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[Document 24 — 1940.]
ANNUAL REPORT
OP THE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939.
Boston, January 2, 1940.
Hon. Maurice J. Tobin,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. Mayor, — In compliance with the pro-
visions of section 24 of chapter 3 of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1925, I respectfully submit the annual report
of the Public Works Department for the year ending
December 31, 1939.
Organization.
The department, in existence since February 1, 1911,
was created under the provisions of chapter 9 of the
Ordinances of 1910. There are five divisions, namely,
Bridge and Ferry, Highway, Sanitary, Sewer and
Water, each under the direct supervision of a division
engineer.
Receipts and Expenditures.
The increase in receipts and the reduction in expendi-
tures were a source of encouragement and gratification;
the department having had one of its most successful
years in those respects.
The receipts from all sources, except those derived
from the Sumner Tunnel tolls and from the Water
2 City Document No. 24.
Service, were $164,567.84, or $28,159.89 in excess of
those of the previous year. The revenue derived
from the issuance of street permits was $16,959.24,
which was $7,509.96 in excess of the previous year
and approximately $3,500 more than the amount that
it was estimated would accrue to the department
due to the adoption of a new schedule of charges recom.-
mended by the committee appointed by your Honor in
1938, and referred to on page 9 of my annual report of
that year.
The revenue derived from the operation of the Sumner
Tunnel was $898,356.82, or $61,977.25 in excess of the
receipts of the previous year and, with the exception
of the year 1935 when the 25-cent base toll rate was
in effect, the largest amount of revenue received from
this source in any year since the opening of the tunnel.
Taking into consideration the $50,000 allocated from
the State Highway Fund under the provisions of chapter
71 of the Resolves of 1939, the deficit incurred from the
operation of the tunnel was $315,045.61, or $72,823.30
less than that of 1938. The marked financial improve-
ment in the operation of the tunnel can be attributed,
in no small degree, to the inexpensive advertising
campaign conducted throughout the year and the
placing of directional arrows on many of the important
routes leading to the tunnel.
The total collections in the Water Division amounted
to $5,167,428.29, or $12,376.90 in excess of the collec-
tions of 1938. This is a remarkable record when one
considers that in 1938 the receipts were $479,100.26
in excess of those collected in 1937. The surplus
amounted to $757,182.55, which compares most favor-
ably with the 1938 surplus of $654,998.45. Prior to
the start of the present city administration a deficit
had occurred in the Water Division every year for seven
years.
The deficit resulting from the operation of the East
Boston Ferry System amounted to $200,178.17, or
$18,974.59 less than the deficit of the previous year.
While deficits ordinarily are not items to single out for
special attention, I feel that in this particular instance
an exception should be made to the general rule. Over
the past decade the Ferry deficit has averaged over
$331,000 per year, reaching a high of $471,970.28 in
1931. The lowest deficit from 1930 to 1937, inclusive,
was $282,139.93 in 1934. In 1938, however, the first
Public Works Department. 3
year of the present administration, the deficit was
reduced to $219,152.76, and further reduced in 1939,
as stated above, to the amount indicated.
The total department revenue from all sources
amounted to $6,280,352.95, or $152,514.04 in excess of
that of the previous year.
The total budgetary expenditures for the year were
$7,012,497.09, or less than the expenditures for the
previous year by $38,459.47, despite the fact that the
previous year's expenditures were the lowest of any
year, except one, since the year 1919. At the end of the
year a balance of $216,764.30 remained of the budgetary
appropriation.
Personnel.
As of December 31, there were 2,309 employees in the
department. This represents a reduction of 241 in the
number of emploj^ees since the start of the present
administration on January 2, 1938; this, without cur-
tailing the service rendered to the public or without
eliminating or decreasing in any way the various types
of improvements of a public works nature that are
under the control of the department.
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 negotiating
with the Civil Service Commission in matters affect-
ing the personnel of the department; and the investiga-
tion of accidents to workmen, laborers and mechanics
employed in the city service who come under the
provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act.
As of December 31, eleven employees were on the
pay roll of the Central Office.
Bridge and Ferry Division.
This division has charge and care of all bridges used
as highways, which 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.
Appended is a complete report submitted by Division
4 City Document No. 24.
Engineer Thomas H. Sexton. Briefly, the following
are the more important improvements effected :
The installation, under a W. P. A. project, of
high curbs to prevent vehicles from plunging over-
board, on the Dorchester Avenue Bridge, Chelsea
North and South Bridges, and the Chelsea Viaduct.
Since the installation of high curbs on the various
bridges that are under the jurisdiction of the depart-
ment no fatalities have occurred. Prior to the start
of the work, however, several fatalities had occurred
over a two-year period. The placing of the high
curbs on bridges will continue until such time as all
the bridges are protected in this manner.
A W. P. A. project was started in November which
provides for redecking and strengthening the struc-
tural members of the Dorchester Avenue Bridge.
P. W. A. Docket 1584-F, which provided for the
reconstruction of the Boylston Street Bridge and the
construction of new bridges at Albany Street and
Berkeley Street over the Boston and Albany Railroad
right of way, was completed.
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.
Appended is a detailed report submitted by Division
Engineer William T. Morrissey. Briefly, the following
are the more important accomplishments:
The construction and reconstruction, under W. P. A.
projects, of 676,678 square yards of roadway areas.
This constitutes the biggest street construction pro-
gram effected by the department in recent years.
The reconstruction, without hampering normal
business activities, of many streets in the downtown
district, notably Washington street, from State street
to Essex street. This work was done only on week
ends, in order to inconvenience, to as little an extent
as possible, the residents and business men of the city.
The policy adopted the previous year as a justified
economy measure, of reducing the 1,500 candle power
street lights to 1,000 candle power was continued
with a yearly saving, in addition to that of 1938, of
approximately $18,000.
Public Works Department. 5
Under the provisions of chapter 232 of the Acts of
1939 the sum of $2,064,729.87 was allocated to the
City of Boston from the Highway Fund of the Com-
monwealth.
Sanitary Division.
This division has charge of the collection and removal
of ashes, garbage and refuse, street cleaning, and the
oiling and flushing of streets.
Appended is a detailed report submitted by Division
Engineer Adolph J. Post. The more important accom-
plishments, in brief, are as follows:
The removal and disposal, for the first time in the
history of the department, of garbage and refuse
under the contract system in the Chariest own district.
The service rendered by the contractor has been most
satisfactory and, as pointed out in the 1938 report,
the change from day labor to contract work in that
district resulted in a substantial saving to the city.
Bids were received in November for the continuation
of the contract service in this district. The lowest
bid which was submitted and accepted amounted
to a yearly charge to the department of $17,988.
The advertising of a contract for removal and dis-
posal of garbage and refuse under the contract system
from the Elm Hill section of Roxburj^ This work
was formerly done by day labor forces at considerably
more than the yearly contract price of $15,600 sub-
mitted by the low bidder. The advertising for bids
to have the garbage and refuse removed from the
Elm Hill district under contract is but a continuation
of the poHcy adopted by the present city administra-
tion whereby the contract system will eventually
supersede the more expensive day labor system in
all sections of the city. This is a justified economy
that does not, in any way, curtail a most vital and
necessary service to which the taxpayer is entitled.
The purchase of two new Elgin 20 mechanical
street sweepers and one used sweeper. No mechani-
cal sweepers had been purchased by the department
for a period of nine years, with the result that the
streets of the city could not be kept in a clean condi-
tion. The addition of these three sweepers improved,
materially, the street cleaning equipment of the
department, with the result that a marked improve-
ment in the cleanliness of the streets of the city is
6 City Document No. 24.
noted. It is my intention to purchase a sufficient
number of mechanical sweepers each year to make
certain that the department is adequately equipped
in this respect, as it is my opinion that the only way
to keep the streets of the city clean is by the use of
modern mechanical street sweepers.
Sewer Division.
This division has charge of the construction and
maintenance of sewers, catch-basins and waterways.
Appended is a complete report submitted by Division
Engineer Robert P. Shea. Briefly, the more important
accomplishments are as follows:
The construction of 44,142.78 feet of sanitary sewer
and surface drain, most of the work being done with
the assistance of the W. P. A.
The completion of the project which provided for
the construction of a concrete conduit to replace the
open section of Stony Brook that extended from
Mt. Hope street to Stella road, West Roxbury, a
distance of 610 feet.
Water Division.
The Water Division has the care of water pipes,
installation of meters, water service, laying and relaying
of water mains and high pressure fire service and the
billing of all accounts for water consumption.
Appended is a detailed report submitted by Division
Engineer Daniel M. Sullivan. A brief report of the
accomplishments of that division follows:
The laying of 21,000 feet of pipe varying in sizes
from 6 inches to 48 inches, most of which was done
by the W. P. A. under projects sponsored by the
Water Division.
The laying of approximately 5,700 feet of 48-inch
steel pipe in Huntington avenue and Tremont street,
Roxbury, to replace the existing 30 and 36 inch low-
service mains. This project started in the late fall of
1938 and the progress made in 1939 was very satis-
factory. The entire project, which provides for the
laying of 15,000 feet of pipe, as a W. P. A. project,
should be completed some time in 1940.
Public Works Department.
Boston and Cambridge Bridge Commission.
This division is not, strictly speaking, a division of
the Public 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 provisions of
section 4 of chapter 27 of the Revised Ordinances of
1925. One half of the expense of the commission is
defrayed by the Bridge Service and because of this
it is included in the report of the Public 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 1939
were $4,837.57, which include the cost of salaries,
inspection, light, repairs, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Appropriations and Expenditures.
Current Expenses.
Division or Service.
Total Credits.
Expenditures.
Unexpended
Balance.
Central Office
Bridge Service. . . .
Ferry Service
Tunnel Service. . .
Highway Division
Lighting Service. .
Sanitary Division.
Sewer Division . . .
Water Division . . .
Totals
$33,605 64
430,093 67
228,996 75
227,035 06
1,549,404 45
937,330 00
2,064,075 36
602,563 19
1,156,157 27
$7,229,261 39
$33,603 07
420,898 43
225,306 81
221,276 68
1,518,665 93
936,681 27
2,036,621 04
567,939 04
1,051,504 82
$7,012,497 09
$2 57
9,195 24
3,689 94
5,758 38
30,738 52
648 73
27,454 32
34,624 15
104,652 45
$216,764 30
City Document No. 24.
Expenditures From Special Appropriations, Etc.
Water Division:
Metropolitan Assessment, interest, on
serial loans, Collecting Department
expense, etc $3,358,740 92
Bridges, repairs, etc. .... 23,243 67
Ferry improvements .... 966 00
Sewerage works, revenue .... 10 68
Snow removal 451,013 68
Bridges, reconstruction and repair of
(P. W. A.) 208,186 74
Chelsea North Bridge, water pipe trestle,
reconstruction of (P. W. A.) . . 2,000 00
Chelsea Street and Eastern Avenue
Bridge (P. W. A.) .... 16,020 55
Construction, reconstruction and re-
placement of sewers and covering
of open water courses (P. W. A.) . 27,055 10
Northern Avenue Bridge, reconstruction
and repair (P .W. A.) . . . 6,198 41
Reconstruction of streets, revenue . . 36,591 63
Reconstruction of streets, nonrevenue . 343 79
Replacement of Brookline avenue
water main from Brookline line to
Beacon street (P. W. A.) . . 13,000 00
Sewerage works, nonrevenue . . . 357,472 70
Water main construction (P. W. A.) . 26,000 00
Highways, making of ... . 1,164 37
Total $4,528,008 24
Revenue.
On Account of the Public Works Department.
Central Office:
Sale of plans, etc.
Bridge Service:
$711 72
Summer Street Bridge .
$800 00
Chelsea South Bridge .
117 08
Clerical services ....
250 00
Albany Street Bridge .
79 58
Charlestown Bridge
140 50
Damage to property
39 50
Dorchester Avenue Bridge .
7 00
Charlestown Bridge:
Rents
1,200 00
2,633 66
Ferry Service:
Tolls
. $24,748 43
Rent
219 00
Commission on telephones .
33 21
Cleaning telephone booths .
48 00
Concession
80 00
25,128 64
Lighting Service :
Damage to posts ....
150 00
Carried forward ....
$28,624 02
Public Works Department.
Brought forward
Paving Service:
From assessments on abutters for cost of
laying sidewalks in front of their prem-
ises, including material for the same.
Unapportioned
Assessments added to taxes
Assessments paid in advance
Permits
Sale of materials, etc. .
Repairing signs, etc.
Labor and materials furnished, etc
Refunds
$28,624 02
Sanitary Service:
Collection of commercial waste
Sale of manure
Sale of garbage, etc.
Sale of junk, etc. .
$87
18
9,137
50
165
47
17,034 58
2,941
56
16
43
342
45
222
87
$17,462
17
960
89
90 73
1,241
19
Sewer Service:
Disposal of sewage $41,674 00
Entrance fees 772 30
Labor and materials furnished . . . 878 25
Penalty on oil 88 37
Junk 442 20
Sewerage Works:
Assessment under chapter 450, Acts of
1899
Miscellaneous
Added to taxes:
Paid in advance
L^napportioned
Rent
Services of inspector ....
Water Service:
Water rates due:
For the year 1939 and prior
Water added to taxes .
Tax titles ....
Service pipes for new water takers
tending, repairing, etc.
Elevator and fii-e pipe connections
Fees on overdue rates
Relocating hydrants
Sale of junk, etc. .
Labor and materials
Damage to property
Testing meters
Weighing fees, etc.
Miscellaneous
Sumner Traffic Tunnel:
Tolls, etc.
State
$898,356 82
50,000 00
29,948 04
19,754 98
43,855 12
$34,244 34
3,117 97
3,062 49
1,574 31
260 00
126 57
42,385 68
682,819 30
415,168 79
120 58
26,973 88
4.552 29
25,004 99
1,119 65
8,058 61
535 73
1,527 74
516 00
430 75
600 00
Total
5,167,428 29
$948,356 82
$6,280,3.52 95
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City Document No. 24.
