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ANNUAL  REPORT 


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OF  THE 

PURLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 


OF  THE 

CITY  OF  ROSTON 


For  The  Year  Ending  December  31,  1968 


Hon.  Kevin  H.  White,  Mayor 

Joseph  F.  Casazza,  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 

Frederick  L.  Garvin,  Engineering  Division  Engineer 

Charles  M.  Martell,  Highway  Division  Engineer 

John  F.  Flaherty,  Sanitary  Division  Engineer  and 
Deputy  Commissioner 

Edward  G.  A.  Powers,  Sewer  Division  Engineer 
Edward  J.  Pinkul,  Water  Division  Engineer 


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PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 


1968  ANNUAL  REPORT 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Page 

Letter  of  Transmittal 

1 

Central  Office 

. . . 6 

Engineering  Division 

. 10 

Highway  Division 

. 18 

Sanitary  Division 

. . . 19 

Sewer  Division 

. . 25 

Water  Division 

. 28 

Fiscal 

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Public  Improvement  Commission  Report  . 

. . . 33 

Appendices 

. 53 

A.  Central  Office 

. 53 

B.  Engineering  Division  .... 

. . . 62 

C.  Highway  Division  .... 

. 86 

D.  Sanitary  Division  .... 

. . 105 

E.  Sewer  Division 

. . . Ill 

F.  Water  Division 

. 119 

[Document  18  — 1969] 


ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 

PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 
For  The  Year  Ending  December  31,  1968 


Boston,  January  2,  1969. 

Hon.  Kevin  H.  White, 

Mayor  of  Boston. 

Dear  Mr.  Mayor  : 

In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  25  of 
Chapter  3 of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1961, 1 respectfully 
submit  the  annual  report  of  the  Public  Works  Department. 

As  required  by  Section  36  of  Chapter  21  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1961,  I am  also  submitting  the  annual 
report  of  the  Public  Improvement  Commission. 

Because  the  workings  of  the  department  are  such  that 
its  every  move  is  in  the  public  eye,  it  is  imperative  that 
this  department  operate  as  economically  and  efficiently 
as  possible.  The  operation  of  the  department  is  through 
a Central  Office  and  five  divisions.  Each  division  is  in 
charge  of  a Division  Engineer,  who  is  an  expert  in  his 
particular  field.  The  following  are  the  functions  of  the 
Public  Works  Department:  the  construction,  reconstruc- 
tion of  highways  and  sidewalks,  street  lighting,  snow 
removal,  sewerage  and  drainage  construction  and  main- 
tenance, distribution  of  potable  water,  and  the  main- 
tenance of  necessary  components,  sanitation,  street  clean- 
ing, removal  and  disposal  of  refuse  and  garbage,  incinera- 
tion, and  the  cleaning  of  catch  basins.  The  engineering 


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requirements  to  carry  on  the  above  programs  are  by 
departmental  employees,  assisted  by  contract  experts. 

Delegation  of  authority  within  the  department  is  as 
follows : 


CENTRAL  OFFICE 

There  are  four  sections  in  the  Central  Office : an  Admin- 
istrative Branch;  a Maintenance  Branch;  a Permit 
Branch,  and  a Personnel  Branch. 

The  Administrative  Branch  processes  purchase  and 
supply  requisitions,  service  orders,  payrolls,  personnel 
requisitions,  transfers,  promotions,  and  terminations. 
This  Branch  also  handles,  studies,  and  prepares  reports. 

The  Maintenance  Branch  was  established  February  8, 
1960,  by  the  consolidation  of  the  Automotive  Section  and 
the  Repair  Shop,  formerly  in  the  Sanitary  Division.  This 
Branch  is  responsible  for  the  care,  control,  and  mainr 
tenance  of  departmental  vehicles.  They  are  also  in 
charge  of  the  public  utility  facilities  in  the  various  yards 
and  serve  as  a housekeeping  unit. 

Communication  Center 

The  department  maintains  a Communication  Center 
consisting  of  a main  base  station  radio,  linkage  by  closed 
circuit  teletype  system  with  ten  highway  yards,  and  the 
Central  snow  removal  office  at  Albany  street.  Depart- 
mental mobile  units  are  radio  equipped. 

During  the  year,  automotive  equipment  amounting  to 
an  expenditure  of  $433,853.42  was  purchased  for  the 
department. 

Permit  Branch 

The  Permit  Branch  is  the  departmental  unit  for  the 
issuance  of  permits  and  licenses.  This  Branch  receives 
departmental  fees,  rentals,  and  charges  for  these  functions. 

The  cash  receipts  for  the  year  1968  show  a decrease  from 
the  previous  year. 

The  largest  percentage  of  this  decrease  is  reflected  in 
the  Engineering  and  Inspection  Fees  account.  This  ac- 
count fluctuates  from  year  to  year  depending  on  the 


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amount  of  street  reconstruction  work  that  is  undertaken 
by  the  department,  the  amount  of  repairs  made  to  trenches 
opened  by  the  Public  Utilities  and  the  availability  of  time 
for  the  preparing  and  processing  of  bills  for  the  transfer 
of  these  funds  from  Street  Opening  Account  (Special) 
to  the  General  Revenue  Account. 

There  has  been  a decrease  in  the  income  received  from 
projections  caused  by  the  demolition  of  many  locations 
which  had  projections  and  from  the  numerous  business 
establishments  that  have  gone  out  of  business. 

The  decrease  in  revenue  from  opening  and  occupation 
permits  is  due  to  the  completion  during  the  year  of  some 
major  projects  which  were  paying  substantial  permit  fees. 

The  decrease  in  revenue  from  licenses  reflects  the  trans- 
fer of  most  of  the  produce  dealers  to  their  new  area  out- 
side of  the  city. 


Contract  Section 

One  of  the  more  important  functions  of  the  Adminis- 
trative Branch  is  the  Contract  Section.  Here,  approxi- 
mately 150  contracts,  involving  all  facets  of  public  works, 
are  processed.  The  volume  of  these  contracts  amounts 
to  expenditures  of  about  $15,000,000  per  annum.  The 
work  is  extremely  technical  as  there  must  be  strict  com- 
pliance with  the  general  laws,  ordinances,  and  special 
laws  pertaining  to  the  city.  Upon  execution  of  contracts, 
copies  of  periodical  estimates,  extensions  of  time,  extra 
work  orders  are  processed  and  filed. 

Fiscal 

There  was  carried  over  from  1967  the  amount  of 
$10,040,477.  Appropriations  for  1968  amounted  to 
$23,713,895.  Revenue  received  amounted  to  $13,190,066, 
making  the  amount  available  $46,946,438. 

Expenditures  amounted  to  $36,405,117,  leaving  an  un- 
expended balance  of  $10,541,321,  and  unliquidated  en- 
cumbrance and  carry  forward  of  $6,855,107,  and  a net 
unencumbered  balance  of  $3,686,214. 

The  Water  Division  operated  with  a deficit  of  $915,- 
042.63,  and  the  Sewer  Division  operated  with  a deficit  of 
$976,466.  There  was  a Snow  Removal  deficit  of  $443,615. 


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Revenue  from  the  sale  of  water  amounted  to  $9,445,971 
and  expenditures  amounted  to  $10,030,865.  Metropoli- 
tan water  assessments  do  not  pay  the  cost  of  their  ex- 
penditures resulting  in  ever-increasing  sales  of  Water 
Use  Development  Loan  Bonds,  which  on  June  30,  1967, 
amounted  to  $51,903,000  of  a net  debt  of  $117,176,000. 
Proper  refinancing  would  be  of  distinct  benefit  to  Boston. 

The  Sewer  Deficit  is  quite  serious.  The  Metropolitan 
Assessment  has  been  reduced  by  52  percent  until  the 
Boston  Main  Drainage  System  is  connected  to  the  Metro- 
politan system.  This  may  occur  within  a few  months. 
The  only  answer  is  to  increase  the  Sewer  Use  Charge. 

There  was  available  for  Snow  Removal  the  sum  of 
$760,000  as  a 1968  appropriation  and  $135,000  for  equip- 
ment. Expenditures  amounted  to  $1,203,615  and  $99,974 
for  equipment  creating  a deficit  in  the  removal  account  of 
$443,615,  and  the  amount  of  $35,026  carried  over  in  the 
equipment  account. 

There  was  a bridge  loan  amounting  to  $1,526,044,  with 
an  unencumbered  balance  of  $66,925.  There  was  a side- 
walk loan  of  $1,400,000  which  with  $289,530  carried 
forward,  made  $1,689,530  available.  Expenditures 
amounted  to  $748,490,  with  an  unencumbered  balance  of 
$1,443,773.  The  sum  of  $1,702,100  was  carried  forward 
which  with  a sewerage  loan  of  $1,250,000  made  $2,952,100 
available.  Expenditures  amounted  to  $973,039,  with  an 
unencumbered  balance  of  $112,607. 

The  Public  Ways  Loan  was  $3,000,000  augmented  by 
$2,811,337  carried  forward  plus  the  revenue  received  for 
a total  of  $6,442,028.  Expenditures  amounted  to  $4,029,- 
695  with  an  unencumbered  balance  of  $280,648. 

Funds  were  available  under  the  several  accelerated 
Highway  Programs  created  by  Chapter  782  of  1962, 
Chapter  882  of  1963,  679  of  1965  and  616  of  1966. 

Chapter  782  funds  amounted  to  $51,155,  with  an  un- 
encumbered balance  of  $14,338.  Chapter  822  funds 
amounted  to  $98,631  with  no  unencumbered  balance. 
Chapter  679  funds  amounted  to  $255,738,  with  an  un- 
encumbered balance  of  $113,384.  Chapter  616  funds 


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amounted  to  $1,511,805,  with  an  unencumbered  balance 
of  $778,809. 

There  was  a Water  Loan  of  $1,300,000  which  with  the 
amount  carried  forward,  amounted  to  $2,300,000,  with 
an  unencumbered  balance  of  $1,735,717.  A Water 
Meter  Loan  was  carried  forward  in  the  amount  of  $142,- 
258,  with  an  unencumbered  balance  of  $1,747. 

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

Respectfully  submitted, 

Joseph  F.  Casazza, 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works . 


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ENGINEERING  DIVISION 

Submitted  herewith  is  the  annual  report  of  the  Engi- 
neering Division  of  the  City  of  Boston,  Public  Works 
Department,  for  the  year  1968.  This  represents  the  ninth 
such  report  since  the  division  was  activated  in  1960. 

An  analysis  of  the  various  programs  for  sewer,  water, 
and  highway  projects  planned  versus  the  actual  projects 
advertised  and  completed  or  started,  indicates  that  the 
actual  dollar  value  of  work  encumbered  for  construction 
appears  to  be  close  to  the  1967  encumbrances.  However, 
there  are  two  disturbing  factors  here  that  indicate  a need 
for  accelerating  our  pace.  One  is  that  contract  prices 
have  risen  sharply  with  the  result  that  the  same  dollar 
value  produces  less  results  than  in  1967.  The  other 
factor  is  that  work  advertised  in  1967  represented  many 
projects  originally  planned  for  1966  so  that,  of  necessity, 
the  1968  work  in  turn  became  in  large  part,  work  planned 
for  1967.  This  was  the  case  particularly  for  Chapter  90 
projects,  street  reconstruction  and  sidewalk  projects. 
Sewer  and  water  projects  in  general  remained  fairly 
current  in  execution. 

This  trend  to  lag  behind  planning  is  a direct  result  of 
inadequate  manpower  both  in  technical  competence  and 
in  numbers  to  get  the  work  accomplished  as  well  as 
inadequate  funds.  It  is  hoped  that  1969  will  be  used  to 
solve  the  manpower  and  financial  problem  and  reverse 
this  trend. 

Along  with  what  might  be  called  the  routine  projects 
advertised  for  construction  were  several  advertised 
items  that  were  of  interest  such  as  the  following : 

1.  The  completion  of  American  Legion  extension, 
from  Cummins  Highway  to  Hyde  Park  avenue.  This 
should  have  the  dual  result  of  serving  both  present  and 
proposed  commercial  and  residential  abutting  properties 
and  also  of  dispersing  traffic  loads  in  the  general  area. 

2.  The  start  of  the  restoration  of  the  colonial  appear- 
ance of  Charles  street,  Boston  Proper,  from  Beacon 
street  to  the  Charles  Street  Circle.  His  Honor,  the 
Mayor,  requested  the  department  to  consider  this  resto- 
ration in  the  form  of  brick  sidewalks  and  gas  lights,  so 


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that  the  world-renowned  charm  of  Beacon  Hill  would  be 
reflected  in  this  street  also.  Because  the  imminent 
approach  of  cold  weather  made  the  complete  installation 
impossible,  a special  concerted  effort  produced  the  com- 
pletion of  a representative  stretch  between  Beacon  street 
and  Chestnut  street.  The  completion  of  this  restoration 
is  planned  for  1969. 

3.  Again,  in  the  interest  of  producing  an  oasis  of 
neighborhood  relation,  this  division  produced  plans  re- 
sulting in  the  reduction  of  the  curb  to  curb  width  of 
Dartmouth  street,  between  Boylston  street  and  Common- 
wealth avenue,  to  44  feet,  the  elimination  of  the  median 
and  the  installation  of  brick  sidewalks  on  the  easterly 
side.  This  will  allow  the  Parks  and  Recreation  Depart- 
ment to  constrpct  a pedestrian  mall  on  the  westerly  side 
during  1969.  This  attractive  mall  will  have  trees,  benches, 
special  pedestrian  lighting  and  other  recreational  facilities, 
and  should  enhance  the  over-all  neighborhood  appearance. 
Because  of  money  limitations  it  was  necessary  to  postpone 
a similar  development  of  Dartmouth  street,  from  Com- 
monwealth avenue  to  Beacon  street,  until  1969. 

4.  Closely  associated  with  the  Dartmouth  Street  im- 
provement was  the  paving  and  sidewalk  and  street 
lighting  work  done  in  those  sections  of  St.  James  avenue, 
Dartmouth  street,  and  Boylston  street,  which  surround 
Copley  square.  This  work  has  been  done  in  order  to 
further  enhance  the  charm  of  the  beautification  of 
Copley  square  now  in  progress. 

Although  not  in  the  categories  of  advertised  projects, 
another  event  took  place  that  is  certainly  worthy  of 
mention  and  that  is  the  moving  of  the  department  and 
consequently,  this  division,  to  the  New  City  Hall. 

Of  necessity,  this  resulted  in  a gigantic  review  of  plans, 
documents,  books  and  records  to  see  what  could  be  dis- 
posed of  or  must  be  retained.  This  in  turn,  brought  to 
light  for  review  many  ancient  documents  relative  to  per- 
sonnel history,  early  department  doings,  and  items  of 
our  city’s  over-all  early  history.  The  moving  for  our  divi- 
sion required  the  packing,  marking,  and  unpacking,  after 
moving  of  approximately  40,000  plans.  The  final  refiling 
of  these  has  not  yet  to  date  been  accomplished. 


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Summary 

During  1968  the  following  projects  were  originated, 
surveyed,  designed,  estimated,  and  advertised.  In  areas 
not  connected  with  urban  renewal  these  projects  were 
developed  entirely  within  the  division  whereas  the  urban 
renewal  projects  were  mainly  prepared  by  consultants 
working  for  the  department  with  the  function  of  this 
division  relative  to  this  phase  of  the  work  being  limited 
to  outlining,  reviewing,  supervising,  and  approving  their 
work. 


(A)  Areas  not  connected  with  urban  renewal  Low  Bid 

(1)  Street  reconstruction  (7.0  miles)  . . $1,255,224 

(1A)  Special  lighted  barriers  . . . 7,500 

(2)  Chapter  90  street  reconstruction  (4.5  miles)  960,568 

(3)  New  street  construction  (0.50  miles)  . 159,898 

(4)  Sidewalk  reconstruction  (pilot  area 

Charles  street) 12,555 

(5)  Sewer  and  water  construction  and  recon- 
struction (includes  2 estimates  of  bids 

totaling  $51,300) 2,223,043 


Total  “A” $4,618,788 


(B)  In  urban  renewal  areas  (advertised  by  Public 
Works  Department) 

(1)  Street  construction  / reconstruction  (in 
Government  Center  and  Washington  Park) 

Sewer  and/or  water  construction  (in 
Washington  Park) 


Total  “B”  . 
Total  “A”  . 

Total  “B”  . 


$4,618,788 

2,342,405 


$1,865,278 

477,127 

$2,342,405 


Grand  Total 


$6,961,193 


Public  Works  Department 


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Administrative  Section 

The  Administrative  Section  under  the  direction  of  the 
Division  Engineer  and  the  supervision  of  the  Administra- 
tive Assistant  performed  the  required  administrative  and 
clerical  functions  of  the  division. 

Processing  and  maintenance  of  division  records  per- 
taining to  personnel,  correspondence,  indexing,  filing, 
etc.,  were  some  of  the  duties  performed  by  this  section. 
Also  typing,  proofreading,  and  collating  all  stencils  for 
contract  books  for  all  divisions  of  the  department. 
Preparation  of  annual  and  other  reports.  Mimeograph- 
ing all  stencil  work  for  the  department.  In  addition 
recorded  and  processed  plot  plans  numbering  approxi- 
mately 160  submitted  by  the  Building  Department. 

On  November  20,  1968,  the  division  moved  into  New 
City  Hall.  The  moving  of  the  Administrative  Section 
files  and  records,  etc.,  took  place  with  a minimum  of 
interruption  to  the  routine  of  the  division. 

In  addition  the  Administrative  Assistant  calculated 
and  estimated  all  betterments  and  assessments  levied  for 
roadways,  sidewalks,  and  sewers  in  the  city  of  which 
there  were  approximately  850  parcels.  The  Administra- 
tive Assistant  also  assisted  the  Division  Engineer  at 
Public  Improvement  Commission  Hearings. 

Engineering  Record  Section 

During  1968  this  section  furnished  street  line  informa- 
tion, grade  information,  and  plan  information  on  ap- 
proximately eleven  hundred  and  seventy-five  streets  to 
private  engineers  and  surveyors.  Checked  approxi- 
mately seventy-five  new  Land  Court  plans  for  street  line 
information  and  also  received  and  reviewed  approxi- 
mately fifty  decree  plans  for  the  Land  Court. 

Furnished  information  to  various  departments  and 
agencies,  including  the  Law  Department,  Building  De- 
partment, Highway  Division,  Sewer  and  Water  Divisions, 
Public  Facilities  Department,  Assessing  Department, 
Fire  Department,  Police  Department,  BRA,  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  Real  Property  Board,  and  the 
Department  of  the  Navy. 


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Furnished  information  to  Consulting  Engineers  work- 
ing on  BRA  projects  as  follows: 

South  Cove  Project R-92 

Fenway  Urban  Renewal  Project  . . R-115 

South  End  Project R-56 

Charlestown  Urban  Renewal  Project  Mass.  . R-55 

Central  Business  District  South  Station  Area  R-82C 
Campus  High  School  Project  ....  R-129 

Most  of  above  projects  being  in  the  checking  stage  for 
street  layout. 

Had  fifteen  meetings  with  engineers  and  surveyors  on 
various  projects. 

During  the  course  of  the  year,  received  fourteen  sub- 
poenas to  furnish  plans  and  information  that  was  pre- 
sented to  Suffolk,  Middlesex,  and  Norfolk  Courts. 

As  moving  Coordinator  for  the  Engineering  Division, 
planned  the  moving  of  equipment,  40,000  plans,  files, 
etc.,  from  the  Old  City  Hall  to  the  New  City  Hall.  The 
work  of  the  Reproduction  Unit  of  this  section  was  as 
follows: 


Planning  and  Programming  Section 

The  Planning  and  Programming  Section  of  the  Engi- 
neering Division,  under  the  general  direction  of  the 
Division  Engineer,  compiled  the  programs  of  public  works 
construction  that  the  City  of  Boston  was  to  carry  out 
in  1968. 

On  the  basis  of  citizens’  petitions,  complaints,  depart- 
mental information  and  field  inspections,  this  section 
selected  and  programmed  the  city’s  public  works  for  1968. 
These  programs  compiled  by  the  Planning  and  Program- 
ming Section  set  in  motion  the  survey  work,  the  prepara- 
tion of  plans,  specifications  and  finally,  the  construction 
of  the  city’s  public  works  projects.  This  involved  the 
reconstruction  of  12  miles  of  streets,  the  construction 
of  Yz  mile  of  new  streets,  the  laying  or  relaying  of  3 miles 
of  water  pipe  and  the  replacement  or  extension  of  2 miles 
of  sewers. 


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While  on  the  subject  of  reporting  the  activities  of  the 
Planning  and  Programming  Section  it  is  appropriate  to 
pay  tribute  to  a fine  gentleman  and  capable  engineer,  the 
former  head  of  Planning  and  Programming,  Paul  Ford, 
who  retired  last  September  and  died  in  December. 

The  Planning  and  Programming  section  along  with  its 
primary  responsibility  of  preparing  the  program  for  the 
Public  Works  Department  for  the  current  year,  also  had 
the  responsibility  of  receiving,  verifying,  and  processing 
all  of  the  urban  renewal  projects  that  require  Public 
Works  Department  decisions.  There  are  approximately 
twelve  active  urban  renewal  projects  and  work  has  been 
progressing  in  most  areas.  Following  is  a breakdown 
of  work  reviewed  for  these  project  areas  and  acted  upon 
by  this  section. 

Waterfront  Project  Mass.  R-77 

Site  Preparation,  Contract  B (Seawall  and  Embank- 
ment, East  India  Row),  consisting  in  part,  the  construc- 
tion of  a new  granite  seawall  between  India  and  Central 
Wharves,  the  construction  of  a roadway  embankment 
for  the  first  stage  of  a proposed  roadway  called  East 
India  Row  and  for  the  site  of  the  Harbor  Towers  Complex. 

Washington  Park  Project  Mass.  R-2U 

Public  Works  contracts  in  Washington  park  are  under 
the  control  and  supervision  of  the  Public  Works  Depart- 
ment rather  than  the  BRA. 

The  work  reviewed  and  completed  in  this  project  area 
was  Highway  Construction  of  a portion  of  Washington 
Park  Boulevard  and  complete  reconstruction  of  twenty- 
one  other  streets. 

Charlestown  Project  Mass.  R-55 

Contracts  reviewed  and  completed  by  the  BRA  in 
this  area  totaled  27  streets  reconstructed  and  16  re- 
surfaced. 


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South  Cove  Project  Mass.  R-92 

The  Bay  Village  area  of  the  South  Cove  project  pro- 
duced an  unusual  accomplishment  due  to  the  early 
American  motif  planned  for  the  streets.  Colonial  gas 
lights  and  brick  sidewalks  were  installed.  This  section 
assisted  in  this  work  by  reviewing  the  plans  for  streets 
and  lighting. 

South  End  Mass.  R-56 

Three  contracts  concerning  recreational  facilities  were 
reviewed  and  verified  relative  to  their  impact  on  our 
public  works. 

Among  other  duties  performed  in  this  section  was  the 
reviewing  of  131  plot  plans,  which  required  checking 
of  grades  before  submission  to  the  Building  Department. 

Developers  who  intend  to  install  new  streets  in  their 
projects  must  prepare  the  necessary  approval  plans  and 
submit  them  to  this  section  for  processing  and  approval. 
Nineteen  hundred  and  sixty-eight  was  a lean  year  for  this 
work  since  only  five  approval  plans  were  reviewed. 

Proposed  driveway  opening  plans  are  also  reviewed  by 
this  section  for  feasibility. 


Survey  Section 

The  Survey  Section  of  the  Engineering  Division,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Associate  Civil  Engineer,  originated 
all  field  engineering  surveys  and  related  activities  required 
for  the  determination  and  recording  of  engineering  data, 
measurements,  calculations,  sketches,  and  other  informa- 
tion needed  in  connection  with: 

(a)  The  laying  out,  locating,  relocating,  design  and 
construction,  reconstruction,  alteration  or  discontinuance 
of  streets  and  street  improvements,  including  sidewalks, 
bridges,  storm  drains,  sewer,  water,  and  other  related 
facilities  in  the  City  of  Boston. 


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( b ) Special  survey  requirements  of  the  City  of  Boston 
in  general,  including  the  acquisition  by  the  city  of  land 
by  eminent  domain;  and  taking  of  easements;  the  con- 
struction of  municipal  buildings  and  structures ; the  inter- 
departmental transfer,  sale  or  development  of  city-owned 
land;  and  the  furnishing  of  survey  and  engineering  data 
in  matters  of  concern  to  the  City  of  Boston  as  required 
or  related  to  construction  programs  and  other  activities 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  other  municipal,  state,  federal, 
or  private  agencies  or  authorities ; including  services  to 
consultants  or  contractors  engaged  by  these  agencies  or 
authorities. 


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HIGHWAY  DIVISION 

The  Highway  Division  is  charged  with  the  responsibility 
of  construction,  reconstruction,  care,  control,  and  mainte- 
nance of  all  highways;  the  street  cleaning  activities  of 
the  city;  the  construction  and  care  and  maintenance  of 
bridges  and  the  street  lighting  program.  Supervision  of 
snow  removal  is  also  a function  of  this  division. 

The  method  of  financing  the  highway  construction  pro- 
gram is  diversified.  Funds  for  the  so-called  “Chapter 
90”  program  are  obtained  in  part  from  the  proceeds  of 
the  fees  from  which  the  Commonwealth’s  highway  fund 
is  composed.  This  work  is  under  the  direction  and  control 
of  the  State  Department  of  Public  Works,  with  the  high- 
ways remaining  city  streets  after  completion  of  the  con- 
tracts. In  1968,  the  sum  of  $630,691  was  contributed  by 
the  state  and  a like  amount  was  contributed  by  Boston 
for  the  “Chapter  90”  program. 

The  so-called  “393  streets”  are  highways  constructed 
under  the  basic  highway  statute  (Chapter  393  of  the  Acts 
of  1906),  as  most  recently  amended.  Funds  for  this  pro- 
gram and  for  the  construction  of  stone,  block,  brick, 
cement  concrete,  bituminous  concrete,  bituminous  mac- 
adam or  other  permanent  pavement  of  similar  lasting 
character,  are  obtained  by  the  issuance  of  a Public  Ways 
Loan  under  authority  of  Chapter  44,  Section  7,  Para- 
graph 5,  of  the  General  Laws,  augmented  by  several 
accelerated  highway  acts,  which  provide  funds  to  the 
cities  and  towns,  for  use  under  the  terms  set  forth  above 
under  Chapter  44,  Section  7,  Paragraph  5. 

In  1968,  expenditures  under  the  Public  Ways  Loan 
amounted  to  $4,029,695.  Accelerated  highway  act  of 
1962,  $29,912;  1963,  $42,112;  1965,  $84,457,  and  1967, 
$305,670.  Under  the  Bridge  Loan  there  was  an  expendi- 
ture of  $748,490.  Under  the  Sidewalk  Loan  there  was 
an  expenditure  of  $166,011. 

The  sum  of  $1,203,615  was  expended  for  snow  removal, 
resulting  in  a deficit  of  $443,615,  plus  an  expenditure  of 
$99,974  for  snow  equipment. 

The  expenditures  on  the  seven  tidewater  bridges 
amounted  to  $495,589.93.  There  were  8,189  openings  by 


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the  five  drawbridges  at  a cost  of  approximately  $60  per 
opening.  Total  expenditures  on  inland  bridges  amounted 
to  $49,033.14. 

Three  contracts  for  street  cleaning  were  let  in  1968, 
to  clean  parts  of  District  1;  the  North  End  and  Market 
Area;  and  the  Charlestown  District  at  a cost  of  $681,- 
611.76.  The  balance  of  the  city  is  cleaned  by  depart- 
mental forces. 

A street  lighting  contract  in  the  amount  of  $45,560  was 
let  during  the  year.  The  balance  of  the  work  of  the 
Street  Lighting  Section  consists  of  lighting  studies  sub- 
sequent orders  for  installations  by  the  Boston  Edison 
Company. 


SANITARY  DIVISION 
Administrative  Section 
Program  1 — Administration 

The  activities  of  the  Administrative  Section  com- 
prised supervising  the  various  functions  and  operations 
of  the  division,  the  preparation  of  all  contracts,  the  proc- 
essing of  payments,  the  processing  of  reports,  corre- 
spondence, violation  notices  and  complaints  (complaints 
were  written,  telephoned,  and  in  person),  the  compilation 
of  inspector’s  reports  and  daily  reports  on  the  Collection 
and  Disposal  Sections’  performances,  investigating  and 
processing  applications  for  permits  for  the  transportation 
of  refuse,  the  preparation  of  the  budget,  and  the  super- 
vision of  the  Snow  Emergency  Center. 

During  the  year  the  following  changes  were  made  in 
personnel:  On  July  8,  1968,  John  F.  Flaherty  returned 
as  Division  Engineer  after  leaving  his  post  as  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works.  Ransom  W.  Stiles,  Principal 
Civil  Engineer,  retired  on  March  31,  1968,  and  passed 
away  on  August  31,  1968.  Charles  T.  Dinneen  was 
permanently  promoted  to  Principal  Civil  Engineer,  re- 
placing Mr.  Stiles,  on  May  1,  1968.  Stephen  J.  Clegg, 
Clerk,  was  transferred  on  March  4,  1968,  to  the  Central 
Office  Personnel  Section  as  Principal  Clerk-Typist. 
Maxine  Pratt  transferred  from  the  Engineering  Division 
on  April  15,  1968,  and  was  made  a Senior  Clerk  and 


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Stenographer  on  September  4,  1968.  Jeremiah  Connolly, 
Supervisor  of  Sanitation,  was  promoted  on  November  20, 
1968,  to  the  position  of  Superintendent  of  Sanitation. 
Bernard  G.  Donnelly  who  had  been  Acting  Superin- 
tendent since  the  death  of  James  F.  Kane  in  1967  re- 
turned to  his  duties  as  Supervisor  of  Sanitation  in  Area  2. 

The  Sanitary  Division  moved  into  the  New  City  Hall 
on  November  19,  1968.  The  office  layout  and  building 
facilities  are  very  pleasing  to  all  the  personnel. 

Collection  Section 

Program  2 — Refuse  Collection  Contracts 

Refuse  Collection  Contracts  were  awarded  in  all  eleven 
of  the  contract  districts  as  a result  of  publicly  advertised 
bids,  the  work  commencing  on  April  1,  1968.  These  one- 
year  contracts  have  renewal  options  for  a second  and  a 
third  year.  The  contract  prices  increased  considerably 
over  those  of  the  past  year,  due  in  part  to  wage  increases 
and  increase  in  services  to  be  provided.  The  total  ex- 
penditure in  1968  for  refuse  collection  contracts  amounted 
to  $3,849,525.93  an  increase  of  $1,356,000  over  1967.  A 
total  of  295,288  tons  of  refuse  was  collected  during  the 
year. 

Program  3 — Lot  Cleaning 

The  Lot  Cleaning  Crew  was  organized  in  1967  com- 
prising one  foreman,  two  inspectors,  one  special  heavy 
motor  equipment  operator,  6 motor  equipment  operators, 
and  eighteen  laborers  using  one  bulldozer,  two  frontend 
loaders,  and  six  dump  trucks  for  the  cleaning  of  vacant 
lots  throughout  the  city. 

All  littered  vacant  lots  in  the  city  were  cleaned  at  least 
once  and  many  lots  were  cleaned  several  times  during  the 
year  for  a total  of  4,069  lots.  Scheduled  periodic  clean- 
ing of  all  lots  is  now  in  progress. 

Program  4 — Alley  Cleaning 

The  Alley  Cleaning  program  in  the  South  End  and 
lower  Roxbury  districts  was  continued  during  the  year 
and  is  responsible  for  keeping  the  littering  of  these  alleys 
within  reasonable  bounds.  Approximately  2,299  tons 
of  debris  and  garbage  was  removed  from  the  alleys  dur- 
ing 1968. 


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Program  5 — Litter  Baskets 

Three  hundred  pole-type  baskets  were  requisitioned  in 
April  but  not  delivered  by  the  Purchasing  Division  prior 
to  the  end  of  the  year  to  replace  badly  damage  and  pilfered 
baskets.  Consequently  very  few  pole  baskets  were  in- 
stalled at  new  locations.  Over  890  pole-type  baskets  are 
located  throughout  the  city,  principally  where  there  are 
accumulations  of  pedestrian  litter.  Also  requisitioned  but 
not  delivered  were  1,000  anti-litter  “Hey  look,  We’re 
Getting  Boston  Clean”  signs  silk-screened  on  5 x 7-inch 
aluminum  plates  to  replace  the  “Town  Crier”  type.  All 
baskets  were  emptied  by  the  refuse  collection  contractors 
on  Mondays  except  in  the  Boston  Proper  district  where 
they  were  emptied  on  the  regular  collection  days.  A 
departmental  night  litter  basket  detail,  using  three 
packer-type  trucks  and  eight  men,  emptied  every  basket 
nightly,  Tuesday  through  Saturday.  This  crew  is  under 
the  supervision  of  an  Inspector  who  also  directs  the  pick- 
up of  dead  animals. 

Program  6 — Market  Cleaning 

Under  this  program,  the  division  provides  two  packer- 
type  trucks  on  Fridays  and  Saturdays  servicing  pushcart 
peddlers  and  storekeepers  in  the  Market  area  in  the 
vicinity  of  Blackstone  street,  removing  approximately 
2,080  tons  of  refuse  during  the  year  and  depositing  it  at 
the  South  Bay  incinerator. 

Program  7 — Abandoned  Vehicles 

The  abandoning  of  automobiles  in  the  city  has  been 
reduced  considerably.  The  new  shredding  plan  in  Everett 
plus  the  increased  price  of  scrap  iron  contributed  greatly 
to  the  reduction  in  the  number  of  cars  and  the  cost  for 
the  removal  and  disposal  of  derelict  vehicles.  Many 
abandoned  cars  continue  to  be  removed  from  the  streets 
by  persons  unknown  probably  because  a profit  can  now 
be  made  in  their  disposal.  Some  junk  dealers  are  evi- 
dently increasing  their  business  by  taking  these  vehicles 
from  streets  and  vacant  lots.  Two  hundred  forty-six 
vehicles  were  removed  at  a contract  cost  of  $566.70. 


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Program  8 — Cleanup  Campaign 

The  Spring  Cleanup  Campaign  was  conducted  in  the 
spring  of  1968.  The  liaison  between  the  department  and 
the  various  civic  groups  was  maintained  by  personnel 
from  the  Mayor’s  Office  and  the  Office  of  Public  Service. 
Hundreds  of  tons  of  debris  (placed  on  the  sidewalk  by 
residents  conducting  basement,  attic,  and  backyard 
cleanouts)  were  removed  by  the  contractors  and  by  the 
division’s  labor  forces.  One  hundred  thirty-nine  large 
25-cubic  yard  containers  and  eleven  smaller  8-cubic  yard 
containers  were  placed  in  various  locations  designated  by 
civic  organizations  for  use  in  the  local  cleanup  efforts. 
The  providing  and  servicing  of  these  containers  was  done 
under  contract. 

Program  9 — Enforcement  and  Education 

The  uniformed  Sanitation  Inspectors  continued  ringing 
doorbells  and  notifying  violators  of  the  barrel  ordinance 
to  supply  the  required  number  of  receptacles  to  provide 
for  the  maximum  amount  of  refuse  generated  at  their 
addresses. 

To  supplement  the  work  of  the  Uniformed  Sanitation 
Inspectors  we  used  the  slogan,  “Hey  Look,  We’re  Getting 
Boston  Clean”  in  the  spring  anti-litter  campaign.  All 
departmental  vehicles  were  posted  on  both  sides  with 
signs  featuring  this  motif. 

Over  10,000  violation  notices  were  issued  by  these 
inspectors  and  the  results  of  their  efforts  were  readily 
evident  in  the  areas  in  which  they  worked  by  the  re- 
duction of  litter  and  the  increase  in  the  number  of  new 
barrels. 

Disposal  Section 
Program  10  — South  Bay  Incinerator 

The  South  Bay  incinerator  received  and  disposed  of  a 
total  of  143,429  tons  of  refuse  during  the  year. 

Maintenance  work  performed  under  contract  is  listed 
below  as  follows: 

1.  Renewed  the  grate  on  No.  6 furnace  and  installed 
a water  cooled  beam  (front  grate  support  beam). 

2.  Installed  a new  ash  quenching  system  on  all  six 
furnaces. 


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3.  Installed  a new  heating  system  in  the  ash  tunnel. 

4.  Installed  a new  electric  signal  system  for  the 
charging  of  furnaces. 

5.  Existing  refractories  were  repaired  at  a cost  of 

$10,000. 

6.  Installed  three  new  ash  gates  on  No.  1 furnace. 

During  the  year  our  resubmitted  application  for  a 
Demonstration  Grant  under  the  Solid  Waste  Disposal 
Act  for  the  erection  of  a shredding  mill  and  a water  wall 
continuous  feed  furnace  with  electrostatic  precipitator 
was  rejected  by  Health  Education  and  Welfare  and  it  now 
appears  that  the  chance  of  construction  moneys  for  these 
proposed  improvements  will  not  be  forthcoming  from  the 
federal  government.  The  work  we  proposed  to  do  under 
the  grant  has  in  part  been  approved  in  at  least  two  major 
cities  and  the  information  we  will  obtain  from  these 
municipalities  regarding  the  preprocessing  of  refuse  in  a 
shredding  mill  prior  to  burning,  may  result  in  a future 
recommendation  from  this  division  to  adapt  the  South 
Bay  incinerator  to  this  new  method  of  burning. 

Steam  generated  from  the  burning  of  refuse  was  used 
for  providing  heat  and  hot  water  in  the  incinerator. 

Steam  was  not  transmitted  to  the  City  Hospital  during 
the  year.  The  division  recommends  that  this  program 
should  not  be  reactivated  and  that  out  efforts  be  con- 
centrated on  the  reduction  of  refuse  rather  than  the 
production  of  steam. 

Program  11  — Gardner  Street  Sanitary  Landfill 

One  hundred  twenty-eight  thousand,  six  hundred 
and  ninety-three  tons  of  cover  material  were  purchased 
from  a contractor  who  trucked  it  to  the  dump  site  where 
it  was  used  to  cover  the  initial  layer  of  incinerator  residue, 
completing  the  program  of  a sanitary  landfill  operation. 

During  1968  we  did  not  receive  a single  complaint  from 
residents  of  the  West  Roxbury  area  regarding  the  Gardner 
Street  sanitary  landfill  operation.  A total  of  195,128  tons 
of  rubbish  was  received  and  disposed  of  at  the  site  during 
the  year. 

We  submitted  an  application  to  the  State  Department 
of  Natural  Resources  in  May  and  received  approval  in 


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November  for  relocating  Brook  Farm  Brook.  This  brook 
which  now  meanders  through  the  middle  of  the  Gardner 
Street  sanitary  landfill  will  be  moved  to  the  westerly 
limits  of  the  city-owned  land.  This  will  provide  a con- 
siderable increase  in  dumping  capacity  at  this  site. 

Once  again  we  report  that  the  life  of  the  landfill  is  very 
limited  and  therefore  it  is  urgently  recommended  that 
initial  action  is  now  essential  for  the  construction  of  a 
second  incinerator.  It  appears  that  the  city  is  now  in  a 
squeeze  between  the  length  of  life  of  the  landfill  and  the 
present  lack  of  an  alternate  method  of  disposing  of  the  re- 
fuse from  six  collection  districts  of  the  city. 

Program  12  — Garbage  Disposal 

On  April  1,  the  city  entered  into  contracts  with  Kristoff 
Brothers  for  removing  garbage  delivered  to  the  Victory 
Road  Transfer  Station  and  with  the  Kennedy  Brothers 
for  removing  garbage  delivered  to  Gardner  Street  Transfer 
Station.  Both  of  these  contracts  were  awarded  at  the 
bid  price  of  $1,300  per  month.  Approximately  4,970  tons 
of  garbage  was  transferred  at  Gardner  Street  and  3,380 
tons  at  Victory  Road. 

Snow  Removal 

The  Snow  Emergency  Center  finished  its  seventh 
season  of  operation  at  the  Civil  Defense  Office  located  in 
the  Fire  Department  Headquarters  building  during  the 
winter  of  1967-1968  under  the  direction  of  the  Deputy 
Commissioner.  The  Sanitary  Division  continued  to 
supply  personnel  that  were  the  backbone  of  this  operation. 
The  assignment  of  sanding  and  snowplowing  in  the  Main 
Routes  3 District  was  capably  handled  by  Sanitary 
Division  Personnel. 

Snowfall 

Snowfall  amounting  to  over  4 inches  occurred  as  follows : 
January  7,  6.6  inches;  January  25,  6.1  inches,  total  for 
the  month  amounted  to  17.7  inches.  In  February,  total 
snowfall  totaled  only  3.4  inches  with  no  snowfall  greater 
than  1.9  inches.  Total  snowfall  for  March  amounted  to 
6.8  inches,  with  no  snowfall  greater  than  4 inches.  Snow- 
fall in  November  amounted  to  .4  inch  and  5.1  inches  in 
December  produced  by  seven  storms. 


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SEWER  DIVISION 
Organization  of  the  Division 

The  Sewer  Division  is  comprised  of  three  sections,  viz. ; 
Administrative,  Maintenance,  and  Construction,  under 
the  direction  of  a Division  Engineer. 

The  Administrative  Section,  under  the  direction  of  an 
Administrative  Assistant,  is  responsible  for  the  prepara- 
tion of  budgetary  requirements;  maintenance  of  time 
records  of  personnel;  presenting  receiving  notices  and 
warrants  for  service  orders  and  purchase  requirements, 
to  the  Central  Office  of  the  Department  for  Processing; 
all  correspondence  received  in  and  emanating  from  the 
division;  processing  of  estimates  for  payment  of  contract 
work;  keeping  records  pertaining  to  the  Sewerage  Works 
Loan  Account;  furnishing  information  relative  to  depart- 
ment policy  as  determined  by  directives,  orders,  and 
ordinances;  and  processing  of  abatements  in  connection 
with  the  sewer  use  charge. 

The  Maintenance  Section,  under  the  direction  of  an 
Associate  Engineer,  is  charged  with  cleaning  of  sewers 
and  sewer  appurtenances;  answering  and  investigating 
complaints  relating  to  sewerage  works;  maintaining  and 
repairing  sewers;  inspecting  the  laying  of  drains;  oper- 
ation of  pumping  stations  and  disposal  plant;  recording 
complaints;  recording  sewer  inspections;  keeping  record 
plans  of  the  entire  sewerage  system;  and  furnishing  in- 
formation to  the  public. 

The  Construction  Section,  under  the  direction  of  an 
Associate  Engineer,  is  responsible  for  the  entire  building 
operations  of  sewerage  works  under  contracts,  from  the 
field  layouts  through  the  final  inspections;  preparation  of 
estimates  for  payment  on  all  work  performed  for  the 
Sewer  Division,  under  contracts;  and  furnishing  record 
plans  of  work  for  the  sectional  plans  maintained  by  the 
Maintenance  Section. 

On  November  22,  1968,  the  Sewer  Division  main  office 
moved  to  its  new  location  in  the  New  City  Hall,  Room 
717. 

Early  this  year  the  first  comprehensive  plan  made  in 
this  century  for  the  elimination  of  pollution  due  to  waste 


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waters  in  the  City  of  Boston  was  completed  and  accepted 
by  the  city.  This  plan  was  the  result  of  an  investigation 
for  the  Sewer  Division  by  Camp,  Dresser  and  McKee, 
Consulting  Engineers,  Boston,  Mass.,  begun  on  Febru- 
ary 10,  1966,  and  paid  for  at  a cost  of  $221,220.28  from  an 
interest-free  loan  granted  by  HUD  (Housing  and  Urban 
Development),  to  the  city.  Four  principal  alternative 
methods  for  pollution  elimination  were  studied,  viz.: 
(1)  Complete  separation  of  all  sanitary  sewerage  and 
storm  drainage  systems;  (2)  construction  of  chlorination 
detention  tanks;  (3)  construction  of  surface  holding- 
tanks,  and  (4)  construction  of  the  Deep  Tunnel  Plan. 
Method  (4),  the  Deep  Tunnel  Plan,  proved  to  be  the 
most  efficient  and  least  costly,  and  was  therefore  recom- 
mended by  the  consultants. 

The  Deep  Tunnel  Plan  will  involve  the  construction  of 
deep  rock  storage  tunnels,  shafts,  transmission  tunnels, 
surface  connections,  a main  pumping  station  located  in 
Deer  Island,  and  an  ocean  outfall  with  diffusers.  With 
this  method,  all  flows  of  sewage  and  storm  water  may  be 
disposed  of  well  off-shore  into  the  Atlantic  Ocean  and 
thereby  eliminate  the  pollution  of  Boston  Harbor  and 
adjacent  waters.  The  cost  of  the  above  method  is 
estimated  to  be  about  496  million  dollars,  of  which 
Boston’s  share  would  be  about  300  million  dollars. 

It  is  obvious  that  such  vast  construction  could  not  be 
accomplished  overnight  but  would  take  many  years  of 
partial  construction  projects  to  accomplish  the  end  in 
view,  even  if  the  millions  of  dollars  required  were  at  hand. 
Therefore,  an  initial  construction  program  has  been  sug- 
gested as  follows: — 

1.  Main  Intercepter  and  Tributory  Con- 
duits   $15,050,000 

2.  South  Boston  Pollution  Control  Con- 
duit   15,400,000 

3.  East  Side  Intercepter  ....  7,400,000 

Total  Cost $37,850,000 

The  initial  construction  programs  are  designed  to  com- 
plement the  Deep  Tunnel  Plan. 


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If  present  percentages  of  state  and  federal  grants  are 
maintained,  and  if  these  grants  are  made,  the  cost  to  the 
city  for  the  initial  program  would  be  about  $20,800,000. 
This  would  result  in  an  annual  increase  in  the  property 
tax  of  99  cents. 

On  April  22,  1968,  the  third  major  collapse  since  1962 
of  a section  of  the  main  intercepter  occurred  in  Massa- 
chusetts avenue.  This  repair  was  not  completed  until 
October  30,  1968,  and  the  cost  was  $155,461.83.  During 
the  rebuilding  of  the  damaged  portions  of  the  conduit 
great  inconvenience  was  caused  to  the  public  inasmuch 
as  traffic  had  to  be  detoured.  Even  now  the  center  strip 
of  Massachusetts  avenue  is  barricaded  so  that  no  traffic 
will  bear  on  the  intercepter,  thus  cutting  down  the  flow 
of  traffic  considerably.  The  total  cost  of  rebuilding  the 
collapsed  sections  of  the  intercepter  to  date  has  been 
$439,238.90. 

From  this  history  of  the  hazardous  condition  of  the 
main  intercepter,  and  potential  repair  costs,  all  efforts 
will  be  made  to  proceed  with  phase  (1)  of  the  initial  con- 
struction program  as  outlined  above,  which  calls  for 
abandonment  of  the  existing  main  intercepter  and  the 
building  of  a new  smaller  intercepter  in  a different  location. 


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WATER  DIVISION 

The  operation  and  management  of  the  Water  Division  is 
channeled  through  four  sections:  Administrative,  Construction, 
Maintenance,  and  Revenue. 

All  pipes  and  appurtenances  for  supplying  potable  water  to 
the  approximate  93,000  customers  are  under  the  control,  care 
and  maintenance  of  this  division,  as  are  the  hydrants  and 
supply  for  ordinary  fire  extinguishment.  The  source  of  supply 
is  the  Metropolitan  District  Commission.  The  charge  for 
water  to  the  member  cities  and  towns  is  fixed  by  legislative 
enactment  at  $120  per  million  gallons,  a sum  insufficient  to 
meet  operating  expenses.  In  1968,  Roston  required  129,176,300 
gallons  per  day  or  approximately  210  gallons  per  capita.  The 
cost  to  the  consumer  is  one  cent  for  twenty-five  gallons. 

