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ANNUAL REPORT
Street Department
lOilli Compliments of
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Superintendent of Streets.
PLEASE EXCHANGE.
BOSTON:
Municipal Printing Office,
1897.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Street Department
CITY OF BOSTON.
1896.
BOSTON:
Municipal Printing Office,
1897.
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2010 with funding from
Boston Public Library
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CONTENTS.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
PAGE
Appendices 48
Appropriation, Maintenance,
1896 2
Appropriation, Street Im-
provements 3
Construction under the
"323 " Act 4
Blue Hill Avenue 5
Brighton Avenue 9
Clinton Street, Widening . 9
Columbus Avenue 6
Commonwealth Avenue . . 6
Huntington Avenue 8
Employment of Labor ... 42
Expenditures:
Street Department(6 years) 2
Blue Hill and other Ave-
nues 3
Laying Out and Construc-
tion of Highways 3
Maintenance and Specials 4
New Ferry Landing 4
South Union Station 4
Stony Brook Improvement 4
Grade and number of Em-
ployees 43
Horses 34
Labor 35
Organization 2
Purchase of Supplies 34
Smoke ISTuisance 36
Speedway 7
Stables and Buildings 35
Summary of work per-
formed during 1896 :
Bridge Division 46
Ferry Division 46
Paving Division 47
Sanitary Division
Sewer Division
Street Cleaning Division . .
Street Watering Division .
Towboat " Cormorant " . .
PAGE
47
47
47
48
36
Boston and Cambridge
Beidgks:
Draw Openings 42
Expenditures 41
Canal or Craigie's Bridge. . . 38
Harvard Bridge 38
Prison Point Bridge 39
West Boston Bridge 39
Statement of Traffic 40
Beidge Division:
AiDpropriations 30
Appropriation Necessary. . . 31
Expenditures 30
Foundry Street Yard 31
Work performed during
1896 31
Fekky Division:
Appropriations 31
Exjpenditures 31
New Ferry Landing 31
Work performed during
1896 32
Paving Division:
Appropriations 9
Expenditures 9
Output of Stone fi'om City
Crushers 10
Permits, Charges for 11
Repaving in the business
section 13
VI
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Stone Crushers 10
Street Cleaning 11
Street Signs 11
Sanitary Division:
Appropriation 28
Expenditures 28
Disposal of Ashes and Gar-
bage ... 28
Fort Hill Wharf 29
Highland-Street Yard 29
Horseshoeing Plant 29
Sewek Division:
Appropriations 13
B and Seventh-Streets Out-
let 17
Canal-Street Sewer System, 14
Dorchester Brook 16
Expenditures 13
Forest Avenue Section 15
Gruild Row Relief Sewer. ... 16
High Level Sewers 25
Maintenance 26
Main Drainage System 23
PAGE
Pumping Station 10
Sewer Rental Act 11
Shamrock Street Outlet 15
Stony Brook Improvement, 17
History of 17
Work performed during 18
1896 18
Work Necessary 19
Surface Drainage 20
Work in Charge of Division, 13
Street Cleaning Division:
■A-Ppropriation 29
Expenditures 29
Relations of Board of Police
and this Division 30
Work performed during 1896, 29
Street Watering Division:
Appropriation . 32
Expenditures 32
Electric Car Sprinkling Ser-
vice 33
Work jierf ormed during 1896, 33
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER.
(Page 49-)
Appropriation , Central
Office 49
Expenditures, Central Office, 49
Areas of Pavements 87
Blue Hill aud Other Ave-
nues :. . . . 56
Comparative Table 51
Financial Statement 50
Income . 88
List of Contracts 58-81
Laying Out and Construc-
tion of Highways 55
PAGE
Recapitulation of Expend-
itures 56
Special Appropriations 52-55
Street Building under chap.
323, Acts of 1891 57
Street Mileage and Char-
acter of Pavements 86
Streets Paved with Sicilian
Rock Asphalt 84
Streets Paved with Trinidad
Lake Asphalt 82
CONTENTS.
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APPENDIX A.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BRIDGE
DIVISION. (Page 89-)
Bridges wholly Supported
by Boston 12.5
Bridges of which Boston
Supports the Part within
its Limit 127
Bridges of which Boston
Pays a Part of the Cost of
Maintenance 127
Bridges Supported by Rail-
road Corporations 127
Broadway Bridge 90
Cable-house and Boxes 121
Charles River Bridge 90
Congi-ess Street Bridge 89
Cottage Farm Bridge 91
Dartmouth Street Bridge,
Smoke Fenders 90
Draw-tenders' Reports 134
Draw-tenders' Reports (five
years) 139
Exj)enditures 91
Financial Statement 92
Income 94
In General 90
Inland Bridges:
Expenditures 108
Recapitulation 115
List of small Bridges and
Culverts 130
Maintenance Expenditures,
North and South Yards . . 116
Maiden Bridge 89
Meridian Street Bridge 89
Mount Washington Avenue
Bridge 89
Public Landing Places . ... 131
Recapitulation of Bridges . . 129
Rox. Crossing, Footbridge
over ]Sr.Y.,N.H. & H. R.R. 90
Special Appropriations 93
Special Appropriations (De-
tails) 118
Statement of Traffic on
North and South Bridges, 133
Tidewater Bridges :
Expenditures 95
Recapitulation 107
Width of Draw-openings . . . 136
AVidth of Bridges 138
APPENDIX B.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FERRY DIVISION.
(Page 141.)
PAGE
Actual Standing 146
Cash Statement 144
Difference of Travel on
North and South Ferries . 147
Expenditures 145
Financial Statement 141
Income 143
PAGE
Pleasure Carriage Tickets . .
149
Receipts at North and South
Ferries
143
Special Appropriations
142
Team Tickets
149
Ticket Statement
148
Total Travel
148
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CONTENTS.
APPENDIX C.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
DIVISION. (Page 150.)
OF PAVING
PAGE
Appropriations (6 years) . . . 150
Districts 151
Expenditures (6 years) 150
Financial Statement (Main-
tenance) 153
Financial Statement (Main-
tenance and Specials) .... 155
Income 155
ISTew Brick Sidewalks 275
New Edgestones 270
Objects of Expenditures
(Maintenance) ........... 154
Permit Office 151
Permit Office (Details) .... 284
Property in charge of the
Division 279
Schedules of Expendi-
tures :
Schedule A 156
Schedule B. (Executions of
Court, etc. ) 156
Schedule C. (In excess of
special appropriations). 156
Schedule D 1.58
Blue Hill Avenue 234
Columbus Avenue 238
Commonwealth Avenue . . 241
Huntington Avenue 242
Laying Out and Construc-
tion of Highways 254
Special Appropriations. . . 159
Street Improvements (New
Wards) 186
Street Improvements ( Old
Wards) 165
Sumiuary of Expenditures:
Blue Hill and other Ave-
nues 253
Laying Out and Construc-
tion of Highways 254
Paving Division, Specials. 247
Street Improvements 247
Snow and Ice 152
Stone Crushers 152
Streets Discontinued 283
Streets laid out or Ex-
tended 281
Street Names Changed 283
Sti-eets ordered consti-ucted, 283
Streets widened and relo-
cated 282
Street Numbering 286
Street Signs 151
Work in charge of the Divi-
sion 150
Work to be Pei-formed 152
CONTENTS.
IX
APPENDIX D.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SANITARY
DIVISION. (Page 287.)
PAGE
Amount of Ashes, etc., Ke-
moved 290
Amount of House Offal Ke-
moved 288
Amount received from other
Divisions for work Per-
formed 308
Ash Contracts 296
Com]3ai'ative State in en t,
Ashes, etc., Collected .... 291
Contracts 300
Cost of Horsehoeing 304
Disposal of Material Col-
lected 297
Disposal of Offal and Gar-
bage 287
Disposal of Offal (5 years) . . 289
Division Eepair Shops :
Harness Shop 303
Horseshoeing Shop 303
Paint Shop 302
Wheelwright Shop 302
Dtimijing Boats 296
Final Disposition of all
Materials Collected 291
Financial Statement 292
Force Employed 290
Hay and Grain 309
House Dirt and Ashes 301
PAGE
House Offal 301
Income 292
ISIaintenance Statement (.5
years) 287
Materials Collected (5 years) 298
Materials Collected by Dis-
tricts 297
Material Collected, Cost of
Hired Teams, including
Contracts 299
Material sold by Contract . . 300
N"otice to Housekeepers and
Tenants 288
Object of Expenditures.... 293
Offal Contracts 296
Organization 314
Recapitulation Hay and
Grain 312
-Eevenue House Offal (5
years) 301
Schedule of Property 313
Shops at the South Yard ... 288
Signs painted 307
Total Cost of Removal of
House Dirt, Ashes and
Offal 295
Vehicles Repaired, etc 305
Wagons 314
CONTENTS.
APPENDIX E.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWER
DIVISION. (Page 315.)
Details of Cost and Construc-
tion 406
Difficulties met with 317
Financial Statement 364
Main Drainage:
Expenses of Disposal of
Sewage from Metropol-
itan System by City of
Boston, to be borne by
Metropolitan Sewerage
Commission 360
History of, and Work Per-
formed 352
Interest on cost of Main
Drainage System used
by Metropolitan System
to be borne by Metro-
politan Sewerage Com-
mission 362
Population and Water Con-
sumption of Metropoli-
tan System :
Charles Paver Valley 358
Neponset Eiver Valley . . . 359
Proposed acquisition of
Main Drainage System
by Metropolitan Sewer-
age Commission 355
Sewage from the Metropoli-
tan System:
Charles Eiver Valley 360
Neponset Eiver Valley . . . 360
Organization 315
Pumping Station. Eecord
of Pumping 404
Eainfall 403
Eecapitulation 400
Schedule of Property 405
Sludge Account 405
Summary of Sewer Con-
struction 401
Summary of Sewer Con-
struction (5 years) 406
Surface Drainage 338
Brighton, Length and
Cost :
Dorchester, Length and
Cost
West Eoxbury, Length
and Cost
Brighton, Drainage Area..
Dorchester, Drainage
Area
West Eoxbury, Drainage
Area
Ventilation of Sewers
Work Performed for, and
paid by Paving Division. .
Work in charge of the Divi-
sion
Sewers Built by Contract or
Day Labor:
South Boston
East Boston
Charlestown
Brighton 395
West Eoxbury 381
Dorchester 385
Eoxbury , 376
City Proper 368
Work Performed and Work
'Necessary to be Per-
formed:
South Boston
East Boston
Charlestown
Brighton 323
West Eoxbury 324
Dorchester 326
Eoxbury 330
City Proper 333
341
340
341
348
342
345
303
400
315
373
371
372
319
320
323
CONTENTS.
XI
APPENDIX F.
REPORT OF DEPUTY
CLEANING
Civil Service
Conclusion
Cost of Cleaning Streets . . .
Crowded Sections
Districts
Dumps
Equipment
Financial Statement
Force Employed
Income
Loads of Street Dirt Re-
moved
Miscellaneous
Object of Expenditures ....
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREET
DIVISION. (Page 437.)
PAGE
440
441
447
439
437
440
438
442
448
447
448
446
442
PAGE
Paper Nuisance 440
Public Waste Barrels 448
Pusli Cart System 439
Recapitulation of Expendi-
tures 445
Relation of this Division to
Paving Division 441
Snovr Work 440
Stable and Yard Expenses . . 446
Stock Account 446
Subway 439
Violation of City Ordi-
nances 438
APPENDIX G.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERiNTENDENT OF STREET
WATERING DIVISION. (Page 449-)
PAGE
Auxiliary Force 450
Distribution of Carts 455
Electric Sprinkling Cars . . . „450
Expenditures (six years) . . . 451
Financial Statement 451
Income 453
Object of Expenditures 452
Subscription Work 454
PAGE
Summary of Day Work 453
Water Consumption 450
Watering done Free of Cost
to City 455
Watering Paved Streets .... 454
Work Performed during 1896, 449
Water Posts and Stand Pipes, 456
Xll
CONTENTS.
APPENDIX H.
REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER ON SPECIAL WORK
(Page 457.)
PAGE
Blue Hill Avenue 457
Bridge Construction, etc. . . 473
Brighton Avenue 460
Columbus Avenue 458
Commonwealth Avenue .... 460
East Boston Ferries 474
Grading Street Kailway
Tracks 469
PAGE
Huntington Avenue 459
Street work in 1896 (New
Work) 466
Street work in 1896 ('Kepav-
ing) 461
APPENDIX
REPORT OF CHIEF SMOKE INSPECTOR (Page 475-)
PAGE
Boiler Applications 481
Boiler Plants 479
Coal Importations 480
Observations Taken 476
PAGE
Special Eeports 482
Summary 478
Summary of Work done . . . 483
Table of Observations 477
APPENDIX J.
FORMER SUPERINTENDENTS AND DOCUMENT NUM-
BERS OF ANNUAL REPORTS. (Page 484.)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Broadway Bridge , 90
Central Street Sewer (Old Construction) 14
Central Street Sewer (New Construction) 334
Centre Street Crusher (West Eosbui'y) 152
Columbus Avenue (Asphalt pavement and car tracks) 6
,D Street, under IST. Y., :N. H. & H. R.R. Co.'s tracks 17
Electric Car Sprinkler, location of hydrants for 32
Heath-Street Crusher, Bleiler ledge 10
Huntington Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, asphalt surface,
reserved space, and car tracks 8
Kemp-Street Outlet 320
Normandy Street Sewer, comparative size of house and storm
sewers 23'
Eadial Avenues 5
Stony Brook, Old Stone Channels (need of strengthening) 18
Stony Brook, Old Stone Channels (method of strengthening) .... 330
Stony Brook Construction, trench 20
Stony Brook Construction, masonry 316
Stony Brook Construction, rock excavation 318
St. Martin Street, artificial stone retaining walls, platforms, etc. . 168
Hon. Josiah QuiiTCY,
Mayor of the City of Boston :
Sir : In compliance with the Revised Ordinances, the
annual report of the operations and expenses of the Street
Department for the year 1896 is herewith respectfully sub-
mitted.
Organization.
The work of the department during the past year has
been carried on under the same organization that was
effected when^ the consolidated department was created in
1891 and as amended in 1895, the several divisions of the
department being as follows :
Central Office.
Boston and Cambridge Bridges.
Bridge Division.
Ferry Division.
Paving Division.
Sanitary Division.
Sewer Division.
Street-Cleaning Division.
Street-Watering Division.
Each of the above divisions, with the exception of the
Central Office and the Boston and Cambridge Bridges, is in
charge of a Deputy Superintendent.
The Boston and Cambridge Bridges are managed by two
commissioners, the Superintendent of Streets being the
commissioner for the city of Boston, the other commissione^r
being appointed by the Mayor of the city of Cambridge.
The year 1896 has been a most successful one in the
Street Department, inasmuch as in addition to the great
amount of new construction accomplished, a large amount of
most necessary work, which has been contemplated and
recommended for years past, has been completed, or is under
way.
2 City Document No. 20.
More extensive study than is given under this resume
of the year's work, with detail of figures and expenditure,
will be found in the division reports of the Deputy Superin-
tendents.
Mainteistance. — Appeopetations and Expenditures.
Appropriations
and transfers,
Expenditures .
1891-92.
13 monttis.
g-2,318,874 82
2,299,621 33
1892-93
82,528,859 52
2,487,095 87
1893-94.
g2,231,517 76
2,174,095 35
1894-96.
i,107,939 30
!,038,855 91
1895-96.
g2,165,018 56
2,140,177 63
1896-97.
53 weeks.
g2,088,690 05
2,134,944 49
The weekly pay-rolls of the department are made up to
the close of work Thursdays, approved Fridays, and charged
on the books of the City Treasurer Saturdays. Feb. 1,
1896, falling on a Saturday, one roll of the 1895 year was
paid from the 1896 appropriation, thus making fifty-three
payments. The amount of this roll was 122,155.12.
The money assigned for Street Depaitment work the past
year was made available under the following appropriations :
First. — Maintenance : At the commencement of the finan-
cial year, February 1, the department estimates of the
amounts necessary for the proper maintenance of the various
divisions are submitted to His Honor the Mayor, who.jnakes
such recommendation as he may deem proper to the City
Council. The appropriations passed for this purpose were
as follows :
Central Office .
Bridge Division
Cambridge and Boston Bridges
Ferry Division . ...
Paving Division
Sanitary Division
Sewer Division .
Street-Cleaning Division .
Street- Watering Division .
$19,000 00
120,000 00
13,000 00
218,000 00
630,000 00
435,000 00
280,000 00
300,000 00
70,000 00
Total
2,085,000 00
Street Department. 3
Second. — Special work done under loan appropriations for
permanent improvements : There was made available from
loan money, $25,000 for new or reconstruction work in
each of the twenty-five wards. Ward 23 receiving |25,000
additional, or a total of |650,000 for all.
In addition to the above amount, balances and orders
passed during the year for special items amounted as
follows :
Bridge Division 155,543 86
Ferry Division 742 94
Paving Division . ... . . 362,931 99
Sewer Division . . . . . . 205,343 80
Total '. . . . . . 1624,562 59
Third. — In 1891 an Act was passed by the Legislature
entitled, " An Act Relating to the Location, Laying Out,
and Construction of Highways in the City of Boston."
(Chap. 323.) From this fund new streets and sewers
assessable on the abutting property are built. The amount
expended the past year was :
Streets ' . 1174,961 88
Sewers . 435,538 20
Total . . ... . . 1610,500 08
Fourth. — In 1895 an Act was passed by the Legislature,
entitled, "An Act to Provide for the Laying Out and Con-
struction of Certain Highways in the City of Boston "
(commonly known as the Boulevard Act). (Chap. 334.)
The amount expended this year was as follows :
Streets $703,118 93
Sewers . . . . . . . 143,759 89
Total . . . . . . $846,878 82
4 City Document No. 29.
Fifth. — In 1896 an Act was passed by the Legislature,
entitled, "An Act Relative to Stony brook in the city of
Boston." (Chap. 530.) $500,000. The amount ' ex-
pended this year was $98,150.74.
Sixth. — In 1895 an Act was passed by the Legislature,
entitled, "An Act Relative to the Establishment of a New
Ferry Landing in the city of Boston." (Chap. 435.)
$500,000. The amount expended this year was $21,961.61.
Seventh. — In 1896 an Act was passed by the Legislature,
entitled, "An Act to Provide for a Union Station for Pas-
sengers on Railroads entering the southerly part of the city
of Boston." (Chap. 516.) The amount expended this
year was as follows:
Sewers $1,847 02
Thus the expenditures under the several appropriations of
the year 1896 were as follows:
Maintenance . . • .
Street huprovements (by wards)
Bridge, specials .
Ferry, specials .
Paving, specials
Sewer, specials .
Laying Out and Construction of Highways
Blue Hill and Other Avenues (Boulevard
Act) ....
Stony Brook Improvement .
New Ferry Landing .
South Union Station .
Total .
J,134,944 49
677,900 11
27,172 77
742 94
199,195 79
70,084 42
610,500 08
846,878 82
98,150 74
21,961 61
1,847 02
t,689,378 79
consteuction woek, streets and avenoes under "323 "
Act.
The following streets and avenues were under construc-
tion during the year, and have been wholly or partially
completed at an expenditure of $230,194.03 for both sewer
and surface work :
Abbotsford street.
Audubon road.
Bay State road.