The records of they department show that there are
now 2,309 persons eligible for employment in the several
div -sions, and of that number 2,272 were upon the
Jaiiidary, 1940, pay rolls.
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32
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163
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1
1
27
1
11
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2
6
2
7
8
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107
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1
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6
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3
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2
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118
119
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19
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2
21
Gatemen-tollmen-guards
37
49
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33
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149
1
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2
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4
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4
18
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3
29
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1
201
Blacksmiths-horseshoers
22
Carpenters-joiners
12
4
39
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2
4
1
2
5
2
2
10
22
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6
36
8
18
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1
15
37
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3
2
18
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2
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22
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1
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3
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5
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184
1
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6
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36
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84
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222
3
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297
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4
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5
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75
725
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3
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5
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1
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24
2
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9
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493
304
416
302
202
79
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105
317
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1
2
3
2
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2
34
70
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287
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485
412
300
294
314
2,371
2,272
Total Eligible Force.
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78
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297
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105
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416
304
302
317
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2,309
PART II.
APPENDICES,
(13)
14 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX A.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE BRIDGE AND FERRY DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1940.
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,
1939. The appropriations and expenditures of the
division were as follows:
Bridge Service.
Regular appropriation $428,093 67
Transfers to 2,000 00
$430,093 67
Expenditures 420,898 43
Balance $9,195 24
Bridges, Repairs, Etc.
Balance from 1938 $31,98163
1939 appropriation 23,500 00
$55,481 63
Expenditures 23,243 67
Balance $32,237 96
Bridges, Reconstruction and Repair of, P. W. A.
Expenditures $208,186 74
Balance $22,563 26
Public Works Department. 15
Ferry Service.
Balance from 1939
$105 07
Regular appropriation
Transferred to
228,026 68
865 00
Expenditures
$228,996 75
225,306 81
Balance
$3,689 94
Ferry Imvrovements.
Balance from 1938
Expenditures
$8,374 58
966 00
Balance
$7,408 58
Sumner Traffic Tunnel.
Regular appropriation
Transferred to
. $223,300 06
3,735 00
Expenditures
$227,035 06
221,276 68
Balance
$5,758 38
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 1939.
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.
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 15-minute schedule, and
16 City Document No. 24.
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.
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 reasons for this project were given in the 1938
report. The work was supposed to be finished in
1939, but as the compiling of this history involves
considerable time and work, the project was extended
under a new number (18869). The work should be
completed about June 21, 1940.
Project 17 J^86.
Chipping, cleaning and painting steel work on South
Ferry landings (drops and gallows frames), including
wood fences on drops; two locations, one in Boston on
Atlantic avenue and one in East Boston; two slips in
each location. The work was completed in 1939.
Project 16744-
This project was for demolishing buildings, shelters,
obsolete wooden drops, machinery houses and obsolete
machinery at North Ferry slips, East Boston and
Boston, and an explanation of same was given in the
1938 report. The work was 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, a 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, was appointed by the Mayor to
study all bridges in the city and make such recom-
mendations as would tend to eliminate the hazards
existing on bridges. Mr. Thomas H. Sexton was
elected chairman of this committee.
Safety curbs were installed on Dover Street Bridge
in 1938. Work was started on Dorchester Avenue
Public Works Department. 17
Bridge in 1938 and was finished this year. Safety
curbs were also installed this year on Chelsea South
Bridge, Chelsea North Bridge, Chelsea Viaduct. Work
of placing safety curbs was started this year on Prison
Point Bridge and Warren Bridge and will be completed
in 1940. It is the intention of the committee to install
safety curbs at all other bridges, where needed, to
eliminate the hazards which may exist thereon. The
city's share of this work is paid from Item H, Highway
Division.
Project 20603.
Dorchester Avenue Bridge Over Fort Point Channel,
Paving District No. 8, Boston.
Repairing and Redecking (Two Draw Spans).
This project was approved in 1939, and is for the
removal of all present timber of roadway, except that
part maintained by the Boston Elevated Railway
replacing angle-iron seats, scaling and painting steel
work and replacing deck with new lumber (except that
part maintained by the Boston Elevated Railway).
Work started on the upstream draw in October.
As the wood of the deck system was removed, it
became apparent that extensive repairs to the steel
members were necessary if the draw was to continue
in service. Not only were some steel members so
reduced in section, due to corrosion, that stresses in
them were seriously in excess of stresses permitted in
new steel, but in some instances there were holes in
webs of girders and in other sections of flange plates
were non-existent. The work will be completed in
1940.
Proposed Project.
In October, 1939, a project was submitted to the
W. P. A. for work at the South Ferry drops, head house
and meter room, Boston and East Boston sides; repair-
ing fire damage, painting and repairing, rebuilding drop
suspension ancl floor system. It is expected that
approval of this project will be given and that work
will be started early in 1940.
Federal Emergency Administration of Public
Works.
Docket 1584-F.
In 1938 the city was given a grant by the Government,
not to exceed $119,250, for bridge alterations as follows:
18 City Document No. 24.
Altering and strengthening Boylston Street Bridge;
rebuilding Berkeley Street Bridge and rebuilding Albany
Street Bridge, at a total estimated cost of $265,000.
Work was immediately started on plan and specifica-
tions and on December 20, 1938, a contract was approved
by the Mayor with the Interstate Construction Com-
pany, Inc., for '^ Altering and Strengthening the Boylston
Street Bridge, over the Boston & Albany Railroad."
The work was completed July 20, 1939, at a cost of
$73,764.87.
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." The work was completed January 3, 1939,
at a cost of $398.88.
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 work was completed January
12, 1939, at a cost of $880.
On February 7, 1939, the Mayor approved a con-
tract with the Raymond Concrete Pile Company for
"Making Wash Borings at the Albany Street and
Berkeley Street Bridges, over the Boston & Albany
Railroad." The work was completed February 21,
1939, at a cost of $364.47.
On February 14, 1939, the Mayor approved a con-
tract with Bernard F. Hanrahan for "Digging a Test
Pit at the Berkeley Street Bridge, over the Boston &
Albany Railroad." The work was completed February
17, 1939, at a cost of $575.
On April 11, 1939, the Mayor approved a contract
with the Planet Contracting Company for "Repairing
Abutments and Wing Walls of the Albany Street
Bridge, over the Boston & Albany Railroad." The
work was completed May 8, 1939, at a cost of $714.38.
On April 5, 1939, the Mayor approved a contract
with Coleman Brothers Corporation for "Rebuilding
the Berkeley Street Bridge, over the Boston & Albany
Railroad." The work was completed November 29,
1939, at a cost of $61,289.42.
On May 20, 1939, the Mayor approved a contract
with V. J. Grande Company for "Rebuilding the Albany
Street Bridge, over the Boston & Albany Railroad."
The work was completed November 28, 1939, at a
cost of $74,734.77.
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Test pits were made by Martin J. Kelley on Albany
Street Bridge, over the Boston & Albany Railroad.
The cost amounted to $833.71 and was paid on bills.
The most important works undertaken during the
past year in the Bridge and Ferry Division were the
rebuilding of Albany Street Bridge; the rebuilding of
Berkeley Street Bridge; altering and strengthening the
Boylston Street Bridge; strengthening the draw founda-
tion of Meridian Street Bridge; repairing the draw
span of Summer Street Bridge, over Fort Point Channel ;
repairing hull, etc., of ferryboats ''Charles C. Donoghue"
and "Ralph J. Palumbo," and repairing machinery,
etc., of ferryboat ''Ralph J, Palumbo"; constructing
and maintaining signs, Sumner Traffic Tunnel; repairs
to fenders and slips, Fort Hill Disposal Station.
Bridge Service.
Albany Street Bridge Over Boston & Albany Railroad
Freight Tracks.
The old Albany Street Bridge over the Boston &
Albany Railroad freight tracks built in 1887 was a
wrought-iron through truss structure with wooden deck
and sidewalks outside of the two trusses. Due to
corrosion of the iron of the main members which were
exposed to the flue gases of the locomotives and also
to the increased weight of the vehicles used in trans-
portation, it was decided to reduce the loads on the
trusses and floor beams by removing the sidewalks
from the outside and relocating them on the inside of
the trusses, thereby reducing the width of the roadway
from 27 feet between curbs to 18| feet. At the same
time this bridge was posted, prohibiting the crossing
of any vehicle whose gross weight, including load,
exceeded 8 tons.
In the interest of safety the Mayor approved a con-
tract on May 20, 1939, for removing the old structure
and building a new bridge of adequate strength for
existing and probable future loadings. Work on this
project started on June 7, 1939, and was completed on
November 24, 1939, at a cost of $73,688.90.
The new bridge is a conventional through truss type,
carrying a roadway 34 feet and 5 inches between curbs
and with two 5-foot granolithic sidewalks located
outside of the trusses. The floor system consists of
steel floor beams, 3 feet apart, which support a rein-
20 City Document No. 24.
forced concrete deck slab on which is laid a hot asphalt
concrete wearing surface on the roadway; all steel
striictiirals below the deck are encased in concrete
for protection, and over the railroad tracks wrought-
iron plate blast guards are secured to the underside
of the bridge deck to protect the concrete.
While the old abutments were built over fifty years
ago, they are still sound and show no failure or settle-
ment ; for this reason when the new bridge was erected
the only work done on the abutments was a repointing
of the masonry joints and the addition of concrete lifts
at the bridge seats to take the new landings.
One of the most difficult problems facing the city in
connection with the maintenance of the older truss
bridges over railroad tracks results from corrosion of
the bottom chords which, in some cases, are below the
bridge floor, and are therefore, exposed to the corrosive
action of the flue gases of the locomotives. With this
condition in mind the bottom chords of the trusses of
the new bridge are well above the deck where they may
be protected and maintained at a minimum cost and
only the floor beams and the lower parts of the hangers
project below the bridge deck. In this way the most
expensive repairs possible to the whole bridge in the
future will be limited to renewals of floor beams and
hangers.
Berkeley Street Bridge Over Boston & Albany Railroad.
The original bridge built in 1891, was a partial through
girder bridge, with, a span of 125 feet between abut-
ments and a width of SO feet, the deck of which was
carried on floor beams which in turn w^as framed into
girders ; two of these were in the middle of the roadway
with a space between which was utilized as a pipe
crossing for water and gas mains. The steel floor
beams and wooden stringers carrying the wooden deck
as originally designed were overstressed by present
loadings even without considering deterioration due to
age and the action of flue gases.
After serious consideration of all conditions existing
at the bridge it was evident that a new structure was
necessary. On April 5, 1939, the Mayor approved a
contract for this project and on November 29, 1939,
the whole of the contract work was completed, at a cost
of S55, 160.48.
Since the northerly abutment, which was a masonry
Public Works Department. 21
structure, showed signs of failure, a new concrete abut-
ment was designed and built on piles; the original piles
were found in good condition, so that the only addi-
tional new piles driven were placed to give the required
bearing value necessary for the new abutment and
loadings.
The southerly end of the bridge is supported on a
pier between the New York, New Haven & Hartford
tracks and those of the Boston & Albany Railroad;
this pier also supports the northerly end of the bridge
over the New Haven tracks. Due to a slight change of
grade the seats for the new floor beams required a
concrete lift on the top of the pier as built.
The new bridge is a deck structure with the roadway
and sidewalks supported directly on floor beams span-
ning from the southerly bridge seat on the pier to the
new northerly abutment. The deck of the bridge is
of reinforced concrete with a hot asphalt concrete
pavement on the roadway and granolithic sidewalks.
All floor beams are encased in concrete for protection
and wrought-iron blast guards are secured to the under-
side of the deck to protect the concrete from the blast
of locomotives passing below. Incidental to the build-
ing of the new bridge all services crossing the bridge
were abandoned on the structure with the exception of
a gas main w^hich was installed between two of the
floor beams located at about the center of the roadway;
the electric service and signal service cables were drawn
in ducts which were laid under the railroad tracks on
the easterly side of the bridge.
All work under this contract was conducted and
completed without interruption to the train service of
the railroad.
Boylston Street Bridge.
The Boylston Street Bridge is a partial through truss
type with a span of 216 feet, a wudth 80 feet between
street lines and is built on a sharp skew of 71 degrees.
While the cause of the difficulty of maintaining a safe
and satisfactory wearing surface on the roadway of this
bridge has been appreciated since 1927, when tlie
Boston Elevated Railway abandoned its street
car tracks, it was not until December 20, 1938,
that action was taken to obviate the trouble. On that
date the Mayor approved a contract with the Inter-
state Construction Company to make extensive repairs
22 City Document No. 24.
to the deck system, lay a complete new deck and side-
walk system, remodel the main trusses and paint the
structural steel.
After the removal of the wooden deck and wooden
stringers, the condition of the steel floor beams, bracing
and hangers was found worse than anticipated due to
the action of the flue gases from the locomotives passing
below. In order to make satisfactory repairs to these
members, 39 tons of new steel plates were installed,
4,600 field rivets driven, 6,800 linear feet of fillet welds
made, 5,400 plug welds and 2,600 tons of wrought-
iron blast guards installed. On the completion of steel
repairs, the floor beams were covered with a coating
of gunite, similar to the original treatment of the
beams, in order to retard corrosion action of flue gases
to a minimum.
Since the remodeling of this bridge in 1908, where
provision was made to carry street cars, this structure
was probably unique in that there were really two
distinct and separate bridges carried on the abutments.
This end was accomplished by building inside of each
of the double-pony trusses of the original bridge, a
simple-pony truss which carried the additional floor
beams necessary to take the loads of the street cars,
included with the direct street-car loadings was the
deck areas between the rails and the ''dummy" between
the tracks. By keeping the stringers carrying the
street cars and the deck areas between free from the
original floor beams of the so-called highway bridge,
and making open joints in the wooden deck and wear-
ing surface of the roadway running the length of the
bridge and located just outside of each of the outer
rails of the street car tracks, each of the two bridges
had free and independent deflection due to its own
loading. After the removal of the street car rails in
1927, due to the free deflection of each of the structures,
it was impossible to maintain a satisfactory deck and
wearing surface on the roadway at a reasonable cost.
