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ANNUAL  REPORT 

OF  THE 

PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  BOSTON 

FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1963. 

SEP  2  7  1965 


Hon.  John  F.  Collins,  Mayor 
James  W.  Haley,  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 
John  J.  McCall,  Engineering  Division  Engineer 
RuTHFORD  J.  Kelley,  Highway  Division  Engineer 
John  F.  Flaherty,  Sanitary  Division  Engineer 
Edward  G.  A.  Powers,  Sewer  Division  Engineer 
Daniel  M.  Sullivan,  Water  Division  Engineer 


PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

1963  ANNUAL  REPORT 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Page 

Letter  of  Transmittal 1 

Personnel 1 

Central  OflEice 4 

Engineering  Division 6 

Highway  Division 11 

Sanitary  Division 12 

Snow  Removal 12-17 

Sewer  Division 19 

"Water  Division 20 

Break  in  Main  Sewer 23 

Fiscal 24 

Public  Improvement  Commission  Report         ...  25 

Appendices 52 

Statistical  and  other  Data  Tables 

A.  Central  Office 65 

B.  Engineering  Division 76 

C.  Highway  Division 96 

D.  Sanitary  Division 116 

E.  Sewer  Division 123 

F.  Water  Division 128 


[Document  18 — 1964. 


ANNUAL   REPORT   OF   THE 
PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1963 

Boston,  January  4,  1964. 
Hon.  John  F.  Collins, 

Mayor  of  Boston. 

Dear  Mr.  Mayor: 

In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  25, 
Chapter  3  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1961,  I  respect- 
fully submit,  herewith,  the  annual  report  of  the  Public 
Works  Department  and  the  Public  Improvement  Com- 
mission for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1963. 

The  activities  of  the  Public  Works  Department  are 
varied  and  vital  to  health,  safety,  and  convenience  of 
not  only  to  the  citizen  but  also  to  the  general  public. 
The  programs  of  the  department  include  highway  con- 
struction and  maintenance,  including  bridges  and  street 
cleaning,  the  construction,  maintenance  and  operation 
of  water  and  sewerage  facilities  and  the  collection  and 
disposal  of  offal  and  rubbish.  The  expenditures  for 
these  services  amounted  to  $28,367,275.33,  for  this  year. 

Personnel 
The  policy  of  reducing  the  number  of  employees,  by 
natural  attrition,  is  still  being  carried  forward.  At  the 
close  of  the  year  there  were  1,380  employees  in  all 
categories  on  the  department  payrolls.  This  com- 
pares with  1,453  at  the  close  of  1962  and  1,788  at  the 
close  of  1959.  Because  of  a  national  shortage  of  en- 
gineers and  the  local  demand  and  high  wages  paid  in 
industry,  difficulty  has  been  experienced  in  securing 
replacement  in  this  field.  The  same  is  true  in  the  labor 
field  and  skilled  mechanics. 


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Central  Office 

The  Central  Office  is  composed  of  three  sections:  an 
Administrative  Branch  in  the  charge  of  the  Department 
Executive  Secretary,  a  Maintenance  Branch  in  the 
charge  of  the  Director  of  Transportation,  and  a  Permit 
Branch  in  the  charge  of  a  Supervisor  of  Permits. 

The  Administrative  Branch  function  included  the 
preparation  and  processing  of  correspondence,  purchase 
supply  requisitions,  service  orders,  contracts,  payrolls, 
personnel  requisitions  for  transfers,  promotions  and 
terminations,  the  keeping  of  all  required  records  and 
files,  and  provided  all  services  required  by  the  Public 
Improvement  Commission. 

The  Maintenance  Branch  provided  for  the  repair  and 
maintenance  of  the  departmental  automotive  equip- 
ment; the  supervision  and  maintenance  of  all  depart- 
mental buildings  and  property;  the  operation  of  four 
garages;  the  operation  of  a  blacksmith  shop,  a  sweeper 
repair  shop,  and  a  building  maintenance  shop;  and  the 
around-the-clock  operation  of  a  two-way  radio  station. 

The  Maintenance  Branch  is  responsible  for  the  repair 
and  maintenance  of  494  vehicles.  New  equipment  was 
acquired  by  purchase  from  the  1963  appropriations  in 
the  amount  of  $245,472.90;  and  $90,386.42  from  the 
Snow  Removal  Appropriation. 

The  Maintenance  Branch  has  studied  the  possibility 
of  using  a  snow  melting  machine.  It  is  now  believed 
that  this  machine  will  be  an  important  adjunct  to  the 
snowfighting  equipment  of  the  department.  The  poten- 
tial savings  in  labor  charges,  its  adoptability  to  the 
narrow  streets  of  City  Proper,  the  speed  with  which  it 
can  be  placed  in  operation,  and  its  alleviation  of  the 
acute  emergency  traffic  problem,  make  this  method  of 
snow  removal  appealing.  Final  determination  for  its 
purchase  will  be  made  in  1964. 

The  work  involved  in  making  approximately  10,000 
annual  repair  jobs  is  performed  at  four  locations. 

(A)  The  Highland  Street  Motor  Repair  Garage  is 
used  for  general  repair  work,  stockroom,  lubrication  and 
dispensing  of  gasoline  and  oil.    The  stockroom  contains 


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an  inventory  of  repair  parts,  tires,  batteries,  etc,  valued 
at  $50,000.  A  schedule  of  monthly  lubrication  is  set  up 
and  the  condition  of  vehicles  is  checked  at  that  time. 

(B)  Albany  Street  Garage  in  Public  Works  Depart- 
ment District  No.  1. 

This  unit  consists  of  the  garage  proper,  the  welding 
shop,  the  street  sweeper  shop  and  the  communication 
center.  The  garage  is  used  for  storing  trucks  and  dis- 
pensing of  gasoline  and  oil.  During  the  winter  season, 
repairs  to  chains  are  made  here.  Inspection  for  the 
semi-annual  Registry  of  Motor  Vehicles  inspections  for 
Area  No.  1  vehicles  are  carried  out  here. 

The  sweeper  repair  shop  maintains  the  street  sweeper 
fleet  and  in  the  snow  removal  season,  repairs  the  snow- 
fighting  equipment  in  the  area. 

The  maintenance  shop  maintains  buildings  and  re- 
lated property  of  the  department;  constructs  barriers, 
disposal  boxes,  signs,  erects  fences  and  platforms,  re- 
models offices,  etc.  The  personnel  is  made  up  of  skilled 
mechanics. 

The  welding  shop  is  responsible  for  the  care  and 
maintenance  of  snowplows,  street  sweeper  brooms  and 
runners,  disposal  boxes,  etc.  Approximately  300  snow- 
plows  and  frames  are  installed  on  city  trucks  and  con- 
tractors equipment  and  repairs  are  made  on  cutting 
edges,  plow  wheels,  semicircles  and  curb  bumpers.  The 
shop  does  all  welding  on  above  plows  and  also  on  all 
other  types  of  equipment.  Considerable  repair  work  is 
performed  for  other  divisions  of  the  department,  repair 
of  pumps  and  screens  for  the  Sewer  Division,  repairing 
pipes,  burning  joints  and  cutting  of  bolts,  repairing 
gate  and  shutoff  wrenches  for  the  Water  Division, 
welding  parts  for  cranes  and  stabihzing  bars  for  Sanitary 
Division  incinerator  and  repairing  signs  and  fences  for 
Highway  Division.  Welding  is  done  on  all  types  of 
vehicles. 

The  Albany  Street  switchboard  and  the  two-way 
radio  base  are  located  at  the  Albany  Street  Water  Yard 
and  are  on  a  24-hour,  7-day  a  week  basis.  The  operators 
are  in  constant  contact  with  the  vehicles  which  are 
equipped  as  mobile  stations. 


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(C)  The  Maintenance  Branch  in  Public  Works  De- 
partment Area  No.  2,  is  located  at  Forest  Hills.  It  is 
used  for  repair  work,  lubrication  and  the  dispensing  of 
gasoline  and  oil. 

(D)  The  Maintenance  Branch  in  Public  Works  De- 
partment Area  No.  3,  is  located  at  Hancock  street, 
Dorchester,  and  is  used  for  the  same  purposes  as  in 
Area  No.  2. 

It  has  been  recognized  that  there  is  a  need  of  a  cen- 
tralized facility  for  departmental  maintenance.  In 
1963,  the  Legislature  enacted  legislation  (Chapter  812) 
authorizing  the  State  Department  of  Public  Works  to 
convey  land  in  the  Roxbury  section  of  the  city.  This 
site  would  make  an  ideal  locus  for  a  centralized  yard. 

The  Permit  Branch  issued  all  permits  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  department  and  collected  the  fees,  as 
required  therefor.  Permits  totaling  $17,684  were  issued 
in  1963.  The  cash  receipts  amounted  to  $256,008.61; 
special  accounts  $12,424.92  and  deposit  accounts  $567,- 
418.52,  for  a  grand  total  of  $835,852.05. 

Engineering  Division 

The  Engineering  Division  performs  all  of  the  en- 
gineering planning,  estimating  and  designing  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  capital  layout  construction 
of  the  department.  It  also  includes  all  of  the  work 
formerly  performed  by  the  Survey  Division.  The  divi- 
sion is  composed  of  four  sections  as  follows:  Adminis- 
tration, Planning  and  Programming,  Survey  and  Design. 
The  Administrative  Section  performed  all  duties  of  an 
administrative  nature  relating  to  the  processing  and 
maintenance  of  records  pertaining  to  personnel,  sup- 
plies reproductions,  correspondence,  and  engineering 
costs.  The  reproduction  unit  of  this  section  furnished 
blueprints,  ozalid  prints,  autopositives,  photostats,  and 
photographs,  as  required  by  the  various  divisions  of  the 
department.  Units  of  work  of  this  section  comprised 
27,072  photostats,  533  blueprints,  42,533  ozalids,  365 
autopositives,  4,687  negative  and  5,928  prints. 

Planning  and  Programming  Section:  The  Planning  and 
Programming  Section,  under  the  supervision  of  an 
Associate  Engineer,  prepared  all  of  the  engineering  and 


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construction  program  for  the  Public  Works  Depart- 
ment. The  program  involved  the  highway,  water, 
sewer,  bridge  and  street  lighting  facilities.  This  section, 
with  the  support  of  the  other  sections  of  the  Engineering 
Division,  performed  services  as  directed  by  the  Public 
Improvement  Commission.  The  Section  Chief  assisted 
the  Division  Engineer  who  served  as  the  Public  Im- 
provement Commission  Engineer.  In  this  capacity  he 
attended  thirty-six  (36)  meetings  and  hearings  and 
assisted  the  Division  Engineer  in  furnishing  professional 
advice  relative  to  interpretation  of  plans,  land  takings, 
specific  repairs,  widenings,  and  other  improvements 
ordered  by  the  Commission. 

In  connection  with  the  various  programs,  this  section 
maintained  liaison  with  the  Massachusetts  Department 
of  Public  Works,  City  of  Boston  Traffic  and  Parking 
Department,  Fire  Department,  Police  Department, 
Sewer,  Water,  Highway  Division  and  all  public  utility 
companies. 

Upon  receipt  of  plans  of  the  Boston  Extension  of  the 
Massachusetts  Turnpike,  this  section  reviewed  and/or 
coordinated  the  plans  with  other  city  departments  and 
divisions  and  the  Boston  Redevelopment  Authority. 
This  section  assisted  the  Division  Engineer  in  making 
recommendations  concerning  acceptance  of  the  plans  to 
the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Where  applicable,  all  programs  were  coordinated  with 
proposed  plans  of  the  Boston  Redevelopment  Au- 
thority. 

In  connection  with  the  foregoing,  the  Planning  and 
Programming  Section  functioned  as  follows: 

Scheduled  field  surveys  for  the  Survey  Section. 

Scheduled  preparation  of  construction  plans  by  the 
Design  Section. 

Prepared  monthly  groups  for  advertising  for  bids  for 
reconstruction  of  streets  {see  Design  Section  report  for 
accomplishment  during  1963). 

In  connection  with  Massachusetts  Department  of 
Public  Works,  Chapter  90  office,  staged  and  sequenced 
development  of  Chapter  90  projects  and  arranged  with 
other  sections  of  the  division  for  design  changes  on  State 
Survey  Plans  relating  to  these  projects. 


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With  specific  reference  to  Chapter  90  projects, 
following  is  a  summary  of  streets  advertised  for  bids 
for  reconstruction  in  1963: 


Street 

Limits 

Length 

^S" 

C!ongres8  street,  Boston  Proper 

Arlington  street,  Boston  Proper 
Broadway,  Boston  Proper 

D  street,  South  Boston 

Quincy  street,  Dorchester 

Savin  Hill  avenue,  Dorchester 

Columbus  avenue,  Roxbury 

Fort  Point  Channel  Bridge  to 
Stillings  street 

Boylston     street     to     Isabella 
street,  Washington  street  to 
Park  square 

Dorchester  avenue  to   Cypher 
street 

Bowdoin    street    to    Columbia 
road 

Pleasant   street   to   Savin    HUl 
court   (at   various   locations) 

Massachusetts  avenue  to  Tre- 
mont  street 

1,080 
2,665 

3,346 
1,770 
3,405 
4,482 

$35,000 
40,000 

95,000 

57,000 

53,000 

140,000 

Totals 

16,748 

$420,000 

Other  accomplishments  of  the  Planning  and  Pro- 
gramming Section  included: 

Maintained  project  progress  charts. 

Investigated  and  reported  on  complaints  from  all  sources, 
relative  to  poor  condition  of  roadways,  sidewalks,  and  street 
drainage. 

Kept  cost  records  of  engineering  work  performed  on  projects 
in  which  there  was  a  fund  participation  by  the  federal  govern- 
ment, such  as  West  End  Redevelopment,  Government  Center, 
etc. 

Arranged  for  the  orderly  processing  of  builders'  plot  plans, 
installations,  sidewalk  openings,  and  plans  and  profiles  of 
work  done  by  developers  in  connection  with  return  of  deposit 
for  private  ways  open  to  public  travel. 

The  Survey  Section:  The  Survey  Section  is  required 
to  make  surveys  and  plans  in  connection  with  (a)  laying 
out,  widening,  design,  and  construction  of  highways; 
(6)  taking  easements  for  sewerage;  (c)  discontinuance 
of  public  highways;  (d)  land  to  be  acquired  by  eminent 


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domain;  (e)  sidewalk  assessments;  and  (/)  specific 
repairs.  This  section's  work  also  included  the  staking 
out  of  line  and  grade  for  construction  of  public  works; 
staking  out  and  setting  bounds;  surveys  and  plans  of 
areas  involved  in  major  developments;  surveys  and 
plans  of  city-owned  land;  and  surveys  and  plans  as 
may  be  required  by  other  departments. 

This  section  made  26  surveys  and  plans  for  laying 
out  2.3  miles  of  public  highways;  237  surveys  and  227 
plans  for  reconstruction  of  highways,  totaling  39.5 
miles;  7  surveys  and  plans  for  discontinuing  0.47  miles 
of  highways;  22  surveys  and  plans  for  taking  of  ease- 
ments for  sewerage  and/or  for  assessment  purposes;  4 
profiles  for  highway  construction;  17  surveys  and  plans 
for  minimum  requirement  ways;  and  22  surveys  and 
plans  were  made  for  specific  repairs  and  widenings 
(Chapter  90)  involving  11.5  miles.  One  hundred 
sixty-five  streets  were  surveyed  for  engineering  reports. 

The  Design  Section:  The  Design  Section  functions 
during  the  year  included  the  preparation  of  all  plans, 
estimates,  specifications,  and  contract  forms  relating 
to  the  design  and  construction  of  highway,  sewer  and 
water  facilities;  the  preparation  of  design,  plans  and 
specifications  required  for  proposed  structures  and 
appurtenances  to  be  constructed  by  the  operating 
divisions;  the  design  of  grades  in  connection  with  the 
construction  of  highways  and  sewers;  the  checking 
of  all  plot  plans  submitted  to  the  Building  Department 
for  approval  with  regard  to  grades  and  the  availability 
of  sewer  and  water  facilities;  checking  proposed  con- 
struction over  existing  sewers;  making  tracings  of  all 
plans  prepared  by  the  Survey  Section;  the  preparation 
of  various  maps,  plans,  charts,  etc.,  required  by  the 
department,  and  making  estimates  and  preliminary 
plans  for  the  Public  Improvement  Commission. 

During  the  year  this  section  completed  plans,  esti- 
mates, and  specifications  for  highway  construction 
estimated  to  cost  $234,439;  highway  reconstruction 
estimated  to  cost  $2,546,675;  sewerage  works  estimated 
to  cost  $103,575;  sewer  and  water  work  estimated  to 
cost  $363,308;  and  water  extensions  estimated  to  cost 
$117,376. 


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During  1963  the  ''New  Boston"  look  has  started  to 
appear  physically  in  various  parts  of  the  city  with 
construction  actually  well  on  the  way  or  started  on 
many  projects.  In  connection  with  the  Government 
Center  development  the  new  MTA  relocation  and 
turnaround  has  been  completed  and  is  in  operation; 
foundation  work  for  the  Federal  Office  Building  and 
the  New  City  Hall  has  been  started;  and,  just  off 
Government  Center,  the  new  State  Office  Building 
steel  work  is  being  erected,  With  reference  to  the  New 
City  Hall,  several  meetings  were  held  with  representa- 
tives of  the  architects  and  the  firm  of  Becker  and 
Becker,  planning  consultants,  concerning  the  layout 
of  the  Public  Works  Department  space.  A  final  layout 
was  agreed  upon  which  was  worked  out  to  the  point 
where  even  the  arrangement  of  furniture  and  equipment 
was  settled. 

The  Massachusetts  Turnpike  Extension  is  becoming 
a  rapid  reality  with  many  of  the  more  than  25  new 
bridges  already  built  and  opened  to  traffic;  and  nearly 
all  of  the  other  bridges  are  under  construction. 

The  Academy  Homes  Development  in  the  Washington 
Park  area  has  resulted  in  the  installation  of  sewer  and 
water  facilities  and  the  development  of  plans  for  new 
street  construction  here  for  early  1964  action. 

The  Prudential  area  is  taking  visible  shape  in  giant 
strides,  with  the  Hotel  America  and  the  new  Auditorium 
well  advanced  structurally.  Plans  have  been  completed 
by  this  division,  through  its  consultant,  Metcalf  & 
Eddy,  for  extensive  sewerage  works  relocations  in  the 
New  Dalton  Street  area  which  will  result  in  construction 
early  in  1964.  Concurrently,  Metcalf  &  Eddy  have 
completed  contract  drawings  and  specifications  for  the 
New  Dalton  Street  Bridge  and  approaches.  This  work 
is  planned  for  contract  work  to  also  start  in  1964. 

All  of  the  foregoing  has  resulted  in  a  great  deal  of 
activity  within  this  division  in  1963  because  of  the 
necessary  conferences  with  all  of  the  agencies  involved, 
review  of  plans,  and  much  correspondence  in  connection 
with  review  and  approvals  of  detailed  plans  requiring 
City  of  Boston  approval. 


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The  personnel  quota  for  this  division  has  been  estab- 
lished as  60.  On  January  1,  1963,  the  number  of  perma- 
nent employees  working  was  42.  By  December  31, 
1963,  this  had  become  37,  due  to  2  retirements,  2  resig- 
nations, and  1  death. 

Supplementing  this  permanent  work  force  (but,  from 
a  technically  qualified  point  of  view,  not  bringing  our 
work  output  up  to  expected  quota  output)  there  were  a 
total  of  52  temporary  appointees  employed  during  the 
year.  Because  they  were  on  a  come  and  go  basis  this 
represents  495-man  weeks  or  the  equivalent  of  Oj  men 
employed  for  a  full  52-week  period. 

The  foregoing  statistics  point  out  the  continuing  need 
for  getting  properly  qualified  permanent  engineers  for 
the  ever-increasing  work  load. 

In  this  connection,  a  good  start  was  made  during  1963 
when  we  personally  visited  Franklin  Institute  and  Bos- 
ton Technical  High  School  and  spoke  to  the  seniors  on 
the  desirability  of  a  career  with  the  City  of  Boston 
Public  Works  Department.  This  resulted  in  a  few  of 
these  students  coming  to  work  with  us  and  this  type  of 
program  promises  future  dividends  in  acquiring  intelli- 
gent personnel  in  the  lower  grades  to  eventually  become 
the  backbone  of  the  department,  technically-wise. 

Highway  Division 

The  Highway  Division  is  comprised  of  four  sections: 
Administration,  Construction,  Maintenance,  and  Street 
Lighting  and  supervises  and  performs  all  the  services  in- 
cidental to  the  construction  of  streets  and  sidewalks; 
highway  maintenance  work,  including  pavement  mainte- 
nance, snow  removal,  street  cleaning  and  catch-basin 
cleaning;  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  bridges;  and 
the  installation  and  maintenance  of  street  lights. 

The  Administrative  Section  performed  all  the  duties 
of  a  clerical  nature,  including  the  preparation  and 
processing  of  correspondence,  initiating  supply  requisi- 
tions and  service  orders,  and  the  preparation  of  contract 
payments. 

The  Construction  Section  supervised  the  construction 
of  12  highways  at  a  cost  of  $283,569.25  and  reconstruc- 
tion of  196  streets  during  the  year  at  an  expenditure  of 


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$2,667,968.90.  Chapter  90  projects  completed  during 
the  year  were:  Adams  street,  from  Gallivan  Boulevard 
to  Ashmont  street;  La  Grange  street,  from  Washington 
street  to  Newton  line;  Cambridge  street,  from  Somer- 
ville  line  to  Sullivan  square;  Green  street,  from  Wash- 
ington street  to  Centre  street;  Dorchester  avenue,  from 
Freeport  street  to  Columbia  road  at  a  total  cost  of 
$401,879.88.  Contracts  were  awarded  in  the  amount  of 
$1,420,640.20  for  highway  construction  to  be  completed 
in  1964. 

The  Maintenance  Section  performed  sidewalk  and 
roadway  repairs  on  and  cleaned  and  flushed  the  750 
miles  of  streets;  cleaned  3,817  catch  basins  of  the  25,352 
in  the  city;  maintained  and  operated  eight  drawbridges 
and  maintained  83  other  bridges. 

The  Street  Lighting  Section  has  the  custody  of  30,088 
street  lights  and  supervised  the  installation  of  new 
lights  and  the  replacement  of  existing  lights  totaling 
3,412  units. 

During  the  year  1963,  there  were  approximately  288 
gas  lamps  maintained  by  the  city.  Installation  of  44  gas 
lamps  were  made.  Ninety-seven  police  spotlights  were 
maintained. 

Snow  Removal 
Snowfall  for  the  season  of  1962-1963  amounted  to 
30.0  inches.    The  cost  was  $1,036,807.04. 

Sanitary  Division 
The  Sanitary  Division  is  composed  of  three  sections: 
Administration,  Collection,  and  Disposal  and  provides 
for  the  collection  and  removal  of  all  solid  waste  and  pro- 
vides for  the  disposal  of  all  collected  wastes  by  the  oper- 
ation of  an  incinerator  and  an  open  land  dump  together 
with  an  out-of-town  dump  by  contract. 

Administrative  Section 

The  activities  of  the  Administrative  Section  comprised 

of  supervising  the  various  functions  and  operations  of 

the  division,  the  preparing  of  all  contracts,  the  processing 

of  payments,  the  processing  of  reports,  correspondence 


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and  complaints  (complaints  were  written,  telephoned 
and  in  person)  and  compilation  of  inspectors'  reports  and 
daily  reports  on  the  Collection  and  Disposal  Section's 
performances,  investigating  and  processing  applications 
for  permits  for  the  transportation  of  refuse  and  the  super- 
vision of  the  Snow  Emergency  Center. 

Collection  Section 

The  Collection  Service  supervised  the  work  of  con- 
tractors and  division  forces  in  the  collection  and  disposal 
of  refuse  and  garbage  throughout  the  city.  Contracts 
were  awarded  to  eleven  contractors,  for  the  period 
April  1,  1963,  to  March  31,  1964.  The  total  collection 
contract  costs  were  $2,184,837.63. 

A  uniformed  force  of  sanitary  inspectors  was  organ- 
ized during  the  year.  This  force  served  violation  notices 
and  patrolled  assigned  areas  in  the  city.  An  over-all 
improvement  in  litter  control  has  already  been  ob- 
served. There  were  5,237  violation  notices  served  in 
which  corrective  action  was  made  and  108  violations 
resulting  in  court  action. 

The  city  exercised  its  final  option  in  accordance  with 
Article  17  of  the  existing  removal  contracts.  Contracts 
were  renewed  with  the  present  contractors  with  the  city 
absorbing  75  percent  of  the  fifteen-cent  per  hour  in- 
crease granted  the  drivers  and  helpers.  This  increase 
added  $39,510  to  the  cost  of  removal  of  refuse. 

During  the  months  of  June,  July,  and  August,  in  co- 
operation with  the  Health  Department,  a  city-wide 
program  of  cleaning  city-owned  and  privately-owned 
lots  was  inaugurated.  A  total  of  664  lots  were  cleaned 
at  a  cost  of  $57,393. 

A  program  of  cleaning  the  South  End  and  lower  Rox- 
bury  alleys  was  continued  throughout  the  year. 

A  program  in  close  cooperation  with  the  Police, 
Health,  and  Real  Property  Departments,  was  initiated 
to  remove  abandoned  motor  vehicles  from  the  highways 
and  from  city-owned  and  other  vacant  lots.  The 
seriousness  of  this  problem  was  recognized  by  the 
General  Court  which  enacted  Chapter  525  of  the  Acts 
of  1963,  effective  July  29,  1963.  This  act  provides  for 
fines  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  or  more  than 


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five  hundred  dollars,  plus  revocation  of  the  license  of 
anyone  convicted  of  abandoning  a  motor  vehicle  on  any 
public  or  private  way  or  upon  any  property  other  than 
his  own  without  permission  of  the  owner  or  lessee  or 
said  property.  A  contract  was  let  for  the  disposal  of 
these  vehicles. 

