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[Document 24 — 19o4.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1953.
Boston, January 2, 1954.
Hon. John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Mr. ]\Iayor:
In compliance with the provisions of section 24 of
chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1947, I respect-
fully submit the annual report of the Public Works
Department for the year ending December 31, 1953.
Fiscal.
The total expenditures of the department for the
year were §20,567,381. 71, of which Sl,672,698.32 repre-
sents water assessments levied by the Metropolitan
District Commission, and §594,228.80 represents Metro-
politan District Commission sewer assessments.
The receipts of the Water Division totaled
S4,991, 108.54, and the revenue derived from the
operation of the Sumner Tunnel reached a record
high of $2,172,410.
The surplus resulting from the sale of water amounted
to $533,649.12, and the operation of the Sumner Tunnel
resulted in a record-breaking surplus of $901,235.50.
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2 City Document No. 24.
Loan Orders.
On May 19, 1953, a City Council order was approved
by your Honor, which provided, under the provisions
of section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, that
the sum of $2,700,000 be appropriated for the construc-
tion of an incinerator, and on June 2, 1953, that the
sum of $2,000,000 be appropriated for the construction
of public ways and the sum of $1,000,000 be appropriated
for the construction of sewerage works.
Street Construction Work.
St ate- Aid Program.
Last year we completed a considerable amount of
street reconstruction under the Chapter 90 State-Add
Highway Reconstruction Program. The following im-
portant main highways were constructed during the
year under this program:
Allandale street, from Centre street to the Brookline line.
Chelsea street, from Maverick square to Day square.
Morton street, from Harvard street to railroad bridge
east of Norfolk street.
South street, from Centre street to the Arborway.
Washington street, from Asticou road to West Roxbury
Parkway.
The total cost of the Chapter 90 Construction Pro-
gram in Boston for the year 1953 was $499,696.85, of
which the State Department of Public Works, under
the provisions of section 34 of chapter 90 of the General
Laws paid 45 per cent, therebj^ presenting a substantial
savings to the taxpayer. It is planned to again conduct
an extensive program of construction under this chapter
in 1954.
Non-State- Aid Program.
We also completed a major street reconstruction
program, comprising extensive construction and re-
construction, in every section of the city. In addition
to work done on downtown streets, the department
resurfaced several important traffic arteries, listed as
follows :
Annunciation road, from Parker street to Ruggles street.
Beacon street, from Park street to Charles street.
Boylston street, from Washington street to Tremont
street, and from Dartmouth street to Exeter street.
Public Works Department. 3
Centre street, from Belgrade avenue to Spring street.
Devonshire street, from Franklin street to Summer street.
Newmarket square, from Southampton street to Massa-
chusetts avenue.
Northampton street, from Columbus avenue to Albany-
street.
Prince street, from Pond street to Perkins street.
Ruggles street, from Washington street to Huntington
avenue.
Saratoga street, from McClellan Highway to Bennington
street.
Theodore A. Glynn Way, from Southampton street to
Massachusetts avenue.
In continuation of our policy of replacing brick
sidewalks with cement concrete in the older sections
of the city, contracts during the year, totaling appro.xi-
mately $78,500, were awarded for this work.
The following is a summarized financial statement of
the expenditures made in 1953 for highAvay improve-
ments :
Budgetary Item.
Public Ways, Construction of (Loan Account) $2,019,055 30
Public Ways, Construction of (Revenue Account) . 157,500 00
Reconstruction of Streets (including sidewalks) . 105,800 60
Sidewalks, Construction and Reconstruction of . 78,570 59
Total $2,360,926 55
The following is a summarized record of the highway
improvement work done by the department in 1953:
Number of Streets Constructed or Reconstructed, 170.
Includes 47 new streets ordered laid out and constructed
by the Board of Street Commissioners under the provisions
of chapter 393 of the Acts of 1906.
Miles of Streets Improved, 28 .16.
Includes 5 miles of so-called Chapter 90 State-Aid Highway
Improvements.
Miles of Sidewalks Improved, 9 . 57.
In addition to sidewalk improvements included in the
above-noted street improvements.
We also completed, during the year, the removal in
104 streets of 590 gas lamps, which were replaced with
an equal number of 1,000- or 2,500-lumen electric
lamps. It is our intention to continue with this program
during 1954.
4 City Document No. 24.
Snow Removal.
We were fortunate during the past year in that no
snowstorms of major proportions occurred. Only two
days had snowfall of appreciable precipitation, January
9, 8.4 inches, and February 12, 5.8 inches, requiring
removal by contract forces. We experienced little
difficulty in keeping the streets properly plowed and
sanded throughout the winter months.
There are over 735 miles of public streets that have
to be plowed and maintained during the winter months.
The department's fourteen (14) Walter snowfighters
were used to plow, sand, and salt the streets of the
downtown area. Most of the plowing work in the rest
of the city was done by 250 trucks rented on an hourly
basis from contractors.
The cost of snow removal work for 1953 totaled
$394,551.95.
Late in the year, we were notified that the Metro-
politan Transit Authority would no longer plow and
sand streets carrying bus routes, starting the winter of
1953-54. Subsequently, we purchased from the MTA
twenty-one (21) pieces of their equipment at a cost of
$22,710, in order to perform this work.
?klERiDiAN Street Bridge.
Construction of the new bridge, under the super-
A'ision of the Department of Public Works of the Com-
monwealth, is proceeding rapidly. The substructure,
built bj" the Alerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation,
was completed early in the year. Considerable progress
has been made on the superstructure by the contractor,
the American Bridge Companj^, and it is estimated
that the work will be completed and the bridge placed
in operation late in 1954.
South Ferry.
Service was terminated on this ferry at the close of
business on December 31, 1952, and the ferry personnel
was transferred to other services during January-, 1953.
At a public auction, held on April 5, 1953, the two (2)
ferryboats were sold for a total of $32,000. Later, the
bridge drops and other appurtenances were sold for
junk and all final expenses and obligations of the Ferry
Service were discharged.
Public Works Department. 5
Refuse Disposal.
As previously stated, an appropriation was made
providing for the construction of the so-called central
incinerator in the vicinity of Southampton street. No
further progress was made on this facility, pending the
acquisition of a site which we are trying to ol^tain from
the State Department of Public Works.
We assisted in drafting a bill providing for the crea-
tion of a Brighton-Watertown Incinerator Authority,
in order to construct and operate an incinerator for
the disposal of refuse from said communities. This
bill was introduced in the 1953-54 session of the General
Court as House No. 1737.
No apparent progress has been made in the incinerator
program of the Metropolitan District Commission, as
provided under chapter 559 of the Acts of 1952. As
far as I know, of all the Metropolitan Boston communi-
ties, only the City of Boston has agreed to enter into
this arrangement.
An appreciable advancement in sanitation was made
as pertains to the collection of refuse by the awarding
on April 1, 1953, of garbage and refuse collection con-
tracts providing that, in seven (7) out of the seventeen (17)
collection districts, the contractor is required to furnish
enclosed steel bodies on all refuse trucks. This advance-
ment was made with no appreciable increase in collec-
tion costs. It is planned to extend the furnishing of
these enclosed trucks to other districts over the next
two years, so that eventually only enclosed body trucks
will be used for refuse collection in all sections of the city.
Purchase of Equipment.
New equipment purchased during the year included
three (3) Wayne street sweepers, two (2) Hough bucket
loaders, two (2) Trojan bucket loaders, one (1) Cater-
pillar tractor, eight (8) Ford dump trucks, five (5) Ford
pickup trucks, five (5) Chevrolet pickup trucks, two
(2) Ford emergency gate-closer trucks, one (1) Ford
stake body truck, one (1) Ford platform crane, one (1)
International plumbing shop truck, one (1) Ford sedan,
and one (1) power lawn mower.
Used equipment purchased from the MTA to plow
6 City Document No. 24.
and sand streets along bus routes, comprised sixteen
(16) Walter snow fighters, three (3) FWD snow fighters,
one (1) Barber-Greene snowloader, and one (1) Nelson
snowloader.
Personnel.
There were 2,166 employees in the department as of
December 31, as compared with 2,340 employees on
January 1, 1953.
Detailed Reports.
Appended hereto are reports submitted by the Divi-
sion Engineers relative to the activities of their divisions
in 1953.
Respectfully submitted,
George G. Hyland,
Commissioner of Public Works.
Public Works Department. 7
The records of the department show that there are
now 2,166 persons ehgible for employment in the
several divisions, and of that number 2,140 were upon
the January 1, 1954, payrolls.
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January 1, 1954.
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Public Works Department. 11
MAINTENANCE APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
Total Appropriations,
Division or Service.
Including
Transfers and Amounts
Carried over from 1952.
Expenditures.
Unexpended
Balance.
Central Office ....
$62,336 60
$62,066 49
$270 11
Automotive Division
762,029 57
744,669 43
17,360 14
Bridge Service
847,090 39
836,429 03
10,661 36
Ferry Service .
11,937 11
10,338 93
1,598 18
Tunnel Service
615,479 34
607,918 96
7.560 38
Lighting Service
1.365,581 10
1,349,451 99
16,129 11
Paving Service
1,536,877 04
1,442,713 66
94,163 38
Sanitary Division
5,178,538 50
5,105,598 82
72,939 68
Sewer Division
878,792 13
812,988 08
65,804 05
Water Division
2,723,987 71
2,458,359 86
265,627 85
Totals . . . .
$13,982,649 49
$13,430,535 25
$552,114 24
LOANS AND SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Title.
Total Amount
Available.
Expenditures.
Unexpended
Balance.
Bridges, Construction of (revenue)
Bridges, Construction of (non-revenue)
Bridges, Repairs etc. (revenue)
Reconstruction of Streets (revenue)
Sidewalks, Construction and Reconstruction of
(revenue)
Street Signs (revenue)
Public Ways, Construction of (revenue)
Public Ways, Construction of (non-revenue)
Snow Removal (revenue)
Construction of Buildings and Original Equipment and
Furnishings thereof (non-revenue)
Sewerage Works (revenue)
Sewerage Works (non-revenue)
Totals
$161, .536 59
.3,133,856 41
464,216 35
129,924 26
129,967 80
22,870 41
157,500 00
3,550,834 60
403,975 68
11,900 44
158,945 30
1,607,435 89
$9,932,963 73
$0 00
1,044,226 34
179,532 85
105,800 60
78,570 59
8,736 14
157,500 00
2,019,055 36
394,551 95
00
148,182 98
733,762 53
84,869,919 34
$161,536 59
2,089,630 07
284,683 50
24,123 66
51,397 21
14,134 27
00
1,531,779 24
9,423 73
11,900 44
10,762 32
873,673 30
$5,063,044 39
12
City Document No. 24.
REVENUE.
On Account of Public Works Department.
Central Office:
Charges for plans and specifications
$1,208 00
$1,208 00
Automotive Division:
Sale of Junk ....
$540 16
540 16
Bridge Service:
Rents
$4,690 00
Damage to property .
566 78
Refund on drums .
24 00
Miscellaneous
183 12
Sale of junk ....
32 41
5,496 31
Ferry Service:
Tolls
$92 44
Cleaning telephone booths .
2 00
Commission on telephones .
5 65
Refunds
16 00
Sale of junk ....
80 61
Refund of petty cash .
70 00
266 70
Sumner Tunnel :
Tolls
$2,172,410 00
2,172,410 00
Lighting Service:
Sale of junk ....
$245 77
Ol!^ 77
Paving Service:
From assessments (added to taxes) on
abutters for cost of laying side-
walks in front of their premises
Permits .
Rents
Sale of materials
Contributions from Commonwealth
of Massachusetts under chapter 90
of General Laws for Construction
of public ways
Sanitary Division :
Sale of garbage
Advertising space .
Miscellaneous
Sewer Division:
Disposal of sewage
Entiance fees
Sale of junk .
Rents
Refunds .
Cleaning drains
Miscellaneous
Carried forum rd
$652 62
24,292 70
250 00
2,069 95
242,495 69
269,760 96
36,729 54
24,438 43
$36,000 00
516 54
213 00
$19,233 00
4,704 20
309 97
39 00
30 00
45 00
77 26
$2,511,095 87
Public Works Department.
13
Brought forward
Water Division :
Water rates
Water rates added to taxes
Service pipes for new takers, extcn(J
ing, repairing, etc.
Fees on overdue rates
Sale of junk .
Damage to property
Labor and materials
Deposit account .
Elevator and fire pipe connections
Miscellaneous income .
Grand total
$2,511,095 87
$4,549,640 89
278,892 70
1,452 20
584 09
1,728 13
1.078 88
7,506 10
102,547 97
4,089 85
4,417 77
4,951,938 58
$7,463,034 45
PART II.
APPENDICES
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16 City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX A.
REPORT OF THE AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION FOR
THE YEAR 1953.
Boston, January 2, 1954.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir:
I am submitting herewith the annual report of the
Automotive Division of the Pubhc Works Department
for the year ending December 31, 1953. This report
covers the activities of the four garages and the offices
of the Automotive Division, and the activities of the
Mobile Patrol and the Motor Pool.