In order to eliminate this condition it was necessary
to connect the highway and the street-car bridge trusses
in such manner that they would act together and not
independently. After a consideration of the stresses
in the various members of the bridge resulting from
such a change, it was decided that the desired results
would be attained by welding short struts or fillers
between bottom chords of the street-car trusses and
transoms in the highway trusses.
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The expansion ends of the trusses were originally
on nests of rollers so located that, due to exposure,
they soon rusted and ceased to operate as rollers; this
caused unnecessary stresses in the bottom chords of the
trusses. To assure satisfactory provision for tempera-
ture changes, expansion joints made up of self-lubricat-
ing bronze plates shding on machined steel plates
were installed.
The new decking of the roadway was laid essentially
as the original, namely, a 4-inch tongued and grooved
plank secured to wooden stringers. The new wearing
surface, however, was a hot asphalt concrete at least two
inches thick.
On account of a requirement that all work called for
under the contract must be accomplished without inter-
fering with train service of the railroad, much of the
difficult work on the main members was done nights,
between midnight and dawn. All work called for was
completed on July 20, 1939, at a cost of $73,764.87.
In closing it might be stated that from observation to
date all changes have produced satisfactory results.
Meridian Street Bridge.
The draw foundation of this bridge consists of a
concrete block about twenty-seven by thirty-one feet
by six feet thick, heavily reinforced by beams and rods,
supported on wooden piles. Due to the depth of the
Chelsea creek at this point about thirty feet of the
upper part of these piles are unsupported, with the
result that there is but little lateral stiffness in the
structure.
In April, one of the larger oil tankers in passing,
bore against the center pier and pushed it in a northerly
direction so far that emergency repairs were required
to get the draw in condition to operate temporarily,
until more permanent repairs could be accomplished.
On May 29, 1939, the Mayor approved a contract
to stiffen the draw foundation by driving a series of
new piles on the northerly side and by bracing and
blocking against the existing foundation, giving added
lateral stiffness.
In order to reduce to a minimum the interference to
vehicular traffic, all piles were driven in one night,
between one and five o'clock in the morning. The
work of securing, bracing and blocking was completed
shortly after.
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24 City Document No. 24.
All work under this contract was completed on June
30, 1939, at a cost of $1,943.
Summer Street Bridge Over Fort Point Channel.
On December 30, 1939, the Mayor approved a con-
tract with A. Orlando, Inc., to make extensive repairs
to the draw foundations and to lay new decks on the
draw leaves. The work will be completed about June
15, 1940.
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 W. H. Ellis & Son Co.,
which was approved by the Mayor on June 14, 1939,
for repairs to fenders and slips of this station.
This work is of a routine nature, since the constant
passage of dump scows wear away and break the
ribbons in the slips and the pile fenders at the channel
face.
Under this contract about 1,300 linear feet of piles
were driven, and the total cost was $2,712.28. Work
was completed on August 3, 1939.
Day Labor Force.
The day labor force patched and replaced deck sheath-
ing, headers and sidewalk planking on various bridges;
repaired platforms, refastened treads; cleaned and
painted drawhouses and shelter houses; made repairs to
drawhouses and controller houses; added to and de-
ducted 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 following bridges:
Albany Street, Broadway, Broadway Extension, Blue
Hill Avenue, Boston Street, Bennington Street, Byron
Street, Blakemore Street, Cambridge Street, Charles-
town, Congress Street, Chelsea Viaduct, Chelsea North,
Chelsea South, Cummins Highway, Central Avenue,
Dorchester Avenue, Dover Street, Dorchester Avenue
(over railroad), Dana Avenue, Everett Street, Fair-
mount Avenue, Harvard Street, Hyde Park Avenue,
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L Street, Maiden, Meridian Street, Milton Lower IVIills,
Mystic Avenue, Northern Avenue, New Allen Street,
Norfolk Street, Perkins Street, Summer Street, South-
hampton Street, Sprague Street, West Fourth Street,
Winthrop, Wordsworth Street, etc. Also repaired wood
block paving, patched headers, fences, steps, platforms,
etc., at Broadway Bridge, Braddock Park Footbridge,
Blakemore Street Bridge, Chelsea South Bridge, Charles-
town Bridge, Chelsea Street Bridge, Dover Street
Bridge, Gove Street Bridge, Jones Avenue Footbridge,
Maiden Bridge, Aleridian Street Bridge, Perkins Street
Footbridge, ToUgate Way Footbridge, Webster Street
Footbridge, refastened treads at various bridges, painted
drawhouses (inside and out), repaired and rebuilt gates
at various bridges, repaired floats, built and repaired
sand boxes, rebuilt coal bins at various bridges, repaired
boats, patched decking under granite block paving at
various bridges; built new gate at Warren Bridge,
adjusted counterbalance at Congress Street Bridge, set
glass at various drawhouses, built tw^o gates at yard,
painted lockers at various drawbridges, built new gates
at Warren Bridge, made repairs to piers at various
bridges, repaired gear house and adjusted counter-
balance at Granite Avenue Bridge, painted Ipswich
Street Bridge, built and painted new gate at L Street
Bridge, placed new high curb timber at Maiden Bridge;
made miscellaneous small repairs at various bridges.
Another duty of this division during the winter
months was the supervising and inspecting of snow
loading and removal from areas 2 and 7, in common
with other divisions of the department. This work
was done under contract.
The maintenance force, together with welfare men,
cleaned the bridge sidewalks and steps in the intown
areas, of snow and other refuse during the entire year.
Electrical and machinery maintenance was taken care
of by the electricians and machinists.
Miscellaneous.
In the course of the year part of the activities of the
office force were taken up in w^ork for other divisions and
departments of the city. While these efforts, spread
over the entire period, did not require a considerable
amount of time, the nature of the work was of an
advisory and investigating nature.
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City Document No. 24.
Ferry Service.
The following ferryboats are in commission:
Name.
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 ^^ Charles C. Donoghue."
On May 9, 1939, the Mayor approved a contract with
the Quincy Dry Dock and Yacht Corporation to make
certain repairs to the hull and machinery of this boat,
all incidental to the annual United States Steamboat
Inspection Rules and Regulations.
At this time such other work as painting and repairs
to the hull, main engines, boilers and auxiliaries was
done to reasonably assure keeping the boat in service
for the following year. Included in the work, other
than normal repairs to the hull seams, rivets and ap-
pendages, was the rebabbitting of four crank pin and six
main bearing boxes, the truing up of four main piston
rods and four main valve stems and the relaying of two
hundred and seventy-six square feet of asbestolith
flooring.
Work was completed on this contract on June 26,
1939, at a cost of $9,782.20.
Ferryboat "Ralph J. Palumbo."
Due to lack of a sufficient number of shipyards with
facilities for taking ferryboats out of water for hull re-
pairs, it was decided when the papers of the ''Ralph J.
Palumbo" expired, that the annual repairs to the boat
would be accomplished under two contracts; one
embracing all work to the vessel which would necessitate
taking the ship out of water and another contract,
which might attract more competitive proposals, for
doing all other work on the hull, superstructure and
machinery.
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On September 23, 1939, the Mayor approved a con-
tract with the Quincy Dry Dock and Yacht Corpora-
tion for repairing the hull system, etc., of the ship.
Work under this contract was completed on October 14,
1939, at a cost of $3,506.80.
On November 7, 1939, the Mayor approved a contract
with the Quincy Dry Dock and Yacht Corporation, for
repairing the machinery, etc., of the ship. Included in
the machine work was the rebabbitting of six main
bearings and four main crank pin boxes and the truing
up of four main piston rods and six main valve stems.
Work under this contract was completed on December
5, 1939, at a cost of $2,745.
Department Force.
During the year machinists, carpenters, painters,
riggers and electricians, who are included in the per-
sonnel 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 ma-
chinery, ferry bridge roadways and head house repairs
in general.
Sumner Tunnel.
Summary of Work During 1939.
1. Tollmen-Guards. — On November 1, 1939, a six-
day working week WTnt into effect for the Tollmen-
Guards. Previous to this time all Tollmen-Guards
worked a seven-day week. This change in working
hours meant the additional employment of three men.
2. Oil Trucks.— Oil trucks carrying fuel oil were
allowed the use of the tunnel on and after November 15,
1939. This action was brought about after several
meetings at the office of the Commissioner of Public
Works. Present at the meetings were the Commis-
sioner of PubHc Works, the Division Engineer of the
Bridge-Ferry-Tunnel Service, the Traffic Commissioner,
members of the Boston Fire Department, the City of
Boston Chemist, and the State Fire Marshal.
3. Toll Registering.^ Eight (8) treadles have been
overhauled and repaired during the past year. All
treadles in actual service are tested monthly for insula-
tion resistance, and also given a pressure test.
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City Document No. 24.
All Toll Registers and Key Boxes are under constant
supervision, and are maintained in good working
condition at all times.
4. Traffic Signals. — All traffic signal relays and con-
trol stations are regularly inspected and adjusted; and
repairs made to controls as needed. Several new
switch mechanisms have been installed at various
control stations. All broken glass and signal lenses
have been replaced.
5. Telephone System. — All broken handsets, induc-
tion coils and other repairs have been made as needed.
Main telephone switchboard relays have been adjusted
and tested.
6. Administration Building. — Fluorescent lighting
has been installed over the counter in the Cashier's Office.
Two Standard Air Conditioning Company ''Air Pilots"
have been installed in the Cashier's Office to increase
ventilation.
Additions have been made to the burglar alarm
system.
7. Tunnel — General. — All catch-basins, sumps, sewers
and pump rooms have been cleaned twice during the year.
Roadway repairs to paving were made as needed
about three times during the past year.
Tunnel walls and roadway and ceiling are washed
once each week.
The hand rail, fire extinguisher niches, and other
steel work in the Tunnel have been cleaned and given
a protective coating of paint.
8. Fires.- — During the year there were three fires in
the Tunnel to passenger cars. Two of these cars were
driven out by the owners, and one towed out. The
damage to all cars was very slight, with no injuries to
their operators.
9. Booth Red Signal. — In case of fire, accident, or a
serious wreck in the Tunnel, the guards on duty in the
Tunnel can operate this signal, which stops all traffic
from entering the Tunnel at the toll booths.
During the year, "Booth Red" was used six times;
once by mistake, once for test, once for a fire, and the
other three times for some accident in the Tunnel.
1935.
1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.
Booth-Red number of times used
Total minutes duration. .
38
331
17
107
20
87
13
77
6
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10. Garage Service. — During the year 1939, there
were 288 towing jobs.
I93S.
1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.
4.56
208
.357
341
288
11. Accidents. — During the year 1939, there were
nine traffic accidents in the Tunnel. In two of these
accidents, four persons received minor hospital treat-
ment. Damage to all cars was of a minor nature.
12. Vehicular Traffic. — During the year 1939, the
number of vehicles using the Tunnel totaled 5,936,007.
Traffic Summary.
1934.
1936.
Total for year. . .
Monthly average
Weekly average. .
Daily average. . .
Total for year. . .
Monthly average
Weekly average. .
Daily average
1,096,377
6,606,838
182,729
550,569
42,168
127,053
.5,926
18,101
5,216,742
434,728
100,322
14,292
1937.
1938.
5,350,929
5,.543,302
445,810
461,942
102,902
106,602
14,660
15,187
1939.
5,936,007
494,667
114,154
16,263
13. Carbon Monoxide Equipment and Recording. —
The carbon monoxide recording and cahbrating equip-
ment is regularly inspected, adjusted and calibrated,
and is working correctly.
14. Motor Generators and Batteries. — All four motor
generators are in good working condition. These
machines are regularly cleaned and painted, com-
mutators cleaned, and new brushes installed.
The power batteries are inspected and tested monthly
by the maintenance men. A representative of the
Philco Battery Company has notified this office that
these batteries are in very good condition.
15. Fire Protection. — All empty and discharged ex-
tinguishers have been refilled as needed. The yearly
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City Document No. 24.
inspection of all fire extinguishers used in the Tunnel and
buildings was made in June.
16. Exhaust Air Duct. — The cleaning and removal
of all dust and dirt from the exhaust air duct over the
Tunnel roadway was completed during the late fall
months.
17. Ventilating Fans and Motors. — All fans and
motors have been cleaned and painted. All damper
motors and operating mechanisms have been adjusted
and tested as needed. All fan controllers have been
painted, inspected and overhauled. Fan housings have
been cleaned and given a protective coating of paint.
Exhaust fan rooms have all been cleaned.
18. Fan Operatiofi. — In each ventilating building
there are seven blower and seven exhaust fans, a total
of twenty-eight. These fans are operated by a Lincoln
Motor, A. C, 460-Volt; 61-50 H. P.; 225/450 R. P. M.
A summary of fan hours is given for the past year :
1937.
1938.
1939.
Fan hours on low speed. .
Fan hours on high speed.
122,404
11,220
126,630
9,262
130,898
10,779
19. Power. — The electrical power for the Tunnel is
supplied by the Boston Edison Company at 13,800
volts through four lines; two of these lines supply the
Boston Ventilation Building, and two supply the East
Boston Ventilation Building. This power is used in
the operation of fans, heating, lighting, pumps and
elevators, etc.
Consumption of Power.
1935.
1936.
1937.
Total kilowatt hour.s ....
2,724,090
$36,631 39
6,606,838
2,698,852
$38,472 28
5,216,742
2 766,850
Cost of power
$38,607 68
Total traffic
5,350,929
1938.
1939.
Total kilowatt hours.
Cost of power
Total traffic
2,843,914
$39,921 23
5,543,302
2,965,340
$40,804 84
5,936,007
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20. Miscellaneous. — Repairs to broken letters, and
the replacing of transformers in the Neon signs were
made as needed.
Yearly inspection and adjustments were made by the
Colonial Beacon Oil Company to the oil burners located
in Boston and in East Boston.
A broken water service at the East Boston Ventilation
Building was replaced and repaired. This was caused
by a settHng of the ground in this area.
