
154 City Document No. 14.
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.
14.75 Elevation of tide, Nov. 27, 1898.
14.15 " » " Jan. 23, 1898.
13.70 " " " Nov. 8, 1900.
15.33 Coping dry dock, Charlestown Navy Yard.
12.04 Greatest elevation of high tide, per United States
Tide Tables, November 26 and 27, 1901 (11.4 -f-
0.64) =12.04.
7.84 Least elevation of high tide, per United States Tide
Tables, July 26, 1901 (7.2 + 0.64) = 7.84.
2.64 Greatest elevation in low tide, per United States
Tide Tables, August 23 and 24, 1901 (2.0 +
0.64) = 2.64.
— 1.06 Least elevation of low tide, per United States Tide
Tables, Oct. 28 and 29, and November 26, 1 901
(_1.7 + 0.64) = — 1.06.
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.
Engineering Department.
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APPENDIX I.
(Revised Ordinances, 1898, Chapter 16.) Engineering
Department.
Section 1. The Engineering Department shall be under the
charge of the City Engineer, who shall be consulted on all matters
relating to public improvements of every kind in respect to which
the advice of a civil engineer or architect would be of service ;
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided, take charge of the
construction of all public works of the City which properly come
under the direction of a civil engineer ; shall make such sun'^eys,
plans, estimates, statements, and descriptions, and take such
levels and prepare such specifications and contracts as the mayor,
the board of aldermen, the common council, any committee of
the city council or of either branch thereof, the board of street
commissioners, or any officer in charge of a department, may
need in the discharge of its duties ; shall, upon being notified by
the superintendent of streets, supervise all repairs on the bridges
of the City used as highways which affect the safety of the struct-
ures, and shall, when required by the mayor or any officer in
charge of a Department, measure the work done by contract for
the City, and certify to the results of such measurement. Said
engineer shall have the custody of all surveys and plans relating
to the laying out, locating anew, altering, widening and grading
of streets ; and his office shall be deemed to be the office of the
surveyor of highways.
Sect. 2. Said engineer shall, in his annual report, include a
report upon the safety and completeness of all ponds, basins and
reservoirs under the charge of the water department, and of all
bridges within the city limits used as highways.
(Stat. 1870, Chap. 337 — Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, par. 21.)
Engineering Department.
157
APPENDIX J.
Engineerixg Department.
Number of employees from February 1, 1900, to January 31,
1901:
City Engineer .
1 Asst. City Engineer
23 Assts. Engineers
1 Chief Surveyor .
10 Assts. Surveyors
17 Transitmen .
20 Kodmen
5 Draughtsmen
1 Engineer's Asst.
2 Clerks .
2 Photographers
3 Messengers .
1 Map mounter
2 Boys .
14 Inspectors .
$6,000
3,600
3,191
3,500
2,500
3.50
2.50
1,300
5.00
2,000
3.00
1,000
2.75
360
5.00
10-2
year,
year.
— 1,600 year, 6.50 — 4.00 a day.
year.
— 1,400 year, 4.50 — 3.75 day.
— 2.75 day.
— 1.50 day.
year, 4.00 — 3.00 day.
day.
year, 3.50 day.
— 2.50 day.
— 900 year, 2.25 day.
day.
year.
-3.50 day, only paid when employed.
Architectural Division.
1 Consulting Architect . $2,500 year.
1 Chief of Division . 2,500 year.
3 Draughtsmen . . 22. .50 vreek.
1 Clerk .... 25.00 week.
1 Messenger . . . 900 year.
1 Boy .... 5.00 week.
110 Total number.
158
City Document No. 14.
APPENDIX K,
Meridian Line.
In 1870 an act was passed by the Massachusetts Legislature requiring
each land surveyor, in the State, at least once in every year to adjust
and verify his compass by the meridian line established in the county
wherein his surveys were to be made.
A meridian was marked by stone monuments and a book of record
kept by a custodian designated by the County Commissioners.
The law compelling surveyors to test their compasses annually was
modified in 1875 so that surveyors who did not use the compass in turn-
ing angles were relieved from the penalty attaching to the violation of
the original act.
The meridian posts for the County of Suffolk were placed on the
southerly portion of the " Parade Ground," on Boston Common. They
are granite posts, three in number, placed 200 feet apart, are eighteen
inches square at the base, one foot square at the top and eight feet
long ; being firmly set in a bed of concrete with their tops originally
just below the surface of the ground.
A stone curb was placed even with the surface of the ground over the
top of each post with a metallic composition cover.
The surface of that part of the Common where the posts are set was
raised several feet in 1897, the posts being protected by building a
brick manhole around each stone. The posts being accessible by the
removal of the manhole cover.
As the cover and cap of the manholes are made of iron, it is now
necessary to set up the compass in the production of the line marked
by the monuments to avoid local attraction. The point selected has
been 290 feet north of the northerly stone.