The Automotive Division is primarily concerned
with the repair and maintenance of the automotive
equipment of the department, but we are on call for
many other duties. One such call came on the night
of June 10, 1953, when we quickly responded to a plea
for assistance from the City of Worcester which had
been badly hit by a tornado on June 9, 1953. The
division dispatched six men with the following equip-
ment: One three quarter-ton service truck-compres-
sor, two half-ton pickup trucks, one hundred and
fifty-two 500-watt light bulbs, three and one half
miles of wiring, three trailer-tj'pe Griffin lighting units,
each carrying six 500-watt lamps, one Hobart welding
unit, with generator carrying five 500-watt lamps, and
15 Homelite portable gas-driven lighting units, with
cluster type lights. This lighting equipment was used
to provide light for four streets, each about 2,000 feet
long, and for the grounds of Assumption College. In
addition, we carried up 65 gas-driven saws which were
used for cutting up fallen trees, telegraph poles, heavy
lumber, and debris. This latter operation was in
charge of District Foremen Prior and Malloy of the
Bridge and Highway Division, and Welder Foreman
Edward Elmo of the Automotive Division. Our relief
party was self-supporting since we maintained our own
supplies, such as gasoline, oil, tools, etc. The men were
on duty from .June 10 through June 19, 1953.
Public Works Department. 17
Another project in which the Automotive Division
assisted was the driver training school conducted by
the Mayor's Automotive Advisory Committee. This
school was established in 1952, and has now given
instruction to over 500 drivers. In connection with
this course, the Automotive Division has conducted
a survey of Public Works Department motor vehicle
accidents, and a chart covering a five-year period is
attached to this report.
The one hundred and fort}- employees of the division
are engaged in the following duties: One division
engineei", in charge of the division, 41 employees as-
signed to repair work, 41 employees assigned to main-
tenance of buildings, gasoline and oil dispensing,
cleaning, watchman duties, and motor vehicle
operation, four employees assigned to the stockroom,
three employees assigned to operation of wreckers, 10
employees assigned to office work, one dispatcher, and
39 employees assigned to the Mobile Patrol which
maintains a watch over Public Works Department
property and equipment between the hours of 4 p.m.
and 8 a.m.
The office maintained by the division at City Hall
processed 2,294 requisitions in 1953, of which 1,098
were service orders and 1,196 were purchase orders.
Approximately 100 purchases a month, usually under
$3 each, are made from petty cash funds. The City
Hall office reports the following expenditures for 1953:
Personal services .
Contractual services
Materials and supplies
Rents and registration fees
Pui'chase of new equipment
$446,870 19
48,420 26
148,801 44
9,131 70
91,445 84
Total expenditm-es . . . $744,669 43
The new equipment added to our fleet in 1953 con-
sisted of the following:
3 Trojan bucket loading machines . . $19,725 00
Replacements to our fleet in 1953 consisted of the
following :
Charged to Snow Removal:
15 Walter snow fighters $17,145 00
3 FWD snow fighters $3,510 00
18
City Document No. 24.
Charged to Water Division:
1 new 1953 Ford four-door sedan . . . $546 99
1 new 195.3 Ford chassis and cab with truck
crane. Gar Wood and steel platform body $7,487 00
1 new International RM-150 with Metro
body $2,502 96
2 new 1954, half-ton, Chevrolet pickup trucks $2,254 00
1 new 1954 Ford, F-250, chassis and cab . $1,568 00
1 new Ford, F-250. with Gyro type air
compressor $4,206 16
3 new 1954 Chevrolet, Model 3809, standard
express trucks .$4,248 30
2 new 1954 Fords, F-250, with special bodies $4,243 40
1 new Ingersoll Rand, Model GR-105,
Gyro flow rotary air compressor . . .$2,709 70
1 Ingersoll Rand, 30-gallon air receiver . $145 00
Charged to Automolive Division:
1 new 1954 two-door sedan .... $1,12994
1 new Ford, 1953, one and one-half-ton
chassis with 2-yard dump body . . $2,194 23
7 new 1953 Fords, F-7, .3-yard dump bodies.
Gallon, Model 12, hoists, Galion, Model
700 $22,952 19
4 new 1953 Chevrolet, lialf-tou, pickup
trucks $4,233 60
1 stake body truck, 8-cylinder . . $1,776 74
1 new 1953, half-ton. pickup truck . $1,171 10
2 new 19.53 Ford, F-lOO, pickup trucks . $2,319 92
2 Ford, F-lOO, pickup trucks .... $1,996 00
1 1934 Walter snow fighter .... $875 00
1 1954 Ford, F-lOO, half-ton, pickup truck . $1,312 00
1 G. E. Tungar battery charger with bulbs . $77 00
1 Model WA-75 Weaver jack . . $101 .38
1 crawler tractor and angle dozer . . . $10,343 90
1 1947 Barber-Greene bucket loader . . $740 00
1 1948 Nelson bucket loader .... .$440 00
2 Hough, model front, bucket-type loadsters $11,270 00
3 new Wayne street sweepers. Model 2-450 $29,841 00
1 reversible rotary lawn mower. 25-inch
blade $340 55
4 new 1954 dump trucks. Ford, F-500 . . $13,972 00
1 new 1954 four-door sedan, Ford . . $1,053 00
6 new 1954 two-door sedans, Ford . $7,666 00
2 new Elgin, 81-motor, pickup sweepers $17,820 00
1 new Netco catch-basin cleaning machine . .$6,940 00
1 new 1954 chassis and cab only, Chevrolet
Model 4100 $1,760 00
3 new 1954 Ford, two-door sedans . . .$4,203 00
The year 1953 saw an extension of the policy of in-
stalling two-way radios in our vehicles, and we now have
Public Works Department. 19
a total of 40 vehicles so equipped. The funds for this
installation were provided by Civil Defense, but mainte-
nance costs will be paid from Automotive Division
funds. During the winter months all radio-equipped
cars were used in snow removal work and proved to be
of great value. This operation is under the direction of
our dispatcher.
Late in 1953, the Metropolitan Transit Authority
notified the cities and towns that the MTA would cease
to plow and sand streets carrying bus routes. This ruling
by the MTA, to take effect in the winter of 1953-54,
was accompanied by an offer to sell to the cities and
towns the equipment formerly used in this plowing and
sanding work. After a survey by the Automotive Divi-
sion engineer, the Commissioner of Public Works advised
the Mayor to purchase 21 pieces of equipment, namely,
16 Walter trucks, three FWD trucks, one Barber-CJreene
snow loader, and one Nelson snow loader, at a cost of
$22,710. The year of manufacture of the snow-fighting
trucks ranged from 1934 to 1940, the Barl)er-Greene
loader was built in 1947, and the Nelson loader in 194cS.
The addition of this MTA equipment to our fleet in
late November, 1953, necessitated the quick recruiting
of men qualified to drive heavy duty equipment. After
a canvass of the department, 4(5 men applied, and, after
training and testing, 26 men were picked to drive this
equipment. The garaging of these large trucks and
loaders presented a problem, and it was necessary
to search the length and breadth of the city for loca-
tions accessible to sand and salt piles. Inspector Fred
Harvey was assigned to follow driver operation of this
equipment, and its maintenance and repair. Fortu-
nately, the month of December, 1953, proved to be a
mild one, and it gave us some time to prepare this added
equipment and to train the new drivers.
Dui-ing the summer of 1953, we painted our own snow-
fighting eciuipment. This work was done by the men
emploA'ed in the welding shop. We have the necessary
equipment to do this work, and the men turned out a
professional job. However, we have to do the work
outdoors, and, therefore, are forced to depend on the
weather.
We also sent nine of our snow fighters to an outside
repair shop for repairs, under a contract amounting to
$9,300. This work was sent out to the manufacturer's
representative due to our lack of facilities and personnel
to do this work.
20 City Document No. 24.
Other work sent out consisted of glass work, spring
work, radiator repairs, and other work of a speciahzed
nature. Approximately 6,000 repair jobs were done in
our own shops, about the same number as in 1952.
The annual inventory taken in December, 1953,
showed a stock on hand of $61,464.90. This compares
with $38,681.48 in 1952 and $43,705.00 in 1951. The
increase was partly due to an increase in the stock of
antiskid chains and tires purchased for our snow removal
equipment, and partly due to an increase in Ford parts
necessitated by our purchase of heavy Ford trucks.
Models 700 and 750.
Mr. John Flaherty of the commissioner's office con-
ducted a survej^ of the property of the department in
the fall of 1953, and made several recommendations for
the improvement of buildings, etc. He advised that
plumbing repairs be made at the Albany Street garage,
and that the windows be repaired and replaced at the
same garage. These repairs were made, but, if the
department is to retain this garage, the steel window
frames on the second floor should be replaced. Mr.
Flaherty also advised that this garage be painted, and
I suggest that the painters of the Sanitary Division could
possibly spray paint the entire inside of the first floor.
The Dana Avenue garage should be painted if depart-
ment painters could be made available. The office in
the Dana Avenue garage, occupied by the Paving Ser-
vice, should be painted by Paving Service employees.
The Automotive Division painted this office in 1951.
The only major improvements to any of our buildings
was the installation of an oil-burning hot-air heating
system in the welding shop, and the installation of a
complete exhaust-eliminating system in the Highland
Street garage. The welding shop, which is located in
an old brick building, was formerly heated by a large
coal-burning stove which constituted a possible hazard.
Another hazard that was eliminated in 1953 was the
carbon monoxide condition that prevailed during the
winter months at the Highland Street garage. The
exhaust gases became so bad in January, and so many
complaints of headaches were being made by the me-
chanics that a contract was given to the Automotive
Distributors Company, Inc., for the installation of a
complete exhaust eliminating system at a cost of $975.
The installation has proved satisfactory, no more com-
plaints have been received, and absences due to head-
aches from this cause have ceased.
Public Works Department.
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NEW AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT RECEIVED IN 1953.
(Other equipment purchased from 1953 funds delivered in 1954).
Sanitary Division :
3 new Wayne sweepers
2 new Hough front bucket loaders
Highway Division, Paving Section :
1 new poAA'er lawn mower
1 new International Caterpillar tractor
2 new Trojan loadsters
7 new Ford, 2§-ton, dump trucks
1 new Chevrolet, ^-ton, pickup truck
1 new Ford, 2-ton, stake truck
16 MTA Walter snow fighters
3 MTA FWD snow fighters
1 MTA Barber-Greene bucket loader
1 MTA Nelson bucket loader
Sewer Division:
4 new Chevrolet, ^-ton, pickup trucks
1 new Ford, 1^-ton, dump truck
2 new Ford, |-ton, pickup trucks
Water Division:
2 new Ford, 3-ton, emergency gate closers
1 new Ford sedan
1 new International portable plumbing shop truck
1 new Ford, 25-ton, platform crane
Sumner Traffic Tunnel :
1 new Ford, ^-ton, pickup truck
Mobile Patrol:
2 new Ford, |-ton, pickup trucks
Public Works Department. 25
APPENDIX B.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DIVISION.
BosTOX, January 2, 1954.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir:
The following report of the income, expenditures, and
operation of the Bridge and Highway Division for the
year ending December 31, 1953, is submitted in two
sections by the undersigned assistant division engineers,
due to the retirement of Division Engineer John
DeMeulenaer on October 6, 1953.
Respectfully submitted,
RUTHFORD KeLLEY,
Assistant Division Engineer, Highway Section.
John J. McCall,
Assistant Division Engineer, Bridge Section.
John DeMeulenaer graduated from the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology in 1920 and entered the
service of the Cit}^ of Boston in 1921 as a structural
designing engineer in the Bridge Service of this
department.
In 1930 Mr. DeMeulenaer was appointed chief
designing engineer and in 1944 was appointed to the
position of division engineer of the former Bridge and
Ferry Division.
When the Bridge and Highway Division was estab-
hshed in 1950, by combining the Bridge and Ferry
Division with the Highway Division, Mr. DeMeulenaer
26
City Document Xo. 24.
wa.s appointed to the position of division engineer of the
newly estabhshed di\*i.sion.
During his career with this department, ]\lr.
DeMeulenaer was prominently identified with the
design and construction of such major improvements as
the rebuilding of the following drawbridges: Chelsea
South Bridge, Chelsea Street Bridge, Congress Street
Bridge, and the Meridian Street Bridge. He also par-
ticipated in the capacity of consulting engineer for other
departments on various projects; a notable example
being the building of the Long Island Bridge.
In connection with the recently estabhshed Reclassi-
fication and Compensation Plan, Mr. De^^Ieulenaer
served on the ^layer's Committee throughout the
organization of this program.
His retirement ends a long career of loyal and talented
service to the Citv.
I. BRIDGE SECTION.
Bridge Service.
SUMMARY OF BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND
EXPENDITURES.
Regular
Appropriation
Bridges,
Repairs, Etc.
Bridges, CoNSTBrcnos or
Re\-enue.
Non-Revenue.
$847,090 39
$189,216 35
275.000 00
$161,-336 50
$3,133,856 41
1953 Appropriation
Total credif-
$847,090 39
$836,429 03
$464,216 35
$179,532 85
$161 ..536 59
$3,133,856 41
$1,044,226 34
Unexpended balance
$10,661 36
$284,683 .50
$161,536 59
$2,089,630 07
Public Works Department.
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Breakdown of 19-53 Expenditures.
Maintenance A ppropriations.
Administration :
Engineering and Super-
vision ....