Boylston street.
Brighton avenue.
Chamberlain street.
Clinton street.
Fenelon street.
Fullerton street
Gaylord street.
BOSTON
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Geneva avenue. Norway street;
Granby street. Parker street.
Greenbrier street Peterborough street.
Harvard avenue. Ruggles street.
Harvard street. Sherborn street.
Ivy street. St. Alphonsus street.
Josephine street. St. Germain street.
Kenraore street. Turner street.
Lauriat avenue. Vancouver street.
Morse street. Wilder street.
Newbury street. Wolcott street.
The work on the Boulevards commenced in 1895, has
made great progress this year. The original appropriation
for the reconstruction and building of the four avenues, in-
cluding land damages, was $2,800,000. The four avenues
are:
First : Blue Hill avenue.
Second: Columbus avenue.
Third: Commonwealth avenue.
Fourth : Huntington avenue.
In addition, Brighton avenue was ordered and constructed
under a special Act relating to the " Laying Out and Con-
struction of Highways Act."
The general design of the five radial avenues in their re-
lation to city parks and other points of interest to the pub-
lic is shown roughly in the accompanying sketch, the new
portions being marked in heavy black lines.
Blue Hill Avenue.
From the diagram it will be seen tha.t Blue Hill avenue
will form the most direct means of connection with Milton
and the Blue Hills Reservation of the Metropolitan Park
Commission, and, passing as it does the whole length of
Franklin Park and Field, and through a section noted for its
beautiful landscape views, it will be valued not only as a
driveway for pleasure carriages, but as a most desirable resi-
dential street convenient for electrical transit. One road-
way of this avenue in Telford macadam was built this year,
and the other will be completed during the working season
of 1897 to Walk Hill street. The remaining part from Walk
Hill street to Mattapan, involving the abolishment of the
grade crossing of the New Yoik, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, should be ordered as soon as possible.
6 City Document No. 29.
Columbus Avenue.
From Massachusetts avenue to within sixty feet north of
Station street has been constructed as an asphalt roadway
fifty-four feet in width from curb to curb, including a double
track with full grooved rails sixty feet long, flush in guard
and tread, with the asphalt surface. These rails were especially
designed and constructed for this avenue, and are put to trial
for the first time, and, if successful, will probably become the
standard rail for asphalt streets. It is the only sample of this
style of construction in the city.
From Massachusetts avenue to Terry street is laid with
Trinidad Lake asphalt. From Terry street to 'sixty feet
north of Station street with Sicilian Rock asphalt.
The section from Roxbury Crossing to Ritchie street is at
present occupied Avith Stony brook construction, and its
paved surface will be laid as soon as this and other under-
ground work are completed.
In the section from Ritchie street to West Walnut park
the sewer is nearly finished, and this section will be ready in
the early summer for contract for the street surface.
The last section from West Walnut park to Walnut
avenue is built of Telford macadam with granite edgestone
and brick sidewalks. This section opens into Franklin Park,
making Columbus avenue the most direct line to the Park
from the city proper.
COJMMON WEALTH-AVENUE EXTENSION.
A portion of the avenue, known as Commonwealth-avenue
extension, built under the " Boulevard "Act, extending from
Chestnut Hill avenue to the Newton line, was partly sewered
last year. This year the sewers have been completed, water
mains laid, and the construction of the roadway with Tel-
ford macadam finished.
The width is one hundred and twenty feet and a double
roadway of twelve-inch Telford macadam has been con-
structed during the past jea.r. This extension of the
avenue forms a connecting link between Boston and New-
ton, so that a continuous drive is possible without leaving
the boulevard from the Public Garden to the Charles river
at Auburndale, or a distance of 11.14 miles. Their total
length in Boston is 8.06 miles, and the total cost, exclusive
of land damages, will be within the total appropriations
therefor. The details of construction and of items of in-
terest relating to the above-named boulevards may be
gathered from the City Engineer's report.
Street Department.
Commonwealth Avenue.
That portion of Commonwealth avenue laid out under the
general law still remains to be finished.
Much work has been done this year, the most important of
which was the building of the bridge over tracks of the Bos-
ton & Albany Railroad at Cottage Farm, a most substantial
structure of stone and iron, with an asphalt surface.
Much work has also been done on the sidewalks and road-
ways, and the widening at a point beyond Washington street
carried on.
There remains a considerable further amount of work to
be done; the section from Warren to Chestnut Hill avenues,
to cost exclusive of sewers 1167,000, although one roadway
of the entire avenue is now in a safe and passable condition.
The construction of this avenue depends on an annual ap-
propriation, and the expenditure to date is within the en-
gineer's estimate.
The speedway, planned in 1895, to be built on the southerly
side of Commonwealth avenue, starting at Brighton avenue
and extending to Cottage-Farm bridge, a distance of five-
eights of a mile, was constructed this year. Great care was
taken, and the best advice of race-track experts solicited,
and under their direction a loam track was constructed. As
this matter of speedways has been agitated somewhat the
past year, I append herewith a letter written to His Honor
the Mayor, covering the views of this department:
Street Department, City Hall,
Boston, Dec. 9, 1896.
Hon. Josiah Quincy, Mayor :
Sir : I herewith inclose, without the approval of this department,
the request of the Board of Aldermen and citizens' petition for the
construction of a speedway on Blue Hill avenue, between Morton
street and Talbot avenue.
I am a firm believer in the establishment of a speedway, and this
year built such a road at Brighton, and this would have been more
successful had the lay of the land been more favorable. The draw-
backs discovered on this location are the same that would exist on
Blue Hill avenue. The proper construction of a speedway calls for
a deep loam road construction similar to a I'ace track. On this there
can be no crosswalks, and cross streets cause a depression, at the
point of intersection, and the crossing of teams makes speeding
dangerous.
The location should also be such that the speedway could be closed
within certain hours, so that heavy travel could be kept out without
a police watch such as has been necessary on Commonwealth avenue.
The part of Blue Hill avenue asked for this purpose has running
into it cross streets. Residents on these streets and teams entering
for the delivery of ice, coal and other purposes must cross or follow
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the speedway. Also,, to take the cars which run through the central
space of the avenue, peoi^le must cross without crosswalks ; and
the nature of a loam road makes this very muddy in wet weather.
The building up in the near future of the land bordering on the
speedway would ruin the road during operations ; and thereafter,
the householders might properly object to restrictions as to driving,
or standing a team opposite their houses, which must be enforced if
the object of the drive is to be maintained. The very considerable
expense attending the construction of a road of this kind should
prevent the location of a speedway in any but a fairly permanent
locality. In regard to the Blue Hill location the avenue was laid
out under chapter 323 of the Acts of 1891 and amendments thereto,
and a definite construction was ordered by the Street Commissioners.
One roadway has been completed, and the other let by contract, in
accordance with this order. Inasmuch as Blue Hill avenue is a
through turnpike road, had a speedway been contemplated, the lay
out would have been different.
On the Brighton speedway I have had located an inspector for the
sole purpose of determining its value to the horsemen and lovers
of fast driving, and his reports show that the idea is a most excel-
lent one ; but experience there proves my argument that a straight
stretch of land should be found along the line of the parkways, on
the 1 iver front, or in a reserved central space on some broad avenue,
Avhere travel of all kinds except the light and fast could be kept off
without detriment to the surrounding property or an unnecessary
expense to the police appropriation.
Eespectfully submitted,
Bekj. W. Wells,
Superintendent of Streets.
As an outcome of a meeting held at this office of some of
the fast horse owners in Boston, a committee was appointed,
and the matter laid before the Legislative Committee on
Metropolitan Affairs, requesting that an appropriation be pro-
vided by the Metropolitan Park Commissioners for the build-
ing of a speedway, as suggested in this letter.
Huntington Avenue.
From Copley square to Francis street has been entirely
reconstructed the past year, widened to one hundred feet,
with a central reserved space for the West End Street Rail-
way tracks twenty-five feet wide ; and from Francis street
to the Brookline line it is finished as a single roadway fifty-
four feet in width. All of Telford macadam except the part
between the Boston & Albany Railroad bridge and Gains-
borough street, which is laid in Sicilian Rock asphalt. This
avenue is a direct thoroughfare to Brookline and the Back
Bay parks, and is especially convenient for access to the
Mechanics Building, used as it is for exhibition purposes
that requires the transportation of bulky merchandise.
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Brighton Avenue.
The avenue extends from Commonwealth avenue to Union
square, and is 100 feet wide with a twenty-five foot reserved
space for the tracks of the West End Street Railway Com-
pany. It is built of Telford macadam, and also has two
roadways. This should be extended in a straight line to
the Watertown bridge, and would then become a popular
drive to Waltham.
These beautiful avenues, costing large sums of money, are
bound to be greatly appreciated, and the increase in land
values and the improvement in property will more than
repay for the outlay.
Vast areas of land, formerly of little value, are now made
available by the introduction through these new avenues of
sewers, water, gas, electric light, and electric cars.
Clinton- street Widening.
Another improvement, which will bring back many fold its
cost, is the widening of Clinton street at its junction with
Commercial street. This narrow street was like the neck of
a bottle. At all hours of the day in this busy locality might
be found delays and blockades of teams, extending many
squares, from this cause. The widening at this point has
fully overcome the difficulty, and is a great relief.
PAVING DIVISION.
Appropriation.
Maintenance. Specials.
1630,000 00 11,198,127 93
Expenditure.
Maintenance. Specials.
$628,675 46 1877,095 90
For expenditures under Laying Out and Construction of
Highways and Blue Hill and Other Avenues, see page 3.
This division has charge of the maintenance and recon-
struction of about four hundred and fifty -nine (459) miles of
streets.
These streets include all the different kinds of construc-
tion, from the simple gravel road for light suburban travel
to the heavy paved streets with concrete base.
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The immense quantities of Telford and cracked stone to be
required by the city in road building operations of the year,
and to be furnished by the Paving Division, was a subject of
careful study and preparation during the winter months.
The various crushers were inspected, and many changes
found necessary, both as regards the economy of operation
and in the line of improvement in the quality of the output.
Screens were changed, platforms raised, boilers and ma-
chinery overhauled, and every effort made to improve the
quality of stone used on the streets.
A new crushing plant was built at Bleiler's Ledge on
Heath street. The stone in this ledge has been known for
many years for its hardness. A portion of this plant was
brought from Kenney's Ledge where a double crusher had
been set up in 1895. The poor quality of the stone in that
ledge and the small quantity remaining made it advisable
not to continue the operation of a large plant at that point.
To replace the Roslindale crusher, which was a small,
crude, flat screen affair, supplied with stone from various un-
reliable sources, a model plant was erected on Centre street,
West Roxbury, in a large quarry of most excellent stone,
adjacent to an extensive territory needing in the near future
a great supply of cracked stone. This section of the city
has been growing very rapidly, and street improvement has
not kept pace with development of property, owing to
the lack of suitable road stock in the neighborhood for the
avenues, new streets, street improvements, and repairs.
Ceackbd stone. Ballast oe Telford.
Output of stone from city crushers.
Bleiler's ledge
Centre street crusher .
Chestnut Hill avenue crusher
Codman street ledge. ........
Commonwealth avenue ledge.
Dimock street crusher ...
Kenney street ledge
Eosseter street ledge
Totals ...
157,394
Crushed Stone.
Telford.
Tons.
Tons.
25,638
925
9,777
17,757
12,668
291
16,134
10,217
36,899
19,505
1,377
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Greater care was exercised in the care and cleaning of
the streets covered by the paving division and a special
patrol service for the collection of waste paper, loose stones,
etc., extended to the sections of the city not covered by the
street-cleaning division.
This division also has charge of the placing of street
signs. The work this year was unusually extensive owing
to the change in the ward lines, making necessary many
new signs.
Permits.
Under the law and by ordinance, permits, allowing cer-
tain work to be done on or within the streets, must be
obtained from the Superintendent of Streets. This requires
the maintenance of a special force by the Paving Division
for the purpose of issuing and keeping track of the permits,
and also requires the services of a large number of inspec-
tors whose duty it is to see that the conditions of the
permits are not violated. No charge has heretofore been
made.
Commencing Jan. 1, 1897, regulations for payment were
adopted, and the following circular issued :
CITY OF BOSTON
Street Department.
Notice to Corporations and Contractors.
On and after Jan. 1, 1897, a charge will be made for each permit
issued from the Permit Office of this Department in accordance with
the following schedule: —
Class A, $1.00 each.
Permits for the following purposes :
Ordinary excavations.
Laying drains.
Laying wires, conduits, and railroad tracks.
Occupying streets for erecting and repairing buildings, and other
purposes connected with buildings, when they do not become the
part of another permit.
Placing electric poles in the streets.
Placing coal holes and vaults under the sidewalks.
Moving buildings.
Feeding horses.
Selling fruit, etc., from buildings.
Occupying sidewalks for more than ten minutes for the purpose of
loading and unloading goods, (yearly permit.)
Driving cattle.
Wearing advertisement coat and hat, (yearly permit.)
Making emergency openings.
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Class B, $0.25 each.
Permits for the following purposes :
liaising and lowering goods into and from buildings.
Erecting signs.
Erecting and repairing awnings.
Selling from vehicles, pedlers, class 1.
Selling from receptacles, pedlers, class 2.
Selling from areas, pedlers, class 4.
Projecting electric lamps.
Distributing fine sand on pavements.
Occupying sidewalk and portion of street for cleaning snow from
roofs of buildings, (yearly permit.)
Watering sti'eets with watering carts.
On extension of permits, there will be a charge of f 0.25 each.
Benj. W. Wells,
Superintendent of Streets.
This system has thus far worked well, and the city put in
receipt of an estimated income of from twenty to thirty
thousand dollars a year.
Even with the most rigid inspection, however, the annual
loss to the city by the disturbance of the streets by the cor-
porations amounts to many thousands of dollars, and I
would recommend that the law be so amended as to require
a deposit by the corporations of a sum sufficient to pay for
the replacing of the streets in proper condition, and that
the city undertake that work.
The enforcement of the ordinance requiring a permit to
parties selling from area, Avindow or sidewalk has led to
better conditions, and is appreciated not only by the mer-
chants but the public.
The following clause in their permits has been maintained
and better results as regards the cleanliness of streets in
certain localities brought about :
CITY OF BOSTON".
Street Department Regulations.
This permit will be granted only to persons who are tenants of the
first story or basement of the buildings from which they sell, and who
are tax-payers of the City of Boston, and upon the express condition
that the pei'son to whom it is issued shall keep the street, within fifty
feet of his premises, free from all refuse paper and litter created by
the sale or handling of his wares. This permit must be shown to
police officers or any authorized person on application.
Failure to observe these regulations will be a suflScient cause for
the revocation of this permit.
Bekj. W. Wells,
Superintendent of Streets of the City of Boston.
The maintenance appropriation allowed for the Paving
Division is out of proportion to the demands made upon it.
Street Department.
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With the great increase of street mileage the past few years,
the appropriation allowed for the maintenance has grown
less, making it impossible to adopt a proper system whereby
the streets might be kept in such constant repair that recon-
struction would be required at less frequent intervals.
The need of a large outlay for repaying the business sec-
tion of the city is most apparent. Other large cities, such
as New York and Philadelphia, have in the past few years
repaved immense areas of streets ruined by the process of
placing underground wires, pipes, etc. A special loan of
$500,000, outside the debt limit, should be authorized by the
Legislature for the purpose of putting the down-town pave-
ments in a condition in accordance with the standard of a
first-class city. The tendency in many of the large cities
has been towards asphalt, but owing to the severity of the
winters in this city, the greater amount of snowfall and icy
rains, I believe that the modern form of granite block pav-
ing on concrete base is the most desirable pavement for the
heavy travelled business section.
Asphalt paving, however, should be used more extensively
in many of the sections of the city where macadam roads
are now maintained, owing to the low cost of maintenance,
freedom from mud and dust, .comparative noiselessness, and
the more healthful conditions brought about by its use.
Owing to the small appropriations made for street recon-
struction, the department has not been able to extend the
asphalt paving as much as would have been desirable.
Asphalt paving in addition to Columbus and Huntington
avenues, has been extended as far as present conditions
would allow to the sections where narrow streets and
tenement houses exist.
SEWER DIVISION.
Appropriation.
Maintenance. Specials.
1280,000 00. $705,343 80.
Expenditure.
Maintenance. Specials.
1276,615 25. $170,082 18. ■
For expenditures under Laying-Out and Construction of
Highways and Blue Hill and Other Avenues, see page 3.
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The Sewer Division has charge of the construction and
maintenance of all the sewers and sewerage works.
The mileage of sewers Feb. 1, 1897, is estimated to be
446 miles.
One hundred and sixteen thousand and eight (116,008)
linear feet of sewers have been built during the past year
by the city by contract or day labor, and thirty-eight
thousand two hundred and forty-two (38,242) linear feet
have been built by private parties according to the plans,
and under the inspection of this division, and accepted under
the usual forms of release.
Canal -STREET Sewer System.
As far back as 1887, attention was called to the condition
of the Canal-street sewer system. A system of sewers
filled to the top of the arch for over thirteen years, with-
out being cleaned, most surely needed the immediate
attention of this department, more especially as it is
located in the heart of the city.
The only proper remedy is to build a main sewer across
the city, from the east-side intercepting sewer, which is
about four feet lower in grade than the west-side inter-
cepting sewer, which, when built, will immediately drain
out all the branch sewers of the district, and will also
admit of placing cellars of new buildings at a much
lower grade than formerly. In the annual report of
the Superintendent of Streets, of 1891, and in all suc-
ceeding reports, the urgent need of reconstruction in this
district has been dwelt upon. In the 1891 report, to
quote briefly :
" Many of the old wooden sewers in the city proper are
in very bad condition, and are really ready to fall in, notably
those in Beverly, Billerica and Commercial streets. The
district drained by Canal street, and bounded approximately
by Causeway, Beverly, Endicott, Hanover, Portland and
Merrimac streets, is in as bad condition, from a sanitary
point of view, as can be imagined. All that portion of the
city west of Hanover street, extending to the boundaries
named, has been partly or wholly filled with water and accu-
mulated sewage since 1883."
The report of 1892 said :
"The condition of the first of these, the Canal-street
district, was fully described last year. It is not necessary
to go into a full explanation this year, Suffice it to say that
the sewers are filled from one to three feet with sewage
OLD SEWER IN CENTRAL STREET, CANAL-STREET RELIEF SEWER.
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sludge, which has been accumulating now about ten years.
It is doubtful if there could be anywhere found sewers in
worse condition than some in this district. Much of the
district drained by these sewers is occupied by crowded
tenement houses."
This was the condition four years ago. The need of fur-
ther comment as to the necessity of pushing the work is
unnecessary. Until this year, however, no action was taken.
On the urgent recommendation of this de{)artment the City
Council passed an appropriation of 125,000 for the begin-
ning of this improvement, and the work is well started.
This amount will complete Ae section from the outlet at
Atlantic avenue and Central street to a point near Chatham
row. From there a further loan of $76,000 will be neces-
sary, and will, doubtless, be provided the coming year.
Forest-avenue Section.
No work undertaken by this department relating to
drainage is more manifestly in the interests of the public
health than that providing for the sewerage of this fast
developing section. It is well known that no sewer sys-
tem or outlet could be built in this locality until the
Dorchester interceptor should have been extended far
enough to connect thBrewith. This is not likely to happen
for ten or fifteen years. By providing a pumping plant,
however, so as to lift the sewage something less than twenty
feet, it could be discharged into an existing sewer.