The  servicing  of  litter  baskets  was  carried  on  with  the 
use  of  two  packer-type  trucks,  working  night  shifts. 
The  same  trucks  are  used  to  police  the  Blackstone 
Street  Market  Area  on  Fridays  and  Saturdays. 

Disposal  Section 

Ths  Disposal  Section  provided  for  the  disposal  of  the 
city's  refuse  at  the  Gardner  Street,  West  Roxbury,  dump 
and  the  incinerator.  Refuse  from  the  East  Boston 
section  of  Boston,  was  removed  to  a  private  dump,  in 
Saugus. 

The  Gardner  Street  Dump  was  operated,  as  in  former 
years,  as  an  open  fill  with  earth  cover  for  the  disposal  of 
426,720  cubic  yards  of  rubbish  from  the  following  dis- 
tricts: Jamaica  Plain,  West  Roxbury,  Hyde  Park,  and 
Brighton.  A  garbage  transfer  station  has  remained  in 
operation  at  this  site  for  the  disposal  of  approximately 
14,000  cubic  yards  of  garbage  received  from  the  afore- 
mentioned districts.  It  is  becoming  increasingly  difficult 
to  provide  adequate  cover  over  the  rubbish  fill  at  this 
site,  principally  due  to  the  lack  of  adequate  equipment, 
the  availability  of  cover  material  at  this  time  being  ex- 
hausted, unless  a  drag-line  operation  is  started  to  obtain 
approximately  40,000  cubic  yards  needed  annually  for 
surface  cover  on  the  dump.  A  revenue  of  $10,446  has 
been  obtained  from  dumping  fees  at  this  dump.  This  is 
principally  due  to  the  increase  of  dumping  rates  bringing 
them  in  line  with  other  dumps  in  the  metropolitan  area. 

The  city  exercised  its  option  to  renew  its  contract  with 
M.  DeMatteo  Construction  Company  for  providing  a 
refuse  disposal  site  in  Saugus  for  the  disposal  of  all  the 
refuse  from  the  East  Boston  district.  The  annual  cost 
for  this  contract  was  $24,000. 

The  garbage  transfer  stations  at  Victory  road,  Dor- 
chester, and  Gardner  street.  West  Roxbury,  were  con- 
tinued in  operation  throughout  the  year  for  the  disposal 


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of  garbage  collected  in  several  of  the  city's  districts. 
The  city  exercised  its  option  and  renewed  contracts  with 
Kristoff  Brothers  for  removing  15,600  cubic  yards  of 
garbage  delivered  at  the  Victory  Road  Garbage  Transfer 
Station,  and  with  Kennedy  Brothers  for  removing 
14,000  cubic  yards  of  garbage  delivered  at  the  Gardner 
Street  Garbage  Transfer  Station.  The  annual  cost  for 
each  contract  amounted  to  $13,050. 

The  permit  to  maintain  a  dump,  between  East  Brook- 
line  street  and  the  Southeast  Expressway,  for  receiving 
residue  from  the  South  Bay  incinerator  expired  April  1, 
1963.  The  residue  dump  relocated  and  a  permit 
granted  by  the  state,  in  the  Fort  Point  Channel,  between 
the  Southeast  Expressway  and  Dover  street. 

The  problem  of  disposing  of  bulk  and  noncombustible 
materials  delivered  to  the  South  Bay  incinerator  from 
districts  serviced  by  this  plant  was  solved  by  awarding 
a  contract,  which  was  publicly  advertised,  for  the  re- 
moval of  said  materials,  at  a  cost  of  $18,310.  This 
method  proved  less  costly  than  having  this  material 
handled  by  our  own  forces. 

The  yearly  program  of  rodent  control  was  continued 
at  the  South  Bay  incinerator,  the  garbage  transfer 
stations  and  the  Gardner  Street,  West  Roxbury,  dump, 
at  the  annual  cost  of  $1,350.  This  program  is  evidently 
effective  since  no  complaints  of  rat  infestation  have  been 
received. 

Incinerator 

The  South  Bay  incinerator  received  and  disposed  of  a 
total  of  144,844  tons  of  refuse  for  the  year  1963  from  a 
population  of  approximately  450,000  or  67  percent  of  the 
city's  total.  The  plant  continues  to  operate  on  5j  days 
consisting  of  sixteen  8-hour  burning  shifts  with  occas- 
sional days  of  additional  burning  shifts  due  to  equipment 
outages  or  tunnel  floodage.  As  a  public  service,  small 
quantities  of  confidential  papers  from  private  concerns 
and  governmental  agencies  were  continued  to  be  de- 
stroyed at  the  plant. 

During  1963,  the  regular  maintenance  force  of  the 
plant,  in  addition  to  routine  maintenance,  assisted  the 
field  engineer  from  Flynn  &  Emrich  Company  in  the 


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rebuilding  of  one  furnace,  and  from  the  knowledge  thus 
obtained  have  rebuilt  several  cells  in  other  units. 
Minor  repairs  to  refractories  which  have  heretofore 
required  the  services  of  a  contractor,  are  being  made  by 
city  forces.  Experimental  protection  of  arch  refractories 
have  been  made  and  an  extension  of  this  protection  will 
be  given  to  other  furnaces  in  1964.  Replacement  of 
worn-out  hydraulic  pumps  have  been  completed.  Re- 
pairing overhead  doors  in  the  ash  tunnel  have  been  made 
by  our  forces. 

Maintenance  work  performed  under  the  contract  for 
emergency  repairs  included  the  annual  reallignment  of 
the  crane  rails  and  structural  supports;  an  alternate 
boiler  feed  water  system  was  completed;  new  blowoff 
valves  were  installed  on  all  boilers;  the  boiler  blowoff 
tank  was  repaired;  drainage  system  under  crawl  space 
was  installed;  steam  main  was  recovered;  a  new  expan- 
sion valve  installed  on  the  main;  new  support  anchors 
were  installed  on  the  steam  main  and  the  expansion 
joint  anchoring  was  completely  revised  and  installed. 

From  September  12,  1963,  to  October  23,  1963,  ex- 
periments in  steam  production  were  made,  both  with 
and  without  the  supplemental  oil  burners  installed  under 
the  plant  "betterment  program"  and  some  steam  was 
transmitted  to  the  Boston  City  Hospital.  However, 
the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  directed  that  the 
fly  ash  system  be  reactivated.  It  was  proven  that  to 
use  the  system,  all  the  steam  generated  from  burning 
rubbish  would  be  required  to  operate  the  induced  draft 
fans.  Thus,  to  attempt  to  produce  any  steam  for  the 
Boston  City  Hospital  supplemental  oil  in  quantity 
would  be  required.  The  hospital  was  apprised  of  this 
and  no  further  steam  has  been  transmitted. 

The  plant  continues  to  present  problems.  A  reha- 
bilitation of  five  furnaces  will  be  required  in  1964. 
Rebuilding  furnace  bridge  walls  and  the  mechanical 
grates  will  be  required.  This  was  after  a  complete  and 
thorough  survey  by  the  Flynn  &  Emrich  field  engineer 
and  the  city's  engineer  was  completed.  This  is  nor- 
mally necessary  after  three  years  of  plant  operation. 


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A  program  is  under  way  to  completely  staff  the  plant 
with  permanent  employees  in  various  classifications 
from  available  Civil  Service  lists  and  in  plant  promo- 
tions. This  will  reduce  the  number  of  temporary  30-day 
employees  considerably.  An  increase  in  the  number  of 
overtime  hours  required  can  be  attributed  to  an  ever- 
increasing  "out  of  service"  time  of  plant  equipment  due 
to  normal  attrition  and  to  a  continued  absentee  record 
about  40  percent  above  private  industrial  rates. 

During  1963,  a  complete  study  of  the  ventilation  and 
dust  control  was  made  by  consultants  (Leo  Crowley 
Company)  and  phases  of  their  program  are  anticipated 
in  the  1964  budget. 

During  a  schooling  period,  all  stokers,  supervisory 
and  others  were  instructed  in  the  use  of  the  mechanically 
agitated  stoker  grates  and  were  certified  as  "instructors 
of  stoking"  by  the  field  engineer  from  Flynn  &  Emrich, 
the  manufacturers  of  the  stoker  mechanism. 

Snow  Removal 

The  Sanitary  Division  was  given  the  responsibility 
for  furnishing  equipment  and  personnel  for  the  snow- 
plowing  and  removal  in  East  Boston,  District  9,  in  the 
fall  of  1963. 

The  Snow  Emergency  Center  continued  in  its  third 
year  of  operation  at  Fire  Headquarters  Building  during 
the  snow^  season  under  the  direction  of  Division  Engineer 
and  Deputy  Commissioner,  John  F.  Flaherty,  as  chair- 
man. This  unit  is  supervised  by  the  Administrative 
Section  of  the  Sanitary  Division.  The  coordinating 
table  of  the  center  has  representatives  of  several  depart- 
ments, as  well  as  the  utility  companies.  This  center 
processed  hundreds  of  calls  from  the  general  public  to 
the  agency  or  department  involved  during  the  storms 
which  occurred  in  1963.  The  center,  in  addition  to  the 
department  representatives,  also  has  a  unique  com- 
munications system  consisting  of  short-wave  radios  to 
Public  Works  and  Fire  Headquarters,  and  a  direct 
"hot"  line  to  the  MTA  and  each  police  station,  and  a 
teletypewriter  to  each  Public  Works  district  yard  and 
snow  headquarters.  The  center  is  called  into  operation 
at  the  onset  of  any  snowfall  with  a  skeleton  force.     As 


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the  storm  forecast  predicts  heavier  snowfall,  additional 
personnel  and  table  representatives  are  activated  to 
operate  the  center  in  assisting  the  general  public.  The 
Emergency  Center  handles  all  press,  radio,  and  tele- 
vision releases  during  all  snowstorms,  keeping  the  public 
informed  on  all  storm  activities. 

Sewer  Division 

The  Sewer  Division  with  110  employees  (11  less  than 
the  121  employees  in  the  1962  quota)  is  distributed  into 
three  sections,  viz..  Administrative,  Maintenance,  and 
Construction,  under  the  direction  of  a  Division  Engineer. 

The  Administrative  Section,  numbering  5  employees, 
under  Head  Administrative  Clerk,  is  charged  with 
preparing  budgetary  requests,  recording  pertinent  times 
records  of  employees,  presenting  requisitions,  service 
orders  and  receiving  notices  to  the  Central  Office  of  the 
department,  collecting  statistics  useful  to  the  division 
planning  and  directing  methods  and  procedure  neces- 
sary to  the  clerical  work  in  the  division  and  furnishing 
information  to  the  public  and  to  employees  regarding 
departmental  activities,  regulations,  and  legal  responsi- 
bilities. 

The  Maintenance  Section,  numbering  89  employees, 
under  an  Associate  Civil  Engineer,  is  charged  with 
cleaning  sewers  and  sewer  appurtenances,  answering 
and  investigating  complaints,  maintaining  and  repairing 
sewers,  inspecting  the  laying  of  drains,  operating 
pumping  stations  and  disposal  plant,  recording  com- 
plaints, recording  inspections,  keeping  record  plans  of  the 
entire  sewerage  system  to  date,  and  furnishing  infor- 
mation to  the  public. 

The  Construction  Section,  numbering  16  employees, 
under  an  Associate  Civil  Engineer,  is  charged  with  the 
entire  building  operations  of  sewerage  works  under 
contract  from  the  field  layouts  through  the  final  in- 
spection, and  furnishing  record  plans  of  work  for  the 
sectional  plans  maintained  by  Maintenance  Section. 

The  Sewer  Use  Charge  for  the  year  amounted  to 
$2,444,763.22  and  $362,398.32  was  added  to  taxes  for  a 
total  of  $2,807,161.54. 


Public  Works  Department  19 

The  division  acquired  the  following  equipment: 
four  Falcon  station  wagons  and  two  S.  H.  P.  sewer 
rodding  machines. 

Late  in  1962,  another  major  break  occurred  in  the 
main  intercepting  sewer  in  Massachusetts  avenue, 
west  of  Clapp  street,  Dorchester.  This  9-foot  in  dia- 
meter sewer  was  constructed  between  August,  1879, 
and  November,  1880,  under  almost  insurmountable 
engineering  conditions  as  gauged  by  engineer  standards 
of  that  date.  The  novel  method  of  construction  em- 
ployed and  the  fact  that  the  sewer  remained  in  active 
service  for  more  than  eighty  years  has  attracted 
national  attention. 

Prior  to  construction,  Massachusetts  avenue  had  not 
been  laid  out  as  a  highway.  Borings  on  the  line  showed 
beds  of  mud,  at  this  locus,  which  were  20  to  86  feet 
deep  below  the  marsh  surface.  Because  of  the  danger 
of  maintaining  a  staple  sewer  during  and  after  filling 
for  highway  construction,  it  was  decided  to  fill  the  street 
to  full  lines  and  grades  before  sewerage  works  construc- 
tion. 

The  contract  for  placing  the  fill  was  commenced 
January,  1879,  and  was  completed  November,  1879. 
So  great  was  the  settlement  of  this  filling  into  the  mud, 
over  106,000  cubic  yards  of  gravel  were  required,  and 
the  marsh  surface  for  100  feet  on  either  of  the  filled 
street  was  pushed  up  by  the  filling  from  8  to  14  feet 
high.  A  surcharge,  20  feet  wide  at  the  top  and  8  feet 
high,  was  placed  upon  the  street  where  the  mud  was 
deepest  to  insure  prompt  settlement. 

It  was  deemed  inadvisable  to  construct  a  masonry 
sewer  on  such  a  foundation  and  a  wooden  section 
consisting  of  an  external  wooden  shell  formed  of 
4-inch  spruce  planks,  10  inches  wide,  every  fourth  plank 
being  wedge  shaped,  the  whole  securely  spiked  and 
treenailed  together  and  lined  with  4  inches  of  brick  or 
concrete    was    selected. 

The  depth  of  excavation  was  from  32  to  36  feet  and 
the  pressures  were  so  great,  that  at  times,  60  braces  of 
8-inch  by  8-inch  or  heavier  timber  was  insufficient  to 
contain  an  18-foot  section  of  the  trench.  The  wooden 
shell  as  well  as  the  lining  was  increased  in  size  to  com- 


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pensate  for  settlement.  Upon  completion,  the  sewer 
settled  in  a  long  curve  to  a  maximum  depth  of  18  inches 
in  the  1,894-foot  section.  That  this  sewer  operated  for 
eighty  years  seems  incredible. 

Repairs  were  made  by  installing  a  reinforced  concrete 
arch  for  a  section  140  feet  long.  Failure  showed  in  the 
oak  treenails,  from  what  appeared  to  be  internal  pres- 
sures. 

The  entire  one  quarter  of  a  mile  section  should  be 
rebuilt,  but,  as  the  Deer  Island  MDC  Treatment  Plant 
is  scheduled  to  be  in  operation  in  June,  1965,  and  a  large 
portion  of  the  sewage  carried  by  the  Massachusetts 
Avenue  sewer  will  be  diverted  at  that  time  the  project 
has  been  deferred.  After  the  treatment  plant  is  in 
operation,  reconstruction  of  the  section  will  be  started 
with  a  substantial  reduction  in  size  and  costs. 

The  mileage  of  common  sewers  was  increased  by 
3.65  miles  making  a  total  of  1,347.16  miles  of  sewer  and 
surface  drains  in  the  city.  The  net  increase  in  the  num- 
ber of  catch  basins  was  65,  making  the  total  number  of 
catch  basins  in  the  city  25,352.  In  1963,  43,529  million 
gallons  of  sewage  was  pumped  at  a  cost  of  $5.28  per 
million  gallons.  The  average  flow  was  119.26  million 
gallons  per  day. 

Water  Division 
The  Water  Division  is  composed  of  four  sections: 
Administration,  Construction,  Maintenance,  and  Rev- 
enue and  provides  for  the  construction,  replacement, 
maintenance  and  repair  of  water  mains,  supply  lines, 
meters,  hydrants  and  various  appurtenances;  meter 
reading;  and  assessing  charges  to  consumers. 

The  Administrative  Section  handled  the  preparation 
and  processing  of  correspondence,  initiated  requisitions 
and  supply  orders,  prepared  contract  payments  and 
maintained  all  of  the  required  files  and  records  relating 
to  the  water  system  and  its  operation. 

The  Construction  Section  furnished  the  engineering 
and  inspection  force  supervising  the  laying  and  relaying 
of  3.35  miles  of  water  main  and  the  abandonment  of  8. 


Public  Works  Department  21 

A  policy  has  been  established  of  replacing  50  or  more 
hydrants  a  year  by  contract.  A  contract  was  let  for 
painting  hydrants. 

Maintenance  Section 
The  Maintenance  Section  is  responsible  for  the  opera- 
tion and  maintenance  of  the  water  distributing  system, 
comprising  1,035.5  miles  of  pipes,  including  18.64  miles 
of  high  pressure  fire  service,  ranging  in  size  from  2 
inches  to  48  inches  in  diameter,  and  including  gates, 
valves,  hydrants,  and  other  appurtenances. 

This  section  provides  for  the  repair  of  main  pipes, 
service  pipes,  hydrants  and  gates,  and  furnishes  emer- 
gency service  on  a  24-hour  per  day,  seven-day  per 
week  basis.  The  section  forces  are  augmented  by 
contractors  personnel  for  excavating  and  backfilling 
trenches.  Contracts  for  this  work  awarded  in  1963 
totaled  $221,726.25. 

This  section  also  operates  a  maintenance  shop  which 
comprises  a  machine  shop,  plumbing  shop,  and  meter 
shop.  This  unit  handles  drilling  services  and  the  ma- 
chining and  assembly  of  all  new  corporation  and  tapping 
gates  up  to  6  inches.  Also  machined  and  repaired  are 
defective  hydrants  and  defective  gates  at  the  site,  if 
possible.  Assistance  to  the  other  divisions  of  the  Public 
Works  Department  is  rendered  as  required.  New 
meters  are  installed  and  old  meters  are  changed,  tested, 
and  repaired. 

Revenue  Section 
The  Revenue  Section  performs  all  of  the  work  in- 
volved in  processing  bills,  customer  relations,  and  com- 
plaints of  plant  maintenance.  These  operations  in- 
clude applications  for  new  services,  reading  97,370 
meters  quarterly,  as  well  as  the  bookkeeping  entailed 
in  these  accounts,  and  the  issuance  of  statements  of 
outstanding  water  bills  to  the  consumers  at  the  end  of 
the  year  as  a  courtesy  to  the  customer. 


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Area  Yards 
Area   No.    1   Yard,   710  Albany  street,   Boston.     Services: 

Charlestown,  North  and  West  Ends,  Back  Bay,  Stuart, 

South  End,  East  Boston,  Elm  Hill,  Dudley,  Mission  Hill, 

and  Roxbury. 
Area  No.  2  Yard,  327  Forest  Hills  street,  Jamaica  Plain. 

Services:  Jamaica  Plain,  Brighton,  West  Roxbury,  and 

Hyde  Park. 
Area  No.  3  Yard,  160  Hancock  street,  Dorchester.    Services: 

Dorchester  (North),  South  Boston,  and  Dorchester  (South). 

These  yards  are  responsible  for  the  repair  and  main- 
tenance of  main  pipes,  service  and  fire  pipes,  hydrants, 
gates  and  providing  emergency  and  general  service  to 
the  public.  The  main  yard  at  710  Albany  street  main- 
tains emergency  crews  around  the  clock  for  any  water 
service  that  may  be  required  in  any  section  of  the  city. 

The  main  yard  and  the  two  area  yards  were  assisted 
by  three  contractors.  The  contractual  work  consisted 
of  excavation  and  backfilling  to  allow  Water  Division 
employees  to  repair  leaks,  lay  or  relay  water  services, 
change  hydrants  and  repair  or  replace  defective  appurte- 
nances. This  contractual  work  was  performed  in  a 
satisfactory  manner  and  proved  its  value  by  giving 
service  to  the  public. 

The  heavy  stock,  20  inches  and  larger,  formerly  stored 
at  the  main  yard  at  710  Albany  street,  is  now  stored  at 
the  Gardner  Street  dump  to  compensate  for  the  storage 
area  lost  to  the  City  Hospital. 

Area  1  Maintenance  Shops 
The  maintenance  shops  handled  all  drilling  of  services 
in  the  main  yard  and  assisted,  in  case  of  emergency,  in 
the  area  yards.  They  continue  to  machine  and  assemble 
4-inch  and  6-inch  corporation  and  tapping  gates, 
repair  defective  hydrants,  repair  in  the  ground,  if 
possible,  defective  gates  and  rebuild  both  corporation, 
tapping,  and  high  pressure  gates.  When  present  gate 
stock  has  been  depleted  all  4-inch  and  6-inch  gates  will 
be  contracted  for  through  regular  bidding  procedures. 
Along  with  this  work  they  are  called  upon  to  assist 
other   branches   of  the   Public  Works   Department  in 


Public  Works  Department  23 

many  special  jobs.  Contracts  were  awarded  this  year 
for  3,000  |-inch  meters  and  for  300  meters  ranging  in 
size  from  j-inch  to  2-inches.  These  meters  are  of  the 
magnetic  type  and  it  is  indicated  from  our  experience  of 
the  previous  year  that  this  may  be  our  standard  type 
water  meter.  The  meter  shop  installs  new  large  meters, 
changes  worn  and  defective  meters,  tests,  repairs,  and 
maintains  records  of  all  meters  in  and  out  of  service 
and  renders  assistance  to  other  divisions  in  machine 
and  plumbing  work. 

Business  Office 
This    office    is    charged    with    the    responsibility    of 
processing  all  functions  in  relation  to  the  revenue  from 
water  supply  and  service. 

These  functions  include  processing  applications  for 
new  services  and  fire  pipes,  reading  97,370  meters 
quarterly,  testing,  repairing,  installing  and  removing 
meters  and  receiving  complaints  from  the  water-con- 
suming public.  Revenue  collected  by  the  Water  Division 
in  1963  amounted  to  $9,131,515.70. 

The  employees  assisted  on  inquiries  and  computation 
of  sewer  charges. 

The  Water  Division  processes  and  resolves  all  peti- 
tions for  abatements  concerning  sewer  charges,  when 
such  petitions  concern  water  consumption.  Those 
petitions  of  a  technical  nature  are  resolved  by  the 
Sewer  Division. 

The  Metropolitan  District  Commission  water  assess- 
ment for  1963  was  $5,315,843.64  for  44,298,697,000 
gallons  of  water  at  $120  per  million  gallons. 

The  program  of  the  "lost  water  survey"  continued 
during  the  year,  with  marked  success. 

The  break  in  the  main  sewer  line  and  repeated  com- 
plaints in  several  sections  of  abnormally  low  water 
pressure,  clearly  indicate  that  a  major  study  must  be 
made  in  the  immediate  future  of  both  the  sewerage 
system  and  the  water  distribution  system  as  both 
systems  are  approaching  obsolescence. 


24  City  Document  No.  18 

Fiscal 

The  cost  of  operating  the  Public  Works  Department 
for  the  year  1963  amounted  to  $28,367,275.33,  of  which 
$5,132,797.20  was  for  Metropolitan  Water  Assessment; 
and  $1,502,831.24  was  for  Metropolitan  Sewer  Assess- 
ments. 

Appended  hereto,  is  the  report  submitted  by  the 
Public  Improvement  Commission  and  statistical  data 
relative  to  the  activities  of  the  various  divisions  for  the 
year  1963. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

James  W.  Haley, 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 


Public  Works  Department  25 

ANNUAL   REPORT 

OF   THE 

PUBLIC   IMPROVEMENT   COMMISSION 

FOR   THE   YEAR   ENDING 
DECEMBER   31,    1963 


January  2,  1964. 

Hon.  John  F.  Collins, 

Mayor  of  Boston 

Through  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Dear  Mr.  Mayor: 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  25, 
Chapter  3  of  the  Revised  City  Ordinances  of  1961,  the 
following  report  of  the  Public  Improvement  Com- 
mission for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1963,  is 
respectfully  submitted. 

The  Public  Improvement  Commission  was  established 
May  1,  1954,  by  the  provisions  of  Section  57,  Chapter  2 
of  the  1954  Ordinances.  This  Commission  consisting 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  the  Commissioner 
of  Real  Property,  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Boston 
Traffic  Commission,  was  assigned  all  of  the  powers 
and  duties  of  the  former  Board  of  Street  Commissioners, 
except : 

(a)  Those  relating  to  the  storage  and  sale  of  in- 
flammables, filling  stations,  and  parking  lots 
which  were  transferred  to  the  Committee  on 
Licenses  in  the  Public  Safety  Commission. 
(6)  Those  relating  to  the  planting  and  removal  of 
trees  in  public  ways,  the  use  of  public  ways 
for  any  temporary  obstruction  in,  under  or 
over  the  same,  the  use  of  public  ways  for  the 
storage  and  sale  of  merchandise, 
(c)  Those  relating  to  the  abatement  of  taxes  which 
were  transferred  to  the  Real  Property  Depart- 
ment. 


26  City  Document  No.  18 

Functions  of  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners 
transferred  to  this  Commission  include  the  authority 
to  lay  out,  widen,  relocate,  alter,  discontinue,  or  rename 
public  highways,  and  to  order  the  making  of  specific 
repairs  therein;  to  order  the  construction  of  sanitary 
sewers  and  storm  drains;  to  take  land  by  eminent 
domain  for  municipal  purposes  (except  housing  and 
off-street  parking);  to  permit  the  opening  of  private 
ways  for  public  travel;  to  levy  assessments  for  street, 
sidewalk,  and  sewer  betterments;  and  to  issue  permits 
for  the  location  of  wire-carrying  poles,  conduits,  pipes, 
tracks,  and  similar  uses  of  the  public  ways. 

Street  Program 
During  the  period  covered  by  this  report,  two  hundred 
and  sixty-nine  (269)  highway  improvements  were  or- 
dered by  the  Public  Improvement  Commission,  in- 
cluding the  laying  out  of  twenty-two  (22)  new  highways, 
the  installation  of  artificial  stone  sidewalks  and  edge- 
stone  in  fifty-six  (56)  streets,  the  widening  and  relocation 
of  eighty-five  (85)  public  ways,  consisting  of  354  widen- 
ings,  the  making  of  specific  repairs  in  eighty-four  (84) 
streets,  the  discontinuance  of  twenty-one  (21)  streets 
and  revision  of  one  (1)  street. 