Clerical ....
Office Supplies, etc.
Yard and Stockroom :
Personnel
Transportation
Heat. Light and Tele-
phone ....
Tools, Supphes and Mis-
cellaneous .
Operation of:
Tidewater Bridge.s :
Salaries and Wages
Materials and Supplies
Ordinary Repairs
Repairs to Inland Bridges:
Labor .
Materials
Total
Stock Purchased
Stock L^sed
Increase in Stock
Xet total .
•SI 11,316 01
20,290 65
2,227 66
S45,126 66
1,024 17
1,683 22
3.111 48
8577,655 31
25,591 36
15,809 47
§23,646 6()
7,085 10
.§29,276 42
27,415 14
§133,834 3-2
50,945 53
619,056 14
30,731 76
1,861 28
§836,429 03
28
City Document No. 24.
Details of Expenditures on Tidewater Bridges.
TIDEWATER BRIDGES — 1953.
Bridge.
Draw-
tenders'
Salaries.
Mechanics'
Wages.
Material.
Repair
Bills.
Supplies.
Total.
Broadway
Cliarlestown
Chelsea South . . .
Chelsea Street. . .
Congress Street. .
Dover Street. . . .
L Street
Maiden
Northei'n Avenue
Summer Street. .
Warren
Totals
$38,903 39
69,864 15
34,923 49
r.2,498 81
49,584 51
41,185 30
41,512 68
.30,165 23
51,204 60
47,067 65
37,862 75
$2,776 81
9,353 86
4,815 10
4,177 48
4,156 92
3,824 38
4,651 92
1,055 51
11,800 09
4,262 69
12,007 99
$716 48
2,739 75
582 61
480 98
772 68
669 73
1,293 41
62 14
1,629 25
1,113 92
1.066 40
$514,772 56
$62,882 7;
$11,127 35
$2,608 22
2,282 70
903 46
73 17
1,435 29
253 91
634 62
3,956 39
597 98
3,063 73
$970 24
1,846 79
1,639 86
764 37
798 17
553 25
964 85
1,150 56
3,782 94
400 02
1,592 96
$43,366 92
86,412 77
44,243 76
58,825 10
55,385 4.'>
47,667 95
48,676 77
53,068 06
72,373 27
53,442 26
55,593 83
$15,809 47
$14,464 01
$619,056 14
2. Special Appropriations:
Bridges, Repairs, Etc.
Contracts.
Xorthern Avenue Bridge.
Repairing end lifts, etc.. General Ship &
Engine Works, Inc
Various Bridges.
Constructing high curbs and guard rails,
Martin J. Kelly Company, Inc.
X'arious Footbridges.
Repairing, cleaning and painting, Charles
A. Reynolds Company ....
Charlestown Bridge Storehouses.
Bituminous concrete pavements, .John
McCourt Company
West Fourth Street Bridge.
Repairing of, Martin J. Kelly Company,
Inc
Babson Street and Dana Avenue Bridges.
Bedecking of bridges, Martin J. Kelly
Company, Inc
Charlestown Bridge (over Charles River).
Roadway repairs, D. A. Rossano Construc-
tion Company, Inc
1953
Payments.
$32,628 74
17,152
50
33,751
06
6,352
90
12,163
67
12,930
70
36,967
at
Public Works Department. 29
West Fourth Street Bridge.
Bituminous concrete pavements, Baker &
Co., Inc. ....... $2,719 79
Charlestown Bridge.
Electrical conduit and wiring on Charles-
town approach, Massachusetts Electrical
Construction Company .... 1,362 00
Xorthern Avenue Bridge.
Repairs to public landing, stairway, D. A.
Rossano Construction Company, Inc. . 1,761 43
Summer Street Bridge.
Repairs to bridge over Reserved Channel,
James B. Rendle Company . . . 13,393 37
Summer Street Bridge.
Emergency repairs to approaches (over
Reserved Channel), Eastern Roads Com-
pany, Inc. (July, by .settlement) . . 1 .283 30
Service Orders.
Charged to Bridges, Repairs, etc., repairs
to various bridges (5, 955 05
City Record.
Advertising various contracts . . . Ill 30
Total §179,532 85
Bridges, Constructiox of (Xox-Reve\ue).
Charlestown Bridge (over Charles Riv-er).
Strengthening of bridge, the Crandall Engi-
neering Company S337,898 16
Broadway Bridge.
Constructing concrete deck, etc., ^lartin J.
Kelly Company, Inc 421,533 50
Meridian Street Bridge.
Engineering services, Maguire Associates. 284,794 68
Total SI, 044,226 34
After the termination of the Ferry Service on Decem-
ber 31, 1952, the Mayor and City Council authorized
the Public Work.s Department to dispose of the boats,
plant and all other equipment, by public auction.
After advertising in most of the important newspapers
in the country and contacting by letters all others who
might be interested, a public auction was held on April
15, 1953. At this auction the ferryboats ''Charles C.
Donoghue'' and ''Daniel A. MacCormack" were sold
to Hughes Brothers, Inc., 17 Battery place, New York
30 City Document No. 24.
City; the "Donoghue" for $16,500, and the ''MacCor-
mack" for $15,500, or a total of $32,000.
The steel bridge drops, bridge operating machinery,
gallows frames and other miscellaneous items were sold
at the same time to the Heggie Corporation of Boston,
for the sum of $5,200.
Other income, derived from the sale of miscellaneous
junk, return of emptv oil dnmis, etc., amounted to
$196.70.
All final expenses and obligations connected with
the Ferry Service were discharged during 1953, and
amounted to $10,338.93, which was paid from a special
fund carried forward from the 1952 budget appropri-
ation. These expenses covered the cost of fuel, elec-
tricity, gas, etc., from the time the ferries were discon-
tinued until the final closing of the entire plant.
Throughout the year 1953, the Bridge Service oper-
ated 11 drawbridges. By late 1954 the new Meridian
Street Bridge, connecting East Boston with Chelsea,
should be completed and in operation. A detailed sum-
mary of the number of openings and the waterborne
traffic passing through these bridges appears hereafter.
It is noteworthy that as the expense of operating and
maintaining these drawbridges steadily increases, the
volume of cargo vessels and commercial craft is declin-
ing. Furthermore, since the breakdown of anj- draw-
bridge in this city is a potential threat to the flow of
highway traffic, it becomes increasingly evident that
restricted operation and, in some cases, possibly the
elimination of drawbridges should be sought.
In this connection the department has petitioned the
U. S. Engineers for permission to restrict the operation
of Broadwa}' and Dover Street Bridges to the hours of
8 A.M. to 4 P.M., Monday through Friday, and otherwise
as may be determined by that agency to cover emer-
gencies, etc. It is expected that this petition will be
granted.
The elimination of \\'arren Bridge will be affected
upon the completion of the Central Artery, between the
Mystic Bridge connection and Haymarket square, which
is expected to be accomplished bv late 1954 or earlv in
1955.
The Chelsea South Bridge, which now serves mainly
as a connection between the Mystic Docks and Charles-
town for a limited volume of commercial vehicular
traffic, could be eliminated by the laying out and build-
Public Works Department. 31
irig of Terminal street as an entrance to the docks. Some
action has been started in this direction, and it is hoped
that such an improvement will he executed in the
reasonably near future.
The Summer Street Bridge, over Reserved Channel
(formerh' known as the L Street Bridge), is another
example of a drawbridge serving a relatively minor
volume of important waterborne traffic. Since this
structure is in need of rebuilding, the possibility of
constructing solid fill approaches to replace the present
pile trestle construction is being considered. A study
should also be made to determine the possibility of
eliminating the need of a movable drawspan.
In general, the drawbridges are in poor condition. In
connection with the Fort Point Channel bridges, one
major improvement was accomplished in 1953 by the
repairing and redecking of the Broadway Bridge.
This work, which was scheduled for completion in
April, 1954, was carried on with the bridge closed to
highway traffic. However, one traffic lane was kept
available in case of emergency, and because of the fire
which destroj^ed three spans of the West Fourth Street
Bridge (Dover Street), on October 22, 1953, one half
of the bridge was opened to one-way traffic — inbound for
morning traffic and outbound for evening traffic. The
bridge was so opened one da>' following the West Fourth
Street Bridge fire, and on December 2 the l^ridge was
opened to two-way traffic.
The work on Broadway- Bridge consisted of making
extensive steel repairs and replacing the original wooden
underdeck with a reinforced concrete slab deck topped
with bituminous pavement. The drawspan was re-
decked with steel mesh.
This is the type of improvement that is needed at the
Dover Street Bridge, Charlestown Bridge, Northern
Avenue approach spans and on various inland bridges.
The Summer Street Bridge, over Fort Point Channel,
should undergo major repairs or be replaced with a
new bridge, and since there is no evidence that the
sugar refinery located above this bridge is going to
relocate outside the channel, there is not much hope of
eliminating this drawbridge. This project should be
imdertaken just as soon as funds are made available.
It is intended that the work of redecking the Chelsea
Street and Congress Street drawspans with steel mesh
pavement be contracted for in 1954, if the necessary
funds are made available.
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Public Works Department. 33
Following is a summary of the more important works
undertaken by the Bridge Service in 1953:
Construction of Concrete Deck, etc., on Broadway
Bridge, over Fort Point Channel.
A contract for this work was awarded to Martin J.
Kelly Company, Inc., in 1952. Work started on March
2, 1953. Under the contract, the entire granite block
pavement and the wood plank underdeck of the ap-
proaches was removed and disposed of. This was the
original decking, installed in 1902.
The wooden decking of the drawspan was also re-
moved.
Major repairs were made to the main steelwork
throughout and a new deck constructed, consisting of a
reinforced concrete roadway slab on the approaches,
topped with bituminous concrete pavement. The new
drawspan deck is an open steel mesh pavement. New
concrete sidewalks with high curbs were built through-
out the approaches and steel mesh sidewalk on the draw.
An important change on this bridge was the elimina-
tion of the trolley car rails on account of the replacement
of surface trolley cars by electric buses.
As previously noted, the bridge was reopened to one-
way traffic on October 23 and to full two-way traffic on
December 2.
It is expected that all work will be completed well
before the completion date of April 15, 1954, at an
estimated final cost of $536,127.
Strengthening the Piers of the Charlestoivn Bridge,
over the Charles River.
Under a contract awarded to the Crandall Engineering
Company in 1952, to continue the work of strengthening
the pier foundations, work was started in September^
1952, and was still in progress at the end of 1953. It is
expected that work will be completed earl}^ in 1954, at a
cost of $450,000, and at the close of the present contract
the entire project of strengthening these piers, which
began in 1951, and was continued under successive con-
tracts with the same firm, will be completed.
As the work progressed under the current contract, it
developed that the funds available would not be suffi-
cient to carry the work to completion. Accordingly, the
contract was amended, with the Mayor's approval, to
provide an additional $50,000.
34 City Document No. 24.
Roadway Repairs to Charlestown Bridge,
over Charles River.
Due to the poor condition of the underdecking on the
side roadways of the approach spans of this bridge, a
contract was awarded to D. A. Rossano Construction
Company, Inc., to make the necessary repairs. In the
defective areas the granite block was removed and the
wooden underdeck repaired; then the granite block was
relaid and the entire roadway covered with a bituminous
concrete wearing surface.
Work commenced March 30, 1953, and was completed
June 25, 1953, at a cost of $36,967.04.
Repairing, Cleaning and Painting Various
Footbridges.
Because of the defective condition of many of the foot-
bridges throughout the city, a contract was awarded to
Charles A. Reynolds Company to make the necessary
repairs. Worn and defective stair treads were renewed
with new planking or metal treads ; repairing or replacing
broken fence posts, railings, etc., making steel and con-
crete repairs wherever necessar}^ and cleaning and
painting the structures. The bridges done under this
contract were B street, Glenwood avenue, and Toligate
Way (in Hyde Park) ; Jones avenue and Butler street
(located in Dorchester) ; Old Harbor (in South Boston) ;
Irvington street, Bracldock park, Gainsborough street,
and West Rutland square (all located in the Back Bay).
Work commenced February 16, 1953, and was com-
pleted December 17, 1953, at'a cost of $40,052.13.
Rebuilding Upstream Sidewalk of Milton Bridge.
To eliminate a hazardous condition which existed
because of the very poor condition of the steelwork
carrying the upstream sidewalk of this bridge, a contract
was awarded to Charles Callahan Company for rebuild-
ing the entire sidewalk structure, including all new steel
members and a reinforced concrete sidewalk slab.
The work commenced March 18, 1953, and was com-
pleted November 30, 1953, at a cost of $8,020.29. A
lengthy delay in this work was caused by virtue of the
fact that considerable work had to be done by the New
England Telephone & Telegraph Company in connec-
tion with repairing and supporting their cable conduits,
which are carried on the underside of this sidewalk.
Public Works Department. 35
Redecking Babson Street and Dana Avenue Bridges, over
the New York, New Haveyi & Hartford Railroad.
On September 2, 1952, a contract was approved with
Martin J. Kelly Company, Inc., for renewing the road-
way surface, underdecking and sidewalk planking.
Extensive steel and stringer repairs were made by the
railroad compan}-. Due to delay in obtaining lumber,
work was not started until March 9, 1953, and was com-
pleted June 12, 1953, at a cost of $15,656.17.
