[Document 24—1939.]
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1938.
Boston, January 2, 1939.
Hon. Maurice J. Tobin,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor, — In compliance with the provi-
sions of section 24 of chapter 4 of the Revised Ordinances
of 1925, I respectfully submit a report of the acts and
doings, receipts and expenditures of the Public Works
Department for the year ending December 31, 1938.
Organization.
The Public Works Department was created under
the provisions of chapter 9 of the Ordinances of 1910,
by consolidating the Engineering, Water and Street
Departments. The ordinance became effective on
February 1, 1911. The department is comprised of
five divisions, namely, Bridge and Ferry, Highway,
Sanitary, Sewer, and Water, each under the direct
supervision of a division engineer.
Receipts and Expenditures.
The receipts for the year from various sources were
S136,407.95, which was exclusive of the Sumner Tunnel
tolls and the receipts of the Water Division derived
from the sale of water, the installation of domestic and
fire pipes, changes in hydrants, etc.
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The amount received from the operation of the
Sumner Tunnel was $836,379.57, which was $27,427.76
in excess of the revenue derived in 1937.
The total collections in the Water Division amounted
to $5,155,051.39, which was $479,100.26 in excess of the
receipts of 1937.
The total budgetary expenditures for the year were
$7,050,956.56, leaving an unexpended balance of
$279,187.67. The total amount of $7,050,956.56, with
the exception of 1934, when the total expenditures were
$6,845,672.16,' represents the lowest expenditure in the
Public Works Department since the year 1919; this,
despite the fact that no vital or necessary services were
curtailed or eliminated injudiciously, and the construc-
tion and maintenance operations for 1938 compare
favorably with those of any year since the organization
of the department. The reason for the lower budgetary
expenditure in 1934 can be attributed wholly to the pay
reductions that were in effect that year.
Personnel.
As of December 31, 1938, there were 2,412 employees
in the department. This is the smallest number of
employees that has been in the department since its
organization, February 1, 1911. The present personnel
has been augmented by the addition of approximately
800 welfare workers, who assist in the maintenance
operations.
Commissioner's Office.
This is the Central Office of the department, where
work of an executive nature pertinent to the duties of
the commissioner is carried on; also, the advertising for
and receiving of bids for contract work; the negoti-
ating with the Civil Service Commission in matters
affecting the personnel of the department; and the
investigation of accidents to workmen, laborers and
mechanics employed in the city service who come under
the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act.
There is a hbrary connected with this office, contain-
ing an invaluable collection of reports and documents
covering every phase of the development of the public
works program of the City of Boston for the past half
century. There are books on practically every subject
pertinent to public works, besides reports from all over
the world on pubHc works matters. Many of the
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books are irreplaceable, and a record is kept at all
times of all books lent, in order to prevent any loss.
Former Commissioner of Public Works Edward M.
Richardson resigned on June 20, and the present Com-
missioner of Public Works was appointed on June 21.
As of December 31, twelve employees were on the
pay roll of the Central Office.
Bridge and Ferry Division.
Bridge Service.
This division has charge and care of all bridges used
as highways, w^hich are in whole or in part under the
control of the city, the care and management of the
ferries owned by the city, including boats, slips, drops
and buildings, and the maintenance and operation of
the Sumner Tunnel.
Most of the construction and major repair work of
this division was done under contract. Due to the
nature of the work, it is not practical to have it done
wdth the aid of W. P. A. grants.
There are approximately 150 bridges w^hich are in
whole or in part under the control of this division.
Much of the repair work had been so neglected over a
period of years that it became mandatory, in order to
prevent a catastrophe, to institute a comprehensive
program for the repair of certain bridges, and, in some
cases, to rebuild structures that were in a particularly
dangerous condition.
The most important work completed by the Bridge
Division this year included the repairs to the Beacon
Street Bridge, the Warren Bridge, and the reconstruc-
tion of a new footbridge at Irvington Street.
The Warren Bridge w^as closed to traffic on January 8,
1938, in the interests of safety, due to the necessity of
making general repairs. A contract was awarded to
A. Orlando, Inc., on June 20, 1938, and completed on
December 15, at a cost of $35,537.22. The easterly
draw was opened to vehicular traffic on November 19
and the westerly draw on December 9. The bridge
is now in such a condition that it should be unnecessary
to make any major repairs for a period of ten years.
A Federal grant was accepted in November, under the
provisions of the PubHc Works Administration Act, in
the amount of $119,250, for the altering and strengthen-
ing of the Boylston Street Bridge, and the rebuilding of
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the Berkeley Street and Albany Street Bridges, all over
the tracks of the Boston & Albany Railroad. The esti-
mated total cost of these projects is $265,000, the
Federal grant allotted on the basis of 45 per cent of the
cost, but not to exceed the $119,250.
A contract was awarded on December 20 to the
Interstate Construction Company, Inc., for the neces-
sary repairs and strengthening of the Boylston Street
Bridge, at their bid price of $46,663.
The agreement between the City of Boston and the
Federal Government specified that construction on all
three bridges should start by December 31. It was
impossible to prepare the necessary plans and specifica-
tions in time to allow the general construction of new
bridges at Albany Street and Berkeley Street to start
before that time. In view of this, and so as to preclude
the possibility of having the Federal grants for the
construction of these two bridges withdrawn, invitation
bids were requested for removing the deck from the
Berkeley Street Bridge and for grouting a wall at the
Albany Street Bridge. On December 29 these con-
tracts were signed, so that the work could be started
within the specified period. The contract for grouting
the wall at the Albany Street Bridge was awarded to the
low bidder, Maurice M. Devine, Inc., at a bid price of
$800. The contract for removing the deck from the
Berkeley Street Bridge was awarded to J. J. Callahan,
at a bid price of $400.
Due to the number of fatal accidents that have
occurred in the last few years, caused by cars skidding
on the roadway surfaces of the bridges and plunging
into the tidewaters over which the bridges span, a
committee consisting of Thomas H. Sexton, Division
Engineer of the Bridge Service, William T. Morrissey,
Division Engineer of the Highway Division, and the
present Commissioner of Public Works, was appointed
by your Honor to recommend ways and means of
preventing further accidents.
This committee recommended that the heights of the
existing curbs be increased to a minimum of 18 inches
and that the surface car rails be removed, where pos-
sible. A project was drawn up and approved by the
W. P. A. authorities, for the necessary construction
work involved on the Dover Street and Dorchester
Avenue Bridges, and the viaduct connecting the Chelsea
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North and Chelsea South Bridges in Charlestown.
The work was completed on the Dover Street Bridge,
and the work on both the Dorchester Avenue Bridge
and the viaduct is in progress. The ordinary procedure
is to place a 12-inch by 12-inch timber, securely bolted
by angle irons to the pavement, on top of the existing
6-inch curbs. This has already proved effective at the
Dover Street Bridge in preventing a truck from going
into the channel, and we propose protecting all such
bridges in the City of Boston by this method within the
next few years.
Ferry Service.
Operation of the South Ferry was curtailed on April 29.
The present schedule calls for a thirty-minute opera-
tion from 6 a. m. until 10 p. m., although between the
hours of 7.15 a. m. and 11a. m., and from 2 p. m. until
6.15 p. m., a fifteen-minute schedule is in operation.
This is to take care of the traffic during the busiest
hours of the day.
With the curtailment of the service it was found
necessary to operate only three boats, the ''Charles C.
Donoghue," the ''Daniel A. MacCormack" and the
"Ralph J. Palumbo." The ferryboat "Lieutenant
Flaherty" was sold at public auction on April 27, for
$41,600. This boat was put in operation in 1921 and
the original cost to the city was $379,950.
The present schedule has proved satisfactory and is
adequate to care for the amount of pedestrian and
vehicular traffic that uses this service.
In September a contract was awarded to the Boston
Dry Dock Company for making general repairs and
cleaning and painting the ferryboat "Daniel A. Mac-
Cormack." The work was completed on November 16,
at a total cost of $5,714.20.
Sumner Tunnel.
The deficit incurred from the operation of the Sumner
Tunnel was $437,868.91, which was $15,610.47 less than
the deficit in 1937. 5,543,302 vehicles passed through
the Sumner Tunnel during the year.
The cost of maintenance and operation, $219,000, is
lower than similar costs in any vehicular tunnel in the
country, so that it is impossible to lower the deficit in
any way by curtaifing the budgetary expenditures.
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Every effort is being made to reduce the deficit, and the
decrease in the deficit for 1938, as compared with that
for 1937, is a small ray of hope.
I recommend that a general manager be appointed,
at $5,000 a year, to take entire charge of the mainte-
nance and operation. I feel that the appointment of a
manager, experienced in the operations of tunnels of
this kind, would be very beneficial in finding ways and
means to reduce the deficit. Proper advertising, studies
of the present toll schedule, and the formulating of plans
to pro\dde vehicles with better access and egress to and
from the tunnel, would be some of the many duties
that would be imposed on a general manager. The
salary that would be paid to him would be justified in
view of the anticipated results.
In order to direct more vehicles to the tunnel, we
have been working on a plan with the Traffic Commis-
sion to place additional and new types of directional
signs in strategic locations on Route C-1, which ex-
tends from Felton street in Saugus to the junction of
the Riverway and Brookline avenue in Boston. This
route is the auxiliary city route for Route No. 1, which
is one of the most hea\dly traveled highways in this
section of the country. We also propose supplementing
the directional signs with green directional arrows, which,
we feel, will be distinctive and in time will become
known as the official tunnel route markers.
In addition to the directional signs and arrows, we
also contemplate ha\ing erected in the spring of 1939
two large directional and advertising billboards along-
side the Newburyport Turnpike, in Saugus, and on
Route 1, in Boston or Dedham, to emphasize the ad-
vantages of using Route C-1 through the Sumner
Tunnel in preference to Route 1. The proximity of
the portal of the tunnel on the Boston side to many
points of historical interest will be emphasized and
should tend to attract out-of-state motorists to visit
these locations. I feel that by properly advertising the
tunnel and providing adequate street widenings, and
possibly overhead highways on the Boston side of the
tunnel, a marked increase in tunnel traffic will result.
Another improvement of a minor nature that has a
potential major value was the installation in the cashier's
office at the Sumner Tunnel of steel bars outside the
windows, and bullet-proof glass and steel-plate barriers
in the cashier's cage, similar to those installed in modern
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banking establishments, in order to protect not only the
tunnel receipts, but also to prevent any fatality to an
employee in the event of a holdup at this location.
Heretofore, no means of protection had been afforded
to the employees at all, despite the fact that at times
we have in this office approximately $10,000, repre-
senting the tunnel receipts over a week-end. The
money was counted every morning in the cashier's
office and the employees were in imminent danger of
being held up. The amount of $1,268 for the necessary
changes is well justified by the protection given to the
employees and to the funds.
The first fatality in the tunnel occurred on December
1, when the driver of a car lost control and the car
swerved across the roadway, striking the south wall
of the tunnel and overturning. Up to that time approxi-
mately 23,400,000 cars had passed through the tunnel.
Highway Division.
This division has charge of the construction, recon-
struction and maintenance of roadways and sidewalks,
and the care of lamps and lighting of streets, parks and
alleys.
Practically all of the construction work was done
under W. P. A. grants. 38.44 miles of highways were
constructed and reconstructed during the year. In
this division we took the fullest advantage of W. P. A.
grants, and the work done was of great benefit to the
city. Much needed improvements were made on main
highways at the following locations: Reconstruction
of Blue Hill avenue, from Mattapan square to Babson
street; reconstruction of Dorchester avenue, from Old
Colony avenue to beyond First street; and work has
started on the reconstruction of Atlantic avenue and
Commercial street. The work on Atlantic avenue has
progressed very rapidly and, upon its completion,
should be a tangible asset to the district and greatly
facilitate and expedite the flow of vehicular traffic.
We contemplate in 1939 starting construction to
modernize the various district yards of the Paving
Service, by constructing fireproof office buildings and
garages at these locations. All of the proposed work
is to be done under W. P. A. grants. We also propose
abandoning the Brighton paving yard, at Chestnut Hill
avenue, and constructing a model district yard at the
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site of the present Water Division yard on Western
avenue, to be used as a central yard by the Paving,
Water and Sewer Divisions. The present site at Chest-
nut Hill avenue contains thirteen acres of land, is in a
high-class, residential community, and should be made
available for sale, for the purpose of a housing develop-
ment under private sponsorship. The revenue derived
from the sale of this land should be sufficient to provide
for the construction of new buildings in the yard on
Western avenue, which is in a more appropriate location
than the Chestnut Hill avenue site.
Over a long period of years steps were taken, with
no success, to prevent the use of Bunker Hill street,
Charlestown, as a speedway by so-called "loopers."
At three locations street car reservations were installed
and the available roadway for vehicular traffic was
reduced to 8.5 feet, thereby making it impossible to go
through these "bottle-necks" at a speed greater than
twenty miles per hour. The results have been very
satisfactory and have justified the installation of these
reservations, as the looping has been reduced from an
average of twenty per month to three a month.
The work of removing the debris and trees blown
down by the hurricane of September 21 was done by
employees of this division, in conjunction with W. P. A.
employees. All of the streets in the city were open for
traffic within three days after the hurricane, and the
cost to the city for supplies and equipment was $23,500.
Many of the roofs of the buildings in the various district
yards had been damaged and a W. P. A. project was
completed for the necessary repairs, at a cost to the
city of approximately $4,000, as compared with a
Federal contribution of $10,000. The repairs to the
sidewalks and roadway surfaces are in progress, under a
W. P. A. grant, and the city's contribution will be
approximately $15,000, the Federal $85,000. All of
the repair work was done under W. P. A. grants, with
the exception of minor repairs of an emergency nature,
amounting to $700, which were done by private contract.
A saving of approximately $32,000 was made in the
Lighting Service by the changing of the 1,500 candle-
power lamps to 1,000 candle power. The lighting
effect by this reduction in candle power was hardly
noticeable, and caused no inconvenience to the public
and the lower candle power has proved adequate for
lighting facilities.
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A committee consisting of City Auditor Charles J.
Fox, Assistant City Clerk John B. Hynes, and Election
Commissioner William A. Motley, appointed by your
Honor to study the advisability of increasing the fees
charged in the various departments, recommended a
general increase in all fees for permits issued by the
Public Works Department. The amount collected in
1938 for permits issued by the Permit Office of this
department was $9,449.28. With the new schedule of
fees, effective January 3, 1939, it is anticipated that an
increase in revenue of approximately $4,000 should
result therefrom.
Under the provisions of chapter 500 of the Acts of
1938 the sum of $1,194,300 was allocated to the City of
Boston from the Highway Fund for the purpose of
carrying out local highway projects to alleviate existing
conditions resulting from unemployment. We proposed
using a part of this appropriation to pay for materials
and equipment needed on all W. P. A. projects under
construction in 1938, thereby reducing our budgetary
expenditures. We were precluded from using this
money in this way, however, due to an opinion from
Attorney-General Dever to the effect that the money
should be used to finance projects over and above those
projects that were ordinarily undertaken by this depart-
ment. In view of this opinion, a bill is to be introduced
in the Legislature in 1939, authorizing the City of
Boston, and all other cities that received such appro-
priations in 1938, to use this money at the city's dis-
cretion to reduce the cost of maintenance and operations
on all work pertinent to the construction and recon-
struction of highways, surface drainage and bridges.
It is anticipated that this bill will be acted upon favor-
ably, thereby allowing the entire amount of $1,194,300
to be used in 1939 in the budgetary requirements of the
Highway Division. This will produce an immediate
and tangible reduction in the budgetary requirements
of the department for 1939.
Sanitary Division.
This division has charge of the collection and removal
of ashes, garbage and refuse, street cleaning, and the
oihng and flushing of streets.
The collection work in Charlestown in 1938 and in
prior years was done by city forces. A contract was
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advertised in November for the collection in 1939, to be
done under contract. The bid price received for the
year was $16,800, whereas, the cost to the city for this
work was approximately $40,000, showing a substantial
saving and proving conclusively that it would be
economically beneficial to have all the collection work
in the city done under contract.
The collection of garbage and ashes in districts
where the work is being done by city forces has not
been entirely satisfactory, due to the daily fluctuations
in the number of welfare workers who assist in this
work. As is the case practically every year, we have
to hire contractors at various times to assist in this
work, in order to insure weekly collections. During
the latter part of December, however, due to the trans-
ferring of practically all welfare workers from other
divisions of this department to the Sanitary Service, we
were able to maintain weekly collections, and antici-
pate that we shall be able to continue the schedule
in 1939, unless conditions prevail, such as snowstorms,
over which we have no control.
The regularity of collection service in general, how-
ever, is maintained better by contract forces, and I
recommend that a change to contract collection be
made systematically every year, so that in time the
entire collection work will be done under contract.
This transition, however, will have to be made slowly
in order to make it unnecessary to discharge employees
and in order to be assured of the economical soundness
of such a program.
Much of the criticism to which the department is
subjected has been caused, to a great extent, by the
unsanitary and dirty conditions of the alleys of the
South End. We make every effort to keep these alleys
in a clean condition, and if it were not for the work
done by city forces the conditions existing in that
section would be intolerable. Most of these alleys
are private and it is the responsibility of the abutters
to keep them clean. The Public Works Department
should not be expected to remove litter from private
property. The Health and Police Departments have
sufficient powers, both by city ordinances and statute
law, to prevent the littering of the alleys, and no marked
improvement will be made until a concerted campaign
is made by these departments to remedy existing con-
ditions. The conditions are caused by a minority
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of the residents, who not only lack civic pride, but
have no conception of the ordinary laws of sanitation
nor of the inherent rights of their neighbors to live in
a clean and respectable community.
Incineration.
The present ten-year contract for the disposal of
garbage and refuse expires on July 1, 1942. This con-
tract was originally awarded to the Brooklyn Ash
Removal Company of Massachusetts, at their bid price
of $3,780,000. Subsequent to the awarding, however,
the contract was assigned to the Coleman Disposal
Company.
In 1908 and 1910 former Mayor George A. Hibbard
appointed special commissions to investigate the prac-
ticability of incinerating garbage and refuse. Both
commissions reported that incineration was the most
sanitary method and would be more economical to the
city. In 1922 George A. Johnson Company, Inc., of
150 Nassau street, New York, was appointed, at a cost
of $3,700, to make a further study of this problem.