Several times during the past year all electrical man-
holes were pumped out and inspected, and were found
to be in a satisfactory condition.
Yours respectfully,
Thomas H. Sexton,
Division Engineer.
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City Document No. 24.
BRIDGE SERVICE.
Financial Statement 1939.
Expenditures from Maintenance Appropriations.
Boston bridges $416,060 86
Boston and Cambridge bridges . 4,837 57
$420,898 43
Total Expenditures.
From maintenance appropriations . $420,898 43
From special appropriation . . 231,430 41
$652,232 84
Administration :
Salaries :
Division engineer
$3,000 00
Engineers and draftsmen
41,787 48
Clerks
5,200 00
Blueprinters
2,300 00
Inspectors ....
2,967 93
Foreman ....
2,500 00
Veterans' pensions .
1,000 00
Holidays and vacations .
3,330 93
Injured employees
22 00
Printing, postage and st
a-
tionery ....
$899 66
Traveling expenses .
267 55
Telephone ....
3 50
Engineers' instruments, new ai
id
repaired ....
189 96
Typewriter inspection
16 50
Repair Ditto machine
3 00
Photographs
17 95
Supplies and miscellaneous
64 60
Yard and Stockroom :
Yard:
Clerk and watchmen
$7,632 41
Traveling expenses .
264 45
,108 34
1,462 72
,571 06
Carried forward
$7,896 86
Public Works Department.
33
Brought forward
Tools, new and repaired
Telephone .
Repairs in yard .
Supplies
Auto equipment
Stockroom :
Stock purchased
Stock used .
Increase in stock
$7,896 86
733 44
157 28
195 59
801 66
5,776 21
$14,268 65
13,388 32
$15,561 04
880 33
,441 37
Tidewater Bridges, 1939.
Drawtenders'
Salaries.
Mechanics'
Wages.
Material.
Repair
Bills.
Supplies.
Total.
Broadway
$16,209 59
24,458 35
19,990 76
19,409 57
19,679 83
18,532 94
16,517 20
15,723 44
17,924 17
18,091 47
18,018 67
19,647 23
18,461 29
17,304 40
$1,423 74
3,813 81
1,196 26
1,157 86
638 35
848 09
1,690 90
911 84
1,093 69
3,330 64
4,108 51
2,091 50
2,196 02
1,718 89
$583 95
1,165 92
121 36
266 17
95 58
158 62
1,262 82
134 11
279 21
1,565 17
909 33
721 47
877 96
346 56
$137 82
655 59
1,708 37
1,019 27
414 27
243 47
503 89
146 44
129 54
354 68
1,147 74
997 48
870 80
990 35
$282 01
421 64
1,343 34
589 59
502 84
433 51
292 65
253 36
396 28
608 76
327 29
2,946 74
485 21
357 25
$18,637 11
30,515 31
24,360 09
22,442 46
21,330 87
20,216 63
20,267 46
17,169 19
19,822 89
23,950 72
24,511 54
26,404 42
22,891 28
20 717 45
Charlestown
Chelsea North
Chelsea South
Chelsea Street
Congress Street
Dorchester Avenue
Dover Street
L Street *
Meridian Street
Northern Avenue
Summer Street
Warren
Totals. . .
$259,968 91
$26,220 10
$8,488 23
$9,319 71
$9,240 47
$313 237 42
* Summer Street over Reserved Channel.
34
City Document No. 24.
Bridges — Inland.
Labor
and
Materials.
$171
07
35
00
21
38
24
60
57
66
228
66
1,383
99
313 63
88 22
36
48
181
41
928 03
7
00
135
32
115
45
352
32
312
21
107
43
412
74
304 31
68 72
300 00
983
87
939
12
300 24
584 65
153
92
35 00
56
38
1,059
98
160 38
35
00
539
39
96
75
204
30
117
76
Albany Street
Arlington Street
Austin Street — Prison Point
Beacon Street over Boston & Albany Railroad
Berkeley Street
Blakemore Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Boston Street
Bennington Street
Boylston Street
Braddock Park — FoUen Street (Foot)
Broadway over Boston & Albany Railroad
Brookline Avenue
Byron Street
Cambridge Street over Boston & Maine Railroad
Central Avenue
Chelsea Street over Viaduct
Commercial Point
Cummins Highway
Cottage Farm
Dana Avenue
Dartmouth Street (Rent)
Dorchester .\ venue over Railroad
Everett Street
Fairmount Avenue
Gove Street (Foot)
Granite Avenue
Harvard Street
Hyde Park Avenue
Ipswich Street
Jones Avenue (Foot)
Massachusetts Avenue over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Milton Lower Mills
Mount Washington Avenue
Mystic Avenue
Norfolk Street
Carried forward
$10,852 37
Public Works Department.
35
Bridqes — Inland.
Labor
and
Materials.
»10.852
37
384 05
81
16
364
08
238
40
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5
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68
31
58
145 33
518
32
195
76
871
85
227 86
2,925
00
2,517
32
2,722
61
659
98
61
66
$22,811 01
Brought forward
New Allen Street
Perkins Street (Foot)
Sprague Street
Southampton Street
Saratoga Street
Summer Street over A Street
Summer Street over B Street
Tremont Street
Toll Gate Way (Foot)
Webster Street
Wordsworth Street
West Fourth Street
Winthrop
Cleaning bridges
Snow removal and sanding bridges
Dorchester Avenue, W. P A
Project 18869, History of Boston bridges.
Other services
Total .
Summary.
Administration
Yard and stockroom
Tidewater bridges
Inland bridges
Boston and Cambridge bridges
Total ....
$63,571 06
16,441 37
313,237 42
22,811 01
$416,060 86
4,837 57
$420,898 43
36 City Document No. 24.
Bridges, Repairs, Etc.
Beacon Street Bridge over Boston & Albany Railroad:
Relocate two lamps $522 30
Charlestown Bridge :
Hayes Pump and Machinery Company . $329 40
Adjust counter rods 256 00
Repairs to turnbuckles .... 368 37
Analysis of paint 50 00
1,003 77
Chelsea Street Bridge:
Adjust counterweights 170 00
Cummins Highway:
Repairs to roadway 97 99
Dorchester Avenue Bridge:
Repairs to piles and girder caps . . $612 43
Advertising 12 00
624 43
Everett Street Bridge:
Material — lumber 369 60
Harvard Street Bridge:
Rebuilding cost 1,857 21
Irvington Street Bridge:
West End Iron Works 598 05
Maiden Bridge:
Adjusting counterweights 619 54
Meridian Street Bridge:
W. H. Ellis Son Company .... $1,943 00
Repairs to fender guards .... 884 21
Repairs to steel work 348 20
Advertising 8 10
License 2 00
Diver 100 00
3,285 51
Norfolk Street Bridge:
Rebuilding by New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road, 28.9 per cent 3,218 27
Northern Avenue Bridge:
Flashing around trusses 400 40
Summer Street Bridge:
Repair to steel work $254 89
Remove broken gears and install new . 267 16
New spur gear 85 00
607 05
Warren Bridge:
West End Iron Works 9,869 55
Total $23,243 67
Public Works Department.
37
Bridges, Reconstruction and Repair of, P. W. A.
Albany Street Bridge:
V. J. Grande Company .... $66,320 01
Planet Contracting Company . . 714 38
Raymond Concrete Pile Company . . 187 15
Maurice M. Devine 880 00
Inspection of rivets 60 00
Test pits 833 71
Advertising 336 55
Printing contracts and specifications . 474 24
Supplies 34 21
Traveling expense 101 76
Engineering 3,143 09
Boylston Street Bridge:
Interstate Construction Company
Inspection of material
Memorial tablets .
Printing .
Advertising
Supplies
Engineering
Berkeley Street Bridge:
Coleman Brothers Corporation .
J. J. Callahan ....
B. F. Hanrahan ....
Raymond Concrete Pile Company
Printing
Advertising
Traveling expenses
Supplies
Engineering
$73,764 87
299 09
67 00
284 91
79 35
20 92
1,718 30
$55,160 48
398 88
575 00
177 32
369 01
170 30
48 36
44 74
1,933 11
Total
$73,085 10
76,224 44
58,877 20
$208,186 74
SUMMARY.
Expenditures from Special Appropriations.
Balances
from
1938.
Total Credits,
Including
Balances
Carried Over
and Transfers.
Expended
During
1939.
Balances
Unexpended
December 31,
1939.
Bridges, repairs, etc
Bridges, reconstruction and
repair of , P. W. A
Chelsea Street and Eastern
Avenue Bridge, chapter
366, Acts 1933, as
$31,981 63
16,020 55
6,198 41
$55,481 63
230,750 00
10,020 55
6,198 41
$23,243 67
208,186 74
$32,237 96
22,563 26
Northern Avenue Bridge,
reconstruction, chapter
366, Acts 1933, as
Totals
$.54,100 59
$308,4.50 59
$231,4.30 41
$54,801 22
1 $16,020.55 expended for retirement of debt.
2 $6,198.41 expended for retirement of debt.
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FERRY SERVICE.
Financial Statement for the Year Ending
December 31, 1939.
I. Receipts.
Total cash receipts during the year ^ . . $25,213 64
Cash in hands of tollmen at beginning of year, 40 00
Cash paid over to City Collector
Cash in hands of tolhnen December 31, 1939,
2. Appropriations and Expenditures.
Received from annual appropriations for Ferry
Service
$25,253 64
$25,128 64
125 00
$25,253 64
$227,223 36
$8,374 58
966 00
$7,408 58
Unexpended balances from special appropria-
tions, January 1, 1939
Expenditures
Unexpended balances from special appropria-
tions, January 31, 1939
3. Result of Operation for the Year.
Receipts for the year (net income) . . . $25,128 64
Ordinary expense (maintenance
appropriations) .... $225,306 81
Interest paid on ferry debt . . 10,000 00
Depreciation on ferry boats . 44,398 96
Decrease in value of machinery
and tools 90 50
Decrease in value of real estate,
land and buildings 2 . . . 144,000 00
$493,796 27
Increase in value of supplies on
hand 381 13
Net outgo for year 493,415 14
Net loss for year ' $468,286 50
1 Includes $85 cash receipts, deducted from tolls and sent to tollhouses: Tollmen's capital.
* Assessors' estimate.
' Does not include expenditures for Special Appropriation.
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City Document No. 24.
Balance Sheet for Year 1939.
Assets.
Cash, tollman's capital
Rents receivable
Supplies in stock
City Treasurer (balance of special appropriation)
Ferryboats (less depreciation)
Machinery and tools
Real estate, land and buildings (assessors' valuation)
Damages receivable
City Treasurer (balance of annual appropriation)
Cost of avenues, etc., East Boston (previous to 1871)
Deficiency of assets (loss)
$125 00
794 00
16,737 50
7,408 58
380,831 11
3,017 00
466,100 00
325 00
2,021 62
$877,359 81
1315,815 68
17,347,653 15
Total $18,540,828 64
Liabilities.
Capital invested by City of Boston to date
Appropriations account (credit balances)
Rehef projects
$18,531,398 44
7,408 58
2,021 62
Total $18,540,828 64
Details of Capital Invested by the City of Boston.
Total expenditures to date per ferry books .... $27,091,771 00
Interest of debt for the year (per City Auditor's reports) . 10,000 00
Interest previous years, etc. (net debits, per Citv Auditor's
reports) "... 388,988 85
Total expenditures $27,491,759 85
Deduct total receipts paid to City Collector . . . 8,960,361 41
Excess expenditures, capital $18,531,398 44
Comparison of Receipts, Appropriations and Expenditures.
Receipts.
From foot passengers (tollmen)
From foot passengers (office sales)
From team tickets (office sales)
From strip team tickets (tollmen)
From cash for teams (gatemen)
From gatemen 's refunds .
Total from rates
From rents ....
From other sources .
Ordinary receipts
Less in hands of tollmen (capital)
Net receipts
$13,935 14
7 80
484 00
1,740 00
2 8,639 82
26 67
$24,833 43
119 00
261 21
$25,213 64
3 85 00
$25,128 64
' Included in deficiency of assets in balance sheet.
- Includes cash fares from extra passengers on teams (gatemen).
' Deducted from receipts for purpose of making change.
Public Works Department.
43
Expenditures (Ordinary)
Office:
Division engineers' salary (part)
Clerk — assistant cashier
Clerk (part) .
Retired veterans' pensions
Retired employees' pensions
Stationery
Printing .
Telephones
Advertising
Carfares .
Postage .
Premiums, surety companies
$1,500 00
1,700 00
1,700 00
6,630 04
720 00
105 10
389 50
289 30
30 00
194 75
3 00
90 00
Total, office expenses
$13,351 69
Ferryboats and Landings:
Employees (wages) $152,817 99
Fuel
25,846 27
Teaming, weighing coal, etc.
2,808 00
Supplies
2,998 86
Gas
24 30
Oil
435 09
Electric light
1,498 29
Electric power
716 56
Repairs to boats
18,175 88
Repairs to buildings, drops and piers
536 23
Furnishings
26 40
Other expenditures ....
'6,071 25
Total
$225,306 81
Receipts, Appropriations and Expenditures.
Expenditures from Special Appropriations.
Ferry Improvements, etc
Total expenditures .
Balance in treasury unexpended
$966 00
.$226,272 81
$7,408 58
Appropriations.
Regular annual appropriations $228,026 68
Total Expenditures Upon Ferries Since 1858.
Expenditures for avenues, paving, interest, etc., previous
to the purchase of the ferries by the city . . $444,101 30
Purchase of the ferries, April, 1870 276,375 00
Expendituresfor ferryboats since April 1, 1870 . . 2,530,009 81
Expenditures for new buildings, piers, drops, etc. 1,491,468 59
Expenditures for tools and fixtures (prior to 1910) . 14,752 46
Expenditures for land for Lincoln's Wharf in 1887 5,562 52
Expenditures for land for Battery Wharf in 1893 . 10,000 00
Total expenditures on capital account
Expenditures for repairs of all kinds
Expenditures for fuel ....