A former loan to provide for this work was made in 1895,
the sura appropriated being 119,400. Since that time,
however, in the development of the plans of Blue Hill
avenue, it was found that a long stretch of sewers would
have to be constructed therein without an outlet, but that if
an increased depth of sewer and an increase of the lift of the
pumps at this pumping station were made, at a slightly
greater expense, this whole difficulty would be overcome.
Accordingly, the plans were changed, giving a greater
depth of wheel-pits, making the whole system ample to take
care of both territories. The sum of 16,000 is therefore
necessary in order that the plan, as already made, may be
carried on to completion, the ironwork and machinery hav-
ing already been designed with this end in view.
Shamrock-street Outlet.
Previous to 1887, a single wooden outlet sewer, foUr feet
by four feet, was in existence at the junction of Shamrock
16 City Document No. 29.
street and Freeport street (then Commercial street), being
the old outlet of the Shamrock-street sewer. As the Dor-
chester interceptor terminated at this point, this outlet
served as an overflow outlet for both sewers, being provided
with proper tide-gates. Later the interceptor was extended
along the water front toward Neponset, and two more sets
of tide-gates were established, to relieve the interceptor
during storms.
During the year 1895, the filling of the fiats adjoining the
City's taking by the owning abutters began to approach the
outlets, and proceeding at a rapid rate it has now extended to
and across the outlets, which are therefore practically closed.
It was necessary to make an additional taking, and to extend
the outlet for a considerable distance, and ultimately to the
main channel, at an estimated cost of about ^8,000.
The necessity for this immediate construction may be
appreciated from the fact that it is the only existing over-
flow for the Dorchester interceptor between the main
interceptor on Mt. Vernon street and Davenport brook. A
heavy rainfall would undoubtedly cause extensive backing
up of the sewers in all this part of Dorchester, flooding of
cellars, leading to claims and suits for damages without
limit, if this outlet had not been provided for. An appropri-
ation was secured and the work is nearly finished.
DOECHESTEE, BrOOK.
During the past year there has been constructed that por-
tion of Dorchester brook between Norfolk avenue and
Clifton street mentioned in last year's report. The construc-
tion of the old brook channel being poor and having gone to
pieces, it became necessary that this brook be reconstructed.
In the reconstruction of the same, the lines of the old channel
were abandoned and the new sewer built through a proposed
street. One of the principal reasons for reconstruction vm,s
on account of the necessity of increased size.
The same question of si-ze comes up on this brook for that
portion between Lawrence avenue and the connection, and
also from the branch to Columbia street. This brook as at
present constituted carries both surface water and house
drainage, and is overloaded; and in all probability the brook
channel will have to be used for surface water and a house
sewer put through, discharging into the interceptor.
Guild Row Relief Sewer.
This is a piece of sewer work that has been advocated in
previous reports for a number of years, and the old sewer
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has been a continual source of complaint from the abutters
on account of its small size and high level. During the
past year the sewer has been reconstructed on a low level
with increased size, and removes all trouble and complaints
for the future from this locality.
B AND Seventh Streets Outlet.
In the beginning of the year the government made an ap-
propriation for the construction of this outlet of $35,000.
This was a very difficult piece of work, having to cross the
tracks of the New England Railroad, but the city has con-
structed this outlet of ample size clear to the channel in the
South Bay. This will remove all trouble in this locality
and is the beginning of an extensive scheme of furnishing
drainage for this end of South Boston.
The city contemj)lates proceeding with this system by re-
building the sewer on Dorchester avenue from the outlet to
D street, and continuing up D street to Eighth street. The
relief to be afforded by these sewers is very much needed,
and especially for that part of D street which is undei' the
Old Colony Railroad tracks, where it is always flooded
whenever a storm and a high tide come together, as can be
seen by the annexed picture.
Stony-brook Improvement.
The largest single sewer undertaking has been the com-
mencement of the construction of the extension of the Stony-
brook channels.
The following is a brief history of Stony brook :
Stony Brook first claimed the attention of the Legislature
in 1868, when an act was passed authorizing the city of
Boston and the town of West Roxbury to divert the waters
out of the channel for the purpose of improving said brook.
This act was amended in 1879 by giving said city and town
authority to delegate to commissioners the powers granted
them by the Acts of 1868. In 1874, after the annexation of
West Roxbury, an act was passed, granting to the city of
Boston the same powers, which, by the Act of 1868, were
vested in the city of Boston and the town of West Roxbury.
In all of these acts it was provided that the cost of the
works might be assessed on the abutting property.
The channel, as it existed in 1886, was severely tested by
the disastrous floods of February of that year, and proved to
be entirely too small to handle the water which was de-
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livered. The inadequacy of the existing structure was
particularly evident in that portion of the valley lying below
Roxbury Crossing, where an area of sixty-three acres was
flooded, having more than one hundred buildings.
The occurrence of this flood led to the immediate appoint-
ment by the city government of a commission of experts to
devise a plan for the prevention of floods in the future.
This commission recommended in brief:
First. That in order to prevent floods in Roxbury at, and
below Roxbury Crossing, a channel be at once constructed,
capable of discharging two thousand cubic feet per second,
extending from a point seven hundred feet above said cross-
ing to the point of Back Bay park, a distance of forty-five
hundred feet.
Second. That gradually, as West Roxbury became built
up, thereby increasing the amount of flood discharge, the
new channel should be extended up stream reaching finally
the Hyde Park line.
Third. If West Roxbury should become a thoroughly
urban district, the channel should be constructed to Neponset
river, which, in conjunction with the channel, would handle
the ultimate amount that would be delivered.
Steps were immediately taken to carry out the first part of
the commissioners' recommendation, viz. : a new channel from
a point about seven hundred feet above Roxbury crossing to
the Back Bay park. In 1887 legislation was granted author-
izing the city of Boston to build a new channel for, and to
alter course of. Stony brook, within the above limits ; the cost
of same to be met by issuing a loan of $500,000 outside the
debt limit. This work was begun immediately and completed
early in 1889.
The first step toward carrying out the second recommen-
dation of the commissioners, the extension of the channel up
stream into the Roxbury District, was made in 1895, when a
section of the channel, about 2,300 feet in length, was built in
connection with the separation of grades on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, for which the necessary
special legislation was obtained in 1892-94.
In this section, extending from the sharp turn of the brook,
near the railroad, and about 300 feet west of Amory street,
to a point about 300 feet south of Boylston station, an old
open channel was located on tne site of the proposed widen-
ing of the embankment, which rendered it imperative that the
new channel be constructed in advance of said embankment.
In 1896 legislation was asked from the State Legislature
necessary to enable the department to divert and enlarge the
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channel of Stony brook between the section of the commis-
sioners' channel, built in 1887-88, and the section built in
1895, and also the right to borrow outside the debt limit the
money for carrying on this work. The length of the proposed
improvement was about 3,000 feet, and the estimated cost in
round numbers, $500,000. This request was granted and the
act was passed.
The opportunity to do the work at this time made it possi-
ble to relocate the channel of the brook within the lines of
new Columbus avenue, which is under process of construction
through what was formerly known as Pynchon street, extend-
ing from Roxbury crossing to Hog bridge. It also made
it possible to conduct the work in connection with the
improvements being carried on by the city of Boston and
by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com-
pany simultaneously, thus saving a very considerable sum of
money.
As the work will be accomplished for a sum well within
the appropriation, the Legislature has been petitioned to au-
thorize the expenditure of any balance for the further exten-
sion of the covered channel of the brook, which in time must
be carried still further towards its sources.
The work of reconstructing the channels was commenced
in the middle of the summer from what is known as the old
Stony brook gate house to the existing channel constructed
by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com-
pany above Centre street. ' Work has progressed in a rapid
manner and will be finished during the coming summer.
When this work is completed. Stony brook will be con-
structed according to the commissioners' plans as far as a
point beyond Boylston street, Jamaica Plain. From this
point to a point near Neponset avenue, at the junction of the .
Canterbury branch, a distance of 13,500 feet, it should be
constructed in the same manner, as this portion of the coun-
try is low and has become very thickly settled, and the
brook needs to be reconstructed so as to afford surface
drainage ; also, for the purpose of carrying along what is
known as the West Roxbury low level sewer, which is built
in conjunction with this conduit.
I would strongly advise that the government go to the
Legislature the following year and procure another loan for
the construction of this brook to the point above mentioned.
If this is done there will be opened up and developed a large
territory that can be used for suburban residential purposes.
With the numerous improvements in the building of the park
system, the park driveways, the extra facilities that have been
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furnished by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road Company for transportation, this territory will become
so thickly settled that unless this is done, the open channel
becomes an intolerable nuisance and the object of complaint
by the Board of Health.
I also think it is necessary that the next Legislature
should be petitioned for a sum of money for the reconstruc-
tion of the old Stony brook channels from the Belting Com-
pany to the outlet. These were constructed many years ago,
and were not planned with any engineering skill, as the
country at that time was only partially developed, and the
brook was walled in and covered with old stone ; and as this
part of the territory has become very thickly settled, and a
number of these channels are under public streets, namely.
Culvert street, Rogers avenue and Vernon street, it becomes
necessary, not only from a sanitary point of view, but also
for public safety, to reconstruct these channels.
The condition of these channels can be seen by the ac-
companying engravings. The views show under Culvert
street, a street that is heavily travelled, and unless some
action is taken it is only a question of time when there will
be an accident. Also in rebuilding this, I would recommend
that the house sewers be reconstructed at the same time, so
as to take out the drainage, as at present considerable house
drainage goes into this brook and is discharged into what is
called the Back Bay Fens.
During the past year, owing to the reconstruction of
Huntington avenue across Stony brook at Rogers avenue,
after an examination the brook was found in a condition
shown in the accompanying view, and it was decided to line
it up with brick work. This shows the manner in which
these channels were strengthened, and the remainder of this
stone arched construction should be lined with brick work in
the same manner.
Surface Drainage.
Stony brook is but one of the many natural surface drains
existing in the suburban sections of the city. Owing to
the building up of this suburban territory, and the lack of
legislation which gives control of the brook channels, great
difficulty has been met by the department to regulate the
disposal of surface water. Many of these brook channels run
dry in summer, and in many cases houses have been built
upon them. The city can take no action in the matter
under the present law unless the public street is in some
way damaged by the blocking of the water courses. This
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may not occur until the brook channel is practically
obliterated, and even then action is slow and difficult.
The following bill presented by this department through
His Honor the Mayor, is under consideration by the Com-
mittee on Metropolitan Affairs of the State Legislature :
AN ACT KELATIVE TO SURFACE DRAINAGE IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Sectioist 1. The board of street commissioners of the city of
Boston m^y order that any streams or water courses within the
limits of said city be diverted from their original channels, or that
such channels, or any new channels, be widened, deepened, straight-
ened, paved and covered, or that any part of such streams or water
courses be so treated, or that any one or more of such things be done.
The mayor of said city shall thereupon, by such officer as he shall
direct, cause such orders to be carried out.
Sect. 2. The board of street commissioners of said city, for the
purposes aforesaid, may take any lands in fee, easements, rights, and
other property that they may deem necessary and desirable therefor ;
and to take any property by right of eminent domain, shall sign and
cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county of Suf-
folk a statement containing a description thereof, as certain as is
required in a common conveyance of land, and stating that the same
is taken for the purposes of this act, and upon such recording the prop-
erty described in the said description shall be taken for said city. The
city of Boston shall pay all damages sustained by any person by the
taking of any property under the authority of this act, the same to
be agreed upon by said person and said board; and if they cannot
agree thereon, the same shall be determined by a jury in the sup.erior
court of said county, on petition of said person or said board, in the
same manner as damages are determined for taking of lands and
laying out of highways in said city.
Sect. .3. The city of Boston shall annually, by ordinary vote, ap-
propriate money for carrying on said work, to an amount not exceed-
ing two hundred thousand dollars, the money so appropriated to be
obtained from the sale of bonds and certificates provided for in
section three. The total amount of all such bonds and certificates
outstanding shall never exceed by more than five hundred thousand
dollars the sinking funds established for the payment of the debt
created as aforesaid.
Sect. 4. The treasurer of said city shall, from time to time, on
the request of the mayor in writing, issue to the amount or amounts
so appropriated, negotiable bonds or certificates of indebtedness,
payable in twenty years from their date, and bearing interest at a
rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, payable semi-
annually and fixed by said treasurer with the approval of the
mayor, and shall sell said bonds or certificates, or any part thereof,
and credit the proceeds thereof, except premiums, to the aforesaid
appropriations. The aforesaid bonds and certificates shall not be
considered or reckoned in determining the authorized limit of in-
debtedness of said city.
22 City Document No. 29.
Sect. 5. The expenses incurred in doing any work under the
authority of this act, including interest on the amount expended at
the rate of five per centum per annum from the date of tlie passage
of the order, shall be repaid to said city, and such portion thereof
as the commission hereinafter provided for shall deem just and
equitable shall be assessed upon the several estates any part of
which is situated within the natural water shed of the part of the
water-course upon which the work is done in proportion to the
benefit received by them therefrom, as determined by said commis-
sion, and the balance of such expenses shall be repaid by the other
estates, any lands of which are so situated, in proportion to the valu-
ation of such lands.
Sect. 6. The assessment aforesaid upon each estate, and for
which the estate shall be liable as a part of the taxes thereon, and
for which a lien shall attach to the estate, shall be determined by a
board of commissioners consisting of the superintendent of streets,
the city engineer and the chairman of the board of street commis-
sioners of said city, in accordance with the proportions in which the
said board shall determine that the said estates are increased iu value
by the aforesaid work, such determination to be subject to appeal
therefrom to the superior court to determine its correctness, as pro-
vided in the case of appeals from the board of assessors relating to
taxes.
Sect. 7. Said superintendent of streets shall give notice of the
amount of every such assessment to the owner of the estate liable
therefor forthwith after such amount has been determined, and a
lien shall attach to the estate for the amount, as a part of the tax of
such estate, and said commission shall deliver to the city collector
the bills of said assessments for collection.
Sect. 8. The treasurer of said city shall, from the premiums on
loans, and assessments, received during any financial year of said
city under the provisions of this act, pay the interest on the afore-
said bonds and certificates accruing during that year, and shall pay
over any surplus of the moneys so received to the board of commis-
sioners of sinking funds of said city, to be by them credited to the
sinking funds established for the debts incurred under this act. If
the amount so received in any such year is insufficient to meet the
interest aforesaid, said treasurer shall, unless other provision is made
by said city, pay the deficiency from the aforesaid appropriation; and
unless said city otherwise orders, shall, when an}^ certificates become
due, pay from said appropriation any deficiency existing in the sink-
ing funds established to pay the same, and no moneys shall be raised
for interest or sinking fund requirements on said bonds and certifi-
cates except as herein provided, unless ordered by said city ; but any
excess of moneys received by the treasurer in any one financial year
above the amount required to meet the interest on the aforesaid
bonds and certificates and the requirements of the sinking fund
established for said debts, shall be credited by said treasurer to the
appropriation for carrying on said work.
Sect. 9. The supreme judicial court, and any justice thereof,
and the superior court, and anjr justice thereof, shall have jurisdic-
tion in equity, on the petition of said city, by its attorney, to enforce
the i^rovisions of this act and to prevent the unlawful pollution or
obstruction of the channel of any natural stream or water course in
said cit3^
Sect. 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Street Department. 23
The passage of this, it is believed, would largely remedy
the trouble, and at small expense compared with the enor-
mous amounts of money which would be required if the
provisions for maintaining these natural water channels
were delayed much longer.
Careful statistics by districts bearing on this subject will
be found in the report of the Deputy Superintendent of the
Sewer Division.
Main Drainage System of Boston.
During the past year great attention has been given by
the department to the improvement of the present condition
and planning for the future development of the main drain-
age system of Boston. This is the part of the sewer system
from Gainsborough street to the pumping station, and in-
cludes the pumping station, tunnel, reservoirs, outfall and
intercepting sewers. This work was originally constructed
by the city of Boston for the purpose of taking care of the
sewage of Boston, and by wise foresight was made commo-
dious enough to accommodate the outlying towns and cities
that are now under the control of the Metropolitan Sewer-
age Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
they discharging into the sewer at the corner of Gainsbor-
ough street and Huntington avenue, and another branch into
the Dorchester interceptor at Central avenue. The city has
been taking this sewage now for six years and has never
been able to make definite settlement with the State for the
payment of this service. The amount of money that has
been received from the State has not been over 50 per cent
of the actual value of the work done.
Without consultation with the authorities of the city of
Boston, a bill was introduced into the present legislature by
the Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners, providing for the
seizure of the main drainage works of the city, the same to
be placed under the control of the Metropolitan Sewerage
Commissioners. In the opinion of this department, should
this act become a law, it would be most unfortunate for the
interests of the city, as the present construction to a large
degree, and all plans for the future, are made with a view of
disposing of house drainage of the city through the main
drainage system and the outfall at Moon Island.
The citizens of Boston are directly interested in preventing
the pollution of the waters of the harbor, and at a great
expense the present system has been designed with a view
to discharging the sewage in as unobjectionable a form as
24: City Document No. 29.
possible. The interest of the inland cities and towns con-
necting with the Metropolitan system lies in the direction of
the smallest cost for the disposal of their sewage, and this
matter of harbor pollntion, which is of the most vital interest
to the residents of Boston, is to them a secondarj^ considera-
tion. That this is no imaginary danger, it is fair to state
that the North Metropolitan System, which has been con-
structed, and is maintained under the control of the State
Board of Metropolitan Commissioners, disposing of the sew-
age of Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett,
Maiden, Medford, Melrose, Somerville, Stoneham, Wakefield,
Winchester, Winthrop, and Woburn, and as soon as connec-
tions can be made, Charlestown and East Boston, has its
outlet one hundred yards from the shores of Deer Island, the
pumping station being on the island. No storage basins or
settling channels are provided, the sewage being pumped
directly into the harbor at all stages of the tide.
The system on the south Metropolitan, which has always
been controlled and planned under the direction of the city
of Boston officials, maintains at the pumping station settling
basins, from which the deposits, or so called "Sludge," is re-
moved to barges and carried to sea. The grease deposits,
which are very offensive if allowed to pass into the bay, are
collected at the east shaft. The sewerage water then passes
to Moon Island, where it is held in storage basins until one
hour after the beginning of the ebb tide, and is then allowed
to pass out to sea.
In addition to this most vital objection to State control of
the Boston Sewerage System, it can be stated that with the
taking of the main sewers, all regulation of the connecting
sewers must necessarily be placed in the hands of the State
Commission. In the arguments made by those favoring the
bill, no claim was made that under the control of the city of
Boston, these works had not been wisely, efficiently, and
economically carried on.
It is hoped that representatives of the cities and towns in
this so called Charles-river district will in the future avail
themselves of the opportunities for information which this
department most freely offers them.
In the past, although the subject of seizure by the State
was of the most vital interest and importance, no represen-
tative of the district outside of Boston conferred with, or
asked for information from this department.
Plans for additional pumps and storage basins are being
prepared, as the present capacity of the plant is nearly
Street Department. 25
reached, the pumps handlmg an average of 75,000,000
gallons per day.
Pumping Station.