This company also recommended that all garbage,
refuse and combustible materials be incinerated. They
proposed having eight incinerators constructed at various
locations throughout the city. They reported that
the city would save approximately $550,000 annually
by instituting a method of incineration and having all
collection done under contract. They stated that a
revenue of $530,000 would be derived from the sale
of electric power and from the residue of the incinera-
tion. They proposed erecting power stations, in con-
junction with the incinerators, in order to utilize the
exhaust gases for the operation of electric generators.
This, however, in my opinion, is impractical, as I do
not feel that any revenue could be derived by the sale
of electric power.
It is my unqualified opinion, however, that the
city will have to come to incineration sometime in the
future. The inland dumps are becoming filled and
some of the refuse from the City of Boston is being
dumped in Revere and Dedham. It is logical to
assume that in these towns an ordinance will be passed
at some future date preventing the dumping of the
waste material of Boston, and at that time the city
will be faced with the problem of the disposing of this
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waste material within the city limits. The logical
conclusion would be incineration, but a thorough study
of it should be made, in order to eliminate any agitation
against such incinerators by the residents of the areas
in which it is proposed to erect them. Many complaints
are received from the residents in sections where dumps
are now being used. Just as much objection would
probably come if it were proposed to construct in-
cinerators in these locations. In view of this, I would
not recommend, at this time, that any incinerators be
constructed at any locations other than those locations
now being used by the Coleman Disposal Company,
under their ten-year contract for the receiving and
disposing of the garbage and refuse.
The three receiving stations, located on wharves at
Atlantic avenue near Northern avenue, Albany street
near East Canton street. Victory road, Neponset, and
the inland dump at Mt. Vernon street (Calf Pasture),
in Dorchester, are in out-of-the-way locations, and even
under the present conditions are not the cause of many
complaints from residents or businessmen in these
localities. It is safe to assume that if incinerators
were constructed at or near the four locations mentioned
above, that the conditions would be improved, as
modern incineration is odorless and smokeless, and,
therefore, incinerators should not be so much of a
nuisance as the present receiving stations at the wharves
and the inland dump on Mt. Vernon street. From an
architectural standpoint, incinerators could be so con-
structed that the buildings would fit in with the character
of the neighborhood and would be pleasing to the eye.
The trucks going to and from the incinerators might
be a cause for complaint, although the same condition
regarding trucks exists at every dump.
The most important question to be determined in
discussing the advisability of changing to incineration
is the cost of such a method. It has been claimed
that incineration would be more economical than our
present method of disposal. I am of the opinion,
however, that the present method is probably more
economical, but also more unsanitary, less satisfactory,
and the cause of many complaints from the residents
and business people. I would recommend that a
study be made by competent consulting engineers as
to the advisability of incinerating all the garbage
and combustible material that are delivered to the
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Coleman Disposal Company under the provisions of
their ten-year contract. My purpose in having such
a study made would be, first, to determine what the
yearly cost of incineration over a ten or a twenty year
period would be to the city, so that a comparison
could be made with the average yearly cost of $378,000
now paid to the Coleman Disposal Company. We
would then have something tangible upon which to
base our recommendations that incineration be adopted
or that the present method of disposal be continued.
My second purpose in considering incineration only
at the four locations noted above, would be in order to
have an opportunity to observe incineration and de-
termine whether it would be more sanitary and practical
to construct incinerators in the outlying residential
sections rather than to dump the rubbish in dumps, as
is now the procedure.
The time to discuss incineration is now, and not six
months before the expiration of the present contract.
In the event that it is decided to change to incineration,
there will be sufficient time before the expiration of
the present contract for the construction of these
incinerators and for the preparing of methods of pro-
cedure to be followed.
Sewer Division.
This division has charge of the construction and
maintenance of sewers, catch-basins and waterways.
The W. P. A. was utilized to the fullest extent in this
department, so that practically all of the construction
work in 1938 was done under W. P. A. grants. 14,000
feet of sanitary sewers and 28,000 feet of surface drains
were constructed this year. Several brook courses
were covered over and the work done with the aid of the
W. P. A. was a distinct advantage to the city and a
considerable saving resulted.
Some of the more important work included the con-
struction of the 1,115 feet of 4-foot 9-inch concrete
conduit in Bussey brook. West Roxbury, the starting
of a project to cover Stony brook in West Roxbury,
the construction of 600 feet of a circular concrete con-
duit in Oakland brook, Plyde Park, and the addition of
conduits to Mariposa brook in Hyde Park.
A contract was awarded to N. Cibotti, on November
30, for the construction of a 6-foot concrete overflow
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conduit in Central Wharf, to replace a wooden conduit
that was constructed in 1869. The wooden overflow
had been out of operation since November, 1937, due
to a general structural failure of this conduit at several
locations. This is a P. W. A. project, and $32,676 was
allotted to the city by the Federal Government as a
grant for this work. The total cost of the project is
estimated at $70,000.
At the Calf Pasture pumping station there are in
operation six electric pumps and one steam pump, to
pump sewage to the outfall conduits and thence by
gravity under Dorchester bay to the Moon Island
reservoirs. There are approximately 80,000,000 gallons
of sewage per day pumped at this station, and it is
necessary to lift this sewage approximately 35 feet to
the outfall sewers. To operate the single steam pump
we have to maintain a crew of eight firemen, which,
with the cost of fuel, results in a large expenditure to
operate a single pump.
In view of this, a study is in progress to determine
the practicability of abandoning the present steam
pump and substituting an additional electric or a Diesel
pump. It is anticipated that a substantial saving will
be made, although it is possible that the saving will be
shown only by the transferring of the firemen needed
to operate the present steam pump.
Division Engineer George W. Dakin was retired on
July 31, and his death occurred on August 22. He had
been in the employ of the city for forty years, during
which time he gave devoted service and was recognized
as an eminent authority on the sewerage system of the
City of Boston.
On August 10 Robert P. Shea was appointed as
Division Engineer.
Water Division.
The Water Division has the care of w^ater pipes,
installation of meters, water service, laying and relay-
ing of water mains and high pressure fire service, and
the billing of all accounts for water consumption.
Practically all of the construction work in this divi-
sion was done under W. P. A. grants, and most of the
work involved the extension of new mains and the
relaying of old mains that were inadequate to provide
proper fire and domestic service to the various com-
munities. Most of the materials were supplied by the
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W. P. A. A total of 43,444 feet of pipe was laid and
relaid, in sizes from 8 inches to 42 inches.
The most important project to be undertaken was the
proposed relaying of the present 30-inch and 36-inch
cast-iron water mains in Huntington avenue and
Tremont street, from the Brookline line to Castle
square, with 48-inch steel pipe. The cast-iron mains
were laid in 1853, when the original distribution lines
were installed to provide water from the Chestnut Hill
Reservoir to the residents of Boston. The relaying of
these mains had been contemplated for several years,
but had been deferred, due to the financial condition of
the city. The liberal W. P. A. appropriation for
materials in 1938 presented an excellent opportunity
to have the necessary work done, at a minimum cost to
the city. This project was started in November and,
at the present time, satisfactory progress has been
made. Due to the heavily congested highways through
which it will run and the character of the work to be
done, it is by far the most difficult project that has been
undertaken by this department since the inception of
the W. P. A. It involves a total length of 15,000 feet,
and all the pipe and sheeting, costing approximately
$240,000, will be supplied by the Federal Government.
Division Engineer James A. McMurry, of the Water
Income Service, died on February 19, after a service of
forty-two years in the employ of the city.
On April 7 the Water Income Division was merged
with the Water Engineers, both di\'isions thereafter
operating under the direction of Division Engineer
Daniel M. Sullivan.
A major improvement in the method of billing was
instituted, and this, in conjunction with a concerted
drive to collect the outstanding water bills of previous
years, was so successful that this year the Water De-
partment has a surplus of $654,998.45, whereas for
eight previous years a deficit had occurred.
Boston and Cambridge Bridge Commission.
This division is not, strictly speaking, a division of
the PubUc Works Department, as the work is in charge
of a commission of two, one member appointed by the
Mayor of Cambridge and the other member, the present
Commissioner of Public Works of Boston, acting as
the Boston representative, under the pro\dsions of
section 4 of chapter 27 of the Revised Ordinances of
16 City Document No. 24.
1925. One half of the expense of the commission is
defrayed by the Bridge Service and because of this
it is incUided in the report of the PubUc Works
Department.
The commission has charge and maintenance of the
Longfellow, Prison Point and Cottage Farm Bridges.
The expenditures paid by the City of Boston in 1938
were $4,975.54, which include the cost of salaries, in-
spection, light, repairs, etc.
W. P. A. Program.
Most of the construction work in 1938 was done
in conjunction with the Federal Government, through
the agency known as the Works Progress Administra-
tion. Under this program the Federal Government
pays for all the labor, except inspection, and part of
the cost of the materials used on the various projects.
The W. P. A. program in the Public Works Depart-
ment for 1938 was the most extensive since its inception
in November, 1935. Approximately 10,000 W. P. A.
employees, representing about 40 per cent of the total
quota in the City of Boston, have been engaged on
projects sponsored by this department. The facilities
of the W. P. A. were utilized to the utmost, primarily
to provide work for those persons certified for W. P. A.
employment, thereby lowering the number of welfare
recipients who w^ould otherwise be on the direct relief
rolls of the city, but also to secure street improvements
and improvements in the sewerage and water systems
which would have been impossible to effect without
the aid of W. P. A. grants, due to the financial condition
of the city.
The various W. P. A. projects involving the High-
way, Sewer and Water Divisions were operated as
sub-divisions of city- wide blanket projects that were
approved by the W. P. A. authorities at the start of
the program in November, 1935. Although the projects
were originally approved on the basis of a Federal
contribution for materials of approximately $12 per
man-month of labor, upon your Honor's assuming office
as the Chief Executive of the City, the Federal con-
tribution for materials was allotted on the basis of
only $5 per man-month of labor. Through your in-
dividual efforts, after negotiating with Federal au-
thorities, it was agreed that a Federal contribution for
Public Works Department. 17
materials based on $12 per man-month of labor would
be allowed on all subsequent projects of the Highway,
Sewer and Water Divisions that were included in the
original blanket project of November, 1935. This
increased Federal contribution for materials has pro-
duced a saving to this department, conservatively
estimated at $500,000.
In many cases the Federal Government has con-
tributed an amount for materials far in excess of the
agreed $12 per man-month. The Federal contribution
for materials required in the resurfacing of Atlantic
avenue. Commercial street and Causeway street
amounts to $146,000, or $17 per man-month. This
project was submitted to the W. P. A. authorities for
their approval in September.
The project for relaying the existing 30-inch and
36-inch water mains in Huntington avenue and Tremont
street, from the Brookline line to Castle square, with
15,000 feet of 48-inch steel pipe was submitted to the
W. P. A. authorities in September for their approval.
This project will be operated in two sections. The first
section of 7,600 feet has already been approved by the
W. P. A. and the Federal contribution for materials is
$126,505, whereas the city's contribution for materials
is only $20,233.
I am calling your Honor's attention to these two
projects only to show the substantial benefits that have
accrued to the City of Boston, due to the increased
appropriations that the Federal Government has granted
to this department for materials.
The W. P. A. program carried on by the Public
Works Department in 1938 was particularly beneficial
to the city, not only from the standpoint of the liberal
Federal contributions for materials, but also because of
the improvements in the conditions of the highways
and the sewerage and water systems. A continuation
of the present program is anticipated for 1939.
Respectfully submitted,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Appropriations.
The following table shows the total appropriations
for current expenses allowed for the various divisions.
18
City Document No. 24.
These figures include the amounts made available by
vote of the City Council with the approval of the
Mayor, together with subsequent transfers to or from
the appropriations during the year:
Central Office
Bridge Service
Ferry Service .
Tunnel Service
Paving Service
Lighting Service
Sanitary Division
Sewer Division
Water Division
Water Income Division
Total
$34,347 57
435,881 67
262,904 38
222,257 16
1,559,089 41
955,757 00
2,131,164 59
513,123 00
964,153 55
251,465 90
^7,330,144 23
Expenditures.
The expenditures for the year were as follows:
Current Expenses.
Divisions and Services
Central Office
Bridg;e Service
Ferry Service
Tunnel Service
Paving Service
Lighting; Service
Sanitary Division
Sewer Division
Water Division
Water Income Division
$33,031 32
430,068 21
245,134 46
218,527 98
1,513,164 83
949,517 94
2,114,116 81
502,302 99
804,170 47
240,921 55
Total $7,050,956 56
Special Appropriations, Etc.
Water Division:
Metropolitan Assessment, interest, on
serial loans. Collecting Department
expense, etc $3,454,960 92
Hurricane expense 23,315 88
Bridges, repairs, etc. .... 44,506 64
Sewerage works, revenue . . . 180,772 88
Snow removal 279,001 22
Public Works Program, chapter 464,
Acts of 1935 57 51
Bridges, reconstruction and repair of
(P. W. A.) 162 15
Chelsea North Bridge, repair and
strengthening 588 96
Chelsea North Bridge, water pipe
trestle, reconstruction of (P. W. A.), 2,000 00
Carried forward $3,985,366 16 $7,050,956 56
Public Works Department.
19
Brought forward ....
Chelsea Street and Eastern Avenue
Bridge (W. P. A.) .
Construction, reconstruction and
replacement of sewers and cover-
ing of open water courses (P. W. A.),
East Boston Ferry, two additional
boats and other permanent
improvements
Northern Avenue Bridge, reconstruction
and repair (P. W. A.)
Reconstruction of streets, revenue .
Reconstruction of streets, non-revenue .
Replacement of the Brookline avenue
water main from Brookline line to
Beacon street (P. W. A.)
Sewerage works, non-revenue
Sewerage works (W. P. A.)
Water main construction (P. W. A.)
Oakland and Ashland streets improve-
ment
Highways, making of ... .
,985,366 16 S?, 050, 956 56
23,000 00
16,750 00
19,064 81
14,000 00
53 85
4,914 37
13,000 00
294,855 16
5,896 98
26,000 00
888 39
15,298 04
Total 4,419,087 76
Grand total
$11,470,044 32
Revenue.
On Account of the Public Works Department , as Per
Auditor's Statement.
Central Office:
Sale of plans, etc
Bridge Service:
$547 00
Chelsea North Bridge .
$8,652 00
Chelsea South Bridge .
157 00
Northern Avenue Bridge
17 00
Clerical services .
250 00
Albany Street Bridge .
334 25
Broadway Bridge .
117 95
Maiden Bridge
119 62
Mystic Avenue Bridge
85 06
Junk ....
44 25
Damage to property
199 62
Charlestown Bridge:
Rents 1,500 00
11,476 75
erry Service:
Tolls $25,639 39
Rent ....
244 50
Commission on telephones
38 81
Cleaning telephone booths
48 00
Junk ....
1 00
Concession
10 00
25,981 70
ighting Service:
Damage to posts
295 66
Carried forward
$38,301 11
20
City Document No. 24.
Brought forward
Paving Service:
From assessments on abutters for cost of
laying sidewalks in front of their prem-
ises, including material for the same.
Assessments added to taxes . . . $15,061 46
Assessments paid in advance . . . 1,072 00
Permits 10,159 79
Sale of material, etc 343 96
Repairing signs, etc 74 31
Labor and materials furnished, etc. . . 296 53
Rent of signs 105 00
Damage to truck 252 32
Sanitary Service:
Collection of commercial waste . . . $18,496 87
Sale of manui-e 1,825 40
Sale of garbage, etc 746 65
Sale of junk, etc 200 00
Sewer Service:
Entrance fees . . . $808 36
Labor and materials fur-
nished 470 11
Licenses 2 00
Junk 232 20
J,301 11
Sewerage Works:
Assessment, under chapter
450, Acts of 1899
$41,976 95
Added to taxes:
Paid in advance
2,083
56
Unapportioned .
3,567
03
Rent
260
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Services of inspector
72
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Water Service:
Water rates due:
For the year 1938 and prior
$4,703,194 38
Water added to taxes .
348,033 35
Service pipes for new water
takers,
ex
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tending, repairing, etc.
52,618 62
Elevator and fire pipe connections
12,224 99
Fees on overdue rates .
29,421 80
Relocating hydrants
851 90
Sale of junk, etc. .
6,143 99
Labor and materials
603 83
Board of horse
10 00
Damage to property
154 26
Testing meters
471 75
Weighing fees, etc.
362 39
Miscellaneous income
960 13
27,365 37
21,268 92
49,472 55
5,155,051 39
$5,291,459 34
Sumner Traffic Tunnel:
Tolls, etc.
,379 57
Public Works Department.
21
The records of the department show that there are
now 2,412 persons ehgible for employment in the several
divisions, and of that number 2,371 were upon the
January, 1939, pay rolls.
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195
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457
309
287
330
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January 1, 1938
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11
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104
107
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488
325
297
359
2,550
January 1, 1939
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78
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463
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297
332
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38
PART II.
APPENDICES
(25)
26 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX A.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE BRIDGE AND FERRY DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1939.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir,— I respectfully submit the following report
of the income, expenditures and operation of the Bridge
and Ferry Division for the year ending December 31,
1938. The appropriations and expenditures of the
division were as follows :
Bridge Service.
Regular appropriation $428,259 67
Transfers to 9,152 00
Transfers from
Expenditures
Balance
Bridges, Repairs, Etc.
Balance from 1937
1938 Appropriation
Expenditures
Transfer from
Balance
Bridges, Reconstruction and Repair of, P. W. A
Transferred to
Expenditures
Balance
$437,411 67
1,530 00
$435,881 67
430,068 21
$5,813 46
$12,950 42
63,700 00
$76,650 42
44,506 64
$32,143 78
162 15
$31,981 63
^ A.
$162 15
162 15
$0 00
Public Wokks Department. 27
Ferry Service.
Regular appropriation $272,188 69
Transferred to 7,700 00
$279,888 69
Transferred from 16,984 31
$262,904 38
Expenditures 245,134 46
Balance $17,769 92
Sumner Traffic Tunnel.
Regular appropriation $222,257 16
Expenditures 218.527 98
Balance $3,729 18
The above does not include certain expenditures for
construction work for other divisions and departments,
which work was supervised by the engineers of this
division.