Layouts  With  Construction 
The  following  streets  were  ordered  laid  out  and  con- 
structed as  Public  Ways  during  the  year  1963: 

Academy  court,  Roxbury  (formerly  Kerry  court),  from 
Academy  road  approximately  150  feet  northerly.  Length,  150 
feet. 

Academy  road  (formerly  Citadel  road),  Roxbury,  from 
Columbus  avenue  approximately  600  feet  easterly.  Length, 
600  feet. 

Academy  terrace  (formerly  Kelvin  court),  Roxbury,  from 
Academy  road  approximately  150  feet  northerly.  Length, 
150  feet. 

Banfield  avenue,  Dorchester,  from  Wooddale  avenue  approxi- 
mately 415  feet  northeasterly.  Length,  415  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $15,829;  estimated  benefit,  $7,914.49. 

Beech  street.  West  Roxbury  and  Hyde  Park,  from  a  point 
approximately  50  feet  southwest  of  Alpheus  road  approxi- 
mately 570  feet  southwesterly.  Length,  570  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $16,200;  estimated  benefit,  $8,101.41. 


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Beechmont  Footway,  West  Roxbury  and  Hj^de  Park,  from 
the  end  of  the  proposed  layout  of  an  extension  of  Beechmont 
street  to  the  end  of  the  proposed  layout  of  an  extension  of 
Beech  street.  Length,  245  feet;  estimated  ^ost,  $5,434;  esti- 
mated benefit,  $2,716.50. 

Beechmont  street,  West  Roxbury,  extension  from  end  of 
public  portion  approximately  200  feet  northeasterly.  Length, 
200  feet;  estimated  cost,  $46,277;  estimated  benefit^  $3,667. 

Church  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  River  street  to  Hollis  road, 
estimated  cost,  $13,381 ;  estimated  benefit,  $6,690.02. 

Crestwood  park,  Roxbury,  from  Townsend  street  to  Town- 
send  street. 

Edgeway  terrace,  West  Roxbury  and  Hyde  Park,  from 
Dale  street  approximately  1,400  feet  southerlj'.  Length,  1,400 
feet;  estimated  cost,  $38,160;  estimated  benefit,  $6,625.53. 

Evandale  terrace,  Dorchester,  from  Sa\an  Hill  avenue  to 
William  T.  Morrissey  Boulevard.  Length,  280  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $17,000;  estimated  benefit,  $8,500. 

Goff  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Sherrin  street  to  Lodgehill 
road.  Length,  604  feet;  estimated  cost,  $13,000;  estimated 
benefit,  $6,500.01 

Leseur  road,  Hyde  Park,  from  Fairmout  avenue  approxi- 
mately 175  feet  southwesterly.  Length,  175  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $5,100;  estimated  benefit  $2,549.98. 

Manchester  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Temple  street  approxi- 
mately 230  feet  east  of  Cedar  street.  Length,  230  feet;  esti- 
mated cost,  $21,294;  estimated  benefit,  $10,646.99. 

Parkson  street  (formerly  Irving  street),  Hyde  Park,  from 

Hyde    Park  avenue   to   CHfford   street.      Length,    436   feet; 
estimated  cost,  $21,186;  estimated  benefit,  $10,097.98. 

Paula  road,  Dorchester,  from  a  point  approximately  200 
feet  northerly  from  Clearwater  Drive  approximately  140  feet. 
Length,  140  feet;  estimated  cost,  $6,109;  estimated  benefit, 
$3,723.53. 

Slayton  Way  (formerly  Kenyon  court),  Roxbury,  from 
Ritchie  street  southerly,  easterly,  and  southerly  approximately 
400  feet  to  dead  end.    Length,  400  feet. 

Slocum  road,  West  Roxbury,  from  Moss  Hill  road  approxi- 
mately 230  feet  northeast  of  Surreyhill  Lane.  Length,  230 
feet;  estimated  cost,  $23,800;  estimatea  benefit,  $11,899.93. 

Surrej'^hill  Lane,  West  Roxbury,  from  Moss  Hill  road  to 
Slocum  road,  estimated  cost,  $11,200;  estimated  benefit, 
$5,600.01. 

Trilling  Way,  South  Boston,  from  Northern  avenue  approxi- 
mately 300  feet  southwesterly.  Length,  300  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $14,375;  estimated  benefit,  $9,520. 


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Weaver  court,  Roxbury  (formerly  Luther  street),  from. 
Weaver  Way  approximately  130  feet  easterly  to  dead  end. 
Length,  130  feet. 

Weaver  Way  (formerly  Hope  Lane),  Roxbury,  from  Academy 
road  approximately  370  feet  northerly  to  dead  end.  Length, 
370  feet. 

Discontinuances 

Bennington  street,  East  Boston,  between  Leyden  street  and 
Walley  street. 

Brattle  street,  Boston  Proper,  Washington  street  to  former 
location  of  Brattle  square. 

Cambridge  street,  Boston  Proper,  southerly  side,  between 
Somerset  street  and  Stoddard  street. 

Chardon  court,  Boston  Proper,  Chardon  street  approxi- 
mately 100  feet  southeasterly. 

Chardon  street,  Boston  Proper,  Cambridge  street  to  Mer- 
rimac  street. 

Crestwood  park,  Roxbury,  from  Townsend  street  approxi- 
mately 250  feet  northeasterly. 

Elm  street,  Boston  Proper,  Washington  street  to  Block 
square. 

Franklin  avenue,  Boston  Proper,  Brattle  street  to  Cornhill. 

Friend  street,  Boston  Proper,  Hanover  street  to  Union  street. 

Friend  street,  Boston  Proper,  Merrimac  street  to  former 
location  of  Sudbury  street. 

Green  street,  Boston  Proper,  Cambridge  street  to  Stamford 
street. 

Hale  street,  Boston  Proper,  Green  street  to  South  Margin 
street. 

Hanover  street,  Boston  Proper,  ScoUy  square  to  Union  street. 

Hartford  street,  Boston  Proper,  from  High  street  to  Wendell 
street. 

Mt.  Washington  avenue,  South  Boston,  from  112  feet 
northwest  of  Granite  street  to  200  feet  northwest  of  Fort  Point 
Channel. 

Norman  street,  Boston  Proper,  Green  street  to  Merrimac 
street. 

Pitts  street,  Boston  Proper,  Green  street  to  Merrimac  street. 

Portland  street,  Boston  Proper,  Merrimac  street  to  former 
location  of  Sudbury  street. 

South  Margin  street,  Boston  Proper,  Pitts  street  to  Stamford 
street. 

Washington  street,  Boston  Proper,  Haymarket  square  to 
Cornhill. 

Wendell  street,  Boston  Proper,  from  Hartford  street  to 
Oliver  street. 


Public  Works  Department  29 

widenings  and  relocations 

Addington  road,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southeasterly  corner 
of  Lyall  street  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Bonair  street. 

Adelaide  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northeasterly  corner 
of  Spring  Park  avenue  and  the  northwesterly  and  northeasterly 
corners  of  Adelaide  terrace. 

Albemarle  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  St.  Botolph  street. 

Alcorr  street.  Brighton,  at  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners 
of  Ashford  street  and  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners  of  Gard- 
ner street. 

Allston  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southeasterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Greylock  road,  the  northeasterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Hollis  place,  and  the  northwesterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Higgins  street. 

Annavoy  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of 
Saratoga  street. 

Arthur  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  North  Beacon  street. 

Ashford  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northerly  and  southerly 
corners  of  Linden  street,  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners  of 
Chester  street,  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners  of  Pratt 
street,  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners  of  Ashford  terrace, 
and  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners  of  Hartley  terrace. 

Ashford  street,  Brighton,  at  the  bend  approximately  200 
feet  east  of  Chester  street. 

Bagnal  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northwesterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Aldie  street  and  the  southwesterly  and 
southeasterly  corners  of  Holton  street. 

Bayard  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Myrick 
street  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Harvard  street. 

Bayswater  street,  East  Boston,  at  the  westerly  corners  of 
Lillian  street  and  Teragram  street. 

Beacon  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Arlington  street. 

Beaumont  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of 
Carrutb  street,  the  southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of 
Fairfax  street,  and  the  southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners 
of  Berkshire  street. 

Becket  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Van 
Winkle  street. 

Belden  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Humphreys  street,  east  of  Humphreys 
street,  and  the  northwesterly  and  southwesterly  corners  of 
Gene  street. 

Boylston  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  various  locations,  between 
Centre  street  and  Washington  street,  at  the  southeasterly 
corner  of  Germania  street,  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Egleston 
street,  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Brookside  avenue,  the  south- 
easterly and  southwesterly  corners  of  Bismarck  street,   the 


30  City  Document  No.  18 

northwesterly  corner  of  Boylston  place,  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  Danforth  street,  the  westerly  corner  of  Lamartine 
street,  the  northeasterly  and  southwesterly  corners  of  Beecher 
street,  the  northeasterly  corner  of  St.  Peter  street,  and  the 
southwesterly  corner  of  Adelaide  street. 

Brentwood  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southeasterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Everett  street  and  the  northeasterly  and 
northwesterly  corners  of  Athol  street. 

Broadway,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of 
Porter  street  and  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Eliot  street. 

Brookley  road,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  and 
northeasterly  corner  of  Forest  Hills  street. 

Byron  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Saratoga 
street. 

Call  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Boynton 
street. 

Capen  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southeasterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Norfolk  street,  the  northwesterly  and  south- 
westerly, northeasterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Dyer 
street,  the  northeasterly,  northwesterly,  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Maxwell  street,  the  northeasterly, 
northwesterly,  southeasterly,  and  southwesterly  corners  of 
Selden  street. 

Carrolton  road,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northeasterly  and 
southeasterly  corners  of  Schiller  road. 

Castle  Rock  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Grampian   Way. 

Clive  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Spring  Park  avenue. 

Colbert  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of 
Centre  street  and  the  southeasterly  and  southwesterly  corners 
of  Rhoda  street. 

Columbus  avenue,  Roxbury,  approximately  270  feet  south  of 
Ritchie  street,  approximately  178  feet  southerly,  at  the  south- 
westerly corner  of  Prentiss  street,  northwesterly  and  south- 
easterl}--  corners  of  Ruggles  street,  and  the  southwesterly  corner 
of   Sarsfield   street. 

Congress  street.  South  Boston,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
Farnsworth  street. 

Elder  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of 
Humphreys  street. 

Eliot  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southwesterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Dane  street. 

Evans  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Hopkins  street,  the  northeasterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Nelson  street,  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Crowell  street,  the  northwesterly,  southwesterly,  northeasterly, 
and  southeasterly  corners  cf  Capen  street,  the  northwesterly 


Public  Works  Department  31 

and  southeasterly  corners  of  Dyer  street,  at  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  Stanton  street,  the  northwesterly  and  northeasterly 
corner  of  Thetford  avenue  and  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Milton  avenue. 

Farrington  avenue,  Brighton,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Linden  street. 

Franklin  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northeasterly  and  north- 
westerly corners  of  Aldie  street,  the  southeasterly  aaid  north- 
easterly corners  of  Bradbury  street,  the  southwesterly  and 
northwesterly  corners  of  Holton  street,  the  southwesterly  and 
southeasterly  corners  of  Weitz  street,  the  northeasterly  corner 
of  Easton  street,  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Brentwood 
street,  and  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Myrick  street. 

Gardner  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southwesterly,  northeasterly, 
and  southeasterly  corners  of  Linden  street,  the  northwesterly, 
southwesterly,  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Chester  street. 

Glenville  avenue,  Brighton,  at  the  northeasterly  and  north- 
westerly corners  of  Quint  a^^enue  and  the  southeasterly  corner 
of   Allston   street. 

Gordon  street,  Brighton,  on  the  easterly  side  approximately 
120  feet  north  of  Commonwealth  avenue 

Grant  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Crescent 
a\'eniie  and  the  westerly  corner  of  Harbor  View  street. 

Granville  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  and  north- 
westerly corner  of  Milton  street. 

Hano  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Brain- 
tree  street  and  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Cambridge  street. 

Harvard  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southwesterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Errol  street,  the  southeasterly  corners  of 
Deering  road,  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Hansborough  Street, 
the  southeasterl}^  corner  of  Brookview  street,  the  southeast- 
erly corner  of  Greenock  street  and  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Lome  street. 

Hathaway  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Centre  street. 

Herrick  street,  Brighton,  at  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners 
of  Hichborn  street,  the  westerly  and  easterly  corners  of  North 
Beacon  street. 

Hildreth  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southeasterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Wildwood  street. 

Hillock  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northeasterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Beryl  street,  the  northwesterly,  northeasterly, 
southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Orange  street. 

Holbrook  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northeasterly  corners 
of  Centre  street  and  the  southeasterly  and  southwesterly  corners 
of  Dane  street. 

Holden  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  corners  of 
Belden  street. 


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Huntington  avenue,  Hyde  Park,  at  the  southwesterly 
corner  of  Thatcher  street,  the  northwesterly  corner  of  West- 
minster street,  the  northeasterly,  northwesterly,  southeasterly, 
and  southwesterly  corners  of  Stafford  street. 

Imrie  road,  Brighton,  at  the  northwesterly  and  southwesterly 
corners  of  Cambridge  terrace,  the  northeasterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Armington  street,  and  the  southwesterly 
corner  of  Cambridge  street. 

Jess  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southwesterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Porter  street. 

Magazine  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  and  north- 
westerly corners  of  Allerton  street,  the  easterly  and  westerly 
corners  of  Cedric  street,  the  easterly  and  westerly  corners  of 
Howard  street  and  the  easterly  corner  of  Eustis  street. 

Magdala  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of 
Van  Winkle  street. 

March  avenue,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  corner 
of  Belle\'Tie  street,  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Park  street. 

Middleton  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Norfolk  street  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Willowwood 
street. 

Milton  avenue,  Dorchester,  at  the  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Armandine  street,  the  southeasterly  corner 
of  Rockwell  street,  the  southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners 
of  Maxwell  street,  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Stockton  street, 
the  southeasterly  corner  of  Selden  street,  the  northwesterly 
and  southwesterly  corners  of  Fuller  street,  and  the  southeast- 
erly corner  of  Mora  street. 

Mt.  Vernon  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northwesterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Buttonwood  street. 

Murdock  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southeasterly  and  northerly 
corners  of  Mapleton  street,  the  southerly  and  northerly  corners 
of  Elmira  street,  the  southwesterly,  southeasterly,  northwest- 
erly, and  northeasterly  corners  of  Montcalm  avenue,  the  south- 
westerly, southeasterly,  northA\?^sterly,  and  northeasterly  cor- 
ners of  Gardena  street,  the  southwesterly  and  southeasterly 
corners  of  Saybrook  street. 

Nancia  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  northerly  and  easterly 
corners  of  Bays  water  street. 

Norfolk  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of 
Mildred  avenue,  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Fessenden  street, 
the  northwesterly  corner  of  Evelyn  street,  the  northeasterly 
corner  of  Clarkwood  street,  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Hosmer 
street,  the  southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Elizabeth 
street,  the  southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Flint 
street,  the  northwesterly  and  northeasterly  corners  of  Willow- 
wood  street,  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Hannon  street,  the 
northwesterly  corner  of  Matthew  street,  the  southwesterly 
corner  of  Whitman  street,  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Peace- 
vale  road,  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Darlington  street,  and 
the  southwesterly  corner  of  Chipman  street. 


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Oakton  avenue,  Dorchester,  at  the  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Glide  street,  the  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Havia  street,  the  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Rosaria  street,  and  the  northwesterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Plain  street. 

Orange  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Beech  street,  the  northwesterly,  southwesterly,  northeasterly, 
and  southeasterly  corners  of  Cornell  street. 

Paul  Gore  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  St.  Peter  street,  the  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Danforth  street,  the  southeasterly 
corner  of  Beecher  street,  and  the  southeasterly  corner  of 
Chestnut  Hill  avenue. 

Quincy  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southwesterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Mt.  Everett  street,  the  southeasterly  corners 
of  Stanley  street,  the  northwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners 
of  Bellevue  street,  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Fernald  terrace, 
and  the  northwesterly  and  southwesterly  corners  of  Clarkson 
street. 

Rambler  road,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Centre  street. 

Raymond  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southeasterly  and  north- 
westerly corners  of  Appian  Way,  the  northeasterly  and  south 
westerly  corners  of  Franklin  street,  and  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  Riverdale  street. 

Readville  street,  Hyde  Park,  at  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Knight  street. 

Rockmere  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southeasterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Grampian  Way,  and  the  northeastej-ly 
corner  of  Caspian  Way. 

Roseway  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southwesterly  and 
southeasterly  corners  of  Centre  street. 

Roslindale  avenue.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Beech  street,  the  northwesterly,  south- 
westerly, northeasterly,  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Cornell 
street,  the  northeasterly  and  southwesterly  corners  of  Wal- 
worth street,  the  northwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of 
Averton  street,  the  northeasterly  and  northwesterly  corners  of 
Alder  street,  the  southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of 
Maria  Lane,  the  northeasterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of 
Durnell  avenue,  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Haslet  street,  the 
southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Alban  street. 

Rustic  road.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northeasterly  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Emmonsdale  road,  the  northwesterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Bellevue  street. 

Sagamore  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  and  north- 
westerly corners  of  Romsey  street,  the  southeasterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Sudan  street,  and  the  southeasterly  corner 
of  Belfort  street. 

Santuit  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of 
Roseland  street. 


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Savin  Hill  avenue,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  and 
northwesterly  corners  of  Wave  avenue,  on  a  southerly  bend 
approximately  333  feet  east  of  Napier  park. 

School  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Copley  street,  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Arcadia  street,  the 
northwesterly  and  southwesterly  corners  of  Egleston  street, 
the  northeasterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Copley  street. 

South  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Kirk- 
wood  road. 

Spaulding  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  corner 
of  Daly  street,  and  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Train  street. 

St.  Botolph  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  northeasterly 
and  southeasterly  corners  of  Massachusetts  avenue,  the 
southwesterly  and  southeasterly  corners  of  Blackwood  street, 
the  northwesterly,  southwesterly,  northeasterly,  and  south- 
easterly corners  of  Cumberland  street,  the  southwesterly  and 
southeasterly  corner  of  Durham  street,  the  northwesterly 
and  southwesterly  corners  of  West  Newton  street. 

Strathmore  road,  Brighton,  at  the  southeasterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Chiswick  road,  the  southwesterly  corner 
of  Sutherland  road,  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Orkney 
road. 

Tyndale  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southwesterly  corner 
of  Walworth  street. 

Union  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of 
Shepard  street,  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Lyne  roajd,  the 
northwesterly  and  northeasterly  comers  of  Shannon  street, 
and  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Nantasket  avenue. 

WoUaston  terrace,  Dorchester,  at  the  northwesterly  corner 
of  Jones  avenue,  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Woodrow 
avenue. 

Whitridge  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  northeasterly  and 
southeasterly  corners  of  Milton  street,  the  southeasterly 
corner  of  Cedar  Grove  street. 

Wildwood  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southeasterly  corner 
of  Morton  street. 

Winton  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Beech  street. 

Wirt  street,  Brighton,  from  Washington  street  to  Henshaw 
street. 

Specific  Repairs 

Addington  road.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  westerly  corner  of 
Lyall  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radius. 

Albemarle  street,  Boston  Proper,  northwesterly  and  north- 
easterly corners  of  Public  Alley  No.  448,  at  the  southwesterly 
and  southeasterly  corners  of  Public  Alley  No.  461,  and  at  the 
northwesterly  and  northeasterly  corners  of  Albemarle  terrace, 
consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Alcorn  street,  Brighton,  at  both  corners  of  Commonwealth 
avenue,  and  the  southerly  and  westerly  corners  of  Gardner 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 


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Allston  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northerly  and  easterly- 
corners  of  Commonwealth  avenue,  consisting  of  increasing 
the  curb  radii. 

Alveston  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
Greenough  avenue,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Annavoy  street,  East  Boston,  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
Bayswater  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Arthur  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of 
Hichborn  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Ashford  street,  Brighton,  at  both  corners  of  Sawyer  terrace, 
consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

B  street,  South  Boston,  from  West  Fifth  street  to  West 
Broadway. 

Bartlett  street,  Charlestown,  from  Monument  square  to 
School  street,  from  Pearl  street  to  Walker  street. 

Bayswater  street.  East  Boston,  consistiiag  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Lillian  street,  at  the  westerly 
corner  of  Teragram  street. 

Bayswater  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  easterly  corners  of 
Lillian  street,  Teragram  street,  and  St.  Edward  road,  an;d 
the  easterly  and  westerly  corners  of  Shawsheen  a\'^enue,  con- 
sisting of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Beacon  street,  Boston  Proper,  consisting  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Berkeley  street,  easterly 
and  westerly  corners  of  Clarendon  street,  northerly  and  south- 
erly corners  of  Exeter  street,  easterly  and  westerly  corners  of 
Fairfield  street,  easterly  and  westerly  and  northerly  corners 
of  Hereford  street,  and  the  northerly  corner  of  Raleigh  street. 

Beethoven  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  both  corners  of  Wash- 
ington street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Beethoven  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
Arcadia  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radius. 

Belden  street,  Dorchester,  at  both  sides,  at  the  bend,  approxi- 
mately 50  feet  from  Gene  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  Roxbury,  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of 
Fayston  street  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Quincy  street, 
consisting  of  iiicreasing  the  curb  radii. 

Boylston  street.  West  Roxbury,  between  Centre  street 
and  Washington  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Broadway,  Boston  Proper,  at  various  locations,  between 
Shawmut  avenue  and  Kirkland  street,  consisting  of  increasing 
the  curb  radii. 

Byron  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Ben- 
nington street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Bennington  street, 
at  the  easterly  corner  of  Bennington  street,  at  the  northerly 
corner  of  Horace  street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Horace 
street,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Horace  street,  at  the  westerly 
corner  of  Homer  street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Homer 
street,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Cowper  street,  at  the  southerly 
corner  of  Cowper  street,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Cowper 


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street,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Cowper  street,  at  the  north- 
erly corner  of  Coleridge  street,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Col- 
eridge street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Chaucer  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Curtis 
street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Moore  street,  consisting  of 
increeising  the  curb  radii. 

Clark  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Hanover  street,  at  the  easterly  a'nd  westerly  corners  of  North 
street,  at  the  northerly  and  westerly  corners  of  Commercial 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Clive  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  both  corners  of  Boylston 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Colbert  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Centre  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Columbus  avenue,  Roxbury,  between  Massachusetts  avenue 
and  Prentiss  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Congress  street.  South  Boston,  at  various  intersections  from 
a  point  approximately  125  feet  southeast  of  Stillings  street  to 
the  Fort  Point  Channel,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Curtis  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Chelsea 
street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Chelsea  street,  at  the  westerly 
corner  of  Bremen  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Eliot  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  both  corners  of  Centre  street 
and  both  corners  of  private  way  approximately  180  feet  south- 
east of  Newsome  park. 

Everdean  street,  Dorchester,  on  both  sides,  from  Ashland 
street  to  Victory  road,  consisting  of  the  reduction  in  width  of 
the  existing  sidewalks. 

Exchange  place,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
Congress  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Farrington  avenue,  Brighton,  at  both  corners  of  Harvard 
avenue,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Franklin  street,  Charlestown,  from  High  street  to  Main 
street. 

Gardner  street,  Brighton,  at  both  corners  of  Harvard  avenue 
and  Gardner  terrace,  and  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Linden 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Glenville  avenue,  Brighton,  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of 
Harvard  avenue,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Gordon  street,  Brighton,  at  both  corners  of  Commonwealth 
avenue  and  Colon  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Hano  street,  Brighton,  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Brain- 
tree  street,  and  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Cambridge  street, 
consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Harvard  street,  Dorchester,  at  various  locations,  from  Walk 
Hill  street  to  Blue  Hill  avenue,  consisting  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii,  the  reduction  in  width  of  existing  sidewalks,  and 
increasing  the  width  of  existing  sidewalks. 

Holbrook  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  westerly  corner  of 
Centre  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 


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Holden  street,  Dorchester,  at  both  corners  of  Columbia 
road,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Homer  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Moore 
street,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Moore  street,  consisting  of 
increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Howell  street,  Dorchester,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Boston 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Hull  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  easterly  and  southerly 
corners  of  Snow  Hill  street,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Salem 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Huntington  avenue,  Hyde  Park,  at  the  easterly  corners  of 
Thatcher  street  and  Westminster  street,  and  the  southerly 
corner  of  Cromwell  road,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Imrie  road,  Brighton,  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Common- 
wealth avenue,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Lakeiille  road,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of 
Beaufort  road,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Lamson  street,  East  Boston,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Web- 
ster street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Sumner  street,  at  the 
easterly  corner  of  Sumner  street,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
Everett  street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Everett  street,  at  the 
easterly  corner  of  Everett  street,  at  the  westerly  corner  of 
Everett  street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Maverick  street, 
at  the  westerly  corner  of  Maverick  street,  at  the  northerly 
corner  of  Lamson  court,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Lamson 
court,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Longwood  avenue,  Roxbury,  between  Huntington  avenue 
and  St.  Alphonsus  street,  consisting  of  the  elimination  of  the 
traffic  median  island  and  increasing  the  sidewalk  widths. 

Magazine  street,  Roxbury,  at  the  southeasterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Massachusetts  avenue,  the  northerly  and 
southerly  corners  of  George  street,  and  both  corners  of  Kemble 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

March  avenue.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  easterly  and  southerly 
corners  of  March  terrace  and  March  Way,  consisting  of  in- 
creasing the  curb  radii. 

Monastery  road,  Brighton,  at  both  corners  of  LaRose  place, 
consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Monument  avenue,  Charlestown,  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
Monument  square,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Monument  square. 

Monument  street,  Charlestown,  from  Bunker  Hill  street  to 
Monument  square. 

Moore  street,  East  Boston,  on  the  northerly  side  about  260 
feet  easterly  of  McClellan  Highway,  consisting  of  increasing 
the  curb  radii. 