The following table gives the number of tests for each year with the
average readings:
Year.
Number
of
Readings.
Average of
Readings
West of
North.
Year.
Number
of
Readings.
Average of
Readings
West of
North.
1871
1872
1873
1874
9
8
3
3
3
2
8
13
4
7
3
5
5
6
8
10-53-46
11-09-47
11-07-53
11-11-40
10-58-33
11-13-00
11-12-35
11-28-56
11-35-15
11-34-53
11-28-23
11-36-18
11-42-04
11-46-13
11-43 12
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1^96
1897
1898
1899
1900
4
14
3
0
7
4
0
1
0
0
0
8
6
0
8
11-39-58
11-51-54
11-40-57
1875
1876
1877
11-39-56
11-49-30
1878
1879
12-32-20
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
12-04-37
12-34-34
1885
12-33-45
CONTENTS.
REPORT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR 1900.
[General Index to contents Engineering Department Reports, 18(J7-1S92, willl
in Report of February 1, 1892.]
Engineering Department
Statement of Expenses, Engineering Department
Atlantic Avenue Bridge
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 & Maine
R.R.andB.&A.
R.R
" Boston, Revere
Beach & Lynn
R R
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.
PAGE
1
2
4
Bridges .
Total number (143)
Agassiz road; in the fens
Albany street, over B. & A. R.R., freight 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. & H. R.R
160 City Document No. 14.
Bridges, continued. pagk
Athens street, over Midland Div. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R 12
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, Riverway 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 13
Bervrick-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 14
Boylston street. Back Bay fens 14
Boylston street, B. & A. R.R 14
Bridle Path, over Muddy river, in Riverway 14
Broadway, over Fort Point channel 14
Broadway, over B. & A. 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 16
Castle Island foot-bridge 16
Central avenue, over Neponset river 16
Charlestown 17
Charlesgate, in the fens over B. & A. R.R 17
Charlesgate, in the fens over Ipswich street 17
Chelsea, over B. & M. R.R 25
Chelsea (North) 25
Chelsea (South) 25
Chelsea street 25
Circuit drive, over Scarboro' pond, in Franklin Park 26
Columbus avenue, over B. & A. R.R. and Prov. Div. N.Y.,
N.H. & n. R.R 26
Commercial Point, or Tenean 26
Commonwealth avenue, in the Fens 26
Congress street 26
Cornwall street, over Stony brook. West Roxbury 27
Cottage Farm, over B. & A. R.R 27
Cottage-street foot-bridge 27
Dartmouth street, over B. & A. R.R., and Prov. Div. N.Y.,
N.H. & H. R.R 27
Dorchester avenue, over Old Colony Div. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., 28
Dorchester street, over Old Colony Div. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., 28
Dover street 28
Ellicott arch, in Franklin Park 28
Essex street 28
Everett street, over B. & A. R.R 29
Federal street 29
Fen bridge, in the fens 29
Ferdinand street, over B. & A. R.R 29
Forest Hills entrance, in Franklin Park 29
Gold street, over Midland Div. N. Y., N.H. & H. R.R 30
Granite to Milton 30
Harvard to Cambridge 30
Harvard street, over Midland Div. N.Y., N.H. & R.R 30
Huntington avenue, over B. & A. R.R 30
Ipswich street, over waterway in the fens 31
Engineering Department. 161
Bridges, continued. page
Irvington-street foot-bridge, over Prov. Div. N.Y., X.H. &
H. R.R 31
L-street bridge 31
Leverett pond foot-bridge in Leverett Park 31
Leyden street, B., R. B. & L. R.R 31
Linden Park street, over Stony brook 31
Longwood avenue, over Muddy river & B. & A. R.R 31
Maiden - 32
Massachusetts avenue, over Prov. Div. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., 32
Massachusetts avenue, over B. & A. R.R 32
Mattapan to Milton 32
Meridian 32
Milton 33
Mt. Washington avenue 33
Neponset 33
Neptune road, over B., R. B. & L. R.R 33
Newton street, over Prov. Div. N. Y., N.H. & H. R.R 34
North Beacon street 34
North Harvard 34
Perkins-street foot-bridge, over B. & M. R.R., and B. & A. R.R. 34
Prison Point 34
Public Garden foot-bridge 35
Scarboro' pond, foot-bridge Franklin Park 35
Shawmut avenue, over B. & A. R.R., and N.Y., N.H. & H. RR., 35
Spring street 35
Stony brook, in the fens 35
Summer street, over A street 35"
" B '' 35
" C " 35
" N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. freight tracks .36
" Fort Point Channel 36
Swett street, over O. 0. Div., N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R 36
Swett-street bridges (over South-bay sluices) 36
Tremont street, over Muddy river 36
Warren 36
Western avenue to Cambridge 37
Western avenue to Watertown 37
West Boston, Temporary ,S6
West Fourth street, over O. C. Div. N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. ... 37
West Rutland-square foot-bridge, over Prov. Div. N.Y., N.H.