Under orders of the Department of Public Utilities,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, schedules of tolls and
charges for the use of the Sumner Traffic Tunnel,
between Boston Proper and East Boston, were approved,
covering the year 1938.
The city has been operating only one ferry, the
so-called ''South Ferry," since early in 1933, with the
Boston terminus at Eastern avenue and the East Boston
terminus at Lewis street.
The boat schedule in operation at the beginning of
the year appeared excessive and not justified on the
basis of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. In view of
the fact that the amount of traffic is decreasing annually,
a change of boat operation was put into effect April 29,
1938. This calls for a 30-minute boat schedule daily,
starting from East Boston at 6 a. m. and 6.15 a. m.
from Boston; this boat continues to operate until 10
p. m. daily. A second boat starts from East Boston
at 7.15 a. m., permitting of a lo-minute schedule,
and continues until 11 a. m. At 2 p. m. it resumes
operation and remains in operation until 6.15 p. m.
The second boat does not operate on Sundays or
holidays.
28 City Document No. 24.
After eight months' trial the change in boat operating
schedule appears to be sufficient for all traffic demands.
The ferryboat "Lieutenant Flaherty" was sold at
public auction April 27, 1938, for the sum of $41,600.
The following Federal Relief Projects were sponsored
by this division during the year :
Works Progress Administration.
Project 15778.
Legal History and Cost Records of City of Boston
Bridges.
The reason for this project is that there are approxi-
mately 200 bridges in the City of Boston. Some of
these bridges are entirely in charge of the Bridge and
Ferry Division; some are in charge of this division and
other departments of the city; some are in charge of
Boston and other communities jointly; some are main-
tained partly by the city and partly by railroad com-
panies; some are in charge of the Commissioners for
Boston and Cambridge Bridges; some are maintained
by the Metropolitan Park Commission and many are
wholly maintained by railroad corporations.
The city's records on many of these bridges are vague
and scattered. It is the idea of this project to establish
definite responsibility and to have a history of each
bridge from the time it was first built; the name, loca-
tion, type, owner, how and by whom maintained
(whether wholly or in part), length, width, original
cost, etc. The compiling of this history involves con-
siderable time and work and it will be of great benefit
to this department, to the Law Department (in the
handling of claims, etc.), to other departments of the
city and to the public in general. History when com-
pleted will be kept on file in the office of this division.
Data is derived from historical as well as statistical
sources, such as Public, Widener and State Libraries;
Registry of Deeds offices at East Cambridge and Boston;
Waterways and Public Lands Division of Massachusetts
Department of Public Works; Park Department; also
Bridge and Ferry Division of City of Boston. Thirty-
nine men are employed and it is estimated work will be
completed about June 21, 1939.
Project 17486.
This project is for chipping, cleaning and painting
steelwork on South Ferry landings (drops and gallows
Public Works Department. 29
frames), including wood fences on drops; two locations,
one in Boston on Atlantic avenue and one in East
Boston, two slips in each location. These ferry slips
have not been painted for many years and are now
rusted and badly in need of painting. Work will be
completed in 1939.
Project 167 U.
This project is for demolishing buildings, shelters,
obsolete wooden drops, machinery houses and obsolete
machinery at North Ferry slips, East Boston and
Boston.
The wooden structures on the Boston and East
Boston sides of the North Ferry, which are not now
being used, are dilapidated, obsolete and dangerous to
the public. They afford meeting or hiding places for
notorious characters who cause damage and steal
equipment and lumber. Some of the lumber in these
structures will be salvaged and used elsewhere. The
steel drops will not be demolished. When the work is
completed we will have one steel drop on each side for
emergencies. The work will be completed in 1939.
Highway Division Project.
Acting under directions of his Honor the Mayor in a
communication to the Commissioner of Public Works,
dated May 21, 1938, the following committee, consisting
of Messrs. George G. Hyland of the Survey Committee
(now Commissioner of Public Works), Division Engineer
William T. Morrissey of the Highway Division and
Division Engineer Thomas H. Sexton of the Bridge and
Ferry Division, appointed by the Mayor to study all
bridges in the city and make such recommendations as
would tend to eliminate the hazards now existing on
bridges, was organized, with Mr. Thomas H. Sexton as
chairman.
The committee decided to install safety curbs on
Dover Street and Dorchester Avenue Bridges during
1938 and to take care of other bridges during 1939. The
work on Dover Street Bridge was finished in 1938
and work on Dorchester Avenue Bridge is still in
progress.
The work being done calls for an increase in the
height of the curb at the curb line from 7 inches to 18
inches and also for the removal of the street car rails
where possible.
30 City Document No. 24.
As the Bridge and Ferry Division has no funds to
carry on this work the city's share of the cost is being
borne by the Highway Division from its Item H.
Federal Emergency Administration of Public
Works.
Docket 158J^-F.
The city requested a grant from the Government for
bridge alterations as follows : Altering and strengthening
Boylston Street Bridge; rebuilding Berkeley Street
Bridge and rebuilding Albany Street Bridge. The total
cost of this work is approximately $265,000, and in a
letter from the Federal Emergency Administration of
Public Works, dated November 4, 1938, and signed by
E. W. Clark for the Assistant Administrator, the city
was given a grant not to exceed $119,250.
Work was started immediately on plans and specifi-
cations and on December 20, 1938, a contract was
approved by the Mayor with the Interstate Construc-
tion Company, Inc., for "Altering and Strengthening
the Boylston Street Bridge, over the Boston & Albany
Railroad."
On December 29, 1938, the Mayor approved a con-
tract with J. J. Callahan for ''Removing Deck from the
Berkeley Street Bridge, over the Boston & Albany
Railroad."
On December 29, 1938, the Mayor approved a con-
tract with Maurice M. Devine, Inc., for ''Grouting a
Wall at the Albany Street Bridge, over the Boston &
Albany Railroad."
The more important works undertaken during the
past year in the Bridge Service were the repairs to
Warren Bridge; repairs to Irvington Street Footbridge;
altering and strengthening Boylston Street Bridge; re-
pairing hull, etc., of ferryboats "Ralph J. Palumbo"
and "Daniel A. MacCormack" and repairs to Beacon
Street Bridge.
Bridge Service.
Albany Street Bridge Over the Boston & Albany Railroad.
As part of the rebuilding program of this bridge, a
contract with Maurice M. Devine, Inc., was approved
by the Mayor for grouting a wall of the southerly
abutment.
Public Works Department. 31
This contract was let under P. W. A. Project, Docket
No. Mass. 1584-F.
Field work started on December 30, 1938.
Beacon Street Bridge.
Work under contract for repaying, repairing and
altering this bridge, which was entered into in 1937
with the J. A, Singarella Construction Company, was
completed on January 28, 1938.
Under this contract 27.28 tons of wrought-iron blast
guards were secured in place, 3,331.7 linear feet of
fillet welds and 1,032 plug welds were made, 3,080
square feet of wire-mesh reinforcing w^ere used, 690 bags
of cement for gunite applied, 828 square yards of
pavement were laid, 300 square feet of granolithic
sidewalk replaced, besides the miscellaneous repairs
and renewals necessary for a proper and workmanlike
job.
The total cost for completing the terms of this con-
tract was $17,377.64.
Berkeley Street Bridge Over Boston & Albany Railroad.
As a part of the rebuilding program of this bridge
and one of its abutments, a contract with J. J. Callahan
was approved by the Mayor for the removal of the
decking.
This contract was let under P. W. A. Project, Docket
No. Mass. 1584-F.
Field work started on December 30, 1938.
Boylston Street Bridge.
The original Boylston Street Bridge, over the Boston
& Albany Railroad tracks, built in 1888, consisted
of two pony trusses each 216 feet long and a roadway
built on a sharp skew. In 1908 the bridge was re-
modelled and strengthened in order to carry electric
cars. The major item of the work was the building
of an independent bridge, complete, with trusses, floor
beams, braces, etc., all within the existing bridge,
subsequently this part of the structure was known as
the ''Elevated Bridge." In 1927 the Boston Elevated
Railway Company removed its tracks and abandoned
the site.
Since that time the city has attempted to maintain,
in a satisfactory manner, the whole of the roadway,
32 City Document No. 24.
but due to the difference in deflections of the bridges
under various loadings the problem of laying down a
wearing surface and deck which would last for a reason-
able time has been unsolved to date.
On December 20, 1938, the Mayor approved an
advertised contract with the Interstate Construction
Company, Incorporated, to make extensive repairs
and renewals to the bridge, including a remodelling,
which will secure both bridges together so that deflec-
tion of both bridges will be the same; a complete new
wooden deck system with a bituminous or asphaltum
wearing surface and the replacing of the conventional
roller bearings at the expansion ends of the truss by
bronze and steel self-lubricating plates.
This work is being done under the Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works, P. W. A. Project,
Docket No. Mass. 1584-F.
Field work under this contract started on December
23, 1938.
Charlestown Bridge.
Owing to normal wear and a breaking down of the
cast iron of the cylinders, it became necessary to re-
place one of two pressure pumps which generate the
pressure for the end-lift jacks of the draw. The origi-
nal pump, which was removed, was a l|-inch by 8-inch
triplex single-acting pump, with cast-iron cylinders.
Since the original motor was to be used in driving the
new pump, only a slight increase in the capacity of the
pump could be safely required.
The new pump, as installed, is a l|-inch by 6-inch
triplex single-acting, with stainless steel plungers, valve
seats and disks and with the three cylinders machined
out of a solid steel forging. Since the working pressure,
2,000 pounds per square inch, causes leaks wherever
working parts move, it was found necessary to renew
four of these high pressure valves and at the same time
the relief valve, protecting the whole system, was re-
placed by a new bronze valve of ample capacity.
All of the above work was covered in an advertised
contract with the Hayes Pump and Machinery Com-
pany, approved by the Mayor on September 2, 1938.
Work was completed on November 3, 1938, at a cost
of $2,196.
Irvington Street Footbridge.
This footbridge, originally laid down in 1891, spans
the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad main
Public Works Department. 33
line tracks. In following years the erosion and corrosion
of the steel, due primarily to flue gases from the passing
locomotives, deteriorated the structural steel to such
an extent that a new span became a necessity.
On August 9, 1938, the Mayor approved an advertised
contract with the West End Iron Works to remove
the existing truss span and install a new girder span
complete in all details. At the same time the con-
tractor was required to clean and paint the supporting
steel towers for the span.
Work under this contract was completed on November
21, 1938, at a cost of $3,987.
Warren Bridge.
Due to partial failure of some steel members in the
draw leaves, coupled with considerable weakening
of floor beams, girders, etc., due to corrosion, and a
general rotting of much timber and pile work, this
bridge was closed January 8, 1938, in the interest of
safety.
On June 20, 1938, the Mayor approved an advertised
contract with A. Orlando, Inc., to make all necessary
local repairs to the steel work and all renewals and
repairs to timber and pile work in the draw pits and
ends of the fixed spans to make the bridge again safe
for vehicular traffic.
Owing to various delays and the necessity of making
further repairs than anticipated in the contract, which
could not be determined until materials had been
removed to do contract work, the repairs were not
completed until December 15, 1938, at a cost of
$35,537.22.
It may be noted at this time that there were no
repairs or renewals to the bridge trucks or machinery.
Day Labor Force.
The day labor force patched and replaced deck
sheathing, headers and sidewalk planking on various
bridges; repaired platforms, refastened treads; cleaned
and painted draw houses and shelter houses; made
repairs to draw houses and controller houses; added to
and deducted from counterweights; repaired steps;
removed snow and ice from bridges and sanded same;
repaired piers, painted fences and gates; did general
carpenter work and painting and made mechanical
repairs, etc., patched sidewalks and roadways of follow-
34 City Document No. 24.
ing bridges : Albany Street, Beacon Street (over Muddy
river), Boylston Street, Boston Street, Babson Street,
Berkeley Street, Blue Hill Avenue, Babcock Street,
Broadway, Bennington Street, Congress Street, Cam-
bridge Street, Charlestown, Central Avenue, Chelsea
South, Commercial Point, Chelsea North, Cummins
Highway, Dorchester Avenue (over railroad), Dover
Street, Dorchester Avenue, Everett Street, Glenwood
Avenue, Glendale Avenue, Harvard Street, Hyde Park
Avenue, Jones Avenue Footbridge, Meridian Street,
Maiden, Mystic, Milton Lower Mills, Norfolk Street,
Northern Avenue, New Allen, Prison Point, River
Street, Summer Street over Reserved Channel, Summer
Street over Fort Point Channel, Southampton Street,
Sprague Street, Summer Street over B Street, Winthrop,
West Fourth Street, etc. Also repaired wood block
paving, patched headers, fences, steps, platforms, etc.,
at Boston Street, Braddock Park Footbridge, Broadway,
Charlestown, Chelsea South, Congress Street, Dor-
chester Avenue, Dover Street, Gove Street, Irvington
Street Footbridge, Jones Avenue Footbridge, Perkins
Street, Summer Street over Reserved Channel, Summer
Street over Fort Point Channel, Tollgate Way Foot-
bridge, Warren Bridge, Webster Street Footbridge, etc.
Refastened treads at various bridges; painted draw-
houses (inside and outside), repaired and rebuilt gates
at various bridges; repaired floats, built and repaired
sand boxes, removed traffic treads from Albany Street
Bridge; patched pier at L Street Bridge and placed
new track ties; repaired walings at Congress Street
Bridge, patched pit at Dorchester Avenue Bridge,
repaired and rebuilt coal bins at various bridges; re-
paired walings in waterway at Warren Bridge, built
concrete forms for fence foundation at yard, repaired
motor house and fixed draw latches at L Street Bridge,
repaired motor house, bridge pier and fence at Maiden
Bridge, built new deck in one day at Charlestown
Bridge, repaired boats, repaired and rebuilt roadway
gates at L Street, repaired gear house and bulkheads at
Summer Street Bridge, repaired landing blocks and
platform under draw at Chelsea North Bridge, patched
decking under granite block paving at various bridges;
built new end of bay on Chelsea end of draw at Charles-
town Bridge, built new deck and resheathed Sprague
Street Bridge with asphalt plank; at Summer Street
Bridge put in new beams and deck in one day; erected
Public Works Department. 35
portable shanty for Ferry Service; built shelves for
Tunnel Service. Made miscellaneous small repairs
at various bridges.
During the winter months maintenance force worked
on inspecting snow loading in Zone 2. Highway
bridges are cleaned by welfare men, under supervision
of Bridge Service maintenance men, every month of the
year. Electrical and machinery maintenance is taken
care of by electrician and machinist.
Miscellaneous.
In the course of the year part of the activities of the
office force were taken up in work for other divisions
and departments of the city. While these efforts,
spread over the entire period, did not require a con-
siderable amount of time, the nature of the work was of
an advisory and investigating nature.
Another duty of this division, in common with other
divisions of the department, is the supervising and
inspecting of the work done under contract in the
removal of snow.
Sanitary Division.
Fort Hill Disposal Station.
Upon the application of the Sanitary Division, this
division drew up and supervised the work done under
an advertised contract with Marinucci Brothers & Co.,
which was approved by the Mayor on September 2,
1938, for dredging the dock at this station.
This work is of a routine nature, since the dock is
constantly filling from the surrounding silt of the Fort
Point Channel bed and from spill from the barges into
which refuse is dumped from the service floor of the
station.
Under this contract 1,670.5 cubic yards of material
were removed at a total cost of $4,978. Work was
completed on November 1, 1938.
Victory Road Disposal Station.
Under a contract entered into last year with
A. Orlando, Inc., extensive repairs to this station were
carried on and completed on April 16, 1938.
In doing the work required, 4,834 linear feet of new
oak piles were driven and secured in place, 8,834 feet
B. M. spruce and 47,980 feet B. M. of yellow pine were
36
City Document No. 24.
used, 330 gallons of wood preservative applied, 9,577
pounds of bolts and similar fastenings installed, besides
other miscellaneous work and materials required for a
satisfactory repair project.
The total cost for completing this contract was
$10,865.66.
Ferry Service.
The following ferryboats are in commission:
N.VME.
When Built.
Length.
Gross Tons.
Charles C. Donoghue
Daniel A. MacCormack
Ralph J. Palumbo
1926
1926
1930
174 feet 4 inches
174 "4 inches
174 "4 inches
756.77
756.77
779
All these boats are of the propeller type and are all
steel boats.
The work of this service for the year consisted of the
following :
Ferryboat '^Daniel A. MacCormack. ^^
On the expiration of the Annual Federal Papers, as
noted under ferryboat ''Ralph J. Palumbo," bids were
invited by the city for cleaning and painting the "Daniel
A. MacCormack" and making certain repairs to the
hull, machinery and auxiliaries.
On September 12, 1938, the Mayor approved a
contract with the Boston Dry Dock Company for the
above work. The vessel was taken out on a marine
railway, cleaned and painted as called for in the con-
tract, both rudders and main stuffing boxes repaired,
some new structural floor plates installed, four crank-pin
boxes and six main bearing boxes rebabbitted and
machined, four main engine piston rods and four valve
stems put on centers and trued and certain miscellaneous
repairs to main engines, piping, valves and auxiliaries
were made.
Work under this contract was completed on November
16, 1938, at a total cost of $5,714.20.
Ferryboat "Ralph J. Palumbo."
On the expiration of the Annual Federal Papers
under which the ferryboats operate, a contract was
advertised for making repairs to the hull, superstructure
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and machinery, to put the vessel in proper repair, so
that, outside of accidents and minor running repairs,
the ship might remain in continuous service for the
following year without serious interruption.
On April 14, 1938, the Mayor approved a contract
with the Quincy Dry Dock and Yacht Corporation for
the above work. The vessel was put in dry dock,
entirely cleaned and painted, both rudders and main
stuffing boxes repaired, some floor plates and structural
supports renewed, both propellers repaired, four main
crank-pin and bearing boxes rebabbitted and miscel-
laneous repairs to the auxiliaries, piping and valves
accomplished.
Work under this contract was completed on May 27,
1938, at a total cost of $8,356.68.
Department Force.
During the year machinists, carpenters, painters,
riggers and electricians, who are included in the personnel
of the Ferry Service, made all repairs possible to the
plant to the extent of equipment at their disposal.