During the past year extensive repairs have been made
on the machinery of the Main Drainage Works at Cow pas-
ture. Both the high and low duty pumps have been over-
hauled and new laggings put on. These pumps are now in
a first-class condition, excepting the valves, which will be
overhauled this ensuing year. The old buildings and sheds
around the station have been removed, the grounds graded
and seeded, making a great improvement in the looks of the
station.
Mr. Leavitt, the mechanical engineer, who designed the
original pumps of this station, is now designing a sixty-
million gallon pump, which will be erected as soon as possible ;
in the meantime the pumping capacity of the two high duty
pumps will be increased so that their maximum duty will
amount to one hundred and fifty million gallons per day.
One of the great troubles experienced at this station is
the disposal of filth from the filth hoist. The engineers
of this department are now working upon a method of dis-
posing of this by cremation, which will probably be put in
operation as soon as possible.
High-Level Sewers.
I would also recommend that the coming year the city of
Boston apply to the Legislature for a certain sum of money
to begin what is known as the high-level intercepting sewers.
These sewers were recommended by the original commission
in 1876 to be constructed so as to afford relief to the pumps.
It was also recommended by the Superintendent of Streets
in the annual report of 1891, he then making the statement
that this was an essential part of the scheme to intercept the
sewers of Boston, to carry the sewage from the highlands
directly to the outlet by gravity and thus avoid pumping.
To do this a system of intercepting sewers was projected in
Dorchester, Roxbury and Brighton, to intercept the sewage
from all lands above grade 40. The engineers of this de-
partment have not made a more extensive study of this
scheme for the reason that it was thought that inasmuch as
this sewer would have to be located in part in territory out-
side the city limits, the work would be advocated and carried
out by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, but as yet
26 City Document No. 29.
they have done nothing towards furthering this scheme. The
city of Boston should, therefore, take hold of the matter, and
especially build those portions that lie within the city limits.
In regard to the maintenance appropriation provided for
this division, it is entirely inadequate. The past few years
miles of sewers have been added, and, as in the Paving
Division, the amount of money provided for their care has
been decreased.
The maintenance appropriation is used for the purpose
of administrative expenses, engineering, cleaning and flush-
ing of sewers, which is something that needs to be done
thoroughly every year, the sewer becoming a festering place
if not kept clean, generating disease and making a nuisance
to the neighborhood, the gases and odors arising from the
manholes finding their way into the houses.
The care of some 12,000 catch-basins, if properly attended
to, is expensive but necessary. A majority of these basins
should be cleaned from three to four times a year. Under
present conditions, not over five or six thousand are cleaned
annually. Unless cleaned frequently, the catch-basin fills,
rises over the trap, and then the basin becomes useless. In
other cases the dirt and debris are carried through the trap
into the sewer. This clogs the sewer and makes an expense
to the department for the cleaning of the sewer.
Maintenance money is also used for the reconstruction of
those portions of the sewers that break in or become dam-
aged, and have to be replaced with new sewers.
One hundred thousand dollars of the maintenance appro-
priation is used in the running of the Pumping Station at
Cow Pasture and the main drainage outlets at Moon Island,
and the sum necessary increases each year.
There should be legislation passed putting within control
of the Street Department the making of all house connections,
with the power to assess the cost of so doing ; the compelling
of stables, factories, and other parties who use a sewer, if
necessary, to put in catch-basins or settling tanks for any
material and matter which is detrimental to the sewers.
Inspectors for the Street Department should have the
right to enter buildings and inspect, in cases of doubt, the
quality of sewage that is discharged therefrom, as, for
instance, numerous complaints are received of naphtha gas and
other detrimental materials, discharging into sewers. No
entry can be made into the sewer on account of the gas, and
yet the department has no authority to enter any factory or
building to make proper examination.
Street Dei'autme^'t. 27
The great importance of a proper maintenance of the
sewerage system of the city, and the difficulty which has
been, and will always be met, of obtaining from the tax levy
the amount necessary to properly do the work, has led this
department to suggest the passage of an act providing for
the adoption of a rental system for sewer service, much on
the lines of th^ Water Department system of charges, and the
following bill was drafted, and is now under consider-
ation of the Legislative Committee on Metropolitan Affairs.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOE THE CO]S"STEUCTIOX OF
SEWERS IX THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sectiok 1. The board of street commissioners of the city of
Boston may from time to time, with the approval of the mayor, order
the consti'uction of sewers in said city, as they deem that public
necessity and convenience require, and may take land therefor
in the same manner, and under the same provisions of law, as said
board takes land for the laying out of highways, the expenses in-
curred for such taking, and other expenses of constructing said
sewers, to be paid from the proceeds of the loan hereinafter author-
ized.
Sect. 2. The treasurer of the city of Boston shall from time to
lime., on the request of the mayor of said city, issue bonds or certifi-
cates of indebtedness of the city of Boston to an amount not ex-
ceeding five hundred thousand dollai's. Said bonds shall not be
considered in determining the limit of indebtedness of said city.
Said bonds shall be issued for the term of thirty years from their
date, shall be registered or coupon, and shall bear interest, payable
semi-annually, at such rate, not exceeding four per centum as the
treasurer of said city, with the approval of the mayor, shall de-
termine. Said treasurer shall sell said bonds and hold the proceeds
thereof in the treasury to meet the expenses aforesaid.
Sect. 3. Said board shall establish just and equitable charges for
the use of sewers constructed after the passage of this act, to be paid
by every estate abutting on the portion of the street in which such
sewers are located, and may change said charges from year to year;
said board shall likewise establish just and equitable charges for the
use of sewers heretofore constructed, and in determining the amount
of such charges shall give all estates for which any assessment has
been paid for the construction of a sewer, such credit on account of
such payment as in the judgment of said board would be just and
equitable, having regard in every case to the amount of assessments
paid and the length of time which has elapsed since such payment,
and the amount of use that such estate has made of the sewer. The
determination of such charges by said board shall be final in all cases.
Such charges shall constitute a lien upon the real estate, and the
annual amount thereof shall be inserted in the tax bill for such
estate, and be collected in the same manner and as a part of the
taxes on such estate.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
28 City Document No. 29.
Under this system, it would be possible for sewers to be
built when needed, and not as at present, when the city can
find available money. The proposed plan seems fairer to
each individual and no hardship on property. The subject
is worthy of the most careful consideration and study.
From the investigation made by this department, the plan
seems a wise one.
SANITARY DIVISION.
Appropriation. Expenditure.
1435,000. 1477,241.54.
The past year the collections of this division were as
follows :
363,975 loads of house dirt and ashes ;
56,402 loads of house offal.
The matter of collection and disposal of offal in large
cities becomes each year a more serious problem. In the
city of Boston some action of the government towards a
more scientific and sanitary method of its disposition is
advisable.
During the last fiscal year about 86 per cent of the offal
collections were sold to farmers, the remainder being towed
to sea.
The scarcity of convenient dumping places for the disposal
of ashes and other dry refuse collected from stores and
dwellings is a steadily increasing expense, and will so con-
tinue until some arrangement is made for the destruction of
the combustible portion, which amounts to some 50 per cent
of the total. Much of the dry material collected, though not
heavy, is very bulky in its nature, and during the past year
it was deemed advisable to increase the capacity of the col-
lection carts one third. Boards were attached to the sides,
flaring outward to prevent the refuse from littering the
streets while the load was in transit. Some objection was
raised to this plan on the ground that it caused excessive
loading, but the erection of platform scales on the corner of
Massachusetts avenue and Swett street, near one of the
dumps, showed that of a total of 1,000 loads in February,
the average weight per load was about 1,600 pounds.
A committee has been appointed by the City Council,
consisting of the City Engineer, Chairman of the Board of
Health, and the Superintendent of Sti-eets, to investigate the
Street Department. 29
subject of garbage disposal, and a report will soon be made
on this subject to His Honor the Mayor.
During the past year residents have been instructed to
report the non-removal of ashes or offal to the police. The
complaints are promptly forwarded to this office and receive
immediate attention. This system should be encouraged.
The property at Fort Hill Wharf, used as the principal
dumping station, is in a dangerously dilapidated condition.
Its reconstruction and enlargement so as to accommodate an
additional dumping boat and also to remove the present
objectionable features is recommended, and an appropriation
will be asked from the city government.
It is the purpose of the department to abolish, April 1, the
offal station in the Highland-street yard, Roxbury. It has
long been objectionable, on account of its proximity to the
Marcella-street Home, which provides for the care of several
hundred children. This will add to the maintenance expense
of the division, as the offal must now be hauled to the South
End yard.
A new horse-shoeing plant has been established at the
West End yard, giving satisfaction to the department, and
making a saving in expense. The greater part of the horse
shoeing of the Street Department is done by this division,
which also builds and repairs the carts, harnesses, etc., and
paints all the street signs.
STREET CLEANING.
Appropriation. Expenditure.
$300,000 00 1310,266 39
Cleaned 12,080 miles of streets.
Removed 112,961 loads of dirt.
This division has been maintained on the old lines, but
with an increased force and efficiency.
The work of the push cart patrol service has been ex-
tended, and a further extension is recommended.
As in the other divisions, the maintenance appropriation
for the work is not sufficient. From year to year the public
30
City Document No. 29.
expect a higher standard in the cleanliness of the streets,
and although the mileage is increased, the amount of the
appropriation remains at a standstill. In New York, under
the administration of Colonel Waring, the appropriation is
comparatively very much greater, and special appropriations
for snow work are made. The public in that city, appre-
ciating the great value of clean streets, both from a sanitary
and commercial point of view, have been liberal in the matter
of expenditure.
Every effort has been made the past year to secure the
active assistance of the police in the enforcement of the ordi-
nances forbidding the throwing of paper and other rubbish
into the streets ; circulars printed in various languages have
been distributed and co-operation with the charitable organi-
zations in this work encouraged ; but the results have not
been very satisfactory. It would seem that this matter might
be better controlled by the police. An effort was made
through the Police Commissioners to secure the appoint-
ment within the department of special officers who might
give this matter of unnecessary dirt in the streets their
entire attention with some authority to arrest. The Com-
missioners have decided that this under the law could not be
allowed. The remedy, therefore, remains in the hands of
the police. A more detailed account of the conditions
existing in Boston as regards street cleaning will be found
in the report of the Deputy Superintendent in charge of that
division.
BRIDGE DIVISION.
Maintenance .
Appropriation.
$120,000 00
Expenditure.
1119,963 55
Appropriation.
155,543 86
Specials.
Expenditure.
$27,172 77
This division has charge of 128 bridges. Many of these
are old and in poor condition, and it requires the most con-
Stebet Depaetment.
31
stant care and activity on the part of the Deputy Superin-
tendent to Iteep all safe and in condition for travel.
Special appropriations should be passed the coming year
for reconstruction work on the following bridges :
Warren avenue
Mt. Washington avenue
Congress street
Maiden . . . .
Columbus avenue ..
Broadway
$5,000 00
4,500 00
7,000 00
6,000 00
2,000 00
10,000 00
The past year in the Bridge Division has been a most
active one. The work of the division has been systematized,
and the amount of maintenance work on the bridges greatly
increased. With the money available, a great deal has
been accomplished. New features of the work being the
reconstruction of Meridian-street bridge, and the introduc-
tion of electric power in place of horse power, and the re-
building of the Essex-street bridge, Boston side.
I would recommend for this division a larger and more
convenient building than the present quarters on Foundry
street for an office, storehouse, and work shop. There
should also be attached a stable with yard room, which
would give ample accommodations for the storage of lumber.
The drawtenders should be given authority as special
police officers so that the rules governing the use of the
bridges and waterways might be better enforced.
FERRY DIVISION.
Appropriations.
INIaintenance.
.$218,000.
Specials.
1742 94.
Expenditure.
1217,999 95.
Expenditure.
1742 94.
For expenditure under the New Ferry Landing, see
page 4.
The need of additional and improved ferry facilities for
East Boston was recognized by the Legislature, and an act
was passed authorizing the city to borrow outside the debt
limit the sum of $500,000 for new ferry landing. This
subject has received considerable attention and study by a
committee of the City Council, this Department and the
East Boston Trade Association. Definite plans of location.
32 City Docitment No. 29.
however, have not been decided upon, owhig to the difficulty
of securing the proper sites for new landings.
The sum of $30,000 of the special appropriation by a vote of
the City Council was made available for the building of cer-
tain drops and slips which had long been considered and con-
demned as unsafe. These would be a part of any new plan
of public improvements which ultimately might be adopted.
Plans are also being prepared for a new boat, the construc-
tion of which will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
The best plan presented for the general improvement
seems to be for the city to retain its present locations, mak-
ing additional slips at the South Ferry, rebuilding the head
house of the South Ferry, East Boston side, and the taking
of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company
boats and landing for a southern terminus.
From special appropriations there were added this year a
permanent awning over sidewalk at North Ferry, East Boston
side, an illuminated clock on the head house. North Ferry,
Boston side ; electric motors at the North Ferry, East Boston
and Boston sides, for hauling heavy teams up the drops, thus
replacing horse power.
Great satisfaction has been expressed at this latter
improvement, by which frequent and tedious delaj^s have
been overcome, and in addition a substantial saving in cost
has been made.
Two boats have been coppered, and all the boats have been
on the ways, thoroughly repainted and overhauled, and
various minor, but important as regards public comfort,
improvements made in the head houses.
STREET WATERING DIVISION.
MaiiitCDaBce. Expenditures.
170,000 00 $71,211 81
The street watering season of 1896 was a most trying one
as regards weather, and with the appropriation smaller b}^
many thousands than in past years, the results attained were
quite satisfactory. The growth of the city and the exten-
tion of the street watering into the early spring and late
fall months, make it imperative that a larger appropriation
should be made, if the work is to be done in a manner
satisfactory to the public. Under the present ordinances, the
city undertakes the watering of all macadam roads, paved
streets being paid for by the abutters.
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• The work of the division the past season commenced on
the 25th of March, and carts were employed in portions of
the city proper, as late as the 4th of December. Certain
sections of the city are greatly troubled with dust after the
freezing season sets in and many complaints are received.
No plan of watering is possible, owing to the fact that the
water in the stand pipe becomes frozen, or if put on the
streets becomes iced, and there seems to be no way of abating
the nuisance.
The construction of the subway has been the occasion of
much dust and consequent complaints.
As Blue Hill, Huntington, Commonwealth, Brighton and
Columbus avenues near completion, it becomes necessary to
provide for their care. The present force of carts are given
more miles of streets than efficiency should require, and an
increase in the expenses must be allowed for the above
avenues and other new streets.
It is the intention the coming season to provide for an
auxiliary force to be called out on days when the conditions
are exceptional, and the regular number of carts inadequate
to the demands upon them.
Considerable attention was given the past year to the
system of watering, in use in other cities, by means of elec-
tric watering cars. This system has been on trial for some
years with great success. After formal correspondence and
apparently satisfactory arrangements with the West End
Street Railway Co., hydrants were constructed in the section
of the city, shown on the map herewith annexed, for the
purpose of giving the system a thorough trial. From the
five hydrants as indicated on the map, a very large territory
might be watered at a comparatively small expense. After
one day's trial, the West End Railway Company notified the
department that under their charter, such service was not
allowed, and the experiment was discontinued. A bill has
been introduced in the State Legislature this year, providing
that street railways may enter into contract to perform such
work, and on its passage, this system will be given a fair
trial, and, if the results are satisfactory, plans will be made
for the extension of the service the coming year. Pending
the passage of the bill, the West End Street Railway Co.
have refused to consider any proposition. They opposed
the department bill, and will probably be able to hold
back the so called " permissive bill " until such time as it is
too late to make arrangements for this season. This electric
sprinkling car service would be of the greatest value on the
long macadam roads extending through the suburban dis-
34
City Document No. 29.
tricts, where proper watering is a matter, under the present
system, of too great expense to be undertaken.
PUKCHASE OF SUPPLIES.
It has been found impossible for the Superintendent to
give more than a supervisory attention to the purchasing of
supplies for the department, so that the title of the official
charged with this responsibility has been changed from "Pur-
chasing Clerk" to "Purchasing Agent." Requisitions are
still signed by the Superintendent, but the detail of the work
all falls on the Purchasing Agent. There has been estab-
lished a central supply department and a stock room, so that
the Purchasing Agent may take advantage of the market by
purchasing in larger quantities and at advantageous periods.
The distribution of supplies can also be handled better in this
way, and a closer check kept on the quantities used in the
various districts.
Horses.
The number of horses owned and cared for by the depart-
ment averages over five hundred, divided by divisions as
follows: —
Central Office .
4
Bridge Division
10
Ferries ....
1
Paving Division
112
Sanitary Division
197
Sewer Division
74
Street-Cleaning Division .
97
Street- Watering Division
2
Total .
497
Up to the present year, there had been no system of record,
the only figures being so many horses assigned as might be.
A horse was a horse, and there was on file no information as
to the date of purchase, cost or description. In March, 1896,
an examination was made by the head veterinary, each horse
duly described under a number assigned and attached around
his neck by a strap with a brass tag thereon. Such informa-
tion as could be gathered from the stablemen was also added
to the record. At the central office is now kept a general
book containing by number a description of each horse, as-
signment, time bought, price paid, transfer, sale, or death ;
and at each stable is also kept a local book of record. Veter-
inary bills are now rendered, giving the number of the
Street Department. 36
patient, cause of visit, etc. This not only puts an end to
certain abuses whicli have existed heretofore in tlie depart-
ment, but is in many ways serviceable and business-like.
New horses can only be received in the department after
examination by the head veterinary and his written approval
on a blank provided therefor. Likewise, horses sold or
killed must be examined and condemned in due form by the
head veterinary.
Labor.
The labor of the department has this year been put on a
permanent basis, under the following plan :
At the beginning of the financial year the number of men
in each division who, under the maintenance appropriation,
can be safely carried is estimated, and these constitute the
permanent men, and they can feel assured of steady work the
year through, unless by act or fault of their own they forfeit
their place. Such additional men as are needed in the
active working season of the department will be rated as
reserve or substitute men. These men can depend on em-
ployment only so long as the work of the department
requires their services. As vacancies occur in the perma-
nent force, promotions will be made from the reserve men.
I believe this will remedy the very unsatisfactory con-
dition which has prevailed up to this time. It is only
justice and common sense that the men should know their
true position. Under the old organization, when the winter
cut-down came, no one was prepared. It may have been
common knowledge that the cut was coming, but each
individual felt that he was not the one who should go.
This not only created suffering and loss to the men sus-
pended, but brought an almost unbearable pressure for
reinstatement on the heads of the department.
The new plan should meet with success, and prove an
incentive to faithful effort, of the permanent men to hold
their places, and of the reserve men to gain promotion.
Stables and Buildings.
At the Highland yard, Roxbury, much-needed additional
stable room was made by building a runway to, and stalls
on, the second floor. These stalls are of the latest sanitary
pattern, and at a slight expense the number can now be in-
creased.
The condition of the Street Department buildings was
such that, by request, the Superintendent of Public Buildings
36 City Document No. 29.
made a rej)ort to His Honor the Mayor. This report showed
a very pressing need of expenditure for putting in repair,
and needed extension, of the buildings.
It is very important that there be provided for the depart-
ment a hospital for new and sick horses. Plans have been
drawn and a location selected, and it is hoped that the city
government will make available a sufficient appropriation, so
that a model hospital may be established. At present the
conveniences and apparatus necessary for the proper care of
sick horses are wanting, and the consequent loss by death
and sickness is very considerable.