Repairs to Summer Street Bridge, over Reserved Channel.
Due to a failure which developed in the pile work and
timbers supporting the downstream approach sidewalk
of the South Boston approach, adjacent to the drawspan,
a contract was awarded to James B. Rendle Company
for making the necessary repairs and renewals to the
piles, bracing, timbers, etc., and rebuilding approxi-
mately 100 linear feet of the sidewalk. \^^ork was com-
menced on June 15, 1953, and completed Julv 29, 1953,
at a cost of $13,393.37.
Repairs to the Winthrop Bridge, Between Boston and
Winthrop.
In conjunction with the Town of Winthrop, this
department made repairs to the decking and timber
work of this bridge, over Belle Isle Inlet, and reinforced
the roadway under a contract with John Y. Shea
Company, Inc.
Work started on July 22, 1953, and it is expected
that the work will be completed some time in January,
1954.
The estimated final cost is approximately $6,000,
of which the Citv of Boston will pay 60 per cent, or
$3,600.
Redecking the Everett Street Bridge, over the Boston &
Albany Railroad.
This bridge is owned and maintained by the Boston
& Albany Railroad Co., except for the wearing surface,
which is maintained by this department.
Because of the advanced deterioration of the wooden
decking on this bridge, it was decided to redeck with a
heavier underplank and asphalt plank wearing surface.
36 City Document No. 24.
Accordingly, a contract was awarded to Martin J.
Kelly Company, Inc., in the amount of S31,345, for
performing this work. Work will not commence until
about April 1, 1954.
Re-pairing End Lifts, etc., of Northern Avenue Bridge,
over Fort Point Channel.
In order to correct excessive wear on the moving
parts of the end lifts and also provide the city with
one complete spare set of end-lift units for the two
types required on the bridge, a contract was entered
into with the General Ship k Engine Works, Inc., to
overhaul and repair one lift at a time, keeping the
bridge in constant use except for Saturdays and Sundays.
Work commenced Julv 8, 1952, and was completed
January 23, 1953, at a cost of §32,628.74.
Constructing High Ciirbs and Guard Rails on Various
Bridges.
Under a contract with ^lartin J. Kelly Company-,
Inc., this work was started on October 28, 1952, and
was completed May 29, 1953, at a cost of §17,152.50.
This work consisted of erecting high curbs of concrete,
steel or timber on many of the bridges throughout
the cit}-, thereby establishing extra safeguards for
vehicular traffic in the event that control of a vehicle
is lost while passing over the bridge.
Yard Forces.
The work done by the Bridge Maintenance Forces
throughout 1953, consisted of making typical minor
repairs to the bridges throughout the city, including
renewing defective roadway and sidewalk plank, re-
spiking loose plank, patching, etc.
Other work consisted of repairing and painting
roadway gates, fences, machinery and machinery control
housings: erecting safety barricades at snow dumps,
dead end locations, etc.
Repairs and renewals were made to the electrical
conduit and wiring installations at the various draw-
bridges. Routine operations included repairing and
filling sand boxes, regulating bascule bridge counter-
weights and cleaning sidewalks and stairways of snow
and ice in the winter season.
Public Works Department. 37
Work for Other DI\^SI0xs.
Highway DI^^sIOX.
Repairing Concrete Retaining Wall on Cummins
Highway, West Roxhury.
The Bridge Service furnished the engineering and
inspection services required to make certain repairs
by guniting the wall on Cummins Highway, between
Brown avenue and Sherwood street, for the Highway
Section. The work was done under contract with
the Gunite Restoration Company, Inc., at a cost of
S5,515. Work started October' 21, 1953, and was
completed December 16, 1953.
Sanitary DI^^SION.
Repairs to the Albany Street Disposal Station.
Specifications were prepared by this division for
repairs to the Albany Street Disposal Station. Bids
for this work were received December 29, 1953, and
a contract awarded to John F. Shea Company, Inc.,
in the sum of 810,150.75. Xo work under the contract
was done this year.
^IlSCELLANEOUS.
Snow Removal.
Another duty of the Bridge Section of this division
during the winter months was the supervising and
inspecting of snow loading and removal in common
with other divisions of the department. The work
done by the personnel of this division was in connection
with contract snow removal in Area 12, West Roxbury,
and Area 13, Brighton.
Sumner Tunnel.
Throughout the year 1953, the Sumner Tunnel
showed a continued increase in traffic volume and toll
receipts, despite the fact that the movement of traffic
entering and leaving the tunnel at the Boston end was
at times greatly hampered by the extensive construction
work being carried on in connection with the building
of the Central Artery.
Because of the increase in traffic volume, four ad-
ditional tollmen-guards were appointed in September
38 City DocUxMENt No. 24.
of 1953 in order to keep three traffic lanes open at
each end from 8 a.m. to midnight and to have two
guards on duty on the tunnel catwalk at all times.
The tunnel plant, in general, is in good condition
although it will be necessary in the near future to
make certain major repairs such as repairing or re-
building the concrete platforms supporting the power
transformers and repairing the tunnel invert in areas
where the original concrete shows surface deterioration
and spalling. There were repairs made to the tunnel
roadway pavement in 1953 and it is intended to contract
for such work again in 1954. The tunnel pavement,
in general, is in very sound condition considering the
traffic it carries. Throughout the extensive pavement
repairs made in the past, the original sand cushion
base has loeen replaced by a bituminous mastic base
and this appears to have stabilized the granite block
pavement in the repaired areas against settlement and
movement for a much greater length of time. This
practice will be continued until all of the original sand
cushion has been eliminated.
A major improvement in the tunnel operating plant
was made in 1953 by the installation of four new carbon
monoxide analyzers to replace the original units which
had become obsolete, making it extremely difficult to
replace defective parts and maintain efficient operation.
All other parts of the operating plant are in good
condition, including the ventilating equipment, power
transformers, circuit breakers, storage batteries, genera-
tors, etc. The communication system, drainage system,
pumps, motors, and toll equipment, all of which are
inspected, tested, adjusted, etc., under a daily routine
inspection, are repaired and overhauled as required.
Under an order from the Department of Public
Utihties, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the existing
schedules of tolls and charges for the use of the Sumner
Tunnel were approved for the year 1953.
Contracts Awarded in 1953.
Repairing the Pavement in the Sumner Tunnel.
Approximately 972 square yards of granite block
pavement was removed and relaid under a contract
with John J. Amara at a cost of $10,560. AVork com-
menced on April 8, 1953, and was completed May
19, 1953.
Public Works Department. 39
Cleaning the Surface Drainage Systern of the Su7nner
Tunnel.
The accumulation of sand deposited on the tunnel
roadway to prevent skidding conditions during the
winter season and the sand, dirt, etc., brought into the
tunnel by vehicles, subsequently is deposited in the
surface drainage system and is removed annually
under contract. The contract for 1953 was awarded to
James A. Freaney, Inc.; work commenced on Decem-
ber 14, 1953, and was completed on December 29, 1953,
at a cost of $1,568.
Cleaning Exhaust Duct, Exhaust Fan Rooms and Fresh
Air Ducts at the Sumner Tunnel.
To maintain efficiency of the ventilation system a
contract is awarded annually for the removal of dust
which is drawn into and deposited in the fresh air
ducts and the removal of dust and carbon deposits
accumulating in the exhaust ducts and exhaust fan
rooms. The 1953 contract was awarded to Patrick
Ross Company; work commenced on December 2, 1953,
and is expected to be completed early in 1954 at a
total cost of $1,875.
The following contracts were awarded in 1953, but
work will not be started until 1954:
Waterproofing the Exterior Walls and Installing a New
Tar and Gravel Roof at the East Boston Vent Building
of the Sumner Tunnel.
The evidence of water damage on the interior walls,,
steelwork, conduits, etc., has indicated a porous condi-
tion existing in the masonry comprising the exterior
walls, together with the natural deterioration of the tar
and gravel roof and flashings.
Owing to the fact that this building is not heated
the moisture problem is xQvy acute and necessitates
prompt action to prevent further damage of this nature.
The contract was awarded to the Patrick Ross
Company at a bid price of $6,592.50.
Installing Lighting in the Exhaust Air Duct at the
Sumner Tunnel.
The installation of a permanent lighting system in.
the exhaust air duct was deemed necessary to facilitate
40 City Document No. 24.
working in the duct for purposes of cleaning, inspecting
and repairing.
The contract was awarded to John J. Finn Company
Electric Service at a bid price of $2,746.
1953 Budget Summary.
Credits :
Regular appropriation, 1953 .... $570,779 48
Balance from previous year .... 24,679 45
Pensions 20,586 66
$616,045 59
Less transfer by City Auditor to Del)t Require-
ments, Interest 566 25
Total credits $615,479 34
Debits:
Expenditures, 1953 (regular budget) . . $570,740 43
Pensions 20,586 66
Balance to next year 16,591 87
Total debits $607,918 96
Unexpended balance, December 31, 1953 . $7,560 38
SUMMARY OF 1953 TRAFFIC BY CLASSIFICATION.
No. of
Class. Toll. Description. Vehicles.
1. 10 20 Truck not in excess of 2 tons capacity.
Tractor without trailer . . . . " . 535,437
2. 20 Passenger car 10,035,016
A. 20 Motorcycle 4,935
4. 25 Truck over 2 tons and up to 5 tons capacity.
Tractor with trailer over 2 tons and up to
5 tons capacity 52,004
o. 20 Passenger car with trailer 12,983
6. 35 Truck over 5 tons and up to 10 tons capacity-.
Tractor with trailer over 5 tons and up to
10 tons capacity 16,692
7. 20 Tractor with trailer not in excess of 2 tons
capacity 2,075
8. 100 Truck over 10 tons capacity .... 3,595
9. 35 Bus with or without passengers .... 264
* City-owned tl72,673
Total traffic 10,835,674
* M.T.A. and Eastern Massachusetts Railway buses included in thi? classification.
t 2,376 M.T.A. and 87,009 Eastern Massachusetts Railway buses at 3.5 cents included
in this total.
Public Works Department.
41
COMPARATIVE 5-YEAR SUMMARY OF OPERATION, FROM
1949 TO 1953, INCLUSIVE.
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1. Vehicular Traffic:
Total number vehicles . .
9,162,266
9,283,700
9,466,6C0
9,583,972
10,835,674
Monthly average
763,522
773,641
788,883
798,664
902,973
Weekly average
176,197
178,045
182,051
184,307
208,378
25,171
25,435
25,936
26,186
29.686
2. Power Consumption:
Total kilowatts
4,403,936
4,331,103
4,196,904
4,582,488
4,966,004
3. Financial Results:
Operating expenditure.
$482,982 71
$462,975 30
$479,198 19
$541,705 30
$.391,-327 09
Balance to next year . . .
—
1,547 11
13,135 S9
24,679 45
16,591 87
Interest requirements . .
837,611 25
832,453 75
763,654 61
683,105 13
687,494 39
Refunded tolls
—
92 20
721 95
65 25
440 60
Total expenses. . . .
$1,320,593 96
$1,297,068 36
$1,256,710 64
$1,249,555 13
$1,295,8.33 95
$1,853,049 84
$1,863,035 00
$1,913,.356 12
$1,932,619 83
$2,172,410 00
Balance from previous
4,298 18
1,.J47 11
13,135 89
24,679 45
Total receipts
$1,857,348 02
$1,863,035 00
$1,914,903 23
$1,945,755 72
$2,197,089 45
$536,754 06
(Excess)
$565,966 64
(Excess)
$658,192 59
(Excess)
$696,200 59
(Excess)
$901,235 50
(E.\cess)
42
City Document No. 24.
HIGHWAY SECTION.
Paving Service.
Summary of Budget Appropriations.
Balance
Appropriation. Total Credits.
Ivxpenditures.
Unexpended.
raving Service . . . $1,536,877 04
$1,442,713 66
$94,163 38
Heoonstructionol' Street!? 129,924 26
105,800 60
24,123 66
Public Wavs, Construc-
tion of (Revenue) . 157,500 00
157,500 00
None.
Public Wavs, Construc-
of (Non-Revenue) 3,550,834 60
2,019,055 36
1,531,779 24
Sidewalks, Construction
and Reconstruction of . 129,967 80
78,570 59
51,397 21
Street Signs . . 22,870 41
8,736 14
14,134 27
Snow Removal . -103,975 68
394,551 95
9,423 73
In the Permit Office, $66,450.22 was taken in; of
this amount $20,568.22 was deposited with the City
Collector for permit fees received, $42,262 was de-
posited with the City Collector for the Street Openings
Account and $3,620 was l)illed to the Public Service
Corporations.
Under Classes No. 1 and No. 2 of the schedule of
permit fees, permits were issued for openings in public
ways as follows:
City Departments ....
Public Service Corporations (Class 1)
Public Service Corporations (Class 2)
Public Service Cor])orations (Class 3)
Public Service Corporations (Class 9)
Under Classes No. 1 to No. 9 of the
schedule of permit fees, permits were issued
for openings and occupation in public
ways as follows:
Class 1. Permits for street openings
Class 3. Occupation permits for painting, repairs
to buildings, etc
Class 4. Removing snow from roof .
Class 5. Erecting and repairing awnings .