Expenditures for salaries and wages
Expenditures for all other purposes
$4,772,269 68
3.046,482 38
3,209,345 94
12,972,339 41
3,491,322 44
$27,491,759 85
44
City Document No. 24.
Total Receipts From Ferries Since 1858=59.
Receipts from rents, etc., previous to purchase of ferries,
Receipts from ferry tolls since purchase of ferries
Receipts from rents since purchase of ferries
Receipts from sale of ferryboats
Receipts fron\ all other sources, per ferry books
Receipts from all other sources, per City Auditor
Total receipts from all sources '
Less amount with tollmen as capital ....
Total receipts. Auditor's report
$29,588 66
8,620,121 07
73,737 90
168,004 57
38,299 46
30,734 85
$8,960,486 41
125 00
$8,960,361 41
Regular Annual (Ordinary) and Special Appropriations (Extraor=
dinary) of the Ferry Service for the Year Ending December
31, 1939.
Unexpended balance January 1, 1939 $105 07
Appropriations (regular) for the year ending December 31,
1939 228,026 68
Total $228,131 75
Transferred from Sanitary Service 865 00
Total $228,996 75
Amount of expenditures (regular) for the year . . . 225,306 81
$3,689 94
Transferred to City Treasurer 1,668 32
Unexpended balance December 31, 1939 .... $2,021 62
Special Appropriations.
Ferry Improvements, Etc. :
Unexpended balance January 1, 1939
Expenditures for the year
Unexpended balance December 31, 1939
$8,374 58
966 00
$7,408 58
Receipts of South Ferry.
From Tollmen.
From Foot
Passengers.
From
Tickets.
Totals.
Boston side
$6,921 32
7,013 82
$1,011 60
728 40
$7,932 92
East Boston side
7,742 22
Totals
$13,935 14
$1,740 00
$15,675 14
Public Works Department.
45
From tollmen
From gatemen (cash for teams)
Total at South Ferry .
Tickets paid for at ferry office
Total in 1939 from rates
Rents for the year
Headhouse privileges .
Care of public telephones
Commission on public telephones
Total
Less in hands of tollmen (deducted fo
change)
Total
$15,675 14
' 8,666 49
2 $24,341 63
491 80
$24,833 43
119 00
180 00
48 00
33 21
$25,213 64
85 00
$25,128 64
Travel on the South Ferry from January 1, 1939,
TO December 31, 1939, Inclusive.
Foot passengers at 1 cent * $1,393,514
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
Pas.senger automobile with driver and one passenger
Passenger automobile with driver and more than one
passenger
Motor truck, six tons or less, with driver
Motor truck, six tons or over, with driver
Auto bus with driver ....
Auto bus with driver and passengers
Free vehicles
5 cents]
5 cents I
5 cents f
5 cents |
5 centsj
10 cents]
10 centsj-
10 centsj
15 cents\
15 cents/
20 centsi
20 cents/
30 cents
26,776
31,930
23,057
3,033
000
935
' Includes gatemen's refunds.
' Includes 1 cent cash fares from foot passengers for year.
* Passengers.
46 City Document No. 24.
SUMNER TRAFFIC TUNNEL.
1. Receipts.
Financial Statement for the Year Ending December SI,
1939.
Cash in hands of cashier at the beginning of year, $4,309 20
Received from tolls .... $899,075 45
Received from sale of tickets
through City Collector . . ^ 245 00
Damages to lights and light poles on
Plaza 600 00
Sale of old material . . . . 112 20
Commission on telephone tolls . 14 62
Total receipts 2900,047 27
,356 47
Cash paid over to City Collector .... $898,356 82
Cash in hands of cashier December 31, 1939 . 5,999 65
,356 47
2. Appropriations and Expenditures.
Received from annual appropria-
tion $223,300 06
Transferred from Sanitary Service . 3,735 00
Total appropriations $227,035 06
Transferred to City Treasurer .... 5,758 38
Total expenditures for the year . . . $221,276 68
3. Result of Operation for the Year.
Ordinary Expenses (maintenance
appropriation) .... $221,276 68
Interest paid on tunnel debt . . 837,773 75
Sinking Fund 204,352 00
Net outgo for the year $1,263,402 43
Receipts for the year (net income) . . . 898,356 82
Net deficit for the year $365,045 61
' Includes $65 tickets sold in 1938, paid for in 1939; does not include $72.50 tickets sold
in 1939, not paid for.
' Does not include $50,000, contribution of Commonwealth.
Public Works Department.
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APPENDIX B.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE HIGHWAY DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1940.
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, 1939.
The Paving Service appropriation in the budget
called for $1,217,004.45. During the year an additional
appropriation of $332,400 was allowed, making a total
appropriation for the year 1939 of $1,549,404.45.
The amount expended during the year was $1,518,665.93,
leaving an unexpended balance of $30,728.52. Of this
unexpended balance $24,707.10 belonged to Relief
Projects, Item "H," and will be used during the year
1940. The following is a summary of the Item ''H"
appropriation for 1939:
Unexpended balance from 1938
Original appropriation in budget, 1939
Total
Transfers made in 1939 .
Grand Total ....
Total amount expended in 1939
Balance unexpended, 1939
$25,236 84
225,000 00
$250,236 84
224,400 00
$574,636 84
549,929 74
$24,707 10
As of January 1, 1939, the regular employees numbered
518 and on December 31, 1939, our personnel had
decreased to 492. The amount of money taken in
through the Permit Ofhce of the Paving Service amounted
to $16,959.24. There are now on file in the Permit
Office 2,008 bonds in amounts of one, three, four and
twenty thousand dollars, covering the city against
claims for damages, etc., through the use of permits.
50 City Document No. 24.
Our day labor forces handled all the maintenance
work on streets and a considerable amount of patch-
ing 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.
We had an average of 4,700 men, with a peak load
from the month of July until the month of August of
approximately 5,000 men. From the month of October
to December this number of men dropped from 4,500
to 3,500. The greater amount of work done in the
Paving Service was done by W. P. A. forces and, during
the past year, the following square yards of streets
were constructed:
Bituminous macadam .... 265,945 square yards.
Bituminous concrete .... 231,281 square yards.
Concrete pavement 166,049 square yards.
663,275 square yards.
Much needed improvements have been made on the
following main traffic arteries:
Washington Street North, from Haymarket to Keany squares.
Saratoga Street, East Boston, from Meridian street to the
Winthrop line.
Parsons Street, Brighton, from Washington street to Metro-
politan District Commission Driveway.
Brookline Avenue, from the Riverway to Longwood avenue.
Tremont Street, from Carmel street to Huntington avenue.
The Paving Service is still continuing to build walls
in the place of wooden fences to reduce the maintenance
costs. They are constructed of old paving blocks at a
considerable saving to the city. The construction
of a wall on Edgewater Drive in Mattapan was finished
during the past year.
A new office building has been constructed in the
Matthew street paving yard, Dorchester, and a build-
ing in the Hyde Park paving yard has been remodeled
and is now housing a number of city vehicles which
means 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
Public Works Department. 51
the various paving yards which have been a continual
source of expense and trouble to keep up. Sand
hoppers are being constructed in the Hancock street
paving yard.
In cooperation with the Bridge and Ferry Division
we are constructing high curbs on the various bridges
in the city which will eliminate a large number of
accidents. It is our intention to continue along these
lines until such time as these hazardous conditions
are done away with on all bridges.
In order that an idea of money spent for the cost of
this work may be had, please be advised as follows:
Highway Division Expenditures:
Labor $60,748 11
Materials, equipment, heat, light, etc. . . 561,839 03
W. P. A. Expenditures:
Labor 3,130,098 00
Materials, equipment, heat, light, etc. . 181,761 00
Grand Total $3,934,446 14
There are also in operation two white collar projects
which call for a description of the various types of
sidewalks in the city limits and also a street numbering
project with the thought in mind of arranging a system-
atic location of street numbers to avoid confusion.
Lighting Service.
The Lighting Service appropriation of the Highway
Division called for $945,330. Out of this amount
$936,681.27 was expended and $8,000 was transferred
to the Paving Service, leaving an unexpended balance
of $648.75.
Mazda lamps of 1,000 candle power were installed as
follows: Beacon Street Bridge (1), City Proper; Washing-
ton street (1), Telford street (1), Sidlaw road (1), Brigh-
ton; Chelsea street (1), Charlestown; Morton street (1),
Blue Hill avenue (1), Adams street (1), Dorchester
avenue (5), Dorchester; Chelsea street (2), East Boston;
Tremont street (8), Roxbury; Preble street at Traffic
Circle (2); Summer street (1), Summer Street Extension
Bridge (7), South Boston; Washington street (2), West
Roxbury.
Mazda lamps of 600 candle power were installed as
follows: Washington Street North Traffic Artery (6),
52 City Document No. 24.
Dartmouth Street Traffic Islands (4), Sheridan Square
Traffic Island (1), Beacon Street Bridge Traffic Island
(2), Massachusetts Avenue Bridge (4), City Proper;
Chiswick road (1), Franklin Street tlnderpass (1),
Union Square Island (2), Brighton; Blakemore street
(1), West Roxbury.
Mazda lamps of 250 candle power were installed as
follows: Lindall place (1), City Proper; Crawford
street (5), Roxbury; Baker street (2), West Roxbury.
Mazda lamps of 80 candle power were installed as
follows: Corey road (1), Calwell road (1), Euston road
(2), Portina road (3), Tremont street (2), Brighton;
South Bismarck street (1), Countryside Drive (2),
Valley road (1), O'Connell road (1), Orlando street (1),
Woodhaven street (1), St. Gregory Street Extension (3),
Packard avenue (3), Dorchester; Wolcott street (1),
Brush Hill terrace (1), Scribner road (1), Glenwood
Avenue Footbridge (2), Melba way (2), Williams
avenue (1), Hyde Park; Sherwood road (2), West
Roxbur3^
During the year we changed 1,811 arc lamps of 1,500
candle power to 1,000 candle power Mazda type result-
ing in a very substantial saving.
On January 12, 1939, eighteen 1,000 candle power
Mazda lamps in Neponset Traffic Circle were taken
over for maintenance by the Metropolitan District
Commission, said commission having taken the area
over on above date.
Petitions and requests for new lamps received from
citizens and officials, also complaints relative to the
Lighting Service have been investigated and attended
to. All streets in the underground district prescribed
for the year have been inspected and necessary changes
and additions have been made.
Very truly yours,
William T. Morrissey,
Division Engineer.
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Report of Work Done by Department Forces for 1939.
Brick sidewalks, laid and relaid
Gravel sidewalks, relaid .
Granolithic sidewalks, laid (new)
Granolithic sidewalks, relaid (old)
Tar sidewalks, laid or relaid .
Block glitters, laid
Block paving, laid (roadway) granite,
Edgestone set (new) .
Edgestone reset (old)
Macadam roadway, patched .
Macadam roadway, resurfaced
Street cleaning ....
Snow removal ....
22,630 square yards.
113,343^/20 square yards.
1,988 square feet.
120,0381 square feet.
40,552 square yards.
1,744 "/12 square yards.
3, 857 1 square yards.
832 feet 2| inches.
9,032 feet 3| inches.
173,070 Ve square yards.
1,417 square yards.
57,993 cubic yards.
241,065 cubic yards.
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Length
IN Miles.
Area in
Square
Yards.
Sheet
As])halt.
Asphalt
Concrete.
Granite
Block.
Wood
Block.
Plank
Bridges .
Brick.
Con-
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Macadam.
Gravel.
Not
Graded.
Totals.
Sheet
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Asphalt.
Concrete.
Granite
Block.
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Plank
Bridges.
Brick.
Concrete.
Macadam.
Gravel.
Not
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Totals.
* 141.80
20.14
t 1.50.93
21.44
t 83.88
11.91
0.93
0.13
0.78
0.11
0.96
0.14
§16.48
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40.29
22.64
3.22
1.97
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703.99
100.00
* 2,721 ,311
20.29
t 3,028,880
22.58
12,243,517
16.73
21,225
0.16
17,428
0.13
22,407
0.17
§ 309,162
2.30
1 4,636,108
34.57
352,318
2.63
59,015
0.44
13,411,371
January 1. 1940.
32.21
0.69
3.82
8.88
25.32
25.13
32.52
11.42
0.65
27.22
2.40
7.88
7.65
16.09
33.51
36.73
26.59
6.47
27.73
10.28
5.92
11.18
12.71
3.42
6.93
0.65
0.05
0.40
0.08
0.01
0.04
0.10
0.01
0.05
0.00
0.09
0.13
0.07
0.05
0.19
0.07
0.07
0.08
0.05
0.40
0.04
0.12
0.14
0.27
2.84
0.80
1.08
0.97
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4.75
5.72
2.27
0.54
5.47
8.33
16.91
15.84
33.22
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3.42
4.90
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22.66
36.59
46.45
94.66
138.75
166.14
62.34
40.55
640,944
10,172
85,361
167,507
455,688
458,329
608,200
260,531
15.347
619,475
38,736
166,828
163,584
316,501
650,192
687,937
517,655
151,368
668,077
245,781
136,838
299,737
335,137
156,294
202,553
75,137
8,857
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3,289
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1,488
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1,380
1,242
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66,491
18,858
35,891
20,573
102,031
68,085
94,781
45,316
11,181
86,114
119,829
361,783
279,119
488,364
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1,259,710
333.179
416,229
1,371
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58,950
78,126
17,287
122,555
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2,870
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806,284
979,181
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1,254,213
735,537
140.64
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38.52
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20.08
3,312,276
24.62
2,128,211
15.82
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0.17
463,207
3.44
4,419,344
32.84
313,563
2.33
58,970
0.44
13,455,013
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Total Public Streets 704.82 Mile8.