Water  is  distributed  by  the  division  by  gravity.  Water  is 
also  supplied  by  the  two  High  Pressure  Pumping  Stations 
operated  by  the  Fire  Department  in  the  high-valuation  section 
of  mercantile  Boston. 

Relocation  of  the  Water  Division  was  made  from  Old  City 
Hall  Annex  to  the  New  City  Hall  on  November  21  and  22, 
1968,  with  no  confusion  or  interruption  of  service  to  the  public. 


MDC  Water  Assessment 

The  Metropolitan  District  Commission’s  assessment  for  1968 
will  amount  to  $5,673,420.96  for  47,278,508,000  gallons  of 
water,  at  the  rate  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  dollars  per 
million  gallons. 


Employees 

The  number  of  permanent  employees  with  the  Water  Divi- 
sion on  December  31,  1968,  was  275,  as  compared  to  a total  of 
271  on  December  31,  1967. 


.Administrative  Section 

All  of  the  important  clerical  and  administrative  functions  of 
the  Water  Division  are  performed  by  the  Administrative 
Section.  This  section  assists  the  Division  Engineer  in  the  prep- 
aration of  annual  budget  estimates  and  requests,  and  prepares 
correspondence,  reports,  memoranda  and  notices;  receives 
requests  and  prepares  overtime  authorizations  and  furnishes 
information  to  the  public  regarding  this  division’s  activities  and 
regulations.  The  Administrative  Section  is  staffed  by  one 
Administrative  Assistant,  one  Senior  Clerk-Stenographer,  and 
one  Senior  Clerk-Typist. 


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Business  Unit 

The  processing  of  all  functions  in  relation  to  the  revenue 
from  water  supply  and  service  is  the  responsibility  of  this  office. 
These  functions  include  the  processing  of  applications  for  new 
services  and  fire  pipes,  the  reading  of  more  than  93,000  accounts 
quarterly  and/ or  semi-annually,  requesting  the  testing,  installa- 
tion or  removal  of  meters,  and  the  handling  of  complaints 
or  inquiries  concerning  charges  rendered.  Water  Division  gross 
receipts  amounted  to  $9,475,471.06  in  1968. 

Employees  of  the  Business  Unit  answer  inquiries  from  the 
public  regarding  the  sewer  use  charge. 

The  Business  Unit  processes  and  resolves  all  petitions  for 
abatement,  including  those  petitions  for  abatement  of  the 
sewer  use  charge,  when  said  charge  is  directly  related  to  water 
consumption.  Sewer  use  charge  petitions,  when  of  a technical 
nature,  are  resolved  by  the  Sewer  Division.  The  number  of 
partial  abatements  of  metered  water  rates  granted  in  1968  was 
899  amounting  to  $71,086.66. 

Construction  Section 

The  Construction  Section  consisted  of  one  Senior  Civil  En- 
gineer, one  Assistant  Civil  Engineer  (temporary),  two  Senior 
Engineering  Aids  (temporary),  six  Water  Service  Inspectors 
and  one  Principal  Clerk.  One  Principal  Civil  Engineer  is  re- 
quired to  bring  the  Construction  Section  to  full  strength. 

The  following  work  was  accomplished  during  the  year:  527 
domestic  services  were  made;  74  fire  pipes  connected;  150 
hydrants  established;  115  changed,  and  126  abandoned  for  a 
new  increase  of  126. 

During  the  year,  a total  of  23,541  linear  feet  of  main  pipe 
was  laid  or  relaid,  varying  in  size  from  4 inches  to  16  inches. 

Main  Projects 

The  Water  Division  received  a federal  grant  of  $900,000 
from  the  Department  of  Housing  and  Urban  Develop- 
ment for  the  construction  of  two  36-inch  trunk  water 
mains  in  Charlestown  and  Dorchester;  a contract  was 
awarded  to  Consulting  Engineers  to  provide  information, 
plans  and  specifications  for  the  construction  and  instal- 
lation of  the  aforesaid  water  mains. 

A contract  was  awarded  for  the  purchase  of  50  high 
pressure  fire  hydrants  to  be  manufactured  in  accordance 
with  plans  and  specifications  revised  in  1968  by  this 
division. 


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In  1968,  4,125  water  meters  in  various  sizes  were  pur- 
chased. The  Water  Division  set  approximately  6,800 
water  meters  in  1968. 

The  cleaning  and  cement  lining  of  14,700  linear  feet 
of  water  mains  (8  inches,  12  inches,  16  inches,  and  24 
inches)  has  been  completed  in  Charlestown  under  BRA 
contract.  Also,  33  new  water  gates  in  sizes  ranging  from 
6 inches  to  24  inches  have  been  installed  replacing  exist- 
ing gates,  and  5,400  feet  of  new  domestic  service  pipe 
have  been  installed  in  Charlestown  replacing  old  and/or 
defective  water  service  pipe. 


Area  No.  1 

Extension 
Linear  Feet 

Relaid 
Linear  Feet 

City  Proper 

511 

2,052 

Roxbury 

0 

0 

East  Boston 

0 

0 

Charlestown 

0 

2,064 

Area  No.  2 

West  Roxbury 

2,232 

0 

Hyde  Park 

1,497 

3,797 

Brighton 

1,187 

330 

Area  No.  3 

Dorchester 

0 

0 

South  Boston 

0 

9,871 

Summation 

System  relaid  3.4  miles,  extended  1.03  miles  of  pipe; 
established  150  new  hydrants,  abandoned  126  hydrants 
for  an  increase  of  24  hydrants.  The  Water  Division 
replaces  50  or  more  old  and/or  defective  hydrants  under 
contract  each  year. 

Maintenance  Section 

The  Maintenance  Section  consists  of  one  Associate 
Civil  Engineer,  one  Junior  Engineering  Aid  (temporary), 
one  Senior  Clerk-Stenographer,  one  Principal  Clerk  and 
with  the  aid  of  the  personnel  of  the  Construction  Section, 
assisted  in  supplying  official  information  to  the  public 
concerning  all  hydraulic  problems,  main  pipe  and  service 
pipe  locations;  processed  applications  for  new  or  enlarged 


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domestic  and  fire  services,  and  maintained  official  records, 
plans  and  pressure  charts,  and  generally  supervised  the 
three  Water  Division  yards.  Additional  personnel  re- 
quired for  this  section  are  one  Senior  Civil  Engineer  and 
two  Senior  Engineering  Aids. 


Area  Yards 


AREA  No.  1 — 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 — 327  Forest  Hills  Street,  Jamaica  Plain 


Services : 


Jamaica  Plain,  Brighton,  West  Rox- 
bury, and  Hyde  Park 


AREA  No.  3 — 
Services : 


160  Hancock  Street,  Dorchester 
Dorchester  and  South  Boston 


These  yards  are  responsible  for  the  repair  and  mainte- 
nance 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  maintains 
emergency  crews  around  the  clock  for  any  water  service 
that  may  be  required  in  any  section  of  the  city. 

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

The  Maintenance  Shops  handled  all  drilling  of  services 
in  the  main  yard  and  assisted,  in  case  of  emergency, 
in  the  area  yards.  These  shops  repair  defective  hydrants, 
defective  gates  (in  the  ground,  if  possible)  and  rebuild 
corporation,  tapping  and  high  pressure  gates.  Along 
with  this  work,  the  Maintenance  Shops  render  assistance 
to  other  branches  of  the  Public  Works  Department  in 
many  special  jobs.  The  Meter  Shop  installs  new  large 


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meters,  changes  worn  and  defective  meters,  tests  and 
repairs  water  meters,  and  maintains  records  of  all  meters 
in  and  out  of  service.  More  than  forty-five  hundred 
water  meters  in  various  sizes  were  installed  by  the  Meter 
Shop  during  1968,  replacing  connection  pieces,  non- 
registering  water  meters,  and  to  meter  new  accounts. 


Domestic  Service  Applications 562 

Fire  Pipe  Applications 85 

Special  Meter  Tests 55 

Hydrant  Permits  Issued 30 

Repair  Deposits  Received 133 

Shutting  Off  and  Turning  On  Water: 

Shut-off  for  Repairs 2,378 

Turned  on  after  Repairs 1,614 

Shut-off  for  Vacancy 95 

Turned  on  for  Occupancy 30 

Shut-off  for  Nonpayment 4 

Turned  on  after  Nonpayment 0 

Shut-off  for  Waste 2 

Turned  on  after  Waste 0 

New  Service  Pipes  Turned  On 527 

New  Fire  Pipes  Turned  On 74 


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ANNUAL  REPORT 
OF  THE 

PURLIC  IMPROVEMENT  COMMISSION 
FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DECEMRER  31,  1968 

January  2,  1969. 

Hon.  Kevin  H.  White, 

Mayor  of  Boston. 

Through  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Dear  Mr.  Mayor: 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  36, 
Chapter  21,  of  the  Revised  City  Ordinances  of  1961,  the 
following  report  of  the  Public  Improvement  Commission 
for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1968,  is  respectfully 
submitted. 


Layouts  with  Construction 

The  following  streets  were  ordered  laid  out  and  constructed 
as  public  ways  during  the  year  1968: 

Beaver  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  Cleveland  Street 
approximately  535  feet  northeasterly.  Length,  535  feet;  esti- 
mated cost,  $17,088;  estimated  benefit,  $8,133.06. 

Bremen  Terrace,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  Orchardhill 
Road  approximately  180  feet  northerly.  Length,  180  feet; 
estimated  cost,  $8,800;  estimated  benefit,  $5,117.13. 

Carol  Circle,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  Washington 
Street  approximately  460  feet  northwesterly.  Length,  460 
feet;  estimated  cost,  $15,258;  estimated  benefit,  $7,629. 

Dedham  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  a point  approxi- 
mately 600  feet  west  of  Reservation  Road  approximately  720 
feet  westerly.  Length,  720  feet;  estimated  cost,  $25,056;  esti- 
mated benefit,  $12,528. 

DeRoma  Road,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  St.  Theresa 
Avenue  approximately  300  feet  southwesterly.  Length,  300 
feet;  estimated  cost,  $10,028;  estimated  benefit,  $5,014. 

Hardwick  Terrace,  Brighton  District,  from  Hardwick  Street 
approximately  110  feet  northeasterly.  Length,  110  feet;  esti- 
mated cost,  $6,100;  estimated  benefit,  $3,050. 


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Harvard  Terrace,  Brighton  District,  from  Harvard  Avenue 
approximately  285  feet  westerly.  Length,  285  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $11,638;  estimated  benefit,  $5,819. 

Prospect  Circle,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  Prospect  Street 
approximately  185  feet  southeasterly.  Length,  185  feet; 
estimated  cost,  $7,510;  estimated  benefit,  $3,755. 

Seattle  Street,  Brighton  District,  from  a point  approximately 
90  feet  northwest  of  Hopedale  Street  approximately  380  feet 
northwesterly.  Length,  380  feet;  estimated  cost,  $16,058; 
estimated  benefit,  $8,637.70. 

Sunset  Hill  Road,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  West  Rox- 
bury  Parkway  approximately  760  feet  southeasterly.  Length, 
760  feet;  estimated  cost,  $22,966.92;  estimated  benefit, 
$11,483.46. 

Thompson  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  a point  approxi- 
mately 700  feet  southwest  of  Franklin  Street  approximately 
600  feet  southwesterly.  Length,  600  feet;  estimated  cost, 
$28,032;  estimated  benefit,  $14,016.03. 

Layouts  Without  Construction 

The  following  streets  were  ordered  laid  out  without  con- 
struction as  public  ways  during  the  year  1968: 

Ames  Street,  Dorchester  District,  extended  from  the  end  of 
the  public  portion  approximately  620  feet  easterly.  Length, 
600  feet. 

Ledgemere  Road,  Brighton  District,  from  Chestnut  Hill 
Avenue  approximately  200  feet  easterly.  Length,  200  feet. 

Martha  Road,  Boston  Proper,  extended  from  a point  ap- 
proximately 500  feet  east  of  Leverett  Circle  to  Lomasney  Way 
(formerly  Lowell  Street). 

Stamford  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  over  a portion  of 
William  Cardinal  O’Connell  Way. 

Stratton  Street,  Dorchester  District,  extended  from  the  end 
of  the  public  portion  to  Ames  Street. 

Westview  Street,  Dorchester  District,  extended  from  the  end 
of  the  public  portion  approximately  680  feet  easterly. 

WlDENINGS  AND  RELOCATIONS 

Aldrich  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  the  southerly  and 
easterly  corners  of  Beryl  Street. 

Arlington  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  southerly 
corner  of  Elm  Street. 

Ascot  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  northerly  and  west- 
erly corners  of  Litchfield  Street. 

Benson  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  southerly  and  east- 
erly corners  of  Litchfield  Street,  and  the  northerly  and  west- 
erly corners  of  Antwerp  Street. 


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Chisholm  Road,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  the  easterly 
corner  of  Cornell  Street. 

Collins  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  southeasterly 
corner  of  Metropolitan  Avenue,  and  the  southeasterly  and 
southwesterly  corners  of  Huntington  Avenue. 

Court  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
between  Cambridge  Street  and  Franklin  Avenue. 

Cresthill  Road,  Brighton  District,  at  the  bend  on  the  south- 
erly side  of  the  northerly  leg  approximately  300  feet  west  of 
Parsons  Street;  at  the  bend  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  south- 
erly leg  approximately  323  feet  west  of  Parsons  Street;  and  at 
the  northwesterly  corner  of  Parsons  Street. 

Cygnet  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  southerly  and  east- 
erly corners  of  Litchfield  Street,  and  the  northerly  and  west- 
erly corners  of  Antwerp  Street. 

Doncaster  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  easterly  corner 
of  Dale  Street  and  the  southerly  corner  of  Metropolitan  Avenue. 

Everett  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  northeasterly  and 
northwesterly  corners  of  North  Beacon  Street. 

Fargo  Street,  South  Boston  District,  on  the  southwesterly 
side,  between  B Street  and  C Street. 

Forest  Hills  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  the  northerly 
and  westerly  corners  of  Glen  Road. 

Gardena  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Etna  Street. 

Hawkins  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Chardon 
Street  approximately  300  feet  southeasterly  and  180  feet  north- 
easterly. 

Litchfield  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
Lincoln  Street. 

Lonsdale  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  Adams  Street. 

Lomasney  Way,  Boston  Proper  District  (formerly  Lowell 
Street),  on  the  westerly  side  from  Staniford  Street  approximately 
125  feet  northerly. 

Lourdes  Avenue,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  both  corners  of 
Forest  Hills  Street  at  the  northerly  entrance;  on  the  southerly 
side  of  the  northerly  entrance  from  a point  approximately  225 
feet  west  of  Forest  Hills  Street  approximately  22  feet  westerly; 
on  the  northerly  side  of  the  southerly  entrance  from  a point  ap- 
proximately 222  feet  west  of  Forest  Hills  Street  approximately 
9 feet  westerly. 

Rickerhill  Road,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  the  northerly  and 
easterly  corners  of  Manthorne  Road. 

Saybrook  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  southerly  corner 
of  Glencoe  Street  and  the  westerly  corner  of  Etna  Street. 


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Stamford  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Cambridge 
Street  to  William  Cardinal  O’Connell  Way;  on  the  westerly 
side,  from  Lomasney  Way  (formerly  Lowell  Street)  to  William 
Cardinal  O’Connell  Way. 

Talbot  Avenue,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  westerly  corner 
of  Westview  Street. 

Thompson  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  southerly  cor- 
ner of  Reservation  Road. 

Tilesboro  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  southeasterly 
corner  of  Neponset  Avenue. 

Warren  Street,  Roxbury  District,  from  Deckard  Street  to 
Hazelwood  Street;  from  Dudley  Street  to  Walnut  Avenue. 

Washington  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  westerly 
side,  from  Marginal  Road  to  Kneeland  Street; on  the  easterly 
side,  from  a point  approximately  220  feet  south  of  Bennet 
Street  to  Kneeland  Street;  and  on  the  easterly  side,  from 
Broadway  to  Oak  Street. 

Western  Avenue,  Brighton  District,  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
North  Harvard  Street. 

Widett  Circle,  Roxbury  District,  from  a point  opposite 
South  Bay  Avenue  on  the  northerly  side  of  Frontage  Road  at 
the  John  F.  Fitzgerald  Expressway  approximately  260  feet 
northeasterly,  thence  in  a circular  direction  approximately 
3,760  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

William  Cardinal  O’Connell  Way,  Boston  Proper,  at  the 
southwesterly  corner  of  Staniford  Street. 


Specific  Repairs 

Aberdeen  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  both  corners  of  Beacon 
Street. 

Adams  Street,  Dorchester  District,  in  Pierce  Square  at 
Washington  Street. 

Arlington  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  both  corners  of 
Hyde  Park  Avenue  and  Elm  Street. 

Boylston  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  southerly 
side,  from  Dartmouth  Street  to  Clarendon  Street. 

Carmel  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  the  northeasterly  corner 
of  Delle  Avenue. 

Caton  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
Hollingsworth  Street  and  the  northwesterly  corner  of  River 
Street. 

Centre  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  both  corners  of  Seaborn 
Street,  Wainwright  Street,  Allston  Street,  Nixon  Street,  and 
Samoset  Street. 

Church  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  ]the  southeasterly 
and  northeasterly  corners  of  Courtney  Road. 


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Cordis  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  Warren  Street 
approximately  60  feet  northerly  (both  sides),  and  from  High 
Street  approximately  50  feet  southerly  (both  sides). 

Cummington  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  both  corners  of 
Babbitt  Street. 

Dartmouth  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Boylston 
Street  to  Beacon  Street;  from  Boylston  Street  approximately 
45  feet  northerly;  at  the  northeasterly  corners  of  Marlborough 
Street  and  Newbury  Street;  and  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of 
the  northerly  roadway  of  Commonwealth  Avenue. 

East  Fifth  Street,  South  Boston  District,  at  the  northeasterly 
and  southeasterly  corners  of  K Street;  at  four  corners  of  M 
Street,  N Street,  0 Street,  and  P Street;  and  at  both  corners 
of  Farragut  Road. 

East  Second  Street,  South  Boston  District,  at  both  corners 
of  Dorchester  Street,  Emmet  Street,  and  M Street;  at  four 
corners  of  H Street,  I Street,  and  K Street;  and  at  all  corners 
of  Vicksburg  Street  and  the  southwesterly  corner  of  L Street. 

Elm  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  Bunker  Hill  Street 
approximately  50  feet  northerly  (both  sides),  and  from  Medford 
Street  approximately  50  feet  southerly  (both  sides). 

Everett  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  both  corners  of  Cleve- 
mont  Avenue,  Braintree  Street,  Aldie  Street,  and  Raymond 
Street;  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of  the  entrance  to  Harvey 
Steel  Road ; at  four  corners  of  Holton  Street;  and  at  the  northerly 
and  southerly  approaches  to  the  Everett  Street  Bridge. 

Exeter  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  both  sides,  between 
Huntington  Avenue  and  Boylston  Street. 

Falcon  Street,  East  Boston  District,  at  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  Glendon  Street,  and  at  four  corners  of  Putnam  Street. 

Gardena  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  both  corners  of  Market 
Street;  four  corners  of  Glencoe  Street;  the  northerly,  easterly, 
and  westerly  corners  of  Etna  Street;  and  the  northerly  corner 
of  Dustin  Street. 

Gartland  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  the  easterly 
corner  of  Washington  Street. 

Hannon  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  northeasterly 
corner  of  Morton  Street. 

Lansdowne  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  the  southerly  corner 
of  Brookline  Avenue  and  the  northerly  corner  of  Ipswich  Street. 

Linden  Street,  South  Boston  District,  at  both  corners  of 
East  Fourth  Street  and  Thomas  Park. 

Litchfield  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  northerly  corner 
of  Lincoln  Street,  the  easterly  corner  of  Holton  Street,  and 
both  corners  of  Western  Avenue. 

Lomasney  Way,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  interection 
of  Staniford  Street. 


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Nelson  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  both  corners  of  Maxwell 
Street  and  the  northeasterly  corner  of  Selden  Street. 

New  Street,  East  Boston  District,  at  the  southerly  corner 
of  Maverick  Street,  and  at  a point  on  the  northwesterly  side 
approximately  200  feet  from  Sumner  Street. 

Oak  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Washington  Street 
approximately  85  feet  easterly. 

Old  Harbor  Street,  South  Boston  District,  at  both  corners 
of  Telegraph  Street,  and  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Dor- 
chester Street. 

Porter  Street,  East  Boston  District,  at  four  corners  of 
Orleans  Street,  both  corners  of  Frankfort  Street,  and  the 
westerly  corner  of  Bremen  Street. 

Public  Alley  No.  419,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  both  corners 
on  the  easterly  side  of  Dartmouth  Street. 

Public  Alley  No.  424,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  both  corners 
on  the  easterly  side  of  Dartmouth  Street. 

Public  Alley  No.  434,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  both  corners 
on  the  easterly  side  of  Dartmouth  Street. 

Public  Alley  No.  439,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  both  corners 
on  the  easterly  side  of  Dartmouth  Street. 

Radnor  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  both  corners  of  Foster 
Street. 

Saratoga  Street,  East  Boston  District,  at  the  northerly  and 
easterly  corners  of  Prescott  Street. 

Saybrook  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  southerly  corner 
of  Market  Street  and  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Etna  Street. 

Soley  Street,  Charlestown  District,  on  the  westerly  side,  from 
Warren  Street  approximately  50  feet  northerly;  and  on  the 
easterly  side,  from  Monument  Square  approximately  50  feet 
southerly. 

Stockton  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  Washington  Street. 

Thompson  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  westerly  corner 
of  Reservation  Road. 

Tilesboro  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  northerly  corner 
of  Neponset  Avenue. 

Tremlett  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  southeasterly 
corner  of  Hooper  Street. 

Tremont  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  the  intersection  of 
Lenox  Street. 

Warren  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  southerly 
side,  from  West  Newton  Street  approximately  50  feet  south- 
easterly; between  Pembroke  Street  and  West  Newton  Street. 

Warren  Street,  Roxbury  District,  between  Townsend  Street 
and  Hazelwood  Street. 


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Washington  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Marginal 
Road  to  Kneeland  Street;  easterly  side,  from  Pine  Street  to 
300  feet  northerly  beyond  Oak  Street. 

Washington  Street,  Dorchester  District,  in  Pierce  Square  at 
Dorchester  Avenue. 

West  Newton  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  easterly 
side,  from  Columbus  Avenue  approximately  150  feet  south- 
easterly. 

Western  Avenue  and  North  Harvard  Street,  Brighton  District 
at  their  intersection. 

Widett  Circle,  Roxbury  District,  at  Frontage  Road. 
Sidewalks 

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

Arlington  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Hyde  Park 
Avenue  and  River  Street. 

Belmore  Terrace,  West  Roxbury  District,  between  Boylston 
Street  and  Oak  view  Terrace. 

Church  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  between  Weld  Street 
and  the  Brookline  boundary  line. 

Collins  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Hyde  Park 
Avenue  and  Bradlee  Street. 

Cummington  Street,  Roxbury  District,  between  Common- 
wealth Avenue  and  Blandford  Street. 

Durland  Street,  Brighton  District,  between  Hardwick 
Street  and  the  dead  end. 

Everett  Street,  Brighton  District,  between  North  Beacon 
Street  and  Western  Avenue. 

Falcon  Street,  East  Boston  District,  between  Bennington 
Street  and  Boardman  Street. 

George  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  River  Street 
and  Danbury  Road. 

Jeffries  Street,  East  Boston  District,  between  Maverick 
Street  and  Marginal  Street. 

Leyden  Street,  East  Boston  District,  between  Walley  Street 
and  Boardman  Street. 

Lourdes  Avenue,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  the  northerly 
entrance  of  Forest  Hills  Street  to  the  southerly  entrance  of 
Forest  Hills  Street. 

Pierce  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Fairmount 
Avenue  and  Riverside  Square. 

Thompson  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Reservation 
Road  and  approximately  680  feet  southwest  of  Franklin  Street. 


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Discontinuances 

Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  on  the 
easterly  side  from  a point  approximately  opposite  the  northerly 
line  of  India  Street  to  a point  approximately  opposite  the 
southerly  line  of  Storer  Street,  a distance  of  approximately 
195  feet. 

Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  a point  ap- 
proximately 10  feet  north  of  the  southerly  line  of  Milk  Street 
to  High  Street. 

Beach  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  Medford  Street  to 
the  Boston  & Maine  Railroad. 

Bennet  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from  Wash- 
ington Street  to  Ash  Street. 

Blagden  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  on  the 
northerly  side,  from  Exeter  Street  approximately  266  feet 
easterly. 

Burlington  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  south- 
westerly side,  from  a point  approximately  370  feet  northwest  of 
Brookline  Avenue  approximately  100  feet  northwesterly. 

Cambridge  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  westerly 
side  from  Tremont  Street  approximately  120  feet  northerly. 

Hanover  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  on  the 
northwesterly  side  between  Union  Street  and  Blackstone 
Street. 

Hawkins  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from  a 
point  approximately  95  feet  southeast  of  Chardon  Street  ap- 
proximately 95  feet  southeast  of  Chardon  Street  approximately 
200  feet  southeasterly. 

Haymarket  Square,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  at  the 
northwesterly  corner  of  Union  Street. 

Herman  Street,  Roxbury  District,  from  Regent  Street  to 
Circuit  Street. 

Hollis  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Washington 
Street  to  Dillaway  Street. 

India  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Atlantic  Avenue 
approximately  60  feet  westerly. 

Iola  Street,  Dorchester  District,  from  Talbot  Avenue  to 
Tonset  Street. 

Kingman  road,  Dorchester  District,  from  Westville  Street  to 
Dakota  Street. 

Milk  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  southerly  side, 
from  Atlantic  Avenue  approximately  130  feet  westerly. 

Northfield  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  a point  ap- 
proximately 115  feet  southeast  of  Tremont  Street  to  Camden 
Street. 


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Park  Square,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  on  the 
westerly  side,  from  Boylston  Street  approximately  245  feet 
southerly ; and  portions  on  the  northwesterly  side  from  Boylston 
Street  approximately  90  feet  southerly,  150  feet  southwesterly, 
and  95  feet  westerly. 

Pemberton  Square,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  a point 
approximately  270  feet  east  of  Somerset  Street  approximately 
70  feet  northerly. 

Sharon  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Albany  Street 
to  Harrison  Avenue. 

Stanwood  Street,  Dorchester  District,  a portion  on  the  south- 
westerly side,  from  Columbia  Road  approximately  70  feet 
northwesterly. 

Stoughton  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  a point  ap- 
proximately 226  feet  southeast  of  Harrison  Avenue  to  Albany 
Street. 

Tremont  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  westerly 
side  from  Cambridge  Street  approximately  180  feet  southerly. 

Trinity  Place,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Boylston  Street 
to  St.  James  Avenue. 

Union  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from  Han- 
over Street  to  Sudbury  Street. 

Washington  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  portions  on  the 
southeasterly  side,  between  Franklin  Street  and  Milk  Street. 

Washington  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Pine  Street 
approximately  114  feet  northerly. 

Washington  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  on  the  north- 
westerly side,  from  Grouse  Street  approximately  150  feet  south- 
westerly. 

Westview  Street,  Dorchester  District,  from  Talbot  Avenue 
to  Tonset  Street. 


Street  Name  Changes 

Granite  Street,  South  Boston  District,  from  A Street  to 
Mt.  Washington  Avenue.  New  name:  Sobin  Park. 

Lowell  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Causeway  Street 
to  Nashua  Street.  New  name : Lomasney  Way. 

Washington  Street  North,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Hay- 
market  Square  to  City  Square.  New  name:  North  Washington 
Street. 


Revision  of  Grade 

Washington  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Kneeland 
Street  to  Marginal  Road. 


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Transfer  of  Land 

Copley  Square,  Boston  Proper  District,  the  dedication  to 
public  street  and  public  park  uses  certain  City  of  Boston  lands, 
pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Chapter  143,  Acts  of  1965. 

Slope  Easements 

Bremen  Terrace,  West  Boxbury  District,  in  Private  Land  on 
the  westerly  and  northerly  sides  of  Bremen  Terrace. 

Dedham  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
from  a point  approximately  220  feet  west  of  Beservation  Boad 
approximately  1,100  feet  westerly;  on  the  southerly  side,  from 
a point  approximately  1,100  feet  west  of  Reservation  Road 
approximately  230  feet  westerly. 

Everett  Street,  East  Boston  District,  at  the  intersection  of 
Private  Land,  on  the  northeasterly  and  southwesterly  sides, 
from  a point  approximately  260  feet  southeast  of  Lamson 
Street  approximately  70  feet  southeasterly. 

Thompson  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  on  the  southeasterly 
side,  from  a point  approximately  600  feet  southwest  of  Franklin 
Street  approximately  150  feet  southwesterly. 

Abandonment  of  Slope  Easement 

Lincoln  Street,  Brighton  District,  from  a point  approximately 
210  feet  west  of  Mansfield  Street  approximately  480  feet 
westerly. 


Land  Damage 

On  new  street  construction  103  claims  were  filed  for 
damages  to  property  resulting  from  land  takings  or 
changes  in  grades.  On  these  claims,  the  Public  Improve- 
ment Commission  awarded  damages  in  the  amount  of 
$17,345.02. 


Sewer  Program 

During  the  year  1968  the  construction  of  2.24  miles  of 
sanitary  sewer,  1.74  miles  of  surface  drain,  51  catch 
basins,  and  1 drop  inlet  were  ordered  at  a total  estimated 
cost  of  $1,205,741. 

The  following  sewer  easements  were  ordered  discon- 
tinued : 

Compton  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Washington 
Street  to  Shawmut  Avenue. 


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Private  Land  (formerly  Leather  Square),  Boston  Proper  Dis- 
trict, from  Matthews  Street  approximately  160  feet  north- 
westerly. 

Private  Land  (formerly  Pemberton  Square),  Boston  Proper 
District,  from  a point  approximately  48  feet  west  of  Tremont 
Street  approximately  200  feet  westerly,  150  feet  southerly,  and 
170  feet  northerly. 

Private  Land,  Dorchester,  from  a point  approximately  250 
feet  northeast  of  Geneva  Avenue  approximately  170  feet  north- 
easterly. 

Private  Land,  Roxbury  District,  from  Alpine  Street  to  Cir- 
cuit Street. 

Private  Land,  Roxbury  District,  from  Alpine  Street  to  a 
point  approximately  60  feet  west  of  Circuit  Street. 

Private  Land  (formerly  Hollander  Street),  Roxbury  District, 
from  Humboldt  Avenue  approximately  340  feet  northwesterly. 

The  following  sewer  easement  was  widened : 

Private  Land  (Brandy wyne  Village),  East  Boston  District, 
from  Saratoga  Street  50  feet  northwesterly  along  Brandy  wyne 
Drive  from  approximately  155  feet  northeasterly. 


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Sewerage  works  were  ordered  as  follows: 

SEWERAGE  WORKS  ORDERED 


Street 

Sanitary 
Sewer 
Linear  Feet 

Surface 
Drain 
Linear  Feet 

Boston  Proper 

Charles  Street  South .... 

365 

349 

124 

•Private  Land  (Pember- 
ton Square) 

•Private  Land  (Belvidere 
Street)  

950 

340 

Brighton 

505 

Charlestown 

•Private  Land  (Beach 
Street) 

675 

Dorchester 

•Canaan  Street 

340 

234 

•Colorado  Street 

290 

288 

•Private  Land  (Harvard 
Street) 

East  Boston 

•Brandywyne  Drive) 
Trustman  Terrace  j •••  ■ 

1,070 

2,303 

Hyde  Park 

•Beaver  Street 

150 

150 

•Brushwood  Circle 

280 

280 

Collins  Street 

285 

234 

•Crown  Point  Drive.  . . . 

416 

•Danny  Road 

415 

401 

•Fieldmont  Street 

125 

105 

•Georgetowne  Drive .... 

2,384 

1,324 

•Margaretta  Drive 

700 

529 

•Sanford  Street 

792 

792 

Roxbury 

•Leslie  Park 

178 

178 

•Private  Land 

100 

100 

West  Roxbury 

•Private  Land  

290 

•Private  Land 

763 

764 

•Westgate  Road 

953 

532 

Catch 

Basin 


Drain 

Inlet 


Cost 


Estimated 

Benefit 


11 


$40,000  00 
7,500  00 


203,400  00 
15,345  00 

275,000  00 


10,680  00 
10,920  00 


203,590  00 


9,500  00 
10,500  00 
10,600  00 
44,260  00 
14,030  00 
12,800  00 
131,850  00 
41,900  00 
23,300  00 


11,000  00 

3,500  00 


22,066  00 
104,000  00 


None 

None 


None 

None 

None 


None 

None 


$66,105  00 


None 

None 

None 

None 

None 

None 

None 

None 

None 


None 

None 


None 

$50,326  00 


•Easements  Taken 


Private  Ways 

During  the  year  1968  permission  was  given  to  prepare 
for  public  travel  the  following  private  ways: 

Crown  Point  Drive,  Hyde  Park,  from  Margaretta 
Drive  to  Margaretta  Drive. 

Georgetowne  Drive,  Hyde  Park  and  West  Roxbury, 
from  a point  approximately  110  feet  southwest  of  Willers 
Street  approximately  2,900  feet  southeasterly  to  the 
MDC  Dedham  Parkway. 


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Margaretta  Drive,  Hyde  Park,  from  Georgetowne 
Drive  approximately  660  feet  easterly  and  southerly. 

Parkside  Drive,  West  Roxbury,  from  existing  Parkside 
Drive  approximately  360  feet  northeasterly. 

During  the  year  1968  permission  was  given  to  open  for 
public  travel  the  following  private  ways: 

Blueview  Circle,  West  Roxbury,  from  Blue  view  Road 
approximately  330  feet  southerly. 

Blueview  Road,  West  Roxbury,  from  Woodley  Avenue 
to  Boundary  Road. 

Cedarcrest  Lane,  West  Roxbury,  from  Cedarcrest 
Road  to  West  Boundary  Road. 

Cedarcrest  Road,  West  Roxbury,  from  Cedarcrest 
Circle  to  West  Boundary  Road. 

Crosstown  Avenue,  West  Roxbury,  between  Salman 
Street  and  Vogel  Street. 


Assessments 

During  the  year  1968  the  Highway  Division  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  sent  notice  of  completion  of 
thirteen  streets  at  a total  cost  of  $598,247.34.  On  this 
work  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  levied  assess- 
ments in  the  amount  of  $227,873.14. 

During  the  same  period  the  Sewer  Division  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  reported  the  completion  of 
construction  of  sanitary  sewerage  in  seven  streets  at  a 
cost  of  $193,070.54,  on  which  the  Public  Improvement 
Commission  levied  assessments  in  the  amount  of 
$100,331.13. 

During  the  year  1968  the  Highway  Division  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  sent  notice  of  completion  of 
sidewalks  in  sixteen  streets  at  a total  cost  of  $125,105.77. 
On  this  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  levied 
assessments  of  $33,791.83. 


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STREET  ASSESSMENTS 


Street 


Cost 


Assessment 


American  Legion  Highway,  Hyde  Park 

Belle  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 

Crane  Street,  Hyde  Park 

Delhi  Street,  Dorchester 

Elm  Lawn,  Dorchester 

Fawndale  Road,  West  Roxbury 

Hillis  Road,  Hyde  Park 

Macullar  Road,  West  Roxbury 

Red  Pine  Road,  West  Roxbury 

Salman  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Slocum  Road,  West  Roxbury 

Stone  Terrace,  Dorchester 

Westbourne  Terrace,  Brighton 

Total 


$304,695 

54 

57,977 

33 

10,145 

20 

90,635 

23 

14,971 

05 

21,324 

61 

14,574 

34 

17,738 

68 

11,291 

79 

21,730 

94 

18,788 

33 

9,098 

94 

5,275 

36 

$598,247  34 


$128,392  23 
14,252  00 
4,503  50 
28,918  13 
6,285  30 
6,078  00 
5,044  00 
3,583  62 
5,135  00 
10,054  36 
9,594  00 
3,545  00 
2,488  00 
$227,873  14 


SEWER  ASSESSMENTS 


Street 

Cost 

Assessment 

Corcoran  Drive,  Hyde  Park 

$6,416 

99 

$6,954 

45 

Lathrop  Place,  Boston  Proper 

5,535 

67 

2,767 

85 

Parkside  Drive,  West  Roxbury 

36,975 

78 

20,798 

90 

Poplar  Street,  West  Roxbury 

1,486 

87 

1,114 

50 

Private  Land,  West  Roxbury 

17,100 

45 

8,550 

23 

Sunset  Hill  Road,  West  Roxbury 

17,456 

02 

9,819 

00 

Westgate  Road,  West  Roxbury 

108,098 

76 

50,326 

00 

Total 

$193,070 

54 

$100,331 

13 

Public  Works  Department 


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SIDEWALK  ASSESSMENTS 


Street 

Cost 

Assessment 

Alpheus  Road,  West  Roxbury 

$8,879  30 

$3,182  00 

Arklow  Street,  Roxbury 

2,294  00 

251  00 

Bateman  Street,  Hyde  Park 

10,724  90 

2,604  00 

Blanchard  Street,  Roxbury 

1,322  15 

392  00 

Charles  Street,  Hyde  Park 

4,722  59 

2,226  00 

Deerfield  Street,  Boston  Proper 

887  80 

362  00 

Franklin  Terrace,  Hyde  Park 

3,906  55 

1,918  00 

Grew  Hill  Road,  Hyde  Park 

7,184  80 

1,335  00 

Jacob  Street,  Dorchester 

10,205  56 

5,803  83 

Lodgehill  Road,  Hyde  Park 

9,107  20 

764  00 

Mt.  Pleasant  Street,  Hyde  Park 

6,737  32 

2,664  00 

Readville  Street,  Hyde  Park 

39,441  78 

10,835  00 

Temple  Street,  Dorchester 

10,550  50 

1,944  00 

Walton  Street,  Dorchester 

3,037  02 

584  00 

Revere  Street,  West  Roxbury 

2,304  50 

1,135  00 

Weeks  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 

3,799  80 

792  00 

Total 

$125,105  77 

$33,791  83 

During  the  period  of  this  report  152  petitions  for  public 
utilities  were  approved  for  the  placing  and  maintaining 
of  poles  for  the  support  of  wires. 

Also,  209  petitions  were  approved  for  miscellaneous 
installations  or  uses  of  the  public  highways  of  the  City  of 
Boston,  as  follows: 

Street 

Alaska  Street,  Roxbury 
Alexander  Street,  Dorchester 
Alford  Street,  Boston  Proper 
Alpine  Street,  Roxbury  (2) 

Arlington  Street,  Boston  Proper 
Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 
Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 

Avon  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Beacon  Street,  Boston  Proper 
Beech  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Bellevue  Street,  Dorchester 
Bennington  Street,  East  Boston 


Petitioner 

Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Edison  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Union  Freight  Railroad 

Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 
Boston  Gas  Company 


Nature  of  Petition 
Gas  main 
Gas  main 
Fuel  oil  lines 
Gas  mains 
Gas  main 
Gas  main 

Alteration  of  railroad 
tracks 

Gas  main 

Gas  main 

Gas  main 

Gas  main 

Gas  main 


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Stbeett 

Petitioner 

Nature  of  Petition 

Berkeley  Street,  Boston  Proper 

John  Hancock  Life  Insurance 
Company 

Observation  wells 

Beverly  Street,  Boston  Proper  (3) 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

Beverly  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Blue  Hill  Avenue,  Roxbury  (7) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Bowdoin  Avenue,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Bowdoin  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Boylston  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Brook  Street,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Brookledge  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Brookline  Avenue,  Roxbury 

New  England  Deaconess  Hospital 

Tunnel 

Brunswick  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Caledonian  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cambridge  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cambridge  Street  Avenue,  Boston 
Proper 

Cambridge  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cambridge  Street  Extension, 
Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cass  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Castlegate  Road,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Causeway  Street,  Boston  Proper  (4) 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduits 

Causeway  Street,  Boston  Proper  (2) 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

Cedar  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Central  Wharf,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Centre  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Charles  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Chelsea  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cheney  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Chestnut  Hill  Avenue,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Church  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Circuit  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

City  Square,  Charlestown 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

Clarendon  Street,  Boston  Proper 

John  Hancock  Life  Insurance 
Company 

Observation  wells 

Clearway  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cleveland  Circle,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Coleridge  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Columbia  Road,  Dorchester  (4) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Commonwealth  Avenue,  Boston 
Proper 

Boston  University 

Masonry  flower  boxes 

Congress  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Congress  Street,  Boston  Proper 

First  National  Bank 

Temporary  excavation 
supports 

Conley  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Public  Works  Department  49 


Street 

Petitioner 

Nature  of  Petition 

Court  Square,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Court  Square,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Court  Square  East,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Court  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Creston  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cross  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cumberland  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Dalton  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Dartmouth  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Dartmouth  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Deckard  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Devon  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Dock  Square,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Dorchester  Avenue,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Eagle  Square,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

East  Eagle  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

East  Fifth  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

East  First  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

East  First  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

East  Newton  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

East  Newton  Street,  Boston  Proper 

University  Hospital,  Inc. 

Walkway 

East  Second  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Thermocouple 

East  Sixth  Street,  South  Boston  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Edgerly  Place,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Ellwood  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Elm  Hill  Avenue,  Roxbury  (6) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Elmore  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Esmond  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Faneuil  Street,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Fayette  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Federal  Street,  Boston  Proper 

First  National  Bank 

Temporary  excavation 
supports 

Foodmart  Road,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Forest  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Forsyth  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Franklin  Street,  Boston  Proper 

First  National  Bank 

Temporary  excavation 
supports 

Franklin  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Suffolk  Franklin  Savings  Bank 

Snow  melting  cables 

Furnival  Road,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Geneva  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Glendower  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

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Street 

Petitioner 

Nature  of  Petition 

Glenmont  Road,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Greenville  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Greenwich  Court,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Greenwich  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

H Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Harold  Street,  Roxbury  (4) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Harrison  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Hawley  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Suffolk  Franklin  Savings  Bank 

Snow  Melting  Cables 

Hemenway  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Hereford  Street,  Boston  Proper  (2) 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduits 

High  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Massachusetts  Bay  Transit 
Authority 

Soldier  beams 

Hollander  Street,  Roxbury  (3) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Holworthy  Street,  Roxbury  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Homestead  Street,  Roxbury  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Hull  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Humboldt  Avenue,  Roxbury  (6) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Huntington  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Hutchings  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

I Street,  Boston 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Thermocouple 

Joslin  Park,  Roxbury 

New  England  Deaconess  Hospital 

Tunnel 

Keith  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Kemble  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Kenrick  Street,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Kittredge  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

L Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

La  Grange  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Levant  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Magnolia  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Manchester  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Maple  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Matthews  Street,  Boston  Proper 

First  National  Bank 

Temporary  excavation 
supports 

Mayfair  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Melrose  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Myrick  Street,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

N Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

New  Chardon  Street,  Boston 
Proper  (2) 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduits 

New  Chardon  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Catholic  Archdiocese 

Sidewalk  occupancy 

New  Chardon  Street,  Boston 
Proper  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

New  Congress  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Public  Works  Department 


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Street 

Petitioner 

Nature  of  Petitiion 

New  Franklin  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

New  Hawkins  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

New  Hawkins  Street,  Boston 
Proper  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Newbury  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Newmarket  Square,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Normandy  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

North  Hudson  Street,  Boston  Proper  Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Old  Harbor  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Pasadena  Road,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Pearl  Street,  Charlestown  (4) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Pie  Alley,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Piedmont  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Pilgrim  Road,  Roxbury 

New  England  Deaconess  Hospital 

Tunnel 

Pond  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Poplar  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Port  Norfolk  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Portland  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Powell,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Prescott  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Princeton  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Proposed  Service  Road,  Boston 
Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Providence  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Statler  Hilton  Hotel 

Snow  melting  equip- 
ment 

Public  Alley  No.  402,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Public  Alley  No.  440,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Public  Alley  No.  443,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Purchase  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Massachusetts  Bay  Transit  Au- 
thority 

Soldier  beams 

Putnam  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Quincy  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Regent  Street,  Roxbury  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Ridgeway  Lane,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Robken  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

Ruthven  Street,  Roxbury  (3) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

St.  James  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 

John  Hancock  Insurance 
Company 

Observation  wells 

St.  James  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Savin  Hill  Avenue,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Seaver  Street,  Roxbury  (5) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Snow  Hill  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Somerset  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

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Street 

Petitioner 

Nature  of  Petition 

South  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Spring  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Stanley  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Stuart  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Stuart  Street,  Boston  Proper 

John  Hancock  Life  Insurance 
Company 

Observation  wells 

Sullivan  Square,  Charlestown 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

Summer  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Thermocouple 

Summer  Street,  South  Boston  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Summer  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Temple  Place,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Topliff  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Tremont  Street,  Roxbury  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Trilling  Way,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Trinity  Place,  Boston  Proper 

John  Hancock  Life  Insurance 
Company 

Observation  wells 

Utica  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Victory  Road,  Dorchester  (3) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Wabeno  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Wabon  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Wakullah  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Wales  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Walnut  Avenue,  Roxbury  (4) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Walnut  Park,  Roxbury  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Wardman  Road,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Warren  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

Warren  Street,  Roxbury  (3) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Washington  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Fuel  oil  lines 

Washington  Street,  Dorchester  (4) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Washington  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

West  Newton  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Westminster  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Whitney  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Widett  Circle,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Wilder  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Winchester  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Joseph  F.  Casazza,  Chairman , 

Frederick  L.  Garvin,  William  R.  McGrath, 

Chief  Engineer  John  F.  Mulhern, 

Michael  J Corrao  Public  Improvement  Commission. 

Executive  Secretary 


Public  Works  Department 


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APPENDIX  A 
CENTRAL  OFFICE 

Table  1 — Grade  and  Number  of  Employees 

Table  2 — Number  of  Employees 

Table  3 — Appointments,  Transfers,  Retirements,  Etc. 
Permit  Branch 

Table  4 — Cash  Receipts,  Committed  Accounts,  Etc. 

Table  5 — Permits,  Licenses,  Deposits 
Maintenance  Branch 

Table  6 — Equipment,  New  Equipment 

Table  7 — Summary  of  Appropriations 


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PERSONNEL  SECTION 


The  records  of  the  department  show  that  there  are  now 
1,447  persons  eligible  for  employment  in  the  several 
divisions  and  of  that  number  1,369  were  upon  the  January 
2,  1969,  payrolls. 