Class 7. Erecting and repairing signs
Class 8. Raising and loweiing machinery
Class 9. Special permits ....
Total permits issued
1,673
1,697
1,708
9
12
1,242
2,284
3
46
170
41
427
5,099
4,213
9,312
Public Works Department. 43
There are now on file 2,320 bonds protecting the
City of Boston against claims that may be made on
account of permits issued.
During the year a concerted effort was made to
require private parties to repair artificial stone side-
walks which were damaged by driving over sidewalks
and this drive is continuing. Adequate deposits were
also required for replacing of openings for new water
services. Permit office inspectors checked closely open-
ings made by drain layers and required them to make
roadway openings safe promptly and to replace any
sidewalks damaged.
The regular forces of the Paving Ser\'ice were em-
ployed as usual in the maintenance of public streets,
resurfacing and patching macadam pavements, patch-
ing permanent pavements such as asphalt and granite
block, and maintaining gravel, brick, and artificial stone
sidewalks.
In the snow removal season, division forces were
employed in spreading rock salt and sand on icy streets
and also supervised plowing work throughout the city
by 250 contractors' hired plows after five snowstorms.
All snow removal bills for plowing, hauling, force
account work, cubic 3'ard removal, etc., were processed
through the Paving Service office.
The following work was done in placing new street
signs and replacing and repairing existing street signs::
173 new street signposts erected with frames and signs
19 new hero signposts erected with signs
825 street sign plates installed
124 bent or broken signposts repaired
169 hero signs replaced
622 street signposts painted
904 street sign frames painted
291 street sign fi-ames, collars, and brackets erected
158 street sign frames repaired
241 private way signs installed
Contracts were awarded for the construction and
reconstruction of 178 streets during the year and 132
of these streets were completed. Work was also com-
pleted on 33 streets which were unfinished from 1952.
Contracts were awarded for the construction of arti-
ficial stone sidewalks in 46 streets and 37 of these were
completed. Sidewalk work was also completed on five
streets which were unfinished from 1952.
44 City Document No. 24.
Some of the more important thoroughfares on which
reconstruction work was completed in 1953 are as
follows :
Annunciation road, Roxbury, from Parker street to Riiggles
street.
Beacon street, City Proper, from Park street to Charles
street.
Boylston street, City Proper, from Washington street to
Tremont street.
Boylston street, City Proper, from Dartmouth street to
Exeter street.
Centre street, West Roxbuiy, from Belgrade avenue to
Spring street.
Chelsea street. East Boston, from INIaverick square to
Day square.
Devonshire street. City Proper, from Franklin street to
Summer street.
Morton street, Doichester, from railroad bridge to Harvard
street.
Newmarket square, Roxbuiy, from Southampton street
to Massachusetts avenue.
Northampton street, Roxbury, from Columbus avenue to
Albany street.
Prince street. West Roxbury, from Pond street to Perkins
street.
Ruggles street, Roxbury, from Washington street to
Huntington avenue.
Saratoga street. East Boston, from McLellan Highway to
Bennington street.
South street, West Roxbury, from Centre street to Arbor-
way.
Theodore A. Glynn Way, Roxbury, from Southampton
street to Massachusetts avenue.
Washington street. West Roxbury, from Hyde Park
avenue to West Roxbury Parkway.
The following is a list of streets constructed and
reconstructed and sidewalk work done by contract in the
various wards of the city in the year 1953:
Ward 1 — Crestwa^^ road, Faywood avenue, Putnam
street, Saratoga street, Decatur street (sidewalks), Chelsea
street (chapter 90), Sea View avenue (sidewalks), Barnes
avenue. Total cost, .1216,418.25.
Ward 2 — Charles River avenue. Total cost, $5,917.60.
Ward 3 — Boylston street (W-T), Devonshire street,
Bradford street. Pearl street, Acton street, Wilkes street,
Hancock street, Somerset street. Summer street (platform
removal). Total cost, $33,812.12.
Public Works Department. 45
Ward 4 — Boylston street (D-E), Boylston street (H-D),
Autumn street, Pilgrim road, Plymouth street, Annunciation
road, Ruggles street, Huntington Avenue Underpass, Public;
Alleys Nos. 402, 404, 405, 820. Stanhope street. West Canton
street, Worcester street, Trinity place, Louis Prang street.
Clarendon street, Peabody street. Total cost, $124,952.14.
Ward 5 — Kilmarnock street, Charles street (sidewalks).
River street (sidewalks). Beacon street. Brimmer street.
Lime street, Boylston street (D-E), Chestnut street (side-
walks), Boylston street (H-D), Public Alleys Nos. 414 to
429, inclusive, Albion street, Phillips street, Mt. Vernon
street, Berkeley and Marlborough streets (sidewalks), Here-
ford street (sidewalks), River Street (cutback), Chestnut
street (sidewalks). Total cost, $133,096.29.
Ward 6 — Burnham place. Silver street (sidewalks).
Northern avenue (sidewalks, bumper and fence). East Fifth
street, Silver street. West Fourth street, AVest Fifth street
(sidewalks). Gold street (sidewalks), Dorchester avenue,
Gillette park, P street (sidewalks). Total cost, $36,808.57.
Ward 7 — Dexter street. Gates street, Quincefield street,
Wendeller street. Old Harbor street (sidewalks), Norfolk
avenue, Bowen street (sidewalks). Covington street (side-
walks), Dixfield street (sidewalks), Douglas street (sidewalks).
Gold street (sidewalks), Hamlin street (sidewalks), Knowlton
street (sidewalks), Mercer street (sidewalks), Tudor street
(sidewalks), West Fifth street (sidewalks), Columbia road
(sidewalks), Mt. Vernon street (sidewalks). Gates street (side-
walks). Total cost, $41,333.38.
Ward 8 — Northampton street. Mystic street, Norfolk
avenue, Shirle}^ street. Proctor street, Eustis street. Island
street, Perch street. Pike street, Theodore A. Glynn Way,
Newmarket square. Total cost, $177,088.43.
Ward 9 — Northampton street, Ruggles street, Whittier
street, Cabot street (sidewalks), Tremont street (sidewalks),
Columbus avenue (sidewalks), Putnam street (sidewalks),
Auburn street, Hammond street (sidewalks), Hubert street,
Kendall street (sidewalks), Warwick street, Weston street.
Total cost, $129,692.54.
Ward 10 — None.
Ward 11 — Hawthorne street, Kensington street, \a,\e
street, Stedman street, Columbus avenue (sidewalks).
South street (chapter 90), Forest Hills street. Total cost,
$59,521.16.
Ward 12 — Kensington street, Blue Hill avenue (side-
walks). Total cost, $3,837.83.
Ward 13 — Bay street, Annapolis street, Kevin road.
Total cost, $10,590.54.
Ward 14 — Drummond street, McLellan street, Oldfields
road, Morton street (chapter 90), Franklin Hill avenue.
Total cost, $123,724.25.
46 City Document No. 24.
Ward 15 — Bay street, Winter street. Total cost,
!!!;8,633.53.
Ward 16 — Hallet street. Marsh street, Arbroth street,
Labari Pratt road, Rita road, Rosemont street, St. Brendan
road, Ashmont court, Carlotta street, Christopher street,
Presley road, Westglow street (sidewalks), Adams street
(sidewalks), Salina road, Dorchester avenue (sidewalks).
Total cost. $103,337.14.
Ward 17 — None.
Ward 18 — Colorado street, Wakefield avenue. Highland
street, Williams avenue, Poplar street, Pond street, Massasoit
street, Milton avenue. Summit street, Washington street
(chapter 90), Gordon aveiuie, Mulvey street, Glendower
road. Total cost, .$245,683.76.
Ward 19 — Lorene road. South street (chapter 90), Per-
kins street, Prince street, Washington street (chapter 90),
Asticou road, Avon street. Goldsmith street, Wachusett
street. Moss Hill road. Total cost, $198,314.27.
Ward 20 — Manthorne road, Tafthill terrace, Chapin
avenue, Greaton road, Esther road, Martin street, Basto
terrace. South and Robert streets (island). Alberta street,
Latin road, W^oodard road, Saville street, Baker street (widen-
ing), Westbourne street. Willow street (sidewalks), Garth
road, Gould street, Hackensack Circle, Laurie avenue. Maple-
wood street. Pheasant street, Ferncroft road, Keane road.
Rustle wood road, Stearns road. Centre street, Courtney
road, Hollywood road. Centre street (sidewalks), Bertson
avenue, Burard street, Keith street, Sherbrook street,
Thurlow street, Wolfe street, Brookfield street, Washing-
ton street (chapter 90). Total cost, $401,603.72.
Ward 21 — Mountfort street, Park Drive. Total cost,
$16,279.19.
Ward 22 — Faneuil street (sidewalks), Hobson street (side-
walks), Rev. J. J. Murphy Footway, Shannon street, Windom
street. Total cost, $39,165.35.
Paving Service.
Work Done by Contract in 1953.
Item Quantity Unit
Earth and services excavation . . 80,127 cubic yards.
Rock and wall excavation . . 3,027 cubic yards.
Bank gravel 79,539 tons.
Crushed stone lor edgestone . . . 3,021 tons.
Base removed 12,127 square yards.
Pavement removed .... 82,115 square yards.
New straight edgestone .... 37,533 linear feet.
New circular edgestone .... 5,211 linear feet.
2-foot corners 925 each.
Edgestone reset 49,800 linear feet.
Public ^^'oRKS Department.
47
Edgestone hauled to city yards .
Macadam base
OA asphalt
Concrete base
Concrete for backing up sidewalks
Bituminous concrete base (roadway)
Bituminous concrete top (roadway)
Bituminous concrete base (sidewalk)
Bituminous concrete top (sidewalk)
Sheet asphalt top
Artificial stone sidewalks
Artificial stone driveways
Loam spaces
Covers reset
Bradley heads reset
Brick courses .
Catch basins or manholes rebuilt
Catch basins or drop inlets built
Signposts set or reset
Stone bounds ....
10,163 linear
Feet.
16,681 tons.
. 162,908 gallons
3,152 cubic yards.
38 cubic yards.
34,097 tons. '
19,761 tons.
2,004 tons.
1,846 tons.
6,955 tons.
751,370 square
feet.
51,769 square
feet.
1,937 square
yards
2,859 each.
17 each.
4,893 each.
87 each.
44 each.
133 each.
194 each.
Yearly Report of Work Done by Department
Forces for 1953.
Brick sidewalks, laid and relaid .
Gravel sidewalks, relaid
Artificial stone sidewalks, laid (new)
Artificial stone sidewalks, relaid (old)
Bituminous concrete sid walks
Block gutters, laid ....
Oranite block roadway, laid .
Artificial stone sidewalks, patched with
blacktop
Edgestone reset (old)
Macadam roadway patched .
Macadam roadway resurfaced
Street cleaning ....
Snow removal
7,014 square yards-
1,034 square yards-
18,440 square feet.
178,386 square feet.
9,892 square yards.
5 square yards.
202 square yards.
9,214 square feet.
5,919 linear feet.
152,091 square yards.
8,964 square yards.
3,168 cubic yards.
31,663 cubic yards.
PAVING SERVICE, 1953
Street Cleaning ....
General Highway E.xpenditures .
Sidewalk and Curbing .
Snow and Ice Removal
Street Signs
$36,360 43
994,143 74
333,668 94
59,468 56
19,071 99
$1,442,713 66
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AND Area of Paving on Accepted Streets,
Corrected to
January 1
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Length in Miles.
Abea in Squabb Yabds.
Sheet
Asphalt.
Asphalt
Concrete.
Granite
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Wood
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Plank
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Brick.
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Totals.
Year 1952 Report
*247.10
33.95
t257.85
35.43
139.36
5,41
0,28
0,04
0,47
0.06
0.51
0.07
521.61
2.97
11149.82
20,58
9,90
1 36
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0.13
7;27.87
100.00
*4,993,589
35.73
t4 ,928,402
35.28
Jl. 010,403
7.23
6,301
0,05
11,524
0,08
11,405
0.08
{413,720
2.96
112,411,511
17,27
149.458
1.07
31,493
0.23
13,967,806
100.00
January 1. 1954.
51.55
4 91
3.13
12.36
42.86
40.38
58.37
22.20
9.29
27.23
4.97
19,44
13,88
29,48
67,78
69,72
29,13
15,17
10,75
6,39
4 41
7,35
3,40
1,22
0,61
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0,08
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0.10
0.04
0.05
0.06
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0.02
0.14
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0.79
1.36
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4.33
5.44
1 23
0.64
3,00
5,43
9,77
9,21
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35,97
36.76
12.04
17.77
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3,71
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5.86
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0,50
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96.27
22.65
38.38
44.07
94.53
153.43
172.87
65,51
48,97
1,141,530
97,677
67,162
264,203
855,011
736,559
1,108.874
499,411
171,317
606,617
84,943
445.472
265,226
539.795
1,246,993
1,279,117
557,032
298.391
233,269
166,049
96,499
213,187
08,707
45,164
31.932
25,916
6,318
487
2,011
325
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186
3.623
1,701
777
1,737
983
770
1,231
442
4,398
393
1,378
2,541
145
96,224
13,360
46.350
23,012
78,732
60,871
87,155
30,443
10,086
45,808
75,302
211.459
153,454
207,212
571,412
571,160
193,018
297,003
1,786
407
2,343
1,560
8,413
56,206
17,862
7,657
90,363
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15,754
27
5.390
24,477
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4,506
2,133,74a
441,491
872,266
940,153
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245.05
33,27
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37.57
34,43
4,67
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22,41
3.04
142.97
19.41
12.45
1.69
1.39
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4,941,744
34,83
5,323,586
37.52
887,041
6.25
5,367
0.04
11,264
0.08
8,835
0.06
446,233
3.15
2,325,828
16.39
186,599
1.32
51,731
0.36
100.00
Total Pubuc Stbeets 736.68 Miles.