The expenditures for improving the Street Department
plant have been very considerable. Carts, horses and tools
were in poor condition.
Owing to the expiration of the lease of No. 12 Beacon
street, the Sanitary, Street Cleaning, Bridge, and Street
Watering Divisions removed to the Tremont Building un-
til such time as room would become available to them iu the
reconstructed Historical Society Building, of which lease has
been taken by the city.
It would greatly benefit and advance the administration of
the Street Department if all the divisions were gathered
under one roof with the Central Office.
Tow Boat " Cormorant."'
The department tow boat, "Cormorant," built in 1893, has
been put in first class condition. She was taken on the
ways, caulked, painted inside and out, wear and damage
caused by her constant and rough work repaired, machinery
and boilers thoroughly overhauled, and a most important im-
provement made by the addition of steam-steering gear.
This latter expense was deemed warranted, from the fact that
this boat must make her daily trip to sea in any and all con-
ditions of the weather. With weather heavy, this steam-
steering gear is a mattej' not only of comfort, but of safety.
Smoke Nuisance.
Following out the provisions of the statute law relative to
the abatement of the smoke nuisance in the city of Boston,
the work has been authoritatively assigned by the Mayor to this
department. A careful inspection of all boiler plants has been
made from time to time, and strict regulations have been en-
forced in all cases. Especial attention has been given to the
setting of new boilers in order to prevent the entire disregard
to the smoke question which seems to have been customary.
Street Department. 37
No permit is now given by the Inspection of Buildings De-
partment unless the applicant has first filed satisfactory evi-
dence with this department that reasonable precautions have
been taken to reduce smoke to a minimum.
During 1896, 331 boiler applications have been received
and disposed of. Careful and detailed observations have been
made in many cases, both with and without the knowledge
of the owners, and from the tables the percentage of total
smoke and clear stack have been computed. When com-
plaints have been received, they have been immediately fol-
lowed up until the source of the trouble has been located and
remedied. Eight prominent buildings during the year have
equipped their plant with good smoke preventers. Numerous
other plants have been willing to use hard coal or a mixture
of screenings and soft coal with good results.
Twenty-six special reports have been made by the smoke
inspector on various alleged violations of the smoke law, re-
quiring in some cases extended observations. Forty-four
observations have been taken, lasting from five to nine hours
each, while 285 short observations have been taken and
cautionary notices issued where they seemed to have been
required.
In general, the citizens of this community have shown a
commendable desire to operate their various plants, not only
within the law, but consistent with the just requirements of a
congested business district.
BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE BRIDGES.
It is but fair to state that the care and responsibility has
been chiefly borne by my associate Commissioner, Mr. William
J. Marvin, of Cambridge, and I desire to express my appre-
ciation of his work.
The condition of these bridges is such that only by the
most careful management can the work of keeping safe be
done at an amount near the appropriation, which this year,
on the part of the city of Boston, was $13,000. The actual
cost to each city was 113,835.54.
A new bridge to Cambridge, to replace the West Boston
Bridge, should be planned for at once. The present struct-
ure is entirely inadequate to the demands of travel, and the
condition is such that it cannot possibly be made to do duty
but a short time longer.
38 City Docuinient No. 29.
Cakal ok Ceaigib's Bridge.
The bulkhead at the end of the bridge at the draw has
been rebuilt with oak piles and 6-inch hard pine plank.
The end of the down-stream draw pier has been strengthened
by driving additional oak piles, and planking with 6 -inch hard
pine plank. The roadway pavement has been repaired and the
sheathing of the draw kept in repair. The ordinary small re-
pairs have been made by the drawtender and his assistants.
The bridge is swept once a week, always after midnight,
and the roadway is watered with salt water three times daily,
when necessary to lay the dust.
The sidewalks on the southerly side of the bridge on the
Cambridge end, and part of the northerly sidewalk are in
poor condition and will require rebuilding next year. The
drawtender's house and the power house on the draw pier
should be painted.
Haevaed Beidge.
Harvard bridge is in good condition. The principal
repairs made during the year are as follows : The wearing
plank on the surface of the roadway has been entirely re-
newed, without interrupting public travel. Experience has
shown that the two-inch spruce plank making the wearing
surface of the roadway will have to be renewed every year.
The ironwork underneath the surface of the bridge has
been cleaned from rust and painted. Paint stock was
bought at wholesale prices, and the work done by the day.
The asphalt sidewalks on the bridge were in bad condi-
tion. They were originally laid by two asphalt paving
companies, each of which gave bonds in the sum of one thou-
sand dollars conditioned upon maintaining the work in good
condition for five years. One-half of the sidewalk on the
bridge laid by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company has been
entirely renewed by them without cost to the two cities, and
the remaining sidewalk will be made good by the guarantors
next year.
The avenue connecting the bridge with Boston has been
paved at the request of the Commissioners, and the part of
the avenue in Cambridge next the bridge should also be
paved to prevent cracked stone and dirt from being carried
on to the bridge by teams.
The drawtender's house, the iron fences, and the iron
work outside the rail will require painting next year.
The smaller repairs are made by the drawtender and
assistants. They also clean the surface of the bridge
weekly, and keep the electric light globes clean and in order.
Street Department. 39
Peison-Point Bredge.
The abolition of the grade crossing of the Boston & Maine
Railroad, which will soon be made, will require an entirely
new bridge at this point. The old bridge is in bad condition,
as only such repairs as are necessary to keep it safe have
been made.
The smaller repairs have been made by the drawtender.
The drawtender's house will have to be painted next year.
West-Boston Bridge.
This bridge is entirely worn out, and only constant inspec-
tion and repairs prevent serious accidents. During the year
the piles supporting the bridge settled in places as much as five
inches under the extreme loads carried. To stop this alarm-
ing settlement repairs were made on small seistions at a time
without interrupting travel. Additional piles were driven
through small openings made in the bridge, and 62 oak
piles, 30 spruce piles, 41 new stringers and 12 new girder
caps were used.
The bridge for a long time has been too narrow to accom-
modate the travel which is constantly increasing. It is in
the line of the heaviest travel from Boston to Cambridge and
the country beyond, and the Commissioners recommend the
immediate construction of a substantial modern bridge.
The curb was reset and brick sidewalks laid in front of
the estates of Rawson & Morrison and G. Damon. The
roadway on the draw has been resheathed when necessary.
The bridge has been swept once a week, always after mid-
night, and watered three times daily with salt water in dusty
weather. The sweeping of the piers and draw, the cleaning of
snow from draw-piers and sidewalks and the small ordinary
repairs have been done by the drawtender and assistants.
The house on the draw-pier will need painting and other
repairs next year.
In General.
The usual statement is appended, showing the number of
draw openings and the number of vessels which passed
through, also table showing the traffic over bridge on April
18, 1896.
The amount of revenue received for rents, dockage, repairs
to West End Street Railway Company's tracks, etc., during
the year has been |1,424.02 ; one-half, 1712.01 has been
paid to each city.
40
City Docu^sient jSTo. 29.
statement showing Traffic over Bridges.
Date.
1896.
Bridge.
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7,284
3,801
1,975
4,035
10,926
4,851
2,916
5,466
14,913
7,998
3,962
9,902
202
3,352
95
246
563
478
1,046
12,695
April 18,
13,7.50
6 A.M.
to 7 P.M.
Prison Point
"West Boston
20,231
Totals
17,095
24,159
36,775
3,895
2,087
46,676
The following is a statement of the payments made by the
city of Boston on account of the Canal, Harvard, Prison
Point and West Boston Bridges, from Feb. 1, 1896 to Jan.
31, 189T.
Amount of appropriation for financial year
of 1896-97 $13,000 00
Transferred from Street Department, Pav-
ing Division . . . . . 835 51
Amount expended to Jan. 31, 1897
$13,835 54
Street Departjient.
41
Classification of Expenses.
Feb. 1, 1896, to
Jan. 31, 189T.
Canal or TT„,.„„,.ri Prison
Craigie's ^^^1^4 P^^^*
Bridge, ^"cifte. ^^.^f^g^
West
Boston
Bridge.
General
Account.
Totals.
Salaries, draw-tenders and
others
General repairs
Lumber
Electric lighting
Inspection
Cleaning Bridges
Paint and painting
Ironwork
Watering roadways
Fuel...
Tools and hardware
Electric current
Sundry small supplies . . .
Paving
Travelling expenses, etc.
Water rates
Printing and stationery .
Electric light repairs
§1,307 50
505 68
328 73
281 27
162 50
197 12
Totals
41 00
175 00
137 55
28 63
§1,275 00
420 28
1,103 99
1,141 67
95 00
54 20
375 56
153 37
$273 94
140 49
130 54
47 50
48 93
16 00
§3,229 91
13 95
73 85
150 00
56 13
25 98
§1,250 00
1,255 21
577 31
506 27
242 50
278 38
1 06
129 48
175 00
78 61
. 21 58
§4,940 .50
$655 60
37 06
104 96
11 00
$4,668 42
$250 00
62 30
$341 11
§4,356 44
2,321 66
2,140 57
1,929 21
547 50
529 70
376 62
355 50
350 00
230 11
150 04
150 00
142 12
104 96
62 80
32 50
28 81
27 50
$13,835 54
42
City Docxjiment No. 29.
Number of times the draws in Canal, Harvard, Prison Point and
West Boston Bridges have been opened and the number of
Vessels which have passed through for the year, beginning
Feb. 1, 1896 and ending Jan. 31, 1897.
Canal or
Date.
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Prison
Point.
West IJoston.
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February, 1896
125
175
22
32
21
28
27
44
March
149
289
397
384
329
201
320
504
448
421
20
50
124
88
107
38
70
187
123
158
15
39
74
32
9
22
50
94
41
13
31
70
155
113
154
66
107
May
239
June
. 161
July
257
433
731
127
194
52
65
285
644
September
323
465
85
131
41
53
17C
354
October. ... .
229
276
281
186
325
346
362
237
65
115
144
36
98
161
155
38
42
36
37
15
57
54
51
22
121
110
109
33
214
175
December
171
January, 1897
51
Totals
3,401
4,535
9S3
1,385
413
550
1,384
2,483
Employment of Labok.
The following statement from the Civil Service Clerk
shows in detail the classification of labor of the whole de-
partment tabulated by divisions which is self explanatory :
During the year ending Jan. 31, 1897, 82 applications
were made upon the Civil Service Commission for 226 men
of various grades, and 330 names were submitted by them,
of which number 250 were given employment in the several
divisions ; of the 250 people employed, 6 were provisional
appointments (Civil Service Rule 36), 5 were promotions,
and 32 were veterans. During the year authority was
granted to reinstate 49 former employees (Civil Service Rule
60), 48 men were transferred from various city departments
to this department, to wit : 15 from Water Department, 9
from Transit Commission, 9 from Improved Sewerage, 8 from
Street Department.
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Public Grounds, 4 from Parks, and one each from Mt. Hope,
Health, and City Engineer's Department, making the total
of 347 persons employed during the year. Notices of 372
discharges from the department rolls were forwarded to the
Commission, and at their suggestion the names of persons
who had not worked for a year or more for the Street De-
partment were dropped from the rolls, and their discharges
are included in the figure quoted above. The department
records show that there are 2,909 persons eligible for em-
ployment in the various divisions, and of that number 2,708
were upon the pay rolls for the week ending Jan. 28, 1897.
The following table shows the classification of all the em-
ployees of the Street Department on the pay roll of Jan. 28,
1897.
Grade and Number of Employees.
Divisions.
Title.
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Superintendent
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
Executive eng'lneer
1
1
2
1
Purchasing agent
1
Clerks
7
10
25
1
20
10
10
14
3
6
13
1
8
16
2
1
1
1
2
26
36
Sub-f oi'einen
70
Superintendent of inspectors
(P.O.)
1
Inspectors
36
10
6fi
Superintendent of street-
patrol
1
-
1
Civil engineers
1
7
16
9
14
52
2
8
Draughtsmen
16
Transitmen
7
3
5
1
19
16
Levelmen
17
Eodmen
57
Aid or tallymen
7
7
1
4
9
Blacksmith and assistants...
2
2
34
Boiler-makers
2
Bracers
18
18
Carried forward
5
100
189
47
32
8
5
1
387
44
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Qrade and Number of Employees.
Continued.
Divisions.
Title.
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5
100
189
2
17
47
32
8
5
1
387
2
1
11
6
5
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1
54
5
2
2
1
3
11
5
12
19
9
11
1
47
Caulkers
1
1
4
1
4
Chief of draws and bridges . .
1
1
20
34
1
Chief drawtender
1
20
Assistant drawtenders
34
Deck-hands
2
25
27
19
5
24
1
25
1
Engineers and assistants. ..
15
11
18
69
Feeders
5
5
Firemen
4
3
4
20
24
Flushers
3
16
20
Harness-makers and assist-
3
4
179
6
7
Helpers
62
241
Horseshoers
6
Hostlers
5
1
1
5
1
Janitors
9
5
7
2
10
Janitresses ...
5
Laborers
482
317
806
2
Ledg'emen
93
3
93
Machinists
5
8
Cavried forward
6
630
681
261
113
124
111
2
1,928
Steeet Department.
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Grade and Number of Employees.
Concluded.
Divisions.
Title.
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6
630
681
32
6
1
261
113
124
111
2
1,928
32
6
1
2
10
2
1
6
7
7
3
2
4
6
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36
11
Patch pavers and assistants . .
32
32
7
11
5
18
Pilots
1
3
12
2
4
4
1
1
6
6
■
7
2
9
1
1
17
3
1
20
Storekeepers
1
2
130
4
65
130
11
74
6
24
6
173
27
Teamsters
12
4
2
338
Tollmen
12
13
5
3
16
5
1
3
42
5
1
4
Wheelwrights
3
18
3
7
2
2
29
Totals
8
815
792
486
318
159
127
3
2,708
The report of the Executive Engineer, which follows,
alludes to the work of the Central Office, and includes a
statement of the general finances of the department, with ap-
propriations and expenditure from loans for special work,
statistics of paved streets, together with a valuable table of
prices that obtained upon a contract basis.
46 City Document No. 29.
Attention is also called to the general work of the divisions,
under the special division headings following.
Summary of Work Done.
The principal features of the work of the year may be
summarized as follows :
■ Bridge Division.
Overhauled and repaired deck, sheathing, and machinery
of the following tide-water bridges : Broadway, over Fort
Point channel. Congress street, and Warren, and recon-
structed the Essex-street bridge, between Brighton and Cam-
bridge. Of the inland bridges, the most important repairs
were made to the Albany-street bridge, Berkeley, over the
Providence and Albany railroads, and Dartmouth bridge,
while special work was done on Chelsea bridge, north, in
rebuilding the draw, and general repairs and additions to
racks, shafts, pinions, gears, etc., preparatory to use of elec-
tric motor for power.
Meridian-street bridge required a reconstruction of draw,
renewing spur-shores, girder caps, fender guard, new deck,
and the painting of both bridge and fence.
A new bridge was built over Geneva avenue by the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., according to
plans submitted and approved by this department, at a cost
to the city of $14,026.58.
Saratoga-street bridge was repaired where rendered unsafe
by the action of ice and tide. Cottage-Farm bridge at Com-
monwealth avenue was completed, the roadway being fin-
ished with asphalt ; a slight portion of sidewalk is yet to be
topped.
A new public landing was built at Jeffries Point.
Ferry Division.
The extra boat, so called, was run throughout the year.
Two new ferry drops were built; repaired the middle pier
at the Boston landing of the South Ferry; supplied the ferry
drops with special hoisting motor operated by electricity,
used for hauling heavy teams up the drop ; and supplied an
illuminated clock for the North Ferry head-house, Boston
side, beside doing an unusual amount of painting and over-
hauling, the details being given in the Deputy Superintend-
ent's report.
Street Depaetment. 47
Paving Division.
Established two new stone crushing plants.
Paved with granite blocks and regulated some 45 streets,
six of which were laid on a concrete base, covering 108,952
square yards of block paving in roadway, and 69,800 square
yards of gutter paving. Over 2,000,000 new paving blocks
were used during the season.
Paved sixteen short streets with asphalt, and two long-
stretches of boulevards, involving 24,782 square yards of
Trinidad lake asphalt and 26,717 square yards of Sicilian
rock asphalt, all on concrete foundation, and increasing the
asphalt surface by 51,500 square yards.
Furnishing and setting 101,550 linear feet of new edge-
stone as against about 50,000 feet for an ordinary year, and
making a total length of edgestone set and reset of 227,991
linear feet.
Laying 13,647 square yards of artificial stone sidewalks.
Laying and relaying 117,492 square yards of brick paving.
Construction has been in progress on twenty-five streets
laid out by the Board of Street Commissioners under chap-
ter 323 of the Acts of 1891, and amendments relating
thereto, beside the general construction of the four large
boulevards mentioned elsewhere. Fifteen of these streets
have been finished.
In connection with the work of the Paving Division the
West End Street Railway Co. have paved over forty miles
of track, over twenty-four miles of which required new
blocks, laid under city inspection.
Sewer Division. — Pumping Station.
Built over twenty-nine miles of sewers, 346 catch-basins
and drop inlets, repaired 381 catch-basins, and cleaned 6,041
catch-basins, removing therefrom about 20,550 cubic yards
filthy material. Also built 474 linear feet of culverts. Six
thousand four hundred and thirty-one cubic yards of sludge
were received at the Improved Sewerage Pumping Station.
There are now 444.47 miles of sewers in charge of this
division.
Sanitary Division.
Collected and removed 363,975 loads of house dirt and
ashes, and 56,402 loads of house offal.
Street Cleaning Division.
Cleaned 12,080 miles of streets, removing 112,961 loads
of dirt.
48 City Document No. 29.
Street Watering Division.
Sprinkled 347.16 miles of streets during the season at a
less cost than for any year since 1891.
In addition to this report, nine appendices are herewith
submitted, in which will be found the report of the several
Deputy Superintendents and Smoke Inspector, showing the
expenditure of each division in detail ; also the report of the
City Engineer relative to work assigned to him by this de-
partment for either supervision or estimate. They are as
follows :
Appendix A — Bridge Division.
" B — Ferry Division.
'•'■ C — Paving Division.
'' D — Sanitary Division.
" E — Sewer Division.
" F — Street-Cleaning Division.
" G — Street-Watering Division.
" H — Street Construction, etc., assigned to the
City Engineer.
'' I — Smoke Inspector.
" J — Former Superintendents and Document
Numbers.
Respectfully submitted,
Benjamin W. Wells,
Superintendent of /Streets.
Street Department. 49
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER.
BosTOif, Feb. 1, 1897.
Mr. Benj. W. Wells, Superintendent of Streets:
Dear Sir : I herewith respectfully submit the annual
report of the operations and expenses of the Street Depart-
ment, the same being a full statement thereof for the year
1896.
Yours respectfully,
Henry B. Wood,
JExecutive Engineer.
CENTRAL OFFICE DIVISION.
Expenses of the Central Office.
For the current expenses of the Central Office the City.
Council appropriated the sum of nineteen thousand dollars
($19,000), which was expended as follows:
Salaries $17,045 91
General office expenditures . . 1,735 94
Total $18,781 85
leaving a balance of two hundred eighteen dollars and fifteen
cents ($218.15), which was transferred to the Street Clean-
ing Division.
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City Document No. 29.
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Bridge Division Specials.
Object of Appropriation.