TABLE  1 


TITLE  AND  NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES 


Title 

Central 

Office 

Maintenance 
Branch,  Central 
Office 

Highway 

Sanitary 

Sewer 

Engineering 

Water 

Total 

Commissioner  of  public  works 

1 

— 

— 

- 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Deputy  commissioner  and  division  engineer . . . 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Administrative  assistant 

2 

— 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

7 

Assistant  civil  engineer 

— 

— 

4 

- 

2 

10 

1 

17 

Assistant  drawtender 

— 

— 

19 

- 

— 

— 

— 

19 

Assistant  sewer  pumping  station  operator 

— 

— 

— 

— 

10 

— 

— 

10 

Assistant  superintendent 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

1 

Assistant  supervisor 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Associate  civil  engineer 

— 

— 

2 

— 

2 

2 

1 

7 

Associate  electrical  engineer 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Cashier  and  weigh  clerk 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  communications  equipment  operator. . . 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  inspector 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  sewer  pumping  station  operator 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  water  meter  reader 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

1 

Clerk  and  typist 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

2 

Communications  equipment  operator 

— 

4 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

Constable 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Crane  operator 

— 

— 

— 

9 

— 

— 

— 

9 

Director  of  transportation 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Division  engineer 

— 

— 

1 

— 

1 

1 

1 

4 

Drawtender 

— 

— 

3 

— 

— 

— 

— 

3 

Electrician 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Electrician-operator 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

— 

— 

2 

Executive  secretary  (PIC) 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Executive  secretary  (PWD) 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

First  assistant  drawtender 

— 

— 

16 

— 

— 

— 

— 

16 

Garage  attendant 

— 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

6 

Public  Works  Department 


55 


Title 

Central 

Office 

Maintenance 
Branch,  Central 
Office 

Highway 

Sanitary 

Sewer 

Engineering 

Water 

3 

1 

1 

General  foreman 

— 

2 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Head  account  clerk 

1 

- 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Head  administrative  clerk 

1 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Head  clerk 

— 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

Head  clerk  and  secretary 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Head  permit  investigator 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Head  photostat  operator 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

Head  storekeeper 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Heavy  motor  equipment  operator 

— 

1 

56 

20 

1 

— 

15 

Heavy  motor  equipment  repairman 

— 

8 

— 

— i 

— 

— 

— 

Inspector 

— 

— 

73 

52 

10 

— 

20 

Junior  civil  engineer 

— 

— 

4 

— 

1 

9 

— 

Junior  engineering  aid 

— 

— 

6 

— 

— 

9 

— 

Laborer 

— 

— 

269 

67 

16 

— 

36 

Maintenance  foreman 

— 

5 

6 

1 

2 

— 

1 

Maintenance  man 

— 

12 

— 

3 

— 

’ — 

18 

Maintenance  mechanic  (blacksmith) 

— 

4 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Maintenance  mechanic  (carpenter) 

— 

4 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Maintenance  mechanic  (machinist) 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

10 

Maintenance  mechanic  (mason) 

— 

— 

— 

— 

3 

— 

1 

Maintenance  mechanic  (painter) 

— 

2 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Maintenance  mechanic  (plumber) 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

6 

Maintenance  mechanic  (sheetmetal  worker) . . 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Maintenance  mechanic  (water  serviceman) . . . 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

10 

Maintenance  mechanic  (welder) 

— 

4 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Maintenance  mechanic  foreman  (carpenter) . . 

— 

2 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Maintenance  mechanic  foreman  (millwright) . 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

Maintenance  mechanic  helper 

— 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

14 

Motor  equipment  operator 

— 

1 

57 

3 

4 

— 

— 

Motor  equipment  repair  foreman 

— 

4 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Paver 

— 

. — 

15 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Permit  investigator 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Personnel  assistant 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Photographer 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

Principal  cashier 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

o 

H 


4 

1 

2 
2 
2 

7 

1 
1 
1 

2 

93 

8 

155 

14 

15 

388 

15 

33 

4 

10 

11 

4 

3 
6 
1 

10 

5 
2 
1 

20 

65 

4 

15 

6 
1 
1 


1 


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City  Document  No.  18 


Title 

Central 

Office 

Maintenance 
Branch,  Central 
Office 

Highway 

Sanitary 

Sewer 

Engineering 

Water 

Total 

Principal  clerk 

— 

— 

— 

2 

2 

4 

— 

8 

Principal  clerk  and  stenographer 

1 

— 

1 

1 

1 

- 

1 

5 

Principal  clerk  and  typist 

5 

— 

1 

— 

1 

— 

2 

9 

Principal  personnel  officer 

1 

— 

- 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Principal  storekeeper 

— 

1 

- 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Sanitation  foreman 

— 

— 

— 

3 

— 

— 

— 

3 

Senior  account  clerk 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

2 

Senior  civil  engineer 

— 

— 

9 

— 

2 

3 

1 

15 

Senior  clerk 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

2 

Senior  clerk  and  stenographer 

1 

— 

— 

1 

- 

— 

1 

3 

Senior  clerk  and  typist 

5 

2 

5 

1 

— 

1 

4 

18 

Senior  engineering  aid 

— 

— 

6 

— 

3 

8 

2 

19 

Senior  storekeeper 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

1 

2 

Sewer  cleaner 

— 

— 

— 

— 

8 

— 

— 

8 

Sewer  gateman 

— 

— 

— 

— 

12 

— 

— 

12 

Sewer  pumping  station  operator 

— 

— 

— 

— 

6 

— 

— 

6 

Sewer  service  repairman 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

— 

— 

4 

Sign  painter  and  letterer 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Special  heavy  motor  equipment  operator .... 

— 

1 

5 

4 

4 

— 

1 

15 

Special  water  meter  reader 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

4 

Steam  fireman 

— 

— 

— 

2 

— 

— 

— 

2 

Steam  fireman  (incinerator) 

— 

— 

— 

3 

— 

— 

— 

3 

Stoker 

— 

— 

— 

25 

— 

— 

— 

25 

Storekeeper 

— 

1 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

Superintendent 

— 

— 

2 

2 

1 

— 

1 

6 

Supervisor 

— 

2 

14 

6 

2 

— 

5 

29 

Telephone  operator 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

1 

Water  meter  reader 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

20 

20 

Water  meter  repairman 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

9 

9 

Water  revenue  supervisor 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

1 

Water  service  maintenance  man 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

18 

18 

Water  service  repairman 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

35 

35 

Working  foreman 

— 

2 

3 

5 

7 

— 

17 

34 

Yard  clerk 

— 

— 

— 

3 

— 

— 

4 

7 

Yardman 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

2 

Yardmaster 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

1 

Totals 

32 

84 

594 

218 

112 

51 

278 

1,369 

Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  2 

NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES  ACTUALLY  EMPLOYED 
JANUARY  1,  1968,  AND  JANUARY  I,  1969 


Central 

Office 

Highway 

Division 

Sanitary 

Division 

Sewer 

Division 

Engi- 

neering 

Division 

Water 

Division 

Total 

January  1,  1968 

113 

617 

218 

114 

58 

273 

1,393 

January  1,  1969 

116 

594 

218 

112 

51 

278 

1,369 

Total  Eligible  Force. . . 

138 

701 

201 

120 

61 

295 

1,516 

TABLE  3 

APPOINTMENTS,  TRANSFERS,  RESIGNATIONS, 
RETIREMENTS,  DEATHS,  ETC.,  OF  EMPLOYEES 


Appointed 

Reinstated 

Transferred  from  Other 
Departments 

Transferred  from  Other 
Divisions 

January  1,  1969 

Services  1968-1969 

January  1,  1968 

Resigned 

Discharged 

Transferred  to  Other 
Departments 

Transferred  to  Other 
Divisions 

Retired 

Died 

6 

1 

— 

3 

116 

Central  Office 

113 

2 

— 

1 

2 

1 

1 

35 

3 

- 

— 

594 

Highway 

617 

18 

8 

3 

13 

15 

4 

10 

- 

- 

8 

218 

Sanitary 

218 

7 

2 

2 

— 

4 

3 

7 

- 

— 

3 

112 

Sewer 

114 

— 

3 

1 

1 

6 

1 

1 

— 

— 

— 

51 

Engineering 

58 

4 

— 

— 

1 

2 

1 

15 

1 

1 

3 

278 

Water 

273 

8 

2 

1 

— 

2 

2 

74 

5 

1 

17 

1,369 

Totals 

1,393 

39 

15 

8 

17 

30 

11 

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TABLE  4 

PERMIT  BRANCH  ACCOUNTS 
CASH  RECEIPTS 


Permits  — signs $61,960  00 

Permits  — openings  and  occupation 71,340  75 

Licenses  — storage  and  sale  of  merchandise  ....  21,135  00 

Sewer  inspection  fees 6,675  00 

Dump  tickets 42,219  00 

Contract  books 1,470  00 

Engineering  and  inspection  fees 170,632  90 

Special  permits 5,485  00 

Telephone  booth  locations 2,706  34 


Total $383,623  99 

COMMITTED  ACCOUNTS 

Sewer  Division  (M.D.C.  — Sewer  Disposal)  ....  $44,418  00 

Rental  — city  property 16,751  00 

Water  use  through  city  hydrants  — Water  Division  . . 14,512  00 

Engineering  reproductions 122  50 

Damage  to  property  — Water  Division 5,406  31 

Damage  to  property  — Highway  Division  ....  1,753  82 

Damage  to  property  — Maintenance  Branch  ....  350  00 

Gardner  Street  Dump  — Sanitary  Division  ....  1,092  50 


Total $84,406  13 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Nonrevenue  accounts  — United  States  Government  . $93,970  28 

P.I.C.  minimum  pavement 2,700  00 

Special  meter  tests 165  00 

Sewer  Division  — release  sewers 648  30 


Total $97,483  58 

DEPOSIT  ACCOUNTS 

Water  deposits $134,240  00 

Street  opening  account  (drain,  water,  etc.)  . . 111,370  46 

Street  opening  account  special  — (Public  Service  Corp.)  . 1,160,821  81 


Total $1,406,432  27 


Grand  Total $1,971,945  97 


TABLE  5 

SUMMARY  OF  PERMITS 
PERMITS  AND  LICENSES  ISSUED 


Signs 5,278 

Permits  — openings  and  occupation 10,659 

Licenses 201 

Sewer  inspection  fees 149 

Dump  tickets 42,219 


Total 58,506 

DEPOSIT  RECEIPTS  ISSUED 

Water  deposits 466 

Street  opening  deposits  (drain,  water,  etc.) 509 

Contract  books 495 

Total 1,470 

Driveway  applications  issued  and  processed 225 

Notice  of  violations  issued  and  served 270 

Total 495 


Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  6 

AUTOMOTIVE  EQUIPMENT 

The  Maintenance  Branch  is  responsible  for  the  repairs 
and  maintenance  of  the  Automotive  Equipment  of  the 
Public  Works  Department,  which  consisted  of  the  follow- 
ing on  December  31,  1968: 


Trojan  bucket  loaders 12 

Hough  bucket  loaders 5 

Michigan  front  end  loaders 7 

Ford  dump  trucks  F-850  44 

Ford  Falcon  station  wagons 54 

Ford  pickups  F-350  33 

Ford  dump  C-850  1 

Wayne  street  sweepers 2 

Elgin  street  sweepers 4 

Worthington  compressors 15 

Ford  Netco  catch-basin  cleaners 6 

Gallion  rollers 3 

Ford  dump  trucks  C-1100 15 

Ford  wrecker  truck  C-1100 1 

Cushman  truckster 2 

International  dump  trucks 10 

Thermal  snow  melter 1 

Ariens  snow  throwers 2 

Bombardier  snowmobiles 8 

International  bullgrader 1 

Ingersoll-Rand  compressors 4 

Ford  pickups  F-250  4 

Ford  platform  C-750  1 

Heil  dump  trailer — 5th  wheel 1 

Ford  tractor — 5th  wheel 1 

Ford  F-600  4 

Ford  walk-in  van  P-500  5 

Ford  hydrocrane 1 

Bay  City  crane 1 

Caterpillar  tractor 4 

Ford  packmaster  C-950  4 

Ford  pickup  trucks  F-100 18 

Ford  dump  truck  C-600  2 

Caterpillar  traxcavator 1 

Wayne  wood  chipper 1 

Chevrolet  pickup 6 

Ford  Econoline  E-160 5 

Ford  Vanette 1 

Ford  gate  turner 1 

Dynahoe 1 

International  wrecker  truck 1 

Ford  Galaxie  sedan 1 

Dodge  platform 1 

Ford  wrecker  F-850  1 

Trailer  Field  Office 6 

Flexible  sewer  rodder 1 

Flexible  power  bucket  machine 2 

Fruehauf  trailer 2 

Kiley  tool  box  trailer 2 

Homemade  trailer 1 

Highway  semi-trailer 2 


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Hobart  arc  welder  trailer 4 

Smithco  trailer 1 

Miller  tilt  top  trailer 1 

Fork  lift 3 

Dodge  Coronet  station  wagon 18 

Ford  Custom  500  sedan 5 

Ford  dump  F-950  50 

Mercury  sedan 1 

Dodge  sweepers 7 

Euclid  front  end  loader 3 

Dodge  pickup 7 

Ford  diesel  dump 2 

Flexible  truck  loader 2 

Ford  high  pressure  cleaner 1 

Jaegar  pump  trailer 2 

Briggs  and  Stratton  sewer  rodder 7 

Homelite  pumps 5 

Ford  F-850  with  Derrick 1 

Gardner-Denver  compressor  trailer 3 

Rogers  semi-trailer 1 

Cummins  diesel  compactor 1 

International  van  truck 2 

Ford  dump  F-600  1 

Ford  platform  F-600  1 

New  Equipment  Purchased 

4 Bombardier  sidewalk  tractors $20,684  47 

4 Four-wheel  street  sweepers 49,788  00 

13  Four-door  station  wagons 33,733  00 

2 y%-\on  pickup  trucks 3,660  30 

1 C-950  with  packer — 20-yard  body 12,580  00 

1 T8000-10  wheel  chassis  and  scow  end  dump  body  . 14,613  29 

11  Chassis  and  Cab — C-950  177,647  56 

1 C-950  Chassis  and  Cab  with  14-yard  scow  type  body  . 9,723  00 

1 %-ton  pickup  with  power  gate 3,300  00 

6 Two-way  radios 5,270  00 

1 Radio  Bay  Station 6,120  00 

1 Four-door  sedan 4,000  00 

1 Fork  lift  truck 6,840  00 

10  %-ton  chassis  cab  F-250  20,321  60 

10  Utility  bodies  with  pipe  racks 8,700  00 

1 F-350  dual  1-ton  chassis  and  cab 3,147  00 

1 F-850  platform  truck  with  crane 17,409  51 

2 %-ton  pickup  trucks 5,795  42 

1 F-950  chassis  and  cab 5,959  50 

1 Nine-foot  dump  body  and  hoist 1,450  00 

12  Salt  spreaders 22,312  77 

1 Air  compressor 798  00 


$433,853  42 

The  below-mentioned  are  expenditures  for  new  equip- 
ment in  the  last  six  (6)  years: 

1968  $433,853  42 

1967  917,177  68 

1966  262,532  46 

1965  290,567  11 

1964  331,743  67 

1963  335,859  32 


SUMMARY  OF  APPROPRIATIONS,  EXPENDITURES,  AND  BALANCES,  DECEMBER  31,  1968 


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Unencumb. 

Balance 

$483,039 

915,042 

976,466 

443,615 

16,369 

66,925 

1,443,773 

112,607 

280,648 

14,338 

113,384 

778,809 

1,735,717 

1,747 

7,592 

619,051 

$3,338,876 

Unliquidated 
Encumb.  & 
Carry 
Forward 

$496,063 

285,914 

10,584 

35,026 

124,000 

710,629 

79,746 

1,866,454 

2,131,685 

6,905 

56,519 

57,897 

427,326 

564,283 

326 

1,750 

$6,855,107 

Unexpended 

Balance 

$979,102 

529,991 

99,137 

176,7761 

789,106/ 

443,615 

35,026 

140,369 

777,554 

1,523,519 

1,979,061 

2,412,333 

21,243 

56,519 

171,281 

1,206,135 

2,300,000 

1,747 

7,918 

620,801 

$10,193,983 

1968 

Expenditures 

$14,071,410 

10,030,8651 

99,137/ 

3,297,750\ 

789,106/ 

1,203,615 

99,974 

247,655 

748,490 

166,011 

973,039 

4,029,695 

29,912 

42,112 

84,457 

305,670 

140,511 

45,708 

$36,405,117 

Total 

Amount 

Available 

$15,050,512 

9,500,874 

3,120,974 

760.000 

135.000 
388,024 

1,526,044 

1,689,530 

2,952,100 

6,442,028 

51,155 

98,631 

255,738 

1,511,805 

2,300,000 

142,258 

53,626 

620,801 

$46,599,100 

Revenue 

Received 

$9,445,971 

3,113,404 

630,691 

565,514 

$13,190,066 

Transfer 

1968  Ap- 
propriations 

$14,209,0901 

150,000/ 

3,706, 850\ 
367,835/ 
1,034,0381 
37,450/ 

760.000 

135.000 

1.400.000 

1.250.000 
3,000,000 

1,511,805 

1.300.000 

$23,715,895 

Carried 

Forward 

$691,422 

54,903 

7,570 

388,024 

1,526,044 

289,530 

1,702,100 

2,811,337 

51,155 

98,631 

255,738 

1,000,000 

142,258 

53,626 

620,801 

$9,693,139 

General  Budget 

General  Down  Payment 

General  Equipment 

Water  Budget 

Water  Equipment 

Sewer  Budget 

Sewer  Equipment 

Snow  Removal 

Snow  Removal  Equipment 

Equipment  Loan 

Bridge  Loan 

Sidewalk  Loan 

Sewerage  Loan 

Public  Ways  Loan 

Highway  — Chapter  782 

Highway  — Chapter  822 

Highway  — Chapter  679 

Highway  — Chapter  616 

Water  Mains  Loan 

Water  Meter  Loan 

Construction,  Bldgs.  (Included) . . . 
Construction,  Bldgs  (Loop  Area) . . 
Other  Department  Revenue 

Totals 

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APPENDIX  B 

ENGINEERING  DIVISION 
Table  1 — Survey  Section  Work 
Table  2 — Reproductions 
Table  3 — Contracts  Advertised 


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TABLE  1 

ENGINEERING  DIVISION  — SURVEY 
SECTION  WORK 
Cross  Sections 

Length 

District  in  Feet 

Hyde  Park 

Ridlon  Road  ...  ....  9,000 

Collins  Street  . . 400 

Beaver  Street 900 

Edge  way  Terrace 1,000 

Dedham  Street 400 

Norton  Street 1,180 

Stonehill  Road 150 

Lodgehill  Road 150 

Boston  Proper 

Copley  Square 

Albany  Street  Yard 

Dartmouth  Street 300 

Bowker  Street 320 

Hawkins  Street 512 

Boylston  Street 1,700 

Exeter  Street 800 

East  Boston 

Everett  Street 300 

Westbrook  Street 350 

South  Boston 

Dewar  Street 500 

Northern  Avenue 400 

West  Roxbury 

Gardner  Street  Dump 7,000 

American  Legion  Highway 1,300 

Southbourne  Road 300 

Neponset  Avenue 300 

Vershire  Street 600 

Woodley  Avenue 461 

Forest  Hills  Cemetery 180 

Alleyne  Street 362 

Crosstown  Avenue 1,500 

Perham  Street 450 

Blue  view  Terrace 400 

Blueview  Road 1,500 

Woodcrest  Road 1,000 

Brighton 

Lincoln  Street  and  Mayflower  Street  . . . 200 

Potomac  Street 148 

Hardwick  Street 300 

Oakland  Street 500 


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District  Length 

in  Feet 

South  Dorchester 

Richview  Street 

Alabama  Street 280 


Chapter  90  Surveys 

Brighton 

Lincoln  Street 4,000 

Corey  Street 2,600 

West  Roxbury 

Metropolitan  Avenue 2,000 

South  Dorchester 

Fairmount  Street 1,000 


Sidewalk  Reconstruction 

Hyde  Park 

Austin  Street 1,920 

Child  Street 1,000 

Gordon  Avenue 2,080 

Poplar  Street 800 

Dale  Street 1,109 

Boston  Proper 

Brimmer  Street 1,100 

Hancock  Street 880 

Mt.  Vernon  Street 2,650 

Anderson  Street 680 

Boylston  Street 3,655 

East  Newton  Street 290 

James  Street 150 

Lime  Street 340 

South  Russell  Street 600 

Spruce  Street 260 

Temple  Street 580 

Walnut  Street 440 

North  Dorchester 

Chamberlain  Street 460 

Geneva  Avenue 3,050 

Lingard  Street 550 

Ronan  Street 350 

Westville  Street 3,000 

Ames  Street 1,000 


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District 

South  Dorchester 

Milton  Street 

Medway  Street 

Leahaven  Road 

Old  Morton  Street 

Westview  Street  Extension 

Dorchester  Avenue 

Hooper  Street 

Mora  Street 

West  Roxbury 

Hazelmere  Road 

Tobin  Road 

Florian  Way 

Perham  Street 

Churchill  Road 

East  Roston 

Ashley  Street 

Rlackinton  Street 

Ryron  Street 

Fr.  Toma  Street 

Walley  Street 

Rennington  Street 

South  Boston 

Baxter  Street 

Marine  Road 

Pacific  Street 

Surveys  for  Reconstruction 
Boston  Proper 

Charles  Street 

Union  Park  Street 

West  Cedar  Street 

St.  James  Avenue 

Dartmouth  Street 

Boylston  Street 

Ridgeway  Lane 

North  Grove  Street 

Fruit  Street 

Exeter  Street 

Batterymarch  Street 

Kilby  Street 

Milk  Street 

North  Hudson  Street  .... 

Pearl  Street 

Public  Alley  No.  301  .... 

Revere  Street 

River  Street 

Mason  Street 


Length 
in  Feet 

3,240 

1,050 

400 

1,020 

1,244 

4,920 

570 

1,100 


380 

300 

280 

200 

620 


700 

250 

900 

1,050 

310 

8,100 


980 

2,120 

270 


300 

1,713 

600 

580 

1,650 

580 

500 

440 

520 

530 

200 

400 

575 

160 

335 

245 

1,480 

20 

620 


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Length 
in  Feet 


Hyde  Park 

Arlington  Street 1,640 

Canton  Street 550 

Doncaster  Street 690 

George  Street 640 

Pierce  Street 2,550 

Thompson  Street 1,100 

Collins  Street 625 

Edith  Street 200 

Garfield  Avenue 900 

Glenwood  Avenue 600 

Norton  Street 1,180 

Hyde  Park  Avenue 6,740 

Austin  Street 2,260 

Gordon  Avenue 200 

Roxbury 

Aberdeen  Street 370 

Carmel  Street 240 

Cummington  Street 1,480 

Lansdowne  Street 1,020 

University  Road 300 

West  Roxbury 

Aldrich  Street 2,200 

Alleyne  Street 700 

Chisholm  Road 750 

Durnell  Avenue 1,900 

Kenneth  Street 945 

Rickerhill  Road 220 

Vershire  Street 750 

Chisholm  Terrace 140 

East  Boston 

Falcon  Street 2,650 

Fay  wood  Avenue 510 

Gove  Street 850 

Jeffries  Street 700 

Leyden  Street 3,250 

New  Street 450 

Saratoga  Street 650 

Porter  Street 1,425 

South  Boston 

East  Second  Street 3,225 

East  Fifth  Street 3,175 

Linden  Street 325 

Old  Harbor  Street 1,425 


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District  Length 

in  Feet 

East  Sixth  Street 2,720 

Emerson  Street 600 

Mercer  Street 750 

Winfield  Street 250 

Sumner  Street 500 

Lark  Street 148 

Loring  Street 334 

Baxter  Street 200 

Pacific  Street 200 

Brighton 

Ascot  Street 240 

Benson  Street 240 

Cresthill  Road 880 

Cygnet  Street 250 

Durland  Street 200 

Gardena  Street 1,480 

Litchfield  Street 1,720 

Newton  Street 600 

Radnor  Road 820 

Say  brook  Street 1,370 

Lincoln  Street 155 

Williston  Road 100 

Buick  Street 450 

Colborne  Path 215 

Glencoe  Street 1,290 

Greymere  Road 320 

Hardwick  Street 700 

Kilsyth  Road 700 

Lanark  Road 1,420 

Portina  Road 620 

Portsmouth  Street 915 

Wiltshire  Road 1,200 

Menlo  Street 450 

South  Dorchester 

Ronan  Street 379 

Cedar  Grove  Street 580 

Centre  Avenue 450 

Flavia  Street 480 

Hannon  Street 550 

Lonsdale  Street 1,560 

Nelson  Street 1,000 

Stockton  Street 1,250 

Centre  Street 2,875 

Tremlett  Street 1,300 

Tilesboro  Street 450 

Dunbar  Avenue 480 

Mountain  Avenue 1,125 


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District  Length 

in  Feet 

Richview  Street 1,215 

Westglow  Street 1,580 

Woolson  Street 1,200 

Selden  Street 1,100 

Almont  Street 2,900 

Wellington  Hill  Street 2,940 

Willowwood  Street 1,485 

Nelson  Street 1,091 

Cedar  Grove  Street 610 

Richview  Street 1,200 

Dunbar  Avenue 497 


Profiles  and  Survey  for  Laying  Out 


Boston  Proper 

New  Congress  Street 1,100 

Blossom  Street 400 

Hyde  Park 

Norton  Street 1,180 

Raynes  Road 200 

Prospect  Circle 200 

Dedham  Street 1,300 

Sanford  Road 700 

Danny  Road 500 

Braewood  Street 400 

Fairmont  Terrace 400 

Brighton 

Griggs  Place 500 

North  Dorchester 

Beech  wood  Street 500 

Dewar  Street 600 

West  Roxbury 

Woodley  Avenue 300 

DeRoma  Road 310 

Gould  Street 467 

Fawndale  Road 485 

Beechmont  Terrace 648 

David  Road  Extension 30 

Sammett  Avenue 591 

Toppan  Avenue 200 

Bradlee  Court 224 

Bremen  Terrace 250 

Crosstown  Avenue 1,500 

Sherbrook  Street 400 

Cowing  Street 1,000 

Sunset  Hill  Road 800 


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District  Length 

in  Feet 

South  Dorchester 

Ames  Street 700 

Stratton  Street 800 

Westview  Street 600 

Canaan  Street 460 

Colorado  Street 350 

Stonebounds 

District  Number 

Drilled 

Hyde  Park 

Hillis  Road 6 

Myopia  Street 5 

Lawton  Terrace 2 

Lawton  Street 7 

Ralston  Road 8 

Ralwood  Road 6 

Manor  Street 12 

Red  Pine  Road 6 

Crane  Street 4 

Imbaro  Road 2 

Chesterfield  Street 12 

Pleasant  Street 1 

Manion  Road 2 

Manning  Street 9 

South  Roston 

Trilling  Way 2 

West  Roxbury 

Macullar  Road 6 

Fawndale  Road 2 

Belle  Avenue 4 

Pleasant  Valley  Circle 3 

Boxford  Terrace 8 

Slocum  Road 3 

David  Road 5 

South  Dorchester 

Lorna  Road 2 

Manchester  Street  .......  3 

Hallet-Davis  Street 2 

Newkirk  Street 5 

Manley  Street 8 

Freeport  Way 5 

Banfield  Avenue 2 

Delhi  Street 21 

Balina  Place 2 

Irena  Street 1 


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Number 

District  Drilled 

Colorado  Street 1 

Violet  Street 6 

Caryll  Street 8 

North  Dorchester 

Enterprise  Street 8 

Points  for  Construction 

Length 

District  in  Feet 

Boston  Proper 

Bowker  Street 300 

Hawkins  Street 300 

New  Sudbury  Street 600 

Cambridge  Street 2,000 

New  Congress  Street 1,100 

Chardon  Street 500 

South  Boston 

Fargo  Street 500 

North  Dorchester 

Stanwood  Street  400 

South  Dorchester 

Delhi  Street 2,000 

Mattapan  Street 900 

Sturbridge  Street 800 

West  Roxbury 

Walworth  Street 800 

DeRoma  Street 310 

Beech  Street 4,000 

Ridgecrest  Drive 300 

Manning  Street 500 

Carol  Circle 600 

Forest  Hills  Street 200 

Lourdes  Avenue 1,000 

Brighton 

Harvard  Terrace 283 

Hardwick  Terrace 200 

Westbourne  Terrace 200 

Wirt  Street 800 

Hyde  Park 

Vallaro  Road 450 

Sprague  Street 2,000 

American  Legion  Highway  and  Canterbury  Street  300 

Prospect  Street 500 


Public  Works  Department 


71 


Widening  and  Relocation 

Brighton 

North  Harvard  Avenue  and  Western  Avenue 
Hyde  Park 

Forest  Hills  Street  at  Glen  Road 

South  Boston 
Fargo  Street 

Marking  Street  Line 

Length 

District  in  Feet 

Charlestown 

Hurd  Lane 150 

Harvard  Square 100 

Warren  Street 700 

Winthrop  Street 400 

Main  Street 800 

Henley  Street 200 

Pleasant  Street 650 

High  Street 300 

Cordis  Street 500 

Cordis  Avenue 170 

Boyle  Street 170 

Monument  Square 1,200 

Monument  Avenue 760 

Monument  Street 400 

Soley  Street 650 

Lexington  Street 400 

Concord  Street 400 

Tremont  Street 340 

Prescott  Street 360 

Washington  Street 100 

Auburn  Street 350 

Oak  Street 400 

Mead  Street 450 

Eden  Street 500 

Middlesex  Street 250 

Lyndeboro’  Street 400 

Park  Street 305 

Adams  Street 300 

Mt.  Vernon  Street 500 

Chelsea  Street 400 

Chestnut  Street 560 

Joiner  Street 120 


72 


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Street  Inspections 


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Parkman  Street 
North  Anderson  Street 
Durham  Street 

Public  Alleys  Nos.  403,  404,  405 
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South  Russell  Street 
North  Grove  Street 
Fruit  Street 

West  Roxbury 
Park  Lane 
Bourne  Street 
Buchanan  Road 
Atlantis  Street 
Dent  Street 
Willers  Street 
Newfield  Street 
Starbird  Avenue 
Ridge  Crest  Road 
Delore  Circle 
Rivermoor  Street 
Denton  Street 
Glenburne  Road 
St.  John  Street 
Searle  Road 
Potomac  Street 
Way  burn  Road 
Dale  Street 
Crosstown  Avenue 
Sidley  Road 
Perham  Street 
Berwick  Road 
Vermont  Street 
Richwood  Street 
Birchwood  Street 
Clare  Avenue 
Furnival  Road 

North  Dorchester 
Columbia  Road 
Rill  Street 
Algonquin  Street 
Tremlett  Street 
Hooper  Street 


Public  Works  Department 


73 


District 

Brighton 

Cleveland  Circle 
Lake  Shore  Drive 
Lake  Shore  Terrace 
Lake  Shore  Court 
Eastburn  Footway 
Griggs  Place 
Williston  Road 
Ridgemont  Street 
Wiltshire  Road 
Parsons  Street 
Eleanor  Street 
Easton  Street 
Newcastle  Road 


South  Boston 

West  Ninth  Street 
Mitchell  Street 
Lark  Street 
Frederick  Street 
East  Sixth  Street 
Farragut  Road 
East  First  Street 
Emerson  Street 
Marine  Road 
Mohawk  Street 


South  Dorchester 
Mallet  Street 
Frost  Avenue 
Croftland  Avenue 
Orlando  Street 
Henrici  Street 
Tennis  Road 
Hutchinson  Street 
Fairlawn  Avenue 
West  Medway  Street 
Fairmount  Street 
Bailey  Street 
Weyanoke  Street 
Everdean  Street 
Claybourne  Street 
Park  Street 
Saranac  Street 
Holborn  Street 
Huron  Circle 
Groveland  Street 


74 


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District 

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Mora  Street 
Withington  Street 
West  Selden  Street 
Butler  Street 
Branchfield  Street 
Gleason  Street 
River  Street 
Linden  Street 
Lyon  Street 
Hecla  Street 
Tilesboro  Street 
Avondale  Street 
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Hyde  Park 

Walnut  Street 
Tyler  Street 
Metropolitan  Avenue 
Canterbury  Street 
Ramsdell  Avenue 
Fairview  Avenue 
Maynard  Street 
Webster  Street 
Lincoln  Street 
Robert  Lane 
Corcoran  Lane 
Summit  Circle 
Cleveland  Street 
Pine  Avenue 
Austin  Street 
Arlington  Street 
Chittick  Road 
Dedham  Street 
Clare  Avenue 

East  Boston 

Westbrook  Street 
Emmons  Street 

Roxbury 

Keswick  Street 
Pilgrim  Road 
Newbern  Street 
Aberdeen  Street 
Howard  Street 
George  Street 


Public  Works  Department 


75 


Miscellaneous 

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Marked  measured  mile,  Hyde  Park,  Hyde  Park  Avenue. 

During  1968,  several  notices  were  received  by  the  city  to 
appear  in  District  Superior  Courts  pertaining  to  street  line, 
city  responsibility,  etc.  On  all  occasions,  the  services  of  a 
Registered  Land  Surveyor  from  the  Survey  Section  were 
required. 


Discontinuance  Plans 


District 

Dorchester 
Iola  Street 

South  Boston 

East  Fourth  Street 

Boston  Proper 
Dalton  Street 
Scotia  Street 
Stuart  Street 
Clarendon  Street 


Accident  Surveys 


Boston  Proper 
Hamilton  Place 


West  Roxbury 
Firth  Road 


76 


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TABLE  2 


Department 

Photostats 

Ozalides 

Sepias 

Public  Works: 

Engineering 

634 

23,710 

127 

Central  Office 

32 

841 

Highway  Division  .... 

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963 

Permit  Division  .... 

24 

431 

Sanitary  Division  .... 

28 

347 

Sewer  Division  .... 

266 

1,165 

Street  Lighting  .... 

14 

428 

Water  Division  .... 

82 

2,943 

Real  Property 

126 

2,139 

White  Fund 

38 

114 

Traffic  and  Parking 

94 

2,747 

Administrative  Services  . 

— 

226 

Assessing  Department  . 

68 

2,361 

Building  Department 

84 

1,147 

City  Clerk 

26 

74 

City  Council 

178 

486 

Election 

46 

— 

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38 

47 

Mayor’s  Office 

14 

640 

Park  Department  .... 

— 

148 

Penal  Department  .... 

24 

136 

Public  Buildings  .... 

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41,177 

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City  Document  No.  18 


APPENDIX  C 

HIGHWAY  DIVISION 

Table  1 — Cost  Summaries  of  Contracts 

Table  2 — Chapter  “90”  and  “393”  Street  Construction 

Table  3 — Streets  Reconstructed 

Table  4 — Patching  Contracts 

Table  5 — Bridge  Maintenance  Work 

Table  6 — Details  of  Expenditures  on  Tidewater  Bridges 

Table  7 — Water  bourne  Traffic 

Table  8 — Expenditures  on  Inland  Bridges 

Table  9 — Work  Done  by  Contract 

Table  10 — Work  Done  by  City  Forces 

Table  11 — Patching  Quantities 

Table  12 — Street  Cleaning  Contracts 

Table  13 — Installation  of  Electrical  Conduits,  Etc. 

Table  14 — Asphalt  Resurfacing  of  Roadways  by  Con- 
tract 

Table  15 — Mercury  Vapor  Lighting  Projects 


Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  1 

SUMMARY  OF  COST  OF  CONTRACT  STREET  CONSTRUCTION  AND  RECON- 
STRUCTION WORK  PERFORMED  IN  HIGHWAY  DIVISION  DURING  1968 

Chapter  90  Projects $943,989  85 

Chapter  90  Projects  Awarded  in  1968,  To  Be  Completed  in  1969  . . . 155,827  00 

“393”  Streets  Constructed 102,653  50 

Streets  Reconstructed 3,070,340  12 

Awarded  in  1968,  To  Be  Completed  in  1969  1,760,662  98 

$6,033,473  45 

TABLE  2 

STREET  CONSTRUCTION 
Chapter  90  Projects 

Street  Limits  Contract  Amount 

Sprague  Street  Boston-Dedham  Line  to  Bridge  over  New  York,  New 

Haven  & Hartford  Railroad $103,325  00 

Ashmont  Street  Washington  Street  to  Dorchester  Avenue  . 

Centre  Street  Adams  Street  to  Dorchester  Avenue  ....  145,753  05 

Lake  Street  Commonwealth  Avenue  to  Washington  Street  . . 139,148  00 

Pond  Street  Avon  Street  to  Jamaicaway 98,858  75 

Beech  Street  Washington  Street  to  West  Roxbury  Parkway  . 165,419  50 

East  Cottage  Street  Dudley  Street  to  Columbia  Road  .... 

West  Cottage  Street  Blue  Hill  Avenue  to  Dudley  Street  ....  159,333  05 

Walworth  Street  Beech  and  Washington  Streets  to  Belgrade  Avenue  . 132,152  50 

$943,989  85 

Chapter  90  Project  Awarded  in  1968,  To  Be  Completed  in  1969 

Harvard  Street  Walk  Hill  Street  to  Cummins  Highway  . . . $155,827  00 

“393”  Streets  Constructed  in  1968 

Delhi  Street  Crossman  Street  to  1,700  feet  northeasterly 

Elm  Lawn  Centre  Street  to  250  feet  northwesterly 

Stone  Terrace  Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Cemetery  .... 

Westbourne  Terrace  Corey  Road  to  Brookline  Line $102,653  50 


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Street 

East  Eighth  Street 
K Street 

Rev.  Burke  Street 
Rogers  Street 
Woodward  Street 

Church  Street 
Collins  Street 
Cromwell  Street 
Parkson  Street 
Pinefield  Lane 
Pinefield  Road 
Ralston  Road 
Sefton  Street 
Thorn  Street 
Vallaro  Road 

Coolidge  Road 
Duval  Street 
Leamington  Road 
Lyne  Road 
Madeline  Street 
North  Crescent  Circle 
Parkland  Street 
Snow  Street 
South  Waverly  Street 
Waverly  Street 

American  Legion  High- 
way 

Centre  Street 
Dorchester  Square 
Fayston  Street 
Fottler  Road 
Fox  Street 
Hill  Top  Street 
Homes  Avenue 
Josephine  Street 
Owen  Street 
Percival  Street 
Richmond  Street 
Robinson  Street 
Rugdale  Road 
Snow  Hill  Street 
Winter  Street 

Alicia  Road 
Auriga  Street 
Bailey  Street 
Belton  Street 
Clementine  Park 
Crockett  Avenue 
Dayton  Street 
Hansborough  Street 


TABLE  3 

Streets  Reconstructed  in  1968 

Limits  Contract  Amount 

Dorchester  Street  to  Columbia  Road 
East  Fourth  Street  to  Broadway 
Dorchester  Street  to  Mercer  Street 
Dorchester  Street  to  General  Devine  Way 

Dorchester  Avenue  to  Dorchester  Street  . . . $159,452  85 

River  Street  to  Hillis  Road 
Bradlee  Street  310  feet  easterly 
Huntington  Avenue  to  270  feet  westerly 
Hyde  Park  Avenue  to  Clifford  Street 
Pinefield  Road  to  West  Milton  Street 
Pine  Avenue  to  430  feet  westerly 
Greenfield  Road  to  Ralwood  Road 
Greenfield  Road  to  Mariposa  Street 
River  Street  to  263  feet  northeasterly 

River  Street  to  Danny  Road 167,535  10 

North  Harvard  Street  to  Mansfield  Street 
South  Waverly  Street  to  Antwerp  Street 
Wallingford  Road  to  Commonwealth  Avenue 
Union  Street  to  dead  end 
Harriet  Street  to  Faneuil  Street 
Breck  Avenue  to  end 
Winship  Road  to  Academy  Hill  Road 
Union  Street  to  Washington  Street 
Lincoln  Street  to  Waverly  Street 

Portsmouth  Street  to  Western  Avenue  . . . 144,156  60 


Cummins  Highway  to  Hyde  Park  Avenue  . . . 266,887  50 

Boylston  Street  to  Hyde  Square 

Parkland,  between  Church,  Winter  and  Adams  Streets 

Blue  Hill  Avenue  to  Mascoma  Street 

Walk  Hill  Street  to  Hazleton  Street 

Adams  Street  to  Mt.  Ida  Road 

Granite  Avenue  to  Hallet  Street 

Bowdoin  Street  to  Topliff  Street 

Ditson  Street  to  Geneva  Avenue 

Morton  Street  to  Tiverton  Street 

Bowdoin  Street  to  Fox  Street 

Hanover  Street  to  Callahan  T unnel 

Adams  Street  to  Draper  Street 

Washington  Street  to  Valley  Road 

Prince  Street  to  Charter  Street 

Bowdoin  Street  to  Adams  Street  ....  173,886  75 

Gallivan  Boulevard  to  beyond  Croftland  Avenue 

Westglow  Street  to  end 

Washington  Street  to  Dorchester  Avenue 

Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Milton  Street 

Centre  Street  to  Dayton  Street 

Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Milton  Street 

Nixon  Street  to  MBTA 

Blue  Hill  Avenue  to  Harvard  Street 


Public  Works  Department 


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Street 


Limits 


Hosmer  Street 
Houghton  Street 
Leston  Street 
St.  Gregory  Street 
Sturbridge  Street 
Westmore  Road 


Blue  Hill  Avenue  to  Norfolk  Street 
Victory  Road  to  Pope’s  Hill  Street 
Morton  Street  to  Woolson  Street 
Dorchester  Avenue  to  Washington  Street 
River  Street  to  Sanford  Street 
Deering  Street  to  Hazleton  Street 


Beaufort  Road 
Belmore  Terrace 
Gartland  Street 
Lourdes  Avenue 
Plainfield  Street 
Priesing  Street 


Centre  Street  to  Lakeville  Road 
Boylston  Street  to  Oakview  Terrace 
Washington  Street  to  Dungarven  Road 
Forest  Hills  Street  to  Forest  Hills  Street 
Rossmore  Road  to  Brookley  Road 
Chestnut  Avenue  to  Mozart  Street 


Arcadia  Street 
Auckland  Street 
Belden  Street 
Bodwell  Street 
Ellsworth  Street 
Elm  Hill  Park 
Fernald  Terrace 
Gene  Street 
Glendale  Street 
Melville  Lane 
Payson  Avenue 
Supple  Road 
Tonawanda  Street 


Adams  Street  to  Draper  Street 
Bay  Street  to  Dewar  Street 
Dudley  Street  to  Holden  Street 
Columbia  Road  to  Bird  Street 
Dorchester  Avenue  to  Freeport  Street 
Warren  Street  easterly  to  dead  end 
Quincy  Street  to  dead  end 
Humphrey  Street  to  Belden  Street 
Hancock  Street  to  Bird  Street 
Melville  Avenue  to  dead  end 
Hancock  Street  to  Glendale  Street 
Columbia  Road  to  Normandy  Street 
Geneva  Avenue  to  Claybourne  Street 


Harrison  Avenue 
Herald  Street 
Mullins  Way 
Traveler  Street 


East  Berkeley  Street  to  Herald  Street 
Washington  Street  to  Albany  Street 
Washington  Street  to  Harrison  Avenue 
Washington  Street  to  Albany  Street  . 


Contract  Amount 


$252,262  45 


79,950  00 


183,939  75 


139,293  50 


Brookledge  Street 
Deckard  Street 
Harrishof  Street 
Humboldt  Avenue 
Marksdale  Street 
Mills  Street 
Montana  Street 
Pleasanton  Street 
Rockland  Avenue 
Wabeno  Street 
Wabon  Street 
Wyoming  Street 


Elm  Hill  to  Humboldt  Avenue 
Warren  Street  to  Humboldt  Avenue 
Walnut  Avenue  to  Humboldt  Avenue 
Seaver  Street  to  Waumbeck  Street 
Harrishof  Street  to  Townsend  Street 
Dale  Street  to  Rockland  Street 
Cheney  Street  to  Georgia  Street 
Homestead  Street  to  Rutliven  Street 
Dale  Street  to  Rockland  Street 
Waumbeck  Street  to  Wyoming  Street 
Warren  Street  to  Wabeno  Street 
Warren  Street  to  Wabeno  Street 


378,148  37 


Dartmouth  Street  Boylston  Street  to  across  Commonwealth  Avenue 


84,104  35 


Arborough  Road 
Ardmore  Road 
Bangor  Road 
Bronx  Road 
Dent  Street 
Fresno  Street 
Havana  Street 
Hilburn  Street 
Larkhill  Road 
Liszt  Street 
Mendelssohn  Street 


Conway  Street  to  Arnold  Arboretum 
Sidley  Road  to  Theodore  Parker  Road 
Bonad  Road  to  Russett  Road 
Centre  Street  to  Birchland  Avenue 
Pender  Street  to  beyond  Thurlow  Street 
Durnell  Avenue  to  Alder  Street 
Beech  Street  to  end 
Metropolitan  Avenue  to  Poplar  Street 
La  Grange  Street  to  Bellevue  Street 
Washington  Street  to  West  Roxbury  Parkway 
Nikisch  Avenue  to  Washington  Street 


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Street 

Newfield  Street 

Park  lawn  Road 
Charles  Street 


Limits  Contract  Amount 

Addington  Road  to  Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars 
Parkway 

Weld  Street  across  Courtney  Road 

Beacon  Street  to  Chestnut  Street  ....  $12,555  60 


$3,070,340  12 


Awarded  in  1968,  To  Be  Completed  in  1969 


Batterymarch  Street 
Kilby  Street 
Mason  Street 

Milk  Street 
North  Hudson  Street 
Pearl  Street 
Public  Alley  No.  301 
Revere  Street 
River  Street 


Water  Street  to  Milk  Street 
State  Street  to  Water  Street 
West  Street  to  Avery  Street  and  westerly  to 
Tremont  Street 

Pearl  Street  to  Batterymarch  Street 
Hull  Street  to  Snow  Hill  Street 
Franklin  Street  to  Milk  Street 
River  Street  to  Pinckney  Street 
Irving  Street  to  Embankment  Road 
Beacon  Street  to  Public  Alley  No.  301 


Arlington  Street 
Caton  Street 
Collins  Street 
Doncaster  Street 
George  Street 
Pierce  Street 
Thompson  Street 


Hyde  Park  Avenue  to  River  Street 
River  Street  to  Hollingsworth  Street 
Hyde  Park  Avenue  to  Bradlee  Street 
Dale  Street  to  Metropolitan  Avenue 
River  Street  to  Danbury  Street 
Fairmount  Avenue  to  Riverside  Square 
Reservation  Road  to  685  feet  southwesterly  beyond 
Franklin  Street 


Circuit  Street 
Fenno  Street 
Kensington  Park 

Rockland  Street 
Pierpont  Road 
St.  Theresa  Avenue 
Savin  Hill  Avenue 

Stratford  Street 
Sturges  Road 
Wren  Street 


Walnut  Avenue  approximately  330  feet  westerly 
Walnut  Avenue  approximately  196  feet  easterly 
Rockland  Street  approximately  230  feet  northerly 
and  200  feet  southerly 

Kensington  Park  approximately  50  feet  westerly 
Manthorne  Road  to  Greaton  Road 
Churchill  Road  to  across  Howitt  Road 
Bridge  over  railroad  to  approximately  570  feet 
northerly 

Clement  Avenue  to  railroad 
La  Grange  Street  to  end 

Woodard  Road  to  Rutledge  Street  .... 


Cambridge  Street  Stamford  Street  to  Court  Street 

Court  Street  Cambridge  Street  to  Franklin  Avenue 


New  Congress  Street  New  Sudbury  Street  to  Dock  Square  . 


Aberdeen  Street 
Carmel  Street 
Cummington  Street 
Lansdowne  Street 
University  Road 


Beacon  Street  to  railroad 
Tremont  Street  to  Delle  Avenue 
Commonwealth  Avenue  to  Blandford  Street 
Brookline  Avenue  to  Ipswich  Street 
Commonwealth  Avenue  to  Soldiers  Field  Road 


Boylston  Street 
Clarendon  Street 
Dartmouth  Street 
St.  James  Avenue 
Huntington  Avenue 


Dartmouth  Street  to  Clarendon  Street 
Boylston  Street  to  St.  James  Avenue 
St.  James  Avenue  to  Boylston  Street 
Clarendon  Street  to  Dartmouth  Street 
Exeter  Street  Intersection 


New  Chardon  Street  Cambridge  Street  to  Merrimac  Street 
New  Hawkins  Street  At  Government  Center 
New  Bowker  Street  At  Government  Center  . 