NoTK. — lo the above table the city is subdivided substaatially on the boundary lines between the districts as they eiisted when annexed to Boston. Territory annexed from Brookline included in City Proper.
square yards ia granite block paving c
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D Of this amount 124.30 mil.
t Of this amount 72.37 miles or 1,429,217 square yards is bitulithic; and 3.09 miles
or 50,514 square yards is Topeka: and 0.06 miles or 920 square yards ia Filbertine; and
0.11 miles or 1,533 square yards is Simasco; and 0.03 miles or 595 square yards is Carey
Elastite Asphalt Plank; and 0.06 miles or 518 square yards is Johns-Manville Asphalt
Plank; and 1.61 miles or 50,590 square yards is Tar Concrete.
Public Works Department. 49
Lighting Service.
Financial Statement.
Total credits for 1953 .... $1,365,581 10
Expenditures 1,349,451 99
Unexpended $16,129 11
Expenditures.
Boston Edison Company .$1,123,586 75
Boston Consolidated Gas
Company . . . 99,446 07
— $1,223,032 82
Gas Lighting:
American Service Com-
pany .... $83,222 16
Boston Consolidated Gas
Company . . . 14,591 02
Construction:
Installing, removing and
relocating lamps . . $17,397 47
Salaries .... $11,097 50
Office expense:
Printing and postage . $111 02
97,813 18
17,397 47
11,097 50
111 02
Total $1,349,451 99
The following is a statement of work done by the
Lighting Service during the year of 1953 under the
direction of the Division Engineer.
Mercury Vapor Lamps.
Electric lamps of 2,000 c.p. were installed on Columbus
avenue (6), Roxbury.
Electric lamps of 15,000 c.p. were installed on Hay-
market square (3), City Proper. Massachu.setts avenue
(1), Roxbur3\ Centre street (3), West Roxburj^
Incandescent.
Electric lamps of 1,000 c.p. were installed on Notting-
hill road (1), Brighton. Albany street (1), Arlington
50 City Document Xo. 24.
street (1), Braddock park (1), Berkeley- street (2),
Summer street (2), City Proper. Dorchester avenue
(3), Dorchester. Dudley street (1), Humboldt avenue
(2), Blue Hill avenue (1), Worthington street (1),
Roxbury. South street (1), Spring street (6), Belgrade
avenue (1), Weld street (1), Maple street (1), West
Roxbury.
Electric lamps of (300 c.p. were installed on Kingsdale
street (1), Dorchester. Belgrade avenue (3), West
Roxbury.
Electric lamps of 400 c.p. were installed on Pierce
street (1), Hyde Park. Harold street (2), Harrishof
street (1), Lamartine street (2), Roxbury.
Electric lamps of 250 c.p. were installed on Tileston
street (1), City Proper. Chaucer street (2), East
Boston. Arlington street (1), Truman Highway (4),
Hyde Park. Schuj^er street (1), Greenville street (1),
Perch street (1), Pike street (1), Castlegate street (4),
Waverly street (1), Roxbury. Walter street (1), West
Roxbury.
Electric lamps of 100 c.p. were installed on Allen
road (1), Armington street (1), Dustin street (1),
Harvard place (1), Harvester street (1), Islington
street (1), Leicester street (2), Litchfield street (1),
Murdock street (1), Oakland street (3), Parsons street
d), Reservoir road (2), Shepard street (1), Strathmore
road (1), Brighton. Bellevue street (2), Bernard
street (2), Brinsley street (2), Estes avenue (1), Fox
street (1), Homes avenue (2), Humphreys street (1),
King street (1), MaryknoU street (1), Whitney park
(2), Whittemore street (1), Willow court (2), Dorchester.
Waldemar avenue (1), East Boston. Alwin court (1),
Alwin place d), Alwin street (3), Arhngton street (1),
Ayles road (1), Cranmore road (3), Easton avenue (2),
Poorest street (2), Halsey road (4), Madison street (1),
Neponset avenue (1), Newacre road (2), Providence
street (1), Stanbro street (1), Van Brunt street (2),
Westminster street (1), Willow street (1), Hyde Park.
Dacia street (3), Dana street (2), Decatur avenue (2),
Elmwood street (1), Hollander street (4), Humphreys
street (1), Robey street (1), Ingleside street (2), Wood-
cliff street (1), Roxbury. Silver street (2), Viking
.street (1), South Boston. Ansonia road (3), Buchanan
road (3), Conry Crescent (2), Garnet road (1), Gilmore
terrace (1), Gloria road (1), Goldsmith street (1),
Hackensack road (1), Keane road (5), March avenue
Public Works Department. 51
(1), Redgate road (i), Riverview street (1), Stom^ Brook
road (2), Wedge mere road (1), Zamora court (1), West
Roxbury.
Electric Fire Alarm lamps of 2-200 lumens were
installed on Dudley street (1), Geneva avenue (1),
Dorchester. Bennington street (4), East Boston.
Hammond street (1), Dudley street (1), Harrishof
street (1), Roxbury. A street (1), South Boston.
Beech street (1), West Roxbury.
Gas Lamps.
A major portion of the work done in 1953 was the
conversion of 104 streets principally in the Roxbury
and Dorchester areas from old obsolete gas lamps to
modern directional lumenaires.
This work progressed satisfactorily and resulted in
a decrease of vandalism and attacks in the areas con-
verted. A total of 590 gas lamps were removed and
replaced with 2500 or 1000 lumen lamps.
Modernization.
Another important aspect of the street lighting for
1953 was the conversion of obsolete ornamental lighting
units to directional mercin-y vapor lights in various
business areas in the city. This installation of the
latest and newest type of lighting in these areas was
responsible for increased business and subsequent de-
crease in pedestrian and automotive accidents and
fatahties.
The following areas or streets were converted to
mercury vapor lighting:
Summer street, City Proper , , 10-20000 Lumen lamps
Tremont street, City Proper . 16-20000 Lumen lamps
Washington street, City Proper . 30-20000 Limien lamps
Columbus avenue, Roxbiuy . 6-20000 Lumen lamps
Market street, Brighton . 22-15000 Lumen lamps
Boylston street, City Proper 4-15000 Lumen lamps
Dorchester avenue. City Proper . 3-15000 Lumen lamps
Surface roadway (Nashua street),
City Proper 12-15000 Lumen lamps
Tremont street. City Proper . 3-15000 Lumen lamps
Meridian street. East Boston 8-15000 Liuiien lamps
Columbus avenue, Roxbury Cross-
ing 17-15000 Lumen lamps
South street, Jamaica Plain . 20-15000 Lumen lamps
South street, West Roxbury . . 6-15000 Lumen lamps
Washington street, West Roxbury 79-15000 Lumen lamps
52
City Document No. 24.
In the following business and residential areas or
streets, new lighting or additional lighting to supplement
existing lighting was installed.
The new lighting and additional lighting has resulted
in a decrease in vandalism and crime.
The following areas or streets were converted to new
or additional lighting, of modern incadescent lightings.
Broadway Bridge, City Proper
Market street, Brighton
Washington street, Brighton
Dorchester avenue, Dorchester
Morton street, Dorchester
Morton street, Dorchester (twin)
Broadway Bridge, City Proper
Hancock and Derne streets, City
Proper
Marlborough street. City Proper .
Salem street. City Proper
Franklin Field Housing, Dorches-
ter
New Market Terminal Aiea, Rox-
bury
Hancock and Temple streets. City
Proper
Mount Vernon street, City Proper
Orchard Park, Roxbury
Walden street, Roxbury
Hancock and Temple streets, City
Proper
Marlborough street. City Proper .
Salem street. City Proper
Allandale street, West Roxbury .
Poplar street, West Roxbury
1-15000
4-10000
23-10000
4-10000
24-10000
7-10000
3- 6000
Lumen
Lumen
Lumen
Lumen
Lumen
Lumen
Lumen
lamps
lamps
lamps
lamps
lamps
lamps
lamps
6- 6000 Lumen lamps
1- 6000 Lumen lamps
1- 6000 Lumen lamps
13- 6000 Lumen lamps
] ] - 6000 Lumen lamps
3- 4000 Lumen lamps
1- 4000 Lumen lamps
10- 4000 Lumen lamps
6- 4000 Lumen lamps
3- 2500 Lumen lamps
4- 2500 Lumen lamps
7- 2500 Lumen lamps
17- 2500 Lumen lamps
9- 2500 Lumen lamps
Public Works Department.
53
APPENDIX C.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE SANITARY DIVISION.
Boston, January 2, 1954.
To the Cormnissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir:
Herewith, I submit a statement of the expenditures,
costs and activities of the Sanitary Division of the PubHc
Works Department for the year ending December 31,
1953:
The total cost of operation of the Sanitary Division
for 1953 is as follows:
Budget expenditures
Paid in 1954 .
Motor vehicle cost .
Total cost
), 105,598 82
13,458 00
285,744 59
),404,801 41
The cost of operation of this division was obtained by
adding the cost of motor vehicle operation, as submitted
by the Automotive Division, to the budget expenditures
of the Sanitary Division.
The cost, recapitulated and compared with the previ-
ous year (1952) is shown as follows:
Item.
1952.
1952.
Decrease.
Increase.
Waste collection and disposal . .
Street cleaning
Preventive street cleaning
$3,062,477 70
2,312,433 80
29,889 91
$3,061,918 96
2,431,926 58
44,542 82
$558 74
$119,492 78
14,652 91
Totals
$5,404,801 41
$5..538,388 36
5.404,801 41
$134,145 69
558 74
$558 74
$133,586 95
$133,586 95
The general over-all decrease in Sanitary Division
costs amounted to $133,586.95.
54
City Document No. 24.
There were decreases in the following listed items:
Permanent employees .
Overtime ....
Removal and disposal of waste
Public Works supplies .
Automotive equipment
Electrical and mechanical machinery
Other
$87,230 10
12,821 08
14,409 96
37,867 06
12,411 70
6,217 63
7,018 51
$177,976 04
There were increases in the following listed items:
Purchase of land .
Various contractual services
Building supplies and materials
Motor vehicle costs
Paid in 1954 .
Other
$1,875 00
4,413 53
2,186 78
17,451 83
13,458 00
5,003 95
$44,389 09
Net decrease $133,586 95
Personnel changes in permanent force during the year 1953:
Total personnel January 1, 1953 *754
Transfers in (from other departments and di^'isions) 6
Reinstatements 2
— 8
762
Deaths 13
Resignations 6
Retirements 38
Transfers out (to other departments and di\isions) . 19
Discharged or terminated 2
— 78
Total personnel January 1, 1954
•=684
* Includes two military leaves of absence.
Total net loss of 70 employees.
1. Closed Trucks. — For the first time, alternate bids
in the proposals for the collecting and removing of gar-
bage and refuse in the various districts were received for
the period beginning April 1, 1953. As a result, closed
trucks were used in seven of the districts. Collection
contracts for more than one year were awarded for the
first time. There were two contracts for three years
each, and three contracts for two years each. These
Public Works Department. 55
contracts required the use of closed trucks. There were
also two one-year contracts specifying closed trucks.
2. Filling South Bay. — The filling of slips and the
turning basin in the South Bay area was begun, and
much valuable land was thus made.
3. Gardner Street Dump. — A new dump was started
in the West Roxbury district on land acquired by the
city.
4. Filling at Mile Road Dump. — A further extension
of dumping facilities on Mt. Vernon street was provided
by the filling in of flats.
5. Disposal Contract. — On March 31, 1953, the con-
tract with the Coleman Disposal Company was ended.
As a result of advertised bids, a new contract was
awarded to the M. DeMatteo Construction Company.
This contract provided for an interim period of three
months, during which the new contractor was able to
acquire scows and other equipment necessary to do
the job. The contract also contained a penalty clause
for the period during which dumping into scows was
suspended. On the other hand, during this period, it
was necessary for the city to award additional payments,
to the collection contractors tributary to the disposal
contract, for extra haulage to various land dumps.
Also, the city had to pay for additional dumping privi-
leges at several locations. On balance, however, there
was a considerable cash advantage to the city during
this period.
6. Incinerator Location. — Negotiations were still in
progress in regard to the acquisition of land from the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but were not con-
cluded. This, together with uncertainty regarding the
location of the Central Artery highway, is still holding
up the construction of an incinerator in the South Bay
area.
7. Automotive Equipment.^The Sanitary Division
acquired, during the year 1953, three motor-driven
street sweepers, and two front end bucket loaders.
8. Purchase of Land. — Land at Forest Hills was pur-
chased from the Metropolitan Transit Authority for a
district yard to replace quarters at Child street, Jamaica
Plain, which are to be vacated by the Sanitary Division.