Moore  street.  East  Boston,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  McClel- 
lan Highway,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Saratoga  street,  at  the 
westerly  corner  of  Saratoga  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii. 


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Mystic  street,  Charlestown,  from  Bunker  Hill  street  to 
Medford  street. 

Norfolk  street,  Dorchester,  at  various  locations,  from  Blue 
Hill  avenue  to  Washington  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii. 

North  square,  Boston  Proper,  consisting  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii  on  the  easterly  side  at  the  bend  approximately  30 
feet  north  of  North  street  and  at  the  bend  approximatly  80 
feet  northerly  of  North  street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Sun 
Court  street,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Moon  street,  at  the 
easterly  corner  of  Garden  Court  street,  at  the  southwesterly 
corner  of  Prince  street,  and  the  installation  of  a  new  traffic 
divisional  island. 

North  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Fulton 
place,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Richmond  street,  at  the  north- 
westerly corner  of  Sun  Court  street,  at  the  southwesterly  and 
southeasterly  corners  of  Land's  court,  at  the  westeHy  corner  of 
Lewis  street,  from  a  point  approximately  80  feet  westerly  of 
Lewis  street,  at  the  easterly  and  westerly  corners  of  Clark 
street,  at  the  westerly  corner  of  Harris  street,  at  the  easterly  and 
southerly  corners  of  Murphy  court,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
Hanover  avenue,  at  the  northerly  and  westerly  corners  of 
Power's  court,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

North  Grove  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southerly  corner 
of  Parkman  street,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Cambridge  street, 
consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Orange  street.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northwesterly  and  south- 
westerly corners  of  Walworth  street,  consisting  of  increasing 
the  curb  radii. 

Paul  Gore  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  southerly  and  easterly 
corners  of  Centre  street,  the  northerly  corner  of  Rock  Hill 
road,  the  westerly  corners  of  Beecher  street  and  Chestnut 
avenue,  the  easterly  corner  of  Chestnut  avenue,  the  northerly 
and  easterly  corners  of  Danforth  street,  and  the  northerly  and 
westerly  corners  of  Lamartine  street,  consisting  of  increasing 
the  curb  radii. 

Prince  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Thacher  street,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Hanover  street,  con- 
sisting of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Providence  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southeasterly  corner 
of  Clarendon  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Quincy  street,  Dorchester,  between  Stanley  street  and  Cole- 
man street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Raymond  street,  Brighton,  at  the  both  corners  of  Holmes 
street  and  Mead  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Reverend  F.  X.  Coppens  square,  Dorchester,  consisting  of 
the  installation  of  a  traffic  divisional  island. 

St.  Alphonsus  street,  Roxbury,  between  Huntington  avenue 
and  McGreevey  Way,  consisting  of  the  elimination  of  the 
traffic  median  island  and  increasing  the  sidewalk  width. 


Public  Works  Department  39 

St.  Botolph  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
the  alley,  90  feet  northerly  of  Massachusetts  avenue,  consisting 
of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

St.  Botolph  street,  Boston  Proper,  approximately  100  feet 
north  of  Massachusetts  avenue  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of 
the  alley,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Salem  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
Morton  street,  at  the  northerly  and  southerly  corners  of  Still- 
man  street,  at  the  northerly  and  southerly  corners  of  Wiget 
street,  at  the  southerly  corner  of  Cooper  street,  at  the  southerly 
corner  of  Baldwin  place,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Parmenter 
street,  at  both  corners  of  Jerusalem  place,  consisting  of  in- 
creasing the  curb  radii. 

Salem  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  southerly  and  easterly 
corners  of  North  Bennet  street  and  Tileston  street,  and  the 
westerly  and  southerly  corners  of  Charter  street,  consisting  of 
increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Sanger  street.  South  Boston,  from  East  Seventh  street. 

Savin  Hill  avenue,  Dorchester,  between  Pleasant  street  and 
Wave  avenue,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Seaverns  avenue.  West  Roxbury,  at  the  northerly  corner  of 
Elm  street  and  both  corners  of  Alfred  street,  consisting  of  in- 
creasing the  curb  radii. 

South  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northerly  corner  of  Kirkwood 
road,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Tuckerman  street,  South  Boston,  from  Dorchester  street  to 
Middle  street. 

Tufts  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  easterly  and  southerly 
corners  of  Lincoln  street,  at  the  southerly  and  westerly  corners 
of  Utica  street,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Utica  street,  at  the 
westerly  corner  of  South  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the 
curb  radii. 

Tyndale  street,  West  Roxbury,  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
Ainsworth  street  and  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Walworth 
street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Union  street,  Brighton,  at  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
Shepard  street,  the  northwesterly  corner  of  Snow  street,  and 
the  northwesterly  corner  of  Nantasket  avenue,  consisting  of 
increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Waldemar  avenue.  East  Boston,  at  the  westerly  corner  of 
Walley  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Water  street,  Boston  Proper,  at  the  easterly  and  westerly 
corners  of  Devonshire  street,  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of 
Congress  street,  and  the  southerly  and  westerly  corners  of 
Kilby  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Wilton  street,  Brighton,  at  both  corners  of  Wilton  terrace, 
the  easterly  corner  of  Cambridge  street,  and  the  southerly 
corner  of  Braintree  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb 
radii. 


40  City  Document  No.  18 

Wordsworth  street,  East  Boston,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Saratoga  street,  at  the  easterly  corner  of  Saratoga  street,  at  the 
northerly  corner  of  Bennington  street,  at  the  W(^terly  corner  of 
Bennington  street,  consisting  of  increasing  the  curb  radii. 

Sidewalks 

In  connection  with  Chapter  245  of  the  Acts  of  1958, 
the  Public  Improvement  Commission  ordered  the  instal- 
lation of  artificial  stone  sidewalks  on  the  following 
streets  : 

Alcorn  street,  Brighton,  from  Commonwealth  avenue  to 
Ashford  street. 

Alveston  street.  West  Roxbury,  from  Roanoke  avenue  to 
Greenough  street. 

Annabel  street,  Dorchester,  from  Columbia  road  to  Summer 
street. 

Annavoy  street.  East  Boston,  from  Saratoga  street  to  Bays- 
water  street. 

Arthur  street,  Brighton,  from  North  street  to  Hichborn 
street. 

Bagnal  street,  Brighton,  from  Holton  street  to  Aldie  street. 

Belden  street,  Dorchester,  from  Humphreys  street  to  Hallam 
street. 

Bird  street,  Dorchester,  from  Columbia  road  to  New  York, 
New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad. 

Brownson  terrace,  Wext  Roxbury,  on  the  northwesterly  side 
adjacent  to  Nos.  9  and  15. 

Byron  street.  East  Boston,  from  Bennington  street  to 
Coleridge  street. 

Byron  street.  East  Boston,  from  Saratoga  street  to  Benning- 
ton street. 

Call  street.  West  Roxbury,  various  locations,  from  Hall 
street  to  McBride  street. 

Chaucer  street,  East  Boston,  from  Moore  street  to  McClellan 
Highway. 

Clifford  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Neponset  Valley  Parkway 
to  Stanbro  street. 

Clive  street.  West  Roxbury,  various  locations,  from  Boylston 
street  to  Spring  Park  avenue. 

Colbert  street.  West  Roxbury,  from  Centre  street  to  Guernsey 
street. 

Coleridge  street.  East  Boston,  from  Bjo-on  street  to  Short 
street. 

Cowper  street.  East  Boston,  from  Moore  street  to  Rice  street. 

East  Seventh  street.  South  Boston,  adjacent  to  No.  804. 

Elder  street,  Dorchester,  from  Humphreys  street  to  Columbia 
road. 

EHot  street.  West  Roxbury,  from  Pond  street  to  Centre 
street. 


Public  Works  Department  41 

Franklin  street,  Brighton,  from  Alcott  street  to  North  Har- 
vard street. 

Gardner  street,  Brighton,  from  Harvard  avenue  to  Malvern 
street. 

Hamilton  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Neponset  Valley  Parkway 
to  Stanbro  street. 

Herrick  street,  Brighton,  from  North  Beacon  street  to 
Hichborn  street. 

Hillock  street.  West  Roxbury,  from  Beryl  street  to  Walworth 
street. 

Hilton  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Arlington  street  to  West 
street. 

Homer  street,  East  Boston,  from  Byron  street  to  Moore 
street. 

Homewood  road.  West  Roxbury,  from  St.  Theresa  avenue 
approximately  360  feet  northeasterly. 

Huntington  avenue,  Hyde  Park,  from  Thatcher  street  to 
River  street. 

Lamson  street,  East  Boston,  from  Webster  street  to  Maverick 
street. 

Lexington  avenue,  Hyde  Park,  from  River  street  to  West- 
minster street. 

Magdala  street,  Dorchester,  from  Gallivan  Boulevard  to 
Van  Winkle  street. 

March  avenue.  West  Roxbury,  from  Belle\aie  street  to 
Park  street. 

Milton  avenue,  Dorchester,  from  Evans  street  to  Fairmount 
street. 

Monastery  road,  Brighton,  from  Colborne  road  to  Washing- 
ton street. 

Murdock  street,  Brighton,  from  Mapleton  street  to  North 
Beacon  street. 

Nancia  street,  East  Boston,  from  St.  Andrew  road  to  Bays- 
water  street. 

Peterborough  street,  Roxbury,  from  Park  Drive  to  Kil- 
marnock street. 

Pond  Circle,  West  Roxbury,  various  locations,  from  Pond 
street  to  Pond  street. 

Quincy  street,  Dorchester,  from  Barry  street  to  Bowdoin 
street. 

Ravenna  road.  West  Roxbury,  from  Cerdan  avenue  to  Weld 
street. 

River  street,  Hyde  Park,  adjacent  to  No.  1442. 

Rockmere  street,  Dorchester,  from  Grampian  Way  to  Cas- 
pian Way. 

Sagamore  street,  Dorchester,  from  Savin  Hill  avenue  to 
Sudan  street. 

School  street,  West  Roxbury,  from  Amory  street  to  Wash- 
ington street. 


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Strathm^re  road,  Brighton,  from  Chestnut  Hill  avenue  to 
the  Brookline  line. 

Tampa  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Cummins  Highway  to 
Seminole  street. 

Tremont  street,  Dorchester,  at  various  locations,  between 
Blue  Hill  avenue  and  Babson  street. 

Union  street,  Brighton,  from  Winship  street  to  Monastery 
road. 

Violante  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Rockdale  street  to  River 
street. 

Waldemar  avenue.  East  Boston,  from  Walley  street  to  Crest- 
way  road. 

Wellsmere  terrace.  West  Roxbury,  from  Wellsmere  road 
approximately  220  feet  northerly. 

West  Third  street.  South  Boston,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
E  street. 

Whitridge  street,  Dorchester,  from  Milton  street  to  Hill 
Top  street. 

Wordsworth  street.  East  Boston,  from  Bennington  street  to 
McClellan  Highway. 

Revision  of  Grade 
Waldemar  avenue,  East  Boston,  from  Walley  street  to  Crest- 
way  road. 

Sewer  Program 

During  the  year  1963  the  construction  of  0.78  miles 
of  sanitary  sewer,  0.67  miles  of  storm  sewer,  19  catch 
basins,  were  ordered  at  a  total  estimated  cost  of  $316,447. 

The  following  sewer  easements  were  ordered  discon- 
tinued : 

Fellows  court,  Roxbury,  from  Fellows  court  approximately 
240  feet  northwesterly. 

Hartford  street,  Boston  Proper,  from  a  point  approximately 
110  feet  northwest  of  Purchase  street  approximately  230  feet 
northwesterly. 

Shattuck  street,  Roxbury,  from  Huntington  avenue  approxi- 
mately 480  feet  northwesterly. 

Sewerage  works  were  ordered  as  follows : 


Public  Works  Department 
Sewerage  works  were  ordered  as  follows: 

SEWERAGE  WORKS   ORDERED 


43: 


^u 

&» 


•3« 


■s.^ 


Boston  Proper 


Cambridge    street    and 
Somerset  street 


*New  Sudbury  street  and 
Somerset  street 


Brighton 

Wiltshire  road 

Dorchester 

♦Bismarck  street 

Park       Golf 


Franklin 
Course . 


Hancock  street 

♦Irene  road 

Itasca  street 

Massachusetts  avenue. 

Savin  Hill  avenue .... 
Hyde  Park 

♦Braewood  street 

Charles  street 

♦Milton  terrace 

♦Orlando  street 

West  Roxbury 

♦Cypress  terrace 


♦Michael  road  and  pri- 
vate land 


Moreland  street . 


♦Northdale  terrace,  pri- 
vate land 


♦Stearns  road . 


445 
190 


1,270 


135 

300 
145 
317 


380 
297 


700 
120 
320 


339 
337 


297 
46 

115 
240 


$22,720  00 
16,150  00 

1,200  00 

1,800  00 

24,952  00 
17,000  00 
3,580  00 
9,960  00 
166,751  00 
14,077  00 

5,405  00 
6,930  00 
2,750  00 
2,712  00 


10,770  00 
50  00 


2,360  00 
1,770  00 


Easements  taken 


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City  Document  No.  18 


Assessments 

During  the  year  1963  the  Highway  Division  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  sent  notice  of  completion  of 
six  (6)  streets  at  a  total  cost  of  $102,781.86.  On  this 
work  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  levied 
assessments  in  the  amount  of  $39,281.33. 

During  the  same  period  the  Sewer  Division  of  the  Pub- 
lic Works  Department  reported  the  completion  of  con- 
struction of  sanitary  sewerage  in  eighteen  (18)  streets 
at  a  cost  of  $134,340.32,  on  which  the  Public  Improve- 
ment Commission  levied  assessments  in  the  amount  of 
$70,253.56. 

With  the  abolishment  of  sewer  entrance  fees  by  the 
Supreme  Court  in  1959,  the  Public  Improvement  Com- 
mission was  empowered  to  assess  parcels  of  land  within 
a  reasonable  time  after  connections  were  made  to  sewer 
from  estates  that  had  never  paid  an  assessment  for  the 
original  improvement.  The  following  is  a  list  of  streets 
in  which  connections  were  made: 


Street  District 

Babson  street Dorchester . 

Buckingham  street Hyde  Park . 

Mt.  Vernon  street Dorchester. 


Assessment 

$78  00 
540  00 
115  50 


$733  50 


During  the  year  1963,  the  Highway  Division  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  sent  notice  of  completion  of 
sidewalks  in  seven  (7)  streets  at  a  total  cost  of  $33,622.94. 
On  this  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  levied 
assessments    of    $13,538.19. 


STREET  ASSESSMENTS 

Street 

District 

Cost 

Assessment 

West  Roxbury 

Dorchester 

Hyde  Park 

West  Roxbury 

Hyde  Park 

West  Roxbury 

$27,308  93 
8.528  25 
16,920  31 
24,572  88 
10,515  03 
14,936  46 

$7,400  98 

3  421  49 

7,092  04 

11,899  93 

3,866  88 

5  600  01 

Totals                        

$102,781  86 

$39  281  33 

Public  Works  Department 


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SEWER   ASSESSMENTS 


Street 

District 

Cost 

Assessment 

Beech  street  and  private  land 

West  Roxbury, 
Roxbury-Hyde 
Park  boundary 
line 

$5,347  94 
4,262  62 
2,873  75 
2,375  74 
4,009  91 
2,523  48 
4,070  95 
8,500  03 
922  88 
2,092  79 
6,940  27 
5,488  50 

20,613  07 
2,563  79 

36,007  39 
9,256  86 
9,251  24 
7,239  11 

$4,011  00 

Hyde  Park 

Hyde  Park 

West  Roxbury .... 
West  Roxbury .... 

Hyde  Park 

West  Roxbury .... 

3,039  96 

1,582  48 

Goldsmith  street      

1,781  80 

Holly  road 

2,685  00 

1  389  00 

Mann  street 

1,518  75 

Michael  road 

6  670  00 

Orlando  street                        

Dorchester 

Hyde  Park 

West  Roxbury 

Hyde  Park 

Hyde  Park 

Hyde  Park 

West  Roxbury .... 

Hyde  Park 

West  Roxbury 

West  Roxbury 

346  08 

1,569  60 

4,196   16 

Pleasantview  street     

2,384  20 

7,417  50 

1  922  83 

3,144  78 

6  938  23 

Westmoor  road 

3,841  84 

$134,340  32 

$70,253  56 

SIDEWALK   ASSESSMENTS 


Street 

District 

Cost 

Assessments 

West  Roxbury 

Dorchester 

West  Roxbury .... 
West  Roxbury .... 

West  Roxbury 

West  Roxbury 

Dorchester 

$10,507  63 
2,680  60 
347  85 
5,059  47 
1,021  49 
7,862  40 
6,143  50 

Fremont  street 

1,340  30 

Lindall  street 

2,529  72 

1,814  07 
3,071  76 

Whitridge  street 

Totals 

$33,622  94 

$13,538  19 

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City  Document  No.  18 


Land  Damages 

On  new  street  construction  74  claims  were  filed  for  damage 
to  property  resulting  from  land  takings  or  changes  in  grades. 
On  these  claims,  this  Commission  awarded  damages  in  the 
amount  of  $20,233.76. 

During  the  period  of  this  report  158  petitions  for  public 
utilities  were  approved  for  the  placing  and  maintaining  of 
poles  for  the  support  of  wires. 

Also  115  petitions  were  approved  for  miscellaneous  installa- 
tions or  uses  of  the  public  highways  of  the  City  of  Boston, 
as  follows: 


Street 

Adams  street,  Dorchester 

American    Legion    Highway,    W 
Roxbury 

Ames  street,  Dorchester 

Ardee  street,  East  Boston 

Beach  street,  Boston  Proper 

Beacon  street,  Boston  Proper 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  Dorchester 
(Liberty  Realty  Trust) 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  Dorchester 

Boylston  street,  Boston  Proper 

Boylston  street,  Boston  Proper 

Boylston  street,  Boston  Proper 

Braeburn  road,  Hyde  Park 

Braeburn  road,  Hyde  Park 

Brighton  avenue,  Brighton 

Broad  street,  Boston  Proper 

Cambridge  street,  Brighton 
(North  Beacon  street,  Brighton) 

Cambridge  street,  Boston  Proper  Boston  Gas  Company 

(New  Sudbury  street,  Boston  Proper) 


Petitioner 
Boston  Gas  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
M.  Melvin  Goldberg 
M.B.S.  Management 
Sport  Appliance  Stores 

Prim  Cleaners 

Boston  Five  Cents  Savings 

Hotel  Touraine,  Inc. 

Plymouth  Management  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Linden  Realty  Company 

J.  C.  Tuxen  Desk  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 


Caspian  Way,  Dorchester 

Caspian  Way,  Dorchester 
(Castle  Rock  street,  Dorchester) 

Central  square.  East  Boston 

Central  avenue,  Hyde  Park 

Charles  street,  Boston  Proper 

Chelsea  street,  East  Boston 

Clarendon  street,  Boston  Proper 

Columbus  avenue,  Roxbury 

Columbus  avenue,  Roxbury 

Commonwealth  avenue,  Boston  Proper 


Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 

Lombardo's 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 
68  Beacon  street,  Inc. 
Franklin  Cleaners 
Boston  Edison  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Back  Bay  Rambler 


Nature  of  Petition 
Underground  gas  main 

Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Illuminated  sign 
Marquee 
Illuminated  sign 

Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Plain  sign 

Marquee  and  3  signs 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Illuminated  sign 
Plain  sign 
Steel  gas  main 

Underground  gas  main 

Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 

Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 
Oil  tank 
Illuminated  sign 
Conduit 

Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Illuminated  sign 


Public  Works  Department 


47 


Stbeet 
Commonwealth  avenue,  Brighton 
Commonwealth  avenue,  Brighton 
Commonwealth  avenue,  Brighton 

Commonwealth  avenue,  Brighton 

Court  street,  Boston  Proper 

Cunningham  street,  Roxbury 
(Hartford  street,  Roxbury) 

Crockers  Lane,  West  Roxbury 
(Shaw  street,  West  Roxbury) 

Dalton  street,  Belvidere  street,  Scotia 
street,  Boston  Proper 

Essex  street,  Boston  Proper 

Fairmount  avenue,  Hyde  Park 

Farragut  road,  South  Boston 
(East  Second  street.  South  Boston) 

Federal  street,  Boston  Proper 

Federal  street,  Boston  Proper 


Petitioner  Nature  of  Petitoo 

Boston  Vespa  Company  Scooter 

Commonwealth  Chevrolet  Company  Illuminated  sign 
N.  Garvey,  Commonwealth  Chevro- 


Franklin  street,  Boston  Proper 
Franklin  street,  Boston  Proper 
Geneva  avenue,  Dorchester 
Glenellen  road.  West  Roxbury 
Greenwood  avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Hanover  street,  Boston  Proper 
Harrison  avenue,  Boston  Proper 
Harrison  avenue,  Boston  Proper 
High  street,  Boston  Proper 
Huntington  avenue,  Boston  Proper 
Huntington  avenue,  Boston  Proper 
Huntington  avenue,  Boston  Proper 
Hyde  Park  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Itasca  street,  Dorchester 
Kingston  street,  Boston  Proper 
Kingston  street,  Boston  Proper 

La  Grange  street,  West  Roxbury 
Lansdowne  street,  Boston  Proper 
Laurie  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Lowell  street,  Boston  Proper 
Maple  street.  West  Roxbury 
Marbury  terrace,  Roxbury 
Marbury  terrace,  Roxbury 
Marshall  street,  Boston  Proper 


let 

First  National  Stores 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Boston  Edison  Company 
Meyer  Brothers 
Worcester  Gas 
Boston  Gas  Company 

Billy  Vigor's  Surplus 

Boston  Federal  Loan  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation 

Bob  Smith  Sporting  Goods 

Bob  Smith  Sporting  Goods 

Isaac  Uretsky 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Anthony  Viola 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Meyer  Brothers 

British  Properties,  Inc. 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Copley  Square  Hotel 

Stuart  House 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

J.  J.  Foley's  GrUl 

Massachusetts    Limb    and    Brace 
Company 


Illuminated  sign 
Permanent  marquee 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 

Underground  gas  main 

Conduits 
Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 


Plain  sign 

Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Plain  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Marquee 
Conduit 

Illuminated  sign 
Caissons 
Conduit 

Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Illuminated  sign 

Plain  sign 
Underground  gas  main 


Boston  Gas  Company 

Metropolitan  Coal  and  Oil  Company  Fill  pipe 

Boston  Gas  Company  Underground  gas  main 

Rose  B.  Kabitsky  Sidewalk  door 

Boston  Gas  Company  Underground  gas  main 

Boston  Gas  Company  Underground  gas  main 

Boston  Gas  Company  Regulator  pits 

Tammy's  Cafe  Illuminated  sign 


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City  Document  No.  18 


Street  Petitioner 

Massachusetts  avenue,  Boston  Proper  Billy  Franks  Men's  Shop 
Merrimac  street,  Boston  Proper  Boston  Gas  Company 

Metropolitan  avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Metropolitan  avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Moss  Hill  road,  West  Roxbury 
200  North  Beacon  street,  Brighton 
Pemberton  square,  Boston  Proper 
Pemberton  square,  Boston  Proper 


Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Echo  Lounge 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Suffolk  County  Court  House  Com 


Portland  street,  Boston  Proper 

Poydras  street,  Hyde  Park 
/de 


mission 
The  Gerrity  Company 
Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 


(Belnel  road,  Hyde  Park) 

Public  Alley  No.  442,  Boston  Proper    Boston  Edison  Company 


Ridgemont  street,  Brighton 

River  street,  Dorchester 

River  street,  Hyde  Park 

River  street,  Hyde  Park 

Rosemary  street.  West  Roxbury 

Ruskindale  road,  Hyde  Park 

Rutledge  street,  Wext  Roxbury 

ScoUay  square,  Boston  Proper 

Southhampton  street,  Roxbury 

Sprague  street,  Hyde  Park 

Sprague  street,  Hyde  Park 

Staniford  street,  Boston  Proper 

State  street,  Boston  Proper 

Stoughton  street,  Boston  Proper 

Stuart  street,  Boston  Proper 
(Trinity  place,  Boston  Proper) 

Stuart  street,  Boston  Proper 

Stuart  street,  Boston  Proper 

Summer  street,  Boston  Proper 

Summer  street,  Boston  Proper 

Summer  street,  Boston  Proper 

Summer  street,  Boston  Proper 

Summer  street,  Boston  Proper 

Tampa  street,  Hyde  Park 

Tremont  street,  Boston  Proper 

Tremont  street,  Boston  Proper 

Tudor  street,  South  Boston 

Warren  street,  Roxbury 

Warrenton  street,  Boston  Proper 


Boston  Gas  Company 

Stardust  Cleaners 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Boston  Edison  Company 

89  State  Street  Corporation 

Massachusetts  Memorial  Hospitals    Duct 


Nature  of  Petition 
Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 

Shelter 

Sign 

Underground  gas  main 

Conduit  or  pipe 
Underground  gas  main 
Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Underground  gas  main 
Conduit 
Marquee 


Boston  Edison  Company 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Billy  Vigor's  Surplus 

George  Feldman  Company,  Inc. 

C.  H.  Whittier  and  Brothers 

Morris  Fisher 

A.  W.  Perrj,  Inc. 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Copper  Skillet 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Charles  Liquors 

Robert  C.  McHugh 


Conduit 

Conduit 

Conduit 

Plain  sign 

Plain  sign 

Plain  sign 

Sign 

Sign 

Underground  gas  main 

Underground  gas  main 

Illuminated  sign 

Underground  gas  main 

Illuminated  sign 

Lamppost 


Public  Works  Department 


49 


Street 

Washington  street,  Boston  Proper 

Washington  street,  Boston  Proper 

Washington  street,  Boston  Proper 

Washington  street,  Boston  Proper 

Washington  street,  Dorchester 

No.  643  Washington  street,  Dor- 
chester 

Washington  Street  North,  Boston 
Proper 

Water  street,  Charlestown 

West  Broadway,  South  Boston 

West  Broadway,  South  Boston 

Westminster  street,  Hyde  Park 


Petitioner 
Boston  Gas  Company 
City  Stores,  Inc. 
Intermission  Lounge 
Joseph  Glasser  Jeromes  Grill 
Dorchester  Savings  Bank 


Nature  of  Petition 
Underground  gas  main 
2  Illuminated  signs 
Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 


Washington  Fur  Storage  Company    Illuminated  sign 


Sam's  Radio  Store 
Blue  Mirror  Cafe 
Kahn's  Market,  Inc. 
M.  Gervino,  Royal  Cafe 
Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 


Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Illuminated  sign 
Underground  gas  main 


Private  Ways 

During  the  year  1963,  permission  was  given  to  prepare  for 
public  travel  the  following  private  ways: 

Beaver  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Braeburn  road  approx- 
imately 185  feet  easterly. 