$151,480  70 


218,428  00 


214,746  50 

245,969  30 
121,850  60 


87,835  55 


199,963  35 
157,802  60 


Public  Works  Department 


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Street 

St.  Richard  Street 
Walnut  Avenue 
Warren  Street 


Limits  Contract  Amount 

Walnut  Avenue  approximately  350  feet  easterly 
Rockland  Street  to  Warren  Street 

Deckard  Street  to  Walnut  Avenue  ....  $717,440  00 


Falcon  Street 
Fay  wood  Avenue 
Gove  Street 
Jeffries  Street 
Leyden  Street 
Porter  Street 
New  Street 
Saratoga  Street 


Glendon  Street  to  Border  Street 
Crest  way  Road  to  Vallar  Road 
Frankfort  Street  to  beyond  Geneva  Street 
Maverick  Street  to  Marginal  Street 
Boardman  Street  to  Bennington  Street 
Chelsea  Street  to  Geneva  Street 
Sumner  Street  to  Maverick  Street 
Shelby  Street  to  Prescott  Street  . 


253,969  73 


Carol  Circle 

DeRoma  Road 
Fargo  Street 
Hardwick  Terrace 
Manning  Street 
Mattapan  Street 
Prospect  Circle 
Wirt  Street 


Washington  Street  to  approximately  450  feet  south- 
westerly 

Brier  Road  to  approximately  310  feet  southwesterly 
B Street  to  C Street 

Hardwick  Street  approximately  100  feet  northeasterly 
Mt.  Calvary  Road  to  public  portion 
Colorado  Street  to  Almont  Street 
Prospect  Street  approximately  200  feet  southerly 
Washington  Street  to  Henshaw  Street  (80-foot  widen- 
ing and  relocation) 159,898  70 


Blossom  Street  Cambridge  Street  to  Charles  Street 


93,757  15 


Ascot  Street 
Benson  Street 
Cresthill  Road 
Cygnet  Street 
Durland  Street 
Gardena  Street 
Lincoln  Street 
Litchfield  Street 
Newton  Street 
Radnor  Road 
Saybrook  Street 
Williston  Road 


Litchfield  Street  to  Antwerp  Street 

Litchfield  Street  to  Antwerp  Street 

Parsons  Street  to  Parsons  Street 

Litchfield  Street  to  Antwerp  Street 

Hardwick  Street  to  end 

Market  Street  to  Dustin  Street 

Widening  at  Mayflower  Street 

Lincoln  Street  to  Western  Avenue 

Brooks  Street  to  approximately  600  feet  northwesterly 

Foster  Street  to  Kirkwood  Road 

Market  Street  to  Dustin  Street 

Corey  Road  to  Brookline  Line 165,688  70 


$1,760,662  98 


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TABLE  4 

PATCHING  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  IN  1968 


Contract  Contractor  Amount 

Repairs  to  defective  sidewalks  John  J.  Botti  Company,  Inc $211,575  00 

Repairs  to  roadways  Hot  Top  Pavements,  Inc.  ....  196,990  00 

Asphalt  resurfacing  of  road- 
ways in  Area  1 Trimount  Bituminous  Products  . . . 149,250  00 

Asphalt  resurfacing  of  road- 
ways in  Area  2 Hot  Top  Pavements,  Inc.  ....  188,800  00 

Asphalt  resurfacing  of  road- 
ways in  Area  3 Essex  Bituminous  Concrete  Corporation  . 128,350  00 

Total $874,965  00 


TABLE  5 

BRIDGE  MAINTENANCE  WORK  PERFORMED 
IN  1968 

Alford  Street  Drawbridge — Repairs  to  traffic  gates, 
sump  pump,  navigation  lights  and  machinery. 

Babson  Street  Bridge — Repairs  to  wooden  plank  on 
sidewalk  and  roadway. 

Bennington  Street  Bridge — Repairs  to  chain  link  fence. 

Braddock  Park  Footbridge — Painted  steel,  repaired 
chain  link  fence  and  wooden  deck. 

Butler  Street  Footbridge — Removed  loose  concrete  and 
repaired  pipe  handrails. 

Camden  Street  Footbridge — Painted  steel  and  repaired 
wooden  steps  and  deck. 

Central  Avenue  Bridge — Repaired  wooden  sidewalk, 
roadway  and  handrail. 

Charlestown  Bridge — Repaired  wooden  headers. 

Chelsea  Street  Drawbridge — Repaired  traffic  gates, 
navigation  lights,  conduits  and  cables  to  electric  motors, 
adjustments  to  the  machinery. 

Congress  Street  Drawbridge — Repairs  to  wooden  pier 
and  pipe  handrails  repaired  and  painted. 

Everett  Street  Bridge  (East  Boston) — Repairs  to 
wooden  deck,  sidewalk  and  chain  link  fence. 


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Fairmount  Avenue  Bridge  over  New  Haven  Railroad — 
Repaired  wooden  sidewalk  and  chain  link  fence. 

Glenwood  East  Footbridge  over  Neponset  River — Re- 
newed wooden  deck. 

Jones  Avenue  Footbridge — Repaired  wooden  steps  and 
deck  and  chain  link  fence. 

Maverick  Street  Bridge — Bituminous  concrete  road- 
way. 

McArdle  Drawbridge — Service  emergency  brakes,  re- 
pair traffic  gates,  traffic  lights. 

Norfolk  Street  Bridge  (Dorchester) — Repair  wooden 
sidewalk  and  roadway. 

Northern  Avenue  Drawbridge — Repair  wooden  deck, 
traffic  gates  and  navigation  lights,  machinery  repairs, 
clean  and  paint  inside  of  air  tanks  and  air  compressors. 

Sprague  Street  Bridge — Repair  wooden  sidewalk  and 
roadway. 

Summer  Street  Bridge  over  A Street — Paint  hand  rails. 

Summer  Street  Bridge  over  B Street — Repair  and  paint 
handrails. 

Summer  Street  Bridge  over  Reserved  Channel — Ma- 
chinery maintenance,  replace  railroad  ties  and  tracks, 
renew  wooden  sidewalk,  weld  steel  grid  deck,  renew 
wooden  platform  and  drawhouse,  repair  chain  link  fence 
and  remove  and  replace  winch  assembly. 

Summer  Street  Bridge  over  New  Haven  Railroad — 
Repair  wooden  barriers  and  flashing  lights. 

Tollgate  Way  Footbridge — Repairs  to  wooden  steps 
and  deck  and  repairs  to  chain  link  fence. 

Warren  Avenue  Bridge  (Charlestown) — Replace 

wooden  barriers. 

West  Fourth  Street  Bridge  (Dover  Street) — Drill  con- 
crete for  street  light  posts,  repair  chain  link  fence  and 
remove  barriers. 

West  Newton  Street  Bridge — Repair  pipe  handrail. 

West  Rutland  Street  Bridge  (Foot) — Repair  wooden 
steps  and  paint  handrail. 


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TABLE  6 

DETAILS  OF  EXPENDITURES  ON  TIDEWATER 
BRIDGES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1968 


Bridges 

Draw- 

tenders’ 

Salaries 

Mechanics’ 

Wages 

Material 

Repair 

Bills 

Supplies, 

Utilities, 

Etc. 

Total 

Andrew  P.  McArdle.  . . 

$102,206  85 

$3,514  65 

$70  70 

$450  00 

$1,053  30 

$107,295  50 

Alford  Street 

41,590  72 

4,333  65 

55  56 

— 

2,027  68 

48,007  61 

Summer  Street 

(L  Street) 

33,120  65 

12,792  85 

2,854  83 

— 

755  45 

49,523  78 

Chelsea  Street 

76,621  45 

2,024  05 

13  60 

— 

611  65 

79,270  75 

Northern  Avenue 

186,802  96 

17,143  50 

1,246  20 

— 

1,663  08 

206,855  74 

Summer  Street  (F.P.C.) 

— 

2,131  60 

133  00 

— 

276  57 

2,541  17 

Congress  Street 

— 

1,785  10 

153  60 

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156  68 

2,095  38 

Totals 

$440,342  63 

$43,725  40 

$4,527  49 

$450  00 

$6,544  41 

$495,589  93 

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TABLE  8 

EXPENDITURES  ON  INLAND  BRIDGES 
DURING  1968 

Labor  Materials  Total 

$43,682  60  $5,350  54  $49,033  14 

The  above  figures  represent  total  cost  of  maintenance 
repairs  on  inland  bridges,  using  our  department  yard 
employees,  materials,  and  supplies. 


TABLE  9 

WORK  DONE  BY  CONTRACT  IN  1968 

Item  Quantity 


Trees  removed  4 inches  to  12  inches 

130 

each 

Trees  removed  12  inches  to  24  inches 

49 

each 

Trees  removed  over  24  inches  . 

48 

each 

Stumps  removed  .... 

278 

each 

Earth  excavation  .... 

66,049 

cubic  yards 

Service  excavation  .... 

2,390.5 

cubic  yards 

Rock  and  wall  excavation 

2,308 

cubic  yards 

Trench  rock  excavation 

141 

cubic  yards 

Base  removed 

17,700 

square  yards 

Pavement  removed  .... 

40,387 

square  yards 

Bank  gravel 

81,218 

tons 

Crushed  stone  for  edgestone 

4,311 

tons 

New  straight  edgestone 

41,402 

lineal  feet 

New  circular  edgestone 

7,124 

lineal  feet 

New  2-foot  corners  .... 

1,020 

each 

Edgestone  reset 

91,035 

lineal  feet 

Edgestone  removed  and  reset  . 

2,554 

lineal  feet 

Edgestone  hauled  .... 

950 

lineal  feet 

New  6-foot  corners  .... 

1,731 

lineal  feet 

Guttermouths 

132 

each 

Granite  block  hip  gutter  . 

27 

lineal  feet 

Concrete  base 

2,776.5 

cubic  yards 

Concrete  backing  up  sidewalk  . 

83.5 

cubic  yards 

Artificial  stone  sidewalks  . 

958,864 

square  feet 

Artificial  stone  driveways  . 

139,764 

square  feet 

Loam 

1,010 

cubic  yards 

Bituminous  concrete  base  roadway  . 

27,884 

tons 

Bituminous  concrete  top  roadway  . 

18,767 

tons 

Bituminous  concrete  base  sidewalk  . 

536 

tons 

Bituminous  concrete  top  sidewalk  . 

1,978 

tons 

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Item  Quantity 


3-inch  conduit  traffic  . 

1,489 

lineal  feet 

Traffic  bases  .... 

34 

each 

Traffic  base  remodeled 

11 

each 

Brick  sidewalks  relaid  . 

222 

square  yards 

New  brick  sidewalks 

726 

square  yards 

Traffic  signal  mast  arm  pole  base 

5 

each 

Subbase  shallow  . 

20 

each 

Tree  pits  .... 

2 

each 

Chain  link  fence  reset 

491 

lineal  feet 

Bituminous  concrete  for  berm 

142 

tons 

Structures  abandoned 

2 

each 

Manholes  and  frames  installed 

6 

each 

4-inch  paving  markings 

2,576 

lineal  feet 

6-inch  paving  markings 

325 

lineal  feet 

12-inch  painted  paving  markings 

1,100 

lineal  feet 

4-inch  plastic  paving  markings 

154 

lineal  feet 

12-inch  plastic  paving  marking 

32 

lineal  feet 

MBTA  subway  vent  alteration 

1 

lump  sum 

Manholes  built 

5 

each 

Light  pole  bases  removed  . 

17 

each 

Boadway  area 

291,718 

square  yards 

Macadam  base 

21,620 

tons 

OA  asphalt  .... 

199,914 

gallons 

Covers  reset  .... 

2,227 

each 

Catch  basin  remodeled 

111 

each 

Catch  basin  converted  . 

88 

each 

Parking  meter  reset 

6 

each 

Signposts  reset 

507 

each 

Stone  bounds  set  . 

215 

each 

4-foot  chain  link  fence  . 

1,784 

lineal  feet 

Minor  drain 

2,883 

lineal  feet 

Connecting  Y’s 

3 

each 

Connections  .... 

50 

each 

Catch  basins  built 

63 

each 

Drop  inlets  built 

107 

each 

Catch  basins  abandoned 

11 

each 

Utility  trench 

3,076 

square  yards 

“E”  frames  and  grates 

18 

each 

Police  details  .... 

5,710 

hours 

Black  steel  conduit 

12,046 

lineal  feet 

Regular  light  bases 

135 

each 

6-inch  plastic  cross  walk 

7,230 

lineal  feet 

12-inch  plastic  stop  line 

484 

lineal  feet 

4-inch  plastic  lane  marker  . 

2,566 

lineal  feet 

Sod 

204 

square  yards 

Retaining  wall 

45.5 

cubic  yards 

Cribbing  wall 

296 

square  feet 

15-inch  drain  pipe 

280 

lineal  feet 

3-inch  conduit 

4,668 

lineal  feet 

Pull  boxes  .... 

117 

each 

Streetlight  cabinets 

8 

each 

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TABLE  10 

WORK  DONE  BY  CITY  FORCES  IN  1968 


Item  Quantity 


Bituminous  roadway  repairs 

82,293  square  yards 

Bituminous  sidewalk  repairs 

36,754  square  yards 

Bituminous  yard  repairs 

2,660  square  yards 

Granite  block  roadway  repairs  . 
Stone  wall  repairs  (pointing,  replac- 

58 square  yards 

ing,  etc.) 

560  square  yards 

Brick  sidewalk  repairs  .... 

161  square  yards 

Granolithic  sidewalk  replaced 

11,218  square  yards 

Straight  granite  edgestone  reset 

603  square  yards 

Circular  granite  edgestone  reset 

250  lineal  feet 

Precast  concrete  curbing  reset  . 
Chain  link  fence  repairs  (replacing 

130  lineal  feet 

posts,  etc.) 

184  lineal  feet 

Water  boxes  reset 

25  each 

Erected  iron  posts  for  barricades 

28  each 

Debris  removed  from  streets 

175,355  cubic  yards 

Salt  spread 

22,097  tons 

Snow  removed  by  city  forces 

41,782  cubic  yards 

Catch  basins  and  drop  inlets  cleaned 
Animals  removed  from  streets  and 

4,205  each 

sidewalks 

2,778  each 

Gravel  roadway  repairs  (grading,  etc.) 

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PATCHING  QUANTITIES 

Sidewalks 

FOR  1968 

Item 

Quantity 

Edgestone  reset 

3,295  lineal  feet 

Artificial  stone  sidewalks 

212,705  square  feet 

Artificial  stone  driveways  . 

7,900  square  feet 

Concrete  base 

178  cubic  yards 

Boxes  reset 

8 each 

Sign  posts  reset 

Roadway 

11  each 

Item 

Quantity 

Roadway  patching  .... 

425,000  square  feet 

Adjacent  patching  .... 

43,000  square  feet 

Castings  reset 

398  each 

Catch  basins  remodeled 
Bituminous  concrete  patching  (side- 

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walks)  

7,225  square  feet 

Asphalt  Overlays 

Item 

Quantity 

Pavement  removed  .... 

384  square  feet 

Bituminous  concrete  base  . 

1,241  tons 

Bituminous  concrete  top 

47,883  tons 

Installations  reset 

507  each 

STREET  CLEANING  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  IN  1968 


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TABLE  15 
1968 

MERCURY  VAPOR  LIGHTING  PROJECTS 

In  1968  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of  3,500 
lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting  units 
on  the  following  streets: 

Adelaide  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 1 

Agassiz  Park,  West  Roxbury 3 

Alameda  Road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Albert  Place,  Dorchester 1 

Albion  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Aldwin  Road,  West  Roxbury 1 

Aid  worth  Street,  West  Roxbury 6 

Algonquin  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Allston  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Alpha  Road,  Dorchester 6 

Amherst  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Arcadia  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Aspinwall  Road,  Dorchester 6 

Atwill  Road,  West  Roxbury 3 

Auckland  Street,  Dorchester 12 

Avalon  Road,  West  Roxbury 6 

Ballard  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Bardwell  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Bartlett  Place,  Boston 2 

Basto  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 2 

Bay  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Beaufort  Road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Belnel  Road,  Hyde  Park 17 

Benson  Street,  Brighton 1 

Bentham  Road,  Dorchester 2 

Blakeville  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Board  Alley,  Boston 1 

Bow  Street,  Hyde  Park 5 

Burroughs  Street,  West  Roxbury 12 

C alder  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Carolina  Square,  West  Roxbury 2 

Cawfield  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Cedarcrest  Lane,  West  Roxbury 3 

Chamberlain  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Chelmsford  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Clark  Street,  Boston 1 

Clay  bourne  Street,  Dorchester 11 

Copeland  Street,  Roxbury 10 

Custer  Street,  West  Roxbury 7 

Cutter  Road,  West  Roxbury 2 

Deer  Street,  Dorchester 5 


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Delle  Avenue,  Roxbury 5 

Derry  Road,  Hyde  Park 5 

Dow  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Drayton  Avenue,  Dorchester 2 

Eastman  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Egleston  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Elder  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Ellington  Street,  Dorchester 16 

Enterprise  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Everett  Avenue,  Dorchester 5 

Fairland  Street,  Roxbury 4 

Foster  Street,  Boston  2 

Fountain  Place,  Boston 1 

Fresno  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Gaylord  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Glenburnie  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Glendale  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Gold  Street,  South  Boston 3 

Granville  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Greenbrier  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Greenbrook  Road,  Hyde  Park 6 

Greenmount  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Hanover  Street  (rear  of  204-408),  Boston  ...  3 

Harvard  Avenue,  Dorchester 4 

Harvard  Park,  Dorchester 2 

Hastings  Street,  West  Roxbury 8 

Hayden  Street,  Roxbury 2 

Hecla  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Hewins  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Howe  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Huntoon  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Iffley  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Iroquios  Street,  Roxbury 10 

Joan  Road,  Hyde  Park 7 

Joanne  Terrace,  Dorchester 2 

Kane  Street,  Dorchester 1 

Lakeville  Road,  West  Roxbury 5 

Larchmont  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Lawn  Street,  Roxbury 8 

Leroy  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Levant  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Liberty  Street,  South  Boston 2 

Lyndhurst  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Lynn  Street,  Boston 3 

Lyon  Street,  Dorchester 6 

MacNiel  Way,  Dorchester 1 

Manion  Road,  Hyde  Park 5 

Maple  Street,  Roxbury 10 

Maxfield  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

McBride  Street,  West  Roxbury 14 


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Meredith  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Messinger  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Milwood  Terrace,  Dorchester 2 

Monastery  Road,  Brighton 1 

Mt.  Everett  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Murray  Avenue,  Roxbury 2 

Myopia  Road,  Hyde  Park 5 

Nazing  Street,  Roxbury 4 

Neptune  Road,  East  Boston 6 

North  Street  (rear  No.  278),  Boston  ....  2 

North  Bennet  Street,  Boston 2 

Nottingham  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Noyes  Place,  Boston 2 

Oak  Road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Orchardhill  Road,  West  Roxbury 1 

Oriole  Street,  West  Roxbury 10 

Patterson  Way,  South  Boston 7 

Penfield  Street,  West  Roxbury 6 

Potosi  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Power  Court,  South  Boston 3 

Putnam  Street,  East  Boston 20 

Radcliffe  Road,  Brighton 2 

Ralston  Road,  Dorchester 3 

Rector  Road,  Dorchester 9 

Richwood  Street,  West  Roxbury 9 

Ridgewood  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Rill  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Ripley  Road,  Dorchester 8 

Roach  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Rockdale  Street,  Dorchester 13 

Rowena  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Ruskin  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Rutledge  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Sagamore  Street,  Dorchester 6 

St.  Margaret  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Sanger  Street,  South  Boston 2 

Saranac  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Sargent  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Saville  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Seminole  Street,  Hyde  Park 9 

Shanley  Street,  Brighton 2 

Silver  Street,  South  Boston 8 

Speedway  Avenue,  Brighton 2 

Speedwell  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Stanwood  Street,  Dorchester 14 

Stonehurst  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Sunset  Lane,  Dorchester 2 

Taft  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Thacher  Court,  Boston 2 

Thornley  Street,  Dorchester 5 


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Tileston  Place,  Boston 1 

Trull  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Vinal  Street,  Brighton 2 

Walbridge  Street,  Brighton 3 

Waldren  Road,  Roxbury 4 

Walnut  Park,  Roxbury 6 

Walnut  Place,  Hyde  Park 2 

Wardman  Road,  Roxbury 4 

Washburn  Street,  South  Boston 4 

Waterlow  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Westminster  Avenue,  Roxbury 4 

Westover  Street,  West  Roxbury 13 

Whiting  Street,  Roxbury 6 

Whittemore  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Whittemore  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Willoughby  Street,  Brighton 3 

Wilton  Terrace,  Brighton 1 

Winston  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Winthrop  Street,  Hyde  Park 8 

Wolcott  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Woodmont  Street,  Brighton 1 

Wyvern  Street,  West  Roxbury 11 


In  1968  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of  7,000 
lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting  units 
on  the  following  streets: 


Allandale  Street,  West  Roxbury 31 

Annunciation  Road,  Roxbury 11 

Bellevue  Street,  Dorchester 15 

Cazenove  Street,  Boston 3 

Chandler  Street,  Boston 3 

Child  Street,  Hyde  Park 19 

Clarendon  Street,  Boston 6 

Copeland  Park,  Roxbury 1 

Covington  Street,  South  Boston 5 

Davern  Avenue,  Dorchester 3 

Eliot  Street,  West  Roxbury 15 

F Street,  South  Boston 17 

Fisher  Avenue,  Roxbury 19 

G Street,  South  Boston 21 

Gates  Street,  South  Boston 7 

Greenwood  Square,  Hyde  Park 1 

Harold  Street,  Roxbury 23 

Harvest  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Havre  Street,  East  Boston 25 

Holiday  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Hollingsworth  Street,  Dorchester 12 

Holyoke  Street,  Boston 3 


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Lexington  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 8 

Lockwood  Street,  Hyde  Park 5 

M Street,  South  Boston 24 

Monadnock  Street,  Dorchester 10 

Montebello  Street,  West  Roxbury 7 

Mt.  Vernon  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Peaceville  Road,  Dorchester 6 

Pittsburgh  Street,  South  Boston 6 

Prince  Street,  West  Roxbury 20 

Robinson  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Rock  wood  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 3 

Rosewood  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Rutland  Square,  Boston 7 

St.  Charles  Street,  Boston 2 

School  Street,  West  Roxbury 16 

Saxton  Street,  Roxbury 11 

Shirley  Street,  Dorchester 12 

Sprague  Street,  Hyde  Park 11 

Standard  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Sydney  Street,  Dorchester 19 

Telegraph  Street,  South  Boston 5 

Trapelo  Street,  Brighton 7 

Waldren  Road,  Roxbury 3 

Walnut  Park,  Roxbury 17 

Wardman  Road,  Roxbury 3 

Wellington  Street,  Boston 3 

West  Fifth  Street,  South  Boston 2 

Westminster  Avenue,  Roxbury 13 

Westminster  Terrace,  Roxbury 2 

Whitman  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Woodgate  Street,  Dorchester 8 

In  1968  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 8 

Beech  Street,  West  Roxbury 26 

Foster  Street,  Brighton 5 

In  1968  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of  20,000 
lumen  lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting  units 
on  the  following  streets: 

Berkeley  Street,  Boston 7 

Dana  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 4 

North  Beacon  Street,  Brighton 35 

Parker  Street,  Roxbury 14 

River  Street,  Hyde  Park 45 

Savin  Hill  Avenue,  Dorchester 42 

Washington  Street,  Brighton 2 


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APPENDIX  D 
SANITARY  DIVISION 

Table  1 — Payments  to  Refuse  Collection  Contractors 
(First  Quarter) 

Table  2 — Payments  to  Refuse  Collection  Contractors 
(Balance) 

Table  3 — Sundry  Payments 
Table  4 — Expenditures 
Table  5 — Operating  Costs 
Table  6 — Unit  Costs 


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TABLE  1 

PAYMENTS  TO  REFUSE  COLLECTION  CONTRACTORS 
FIRST  3 MONTHS  — JANUARY,  FEBRUARY,  MARCH 


District 

Contractor 

Total  3 Months’ 
Payments* 

$17,502  86 

IB  Boston  Proper 

James  A.  Freaney,  Inc 

81,551  31 

2 Jamaica  Plain 

Joseph  Amara  & Sons,  Inc 

44,514  80 

3 Dorchester  (N) 

Jeffries  Disposal  Corporation 

87,543  98 

4 Rright.on 

J.  F.  Ryan,  Inc 

69,555  28 

5 South  Boston 

Banco  Corporation 

33,005  73 

6 West  Roxbury 

M & C Corporation 

63,589  68 

7 Dorchester  (SI 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston. 

87,902  37 

ft  Hyde  Park 

Howard  Disposal  Corporation 

40,055  45 

0 East,  Rostnn 

Banco  Corporation 

54,524  16 

in  RnrKnrv  ............... 

Donlev  Rrothera.  Inc 

93,831  57 

Total  3 Months 

$676,752  65 

• Includes  increase  in  labor  costs. 


TABLE  2 

PAYMENTS  TO  REFUSE  COLLECTION  CONTRACTORS 
LAST  9 MONTHS  — APRIL  1 TO  DECEMBER  31,  INCLUSIVE 


District 

Contractor 

Total  9 Months’ 
Payments  * 

1 A Charlestown 

Banco  Corporation 

$66,955  00 

IB  Boston  Proper 

James  A.  Freaney,  Inc 

321,104  10 

2 Jamaica  Plain 

Joseph  Amara  & Sons,  Inc 

218,680  05 

3 Dorchester  (N) 

Jeffries  Disposal  Corporation 

478,511  00 

4 Brighton 

J.  F.  Ryan,  Inc 

311,315  65 

5 South  Rost.on 

Banco  Comoration 

116,198  10 

6 West.  Roxhury 

M & C Corporation 

340,065  35 

7 Dorchester  (S) 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston 

503,616  00 

8 Hyde  Park 

Howard  DisDosal  Comoration 

189,822  10 

9 East  Boston 

Banco  Corporation 

204,899  00 

10  Roxbury 

Dooley  Brothers,  Inc 

421,606  93 

T,ast  Q Months’  Total.  . . . 

$3,172,773  28 

First  3 Months’  Total 

676,752  65 

Collection  Grand  Total 

$3,849,525  93 

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TABLE  4 
EXPENDITURES 


Expenditures  in  1968: 


Payments  to  refuse  collection  contractors  . 

Payments  for  removal  of  garbage 

Payments  for  removal  of  derelict  automobiles  . 
Payments  for  removal  of  incinerator  residue 
Payments  for  cover  material  for  Gardner  Street 

$3,849,525  93 
29,900  00 
566  70 
87,973  37 
123,438  80 

Total  collection  and  disposal  contract  payments  . 

$4,091,404  80 

Payroll  totals: 

Administrative  and  general  services 

Collection  Section 

Disposal  Section 

68,3?7  76 
728,922  86 
695,324  22 

Subtotal 

$1,492,644  84 

Temporary  employees 

Overtime  payrolls 

34,840  00 
228,025  19 

Total  payrolls 

$1,755,510  03 

Incinerator  operation  and  maintenance  costs  (other  than 

labor) 

Payments  on  other  contracts 

Supplies  and  materials  (other  than  incinerator) 

Rental  of  refuse  containers  and  other  costs  for  com- 
munity cleanup 

Miscellaneous  (advertising,  rental  of  equipment,  etc. ) . 

139,518  57 
19,500  00 
4,006  89 

29,719  50 
12,498  20 

Grand  total  expenditures 

$6,052,157  99 

TABLE  5 

1968  OPERATING  COSTS 

Administrative  Section: 

Payroll $47,425  48 

Office  supplies 4,006  89 

$51,432  37 

Collection  Section: 

Collection  contracts  ....  $3,849,525  93 

Payroll 253,365  01 

Advertisements 5,978  43 

4,108,870  37 


Lot  Cleaning: 

Payroll $142,621  86 

Materials  and  tools  ....  4,679  82 


147,301  68 


Public  Works  Department 


109 


Alley  Cleaning: 
Payroll  . 

Materials  and  tools 


Litter  Baskets: 

Payroll  . 

New  baskets  and  parts 


Market  Cleaning: 
Payroll  . 

Abandoned  Cars: 
Contractor 
Payroll  . 
Material 


Cleanup  Campaign: 

Temporary  labor  on  lots 
Equipment  and  supplies 


Education  and  Enforcement: 

Payroll 

Transportation  and  uniforms 


$150,145  04 
642  83 

$150,787  87 


$86,461  98 
613  10 

87,075  08 


$26,342  52  26,342  52 


$566  70 
13,350  29 
40  00 

13,956  99 


$8,748  20 
29,719  50 

38,467  70 


$112,834  43 
2,421  40 

115,255  83 


f/  Disposal  Section: 
' Incinerator : 


Payroll  (Including  overtime 
temporary  employees) 
Maintenance  .... 
Residue  haul  .... 


and 


$824,378  65 
139,518  57 
87,973  37 

1,051,870  59 


Amortization  of  Plant: 

Principal $269,000  00 

Interest 88,281  00 

357,281  00 


Gardner  Street  Sanitary  Landfill: 

Payroll 

Cover  material 

Hire  of  equipment  and  other  materials 


$74,471  40 
123,438  80 
4,631  79 


202,541  99 


Garbage  Disposal: 

Victory  Road $14,950  00 

Gardner  Street 14,950  00 


29,900  00 


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TABLE  6 

1968  UNIT  COSTS 


(1)  Administrative 

$51,432  37  Approximately  0.85  percent  of  total  cost 


(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 


Refuse  Collection 


$4,108,870  37,  295,288  tons  a year 

$13  92  a ton 

Vacant  Lots 

$147,301  68,  4,069  lots 

$36  20  a lot 

Alley  Cleaning 

$150,787  87,  2,299  tons  a year 

$65  60  a ton 

Litter  Baskets 

$87,075  08,  890  baskets,  220,000  servicings 

$0  40  a servicing 

Market  Cleaning 

$26,342  52,  2,080  tons  a year 

$12  66  a ton 

Abandoned  Vehicles 

$13,956  99,  846  cars 

$16  50  a car 

(8)  Cleanup  Campaign 

$38,467  70 

(9)  Education  and  Enforcement 

$115,255  83  Less  than  2 percent  of  total  cost 

(10)  Incinerator 

$1,051,870  59,  operations,  143,429  tons  a year  $7  33  a ton 
$357,281,  amortization  $2  49  a ton 

(11)  Gardner  Street  Sanitary  Landfill 

$202,541  99,  195,128  tons  a year  $1  04  a ton 


(12)  Garbage  Disposal 

$29,900,  8,350  tons  a year 


$3  58  a ton 


Public  Works  Department 


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APPENDIX  E 
SEWER  DIVISION 

Table  1 — Financial  Statement 

Table  2 — Summary  of  Sewer  Construction 

Table  3 — Five-Year  Summary  of  Sewer  Construction 

Table  4 — Length  of  Sewers 

Table  5 — Number  of  Catch  Basins 

Table  6 — Maintenance  Section  Activities 

Table  7 — Calf  Pasture  Pumping  Statistics 

Table  8 — Sewerage  Works  Contracts 


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TABLE  1 


FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 


Balances  from  1967  Appropriations $7,570  59 

Receipts  : 

Sewer  Use  Charge  ....  $3,063,571  76 

Tax  Title  Sewer  Use  Charge  . . . 49,833  12 

3,113,404  88 


$3,120,975  47 


Expenditures  : 


Sewer  Service 

. $738,259 

30 

Pensions  and  Annuities 

. 149,964 

25 

Departmental  Equipment  . 

8,870 

78 

Public  Works 

. 172,724 

00 

Data  Processing  Unit  . 

40,201 

00 

Collecting  Division 

57,884 

00 

Pensions,  State-Boston 

73,482 

00 

Debt  and  Interest 

. 789,106 

17 

*M.D.C.  Assessment 

. 3,512,122 

46 

5,542,613  96 

$2,421,638  49 

Carried  forward  to  1969  Appropriation — deficit  . . 10,584  43 


Deficit $2,432,222  92 

*M.D.C.  Assessment $3,512,122  46 

M.D.C.  Payment 2,056,189  83 


Overestimate $1,455,932  63 

Nonrevenue  Expenditures — 1968 
Sewerage  Works  Loan: 

Office  and  Engineers’  Salaries $252,113  41 

Land  Takings 1,300  00 

Miscellaneous  Bills 25,463  19 

Service  Orders 1,775  00 

Contracts 692,387  51 


$973,039  11 


Boston  Redevelopment  Projects: 


Washington  Park $168,881  89 

Government  Center 214,525  40 

South  End 21,549  80 


$404,957  09 


* St.  1959,  Chapter  612,  Section  9 — Based  on  estimated  assessment  for 
interest  and  principal  which  will  be  subject  to  52  percent  reduction  until 
Boston  Main  Drainage  System  is  connected  to  M.D.C.  Maintenance 
and  operation  assessment  is  based  upon  the  area  now  served  by  Metro- 
politan District  Sewers  until  connection  is  made. 


Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  2 

SUMMARY  OF  SEWER  CONSTRUCTION  FOR  TWELVE  MONTHS 
ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1968 


District 

Built  by 
City,  Either 
by  Contract 
or  Day 
Labor 

Built  by 
Private 
Parties 

Shared  by 
City  and 
Government 

Total  Lengths  Built 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

Miles 

City  Proper 

647 

647 

0.122 

Roxbury 

220 

9,408 

9,628 

1.823 

South  Boston 

2,895 

2,895 

0.548 

East  Boston 

Charlestown 

Brighton 

1,785 

1,785 

0.338 

West  Roxbury 

6,596 

445 

7,041 

1.347 

Dorchester 

3,514 

3,514 

0.666 

Hyde  Park 

1,034 

1,034 

0.195 

Totals 

16,691 

445 

9,408 

26,544 

5.039 

TABLE  3 

SUMMARY  OF  SEWER  CONSTRUCTION  FOR  FIVE  YEARS  TO 
DECEMBER  31,  1968 


1964 

1965 

1966 

1967 

1968 

Built  by  city  by  contract  or  day 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

labor 

39,813.50 

21,937.00 

24,308.00 

19,823.50 

16,691.00 

Built  by  private  parties 

2,749.20 

2,613.00 

16,509.00 

530 . 00 

445.00 

Shared  by  city  and  government . . 

36,182.00 

8,553.70 

9,408.00 

Totals 

42,562.70 

41,059.00 

61,020.00 

28,377.20 

26,544.00 

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TABLE  4 

TOTAL  LENGTH  OF  SEWERS 

Miles 

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  previous 
to  January  1,  1968  1,376.723 

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  between 
January  1 and  December  31,  1968  . . . 5.039 

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  ending 
December  31,  1968  1,381.762 

Abandoned  sewers  ending  December  31,  1968  . 0.365 

Total  miles 1,381.397 


TABLE  5 

CATCH  BASINS  UNDER  JURISDICTION  OF  SEWER  DIVISION 


District 

Catch  Basins  for 
Twelve  Months  Ending 
December  31,  1968 

Net 

Increase 

Total  for  Entire  City 

Number 
Built  or 
Rebuilt 

Number 
Abandoned 
or  Removed 

Previous 
Report  through 
December 
31,  1967 

Grand  Total 
to  December 
31,  1968 

City  Proper 

0 

0 

0 

3,821 

3,821 

Roxbury 

4 

2 

2 

3,642 

3,644 

South  Boston 

1 

0 

1 

1,530 

1,531 

East  Boston 

0 

0 

0 

1,259 

1,259 

Charlestown 

0 

0 

0 

871 

871 

Brighton 

0 

0 

0 

2,184 

2,184 

West  Roxbury 

22 

2 

20 

4,901 

4 921 

Dorchester 

5 

7 

2 

5,827 

5,825 

Hyde  Park 

0 

0 

0 

1,655 

1,655 

Note  — Summary  of  catch  baains  built/abandoned  by  the  Highway  Division  for  12  months  ending  December 
31,  1968: 


24 

7 

17 

— 

— 

Totals 

56 

18 

48 

25,690 

25,738 

Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  6 

MAINTENANCE  SECTION 


1968 

Complaints  received  and  investigated 

5,522 

2,028 

418  linear  feet 
5.67  miles 
310 
424 
4,887 

281 

Complaints  received  and  requiring  maintenance  service 

Sewers  repaired  by  city  forces  and  emergency  repairs  contractor 

Sewers  cleaned 

House  drains  constructed,  repaired,  and  inspected 

Sealed-off  drains  inspected  at  sites  of  demolished  buildings 

Municipal  liens  reported  to  City  Collector 

Catch  basins  and  manholes  repaired  by  City  forces  and  emergency  repairs 
contractor 

TABLE  7 

CALF  PASTURE  PUMPING  STATION 


1968 

1967 

1966 

Sewage  pumped 

8,122  MG 
22.25  MGD 
$34.19 

33,510  MG 
91.81  MGD 
$11.71 

20,076  MG 
57.75  MGD 
$15.29 

Sewage  pumped — average  flow 

Pumping  cost  per  MG 

MG  = million  gallons. 

MGD  = million  gallons  per  day. 


SEWERAGE  WORKS  CONTRACTS 


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APPENDIX  F 

WATER  DIVISION 

Table  1 — Water  Pipes  and  Services 

Table  2 — Number  of  Hydrants 

Table  3 — Cost  of  Replacing  Main  Pipes 

Table  4 — Cost  of  Extensions 

Table  5 — Meters  in  Service 

Table  6 — Meters  Taken  Out 

Table  7 — Meters  Set 

Table  8 — Connecting  Pieces  Taken  Out 

Table  9 — Connecting  Pieces  Put  In 

Table  10 — Reasons  for  Meter  Changes 


Table  11 — Financial  Statement 


TABLE  1 

Showing  Length  of  Water  Pipes  and  Connections  Owned  and  Operated  by  Public  Works  Department,  Water  Division, 
Water  Services,  and  Number  of  Valves  in  Same,  December  31,  1968 


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TABLE  2 

TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  HYDRANTS  IN  SYSTEM,  DECEMBER  31,  1968 


Hydrants 

Lowry 

Boston  Lowry 

Boston  Post 

Ordinary  Post 

Batchelder  & 
Finneran 

Ludlow  Post 

Chapman  Post 

Boston  Hydrant 

Mueller  Post 

A.  P.  Smith 

Darling  Post 

Matthew  Post 

M.  H. 

Total 

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400 

239 

1,878 

1,615 

6,729 

2 

— 

67 

302 

308 

34 

— 

231 

11,805 

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33 

5 

29 

126 

17 

13 

56 

111 

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4 

— 

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10 

- 

— 

32 

150 

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5 

— 

41 

49 

29 

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1 

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— 

— 

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Total  public,  December  31,  1968 

395 

239 

1,837 

1,566 

6,710 

2 

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67 

399 

317 

34 

— 

263 

11,829 

Total  private,  December  31,  1968. . . . 

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5 

29 

126 

17 

13 

56 

111 

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— 

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Total  hydrants  in  service,  December  31,  1967  12,669 

Total  hydrants  added  during  1968  150 

Total  hydrants  abandoned,  1968  126 

Total  hydrants  in  service,  December  31,  1968  12,693 

High  pressure  fire  hydrants  in  service,  December  31,  1968  427 

Total  hydrants  (all  kinds)  in  service,  December  31,  1968  13,120 


COST  OF  REPLACEMENT  OF  MAIN  PIPE  1968 


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Public  Works  Department 


125 


TABLE  5 

METERS  IN  SERVICE  — 1968 


Make 

Diameter  in  Inches 

Total 

I 

i 

1 

H 

2 

3 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

Hersey 

61,885 

5,100 

2,411 

1,540 

1,043 

413 

466 

123 

37 

19 

17 

73,054 

Rockwell 

6,468 

20 

6 

153 

58 

6,705 

American 

3,396 

420 

341 

240 

200 

4,597 

Watchdog 

1,895 

74 

135 

390 

263 

117 

41 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2,915 

Arctic 

— 

— 

— 

10 

6 

9 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

25 

Trident 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

7 

10 

— 

— 

— 

— 

17 

Totals. 

73,644 

5,614 

2,893 

2,333 

1,570 

546 

517 

123 

37 

19 

17 

87,313 

TABLE  6 

METERS  TAKEN  OUT  — 1968 


Month 

Diameter  in  Inches 

Total 

1 

1 

4 

1 

ll 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

386 

8 

3 

3 

4 

0 

0 

0 

404 

February 

344 

10 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

358 

March 

388 

5 

3 

2 

5 

0 

1 

0 

404 

April 

366 

9 

2 

6 

1 

1 

2 

1 

388 

May 

437 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

442 

June 

491 

6 

6 

5 

6 

1 

1 

0 

516 

July 

547 

15 

12 

4 

1 

1 

1 

0 

581 

August 

630 

10 

12 

10 

4 

0 

0 

0 

666 

September 

761 

44 

17 

6 

1 

1 

0 

0 

830 

October 

529 

17 

17 

7 

3 

0 

1 

0 

574 

November 

447 

14 

10 

10 

9 

0 

0 

0 

490 

December 

418 

14 

8 

7 

6 

0 

0 

0 

453 

Totals. 

5,744 

154 

94 

62 

40 

4 

7 

1 

6,106 

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TABLE  7 

METERS  SET  IN  1968 


Month 

Diameter  in  Inches 

Total 

f 

i 

1 

U 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

288 

8 

3 

1 

4 

1 

4 

0 

309 

February 

436 

8 

6 

1 

5 

0 

0 

0 

456 

March 

714 

5 

5 

3 

6 

0 

0 

0 

733 

April 

474 

6 

6 

7 

1 

2 

3 

0 

499 

May 

581 

1 

0 

1 

1 

1 

3 

0 

588 

June 

530 

5 

9 

2 

5 

2 

1 

0 

554 

July 

485 

8 

5 

4 

0 

1 

1 

0 

504 

August 

591 

12 

12 

11 

5 

0 

1 

0 

632 

September 

775 

59 

29 

21 

10 

0 

1 

0 

895 

October 

573 

45 

25 

13 

18 

0 

0 

0 

674 

November 

487 

19 

11 

12 

17 

0 

0 

0 

546 

December 

325 

20 

7 

11 

10 

0 

0 

0 

373 

Totals 

6,259 

196 

118 

87 

82 

7 

14 

0 

6,763 

TABLE  8 

CONNECTION  PIECES  TAKEN  OUT  — 1968 


Diameter  in  Inches 

Month 

I 

i 

1 

u 

9 

3 

4 

6 

Total 

January 

195 

2 

1 

2 

3 

0 

0 

0 

203 

February 

106 

4 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

111 

March 

190 

5 

2 

1 

2 

0 

0 

0 

200 

April 

102 

7 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

113 

May 

70 

4 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

75 

June 

135 

5 

1 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

145 

July 

130 

4 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

137 

August 

75 

2 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

80 

September 

100 

4 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

107 

October 

75 

3 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

82 

November 

55 

8 

2 

5 

1 

0 

0 

0 

71 

December 

25 

4 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

30 

Totals 

1,258 

52 

17 

16 

11 

0 

0 

0 

1,354 

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TABLE  9 

CONNECTION  PIECES  PUT  IN  — 1968 


Month 

Diameter  in  Inches 

Total 

I 

i 

1 

li 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

90 

1 

2 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

96 

February 

80 

3 

3 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

90 

March 

58 

4 

4 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

69 

April 

48 

1 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

53 

May 

44 

1 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

48 

June 

60 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

63 

July 

40 

5 

2 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

50 

August 

30 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

32 

September 

35 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

38 

October 

40 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

42 

November 

30 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

33 

December 

25 

2 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

30 

Totals 

580 

22 

21 

11 

10 

0 

0 

0 

644 

TABLE  10 

REASONS  FOR  METER  CHANGES  — 1968 


Month 

No 

Force 

Non. 

Reg. 

Coupling 

Leaks 

Spindle 

Leaks 

F rozen 

New 

Service 

Demo’s 

Clock 

Changes 

Special 

Tests 

Disc. 

Service 

Special  Interior 
Changes 

Total 

January 

50 

201 

8 

9 

20 

1 

82 

1 

2 

20 

1 

395 

February 

55 

142 

6 

13 

15 

5 

20 

2 

3 

15 

4 

280 

March 

139 

200 

6 

13 

30 

15 

20 

4 

3 

10 

0 

440 

April 

112 

222 

7 

10 

3 

20 

22 

3 

5 

6 

2 

411 

May 

50 

270 

7 

11 

2 

5 

20 

4 

5 

15 

3 

392 

June 

101 

295 

1 

9 

1 

6 

10 

2 

3 

10 

3 

441 

July 

120 

350 

13 

22 

0 

10 

15 

5 

6 

8 

32 

581 

August 

110 

372 

14 

22 

0 

12 

10 

6 

5 

10 

21 

582 

September.  . . . 

149 

598 

8 

15 

0 

10 

9 

3 

4 

7 

2 

805 

October 

150 

342 

1 

4 

0 

11 

8 

2 

5 

3 

0 

526 

November 

148 

267 

10 

13 

0 

6 

3 

3 

3 

3 

19 

475 

December 

97 

200 

3 

10 

0 

5 

4 

3 

4 

2 

15 

343 

Totals .... 

1,281 

2,459 

84 

151 

71 

106 

223 

38 

48 

108 

102 

5,671 

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TABLE  11 
WATER  DIVISION 

Financial  Statement 


Balances  from  1967: 

Receipts 

Appropriations  . 

Receipts: 

Water  Rates  and  Services  . 

Tax  Title  Water  .... 


Expenditures: 

Water  Service 
Departmental  Equipment  . 
Pensions  and  Annuities 
Collecting  Division 
Data  Processing  Unit  . 

Public  Works 
Pensions,  State-Boston 
Metropolitan  Water  Assessment 
Debt  and  Interest 

Carried  Forward  to  Water  Service 
Appropriations  . 

Deficit 


$173,669  67 
228,572  63 

$54,902  90 


$9,298,645  76 
147,326  84 

9,445,972  60 

$9,500,875  56 


$2,837,768  50 
241,269  25 
292,701  70 
237,184  00 
207,187  00 
747,013  00 
119,536  00 
5,348,206  92 
99,137  50 

$10,130,003  87 


$629,128  31 


285,914  32 
$915,042  63 


City  of  Boston 


Printing  Section 


ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 

PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  BOSTON 


For  The  Year  Ending  December  31,  1969 


Hon.  Kevin  H.  White,  Mayor 

Joseph  F.  Casazza,  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 

Frederick  L.  Garvin,  Engineering  Division  Engineer 

Charles  M.  Martell,  Highway  Division  Engineer 

John  F.  Flaherty,  Sanitary  Division  Engineer  and 
Deputy  Commissioner 

Edward  G.  A.  Powers,  Sewer  Division  Engineer 
Edward  J.  Pinkul,  Water  Division  Engineer 


PUBLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 


1969  ANNUAL  REPORT 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Page 

Letter  of  Transmittal 5 

Central  Office 6 

Fiscal 7 

Engineering  Division 9 

Highway  Division 14 

Sanitary  Division 15 

Sewer  Division 20 

Water  Division 21 

Public  Improvement  Commission  Report  ....  27 

Appendices 43 

A.  Central  Office 43 

B.  Engineering  Division 60 

C.  Highway  Division 80 

D.  Sanitary  Division 100 

E.  Sewer  Division 106 


F.  Water  Division  . 


. 115 


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[Document  No.  18  — 1970] 


ANNUAL  REPORT 

OF  THE 

PURLIC  WORKS  DEPARTMENT 
For  the  Year  Ending  December  31,  1969 


Roston,  January  2,  1970. 