Respectfully submitted,
Adolph J. Post,
Division Engineer.
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TOTAL SANITARY DIVISION BUDGKT KXPI-JNDITURES — 1953
$5,105,598.82
KKFUSK REMOVAL ANO DISI'OSAL CONTRACTS
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$82,254.05
PERSONNEL
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Public Works Department. 61
APPENDIX D.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE SEWER DIVISION.
Boston", January 2, 1954.
To the Commissioner oj Public Works.
Dear Sir:
I submit herewith statement of the activities and ex-
penditures of the Sewer Division for the year ending
December 31, 1953.
Expenditures During 195S. — The activities of the
Sewer Division during the 3'ear consisted of sewer
construction at a contract cost of $649,947.04, as shown
on attached schedule of the work done, and the main-
tenance and operation of the sewer sj'^stem at a cost
of $812,988.08.
Contract Work. — Contract work consisted of the ex-
tension of the sewer system to provide drainage for new
buildings and street construction and to eliminate
cesspools, the locations and cost of which are attached.
Maintenance Work. — Maintenance work consisted of
the cleaning of 2,647 catch basins by contract and
4,354 by yard forces, the freeing of stopped sewers and
catch basins, and the repair of sewers, manholes, and
catch basins by the yard forces, and the operation of
the pumping station and disposal works, the cost of
which is attached.
Covering in Open Brooks. — A contract has been
awarded to relocate and enclose Stony Brook in a
conduit, for a length of about 4,200 linear feet, from the
end of the existing conduit at the former line between
W^est Roxbury and Hyde Park to opposite Willow
avenue, at an estimated cost of $412,830. It is antic-
ipated that the work will be completed earl}^ in 1954.
The most interesting feature of the work was the
successful completion of the jacking of 84-inch diameter
reinforced concrete pipe under Hyde Park Avenue and
under the roadbed of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad.
62 City Document No. 24.
Plans are being prepared to complete the relocation
and the enclosing of vStony Brook in a conduit from
Willow avenue to Bald Knob road, a distance of about
5,320 Hnear feet, including the enclosing of Myopia
Brook and incidental surface drains, and about 1,250
linear feet of Providence Street Brook in a conduit,
at an estimated cost of $422,500.
Proposed Construction Work. — The work of extending
the sewer system to provide drainage for new street
construction, new building construction and the elimina-
tion of cesspools will continue for many years in the
future, and probably at the same rate as in the past.
In addition, a long-range sewerage works program
provides for the extension of main line surface drain
conduits and the rebuilding of several miles of very
old sewers that have settled or outlived their economic
usefulness. Details of the long-range program are
contained in a report on file in the Sewer Division.
Special Problems. — In an effort to exclude excessive
quantities of tidewater from entering the main drainage
system considerable maintenance work has been done
on the tide gates. Plans are being prepared to replace
the original wooden, sidehung tide gates on storm
overflows adjacent to the west side intercepter with
top hung metal tide gates. It is anticipated that this
contract will be advertised early in 1954, at an estimated
cost of S10,000. It is also anticipated that during
1954 a contract will be advertised for renewing the
main entrance sluice gates at the Calf Pasture Pumping
Station, the need for the work being described in the
1951 annual report.
The Sewer Division Labor Force consists of the follow-
ing: 22 laborers, 2 carpenters, 31 motor equipment
operators and laborers, 10 catch-basin machine operators,
5 tide-gate repairmen, 6 working foremen sewer cleaners,
20 sewer cleaners, 5 bricklayers, 1 working foreman
motor eciuipment operator, 5 yardmen, 1 heavy motor
equipment operator, 6 sewer district foremen, and 1
main drainage foreman. This makes a total of 115
men assigned to answering complaints, cleaning catch
basins, cleaning sewers, repairs to manholes and catch
basins, repairing broken sewers, and other related work.
Length of Sewers Built. — During the fiscal year 1953
there were built by contractors and day labor 7.38 miles
of common sewers and surface drains throughout the
city. After deducting 0.60 miles of sewers and surface
Public \\'orks Department. 63
drains rebuilt or abandoned, the net increase for 1953
is 6.78 miles, which added to the existing 1,265.04 miles
of common sewers and surface drains and 30.93 miles
of intercepting sewers, makes a grand total of 1,302.75
miles of all sewers belonging to the City of Boston, and
under the care of the Sewer Division on January 1, 1954.
There were 320 catch basins built or rebuilt and 14
abandoned or removed during the year, making a net
gain of 306 catch basins and a grand total of 23,972
catch basins under the care of the Sewer Division on
January 1, 1954.
Permit Office Report. — Entrance fees to the amount
of $4,704.20 have been deposited with the City Collector
for collection from estates upon which no sewer as-
sessments were ever paid, in accordance with Ordinances
of 1945, chapter 27, section 10.
Eight hundred and ninety-nine permits have been
issued, viz.: 288 to district foremen and contractors
and 611 to drain layers for repairing or laying new
house drains. Inspectors from this office have per-
sonally inspected the work done under these drain
layers' permits.
Two thousand four hundred and eighty-eight com-
plaints have been investigated, and inspectors are
instructed to report in writing in each case.
One thousand five hundred and three catch-basin
complaints were received.
Reported in writing on 2,361 municipal liens to the
City Collector, in accordance with chapter 60, section
25, of the General Laws. Reported orally on about
2,400 requests for information on municipal liens.
Notices have been mailed to abutters in conformity
with the Ordinances of 1925, chapter 27, section 8,
apprising them of the construction of new sewers or
repairs to old sewers.
RespectfuU}',
Robert P. Shea,
Division Engineer.
64
City Document No. 24.
Summary of Sewer Construction for Twelve Months Ending
December 31, 1953.
Districts.
Built by the
City Either by
Contract or
Day Labor.
Built by
Private
Parties.
Total Lengths Built.
City Proper
Roxbury
Linear Feet.
145.50
707.60
Xone.
447.80
None.
914.48
8,205.29
1,127.36
15,921.78
Linear Feet.
314.00
8,782.00*
2,380.00*
Linear Feet.
4.59.50
9.489.60
2,.386.00
447.80
None.
914.48
8,205.29
1,127.36
15,921.78
Miles.
0.0870
1 . 7973
0.4519
0848
Charlestown
None.
None.
1732
West Roxbury
1 5540
2135
Hyde Park
3 0155
Totals
27,469.81
11,482.00
38,951.81
7.3772
* Work done by New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in new market district
and extension of Dorchester Brook.
Summary of Sewer Construction for Five Years Previous to
January I, 1954.
1949.
1950.
1951.
1952.
1953.
Built by city by con-
tract or day labor . . .
Built by private parties
or other city depart-
Linear Feet.
.39,.596.88
Linear Feet.
31,208.93
3,938.00
Lineir Feet.
22,4.50.07
Linear Feet.
18,781.42
16,484.50
Linear Feet.^
27,409.81
11,482.00
Totals
39,596.88
35,146.93
22,456.07
35,265.92
38,951.81
Public Works Department.
65
Total Length of Sewers.
Districts.
Total
Lengths
Built
During
Twelve
Months
Ending
December
31. 1953.
Lengths
Removed or
Abandoned
During
Twelve
Months
Ending
December
31, 1953.
Additional Lengths
for the
Twelve Months Ending
December 31, 1953.
City Proper
Roxbury
South Bo.ston
Linear Feet.
450.50
9,489.60
2,386.00
447.80
None.
914.48
8,205.29
1,127.36
15,921.78
Linear Feet.
2,967.50*
38.00
Linear Feet.
—2,508.00
9,451.60
2,386.00
447.80
None.
862.98
8,125.29
1,127.36
15,921.78
Miles.
—0.4750
1 . 7901
0.4519
0.0848
Charle.stown
None.
51.50
80.00
None.
0. 1634
1 . 5389
0.2135
Hyde Park
3.0155
Totals
38,951.81
3,137.00
35,814.81
6.7831
* Due to the construction of the Jolm F. Fitzgerald Expressway.
Common sewers and surface drains built previous to
January 1, 1953
Common sewers and surface drains built between
January 1 and December 31, 1953
Common sewers and surface drains built ending-
December 31, 1953
City of Boston intercepting sewers connecting with
Metropolitan sewers to December 31, 1953 .
City of Boston main drainage intercepting sewers to
December 31, 1953
Grand total of common and intercepting sewers to
December 31, 1953
Total mileage of streets containing sewerage works
to January 1, 1954
Miles.
1,265.04
6.78
1,271.82
*6.81
*24.12
1,302.75
705.64
No additional lengtlis built during 1953.
66
City Document No. 24.
Catch Basins in Charge of Sewer Division.
Districts.
Catch Basins fob Twelve Months
Ending December 31, 1953.
Number
Built or
Rebuilt.
Number
Abandoned
or Removed.
Net
Increase.
Total for Whole CiTt
IN Charge of Seweb
Division.
Previous
Report to
January 1,
1953.
Grand Tot
to
January 1
1954.
City Proper . .
Roxbury
South Boston.
East Boston. .
C'liarlestown . .
Brighton
West Roxbury
Dorchester. . .
Hyde Park. ..
Totals . . .
57
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184
18
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174
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3,400
1,460
1,204
846
2,066
4,228
5,614
1,180
320
306
23,666
Calf Pasture Pumping Station.
Sewage Record, 1953.
Month.
Total Gallons
of Sewage
Pumped.
Average Gallons
Per Day of
Sewage Pumped.
January . .
February .
March ....
April
May
June
July
August. . .
September .
October. . .
November .
December .
3,233,016,000
3,559,865.000
3,040,911,000
4,112,229,000
3,681,061,000
3,253,060,000
2,068,601,000
3,221,819,000
3,216,896,000
3,109,020,000
3,995,481,000
3,846,047,000
104,290,060
127,138,000
98,093,900
137,074,300
118.743,970
108,435,330
95,761,320
103,929,650
107,229,860
100,020,000
133,182,700
124,066,030
Total
Daily average .
41,2.38,006,000
112,980,821
Public Works Departimeent.
Fuel Oil Used.
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Month.
Gallons
No. 2.
Gallons
No. o.
Cost.
January . . .
Februarj-. .
March ....
April
May
June
July
.\ugust . . . .
September .
October. . .
November .
December .
191
206
447
261
205
254
8,119
4,045
7.996
8,119
3,076
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326 81
650 40
625 31
249 93
26 88
207
200
401
431
3,966
3,986
329 04
331 41
42 85
1,358 61
Totals .
2,803
$4,579 29
Electricity Used.
Kilowatt
Hours.
Cost.
January. . .
February. .
March ....
April
May
June
July
August . . . .
September .
October. . .
November .
December .
536,000
637,780
522,000
693,560
589,480
551,680
469,000
554,000
.504,000
518,000
665,960
625,580
$6,455 97
7,298 85
6,498 89
7,760 19
6,873 17
6,.575 47
6,100 16
6,543 42
6,306 09
0,308 .30
7,671 21
7,338 72
Totals .
6,397,240
$81,736 44
Cost Per Year.
Labor .
Edison power
Fuel oil
Supplies
Service orders
Total
Cost per million gallons of sewage pumped
contracts
1142,391 30
81,736 44
4,579 29
8,100 33
3.076 10
S239,883 46
$5 82
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APPENDIX E.
REPORT OF THE DIVISION ENGINEER OF
THE WATER DIVISION.
Laid.
Linear Feet.
Re LAID.
liinear Feet.
686
575
23,999.60
2,428
690.8
Boston, January 2, 1954.
To the Commissioner of Public Works.
Dear Sir:
I respectfully submit the following report of the
activities of the W^ater Division, operations and ex-
penditures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1953.
A total of 28,379.40 linear feet of main pipe were
either laid or relaid, varying in sizes from 8-inch to
20-inch, inclusive, as follows:
District.
East Boston ....
Hyde Park ....
West Roxbiiry
The particular streets in which the above work was
performed are shown on the accompanying tables.
j Engineering Office.
There is an insufficient number of capable employees
qn the engineering staff. This shortage of engineering
personnel is getting worse instead of getting better,
and an effort should be made to induce qualified men
to enter the service of the city.
,-, Under the provisions of chapter 4 of the Ordinances
of 1952, which deals with capital improvements, the
Water Division submitted a capital improvement pro-
gram, which program has not been followed, due to the
lack of necessary funds to carry out the program
appropriated under the budget items.
The office force maintained its usual service to the
public with information in relation to the Water Divi-
sion, estimates on new service pipes, making out con-
tracts, assisting the yard forces on Water Division
matters, compiling official data, bringing the record
plans to date, supervision of all construction and snow
i-emoval in areas Nos. 7 and 11.
82 City Document No. 24.
The engineering forces were engaged in the latter
part of 1953 in drawing plans for main pipe extensions
from American Legion Highway to Cleary square, re-
laying 30-inch main in Perkins street, Charlestown,
and rebuilding the trestle on the Dover Street Bridge.
The changes and abandonment of pipes in the Central
Artery, from City square to Fort Hill square, are not
shown in this report as the project was not completed
in 1953. The same applies to the Bromle}^ Park Housing
Project.
The 30-inch main that connected Charlestown with
Chelsea under the Mystic River is now discontinued
by being capped in Chelsea by the M.D.C. and will
be capped on the Boston side at the Pier Head Line
this year.