This work consisted mainly of minor repairs to the
machinery on the boats, repairs to ferry bridge
machinery, ferry bridge roadways and headhouse repairs
in general.
Sumner Tunnel.
Summary of Work During 1938.
In the operation and maintenance of the tunnel, the
system of rotating group schedule for maintenance
work and "Trouble Notice Reports" (which were
inaugurated in 1936 and 1937) was used very effectively
during 1938. This system has been found to be ideal
for maintaining the tunnel equipment in best working
condition with practically no lost time in getting equip-
ment back in service, especially with the small main-
tenance force employed at the tunnel. During 1938
there were written 447 Trouble Notice Reports, and
repairs were made by maintenance men assigned to the
particular equipment.
In addition to the general maintenance of equipment,
there was also considerable work done of a special nature.
Toll Registering Equipment. — The work of rewiring
the toll registers and key boxes which was started in
1937 has been continued in 1938. This work is being
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done in order to eliminate all possibility of faulty
operation of equipment due to grounds and shorts in
the wiring.
A number of treadles were repaired and overhauled
during the year. On those treadles that still had the
old type of cables the new type of Anhydrex insulated,
Tirex rubber-jacketed cables have been installed. All
treadles have been tested at regular intervals by Megger
for insulation resistance and by a special pressure tool
for determining the pressure necessary to operate the
contact of each strip.
All of the toll registering equipment has been care-
fully maintained under expert supervision in order to
keep the equipment in perfect working order.
Traffic Signal System. — All relays and equipment
connected with the trafhc signal system have been
regularly cleaned, adjusted and tested. Periodic tests
have been made on the Booth-Red system. Broken
glass in signs and signals have been replaced and signal
units have been cleaned as needed.
Several relay and control stations have been com-
pletely overhauled, and the old lead cables have been
replaced by Anhydrex rubber-jacketed type of cables
in order to eliminate the grounded condition and to
prevent further electrolysis.
Those traffic signal units on the south wall of the
tunnel that have signs, such as ''No Passing," have had
hinges installed on the frames for better maintenance
in relamping and replacing the glass.
Some preliminary work has been done for connecting
and installing a minature traffic signal indication system
in the control room.
Telephone System. — Since replacing the old defective
lead cables with Latox insulated, Anhydrex rubber-
jacketed type of cables in 1935-36, there has been
practically no trouble with the telephone system.
Handsets and induction coils have been replaced or
repaired as the trouble developed. Most of the trouble
has been due to moisture in the instruments. The
switchboard relays have been adjusted and checked
periodically.
Motor-Generators and Batteries. — All motor-genera-
tors have been cleaned regularly, and the commutators
of the generators have been ground and polished.
The power batteries have been checked and cleaned
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regularly. A representative of the Philco Company
checked and tested both sets of batteries, and he stated
that the batteries were being properly maintained and
in a very satisfactory condition.
Elevators. — - The elevators and the control equipment
have been cleaned, checked, adjusted and repaired
regularly. The annual load test and inspection was
made by the Portland Elevator Company with the
City of Boston elevator inspector.
Carbon Monoxide Recording Equipment. — The carbon
monoxide recording equipment has been very carefully
maintained, checked and calibrated in order to keep
the equipment operating correctly at all times.
The audible and visible alarm on the carbon monoxide
recorders is set for 2.5 parts of carbon monoxide in 10,000
parts of air, and the operators are instructed to keep the
dilution below 1.5 parts during certain periods of heavy
traffic. Out of a total of 8,760 hours during 1938,
the carbon monoxide recorders indicated a value of 2.0
or more parts 441 times, or an average of 1.2 times
each day. Most of these peaks of 2.0 and above were
for a duration of only a few minutes.
Ventilation Equipment. — All fans, motors, dampers
and control equipment have been cleaned and tested
at regular intervals, and necessary repairs and adjust-
ments have been made. All damper motors have been
overhauled, cleaned and painted. All exhaust fan
rooms have been cleaned regularly.
The exhaust fan rooms are lighted by overhead units
suspended from the ceiling. Considerable trouble has
been experienced with the fixtures becoming loose due
to vibration and air currents. It is very difficult to
clean the lighting unit, relamp and maintain the light-
ing equipment. The ceiling is approximately 17 feet
in the exhaust fan rooms, and the lights are mounted
close to the ceiling. Loose fixtures and the diflficulty
in reaching the units from a ladder make this equipment
a source of danger to the safety of persons in the fan
rooms. The exhaust fan rooms are being rewired,
and the ceihng fixtures are being replaced by vapor-
proof type of wall brackets. One fan room has been
completed, and the work on other fan rooms is in
progress.
Fire Protection Equipmejit. — All fire extinguishers in
the tunnel and ventilation buildings and garages have
40 City Document No. 24.
been inspected at intervals. A yearly inspection and
test was made on all fire extinguishers in August. Fire
extinguishers have been refilled or recharged as
necessary.
The tunnel fire water line has been tested periodically
under pressure. From March 30 until November 15
the pipe line was kept filled with water but not under
pressure. The rest of the year the water line has been
dry to avoid any possibility of freezing.
When the water lines froze in the tunnel in 1935
the fire hydrant located near the toll booths on the
East Boston control island was taken out of service.
This hydrant has been removed and the pipe blanked
up. It is recommended that another fire hydrant be
installed on the grass plot near the ''Exit" lane at East
Boston.
Miscellaneous Equipment. — All protective relays on
switch gear were tested, checked, and set for proper
operation. All switch gear has been tested for opera-
tion at regular intervals. All switch gear and switch-
boards have been cleaned, adjusted and carefully
maintained.
Changes in connections were made by the Boston
Edison Company in the 13.8 KV switch gear so that
proper indications will show on the board in the control
room when the Edison circuit breakers are operated.
The ''LK" relays were relocated and rewired on the
lighting and service switchboard in order that these
relays may be more easily and correctly maintained.
Preliminary work has been completed and double-
throw switches have been installed on the 460-volt
switchboards in order to provide an emergency feed to
the lighting and service switchboards for repairing the
service selectors. Wiring and connecting this switch
will be completed as soon as possible.
The oil in the power transformers and the lighting
distribution transformers was checked and tested for
dielectric strength and acidity. All of the main power
transformers were repainted.
The neon signs on the plazas have been repaired and
broken units replaced as necessary.
The oil burners at the Boston ventilation building
and the East Boston garage were given the regular
annual inspection, overhaul and adjustment.
All electrical manholes were pumped out and the
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cables inspected. A broken floor drain from exhaust
fan room W-18 in the Boston ventilation building was
repaired.
Tunnel, General. — The catch-basins, sumps and drain-
age system in the tunnel were cleaned twice during the
year. The tunnel roadway has been repaired as
needed. The exhaust air duct above the tunnel ceiling
was cleaned in the fall by means of the special vacuum
cleaner.
Administration Building. — New steel grill work and
door with bullet-proof glass has been installed in the
cashier's office. Bars have been installed on all windows
on the first floor of the Administration Building.
Miscellaneous. — Considerable experimental work has
been done during the year on waterproofing material
and also on rust and corrosion resisting paint. Ever
since the tunnel was built there has been several bad
leaks in the walls of the ventilation shafts, especially
the walls of the East Boston shaft. The WTst wall of
the East Boston ventilation shaft was waterproofed
and all leakage on that wall has stopped. Some of
the tunnel niches have also been waterproofed. Further
work will be done along this line of waterproofing in
order to stop all leaks and thus prevent serious injury
to concrete and steel structures. During the past
years it has been impossible to keep paint on some
structures in the tunnel for a longer period than two
or three months. Tests have been made on structures
and equipment in the harbor pump room (about the
worst place for rust and corrosion), using a different
type of paint. After about a year this paint was found
to be in good condition.
Cables. — A number of old lead cables on the traffic
signal system and the tunnel lighting have been replaced
by Anhydrex rubber-jacketed type of cables. The
work of connecting up the metering cable, which was
installed in 1937, was completed and the cable put in
operation in January.
Additional trouble developed during the year on
the control cable between the ventilation buildings.
This trouble was on the control circuit of fan E-22.
The trouble was located by means of instruments, and
it was found to be near the center of the tunnel. The
operation of the fan was taken care of by using spare
conductors in the cable.
42 City Document No. 24.
In the annual report of 1937 reference was made to
the cable survey made in 1935. These tests were made
in collaboration with the engineers of the Simplex Wire
and Cable Company. From that survey and a study
of the results, it was determined that cable failures
in the tunnel were due in large part to electrolysis from
leakage currents, combined with some galvanic and
chemical action. In the report of the cable survey
it was brought out that all cables in the tunnel had been
affected to a more or less extent, and that it would
be necessary to install as soon as possible a ground
network of sufficient size, and to properly bond and
ground all cable sheaths in order to eliminate the elec-
trolysis action and to prolong the life of the cables in
the tunnel.
All of the telephone cables in the tunnel were replaced
in 1935-36, and the metering cable was replaced in
1937.
The necessary preliminary engineering work in con-
nection with installing this ground network has been
completed. About 2,900 feet of cable for the ground
network was purchased late in 1938, and this cable
will be installed in 1939 along with additional lengths
that may be purchased.
Operation of Fans. — In each ventilation building
there are seven blowers and seven exhaust fans, or a
total of fourteen blowers and fourteen exhaust fans.
These fans are direct-connected to motors, and can
be operated at two speeds: Low speed, 225 R. P. M., and
high speed, 450 R. P. M. The fans are operated as much
as possible at low speed in order to keep the power bill
low. A summary of the fan-hours operation of the
ventilation equipment is given below, with the figures for
1937 given for comparison.
1937. 1938.
Fan hours on low speed
Fan hours on high speed
Average fan hours per day, low speed . .
Average fan hours per day, high speed.
Power Consumption — Summary. — Electrical power
is supplied by the Boston Edison Company at 13,800
Public Works Department.
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volts by two cable lines to each ventilation building.
This power is used not only for ventilation equipment,
but also for pumps, elevators, electric heating and
lighting of the tunnel and buildings.
A summary of the power requirements for 1938 is
given in the table below, with figures for other years
for comparison.
1935.
1936.
1937.
1938.
Total kilowatt hours
Total cost of power
Total vehicles
Average cost of power per month
Average cost of power per day
Average cost of power per kilowatt hour .
Average cost of power per vehicle
Average kilowatt hour per vehicle
Average kilowatt load
Average power factor
Average load factor
Greatest monthly demand (kilowatt) . . . .
2,724,090
$36,631.39
6,606,838
$3,052.62
$100.50
$0.01344
$0.00554
.412
311
.905
.392
1,201
2,698,852
$38,472.28
5,216,742
$3,206.02
$105.12
$0.01425
$0.00742
.520
310
.921
.342
1,220
2.766,850
$38,607.68
5,350,929
$3,217.31
$105.77
$0.01395
$0.00721
.517
313
.920
.355
1,144
2,843,914
$39,921.23
5,.543,302
$3,326.77
$109.37
$0.01404
$0.00720
.513
325
.904
.361
1,236
Garage Service Jobs. — During 1938 there were 341
tow jobs reported, of which 119 were trucks and buses,
and 222 were passenger cars. A summary of the tow
jobs for the past four years is given below.
1935.
1936.
1937.
1938.
456
268
357
341
Traffic Accidents in the Tunnel. — During the year
1938 there were nine (9) traffic accidents in the tunnel.
The damage to cars in all cases was slight. In three
of the nine accidents personal injuries were claimed.
In two of these accidents the personal injuries were
only slight. On December 1 the tunnel had its first
fatal accident. The total traffic through the tunnel
from the time it opened on June 30, 1934, up to the
time of the first fatal accident is approximately
23,400,000. In this accident on December 1 the driver
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City Document No. 24.
of the car apparently lost control of his car, when travel-
ing toward Boston, near Station 12, in the tunnel. The
car swerved across the roadway against the south wall
of the tunnel, riding up on the curb and water pipe line,
and turned over. One man was killed and the driver
of the car was injured. Apparently the man killed was
trying to get out of the car at the time it turned over.
Seven of the nine accidents were caused by cars
traveling too fast, inattention to driving, not obeying
traffic signals and tunnel guards' instructions, and not
sufficient clearance between cars. In two of the acci-
dents the driver lost control of the car.
Fires in Tunnel. — There was only one fire in the
tunnel during 1938. This fire occurred on November 26
on an Eastern Massachusetts bus. The Boston Fire
Department was called. The damage was slight.
Booth-Red Summary. — In case of a fire, wreck or
other serious trouble in the tunnel, the guards on duty
in the tunnel push an emergency button which sets
the red traffic lights and starts a horn blowing at both
entrances to the tunnel. An alarm is also sounded in
the control room. All traffic is stopped from entering
the tunnel until clearance is given by the operator in
the control room.
During 1938 the Booth-Red was put on a total of
13 times, for a total duration of 77 minutes, and an
average duration of 5.9 minutes. Of the 13 times, the
Booth-Red was put on 7 times by mistake, either by a
welfare man or by a tunnel guard pushing the WTong
button. Thus the Booth-Red was put on only 6 times
for some trouble in the tunnel. A summary is given
below for the last four years for comparison.
1935.
1936.
1937.
1938.
Number of Booth-Red on
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331 minutes.
8.7 minutes.
50 minutes.
17
107 minutes.
6.3 minutes.
34 minutes.
20
87 minutes.
4 . 4 minutes.
26 minutes.
13
77 minutes.
5.9 minutes.
38 minutes.
The maximum duration of Booth-Red of thirty-
eight minutes was due to the accident on December 1.
Traffic was kept out of the tunnel until the city photog-
rapher could arrive and get pictures.
Traffic. — A summary of the traffic using the tunnel
since it opened on June 20, 1934, is given on following page.
Public Works Department.
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1934.*
1935.
1936.
1937.
3,096,377
6,606,838
5,216,742
5,350,929
182,729
550,569
434,728
445,910
42,168
127,053
100,-322
102,902
5,926
18,101
14,292
14,660
1938.
Total traflBc
Average traffic per month
Average trafiSc per week . .
Average traffic per day. . .
5,543,302
461,942
106,602
15,187
* 6 months, 185 days in 1934.
Tunnel Administration Building Alterations.
On October 13, 1938, an advertised contract with
the Builders Iron Works was approved by the Mayor,
to make certain alterations in the Administration
Building of the Sumner Tunnel.
The work done under this contract consisted of fitting
grilles to windows of the first floor, furnishing and fitting
steel doors in main office, installing bullet resisting glass
at the counter and enlarging the grillage around the
tabulating machines on the second floor.
The installing of the bullet resisting glass and plate
at the counter in the main office was deemed necessary
as a protection to the personnel in the office, since
considerable sums of cash are turned into the cashier
in the course of the day by the tollmen at the portals
of the tunnel.
This contract was completed on November 29, 1938,
at a cost of $1,268.
Yours respectfully,
Thomas H. Sexton,
Division Engineer.
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City Document No. 24.
BRIDGE SERVICE.
Financial Statement, 1938.
Expenditures from Maintenance Appropriations.
Boston bridges $425,092 67
Boston and Cambridge bridges . 4,975 54
Total Expenditures.
From maintenance appropriations . $430,068 21
From special appropriations . . 44,668 70
Expenditures of Boston Bridges.
Administration :
Salaries :
Division engineer
$3,000 00
Engineers and draughtsmen
44,736 77
Foreman ....
2,500 00
Clerks
5.200 00
Blueprinters
2,800 00
Inspectors ....
6,900 00
Veterans' pensions
850 00
Injured employees
54 00
Printing, postage and s
ta-
tionery ....
$1,098 34
Traveling expenses .
196 50
Engineers instruments
35 80
Office supplies .
73 81
Typewriter inspection
13 50
$430,068 21
$474,736 91
Yard and Stockroom:
Yard:
Clerk, watchmen and yardmen,
Holidays and vacations
Traveling expenses .
Tools, new and repaired
Repairs at yard .
Telephone .
Supplies
Auto equipment
Carried forward
[men
$7,611
34
2,428
73
281
15
933
57
445 49
182
54
575
05
5,539
01
,040 77
1,417 95
,458 72
$17,996 88
$17,996 88
Public Works Department.
Brought forward
Stockroom:
Stock purchased
Stock used .
Decrease in stock
SI 2,903 07
16,250 81
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$17,996 88
3,347 74
$14,649 14
Tidewater Bridges.
Bridges.
Drawtenders'
Salaries.
Mechanics'
Wages.
Material.
Repair
Bills.
Supplies.
Total.
Broadway
$17,104 14
24.462 91
20,505 94
20,927 07
20,247 87
18,728 28
16,850 33
16,750 19
17,749 19
18,475 68
18,445 16
20,329 37
19,203 31
14.463 54
$898 00
5,011 06
1,390 40
384 12
1,165 11
869 82
1,298 49
1,102 90
2,461 33
1,346 35
2,775 87
1,800 08
3,141 85
4,271 63
$250 40
1,888 97
399 13
53 94
105 27
220 68
395 33
954 48
600 66
1,111 77
886 12
483 22
2,971 06
1,754 57
$348 70
603 43
1,829 85
190 33
508 65
180 20
215 10
190 33
385 12
375 23
1,300 18
503 73
1,468 79
735 72
$247 43
377 90
1,183 67
661 71
597 70
444 41
224 44
227 67
349 29
850 68
347 89
2,578 44
364 96
336 01
$18,848 70
32,.344 27
Chelsea North
25,308 99
Chelsea South
22,217 47
Chelsea Street
22,624 60
20,443 39
Dorchester Avenue
Dover Street
L Street *
18,983 69
19,225 57
21,545 59
22,159 71
Meridian Street
Northern Avenue
Summer Street
23,7.55 22
25,694 84
27,149 97
Warren
21,561 47
Totals
$264,242 98
$27,917 31
$12,075 60
$8,835 39
$8,792 20
$321,863 48
* Now Summer Street, over Reserved Channel.
48
City Document No. 24.
Re-pairs on Inland Bridges.
BRIDQEa.
Labor
and
Materials.
A Street Stairs.