Hon.  Kevin  H.  White, 

Mayor  of  Boston. 

Dear  Mr.  Mayor: 

In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  section  25  of 
chapter  3 of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1961, 1 respectfully 
submit  the  annual  report  of  the  Public  Works  Department. 

As  required  by  section  36  of  chapter  21  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1961,  I am  also  submitting  the  annual 
report  of  the  Public  Improvement  Commission. 

Recause  the  workings  of  the  department  are  such  that 
its  every  move  is  in  the  public  eye,  it  is  imperative  that 
this  department  operate  as  economically  and  efficiently 
as  possible.  The  operation  of  the  department  is  through 
a Central  Office  and  five  divisions.  Each  division  is  in 
charge  of  a Division  Engineer,  who  is  an  expert  in  his 
particular  field.  The  following  are  the  functions  of  the 
Public  Works  Department:  the  construction,  reconstruc- 
tion of  highways  and  sidewalks,  street  lighting,  snow 
removal,  sewerage  and  drainage  construction  and  mainte- 
nance, distribution  of  potable  water  and  the  maintenance 
of  necessary  components,  sanitation,  street  cleaning, 
removal  and  disposal  of  refuse  and  garbage,  incineration, 


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and  the  cleaning  of  catch  basisns.  The  engineering 
requirements  to  carry  on  the  above  programs  are  by 
departmental  employees,  assisted  by  contract  experts. 

Delegation  of  authority  within  the  department  is  as 
follows : 


Central  Office 

There  are  four  sections  in  the  Central  Office  — an 
Administrative  Branch,  a Maintenance  Branch,  and  a 
Permit  Branch. 

The  Administrative  Branch  processes  purchase  and 
supply  requisitions,  service  orders,  payrolls,  personnel 
requisitions,  transfers,  promotions,  and  terminations. 

The  Maintenance  Branch  was  established  February 
8,  1960,  by  the  consolidation  of  the  Automotive  Section 
and  the  Bepair  Shop,  formerly  in  the  Sanitary  Division. 
This  branch  is  responsible  for  the  care,  control,  and 
maintenance  of  departmental  vehicles.  It  is  also  in 
charge  of  the  public  utility  facilities  in  the  various 
yards  and  serves  as  a housekeeping  unit. 

Communication  Center 

The  department  maintains  a Communication  Center 
consisting  of  a main  base  station  radio,  linkage  by  closed 
circuit  teletype  system  with  ten  highway  yards,  and  the 
central  snow  removal  office  at  City  Hall.  Departmental 
mobile  units  are  radio  equipped. 

During  the  year  automotive  equipment  amounting  to 
an  expenditure  of  $368,288.97  was  purchased  for  the 
department. 

Contract  Section 

One  of  the  more  important  functions  of  the  Administra- 
tive branch  is  the  Contract  Section.  Here  approximately 
130  contracts  involving  all  facets  of  public  works  are 
processed.  The  volume  of  these  contracts  amounts  to 
expenditures  of  about  $16,000,000  per  annum.  The  work 
is  extremely  technical  as  there  must  be  strict  compliance 
with  the  general  laws,  ordinances,  and  special  laws 
pertaining  to  the  city.  Upon  execution  of  contracts, 
copies  of  periodical  estimates,  extensions  of  time,  and 
extra  work  orders  are  processed  and  filed. 


Public  Works  Department 


7 


Fiscal 

There  was  carried  over  from  1968  the  amount  of 
$11,778,412.  Appropriations  for  1969  amounted  to 
$26,573,038.  Revenue  received  amounted  to  $12,439,056, 
making  the  amount  available  $50,790,506.  A total  of 
$554,072  was  transferred  to  other  departments,  leaving  a 
balance  of  $50,236,434. 

Expenditures  amounted  to  $39,501,405,  leaving  an 
unexpended  balance  of  $10,735,089  and  unliquidated 
encumbrance  and  carry  forward  of  $6,895,250,  and  a net 
unencumbered  balance  of  $3,839,839. 

The  Water  Division  operated  with  a deficit  of  $2,223,606 
and  the  Sewer  Division  operated  with  a deficit  of 
$1,086,672. 

Revenue  from  the  sale  of  water  amounted  to  $8,922,220 
and  expenditures  amounted  to  $10,817,736. 

The  sewer  deficit  is  quite  serious.  The  metropolitan 
assessment  has  been  reduced  by  52  percent  until  the 
Boston  main  drainage  system  is  connected  to  the  metro- 
politan system. 

There  was  available  for  snow  removal  the  sum  of 
$2,375,000  as  a 1969  appropriation.  Expenditures 
amounted  to  $2,302,977. 

Loans  were  authorized  in  1969  for  the  following 
amounts:  public  ways  loan  — $4,000,000,  sewerage  loan 
— $1,500,000,  bridge  loan  — $2,000,000. 

The  public  ways  loan  of  $4,000,000  was  augmented  by 
$2,412,475  carried  forward  plus  Chapter  90  revenue  of 
$249,071  for  a total  of  $6,661,546.  Expenditures  amounted 
to  $2,980,910,  encumbered  contracts  carried  forward  to 
1970  were  $2,289,856,  and  the  unencumbered  balance 
was  $1,390,840. 

The  sewerage  loan  of  $1,500,000  was  augmented  by 
$1,982,105,  carried  forward  for  a total  of  $3,482,105. 
Expenditures  were  $1,497,253,  encumbered  contracts 
carried  forward  to  1970  were  $956,021,  and  the  unen- 
cumbered balance  was  $1,028,831. 

The  bridge  loan  of  $2,000,000  was  augmented  by  a 
carry  forward  of  $777,552  for  a total  of  $2,777,552. 
Expenditures  amounted  to  $501,603,  contracts  carried 
forward  to  1970  were  $322,246,  leaving  an  unencumbered 
balance  of  $1,953,603. 


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The  amount  of  $1,523,519  was  brought  forward  from 
1968  sidewalk  loan.  Expenditures  amounted  to  $476,173, 
encumbered  contracts  carried  forward  were  $288,867, 
leaving  unencumbered  blance  of  $758,479. 

The  amount  of  $2,300,000  was  brought  forward  from 
the  1968  water  main  loan.  Expenditures  amounted  to 
$459,205,  encumbered  contracts  amounted  to  $1,082,494, 
leaving  an  unencumbered  balance  of  $758,301. 

Funds  were  available  under  the  several  accelerated 
highway  programs  created  by  chapter  782  of  1962, 
chapter  882  of  1963,  chapter  679  of  1965,  and  616  of  1966. 

Chapters  782,  822,  and  679  had  balances  respectively 
of  $21,540,  $56,519,  and  $161,281  with  no  expenditures 
in  1969.  Chapter  616  had  $1,122,141  available  with 
expenditures  of  $820,907,  encumbered  contracts  of 
$298,724,  and  an  unencumbered  balance  of  $2,510. 

A summary  of  1969  appropriations,  expenditures,  etc.  is 
included  in  the  statistical  data  appended  to  this  report. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Joseph  F.  Casazza, 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works . 


Public  Works  Department 


9 


ENGINEERING  DIVISION 

The  annual  report  of  the  Engineering  Division  of  the 
City  of  Boston  Public  Works  Department  for  the  year 
1969  rounds  out  a decade  of  such  reports  which  began 
when  this  division  w as  originated  as  part  of  the  reorgani- 
zation of  the  department  in  1960. 

A review  of  the  amount  and  dollar  value  of  the  high- 
way, sewer,  and  water  projects  advertised  during  the  year 
shows  a fairly  close  total,  money-wise,  compared  to  the 
two  previous  years,  but  the  amount  accomplished  as  being 
substantially  less.  This  clearly  reflects  the  very  sharp 
increased  cost  of  producing  public  works  projects  and  is 
pinpointed  by  examining  the  contract  bid  prices  on  in- 
dividual items.  These  have  averaged  a 10  percent  in- 
crease in  highway  work  and  over  20  percent  in  sewer  and 
water  work  over  the  short  space  of  one  year. 

A special  effort  was  made  last  year  to  get  out  contracts 
for  a substantial  number  of  sidewalk  improvements  of 
streets  which  had  good  roadways  but  poor  sidewalks. 

Following  is  a listing  of  certain  items  of  more  than 
routine  interest : 

1.  The  completion  of  the  brick  sidew  alk-gaslit  Charles 
Street,  City  Proper  project,  from  Beacon  Street  to  the 
Charles  Street  Circle.  This  work,  which  had  its  start 
late  in  1968,  has  emphasized  and  enhanced  the  colonial 
charm  of  the  area. 

2.  The  start  of  the  reconstruction  of  roadways  and 
relocation  of  MBTA  reservation  in  Commonwealth  Ave- 
nue, Brighton,  between  Chestnut  Hill  Avenue  and  Newton 
which,  upon  completion,  will  provide  an  inbound  road- 
way separated  from  the  outbound  roadway  by  the  re- 
located reservation,  and  will  complete  the  divided  high- 
way design  of  Commonwealth  Avenue. 

3.  Concurrent  with  the  near  completion  of  the  Copley 
Square  Mall  and  fountain  area  the  work  of  installing  the 
specially  designed  and  lighted  periphery  sidewalk  area 
was  accomplished. 

4.  In  the  new  food  market  area  adjacent  to  South- 
ampton Street,  enough  sewer  and  water  roadway  activities 
were  completed  to  allow  the  occupation  of  the  new  build- 
ings to  take  place  and  the  polishing  off  of  these  public 
works  items  is  scheduled  for  early  spring. 


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5.  Completion  of  layouts  for  a new  west  boundary 
service  road  off  Washington  Street,  West  Roxbury,  was 
accomplished,  Metropolitan  District  Commission  ap- 
proval of  plans  was  given,  and  public  hearings  for  this 
service  road  to  the  adjacent  new  residential  areas  will 
follow  early  in  1970. 

6.  Finally,  the  Code-Enforcement  Community  Public 
Improvement  program  was  resurrected,  replanned,  and  a 
firm  program  for  1970  established  through  the  combined 
liaison  of  the  Public  Works,  Fire,  Traffic,  and  Police  De- 
partment — all  working  in  coordination  with  the  Housing 
Inspection  Department. 


Summary 

During  1969  the  following  projects  were  originated, 
surveyed,  designed,  estimated  and  advertised.  In  areas 
not  connected  with  urban  renewal  these  projects  were 
developed  entirely  within  the  division  whereas  the  urban 
renewal  projects  were  mainly  prepared  by  consultants 
working  for  the  department  with  the  function  of  this 
division  relative  to  this  phase  of  the  work  being  limited  to 
outlining,  reviewing,  supervising,  and  approving  their 
work. 


(A)  In  areas  not  connected  with  urban  renewal 

(1)  Street  reconstruction  (7.9  miles) 

(1A)  Street  lighting 

(2)  Chapter  90  street  reconstruction  (2.6  miles)  . 

(3)  New  street  construction  (2.4  miles) 

(4)  Sidewalk  reconstruction  (9.0  miles) 

(5)  Sewer  and  water  construction  and  reconstruction 

(6)  Water  (emergency  excavation) 


(B)  In  urban  renewal  areas  (but  advertised  by  Public  Works 
Department) 

(1)  Sewer  and  water  construction  (in  Washington  Park 

and  Government  Center 

(2)  Street  construction/reconstruction  (in  Washington 

Park) 


Total  (A) $4,324,220 

Total  (B) 1,589,772 


Grand  Total  ....  $5,913,992 


Low  Bid 
$1,127,752 
79,595 
775,273 
680,863 
728,277 
702,460 
230,000 


$4,324,220 


$722,095 

867,677 


$1,589,772 


Following  are  the  detailed  reports  from  the  Adminis- 
trative, Planning  and  Programming,  Survey,  Design,  and 
Records  Sections  of  this  division. 


Public  Works  Department 


11 


Administrative  Section 

The  Administrative  Section  under  the  direction  of  the 
Division  Engineer  and  the  supervision  of  the  Adminis- 
trative Assistant  performed  the  required  administrative 
and  clerical  functions  of  the  division. 

Processed  and  maintained  division  records  pertaining 
to  personnel,  correspondence,  indexing,  filing,  etc.  Also 
typed,  proofread,  and  collated  stencils  for  contract  books 
for  all  divisions  of  the  department.  Typed  annual  and 
other  reports.  Supervised  all  mimeographing  of  stencil 
work  for  the  department.  In  addition  indexed  and  proc- 
essed 120  plot  plans  which  were  forwarded  by  the  Build- 
ing Department  for  our  review  before  they  granted  per- 
mits for  construction. 

Also  processed  contract  payments  to  various  consulting 
firms  for  work  in  Washington  Park,  Government  Center, 
the  west  boundary  service  road  and  Foodmart  Road. 

In  addition  the  head  of  this  section  computed  all  bet- 
terments and  assessments  required  for  roadways,  side- 
walks, and  sewers  in  the  city.  There  were  approximately 
700  parcels  of  this  nature.  The  Administrative  Assistant 
also  assisted  the  Division  Engineer  at  Public  Improve- 
ment Commission  hearings,  and  in  all  cases  of  appeals 
for  abatements  of  betterments  or  assessments  he  re- 
viewed the  merits  of  the  appeals  and  made  reports  rela- 
tive to  these  to  the  Division  Engineer  for  submittal  to 
the  Public  Improvement  Commission. 

Engineering  Record  Section 

During  1969  this  section  furnished  street  line  informa- 
tion, grade  information,  and  plan  information  on  approxi- 
mately 2,000  streets  to  engineers,  surveyors,  lawyers, 
and  the  general  public. 

Furnished  information  to  various  departments  and 
agencies,  including  the  Highway,  Sewer,  and  Water  Divi- 
sions of  the  Public  Works  Department.  Also,  to  the 
Law.  Police,  and  Fire  Departments,  the  Boston  City 
Hospital,  the  Building  Department,  the  Assessor’s  office, 
the  Mayor’s  office,  the  United  States  Coast  and  Geodetic 
Survey,  the  Attorney  General’s  office,  the  Port  Author- 
ity, Suffolk  County  Registry  of  Deeds,  MBTA,  Long 
Island  Hospital,  Real  Property  Department,  MDC, 


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Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  Public  Works  De- 
partment, and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  ABC 
Commission. 

Checked  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Land  Court 
Plans  for  the  Land  Court. 

Responded  to  subpoenas  to  furnish  plans  and  other 
information  to  the  Federal  and  Suffolk  County  Courts. 

The  work  of  the  Reproduction  Unit  of  this  section 
was  as  follows: 


Department  Public  Works 

Photostat 

Ozalide 

Sepias 

Engineering  Division 

325 

12,335 

77 

Central  Office 

44 

420 

Highway  Division  .... 

26 

531 

Permit  Division  .... 

18 

212 

Sanitary  Division  .... 

22 

193 

Sewer  Division 

181 

645 

Street  Lighting  Division  . 

12 

214 

Walter  Division  .... 

46 

2,365 

Auditor’s  Office 

52 

— 

Real  Property 

88 

1,244 

White  Fund 

32 

38 

Traffic  and  Parking  .... 

60 

2,142 

Administrative  Services  . 

38 

114 

Assessing 

48 

1,364 

Building 

38 

560 

City  Clerk  

14 

28 

City  Council 

92 

146 

Election 

26 

— 

Law 

12 

27 

Park 

16 

72 

Penal 

— 

84 

Public  Buildings  .... 

— 

42 

Totals 

1,190 

22,776 

77 

Public  Works  Department 


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Planning  and  Programming 

All  1969  projects  for  street,  sewer,  and  water  works,  etc. 
were  screened  for  possible  clashing  or  overlapping  with 
plans  for  urban  renewal,  State  Expressway,  MBTA,  and 
other  public  and  private  projects  of  proposed  construc- 
tion. 

For  the  year  1969,  public  works  amounting  to  $12,500,- 
000  were  checked  for  feasibility  and  were  programmed 
by  this  section.  These  projects  included  1.5  miles  of 
new  street  construction,  28  miles  of  street  reconstruction, 
13  miles  of  sewer  construction,  and  1 mile  of  water  mains. 
Approximately  only  one-half  of  this  planned  amount  was 
advertised  because  of  limitations  of  money  and  man- 
power. 

In  addition  to  above  listed  normal  activities,  this  sec- 
tion worked  closely  with  the  BRA  in  reviewing,  and 
supervising  reviewing  by  other  sections  of  the  depart- 
ment, approximately  $4,000,000  of  proposed  BRA  proj- 
ects involving  highway,  sewer,  and  water  works. 

All  public  works  contracts  in  Washington  Park  and 
sewer  and  water  contracts  in  Government  Center  were 
under  the  direct  control  and  supervision  of  the  Public 
Works  Department,  and  in  these  two  project  areas  a 
total  of  approximately  $1,600,000  was  advertised. 

Other  duties  included  the  reviewing  of: 

1.  One  hundred  plot  plans  which  we  had  to  approve 
for  line  and  grade  and  utility  availability  before  the 
Building  Department  would  grant  permits. 

2.  Ten  approval  plans  submitted  by  developers  for 
proposed  new  “minimum  pavement”  streets. 

3.  Forty-one  plans  of  proposed  commercial  driveway 
openings  in  public  sidewalks. 


Survey  Section 

The  Survey  Section  of  the  Engineering  Division,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Associate  Civil  Engineer,  originated 
all  field  engineering  surveys  and  related  activities  re- 
quired for  the  determination  and  recording  of  engineer- 
ing data,  measurements,  calculations,  sketches,  and  other 
information  needed  in  connection  with: 

(a)  The  laying  out,  locating,  relocating,  design  and 
construction,  reconstruction,  alteration  or  discontinuance 


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of  streets  and  street  improvements,  including  sidewalks, 
bridges,  storm  drains,  sewer,  water,  and  other  related 
facilities  in  the  City  of  Boston. 

(b)  Special  survey  requirements  of  the  City  of  Boston 
in  general,  including  the  acquisition  by  the  city  of  land 
by  eminent  domain;  the  taking  of  easements;  the  con- 
struction of  municipal  buildings  and  structures;  the  inter- 
departmental transfer,  sale  or  development  of  city- 
owned  land ; and  the  furnishing  of  survey  and  engineering 
data  in  matters  of  concern  to  the  City  of  Boston  as  re- 
quired or  related  to  construction  programs  and  other 
activities  under  the  jurisdiction  of  other  municipal,  state, 
federal  or  private  agencies  or  authorities  — including 
services  to  consultants  or  contractors  engaged  by  these 
agencies  or  authorities. 

HIGHWAY  DIVISION 

The  Highway  Division  is  charged  with  the  responsi- 
bility of  construction,  reconstruction,  care,  control,  and 
maintenance  of  all  highways;  the  street  cleaning  activities 
of  the  city ; the  construction  and  care  and  maintenance  of 
bridges;  and  the  street  lighting  program.  Supervision  of 
snow  removal  is  also  a function  of  this  division. 

The  method  of  financing  the  highway  construction 
program  is  diversified.  Funds  for  the  so-called  “Chapter 
90”  program  are  obtained  in  part  from  the  proceeds  of 
the  fees  from  which  the  commonwealth’s  highway  fund 
is  composed.  This  work  is  under  the  direction  and  con- 
trol of  the  State  Department  of  Public  Works,  with  the 
highways  remaining  city  streets  after  completion  of  the 
contracts.  In  1969,  the  sum  of  $249,071  was  contributed 
by  the  state  and  a like  amount  was  contributed  by  Boston 
for  the  “Chapter  90”  program. 

The  so-called  “393  streets”  are  highways  constructed 
under  the  basic  highway  statute  (chapter  393  of  the  Acts 
of  1906),  as  most  recently  amended.  Funds  for  this  pro- 
gram and  the  construction  of  stone,  block,  brick,  cement 
concrete,  bituminous  concrete,  bituminous  macadam,  or 
other  permanent  pavement  of  similar  lasting  character, 
are  obtained  by  the  issuance  of  a public  ways  loan  under 
authority  of  chapter  44,  section  7,  paragraph  5,  of  the 


Public  Works  Department 


IS 


General  Laws,  augmented  by  several  accelerated  highway 
acts,  which  provide  funds  to  the  cities  and  towns  for  use 
under  the  terms  set  forth  above  under  chapter  44,  section 
7,  paragraph  5. 

In  1969,  expenditures  under  the  public  ways  loan 
amounted  to  $2,980,910.  Accelerated  highway  act  of 
1967  was  $820,907.  Under  the  bridge  loan  there  was  an 
expenditure  of  $501,603.  Under  the  sidewalk  loan  there 
was  an  expenditure  of  $476,173. 

The  sum  of  $2,302,977  was  expended  for  snow  removal. 

SANITARY  DIVISION 
Administrative  Section 
Program  1 — Administration 

The  activities  of  the  Administrative  Section  comprised 
supervising  the  various  functions  and  operations  of  the 
division,  the  preparation  of  all  contracts,  the  processing 
of  payments,  the  processing  of  reports,  correspondence, 
violation  notices  and  complaints  (complaints  were  written, 
telephoned  and  in  person),  the  compilation  of  inspectors’ 
reports  and  daily  reports  on  the  Collection  and  Disposal 
Sections’  performances,  investigating  and  processing 
applications  for  permits  for  the  transportation  of  refuse, 
the  preparation  of  the  budget,  and  the  supervision  of 
the  Snow  Emergency  Center. 

Collection  Section 
Program  2 — Refuse  Collection  Contracts 

The  city  exercised  its  first  option  in  accordance  with 
article  17  of  the  publicly  advertised  refuse  collection 
contracts  which  provided  for  renewal  of  contracts  effective 
April  1,  1969.  Contracts  were  renewed  with  the  same 
refuse  collection  contractors.  Under  these  contracts  the 
city  absorbed  75  percent  of  the  25  cents  per  hour  wage 
increase  plus  5 cents  per  hour  in  health  and  welfare  con- 
tributions granted  to  the  drivers  and  helpers  starting 
April  1,  1969.  This  increased  payment  to  the  contractors 
costs  approximately  $93,850  for  the  remainder  of  the 
year.  The  total  expenditure  in  1969  for  refuse  collection 
contracts  amounted  to  $4,325,244.  A total  of  308,470 
tons  of  refuse  was  collected  during  the  year. 


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Program  3 — Lot  Cleaning 

The  lot  cleaning  crew  was  organized  in  1967  for  the- 
cleaning  of  vacant  lots  throughout  the  city.  All  littered 
vacant  lots  in  the  city  were  cleaned  at  least  once  and 
many  lots  were  cleaned  several  times  during  the  year  for 
a total  of  4,245  lots.  Of  these,  110  were  requested  by  the 
Office  of  Public  Service. 

Program  4 — Alley  Cleaning 

The  alley  cleaning  program  in  the  South  End  and  Lower 
Roxbury  Districts  was  continued  during  the  year,  and  is 
responsible  for  keeping  the  littering  of  these  alleys  within, 
reasonable  bounds.  Approximately  2,766  tons  of  debris 
and  garbage  were  removed  from  the  alleys  during  1969. 

Program  5 — Litter  Baskets 

Three  hundred  pole  type  baskets  requisitioned  in  April 
of  1968  to  replace  badly  damaged  and  pilfered  baskets 
were  not  delivered  until  October  22,  1969.  Consequently 
very  few  pole  baskets  were  installed  at  new  locations^ 
Over  850  pole  type  baskets  are  located  throughout  the 
city,  principally  where  there  are  accumulations  of  pedes- 
trian litter.  All  baskets  were  emptied  by  the  refuse 
collection  contractors  on  Mondays  except  in  the  Boston 
Proper  District  where  they  were  emptied  on  the  regular 
collection  days.  A departmental  night  litter  basket  detail 
emptied  every  basket  nightly,  Tuesday  through  Saturday. 
This  crew  is  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  who 
also  directs  the  pickup  of  dead  animals. 

Program  6 — Market  Cleaning 

Under  this  program,  the  division  provides  two  packer- 
type  trucks  on  Fridays  and  Saturdays  servicing  pushcart 
peddlers  and  storekeepers  in  the  Market  Area  in  the 
vicinity  of  Blackstone  Street,  removing  approximately 
2,300  tons  of  refuse  during  the  year  and  depositing  it  at 
the  South  Bay  incinerator. 

Program  7 — Abandoned  Vehicles 

The  abandoning  of  automobiles  in  the  city  has  been 
reduced  considerably.  The  new  shredding  plant  in 


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Everett  plus  the  increased  price  of  scrap  iron  contributed 
greatly  to  the  reduction  in  the  number  of  cars  and  the 
cost  for  the  removal  and  disposal  of  derelict  vehicles. 
Many  abandoned  cars  continue  to  be  removed  from  the 
street  by  persons  unknown  probably  because  a profit  can 
now  be  made  in  their  disposal.  Some  junk  dealers  are 
evidently  increasing  their  business  by  taking  these  vehi- 
cles from  streets  and  vacant  lots.  A total  of  436  vehicles 
were  removed  including  191  vehicles  removed  by  contract 
at  a cost  of  $776. 

Program  8 — Cleanup  Campaign 

The  Spring  Cleanup  Campaign  was  conducted  in  the 
spring  of  1969.  The  liaison  between  the  department  and 
the  various  civic  groups  was  maintained  by  personnel 
from  the  Mayor’s  Office  of  Public  Service.  Hundreds  of 
tons  of  debris  (placed  on  the  sidewalk  by  residents  con- 
ducting basement,  attic  and  backyard  clean  outs)  were 
removed  by  the  contractors  and  by  the  division’s  labor 
forces.  One  hundred  forty-five  large  25-cubic-yard  con- 
tainers and  nine  smaller  8-cubic-yard  containers  were 
placed  in  various  locations  designated  by  civic  organiza- 
tions for  use  in  the  local  cleanup  efforts.  The  providing 
and  servicing  of  these  containers  was  done  under  con- 
tract. 

Program  9 — Enforcement  and  Education 

The  uniformed  sanitation  inspectors  continued  ringing 
doorbells  and  notifying  violators  of  the  barrel  ordinance 
to  supply  the  required  number  of  receptacles  to  provide 
for  the  maximum  amount  of  refuse  generated  at  their 
addresses. 

To  supplement  the  work  of  the  uniformed  sanitation 
inspectors  we  used  the  slogan,  “Litter  Costs  You  Money 
— Think  About  It”  in  the  spring  anti-litter  campaign. 
All  departmental  vehicles  were  posted  on  both  sides  with 
signs  featuring  this  motif. 

Over  9,800  violation  notices  were  issued  by  these  in- 
spectors and  the  results  of  their  efforts  were  readily  evi- 
dent in  the  areas  in  which  they  worked  by  the  reduction 
of  litter  and  the  increase  in  the  number  of  new  barrels. 


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Disposal  Section 
Program  10  — South  Bay  Incinerator 

The  South  Bay  incinerator  received  and  disposed  of  a 
total  of  137,138  tons  of  refuse  during  the  year. 

Maintenance  work  performed  under  contract  is  listed 
below  as  follows : 

(1)  Installed  new  instrumentation. 

(2)  Reactivated  fly  ash  arrestor  system,  to  make  tests 
for  consulting  engineers,  Metcalf  & Eddy. 

(3)  Installed  diesel  fuel  pump  to  supply  diesel  equip- 
ment. 

(4)  Changed  fire  lines  at  westerly  end  of  building  and 
easterly  end  of  dumping  floor  to  prevent  freezing. 

(5)  Installed  new  electrical  ground  detection  system 
to  prevent  motor  burn-outs  on  the  cranes. 

(6)  Installed  temporary  door  to  machinery  tunnel  to 
control  dust. 

(7)  Changed  floor  drain  system  on  the  dumping  floor. 

In  September  it  was  decided  to  attempt  once  more  to 
reactivate  the  fly  ash  control  and  removal  apparatus  in- 
stalled during  construction  of  the  South  Bay  incinerator. 
Operation  of  this  apparatus  was  terminated  during  the 
first  year  of  plant  operation  because  the  loss  of  draft 
when  operating  slowed  down  the  refuse  burning  rate  and 
caused  excessive  smoking  on  the  stoking  and  charging 
floors.  Over  the  past  nine  years  attempts  were  made  to 
operate  this  equipment  but  always  with  the  same  nega- 
tive results. 

This  attempt  was  made  for  two  reasons.  First,  the 
Public  Works  Department  has  received  several  notices 
during  September  and  October,  1969,  from  the  Metro- 
politan Air  Pollution  Control  District  citing  violations 
of  their  Regulation  6 which  sets  up  the  limits  of  density 
of  smoke  allowed  as  measured  by  the  Ringleman  Chart. 
The  State  Department  of  Public  Health  held  a hearing 
on  October  15,  1969,  and  on  October  20,  1969,  issued  an 
order  to  the  City  of  Boston  to  stop  violation  of  Regula- 
tion 6.  The  Boston  Air  Polution  Control  Commission 
also  requested  reactivating  this  apparatus.  Second,  the 
engineering  firm  of  Metcalf  & Eddy  (designers  of  the 


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plant)  have  been  engaged  by  the  Public  Facilities  De- 
partment to  make  a study  and  submit  a report  with  rec- 
ommendations as  to  the  fly  ash  problem  at  the  incinerator 
and  to  propose  some  alternative  solutions.  It  was 
deemed  advisable  that  as  part  of  this  study  we  determine 
the  present  status  of  the  equipment.  No  report  was 
received  prior  to  December  31,  1969. 

Steam  generated  from  the  burning  of  refuse  was  used 
for  providing  heat  and  hot  water  in  the  incinerator 
building. 

Program  11  — Gardner  Street  Sanitary  Landfill 

A total  of  194,477  tons  of  rubbish  was  received  and  dis- 
posed of  at  the  site  during  the  year.  There  were  144,268 
tons  of  cover  material  purchased  from  a contractor  who 
trucked  it  to  the  dump  site  where  it  was  used  to  cover  the 
initial  layer  of  incinerator  residue  (74,313  tons)  com- 
pleting the  program  of  a sanitary  landfill  operation. 

A publicly  advertised  contract  was  awarded  to  the  low 
bidder  Sylvester  Ray,  Inc.  for  relocating  Brook  Farm 
Brook  westerly  of  its  original  course  in  a location  abutting 
the  westerly  bounds  of  the  city-owned  property.  A gravel 
access  road  was  constructed  paralleling  the  brook  course 
and  the  total  cost  of  the  work  was  $86,036.  Relocating 
this  brook  will  provide  us  with  dumping  capacity  for  ap- 
proximately two  years  in  the  valley  of  the  former  brook 
course. 

The  capacity  of  the  existing  landfill  is  approaching 
exhaustion  and  the  need  for  an  alternate  disposal  facility 
is  urgent.  We  have  requested  the  State  Department  of 
Public  Works  to  provide  under  chapter  834,  Acts  of  1969, 
a solid  waste  disposal  facility  that  can  be  used  by  the 
City  of  Boston.  Also,  we  are  making  preparations  to 
discuss  with  two  cemetery  associations,  who  own  marsh 
land  adjacent  to  our  present  landfill,  the  possibility  of 
arriving  at  an  agreement  for  the  placing  of  rubbish  fill 
on  those  marsh  lands. 

Program  12  — Garbage  Disposal 

The  city  exercised  its  first  option  renewal  of  the  con- 
tracts with  Kristoff  Brothers  for  removing  garbage  de- 
livered to  the  Victory  Road  Transfer  Station  and  with 
Kennedy  Brothers  for  removing  garbage  delivered  to  the 


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Gardner  Street  Transfer  Station  commencing  on  April  1, 
1969,  at  a price  of  $1,300  per  month  for  each  contract. 
Approximately  4,700  tons  of  garbage  were  transferred  at 
Gardner  Street  and  2,690  tons  at  Victory  Road. 

Program  13  — Snow  Removal 

The  Snow  Emergency  Center  finished  its  eighth  season 
of  operation  at  the  Civil  Defense  Office  located  in  the 
Fire  Department  Headquarters  building  during  the 
winter  of  1968-1969  under  the  direction  of  the  Deputy 
Commissioner.  The  Sanitary  Division  continued  to 
supply  personnel  that  were  the  backbone  of  this  opera- 
tion. The  assignment  of  sanding  and  snowplowing  in 
the  Main  Routes  3 District  was  capably  handled  by 
Sanitary  Division  personnel. 

SEWER  DIVISION 

The  Sewer  Division  is  composed  of  three  sections; 
Administrative,  Maintenance,  and  Construction,  under 
the  direction  of  a Division  Engineer. 

The  Administrative  Section , under  the  direction  of  an 
Administrative  Assistant,  is  responsible  for  the  prepara- 
tion of  budgetary  requirements;  maintenance  of  time 
records  of  personnel;  presenting  receiving  notices  and 
warrants  for  service  orders  and  purchase  requirements  to 
the  Central  Office  of  the  department  for  processing;  all 
correspondence  received  in,  and  emanating  from,  the 
division;  processing  of  estimates  for  payment  of  contract 
work;  keeping  records  pertaining  to  the  sewerage  works 
loan  account;  furnishing  information  relative  to  depart- 
ment policy  as  determined  by  directives,  orders  and 
ordinances;  and  processing  of  abatements  in  connection 
with  the  sewer  use  charge. 

The  Maintenance  Section , under  the  direction  of  an 
Associate  Engineer,  is  responsible  for  the  cleaning  of 
catch  basins,  drop  inlets,  sewers  and  sewer  appurte- 
nances; answering  and  investigating  complaints  relating 
to  sewerage  works;  maintaining  and  repairing  sewers; 
inspecting  the  laying  of  drains;  operation  of  sewer  pump- 
ing stations  and  disposal  plant;  recording  complaints  re- 
lating to  sewerage  works;  recording  sewer  inspections; 
keeping  record  plans  of  the  entire  sewerage  system;  and 


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furnishing  information  to  the  public.  On  April  30,  1969, 
the  cleaning  of  catch  basins  and  drop  inlets  was  returned 
to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Sewer  Division  where  it  had 
existed  prior  to  June  1,  1960  when  this  function  was 
transferred  to  the  Highway  Division. 

The  Construction  Section , under  the  direction  of  an 
Associate  Engineer,  is  responsible  for  the  entire  building 
operations  of  sewerage  works  under  contracts,  from  the 
field  layouts  through  the  final  inspections;  preparation  of 
estimates  for  payment  on  all  work  performed  under 
sewerage  works  contracts;  and  furnishing  record  plans  of 
sewerage  works  to  the  Maintenance  Section  for  updating 
its  sectional  plans. 

With  the  completion  of  the  MDC  Columbus  Park 
Headworks  on  February  2,  1968,  it  was  expected  that 
the  Calf  Pasture  Pumping  Station  would  be  phased  out 
of  operation.  However,  it  became  apparent  that  until 
further  steps  were  taken  by  the  MDC  to  accommodate 
the  entire  flow  of  Boston’s  sewage,  or  unless  the  MDC 
took  over  the  operation  of  the  Calf  Pasture  Pumping 
Station,  the  station  would  still  have  to  be  maintained  by 
the  City  of  Boston  as  an  operating  facility  for  several 
more  years. 

On  June  30,  1969,  Edward  G.  A.  Powers  retired  as 
Division  Engineer  of  the  Sewer  Division,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  had  served  for  ten  and  a half  years  of  his  thirty- 
nine  and  a half  years  total  city  service. 

WATER  DIVISION 

The  year  1969  saw  the  termination  of  service  of  three 
veteran  employees.  Water  Division  Engineer,  Edward  J. 
Pinkul,  retired  after  more  than  forty  years  service ; Super- 
intendent of  Water  Distribution,  George  S.  Ryan  and 
Water  Revenue  Supervisor,  John  F.  Santino,  died.  The 
vacancies  created  in  their  positions  were  filled  respectively 
by  John  P.  Sullivan,  Associate  Civil  Engineer,  Albert  P 
McCann,  Assistant  Superintendent  of  Water  Distribution, 
and  Francis  J.  Bradley,  Administrative  Assistant. 

All  pipes  and  appurtenances  for  supplying  potable 
water  to  the  city  are  under  the  control,  care  and  mainte- 
nance of  this  division.  Also  provided  by  the  Water 
Division  is  the  water  to  the  two  high  pressure  pumping 


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stations  operated  by  the  Fire  Department  for  fire  pro- 
tection in  the  central  business  section  of  the  city.  The 
Metropolitan  District  Commission  supplies  water  to  the 
Boston  city  line  and  charges  one  hundred  and  twenty 
dollars  per  million  gallons  of  water  sold  to  its  members. 
Boston’s  requirements  for  water  in  1969  were  136,911,900 
gallons  of  water  per  day  or  222  gallons  per  capita. 


Construction  Section 

The  Construction  Section  consists  of  one  Senior  Civil 
Engineer,  one  Junior  Civil  Engineer,  one  Senior  Engi- 
neering Aid  (temporary),  one  Senior  Engineering  Aid, 
one  Junior  Engineering  Aid,  seven  Water  Service  In- 
spectors and  one  Head  Clerk.  One  Principal  Civil 
Engineer  is  required  to  supervise  this  section. 

The  following  work  was  accomplished  during  the  year: 
291  new  domestic  services  were  made;  51  new  fire  pipes 
connected;  137  hydrants  established;  86  changed;  and 
66  abandoned  for  a net  increase  of  71  hydrants. 

During  1969,  a total  of  24,734  linear  feet  of  main  pipe 
was  laid  or  relaid,  varying  in  size  from  4 inches  to  16 
inches.  The  areas  in  which  main  pipes  were  laid  or  re- 
laid  are  subdivided  into  districts  as  follows: 


Area  I 

Extension 
Linear  Feet 

Relaid 
Linear  Feet 

Abandoned 
Linear  Feet 

City  Proper  . 

509 

1,039 

1,039 

Roxbury 

0 

11,931 

11,220 

East  Boston  . 

0 

0 

0 

Charlestown  . 

0 

0 

0 

Area  11 

West  Roxbury 

3,773 

1,690 

1,690 

Hyde  Park  . 

3,065 

448 

448 

Brighton 

0 

365 

350 

Area  III 

Dorchester 

0 

3,608 

5,548 

South  Boston 

0 

105 

105 

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Summation 

System  relaid  4.7  miles  and  extended  1.4  miles  of  pipe; 
it  established  137  new  hydrants,  abandoned  66  hydrants 
for  an  increase  of  71  hydrants.  The  Water  Division  re- 
places 50  or  more  old  and  or  defective  hydrants,  under 
contract,  each  year. 


Maintenance  Section 

The  Water  Division  Engineer  is  currently  directing 
the  Maintenance  Section  which  consists  of  one  Junior 
Engineering  Aid  (temporary),  one  Senior  Clerk-Stenog- 
rapher, one  Principal  Clerk,  and,  with  the  aid  of  the 
personnel  of  the  Construction  Section,  assisted  in  supply- 
ing official  information  to  the  public  concerning  all 
hydraulic  problems,  main  pipe  and  service  pipe  locations; 
processed  applications  for  new  or  enlarged  domestic  and 
hre  services;  maintained  official  records,  plans,  and 
pressure  charts,  and  generally  supervised  the  three 
Water  Division  yards.  An  Associate  Civil  Engineer  and 
Senior  Civil  Engineer  are  required  to  assume  super- 
vision of  this  section. 


Main  Projects 

The  Water  Division  executed  a contract  for  the  con- 
struction of  a 36-inch  trunk  water  main  in  Dorchester. 
A federal  grant  from  the  Department  of  Housing  and 
Urban  Development  in  the  amount  of  $405,300  will  be 
applied  to  this  project.  The  construction  of  the  trunk 
main  will  begin  in  January  of  1970. 

In  1969,  contracts  were  awarded  for  the  purchase  of 
3,676  water  meters  in  various  sizes.  The  Water  Division 
set  more  than  6,000  water  meters  in  1969. 

There  were  27,750  linear  feet  of  water  mains  (8-inch, 
12-inch,  16-inch  and  24-inch)  cleaned  and  cement-lined 
in  Charlestown  under  a contract  with  the  Boston  Rede- 
velopment Authority.  The  entire  distribution  system  in 
Charlestown  has  now  been  cleaned  and  cement-lined. 

The  laying  of  1,809  feet  of  4-inch  steel  pipe  in  the 
Gardner  Street  Dump,  West  Roxbury,  was  completed. 


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Area  Yards 

Area  I — 710  Albany  Street,  Boston 

Services:  Charlestown,  North  and  West  Ends,  Back 

Bay,  Stuart,  South  End,  East  Boston,  Elm 
Hill,  Dudley,  Mission  Hill  and  Boxbury 


Area  II  — 327  Forest  Hills  Street,  Jamaica  Plain 
Services:  Jamaica  Plain,  Brighton,  West  Roxbury  and 

Hyde  Park 


Area  III  — 160  Hancock  Street,  Dorchester 
Services:  Dorchester  and  South  Boston 


These  yards  are  responsible  for  the  repair  and  mainte- 
nance of  main  pipes,  services  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  two  area  yards  were  assisted  by 
three  contractors.  The  contractual  work  consisted  of 
excavation  and  backfilling  to  allow  Water  Division  em- 
ployees to  repair  leaks,  lay  or  relay  water  services,  change 
hydrants  and  repair  or  replace  defective  appurtenances. 

The  maintenance  shops  handled  all  drilling  of  services 
in  the  main  yard  and  assisted,  in  case  of  emergency,  in 
the  area  yards.  These  shops  repair  defective  hydrants, 
defective  gates  (in  the  ground,  if  possible)  and  rebuild 
corporation,  tapping,  and  high  pressure  gates.  Along 
with  this  work,  the  maintenance  shops  render  assistance 
to  other  branches  of  the  Public  Works  Department  in 
many  special  jobs.  The  meter  shop  installs  new  meters, 
changes  worn  and  defective  meters,  tests  and  repairs  water 
meters,  and  maintains  records  of  all  meters  in  and  out  of 
service.  More  than  forty-three  hundred  water  meters 
in  various  sizes  were  installed  by  the  meter  shop  during 
1969,  replacing  connection  pieces,  non-registering  water 
meters,  and  to  meter  new  accounts. 


Administrative  Section 

All  of  the  important  clerical  and  administrative  func- 
tions of  the  Water  Division  are  performed  by  the  Ad- 
ministrative Section.  This  section  assists  the  Division 


Public  Works  Department 


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Engineer  in  the  preparation  of  annual  budget  estimates 
and  requests,  and  prepares  overtime  authorization  and 
furnishes  information  to  the  public  regarding  this  Di- 
vision’s activities  and  regulations.  The  Administrative 
Section  is  currently  supervised  by  the  Water  Revenue 
Supervisor  and  is  staffed  by  two  Principal  Clerks  and 
Stenographers,  one  Senior  Clerk  and  Stenographer  and 
two  Senior  Clerk  Typists.  An  Administrative  Assistant 
is  required  to  assume  supervision  of  this  section. 


Revenue  Section 

All  functions  in  relation  to  the  revenue  from  water 
supply  and  service  are  the  responsibility  of  this  office. 
These  functions  include  the  processing  of  applications  for 
new  services  and  fire  pipes,  the  reading  of  more  than 

93.000  accounts  quarterly  and  or  semi-annually,  request- 
ing the  testing,  installation  or  removal  of  meters,  and  the 
handling  of  complaints  or  inquiries  concerning  charges 
rendered.  Water  Division  gross  receipts  amounted  to 
$9,023,621.68  in  1969. 

Employees  of  the  Revenue  Section  answer  inquiries 
from  the  public  regarding  the  sewer  use  charge. 

The  Revenue  Section  processes  and  resolves  all  petitions 
for  abatement,  including  those  petitions  for  abatement  of 
the  sewer  use  charge,  when  said  charge  is  directly  related 
to  water  consumption.  Sewer  use  charge  petitions,  when 
of  a technical  nature,  are  resolved  by  the  Sewer  Division. 
The  number  of  partial  abatements  of  metered  water 
rates  granted  in  1969  was  721  amounting  to  $191,369.40. 

MDC  Water  Assessment 

The  Metropolitan  District  Commission’s  water  assess- 
ment for  1969  will  amount  to  $5,996,742.12  for  49,972,- 

851.000  gallons  of  water,  at  the  rate  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty  dollars  per  million  gallons. 


Employees 

The  number  of  permanent  employees  with  the  Water 
Division  on  December  31,  1969,  was  262  as  compared  to 
a total  of  275  on  December  31,  1968. 


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Domestic  Service  Applications 291 

Fire  Pipe  Applications 51 

Special  Meter  Tests 91 

Hydrant  Permits  Issued 49 

Repair  Deposits  Received 90 

Shutting  Oil  and  Turning  On  Water: 

Shut-offs  for  Repairs 2,530 

Turned  on  after  Repairs 1,651 

Shut-off  for  Vacancy 116 

Turned  on  for  Occupancy 11 

Shut-off  for  Non-payment 0 

Turned  on  after  Non-payment 0 

Shut-off  for  Waste 1 

Turned  on  after  Waste 0 

New  Service  Pipes  Turned  On 306 

New  Fire  Pipes  Turned  On 39 


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ANNUAL  REPORT 
OF  THE 

PURLIC  IMPROVEMENT  COMMISSION 

FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DECEMRER  31,  1969 

January  2,  1970. 

Honorable  Kevin  H.  White, 

Mayor  of  Boston. 

Through  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Dear  Mr.  Mayor: 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  36,  chapter 
21,  of  the  Revised  City  Ordinances  of  1961,  the  following 
report  of  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  for  the 
year  ending  December  31,  1969,  is  respectfully  submitted. 

Layouts  with  Construction 
The  following  streets  were  ordered  laid  out  and  constructed 
as  public  ways  during  the  year  1969: 

Beechmont  Terrace,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  Beechmont 
Street  approximately  600  feet  northeasterly  and  northwesterly. 
Length,  600  feet;  estimated  cost,  $28,580;  estimated  benefit, 
$14,693.92. 

Bradlee  Court,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  Bradlee  Street 
approximately  235  feet  easterly.  Length,  235  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $8,602;  estimated  benefit,  $4,303. 

Braewood  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  Braeburn  Road 
to  Austin  Street.  Length,  415  feet;  estimated  cost,  $16,134; 
estimated  benefit,  $8,067. 

Cowing  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  Spinney  Street 
to  Franclaire  Drive.  Length,  380  feet;  estimated  cost,  $21,074; 
estimated  benefit,  $12,135.54. 

Crosstown  Avenue,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  Salman 
Street  to  Vogel  Street.  Length,  283  feet;  estimated  cost, 
$9,018;  estimated  benefit,  $4,509. 

Dewar  Street,  Dorchester,  from  Aukland  Street  approxi- 
mately 480  feet  easterly.  Length,  480  feet. 

Ellswood  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  Baker  Street 
approximately  270  feet  westerly.  Length,  270  feet;  estimated 
cost,  $14,584;  estimated  benefit,  $7,292. 

Farrin  Street  (formerly  Farrington  Street),  Hyde  Park  Dis- 
trict, from  Chesterfield  Street  approximately  240  feet  south- 
westerly. Length,  240  feet;  estimated  cost,  $10,723;  estimated 
benefit,  $5,363. 


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Menton  Street,  Dorchester  District,  from  Standard  Street  to 
Groveland  Street.  Length,  311  feet;  estimated  cost,  $16,234* 
estimated  benefit,  $8,116. 

Morrell  Street  (formerly  Moreland  Street),  West  Roxbury 
District,  from  Belle  Avenue  to  Laurie  Avenue.  Length,  430 
feet;  estimated  cost,  $14,268;  estimated  benefit,  $7,134. 

New  Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown  District,  from  existing 
Rutherford  Avenue  at  a point  approximately  115  feet  south  of 
the  southerly  line  of  Dunstable  Street  approximately  2,345  feet 
southeasterly  to  Mason  Street,  over  portions  of  Chapman, 
Austin,  Washington,  Lynde,  and  Front  Streets.  Length,  2,345 
feet. 