Appropria-
tions, Balances
and Transfers.
Expended
from
Feb. 1, 1896, to
Jan. 31, 1897.
Balances on
hand
Jan. 31, 1897.
$2,924 16
13,261 64
See note.
6,500 00
18,597 58
14,260 48
|2,517 12
8,231 10
4,969 43
28 25
11,426 87
$407 04
Chelsea Bridge, North, rehuilding, etc..
Chelsea-street Bridge, rebuilding, etc...
Essex-street Bridge, reconstruction —
5,030 54
1,530 .57
18,.569 33
2,833 61
Meridian-street Bridge, reconstructing,
Totals
$55,543 86
$27,172 77
$28,371 09
Note. — The balance on hand, $4,260.48, Feb. 1, 1896, was transferred to the appro-
priation for Meridian-street Bridge.
Ferry Division Specials.
Object of Appropriation.
Appropria-
tions, Balances
and Transfers.
Expended
from
Feb. 1, 1896, to
Jan. 31, 1897.
Balances on
hand
Jan. 31, 1897.
Awning, North Ferry, East Boston side.
New Ferry Landing (Chap. 435, Acts of
1895)
South Drop, South Ferry, Boston side.
$742 94
500,000 00
See note.
$742 94
21,961 61
$478,038 39
Totals.
$500,742 94
$22,704 55
$478,038 39
Note. — The balance on hand, Feb. 1, 1896, $96.09, was transferi'ed to the appro-
priation for Ferry Division " Clock for Head-house."
Paving Division Specials.
Object of Appropriation.
Appropria-
tions, Balances
and Transfers.
Expended
from
Feb. 1, 1896,
to Jan. 31, 1897,
Balances on
hand
Jan. 31, 1897.
Adams St., Ward 24
Adelaide st.. Ward 22
Arklow st
Bennington and WaUey sts
Brooks St., Ward 25
Bunker Hill st
Carleton st.. Ward 10
Centre st., Dorchester
Carried forward
$7,500 00
4,000 00
635 20
11,924 90
25,000 00
366 19
8,000 00
8,000 00
$11,924
867 10
$7,500 00
4,000 00
635 20
25,000 00
366 19
8,000 00
7,132 90
65,426 29
$12,792 00
$52,684 ^9
Street Department.
53
Paving Division Specials. — Concluded.
Object of Appkopriation.
Appropria-
tions, Balances
and Transfers.
Expended
from
Feb. 1, 1896, to
Jan. 31, 1897.
Balances on
hand
Jan. 31, 1897.
Brought forward
Centre st., Roxbury, from Hog
Bridge to Day st
Columbus ave., Asphalt, from Massa-
chusetts ave. to Northampton st
Commonwealth ave., Construction
Congress and L sts
Eleanor and Ridgemont sts., Ward 25. .
Elmira st., Ward 25
Franklin st.. Ward 25
Freeport st., Ward 24
Hanover st.. Charter to Tileston st
Leicester st., Ward 25
McLellan st., Old Road to White st
Orleans st., Maverick to Gove st
Quincy st., Ward 4
Rand st., Roxbury
Saratoga st.. Filling
State St., Paving
Sydney st.. Ward 20
Talbot ave., Dorchester ave. to Wash-
ington st
Tremont st., Lenox st. to Roxbury
Crossing
Wall St., Paving
Washington St., Eliot to Dover st. .. .
Totals
$65,426 29
5,000 00
7,100 00
137,227 88
10,566 78
716 36
1,000 00
1,800 00
7,500 00
3,827 66
2,000 00
5,756 40
2,578 80
14,138 00
3,600 00
2,022 20
18,000 CO
7,500 00
2,171 62
25,000 00
5,000 00
35,000 00
$12,792 00
$362,931 99
7,100 00
130,471 33
7,608 17
110 85
1,000 00
99 48
3,827 66
2,000 00
4,056 84
2,578 80
8,419 18
2,022 20
436 40
2,171 62
9,501 26
5,000 00
$52,634 29
5,000 00
6,756 55
2,958 61
605 51
1,700 52
7,500 00
1,699 56
5,718 82
3,600 00
18,000 00
7,063 60
15,498 74
35,000 00
$199,195 79
$163,736 20
Street Improvements.
Object of Appkopriation.
Appropria-
tions, Bal-
ances and
Transfers.
Expended
fi-oni Feb. 1,
1896, to Jan.
31, 1897.
Balances
on hand
Jan. 31, 1897.
Street Improvements, Old Wards 1 and 2
Street Improvements, Old Ward 3
$16,296 95
13,006 81
1,643 16
5,125 85
5,850 24
$16,296 95
13,006 81
1,643 16
5,125 85
5,850 24
Street Improvements, Old Ward 4
Street Improvements, Old Ward 5
Street Improvements, Old Wards 9 and 10. . .
$41,923 01
$41,923 01
54
City Document No. 29.
street Improvements. — Concluded.
Object of Appropriation.
Appropria-
tions, Bal-
ances and
Transfers.
Expended
ft-om Feto. 1,
1896, to Jan.
31, 1897.
Balances
on hand
Jan. 31, 1897.
$41,923 01
$41,923 01
22,509 32
1 22,509 32
Street Improvements, Old Ward 13
20,937 95
20,937 95
Street Improvements, Old Wards 14 and 15. .
27,320 87
27,320 87
Street Improvements, Old Ward 15
891 39
891 39
1,092 13
5,086 99
1,092 13
Street Improvements, Old Wards 17 and 18. .
5,086 99
Street Improvements, Old Wards 19 and 22. .
15,857 22
15,857 22
Street Improvements, Old Ward 20
12,889 36
12,889 36
7,530 60
7,530 60
4,409 11
4,409 11
Street Improvements, New Ward 1 ...
25,000 00
24,851 84
$148 16
29,621 20
29,283 92
337 28
25,000 00
7,227 61
17,772 .39
25,000 00
25,000 00
11,.530 61
13,469 39
Street Improvements, Kew Ward 5
24,467 48
532 52
25,860 86
28,069 85
24,698 36
1,162 50
25,000 00
3,069 85
27,670 13
24,280 84
3,389 29
38 525 95
23,916 01
14,609 94
25,000 00
22,924 99
2,075 01
25,000 00
23,275 63
1,724 37
Street Improvements, New Ward 12
25,000 00
19,882 77
5,117 23
25,000 00
14,882 15
10,117 85
25,000 00
10,472 11
14,527 89
25,000 00
10,153 64
14,846 36
25,000 00
15,267 17
9,732 83
Street Improvements, New Ward 17
25,000 00
25,000 00
25,000 00
18,317 52
6,682 48
25,000 00
9,421 82
15,578 18
25,000 00
25,000 00
25,000 00
20,426 59
4,573 41
25,000 00
23,308 63
1,691 37
50,000 00
50,000 00
25,000 00
25,000 00
25,000 00
8,862 47
16,137 53
Totals
$835,195 94
$677,900 11
$157,295 83
1 Draft of $1,444.15 retained toy Auditor.
Street Department.
55
Sewer Division Specials.
Object of Appropeiation.
Back Bay Outlet
Canal Street Relief Sewer .
Connections with Metropolitan Sewer,
Charlestown
Connections with Metropolitan Sewer,
East Boston
D-Street Outlet and Relief Sewer, Dorchester
ave., South Boston
Forest-avenue Section, Temporary Sewer
Outlet, etc
Pumping Station Improvements
Sewer Outlet, Porter st
Sewer Outlet, Low Level, W. Roxbury Dist. .
Sewers, South Boston
Sewer Outlets, South Boston
Shamrock-street Outlet
Storm Sewer, Cornwall and Washington sts..
Ward 22
Stony Brook Damages
Stcmy Brook Improvement
South Union Station (Chap. 516, Acts of 1896.)
Appropri-
ations, Bal-
ances and
Transfers.
$5,000 00
25,000 00
23,000 00
25,000 00
23,000 00
23,116 65
10,000 00
16,000 00
7,824 64
877 51
35,000 00
8,000 00
3,500 00
25 00
500,000 00
Expended
from Feb. 1,
1896 to Jan.
31, 1897.
$7,537 97
2,369 64
5,874 33
21,801 71
5,017 75
4,643 57
82 80
18,895 08
958 05
2,903 52
98,150 74
1,847 02
Balances on
hand Jan.
31, 1897.
$5,000 00
17,462 03
20,636 36
19,125 67
23,000 00
1,314 94
■ 4,982 25
16,000 00
3,181 07
794 71
16,104 92
7,041 95
596 48
25 00
401,849 26
Totals .
$705,343 80
$170,082 18
§537,114 64
Laying Out and Construction of Highways.
Expenditures.
Sewer construction ..... $485,538 20
Street construction ..... 1174,961 88
Totals
$610,500 08
1 Drafts of $380.00 retained by Auditor.
56
City Document No. 29.
Blue Hill and other Avenues.
Expenditures.
Object of Appropriation.
Blue Hill ave .
Columbus ave
Commonwealth ave
Huntington ave —
Totals
Street
Construction.
L $170,319 56
205,425 15
2 49,628 73
s 277,745 49
$703,118 93
Sewer
Construction.
$63,714 00
48,481 68
15,467 49
16,096 72
$143,759 89
Totals.
$234,033 56
253,906 83
65,096 22
293,842 21
$846,878 82
1 Draft of $800.00 retained by Auditor.
2 Draft of $4,051.99 retained by Auditor.
s Draft of $919.19 retained by Auditor.
Recapitulation of Expenditures for the Twelve Months ending
Jan. 31, 1897.
Object of Appropriation.
Street Department :
Central Office - ■
Bridge Division
Boston and Cambridge Bridges . .
Ferry Division
Paving Division
Sanitary Division
Sewer Division
Street-Cleaning Division
Street Watering Division
Street Improvements
Laying Out and Construction of
Highways
Blue Hill and other avenues
Totals.
Current
Expenses for
the twelve
months ending
Jan. 31, 1897.
$18,781 85
119,963 55
13,835 54
218,353 10
628,675 46
477,241 54
276,615 25
310,266 39
71,211 81
$2,134,944 49
Special
Appropria-
tions.
$27,172 77
22,704 55
199,195 79
170,082 18
677,900 11
610,500 08
846,878 82
$2,554,434 30
Totals.
$18,781 85
147,136 32
13,835 54
241,057 65
827,871 25
477,241 54
446,697 43
310,266 39
71,211 81
677,900 11
610,500 08
846,878 82
$4,689,378 79
Street Department.
57
street Building Under Chap. 323 of the Acts of 1891, or
Special Acts or Amendments thereto.
Abbotsford st...,
Audubon Road . .
Bay State Road..
Boylston st
Brighton ave
Chamberlain st...
Clinton st
Fenlon st
Fullerton st
Gay lord st
Geneva ave
Granby st
Greenbrier st
Harvard ave
Harvard st
Ivy st
Josephine st. ...
Kenmore st
Laiiriat ave
Morse st
Newbury st
Norway st
Parker st
Peterborough st.
Ruggles st
Sherborn st
St. Alphonsus St.
St. Germain st . . .
Turner st
Vancouver st.....
Wilder st
Wolcottst
Street.
Pavins
$4,777 42
9,299 55
7,722 79
11,516 65
51,243 19
Totals.-
6,942 71
1,915 66
17,249 19
4,737 01
5,317 10
2,498 39
1,224 39
366 12
3,210 79
48 71
16,577 13
2,086 09
66 70
1,460 87
1,192 51
5,869 98
5,017 34
210 71
7,276 14
251 92
1,834 49
' 1,643 12
3,405 21
$174,961 88
Sewer.
$179 85
631 13
119 36
21,464 02
231 57
910 77
842 36
648 78
85 20
927 93
4,597 48
14 26
1,674 01
139 96
60 18
12,360 79
375 26
5,218 93
159 33
1,101 93
2,870 89
$55,282 15
Totals.
$4,957 27
9,930 68
7,842 15
32,980 67
51,474 76
910 77
7,785 07
2,564 44
85 20
927 93
21,846 67
4,751 27
6,991 11
2,638 35
1,224 39
366 12
3,270 97
48 71
28,937 92
2,461 35
66 70
1,460 87
1,192 51
5.869 98
10,236 27
210 71
7,894 30
251 92
1,834 49
1,802 45
4,507 14
2.870 89
$230,194 03
58
City Document No. 29.
List of Contracts from Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 31, 1897, made
by the Street Department.
Paving=Blocks.
CONTKACT.
Awarded to
Dated
Price per
M. deliv-
ered on
wharves.
Large paving-blocks, 300,000
Large paving-blocks, 300,000
Gutter paving-blocks 500,000
Lanesville Granite Co.
Rockport Granite Co.
Rockport Granite Co.
March 30, 1896.
April 6, 1896.
April 21, 1896.
$48 24
48 24
39 50
Spruce Lumber.
District.
East Boston
Charlestown
South Boston
Brighton
Dorchester
Roxbury
West Roxbury
City Proper
Harvard Bridge, 170
M. Ft. B.M
Awarded to
Jewett Lumber Co
J. O. Wetherbee :
Curtis & Pope Lumber Co.
G. W. Gale Lumber Co. . .
Dated
Feb. 24, 1896.
Sept. 2, 1896.
Price per M.
It. B. M.
$15 45
15 70
15 25
15 25
15 88
15 45
16 00
15 25
13 88
Price for
Planing
per M.
ft.
§1 50
1 00
0 95
0 95
0 95
0 95
0 95
0 95
Beach QraveL
District.
Awarded to
Dated
Price per
ton.
J P O'Riorden
March 12, 1896.
$0.57%,
delivered on
wharves.
Street Depaetment.
59
Coal.
Contract.
1,500 tons, Pumping Station
Dorchester
1,500 tons. Pumping Station
Dorcliester
1,500 tons. Pumping Station
Dorchester
2,500 tons. Ferry "Wharves. .
2,500 "
3,000 "
Awarded to
li. G. Burnham &
Co
L. G. Burnham &
Co
L. G. Burnham &
Co
John Morrison
L. G. Burnham &
Co
John Morrison
Dated
Feb. 14, 1896.
May 25, 1896.
Oct. 16, 1896.
Feb. 5, 1896.
April 11, 1896
Nov. 23, 1896.
Price per ton,
2,240 lbs.
S3 15
3 11
3 31
3 03
3 28
3 31
Iron Castings.
Contract.
Awarded to
Dated.
Price per
100 lbs.
Oso^ood & Hart
March 16, 1896.
$1 20
Bank Qravel and Sand.
Awarded to
Dated
Price.
Contract.
Gravel.
Sand.
A.
B.
A.
B.
South Boston, District 1.. .
Charlestown, District 3 . .
City Proper, Districts 8, 9
and 10
P. O'Riorden. ..
P. O'Riorden...
P. O'Riorden...
L. F. Leary
W. Scollans
J. Doonan
J. McGovern. . .
O. Nawn
March 13, 1896..
March 13, 1896..
March 13, 1896..
March 13, 1896..
March 13, 1896..
March 13, 1896..
March 13, 1896..
March 13, 1896..
$1.49
1.73
1.49
1.49
1.70
0.90
1.32
1.75
$0.73
0.80
0.75
0.75
0.85
0.45
0.66
0.75
$1.49
1.60
1.60
1.49
1.80
0.90
1.59
1.85
$0.73
0.80
0.70
East Boston, District 2
Brighton, District 4
West Roxbury, District 5,
Dorchester, District 6 . . . .
Roxbury, District 7
0.75
0.90
0.45
0.80
0.90
Explanation of Letters.
A. — Double Loads.
B. — Single Loads.
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Full List of Streets now^ Paved with Trinidad Asplialt.
City Proper.
Name.
Albany st
Arch St
Ash st
Barton court . . .
Batterymarch st
Beacon st
Beacon st
Beacon st
Bennet st
Bond st
Brattle sq
Brighton st
Birmmer st. . .
Central st
Chambers st
Chambers st. . . .
Charter st
Cherry st
Clark st
Columbus avc.
Columbus ave. .
Corning st
Congress sq —
Cooper st
Cooper st
Court st
Court sq
Davis st
Dartmouth st. .
Doane st
Edinhoro' st
Endieottst
Carriedforward
Limits.
East Concoul st. to East Springfield st. .
Franklin st. to Milk st
Bennet st. to Nassau st
Brighton st. to Barton st
Milk St. to Kilby st
Charles St., across Arlington st
Dartmouth st. to within 150 ft. east of
Gloucester st
68 ft. west of Gloucester st. to Massachu-
setts ave
90 ft. west of Harrison ave. to 162 ft. east
of Washington st
Hanson st. to Milf ord st
Brattle st. to Elm st
Leverett st. to Allen st
Beacon st. to Pinckney st
Broad st. to Kilby st
Green st., across Poplar st
Brighton st. to Charles st
Hanover st. to Unity st
Washington st. to Bhawmut ave
Hanover st. towards North st
Boston & Albany Railroad bridge,
across Massachusetts ave
Massachusetts ave. to 301 ft. south of
Camden st
Washington st. (o Shawmut ave
State St. to Congress square
North Margin st. to Endicott st
Endicott St. to Charlestown st
Washington St. to Court square
Court St. to Court st
Washingtonst. to Harri-onave
Boylston st. to Newbury st
Kilby St. to Broad st
Essex St. to Beach st.
Cooper St., across Thacher st
Length,
450
2,700
426
1,267
230
409
134
186
260
857
870
3,800
1,744
1,019
3,505
17,336
Area.
9,277
6,391
180
300
192
426
281
670
845
1,737
,087
3,300
313
869
460
1,061
272
604
318
636
334
594
120
227
15,578
903
5,418
338
734
110
160
166
516
200
600
231
642
665
1,883
323
646
266
2,058
812
624
470
924
312
1,005
65,099
Street Department.
83
Streets Paved with Trinidad Asplialt. — Concluded.
City Proper.
N.iiue.
Limits.
Length.
■ Area.
Year
Laid.
Brought forw'd.
Exchange pi
17,336
244
335
307
928
65,099
678
558
266
2,681
130
521
3,938
2,628
727
290
1,621
2,934
994
384
920
1,154
735
764
723
597
2,442
908
417
150
218
562
470
1,587
910
975
682
119
.
Congress st. to Kilby st
1887
Washington st. to Shawmut ave
Hanover st. to North st
1892
1892
Harrison ave
Harrison ave
East Newton st. to East Springfield st... .
East Springfield st. to Roxbury line
1888-95
1888-95
HoUis St
Tremont st. tovrards Washington st
Beach st. to within 90 ft. north of Curve
(minus Kneeland and Harvard sts.) . . .
State St. to Milk st
Washington st. to Harrison ave
Mt. Vernon st. to Chestnut st
276
1,407
618
330
261
267
470
180
182
552
515
430
279
271
419
1,188
447
150
135
151
203
417
670
468
325
252
107
1891
Hudson 8t
Kilby St
1891
1881
Laconiast
1896
1892
Massachusetts av.,
Columbus ave. to Tremont st. (southerly
1892
Massachusetts av.,
Tremont st. to Shawmut ave. (southerly
roadway)
1892
Massachusetts av.,
Shawmut ave. to Washington st. (south-
erly roadway)
189-2
Moon St
Between North sq. and Fleet st. .
1891
1883
North Margin St.,
Oxford st
Thacher St. to Wiget st
1895
Beach st. to Essex st
1895
Parmenter st
Hanover st. to Salem st
1893
Pinckney st
Pine st
1895
Washington st. to Harrison ave. . .