Albany Street. ,
Allston
Austin Street — Prison Point
B Street Stairs
Babson Street
Beacon Street over outlet
Beacon Street over Boston & Albany Railroad
Bennington Street '
Berkeley Street
Blakemore Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Boston Street
Boylston Street over Boston & Albany Railroad
Braddock Park — Follen Street (Foot)
Broadway Extension over Boston & Albany Railroad
Brookline Avenue
C Street Stairs
Cambridge Street over Boston & Maine Railroad
Central Avenue
Commercial Point
Camden Street — Gainsborough Street (Foot)
Cummins Highway
Dartmouth Street (rent)
Dorchester Avenue
Durban Street — West Rutland Square (Foot)
Everett Street
Glen wood Avenue
Gove Street (Foot)
Granite Avenue
Harvard Street
Huntington Avenue
Hyde Park Avenue
Irvington Street and Yarmouth Street (Foot)
Jones Avenue (Foot)
Massachusetts Avenue over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad .
$7 54
141 27
181 09
112 02
1 92
4,817 89
19 66
37 94
38 53
315 26
42 26
680 49
193 76
773 £5
49 49
357 73
43 44
5 18
232 19
293 01
166 82
8 22
22 53
300 00
636 80
16 22
448 26
18 33
202 26
260 82
91 01
27 90
123 15
111 13
113 92
56 00
Carried forward .
510,947 59
Public Works Department.
49
Bridges.
Labor
and
Materials.
Carried forward
Milton Lower Mills
Mystic Avenue
New Allen Street
Norfolk Street
Public Landing — Northern Avenue.
Perkins Street (Foot)
River Street
Southampton Street
Sprague Street
Summer Street over A Street
Summer Street over B Street
Summer Street over C Street
Toll Gate Way (Foot)
Tremont Street
Webster Street (Foot)
West Fourth Street
Winthrop
Western Avenue
Cleaning bridges
Snow removal and sanding
Other services
W. P. A. supplies
$10,947 59
160 13
171 93
139 26
289 79
26 49
91 17
25 96
288 84
1,460 74
4 08
669 78
34 31
353 51
67 73
269 62
111 27
337 77
7 00
2,671 00
2,311 94
320 45
360 97
Total.
$21,121 33
Summary.
Administration .
Yard and stockroom
Tidewater bridges
Inland bridges
Boston and Cambridge bridges
Total
$67,458 72
14,649 14
321,863 48
21,121 33
$425,092 67
4,975 54
$430,068 21
50 City Document No. 24.
Special Appropriations.
Bridges, Repairs, Etc.
Beacon Street Bridge:
J. A. Singarella Construction Company .... $4,849 41
Charlestovvn Bridge:
Ha5'es Pump and Machinery Company . $1,866 60
Repair trusses 1,439 34
Repair paving 472 21
3,778 15
Chelsea North Bridge:
M. & R. Construction Company 3,065 33
Chelsea Street Bridge:
Repairs to concrete pavement . . . $952 35
New gate 148 00
Install two new bearings .... 273 00
1,373 35
Huntington Avenue Bridge:
Repair and strengthen sidewalk 260 00
Irvington Street Bridge:
West End Iron Works 3,388 95
Summer Street Bridge over Reserved Channel:
Repairs to rods 126 25
Saratoga Street Bridge:
Repairs to paving 226 46
Summer Street Bridge:
Repairs to paving 224 57
Summer Street over C Street:
Repairs to paving 448 31
Warren Bridge:
A. Orlano & Co., Inc $25,667 67
Material and paint 206 25
Engineering survey 881 94
Advertising 10 00
26,765 86
$44,506 64
Bridges, Reconstruction and Repair of, P. W. A. :
Advertising $99 00
Travelling expenses 63 15
$162 15
Public Works Department.
51
SUMMARY.
Expenditures from Special Appropriations.
Balances
from
1937.
Total Credits,
Including
Balances
Carried Over
and Transfers.
Expended
During
1938.
Balances
Unexpended
December 31,
1938.
Bridges, repairs, etc
Bridges, reconstruction and
repair of, P. W. A
Chelsea North Bridge, re-
pair and strengthening '. .
Chelsea Street and East-
ern Avenue Bridge,
chapter 366, Acts 1933,
as amended ^
Northern Avenue Bridge,
reconstruction, chapter
366, Acts 1933, as
amended '
$12,950 42
588 96
39,020 55
20,198 41
$72,758 34
$76,488 27
162 15
588 96
39,020 55
20,198 41
$136,458 34
$44,506 64
162
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14,000
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$81,668 79
$31,981 63
16,020 55
$54,200 59
1 $588.96 transferred to Sinking Fund.
2 .'523,000 expended for retirement of debt.
3 $14,000 expended for retirement of debt.
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FERRY SERVICE.
Financial Statement for the Year Ending
December 31, 1938.
1. Receipts.
Total cash receipts during the year . . $25,981 70
Cash in hands of tollmen at beginning of year, 40 00
Cash paid over to City Collector
Cash in hands of tollmen December 31, 1938,
2. Appropriations and Expenditures.
Received from annual appropriations for Ferry
Service
Unexpended balances from special appropria-
tions, January 1, 1938
Transferred to Sinking Fund ....
Unexpended balances of special appropriations
December 31, 1938
3. Results of Operation for the Year.
Receipts for the year (net income)
Ordinary expense (maintenance)
appropriations .... $245,134 46
Interest paid on ferry debt . . 11,080 00
Depreciations on ferry boats . 44,398 96
Decrease in value of supplies on
hand 1,056 17
Decrease in value of ferryboats on
account of sale of ferryboat •
"Lieutenant Flaherty" ". . 70,846 20
$26,021 70
$25,981 70
40 00
$26,021 70
$245,134 46
$27,439 39
19,064 81
$8,374 58
$25,986 70
$372,515 79
Increase in value of machinery
and tools 1,193 38
Net outgo for year $371,322 41
Net loss for year .• * $345,340 71
* Includes $41,600.00 credited to sale of city property.
Public Works Department.
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Balance Sheet for Year 1938.
Assets.
Cash, tollman's capital $40 00
Rents receivable 2,892 37
Supplies in stock 16,356 37
City Treasurer (balance of appropriation) special . . 8,374 58
Ferryboats (less depreciation) 425,230 07
Machinery and tools 3,107 50
Eeal estate, land and buildings (assessors' valuation) . 610,100 00
Damage received 325 00
City Treasurer (annual appropriation) .... 105 07
$1,066,530 96
Cost of avenues, etc., East Boston (previous to 1871) . ^ 315,815 68
Deficiency of assets (loss) 16,946,387 28
Totals . $18,328,733 92
Liabilities.
Capital invested by the City of Boston to date . . $18,320,254 27
Appropriations account (credit balances) .... 8,374 58
H — Projects Relief 105 07
Total liabilities $18,328,733 92
Details of Capital Invested by the City of Boston.
Total expenditures to date per ferry books .... $26,865,498 19
Interest of debt for the year (City Auditor's report) . 11,080 00
Interest previous years, etc. (net debits, per City Auditor's
report) 378,908 85
Total expenditures $27,255,487 04
Deduct total receipts paid to City Collector . . . 8,935,232 77
Excess expenditures, capital $18,320,254 27
Comparison of Receipts, Appropriations Expenditures.
Receipts.
From foot passengers (tollmen) $12,252 10
From foot passengers (office sales) 12 90
From team tickets (office sales) 859 20
From strip tickets (tollmen) 2,376 00
From cash for teams (gatemen) ^ 10,052 78
From gatemen's refunds 86 41
Total from rates $25,639 39
From rents 104 50
From other sources 237 81
Ordinary receipts $25,981 70
' Included in deficiency of assets in balance sheet.
2 Includes cash fares from extra passengers on teams (gatemen) .
Public Works Department.
57
Expenditures {Ordinary)
Office:
Division engineers' salary (part)
Clerk — assistant cashier
Clerk (part time) .
Retired veterans' pensions
Retired employees' pensions
Stationery
Printing .
Telephones
Advertising
Carfares .
Postage .
Premiums, surety companies
Total office expenses
$1,500 00
1,700 00
1,700 00
5,978 33
720 00
83 98
433 95
289 33
20 75
212 25
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95 00
$12,736 59
Ferryboats and Landings:
Employees (wages) $174,393 85
- - ... 26,198 74
2,817 00
3,552 02
36 10
489 86
1,863 88
730 75
15,746 23
290 19
28 10
16,251 15
Fuel
Teaming, weighing coal, etc.
Supplies
Gas
Oil
Electric light . . . . .
Electric power . . .
Repairs to boats
Repairs of buildings, drops and piers
Furnishings
Other expenditures . . . .
Total
$245,134 46
Receipts, Appropriations and Expenditures.
Expenditures from Special Appropriations.
Balance in treasury unexpended $8,374 58
A ppropriat ions.
Regular annual appropriations $272,188 69
Total Expenditures Upon Ferries Since 1858.
Expenditures for avenues, paving, interest, etc., previous
to the purchase of the ferries by the city .
Purchase of the ferries, April, 1870
Expenditures for ferryboats since April 1, 1870 .
Expenditures for new buildings, piers, drops, etc.
Expenditures for tools and fixtures (prior to 1910)
Expenditures for land for Lincoln's Wharf in 1887
Expenditures for land for Battery Wharf in 1893
Total expenditures on capital account
Expenditures for repairs of all kinds
Expenditures for fuel ....
Expenditures for salaries and wages
Expenditures for all other purposes
$444,101 30
276,375 00
2,530,009 81
1,491,468 59
14,752 46
5,562 52
10,000 00
$4,772,269 68
3,027,770 27
3,183,499 67
12,814,621 42
3,457,326 00
$27,255,487 04
1 Includes $1,094.93 expenses for relief projects.
58 City Document No. 24.
Total Receipts From Ferries Since 1858=59.
Receipts from rents, etc., to purchase of ferries . . . $29,588 56
Receipts from ferry tolls since purchase of ferries . . 8,595,287 64
Receipts from rents since purchase of ferries . . . 73,618 90
Receipts from sale of ferryboats 168,004 57
Receipts from all other sources, per ferry books . . . 38,038 25
Receipts from all other sources additional, per City
Auditor 30,734 85
Total receipts from all sources $8,935,272 77
Less amount with tollmen as capital .... 40 00
Total receipts, Auditor's Report .... $8,935,232 77
Regular Annual (Ordinary) and Special Appropriations (Extraor=
dinarv) of the Ferry Service for the Year Ending December
31, 1938.
Appropriations (regular) for the year ending December 31,
1938 $272,188 69
Amount of expenditures (regular) for the year . . . 245,134 46
Transferred from Bridge Service . . . $1,200 00
Transferred from Sanitary Service . . 6,500 00
Transferred to Bridge Service . . . $6,152 00
Transferred to Paving Service . . . 5,100 00
Transferred to Sanitary Service . . . 2,936 63
Transferred to Park Department . . . 2,795 68
$27,054 23
7,700 00
$34,754 23
16,984 31
$17,769 92
Transferred to City Treasurer 17,664 85
$105 07
Special Appropriations.
East Boston Ferry, two additional boats and other im-
provements :
Unexpended balance January 1, 1938 .... $19,06481
Transferred to Sinking Fund $19,064 81
Ferry Improvements, Etc. :
Unexpended balance January 1, 1938 .... $8,374 58
Unexpended balance December 31, 1938 . . . $8,374 58
Public Works Department.
59
Receipts of South Ferry.
From Tollmen.
From Foot
Passengers.
From
Tickets.
Totals.
Boston side
$6,104 20
6,147 90
$1,661 20
714 80
$7,765 40
6,862 70
East Boston side
Totals
$12,252 10
$2,376 00
$14,628 10
From tollmen
From gatemen:
Cash for teams .
Total at South Ferry .
Tickets paid for at ferry office
Rents for the year
Headhouse privileges .
Care of public telephones .
Commission on public telephones
Old material sold ....
Total
$14,628 10
110,139 19
2$24,767 29
872 10
$25,639 39
114 50
140 00
48 00
38 81
1 00
S25,981 70
Travel on the South Ferry From January 1, 1938,
TO December 31, 1938, Inclusive.
Foot passengers at 1 cent each .... $1,225,210 00
South Ferry.
Handcart, or wheelbarrow and man
Horse and rider ....
Horse and cattle, each with attendant
One or two horse vehicle with driver
Motorcycle with driver .
Trailer
Three or four horse vehicle with driver
Passenger automobile with driver and more
one passenger
Motor truck, six tons, or less with driver
Motor truck over six tons, with driver
Auto bus with driver 1
Auto bus with driver and passengers/ .
Free vehicles
than
5 cents
5 cents
5 cents
5 cents
5 cents
10 cents
10 cents
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20 cents/
30 cents
33,681
57,897
33,622
3,287
0.0
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1 Includes gatemen's refund .
2 Includes 1 cent cash fares from foot passengers for year.
60 City Document No. 24.
SUMNER TRAFFIC TUNNEL.
Receipts.
Financial Statement for the Year Ending December SI,
1938.
Cash in hands of cashier at the beginning of year, $4,249 55
Received from tolls .... $836,399 65
Received through City Collector * . 25 50
Commission on telephone tolls . 14 07
Total receipts 836,439 22
$840,688 77
Cash paid over to City Collector .... $836,379 57
Cash in hands of cashier December 31, 1938 4,309 20
,688 77
2. Appropriations and Expenditures.
Received from annual appropriations for Sumner
Traffic Tunnel $222,257 16
Transferred to City Treasurer .... 3,729 18
Total expenditures for year .... $218,527 98
3. Result of Operation for the Year.
Ordinary Expenses (maintenance
appropriation) .... $218,527 98
Interest paid on tunnel debt . . 851,452 50
Sinking Fund 204,268 00
Net outgo for the year $1,274,248 48
Receipts for the year (net income) . . . 836,379 57
Net deficit for the year $437,868 91
* Includes $21 tickets sold in 1937; paid for in 1938; does not include $65 tickets sold
in 1938; not paid for.
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Sumner Tunnel Service.
Rates in accordance with provisions of section 9 of
chapter 297 of the Acts of 1929, as amended by section
2 of chapter 455 of the Acts of 1935. For period begin-
ning January 1, 1939, and ending June 30, 1939. All
rates are for vehicle with or without passengers.
Single Trip Tunnel Toll Rates.
Class.
Description.
Rate.
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Tractor without trailer
Passenger car
Motorcj^cle
Truck over two tons and up to five tons capacity,
Tractor with trailer over two tons and up to
five tons capacity
Passenger car with trailer
Truck over five tons and up to ten tons capacity,
Tractor with trailer over five tons and up to
ten tons capacity
Tractor with trailer not in excess of two tons
capacity
Truck over ten tons capacity
Tractor with trailer over ten tons capacity
Bus with or without passengers
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Removal of Meehanical Stalled Vehicles from Tunnel.
Description.
Rate.
Passenger car
Truck or tractor with trailer not in excess of two tons capacity,
Truck or tractor with trailer over two tons and up to five tons
capacity
Truck or tractor with trailer over five tons and up to ten tons
capacity
Truck or tractor with trailer over ten tons capacity
Bus
$0.50
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2.00
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64 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX B.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE HIGHWAY DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1939.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir, — I submit the following report of the
operations and expenditures of the Highway Division
for the year ending December 31, 1938.
The maintenance expenditures of the division for the
year were as follows :
Lighting Service $949,517 94
Paving Service 1,513,164 83
Paving Service.
The Paving Service appropriation in the budget
called for $1,325,296,41. Due to an increased number
of W. P. A. employees it was necessary to sponsor more
projects than were contemplated when making up
the 1938 budget and, in view of this, an additional
amount of $175,000 on a loan was appropriated for the
rental of equipment and the cost of materials. We
have also had other transfers amounting to $66,343,
giving the Paving Service a total credit of $1,566,639.41,
and from this amount $7,550 was transferred, leaving
a total amount of $1,559,089.41. The Paving Service's
expenditures amounted to $1,513,164.83, leaving an
unexpended balance of $45,924.58, of which $25,236.84
has been carried forward.
As of January 1, 1938, the regular employees num-
bered 543 and on December 31, 1938, our personnel
had decreased to 513. The amount of money taken
in through the Permit Office of the Paving Service
amounted to $9,449.28.
Our day labor forces handled all the maintenance
work on streets and a considerable amount of patching
Public Works Department. 65
work was done by this service in the surfaces of both
sidewalks and roadways where openings were made
by the Sewer and Water Divisions other than sheet
asphalt pavements.
Since 1933 there has been no attempt to keep the
maintenance up on smooth pavement streets as this
service has not the men in its employ to do the work
properly. There are some 6,000,000 square yards
of smooth pavement showing considerable wear for
lack of maintenance and, if possible, the Paving Service
should be allowed to draw up a contract for the repair
of these streets for the year 1939.
We had an average of 4,500 men, with a peak load
from the month of June until the month of November
of approximately 8,000 men on our W. P. A. program.
The greater amount of work done in the Paving Service
was done by W. P. A. forces and, during the past year,
the following mileage of streets was constructed:
Bituminous macadam 20 . 35 miles.
Bituminous concrete 10.98 miles.
Concrete pavement 7.13 miles.
Total 38.44 miles.
Much needed improvements have been made on the
following main traffic arteries :
Blue Hill Avenue (from Mattapan Square to Babson Street).
— Removal of the reservation and the substitution of a center
safety island.
Dorchester Avenue (from Old Colony Avenue to beyond First
Street). — Reconstruction of.
Atlantic Avenue and Commercial Street. — Reconstruction is
now under way. The work started about the first of October
and is receiving favorable comment from the general public
due to the progress being made and the efficient manner in
which the project is being conducted. When completed the
vehicular traffic should be greatly facilitated and expedited on
this important highway.
Relative to walls, the following have been built:
Bremen street, East Boston.
River street, Hyde Park.
Kenrick street, Brighton.
These walls have been constructed to save the main-
tenance on the repair of fences and also for the safety
66 City Document No. 24.
of the traveling public. They are constructed of old
paving blocks at a considerable saving to the city.
There is also under construction at the present time a
wall on Edgevvater Drive in Mattapan which will be
used to hold in the Neponset river floods which have
been a source of annoyance and discomfort to the
abutters for a long period of years.
We have built two new office buildings, one in the
Roxbury paving yard and one in the West Roxbury
paving district. We are at present engaged in remodel-
ing a building in the Hyde Park paving yard which
will house a number of city vehicles and which will
mean a great saving to the city in garage rentals.