Old  Ironsides  Way,  Charlestown  District,  from  Medford 
Street  approximately  300  feet  northerly,  370  feet  easterly,  and 
320  feet  southerly  to  Medford  Street.  Length,  990  feet. 

Old  Landing  W ay,  Charlestown  District,  from  Medford 
Street  approximately  290  feet  northerly,  315  feet  easterly,  and 
190  feet  southerly  to  Medford  Street.  Length,  795  feet. 

Organ  Park  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  Catherine 
Street  approximately  295  feet  southerly  and  southeasterly. 
Length,  295  feet;  estimated  cost,  $11,882;  estimated  benefit, 
$6,252. 

Potomac  Street,  W est  Roxbury  District,  from  Jennett  Ave- 
nue approximately  250  feet  southwesterly.  Length,  250  feet; 
estimated  cost,  $12,452 ; estimated  benefit,  $6,227. 

Public  Alley  802,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Camden 
Street  to  Northampton  Street.  Length,  223  feet. 

Raynes  Road,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  Prospect  Street 
approximately  225  feet  southeasterly.  Length,  225  feet;  esti- 
mated cost,  $7,562;  estimated  benefit,  $3,784. 

Sammett  Avenue,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  Toppan  Ave- 
nue approximately  290  feet  northerly  and  260  feet  southerly. 
Length,  550  feet;  estimated  cost,  $23,828;  estimated  benefit, 
$15,760.66. 

School  Street,  Charlestown  District,  extended  from  Main 
Street  to  New  Rutherford  Avenue,  partly  over  portions  of  ex- 
isting Rutherford  Avenue,  Lawrence  Street,  and  Mills  Street. 

Toppan  Avenue,  W est  Roxbury  District,  from  Charme  Ave- 
nue to  Sammett  Avenue.  Length,  190  feet;  estimated  cost, 
$9,490;  estimated  benefit,  $898.34. 


Layouts  Without  Construction 
The  following  streets  were  ordered  laid  out  without  construc- 
tion as  public  ways  during  the  year  1969; 

Amy  Court,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Martha  Road  ap- 
proximately 110  feet  southerly.  Length,  110  feet. 

Thoreau  Path,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  the  end  of  the 
existing  public  footway  approximately  950  feet  easterly  to 
William  Cardinal  O’Connell  Way.  Length,  950  feet. 


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WlDENINGS 

Corey  Road,  Brighton  District,  at  the  westerly  corner 
•of  Washington  Street. 

Dedham  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  both  corners  of 
Reservation  Road. 

Fairmount  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  the  southeasterly 
and  southwesterly  corners  of  Capen  Street. 

Garfield  Avenue,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  northerly 
corner  of  Loring  Street. 

Harold  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  the  southeasterly  and 
northwesterly  corners  of  Townsend  Street 

Harrishof  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  the  southeasterly 
corner  of  Walnut  Avenue. 

Norton  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  at  the  westerly  corner 
of  Edson  Street,  and  on  the  northerly  side  from  a point  approxi- 
mately 55  feet  of  Imbaro  Road  to  a point  approximately 
51  feet  easterly. 

Walnut  Avenue,  Roxbury  District,  from  a point  approxi- 
mately 190  feet  northeast  of  Elmore  Street  to  approximately 
115  feet  northeasterly. 


WlDENINGS  AND  RELOCATIONS 

Austin  Street,  Charlestown  District,  on  the  northerly  side 
from  New  Rutherford  Avenue  to  Main  Street,  over  portions 
of  existing  Rutherford  Avenue  and  Lawrence  Street;  and  on 
the  southerly  side,  from  New  Rutherford  Avenue  to  approxi- 
mately 185  feet  easterly,  partly  over  a portion  of  Washington 
Street. 

Franklin  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  westerly 
side,  from  Court  Street  approximately  120  feet  northerly. 

Front  Street,  Charlestown  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
from  New  Rutherford  Avenue  to  and  over  a portion  of  Mason 
Street. 

Harold  Park,  Roxbury  District,  from  Harold  Street  to 
Washington  Park  Boulevard  (now  Martin  Luther  King,  Jr., 
Boulevard). 

Medford  Street,  Charlestown  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
from  a point  approximately  230  feet  southeast  of  Monument 
Street  approximately  215  feet  southeasterly. 

Public  Alley  804,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Northampton 
Street  to  Northampton  Street,  over  a portion  of  Public 
Alley  803. 

Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown  District,  on  the  north- 
easterly side,  from  Mill  Street  approximately  1,240  feet  south- 
easterly to  New  Rutherford  Avenue,  over  portions  of  Tibbets 
Town  Way,  South  Eden  Street,  Lincoln  Street,  Frothingham 
Avenue,  and  Dunstable  Street;  and  on  the  southerly  side, 
from  the  westerly  line  of  Mason  Street  over  a portion  of  Mason 
Street  to  City  Square. 


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State  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
from  Washington  Street  approximately  145  feet  easterly. 


Specific  Repairs 

Anderson  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  four  corners 
of  Phillips  Street. 

Austin  Street,  Charlestown  District,  between  New  Ruther- 
ford Avenue  and  Main  Street. 

Beacon  Street,  Brighton  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
from  a point  400  feet  west  of  Chestnut  Hill  Avenue  approxi- 
mately 170  feet  westerly. 

Camden  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  both  corners  of  Alley 
802. 

Columbus  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Berkeley 
Street  approximately  250  feet  northerly. 

Commonwealth  Avenue,  Brighton  District,  northerly  side- 
walk, from  Lake  Street  approximately  700  feet  easterly. 

Commonwealth  Avenue,  Brighton  District,  from  Lake  Street 
approximately  350  feet  easterly. 

Congress  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  intersection 
of  Purchase  Street. 

Dale  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  the  southerly  corner  of 
Laurel  Street. 

East  Newton  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  northerly 
corner  of  James  Street. 

East  Sixth  Street,  South  Boston  District,  at  the  northeasterly 
corner  of  K Street  and  all  four  corners  of  M,  N and  O Streets. 

Fairmount  Street,  Dorchester  District,  at  both  corners  of 
Nevada  Street. 

Franklin  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  easterly 
side  between  Court  Street  and  Cornhill. 

Harold  Street,  Roxbury  District,  on  the  northerly  side 
adjacent  to  Washington  Park  Boulevard. 

Hyde  Park  Avenue,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  a point  approxi- 
mately 290  feet  south  of  Millstone  Street  approximately 
2 feet  southerly. 

Kenneth  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  at  four  corners 
of  Clement  Street,  both  corners  of  Meredith  Street  and  Strat- 
ford Street. 

Loring  Street,  South  Boston  District,  at  the  southerly  and 
westerly  corners  of  West  Seventh  Street,  and  easterly  corner 
of  West  Eighth  Street. 

Mystic  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  Bunker  Hill 
Street  to  approximately  50  feet  northerly,  and  from  Medford 
Street  to  approximately  50  feet. 

North  Anderson  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the 
westerly  corner  of  Parkman  Street. 

North  Grove  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  south- 
easterly corner  of  Parkman  Street. 


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Northampton  Street,  Roxbury  District,  at  both  corners 
of  Public  Alley  804  at  the  northerly  and  southerly  intersections, 
and  at  both  corners  of  Alley  802. 

Polk  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  Bunker  Hill  Street 
approximately  50  feet  northerly  and  from  Medford  Street 
approximately  50  feet  southerly. 

Princeton  Street,  East  Boston  District,  at  the  southerly 
corner  of  Eagle  Square,  and  the  southerly  and  easterly  corners 
of  Shelby  Street. 

Public  Alley  804,  Boston  Proper  District,  northeasterly 
side,  from  Northampton  Street  to  Northampton  Street. 

Purchase  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  intersection 
of  Congress  Street. 

Reservoir  Road,  Brighton  District,  on  the  easterly  and 
westerly  sides  at  the  intersection  of  Beacon  Street. 

Ridgeway  Lane,  Boston  Proper  District,  between  Derne 
Street  and  Cambridge  Street. 

Ridgeway  Lane,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  southeasterly 
and  southwesterly  corners  of  Cambridge  Street. 

Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown  District,  between  a point 
approximately  225  feet  north  of  Middlesex  Street  and  New 
Rutherford  Avenue,  and  from  New  Rutherford  Avenue  to 
Main  Street. 

Spruce  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  Beacon  Street. 

Walnut  Avenue,  Roxbury  District,  between  Dennison  Street 
and  Martin  Luther  King,  Jr.,  Boulevard. 

West  Cedar  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  at  the  north- 
easterly and  southeasterly  corners  of  Acorn  Street. 

Sidewalks 

In  connection  with  the  Acts  of  1958,  chapter  245,  the  Public 
Improvement  Commission  ordered  the  installation  of  cement 
sidewalks  in  the  following  streets : 

Aldrich  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  between  Belgrade 
Avenue  and  West  Roxbury  Parkway. 

Arlington  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Hyde  Park 
Avenue  and  Providence  Street. 

Byron  Street,  East  Boston  District,  between  Saratoga 
Street  and  McLellan  Highway. 

Centre  Avenue,  Dorchester  District,  between  Centre  Street 
and  Dorchester  Avenue. 

Centre  Street,  Dorchester  District,  between  Washington 
Street  and  Dorchester  Avenue. 

Child  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Gordon  Avenue 
and  Cleveland  Street. 

Corey  Road,  Brighton  District,  from  Washington  Street  to 
the  Brookline  Town  Line. 

Dale  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Poplar  Street  and 
Burley  Street. 


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Dedham  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  from  Reservation  Road 
approximately  600  feet  southwesterly. 

Fairmount  Street,  Dorchester  District,  on  the  southerly 
side,  from  Morton  Street  to  Capen  Street.  • 

Garfield  Avenue,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Truman 
Highway  and  Washington  Street. 

Geneva  Avenue,  Dorchester  District,  between  Rowdoin 
Street  and  Park  Street. 

Glenwood  Avenue,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Truman 
Highway  and  Washington  Street. 

Hyde  Park  Avenue,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Millstone 
Street  and  300  feet  southerly. 

Norton  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Readville 
Street  and  River  Street. 

Old  Morton  Street,  Dorchester  District,  between  Morton 
Street  and  River  Street. 

Perham  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  between  Vermont 
Street  and  a point  approximately  65  feet  beyond  Glenham 
Street. 

Pond  Street,  Hyde  Park  District,  between  Highland  Street 
and  Williams  Avenue. 

Poplar  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  between  Beech 
Street  and  a point  approximately  800  feet  westerly. 

Princeton  Street,  East  Boston  District,  between  Shelby 
Street  and  Eagle  Square. 

Stockton  Street,  Dorchester  District,  between  Washington 
Street  and  Milton  Avenue. 

Sumner  Street,  Dorchester  District,  between  Stoughton 
Street  and  Annapolis  Street. 

Tremlett  Street,  Dorchester  District,  between  Washington 
Street  and  Waldeck  Street. 

Vershire  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  between  Alleyne 
Street  and  Cowing  Street. 

Walley  Street,  East  Boston  District,  between  Bennington 
Street  and  Waldemar  Avenue. 

Weld  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  on  the  southerly  side,, 
from  Walter  Street  approximately  400  feet  westerly. 

Discontinuances 

Adams  Square,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  at  the  in- 
tersection of  the  easterly  side  of  Washington  Street  and  the 
southeasterly  side  of  Adams  Square  approximately  36  feet 
northerly  and  60  feet  easterly. 

Broadway,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from  Piedmont 
Street  to  Stuart  Street. 

Cabot  Street,  Roxbury  District,  a portion  from  a point  ap- 
proximately 50  feet  southwest  of  Cunard  Street  northeasterly 
to  Tremont  Street. 

Christopher  Street,  Dorchester  District,  a portion  from  a 
point  approximately  325  feet  east  of  Dorchester  Avenue  ap- 
proximately 115  feet  easterly. 


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Cunard  Street,  Roxbury  District,  a portion  from  Cabot 
Street  to  a point  approximately  20  feet  southeast  of  Tremont 
Street. 

Cunard  Street,  Roxbury  District,  a portion  on  the  south- 
westerly side,  from  a point  approximately  60  feet  southeast  of 
Columbus  Avenue  approximately  53  feet  southeasterly,  13 
feet  and  more  above  the  existing  grade  of  said  Cunard  Street. 

Harvard  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from 
Washington  Street  to  Monsignor  Shea  Road. 

Lincoln  Place,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Worcester 
Street  to  West  Springfield  Street. 

Medford  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  a point  approx- 
imately 85  feet  east  of  Main  Street  to  approximately  90  feet 
easterly. 

North  Beacon  Street,  Brighton  District,  at  the  southwest- 
erly corner  of  Goodenough  Street. 

Public  Alley  803,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from 
Camden  Street  approximately  120  feet  northeasterly. 

Public  Alley  804,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from 
Alley  805  approximately  250  feet  northwesterly. 

Shawmut  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  a portion  from 
Broadway  approximately  123  feet  westerly. 

Stevens  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Lincoln  Place 
to  Shawmut  Avenue. 

Stuart  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
from  Clarendon  Street  approximately  75  feet  westerly. 

Walpole  Street,  Roxbury  District,  a portion  on  the  north- 
easterly side,  from  a point  approximately  56  feet  southeast  of 
Columbus  Avenue  approximately  96  feet  southeasterly. 

Walpole  Street,  Roxbury,  a portion  on  the  northeasterly 
side,  from  a point  approximately  56  feet  southeast  of  Columbus 
Avenue  approximately  96  feet  southeasterly,  13  feet  and  more 
above  the  existing  grade  of  Walpole  Street. 

Washington  Street,  Boston  Proper  District,  on  the  westerly 
side,  from  Cornhill  approximately  152  feet  southerly. 

Westminster  Street,  Roxbury  District,  a portion  from  Wind- 
sor Street  to  Greenwich  Street. 

Windsor  Street,  Roxbury  District,  a portion  from  Warwick 
Street  to  Cabot  Street. 


Street  Name  Change 

Washington  Park  Boulevard,  Roxbury  District,  from  Warren 
Street  to  Washington  Street.  New  name:  Martin  Luther 
King,  Jr.,  Boulevard. 


Revision  of  Grade 

Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown  District,  on  both  sides, 
from  Essex  Street  to  New  Rutherford  Avenue. 


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Slope  Easements 

Austin  Street,  Charlestown  District,  between  Austin  Street 
and  Main  Street. 

Cowing  Street,  West  Roxbury  District,  on  the  northeasterly 
side,  from  a point  approximately  120  feet  northwest  of 
Spinney  Street  approximately  150  feet  northwesterly. 

Front  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  New  Rutherford 
Avenue  to  Mason  Street. 

Menton  Street,  Dorchester  District,  on  the  northerly  side, 
from  Standard  Street  approximately  170  feet  easterly. 

New  Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown  District,  from  existing 
Rutherford  Avenue  near  Dunstable  Street  to  existing  Ruther- 
ford Avenue  near  City  Square. 

Private  Land,  West  Roxbury  District,  from  a point  approxi- 
mately 225  feet  southeast  of  Jennett  Avenue  approximately  15 
feet  southeasterly. 

Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown  District,  on  both  sides, 
from  Essex  Street  to  New  Rutherford  Avenue. 

School  Street,  Charlestown  District,  from  Main  Street  to 
New  Rutherford  Avenue. 

Establish  Ruilding  Line 

Cunard  Street,  Roxbury  District,  on  the  southwesterly  side, 
from  a point  approximately  60  feet  southeast  of  Columbus 
Avenue  approximately  53  feet  southeasterly. 

Walpole  Street,  Roxbury  District,  on  the  northeasterly  side, 
from  a point  approximately  56  feet  southeast  of  Columbus 
Avenue  approximately  96  feet  southeasterly. 

Land  Damages 

During  the  year  1969,  29  claims  were  filed  for  damages  to 
property  resulting  from  land  takings  or  changes  in  grade.  On 
these  claims  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  awarded 
damages  in  the  amount  of  $10,182.66. 

The  Public  Improvement  Commission  also  awarded  the 
amount  of  $4,123.80  for  anticipated  damages  as  a result  of  new 
street  construction  and  reconstruction. 

Sewer  Program 

During  the  year  1969,  the  construction  of  .65  miles  of  sani- 
tary sewer,  .71  miles  of  surface  drain,  31  catch  basins,  and  35 
drop  inlets  were  ordered  at  a total  estimated  cost  of  $250,427. 

The  following  sewer  easements  were  ordered  discontinued: 

Ken  way  Terrace,  Roxbury  District,  from  Washington  Street 
approximately  15  feet  southeasterly. 

Private  Alley  824,  Roston  Proper  District,  from  Camden 
Street  to  Northfield  Street. 

Private  Alley  825,  Boston  Proper  District,  from  Camden 
Street  to  Northfield  Street. 


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Private  Land  (formerly  Chardon  Street),  Boston  Proper 
District,  on  the  northerly  side,  from  Hawkins  Street  approxi- 
mately 131  feet  southwesterly. 

Private  Land  (formerly  Conant  Street),  Roxbury  District, 
from  St.  Alphonsus  Street  to  Huntington  Avenue. 

Private  Land  (formerly  Smith  Street),  Roxbury  District, 
from  St.  Alphonsus  Street  to  Worthington  Street. 

Private  Land  (formerly  Bainbridge  Street),  Roxbury  Dis- 
trict, from  Walnut  Avenue  approximately  780  feet  westerly 
and  330  feet  northerly. 

Private  Land  (formerly  Whitney  Street),  Roxbury  District, 
from  Tremont  Street  to  Conant  Street. 

An  easement  for  drainage  purposes  was  taken  in  Private  Land 
Roxbury  District,  from  Worthington  Street  to  St.  Alphonsus 
Street. 

An  easement  for  construction  purposes  was  taken  in  Private 
Land  (Widett  Circle),  Roxbury  District,  from  Widett  Circle 
approximately  750  feet  northerly. 

Sewerage  works  were  ordered  as  follows: 


SEWERAGE  WORKS  ORDERED 


Sanitary 

Surface 

Street 

Sewer 

Drain 

Catch 

Drain 

Cost 

Estimated 

Linear  Feet 

Linear  Feet 

Basin 

Inlet 

Benefit 

Boston  Proper 

•Private  Land 

(Hanson-Milford) 

Roxbury 

Foodmart  Road 

1,047 

645 

6 

4 

$42,781  00 

none 

•Private  Land 

(Worthington  Street) 
•Private  Land 

(Widett  Circle) 

1,254 

5 

$46,365  00 
$117,481  00 

none 

Widett  Circle 

360 

2,468 

21 

26 

West  Roxbury 

•Ledge  Way 

370 

235 

2 

$25,000  00 
$18,800  00 

$13,400  00 
$10,875  00 

•Ridgecrest  Terrace 

397 

393 

2 

• Easements  Taken 


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Private  Ways 

Duiing  the  year  1969,  permission  was  given  to  prepare 
for  public  travel  the  following  private  ways: 

Ledge  Way,  West  Roxbury,  from  Blueledge  Drive  to 
East  Boundary  Road. 

Ridgecrest  Terrace,  West  Roxbury,  from  Ridgecrest 
Drive  approximately  365  feet  easterly. 

During  the  year  1969,  permission  was  given  to  open  for 
public  travel  the  following  private  ways: 

Henrici  Street,  Dorchester,  from  West  Selden  Street 
approximately  110  feet  northwesterly. 

Summit  Circle,  Hyde  Park,  from  Summit  Street  ap- 
proximately 190  feet  southeasterly. 

Sunset  Hill  Road,  West  Roxbury,  from  West  Roxbury 
Parkway  approximately  770  feet  easterly. 

Assessments 

During  the  year  1969,  the  Highway  Division  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  sent  notice  of  completion  of 
twenty-three  streets  at  a total  cost  of  $414,311.66.  On 
this  work  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  levied 
assessments  in  the  amount  of  $150,116.42. 

During  the  same  period  the  Sewer  Division  of  the  Public 
Works  Department  reported  the  completion  of  construc- 
tion of  sanitary  sewerage  in  thirteen  streets  at  a cost  of 
$284,419.56,  on  which  the  Public  Improvement  Commis- 
sion levied  assessments  in  the  amount  of  $162,324.41. 

During  the  year  1969,  the  Highway  Division  of  the 
Public  Works  Department  sent  notice  of  completion  of 
sidewalks  in  thirteen  streets  at  a total  cost  of  $155,954.22. 
On  this  the  Public  Improvement  Commission  levied 
assessments  in  the  amount  of  $51,030. 


Public  Works  Department 

STREET  ASSESSMENTS 


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Street 

Cost 

Assessment 

Belle  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 

$22,205 

30 

$11,830 

59 

Carol  Circle,  West  Roxbury 

27,335 

45 

7,629 

00 

Church  Street,  Hyde  Park 

16,718 

72 

7,692 

00 

Collins  Street,  Hyde  Park 

13,783 

86 

8,396 

26 

Crest  Street,  West  Roxbury 

20,076 

91 

8,444 

00 

Cromwell  Road,  Hyde  Park 

11,288 

00 

3,853 

02 

DeRoma  Road,  West  Roxbury 

17,516 

44 

5,014 

00 

Hardwick  Terrace,  Brighton 

9,573 

34 

3,050 

00 

Hazelmere  Road,  West  Roxbury 

12,768 

60 

6,179 

99 

Manning  Street,  West  Roxbury 

12,654 

14 

4,704 

00 

Maria  Lane,  West  Roxbury 

28,621 

44 

8,686 

50 

Mattapan  Street,  Dorchester 

25,086 

29 

8,203 

48 

Northdale  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 

7,675 

44 

2,718 

00 

Parkson  Street,  Hyde  Park 

26,275 

92 

10,560 

16 

Pinefield  Lane,  Hyde  Park 

8,743 

91 

1,897 

18 

Pinefield  Road,  Hyde  Park 

19,786 

62 

12,072 

83 

Prospect  Circle,  Hyde  Park 

13,701 

87 

3,755 

00 

Ralston  Road,  Dorchester  and  Hyde  Park 

13,499 

04 

7,336 

00 

Sefton  Street,  Dorchester 

47,759 

80 

1,017 

35 

Segel  Street,  West  Roxbury  (formerly  Fessenden  Street) . 

9,808 

13 

4,904 

06 

Thorn  Street,  Hyde  Park 

9,997 

69 

4,411 

00 

Vallaro  Road,  Hyde  Park 

24,119 

64 

10,640 

00 

Whittemore  Street,  West  Roxbury 

15,315 

11 

7,122 

00 

Total 

$414,311 

66 

$150,116  42 

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SEWER  ASSESSMENTS 


Street 

Cost 

Assessment 

Brushwood  Circle,  Hyde  Park 

$6,183  43 

$4,637  58 

Collins  Street,  Hyde  Park 

11,311  72 

6,525  00 

Crown  Point  Drive,  Hyde  Park 

18.837  32 

14,128  00 

13,250  24 

6,528  46 

Emmet  Street 

Hale  Street  

67,118  68 

31,130  32 

Townsend  Street 

Fieldmont  Street,  Hyde  Park 

6,738  27 

3,572  92 

Georgetowne  Drive,  West  R ox  bury  and  Hyde  Park 

43,756  70 

32,817  53 

Margaretta  Drive,  Hyde  Park 

12,855  53 

9,641  65 

Newfidd  Street,  West  Roxbury 

8.886  00 

4,732  50 

Private  Land,  Hyde  Park  (Sprague  Street) 

70,263  46 

36,010  45 

Sanford  Street,  Hyde  Park 

25,218  19 

12,600  00 

Total 

$284,419  56 

$162,324  41 

SIDEWALK  ASSESSMENTS 


Street 

Cost 

Assessment 

Bronx  Road.  West  Roxbury 

$9,777 

40 

$2,982 

00 

Falcon  Street,  East  Boston 

3,369 

48 

1,496 

00 

Faneuil  Street.  Brighton 

29,191 

30 

12,018 

00 

Forest  Hills  Street,  West  Roxbury 

13,051 

20 

1,318 

00 

Fox  Street,  Dorchester 

1,946 

05 

759 

00 

Fresno  Street,  West  Roxbury 

7.492 

05 

2,984 

00 

Harvard  Street,  Dorchester 

32,285 

70 

7,214 

00 

Jeffries  Street,  East  Boston 

3,439 

45 

908 

00 

Leyden  Street,  East  Boston 

11,838 

65 

4,770 

00 

Perdval  Street,  East  Boston 

4.600 

05 

1,816 

00 

St.  Theresa  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 

7,068 

00 

2,031 

00 

Sturbridge  Street,  Dorchester 

11,874 

09 

4,968 

00 

Wren  Street,  West  Roxbury 

20,020 

80 

7,766 

00 

Total 

$155,954  22 

$51,030 

00 

Public  Works  Department 


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During  the  period  of  this  report  117  petitions  for  public 
utilities  were  approved  for  the  placing  and  maintaining  of 
poles  for  the  support  of  wires. 

Also,  141  petitions  were  approved  for  miscellaneous  installa- 
tions or  uses  of  the  public  highways  of  the  City  of  Boston, 


as  follows: 

Street 

Petitioner 

Nature  of  Petition 

Abbotsford  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Akron  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Atkinson  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  (3) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Bartlett  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Beach  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Cathay  House  Restaurant 

Brick  face  veneer  wall 

Beacon  Street,  Brighton 

Employers  Commercial  Union 

Soldier  piles  and  tie 

Group 

backs 

Belvidere  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Bennington  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Billerica  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Blue  Hill  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Bowdoin  Avenue,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Boyle  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Boylston  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Brookline  Avenue,  Roxbury 

New  England  Deaconess  Hospital 

Tunnel 

Bunker  Hill  Lane,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Bunker  Hill  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cambridge  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Ceylon  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Charles  Street  South,  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Chestnut  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Circuit  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Clinton  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Commonwealth  Avenue,  Brighton 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Concord  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Tremont  Homes,  Inc. 

Pipe  trench 

Congress  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Congress  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cordis  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cordis  Street  Avenue,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cottage  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Cunningham  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

D Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Dale  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Dartmouth  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

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City  Document  No.  18 


Street 

Delhi  Street,  Dorchester 

Petitioner 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Nature  of  Petition 
Gas  main 

Devon  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Dorchester  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

E Street,  South  Boston  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

East  Fourth  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

East  India  Row,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

East  Lenox  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Elm  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Elm  Hill  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

F Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Fernwood  Road,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Foundry  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Franklin  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Frawley  Street,  Roxbury 

Blood  Research  Institute,  Inc. 

Extend  over  sidewalk 
lines 

Frontage  Road,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Gold  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Green  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Grove  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Harold  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Harrison  Avenue,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Haymarket  North  Extension, 
Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Heath  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

High  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

High  Street,  Charlestown  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Howard  Avenue,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Hull  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Hertz  Corporation 

Galvanized  steel  pipe 
lines 

Huntington  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Huntington  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Blood  Research  Institute,  Inc. 

Extend  over  sidewalk 
lines 

Ipswich  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Jersey  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

John  F.  Fitzgerald  Expressway 
Boston  Proper  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Joslin  Park,  Roxbury 

New  England  Deaconess  Hospital 

Tunnel 

Keith  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Kneeland  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Kneeland  Street,  Boston  Proper  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Kneeland  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Lamson  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Lantern  Lane,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Laredo  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Maffa  Way,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Public  Works  Department 


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Street 

Main  Street,  Charlestown 

Petitioner 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Nature  of  Petition 
Gas  main 

Massachusetts  Avenue,  Boston 
Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Maverick  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Medford  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Messinger  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Milk  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Mission  Street,  Roxbury 

Blood  Research  Institute,  Inc. 

Sidewalk  extension 

Montebello  Road,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Monument  Avenue,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Monument  Square,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Monument  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Nashua  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Nashua  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Newbury  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Oak  Street  West,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Orleans  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Pacific  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Palermo  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Park  Square,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Pemberton  Square,  Boston  Proper 

Employers- Commercial  Union 
Insurance  Group 

Soldier  piles  and  t 
backs 

pilgrim  Road,  Roxbury 

New  England  Deaconess  Hospital 

Tunnel 

Pleasant  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Polk  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Poplar  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Prescott  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Quincy  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Rockland  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Rockland  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Rockwood  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Rosseter  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

St.  Alphonsus  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

School  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank 

Snow  melting  cables 

School  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Shawmut  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  (4) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Sheridan  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Smith  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Soley  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Somerset  Street,  Brighton 

Employers- Commercial  Union 
Insurance  Group 

Soldier  piles  and  tie 
backs 

South  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

South  Huntington  Avenue,  West 
Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

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City  Document  No.  18 


Street 

Petitioner 

Nature  of  Petition 

Spaulding  Street,  West  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Stuart  Street,  Boston  Proper  (3) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Stuart  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Edison  Company 

Conduit 

Sullivan  Square,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Summer  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Surface  Road,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Thomas  Park,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Townsend  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Tremont  Street,  Boston  Proper  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Tremont  Street  South,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

VanNess  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Violet  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Walnut  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Walnut  Street,  Dorchester  (2) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Warren  Street,  Charlestown 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Warren  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Warwick  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Washington  Street,  Boston  Proper  (4) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  mains 

Washington  Street  By-Pass,  Boston 
Proper 

Massachusetts  Bay  Transit 
Authority 

Channel 

Water  Street,  Dorchester 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Webster  Street,  East  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

West  Fourth  Street,  Boston  Proper 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

West  Second  Street,  South  Boston 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Williams  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 

Worcester  Gas  Light  Company 

Gas  main 

Windsor  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Worthington  Street,  Roxbury 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  maun 

Worthington  Street,  Roxbury 
(Drain  Easement) 

Boston  Gas  Company 

Gas  main 

Joseph  F.  Gasazza, 

Chairman , 

Frederick  L.  Garvin, 

William  R.  McGrath, 

Chief  Engineer. 

John  F.  Mulhern, 

Joyce  E.  Burrell,  Public  Improvement  Commission. 

Acting  Executive  Secretary. 


Public  Works  Department 


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APPENDIX  A 
CENTRAL  OFFICE 

Table  1 — List  of  Positions  and  Number  of  Employees 
Table  2 — Number  of  Employees 

Table  3 — Appointments,  Transfers,  Retirements,  Etc. 
PERMIT  BRANCH 

Table  4 — Cash  Receipts,  Committed  Accounts,  Etc. 
Table  5 — Permits,  Licenses,  Deposits 

MAINTENANCE  BRANCH 
Table  6 — Equipment,  New  Equipment 
Table  7 — Summary  of  Appropriations 


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City  Document  No.  18 
PERSONNEL  SECTION 


The  records  of  the  department  show  that  there  are  now 
1,391  persons  eligible  for  employment  in  the  several 
divisions  and  of  that  number  1,369  were  upon  the  January 
2,  1970,  payrolls. 

TABLE  1 

TITLE  AND  NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES 


Title 

Central  Office 

Highway  Division 

Sanitary  Division 

Sewer  Division 

Engineering  Division 

Water  Division 

Total 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Deputy  commissioner  and  division  engineer 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Administrative  assistant 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

— 

6 

Assistant  civil  engineer 

— 

2 

— 

2 

12 

— 

16 

Assistant  drawtender 

— 

15 

— 

— 

— 

— 

15 

Assistant  sewer  pumping  station  operator 

— 

— 

— 

12 

— 

— 

12 

Assistant  superintendent 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

1 

Associate  civil  engineer 

— 

2 

— 

2 

2 

— 

6. 

Associate  electrical  engineer 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Cashier  and  weigh  clerk 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  communications  equipment  operator 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  inspector 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  sewer  pumping  station  operator 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

1 

Chief  water  meter  reader 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

1 

Clerk  and  typist 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

1 

Communications  equipment  operator 

5 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

S 

Constable 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Crane  operator 

— 

— 

11 

— 

— 

— 

11 

Director  of  transportation 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Division  engineer 

— 

1 

— 

1 

1 

1 

4 

Drawtender 

— 

4 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

Electrician 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Electrician-operator 

— 

— 

— 

2 

— 

— 

Z 

Executive  secretary  (PIC) 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Executive  secretary  (PWD) 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

First  assistant  drawtender 

— 

16 

— 

— 

— 

— 

16 

Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  1 — Continued 
TITLE  AND  NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES 


Title 

Central  Office 

Highway  Division 

Sanitary  Division 

Sewer  Division 

Engineering  Division 

Water  Division 

Total 

' Garage  attendant 

5 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

5 

Garage  foreman 

3 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

4 

Gas  lamp  repairman 

— 

4 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

General  foreman 

2 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

3 

Head  account  clerk 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

2 

Head  administrative  clerk 

2 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

Head  clerk 

— 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

7 

Head  permit  investigator 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Head  photostat  operator 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

1 

Head  storekeeper 

1 

- 

— 

— 

— 

1 

2 

Heavy  motor  equipment  operator  and  laborer 

2 

51 

24 

1 

— 

15 

93 

Heavy  motor  equipment  repairman 

9 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

9 

Inspector 

— 

76 

44 

12 

— 

21 

153 

Junior  civil  engineer 

— 

5 

— 

1 

5 

1 

12 

Junior  engineering  aid 

— 

5 

— 

2 

8 

1 

15 

Laborer 

— 

246 

83 

18 

— 

47 

394 

Maintenance  foreman 

4 

4 

1 

4 

— 

1 

14 

Maintenance  man. . . . 

11 

— 

5 

— 

— 

— 

16 

Maintenance  mechanic  (blacksmith) 

4 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

Maintenance  mechanic  (carpenter) 

2 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

8 

Maintenance  mechanic  (light  service  repairman)  .... 

— 

6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

6 

Maintenance  mechanic  (mason) 

— 

— 

— 

3 

— 

1 

4 

Maintenance  mechanic  (millwright) 

— 

— 

4 

2 

— 

— 

6 

Maintenance  mechanic  (painter) 

2 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

3 

Maintenance  mechanic  (plumber) 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

4 

Maintenance  mechanic  (sheet  metal  worker) 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Maintenance  mechanic  (water  serviceman) . . . 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

10 

10 

Maintenance  mechanic  (welder) 

4 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

5 

Maintenance  mechanic  helper 

11 

— 

— 

— 

— 

14 

25 

Motor  equipment  operator  and  laborer 

1 

59 

8 

6 

— 

— 

74 

Motor  equipment  repair  foreman 

3 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

3 

Motor  equipment  repairman 

14 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

14 

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City  Document  No.  18 


TABLE  1 — Continued 
TITLE  AND  NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES 


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— 

— 

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Permit  investigator 

4 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

Personnel  assistant 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Photographer 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

1 

Principal  account  clerk 

5 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

9 

Principal  cashier 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Principal  civil  engineer 

— 

— 

2 

1 

5 

— 

8 

Principal  clerk 

— 

— 

1 

1 

— 

6 

8 

Principal  clerk  stenographer 

3 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

5 

Principal  clerk  typist 

6 

3 

1 

1 

— 

2 

13 

Principal  personnel  officer 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Principal  storekeeper 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Sanitation  foreman 

— 

— 

2 

— 

— 

— 

2 

Senior  account  clerk 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

2 

Senior  civil  engineer 

— 

8 

— 

— 

3 

1 

12 

Senior  clerk 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

2 

Senior  clerk  and  stenographer 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

1 

2 

Senior  clerk  and  typist 

5 

2 

— 

— 

— 

4 

11 

Senior  engineering  aid 

— 

6 

— 

4 

11 

2 

23 

Senior  storekeeper 

— 

— 

— 

1 

— 

2 

3 

Sewer  cleaner 

— 

— 

— 

6 

— 

— 

6 

Sewer  gateman 

— 

— 

— 

7 

— 

— 

7 

Sewer  pumping  station  operator 

— 

— 

— 

6 

— 

— 

6 

Sign  painter  and  letterer 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Special  heavy  motor  equipment  operator 

1 

1 

4 

8 

— 

2 

16 

Special  water  meter  reader 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

4 

4 

Steam  fireman  (incinerator) 

— 

— 

2 

— 

— 

— 

2 

Steam  fireman 

— 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Stoker 

— 

— 

28 

— 

— 

— 

28 

Storekeeper 

— 

1 

— 

— 

— 

— 

1 

Superintendent 

1 

2 

2 

1 

— 

1 

7 

Supervisor 

3 

14 

8 

3 

— 

1 

29 

Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  1 — Concluded 
TITLE  AND  NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES 


TABLE  2 

NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES  ACTUALLY  EMPLOYED 
JANUARY  1,  1969,  AND  JANUARY  1,  1970 


Central 

Office 

Highway 

Division 

Sanitary 

Division 

Sewer 

Division 

Engineering 

Division 

Water 

Division 

Total 

January  1,  1969 

130 

612 

271 

108 

48 

278 

1,447 

January  1,  1970 

129 

569 

245 

118 

53 

277 

1,391 

Total  Eligible  Force. . . 

138 

701 

201 

120 

61 

295 

1,516 

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TABLE  3 

APPOINTMENTS,  TRANSFERS,  RESIGNATIONS, 
RETIREMENTS,  DEATHS,  ETC.,  OF  EMPLOYEES 


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130 

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Highway 

612 

245 

Sanitary 

271 

118 

Sewer 

108 

53 

Engineering 

48 

277 

Water 

278 

L,391 

Totals 

1,447 

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TABLE  4 

PERMIT  BRANCH  ACCOUNTS 
CASH  RECEIPTS 

Permits  — signs $57,407  40 

Permits  — openings  and  occupation 111,558  69 

Licenses  — storage  and  sale  of  merchandise  . . 19,621  00 

Sewer  inspection  fees 2,55000 

Dump  tickets 27,585  00 

Contract  books 1,122  00 

Engineering  and  inspection  fees 368,334  96 

Special  permits 5,097  00 

Telephone  booth  locations 2,085  64 

Miscellaneous  account 2,107  74 


Total $592,372  43 

COMMITTED  ACCOUNTS 

Rental  — city  property $13,791  00 

Water  use  through  city  hydrants  — Water  Division  . . 19,394  25 

Damage  to  property  — Water  Division  ....  5,400  00 

Damage  to  property  — Highway  Division  ....  2,606  10 

Damage  to  property  — Maintenance  Branch  . 521  05 


Total $41,712  40 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Non-Revenue  accounts  — United  States  Government  None 

PIC  minimum  pavement None 

Special  meter  tests $150  00 

Sewer  Division  — release  sewers 471  25 


Total $621  25 


Public  Works  Department  49 

DEPOSIT  ACCOUNTS 

Water  deposits $96,501  95 

Street  opening  account  (drain,  water,  etc.)  . . . . 100,455  65 

Street  opening  account  special  (Public  Service  Corpora- 
tion)   1,154,298  12 


Total $1,351,255  72 


Grand  Total $1,985,961  80 

TABLE  5 

SUMMARY  OF  PERMITS 
PERMITS  AND  LICENSES  ISSUED 

Signs 4,939 

Permits  — openings  and  occupation 11,344 

Licenses 218 

Sewer  inspection  fees 86 

Dump  tickets 27,585 


44,172 

DEPOSIT  RECEIPTS  ISSUED 

Water  deposits 533 

Street  opening  deposits  (drain,  water,  etc.)  ....  418 

Contract  books 561 


1,512 

Driveway  applications  issued  and  processed  ....  237 

Notice  of  violations  issued  and  served 256 


MAINTENANCE  BRANCH 

History 

The  Maintenance  Branch,  a section  of  the  Central 
Office,  Public  Works  Department,  was  established  Febru- 
ary 8,  1960,  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  and  is 
a consolidation  of  the  former  Automotive  Division  of  the 
Repair  Shops,  previously  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Sanitary  Division. 


Functions  and  Procedures 

The  Maintenance  Branch  is  responsible  for  the  care, 
control,  and  the  maintenance  of  all  department-owned 
vehicles,  and  for  the  operation,  care,  and  maintenance  of 
all  real  estate  and  related  facilities  of  the  Public  Works 
Department.  The  control  of  public  utilities,  such  as 
telephones,  electrical  services,  etc.,  are  vested  in  the 
Maintenance  Branch,  as  well  as  household  supplies,  fuel 
oil,  etc. 


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City  Document  No.  18 


The  Maintenance  Branch  is  primarily  a service  agency, 
and  its  success  depends  on  how  efficiently  it  meets  the 
operating  demands  of  the  entire  department.  It  is 
responsible  for  the  following  functions: 

(1)  Perform  automotive  repairs  of  many  types;  (2)  de- 
termines repairs  to  be  made  by  commercial  firms  and 
checks  the  repairs  which  are  made;  (3)  maintains  stocks 
of  automotive  supplies;  (4)  lubricates  vehicles  and 
makes  periodic  changes  of  oil;  (5)  supervises  the  mainte- 
nance of  vehicles  through  periodic  inspections  and  through 
preventive  maintenance  procedures;  (6)  dispenses  gaso- 
line, oil,  and  anti-freeze  to  department  vehicles;  (7)  is 
responsible  for  the  storage  of  vehicles  in  garages  of  the 
department  and  in  commercial  storage  areas;  (8)  keeps 
records  of  equipment  and  supplies  and  cost  analysis 
records;  (9)  participates  in  decisions  concerning  the 
purchase  of  new  equipment;  (10)  draws  up  specifications 
for  new  equipment;  (11)  receives  new  equipment  and 
prepares  it  for  use;  (12)  furnishes  emergency  towing 
service  for  vehicles  of  any  municipal  agency;  (13)  fur- 
nishes communications  of  radio,  teletype  and  telephone 
to  operating  units  of  the  Public  Works  Department. 

The  central  dispatching  headquarters  is  at  710  Albany 
Street. 

The  ninety-four  employees  of  the  Maintenance  Branch 
on  the  payroll  as  of  December  31,  1969,  were  employed 
at  the  below  mentioned  locations: 


City  Hall 

. 3 

Highland  Street  Repair  Garage 

. 29 

Area  One  — Albany  Street 

Blacksmith  Shop  .... 

. 15 

Street  Sweeper  Repair  Shop  . 

. 8 

Building  Maintenance  Shop  . 

9 

Albany  Street  Storage  Garage 

. 4 

Communication  Center  . 

. . 6 

Area  Two  — Forest  Hills  Garage  ...  6 

Area  Three  — Hancock  Street  Garage  . . 7 


Public  Works  Department 


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Dana  Avenue  Welding  Shop  ....  5 

Absent  — not  paid 2 

(Two  Workman’s  Compensation) 

December  31,  1968  — Ninety-five  employees  on  payroll 

December  31,  1967  — Ninety-seven  employees  on  pay- 
roll 

December  31,  1966  — Ninety-seven  employees  on  pay- 
roll 

December  31,  1965  — Ninety-one  employees  on  pay- 
roll 

December  31,  1964  — Ninety-four  employees  on  pay- 
roll 

December  31,  1963  — Ninety-nine  employees  on  pay- 
roll 

December  31,  1962  — One  hundred  and  seven  employ- 
ees on  payroll 

December  31,  1961  — One  hundred  and  twenty  em- 
ployees on  payroll 

December  31,  1960  — One  hundred  and  thirty-one  em- 
ployees on  payroll 


TABLE  6 

EQUIPMENT,  NEW  EQUIPMENT 

The  Maintenance  Branch  is  responsible  for  the  repairs 
and  maintenance  of  the  Automotive  Equipment  of  the 
Public  Works  Department,  which  consisted  of  the  follow- 
ing on  December  31,  1969: 


Trojan  front  end  loaders 12 

Hough  front  end  loaders 3 

Michigan  front  end  loaders 7 

Euclid  front  end  loaders 3 

Ford  dump  trucks  F-850  29 

Ford  dump  trucks  F-950  63 

Ford  Falcon  station  wagons 47 

Ford  ranch  wagons 19 

Dodge  Coronet  station  wagons 18 

Ford  pick-up  trucks  F-350  23 

Ford  pick-up  trucks  F-250  16 

Ford  pick-up  trucks  F-100 20 

Ford  dump  trucks  C-1100 4 

Ford  dump  trucks  C-600  2 

Ford  dump  truck  F-600  1 

Wayne  street  sweepers 30 

Elgin  street  sweepers 4 

Worthington  compressors 10 


City  Document  No.  18 


Ingersoll-Rand  compressors 
Gardner-Denver  compressor  trailers 
Ford  Netco  sewer  cleaners  . 
International  catch  basin  cleaners 
Gabon  rollers  .... 
Ford  wrecker  truck  C-1I00 
Cushman  trucksters 
Internationa]  dump  trucks  . 
International  bullgrader 
International  van  trucks 
International  crane  truck  . 
Thermal  snow  melter  . 

Ariens  snow  throwers  . 

Bombardier  snowmobiles 
Ford  platform  truck  C-750 
Ford  tractor  5th  wheel 
Heil  dump  trailer  5th  wheel 
Ford  walk-in  van  P-500 
Ford  hydrocrane  .... 
Ford  Packmaster  C-950 
Ford  Econoline  E-160  . 

Ford  gate  turner  .... 
Ford  Galaxie  sedan 
Ford  wrecker  F-850 
Ford  custom  500  sedan 
Mercury  sedan  .... 
Olsmobile  sedan  98 
Ford  diesel  dump  trucks 
Ford  high  pressure  cleaner  . 

Ford  F-850  with  derrick 
Ford  platform  truck  F-600 
Bay  City  crane  .... 
Caterpillar  tractor 
Caterpillar  traxcavator 
Caterpillar  front  end  loaders 
Wayne  wood  chipper 

Dynahoe 

Dodge  platform  truck  . 

Trailer  field  office 

Freuhauf  trailers  .... 

Kiley  tool  box  trailer  . 

Homemade  trailer 
Highway  semi- trailer 
Hobart  arc  welder  trailers  . 

Smithco  trailer  .... 
Miller  tilt  top  trailer  . 

Fork  lifts 

Dodge  pick-up  trucks  . 

Flexible  truck  loaders  . 

Jaegar  pump  trailers 
Briggs  and  Stratton  sewer  rodders 
Homelite  pumps  .... 
Rogers  semi-trailer 
Cummins  diesel  compactor 
Sicard  Snowmaster 
Warner  and  Swasey  gradall 
Hauck  asphalt  heater  trailer 
Griffin  high  light  trailer 
Wisconsin  sidewalk  plow 
Stewart  Warner  portable  heaters 
Buffalo-Springfield  tandems 
Hauck  tar  kettle  .... 
Hauck  tool  and  cement  heater  . 


Public  Works  Department  53 

Acker  core  drill 1 

Brothers  snow  blower 1 

Homelite  generator 1 

Huski-Unisickle 1 

LeRoi  cable  winch 1 

Malsbury  portable  steam  cleaner 1 

Homestead  hoister 1 

Kellogg  stationary  air  compressor 1 

Silent  Glow  portable  cleaner 1 

Clayton-Kerrick  steam  cleaner 1 


NEW  EQUIPMENT  PURCHASED 
4 Bombardier  sidewalk  tractors  with  reversible  blades  $23,364  00 

6 Sand  spreaders 11,926  00 

1 Heavy  duty  truck  chassis  (with  rotary  snowplow)  . 23,625  00 

10  F950  dump  trucks 104,181  80 

15  Four-door  station  wagons 33,810  00 

1 Four-door  sedan 2,956  25 

1 Hydraulic  Lighting  Truck 17,692  88 

3 % ton  pick-up  trucks 12,216  00 

2 Water  meter  trucks 9,047  28 

9 Two-way  radios 9,630  00 

4 Receiving  stations 8,631  00 

4 Cushman  carts 10,819  60 

2 Four-door  station  wagons  (Water) 5,268  00 

2 Four-door  station  wagons  (Sewer) 5,268  00 

4 Catch  basin  cleaning  machines 36,964  32 

5 Dual  control  street  sweepers 71,860  00 

1 Gradall  excavating  machine 51,850  00 

2 Front  end  loaders 46,750  00 


Total $485,860  13 

The  below-mentioned  are  expenditures  for  new  equip- 
ment in  the  last  six  years: 

1969  $485,860  13 

1968  433,853  42 

1967  917,177  68 

1966  262,532  46 

1965  290,567  11 

1964  331,743  67 


The  following  is  a program  of  activities  of  the  various; 
sections  of  the  Central  Office  — Maintenance  Branch: 

A.  Administrative  Section 

B.  Automotive  Bepair  Section 

C.  Welding  Bepair  Section 

D.  Building  Maintenance  Section 

E.  Communications  Center 


Administrative  Section 

The  principal  administrative  functions  include:  (a) 
budget  estimates  and  reports;  (b)  preparation  of  contracts, 


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specifications  and  invitations  to  bid;  (c)  procurement  of 
equipment,  tools,  parts,  materials,  and  supplies;  (d)  ac- 
counting and  cost  records  and  reports;  (e)  maintenance 
records  and  reports;  (f)  contract  administration;  (g)  gen- 
eral supervision  of  equipment;  (h)  general  supervision  of 
the  repair  shops;  (i)  general  supervision  of  personnel; 
(j)  supervision  of  correspondence;  (k)  supervision  of  the 
Communications  Center;  (1)  dispension  of  gasoline; 
(m)  supervision  of  safety  program;  and  (n)  time  keeping 
and  record  keeping. 