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 bitulithic; and 0.02 mile or 4.973 square yards is Colprovia; and 0.06 mile or 959 square
square yards is Kyrock; and 0.02 mile or 470 square yards is Unionite. yards is Filbertine; and 0.00 mile or 4.000 square yards is Hepburnite; and O.OO mile or
X Of this amount 0.02 mile or 185 square yards is cobble; and 52.63 miles or 1,630,588 3.903 square yards is Layknid; and 0.00 mile or 4,167 square yards is Macasphalt; and
square yards ia granite block paving on concrete base. 0.21 mile or 5,206 square yards is Simasco; and 11.20 miles or 204,672 square yards is
§ Of this amount 0.06 mile or 924 square yards is Blonip Granitoid concrete block. Topeka; and 0.00 mile or 4,153 square yards is Warcolite; and 0.18 mile or 3.474 square
jl Of this amount 211.26 miles or 3.498,093 square yards is bituminous macadam. yards is Carey Elastite asphalt plank; and 0.11 mile or 2,507 square yards is Flmtkote
t Of this amount 0.02 mile or 667 square yards is Amiesite; and 47.59 miles or asphalt plank; and 0.10 mile or 1,234 square yards is Johns-Manville asphalt plank.
900,688 square yards is asphalt concrete; and 105.05 miles or 2,171,673 square yards is
6.667 miles or 35.444 square yards public alleys included in this table; 7.55 miles or 234.691 square yards public streets in charge of Park Department included in this table; 7.01 miles or 236,673 square yards
public streets in charge of Commonwealth of Massachusetts included in this table. In addition to this table there are 1.75 miles or 8,729 square yards of accepted footways.
Public Works Department. 57
Street Openings.
Under Classes 1 and 2 of the schedule of permit fees
there were issued for openings in public ways as follows :
Number of Permits.
City departments 3,509
Public service corporations 1,989
Emergency for same 1,400
Miscellaneous 629
Total 7,527
Permits for other than street openings were
issued as follows:
Painting and m.inor repairs 2,523
Placing and removing signs on buildings .... 615
Special permits 279
Erecting awnings 113
Moving buildings in street 12
Cleaning snow from roof 10
Raising and lowering safes and machinery ... 38
Total 3,590
Grand total 11,117
The fees received from these permits amounted to
$16,959.24. Of this amount $14,450.74 was deposited
with the City Collector and $2,508.50 was billed to
public service corporations.
Bonds.
There are now on file in this office 2,008 bonds in
amounts of one, three, four and twenty thousand dollars,
covering the city against claims for damages, etc.,
through the use of permits.
58
City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX C.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE SANITARY DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1940.
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, 1939:
Maintenance expenditures $2,036,621 04
Motor deficiency 61,018 05
Total cost approach $2,097,639 09
II.
Waste collection and disposal $1,435,229 84
(a) By contract (Table II) . . $432,050 23
(6) By day labor (Table III) . 1,003,179 61
Street Cleaning (Table V) 588,696 11
Not directly chargeable to 1939 operation . . 73,713 14
For other services
Pensions .
Injured roll
W. P. A. .
Unused stock
Preventive street cleaning
Personnel changes in permanent force:
Total personnel January 1, 1939
Transfers from other departments and divisions
New appointments
Reinstatements
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(b)
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$7,396 32
6,292 25
2,357 89
9,013 73
9,944 47
38,708 48
Deaths .
Resignations .
Retirements
Discharged
Transferred out
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11
14
1
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15
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5
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Total personnel January 1, 1940 724
The 1939 budget expenditures, after making allowance
for motor deficiency, were $96,266 less than in 1938.
The decreases are shown as follows:
Day labor waste collection .
Street cleaning
Work done for other services
Injured roll ....
Unused stock ....
$129,904
$31,364
$3,127
$3,149
$3,693
Public Works Department. 59
On the other hand, there were increases in the con-
tract waste collection account amounting to $51,221.
Increase of $2,205 in pensions, and $281 in W. P. A.
expenditures. There was also an increase in preventive
street cleaning of $21,264.
Increase in the contract waste collection account was
due, in a large part, to the fact that the Charlestown
district, which was formerly done by day labor, was
done by contract in this year. The total charges for
this district amounted to $40,018, which included the
contract price of $16,800 and $14,290 for disposal as the
major items.
In the districts other than Charlestown, there was a
net decrease in the price of the contracts over the year
previous, amounting to $4,816, decreases being shown
in East Boston, Brighton and Hyde Park, while there
was an increase in the West Roxbury district of $1,320.
The contract price in the Dorchester district remained
the same at $159,756. It should be remembered that
the $14,290 of disposal charge formerly borne by the
Charlestown district under the day labor account was
charged to the contract waste collection account in 1939.
The diminution in the labor account was due to the
continuation of the no-hiring policy, with the losses
in man power being made up, as in previous years, by
welfare forces. The number of welfare men used by the
Sanitary Division was greater than in 1938, and there
was not as great fluctuation from week to week. The
average number of men furnished by the Welfare Depart-
ment varied from 650 to 725 per day.
Over a period of years in the Charlestown district,
it was found that the garbage was no longer being
separated from the other refuse, and therefore, beginning
\vith this report, Table II will show one item known as
''Mixed Refuse" for Charlestown.
The population for the year 1939 has been computed
on a new basis which is more consistent with the United
States Census, and more dependable than the 1938
population figures which were based, in part, upon the
1935 Massachusetts census.
A special Clean-Up Drive in the South End was
effected, resulting in marked improvement in conditions
in that section.
Progress in Back- Yard Improvement has been made
by enlisting the aid of the children through the coopera-
tion of the Horticultural Society in donating flowers.
60 City Document No. 24.
seeds and bulbs. The Hayden-Stone Memorial Fund
awarded prizes for this improvement.
The following work was done by the W. P. A. :
At the Ward Street Station, for the transfer of
sand, etc., hoppers were reconstructed, and the ramp
renovated.
At the Victory Road Disposal Station a new roof
was constructed, flooring was patched, and the washing
platform connected with the catch-basin.
At Fort Hill Wharf Disposal Station a sprinkler
system was installed; fence, floor and ramp, and roof
were built.
The Archives Project, filing and cataloging of inactive
records, was brought to a close.
All of the W. P. A. construction project work was
completed in 1939.
Respectfully submitted,
Adolph J. Post,
Divisio7i Engineer.
Public Works Department.
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TABLE IV.
Comparative Costs Per Cubic Yard 1938=1939.
Collection.
Total
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Cubic Yards.
1938.
D.\T L.^BOR Districts.
1938.
1939.
1938.
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1939.
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1939.
$0 9052
0 9979
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1 0245
SO 78113
$1 4398
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1 5634
1 5591
$1 2211
98,476
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209,498
137,478
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Bay
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136,622 J
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SI 3887
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$746,570 88
722,372 J
$685,338 19
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Contract Districts.
Cost per Cubic Yard.
1938.
1939.
Cubic Yards.
1938.
Cubic Yards
1939.
2. East Boston
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6. Dorchester (including disposal).
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32,478
85,199
129,618
313,506
25,118
663,459
Public Works Department.
65
TABLE V.
Street Cleaning and Oiling Service, 1939.
Distribution of Expenditures.
Removing snow
Brooming
Pushcart patrolling
Fliisliing streets
Horse-drawn sweeping .
Motor sweeping
Team patrol .
Refuse box collections .
Sanding slippery streets
Underpass
Total
Oiling and watering of public streets and ways
Total
$64,593 59
255,395 28
131,369 39
1,811 36
60,346 05
17,994 64
4,227 91
22,931 31
4,124 75
2,763 36
$565,557 64
23,138 47
,696 11
Street Cleaning Operations.
Broom gang .
Horse-drawn sweepers
Motor sweepers
Pushcart patrol
Team patrol
Flushing
Catch-all boxes
30,721 miles.
3,757 miles.
5,407 miles.
14,565 miles.
981 miles.
518 miles.
170,010 collections.
One hundred and ten thousand (110,000) gallons, of road oil
was spread, covering 44 linear miles of streets.
6G City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX D.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
SEWER DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1940.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir, — - 1 submit herewith statement of the
activities and expenditures of the Sewer Division for
the year ending December 31, 1939.
During the fiscal year 1939 there were built by
contractors, day labor, private parties, and by the city
under P. W. A and W. P. A. supervision 8.36 miles of
common sewers and surface drains throughout the city.
After deducting 0.73 miles of sewers and surface drains,
rebuilt or abandoned, the net increase for 1939 is 7.63
miles, which added to the existing 1,195.44 miles of
common sewers and surface drains and 30.93 miles of
intercepting sewers, makes a grand total of 1,234 miles
of all sewers belonging to the City of Boston, and under
the care of the Sewer Division on January 1, 1940.
There were 212 catch-basins built or rebuilt and 12
abandoned or removed during the year, making a net
gain of 200 catch-basins and a grand total of 22,049
catch-basins under the care of the Sewer Division on
January 1, 1940.
Entrance fees to the amount of $772.30 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.
780 permits have been issued, viz., 345 to district
foremen and contractors and 435 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.
Plans for the assessments of estates for sewer con-
struction have been furnished the Board of Street Com-
missioners, representing 9,456.81 linear feet of sewers.
Public Works Department. 67
749 complaints have been investigated and inspectors
are instructed to report in writing in each case.
832 complaints on catch-basins have been received.
1,165 gasoline traps have been examined in garages
and cleansing establishments.
850 grease traps have been examined in hotels, res-
taurants and commercial establishments.
Reported in writing on 3,016 municipal liens to the
City Collector, in accordance with chapter 60, section 23,
of the General Laws. Reported orally on about 6,000
requests for information on municipal liens.
207 notices have been mailed to abutters in conformity
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,
Sewer Division.
68
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69
MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES JANUARY 1
TO DECEMBER 31, 1939.
Sewer Division.
Improved Sewerage
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, inside
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, outside .
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, engines .
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, boilers
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, Union Park
street
Pumping Station, Calf Pasture, Summer street
Moon Island
Main and intercepting sewer
Contracts:
Repairs and alterations to the east shaft
Squantum Head, J. J. Callahan .
(This contract transferred to Sewerage
Works.)
$84,524 16
11,849 37
41,224 69
31,214 41
9,285 23
2,607 30
24,198 86
18,386 04
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Automobiles
. $44,979 32
Cleaning catch-basins .
88,541 46
Cleaning sewers
41,397 24
Employed at yards
20.151 54
Fuel and oil .
374 02
Hardware and tools
2,139 26
House connections
11,959 30
Horses, carts and harness .
1,385 00
Maintenance Stony Biook .
110 95
Office expense
3,361 44
Office salaries
25,811 92
Stock
2,837 61
Yard and lockers ....
5,901 79
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Repairing department buildings
$1,062 04
Repairing catch-basins, South Bostor
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727 40
Repairing catch-basins, East Boston
2,051 69
Repairing catch-basins, Charlestown
151 84
Repairing catch-basins, Brighton
2,627 64
Repairing catch-basins. West Roxbui
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3,990 61
Repairing catch-basins, Dorchester .
4,434 39
Repairing catch-basins, Hyde Park .
680 67
Repairing catch-basins, Roxbury
1,229 70
Repairing catch-basins. City Proper
2,620 20
Repairing sewers. South Boston
441 26
Repairing sewers, East Boston .
979 28
Repairing sewers, Charlestown .
128 64
Repairing sewers, Brighton
388 30
Repairing sewers. West Roxbury
3,310 23
Repairing sewers, Dorchester
2,922 55
Carried forward ....
$27,746 44
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City Document No. 24.
Brought forward
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Repairing sewers, Roxbury
Repairing sewers, City Proper
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Maintenance — Miscellaneous.
Miscellaneous
Back Bay Fens
Telephones
Rubber goods
Pensions and annuities
Construction charges paid out of "H" item
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284
4,212
96,057
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Materials and trucks used on maintenance jobs $78,941 16
Trucks used on construction jobs . . . 11,483 63
Debits.
Debit transfer from Sewerage Works to adjust
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$8,687 87
147,367 71
$649,675 96
90,424 79
$559,251 17
8,687 87
$567,939 04
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Net Increase in Length of Sewers Built Between January I, 1939,
and December 31, 1939.
Districts.
Length of
Sewers Built
During
Twelve
Months
Ended
December 31,
1939.
Length of
Sewers Re-
built or
Abandoned
During
Twelve
Months
Ended
December 31,
1939.
Net Increase for
Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 1939.
Linear Feet.
2,065.74
2,033.17
125.90
259.00
356.70
3,475.65
23,605.33
9,234.97
2.986.32
Linear Feet.
2,026.34
635.90
Linear Feet.
39.40
1,397.27
125.90
259.00
356.70
3,475.65
23,605.33
8,056.97
2,98l6.32
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0.007
0.265
South Boston
0.024
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West Roxbury
4.471
1,178.00
1.526
Hyde Park
0.566
Totals. .
44,142.78
3,840.24
40,302.54
7 633
Total Length of Sewers.
Common sewers or surface drains built previous to January
1, 1939
Net increase of common sewers and surface drains between
January 1, 1939, and December 31, 1939 ....
Total of common sewers and surface drains built to Decem-
ber 31, 1939
Total city intercepting sewers connecting with Metropolitan
sewers to December 31, 1939
Total Boston main drainage intercepting sewers to Decem-
ber 31, 1939
Grand total of common and intercepting sewers to Decem-
ber 31, 1939
Total mileage of streets containing sewerage works to Decem-
ber 31, 1939
* No additional lengths built during 1939.
Miles.
1,195.44
7.63
1,203.07
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1,234.00
676.44
90
City Document No. 24.
Summary of Sewer Construction for Five Years Previous to
December 31, 1939.
1935.
1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.
Built by city by con-
tract or day labor . . .
Built by city under
W. P. A. or P. W. A.
government super-
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
fee
2,371.75
43,239.69
1,771.00
Linear
feet
1,959.27
39,096 06
Built by private parties,
3,087.45
Totals
33,671.51
26,037.63
56,490.32
47,382.44
44,142 78
Catch-Basins in Charge of the Sewer Division.
Districts.
Catch-Basins for Twelve Months
Ended December 31, 1939.
Number
Built or
Rebuilt.
Number
Abandoned
or Removed.
Net
Increase.
Total for Whole Citt
in Charge of Sewer
Division.
Previous
Report to
January 1,
1939.
Grand Total
to
January 1,
isko.