This program of remodeling and erecting new buildings
will continue and I feel that, with the cooperation of
the W. P. A., we can construct new and smaller quarters
to replace the old broken-down buildings in the various
paving yards which have been a continual source of
expense to keep up.
In the Charlestown district traps were put in on
Bunker Hill street to prevent "looping" in the district.
At a recent hearing before the Department of Public
Utilities the police captain of the district stated that
these ''loopings" have been reduced from fifteen to
twenty a month to about three a month for the past
five months. Upon the above I feel that the purpose
for which they were put in has been well served.
In cooperation with the Bridge and Ferry Division
we have constructed high curbs and removed the car
tracks on the Dover Street Bridge which, no doubt,
was the cause of a number of accidents and which, in
my opinion, will put an end to same. Recently a
ten-ton truck skidded and hit one of these bumpers
and was thrown across the street to the other bumper,
causing no damage to the bumpers and thereby giving
a good test and showing that these will prevent future
mishaps. We are now working on the Dorchester
Avenue Bridge and on the viaduct in Chelsea street,
Charlestown, and it is our intention to continue along
these lines until such time as these hazardous conditions
are eliminated on all bridges.
Your attention is also called to the work done during
the recent hurricane by employees of the Paving Service
and W. P. A. forces. Within three days after the
storm every public street had been opened to travel.
At the present time we are working in two paving dis-
tricts on repairs to sidewalk and street surfaces damaged
Public Works Department. 67
by the uprooting of trees. We will not complete this
work until some time during the latter part of the
spring of this year, as there is a considerable amount
of work yet to be done.
This has been the most successful and biggest year
we have had under W. P. A. projects. There has been
more work produced and the material advantages given
us by the Government through the W. P. A. forces
have made this so successful.
There are also under my jurisdiction two white
collar projects now operating, namely, the surveying
of street intersections to abolish traffic hazards by the
removing of small radii, which were satisfactory in the
days of the horse and buggy, and the substitution of a
large radii for automobile traffic. We also have a street
numbering project under way which, for the first time
in the history of the city, has the thought in mind of
arranging a systematic location of street numbers to
avoid confusion.
In order that an idea of the money for the cost of
this work may be had this will advise you that the
Federal Government money for materials used and con-
tracted for amounted to $1,147,978, and the cost to
this service for materials, equipment, heat, light and
communication amounts to approximately $609,189 up
to December 31, 1938.
Lighting Service.
The Lighting Service appropriation of the Highway
Division called for $965,000, and there was spent
$949,517.94, leaving an unexpended balance of $6,239.06,
after making a transfer of $9,243.
In an effort to cut down the cost of lighting without
reducing the number of lamps, which was done in a
previous administration in an attempt to save money,
but which at the time caused a great deal of criticism
and resulted in an increase of crime by the shutting off
of every other fight, Mr. Power of the Lighting Service
and myself finally came to the conclusion that the
Mazda type fights of 1,500 candle power could be
changed to 1,000 candle power, thereby reducing the
fighting effect by one third, which was hardly noticeable
by the general pubfic and caused no serious incon-
venience.
This effected a total of 4,959 of these fights to be
changed and resulted in the saving of approximately
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City Document No. 24.
$32,000. The saving this year will be greater, as it
will be for the entire year, whereas in 1938 it covered
a period of ten months or less.
There are still 2,168 1,500 candle power arc lights in
the city. These cannot be reduced at the present
time to 1,000 candle power, as these lights are served
by direct current, and until such time as the alternating
current can be substituted these lights must remain as
they are, but gradually we intend to reduce the 1,500
to 1,000 candle power.
It is noticeable that during the past year thirty-one
lamps at 1,500 candle power and sixty-four lamps at
1,000 candle power, located in various districts, were
discontinued and locations of same abandoned without
any inconvenience to the public.
Petitions and requests for new lamps received from
citizens and officials, also complaints in relation to the
Lighting Service, have been investigated and attended
to. Requests for lighting in newly developed sections
should be honored by this service. Additional lights
are only granted where absolutely necessary.
All streets in the underground district prescribed for
the year have been inspected and necessary changes and
additions have been made.
The following is a table showing the various types of
lamps located within the City of Boston:
Size of Lamps.
Number of Lamps.
December 31,
December 31,
1937.
1938.
21
21
2,695
2,168
4,469
None
423
5,332
407
452
80
80
99
107
43
39
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520
184
186
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1,500 candle power Arc
1,500 candle power Mazda
1,000 candle power Mazda
600 candle power Mazda
250 candle power Mazda
132 candle power Mazda
100 candle power Alazda
80 candle power Mazda
Fire Alarm Mazda.
40 candle power Twin, 24-hour burning
80 candle power
60 candle power
Totals
13,881
13,861
Respectfully,
William T. Morrissey,
Division Engineer.
Public Works Department.
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Gravel sidewalk repairs .
Street cleaning
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Length in Miles.
Are.* in Scc.iRE Yards.
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Plank
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Concrete.
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Not
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Totals.
* 142.01
20.31
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20 28
187.91
12.57
1.78
0.25
0.79
0.11
0.97
0.14
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289.12
41.35
23.20
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20.47
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21.47
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17.62
36.273
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17,434
0.13
22.431
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§ 192.874
1.45
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35.40
357,592
2.68
59,015
0.44
13.335.765
Jaucart 1, 1939,
32.83
0.69
3 86
8.89
26 79
25.13
32 53
11 43
0.65
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2 30
3 99
7.62
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31.82
35.05
24.64
5.26
29.81
10.29
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12.71
13.86
3.43
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0.44
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4.07
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86.231
167.516
462.961
458.307
008.665
260.788
15,347
592.021
37.894
90.127
162.121
278.329
624.064
654.514
481.638
108.172
717.782
245.915
142.121
326,662
358.890
156.432
210.997
75.381
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26.090
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58,782
61.385
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2.312
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133,278
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987,635
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Hvde Park
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3,028,880
22.68
2.243.517
16.73
21.225
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17.428
0.13
22,407
0.17
309.162
2.30
4,636.108
34.57
352.318
2.63
59,015
0.44
13.411.371
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Total Poblic Streets 703.99 Miles.
Note. — In the above table the city is subdivided substantially on the boundary lines between the districts as they existed when annexed to Boston. Territory annexed from Brookline is included in city proper,
• Of this amount 0.10 mile or 834 square yards is Biturock; and 0.08 mile or 1.323 or 4.153 square yards is Warcolite; and 0.18 mile or 3.474 square yards is Carey Elas-
square yards is Kvrock; and 0.02 mile or 470 square yards is Unionite. tite asphalt plank; and 0.12 mile or 2.797 square yards is Flintkote asphalt plank; and
t Of this amount 0.02 mile or 667 square yards is Amiesite; and 33.18 miles or 600.321 0.10 mile or 1.436 square yards is Johns-Maiiville asphalt plank
square yards is asphalt concrete; and 106.71 miles or 2.186,090 square vards is bitulithic; t Of this amount 0.02 mile or 165 square yards is cobble; and 66.20 miles or 1.72d,911
and 0.02 mile or 4,973 square yards is Colprovia; and 0.06 mile or 959 square yards is square ^ards is granite block paving <
Filbertine; and 0.00 mile or 4.000 square yards is Hepburnite; and 0.00 mile or 3.903 square
yards is Laykold ; and 0.00 mile or 4. 167 square yards is Macasphalt ; and 0.24 mile or 5.644
square yards is Simasco; and 11.30 miles or 206.297 square yards is Topeka; and 0.00 mile
6.86 miles or 36,363 square yards public alleys included in this table; 7.56 miles or 334.419 square yards public streets in charge of Park Department included in this table; 3 95 miles or 123.247 square yards public
streets in charge of Cimmonwealth of Massachusetts included in this table. In addition to this table there are 1.75 mdas or 8.729 square yards of accepted footways.
-.„ --i concrete base.
r 924 square yards is Blome granitoid concrete block.
r 3.493.176 square yards is bituminous macadam.
Public Works Department.
75
Street Openings.
Under Classes 1 and 2 of the schedule of permit fees
permits were issued for openings in public ways as
follows :
Number of Permits.
Sewer and Water Services 3,931
Edison Company 901
Boston Consolidated Gas Company 675
New Enjj;land Telephone and Telegraph Company 279
Boston Elevated Railway Company 164
Dedham and Hyde Park Gas and Electric Company 18
Emergency permits 1,395
Miscellaneous 828
Total
8,191
Permits for other than street openings have
been issued as follows :
Painting and minor repairs 2,318
Placing signs flat on buildings 587
Special permits 229
Erecting and repairing buildings 391
Repairing awnings 97
Emergency permits for raising and lowering ... 50
Moving buildings in streets 2
Cleaning snow from roofs 30
Driving cattle through streets 1
Total 3,705
Grand total 11,896
The fees received from these permits amount to
$9,449.28; of this amount $7,200.28 was deposited
with the City Collector and $2,249 was billed to public
service corporations.
Bonds.
There are now on file 1,850 surety bonds, in the amount
of one, three, four and twenty thousand dollars, cover-
ing the city against claims for damages, etc., through
the use of permits.
76
City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX C.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE SANITARY DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1939.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir, — I submit herewith a statement of the
activities and expenditures of the Sanitary Division
for the year ending December 31, 1938:
Maintenance expenditures
$2,114,116 81
Motor deficiency .....
79,788 97
Total cost approach
$2,193,905 78
I. Waste collection and disposal
$1,513,912 85
(a) By contract (Table II) .
'. $380,829 58
(6) Bv day labor (Table III)
. 1,133,083 27
II. Street Cleaning (Table V) .
620,060 49
Not directly chargeable to 1938 operation
59,932 44
(a) For other services .
$10,523 39
(b) Pensions and annuities .
4,087 25
(c) Injured roll
5,506 89
{d) W. P. A
8,732 28
(e) Unused stock .
13,637 66
(/) Preventive street cleaning
17,444 97
Personnel changes in permanent force:
Total personnel January 1, 1938
799
Transfers from other departments and divisions
11
New appointments ....
10
Reinstatements .....
2
822
Deaths . . .
. 17
Resignations
2
Retirements
. 29
Discharged
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Transferred out
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66
Personnel Januarv 1. 1939
756
Approach to True Cost.
In this report, for the first time, an attempt is made
to approach the true cost of operation by including an
item called "Motor Deficiency," which represents equip-
ment charges not paid for out of the Sanitary Division
budget. These figures were obtained from the Public
Public Works Department. 77
Works garage, and include depreciation, storage in city-
owned garages, and repairs performed by the city forces.
On the other hand, I desire again to emphasize the
fact that labor expenditures are far from representing
true costs, because the division is operating with wel-
fare men larger in number than our own permanent
force, and since no charge is made for these welfare
men a true labor cost cannot be determined.
Expenditure Drop.
The 1938 budget expenditures were $161,108 less
than those of 1937 for the Sanitary Division. This
diminution is accounted for as follows :
Contracts $74,088 00
Labor 29,919 00
Other budget items . . . . 57,101 00
While there was an increase in the price bid for the
Brighton district contract for the removal of refuse
and garbage, amounting to about $13,000, this was more
than offset by reduced prices in all the other districts.
The Elm Hill district contract which amounted to
$29,400 in 1937, was discontinued in 1938, and the
work in this district was done by Sanitary forces in
1938, thus saving this expense.
The diminution in the labor account was due to the
continuance of the ''no-hiring" policy, with the losses
in man power being made up, as in previous years, by
welfare forces.
Item B-14, Motor Vehicles Repair and Care, shows a
saving of $11,000 during the year. By storing vehicles
in outside yards, a considerable saving in rentals was
effected.
Savings were made in fuel, forage, materials, tires and
tools.
Five second-hand passenger cars were purchased from
other departments at a cost of $1,250.
Refuse Transfer Stations.
Fort Hill Wharf was dredged, as the refuse scows
were grounding at low tide. This work was done
under contract.
The contract work on the westerly side of the Victory
Road Station, which was begun in 1937, was completed
early in the year. The easterly side is still in an unsafe
condition, and vehicles are not permitted thereon.
78 City Document No. 24.
Work Done by W. P. A.
Victory Road ^<a^2on.— Retaining wall constructed;
old ramp removed and replaced with a new one; entire
building covered with transite; iron work repaired;
new office building constructed; flooring replaced on the
westerly side.
Albany Street. — Ramp and upper platform re floored;
new bumper sticks and fence ; lower section dust-proofed.
Foi't Hill Wha7\f, Atlantic Avenue. — Made foundation
dust-tight; built two offices and connected toilets with
water and sewer; constructed concrete retaining wall,
and decked over gap between concrete wall and building.
Ward Street Station. — Removed the old ramp ; cleaned
and scraped steel underpinning; removed old siding of
building, and cleaned frame.
Archives. — Work under the Archives Project is still
going on.
About one-third of the W. P. A. construction projects'
work remains to be completed in 1939.
The foregoing was in addition to hurricane work.
Man Power.
At the beginning of the year there was an average
of 1,100 welfare men per day. This, however, had
fallen by the first of July to 550, and then gradually
to a low of 450 in November, after which there was a
rise to 650 per day at the end of the year. These
fluctuations resulted in considerable irregularity in the
amount of work performed in the removal of waste
material and the cleaning of the streets.
Since the Sanitary Division depends upon men supplied
by the Welfare Department for two-thirds of its man
power, it is obvious that any improvement in the
condition of the Welfare Department results in a short-
age of man power in the Sanitary Division, to the detri-
ment of the service rendered the public. Thus, savings
in the Welfare Department would be offset by the neces-
sity for additional expenditures in the Sanitary Division
for man power in order to keep the number of employees
at a level sufficient to render satisfactory service.
Dead animals removed and disposed of numbered
540 in 1938.
Respectfully submitted,
Adolph J. Post,
Division Engineer.
Public Works Department.
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TABLE IV.
Comparative Costs per Cubic Yard 1937-1938.
Collection.
Total
Cost.
Cubic Yards.
1937.
Day Labor Districts.
1937.
1938.
1937.
$0.52406
Disposal.
1938.
$0.5346
Disposal.
Cubic Yards.
1938.
$0 8667
0 9306
1 1029
0 9563
0 9802
$0 9052
0 9979
1 0998
1 0288
1 0245
$1 3872
1 4511
1 6234
1 4779
1 5007
$1 4398
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1 6344
1 5634
1 5591
100,976
43.202
198,443
230,740
140,077
98,476
41,037
236,480
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Bay
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137,478
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$1 0326
$1 5084
$1 5672
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$704,582 72
722,969
Collection Cost
$746,570 88
Contract Districts.
Cost per Cubic Yard.
1937.
1938.
Cubic Yards.
1937.
Cubic Yards.
1938.
2. East Boston
4. Brighton
5. West Roxbury
6. Dorchester (including disposal) .
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124,006
285,410
22,436
30,197
77,281
87,271
122,298
329,089
25,026
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Totals...
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640,965
Public Works Department.
83
TABLE V.
Street Cleaning and Oiling Service, 1938.
Distribution of Expenditures.
Removing snow
Brooming
Pushcart patrolling
Flushing streets
Horse-drawn sweeping
Motor sweeping
Team patrol .
Refuse box collection
Sanding .
Underpass
Public alleys .
Hurricane
Total
Oiling and watering of public streets and ways
Total
5,903 45
260,335 04
132,143 19
4,488 06
59,745 46
21,433 80
3,854 79
19,650 27
2,455 00
2,976 81
134 53
3,828 26
$599,948 66
20,111 83
$620,060 49
Street Cleaning Operations.
Broom gang 31,145 miles.
Horse-drawn sweepers 3,523 miles.
Motor sweepers 5,908 miles.
Pushcart patrol 13,716 miles.
Team patrol 944 miles.
Flushing 970 miles.
Catch-all boxes
203,225 collections.
One hundred and six thousand (106,000) gallons of road oil
was spread, covering 42 linear miles of streets.
84 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX D.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
SEWER DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1939.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Deak Sir, — I submit herewith statement of the
activities and expenditures of the Sewer Division for the
year ending December 31, 1938.
During the fiscal year 1938 there were built by con-
tractors, day labor, private parties, and by the city
under W. P. A. supervision, 8.97 miles of common
sewers and surface drains throughout the city. After
deducting 0.76 mile of sewers and surface drains, rebuilt
or abandoned, the net increase for 1938 is 8.21 miles,
which, added to the existing 1,187.23 miles of sewers
and surface drains and 30.93 miles of intercepting
sewers, makes a grand total of 1,226.37 miles of all
sewers belonging to the City of Boston, and under the
care of the Sewer Division on January 1, 1939.
There were 273 catch-basins built or rebuilt and 90
abandoned or removed during the year, making a net
gain of 183 catch-basins and a grand total of 21,849
catch-basins under the care of the Sewer Division on
January 1, 1939.
Entrance fees to the amount of $808.36 have been
deposited with the City Collector for collection from
estates upon which no sewer assessments were ever
paid, in accordance with Ordinances of 1910, chapter 9,
section 10.
886 permits have been issued, viz., 460 to district
foremen and contractors and 426 to drain layers for
repairing or laying new house drains. Inspectors from
this office have personally inspected the work done
under these drain layers' permits.
Public Works Department. 85
Plans for the assessments of estates for sewer con-
struction have been furnished the Board of Street Com-
missioners, representing 11,279.24 Hnear feet of sewers.
834 complaints have been investigated and report in
writing has been made in each case.
2,478 gasoline traps have been examined in garages
and cleansing establishments.
950 grease traps have been examined in hotels,
restaurants and commercial establishments.
Reported in writing on 2,339 municipal liens to the
City Collector in accordance with chapter 60, section 23,
of the General Laws. Reported orally in the Sewer
Assessment office on about 5,000 requests for infor-
mation on municipal liens.
413 notices have been mailed to abutters in con-
formity with the Ordinances, chapter 27, section 8,
apprising them of the construction of new sewers or
repairs to old sewers.
Respectfully,
Robert P. Shea,
Division Engineer.
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180,772 88
294,855 16
5,896 98
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MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES JANUARY 1
TO DECEMBER 31, 1938.
Sewer Division.
Improved Sewerage.
Pumping; Station, Calf Pasture, inside
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, outside
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, engines .
Pumping Station, Calf Pastui'e, boilers
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, Union Park
street
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, Summer street,
Moon Island
Main and intercepting sewer ....