The  Albany  Street  garage  is  a two  story  building  with 
a floor  area  of  22,000  sq.  ft.,  and  is  utilized  for  garaging 
of  trucks  and  dispensing  of  gasoline  and  oil.  Repairs  to 
chains  are  made  here  during  the  winter  months. 


Automotive  Repair  Section 

The  Automotive  Repair  Section  is  divided  into  four 
locations : 

1.  Highland  Street  Motor  Repair  Garage,  Roxbury 

2.  Albany  Street,  Boston  Proper 

3.  Forest  Hills,  Jamaica  Plain 

4.  Hancock  Street,  Dorchester 

1.  The  Highland  Street  motor  repair  garage  as  a one 
story  building  with  a floor  area  of  8,200  sq.  ft.,  and  is 
utilized  for  general  repair  work,  stockroom,  lubrication, 
and  dispensing  of  gasoline  and  oil.  Approximately  ten 
thousand  repair  jobs  are  performed  yearly  at  the  various 
garages.  The  stockroom  at  the  Highland  Street  motor 
repair  garage  maintains  an  inventory  of  approximately 
$50,000.00  worth  of  repair  parts,  tires,  batteries,  etc. 

Typical  repair  jobs  performed  at  the  Highland  Street 
motor  repair  garage  are  listed  below : 

(1)  Adjusting,  relining,  and  repairing  brakes 

(2)  Adjusting  and  overhauling  clutches 

(3)  Repairing  fuel  pumps 

(4)  Repairing  and  installing  mufflers 

(5)  Motor  tune-up  jobs 

(6)  Major  chassis  repairs 

(7)  Engine  overhaul 


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(8)  Ignition  and  carburetor  repairs 

(9)  Installing  rebuilt  motors  on  trucks 

(10)  Repairing  of  power  take-offs  on  hoists 

(11)  Repairing  tires  and  tubes 

2.  The  Albany  Street  sweeper  repair  shop  is  respon- 
sible for  the  mechanical  operation  of  the  street  sweepers. 
The  Albany  Street  sweeper  repair  shop  combined  with 
the  welding  repair  section  comprises  an  area  of  approxi- 
mately 30,000  sq.  ft.  The  shop  personnel  perform  com- 
plete overhaul  operations  and  install  motors,  consisting 
of  the  removal  of  the  fan  belt,  engine  pulleys,  generators, 
water  pumps,  intake  and  exhaust  manifold,  carburetors, 
plugs,  wires,  distributors,  rear-housing,  flywheel,  clutch 
pressure  plate,  and  bearings. 

The  workers  repair  and  install  drive  chains  on  front 
wheels,  elevators,  auxiliary  drive,  and  main  broom  drive; 
as  well  as  alignment,  repairing,  and  installing  of  sprockets 
for  these  chains.  They  overhaul  the  hydraulic  system, 
and  overhaul  the  transmission  of  rear-ends. 

The  sweeper  repair  shop  employees  replace  plugs, 
points,  condensers,  and  “tune”  the  sweepers.  They  clean 
and  adjust  plugs  and  points.  In  the  snow  season  they 
repair  the  snowfighting  equipment  in  the  area. 

Every  two  weeks  a complete  grease  and  oil  change  is 
performed,  including  filter  replacement,  and  steam  clean- 
ing of  entire  vehicle  (inside  and  out)  is  made. 

3.  The  Forest  Hills  garage  is  a one  story  building  of 
approximately  8,400  sq.  ft.  Specifically  the  shop  per- 
sonnel grease  cars,  trucks,  tractors,  and  other  automotive 
equipment;  they  check  transmissions  and  differentials 
for  proper  lubrication,  and  change  the  grease.  In  general 
this  garage  is  used  for  ordinary  repair  work  to  all  types  of 
vehicles,  as  well  as  lubrication  and  the  dispensing  of 
gasoline  and  oil. 

4.  The  Hancock  Street  garage  is  a one  story  building 
with  a floor  area  of  8,800  sq.  ft.,  and  is  utilized  for  general 
repair  work  to  all  types  of  vehicles,  and  lubrication  and 
dispensing  of  gasoline  and  oil.  In  essence  this  garage 
performs  similar  functions  in  Area  3 as  does  the  Forest 
Hills  garage  in  Area  2. 


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A number  of  special  jobs  are  sent  to  outside  repair 
shops.  These  are  jobs  which  the  garages  lack  the  facili- 
ties to  do  themselves,  or  which  it  is  believed,  because  of 
their  particular  nature,  can  be  handled  more  economically 
or  efficiently  by  firms  which  specialize  in  the  work.  A 
list  of  these  repair  jobs  which  are  performed  outside 
would  normally  include  the  below-mentioned : 

(a)  Radiator  repairs 

(b)  Glass  work 

(c)  Some  ignition  work  (e.g.  magnetos,  distributors, 

etc.) 

(d)  Rebuilding  of  motors 

(e)  Spring  repairs 

(f)  Starter  motors 

(g)  Upholstering  work 

Welding  Repair  Section 

The  Welding  Repair  Section  is  divided  into  two  loca- 
tions : 

1.  Albany  Street  welding  repair  section,  and 

2.  Dana  Avenue  welding  repair  section. 

1.  The  Albany  Street  welding  repair  section  is  respon- 
sible for  the  mechanical  welding,  and  blacksmith  repairs 
to  street  sweepers,  brooms  and  runners;  the  maintenance 
of  snow  plows  (approximately  300  snow  plows  and  frames 
are  installed  on  city  trucks  and  contractor’s  equipment) ; 
the  care  and  maintenance  of  disposal  boxes. 

The  repair  shop  personnel  lay  out,  cut  and  fit  materials 
for  welding;  pre-heat  and  clean  metals;  perform  auto 
body  repair  work  of  all  types,  including  straightening, 
grinding,  and  welding.  The  shop  personnel  install  plow 
frames,  pumps,  and  rams,  as  well  as  repairing  and  replac- 
ing of  same.  They  weld  grouzer  bars  on  bulldozers,  re- 
pair and  extend  blades  on  bulldozers,  and  make  all  types 
of  brackets  and  clamps  for  all  the  divisions  of  the  depart- 
ment. 

Considerable  repair  work  is  performed  for  divisions  of 
the  department;  repair  of  pumps  and  screens  for  the 
Sewer  Division;  repairing  pipes,  burning  joints,  cutting 
of  bolts,  repairing  of  gate  and  shut-off  wrenches  for  the 


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57 


Water  Division;  welding  parts  for  cranes  and  stabilizing 
bars  for  the  Sanitary  Division  (incinerator),  and  repair- 
ing signs  and  fences  for  the  Highway  Division. 

2.  The  Dana  Avenue  welding  repair  section  welds, 
heats,  and  straightens  all  types  of  department-owned 
vehicles;  spray  painting,  steam  cleaning,  sanding,  chip- 
ping on  all  department  vehicles  are  performed  here.  Let- 
tering and  installing  decals  on  the  equipment  is  done 
here. 

This  shop  is  engaged  in  the  repair  and  maintenance  of 
motor  vehicles,  heavy  equipment,  street  sweepers,  snow 
removal  equipment,  and  the  welding,  straightening,  and 
grinding  of  auto  bodies,  parts,  and  equipment. 

This  repair  shop  is  used  for  general  repair  work  to  all 
types  of  vehicles ; as  well  as  lubrication  and  the  dispensing 
of  gasoline. 


Building  Maintenance  Section 

The  Building  Maintenance  Section  is  located  at  the 
Albany  Street  garage.  This  section  maintains  the  build- 
ings and  related  property  of  the  department;  constructs 
and  repairs  barriers,  disposal  boxes,  and  signs;  erects  fences 
and  platforms,  remodels  offices,  etc. 

The  shop  personnel  build  signs  for  all  types  of  work, 
such  as:  “No  Parking”  for  street  cleaning  and  snow  re- 
moval signs.  This  shop  repairs  oak  decks  on  low  bed 
trailers,  also  wooden  sills  on  all  trucks ; repairs  all  damage 
caused  by  city  vehicles  (carpentry);  erects  and  repairs 
Pitometer  houses  for  the  Water  Division  Pitometer  sur- 
vey ; builds  and  remodels  walls  and  partitions  in  all  Pub- 
lic Works  Department  offices;  constructs  wood  forms  for 
concrete  blocks,  foundations,  footings  and  walls;  crates 
all  types  of  heavy  machines  to  be  transported;  keeps  in 
repair  approximately  1.000  feet  of  chain  link  fence. 


Communications  Center 

The  purpose  of  the  Communications  Center  (which  is 
now  located  in  City  Hall)  is  to  be  in  constant  contact 
with  the  vehicles  which  are  equipped  as  mobile  stations. 


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The  radio  system  is  designed  with  three  objectives  in 
mind : 

1.  To  furnish  the  Public  Works  Department  with 
the  best  radio  communication  possible. 

2.  To  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Public  Works  De- 
partment. 

3.  To  save  the  taxpayers  money  by  eliminating  the 
needless  use  of  labor  time. 

The  center  operates  twenty-four  hours  a day  and  seven 
days  a week.  A closed  circuit  teletype  system  and  base 
radio  station  is  installed  in  ten  Highway  Division  yards 
linking  these  districts  with  their  vehicles  and  the  central 
snow  removal  office  at  Albany  Street.  In  case  of  power 
failure  at  the  main  base  station  the  auxiliary  unit  at 
Albany  Street  would  be  activated.  The  need  for  the  main 
base  is  to  provide  an  overall  coverage  to  the  mobile  units 
and  the  ten  stations. 

We  have  been  notified  of  the  loss  of  the  Albany  Street 
garage  to  the  Boston  Redevelopment  Authority.  In  con- 
junction with  this  loss,  the  Public  Works  Department 
has  been  allocated  $4,000,000  for  the  construction  of  a 
new  garage  at  Access  Road,  Boston. 


SUMMARY  OF  APPROPRIATIONS,  EXPENDITURES,  AND  BALANCES,  DECEMBER  31,  1969 


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Unencumb. 

Balance 

$459,9211 

2,223,606 

1,086,672 

72,023 

1,953,603 

758,479 

1,028,831 

1,390,840 

14,634 

103,383 

2,510 

758,301 

7,592 

300,000 

300,000 

$3,839,839 

Unliquidated 
Encumb.  & 
Carry 
Forward 

$912,798 

614,004 

8,491 

322,346 

288,867 

956,021 

2,289,856 

6,906 

56,519 

57,898 

298,724 

1,082,494 

326 

$6,895,250 

Unexpended 

Balance 

$1,372,719 

1,609,602 

1,078,181 

72,023 

2,275,949 

1,047,346 

1,984,852 

3,680,696 

21,540 

56,519 

161,281 

301,234 

1,840,795 

7,918 

300,000 

300,000 

$10,735,089 

1969 

Expenditure 

$14,967,310 

10,817,736 

4,356,530 

2,302,977 

501,603 

476,173 

1,497,253 

2,980,910 

820,907 

459,205 

320,801 

$39,501,405 

Total 

Amount 

Available 

$16,340,029 

9,208,134 

3,278,349 

2.375.000 
2,777,552 
1,523,519 
3,482,105 
6,661,546 

21,540 

56,519 

161,281 

1,122,141 

2.300.000 

7,918 

620,801 

300,000 

$50,236,434 

Revenue 

Received 

$8,922,220 

3,267,765 

249,071 

592,372f 

$12,439,056 

Transfers 

$486,000* 

68,072 

$554,072 

1969  Ap- 
propriations 

$16,398,038 

4,650,028 

1,302,290 

2.375.000 
2,000,000 

1.500.000 
4,000,000 

300,000 

$26,573,038 

Carried 

Forward 

$496,063 

285,914 

10,584 

777,552 

1,523,519 

1,982,105 

2,412,475 

21,540 

56,519 

161,281 

1,122,141 

2,300,000 

7,918 

620,801 

CM 

CO 

General  Budget 

Water  Division 

Sewer  Division 

Snow  Removal 

Bridge  Loan 

Sidewalk  Loan 

Sewerage  Loan 

Public  Ways  Loan 

Highway  Chapter  782 

Highway  Chapter  822 

Highway  Chapter  679 

Highway  Chapter  616 

Water  Mains  Loan 

Construction  of  Building,  Incin- 
erator   

Construction  of  Building,  Loop. . . . 
Construction  of  Building,  Gibson 

Street 

Other  Department  Revenue 

Totals 

* Transferred  to  Fire  Department, 
t Deposited  in  General  Fund,  not  added  to  Total. 

J Transferred  to  Veterans  Services,  $424,483,  Hospital  and  Insurance,  $35,349. 


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APPENDIX  B 

ENGINEERING  DIVISION 
Table  1 — Contracts  Advertised 
Table  2 — Survey  Section  Work 


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ENGINEERING  DIVISION 
DESIGN  SECTION 

The  Design  Section,  under  the  supervision  of  the  As- 
sociate Civil  Engineer,  performed  the  following  types  of 
work  in  1969: 

Plans,  profiles,  estimates,  specifications,  and  contract 
documents  needed  for  planned  construction  or  recon- 
struction of  highway,  bridge,  sewer  and  water  facilities. 

Cloth  tracings  for  new  street  layouts,  specific  repairs, 
widenings,  discontinuances,  easements,  assessments,  and 
specialized  plans  for  various  departments,  all  as  required 
for  recording  in  Registry. 

Assessment  plans  needed  by  Public  Improvement  Com- 
mission for  proposed  sewer,  water  and  street  betterments. 

A variety  of  plans,  maps,  and  charts  required  for  gen- 
eral purposes  in  the  operation  of  the  department. 

Reviewed  plans  and  consulted  with  various  agencies 
such  as  the  Roston  Redevelopment  Authority,  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Ray  Transportation  Authority,  the  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  the  Department  of  Public 
Works,  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Metropoli- 
tan District  Commission,  and  others  in  matters  concerning 
proposed  sewer,  water,  and  highway  projects  affecting 
the  City  of  Roston. 

A detailed  breakdown  of  the  work  done  by  the  Design 
Section  included  the  following: 

Completion  of  150  construction  and/or  reconstruction 
plans  for  highway  projects. 

The  design,  drawing,  and  tracing  of  twelve  sewerage 
works  projects  and  the  design,  drawing,  and  tracing  of 
twenty-four  water  works  projects. 

Thirty  street  grades  designed. 

Twenty  streets  having  inadequate  drainage  studied  and 
redesigned  to  improve  the  drainage. 

Thirty-five  engineering  studies  and  estimates  furnished 
in  connection  with  proposed  sewer  and  water  work. 

Twenty-four  sewerage  works  reports  prepared  in  con- 
nection with  requests  for  approval  sent  to  the  MDC. 


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Eight  tracings  of  sewer  easements  and  assessment  plans. 

Twenty-seven  tracings  of  miscellaneous  sidewalk  and 
street  assessment  plans,  discontinuances,  and  land  plans. 

Fifty  tracings  of  specific  repairs,  widenings,  and  relo- 
cations. 

Thirty  cost  estimates  furnished  in  connection  with  pro- 
posed street  developments. 

Four  major  drainage  areas  investigated,  Brook  Farm 
Brook,  Colburn  Street  Brook,  Saw  Mill  Brook,  and 
Canterbury  Brook. 

Reviewed  plans  and  layouts  of  sewerage  and  water 
works  in  seven  BRA  redevelopment  areas  — Washington 
Park,  South  Cove,  Government  Center,  Fenway,  Water- 
front, Central  Business  District,  and  Charlestown. 

Reviewed  plans  for  sewerage  and  water  works  for  vari- 
ous expressways,  Inner  Belt,  1-93,  1-495.  southwest  and 
the  MBTA  extensions. 

The  lettering  of  numerous  cards,  tags,  and  file  identi- 
fication labels  for  other  divisions  and  sections  to  assist  in 
setting  up  files  in  the  new  City  Hall. 

The  Design  Section  assisted  in  accomplishing  the  sur- 
face coating  of  328  streets  by  preparing  appropriate 
charts,  maps,  and  plans  for  this  project. 

Made  studies  and  supplied  designs  of  installations  nec- 
essary for  improvements  to  traffic  channelization  at  vari- 
ous intersections  in  the  city. 

Completed  the  design,  plans,  specifications,  and  con- 
tract documents  required  for  advertising  forty-one  Public 
Works  contracts  for  various  sewer,  water,  highway,  and 
miscellaneous  works. 

These  contracts  are  listed  below  in  the  chronological 
order  of  their  advertising. 


CONTRACTS  ADVERTISED 

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Profile  ft  Survey 
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TABLE  2 

ENGINEERING  DIVISION 
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Profiles  and  Survey  for  Laying  Out 

Length 
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Raynes  Road,  Hyde  Park 250 

Newfield  Street,  West  Roxbury 300 

Canterbury  Street,  West  Roxbury  ....  6,250 

Organ  Park  Street,  West  Roxbury  . . . . 700 

Fairmount  Terrace,  Hyde  Park 450 

Cowing  Street,  West  Roxbury 800 

Moreland  Street,  West  Roxbury 1,000 

Farrington  Street,  Hyde  Park 400 

Potomac  Street,  West  Roxbury 400 

Gordon  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 1,000 

Loring  Street,  South  Boston 400 

Hamilton  Street,  Hyde  Park 630 

Furnival  Road,  West  Roxbury 350 

Edgemere  Road,  West  Roxbury 1,200 

Waterloo  Street,  Hyde  Park 450 

1100  V.F.W.  Parkway,  West  Roxbury  ....  700 

Sunset  Hill  Road,  West  Roxbury 400 

Charles  Street,  Hyde  Park 950 

Charles  Street,  Boston  Proper 1,680 

Ridgeway  Lane,  Boston  Proper 580 

Newbury  Street,  Boston  Proper 400 

West  Boundary  Road,  West  Roxbury  ....  3,800 

Dartmouth  Street,  Boston  Proper 580 

Commonwealth  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  . . 200 

Marlborough  Street,  Boston  Proper  . . . . 200 

Beacon  Street,  Boston  Proper 400 

Exeter  Street,  Boston  Proper 600 

Boylston  Street,  Boston  Proper 2,200 

Commercial  Street,  Boston  Proper 150 

Coleman  Street,  Boston  Proper 500 

St.  Alphonsus  Street,  West  Roxbury  ....  500 

Frontage  Road,  South  Boston 200 

Points  for  Construction 

Lincoln  Street,  Brighton 200 

Ridgecrest  Drive,  West  Roxbury 400 

Ridgecrest  Terrace,  West  Roxbury  ....  440 

Blossom  Street,  Boston  Proper 800 

George  Street,  Hyde  Park 800 

Sunset  Hill  Road,  West  Roxbury 800 


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Braewood  Road,  Hyde  Park 400 

Cowing  Street,  West  Roxbury 800 

Brooks  Street,  Brighton 400 

Vershire  Street,  West  Roxbury 400 

Alleyne  Street,  West  Roxbury 600 

Wirt  Street,  Brighton 400 

Crosstown  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 450 

Ellswood  Road,  West  Roxbury 400 

Thompson  Street,  Hyde  Park 1,700 

Dedham  Street,  Hyde  Park 1,300 

Harvard  Terrace,  Brighton 200 

Sammett  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 600 

Toppan  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 200 

Beechmont  Terrace,  Hyde  Park 600 

Menton  Road,  Dorchester 300 

Bradlee  Court,  Hyde  Park 250 

Aldrich  Street,  West  Roxbury 900 

Durland  Street,  Brighton 200 


Marking  Line  and  Grade 

Pleasant  Street,  Charlestown  .... 
Rutherford  Avenue,  Charlestown  . 
Washington  Street,  Charlestown  . 

Hunter  Street,  Charlestown  .... 

Wapping  Street,  Charlestown 

Water  Street,  Charlestown  .... 

Park  Street,  Charlestown 

Henley  Street,  Charlestown  .... 
Monument  Square,  Charlestown  . 
Monument  Square,  Charlestown  . 
Monument  Square,  Charlestown  . 
Monument  Square,  Charlestown  . 

Tremont  Street,  Charlestown  .... 
Chelsea  Street,  Charlestown  .... 
Dunboy  Street,  Brighton  .... 
Whittemore  Street,  West  Roxbury. 

Park  Street,  Dorchester 

City  Hall  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  . 

Potomac  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Sammett  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 
Toppan  Avenue,  Hyde  Park  .... 
Cummins  Highway,  Dorchester 
Pinefield  Road,  Hyde  Park  .... 
Northern  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  . 


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Length 
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Cambridge  Street,  Boston  Proper — 

Canaan  Street,  Dorchester — 

Colorado  Street,  Dorchester — 

Almont  Street,  Dorchester 4,000 

Savannah  Avenue,  Dorchester — 

Pine  Road,  Hyde  Park 600 

Gardner  Street,  Dump,  West  Roxbury  ....  7,000 

Hamilton  Street,  Hyde  Park 630 

Richwood  Street,  West  Roxbury 200 

West  Boundary  Road,  West  Roxbury  ....  3,400 

Beacon  Street,  Boston  Proper 400 

Harvard  Square,  Charlestown 340 

Harvard  Street,  Charlestown 720 

Main  Street,  Charlestown 740 

Warren  Street,  Charlestown 720 

Decatur  Street,  Charlestown 1,000 

Vine  Street,  Charlestown 380 

Moulton  Street,  Charlestown 170 

Chelsea  Street,  Charlestown 1,020 

Medford  Street,  Charlestown 380 

Henley  Street,  Charlestown 200 

Winthrop  Street,  Charlestown 145 


Grades  Established 


Crosstown  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 1,500 

Fairmount  Terrace,  Hyde  Park 300 

Cowing  Street,  West  Roxbury 375 

Pine  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 600 

Danny  Road,  Hyde  Park 450 

Waterloo  Street,  Hyde  Park 450 

Potomac  Street,  West  Roxbury 275 

Newfield  Street,  West  Roxbury 250 

Sunset  Hill  Road,  West  Roxbury 250 

Coleman  Street,  Hyde  Park 475 

Forest  Hills  Street,  West  Roxbury 250 

Park  Street,  Dorchester — 

Woodley  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 420 

Griggs  Place,  Brighton 500 

Winchester  Terrace,  West  Roxbury  ....  285 

Lathrop  Place,  Boston  Proper 120 

Ada  Street,  West  Roxbury 400 

Moreland  Street,  West  Roxbury 660 

Farrington  Street,  Hyde  Park 250 

Walnut  Street,  West  Roxbury 250 

Cottage  Street,  South  Boston 250 


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City  Document  No.  18 


Surveys  for  Reconstructions 

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*Charles  Street,  Boston  Proper 1,360 

North  Anderson  Street,  Boston  Proper  . . . 320 

Pond  Street,  Hyde  Park 740 

Hyde  Park  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 350 

Faraday  Street,  Hyde  Park 950 

Dartmouth  Street,  Boston  Proper  ....  580 

West  Fourth  Street,  South  Boston  . 520 

B Street,  South  Boston 600 

West  Eighth  Street,  South  Boston  ....  1,350 

Ridgeway  Lane,  Boston  Proper 580 

Exeter  Street,  Boston  Proper 600 

Boylston  Street,  Boston  Proper 2,200 

*Walley  Street,  East  Boston 310 

Arlington  Street,  Hyde  Park 400 

Columbus  Avenue,  Boston  Proper  ....  500 

Atlantic  Street,  South  Boston 310 

Loring  Street,  Hyde  Park 330 

*Princeton  Street,  East  Boston 350 

*Kirkwood  Street,  Brighton 1,000 

*Braintree  Street,  Brighton 1,400 

Saranac  Street,  Dorchester 500 

Port  Norfolk  Way,  Dorchester 1,050 

Hubbard  Street,  West  Roxbury 450 

Tyler  Street,  Hyde  Park 780 

Vassar  Street,  Dorchester 700 

Cummings  Street,  Brighton 850 

Colwell  Avenue,  Brighton 150 

Antwerp  Street,  Brighton 2,000 

West  Ninth  Street,  South  Boston 1,250 

Grove  Street,  Boston  Proper 600 

Thomas  Street,  West  Roxbury 500 

Richwood  Street,  West  Roxbury 900 

^Beacon  Street,  Boston  Proper 1,500 

^Brighton  Avenue,  Brighton 3,200 

National  Street,  South  Boston 450 

East  Fourth  Street,  South  Boston  . . . 670 

Corey  Street,  West  Roxbury 760 

Whitcomb  Street,  West  Roxbury  . . . . 1,840 

Durham  Street,  Boston  Proper 350 

Newcastle  Road,  Brighton 800 

Hamilton  Street,  Hyde  Park 630 

Ethel  Street,  West  Roxbury 300 

*Shawsheen  Road,  East  Boston 410 


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Stonebounds  Drilled  Number 

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Vogel  Street,  West  Roxbury 8 

Monterey  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Belle  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 9 

Nor thdale  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 7 

Partridge  Street,  West  Roxbury 12 

Maplewood  Street,  West  Roxbury  ....  15 

Searle  Road,  West  Roxbury 2 

Maria  Lane,  West  Roxbury 7 

Rowley  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Patterson  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Hazelmere  Road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Hackensack  Court,  West  Roxbury 4 

Hackensack  Terrace,  West  Roxbury  ....  8 

Itasca  Street,  Dorchester 14 

St.  Theresa  Street,  West  Roxbury  ....  9 

Stone  Terrace,  Dorchester 2 

Sefton  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Buckingham  Street,  Hyde  Park 4 

Cromwell  Road,  Hyde  Park 4 

Collins  Street,  Hyde  Park 6 

Bradlee  Street,  Hyde  Park 6 

Parkson  Street,  Hyde  Park 12 

Rainier  Road,  Dorchester 1 

Macullar  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Langley  Road,  Brighton 1 

Hallet  Davis  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Freeport  Way,  Dorchester 6 

Manchester  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Holly  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Maida  Terrace,  Hyde  Park 5 

Copenger  Street,  Roxbury 2 

Westbourne  Terrace,  Brighton 2 

Tracton  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 1 

Mt.  Washington  Avenue,  South  Boston  ...  2 

Kittredge  Court,  West  Roxbury 2 

Westminster  Street,  Hyde  Park 3 

Gerrish  Street,  Brighton 3 

Corman  Road,  Dorchester 11 

Mattapan  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Rockwood  Terrace,  West  Roxbury  ....  3 

Ralston  Road,  Dorchester 7 

Ralwood  Road,  Dorchester 5 

Ranley  Road,  Dorchester 4 

Evansdale  Terrace,  Dorchester 4 

Rugdale  Road,  Dorchester 16 

Willow  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 5 

Savannah  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Crossman  Street,  Dorchester 4 


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Chapter  90  Surveys 


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Beacon  Street,  Brighton  . 

Weld  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Canterbury  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Forest  Hills  Street,  West  Roxbury. 


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3,000 


Specific  Repairs  Plans  (Traffic  Islands) 
Arlington  Square,  Boston  Proper,  Tremont  Street  and  Arlington 
Street 

Hyde  Park  Avenue,  Hyde  Park,  Thatcher  Street  and  Green- 
wood Street 

Amy  Court,  Boston  Proper,  at  Martha  Road 
Beacon  Street,  Brighton,  at  Reservoir  Road 
Cambridge  Street,  Boston  Proper,  Sudbury  Street  to  Charles 
Street  Circle 

Bowdoin  Street,  Dorchester,  at  Adams  Street 

High  Street,  Boston  Proper,  at  Oliver  Street 

Pierce  Square,  Dorchester,  River  Street  and  Dorchester  Avenue 

High  Street,  Boston  Proper,  at  Purchase  Street 

Congress  Street,  Boston  Proper,  at  Purchase  Street 

Sewer  Easements  and  Assessment  Plans 


Length 
in  Feet 


Ridgecrest  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 
Parkside  Drive,  West  Roxbury 


440 

400 


Discontinuance  Plans  and  Surveys 
Milk  Street,  Boston  Proper 


50 

700 

400 

300 


Christopher  Street,  Dorchester 
West  Howell  Street,  Dorchester 
Haverhill  Street,  Boston  Proper 


WlDENINGS  AND  RELOCATIONS 


St.  Mary’s  Street,  Boston  Proper  . 
Mountford  Street,  Boston  Proper  . 
Forest  Hills  Street,  West  Roxbury. 


100 

300 

400 


Code  Enforcement  — Street  Inspections 


Area  No.  1 
Area  No.  2 


16.7  miles  — West  Roxbury 
11.4  miles  — Dorchester 


Public  Works  Department 


77 


Miscellaneous 

Length 
in  Feet 

Various  court  appearances  for  city. 

30  + 

Accident  plans  for  Law  Department 

5 

Eminent  Domain  and  Taking  Plans 
East  Fourth  Street,  South  Boston  from  I Street  to  K Street 

Engineering  Reports 
Carroll  Street,  West  Roxbury 
River  Street,  Hyde  Park 
Joy  Street,  Boston  Proper 
North  Anderson  Street,  Boston  Proper 
Parkman  Street,  Boston  Proper 
^Scotia  Street,  Boston  Proper 
Bradshaw  Street,  Dorchester 
Algonquin  Street,  Dorchester 
Stanwood  Street,  Roxbury 
Normandy  Street,  Dorchester 
Tudor  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Corey  Road,  West  Roxbury 
Shawsheen  Road,  East  Boston 
Byron  Street,  East  Boston 
Goodridge  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Toledo  Terrace,  Dorchester 
George  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Pacific  Street,  South  Boston 
Lanark  Road,  Brighton 
Livermore  Street,  Dorchester 
Lafield  Street,  Dorchester 
Adams  Street,  Dorchester 
Vermont  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Oakdale  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Mt.  Vernon  Park,  Dorchester 
Corey  Street,  Brighton 
Beacon  Street,  Brighton 
Hubbardston  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Enterprise  Street,  South  Boston 
Dent  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Brighton  Avenue,  Brighton 
Margo  Road,  Brighton 
Chester  Street,  Roxbury 
Whitcomb  Road,  West  Roxbury 
Stow  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Charlemont  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Manning  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Everett  Street,  East  Boston 
Gretter  Road,  West  Roxbury 


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Eustis  Street,  Roxbury 
Mountford  Street,  ltoslindale 
Whittemore  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Donna  Terrace,  Hyde  Park 
Ryder  Hill  Road,  Brighton 
Vassar  Road,  Dorchester 
Rourne  Road,  West  Roxbury 
Way  bourne  Road,  West  Roxbury 
Willers  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Raker  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Parklawn  Drive,  Hyde  Park 
Exeter  Street,  Roston  Proper 
Wilson  Park,  Rrighton 
Sanford  Street,  Dorchester 
Calder  Street,  Dorchester 
Belgrade  Avenue,  West  Roxbury 
Beacon  Street,  Hyde  Park 
Beacon  Street,  Dorchester 
Sunset  Hill  Path,  West  Roxbury 
Tobin  Road,  West  Roxbury 
Westglow  Street,  Dorchester 
New  Haven  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Furnival  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Damon  Street,  Hyde  Park 
Kirkwood  Road,  Brighton 
Colwell  Avenue,  Brighton 
Long  Avenue,  Brighton 
Braintree  Street,  Brighton 
Antwerp  Street,  Brighton 
Ridgemont  Street,  Brighton 
Eleanor  Street,  Brighton 


Code  Enforcement  Reconstruction  Surveys 


Length 

Area  No.  1 in  Feet 

*Armstrong  Street,  West  Roxbury 400 

*Danforth  Street,  West  Roxbury 900 

*Forest  Street,  West  Roxbury 1,600 

*Mozart  Street,  West  Roxbury 1,100 

*Hoffman  Street,  West  Roxbury 200 

*St.  Peters  Street,  West  Roxbury 450 

*Sheridan  Street,  West  Roxbury 1,650 

*Chestnut  Street,  West  Roxbury 3,000 


^Sidewalk  reconstruction  only. 


Public  Works  Department 

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Length 

Area  No.  2 

in  Feet 

Alfa  Road,  Dorchester 

640 

De  Cota  Street,  Dorchester 

1,700 

Greenbrier  Street,  Dorchester  .... 

1,440 

Iowa  Street,  Dorchester 

240 

Larchmont  Street,  Dorchester 

920 

Lincoln  Street,  Dorchester 

320 

Lindsey  Street,  Dorchester 

1,000 

Marlon  Street,  Dorchester 

328 

Park  Street,  Dorchester 

3,300 

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APPENDIX  C 
HIGHWAY  DIVISION 

Table  1 — Cost  Summaries  of  Contracts 

Table  2 — Chapter  “90”  and  “393”  Street  Construction 

Table  3 — Street  Reconstruction 

Table  4 — Patching  Contracts 

Table  5 — Bridge  Maintenance  Work 

Table  6 — Expenditures  on  Inland  Bridges 

Table  7 — Details  of  Expenditures  on  Tidewater  Bridges 

Table  8 — Waterborne  Traffic 

Table  9 — Work  Done  by  Contract 

Table  10 — Street  Cleaning  Contracts 

Table  11 — Work  Done  by  City  Forces 

Table  12 — Patching  Quantities 

Table  13 — Mercury  Vapor  Lighting  Projects 

Table  14 — Gas  Street  Lamps 


Public  Works  Department 


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SUMMARY  OF  COST  OF  CONTRACT  STREET  CONSTRUCTION  AND 
RECONSTRUCTION  WORK  PERFORMED  IN  HIGHWAY  DIVISION 
DURING  1969  AND  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  IN  1969  TO  BE 
COMPLETED  IN  1970 


Chapter  90  Projects $453,117  70 

Chapter  90  Projects  Awarded  in  1969,  To  Be  Completed  in  1970  . . . 418,223  00 

“393”  Streets  Constructed 877,388  70 

Streets  Reconstructed 2,886,211  37 

Awarded  in  1969,  To  Be  Completed  in  1970  1,353,619  50 


$5,988,510  27 

TABLE  2 

STREET  CONSTRUCTION 

Chapter  90  Projects  — 1969 

Contract 


Street  Limits  Amount 

Harvard  Street  Walk  Hill  Street  to  Cummins  Highway  . . . $155,827  00 

Brook  Street  Faneuil  Street  to  Riverview  Road 

North  Beacon  Street  Vineland  Street  to  Union  Square 221,412  20 

Washington  Street  Gallivan  Boulevard  to  Mora  Street 44,583  00 

Church  Street  and 

South  Street  Weld  Street  to  Boston-Brookline  Line  ....  31,295  50 

Total $453,117  70 


Chapter  90  Project  Awarded  in  1969 
To  Be  Completed  in  1970 

Commonwealth  Avenue  Chestnut  Hill  Avenue  to  Newton  Line  . . . $418,223  00 


Circuit  Street 
Fenno  Street 
Kensington  Park 

Rockland  Street 
St.  Richard  Street 
Walnut  Avenue 
Warren  Street 
Carol  Circle 

DeRoma  Road 
Fargo  Street 
Hardwick  Terrace 
Manning  Street 
Mattapan  Street 
Prospect  Circle 
Wirt  Street 


“393”  Streets  Constructed  In  1969 
Walnut  Avenue  approximately  330  feet  westerly  . 

Walnut  Avenue  196  feet  easterly 

Rockland  Street  230  feet  northerly  and  200  feet  south- 
erly   

Kensington  Park  50  feet  westerly 

Walnut  Avenue  approximately  350  feet  easterly  . 

Rockland  Street  to  Warren  Street 

Deckard  Street  to  Walnut  Avenue $717,440  00 

Washington  Street  approximately  450  feet  southwest- 
erly   

Brier  Road  approximately  310  feet  southwesterly 
B Street  to  C Street  (20  foot  widening) 

Hardwick  Street  approximately  100  feet  northeasterly 
Mount  Calvary  Road  to  public  portion  .... 

Colorado  Street  to  Almont  Street 

Prospect  Street  approximately  200  feet  southerly . 

Washington  Street  to  Henshaw  Street  ....  $159,898  70 


Total 


$877,338  70 


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Street 

Batterymarch  Street 
Kilby  Street 
Mason  Street 

Milk  Street 
North  Hudson  Street 
Pearl  Street 
Public  Alley  301 
Revere  Street 
River  Street 

Arlington  Street 
Caton  Street 
Collins  Street 
Doncaster  Street 
George  Street 
Pierce  Street 
Thompson  Street 

Falcon  Street 
Fay  wood  Avenue 
Gove  Street 
Jeffries  Street 
Leyden  Street 
Porter  Street 
New  Street 
Saratoga  Street 

Blossom  Street 

Congress  Street 
Franklin  Street 

Ascot  Street 
Benson  Street 
Cresthill  Road 
Cygnet  Street 
Durland  Street 
Gardena  Street 
Lincoln  Street 
Litchfield  Street 
Newton  Street 
Radnor  Road 
Saybrook  Street 
Williston  Road 

Brimmer  Street 
Hancock  Street 
Mt.  Vernon  Street 

Ames  Street 

Chamberlain  Street 
Geneva  Avenue 
Lingard  Street 


TABLE  3 

STREET  RECONSTRUCTION 


Streets  Reconstructed  In  1969 

Contract 

Limits  Amount 

Water  Street  to  Milk  Street 
State  Street  to  Water  Street 

West  Street  to  Avery  Street  and  westerly  to  Tremont 
Street 

Pearl  Street  to  Batterymarch  Street 
Hull  Street  to  Snow  Hill  Street 
Franklin  Street  to  Milk  Street 
River  Street  to  Pinckney  Street 
Irving  Street  to  Embankment  Road 

Beacon  Street  to  Public  Alley  301 $151,480  70 

Hyde  Park  Avenue  to  River  Street 

River  Street  to  Hollingsworth  Street 

Hyde  Park  Avenue  to  Bradlee  Street 

Dale  Street  to  Metropolitan  Avenue 

River  Street  to  Danbury  Road 

Fairmount  Avenue  to  Riverside  Square 

Reservation  Road  685  feet  southwesterly  beyond 

Franklin  Street $218,428  00 

Glendon  Street  to  Border  Street 
Crestway  Road  to  Vallar  Road 
Frankfort  Street  beyond  Geneva  Street 
Maverick  Street  to  Marginal  Street 
Boardman  Street  to  Bennington  Street 
Chelsea  Street  to  Geneva  Street 
Sumner  Street  to  Maverick  Street 

Shelby  Street  to  Prescott  Street $253,969  73 

Cambridge  Street  to  Charles  Street  ....  $93,757  15 

Franklin  Street  approximately  35  feet  northwesterly 

Congress  Street  approximately  35  feet  southwesterly  . $9,349  00 

Litchfield  Street  to  Antwerp  Street 

Litchfield  Street  to  Antwerp  Street 

Parsons  Street  to  Parsons  Street 

Litchfield  Street  to  Antwerp  Street 

Hardwick  Street  to  end 

Market  Street  to  Dustin  Street 

Widening  at  Mayflower  Street 

Lincoln  Street  to  Western  Avenue 

Brooks  Street  approximately  600  feet  northwesterly 

Foster  Street  to  Kirkwood  Road 

Market  Street  to  Dustin  Street 

Corey  Road  to  Brookline  Line $165,688  70 

Beacon  Street  to  Mt.  Vernon  Street 
Mt.  Vernon  Street  to  Cambridge  Street 

Hancock  Street  to  Embankment  Road  ....  $217,394  50 

Westview  Street  to  approximately  1,000  feet  south- 
easterly 

Harvard  Street  to  Algonquin  Street 
Bowdoin  Street  to  Park  Street 
Magnolia  Street  to  Hartford  Street 


Public  Works  Department 


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Street  Limits 

Ronan  Street  Bellevue  Street  to  end 

Westview  Street  Blue  Hill  Avenue  to  beyond  Ames  Street 
Westville  Street  Bowdoin  Street  to  Corwin  Street 


Contract 

Amount 


$205,802  19 


Aldrich  Street 
Alleyne  Street 
Chisholm  Road 
Chisholm  Terrace 
Durnell  Avenue 
Kenneth  Street 
Rickerhill  Road 
Vershire  Street 


Belgrade  Avenue  to  West  Roxbury  Parkway 
Cowing  Street  to  Vershire  Street 
Poplar  Street  to  Cornell  Street 

Chisholm  Road  approximately  140  feet  northwesterly 
Washington  Street  to  Walworth  Street 
Beech  Street  to  Stratford  Street 
Manthorne  Road  to  Brucewood  Street 
Cowing  Street  to  beyond  Alleyne  Street 


East  Second  Street 
East  Fifth  Street 
Linden  Street 
Old  Harbor  Street 


Dorchester  Street  to  M Street 
Farragut  Road  to  K Street 
Thomas  Park  to  East  Fourth  Street 
Columbia  Road  to  Dorchester  Street 


Dabney  Street 
Dale  Street 
Hansford  Street 
Catawba  Street 
Dale  Street 
Laurel  Street 
Rockland  Street 
Sherman  Street 


Fountain  Street  to  Regent  Street 

Sherman  Street  to  Warren  Street 

Warren  Street  to  approximately  115  feet  westerly 

Laurel  Street  to  Charlame  Street 

Walnut  Avenue  to  Sherman  Street 

Dale  Street  approximately  315  feet  southwesterly 

Walnut  Avenue  to  Sherman  Street 

Dale  Street  to  Rockland  Street  . 


Charles  Street 


Beacon  Street  to  Charles  Street  Circle  . 


$174,208  25 


$255,756  70 


$273,381  35 
$105,147  50 


Centre  Avenue 
Centre  Street 
Hannon  Street 
Nelson  Street 
Stockton  Street 
Tremlett  Street 


Dorchester  Avenue  to  Centre  Street 
Washington  Street  to  Dorchester  Avenue 
Morton  Street  to  Norfolk  Street 
Norfolk  Street  to  Selden  Street 
Washington  Street  to  Milton  Avenue 
Washington  to  Waldeck  Street 


$184,977  00 


Circuit  Street  Washington  Street  to  Fenwick  Place 

Crispus  Attucks  Place  Washington  Street  opposite  Cedar  Street  to  approxi- 
mately 400  north  of  Washington  Street 
Fenwick  Place  Circuit  Street  approximately  120  feet  westerly 

Hulbert  Street  From  93  Regent  Street  to  113  Regent  Street  . . $191,149  00 


Blackinton  Street 
Byron  Street 
Princeton  Street 
Walley  Street 


Bennington  Street  to  Leyden  Street 
Saratoga  Street  to  McLellan  Highway 
Shelby  Street  to  Eagle  Square 
Bennington  Street  to  Waldemar  Avenue 


Cedar  Grove  Street 
Everdean  Street 
Flavia  Street 
Lonsdale  Street 
Port  Norfolk  Street 
Saranac  Street 
Tilesboro  Street 
Westglow  Street 


Whitridge  Street  to  Hill  Top  Street 
Ashland  Street  to  Freeport  Street 
Chickatawbut  Street  to  Oakton  Avenue 
Dorchester  Avenue  to  Adams  Street 
Ericcson  Street  to  Water  Street 
Adams  Street  to  Minot  Street 
Neponset  Avenue  to  Worrell  Street 
Adams  Street  to  110  feet  east  of  Forest  Avenue 


East  Sixth  Street 
Lark  Street 
Loring  Street 
Mercer  Street 
Winfield  Street 


K Street  to  P Street 

West  Eighth  Street  to  West  Ninth  Street 
West  Seventh  Street  to  West  Eighth  Street 
Columbia  Road  to  East  Eighth  Street 
East  Seventh  Street  to  East  Eighth  Street 


$50,898  50 


$139,716  10 


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Street 
Dewar  Street 
Normandy  Street 
Sumner  Street 

Bennington  Street 
Total 


Braewood  Street 
Dedham  Street 

Raynes  Road 
Thompson  Street 
Cowing  Street 
Ellswood  Street 
Sammett  Avenue 
Sunset  Hill  Road 
Toppan  Avenue 
Harvard  Terrace 
Menton  Street 

Boylston  Street 
Dartmouth  Street 
St.  James  Avenue 

Beaver  Street 
Beechmont  Terrace 
Bradlee  Court 
Bremen  Terrace 
Crosstown  Avenue 
Seattle  Street 

Dewar  Street 

Harold  Street 
Harold  Park 
Humboldt  Avenue 
Humboldt  Avenue 
Townsend  Street 
Walnut  Avenue 

Blue  Hill  Avenue 

Arlington  Street 
Dedham  Street 
Edith  Street 
Faraday  Street 
Garfield  Avenue 
Glenwood  Avenue 
Hyde  Park  Avenue 
Norton  Street 
Pond  Street 


Contract 

Limits  Amount 

Dorchester  Avenue  to  Auckland  Street 
Devon  Street  to  Lawrence  Avenue 

Stoughton  Street  to  Annapolis  Street  ....  $167,838  00 

Harmony  Street  to  Byron  Street $27,266  00 


$2,886,211  37 


Awarded  In  1969,  To  Be  Completed  In  1970 
Braeburn  Road  to  Austin  Street 

150  feet  southwest  of  Franklin  Street  to  720  feet  south- 
westerly 

Prospect  Street  to  220  feet  southeasterly 
From  public  portion  590  feet  southwesterly  to  end 
Franclaire  Drive  to  Spinney  Street 
Baker  Street  to  325  feet  westerly 

295  feet  north  of  Toppan  Avenue  to  595  feet  southerly 
West  Roxbury  Parkway  to  890  feet  southeasterly 
Char  me  Avenue  to  Sammett  Avenue 
Harvard  Avenue  to  290  feet  westerly 

Standard  Street  to  Groveland  Street  ....  $203,316  00 

Dartmouth  Street  to  Clarendon  Street 
Boylston  Street  to  St.  James  Avenue 

Dartmouth  Street  340  feet  easterly  ....  $48,594  00 

Cleveland  Street  520  feet  northeasterly 
Beechmont  Street  620  feet  easterly  and  northeasterly 
Bradlee  Street  230  feet  easterly 
Orchardhill  Road  180  feet  northerly 
Salman  Street  to  Vogel  Street 

From  90  feet  northwest  of  Hopedale  Street  to  375  feet 
northwesterly 

Auckland  Street  to  385  feet  easterly  ....  $140,332  50 


Holworthy  Street  to  Washington  Park  Boulevard 
Harold  Street  approximately  200  feet  southeast 
Waumbeck  Street  to  Townsend  Street 
Intersection  Humboldt  Avenue  to  Crawford  Street 
Walnut  Avenue  to  Warren  Street 

Dennison  Street  to  Washington  Park  Boulevard  . . $676,528  00 

Washington  Street  to  Dudley  Street  (street  lighting)  $79,595  00 

Hyde  Park  Avenue  to  Providence  Street 
Reservation  Road  600  feet  southwesterly 
Beacon  Street  to  Metropolitan  Avenue 
Truman  Highway  to  Washington  Street 
Truman  Highway  to  Loring  Street 
Truman  Highway  to  Loring  Street 
Millstone  Road  300  feet  southerly 
Readville  Street  to  River  Street 

Highland  Street  to  Williams  Street  ....  $205,254  00 


Total 


. $1,353,619  50 


Public  Works  Department 


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TABLE  4 


PATCHING  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  IN  1969 


Contract 

Repairs  to  defective  sidewalks 
Repairs  to  roadways 

Asphalt  resurfacing  of  roadways  in  Area  1 


Asphalt  resurfacing  of  roadways  in  Area  2 
Asphalt  resurfacing  of  roadways  in  Area  3 

Total 


Contractor 

D.  Cicconi,  Inc 

Hot  Top  Pavements,  Inc.  . 
Warren  Brothers  Company,  Inc., 
Division  of  Ashland  Oil  & 
Refining  Company  . 