City Proper. .
Roxbury
South Boston.
Eaet Boston..
Charlestown. .
Brighton. . . .-.
West Roxbury
Dorchester . . .
Hyde Park.. .
Totals . . .
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3,618
3,383
1,450
1,064
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1,923
3,649
5,161
753
21,849
3,619
3,389
1,453
1,083
850
1,941
3,738
5.213
763
22,049
Public Works Department.
91
Sewage Statistics for Year 1939, Calf Pasture Pumping Station.
Month.
Total
Gallons
Pumped.
Average
Gallons
Pumped.
Minimum
Gallons
Pumped.
Maximum
Gallons
Pumped.
Average
Dynamic
Head.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Totals
Daily Averages
3,071,378,985
3,381,071,612
3,838,676,859
3,538,312,922
2,764,707,000
2,699,103,000
2,562,565,000
3,133,671,000
2,716,379,155
3,390,765,374
3,196,441,595
3,305,622,094
37,598,694,596
103,010,122
99,076,742
120,7.52,558
123,828,286
117,943,764
89,184,097
89,970,000
85,241,000
101,089,000
90,545,905
109,379,529
106,548,053
106,632,971
78,015,033
81,708,429
103,439,485
97,812,000
64,300,000
89,150,000
72,099,000
77,274,000
76,750,000
75,262,050
68,553,342
78,415,611
149,807,659
1.54,949,277
214,230,800
179,270,792
144,487,000
136,450,000
115,357,000
140,514,000
125,400,000
235,537,464
138,231,243
168,562,082
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.2
Note. — No. 7 engine out of commission from April 13 to October 2.
Gallons pumped by oil, 8,572,728,596; gallons pumped by electricity, 29,025,966,000; total, 37,598,694,596;
Running Tinu of Pumps. — No. 1, 2,414 hours, 45 minutes; No. 2, 2,109 hours, 15 minutes; No. 3, 2,229
hours, 15 minutes; No. 4, 2,859 hours, .30 minutes; No. 5, .3,123 hours, 20iminutes; No. 6, 6,109 hours, .05 minute;
No. 7, 4,532 hours, .01 minute.
92
City Document No, 24.
Total gallons pumped
Daily average gallons pumped
Average dynamic head
Foot gallons . . . .
Foot pounds . . . .
37,598,694,596
103,010,122
39.2
1,473,868,828,163
12,334,808,222,900
Fuel Record.
Month.
Fuel Oil
Received.
Fuel Oil
Used.
Amount.
January . . .
February . .
March
April
May
June
July
August . . . .
September .
October . . ,
November .
December.
Totals
51,617.29
49,807.60
61,747.42
27,170.33
30,030.62
27,556.56
30,.361.91
27,8.34.07
20,045.75
55,129.04
53,078.28
64,639.23
499,018.10
53,111
51,840
58,735
43,321
30,421
26,555
25,138
24,055
21.086
52,136
53,370
60,899
500,667
$1,315 96
1,375 62
1,677 77
750 40
829 30
820 83
910 90
835 03
601 39
1,785 10
1,718.72
2,093 05
$14,714 07
Electric Power.
Month.
Engine
Meters.
Outside
Meters.
Amount.
January . . .
February . .
March
April
May
June
July
August. . . .
September.
October . . .
November .
December.
Totals
294,600
339,700
408,900
456,600
438,400
433,300
417,600
488,000
409,700
299,200
276,500
280,900
4,543,400
334,340
421,420
410,260
497,380
463,600
436,000
495,620
467,980
507,920
335,360
328,920
304,480
5,003,280
$4,028 93
4,537 47
4,510 54
4,906 45
4,703 23
4,864 16
5,116 85
5,095 11
5,262 05
4,258 05
4,223 91
3,814 29
$55,321 04
Public Works Department.
93
Cost of Pumping for 1939 (Calf Pasture Pumping Station).
Items.
Cost.
Cost per
Million
Foot
Gallon.s.
Labor
$86,341 22
14,714 07
55,.321 04
470 83
452 58
3,252 60
$0.05858
0.00998
0.03753
0 0003'^
Fuel oil
0 00031
Miscellaneous renewals and supplies
0.00221
Totals
$160,553 34
10,676 19
$0 10893
Labor at screens
0 007 ''4
Amount of Refuse Removed from Filth Hoist.
Month.
Weight
(Pounds).
January. . .
February. .
March ....
April
May
June
July
August. . . .
September.
October. . .
November.
December.
Totals
26,160
23,280
22,800
23.520
30,000
33,840
*4 1,040
48,480
42,000
38,400
38,640
24,000
392,160 = 196j'o%8 tons
* Average 240 pounds to cheese.
94 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX E.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE WATER DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1940.
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,
1939:
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 W. P. A.
forces under the general supervision of the division's
regular engineering and inspection forces. Funds were
supplied by the Federal Relief Administration for the
labor used by the so-called W. P. A. forces, and a portion
of the material used on the work and the funds of the
Water Division were used to supply cast-iron pipe
specials, gates, hydrants, lead, boxes, etc.
A total of 24,407 feet of pipe were either laid or relaid,
varying in sizes from 8 inches to 48 inches, inclusive, of
which the W. P. A. forces performed 19,673 feet, or
3.75 miles.
Some of the longer lengths were:
City Proper.
St. Botolph street, city proper, 1,915 feet of 42-inch
cast-iron pipe relaid with 42-inch steel pipe.
Gainsborough street, 287 feet of 42-inch cast-iron pipe
relaid with 42-inch steel pipe.
Huntington avenue, 767 feet of 42-inch cast-iron
pipe relaid with 42-inch steel pipe; 625 feet of 20-inch
cast-iron pipe relaid with 20-inch steel pipe; 112 feet
of 12-inch cast-iron pipe relaid with 12-inch steel pipe.
Public Works Department. 95
Roxbury.
Huntington avenue, 2,574 feet of 30-inch and 36-inch
cast-iron pipe relaid with 48-inch steel pipe.
Tremont street, 2,176 feet of 30-inch and 36-inch
cast-iron pipe relaid with 48-inch steel pipe.
Parker street, 1,007 feet of 30-inch and 36-inch
cast-iron pipe relaid with 48-inch steel pipe.
Brighton.
Saybrook street, 1,216 feet of 6-inch pipe relaid with
12-inch pipe.
Hyde Park.
Harvard avenue,
Everett street,
Central avenue, 2,900 feet of 4-inch and 6-inch pipe
relaid with 8-inch and 12-inch pipe.
Extensions of water mains totaled 6,165 linear feet,
or 1.16 miles.
Relaying of water mains totaled 18,242 linear feet,
or 3.46 miles.
Distribution Branch.
The regular work of the Distribution Branch, con-
sisting of installation of new services and fire pipes,
repairing of leaks, caring for complaints, shutting off
and letting on w^ater, freeing of stoppages in service
pipes, etc., was performed in such a manner and at such
periods as to cause a minimum of delay and inconveni-
ence to apphcants 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-ofT
frames and covers, hydrants, services and the installa-
tion of new services on the relaying work b}' the W. P. A.
forces.
The machine shop and plumbing shop were forced to
handle all the drilling and connecting of services occa-
sioned by the above mentioned forces, in addition to
the regular work carried on in these shops, such as
the assembling and machining of gates, valves and
hydrants.
Due to the decreasing of the personnel, and no re-
placements made in the repair gangs of the Water
96
City Document No. 24.
Division, it has been necessary to engage the services
of contractors to assist the department at various times
throughout the year in repairing of leaks and laying
and relaying of service pipes.
Business Office.
The new system of billing in the Water Division
which started in 1938, is now in full operation. Under
this system the collection of water rates has greatly
increased.
The campaign inaugurated in 1938 to enforce the
payment of outstanding water bills is still in force.
Customers in arrears are notified that the flow of water
will be reduced, but 3'et enough water is left on the
premises to provide a minimum for health and sani-
tary requirements. As a result of this campaign the
Water Division ended the year 1939 with a surplus of
$757,182.55.
Main pipe petitions received
Domestic service applications
Fire pipe applications .
Special meter tests
Hydrant permits issued
Repair deposits received
Miscellaneous deposits .
15
333
17
368
34
67
76
Appropriations, Expenditures and Revenue.
Amount appropriated $1,156,157 27
Amount expended 1,051,504 82
Balance $104,652 45
Amount of money collected during the year . $5,167,428 29
Amount of expenditures from all sources . . 4,410,245 74
The Metropolitan Assessment for 1939
amounted to $3,184,706.30, an increase of
$505,540.98 over the assessment for 1930.
Total amount of water billed for 1939 . . 4,570,435 94
Total amount collected for 1939 bills . . 3,489,006 02
Total abatements for 1939 water . . . 26,148 15
Total amount collected in 1939 on bills rendered
prior to 1939 1,608,982 07
Public Works Department. 97
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 emplo^-ees has been
brought about which is beneficial to the consumer and
the city.
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel M. Sullivan,
Division Engineer.
98 City Document No. 24.
1939 — Financial Transactions — Water Service.
Revenues:
Receipt for water .... $5,097,988 09
All other receipts .... 69,319 64
Tax titles. Water .... 120 56
f>xpenditures from revenue:
Refunded water rates . . $69 1 08
Transfer to Collecting Department, 102,225 09
Auditing Department ... 112 20
Expenditures from revenue:
Current expenses and extension . $1,051,504 82
Metropolitan W^ater Assessment . 3,184,706 30
$5,167,428 29
103,028 37
Balance available for water purposes .... $5,064,399 92
4,236,211 12
$828,188 80
Expenditures on Debt Account:
Payments on Boston water debt . $32,000 00
Payments on Hj-de Park water
debt 16,000 00
Interest on water loans . . . 23,006 25
71,006 25
Balance of revenue over expenditures .... $757,182 55
Loan Account: ^^
Balance outstanding January 1,
1939 $763,000 00
Paid during 1939:
Boston water debt, $32,000 00
Hvde Park water
debt . . 16,000 00
P. W. A. loans No.
1123, No. 4214,
No. 7223 . . 41,000 00
89,000 00
Balance outstanding December 31, 1939 . . . $674,000 00
Construction Account:
Extension of mains (from revenue) .... $115,860 71
Cost of construction December 31, -— ^-^-— ^^
1939 $24,235,579 16
Cost of construction December 31,
1938 24,119,718 45
Increase in plant cost during 1939 $115,860 71
Cost of existing works December 31, 1939:
Pipe yards and buildings . . * $84,332 16
Engineering expenses . . . 57,873 58
Distribution system .... 123,918,373 42
Hyde Park water works . . . 175,000 00
$24,235,579 16
High pressure fire system 12,293,316 75
Total cost $26,528,895 91
* $10,500 deducted on account of abolishment of Charlestown water yard.
t Includes $155,023.89 expended on high pressure fire system in 1925, 1926, 1931, 1932,
1933.
t $33,850.96 deducted from cost of high pressure fire system on account of abandonment
of pumping station. Battery street.
Public Works Department.
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Table No. 11.
High Pressure Fire Service.
Showing Lcngtii of Watrr Pipes, Connections, Hydrants and Valves in Same, December SI,
1939.
20- Inch. 16-Inch. 12-Inch. 8-Inch. 6-Inch
Totals.
Length owned and operated December
31, 1938
Gates in same
Blow-offs in same
Length laid in 1939
Gate valves in same
Length owned and operated December
31, 1939
Gate valves in same
Blow-offs in same
High-pressure fire hydrants
20,140
46,953
31,756
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201
144
502
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46,953
31,756
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847
6
98,849
847
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18.72 miles of mains in system.
Public Works Department.
101
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Total Number of Hydrants in System December 31, 1939.
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Charlestown (public)
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City proper (public)
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Dorchester (public)
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East Boston (public)
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Hyde Park (public)
" (private)
Roxbury (public)
" (private)
South Boston (public)
" (private)
West Roxbury (public)
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Deer Island (private)
Gallup's Island (private) ....
Long Island (private)
Rainsf ord Island (private) . . .
Thompson's Island (private) .
Quincy
Total number (public)
Total number (private) . . . .
High-pressure fire hydrants.
31
13
392
5
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563
33
13
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100
286
5
323
9
612
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1
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284
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172
1
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2,259
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178
58
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4
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148
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102 City Document No. 24.
Waterworks Statistics, City of BosTOisr.
For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1939.
Distribution.
Mains.
Kind of pipe: Cast iron, wrought iron, steel.
Size: 2-inc'h to 48-in('h.
Extended, miles, 1.19.
Size enlarged, miles, 2.32.
Total miles now in use, 1,000.819, 2" to 48" includes high pressure fire
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Public hydrants added, 16.
Public hydrants now in use, 11,322.
Stop gates added, 55.
Stop gates now in use, 15,986.
Stop gates smaller than 4-inch, 34.
Number of blow-offs, 866.
Range of pressure on mains, 30 to 90 pounds.
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Kind of pipe and size: Lead and lead lined, f-inch to 2-inch; cast iron
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Service taps added, 367.
Total service taps now in use as per metered services, 101,284.
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Shutting Off and Turning On Water in 1939.
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Number of premises turned on after repairs . . 4,252
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Number of premises turned on for occupancy . . 917
Number of premises shut off for nonpayment of
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Number of premises shut off on account of waste . 82
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shut off for waste 63
Number of new service pipes turned on for first
time 184
Total number of times water was shut off or
turned on 29,183
Public Works Department.
113
Statement of Each Year's Water Rates, 1912 to 1939, Inclusive,
With Outstanding Balances, As of December 31, 1939.
Account of
Yeak.
Amount
Assessed.
Amount
Abated.
Collpptions
and Credits.
.\moimt
OutstaiidinK.