& H. R.R 37
Winthrop 38
Wood Island Park foot-bridge 38
Surveying Division 39
Lines and grades given, and paving work measured, 1900:
East Boston and Breed's Island 54
South Boston 51
Boston Proper 44
Charlestown 57
Roxbury 58
Dorchester 69
Brighton 78
West Roxbury 75
Plans for sewer and brook takings 41
Plans in Surveying Division 80
Miscellaneous Work and Construction in 1900 :
Atlantic avenue extension bridge 112
Bennington street extension :
Widening bridge over R. B. & L. R.R 112
Wooden bulkhead on line of railroad 112
Blue Hill avenue grade crossing 131
162 City Document No. 14.
Miscellaneous Work, etc., continued.
Boat landing near Charlestown bridge 131
Broadway bridge, rebuilding 112
Charlesgate bridge, over Ipswich street 112
Chelsea bridge (North) 112
Columbia road filling 113
Congress-street grade crossing 113
Dorchester-avenue grade crossing 129
Dover-street bridge 106
Dudley street grade crossing 131
East Boston ferries, repairs of piers 106
Independence square 130
Long Island, City institutions, salt-water fire protection 131
Maiden bridge 130
Mt. Washington-avenue bridge 107
Normal School, borings, proposed sites 131
Park street, Dorchester, retaining- wall 131
South Union Station :
Atlantic avenue, paving 107
Beach street, paving 107
Winthrop bridge repairs 107
Street Department.
Assessment Streets.
Aberdeen street 100
Alexander street 101
Annabel street 101
Ashley street 101
Bennington street 101
Blandford street 101
Chiswick road 102
Columbia road 102
Congreve street 102
Cumniington street 102
Custer street 102
Dresden street 102
Edison Green 103
Edwin street 103
Esmond street 103
Florida street 103
Hubbard street 104
Ipswich street 104
Lauriat avenue 104
Newburg street 104
Oakview terrace 105
Orkney road 105
Rowe street 105
Ritzella street 106
Seymour street 106
Shafter street 106
Warner street 106
Assessment Streets, Working Plans, Specifications, etc.,
WERE Prepared for the Street Department :
Ashby street 107
Ashley street 107
Bay State road 107
Cardingtou street 107
Chilmark street 107
Corinth street 107
Dunford street , 107
Echo street 107
Fowler street 108
Homes avenue 108
Engineering Department. 163
Street Department, Continued.
Montague street 108
Nottingham street 108
Province court 108
Public alley No. 432 108
Rockf ord street 108
Seaborn street 108
Stratford street 108
Tremont street 108
Trinity place 108
Van Winkle street 108
Washington street 108
Woodcliff street 108
Wordsworth street 108
Assessment Streets, Preliminary Surveys and Pi,ans 109
Grading Street Railway Tracks :
Boston Elevated Railway Co 110
West Roxbury and Roslindale Street Railway Co 110
Union Freight Railroad Co 110
Surveys, Plans, etc 110
Water Works 86
Breaks in large mains 91
Corrosion of pipes by electrolysis 88
Extension of mains 86
Shirley Gut, laying second main pipe 94
Test of 48-inch pipe broken in Brookline 93
Table showing the average maximum and minimum monthly
heights, in feet, above City base, to which
water rose at different stations on the Boston
Water Works 99
" " rainfall in inches and hundredths at Albany-
street yard for 1900 98
" " rainfall in inches and hundredths at Gibson-
street yard for 1900 97
" " monthly rainfall in inches during 1900 at vari-
ous places in Eastern Massachusetts 96
General statistics 95
City Engineer, 1850-1900 132
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Charlestown Bridge 16
Congress street Grade Crossing:
Summer street bridge over channel plan and elevation 128
128
" "■ " " B street 128
Map of Boston about 1 803 130
Water Works:
Hauling 12-inch flexible pipe across Shirley Gut (8 plates) ... 94
Section " " " " 94
Twenty-inch pipes crossing over bridge on Tremont street at
Castle square 86
164 City Document No. 14.
APPENDICES.
Appendix A. — Table showing the widths of openings for vessels
in all bridges provided with draws 134
B. — List of estimate plans furnished the Assessment
Division of the Street Laying-out Department, 136
C. — Table of accident and other plans made for the
Law Department 138
D. — Table of surveys, plans and profiles made by
Surveying Division 141
E. — List of streets where lot frontages have been
obtained for Sewer Division, Street Depart-
ment, for Sewer assessments 150
F. — Engineering Department property schedule 153
Gr. — Elevations referred to Boston city base 154
H. — Engineering Department annual reports, 1867-
1900 155
I, — Engineering Department, Kevised Ordinances.. 156
J. — Employees and Salaries 151
K. — Meridian line 158
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