Hot  Top  Pavements,  Inc.  . 

Old  Colony  Construction 
Company 


Amount 
$261,365  00 
258,930  00 


224,145  00 
200,450  00 

199,350  00 


TABLE  5 

BRIDGE  MAINTENANCE  WORK  PERFORMED 
IN  1969 

Alford  Street  Drawbridge  (Charlestown)  — Repairs  to  traffic 
gates,  end  locks,  trunion  bearings,  leak  in  roof,  iron  fence  and 
surface  of  counter  balancers. 

Babson  Street  (Dorchester)  — Repair  sidewalk  and  deck. 

Belgrade  Avenue  (West  Roxbury)  — Remove  broken  con- 
crete from  railroad  tracks. 

Bennington  Street  (East  Boston)  — Remove  damaged  iron 
fence. 

Broadway  — Repair  headers  at  draw. 

Camden  Street  Footbridge  — Repair  concrete  step. 

Central  Avenue  (Dorchester)  — Repair  hand  railing,  side- 
walk and  deck. 

Charlestown  — Repair  headers  at  draw. 

Chelsea  Street  Drawbridge  (East  Boston)  — Repair  pier  and 
navigation  lights,  weld  deck,  buffers,  adjust  service  and  emer- 
gency brakes,  traffic  gates,  steps  to  pier,  doors  and  windows. 

Clarendon  Street  — Repairs  to  hand  railing,  sidewalk  and 
deck. 

Congress  Street  Drawbridge  — Repair  roof,  doors,  windows, 
weld  hand  rail  and  deck. 

Cummins  Highway  (West  Roxbury)  — Repair  iron  fence. 

Everett  Street  (East  Boston)  — Repair  barriers,  sidewalk 
and  deck. 

Fairmount  Avenue  over  Neponset  River  (Hyde  Park)  — 
Repair  chain  link  fence. 

Gove  Street  Footbridge  (East  Boston)  — Repair  deck. 

Harvard  Street  (Dorchester)  — Weld  warning  light  post. 

Ipswich  Street  — Repairs  to  pipe  hand  rail. 

Jones  Avenue  Footbridge  (Dorchester)  — Repairs  to  deck 
and  weld  chain  link  fence. 

McArdle  Drawbridge  (East  Boston)  — Remove,  repair  and 
install  service  and  emergency  brake  assemblies.  Repair  end 
locks,  traffic  gates,  emergency  gas  engine  and  evaporator. 


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Massachusetts  Avenue  (over  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  Railroad  near  St.  Botolph  Street)  — Paint  iron  fence. 

Northern  Avenue  Drawbridge  — Repair  air  compressors,  air 
controls,  turning  engines,  end  lift  and  brakes,  circulating 
pumps,  sump  pump,  heaters,  gate  and  pier  and  navigation 
lights,  sidewalks,  decks,  piers,  hand  rails,  doors  and  windows. 

Reservation  Road  (over  Mother  Brook,  Hyde  Park)  — Re- 
pair sidewalks,  decks  and  erect  barriers. 

Reservation  Road  (over  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hart- 
ford Railroad,  Hyde  Park)  — Repair  sidewalks. 

River  Street  (over  Mother  Brook,  Hyde  Park)  — Erect 
barriers. 

River  Street  (over  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford 
Railroad,  Mattapan)  — Remove  blast  plate. 

Sprague  Street  (Hyde  Park)  — Repair  sidewalk  and  deck. 

Summer  Street  (over  B Street,  South  Boston)  — Erect  barri- 
ers on  steps. 

Summer  Street  Drawbridge  (over  Fort  Point  Channel)  — 
Install  reflectors,  rewire  flashing  lights. 

Summer  Street  Bridge  (over  Reserve  Channel)  — Repair 
winch,  cables,  sheaves  and  draw  latch;  steps,  piers,  hand  rails, 
sidewalks,  roadway,  traffic  gates,  door  and  windows;  jack  up 
bridge,  remove,  repair  and  replace  trucks;  repair  gate  and 
flashing  lights. 

Summer  Street  (over  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford 
Railroad)  — Repair  barriers  and  flashing  lights. 

Temple  Street  (West  Roxbury)  — Remove  loose  concrete. 

Tollgate  Way  Footpath  (Forest  Hills)  — Repair  chain  link 
fence,  steps  and  deck. 

Warren  Avenue  (Charlestown)  — Replace  barriers. 

West  Fourth  Street  (over  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  Railroad)  — Repair  chain  link  fence. 

West  Newton  Street  (over  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  Railroad)  — Weld  and  paint  pipe  fence. 

TABLE  6 

EXPENDITURES  ON  INLAND  BRIDGES 
DURING  1969 

Labor  Materials  Total 

$29,089  00  $3,771  05  $32,860  05 

The  above  figures  represent  total  cost  of  maintenance  repairs 
on  inland  bridges,  using  our  department  yard  employees,  ma- 
terials and  supplies. 


DETAILS  OF  EXPENDITURES  ON  TIDEWATER  BRIDGES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1969 


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TABLE  9 


WORK  DONE  BY  CONTRACT  IN  1969 


Item 

Earth  excavation 

Trees  removed  4 inches  to  12  inches 
Trees  removed  12  inches  to  24  inches  . 
Trees  removed  over  24  inches 

Stumps  removed 

Walls  and  footing 

Rock  and  wall  excavation 

Base  removed 

Pavement  removed 

Trench  excavation 

Bank  gravel 

Crushed  stone  for  edgestone  . 

Trench  rock  excavation  .... 
New  straight  edgestone  .... 
Bituminous  concrete  curbing  . 

New  circular  edgestone  .... 

New  2-foot  corners 

New  6-foot  corners 

Edgestone  reset 

Edgestone  removed  and  reset 

Edgestone  hauled 

New  6-foot  corners 

Guttermouths 

Straight  guttermouths  .... 
12-inch  concrete  pipe  surface  drain 

Concrete  base 

Concrete  base  backing  up  sidewalks 
Artificial  stone  sidewalks 
Concrete  sidewalks  (monolithic) 

Artificial  stone  driveways .... 
Concrete  driveways  (monolithic)  . 

Brick  relaid 

New  brick 

Loam 

Loam  rehandled  and  spread  (special 

item) 

Loam  for  tree  pits 

Bituminous  concrete  black  base 
Bituminous  concrete  base  roadway 
Bituminous  concrete  top  roadway  . 
Bituminous  concrete  base  sidewalk  and 

driveway 

Bituminous  concrete  top  sidewalk  and 

driveway 

Crushed  stone  for  macadam  base  . 

OA  asphalt 


Quantity 

99,436  cubic  yards 
73  each 
39  each 
31  each 
139  each 

221  cubic  yards 
1,101  cubic  yards 

12,996  square  yards 
34,746  square  yards 
1,491  cubic  yards 
138,335  tons 
3,769  tons 
1,327  cubic  yards 
40,471  linear  feet 
986  linear  feet 
10,505  linear  feet 
782  each 
70  each 

88,164  linear  feet 
3,597  linear  feet 
231  linear  feet 
645  linear  feet 
94  each 
11  each 
167  linear  feet 
1,952  cubic  yards 
21  cubic  yards 
574,951  square  feet 
370,876  square  feet 
74,253  square  feet 
40,792  square  feet 

222  square  yards 
8,284  square  yards 
1,762  cubic  yards 

1,639  square  yards 
1,242  cubic  yards 
4,377  tons 
33,124  tons 
21,592  tons 

236  tons 

890  tons 
23,946  tons 
232,072  gallons 


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Item  Quantity 

Class  I bituminous  concrete  base  type  1 . 2,504  tons 

Calcium  chloride 25,600  pounds 

Drop  inlets,  manholes,  and  catch  basins 

reset 133  each 

Covers  reset 1,906  each 

Existing  water  boxes  reset  . . . 121  each 

Catch  basins  built 37  each 

Catch  basins  or  manholes  remodeled  90  each 

Catch  basins  converted  to  manholes  . 76  each 

E frames  and  grates 35  each 

Sign  posts  set 350  each 

Stone  bounds 387  each 

4-foot  chain  link  fence  ....  88  linear  feet 

Chain  link  fence 149  linear  feet 

3-inch  conduit  for  fire  alarm  . . 1,727  linear  feet 

Ground  water  drain 1,525  linear  feet 

Fire  alarm  manhole 1 each 

Fire  alarm  base  and  mid-section  . 4 each 

Concrete  pipe  for  catch  basin  . 2,447  linear  feet 

10-inch  cast  iron  pipe  ....  63  linear  feet 

Y’s  pipe 29  each 

Slants 52  each 

Catch  basin  exclude  frame  and  grate 

include  guttermouth  ....  4 each 

Catch  basins  including  guttermouth  . 58  each 

Catch  basins  excluding  guttermouth  . 5 each 

Drop  inlet  including  guttermouth  . . 73  each 

Catch  basins  or  manholes  dismantled  . 27  each 

Manholes 4 each 

Seal  coat 1,037  gallons 

6-inch  hydrant  pipe 124  linear  feet 

%-inch  “K”  copper  tubing  . 1,303  linear  feet 

1- inch  copper  tubing  with  service  . . 152  linear  feet 

Furnish  and  set  6-inch  gate  ...  4 each 

Furnish  and  set  hydrant  ....  4 each 

Remove  and  reset  existing  hydrant  and 

set  new  hydrant 6 each 

Excavate  outside  trench  ....  10  cubic  yards 

Gravel  refill  trench 65  tons 

Rock  excavation  trench  ....  8 cubic  yards 

2- inch  steel  conduit 26,613  linear  feet 

Precast  concrete  handholes  . . . 526  each 

Precast  street  light  base  standard  . . 292  each 

Precast  street  light  base  short ...  40  each 

Pull  boxes 138  each 

Shallow  light  base 22  each 

Edison  charge  for  manhole  break  . 116  each 

Street  light  control  cabinet  ...  10  each 

3- inch  black  conduit  . . . 577  linear  feet 


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Item 

Quantity 

Traffic  police  patrol  .... 

15,084  hours 

Traffic  police  sergeant 

164  hours 

3-inch  conduit  for  police  signal 

101  linear  feet 

3-inch  black  conduit 

7,527  linear  feet 

3p£-inch  black  conduit 

429  linear  feet 

Standard  traffic  base .... 

3,005  linear  feet 

4-inch  painted  lines  .... 

1,420  linear  feet 

6-inch  painted  lines  .... 

795  linear  feet 

12-inch  painted  lines .... 

218  linear  feet 

4-inch  plastic  strips  .... 

6,205  linear  feet 

6-inch  plastic  strips  .... 

7,910  linear  feet 

12-inch  plastic  strips .... 

624  linear  feet 

Concrete  median  .... 

114  cubic  yards 

Bituminous  concrete  roadway  area 

. 228,242  square  yards 

Sod 

682  cubic  yards 

Parking  meters 

158  each 

4-inch  yellow  plastic  strips 

708  linear  feet 

Drop  inlets  built  .... 

28  each 

TABLE  10 

STREET  CLEANING  CONTRACTS 
AWARDED  IN  1969 

Contract  Amount 

Cleaning  streets  with  mechanical  sweepers  in  parts  of  District 

1,  W.  J.  Banfield  Corporation $50,974  30 

Street  cleaning  in  the  North  End  and  Market  Area,  W.  J. 

Banfield  Corporation 151,985  00 

Total $202,959  30 


TABLE  11 


WORK  DONE  BY  CITY  FORCES  IN  1969 


Item 

Bituminous  roadway  repairs 
Bituminous  sidewalk  repairs 
Bituminous  yard  repairs 
Bituminous  driveway  repairs 
Granite  block  roadway  repairs 
Stone  wall  repairs  (pointing,  replacing, 

etc.) 

Brick  sidewalk  repairs  .... 
Granolithic  sidewalk  replaced 
Straight  granite  edgestone  reset  . 


Quantity 

125,671  square  yards 
36,664  square  yards 
2,191  square  yards 
1,372  square  yards 
280  square  yards 

580  square  yards 
1,533  square  yards 
9,667  square  yards 
611  linear  feet 


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Item 

Circular  granite  edgestone  reset  . 
Precast  concrete  curbing  reset  . 
Chain  link  fence  repairs  (replacing 

posts,  etc.) 

Water  boxes  reset 

Erected  iron  posts  for  barricades 
Debris  removed  from  streets 

Salt  spread 

Snow  removed  by  city  forces 
Catch  basins  and  drop  inlets  cleaned . 
Animals  removed  from  streets  and 
sidewalks 


Quantity 
355  linear  feet 
155  linear  feet 

204  linear  feet 
25  each 
29  each 

168,648  cubic  yards 
32,155  tons 
94,276  cubic  yards 
196  each 

3,090  each 


TABLE  12 

PATCHING  QUANTITIES  FOR  1969 
SIDEWALKS 


Item 

Edgestone  reset 
Artificial  stone  sidewalks 
Artificial  stone  driveways 
Concrete  base . 

Sign  posts  reset 
Covers  reset  . 


Quantity 
3,100  linear  feet 
150,000  square  feet 
5,000  square  feet 
170  cubic  yards 
15  each 
25  each 


ROADWAY 

Roadway  patching  .... 

Adjacent  patching  . . . . 

Castings  reset 

Catch  basins  remodeled 
Bituminous  concrete  patch  sidewalks 


350,000 

5,500 

452 

19 

23,170 


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OVERLAY 

Pavement  removed  . . . . 

Bituminous  concrete  base  . 
Bituminous  concrete  top 
Cover  reset 


165  square  feet 
271  tons 

44,720  square  feet 
515  each 


TABLE  13 
1969 

MERCURY  VAPOR  LIGHTING  PROJECTS 

In  1969  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of  3,500  lumen 
lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting  units  on  the  following 
streets: 

Adelaide  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 1 

Agassiz  Park,  West  Roxbury 3 

Alameda  Road,  West  Roxbury 4 


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Albert  Place,  Dorchester 1 

Albion  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Aldwin  Road,  West  Roxbury 1 

Aldworth  Street,  West  Roxbury 6 

Algonquin  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Allston  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Alpha  Road,  Dorchester 6 

Amherst  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Arcadia  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Aspinwall  Road,  Dorchester 6 

Atwill  Road,  West  Roxbury 3 

Auckland  Street,  Dorchester 12 

Avalon  Road,  West  Roxbury 6 

Rallard  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Rardwell  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Rartlett  Place,  Roston 2 

Rasto  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 2 

Ray  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Reaufort  Road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Relnel  Road,  Boston  Proper 17 

Benson  Street,  Brighton 1 

Bentham  Road,  Dorchester 2 

Blakeville  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Board  Alley,  Boston 1 

Bow  Street,  Hyde  Park 5 

Burroughs  Street,  West  Roxbury 12 

Calder  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Carolina  Square,  West  Roxbury 2 

Cawfield  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Cedarcrest  Lane,  West  Roxbury 3 

Chamberlain  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Chelmsford  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Clark  Street,  Boston 1 

Claybourne  Street,  Dorchester 11 

Copeland  Street,  Roxbury 10 

Custer  Street,  West  Roxbury 7 

Cutter  Road,  West  Roxbury 2 

Deer  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Delle  Avenue,  Roxbury 5 

Derry  Road,  Hyde  Park 5 

Dow  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Drayton  Avenue,  Dorchester 2 

Eastman  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Egleston  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Elder  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Ellington  Street,  Dorchester 16 

Enterprise  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Everett  Avenue,  Dorchester 5 

Fairland  Street,  Roxbury 4 

Foster  Street,  Boston 2 


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Fountain  Place,  Boston 1 

Fresno  Street,  West  Roxbury 5 

Gaylord  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Glenburnie  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Glendale  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Gold  Street,  South  Boston 3 

Granville  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Greenbrier  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Greenbrook  Road,  Hyde  Park 6 

Greenmount  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Hanover  Street  (rear  of  204-408-),  Boston  . . 3-430 

Harvard  Avenue,  Dorchester 4 

Harvard  Park,  Dorchester 2 

Hastings  Street,  West  Roxbury 8 

Hayden  Street,  Roxbury 2 

Hecla  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Hewins  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Howe  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Huntoon  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Iftley  Road,  West  Roxbury 7 

Iroquois  Street,  Roxbury 10 

Joan  Road,  Hyde  Park 7 

Joanne  Terrace,  Dorchester 2 

Kane  Street,  Dorchester 1 

Lakeville  Road,  West  Roxbury 3 

Larchmont  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Lawn  Street,  Roxbury 8 

Leroy  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Levant  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Liberty  Street,  South  Boston 

Lyndhurst  Street,  Dorchester 

Lynn  Street,  Boston 3 

Lyon  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Macniel  Way,  Dorchester 

Manion  Road,  Hyde  Park 5 

Maple  Street,  Roxbury 10 

Maxfield  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

McBride  Street,  West  Roxbury 14 

Merideth  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Messenger  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Milwood  Terrace,  Dorchester 2 

Monastery  Road,  Brighton 

Mt.  Everett  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Murray  Avenue,  Roxbury 

Myopia  Road,  Hyde  Park 3 

Nazing  Street,  Roxbury 

Neptune  Road,  East  Boston 6 

North  Street  (rear  of  278),  Boston 2 

North  Bennet  Street,  Boston 2 

Nottingham  Street,  Dorchester 3 


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Noyes  Place,  Boston 2 

Oak  Road,  West  Roxbury 4 

Orchardhill  Road,  West  Roxbury 1 

Oriole  Street,  West  Roxbury 10 

Patterson  Way,  South  Boston 7 

Penfield  Street,  West  Roxbury 6 

Potosi  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Power  Court,  South  Boston 3 

Putnam  Street,  East  Boston 20 

Radcliffe  Road,  Brighton 2 

Ralston  Road,  Dorchester 3 

Rector  Road,  Dorchester 9 

Richwood  Street,  West  Roxbury 9 

Ridgewood  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Rill  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Ripley  Road,  Dorchester 8 

Roach  Street,  Dorchester 4 

Rockdale  Street,  Dorchester 13 

Rowena  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Ruskin  Street,  West  Roxbury 4 

Rutledge  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Sagamore  Street,  Dorchester 6 

St.  Margaret  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Sanger  Street,  South  Boston 2 

Saranac  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Sargent  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Saville  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Seminole  Street,  Hyde  Park 9 

Shanley  Street,  Brighton 2 

Silver  Street,  South  Boston 8 

Speedway  Avenue,  Brighton 2 

Speedwell  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Stanwood  Street,  Dorchester 14 

Stonehurst  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Sunset  Lane,  Dorchester 2 

Taft  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Thacher  Court,  Boston 2 

Thornley  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Tileston  Place,  Boston 1 

Trull  Street,  Dorchester 3 

Vinal  Street,  Brighton 2 

Walbridge  Street,  Brighton 3 

Waldren  Road,  Roxbury 4 

Walnut  Park,  Roxbury 6 

Walnut  Place,  Hyde  Park 2 

Wardman  Road,  Roxbury 4 

Washburn  Street,  South  Boston 4 

Waterlow  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Westminster  Avenue,  Roxbury 4 

Westover  Street,  West  Roxbury 13 


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Whiting  Street,  Roxbury 6 

Whittemore  Street,  Dorchester 2 

Whittemore  Street,  West  Roxbury 3 

Willoughby  Street,  Rrighton 3 

Wilton  Terrace,  Rrighton 1 

Winston  Street,  Dorchester 7 

Winthrop  Street,  Hyde  Park 8 

Wolcott  Street,  Dorchester 6 

Woodmont  Street,  Brighton 1 

Wyvern  Street,  West  Roxbury 11 


In  1969  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of  7000  lumen 
lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting  units  on  the  following 
streets: 


Allandale  Street,  West  Roxbury. 
Annunciation  Road,  Roxbury 
Bellevue  Street,  Dorchester . 
Cazenove  Street,  Boston 
Chandler  Street,  Boston 
Child  Street,  Hyde  Park 
Clarendon  Street,  Boston  . 
Copeland  Park,  Roxbury 
Covington  Street,  South  Boston . 
Davern  Avenue,  Dorchester 
Eliot  Street,  West  Roxbury. 

F Street,  South  Boston. 

Fisher  Avenue,  Roxbury 
G Street,  South  Boston 
Gates  Street,  South  Boston  . 
Greenwood  Square,  Hyde  Park  . 
Harold  Street,  Roxbury 
Harvest  Street,  Dorchester  . 

Haure  Street,  East  Boston  . 
Holiday  Street,  Dorchester  . 
Hollingsworth  Street,  Dorchester 
Holyoke  Street,  Boston 
Lexington  Avenue,  Hyde  Park  . 
Lockwood  Street,  Hyde  Park 
M Street,  South  Boston 
Monadnock  Street,  Dorchester  . 
Montebello  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Mt.  Vernon  Street,  Dorchester  . 
Peacevale  Road,  Dorchester 
Pittsburgh  Street,  South  Boston. 
Prince  Street,  West  Roxbury 
Robinson  Street,  Dorchester 
Tockwood  Terrace,  West  Roxbury 
Rosewood  Street,  Dorchester 
Rutland  Square,  Boston 
St.  Charles  Street,  Boston  . 


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School  Street,  West  Roxbury 16 

Saxton  Street,  Dorchester 11 

Shirley  Street,  Roxbury 12 

Sprague  Street,  Hyde  Park 11 

Standard  Street,  Dorchester 8 

Sydney  Street,  Dorchester 19 

Telegraph  Street,  South  Roston 5 

Trapelo  Street,  Rrighton 7 

Waldren  Road,  Roxbury 3 

Walnut  Park,  Roxbury 17 

Wardman  Road,  Roxbury 3 

Wellington  Street,  Roston 3 

West  Fifth  Street,  South  Boston 2 

Westminster  Avenue,  Roxbury 13 

Westminster  Terrace,  Roxbury 2 

Whitman  Street,  Dorchester 5 

Woodgate  Street,  Dorchester 8 


In  1969  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 8 

Beech  Street,  West  Roxbury 26 

Foster  Street,  Brighton 5 

In  1969  orders  were  issued  for  the  installation  of  20,000  lumen 
lamps  and  the  replacement  of  old  lighting  units  on  the  following 
streets : 


Berkeley  Street,  Boston 7 

Dana  Avenue,  Hyde  Park 4 

North  Beacon  Street,  Brighton 35 

Parker  Street,  Roxbury 14 

River  Street,  Hyde  Park 45 

Savin  Hill  Avenue,  Dorchester 42 

Washington  Street,  Brighton 2 


TABLE  14 

GAS  STREET  LAMPS  1969 

On  January  1,  1969  we  maintained  610  gas  street  lamps. 
During  1969  we  installed  125  gas  street  lamps,  19  fire  alarm 
lamps,  relighted  the  13  gas  street  lamps  in  North  Square.  On 
January  1,  1970  we  had  in  service  a total  of  764  gas  lamps  of 
which  23  are  fire  alarm  lamps.  The  gas  lamps  are  located  as 
follows: 


Boston  Proper 559 

East  Boston 15 

Charlestown 85 


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Brighton 12 

South  Boston 30 

Dorchester 21 

Roxbury 20 

Jamaica  Plain 17 

West  Roxbury 5 


We  discontinued  three  gas  street  lamps  due  to  urban  renewal 
— one  each  in  Charlestown,  Roxbury  and  East  Boston.  We 
replaced  eight  gas  lamp  posts  which  were  broken  by  auto- 
mobiles. 

We  installed  gas  lamps  during  the  year  as  follows: 


Mt.  Vernon  Street 

21 

Piedmont  Street 

10 

Fayette  Street 

3 

Winchester  Street 

12 

Church  Street 

4 

Brimmer  Street 

12 

Pinckney  Street 

6 

Joy  Street 

1 

River  Street 

5 

Rear  5 West  Cedar  Street 

1 

Mount  Vernon  Place 

1 

Beaver  Street 

4 

Beaver  Place 

1 

Anderson  Street 

8 

Phillips  Street 

3 

6 Willow  Street 

1 

Rear  117  Pinckney  Street 

1 

Rear  West  Hill  Place 

2 

Walnut  Street 

1 

Public  Alley  303  

1 

Strong  Place 

2 

Edgerly  Place 

3 

Hancock  Street 

16 

Rear  53  Hancock  Street 

1 

Spruce  Place 

1 

Charles  Street 

5 

We  relighted  the  thirteen  gas  lamps  in  North  Square,  Boston, 

and  one  lamp  at  7 Chapman  Street,  Charlestown, 
gas  fire  alarm  lamps  on  the  following  boxes: 

136  Cambridge  and  South  Russell  Streets 
138  Revere  Street  and  Embankment  Road 
1355  Park  man  Street  and  North  Anderson  Street 

1361  Phillips  Street  at  Anderson  Street 

1362  Pinckney  Street  opposite  Anderson  Street 

1363  Irving  Street  opposite  Revere  Street 

1364  Joy  Street  and  Myrtle  Street 

We  installed 

Public  Works  Department 


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1365  Revere  Street  and  Grove  Street 

1366  Phillips  Street  and  West  Cedar  Street 

1367  Derne  Street  and  Bowdoin  Street 

1368  Cambridge  Street  and  Temple  Street 

1369  Cambridge  Street  and  Grove  Street 

1372  Mt.  Vernon  Street  opposite  Hancock  Street 

1373  Chestnut  Street  and  Walnut  Street 
1375  Beacon  Street  and  Spruce  Street 

1382  Charles  Street  and  Revere  Street 

1383  Charles  Street  and  Mt.  Vernon  Street 
1385  Beacon  Street  and  Beaver  Street 
1521  Church  Street  and  Winchester  Street 


100 


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APPENDIX  D 


SANITARY  DIVISION 


Public  Works  Department 


101 


TABLE  1 

PAYMENTS  TO  REFUSE  COLLECTION  CONTRACTORS 
FIRST  3 MONTHS  — JANUARY  - MARCH 


District 


Contractor 


Total  3 Months’ 
Payments 


1A  Charlestown 

IB  Boston  Proper 

2 Jamaica  Plain 

3 Dorchester  (North) . 

4 Brighton 

5 South  Boston 

6 West  Roxbury 

7 Dorchester  (South) . 

8 Hyde  Park 

9 East  Boston 


10  Roxbury . 


Banco  Corporation 

James  A.  Freaney,  Inc 

Joseph  Amara  & Sons,  Inc 

Jeffries  Disposal  Corporation 

J.  F,  Ryan,  Inc 

Banco  Corporation 

M & C Corporation 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston  . 

Howard  Disposal  Corporation 

Banco  Corporation 

Dooley  Brothers,  Inc 


$21,863  00 
115,029  00 
71,964  00 
151,636  00 
96,669  00 
37,846  00 
103,728  00 
155,352  00 
59,141  00 
65,210  00 
137,041  00 


Total  3 Months. 


$1,015,479  00 


TABLE  2 

PAYMENTS  TO  REFUSE  COLLECTION  CONTRACTORS 
LAST  9 MONTHS  — APRIL  1,  TO  DECEMBER  31,  INCLUSIVE 


District 


Contractor 


Total  9 Months’ 
Payments* 


Charlestown 

Banco  Corporation 

Boston  Proper 

James  A.  Freaney,  Inc 

Jamaica  Plain 

Joseph  Amara  & Sons,  Inc 

Dorchester  (North) 

Jeffries  Disposal  Corporation 

Brighton 

J.  F.  Ryan,  Inc 

South  Boston 

Banco  Corporation 

W est  Roxbury 

M & C Corporation 

Dorchester  (South) 

United  Contracting  Company,  Inc.,  of  Boston .... 

Hyde  Park 

Howard  Disposal  Corporation 

East  Boston 

Banco  Corporation 

Roxbury 

Dooley  Brothers,  Inc 

Last  9 Months  Total. 
First  3 Months  Total. 


$68,999  00 
374,021  00 
234,282  00 
488,612  00 
320,193  00 
119,356  00 
349,466  00 
517,035  00 
203,774  00 
208,403  00 
425,624  00 


$3,309,765  00 
1,015,479  00 


Collection  Grand  Total. 


$4,325,244  00 


‘Includes  increase  labor  costs 


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TABLE  3 

SUNDRY  PAYMENTS,  DISPOSAL 
Removal  of  Garbage 

Transfer  Station 
Victory  Road: 

KristofT  Brothers,  twelve  months  at  $1,300.00  per  month.  $15,600  00 

Gardner  Street: 

Kennedy  Brothers,  twelve  months  at  $1,300.00  per  month  . 15,600  00 

$31,200 

Payments  for  Removal  of  Incinerator  Residue 
First  three  months,  January-March 

Howard  Disposal  Corporation,  16,141  tons  at  $1.39  per  ton  . $22,436  00 

April-December 

L.  Guerini,  Inc.,  58,172  tons  at  $1.44  per  ton  ....  83,767  00 

106,203 

Payments  for  Cover  Material  for  Gardner  Street 
First  three  months,  January-March 

West  Roxbury  Crushed  Stone,  27,500  tons  at  $1.00  per  ton.  . $27,500  00 

Last  nine  months,  April-December 

West  Roxbury  Crushed  Stone,  116,768  tons  at  $1.12  per  ton  130,780  00 

158,280 

Payments  for  Removal  of  Derelict  Automobiles 
First  three  months,  January-March 

J.  Nissenbaum  & Company,  34  cars  at  $2.50  each  . . . $85  00 

Last  nine  months,  April-December 

Arnold  Aronoff,  157  cars  at  $4.40  each 690  80 

776 
$296,459 


00 

00 

00 

00 

00 


Disposal  Contractors  Grand  Total 
Contractors  Grand  Total. 


$4,621,703  00 


Public  Works  Department 


103 


TABLE  4 

EXPENDITURES  IN  1969 


Payments  to  refuse  collection  contractors $4,325,244  00 

Payments  for  removal  of  garbage 31,200  00 

Payments  for  removal  of  derelict  automobiles 776  00 

Payments  for  removal  of  incinerator  residue 106,203  00 

Payments  for  cover  material  for  Gardner  Street 158,280  00 


Total  collection  and  disposal  contract  payments $4,621,703  00 

Payroll  Totals: 

Administrative  and  General  Services $78,918  00 

Collection  Section 787,492  00 

Disposal  Section 770,114  00 


Subtotal $1,636,524  00 

Temporary  employees 30,015  00 

Overtime  payrolls 237,102  00 


Subtotal $267,117  00 


Total  payrolls 1,903,641  00 

Incinerator  operation  and  maintenance  costs  (other  than  labor)  . . . 115,065  00 

Supplies  and  materials  (other  than  incinerator) 17,045  00 

Rental  of  refuse  containers  and  other  costs  for  community  cleanup  . . . 9,413  00 

Miscellaneous  (advertising,  rental  of  equipment,  etc.) 8,939  00 


Grand  total  expenditures $6,675,806  00 


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(2) 


(3) 

<4) 

(5) 

<6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

(10) 


(11) 


(12) 


TABLE  5 

1969  OPERATING  COSTS 


Administrative  Section 


Payroll 

Office  supplies 

$51,085  00 
1,898  00 

Collection  Section 

Collection  Contracts  .... 

Payroll 

Advertisements,  etc.  .... 

$4,325,244  00 
293,345  00 
6,844  00 

Lot  cleaning 

Payroll 

Materials  and  tools 

$162,566  00 
1,098  00 

Alley  cleaning 

Payroll 

Materials  and  tools 

$189,893  00 
559  00 

Litter  baskets 

Payroll 

New  baskets  and  parts  .... 

$83,614  00 
6,250  00 

Market  cleaning 

Payroll 

$32,120  00 

Abandoned  cars 

Contractor 

Payroll 

Material 

$776  00 
8,510  00 
558  00 

Cleanup  campaign 

Payroll 

Posters 

Equipment  and  supplies  .... 

$732  00 
2,078  00 
7,335  00 

Education  and  enforcement 

Payroll 

Transportation  and  uniforms 

$104,296  00 
582  00 

Disposal  Section 
Incinerator 

Payroll  (Income,  overtime  and  tem- 
porary employees)  .... 

Maintenance 

Residue  haul  — 25  percent  of  total  . 

$892,579  00 
115,065  00 
26,551  00 

Amortization  of  plant 

Principle 

Interest 

$269,000  00 
88,281  00 

Gardner  Street  Sanitary  Landfill 

Payroll 

Cover  material  — gravel 

Cover  material  — residue  75  percent  of 

haul 

Hire  of  equipment  and  other  material 

$84,900  00 
158,280  00 

79,653  00 
8,097  00 

Garbage  disposal 

Victory  Road 

Gardner  Street 

$15,600  00 
15,600  00 

$52,983  00 

4,625,533  00 

163,664  00 

190,452  00 

89,864  00 
32,120  00 

9,844  00 

10,145  00 
104,878  00 

1,034,195  00 
357,281  00 

330,930  00 


31,200  00 


Public  Works  Department 


105 


TABLE  6 


1969 

UNIT  COSTS 

<1) 

Administrative 

$52,983 

Approximately  0.80  percent  of  total  cost 

<2) 

Refuse  collection 
$4,625,533 

308,470  tons  a year 

$15  00  a ton 

<3) 

Vacant  lots 

$163,664 

4,245  lots 

$38  55  a lot 

<4) 

Alley  cleaning 
$190,452 

2,766  tons  a year 

$68  85  a ton 

<5) 

Litter  baskets 
$89,864 

856  baskets 

220,000  servicings 

$0  41  a servicing 

<6) 

Market  cleaning 
$32,120 

2,301  tons  a year 

$13  96  a ton 

<7) 

Abandoned  vehicles 
$9,844 

436  vehicles 

$22  58  a car 

(8) 

Cleanup  campaign 
$10,145 

(9) 

Education  and  Enforcement 

$104,878 

Approximately  1.57  percent  of  total  cost 

{10)  Incinerator 

$1,034,195  — operations 
137,138  tons  a year 
$357,281  amortization 

(11)  Gardner  Street  Sanitary  Landfill 
$330,931 

194,477  tons  a year 

<12)  Garbage  Disposal 
$31,200 

7,390  tons  a year 


$7  54  a ton 
$2  61  a ton 

$1  70  a ton 

$4  22  a ton 


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APPENDIX  E 


SEWER  DIVISION 


Public  Works  Department 


107 


TABLE  1 


SEWER  USE  — 1969 

Balances  from  1968  Appropriations 

Receipts  : 

Sewer  Use $3,216,164  38 

Tax  Title 51,600  63 


Expenditures  : 

Sewer  Service 

$885,599  91 

Pensions  and  Annuities  . 

159,828  48 

Public  Works  Department 

227,611  00 

Data  Processing  Unit 

67,038  00 

Collecting  Division  .... 

85,385  00 

Pensions,  State-Boston  . 

82,202  00 

Debt  and  Interest  .... 

838,071  11 

MDC  Assessment  .... 

3,399,215  88 

Carried  Forward  to  1970 

Less  1968  (Overestimate  Appropriated) 

Net  Deficit 

MDC  Assessment  .... 

$3,399,215  88 

MDC  Payment 

2,010,794  11 

Contingency  Reserve! 

$1,388,421  77 

Non-Revenue  Expenditures — 1969 

Sewerage  Works  Loan: 

Office  and  Engineers’  Salaries. 

$246,653  25 

Land  Takings 

12,100  00 

Miscellaneous  Bills  .... 

10,967  87 

Service  Orders 

217  00 

Contracts 

1,227,314  78 

$1,497,252  90 

Boston  Redevelopment  Projects: 

Washington  Park  .... 

$192,571  81 

Government  Center  .... 

44,298  62 

South  End 

33,999  67 

$270,870  10 

* Indicates  deficit. 
fAwaiting  result  of  court  suit. 


$10,584  43 


3,267,765  01 
$3,278,349  44 


5,744,951  38 

$2,466,601  94* 
8,491  08 

$2,475,093  02* 
1,455,932  63 

$1,019,160  39* 


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TABLE  2 

SUMMARY  OF  SEWER  CONSTRUCTION  FOR  TWELVE  MONTHS 
ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1969 


District 

Built  by 
City,  Either 
by  Contract 
or  Day 
Labor 

Built  by 
Private 
Parties 

Shared  by 
City  and 
Government 

Total  Lengths  Built 

Linear  Feei 

Linear  Feei 

Linear  Feei 

Linear  Feel 

Miles 

City  Proper 

1,716 

478 

6,580 

8,774 

1.671 

Roxbury 

283 

— 

16,118 

16,401 

3.125 

South  Boston 

316.60 

— 

— 

316.60 

.059 

East  Boston 

1,876.90 

— 

— 

1,876.90 

.355 

Charlestown 

— 

— 

2,568* 

2,568 

.486 

Brighton 

504 

— 

— 

504 

.009 

West  Roxbury 

5,742.80 

— 

— 

5,742.80 

1.087 

Dorchester 

469.88 

— 

— 

469.88 

.088 

Hyde  Park 

5,786.20 

— 

— 

5,786.20 

1.095 

Totals 

16,695.38 

478 

25,266 

42,439.38 

7.975 

*100  percent  Government 


TABLE  3 

SUMMARY  OF  SEWER  CONSTRUCTION  FOR  FIVE  YEARS  TO 
DECEMBER  31,  1969 


1965 

1966 

1967 

1968 

1969 

Built  by  city  by  contract  or 
day  labor 

Linear  Feet 
21,937.00 

Linear  Feei 
24,308.00 

Linear  Feet 
19,823.50 

Linear  Feei 
16.691.00 

Linear  Feet 
16,695.38 

Built  by  private  parties 

2,613.00 

530.00 

— 

445.00 

478.00 

Shared  by  city  and  government. . 

16,509.00 

36,182 . 00 

8,553.70 

9,408.00 

25,266.00 

Totals 

41.059.00 

61,020.00 

28,377.20 

26,544.00 

42,439.38 

TABLE  4 

TOTAL  LENGTH  OF  SEWERS 

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  previous  to  January  1,  1969 

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  between  January  1 and  Decem- 
ber 31,  1969  

Common  sewers  and  surface  drains  built  ending  December  31,  1969. 

Abandoned  sewers  in  1969 


Miles 

1,381.762 

7.975 

1,389.737 

.801 


Total  miles 


1,388.936 


Public  Works  Department 


109 


TABLE  5 

CATCH  BASINS  UNDER  JURISDICTION  OF  SEWER  DIVISION 


District 

Catch  Basins  for 
Twelve  Months  Ending 
December  31,  1969 

Net 

Increase 

Total  for  Entire  City 

Number 

Built 

or 

Rebuilt 

N umber 
Abandoned 
or 

Removed 

Previous 
Report  through 
December 
31,  1968 

Grand 
Total  to 
December 
31, 1969 

City  Proper 

42 

7 

35 

3,821 

3,856 

Roxbury 

93 

31 

62 

3,644 

3,706 

South  Boston 

2 

2 

0 

1,531 

1,531 

East  Boston 

12 

8 

4 

1,259 

1,263 

Charlestown 

15 

0 

15 

871 

886 

Brighton 

2 

0 

2 

2,184 

2,186 

West  Roxbury 

21 

0 

21 

4,921 

4,942 

Dorchester 

0 

0 

0 

5,825 

5,825 

Hyde  Park 

46 

0 

46 

1,655 

1,701 

Totals 

233 

48 

185 

25,711 

25,896 

Previously  built* 

17 

17 

Built  in  1969  * 

6 

Total  existing  basins 

25,919 

* Under  Highway  Division  contracts 


TABLE  6 

MAINTENANCE  SECTION 

Complaints  received  and  investigated 

Complaints  received  and  requiring  maintenance  service 

Sewers  repaired  by  city  forces  and  emergency  repairs  contractor  (linear  feet) . 

Sewers  cleaned  (miles) 

House  drains  constructed,  repaired,  and  inspected 

Sealed-off  drains  inspected  at  sites  of  demolished  buildings 

Municipal  liens  reported  to  City  Collector 

Catch  basins  and  manholes  repaired  by  city  forces  and  emergency  repairs 

contractor 

Catch  basins  cleaned 

Drop  inlets  cleaned 


1969 

6,948 

3,733 

620 

6.14 

269 

376 

5,145 

373 

4,131 

210 


TABLE  7 


CALF  PASTURE  PUMPING  STATION 

1969  1968  1967 

Sewage  pumped 6,517  MG  8,122  MG  33,510  MG 

Sewage  pumped  — average  flow  . . 17.83  MGD  22.25  MGD  91.81  MGD 

Pumping  cost  per  MG  ....  $47.62  $34.19  $11.71 


MG  = million  gallons 

MGD  = million  gallons  per  day 


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Public  Works  Department 


115 


APPENDIX  F 


WATER  DIVISION 


116 


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METER  SHOP  AND  YARDS 

Nonregistering 5,124 

No  Forces 754 

Connecting  Pieces  Installed 1,119 

New  Services 191 

Connecting  Pieces  Taken  out 949 

Total  Meters  Installed 6,010 


TABLE  1 

METERS  INSTALLED  IN  1969 


Month 

Diameter 

in  Inches 

Total 

% 

X 

1 

IX 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

382 

18 

14 

14 

6 

2 

1 

0 

437 

February 

306 

12 

3 

13 

4 

2 

2 

0 

342 

March 

292 

10 

7 

8 

9 

1 

2 

0 

329 

April 

463 

14 

12 

8 

6 

1 

1 

0 

505 

May 

493 

9 

12 

12 

5 

1 

1 

0 

533 

J une 

800 

15 

10 

22 

20 

0 

3 

0 

870 

July 

682 

10 

5 

10 

4 

1 

0 

0 

712 

August 

730 

10 

8 

12 

20 

2 

6 

0 

778 

September 

391 

5 

5 

26 

28 

0 

1 

0 

456 

October 

438 

2 

2 

12 

3 

2 

0 

0 

459 

November 

306 

2 

32 

1 

6 

1 

0 

1 

349 

December 

195 

6 

22 

4 

13 

0 

0 

0 

240 

Totals 

5,478 

103 

132 

142 

124 

13 

17 

1 

6,010 

Public  Works  Department 


117 


TABLE  2 

METERS  TAKEN  OUT  IN  1969 


Diameter  in  Inches 

Total 

X 

X 

1 

IX 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

373 

18 

7 

9 

9 

1 

1 

0 

418 

February 

322 

9 

3 

7 

6 

2 

1 

0 

350 

March 

301 

5 

7 

2 

6 

2 

0 

0 

323 

April 

369 

12 

8 

5 

3 

0 

0 

0 

397 

May 

416 

10 

12 

10 

5 

0 

0 

0 

453 

June 

841 

12 

10 

20 

15 

0 

0 

0 

898 

July 

709 

5 

3 

8 

3 

2 

0 

0 

730 

August 

713 

13 

5 

16 

15 

2 

3 

0 

767 

. September 

532 

2 

2 

10 

9 

0 

0 

0 

555 

October 

454 

1 

1 

8 

3 

1 

0 

0 

468 

November 

594 

2 

26 

1 

5 

0 

0 

1 

629 

December 

349 

6 

13 

2 

6 

0 

0 

0 

376 

Totals 

5,973 

95 

97 

98 

85 

10 

5 

1 

6,364 

TABLE  3 

CONNECTING  PIECES  INSTALLED  IN  1969 


Month 

Diameter 

in  Inches 

Total 

% 

% 

IX 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

25 

5 

5 

3 

2 

0 

0 

0 

40 

February 

30 

5 

2 

1 

2 

0 

0 

0 

40 

March 

35 

3 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

41 

April 

39 

5 

3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

48 

May 

30 

6 

3 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

41 

June 

50 

6 

4 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

61 

July 

39 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

42 

August 

80 

3 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

85 

September 

104 

2 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

108 

October 

105 

1 

1 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

109 

November 

272 

4 

1 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

280 

December 

218 

3 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

224 

Totals 

1,027 

46 

25 

15 

6 

0 

0 

0 

1,119 

118 


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TABLE  4 

CONNECTING  PIECES  TAKEN  OUT  IN  1969 


Month 

Diameter  in  Inches 

Total 

X 

X 

• 

IX 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

30 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

33 

February 

37 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

40 

March 

70 

4 

1 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

77 

April 

85 

1 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

89 

May 

62 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

65 

June 

62 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

64 

July 

65 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

68 

August 

80 

4 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

87 

September 

70 

1 

0 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

74 

October 

160 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

162 

November 

90 

2 

6 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

99 

December 

86 

2 

2 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

91 

Totals 

897 

23 

17 

7 

5 

0 

0 

0 

949 

TABLE  5 

METERS  REPAIRED  IN  SHOP  IN  1969 


Month 

Diameter 

in  Inches 

Total 

X 

X 

1 

IX 

2 

3 

4 

6 

January 

169 

5 

8 

5 

8 

0 

0 

0 

195 

February 

173 

2 

1 

0 

9 

2 

0 

0 

187 

March 

145 

17 

0 

0 

3 

2 

0 

0 

167 

April 

100 

16 

7 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

124 

May 

80 

12 

6 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

100 

June 

75 

12 

8 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

99 

July 

85 

25 

20 

6 

8 

0 

0 

0 

144 

August 

66 

8 

4 

2 

6 

0 

0 

0 

86 

September 

205 

11 

7 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

223 

October 

265 

11 

7 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

284 

November 

288 

4 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

296 

December 

210 

2 

12 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

226 

Totals 

1,861 

125 

84 

16 

40 

5 

0 

0 

2,131 

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119 


TABLE  6 

REASONS  FOR  METER  CHANGES  — 1969 


Month 

No 

Forces 

Nonregistering 

Spindle 

Leaks 

Frozen 

Meters 

New 

Service 

Demolitions 

Clock 

Changes 

Special 

Test 

Discontinued 

Service 

Coupling 

Leaks 

Interior 

Changes 

January 

73 

300 

9 

2 

12 

10 

5 

12 

10 

7 

5 

February 

65 

257 

8 

3 

9 

9 

4 

11 

7 

2 

3 

March 

50 

273 

9 

1 

5 

7 

3 

8 

4 

4 

2 

April 

45 

352 

10 

0 

32 

10 

2 

12 

3 

2 

2 

May 

50 

483 

7 

0 

24 

8 

1 

6 

3 

1 

0 

June 

80 

790 

8 

0 

10 

12 

2 

7 

4 

2 

1 

July 

81 

697 

7 

0 

10 

5 

4 

3 

2 

2 

2 

August 

86 

692 

6 

0 

12 

2 

0 

5 

2 

2 

1 

September 

56 

400 

4 

0 

45 

3 

0 

26 

3 

3 

0 

October 

69 

390 

6 

0 

8 

2 

1 

9 

0 

1 

0 

November 

49 

300 

7 

0 

10 

5 

2 

5 

2 

1 

0 

December 

50 

190 

4 

2 

14 

5 

3 

12 

2 

2 

0 

Totals 

754 

5,124 

85 

8 

191 

78 

27 

116 

42 

29 

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