The various agencies (Municipal, State, and Federal)
were assisted in the design and supervision of con-
struction of water mains on the following projects:
Central Artery — City square, Haymarket square to Fort
Hill square.
Housing Authority
Bromley Park Housing Project
Whittier Street Project Extension
Franklin Hill Avenue Project
South and Child Streets Project
Franklin Field Project
Wood Memorial Project
Columbia Point Project
Distribution Branch.
Due to the increased volume of work caused by
applications for service pipes, etc., the department
lias engaged the services of contractors during the year.
The regular work of the branch, consisting of in-
stallation of new services and fire pipes, repairing of
leaks, caring for complaints, shutting off and letting
on water, freeing of stoppages in pipes, etc., was per-
formed in such a manner and at such periods as to
cause minimum delay and inconvenience to applicants
for water, water takers, and the general public.
Service pipes repaired 3,369
New service pipes installed 785
Hydrants changed 117
Hydrants inspected, painted, lubricated, and gates
marked 22,360
Main pipe repairs 140
Other miscellaneous work 1,296
Public Works Department.
83
The machine shop and plumbing shop handled all the
drilling and connecting of services in addition to the
regular work carried on in these shops, such as the ma-
chining and assembling of gates, valves, and hydrants,
and the department assisted the other branches of the
Pubhc Works Department in performing special jobs.
Meter Branch.
The meter shop handled a total of 25,282 meters,
divided as follows:
Meters applied on new service
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Meters discontinued
685
Meters changed
6,606
Meters tested in shop
13,212
Meters repaired in service
838
Meters repaired in shop .
1.558
Meters reset
610
Meters junked .
1,003
Total ....
25,282
Business Office.
In order to enforce the payment of outstanding bills,
customers in arrears are notified that the flow of water
will be reduced, but yet enough water is left on the
premises to provide a minimum for health and sanitary
requirements. As a result, the Water Division ended
the year 1953 with a surplus of $533,649.12, this surplu.s
being due mainly to the collection of bills due and pay-
able.
Main pipe petitions received 14
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Domestic service applications
Fire pipe applications
Special meter tests
Hydrant permits issued .
Repair deposits received .
Miscellaneous deposits
Appropriations, Expenditures, and Revenue.
Budget appropriation 1953 . $2,723,987 71
Amount expended . . . 2,458,359 86
Unexpended balance
$265,627 85
Amount of money collected during the year 1953 $4,991,108 54
Amount expended from all sources . 4,457,459 42
Balance
$533,649 12
84 City Document No. 24.
The metropolitan assessment for 1953 amounted to
$1,672,698.32 at the rate of $40 per milUon gallons, an
increase of $35,738.34 over the assessment for 1952.
Total amount billed for 1953 .... $5,025,205 63
Total amount collected for 1953 bills, as of
December 31, 1953 $3,933,447 11
Total amount abated for 1953 bills, as of
December 31, 1953 $13,470 39
Total amount collected in 1953 on bills rendered
prior to 1953 $909,485 66
This department contacts the water consumers very
frequently throughout the year, and the conduct of the
office has been such that I believe a spirit of good will
between the customers and the employees has been
brought about, which is beneficial to the consumers and
the city.
On July 2, 1953, the governor signed an act of the
Legislature, chapter 618, entitled — An Act To Provide
for Increasing the Rate Per Million Gallons To Be
Charged Cities and Towns Which Are Members of the
Metropolitan Water District.
As a result, it became necessary for the Commissioner
of Public Works to authorize an increase in the water
rates to all water consumers within the limits of the City
of Boston.
In order to acquaint the water consuming public with
the increased water rates, the following flier was inserted
with all water bills rendered after October 1, 1953, up
to and including April 1, 1954:
"In recent years, the Metropolitan District Commission
has been selling water to the various cities and towns at a
substantial annual loss.
"It was necessary, therefore, for the current year's Legis-
lature to pass a law doubling the amount that Boston and
other communities must pay for water furnished by the
M.D.C. The new rate will have the effect of increasing —
in the approximate amount of $1,700,000.00 — the annual
■ assessment levied against Boston by the M.D.C. In order
to meet this increased assessment, it is necessary for the
City of Boston to increase its water rates.
"Therefore, the following schedule of water rates will be
in effect on all bills rendered after October 1, 1953:
Public Works Department. 85
Rate Per 1,000 Cubic Feet.
First 20,000 cubic feet S2 00
Second 20,000 cubic feet 1 90
Third 20,000 cubic feet and up to 1,000,000 cubic
feet 1 70
All over 1,000,000 cubic feet . . . . . 1 15
Minimum rate, $10 per annum (up to 5,000 cubic
feet)
"Bills, as in the past, will be computed on a quarterly
basis. The enclosed bill is rendered on the new rates.
Consumers are urged to keep all fixtures in good repair."
The above schedule of water rates is now in effect and
roughly represents an increase of 33§ per cent over
previous rates.
The issuance of statements of outstanding water bills
to the consumers before placing of liens on premises has
been continued.
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel M. Sullivan,
Division Engineer.
86
City Document No. 24.
Financial Transactions,
Cash balance from 1952
Receipts:
Water rates and services
Tax titles — water ....
Expenditures from revenue:
Pensions and annuities
Current expenses and extensions
Collecting department
Auditing department
Refunded water rates
Refunded water collections
Refunded water tax titles
Metropolitan assessment
Transfer of 1952 surplus to redemp-
tion of citv loans ....
Expenditure from <lel)t account:
Boston water debt ....
Interest on loans ....
Cash balance December 31,1 95'i
Cash forwarded to 1054
Surplus Deceml)er 31. 1953
Loan account:
Balance outstanding January 1.
1953 ■ ;
1953 payment on Boston water
debt ■
Balance outstanding December 31,
1953
Water Service, 1953.
S4.951.938 58
39,169 96
S82,953 42
2.458,359 86
187.667 06
319 50
1,672,698 32
S4,401,998 16
346,336 56
S36,000 00
2,360 00
S84,000 00
36,000 00
S470,293 11
4,991,108 54
«5,461,401 65
4,748,334 72
$713,066 93
38,360 00
§674,706 93
141,057 81
S533.649 12
S48,000 00
Construction account:
Extension of mains (from revenue)
Cost of construction December 31,
1953 §24,718,476 68
Cost of construction December 31,
1952 24,622,149 66
Increase in plant cost during 1953
Cost of existing works, December 31. 1953:
Pipe yards and buildings
Distribution system .
Hj'de Park water works
High pressure .
S84,332 16
24,563,452 79
175.000 00
S96,327 02
§24,822,784 95
2,448,340 64
$27,271,125 59
V\ v.iAc Works Department. 87
Shutting Off and Tlkxixo Ox Watkk ix 1053.
Number of shut-offs for repairs 0,529
Xumber of premises turned on after repairs . 6,207
Number of shut-offs for vacancy 021
Number of premises turned on for occupancy . 311
Number of premises shut oft' for nonpayment of
water rates 1 '
Number of premises turned on again after being
shut off for nonpayment 9
Number of pi-emises shut off' on account of waste . 07
Xumber of premises turned on again after being shut
off for waste -^^
Number of new service pipes turned on for the first
time 483
''J"'otal numl)er of times water was shut off or
turned on 14,343
Water Statistics for the Fiscal Year Exdixg
December 31, 1953.
Mains.
ivind of pipe: cast-iron, steel
Size, 2-inch to 48-inch
Extended miles, 4.784
Total miles now in use, 1,017.857
Public hj'drants added, 54
Public hydrants now in use, 12.488
Stop gates added, 89
Stop gates now in use, 16,371
Stop gat^s smaller than 4-inch, 36
Number of blowoffs, 861
Range of pressure on mains, 30 to 90 pounds
Services.
Kind of pipe and size:
1-inch to 2 inches in diameter of lead or copper.
4 inches and (> inches in diameter of cast iron.
88
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248
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Total hydrants in service, December 31, 1952
Total hydrants established during 1953 .... 161
Total hydrants abandoned during 1953 . . . .107
Total hydrants added during 1953
Total hydrants in service, December 31, 1953
High pressure fire hydrants in service, 1953
Total h3'drants (all kinds) in service, December 31, 1953.
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Total Number of Hydrants in System, December 31, 1953.
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29
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2,169
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394
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96
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Table No. 1. Statement of Work Done During the Year 1953.
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518
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122
147
127
364
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314
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3
2
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9
1
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Totals
770
685
6,606
6,606
13,212
838
1,558
610
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Public Works Department.
Table No. 2. Meters in Service, December 31,
1953.
9
7
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
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3
4
6
8
10
12
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1,809
78
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5
3
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424
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238
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4
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1
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1
3
3
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81,401
4,847
2,955
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4
6
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14
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356
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23
80
170
49
19
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2
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Table No. 3. Meters in Shop, December SI, 1953.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
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4
6
8
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11
11
Totals
575
u
15
13
8
1
1
624
Old.
1,030
335
40
10
1
5
7
3
1,421
4
5
1
17
720
10
30
2
9
774
1,750
345
70
12
10
15
4
5
1
2,212
Table No. 4.
Meters Repaired in
Shop, 1953.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
Make.
f
3
1
u
2
3
4
6
8
12
1,033
118
70
82
46
3
2
5
2
3
2
3
1
3
1,360
5
3
1
10
18
44
10
53
28
26
2
181
2
Totals
1,051
162
80
135
74
33
12
7
3
1
1,558
Public Works Department. 99
Table No. 5. Meters Repaired and Rebuilt at Factory in 1953.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
2,700
2,000
100
50
2 850
Watch Dog
2 000
Totals
4,700
100
50
4,850
Table No. 5A.
Meters Purchased New in 1953.
Total.
800
2
18
802
Hersey H. C. T
30
1
1
49
1
Watch Dog Disc
30
30
60
Totals
800
30
30
20
30
1
1
912
Table No. 6. Meters Reset in 1953.
Make.
Diameter in Inches
2
■ft
3
o
o
.o
% i
O
%
%
1
IM
2
03
437
116
29
3
13
2
5
1
4
32
4
456
118
488
122
Watch Dog
Totals
553
32
15
6
4
36
574
610
100 City Document No. 24.
Table No. 7A. Meters Changed in 1953. Meters Taken Out.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
%
y4.
1
IH
2
3
4
6
8
3,536
1,731
349
300
18
11
1
201
46
126
59
65
48
3
28
18
5
16
13
9
5
3
4
3,988
Watch Dog
1,920
357
300
1
19
Federal
11
2
2
1
3
Trident
1
1
1
2
1
o
Nash . . .
1
1
1
1
Totals
5,949
248
186
118
52
30
15
4
4
6,606
Table No. 7B. Meters Changed in 1953. Meters Put In.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
H
Va
1
IH
2
3
4
6
8
Hersey
Watch Dog
4,389
1,381
378
36
183
13
71
47
35
24
9
20
11
2
3
4
5,083
1,523
Totals
5,770
414
196
118
59
29
13
3
4
6.606
Public Works Department. 101
Table No. 8. Meters Repaired in Service in 1953.
-a
-M
1^
o3
d
2
g
Make.
^ a
a;
M
a
s
h
fe
a
IS
a
>Sp3
■a
a
3
.iS
2
03
5
>:
X
Q
m
U
:z;
PQ
W
«
H
Hersey
124
376
67
25
27
72
3
694
Watch Dog
33
80
1
10
1
4
8
136
1
2
3
3
Trident
1
1
2
Totals
158
462
77
26
31
81
3
838
Table No. 9. Meters Applied in 1953.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
%
Va.
1
IH
2
3
4
6
8
421
140
24
1
15
1
23
20
51
31
13
3
20
3
4
574
Watch Dog
196
Totals
561
25
16
43
82
16
20
3
4
770
Meters applied on old service . .
Meters applied on new service .
Total .
21
749
770
102 City Document No. 24.
Table No. 10. Meters Discontinued in 1953.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
O
i
1
1
Total.
%
H
1
IK'
2
3
4
6
12
399
86
13
24
1
54
8
31
5
8
5
17
6
1
3
9
3
1
2
1
227
47
3
6
1
1
222
62
7
20
69
11
4
518
Watch Dog
120
14
^
2
26
1
1
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
Totals
526
62
36
13
25
16
4
2
1
285
315
85
685
Table No. 11. Cause of Meters Changed in Year 1953.
Make.
O
H
a
V
M
a
(U
m
^
^
o
o
Hersey
Watch Dog. .
King
Worthington .
American ....
Federal
Keystone ....
Arctic
Trident
Lambert
Nash
Crown
Totals...
2,598
1,581
299
231
14
6
1
3
1
1
1
4,736
604
180
30
42
1
4
274
56
9
862
352
32
58
67
128
46
10
9
116
12
3
2
194
49
133
Public Works Department. 103
Table No. 12. Meters Junked in 1953.
Make.
Diameter in Inches.
Total.
H
K
1
m
2
3
4
118
123
358
312
19
14
4
5
1
6
2
3
1
5
1
3
9
147
Watch Dog
127
364
1
314
3
22
14
1
r>
Trident
4
2
^
1
1
1
o
Arctic
1
1
3
Totals
948
7
7
12
11
15
3
1,003
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