Contract job — Central Wharf, rebuild wooden
overflow :
Built by IM. De Sisto under unadvertised
contract, dated October 13, 1937; begun
September 24, 1937; finished October 26,
1937
$102,979 36
13,206 39
41,453 99
21,704 84
9,201 43
2,300 93
27,186 80
17,154 58
1,789 09
$236,977 41
Maintenance — Regular.
Automobiles
. $43,808 37
Cleaning catch-basins
79,141 66
Cleaning sewers .
41,361 15
Employed at yards
27,257 53
Fuel and oil .
923 75
Hardware and tools
11,938 39
House connections
8,052 63
Horses, carts and harness
1,250 75
Maintenance Stony Brook
319 25
Office expense
2,204 88
Office salaries
37,639 99
Stock ....
3,805 43
Yard and lockers .
650 38
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Maintenance — Repa
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Repairing department buildings
$2,463 01
Repairing catch-basins, South Boston
2,222 13
Repairing catch-basins, East Boston
1,879 90
Repairing catch-basins, Charlestown
523 45
Repairing catch-basins, Brighton
644 35
Repairing catch-basins, West Roxbury .
3,992 23
Repairing catch-basins, Dorchester .
4,947 32
Repairing catch-basins, Hyde Park .
477 99
Repairing catch-basins, Roxbury
4,153 95
Repairing catch-basins. City Proper
5,664 02
Repairing sewers. South Boston
597 88
Repairing sewers, East Boston ....
1,175 60
Repairing sewers, Charlestown ....
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309 07
Repairing sewers, West Roxbury
1,576 56
Carried forward
$30,627 46 $495,331 57
88
City Document No. 24.
Brought forward .
Repairing sewers, Dorchester
Repairing sewers, Hyde Park
Repairing sewers, Roxbury
Repairing sewers. City Proper
Maintenance
Miscellaneous ....
Back Bay Fens ....
Telephones
Rubber goods ....
Pensions and annuities
$30,627 46
2,906 74
394 14
465 85
1,900 60
$495,331 57
36,294 79
51,099 44
$582,725 80
jneous.
$45,778 99
98 72
794 86
298 87
4,128 00
$582,725 80
Credits.
Stock used on jobs and trans-
ferred to construction . . $11,883 16
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Summary of Sewer Construction for the Twelve Months ending December 31, 1938.
Districts.
Built by City
by Contract
or Day Labor.
Built bv City
Under W. P. A
Supervision.
Built by
Private
Parties.
Total Length Built.
City Proper. .
Roxbury
South Boston .
East Boston . .
CharlestowTi . .
Brighton
West Roxbury
Dorchester. . . ,
Hyde Park ...
Linear Feet.
None
16.00
1,895.96
40.00
154.49
265.30
Linear Feet.
545.20
1,105.00
76.50
379.80
2,615.00
12,364.72
13,499.99
12,653.48
Linear Feet.
1,486.00
285.00
Linear Feet.
2,031.20
1,105.00
0.00
76.50
395.80
4,795.96
12,404.72
13,654.48
12,918.78
Miles.
0.385
0.209
0.014
0.075
0.908
2.349
2.586
2.447
Totals .
2,371.75
43,239.69
1,771.00
47,382.44
8.973
Net Increase in Length of Sewers Built Between January 1, 1938,
and December 31, 1938.
Districts.
Length of
Sewers Built
During
Twelve
Months
Ended
December 31,
1938.
Length of
Sewers Re-
built or
Abandoned
During
Twelve
Months
Ended
December 31,
1938.
Net Increase for
Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 1938.
City Proper. . .
Roxbury
South Boston . .
East Boston . . .
Charlestown . . .
Brighton
West Roxbury .
Dorchester. . . .
Hyde Park
Linear Feet.
2,031.20
1,105.00
Totals .
76.50
395.80
4,795.96
12,404.72
13,654.48
12,918.78
47,382.44
Lineir Ftet.
1,767.00
600.00
386.00
620.73
656.20
4,029.93
Linear Feet.
264.20
505.00
76.50
9.80
4.795.96
12,404.72
13,033.75
12,262.58
43,352.51
Miles.
0.050
0.095
0.014
0.001
0.908
2.349
2.468
2.326
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106
City Document No. 24.
Total Length of Sewers.
Miles.
Common sewers and surface drains built previous to January
1, 1938 1,187.23
Net increase of common sewers and surface drains between
January 1, 1938, and December 31, 1938 . . . . 8.21
Total of common sewers and surface drains built to Decem-
ber 31, 1938 1,195.44
Total city intercepting sewers connecting with Metropolitan
Sewers to December 31, 1938 *6.81
Total Boston main drainage intercepting sewers to Decem-
ber 31, 1938 *24.12
Grand total of common and intercepting sewers to Decem-
ber 31, 1938 1,226.37
Total mileage of streets containing sewerage works to Decem-
ber 31, 1938 675.61
* No additional lengths built during 1938.
Summary of Sewer Construction for Five Years Previous to
December 31, 1938.
1934.
1935.
1936.
1937.
1938.
Built by city by con-
tract or day labor . . . .
Built by city under
W. P. A. government
supervision
Built by private parties,
Linear
Feet.
16,637.61
29,167.46
610.00
Linear
Feet.
8,530.08
24,981 .43
160.00
Linear
Feet.
7,166.08
17,726.55
1,145.00
Linear
Feet.
10,717.02
43,986.51
1,786.79
Linear
Feet.
2,371.75
43,239.69
1,771.00
Totals
46,415.07
33,671.51
26,037.63
56,490.32
47,382.44
Public Works Department.
107
Catch-Basins in Charge of the Sewer Division.
Districts.
Catch-Basins for Twelve Months
Ended December 31, 1938.
Number
Built or
Rebuilt.
Number
Abandoned
or Removed
45
41
37
35
14
11
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2
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0
Net
Increase.
Total for Whole City
IN Charge of Sewer
Division.
Previous
Report to
January 1,
1938.
Grand Total
to
January 1,
1939.
City Proper. .
Roxbury
South Boston .
East Boston . .
Charlestown. .
Brighton
West Roxbury
Dorchester
Hyde Park...
Totals. . .
273
90
4
2
3
7
1
3
49
63
51
183
3,614
3,381
1,447
1,057
847
1,920
3,600
5,098
702
21,666
3,618
3,383
1,450
1,064
848
1,923
3,649
5,161
753
21,849
Sewage Statistics for Year 1938, Calf Pasture Pumping Station.
Month.
Total
Gallons
Pumped.
Average
Gallons
Pumped.
Minimum
Gallons
Pumped.
Maximum
Gallons
Pumped.
Average
Lift.
(Feet.)
January. . .
February . .
March
April
May
June
July
August. . . .
September .
October. . .
November .
December .
3,252,400,911
2,888,868,653
2,881,071,877
2,867,368,794
3,048,066,343
3,437,308,093
3,989,405,408
4,105,385,803
3,718,775,348
3,037,694,112
2,989,839,588
3,441,704,467
104,916,159
103,173,880
92,937,802
95,578,960
98,324,721
114,576,936
128,690,497
132,431,800
123,959,178
97,990,133
99,661,319
111,022,725
81,640,715
77,780,635
74,370,078
76,478,516
83,680,336
91,041,669
62,809,951
94,943,296
86,535,498
82,850,589
79,890,190
81,334,942
181,517,552
149,830,611
172,110,970
166,574,150
157,687,157
202,100,352
200,406,938
212,766,296
187,908,891
177,824,070
118,329,686
206,135,235
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
Totals...
Average .
39,657,889,397
108,651,752
1,303,264,110
108,605,343
Note.— Gallons pumped by oil, 15,352,835,397; gallons pumped by electricity, 24,305,054,000; total
39,657,889,397.
Running Time of Pump. — No. 1, run 1,772 hours, 25 minutes; No. 2, run 2,037 hours, 40 minutes; No. 3,
run 1,337 hours, 20 minutes; No. 4, run 1,368 hours, 15 minutes; No. 5, run 4,107 hours, 15 minutes; No. 6, run
4,787 hours, 25 minutes; No. 7, run 8,564 hours, 13 minutes.
108
City Document No. 24.
Total gallons pumped
Daily average gallons pumped
Average dynamic head
Foot gallons . . . .
Foot pounds . . . .
39,657,889,397
108,651,752
39.2
1,554,589,264,362
12,910,363,633,429
Fuel Record.
Fuel Oil
Received.
Fuel Oil
Used.
Amount.
January . . .
February. ,
March
April
May
June
July
August . . . .
September
October . . .
November.
December.
Totals
67,265
.77
60,107
81
67,960
54
52,154
80
51,336
24
45,819
36
45,984
47
54,991
86
50,894
95
52,808
29
54,510
03
56,472
78
660,306
90
71 755
62,275
63,012
54,480
51,704
48,368
49,045
52,035
51,546
54,910
54,555
55,295
$2,514 54
2,246 90
2,436 75
1,716 85
1,559 47
1,343 10
1,266 36
1,518 84
1,405 67
1,458 50
1,508 15
1,559 71
668,980
$20,534 84
Month.
Pump
Meter.
Outside
Meter.
Amount.
January. . .
February. .
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October. . .
November.
December.
Totals
319,800
267,000
255,700
259,100
312,600
349,000
430,700
421,200
375,200
268,400
271,800
336,400
356,700
308,920
249,960
298,000
312,000
315,980
494,000
450,000
439,800
289,880
259,520
376.160
3,866,900
4,150,920
$3,904 06
3,744 58
3,425 68
3,974 32
3,990 84
3,997 86
5,213 51
4,993 70
4,881 58
4,182 08
3,923 91
4,331 97
$50,564 09
Public Works Department.
109
Cost of Pumping for 1938 (Calf Pasture Pumping Station).
Items.
Cost.
Cost per
Million
Foot
Gallons.
$95,373 95
20,534 84
50,564 09
931 99
344 95
3,799 86
$0.06135
Fuel oil
0.01321
0.03254
0.00060
0.00021
0.00244
Totals
$171,549 68
10,824 60
$0 . 1 1035
0.00696
Amount of Refuse Removed from Filth Hoist.
Month.
Cheeses.
Weight.
126
112
130
133
120
102
83
82
74
86
87
78
30,366
26,992
March
31,330
32,053
28,920
24,582
July
20,003
19,762
17,834
20,726
20,967
18,798
Totals
1,213
292,333
146 joVo tons.
110 City Document No. 24.
SEWER DIVISION.
Boston, March 7, 1939.
Function.
The Sewer Division has charge of the construction
and maintenance of sewerage works for the disposal of
domestic and industrial sewage wastes and surface
water.
Scope of System.
On January 1, 1939, the sewerage system comprised
about 31 miles of main drainage structures serving an
area of 18.40 square miles, made up of Boston proper, a
part of Roxbury and Dorchester and connected with
the pumping station at Calf Pasture. Also about 1,200
miles of sanitary sewers and surface drains (connected
to which there are 21,700 catch-basins) covering the
entire city.
Organization.
Under the direction of the Division Engineer there
are four district engineers, a designing engineer, and a
chief inspector, who direct the activities of about 325
employees made up of 86 engineers, etc., 36 inspectors,
13 clerks, 3 district foremen, and 187 in the various
classifications of the labor groups. All employees with
the exception of yard clerks, district foremen and the
labor groups are connected with the main office. The
labor groups under the supervision of the district fore-
men and a chief engineer are connected with five sewer
yards and the pumping station, their location and
number of employees being as follows: South End, 55,
Dorchester, 22, Child street, 31, East Boston, 11, Charles-
town, 3, Pumping Station, including disposal plant at
Moon Island, 65 employees.
Activities.
The activities of the Sewer Division are divided into
two general classes, namely, construction and main-
tenance.
Construction covers the design, preparation of plans,
field engineering and inspection for the extension or
rebuilding of all sewerage works done by yard forces,
contract or W. P. A. labor. (Note: About 95 per cent
of construction is being done by W. P. A. labor.)
Public Works Department. Ill
Maintenance covers the cleaning of catch-basins
(which work is done by yard forces and contract),
cleaning and repair of sewers, maintenance of main
drainage system, operation of pumping station and
disposal plant, also the permit office which records and
investigates complaints and claims for damage against
the city, the granting of sewer permits, preparation of
plans for sewer assessments, and has custody of all
records relating to the work of the division.
Finances.
Maintenance costs are paid out of the yearly budget
appropriations from the tax levy, construction costs
from a yearly sewerage works loan inside the debt limit.
During the year 1938, $565,084.13 was spent from the
budget for maintenance, leaving an unexpended balance
of $10,820, $489,400.83 from the loan for construction,
or a total of $1,054,484.96, divided as follows: Pay
rolls, $644,495.29, contract work, maintenance stock and
equipment, including pumping station, W. P. A. stock
and equipment, $409,989.67.
In addition to total maintenance and construction
cost of $1,054,484.96 must be added the Metropolitan
sewer assessment of $409,877.96, making a grand total
direct operating cost of $1,464,362.92. {Note: As stated,
the Boston main drainage system outlets the sewage
from about 19.40 square miles, made up of Boston
proper and a part of Roxbury and Dorchester. All
Boston sewage outside of this area outlets into either
the North or South Metropolitan system for the use of
which Boston is taxed.)
Work Done in 1938.
During the year 1938, in addition to routine main-
tenance work, there was constructed, mostly by W. P. A.
labor, about 14,000 linear feet of sanitary sewers and
28,000 linear feet of surface drains and conduits in
Roxbury, West Roxbury, Dorchester, Hyde Park and
Brighton districts.
As a result of this work several brook courses were
covered in, which assists materially in mosquito control
but more particularly makes possible the construction
of new streets by providing adequate surface drainage
outlets. This work is not only of great benefit to present
112 City Document No. 24.
property owners but also encourages the building of
new homes with its ensuing benefits to the building
industry as a whole.
The city's construction for stock and equipment for
W. P. A. jobs during 1938 amounted to about $200,000,
the Government's contribution for the corresponding
purpose being about $125,158.
During 1938 sewer projects employed a weekly
average of 2,000 P. W. A. workers.
The following is a partial list of sewerage works com-
pleted during the year 1938:
Brighton.
Kenrick street, between Larch street and Newton
line, consisting of 505 linear feet of 2-foot 6-inch circular
concrete conduit, 260 Hnear feet of 24-inch pipe surface
drain, 100 hnear feet of 20-inch pipe surface drain, 430
linear feet of 18-inch pipe surface drain, and including
780 linear feet of 12-inch pipe sewer. Built in antici-
pation of work by Highway Division completing con-
struction of public street; in addition, provides an outlet
for part of Newton.
West Roxhury.
Bussey brook in private land and Hollywood road,
between West Roxbury Parkway and Church street,
consisting of 1,115 linear feet of 4-foot, 9-inch circular
concrete conduit, 95 linear feet of 2-foot, 6-inch circular
concrete conduit, and including 632 linear feet of 10-
inch pipe sewer. Built in anticipation of work by High-
way Division completing construction of Hollywood
road as newly accepted street, also completes the main
conduit for this particular drainage area.
Dorchester.
Auckland street from Elton street to Savin Hill
avenue and Elton street from Dorchester avenue to
Auckland street, consisting of 602.65 linear feet of
3-foot, 6-inch circular concrete conduit, 256.62 linear
feet of 10-inch pipe sewer. Built to complete the line
of Bay Ridge creek from the outlet at Savin Hill Yacht
Club to and including Pleasant street.
Public Works Department. 113
Hyde Park.
Hyde Park branch of Oakland brook in Windsor
street and private land, between Tileston street and
Taunton avenue, Hyde Park, consisting of 601 linear
feet of 2-foot, 6-inch circular concrete conduit, and
including 635 linear feet of 12-inch pipe sanitary sewer.
Built to provide drainage for Tileston street and other
streets in a low-lying area in which sewers became
overtaxed and cellars were flooded during storms.
At the present time there are twenty-nine W. P. A.
sewerage works projects operating.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert P. Shea,
Division Engineer.
114 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX E.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE WATER DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1939.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir, — I respectfully submit the following report
of the activities of the Water Division, operations and
expenditures for the fiscal year ending December 31,
1938.
The Water Income Division was under the direction
of Mr. James A. McMurry until his death on February
19, 1938, when the Division Engineer of the Water
Division was made Acting Division Engineer of the
Water Income Division.
On April 7, 1938, under section 33, chapter 27, of the
Revised Ordinances of 1925, the Commissioner of
Public Works merged the Water Income Division with
the Water Division, and appointed Daniel M. Sullivan
as Division Engineer of the new Water Division, and
the Income Division became known as the Business
Office of the Water Division.
Engineering Branch.
This branch of the Water Division was engaged in
the extension and improvement of the distribution
system, most of the work being performed by the
W. P. A. forces, under the general supervision of the
division's regular engineering and inspection forces.
Pipe was purchased with money supplied by the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration and the funds of the
Water Division were used to supply cast-iron specials,
gates, hydrants, lead, boxes, etc. A total of 43,444
feet of pipe were either laid or relaid, varying in sizes
from 8 inches to 42 inches, inclusive.
Extensions of water mains totaled 15,195 feet, or
2.88 miles. Some of the longer lengths were:
Public Works Department. 115
City Proper. i
820 linear feet of 12-inch pipe was laid in Boylston (^
street and Exeter street, to extend the high service M
from Clarendon to Exeter street.
Dorchester.
1,290 feet of 8-inch pipe was laid in Packard avenue
and St. Gregory street and 414 feet of 8-inch pipe was
laid in Beatrice road and Paula street. These four
streets were done on petition, on account of building
construction.
658 linear feet of 16-inch pipe was laid in Woodhaven
street and 158 feet of 8-inch pipe laid in Hallo well street.
Both of these streets are under construction by the
Highway Division.
Hyde Park.
The longest single line improvement in Readville was
the laying of a 12-inch main in Prescott street, through
the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad yards
to Kenyon lane, thence to Sprague street, thus providing
a loop for the outside district.
In continuation of the poUcy of replacing older and
smaller water mains with larger sizes for the improve-
ment of fire protection in the more densely populated
sections of the city, 28,249 feet, or 5.35 miles, of 4-inch,
6-inch and 8-inch pipes laid fifty or more years ago were
replaced with 8-inch and 12-inch pipes. All this work
was performed by W. P. A. forces.