Blue  Ledge  Drive,  West  Roxbury,  from  Washington  street  to 
approximately  385  feet  w'esterly  to  Highcrest  road. 

Blue  Ledge  terrace,  West  Roxbury,  from  Blue  Ledge  Drive  to 
approximately  270  feet  easterly. 

Bradlee  court,  Hyde  Park,  from  Bradlee  street  approxi- 
mately 235  feet  easterly. 

Bradlee  Lane,  Hyde  Park,  from  Bradlee  street  approximately 
235  feet  easterly. 

Bradlee  park,  Hyde  Park,  from  Bradlee  street  approximately 
235  feet  easterly. 

Crestidew  road.  West  Roxbury,  from  Augustus  avenue 
approximately  245  feet  northwesterly. 

Cypress  terrace,  West  Roxbury,  from  Cypress  street  ap- 
proximately 290  feet  southerly. 

Harding  road.  West  Roxbury,  from  Stella  road  approximately 
360  feet  northerly  and  easterly. 

Highcrest  road.  West  Roxbury,  from  Blue  Ledge  Drive  to 
approximately  1,175  feet  southerly  and  southeasterly. 

Highcrest  terrace.  West  Roxbury,  from  Highcrest  road  to 
approximately  395  feet  southeasterly. 

Hillis  road,  Hyde  Park,  from  Church  street  to  approxi- 
mately 220  feet  south\\esterly. 

Irena  road,  Dorchester,  from  Adams  street  approximately 
160  feet  northwesterly  and  westerly. 

June  street.  West  Roxbury,  from  Blue  Ledge  Drive  to  ap- 
proximately 360  feet  northeasterly. 

Leverett  avenue.  East  Boston,  from  Bennington  street  to 
approximately  280  feet  southeasterly. 


50  City  Document  No.  18 

Maple  Terrace  Extension,  West  Roxbury,  from  a  point 
approximately  215  feet  northeast  of  Maple  street  approximately 
95  feet  northeasterly. 

New  Haven  street,  West  Roxbury,  from  Stimson  street  ap- 
proximately 185  feet  northeasterly. 

Red  Pine  road,  Hyde  Park,  from  Milton  avenue  approxi- 
nlately  260  feet  southwesterly. 

Sparrow  street.  West  Roxbury,  from  Partridge  street  to  a 
point  approximately  110  feet  easterly. 

Star  bird  avenue,  West  Roxbury,  from  Byrd  avenue  ap- 
proximately 150  feet  southwesterly. 

Tennis  road,  Dorchester,  from  Almont  street  approximately 
240  feet  easterly  and  southeasterly. 

Walford  Way,  Charlestown,  from  Polk  street  to  Decatur 
street. 

Wright  street,  West  Roxbury,  from  Hawthorne  street  ap- 
proximately 224  feet  northeasterly. 

During  the  same  period,  permission  was  given  to  open  for 
public  travel  the  following  private  ways: 

Belle  avenue.  West  Roxbury,  from  Northdale  road  ap- 
proximately 400  feet  northerly. 

Bismarck  street,  Dorchester,  from  Cummins  Highway  ap- 
proximately 185  feet  southwesterly. 

Chesterfield  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Manila  avenue  to 
Vallaro  road. 

Dellmore  road.  West  Roxbury,  from  Hyde  Park  avenue  to 
Brook  way  Footpath. 

Farrington  street,  Hyde  Park,  from  Chesterfield  street  ap- 
proximately 265  feet  southwesterly. 

Gladeside  terrace,  Dorchester,  from  Gladeside  avenue 
approximately  140  feet  northwesterly. 

Gould  street,  West  Roxbury,  between  Belle  avenue  and 
Northdale  road. 

Michael  road,  Brighton,  from  Rushmore  street  approxi- 
mately 210  feet  westerly. 

Neponset  avenue,  Hyde  Park,  from  Brush  Hill  terrace  ap- 
proximately 136  feet  northwesterly. 

Northdale  road.  West  Roxbury,  from  Gould  street  to  ap- 
proximately 295  feet  southerly. 

Running  Brook  road,  West  Roxbury,  from  Woodley  avenue 
to  Westmoor  road. 

During  the  same  period,  permission  was  given  to  open  for 
public  travel  the  following  private  ways: 

Warren  park,  Hyde  Park,  from  Warren  avenue  approxi- 
mately 260  feet  northeasterly. 

Westmoor  Circle,  West  Roxbury,  from  Westmoor  road 
approximately  105  feet  westerly. 


Public  Works  Department  51 

Westmoor  road,  West  Roxbury,  from  Woodley  avenue  ap- 
proximately 200  feet  northeasterly  beyond  Running  Brook 
road. 

Westmoor  terrace,  West  Roxbury,  from  Westmoor  road  ap- 
proximately 320  feet  northwesterly. 

Woodley  avenue,  West  Roxbury,  from  De  Soto  road  ap- 
proximately 1,460  feet  northeasterly. 

James  W.  Haley,  Chairman, 
Thomas  F.  Carty, 
James  J.  Sullivan,  Jr. 


52  City  Document  No.  18 

APPENDIX  A 

CENTRAL  OFFICE 

Table     1 — Summary    of   Appropriations,    Expenditures,    and 

Balances 
Table    2 — Grade  and  Number  of  Employees 
Table    3 — Appointments,  Transfers,  Deaths,  etc. 

Loan  Orders — Outstanding  Debt 

Table     1— Public  Ways 
Table    2 — Sewerage  Works 
Table    3— Bridges 

Automotive  Equipment 

Table     1— List  as  of  December  31,  1963 
Table    2— Added  or  Ordered  in  1963 

Permits 
Table     1 — Permits  Issued  and  Cash  Receipts 

APPENDIX  B 

ENGINEERING   DIVISION 

Table     1 — Reproductions 
Table    2 — Survey  Section  Work 
Table    3 — Design  Section 

APPENDIX  C 
HIGHWAY  DIVISION 

Table  1 — Work  Done  by  Contract 

Table  2 — Street  Construction  Work 

Table  3 — Summary  of  Cost  Construction  and  Reconstruction 

Highway  Construction 

Table  4 — Highway  Maintenance  Work 

Table  5— Street  Lights  (New) 

Table  6 — Drawbridge  Expenditures 

Table  7 — Waterborne  Travel  Through  Drawbridges 

Table  8 — Expenditures  on  Island  Bridges 

APPENDIX   D 
SANITARY  DIVISION 

Table  1 — Payment  to  Refuse  Collection  Contractors 

Table  2 — Summary  of  Payment 

Table  3 — Incinerator  Performances 

Table  4 — Incinerator  Tonnage  Burned 

Table  5 — Incinerator  Fiscal  Account 


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APPENDIX  E 

SEWER   DIVISION 

Table  1 — Receipts  and  Expenditures 

Table  2 — Sewerage  Works  Contracts 

Table  3 — Summary  of  Sewer  Construction 

Table  4 — Maintenance  Section :  Miles  of  Sewers 

Table  5 — Catch  Basins 

APPENDIX  F 

WATER  DIVISION 

Table     1 — Receipts  and  Expenditures 

Table    2 — Meters  in  Service 

Table    3— Meters  in  Shop 

Table    4 — Meters  Repaired  in  Shop 

Table    5 — Meters  Purchased 

Table    6— Meters  Reset 

Table    7— Meters  Changed 

Table    8 — Meters  Repaired  in  Service 

Table    9— Meters  Applied 

Table  10 — Meters  Discontinued 

Table  11 — Reasons  for  Meter  Change 

Table  12— Meters  Junked 


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The  records  of  the  department  show  that  there  are 
now  1,480  persons  eUgible  for  employment  in  the  several 
divisions,  and  of  that  number  1,380  were  upon  the 
January  2,  1964,  payrolls. 


TABLE  2 
GRADE  AND   NUMBER   OF    EMPLOYEES 


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6 

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Assistant  superintendent 

1 
1 
2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

Cashier  and  weigh  clerk 

Chief  communication  equipment  operator .  .  . 

1 

1 

1 

Chief  inspector 

1 
1 

Chief  sewer  pumping  station  operator 

1 

6 
3 

Clerk 

1 

3 

1 

' 

1 

Communication  equipment  operator 

Constable 

1 

Crane  operator 

11 

11 

Director  of  transportation 

1 

District  foreman 

1 
1 

1 
7 

1 

1 

1 

Drawtender 

Electrician 

1 

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1 

20 

20 

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GRADE  AND  NUMBER  OF    EMPLOYEES  — Continued 


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1 

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1 

1 

7 
4 
2 

1 

1 

General  foreman 

2 

1 

2 

Head  administrative  clerk 

1 

4 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

6 

7 

Head  clerk ...                    

Head  permit  investigator 

1 

20 

2 

58 

15 

2 

97 

71 

37 

10 

17 

4 

4 

5 

280 

1 

1 

31 

12 

43 

14 

368 

Maintenance  mechanic  (Blacksmith) 

4 

1 

4 

6 
3 

14 

17 

1 

2 

Maintenance  mechanic  (Painter) 

3 

1 

15 

Maintenance  mechanic  (Sheet  Metal  Worker) . 

1 
4 

1 

Maintenance  mechanic  (Welder) 

Maintenance  mechanic  foreman  (Carpenter)... 

1 

1 

7 

2 
4 

6 

1 

15 

7 

3 

12 

11 

1 
2 

14 

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75 

10 

7 

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105 

Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  2 
GRADE  AND   NUMBER   OF  EMPLOYEES  —  Continued 


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15 

15 

1 

Photographer 

1 

3 

7 

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6 

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2 

1 

4 

1 

Principal  clerk 

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1 

Principal  electrical  engineer 

1 

Principal  photostat  operator 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Repairmen    ...         

20 

20 

2 

1 

5 

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1 

4 

1 

1 

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4 
1 

Senior  clerk 

4 

1 

2 

2 

3 

.... 

3 

Senior  personnel  oiBcer 

1 

1 

2 

Sewer  cleaner                                   

7 
9 
5 
3 

5 

Sewer  service  repairmen 

3 

2 

1 

Special  heavy  motor  equipment  operator .  . 

5 

4 

1 

11 

5 

2 

7 

9 

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TABLE  2 
GRADE  AND   NUMBER   OF   EMPLOYEES —Concluded 


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1 

1 

1 

6 
16 

2 
6 
1 

Stoker 

16 

1 

2 
11 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
5 

7 

26 

Watchmen 

1 

21 
14 
14 

24 
14 
6 
3 

1 

21 

14 

Water  service  maintenance  men   

14 

24 

2 

3 

9 
2 

8 

36 

Yard  clerk                     

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1 

1 

38 

96 

646 

184 

107 

36 

273 

1,380 

TABLE   3 
NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES  ACTUALLY  EMPLOYED  JANUARY  1,  1963  AND  JANUARY  I,  1964 


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140 

685 

183 

116 

42 

287 

1,453 

January  1,  1964 

134 

646 

184 

107 

36 

273 

1,380 

Total  Eligible  Force 


January  1,  1963 
January  1,  1964 


141 
125 


720 
685 


200 
200 


120 
122 


1,551 
1,480 


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685 

23 

7 

11 

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35 

5 

184 

183 

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9 

1 

5 

3 

2 

107 
36 
273 

Sewer 

116 
42 
287 

5 
3 
5 

3 
2 
3 

3 

Engineering 

Water 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

6 

3 

54 

6 

5 

34 

1,380 

Totals 

1,453 

38 

17 

33 

11 

57 

15 

OUTSTANDING   BONDED   DEBT 

TABLE    1 

PUBLIC  WAYS— CONSTRUCTION   OF 


Outside  Debt  Limit 

Issued 

Series  Due 

Amount 

2^8     

1953 
1954 
1955 
1956 
1957 
1957 
1958 
1959 
1960 
1961 
1962 

10/1/63 
10/1/64 

4/1/65 
1/62-65 

5/1/67 
10/1/67 
10/1/68 
11/1/69 
11/1/70 
11/1/71 
11/1/72 

$200,000 

Ug 

400,000 

2is 

600,000 

38 

400,000 

3g                  

500,000 

5s                

250,000 

58                  

600,000 

48                                                    

1,050,000 

3|s 

1,600,000 

38 

1,350,000 

2f8                                                            .     . 

1,700,000 

Total                                .    . 

$8,650,000 

60 


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TABLE   2 
SEWERAGE  WORKS 


Inside  Debt  Limit 


Issued 


Series  Due 


Amount 


3is. 
3s., 
2fs. 
2fs. 
lis. 
Ifs. 
2s.. 

28.. 

I5S. 
lis. 
lis. 
lis. 
Ifs. 
2s., 
2is. 
l|s. 
Ifs. 
Ifs. 


1934 
1937 
1937 
1938 
1939 
1940 
1941 
1942 
1943 
1944 
1945 
1946 
1947 
1948 
1949 
1949 
1950 
1951 


11/1/64 

9/1/67 
12/1/67 

6/1/68 

8/1/69 

7/15/70 

12/15/71 

12/1/72 

12/1/73 

8/1/74 
12/1/75 

7/1/76 

5/1/77 
12/1/78 
12/1/79 
11/1/79 

6/1/80 
10/1/71 


Total. 


$50,000 

20,000 

25,000 

96,000 

28,000 

19,000 

53,000 

100,000 

110,000 

74,000 

169,000 

280,000 

475,000 

80,000 

460,000 

255,000 

310,000 

225,000 

$2,829,000 


Public  Works  Department 


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Outside  Debt  Limit 


Issued 


Series  Due 


Amount 


2^8. 
2i8. 

28.. 


2§8. 
3|8. 
3§8. 
3|8. 
3|8. 


Total. 


1952 
1953 
1955 
1955 
1957 
1957 
1960 
1960 
1961 
1962 


10/1/72 
10/1/73 

3/1/75 

10/1/75 

5/1/77 

10/1/77 

11/11/79 

11/11/80 

11/1/81 

11/1/82 


$250,000 
550,000 
325,000 
325,000 
375,000 
375,000 
425,000 
450,000 
475,000 
500,000 


$4,050,000 


Inside  Debt  Limit .  . 
Outside  Debt  Limit . 


$2,829,000 
4.050,000 


TotaL 


$6,879,000 


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TABLE   3 
BRIDGES— RECONSTRUCTION   AND   REPAIR 


Inside  Debt  Limit 

Issued 

Series  Due 

Amount 

Ua 

1950 

6/1/70 

$160,000 

Bridges,  Construction  of 


Inside  Debt  Limit 

Issued 

Series  Due 

Amount 

lis 

1943 
1945 

11/1/63 
12/1/65 

$7,000 

lis 

24,000 

Total 

$31,000 

Outside  Debt  Limit 

Issued 

Series  Due 

Amount 

28     . .            

1952 
1952 
1953 
1954 
1955 
1955 
1956 
1957 
1957 
1959 
1962 

4/1/72 
10/1/72 
4/1/73 
4/1/74 
4/1/75 
10/1/75 
11/1/76 
5/1/77 
10/1/77 
11/1/79 
11/1/82 

$250,000 

2^s 

155,000 

2f8 

335,000 

2Js 

830,000 

2s 

325,000 

2^8 

325,000 

38 

560,000 

3*8 

150,000 

318 

375,000 

3fs 

425,000 

33  .. 

300  000 

Total 

$4,020,000 

$31,000 



4,020,000 

Total 

$4,051,000 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Trucks 

Ford 

Public  Works  Department  63 

Automotive  Equipment 

TABLE    1 

LIST  AS   OF   DECEMBER  31,    1963 

Passenger  cars  86 

Snowfighting  trucks,  Walter  Oshkosh  and  FWD  16 

Model  El 60  6 

Model  F350  47 

Model  P500  4 

Model  F600  23 

Model  F750  31 

Model  FSOO  2 

Model  F850  67 

Model  C850  8 

Model  C950  9 

,  Model  CI  100  21 
Miscellaneous   trucks — Chevrolet,    International,    Willys, 

Dodge,  Diamond  T  21 

Truckster — Cushman  1 

Tractors — International  and  Caterpillar  4 

Mechanical  street  sweepers:  Wayne  19 

Mechanical  street  sweepers:  Elgin  11 

—  30 
Industrial  sweepers — Tennant  2 
Compressors: — Worthington  trailers  17 
Compressors: — Truck  mounted  5 

—  22 
Front  end  loaders: — Trojan  9 
Front  end  loaders: — Hough  15 
Front  end  loaders: — Michigan  4 

—  28 
Grader — Gallon  1 
Road  rollers — Gallon  2 
Cranes— Unit  and  Bay  City  2 
Flusher  tanks: — Robinson  10 
Flusher  tanks : — Etnyre  3 


Sandspreaders : — Jet  1 0 

Sandspreaders : — Baughman  6 

Sandspreaders: — Fox  32 


13 


—    48 


494 


Plus    23    trailers,    transport,    toolbox,    bandstand,    sewer 
rodders,  etc. 


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TABLE  2 

New  Equipment  purchased  from  1963  appropriations: 

17     Falcon  station  wagons $31,674  45 

4    Elgin  street  sweepers 49,000  00 

4     2,000-gallon  ftusher  tanks 18,548  00 

10    F850  dump  trucks 64,417  00 

4    F850  dump  trucks  with  cranes 37,957  20 

10     F350  1 -ton  Pickup  trucks 18,536  00 

2     f-ton  trucks  with  service  bodies 4,775  84 

6     Van-type  E160  trucks 11,203  55 

1     Back  hoe 4,645  20 

1     Overhead  hoist 1,475  00 

1     Air  compressor 825  00 

1     Clam  shell  bucket 1,237  50 

1     Steam  cleaning  machine 658  56 

1     Hydraulic  hoist  for  derrick  truck 108  00 

48     Fire  extinguishers 411  60 

$245,472  90 
New  equipment  from  snow  removal  appropriation: 

4     CllOO  chasis  and  cabs $31,416  66 

10    Two-way  plows 1 1,330  00 

4     One-way  plows 5,009  76 

10    Sandspreaders,  hydraulic 27,120  00 

4     Sandspreaders,  motor  in  rear 13,538  00 

1     Short  block  assembly  for  snowfighter 1,972  00 

$90,386  42 

The  Maintenance  Branch  of  the  Public  Works  department 
for  the  past  year  has  been  investigating  the  use  of  snow  melting 
machines  and  viewing  demonstrations  and  hopes  to  make  a 
decision  for  the  purchase  of  a  snow  melter  early  in  1964. 

TABLE   1 

Permits,  Licenses,  Deposit  Receipts,  Issued 

Permits— signs 6,927 

Permits — opening  and  Occupation 3,552 

Permits — special 179 

Permits — ^public  service  corporations 2,935 

Permits — city  department,  no  fees 1,856 

Licenses — sidewalk 308 

Permits — sewer,  new  connections 305 

Permits — sewer,  repairs 194 

Deposit — street  opening  account 681 

Deposit — water  account 756 

Total  permits  issued 17,684 

Contract  books  and  specifications 456 

Dump  tickets 10,446 


Public  Works  Department  65 

PERMIT   BRANCH  — 1963 

CASH   RECEIPTS 

Permits  —  signs $83,101  05 

Permits  —  openings  and  occupation          .        .  54,552  10 
Engineering  and  inspection  fees  —  street  open- 
ing accounts 52,549  70 

Licenses  —  sidewalk 20,675  13 

Rental    of    city    land    (under    control    Public 

Works  Department) 17,408  33 

Sewer  inspection  fees 12,525  00 

Dump  permit  tickets            10,446  00 

Water  use  (through  city  hydrants)    .        .        .  3,200  00 

Contract  books  (sale) 1,076  00 

Engineering  reproductions 193  00 

Towing 282  30 

Total  cash  receipts $256,008  61 

SPECIAL  ACCOUNTS 

Sewer  Department  —  non-revenue  (inspectors 

salaries,  etc.) $7,566  02 

Water  Division  —  damage  to  city  property     .  4,812  19 

Highway  Division  —  damage  to  city  property  46  00 

Total  special  accounts  ....  12,424  92 

DEPOSIT   ACCOUNTS 

Water  deposits $125,090  05 

Street  opening  account  (drain,  water,  etc.)      .  105,301  09 
Street  opening  account  special  (public  service 

corporations) 337,027  38 

Total  deposit  accounts 567,418  52 

Grand  total $835,852  05 

Street  Opening  Account  —  Special 
1960-1963 

Committed  Collected    Balance  Due 

Boston  Edison  Company  $325,974  45  $287,916  35      $38,058  10 

Boston  Gas  Company  604,448  11  569,351  76       35,096  35 
New  England  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Company  198,434  59  182,363  90        16,070  69 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company  129,136  52  129,136  52 

Quincy  Market  Cold  Storage  Warehouse  1,779  00  1,779  00 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  4,584  60  4,584  60 

Metropolitan  Transit  Authority  19,902  05  19,902  05 

Receipts      Expenditures  Balance  in 
Account 

Boston  Edison  Company                            $287,916  35    $221,300  11  $66,616  24 

Boston  Gas  Company                                    569,351  76     246,013  78  323,337  98 
New  England  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Company                                                     182,363  90      108,268  59  74,095  31 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company                    129,136  52       88,825  00  40,31152 

Quincy  Market  Cold  Storage  Warehouse          1,779  00              —  1,779  00 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Company               4,584  60              65  60  4,519  00 
Metropolitan  Transit  Authority                     19,902  05        19,902  05 


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APPENDIX   B 

ENGINEERING  DIVISION 

TABLE  I 

Repkoductionb 


Depaktment 


Photostats     Blueprints      Ozalids 


Auto  Card 

Positives      Stock 


Administrative  Services. 

Assessing 

Auditing 

Building 

City  Clerk 

City  Council 

Civil  Defense 

Collecting 

Election 

Finance  Commission 

Fire 

Law 

Mayor's  OflBce 

Park 

Penal 

Planning   Board 

Public  Buildings 

Public  Works: 

Engineering  Division . 

Central  Office 

Highway  Division. . . 

Permit  Section 

Sanitary  Division .  .  . 

Sewer  Division 

Street  Lighting 

Water  Division 

Real  Property 

Registry 

School  Buildings 

School  Committee 

Traffic  &  Parking 

Treasury 

Veterans'  Service 

White  Fund 


Totals. 


906 

1,246 
110 

1,662 
484 

1,468 
136 
142 
110 
34 
332 
764 

1,968 
118 
272 

1,774 
112 

5,364 

1,642 

212 

354 

166 

1,548 

116 

878 

1,436 

1,764 

96 

20 

874 

132 

286 

546 


1,023 
2,571 

2,133 
481 
692 

154 
146 

584 
148 
921 
329 
735 
3,446 
94 

15,677 

5,431 

763 

285 

294 

732 

357 

1,245 

1,866 


Public  Works  Department 


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The  photographic  service  furnished  by  the  Repro- 
duction Unit  included  photographing  all  locations  of  new 
highway  layouts  and  other  proposed  improvements; 
lands  taken  for  municipal  purposes;  progress  of  public 
works  projects;  snowstorm  and  other  emergency  con- 
ditions. Following  is  a  summary  of  such  work  for  the 
year  1963: 


Department 

Negatives 

4x5  Prints 

8  X  10  Prints 

PubUc  Works: 

1,548 
754 
760 
434 
633 
146 
412 

1,686 
644 

196 

Highway  Division 

428 

1,132 

462 

Sanitary  Division 

728 

134 

146 

372 

Totals                        

4.687 

2,476 

3,452 

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SURVEY  SECTION 

TABLE  2 

Following  is  a  report  of  the  major  works  accomplished  by 
the  Survey  Section  in  the  year  1963. 

Twenty-six  (26)  surveys  and  plans  were  made  for  laying 
out  of  2.3  miles  of  public  Highways,  as  follows: 

Length 

District  in  Feet 
Boston  Proper 

Dalton  street 720 

Brighton 

Gerrish  street 600 

Langley  road 530 

Dorchester 

Denvir  street 200 

Elm  Lawn 234 

Evandale  terrace 261 

Manchester  street 570 

Manley  street 290 

Paula  road 200 

Hyde  Park 

Irving  street 530 

Leseur  road 210 

Madison  street 350 

West  Roxbury 

Boxford  terrace 210 

Crest  street 260 

David  road 400 

Edge  way  terrace 1,200 

Gould  street 195 

Goff  street 570 

Hawley  road 330 

New  Haven  street 1 ,335 

Northdale  terrace 215 

Rockwood  terrace 450 

Slocum  road 660 

Slocum  Road  Extention 770 

Surreyhill  Lane 275 

Warren  square            550 

Two  hundred  (200)  land  court  plans  were  checked  and  eleven 
(11)  surveys  and  reports  were  made  on  flooding  condition  of 
streets. 