Chambers st. to Charles st
1896
Poplar st
Spring st
1887-92
Pop'ar St. to Leverett st
Between Salem st. and Endicott st
Howard st. to Court st
1895
Stillman st
Stoddard st
1892
1892
Sun-court st.
North ft. to Moon st
1891
Thacher st
1892
Tileston st
Warrenton tt
155 ft. west from Hanover st. to Salem St.,
Eliot St. to Tremont st
1887-95
1891
Warrenton st
Water st
Shawmut ave. to Waehington st
Congress st., across Batterymarch st
1891
1889
Water st
1896
Wiggin st
North Bennet St. to Tileston st
1887
30,150
97,782
84
City Docuivibnt No. 29.
streets Paved with Trinidad Asphalt. — Concluded.
Charlestown.
Name.
Limits.
Length.
Area.
Yea I
Laid.
144
421
1891
South Boston.
D St
W. Fifth St. to Gold st
126
360
91
111
185
448
480
343
419
769
1889
1891
W Sixth st ....
West of C St. toward D st
1887
W. Third st. to Bolton st
1892
W Third et
1.53 feet west of E St., across E st
1892
873
2,459
Roxbury.
Cabot St
Columhus ave. . . .
1,955
2,640
6,559
15,840
1891 92
From 301 feet S. of Camden St., across
1896
4,595
22,899
Streets Paved with Sicilian Rock Asphalt.
City Proper.
Name.
Limits.
Length.
Area.
Year
Laid.
Acton st
259
220
427
191
370
716
421
318
383
315
1,591
352
391
723
225
781
2,075
615
560
597
934
8,840
1896
Oak St., across Nassau st
Level ett st. to Milton st
1895
1895
Charles st
B( tween Revere st. and Cambridge st. (in
front of Ej e and Ear Infirmary)
"Washington st. to Harrison ave
1895
1892
1893
Newland st. tolvanhoest
Dover st. to Harrison ave
1895
Pay st
1894
Hamburg st
1896
1896
Huntington ave...
Boston & Albany Railroad bridge to
1896
Carried forw' d.
5,211
16,093
I
Street DepaetjVient.
85
Streets Paved with Sicilian Rock Asphalt. — Concluded.
City Proper.
Name.
Limits.
Length.
Area.
Year
Laid.
Brought foriv'cl,
5,211
231
662
307
332
204
215
216
221
343
323
293
196
249
16,093
480
4,151
437
516
226
335
337
339
277
1,365
654
274
445
From a point 213 feet south of West St.,
for a distance of 231 feet southerly ....
Washington st. to Albany St. (southerly
Massachusetts ave.
1894
1894
E. Declham st. to Maiden st
1896
Washington st. to Harrison ave
Maiden st. to E. Dedliam st
1892
Mystic St
1896
Mystic St. .
E. Dedham st. to E. Canton st.
1896
1896
1896
Oliio Bt
In front of Suffolk County Court-house. .
1896
Pemberton gq
1894
1895
Taylor st
Dwight St. to Milford st.""
1896
1895
9,003
25,929*
South Boston.
Est. to est
W. Secdid St. to A st
E. Sixth St. to E. Eighth st
Prom 206 ft. eist of easterly line of Dor-
chester ave. to A st
Gardiner place to 1,50 feet easterly
Athens st
Athens st
Kst
W. Broadway
W. Broadway
515
746
617
916
566
1,083
350
1,944
150
648
2,198
5,337
1892
1895
1896
1892
1893
Charlestown.
Warren st Winthrop st. to Soley st.
Roxbury.
Columbus ave
Terry st. to within 61 feet north of Sta-
884
747
587
5,304
4,150
3,372
1896
Huntington ave. . .
Easterly side of Cumbeiland st. to Mas-
sachusetts ave
1896
Huntington ave...
Massachusetts ave. to Gainsborough st.
1896
2,218
12,826
City Document No. 29.
other Asphalt Streets.
Name.
Limits. Length.
Area.
Year
Lai<l.
Harris street, city
■
Hanover st. to North tt., coal tar (Ayer),
E. Broadway to E. Fourth St., coal tar
(Ayer)
294
272
425
1,027
I St. Soutli Boston,
566
1,45-2
Summary.
Trinidad Asphalt. . . . Length, 35,762 ft. or 6.77 miles, or 123,061 sq. yds.
Sicilian Rock Asphalt, " 13,546 " "2.57 " " 44,457 " "
Coal Tar Asphalt " 566" " 0.10 " " 1,452 " "
Asphalt Blocks " 4,009" " 0.76 " " 13,827 " "
Total.
53,883 " " 10.20
" 182,797
Street Mileage.
The following table shows the length of public highways
and the character of pavements, Feb. 1, 1897 : —
Districts.
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8.06
0.85
79.79
0.42
2.43
228.29
125.57
11.55
456.11
Feb. 1, 1897.
City proper
7.47
0.05
0.76
*42.72
8.90
4.42
12.88
8.24
0.09
3.47
0.41
1.64
27.29
13.85
6.13
21.80
59.95
40.29
54.71
18.56
0.13
16.43
1.40
10.98
34.94
30.22
19.07
0.04
3.74
2.66
1.44-
1.14
1.15
80.42
2:i.84
0.14
•0.05
0.01
27.12
0.63
1.29
40.50
83.13
76.79
89.54
38.78
80.72
Total
9.44
0.76
0.41
1.84
242.58
113.20
10.17
459.12
Note. — The above districts refer to areas enclosed by the original boundary lines.
* Of this amount, 3.98 miles ^granite-block paving on concrete base.
Total length of public streets, 459.12 miles.
There have been laid out and accepted by the Street Com-
missioner^ during the year, 2.893 linear miles ; 2.294 scLuare
Street Department.
87
feet have been discontinued ; corrections to previous measure-
ments on account of revision and correction of previous tables
from all causes, show an increase of 0.117 miles; making a
total net increase of 3.01 miles. Street widenings and reloca-
tions have been ordered to the extent of 38,477 square feet.
Not included in the above table, there are about 142 miles
of private ways and alleys which are not under the care of
this department.
The rate of increase from year to year is shown in the
following table : —
1859 111. 50 miles.
1871 201.32
1872 207.4
1873 209.24
1874 313.90
1875 318.58
1876 327.50
1877 333.2
1878 .340.39
1879 345.19
1880 350.54
1881 355.5
1882 359.85
1883 367.99
1884 374.10 miles.
1885 379 60
1886 383..55
1887 390.30
1888 392.72
1889 397.84
1890 404.6
1891 409.6
1892 434.59
1893 443.34
1894 447.65
1895 452.12
1896 456.11
1897 459.12
Areas of Pavements.
The following table shows the area of pavements in square
yards, arranged by districts : —
Districts.
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132,702
1,718,0.50
5,166
28,504
4,182,438
2,062,394
316,517
8,445,871
Feb. 1,1897.
City Proper —
*137,96.3
786
t913,748
198,938
101,144
271,602
178,484
2,067
74,594
5,082
15,846
510,517
206,888
128,680
379,216
1,0^,653
688,795
962,365
492,664
1,508
1,073
77,857
64,619
21,347
59,760
24,337
1,584,664
407 685
2,867
1,192
408
302,635
27,976
173,255
533,187
501,828
305,388
535,326
South Boston..
Roxbury
WestRoxbury.
Dorclieater
8,828
35,225
766,666
1,538,644
1,245,396
1,598,047
822,389
Brighton
Total
182,797
1,740,577
5,082
20,313
4,455,778
1,845,277
245,993
8,498,817
* Of this amount, 13,827 sq. yds. = asphalt blocks.
t Of this amount, 77,728 sq. yds. = granite-block paving on concrete base.
Total area of public streets, 8,498,817 square yards.
City Document No. 29.
Income.
Statement showing the amount of bills and cash deposited
with City Collector, less bills withdrawn, for the year ending
Jan. 31, 1897, by the several divisions of the Street Depart-
ment :
Bridge Division .
Boston and Cambridge Bridges
Ferry Division
Paving Division
Sanitary Division
Sewer Division
Street-Cleaning Division
Street-Watering .
Statement showing the amount paid
during the same period on account of
of the Street Department :
Bridge Division .
Boston and Cambridge Bridges
Ferry Division
Paving Division .
Sanitary Division
Sewer Division
Street-Cleaning Division
Street- Watering .
$4,998 65
712 01
166,971 74
38,616 32
36,881 77
222,318 24
5,864 08
4,438 14
1479,800 95
into the city treasury
the several divisions
12,702 32
712 01
167,056 74
76,652 34
27,735 68
130,294 32
1,996 45
687 65
1407,837 51
Street Department — Bridge Division. 89
APPENDIX A.
REPORT OF THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE BRIDGE DIVISION.
927 AND 928 Teemont Building,
Boston, Feb. 1, 1897.
Benj. W. Wells, Esq., Superintendent of Streets :
Dear Sir : I respectfully submit my annual report of the ex-
penditures, income and operation of the Bridge Division of the
Street Department for the financial year ending Jan. 31, 1897.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. H. Carberry,
Deputy Superintendent.
There was appropriated for the maintenance of this division
during the year the sum of $120,000. The total number of
bridges in Boston is 132. This number does not include cul-
verts.
Four of these bridges, viz., Harvard, Prison Point, Canal and
West Boston, all connecting with Cambridge, are in the care of
two commissioners, one of whom is appointed by the city of
Boston and the other by the city of Cambridge.
Thirty- three are wholly supported by railroad corporations,
and 99 are supported wholly or in part by the city of Boston.
There are 23 tide-water bridges provided with draws.
Six of these bridges are in the north district — three operated
by steam, two by electricity and one by hand- power.
The division has this year constructed and put in operation an
electric motor on Meridian-street bridge, at a cost of $1,535.
This new device for operating the bridge is a decided improve-
ment over horse-power, which was formerly used.
It also gives better facilities for public travel.
On the south side there are six bridges. Three of these are
operated by steam, two by electricity and one by hand-power.
The most important of these are the Maiden and Mount
Washington-avenue bridges, which are now operated by hand-
power, and which should during the coming year be sujaplied
with electric or steam-power.
Congress street, Broadway span over the railroad, Mount
90 City Document No, 29.
Washington-avenue, Charles-river and Maiden bridges require
constant care, as they are old and patched. They should be rebuilt.
The draw on Broadway bridge has been reconstructed and
adjusted so it can be reversed, for the first time in five years.
The smoke fenders which were attached to Dartmouth-street
bridge, over the B. & A. R.R., and also on Broadway, over the
N. Y., N. H & H. R.R , were placed there in December, 1895.
After a few months' trial this division was requested by the
above railroad corporations to remove the same, as they proved
to be dangerous to the men operating the trains.
The fenders were removed in compliance with their request.
The temporary foot-bridge erected in 1895, over the N. Y.,
N. H. & H. R.R. at Roxbury Crossing, was removed in July,
1896, on account of the elevation of the tracks, in abolishing
the grade crossings ; also the one at Centre street, called Hog
bridge, cared for by the same railroad.
The lumber used in this structure was removed to Foundry-
street yard.
The headquarters for District No. 2, located at Foundry street,
South Boston, is not a suitable place for office or storehouse, as
it is altogether too small.
The following-named bridges, being in a most dangerous
condition, were closed to public travel while extensive repairs
were being carried on under the supervision of the City
Engineer and this division : —
Meridian street, from May 28 'to July 3.
Essex street, from Oct. 2 to Dec. 26.
Albany street, from Sept. 11 to Oct. 10.
Broadway, from Dec. 9 to Jan. 4.
An inspection of all inland bridges has been carefully made,
and all necessary repairs have been promptly done to insure
their safe condition.
Several of these bridges have been painted and all have been
thoroughly swept at regular intfervals and kept clean.
Better discipline has been maintained among the drawtenders
by transferring some of them and placing them at the kind of
work for which they seemed best adapted.
They have faithfully and efficiently performed their various
duties, as have their assistants, and no accidents have been re-
ported which could be attributed to any neglect, or inattention
on the part of the employees.
All material bought and used in construction and repairs has
been promptly delivered by the contractors.
A considerable saving in the item of lumber alone was made
by the policy adopted of supplying the exact measurements and
lengths required. Duplicate sets of gearing, truck wheels,
cables, sprocket wheels, pinions, shafting and new patterns have
been furnished the various bridges during the year.
Street Department — Bridge Division.
91
The road-bed and one sidewalk of the Cottage Farm bridge
over the B. & A. R.R. have been completed and reopened to
public travel.
A new public landing at Jeffries Point, East Boston, has been
constructed at an expense of $700.
Inclosed in this report will be found a financial statement
and a detailed description of the work performed on each bridge,
also a tabulation of all bridges supported wholly or in part by
the City of Boston, giving the widths of bridges, draw openings,
roadways and sidewalks, the number of draw openings made
for navigation, and a census of trafiic taken on the most im-
portant bridges.
OBJECT OF EXPENDITURES.
Administration.
Office expenses :
Printing $ls8 62
Stationery and postage
89 63
Office books
35 50
Engraving plates, etc., annual re{.
ort
55 88
Telephone ....
166 33
Subscription (newspapers) .
10 50
Directory ....
&-o0
Atlas (West Roxbury)
36 50
Messenger service
1 40
Capillary bath
6 00
Typewriter paper
19 75
Repairing typewriter .
10 50
Index ....
2 50
Repairing office stamp
7 00
Repairing clocks
11 00
Incandescent lamps
1 87
Portable lamps .
7 00
Mats
15 50
Fireboard ....
3 50
Press-stand
12 00
Repairing desk .
5 50
Baskets and cuspidores
3 16
1694
64
Salary of Wm. H. Carberry, Deputy Superintend-
\J^
ent, 10|i months ......
2,641
67
Salary of John P. Wise, Deputy Superintendent,
li§ months .......
358
33
Salaries of Chief Clerk, Messenger, 8i| months.
and Messenger, 8i^ months ....
2,800
00
Salaries of Chief of Draws and Bridges, l|i months,
and Chief of Draws and Bridges for 41 weeks.
and foreman for 39 weeks, 5^ (
lays
.
3,143
63
Carried forward,
),638 27
92
GiTY Document No. 29.
Brought foricard.
Salary of Chief Draw-Tender, 48 weeks
Salary of Clerk of Committee on Streets and Sew-
ers, 9 weeks .......
Salary of Civil Service Clerk (i part) .
Travelling expenses ......
Board of Deputy Superintendent's horse and extra
horse .......
Telephone, Deputy Superintendent's house .
Amount expended, administration
Object of Expenditures.
Office Expenses.
.$10,959 43
Salaries
General office expenditures
1,205 69
19,638
27
1,656
96
258
84
100
00
44
50
413
99
52
56
112,165
12
$12,165 12
Total Regular Expenditures.
Administration
On tide- water bridges
On inland bridges .
ISTorth yard and stable
South yard and stable
^2,165 12
85,804 55
8,436 66
4,276 29
9,280 93
Total amount expended for the year, Feb. 1,
1896 to Jan. 31, 1897 . . - . 1119,963 55
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Regular Appropriation.
Appropriation, 1896-97 ....
Received from Boston and Albany Railroad Com^
pany for work done on Albany-street bridge
Total
Amount of expenditures from Feb. 1, 1896 to Jan
31, 1897 .
Transferred to Street Cleaning Division, Jan. 29
1897
Total
1120,000 00
870 42
1120,870 42
$119,963 55
906 87
$120,870 42
Street Department — Bridge Division.
93
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Special Appropriations in Charge of Bridge Division.
Object of Appeopeiati()n.
Appropria
tioDS, Balances
and
Transfers.
Expended
from Fel). 1,
1896, to Jan.
31, 1897.
Balances
on hand
Jan. 31, 1897.
Charles-river bridge draw, re-
modelling, etc
Chelsea bridge, North, rebuilding
draw, etc
Gold-street bridge
Meridian-street bridge, recon-
structing draw
Reconstruction of Essex-street
bridge
$2,924 16
13,261 64
18,597 58
14,260 48
6,500 00
$2,517 12
8,231 10
28 25
11,426 87
4,969 43
$407 04
5,030 54
18,569 33
2,833 61
1,530 57
Totals
$55,543 86
,172 77
,371 09
Amount of expenditures Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 31,
1897 . . - $27,172 77
Balances unexpended ..... 28,371 09
Amount of appropriations and transfers
$55,543 86
Amounts Charged to Special Appropriations in Charge
OF other Divisions.
Name of Appropriation.
Where expended.
Amount
Expended.
Laying out and construction of high-
ways
Railroad bridge over
Geneva avenue. . .
Saratoga street, filling solid old bridge
Blue Hill and other avenues
Winthrop bridge.
Huntington avenue
Bridge and Chestnut
Hill Reservoir arch-
way
Commonwealth avenue, construction.
Street Improvements, Wards 1 and 2,
Cottage Farm bridge.
Public Landing, Jef-
fries Point
$14,026 58
2,022 20
10,466 68
27,440 85
417 66
Carried forward
$54,373 97
94
City Document No. 29.
Amounts Charged to Special Appropriations in Charge of
OTHER Divisions. — Concluded.
Name of Appropriation.
Brought forward
Street Improvements, new Ward 2.
Street Improvements, new "Ward 13.
Street Improvements, Ward 20
Street Improvements, Ward 25
Reserved Fund.
Total
AVhere expended.
Public Landing, Jef-
fries Point
Broadway (draw)
bridge
Amoniit
Expended.
Savin Hill avenue
bridge
Cottage Farm bridge
and Everett street
bridge
Executions of Court
and award of Com-
mittee on Claims. . .
$54,373 97
300 00
3,582 15
•43 72
5,629 79
4,413 94
,343 57
Amount expended and charged to regular appro-
priation ^ . . $119,963 55
Amount expended and charged to Bridge Division
specials 27,172 77
Amount expended and charged to special appro-
priations in charge of other divisions . . 68,343 57
Grand total of expenditures Feb. 1, 1896, to
Jan. 31, 1897 $215,479 89
Income.
The amount of bills deposited with the City Collector during
the year was as follows :
Work done by this division $69 90
Rent for location of cable houses and boxes . 2,950 00
Rent of buildings and pier ..... 83 33
Rent of land and buildings (Leases) . . . 1,266 67
Total
14,369 9P
A detailed statement of expenditures, and description of work
performed follows ; also a list of those bridges supported wholly
or in part by the City of Boston ; statement of the public land-
ing places; list of cable-houses and boxes; census of traffic
taken on some of the most important bridges ; number of draw
openings made for navigation ; width of draw openings ; and
table showing widths of bridges, and kind of roadways and side-
walks.
Street Department — Bridge Divisrox.
95
TIDE- WATER BRIDGES.
Broadway bridge (over Fort Point Channel).
Patched deck in various places, and thoroughly patched
sheathing the whole length of the bridge, under orders issued at
sixteen different times during the year, or practically sheathed
the whole bridge.
Repaired pier and fender guard, machinery, engines, iron
fence, gates, latches, gas fixtures, concrete walk, etc.
Paid for smoke fenders erected during 1895, and which were
removed this year.
Cleaned and painted eight plain posts, or supports to the
bridge, and eight with over- hanging brackets, also beams with
two coats of metallic mixture. Painted boat, two coats.
Carpenters
Painters
Lumber
Nails ....
Ironwork .
Repairing engines and
machinery
Hardware .
Paint stock
Metal smoke fenders .