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1937 and 1938 added to
1939 Tax
$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
5,018,524 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
4,719,184 08
4,719,917 42
4.570.435 94
606,767 13
$58,369 39
50.147 90
64,663 01
57,782 09
67,771 69
77,353 75
162,415 52
95,812 76
123,509.90
90,946 23
90,453 27
77,449 02
43,678 41
39,084 94
44,694 94
44,181 30
37,801 18
45,119 68
44,432 82
45,872 .56
37,905 09
35,884 94
57,527 99
49,265 ,52
35,484 35
31,563 33
42,778 45
26.148 15
8,201 76
$2,943,402 48
2,9.54,183 62
2,970,232 82
2,903,015 36
3,062,818 54
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
3,783,400 82
3,829,250 45
3.858.485 74
3,918,482 .56
4,.371,678 72
4.959.486 12
4,801,564 72
4,676,807 02
4,538,176 74
4,475,499 11
4, .574,486 77
4,497,508 07
4,536,488 72
* 4,596,140 88
1 4,669,098 44
3,489,028 10
288,865 02
$5,452 03
7,098 82
6,938 86
16,489 77
8,559 94
13,918 59
18,182 73
26,866 60
35,379 58
61,155 91
71,848 31
83,943 95
99,759 83
91,479 87
8,041 03
1,055,259 69
309,700 35
Total outstanding water rates December 31, 1939 .
$1,920,075 86
* Includes $192,846.42 transferred to
Added to 1939 Tax.
t Includes $390,452.47 transferred to
Added to 1939 Tax.
(Credits have been made since August. 1937. of Tax Sales Receipts, to water accounts
for every year from 1929 to 1939, inclusive, reducing outstan iin? balances for these years .
114
City Document No. 24.
Water Meter Division.
Table No. I. Statement of Work Done During the Year 1939.
Make.
-6
"a.
a
<
■v
V
3
c
o
Q
Meters
Changed.
i
1
'U
Pi
s
Id
£■03
i
Out.
In.
Hersey disc
Worth disc
Watch dog
203
8
51
10
658
67
222
37
2
6
3,107
665
1,932
578
39
69
14
17
2
13
4
20
1
13
1
1
4,525
358
1,396
178
2
4
1
3
1
3
1
4
4,684
518
2,811
1,930
44
82
17
9
2
16
12
14
7
989
156
334
181
20
39
8
18
11
51
6
15
85
7
3,440
30
1,750
177
2
]
1
325
25
111
King
7
3
2
1
3
1
Trident
Hersey rotar3'
Arctic
1
1
Detector
2
Hersey compound
1
Totals
277
1 ,(X)2
6,476
6,476
10.146
1,920
5,403
468
Public Works Department.
115
Table No. 2. Meters in Service December 31, 1939.
Diameter in Inches.
Make.
5
I
1
U
2
3
4
6
8
10
12
j Totalw.
53,696
6,399
21,578
3,666
592
595
205
178
118
327
3,702
24
1.041
233
1,850
29
1,062
15
969
27
720
29
429
48
435
42
1
162
13
395
129
30
1
60,968
6,540
Worth disc
Watch dog
91
25,322
KlQg
3 985
Federal
593
American
114
68
302
228
20
46
35
6
123
729
59
1
97
12
72
11
178
23
23
52
1
4
19
2
16
21
15
51
10
333
Crown
6
1
15
12
65
675
Trident
2
179
Hersev rotarv
1,041
Hersey compound
28
Detector
35
25
5
185
Arctic
1
16
59
152
23
19
72
Empire
16
Nash
232
142
16
1
6
6
3
314
Keystone .
303
Totals
87,582
6,086
3,202
1,932
1,256
692
33.5
129
37
27
5
101,283
116
City Document No. 24.
Table No. 3. Meters in Shop December 31, 1939.
Make.
Diameter in ]
NCHES
Totals.
i
^
1
u
2
3
4
6
10
Hersey disc
1,811
15
3
6
14
16
1
6
2
1,869
1
489
]
8
4
1
.505
4
1
1
Totals
2,300
15
4
6
26
23
3
2
1
2„3S0
Table No. 4. Meters Purchased in Year 193?.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
5
•
1
V,
2
3
4
Hersey disc
Hersey detector
1,500
250
250
11
.5
12
12
3
7
2,040
3
Hersey compound. ... ...
7
Totals
1,500
253
2.50
11
5
12
22
2,050
Table No, 5. Meters Reset.
IVIake.
Diameter
IN Inches.
■3
1
a
3
a
0
§ .
11
5
1
1
U
2
4
S.2
0
0
Hersey disc
297
24
95
6
10
10
5
2
1
1
1
325
25
111
7
107
5
33
2
218
Worth disc
20
Watch dog
7
1
6
2
78
King
Totals
422
18
16
7
4
1
468
147
321
Public Works Department.
117
Table No. 6. Meters Changed in 1939.
Make.
Meters Out.
diameter in inches.
Totals.
1
1
1
15-
2
3
4
6
2,715
651
1,663
530
39
47
15
2
5
8
10
1
1
1
226
5
89
22
77
4
77
16
55
3
60
4
22
2
24
6
8
3
1
3 107
665
Watch dog
13
6
1,932
King
578
Federal
39
22
2
69
Nash
2
1
20
Trident ... .
2
6
4
3
4
2
2
17
14
13
Empire
Hersey rotary-
1
2
4
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
13
4
1
1
1
Totals
5,688
381
186
126
60
24
9
2
6,476
118
City Document No. 24.
Table No. 6. Meters Changed. — Concluded.
Make.
Meters In.
diameter in inches.
Totals.
»
i
1
U
2
3
4
6
4,011
349
1,142
149
2
2
3
281
5
94
11
111
1
67
13
66
2
.59
1
40
1
18
4
10
6
4,525
358
1.')
1
1,396
178
2
2
4
Nash
3
Trident
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
4
4
Totals
5,660
393
193
129
63
26
11
1
6,476
Public Works Department.
119
Table No. 7. Causes for Meter Changes.
Make.
'■£
.iS
C5
■d
.2;
C3
^
05
u
EC
c
n
>-)
M
K.
C
"?!
^
~
U,
73
a
M
n
0)
o
Q
o
W
w
0
U
£
1)
03
Q
912
23
415
35
11
906
410
766
471
13
17
9
1
9
4
7
1
6
64
19
19
1
4
3
314
88
200
279
117
278
56
3
2
518
4
91
20
14
9
3,107
Worth disc
665
Watch dog
236
1,932
King
578
12
11
3
39
1
24
12
2
69
Nash.. ..
3
20
Trident .
2
2
2
4
2
3
3
1
1
17
2
14
13
1
7
1
13
1
2
4
1
1
1
Totals
1,412
2,621
98
30
628
742
783
4
158
6,476
120
City Document No. 24.
Table No. 8. Meters Applied in 1939.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
Make.
«
i
1
U
2
3
4
164
8
25
7
4
9
6
9
4
7
203
8
1
4
2
7
1
2
5
7
51
10
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
'^'^ '
Totals
205
5
15
15
11
9
17
277
Applied on old service pipes .
Applied on new service pipes .
Total
Table No. 9. Meters Discontinued in Year 1939.
16
261
277
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
"3
O
S
c
2
4)
C
c
o
O
c
d
>
■6
§
c
c
o
5
13
a
1
i
1
u
2
3
4
6
C3
910
134
340
66
44
11
8
6
2
4
1
1
981
136
390
70
1
2
1
8
4
1
6
3
6
217
47
111
21
102
22
56
11
658
67
222
37
1
1
4
20
4
13
11
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
7
4
1
1
6
2
1
1
4
3
4
2
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
Trident
1
1
Totals
1,473
70
36
22
12
3
2
1
1,609
405
195
1,002
7
Public Works Department.
121
Table No. 10. Meters Repaired in Service.
^
c
^
CQ
^
C3
K
3
Make.
?.
^
►J
a
m
C
•a
v
"a3
o
o
4)
'a
C
■q,
3
O
OS
&
a
o
c
o
"ol
o
Q
O
m
O
M
O
r^
H
Heisey disc
214
114
348
195
46
23
49
989
28
59
21
19
27
163
33
41
14
9
11
7
22
36
156
334
3
1
154
5
11
•>
181
Federal
3
9
3
1
9
,,
20
7
2
1
11
4
4
1
3
8
3
■)
39
8
1
4
1
19
o
6
4
7
4
1
11
3
18
Trident
11
o
7
51
11
1
31
1
3
2
1
15
2
29
4
1
5
2
6
12
8
85
7
Totals
352
226
721
304
107
79
131
1,920
122 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX F.
REPORT OF BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE
BRIDGE COMMISSION.
BosTOX, January 2, 1940.
To the Honorable the Mayor.
Sir, — As Commissioner for the City of Boston, I
respectfully submit herewith the annual report of the
Boston and Cambridge Bridge Commission for the
year ending December 31, 1939.
The commission is composed of two members, one
appointed by the Mayor of the City of Boston and the
other by the Mayor of the City of Cambridge, under
provisions of chapter 467, Acts of 1898.
The commission has charge of the maintenance of the
following-named bridges between Boston and Cambridge :
Cottage Farm, Longfellow and Prison Point.
As there is no separate appropriation made for the
City of Boston's portion of the expenses of this com-
mission, the same is taken from the appropriation for
the Bridge and Ferry Division, Bridge Service. The
amount expended during the fiscal vear ending December
31, 1939, was $4,837.57.
Respectfully submitted,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner for the City of Boston.
Public Works Department,
123
Boston and Cambridge Bridges. Expenditures for the Year Ending
December 31, 1939.
Being the Portion Paid by the City of Boston, Which /x One Half of the Total Expenditure.
^
T3
2
E
n
C
a
m
o
'o
c
^3
c
o
"3
^«
c
• i
o
<:
O
h:;
~
H
$50 00
$1,560 00
200 00
$1,610 00
Inspection
$192 00
$210 00
602 00
Light.
892 71
1,683 49
2.576 20
42
42
Rent
39 00
39 00
9 95
9 95
Totals
$59 95
$1,084 71
$3,482 91
$210 00
$4,837 57
CITY OF BOSTON PRINTING DEPARTMENT
Co ^ ^ ^ ^ ->
ANNUAL REPORT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1940
[Document 24—1941]
"T^^oa^^.r;
JVIAR 30 1944
W^M-. n
T
CONTENTS.
Part I.
EEPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
Page
Appropriations and expendi-
tures, all divisions 13
Employees, grade and num-
ber of, etc 10
Employees, appointments,
etc 12
Page
General review 1
Organization 1
Revenue 14
Part II. — Appendix A.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
BRIDGE AND FERRY DIVISION.
(Bridge Service.)
(Page 18.)
Page
Bridges, expenditures on ... . 34
Bridges, work done on:
Beacon Street Bridge over
the Boston and Albanj'
Railroad 22
Dartmouth Street Bridge
over the Boston and
Albany Railroad 22
Brookline Avenue Bridge
over the Boston and
Albany Railroad 22
Massachusetts Avenue
Bridge over the Boston
and Albany Railroad. . . 22
Page
Safety curbs 23
Day labor force 23
Draw openings 36
Financial statement 30
General review 19
Granite Avenue Bridge. . . 37
Miscellaneous work, other
Divisions and Depart-
ments 23
Miscellaneous Work,
Bridge Service 24
Works Progress Adminis-
tration 20
IV
Table of Contents.
(Ferry Service.)
(Page 18.)
Page
Balance sheet 39
Expenditures since 1858 .... 41
Ferry boats, list of 25
Ferry boats, work done on . . 25
Financial statement 38
Page
General review 25
Receipts since 1858-1859 ... 42
Receipts for year 1940 40
Toll rates 43
Travel on South Ferry 43
(Sumner Tunnel.)
(Page 27.)
Page
Comparison of receipts, ex-
penditures, etc., 1934-
1940, inclusive 45
Financial statement 44
General review 27
Summary of work done dur-
ing year
Vehicles using tunnel, classi-
fication of
Page
27
46
Appendix B.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
HIGHWAY DIVISION.
(Lighting Service.)
(Page 50.)
Financial statement.
Page
50
Summary of installations,
etc., during year
Page
50
(Paving Service.)
(Page 47.)
Page
Financial statement 47
General review 47
Objects of expenditures 48
Permits issued 53
Page
Permits, revenue from fees
for 53
Summary of work done dur-
ing year 52
Table of Contents.
Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
SANITARY DIVISION.
(Page 54.)
Page
Comparative costs per cubic
yard of collection and
disposal 61
Cost of collection and dis-
posal of refuse by con-
tract 58
Cost of collection and dis-
posal of refuse by day
labor force 60
Page
Expenditures for the collec-
tion and disposal of
ashes and garbage by
districts 57
Financial statement 54
General review 54
Street cleaning and oiling,
distribution of expendi-
tures 62
Street cleaning operations . . 62
Appendix D.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
SEWER DIVISION.
(Page 63.)
Page
Calf Pasture Pumping Sta-
tion, fuel record and
electric power 94
Calf Pasture Pumping Sta-
tion, sewerage pumped
at 93
Catch basins, number of . . . . 93
Financial statement 65
General review 63
Maintenance expenditures . . 66
P. W. A. construction 76
Page
Refuse removed from filth
hoist 95
Sewerage works expendi-
tures 68
Sewerage works construc-
tion 74
Sewerage works construc-
tion, summary of 91
Sewers, net increase in length, 92
Sewers, total length of 92
Sewers, five-year summary. . 91
VI
Table of Contents.
Appendix E.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF THE
WATER DIVISION.
(Page 96.)
Page
Financial statement 108
General review 96
High pressure fire service,
length of water pipes,
number of hydrants,
etc 110
Hydrants, number of, in sys-
tem Ill
Main pipe, abandoned, cost
of 113
Main pipe, cost of replace-
ment 115
Main pipe, cost of extension, 117
Meters, statement of work
done 100
Page
Meters in service
101
Meters in shop, purchased
and reset
102
Meters changed
103
Meters, cause for changes . .
104
Meters applied
104
Meters discontinued
105
Meters repaired
106
Shutting off and turning on
water
109
Water pipes, length of
107
Water rates, amounts
assessed, abated, col-
lected, etc., 1912-1940,
inclusive
99
Water works statistics
112
Appendix F.
REPORT OF BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE
BRIDGE COMMISSION.
(Page 121.)
Financial statement.
Page I
122 General review
Page
121
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