Distribution Branch.
The regular work of the Distribution Branch, consist- j
ing of installation of new services and fire pipes, repairing
of leaks, caring for complaints, shutting off and letting 1
on of water, freeing of stoppages in service pipes, etc., \
was performed in such a manner and at such periods as
to cause minimum delay and inconvenience to applicants
for water, water takers and the general public. \
A tremendous increase in the amount of work per- |
formed was occasioned by the laying out of new streets \
with the resultant regulating of gate boxes, shut-off
frames and covers, hydrants, services and the installa-
tion of new services on the relaying work by the W. P. A. \
forces. The machine shop and plumbing shop were
forced to handle all the drilling and connecting of
116
City Document No. 24.
service pipes occasioned by the above-mentioned forces,
in addition to the regular work carried on in these
shops, such as the assembhng and machining of gates,
valves and hydrants.
Business Office.
For the past eight years there has been an annual
deficit in the operations of the Water Division. This
deficit has been caused, in part, by increased Metro-
politan Assessments, together with a falling off in receipts
from the sales of water. The falling off in receipts has
been due somewhat to the business depression, but
also to the fact that unpaid water bills increased over
the years to the enormous total of approximately
$2,000,000.
With the merging of the two divisions the system
of billing was radically changed and the stub plan of
billing was set up in the department.
A campaign was inaugurated to enforce the payment
of outstanding water bills and those in arrears were
notified that the flow of water would be substantially
reduced, but yet enough water was left on the premises
to provide a minimum for health and sanitary require-
ments. As a result of this campaign the Water Division
ended the year 1938 with a surplus of $654,998.45.
Main pipe petitions received
Domestic service applications
Fire pipe
Special meter tests
Hydrant permits issued
Repair deposits received
Miscellaneous deposits .
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The books of the cashier were audited on March 9,
1938, covering period from January 1, 1929, to March 9,
1938.
Appropriations, Expenditures and Revenue.
A separate budget had been submitted for the In-
come Division and the Water Division, so that during
the year two budgets were maintained:
Amount appropriated. Water Division
Amount expended. Water Division .
Balance
$964,153 55
804,170 47
$159,983 08
Public Works Department. 117
Amount appropriated, Income Division $251,465 90
Amount expended, Income Division . . . 240,921 55
Balance $10,544 35
Amount of money collected during the year . $5,155,051 39
Amount of expenditures from all sources . 4,500,052 94
The Metropolitan Assessment for 1938
amounted to $3,282,930.02, an increase of
$603,764.70 over the assessment for year
1930.
Total amount of water billed for 1938 . . 4,718,915 81
Total amount collected for current year bills . 3,183,903 71
Amount collected in 1938 on bills rendered prior
to 1937 481,366 63
Amount collected in 1938 on bills rendered in
1937 1,385,957 39
This department contacts the water consumers very
frequently throughout the year, and the conduct of
the office has been such that I believe a spirit of good will
between the customers and the employees has been
brought about which is beneficial to the consumer and
the city.
Very respectfully,
Daniel M. Sullivan,
Division Engineer.
118 City Document No. 24.
1938 — Financial Transactions — Water Division.
Balance after deducting expenditures of Water Income
Division $4,816,245 19
Expenditures from revenue:
Current expenses and extensions . $804,170 47
Metropolitan Water Assessment 3,282,930 02
Expenditures on Debt Account:
Pavments on Boston water debt . $32,000 00
Payments on Hyde Park water debt, 16,000 00
Pavments on interest on water loans, 26,146 25
4,087,100 49
$729,144 70
74,146 25
Balance of revenue over expenditures .... $654,998 45
Loan Account:
Balance outstanding January 1,
1938 $852,000 00
Paid during 1938:
Account Boston water
debt . . . $32,000 00
Account Hyde Park
water debt . . 16,000 00
Account P. W. A.
loans No. 1123, No.
4214 and No. 7223, 41,000 00
89,000 00
Balance outstanding December 31, 1938 . . . $763,000 00
Construction Account:
Extension of mains (from revenue) .... $117,387 56
Cost of construction December 31,
1938 $24,119,718 45
Cost of construction December 31,
1937 24,002,330 89
Increase in plant cost during 1938 .... $117,387 56
Cost of existing works December 31, 1938:
Pipe yards and buildings . . * $84,332 16
Engineering expenses . . . 57,873 58
Distribution svstem .... 23,802,512 71
Hyde Park water works . . 175,000 00
$24,119,718 45
High pressure fire service 2,293,316 75
Total cost $26,413,035 20
* $10,500 deducted from pipe yards and buildings on account of abolition of Charlestown
water yard.
Public Works Department.
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Table No. 11.
High Pressure Fire Service.
Shonnng Length of Water Pipes, Connections, Hydrants and Valves in Same,
December 31, 1938.
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6-Inch.
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31, 1937
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Gate valves in same .
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20,140
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Waterworks Statistics, City of Boston.
For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1938.
Distribution.
Mains.
Kind of pipe: Cast iron, wrought iron, steel.
Size: 2- inch to 48- inch.
Extended, miles, 2.81.
Size enlarged, miles, 3.73.
Total miles now in use, 982.03.
Public hydrants added, 38.
Public hydrants now in use, 11,306.
Stop gates added, 37.
Stop gates now in use, 15,931.
Stop gates smaller than 4-inch, 34.
Number of blow-offs, 865.
Range of pressure on mains, 30 to 90 pounds.
Service.
Kind of pipe and size: Lead and lead lined, |-inch to 2-inch; cast iron,
2-inch to 16-inch; wrought iron and cement lined, |-inch to 2-inch;
brass and copper, f-inch to 2J-inch.
Service taps added, 392; abandoned, 188.
Total service taps now in use as per metered services, 105,112.
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1938 — Financial Transactions — Water Income Division.
Receipts for water .... $5,051,22773
All other receipts 103,823 66
Total revenue $5,155,051 39
Expenditures from revenue:
Current expenses, Water Income
Division $240,921 55
Refunded water rates 2,051 36
Transfer to Collecting Department . 95,833 29
Total $338,806 20
Balance available for other water purposes . $4,816,245 19
Shutting Off and Turning On Water in 1938.
Number of shut-off s for repairs 4,130
Number of premises turned on after repairs . . 3,995
Number of shut-off s for vacancy .... 1,098
Number of premises turned on for occupancy . 1,105
Number of premises shut off for nonpayment of
water rates 2,143
Number of premises turned on again after being
shut off for nonpayment 1 .900
Number of premises shut off on account of waste . 127
Number of premises turned on again after being
shut off for waste Ill
Number of new service pipes turned on for first
time 268
Total number of times water was shut off or
turned on 14,877
134
City Document No. 24.
statement of Each Year's Water Rates, 1912 to 1938, Inclusive,
With Outstanding Balances, As of December 31, 1938.
Account of
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Amount
Amount
Abated.
Collections
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Amount
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1912
1913
1914
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1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
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1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
$3,001,771 87
3,004,331 52
3,034,885 83
2,960,797 45
3,130.590 53
3,120,878 86
3.359.714 95
3,210,147 91
3,503,677 88
3,615,663 51
3.612.715 51
3,817,642 72
3,832,531 26
3,875,434 21
3,910,119 54
3.979.153 63
4,418,039 84
6,018,524 39
4,864,180 27
4,749,546 18
4,611,461 41
4,572,539 96
4,703,863 07
4,630,717 54
4,671,732 90
4.719.154 42
4,718,915 81
$58,369 39
50,147 90
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57,782 09
67,771 69
77,353 75
162,415 52
95,812 76
123,509 90
90,946 23
90,453 27
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39,084 94
44,694 94
44,181 30
37,801 18
45,048 05
44,410 19
45,854 16
37,878 58
35,696 74
57,173 47
47,852 99
32,779 83
29,589 11
21.450 73
$2,943,402 48
2,954,183 62
2,970,232 82
2,903,015 36
3,062,818 84
3,043,525 11
3,197,299 43
3,114,335 15
3,380,167 98
3,524,717 28
3,522,262 24
3,740,193 70
3,783,367 82
3,829,164 21
3,858,424 43
3,918,275 64
4,371,537 91
4,959,088 72
4,800,780 23
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4,469,001 88
4,560,866 55
4,467,469 51
4,462,069 98
4,317.352 72
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8,700 75
14,387 62
18,989 85
27,895 02
37,371 34
67,841 34
85,823 05
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372,212 59
1,513,561 37
Total outstanding water rates December 31, 1938 $2,475,428 01
* Credits have been made since August, 1937, of Tax Sales Receipts, to water accounts
for every year from 1929 to 1937, inclusive, reducing outstanding balances for these years.
Public Works Department.
135
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466
136
City Document No. 24.
Table No. 2. Meters in Service December 31, 1938.
Make.
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3
4
6
8
10
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3,173
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Public Works Department.
137
Table No. 3. Meters in Shop December 31, 1938.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
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2
3
4
6
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26
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2
3
4
6
300
15
9
4
9
3
4
12
334
9
3
2
1
2
34
3
2
Totals
300
24
13
7
12
9
5
3
373
Table No. 5. Meters Reset.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
O
H
■6
a
'o.
3
O
c
o
1
i
1
li
2
3
4
ecu
O
163
3
104
120
18
11
8
6
1
1
208
3
133
122
64
36
37
144
3
8
2
10
5
5
1
97
85
Totals
390
28
21
13
11
2
1
466
137
329
138
City Document No. 24.
Table No. 6. Meters Changed in 1938.
Make.
Meters Out.
diameter in inches.
Totals.
1
f
1
li
2
3
4
6
Hersey disc
Worth disc
3,086
759
1,687
468
51
41
14
9
11
10
2
1
1
217
3
92
7
127
109
11
50
5
67
13
32
2
26
5
11
10
2
3,535
769
Watch dog
12
5
1,998
504
Federal
51
American
24
3
1
4
5
2
65
Nash
17
Trident
2
12
9
1
1
3
1
1
28
Lambert
17
5
1
5
5
3
1
3
17
1
Detector
1
1
2
1
1
Totals
6,140
363
263
143
69
25
17
7,022
Public Works Department.
139
Table No. 6. Meters Changed in 1938. — Concluded.
Meters In.
diameter in inches.
Totals.
8
i
1
U
2
3
4
6
Hersey disc
2,549
193
1,456
1,911
248
2
103
24
166
110
6
66
2
49
7
50
2
23
5
5
9
1
3,094
199
Watch dog
17
4
1,762
1,953
1
1
Trident
4
4
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Totals
6,109
380
282
127
80
26
17
1
7,022
140
City Document No. 24.
Table No. 7. Causes for Meter Changes.
cu
-ij
4
Make.
.a
6
TJ
C3
1-1
to
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^
Ph
^
c .
o
"S
73
EH)
01
1
o
o
a
Q.
3
O
o
n
o
^
Q
Z
w
M
O
f^
M
Q
H
Hersey disc
768
847
91
1.5
741
615
412
7
39
3,535
16
344
319
844
8
21
2
111
187
121
455
182
109
1
9,
9
31
769
1,998
26
4
166
17
9
4
6
24
11
3
7
1
1
2
145
31
9
14
111
17
14
1
16
2
8
504
Federal
51
19
65
Nash
13
2
2
1
17
Trident
1
2
1
2
12
28
2
2
1
2
17
5
1
1
2
9
2
3
1
17
1
1
1
1
1
Totals
1,178
2,262
134
27
1,206
1,248
846
11
110
7,022
Public Wobks Department.
Table No. 8. Meters Applied in 1938.
141
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
1
1
1
H
2
3
4
6
Totals.
Hersey disc
90
7
54
]21
4
4
7
1
8
2
10
1
8
3
1
119
9
1
7
2
14
5
97
125
Federal
1
1
Trident
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
Totals
272
5
13
18
21
• 18
7
3
357
Applied on old service pipes .
Applied on new service pipes
Total
8
349
357
Table No. 9. Meters Discontinued in Year 1938.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
5
o
i
a
E
a
_o
c
c
o
O
c
a
a
>
S
c
1
i
1
U
2
3
4
265
44
103
17
27
21
15
1
8
14
1
1
344
45
146
21
1
1
1
3
5
1
2
1
143
28
63
12
133
12
58
5
68
Worth disc
5
11
11
3
12
1
1
25
4
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
6
1
I
1
1
1
1
Trident
Totals
439
38
36
25
29
2
2
571
253
213
105
142
City Document No. 24.
Table No. 10. Meters Repaired in Service.
Make.
03
Q
o
m
o
O
.1^
OJ
'S.
V
M
C
"ft
3
O
O
a
O
3
O
"3
o
1
o
Hersey disc
108
93
265
111
34
67
678
Worth disc
16
33
9
24
38
149
17
21
7
3
19
12
106
Watch dog
242
266
7
15
266
Federal
1
2
12
14
9
3
7
15
4
4
1
2
5
2
7
10
4
3
28
3
35
Lambert
15
Crown
25
Trident
1
7
19
Hersey rotary
5
21
Nash
1
6
4
12
6
2
2
2
12
4
4
28
15
Arctic
16
Detector
52
Totals
169
168
746
205
70
160
1,518
Public Works Department.
143
APPENDIX F.
REPORT OF THE BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE
BRIDGE COMMISSION.
Boston and Cambridge Bridges. Expenditures for the Year Ending
December 31, 1938.
Being the Portion Paid by the City of Boston, Which is One Half of the Total Expenditure.
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13
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ui
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s
m
C3
(2 .
'o
1
11
"5)
a
o
"3
•a
o'^
o
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O
(1<
H
$50 00
$1,565 00
$1,615 00
$186 00
940 70
218 00
1,691 79
$202 00
606 00
Light. .
2,632 49
24 81
32 12
56 93
Rent
39 00
39 00
26 12
26 12
Totals
$76 12
$1,151 51
$3,545 91
$202 00
$4,975 54
CITY OF BOSTON PRINTING DE?PARTMENT
Vvi? ^
ANNUAL REPORT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1939
[Document 24—1940]
MR 36 1944
CONTENTS.
Part I.
KEPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
PUBLIC WOKKS.
Page
Appropriations and expend-
tures, all divisions 7
Employees, grade and num-
ber of, etc 10
Employees, appointments,
etc 12
Page
General review 1
Organization 1
Revenue 19
Part II. — Appendix A.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
BRIDGE AND FERRY DIVISION.
(Bridge Service.)
(Page 14.)
Page
Bridges, expenditures on ... . 33
Bridges, work done on:
Safety curbs 16
Dorcester Avenue Bridge
over Fort Point Chan-
nel 17
Albany Street Bridge over
Boston and Albany
Railroad 19
Berkeley Street Bridge
over Boston and Albany
Railroad 20
Boylston Street Bridge
over Boston and Albany
Railroad 21
Meridian Street Bridge. . . 23
Summer Street Bridge over
Fort Point Channel. ... 24
Page
Day labor force 24
Draw openings 38
Federal Emergency Ad-
ministration of Public
Works 17
Financial statement 32
Fort Hill Disposal Station
(for Sanitary Division) . 24
General review 15
Granite Avenue Bridge. . . 39
Miscellaneous work, other
divisions and depart-
ments 25
Works Progress Adminis-
tration 16
IV
Table of Contents.
(Ferry Service.)
(Page 26.)
Page
Balance sheet 41
Expenditures since 1858 .... 43
Ferry boats, list of 26
Ferry boats, work done on . . 26
Financial statement 40
Page
General review 26
Receipts since 1858-1859 ... 44
Receipts for year 1939 45
Toll rates 45
Travel on South Ferry 45
(Sumner Tunnel.)
(Page 27.)
Page
Comparison of receipts, ex-
penditures, etc., 1934-
1939, inclusive 47
Financial statement 46
General review 27
Summary of work done dur-
ing year
Vehicles using tunnel, classi-
fication of
Page
27
48
Appendix B.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
HIGHWAY DIVISION.
(Paving Service.)
(Page 49.)
Page
Financial statement 49
General review 49
Objects of expenditures 56
Permits issued 57
Page
Permits, revenue from fees
for 57
Summary of work done dur-
ing year 53
(Lighting Service.)
(Page 51.)
Financial statement.
Page
51
Summary of installations,
etc., during year
Page
51
Table of Contents.
Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
SANITARY DIVISION.
(Page 58.)
Page
Comparative costs per cubic
yard of collection and
disposal 64
Cost of collection and dis-
posal of refuse by con-
tract 62
Cost of collection and dis-
posal of refuse by day
labor force 63
Page
Expenditures for the collec-
tion and disposal of
ashes and garbage by
districts 61
Financial statement 58
General review 58
Street cleaning and oiling,
distribution of expendi-
tures 65
Street cleaning operations . . 65
Appendix D.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
SEWER DIVISION.
(Page 66.)
Page
Calf Pasture Pumping Sta-
tion, fuel record and
electric power 92
Calf Pasture Pumping Sta-
tion, sewerage pumped
at 91
Catch-basins, number of . . . . 90
Financial statement 68
General review 66
Maintenance expenditures . . 69
P. W. A. construction 87
Page
Refuse removed from filth
hoist 93
Sewerage works expendi-
tures 71
Sewerage works construc-
tion 73
Sewerage works construc-
tion, summary of 88
Sewers, net increase in length, 89
Sewers, total length of 89
Sewers, five year summary. . 90
VI
Table of Contents.
Appendix E.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
WATER DIVISION.
(Page 94.)
Page
Financial statement 98
General review 94
High pressure fire service,
length of water pipes,
number of hydrants,
etc 100
Hydrants, niunber of in sj's-
tem 101
Main pipe, abandoned, cost
of 103
Main pipe cost of relocation, 104
Main pipe, cost of replace-
ment 105
Main pipe, cost of extension, 110
Meters, statement of work
done 114
Page
Meters in service 115
Meters in shop, purchased
and reset 116
Meters changed 117
Meters cause for changes. .. 119
Meters applied and discon-
tinued 120
Meters repaired 121
Shutting off and turning on
water 112
Water pipes, length of 99
Water rates, amounts
assessed, abated, col-
lected, etc., 1912-1939,
inclusive 113
Waterworks statistics 102
Appendix F.
REPORT OF BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE
BRIDGE COIMMISSION.
(Page 122.)
Financial statement.
Page I
123 General review
Page
122
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