Two  hundred  and  thirty-seven  (237)  surveys  and  227  plans 
for  reconstruction  of  highways  were  made  as  follows  (39.5 
miles) : 


Public  Works  Department  69 

Length 

District  in  Feet 
Boston  Proper 

Albemarle  street 273 

Beacon  street 6,035 

Clark  street 464 

Clearway  street 750 

East  Springfield  street 674 

Exchange  place 244 

Hull  street 511 

Kilbey  street 270 

Mason  street 703 

Merchants  Row 532 

North  street 2,010 

Northern  avenue 400 

North  Grove  street 420 

North  square 243 

Plympton  street 800 

Prince  street 1,500 

Providence  street 570 

Quaker  Lane 330 

Randolph  street 807 

St.  Botolph  street 1,230 

Salem  street 1,575 

Salem  Street  avenue 150 

Sheafe  street 460 

Tufts  street 226 

Water  street 1,120 

Brighton 

Alcorn  street 621 

Allston  street 1,812 

Arlington  street 220 

Arthur  street 393 

Ashford  street 1,54^2 

Bagnal  street 286 

Bayard  street 446 

Bigelow  street 3,067 

Brentwood  street 470 

Buick  street 467 

Charlesview  street 253 

Claymoss  road 1,141 

Emery  road 620 

Euston  street 684 

Faneuil  street 2,800 

Farrington  street 512 

Fern  street 105 

Fordham  street 604 

Franklin  street 1,800 

Gardner  street 1,887 


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District 
Brighton 

Gerald  road 
Glenville  avenue 
Gordon  street 
Greycliff  road 
Btano  street 
Herrick  street 
Holman  street 
Kinross  road 
Monastery  road 
Mt.  Hood  road 
Murdock  street 
Raymond  street 
Reedsdale  street 
Rogers  Park  avenue 
South  street 
Strathmore  road 
Union  street 
Wade  street 
Walbridge  street 
Wilton  street 

Charlestown 

Bartlett  street    . 
Chestnut  street 
Franklin  street   . 
Ludlow  street     . 
Monument  avenue 
Monument  square 
Monument  street 
Mystic  street 


Dorchester 

Alabama  street  . 
Annapolis  street 
Ashland  street    . 
Beach  street 
Beaumont  street 
Becket  street 
Bernard  street    . 
Blanche  street     . 
Brent  street 
Capen  street 
Caspian  Way 
Castlegate  road  . 
Castle  Rock  street 
Charles  street 
Claybourne  street 
Clayton  street     . 
Columbine  street 


Length 
in  Feet 

527 

1,756 

487 

1,100 

998 

338 

483 

613 

750 

650 

1,482 

410 

638 

882 

634 

2,525 

1,419 

650 

750 

308 

1,456 
150 
350 
250 
825 

1,000 
403 
668 


640 

550 

1,070 

1,121 

1,550 

650 

600 

800 

757 

1,470 

516 

450 

380 

503 

350 

850 

220 


Public  Works  Department  71 

Length 

District  in  Feet 

Deer  street 245 

Ellington  street 1,892 

Evans  street 2,500 

Everdean  street 804 

Everett  street 606 

Favre  street 998 

Flint  street 415 

Florida  street 1,829 

Gardner  street 2,000 

Granville  street 807 

Harley  street 643 

Hildreth  street 383 

Humphreys  street 350 

Intervale  street 2,021 

lola  street 350 

Itasca  street 2,500 

Josephine  street 650 

Lawrence  street 1,686 

Leroy  street 750 

Marden  street 278 

Middleton  street 850 

Mill  street 1,658 

Milton  avenue 2,700 

Mt.  Bowdoin  terrace 900 

Normandy  street 2,500 

Ogden  street 1,500 

Paisley  park 576 

Parish  street 218 

Park  street 1,607 

Parkman  street 340 

Pasadena  road 375 

Remington  street 150 

Robey  street 640 

Rockmere  street 353 

Sagamore  street 1,407 

Seaver  street 276 

Southwick  street 359 

Spaulding  street 405 

Stanwood  street 1,787 

Sudan  street 1,100 

Supple  road 440 

Taylor  street 650 

Temple  street 730 

Tennis  road 763 

Tiverton  street 500 

Westview  street 500 

Wilcox  road 500 

Wildwood  street 642 

WoUaston  terrace 313 


72  City  Document  No.  18 

District  Length 

in  Feet 

East  Boston 

Annavoy  street 539 

Bayswater  street 2,567 

Byron  street 1,146 

Chaucer  street 684 

Coleridge  street 349 

Cowper  street 1,171 

Curtis  street 236 

Frankfort  street 500 

Homer  street 616 

Lamson  street 712 

London  street 731 

Marginal  street 740 

Moore  street 542 

Nancia  street 314 

St.  Edward  road 376 

Waldemar  avenue 2,325 

Westbrook  street 200 

"Wordsworth  street 887 

Hyde  Park 

Albion  street 750 

Arlington  street 445 

Beaver  street 750 

Chesterfield  street 500 

Child  street 750 

Clare  avenue 897 

Clifford  street 655 

Collins  street 900 

Damon  street 548 

Fairview  street 800 

Huntington  avenue 2,282 

Hyde  Park  avenue 1,635 

Metropolitan  avenue 443 

Mt.  Pleasant  street 450 

Readville  street 816 

Reservation  road 3,200 

Walnut  street 1,200 

Warren  avenue 900 

Winslow  street 550 

South  Boston 

B  street 559 

C    treet 274 

Gavin  Way 559 

Granite  street 1,190 

Logan  Way 1,045 

O'Callaghan  Way 1,712 


Public  Works  JDepartment  73 

Length 

District  in  Feet 

Sanger  street 266 

Tuckerman  street 371 

West  Fifth  street 292 

West  Third  street 540 

West  Roxbury 

Canterbury  street 2,000 

Mt.  Calvary  road 1,600 

Stimson  street 1,600 

Seven  (7(  surveys  and  plans  were  made  for  discontinuance  of 
0.47  miiles  of  public  highways  as  follows : 

Boston  Proper 

Traverse  street 150 

Truro  street 300 

Hartford  street  (sewer  and  water  easement)         .  300 

Roxbury 

Gerald  street 151 

Fellows  court 100 

South  Boston 

Mt.  Washington  avenue 500 

West  Roxbury 

Saw  Mill  Brook  (sewer  easement)  ....  833 

Twenty-two  (22)  surveys  and  plans  were  made  for  the  taking 
of  (2.3  miles)  easements  for  sewerage  and  assessments  pur- 
poses  as   follows: 

Dorchester 

Gladeside  terrace 152 

Irena  road 150 

Savannah  avenue 500 

Tennis  road 525 

Hyde  Park 

Beaver  street 200 

Bradlee  court 250 

Bradleepark 250 

Bradlee  Lane 250 

Highcrest  road 1,181 

Highcrest  terrace 440 

George  Wright  Golf  Course  (Land  in) 


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District  Length 

in  Feet 

West  Roxbury 

Addington  road 1,708 

Adelaide  street 649 

Albion  street 663 

Alveston  street 483 

Arcadia  street 376 

Beethoven  street 518 

Bolster  street 395 

Bonad  road 823 

Brookley  road 505 

Call  street 548 

Canterbury  street 2,000 

Carroll  street 1,200 

Carrolton  road 750 

Clyde  street 483 

Colbert  street 423 

Crown  Path 250 

Eliot  street 1,772 

Glenham  street 1,350 

Hathaway  street 265 

HaAVthorne  street 570 

Hillock  street 472 

Holbrook  street 897 

Homewood  road 350 

Jess  street 226 

Lakeville  street 706 

Maple  street 1,885 

Marbury  terrace 345 

March  avenue 495 

Mt.  Calvary  road 1,600 

Mt.  Hope  street 1,400 

Orange  street 2,774 

Park\\ood  terrace 260 

Paul  Gore  street 1,918 

Pond  Circle 875 

Rambler  road 480 

Ravenna  road 692 

Robeson  street 1,030 

Roseway  street 514 

Roslindale  avenue 3,050 

Rustic  road 426 

School  street 1,257 

Seaverns  avenue 1,020 

Stimson  street 1,600 

Tyndale  street 1,946 

Wellsmere  terrace 228 

Welland  road 300 

Wellington  Hill  Footway 500 


Public  Works  Department  75 

District  Length 

in  Feet 

White  Oak  road 518 

Winton  street 644 

Woodman  street 280 

Eight  (8)  major  surveys  were  made  for  the  reconstruction 
program  (2.25  miles). 

West  Roxbury 

Blueview  road 570 

Blueview  Circle 400 

Blue  Ledge  Drive 3,047 

Blue  Ledge  terrace 295 

Dellmore  road 200 

June  street 279 

Maple  terrace 300 

Private  land  (Saw  Mill  Brook  to  230  feet  south- 
east of  Newton  line) 1,030 

Sparrow  street 110 

Sunset  Hill  road 775 

Four  (4)  profiles  for  highway  construction  were  made  as 
follows  0.25  miles: 

Boston  Proper 

Cambria  street 370 

Dover  Street  Trestle 150 

Dorchester 

Orlando  street 460 

South  Boston 

Trilling  Way 250 

Seventeen  (17)  surveys  and  plans  were  made  for  minimum 
pavements  (1.1  mile)  as  follows: 

Brighton 

Michael  road 214 

Dorchester 

Bismarck  street 395 

Gladeside  terrace 152 

Orlando  street 200 

Hyde  Park 

Chesterfield  street 600 

Farrington  street 400 

Geraghty  terrace 200 

Milton  terrace 350 

Neponset  court 136 

Paldne  road 327 

River  Street  terrace 460 

Silvia  court 300 


76  City  Document  No.  18 


District 

Length 

in  Feet 

ST   ROXBURY 

Ethel  street 

260 

Crosstown  avenue      .... 

350 

Maple  terrace 

215 

Partridge  street          .... 

410 

Rockwood  terrace      .... 

450 

Twenty  two  (22)  surveys  and  plans  were  made  for  specific 
repairs  and  widenings  (Chapter  90)  as  follows  (11.5  miles): 

Boston  Proper 

Berkeley  street 2,750 

Broadway 1,400 

Columbus  avenue 4,500 

Commonwealth  avenue 8,000 

Congress  street 1,100 

Eliot  street 350 

Park  square 500 

Providence  street 550 

St.  James  street 2,200 

Stuart  street 3,000 

Dorchester 

East  Cottage  street 1,100 

Hancock  street 1,500 

Harvard  street 8,400 

Norfolk  street 8,500 

Pleasant  street 4,000 

Pond  street 550 

Quincy  street 1,800 

Savin  Hill  avenue 3,400 

East  Boston 

Condor  street 3,300 

Hyde  Park 

Dana  avenue 3,000 

South  Boston 

D  street 4,000 

West  Roxbury 

Boylston  street 4,000 

Approximately  seven  hundred  (700)  requests  for  information 
relative  to  line  and  grade  were  received  from  private  engineers 
and  other  agencies  and  data  furnished. 

Request  for  marking  line  and  grades  for  the  following 
streets : 


Public  Works  Department  77 

District  Length 

in  Feet 

Boston  Proper 

New  Congress  street 600 

Somerset  street 250 

Brighton 

Chiswick  road 500 

Franklin  street 1,800 

Dorchester 

Babson  street 2,420 

Hyde  Park 

Beechmont  street 300 

Edge  way  terrace 1,200 

ROXBURY 

South  Bay  residue  dump 

West  Roxbury 

Barbara  street 300 

Beecher  street 1,000 

Centre  street 300 

Centre  street  at  Baker  street 600 

Danforth  street 500 

Florian  Way 250 

Paul  Gore  street 600 

Perkins  street 400 

Approximately  one  hundred  (100)  takings  and  three  hundred 

(300)  specific  repairs  were  made  in  connection  with  Chapter 
90  surveys  and  reconstruction  surveys. 

Personnel  of  the  survey  section  were  assigned  to  snow 
removal  operation,  including  supervision,  inspection  and 
auditing  of  hired  equipment  accounts. 

Surveys  for  engineering  reports,  one  hundred  sixty-five  (165) 
streets,  approximately  (35.  miles). 

Points  for  construction  requested  (2.5  miles) : 

Boston  Proper 

New  Congress  street 600 

Union  street 300 

Brighton 

Chiswick  road 500 

FrankHn  street 1,800 

Dorchester 

Belden  street 510 

Magdala  street 575 

Whitridge  street 520 


78  City  Document  No.  18 

District  Length 

in  Feet 

East  Boston 

Annavoy  street 525 

Bayswater  street 982 

Byron  street 1,146 

Chaucer  street 684 

Coolidge  street 600 

Cowper  street 1,171 

Homer  street 600 

Moore  street 542 

Nancia  street 300 

Wordsworth  street 150 

St.  Andrew  road 510 

"West  Roxbury 

Addington  road 50 

Barbara  street 320 

Maria  Lane 40 

Roslindale  avenue 40 

Hillock  street 472 

Surveys,  profiles,  and  calculations  were  made  in  connection 
with  the  Government  Center. 

Office  representative  summoned  by  Law  Department  to 
appear  at  Suffolk,  Middlesex,  and  Plymouth  County  Court 
House  hearings. 

Eight   (8)   plans  were  made  for  Law  Department  action 
cases  in  various  parts  of  the  city. 
Topographic  Surveys 

Beech  Street  and  Windham  Road  area 
Gardner  Street  Dum'p  (complete  perimeter) 


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HIGHWAY  DIVISION 

TABLE    1 

WORK   DONE   BY   CONTRACT   IN    1963 


Item 

Excavation  (earth  and  service) 

Excavation  (rock) 

Bank  gravel  .... 

Crushed  stone  for  edgestone 

Base  removed  (existing) 

Pavement  removed  (existing) 

New  straight  edgestone 

New  circular  edgestone 

New  edgestone  corners  2-foot  radius 

Edgestone  reset  and  relocated 

Edgestone  hauled 

Macadam  base     . 

O.A.  asphalt 

Concrete  base  Class  "B"  for  roadway 

Concrete  base  (backing  up  sidewalk) 

Bituminous  concrete  base  (roadway) 

Bituminous  concrete  base  (patching) 

Bituminous  concrete  top  (roadway) 

Bituminous  concrete  top  (patching) 

Bituminous  concrete  base  (sidewalk) 

Bituminous  concrete  top  (sidewalk) 

Artificial  stone  sidewalks    . 

Artificial  stone  sidewalk  (patching) 

Artificial  stone  driveway    . 

Loam  (sq.  yards) 

Loam  (cubic  yards) 

Covers 

Catch  basins  or  manholes  rebuilt 

Catch  basins  or  drop  inlets  built 

Sign  posts  (street) 

Parking  meters  reset   . 

Stone  bounds        .... 

Minor  drain 

Bituminous  concrete  (roadway)  area 


Quantity 

52,090  cubic  yards 
1,094  cubic  yards 
59,146  tons 
3,270  tons 
13,733  square  yards 
64,920  square  yards 
31,410  lineal  feet 
17,784  lineal  feet 

468  each 
98,042  lineal  feet 
11,231  lineal  feet 
10,204  tons 
106,686  gallons 
3,882  cubic  yards 
20  cubic  yards 
36,886  tons 
148,073  square  feet 
31,791  tons 
148,073  square  feet 
76  tons 
366  tons 
323,977  square  feet 
275,213  square  feet 
138,286  square  feet 
997  square  yards 
910  cubic  yards 
3,790  each 
167  each 
139  each 
622  each 
890  each 
76  each 
1,587  lineal  feet 
414,629  square  yards 


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TABLE   2 
CHAPTER  90   PROJECTS   COMPLETED    IN    1963 


Street 
Adams  street 
La  Grange  street 

Cambridge  street 
Green  street 

Dorchester  avenue  and  Savin 
HUl  avenue 


Street 
Bradlee  street,  Ward  18 
Buckingham  street,  Ward  18 
Coffey  street,  Ward  16 

Hackensack  court,  Ward  20 

Itasca  street,  Ward  18 

Kiernan  road.  Ward  20 

Messinger  street,  Ward  18 
Northdale  road,  Ward  20 
Slocum  road.  Ward  19 

Soldiers  Field  place.  Ward  22 

Surrey  Hill  Lane,  Ward  19 
Webb  park,  Ward  7 


Limits 
Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Ashmont  street 
At  junction  of  Washington  street  to  Newton 

line 
Somerville  city  line  to  Sullivan  square 
Washington  street  to  Centre  street 
Freeport  street  to  Columbia  road,  Dorchester 
avenue  to  Savin  Hill  avenue 


'393"  Streets  Constructed  in  1963 


Limits 

Thatcher  street  to  Collins  street 

Neponset  Valley  Parkway  to  Readville  street 

Neponset  avenue  to  approximately  540  feet 
westerjy 

Hackensack  road  to  approximately  34  5  feet 
southeasterly 

Monterey  avenue  to  approximately  175  feet 
southwesterly  of  Messinger  street 

Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars  Parkway  to  approxi- 
mately 540  feet  northwesterly 

Savannah  avenue  to  Colorado  street 

Joyce  Kilmer  road  to  Gould  street 

Moss  Hill  road  to  approximately  75  feet  north- 
easterly of  Surrey  Hill  Lane 

Soldiers  Field  road  to  approximately  720  feet 
southerly  and  easterly 

Moss  Hill  road  to  Slocum  road 

East  Sixth  street  to  approximately  122  feet 
southerly 


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Street 
Arden  street.  Ward  22 
Bellamy  street,  Ward  22 
Brainerd  road.  Ward  21 
Cushman  road,  Ward  21 
Egremont  road,  Ward  21 
Feneno  terrace,  Ward  21 
Griggs  street,  Ward  21 
Justin  road,  Ward  22 
Lothian  road,  Ward  21 
Malvern  street.  Ward  21 
Park  Vale  avenue.  Ward  21 
Pratt  street,  Ward  21 
St.  Lukes  road.  Ward  21 
Spofford  road.  Ward  21 
Telford  street.  Ward  22 
Waldo  terrace.  Ward  22 
Waverly  street.  Ward  22 


Streets  Reconstruction  in  1963 

Limits 
Hooker  street  to  Coolidge  street 
Burton  street  to  Matchett  street 
Kelton  street  to  Harvard  avenue 
Dustin  street  to  Glencoe  street 
Washington  street  to  Cummings  road 
Brainerd  road  to  Brookline  line 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  Brainerd  road 
Bigelow  street  to  Atkins  street 
Strathmore  road  to  Chiswick  road 
Brighton  avenue  to  Ashford  street 
Brighton  avenue  to  Glenville  avenuie 
Linden  street  to  Wadsworth  street 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  Brighton  avenue 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  GlenviUe  avenue 
Western  avenue  to  Glenville  avenue 
Washington  street  to  Henshaw  street 
Market  street  to  Portsmouth  street 


Contract 
Amount 


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Street 
Charles  street,  Ward  5 
Chestnut  street,  Ward  5 

Dalton  street,  Ward  4 

Fairfield  street,  Ward  5 
Gloucester  street,  W^ard  5 
Grove  street,  Ward  5 
Marlborough  street.  Ward  5 
Newbury  street,  W^ard  5 
Pinckney  street,  Ward  5 
Public  Alley  No.  440,  Ward  5 
Public  Alley  No.  441,  Ward  5 
Public  AUev  No.  442,  Ward  5 
Public  Alley  No.  443,  Ward  5 


Arundel  street.  Ward  21 

Bay  State  road.  Wards  5  and  21 

Buswell  street.  Ward  21 
BjTiner  street,  Ward  10 
Evergreen  street,  Ward  10 
Francis  street,  Wards  4  and  10 
Gainsborough  street.  Ward  4 
Jersey  street.  Ward  5 
Kenmore  street,  Ward  5 
Peterborough  street,  Wards  5 

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Queensberry  street.  Wards  5 

and  21 
St.  Botolph  street,  Ward  4 

Tetlow  street.  Ward  4 


Limits 
Boylston  street  across  Beacon  street 
Charles  street  to  approximately  315  feet  west 

of  Brimmer  street 
Scotia  street  to  approximately  50  feet  north- 
westerly of  Cambria  street 
Beacon  street  to  Boylston  street 
Boylston  street  to  Back  street 
Myrtle  street  to  Revere  street 
Arlington  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue 
Arlington  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue 
Joy  street  to  Charles  street 
Dartmouth  street  to  Exeter  street 
Exeter  street  to  Fairfield  street 
Fairfield  street  to  Gloucester  street 
Gloucester  street  to  Hereford  street 


Beacon  street  to  Mountfort  street 

Beacon   street  to   160  feet  west  of  Granby 

street 
Mountfort  street  to  Park  Drive 
South  Huntington  avenue  to  Jamaicaway 
Day  street  to  South  Huntington  avenue 
Huntington  avenue  to  Brookline  avenue 
Hemenway  street  to  Railroad 
Boylston  street  to  Van  Ness  street 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  Newbury  street 

Park  Drive  to  Park  Drive 

Park  Drive  to  Park  Drive 

Massachusetts   avenue    to   289   feet  beyond 

Gainsborough  street 
Evans  Way  to  Worthington  street 


Contract 
Amount 


Hamilton  street,  Ward  18 
Hilton  street,  Ward  18 
Kennebec  street,  Ward  18 
Lexington  avenue,  Ward  18 
Tampa  street.  Ward  18 
Topahan  street.  Ward  18 
Violante  street,  Ward  18 
Central  avenue,  W^ard  18 

Annabel  street.  Ward  7 
Belden  street,  Ward  7 
Bird  street.  Ward  15 
Ceylon  street.  Wards  13  and  14 
Elder  street.  Ward  7 
Grant  street.  Ward  13 
Holden  street,  Ward  7 
Howell  street,  Ward  7 
Magazine  street.  Ward  8 
Mayhew  street.  Ward  7 
Mt.  Vernon  street,  Ward  7 
Mt.  Vernon  street.  Ward  7 
Pearl  street,  Ward  13 


$264,816  25 


$181,335  10 


Neponset  Valley  Parkway  to  Stanbro  street 
W^est  street  to  Arlington  street 
Mariposa  street  to  Cummins  Highway 
W^estminster  street  to  River  street 
Cummins  Highway  to  Seminole  street 
River  street  to  Edgewater  Drive 
River  street  to  Rockdale  street 
Metropolitan  avenue  to  Webster  street 

Columbia  road  to  Sumner  street 
Humphreys  street  to  Holden  street 
Columbia  road  to  railroad 
Columbia  road  to  Quincy  street 
Columbia  road  to  Humphreys  street 
Crescent  avenue  to  Harbor  View  street 
Columbia  road  to  Belden  street 
Boston  street  to  Washburn  street 
Dudlej'  street  to  Massachusetts  avenue 
Boston  street  to  Roseclair  street 
Boston  street  to  Dorchester  avenue 
Dorchester  avenue  to  Buttonwood  street 
Pleasant  street  to  Dorchester  avenue 


$102,284  00 


$140,671  50 


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Street 
Beaumont  street,  Ward  16 
Becket  street,  Ward  16 
Evans  street,  Ward  17 
Franconia  street.  Ward  16 
Fremont  street.  Ward  18 
Magdala  street,  Ward  16 
Middleton  street,  Ward  14 
Milton  avenue.  Ward  17 
Oakton  avenue.  Ward  16 
Santuit  street.  Ward  16 
Whitridge  street.  Ward  16 
Wilcox  road.  Ward  16 
WoUaston  terrace,  Ward  14 


Addington  road,  Ward  20 

Carrolton  road.  Ward  20 
Hillock  street,  Ward  20 
Homewood  road.  Ward  20 

Orange  street.  Ward  20 
Roslindale  avenue.  Ward  20 

Rustic  road,  Ward  20 
Wellsmere  terrace,  Ward  18 
White  Oak  road,  Ward  20 


Annavoy  street.  Ward  1 
Byron  street.  Ward  1 
Byron  street.  Ward  1 
Chaucer  street.  Ward  1 
Coleridge  street.  Ward  1 
Cowper  street.  Ward  1 
Cowper  street,  Ward  1 
Curtis  street.  Ward  1 
Homer  street.  Ward  1 
Lamson  street,  Ward  1 
London  street.  Ward  1 
Monument  avenue.  Ward  2 
Monument  square.  Ward  2 
Monument  square.  Ward  2 
Moore  street.  Ward  1 
Nancia  street.  Ward  1 
St.  Edward  road.  Ward  1 
Wordsworth  street,  Ward  1 
Wordsworth  street.  Ward  1 


Limits 
Carruth  street  to  Adams  st 
Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Van  Winkle  street 
Morton  street  to  Milton  avenue 
Charlemont  street  to  Adams  street 
Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Babson  street 
Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Van  Winkle  street 
Theodore  street  to  Norfolk  street 
Fairmount  street  to  Norfolk  street 
Adams  street  to  Plain  street 
Roseland  street  to  Welles  avenue 
Milton  street  to  Hill  Top  street 
Beaumont  street  to  Elmer  road 
Woodrow  avenue  to  Jones  avenue 


LaGrange  street  to  approximately  125  feet 

northeast  of  Bonair  street 
Schiller  street  to  Dedham  line 
Walworth  street  to  Beryl  street 
St.    Theresa    avenue    to    350  feet  northeast 

of  St.  Theresa  avenue 
West  Roxbury  Parkway  to  Walworth  street 
West    Roxbury    Parkway    to    approximately 

80  feet  northeast  of  Albano  street 
Bellevue  street  to  Emmonsdale  road 
Wellsmere  road  to  dead  end 
Wren  street  to  Wren  street 


Saratoga  street  to  Bayswater  street 
Saratoga  street  to  Bennington  street 
Bennington  street  to  Coleridge  street 
Moore  street  to  McClellan  Highway 
Byron  street  to  Moore  street 
Moore  street  to  Byron  street 
Byron  street  to  Rice  street 
McClellan  Highway  to  Chelsea  street 
Byron  street  to  Moore  street 
Webster  street  to  Maverick  street 
Porter  street  to  Bennington  street 
Main  street  to  Monument  square 
High  street  to  Concord  street 
Winthrop  street  to  Lexington  street 
Saratoga  street  to  McClellan  Highway 
St.  Andrew  road  to  Bayswater  street 
Saratoga  street  to  beyond  Barnes  avenue 
Bennington  street  to  Saratoga  street 
Saratoga  street  to  McClellan  Highway 


Contract 
Amount 


$193,865  85 


$123,058  05 


$262,873  00 


B  street,  Ward  6 

Bartlett  street,  Ward  2 

Bartlett  street.  Ward  2 

C  street.  Ward  6 

Dr.  Michael  Gavin  Way,  Ward  7 

Franklin  street.  Ward  2 

Gen.     Lawrence  J.  Logan  Way, 

Ward  7 
Mon.  Denis  F.  O'Callaghan  Way, 

Ward  7 


West  Fifth  street  to  Broadway 

School  street  to  Monument  square 

Walker  street  to  Pearl  street 

Old  Colony  avenue  to  West  Seventh  street 

Gen.  Lawrence  J.  Logan  Way  to  Old  Colony 

avenue 
High  street  to  Main  street 
Old  Colony  avenue  to  Gen.  William  H.  Devine 

Way 
Old    Colony    avenue    to    Gen.    Lawrence   J. 

Logan  Way 


Public  Works  Department 


95 


Street 
onument  street,  Ward  2 
ystic  street,  Ward  2 
nger  street.  Ward  7 
ickerman  street.  Ward  7 
est  Fifth  street,  Ward  6 
est  Third  street,  Ward  6 


Limits 
Bunker  Hill  street  to  Monument  square 
Bunker  Hill  street  to  Medford  street 
East  Seventh  street  to  East  Eighth  street 
Dorchester  street  to  Middle  street 
Dorchester  avenue  to  railroad  bridge 
E  street  to  F  street 


Contract 
Amount 


$155,078  50 


ielaide  street,  Ward  19 
veston  street,  Ward  19 
cadia  street,  Ward     11 
iethoven  street,  Ward  11 
)lster  street,  Ward  10 
•ookley  road.  Ward  11 
ill  street.  Ward  11 
ive  street.  Ward  19 
.iot  street.  Ward  19 
athaway  street.  Ward  19 
olbrook  street.  Ward  19 
ss  street.  Ward  11 
ikeville  road.  Ward  19 
;arbury  terrace,  Ward  11 
irkwood  terrace,  Ward  10 
Dnd  Circle,  Ward  19 
ambler  road,  Ward  19 
oseway  street,  Ward  19 
jhool  street,  Ward  11 
saverns  avenue.  Ward  19 
/"oodman  street,  Ward  19 


Boylston  street  to  Spring  Park  avenue 
Roanoke  street  to  Greenough  avenue 
School  street  to  Atherton  street 
Washington  street  to  Arcadia  street 
Wyman  street  to  Mozart  street 
Hale  street  to  Forest  Hills  street 
Hall  street  to  Mc  Bride  street 
Boylston  street  to  Spring  Park  avenue 
Centre  street  to  Pond  street 
Centre  street  to  Bardwell  street 
Dane  street  to  Centre  street 
Porter  street  to  dead  end 
Centre  street  to  Beaufort  road 
Amory  street  to  dead  end 
Parkton  road  to  Jamaicaway 
Pond  street  to  Pond  street 
Centre  street  to  480  feet  northwesterly 
Centre  street  to  dead  end 
Amory  street  to  Washington  street 
Elm  street  to  Alveston  street 
Joseph  street  to  Custer  street 


$200,233  10 


Icorn  street,  Ward  21 
llston  street,  Ward  21 
rlington  street.  Ward  22 

rthur  street,  Ward  22 
-shford  street,  Ward  21 
lagnal  street,  Ward  22 
layard  street,  Ward  22 
irentwood  street,  Ward  22 
'arrington  avenue,  Ward  21 
'ordham  road,  Ward  21 
'ranklin  street.  Ward  22 
iardner  street,  Ward  21 
ilenville  avenue.  Ward  21 
iordon  street,  Ward  21 
lano  street,  Ward  22 
Eerrick  street,  Ward  22 
lolman  street.  Ward  22 
mrie  road.  Ward  21 
/lonastery  road,  Ward  21 
/[urdock  street.  Ward  22 
laymond  street,  Ward  22 
ieedsdale  street.  Ward  21 
;outh  Street,  Wards  21  and  22 

Itrathmore  road.  Ward  21 
Jnion  street.  Wards  21  and  22 
Yilton  street,  Ward  22 


Commonwealth  avenue  to  Ashford  street 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  Brighton  avenue. 
Northerly   side   Parsons   street   to   Leicester 

street 
North  Beacon  street  to  Hichborn  street 
Linden  street  to  across  Malvern  street 
Holton  street  to  Aldie  street 
North  Harvard  street  to  Myrick  street 
Everett  street  to  Athol  street 
Linden  street  to  Harvard  street 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  Brighton  avenue 
Alcott  street  to  North  Harvard  street 
Malvern  street  to  Harvard  av 
Harvard  street  to  Allston  street 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  Colon  street 
Cambridge  street  to  Braintree  street 
North  Beacon  street  to  Hichborn  street 
Coolidge  road  to  Hooker  street 
Cambridge  street  to  beyond  High  Rock  Way 
Washington  street  to  Colbourne  road 
Mapleton  street  to  North  Beacon  street 
Franklin  street  to  Riverdale  street 
Commonwealth  avenue  to  Brighton  avenue 
Chestnut    Hill    avenue    to    Commonwealth 

avenue 
Chestnut  Hill  avenue  to  Brookline  line 
Winship  street  to  Monastery  road 
Cambridge  street  to  Braintree  street 


$404,339  80 


96 


City  Document  No.  18 


Street 
Brent  street,  Wards  16  and  17 
Capen  street,  Ward  17 
Castle  Rock  street,  Ward  13 
Claybourne   street.    Wards   15 

and  17 
Deer  street.  Ward  15 
Favre  street.  Ward  18 
Granville  street.  Ward  16 
Hiidreth  street,  Ward  14 
Paisley  park,  Ward  16 
Rockmere  street,  Ward  13 
Sagamore  street,  Ward  13 
Spaulding  street,  Ward  16 
Tennis  road,  Ward  18 
Wild  wood  street,  Ward  14 


Limits 
Washington  street  to  Talbot  avenue 
Norfolk  street  to  Fuller  street 
Grampian  Way  to  Caspian  Way 

Bowdoin  street  to  Dakota  street 

Savin  Hill  avenue  to  Melvinside  terrace 

Cummins  Highway  to  Messinger  street 

Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Milton  street 

Wildwood  street  to  dead  end 

Upland  avenue  to  Bournside  street 

Caspian  Way  to  Grampian  Way 

Savin  Hill  avenue  to  Sudan  street 

Train  street  to  Daly  street 

Blue  Hill  avenue  to  760  feet  northwesterly 

Morton  street  to  Middleton  street 


Contract 
Amoimt 


$132,907  1( 


Albemarle  street,  Ward  4 

Clark  street,  Ward  3 

Exchange  place,  Ward  3 

Hull  street,  Ward  3 

North  Grove  street,  Ward  3 

North  square.  Ward  3 

North  street.  Ward  3 

Prince  street,  Ward  3 

Providence  street,  Wards  4  and  5 

Quaker  Lane,  Ward  3 

Salem  street.  Ward  3 

Sheafe  street.  Ward  3 

St.  Botolph  street.  Ward  4 

Tufts  street.  Ward  3 

Water  street,  Ward  3 


St.  Botolph  street  to  railroad 
Hanover  street  to  Commercial  street 
Kilby  street  to  Congress  street 
Snow  Hill  street  to  Salem  street 
Cambridge  street  to  Fruit  street 
North  street  to  Moon  street 
Commercial  street  to  Cross  street 
Commercial  street  to  Hanover  street 
Berkeley  street  to  Clarendon  street 
Congress  street  to  Congress  street 
Cross  street  to  Charter  street 
Salem  street  to  Snow  Hill  street 
Massachusetts  avenue  to  West  Newton  street 
Lincoln  street  to  South  street 
Washington  street  to  Broad  street 


$234,121  3( 


Beacon  street 


Arlington    street    to    Charlesgate    East   and 
Charlesgate  West  to  Raleigh  street 


$128,566  21 


Awarded  in  1963  —  To  Be  Completed  in  1964 

Bayswater  street  Saratoga  street  to  Annavoy  street 

Waldemar  avenue  Walley  street  to  Crestway  road 


$122,711  50i 


Albion  street 
Bonad  road 
Clifford  street 
Colbert  street 
Huntington  avenue 
March  avenue 
Paul  Gore  street 
Ravenna  road 
Readville  street 
Robeson  street 
Tyndale  street 
Winton  street 


Beacon  street  to  Highland  street 

Weld  street  to  Brookline  line 

Neponset  Valley  Parkway  to  Stanbro  street 

Centre  street  to  Guernsey  street 

River  street  to  Thatcher  street 

Bellevue  street  to  Park  street 

Centre  street  to  Lamartine  street 

Weld  street  to  Cerdan  avenue 

River  street  to  Knight  street 

Sigourney  street  to  Forest  Hills  street 

Guernsey  street  to  Walworth  street 

Beech  street  to  dead  end 


$266,831  9^ 


Public  Works  Department 


97 


Street 
Regina  Road  Footway 
Massachusetts  avenue 
Rutherford  avenue 


Limits 
Dorchester 

Boston  at  Chester  park 
Between    Union    street 

Charlestown 
East  Boston 


and    Austin    street. 


Carey  square 

Dorchester  avenue 

Dorchester  avenue 

Dorchester  avenue 

Dorchester  avenue 

Hayden  street  Roxbury 

Roxbury  Crossing 

Northdale  road  at  Oakmere  street  West  Roxbury 

Mt.  Vernon  street  Dorchester 


Contract 
Amount 


Installation  and  repairs  to  highway  fences  and  guard  rails 


$19,643  00 


Broadway  and  Arlington 

streets  (Chapter  90) 
Congress  street  (Chapter  90) 
D  street  (Chapter  90) 
Columbus  avenue  (Chapter  90) 
Quincy  street  (Chapter  90) 
Savin  Hill  avenue  (Chapter  90) 


Washington  street  to  Park  square,  Boylston 

street  to  Isabella  street 
Fort  Point  Channel  Bridge  to  Stillings  street 
Dorchester  avenue  to  Cypher  street 
Massachusetts  avenue  to  Tremont  street 
Columbia  road  to  Bowdoin  street 
Treadway  road  to  Savin  Hill  court  (various 

locations) 


$40,714  75 
37,251  00 
96,743  00 

124,986  75 
53,446  50 

53,292  50 

$1,420,640  20 


Alabama  street 
Ashland  street 
Beach  street 
Blanche  street 
Caspian  Way 
Ellington  street 
Everdean  street 
Everett  street 
Florida  street 
Granite  street 
Intervale  street 
Lawrence  avenue 
Marden  avenue 
Mill  street 
Northern  avenue 
Parish  street 
Park  street 
Southwick  street 


Currier  street  to  Monterey  avenue 
Park  street  to  Everdean  street 
Park  street  to  Freeport  street 
Green  HiU  street  to  Victory  road 
Savin  Hill  avenue  to  Savin  Hill  park 
Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Greenwood  street 
Ashland  street  to  Victory  road 
Park  street  to  Mill  street 
Ashmont  street  to  King  street 
Mt.  Washington  avenue  to  Baldwin  street 
Blue  Hill  avenue  to  Columbia  road 
Blue  HiU  avenue  to  Magnolia  street 
Willowwood  street  to  dead  end 
Freeport  street  to  Victory  road 
Ramp  street  to  across  Trilling  Way 
Winter  street  to  dead  end 
Washington  street  to  Norwell  street 
Freeport  street  to  Neponset  avenue 


$354,439  25 


Beech  street 

Beechmont  street 
Beechmont  Footway 
Edgeway  terrace 
Goff  street 
Leseur  road 
Maida  terrace 
New  Park  avenue 
Ralwood  road 
Ranley  road 


50  feet  southeast  of  Alpheus  road  to  Beech- 
mont Footway 
Sherrin  street  to  Beechmont  Footway 
Beechmont  street  to  Beech  street 
Dale  street  to  dead  end 
Sherrin  street  to  Lodgehill  road 
Fairmount  avenue  to  dead  end 
River  street  to  dead  end 
Beech  street  to  West  Roxbury  Parkway 
Ralston  road  to  Ranley  road 
Greenfield  road  to  Ralwood  road 


$250,580  00 


98 


City  Document  No.  18 


Stbeet 
Dana  Avenue  Footway 
Johnswood  road  (stairs) 
Penryth  street 
Wait  street 
Overlook    road     (stairway 

Washington  street) 
Mascot  street 
Northwood  street 
Gladstone  street  (stairs) 
Brookway'road 
Johnswood  road 
Haverhill  street 
Carleton  street 
Prescott  street 
Claremont  street 
Marginal  street 
West  street 
Birchland  avenue 
Northern  avenue 


to 


Limits 
Hyde  Park 
West  Roxbury 
Roxbury 
Roxbury 

West  Roxbury 
Dorchester 
East  Boston 
East  Boston 
Roslindale 
West  Roxbury 
Charlestown 
South  End 
East  Boston 
South  End 
East  Boston 
Hyde  Park 
West  Roxbury 
South  Boston 


Contract 
Amount 


Public  Works  Department  99 

TABLE  3 

SUMMARY  OF  COST  OF  CONTRACT  STREET 
CONSTRUCTION  AND  RECONSTRUCTION  WORK 
PERFORMED  IN  HIGHWAY  DIVISION  DURING 
1963. 

Chapter  90  Projects 

Paving  work $401,879  88 

*'393"  Streets  Constructed..      $283,569  25 

Streets  Reconstructed 2,667,968  90 

Awarded  in  1963 — to  be  com- 
pleted in  1964 1,420,640  20 

4,372,178  35 

Total $4,774,058  23 


TABLE   4 

HIGHWAY   MAINTENANCE   WORK 

Bituminous    roadway    repairs    (tempo- 
rary)           93,265  square  yards 

Bituminous    sidewalk    repairs    (tempo- 
rary)           19,152  square  yards 

Artificial  stone  sidewalk  replaced     .        .  25,070  square  feet 
Permanent  bituminous  concrete  roadway 

repairs 4,508  square  yards 

Brick  sidewalk  repaired     ....  503  square  yards 

Edgestone  set 300  lineal  feet 

Edgestone  reset 610  lineal  feet 

Debris  removed  from  streets     .        .        .  137,508  cubic  yards 

Salt  used 18,996  tons 

Sand  used  for  icy  streets    ....  14,935  tons 

Snow  removal 60,394  cubic  yards 

Catch  basins  cleaned          ....  4,518  units 
Bituminous    concrete    sidewalk    repairs 

(permanent) 4,508  square  yards 


In  addition  to  the  above,  we  have  a  grass  cutting  crew  con- 
sisting of  three  (3)  men,  five  (5)  days  a  week,  from  April  to 
November,  cutting  grass  throughout  the  city,  reservations, 
center  islands,  etc.  Also,  the  repairing  of  steps,  tunnels,  pas- 
sageways and  guard  rails.  Picking  up  dead  animals  and  all 
other  related  work  pertaining  to  the  maintenance  of  highways. 


100  City  Document  No.  18 

TABLE  5 
STREET   LIGHTS 

In  1963,  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of 
3,500  lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting 
units  on  the  following  streets : 

Adams  street,  Roxbury 7 

Ambrose  street,  Roxbury 3 

Alexander  street,  Dorchester 6 

Annavoy  street.  East  Boston 3 

Annabel  street,  Dorchester 3 

Ashford  street,  Brighton 15 

Arthur  street,  Brighton 4 

Averton  street.  West  Roxbury 7 

Anawan  terrace.  West  Roxbury 1 

Albright  street.  West  Roxb"ury 2 

Arbor  view  road.  West  Roxbury 4 

Adelaide  street.  West  Roxbury 4 

Alhambra  street.  West  Roxbury 3 

Atwill  road,  West  Roxbury 3 

Autumn  street,  West  Roxbury 2 

Athol  street,  Brighton 7 

Ashley  street,  East  Boston 7 

Alcorn  street,  Brighton 4 

Altacrest  road,  West  Roxbury 2 

Augustus  avenue.  West  Roxbury 9 

Alabama  street,  Dorchester         ......  9 

Albion  street,  Hyde  Park 3 

Ayles  street,  Hyde  Park 7 

Bragdon  street.  West  Roxbury 4 

Batchelder  street,  Dorchester 3 

Burrell  street,  Dorchester 9 

Byron  street.  East  Boston 14 

Bayswater  street.  East  Boston 17 

Belden  street,  Dorchester 6 

Bynner  street,  Roxbury 11 

Buswell  street,  Boston 3 

Bagnel  street,  Brighton 2 

Bayard  street,  Brighton 5 

Brentwood  street,  Brighton 6 

Burnett  street.  West  Roxbury 5 

Bonad  road.  West  Roxbury 5 

Brookley  road.  West  Roxbury 8 

Basile  street.  West  Roxbury 4 

Beaumont  street,  Dorchester 9 

Brook  vale  street,  Dorchester 4 

Braeburn  road,  Hyde  Park 6 

Barry  street,  Hyde  Park 4 

Brucewood  street.  West  Roxbury 3 


Public  Works  Department 


101 


Burnside  avenue,  West  Roxbury 
Byrd  avenue,  West  Roxbury 
Brier  road,  West  Roxbury    . 
Bobolink  street,  West  Roxbury 
Birchland  avenue,  West  Roxbury 
Bogandale  road.  West  Roxbury 
Business  street,  Hyde  Park 
Brush  Hill  terrace,  Hyde  Park 
Brockton  street,  Dorchester 
B  street,  Hyde  Park 
BroAvn  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Burwell  road,  West  Roxbury 
Bryant  road,  West  Roxbury 
Chesterfield  street,  Hyde  Park 
Como  road,  Hyde  Park 
Caledonian  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Creston  street,  Roxbury 
Constance  road,  West  Roxbury 
Cornauba  street.  West  Roxbury 
C  street.  South  Boston 
Ceylon  street,  Dorchester     . 
Co\Vper  street.  East  Boston 
Caspian  Way,  Dorchester     . 
Clive  street.  West  Roxbury 
Central  avenue  Hyde  Park  . 
Capital  street.  West  Roxbury 
Capen  street,  Dorchester 
Clifford  street,  Hyde  Park   . 
Colgate  road,  West  Roxbury 
Carrolton  road.  West  Roxbury 
Charlotte  street,  Dorchester 
Clermont  street,  Dorchester 
Chestnut  street,  Hyde  Park 
Calvin  road.  West  Roxbury 
Chaime  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Courtney  road.  West  Roxbury 
Celia  road.  West  Roxbury    . 
Colberg  a^'enue,  West  Roxbury 
Chapel  road,  Hyde  Park 
Colborne  road,  Brighton 
Cedrus  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Chiswick  road,  Brighton 
Coffey  street,  Dorchester 
Claron  street.  West  Roxbury 
Corey  road,  Brighton    . 
Colorado  street,  Dorchester 
Canterbury  street.  West  Roxbury 
Coleridge  street.  East  Boston 
Curtis  street,  East  Boston   . 
Castle  Rock  street,  Dorchester 


3 
3 
3 
2 
4 
4 

13 
3 
6 
3 

14 
3 
3 

11 

11 
5 
4 
6 
4 
2 
9 

12 
4 
3 

19 
2 

12 

13 
2 
5 
7 
2 
4 
4 
4 

10 
1 
3 
4 
8 
6 
4 
6 
1 

12 
9 

19 
5 
3 
2 


102 


City  Document  No.  18 


Call  street,  West  Roxbury   . 
Cliftondale  street,  West  Roxbury 
Dariia  street,  Dorchester 
Danny  road,  Hyde  Park 
DeStefano  road,  West  Roxbury 
Dunwell  street,  West  Roxbury 
Dix  street,  Dorchester  . 
Duncan  street,  Dorchester 
Dustin  street,  Brighton 
Drury  road,  Hyde  Park 
Edge  Hill  street,  Roxbury 
Ernst  street,  Roxbury  . 
Evans  street,  Dorchester 
Ellison  avenue,  Doschester 
Edgebrook  road,  West  Roxbury 
Edgewater  Drive,  Dorchester 
Edwardson  street,  Hyde  Park 
Edgemere  road.  West  Roxbury 
Fulton  street,  Hyde  Park     . 
Fairbanks  street,  Brighton  . 
Florian  street,  West  Roxbury 
Farrington  avenue,  Brighton 
Florence  street.  West  Roxbury 
Franconia  street,  Dorchester 
Francesca  street.  West  Roxbury 
Fernwood  road.  West  Roxbury 
Franklin  street,  Hyde  Park 
Fairlane  road,  West  Roxbury 
Frazer  street,  Hyde  Park     . 
Farve  street,  Dorchester 
Frankfort  street.  East  Boston 
Furbush  road.  West  Roxbury 
Father  Toma  road,  East  Boston 
Gay  Head  street,  Roxbury  . 
Grampian  Way,  Dorchester 
Gordon  street,  Brighton 
Gordon  avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Guernsey  street,  West  Roxbury 
Granfield  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Granville  street,  Dorchester 
Graham  terrace,  West  Roxbury 
Gretter  road.  West  Roxbury 
Greaton  road,  West  Roxbury 
Gilmore  terrace.  West  Roxbury 
Glenhaven  road,  West  Roxbury 
Glenwood  avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Glenellen  road.  West  Roxbury 
Grandview  street,  West  Roxbury 
Greenwood  Circle,  Hyde  Park 
Greenwood  avenue,  Hyde  Park 


Public  Works  Department  103 

Hewlett  street,  West  Roxbury 9 

Holworthy  street,  Roxbury 2 

Halford  road.  West  Roxbury 2 

Howard  avenue,  Dorchester 7 

Howitt  road,  West  Roxbury 8 

Hathaway  street,  West  Roxbury 2 

Homer  street,  East  Boston 3 

Humphreys  place,  Dorchester 3 

Holman  street,  Brighton 3 

Hano  street,  Brighton 8 

Herrick  street,  Brighton 2 

Hawthorne  street,  West  Roxbury 7 

Hackensack  road,  West  Roxbury 13 

Heldun  street.  West  Roxbury 3 

Hillock  street.  West  Roxbury 7 

Hamilton  street,  Hyde  Park 10 

Hilton  street,  Hyde  Park 3 

Hyde  Park  avenue,  Hyde  Park 13 

Hebron  street,  Hyde  Park 3 

Hiawatha  road,  Dorchester 7 

Hutchinson  street,  Dorchester 2 

Hastings  street,  Dorchester 3 

Harmony  street.  East  Boston 2 

Hooker  street,  Brighton 7 

Holton  street,  Brighton 12 

Highgate  street,  Brighton 3 

Home  wood  road.  West  Roxbury 2 

Highfield  street.  West  Roxbury 4 

Harmon  street,  Dorchester 7 

Harding  road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Hildreth  street,  Dorchester 2 

Hall  street.  West  Roxbury 2 

Imbaro  road,  Hyde  Park 5 

Imrie  road,  Brighton 5 

Ivory  street.  West  Roxbury 3 

lona  street.  West  Roxbury 6 

Itasca  street,  Dorchester 21 

Jess  street.  West  Roxbury 1 

Jennett  avenue.  West  Roxbury 1 

Joyce  Kilmer  road,  West  Roxbury 8 

June  street.  West  Roxbury 3 

Juliette  street,  Dorchester 4 

Kiernan  road.  West  Roxbury 3 

Keith  street,  West  Roxbury 10 

Kittredge  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 1 

Kennebec  street,  Dorchester 5 

Leicester  street,  Brighton .  18 

Lamson  street,  East  Boston 7 

Larch  place,  West  Roxbury 1 

Libby  street.  West  Roxbury 2 


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Livingstone  street,  Dorchester 
Landor  road,  Dorchester  .    . 
Lila  road.  West  Roxbury 
Landseer  street.  West  Roxbury 
Lorette  street.  West  Roxbury 
London  street.  East  Boston 
Lake  Shore  road,  Brighton  . 
Larch  street,  Brighton  . 
Laurie  street,  West  Roxbury 
Lindall  street.  West  Roxbury 
Leland  road,  West  Roxbury 
Lucerne  street,  Dorchester  . 
Lewiston  street,  Hyde  Park 
Lodgehill  road,  Hyde  Park 
Lorna  road,  Dorchester 
Minden  street,  Roxbury 
Mansur  street,  Roxbury 
Miles  street,  Roxbury  . 
Manila  avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Marshfield  street,  Roxbury 
Marden  avenue,  Dorchester 
Margin  street,  Hyde  Park    . 
Marginal  street.  East  Boston 
Mt.  Vernon  street,  Dorchester 
Monaster}'  road,  Brighton    . 
Mt.  Calvary  road.  West  Roxbury 
Magdala  street,  Dorchester 
Myopia  road,  Hyde  Park     . 
Mariposa  street,  Hyde  Park 
Manthorne  road,  West  Roxbury 
Marlin  road,  West  Roxbury 
Martin  street.  West  Roxbury 
March  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Moore  street,  East  Boston  . 
Matchett  street,  Brighton    . 
Meadowview  road,  Hyde  Park 
Melba  Way,  Hyde  Park 
Montmorenci  avenue.  East  Boston 
Mt.  Hope  street.  West  Roxbury 
Moss  Hill  road,  West  Roxbury 
Mildred  avenue,  Dorchester 
Meadow  road,  Hyde  Park    . 
Malverna  road,  West  Roxbury 
Mt.  Ida  road,  Dorchester     . 
No.  Crescent  court,  Brighton 
Nancia  street.  East  Boston 
Northdale  road  and  extension,  West 
Newhall  street,  Dorchester  . 
New  Bedford  street,  Hyde  Park 
New  Haven  street.  West  Roxbury 


Roxbury 


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Orkney  road,  Brighton 
Orchard  Park  street,  Roxbury 
Orange  street,  West  Roxbury 
Oakton  avenue,  Dorchester 
O'Connell  road,  Dorchester 
Orchardhill  road.  West  Roxbury 
Oak  street,  Hyde  Park 
Providence  street,  Hyde  Park 
Porter  street,  West  Roxbury 
Paul  Gore  street.  West  Roxbury 
Potomac  street.  West  Roxbury 
Pomona  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Perkins  avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Peak  Hill  road.  West  Roxbury 
Perthshire  road,  Brighton     . 
Perham  street.  West  Roxbury 
Prospect  street,  Hyde  Park 
Patterson  street,  Dorchester 
Pine  Ridge  road,  Dorchester 
Pheasant  street.  West  Roxbury 
Prescott  street,  Hyde  Park  . 
Patten  street.  West  Roxbury 
Parklawn  road.  West  Roxbury 
Parker  street,  Hyde  Park     . 
Quarley  road.  West  Roxbury 
Round  Hill  street,  Roxbury 
Running  Brook  road.  West  Roxbury 
Robey  street,  Dorchester 
Rockmere  street,  Dorchester 
Robeson  street,  West  Roxbury 
Rustic  road.  West  Roxbury 
Reedsdale  street,  Brighton  . 
Roslindale  avenue.  West  Roxbury 
Rockland  street,  West  Roxbury 
Ranley  road.  West  Roxbury 
Ravenna  road,  West  Roxbury 
Rambler  road,  West  Roxbury 
Raymond  street,  Brighton    . 
Radcliffe  road,  Hyde  Park   . 
Rainier  road,  Hyde  Park 
Ralwood  road,  Hyde  Park   . 
Ruskindale  road,  Hyde  Park 
Reddy  avenue^  Hyde  Park  . 
Rosa  street,  Hyde  Park 
Rosecliff  terrace.  West  Roxbury 
Ruffing  street,  Hyde  Park    . 
Rowley  street,  Dorchester    . 
Richmere  road,  Dorchester  . 
Rugdale  road,  Dorchester     . 
Readville  street,  Hyde  Park 


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Robin  street,  West  Roxbury 8 

Rodman  street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Rogers  Park  avenue,  Brighton 4 

Rockwell  street,  Dorchester 8 

Schiller  street,  Roxbury 4 

Souther  road,  Dorchester 2 

Sunset  Hill  road.  West  Roxbury 6 

Shaw  street.  West  Roxbury 4 

Sherrin  street,  Hyde  Park 5 

St.  Edward  road.  East  Boston 6 

Searle  road,  West  Roxbury 8 

Sycamore  street.  West  Roxbury 8 

School  street.  West  Roxbury 3 

Selma  street.  East  Boston 3 

St.  Clare  road,  Dorchester 1 

Swan  street.  West  Roxbury 2 

Spinney  street.  West  Roxbury 2 

Sparrow  street.  West  Roxbury 4 

South  Crescent  Circuit,  Brighton 5 

Sierra  road,  Hyde  Park 1 

Sea  View  avenue,  East  Boston 4 

Sherbrook  street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Stimson  street.  West  Roxbury 18 

Salman  street,  West  Roxbury 11 

Stanbro  street,  Hyde  Park 8 

Swift  street  and  terrace,  East  Boston        ....  4 

Seaverns  avenue.  West  Roxbury 6 

Summer  street,  Hyde  Park 2 

Schiller  road.  West  Roxbury 4 

Thompson  street,  Hyde  Park 6 

Tebroc  street,  Dorchester 1 

Tanglewood  road,  Dorchester 1 

Taylor  street,  Dorchester 7 

Taunton  avenue,  Hyde  Park 17 

Tileston  street,  Hyde  Park 6 

Tracton  avenue,  Hyde  Park 1 

Topalian  street,  Dorchester 2 

Tobin  road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Temple  street,  West  Roxbury 26 

Tyler  street,  Hyde  Park 7 

Tacoma  street,  Hyde  Park 7 

Tampa  street,  Dorchester 4 

Thatcher  street,  Hyde  Park 9 

Tuckerman  street.  South  Boston 3 

Tennis  road,  Dorchester 6 

Vallaro  road,  Hyde  Park 8 

Valley  road,  Dorchester 4 

Violante  street,  Dorchester 2 

Westmoor  road.  West  Roxbury 6 

Woodley  avenue,  West  Roxbury 5 


Public  Works  Department  107 

Westmoor  Circle,  West  Roxbury 1 

Westmoor  terrace,  West  Roxbury 2 

Worley  street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Wales  street,  Dorchester 4 

Wordsworth  street.  East  Boston 5 

White  Oak  road.  West  Roxbury 3 

Wilton  street,  Brighton 3 

Wichita  terrace,  Dorchester 1 

Westchester  road,  West  Roxbury 13 

Whitridge  street,  Dorchester 3 

Wilcox  road,  Dorchester 3 

Walnut  street,  Dorchester 11 

Wollaston  terrace,  Dorchester 2 

Welton  road,  West  Roxbury 1 

Willow  street,  West  Roxbury 19 

West  Sorrento  street,  Brighton 2 

Walter  street,  Hyde  Park 6 

Warren  avenue,  Hyde  Park 18 

Wm.  Jackson  avenue,  Brighton 3 

Wilmington  street,  Dorchester 7 

Weybosset  street,  Dorchester 5 

Woodhaven  street,  Dorchester 11 

Waverly  street,  Brighton 8 

Westminster  street,  Hyde  Park 3 

Weld  Hill  street.  West  Roxbury 7 

Wellsmere  terrace.  West  Roxbury 2 

Woodard  street.  West  Roxbury 12 

Westbank  street,  East  Boston 1 

Winton  street.  West  Roxbury 3 

Yorkto\Mi  street.  West  Roxbury 1 

New  Lighting  Installed  —  Not  Modernized 

Units 

Belle  avenue.  West  Roxbury 4 

Creston  park,  Roxbury 1 

Decatur  street.  East  Boston 2 

Eatonia  street,  Brighton 1 

Greenhalge  street,  Dorchester 1 

]\Iichael  road,  West  Roxbury 1 

Northdale  road,  West  Roxbury 2 

Northdale  terrace.  West  Roxbury 1 

Westbrook  street,  East  Boston 1 

Webb  park.  South  Boston 1 


108  City  Document  No.  18 

In  1963,  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of 
7,000  lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting 
units  on  the  following  streets: 


Appleton  street,  Boston 15 

Allston  street,  Brighton 20 

B  street,  South  Boston 9 

Clark  street,  Boston 4 

Devine  Way,  South  Boston 8 

Exchange  place,  Boston 2 

Franklin  street,  Brighton 9 

Frankfort  street,  East  Boston 2 

Gay  Head  street,  Roxbury 1 

Gardner  street,  West  Roxbury            22 

Greenfield  road,  Dorchester 13 

Huntington  avenue,  Hyde  Park 22 

Hull  street,  Boston 7 

Kenmore  street,  BostonRbry 2 

Kenrick  street,  Brighton 11 

Kittredge  street,  West  Roxbury 13 

Logan  Way,  South  Boston 9 

Murdock  street,  Brighton 13 

Milton  avenue,  Dorchester 9 

Moore  street.  East  Boston 1 

Metropolitan  avenue,  Hyde  Park 11 

Monastery  road,  Brighton 7 

North  street,  Boston 14 

O'Callaghan  Way,  South  Boston 13 

Park  street,  Dorchester 19 

Park  street.  West  Roxbury 23 

Prince  street,  Boston 15 

Quaker  Lane,  Boston 2 

Round  Hill  street,  Roxbury 1 

Richmond  street,  Dorchester 2 

Strathmore  road,  Brighton 17 

South  street,  Brighton 5 

St.  Botolph  street,  Boston 15 

Swift  street,  East  Boston 2 

Sheafe  street,  Boston 4 

Salem  street,  Boston 13 

Tufts  street,  Boston 2 

West  Third  street.  South  Boston 5 

Westminster  street,  Hyde  Park 18 

Water  street,  Boston 8 

Wirt  street,  Brighton 2 


Public  Works  Department  109 

In  1963,  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of 
11,000  lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting 
units  on  the  following  streets: 


Adams  street,  Dorchester 23 

Arlington  street,  Brighton 16 

Boylston  street,  West  Roxbury 22 

Brock  street,  Brighton 6 

Beechcroft  street,  Brighton 6 

Boardman  street.  East  Boston 11 

Centre  street,  Dorchester 11 

Cornell  street.  West  Roxbury 24 

D  street.  South  Boston 42 

Freeport  street,  Dorchester 7 

Fairraount  avenue,  Hyde  Park 15 

La  Grange  street.  West  Roxbury 61 

Old  Colony  terrace,  Dorchester 2 

Parsons  street,  Brighton 17 

Quincy  street,  Dorchester 13 

Sparhawk  street,  Brighton 6 

Walworth  street,  West  Roxbury 25 

Walter  street.  West  Roxbury 24 


In  1963,  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of 
20,000  lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting 
units  on  the  following  streets : 


Adams  street,  Dorchester 69 

Arlington  street,  Boston 12 

Beacon  street,  Boston 42 

Bowdoin  street,  Dorchester 11 

Broadway,  Boston 15 

Ceylon  street,  Dorchester 1 

D  street.  South  Boston 1 

Freeport  street,  Dorchester 20 

Geneva  avenue,  Dorchester 50 

Market  street,  Brighton 4 

Morton  street,  Dorchester 25 

Norfolk  street,  Dorchester 53 

Robert  street.  West  Roxbury 9 

Saratoga  street,  East  Boston 10 

Talbot  avenue,  Dorchester 33 


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In  1963,  an  order  was  issued  for  the  installation  of 
35,000  lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting 
units  on  the  following  street : 
Washington  street,  Boston 3 

Gas  Lamp  Program 
During  the  year  1963,  there  were  approximately  228 
gas  lamps  maintained  by  the  City  of  Boston.    There  were 
44  gas  lamps  installed  for  the  j^ear  1963. 

Maintenance  of  Police  Spotlights 
The  maintenance  of  97  police  spotlights  continued 
for  the  year  1963.    There  were  no  new  installations  for 
the  year  1963. 

TABLE   6 
DETAILS  OF  EXPENDITURES  OF  TIDEWATER  BRIDGES  FOR  THE  YEAR 

1963 


Bridge 

Draw- 
tenders' 
Salaries 

Mechanics' 
Wages 

Material 

Repair 
BiUs 

Utflfties,' 
Etc. 

Total 

Chelsea  Street 

$53,283  94 
24,109  17 
59,926  25 
66,193  18 
70,408  22 

22,141  25 

42,976  32 

$485  20 
922  08 
1,510  15 
1,925  25 
9,866  40 

4,492  45 

2,713  73 

$236  37 
185  52 
301  39 
169  64 
2.459  26 

1,146  05 

584  62 

$1,215  03 

1,594  91 
639  93 
969  97 

1,211  04 

594  17 

$528  24 

414  81 

643  49 

1,375  61 

2,715  01 

188  92 

485  76 

$55,748  78 

Congress  Street 

Maiden  Bridge 

Andrew  P.  McArdle.... 

Northern  Avenue 

Summer     Street     (Fort 
Point  Channel) 

Summer  Street  (L  St.) 
(Reserved  Channel). 

25,631  58 
63,976  19 
70,303  61 
86,418  86 

29,179  71 

47,354  60 

Totals 

$338,938  33 

$21,915  26 

$5,082  85 

$6,225  05 

$6,351  84 

$378,613  33 

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TABLE   8 

EXPENDITURES   ON    INLAND   BRIDGES 
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Labor  Materials  Total 

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The  above  figures  represent  total  cost  of  maintenance, 
repairs  on  inland  bridges,  namely  footbridges  over 
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TABLE  I 

PAYMENT    TO    REFUSE    COLLECTION    CONTRACTORS    FIRST    THREE 

MONTHS  — JANUARY,    FEBRUARY,    MARCH 


District 

Contractor 

Total  3  Months, 
Payments 

$12,345  64 

41,219  89 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston 

34,134  08 

2  Jamaica  Plain 

3  Dorchester  (North) 

4  Brighton 

39,237  36 

71,675  49 

J   F   Ryan   Inc                                      

58,378  90 

21,032  40 

F  J  Cavaliere  &  Co                                 

50,737  14 

7        Dorchester  (South) 

71,537  14 

24,376  84 

9        East  Boston 

24,593  86 

29,083  99 

lOB     Roxbury 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston 

45,513  93 

First  3  Months'  Total 

$523,867  29 

PAYMENTS     TO     REFUSE     COLLECTION     CONTRACTORS     LAST     NINE 
MONTHS  — APRIL    I,    TO   DECEMBER  31,    INCLUSIVE 


District 

Contractor 

Total  9  Months, 
Payments 

$38,436  60 

126,825  61 

IC     Uptown 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston 

105,154  95 

126,435  46 

3        Dorchester  (North) 

Dooley  Brothers  Inc                                          

219,419  77 

187,318  70 

5        South  Boston 

63,565  68 

6        West  Roxbury 

F   J   Cavaliere  &  Co. .  .                 

168,724  92 

234,189  87 

8        Hyde  Park 

77,466  42 

76,110  90 

lOA     Parker  Hill-Fens 

92,331   13 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston 

141,971  24 

$1,657,951  25 

$523,867  29 

Collection  grand  total . . 

$2,181,818  54 

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TABLE   2 

SUMMARY   OF   PAYMENT 

Expenditures  in  1963: 
Payments  to  refuse  collection  contractors  .  $2,181,818 
Payments  for  rental  of  Saugus  dump  .  24,750 
Payments  for  removal  of  garbage  .  .  26,100 
Payments  for  disposal  of  rejected  material  14,131 
Payments  for  removal  of  derelict  auto- 
mobiles          9,991 


Total  collection  and  disposal  contract  payments        .  $2,256,790 

Payroll  totals  were  as  follows: 

Administrative  and  General  Services         .  $64,667 

Collection  Section 409,137 

Disposal  Section 503,320 

Total  payrolls $977,124 

Overtime  payrolls 140,052 

Total  Sanitary  Division  payrolls 1,117,176 

Incinerator    operation    and    maintenance    costs    (other 

than  labor) 92,509 

Payments  on  other  contracts 37,228 

Supplies  and  materials  (other  than  incinerator)  .       .       .  24,875 

Miscellaneous  (advertising)     .        .        .        .        .        .        .  3,900 

Grand  total  expenditure $3,532,478 


116  City  Document  No.  18 

TABLE  3 

DISPOSAL   SECTION  — SANITARY   DIVISION 

Expenditures: 

Personal  services $503,320 

Contractual  services  for  maintenance       .       .  70,095 

Electric  power 22,727 

Supplies  and  materials  (not  including  fuel  oil)  24,415 

Fuel  oil 4,146 

Equipment  (purchased  and  rented)   .       ,       .  250 

Total  operating  cost $624,953 

Incinerator: 

The  South  Bay  incinerator  served  an  area  with  a  population  of  approxi- 
mately 453,000  during  1963. 
Source  and  amount  of  refuse  received  at  the  incinerator: 

Contractors 137,212  tons  (30,405  loads) 

Alleys  and  dumpsters   ....         2,598  tons 

Market  collection 2,931  tons 

Others 2,143  tons 

Total  tonnage,  all  sources    .        .        .     144,884  tons 
Revenue  received  from  private  dumpers $6,425  25 

Operating  Data: 

$565,802  =  $3  91  cost  per  ton  for  incineration. 

144,884 
$565,802  =  $1  25  per    capita    cost    for    incineration    excluding    loan 

amortization. 

453,000 

$986,477  =  $2  18  per    capita    cost    for    incineration    including    loan 

amortization  and  interest. 

453,000 

$565,802  =  $0  78  per  cubic  yard  cost  for  incineration  excluding  loan 

amortization  and  interest. 

724,420 

$986,477  =  $1  36  per  cubic  yard  of  incineration  including  loan  amor- 

tization. 

724,420 

144,884  X  2,000  =  639  lbs.  of  refuse  per  capita. 

453,000 

Gardner  Street  Dump: 

21,336  loads  of  rubbish  was  delivered  to  the  dump. 
$14,486  in  dumping  fees. 

Operational  costs,  Gardner  street $59,151 

$59,151  =  $0  29  cost  per  capita  for  operations. 

201,000 
$59,151-$14,486  =  $44,665  =  $0.22  cost  per  capita. 

$201,000 


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TABLE  S 
AREAS  AND  POPULATION 


Districts 

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51,000 

Dorchester  (North) 

District  4 

Brighton 

64,000 

53,000 

District  7 

Dorchester  (South) 

Hyde  Park 

33,000 

43,000 

East  Boston   . 

201,000 
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TABLE    I 
SEWER   USE— REVENUE 

APPENDIX   E 
SEWER  DIVISION 

Amount  carried  forward  to  Sewer  Division  1963 
Receipts 


$2,078  18 
2,690,945  80 

$2,693,023  98 


Expenditures: 

Metropolitan  Sewer  Assessment 
Pensions  and  annuities 
Pensions  State-Boston 
Sewer  Division       .... 
Administration  and  Engineering 
Plant  and  equipment  maintenance 
Highway  repairs  and  patching    . 
Collecting  Division       ... 
Data  Processing  Unit  . 
Reduction  of  sewerage  loan 
Interest  on  sewerage  loan    . 
Refunds 


$1,502,831  24 

166,623  74 

34,450  00 

665,183  89 

18,283  00 

105,071  00 

31,742  00 

28,017  00 

35,061  00 

478,967  90 

172,178  75 

18,906  26 


Amount  carried  forward  to  Sewer  Division  1964 


Deficit  December  31,  1963 


$3,257,315  78 
7,707  43 

$3,265,023  21 
$571,999  23 


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TABLE  3 

SUMMARY  OF  SEWER  CONSTRUCTION  FOR  TWELVE  MONTHS  ENDING 

DECEMBER  31,    1963 


District 

Built  by 
City  Either 
by  Contract 

or  Day 
Labor 

Built  by 
Private 
Parties 

Shared  by 

City  and 

Government 

Total  Lengths  Built 

Linear  Feet 

683.7 

3,722.81 

Linear  Feet 

Liriear  Feet 
2,430 

Linear  Feet 
3,113.70 
3,722.81 

Miles 
0.59 

Roxbury 

0  75 

9.0 

9.0 

0.0017 

CharleBtown  . 

2,093.94 
2,925.10 
4,771.30 

1,840.09 
249.05 
339.83 

3,935.03 
3,174.15 
5,111.13 

0.745 

Dorchester 

0.60 

Hyde  Park     

0.968 

Totals 

14,206.85 

2,428.97 

2,430 

19,065.82 

3.6547 

SUMMAKT  OF  SbwEB  ConSTBUCTION  FOR  FiVE  YeARS  PREVIOUS  TO  JANUARY  1,  1964 


1959 

1960 

1961 

1962 

1963 

Built  by  city— by  contract  or  day 

Linear  Feet 

20,464.64 
3,306.02 

Linear  Feet 

6,408 
735 

Linear  Feet 

13,694.37 
2,876.85 
7,904.30 

Linear  Feet 

26,557.27 
3,937.56 

Linear  Feet 
14,206.85 

Built  by  private  parties  . 

2,428.97 

2,430.00 

Totals 

23,770.66 

7,143 

24,475.52 

30,494.83 

19,056.82 

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TABLE  4 

MAINTENANCE   SECTION 


Complaints  received  and  investigated 

Catch  basins  and  manholes  freed  and/or  repaired . 

Sewers  repaired 

Sewers  cleaned  (miles) 

House  drains  constructed/repaired 

Municipal  liens  reported  to  collector 


1963 

1962 

3,235 

2,891 

1,042 

2,403 

34 

36 

2.13 

13.4 

499 

445 

5,202 

4,903 

1,640 
32 

17.4 

571 

5,122 


Calf  Pasture  Statistics 


Sewage  pumped , 

Sewage  pumped  average  flow . 
Pumping  cost 


1963 

1962 

1961 

43,529  MG 

63,276  MG 

34,862  MG 

19.26  MG 

173  MGD 

96  MGD 

$5.28  MG 

$2.93  MG 

$6.71  MG 

Total  Length  of  Sewers 

Miles 
Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  previous  to 

January  1,  1963  .        .        •  .      •      .  •  •      1,343  51 

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  between 

January  1  and  December  31,  1963  ...  3  65 

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  ending 

December  31,  1963 1,347  16 

Abandoned  sewers  ending  December  31,  1963         .  0 

1,347  16 
City  of  Boston  intercepting  sewers  connecting  with 

Metropolitansewers  to  December  31,  1963     .        .  0 

City  of  Boston  main  drainage  intercepting  sewers 

to  December  1,  1963 0 

Grand  total 1,347  16- 


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TABLE   5 
CATCH    BASINS    IN    CHARGE   OF   SEWER   DIVISION 


Catch  Basins  for  Twelve  Months  Ending 
December  31,  1963 

Total  for  Whole  City  in 
Charge  of  Sewer  Division 

Districts 

Number  Built 
or  RebuUt 

Number 
Abandoned 
or  Removed 

Net  Increase 

Previous 

Report  thru 

December  31, 

1962 

Grand 

Total  to 

December  31. 

1963 

6 
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3,573 
1,522 
1,237 
871 
2,156 
4,787 
5,795 
1,553 

3,799 
3,592 
1,522 
1,237 
871 

Roxbury.          

Charlestown 

Brighton 

2  156 

4,790 

Dorchester     

5  804 

Hyde  Park 

1.581 

Totals 

65 

0 

65 

25,287 

25,352 

Public  Works  Department 


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APPENDIX   F 
WATER   DIVISION 

TABLE    1 
RECEIPTS   AND    EXPENDITURES,    1963 


Surplus  carried  forward  from  prior  year  1962 
Amount  carried  forward  to  Water  Division  1963 
Receipts 


Expenditures: 

Metropolitan  water  assessment  . 
Pensions  and  annuities 
Pensions,  State-Boston 
Water  Division      .... 
Administration  and  engineering 
Plant  and  equipment  maintenance 
Highway  repairs  and  patching    . 
Collecting  Division 
Data  Processing  Unit  . 


$1,813,148  12 

278,232  31 

8,250,135  12 

$10,341,515  55 


Transfer  of  1962  Surplus 
Amount  carried  forward  to  Water  Division 
1964 


$5,132,797  20 

282,446  58 

84,004  81 

2,038,041  38 

75,400  00 

265,981  00 

556,735  00 

183,476  00 

76,889  00 

$8,695,770  97 
1,813,148  12 

184,934  28 


Deficit  December  31,  1963 


10,693,853  37 
$352,337  82 


TABLE    2 
METERS    IN   SERVICE,    DECEMBER  31,    1963 


Diameter  in  Inches 

Make 

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1 

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2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

Hersey .  . 

70,108 
5,949 

5,312 
162 

2,403 
229 

1,529 

722 

14 

1,010 

362 

8 

372 
198 
12 
10 

429 

120 

30 

8 

81,321 

7,691 

Arctic 

34 

Trident  ....            ...              ... 

14 

24 

Rockwell 

1.000 

1,000 

Total 

77,057 

5,474 

2,632 

2,265 

1,380 

592 

512 

120 

30 

8 

90,070 

TABLE   2— Continued 
METERS    IN   SERVICE,    DECEMBER  31,    1963 


Diameter  in  Inches 

1 

J 

1 

11 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

2,073 

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4 

7 
1 

3 
2 

2,098 

City  of  Boston,  Connection  pieces 

3 

Total 

2,073 

11 

4 

8 

5 

2,101 

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TABLE    3 
METERS    IN   SHOP,    DECEMBER  31,    1963 


Diameter  in  Inches 

f 

f 

1 

li 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Total 

Hersey  H.  F 

1,980 
1,500 

26 
75 

21 
37 

4 
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1 
12 

2 

2,043* 
1,649 

Magnetic  Hereey 

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4 

3 
3 

2 

1 

11 

Hersey  Compound  Train 

31 
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34 

RockweU 

1,000 

1,001 

Watch  Dog 

1 

1 

4 

11 

Total 

4,480 

101 

58 

30 

14 

38 

10 

6 

2 

1 

4  749 

♦Meters  requiring  repairs. 


TABLE    4 
METERS    REPAIRED    IN    SHOP,    1963 


Make 

Diameter  in  Inches 

1 

1 

1 

li 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Hersey 

1.260 

124 

60 

63 
23 

85 

23 

1 

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8 
3 

15 
10 

2 

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1,623 

RockweU 

Total 

1,260 

124 

60 

86 

109 

23 

25 

2 

2 

1,691 

TABLE    5 
METERS   PURCHASED    NEW    IN    1963 


Diameter  in  Inches 

1 

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1 

U 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Total 

Magnetic  Heraey 

1,500 
1,000 

75 

37 

25 

12 

1,649 

1,000 

Total 

2,500 

75 

37 

25 

12 

2,649 

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TABLE    6 
METERS   RESET    IN    1963 


Makk 

Diameter  in  Inches 

1 

i 

1 

li 

2 

^ 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Hersey 

410 

45 

18 

63 
23 

1 

85 
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1 

9 

15 

2 

2 

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46 

Rockwell 

2 

Total 

410 

45 

18 

87 

109 

' 

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2 

2 

697 

TABLE    7 
METERS   CHANGED    IN    1963    (TAKEN   OUT) 


Diameter  in  Inches 

Make 

1 

i 

1 

U 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

3,037 
204 

286 

5 

125 
16 

52 

19 

55 

7 

10 
3 

8 

■ 

1 

3,575 

Watch  Dog 

254 

Rockwell 

Total 

3,241 

291 

141 

71 

62 

13 

8 

1 

1 

3,829 

METERS   CHANGED    IN    1963    (PUT    IN) 


Make 

DiAMETEB    IN    INCHES 

1 

f 

1 

li 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Total 

1,349 

263 

113 

33 

17 

50 
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3 
1 

10 

2 

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1,824 
21 

Rockwell 

1,000 

1  000 

Total 

2,349 

263 

113 

50 

53 

4 

10 

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TABLE  8 
METERS    REPAIRED    IN   SERVICE    IN    1963 


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2 

394 

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16 

80 

0 

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85 

0 

181 

Rockwell 

0 

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46 

240 

29 

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260 

2 

583 

TABLE    9 
METERS   APPLIED    IN    1963 


Make 

Diameter  in  Inches 

1 

J 

1 

li 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Total 

Hersey 

160 

62 

20 

3 
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4 
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252 

8 

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0 

Total         

160 

62 

20 

8 

6 

3 

1 

260 

20 

Meters  applied  on  new  service 

260 

Total 

280 

TABLE    10 
METERS   DISCONTINUED    IN    1963 


Make 

Diameter  in  Inches 

1 

1 

1 

li 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Hersey  ... 

60 
143 

8 
6 

2 
12 

3 

2 

2 

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1 

77 

163 

Total 

203 

14 

14 

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1 

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240 

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TABLE    II 
REASON    FOR   METER   CHANGES    IN    1963 


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10 

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425 

166 

1,909 

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Total 

1,000 

18 

130 

10 

69 

7 

6 

80 

425 

166 

1,921 

TABLE    12 
METERS  JUNKED    IN    1963 


Make 

Diameter  in  Inches 

1 

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1 

li 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Total 

Hersey 

2.149 
340 

24 
12 

11 

27 

10 

1 

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2,195 

381 

Total 

2,489 

36 

38 

11 

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TABLE    14 
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