Repairing pier and fender
guard
Repairing pipe and gas fix
tures ...
Repairing concrete walk
Painters' tools .
Removing smoke fenders
Teaming lumber
L,557
356
552
78
283
255
14
98
431
76
94
97
47
52
53
25
00
161 72
69
6
59
14
127
90
27
22
80
50
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders
■$5,506 82
Substitutes
210 00
Coal ....
179 68
Gas .
44 40
Water
25 00
Insurance on boiler .
100 00
Ice ....
6 00
Small supplies .
24 99
$4,068 74
6,096 89
Cambridge-street bridge (from Brighton to
Cambridge).
Repaired deck and sheathing on bridge and draw,
and sheathed the bridge.
Carpenters ... $40 00
810,165 63
Carried forvmrd.
140 00
$10,165 63
96
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward^
140 00
Lumber
67 97
Nails
8 58
Ironwork .
5 50
Spar for buoy .
12 50
1134 55
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender
. $372 59
Coal ....
9 30
Small supplies .
8 22
— =
390 11
),165 63
Charles-river bridge (from Boston to Charles-
town),
Patched sheathing, repaired float and bridge fence,
repaired machinery, also set new mooring stone
for buoy.
Carpenters
Lumber
154 50
45 86
Nails
16 05
Ironwork .
31 90
Paint stock (labor 1895)
33 75
Mooring stone and chain
70 00
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders .
14,910 32
Coal ....
371 64
Gas ....
35 37
Water
25 00
Cordage
Ice . . . . ,
151 67
6 00
Watering .
Insurance on boiler .
100 00
50 00
Supplies
21 38
$252 06
5,671 38
Chelsea bridge, North, (over North channel,
Mystic river).
Repaired machinery, gates, gear, latches, etc.,
and re-set buoy.
524 66
5,923 44
Carpenters
Nails
Ironwork .
Repairing gate .
Repairing machinery .
Setting buoy
$6 75
8 99
27 35
14 16
6 91
50 00
$114 16
Carried forward^
$114 16 $16,613 73
I
Street Department — Bridge Division.
07
Brought forward^
1114 16
$16,613 73
Regular ex23enses :
Draw-tenders ,
$4,333 02
Substitutes
157^50
Coal .
30 36
Electric lights .
44 00
Water
10 00
Stove, pipe, etc.
18 35
Furniture .
7 00
Grease
9 65
Ice .
6 00
Small supplies .
8 94
4,624 82
zl 7Pe Q«
Chelsea bridge, South (over South Channel,
Mystic river).
Sheathed draw, repaired machinery, engine, gates,
etc.
Carpenters . . . |81 50
Lumber . . .
88
14
Nails ....
13
48
Ironwork .
35
14
Repairing engine
Paint stock
60
4
56
25
$283 07
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders
. $4,309
98
Substitutes
107
50
Coal ....
231
20
Gas ....
36
97
Water
32
50
Cleaning boiler tubes
18
00
Insurance on boiler .
50
00
Ice ....
6
00
Small supplies .
5
46
4,797 61
5,080 e8
Chelsea -street bridge (from East Boston to
Chelsea).
Sheathed one side and repaired iron fence.
Carpenters . . . $13 75
Nails 3 94
Repairing iron fence . , 8 95
Tide- water displacement . 27 00
_. 153 64
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender . . . $304 75
Carried forward^
$304 75 $53 64 $26,433 39
98
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward, $304 75
Coal ..... 4 65
Small supplies ... 33
f53 64 126,433 39
309 73
363 37
Commercial Point or Tenean bridge, Dor-
chester.
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender .
Congress-street bridge (over Fort Point
channel).
Sheathed draw, repaired deck under paved road-
way, patched sheathing in various places, repaired
concrete walk, fence, sidewalk, and put in new
oak headers. Repaired machinery, engines,
iron fence, latches, gears and water-pipe.
Painted draw-house and fence on bridge.
50 00
Carpenters
. 1571
44
Painters .
142
00
Lumber
593
73
Nails.
34
83
Ironwork .
326
78
Repairing fence
111
20
Bolts, etc. .
36
71
Repairing machinery .
399
10
Sprocket wheel
11
83
Repairing engines
119
43
Boiler grate
24
65
Hardware .
14
19
Paint stock
15
64
Plumbing .
20
30
Repairing concrete wj
ilk . 50
56
Teaming lumber
7
50
Asphaltum
12
25
«^0 4QO 11
— qp^jj^t/^j J. *T
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders
. 15,984
12
Substitutes
210
00
Coal .
305
40
Water
74
25
Insurance on boilers
100
00
Kerosene .
38
88
Ice
6
00
Small supplies .
20
60
6 739 25
9,231 39
Carried forward,
,078 15
Street Dbpaetment — Bridge Division.
99
Brought forioard,
Dover=street bridge (over Fort Point chan-
nel).
Patched sheathing in various places under eight
different orders, and put in new oak headers ;
repaired machinery, trucks, motor, iron fence,
water-pipe, and put in new armature ; painted
draw- house.
$36,078 15
Carpenters
. $295 37
Painters .
175 01
Lumber
280 94
Nails
21 87
Ironwork .
100 66
Repairing iron fence
48 75
Repairing motor
47 32
New armature and sup
)plies, 197 03
Hardware .
6 01
Paint stock
18 39
Plumbing .
20 13
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders .
. $5,309 16
Substitutes
183 63
Coal
27 90
Repairing stove, etc.
24 75
New stove
12 00
Damage to team
5 25
Ice .
6 00
Small supplies .
7 07
11,211 48
5,575 76
Essex=street bridge (from Brighton to Cam-
bridge).
Sheathed draw and patched deck ; patched sheath-
ing at five different places on the bridge and
repaired ring bolts.
Carpenters • .
Lumber
Nails
Ironwork .
6,787 24
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders .
Substitute
Coal .
Small supplies .
$102
62
141
36
10
26
14
00
$670
98
25
32
12
33
2
58
$268 24
711 21
979 45
Carried forward,
5,844 84
100
City Document No. 29.
BroxigJit forward^
Federal=street bridge (over Fort Point chan-
nel).
Sheathed draw twice, patched sheathing, repaired
sidewalk, foundation to sheave, railing to run,
and concrete sidewalk ; repaired machinery, put
in new steel cable on draw, and repaired water-
pipes, latches and iron fence ; painted draw-house
and boat.
$43,844 84
Carpenters
$104 38
Painters .
155
80
Lumber
143
35
Nails
12
15
Ironwork .
157
77
Steel cable
14
73
New smokestack
17
90
Paint stock
19
05
Plumbing .
24
60
Repairing concrete walk
113
75
$763 48
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders .
15,519
98
Substitutes
120
00
Coal ....
43
80
Gas .
50
70
Water
10
00
Zinc, etc. .
6
92
Ice .
6
00
Oil and grease .
8
25
Small supplies .
17
77
5,783 42
6.546 90
Granite bridge (from Dorchester to Mil-
ton).
Sheathed draw, relaid sidewalk, repaired sheathing
and fence.
Carpenters
Lumber ....
Ironwork .
Nails . . .
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender
$44 75
77 08
2 20
6 00
$130 03
243 80
373 83
Carried forward^
),765 57
Stbeet Department — Bridge Divisioisr.
101
Brought forward^
L-street bridge (over reserved channel at
junction of Congress and L streets).
Repaired draw-house, machinery, etc., and put in
water-pipe from hydrant on L street to engine-
house, also overflow to tank work done in 1895,
afterwards repaired said pipe; painted engine-
house and top, sides and underside of draw, two
coats.
S50,765 57
Carpenters
125 00
Painters .
178 25
Lumber
3 54
Nails
32
Ironwork .
2 90
Repairing machinery
20 57
Paint stock
16 51
Plumbing
889 18
Painting signs ,
27 40
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders .
84,568 90
Coal ....
246 60
Water
56 00
Insurance on boiler .
100 00
Ice ....
6 00
Lubricating oil
6 75
Gauge glasses, etc.
7 33
Small supplies .
28 09
$1,113 67
5,019 67
— 6,133 34
Maiden bridge (from Charlestown to Everett).
Sheathed the draw, repaired deck and sheathing,
wheels and shaft, wheel-rest, guard-rail and
latch ; also repaired concrete sidewalk.
Carpenters
896 50
Lumber .
74 60
Nails
2 65
Ironwork .
90 17
Bolts, etc.
57 26
Plumbing .
5 53
Repairing concrete walk
32 25
Spar for buoy .
12 50
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders
. 83,512 34
Substitutes
202 29
$371 46
Carried- forward,
714 63 $371 46 $56,898 91
102
City Document No. 29.
Brought forioard^
13,714
63 $371 46
Coal ....
86
70
Gas ....
26
00
Water
17
00
Lubi-icating oil .
4
50
Ice ....
6
00
Small supplies .
2
56
:e (from
0,0U t Oa
Meridian-street bridg
East Boston to
Chelsea).
Repaired waterway, machinery on draw and re-set
two buoys.
Carpenters
1116
00
Lumber
23
21
Ironwork .
40
94
Repairing machinery .
41
26
Resetting buoys, shackles
>
,
etc.
265
47
Signs
8
48
S|t;4Q5 .86
Regular expenses :
-— — qpTTt/v tjyj
Draw-tenders
. 14,224
03
Substitutes
110
66
Coal ....
23
00
Gas ....
47
34
Feed ....
117
22
Water .
10
00
Horse-shoeing .
40
75
Pasturing horse
6
00
Ice .....
9
00
Lubricating oil .
4
50
Small supplies .
19
93
$56,898 91
4,178 85
4.612 43
5,107 79
Mt. Washington-avenue bridge (over Fort-
J'oint channel).
Sheathed draw, patched deck, repaired sheathing,
sidewalks, beams, machinery and water-pipes;
Carpenters
. 1223 76
Painters . ,
97 50
Lumber
193 15
Nails
9 75
Ironwork .
10 67
Hardware .
5 73
Carried forward,
$540 56
5,185 55
Street Department — Bridge Division. 103
166,185 55
Brought forward^
1540 56
Paint-stock
12 70
Plumbing .
27 60
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders
. 1-4,912 94
Coal ....
32 55
Gas .
58 80
Water
10 00
Rent of land
60 00
Ice . . .
6 00
Small supplies .
15 95
5,096 24
Neponset bridge (from Dorchester to Quincy).
Sheathed the draw, built new sidewalk, patched
sheathing and repaired machinery.
Carpenters . . . $88 50
Lumber . . . . Ill 03
Nails .... 5 72
Ironwork .... 274 72
1479 97
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender . . . $406 51
Small supplies ... 33
406 84
North Beacon-street bridge (from Brighton
to Watertown).
Sheathed the draw.
Carpenters ... 18 00
Lumber .... 12 98
Nails 1 05
$21 98
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender 76 32
North Harvard- street bridge (from Brighton
to Cambridge).
Patched deck and sheathing.
Carpenters . . . $14 75
Lumber . . , . 17 39
Nails .... 1 55
133 69
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender . . . 372 59
5,677 10
886 81
98 30
406 28
Carried forward^ #73,254 04
104
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward,
Warren bridge (from Boston to Charlestown).
Patched sheathing various places under thirteen
orders, sheathed the draw twice, and repaired
deck, fence, pier, stable floor and ladder ; put in
three trucks and repaired engines, machinery,
trucks, concrete sidewalk, water-pipes, water-
closet, iron fence, guard rails, and put in two
new steel cables on the draw; also painted
draw house.
Carpenters . . . |420 33
Painters . . . . 235 72
Lumber .... 362 01
Nails .... 37 53
Ironwork .... 370 18
Repairing machinery . . 136 73
" trucks , . 286 40
« engines . . 177 85
Grate , . . , 16 02
Steel cables . . ; 34 84
Paint stock . . . 27 38
Plumbing .... 226 97
Repairing concrete walk . 13 62
Doors .... 17 25
Window glass . . . 6 30
2,868 18
173,254 04
Regular expenses :
Draw-tenders, ,
15,613 99
Substitutes
273 75
Coal ....
709 12
Gas .
30 76
Water
50 00
Insurance on boiler .
100 00
Watering
450 00
Ice . . . .
6 00
Small supplies .
35 65
7,269 27
Western-avenue bridge (from Brighton to
Cambridge) .
Sheathed the draw and patched deck and sheath-
ing.
Carpenters ... 163 00
Lumber
Nails
Ironwork .
Hardware
94
98
9
30
9
70
50
9,637 40
Carried forioard,
,77 48
2,891 44
Street Department — Bridge Divisioisr.
105
Brought forioard,
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender
$177 48
372 59
2,891 44
550 07
Western-avenue bridge (from Brighton to
Watertown).
Sheathed the draw, repaired headers, latches,
clamps, chain, and hand-wheel.
Carpenters ... $93 57
$193 28
Lumber
53 86
Nails . . .
12 06
Ironwork
32 67
Hardware
1 12
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender
$76 32
Small supplies .
75
77 07
Winthrop bridge (from Breed's Island to
Winthrop).
Patched deck and sheathing. Nails . $13 50
[Balance of material charged to
special appropriation.]
Regular expenses :
Draw-tender . . . $100 00
Lanterns .... 3 42
Kerosene oil . . . 7 68
270 35
111 10
124 60
Sundry Expenditures on
Carpenters, sundry repairs.
Oak lumber « "
Hardware " "
Car fares (mechanics)
tide- water bridge
$119 84
136 61
9 43
150 00
Regular expenses :
Messenger
Draw-tenders' books
Stationery
Mops
Window brushes
Scrubbing "
Floor «
Dusters
Sponges
Lanterns and globes
Metal polish
Carriul forioard^
$797 68
66 42
10 16
11 52
12 90
10 50
27 00
17 04
21 00
15 30
$415 88
00
$997 52 $415 88 $83,836 46
106
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward^
Soap
Waste
Heavy brooms
House "
Padlocks .
Soapine
Matches
Salt, north bridges
Salt, south "
Public landings.
Repairs.
Commercial wharf :
Labor . . $26 75
Towage . . 10 00
Charles river :
Labor
Jeffries Point
Labor
Signs .
$66 50
5 35
Regular expenses :
East Boston :
Rent . . .
1997 52
18 15
46 02
8 80
13 00
41 32
24 00
5 50
15 60
7 20
$415 88 $88,836 46
— 1,177 11
$36 75
16 50
71 85
$125 10
250 00
1,592 99
875 10
Total expended on tide- water bridges
$85,804 55
Street Departjnient — Bridge Division.
107
RECAPITULATION.
Table showing Expenditures on the Tide-water Bridges for the
Year Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 81, 1897.
Name of Beidge.
Broadway
Cambridge street
Charles river
Chelsea (North)
Chelsea (South)
Chelsea street
Commercial point.
Congress street
Dover street
Essex street
Federal street
Granite
L street
Maiden
Meridian street
Mt. "Washington avenue
Neponset
North Beacon street
North Harvard street
Warren
Western avenue (to Cambridge). .
Western avenue (to Watertown)..
Winthrop
Sundry expenditures
Public landings
Repairs, Lahor,
Lumber, Iron-
work and
Painting.
Totals.
$4,068 74
134 55
252 06
114 16
283 07
53 64
2,492 14
1,211 48
268 24
763 48
120 03
1,113 67
371 46
495 36
580 86
479 97
21 98
33 69
2,368 13
177 48
193 28
13 50
415 88
125 10
16,161 95
Regular Ex-
penses, Sala-
ries, Fuel and
Supplies.
$6,096 89
390 1]
5,671 38
4,624 82
4,797 61
309 73
50 00
6,739 25
5,575 76
711 21
5,783 42
243 80
5,019 67
3,807 39
4,612 43
5,096 24
406 84
76 32
372 59
7,269 27
372 59
77 07
111 10
1,177 11
250 00
69,642 60
Total.
$10,165 63
524 66
5,923 44
4,738 98
5,080 68
363 37
50 00
9,231 39
6,787 24
979 45
6,546 90
373 83
6,133 34
4,178 85
5,107 79
5,677 10
886 81
98 30
406 28
9,637 40
550 07
270 35
124 60
1,592 99
375 10
$85,804 55
108
City Document No. 29.
INLAND BRIDGES.
Aibany=street bridge (over Boston and
Albany Railroad).
Sheathed bridge, repaired sidewalk and iron fence,
patched sheathing various times, patched deck
and painted all ironwork.
Carpenters .
1458 12
Painters
657 15
Watchman .
98 51
Lumber
335 62
Nails .
12 81
Ironwork
2 40
Lag screws
5 00
Repairing iron fence
54 95
Mortar
6 00
Paint stock
109 85
Allston bridge (over Boston & Albany Rail-
road, at Cambridge street).
Patched sheathing.
Carpenters $9 50
Lumber ...... 15 78
Nails 79
Ashland-street bridge (over New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence
Division).
Patched sheathing.
Carpenters 15 00
Lumber ...... 5 85
Nails 47
Beacon -street bridge (over Boston & Albany
Railroad).
Repaired deck and sidewalk and sheathed the
bridge.
Carpenters 178 63
Lumber 121 80
Nails . 9 91
Bolts . 1 00
Beacon-street bridge (over outlet).
Repaired sidewalk.
Carpenters .... ...
Nails
63 62
32
.,740 41
26 07
11 32
211 34
3 94
Carried forward,
11,993 08
Street Depaetjnient — Bridge Division. 109
Brought forward, $1,993 08
Berkeley-street bridge (over Boston &
Albany Railroad).
Sheathed one roadway and painted bridge.
Painters ....
157 86
Lumber ....
30 08
Nails
2 05
Repairing painters' tools
3 20
Paint stock . .
10 94
Berkeley-street bridge (over New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence
Division).
Sheathed roadway, patched deck, also patched
sheathing six different times.
Carpenters . . . , . . 1119 62
Lumber . . . . . . 394 50
Nails 25 08
Berwick Park (foot) bridge (over New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence
Division).
Painted bridge.
Painters $164 31
Paint stock 19 00
224 07
539 20
183 31
Bolton-street bridge (over New England
Railroad).
Repaired sidewalk.
Carpenters ........ 1 25
Boylston-avenue bridge (over Stony brook).
Patched sheathing three times.
Carpenters |16 38
Lumber 23 92
Nails . 2 89
43 19
Boylstofi-street bridge (over Boston &
Albany Railroad).
Patched sheathing.
Carpenters ........ 7 00
Broadway bridge (over Boston & Albany
Railroad).
Sheathed roadway, repaired deck and patched
sheathing.
Carpenters . . . . ' . . $15 25
Carried forward, 115 25 $2,991 10
110 City Document No. 29.
Brought forward^
Lumber
Nails ....
Brookline-avenue bridge (over Boston &
Albany Railroad).
Sheathed one roadway.
Carpenters ...... $16 50
Nails 1 58
$15 25
$2,991 10
9 70
6 81
31 76
[Lumber to be paid for in 1897.]
Byron-street bridge (over Boston, Revere
Beach and Lynn Railroad).
Laid new deck and sheathing.
Carpenters $117 48
Lumber 250 19
Nails 13 20
Central-avenue bridge (from Dorchester to
Milton over Neponset river).
Patched deck, sheathing and sidewalk.
Carpenters ...... $105 71
Lumber 136 56
Nails 5 80
Cohasset-street (culvert).
Laid new deck and sheathing.
Carpenters $41 01
Lumber 71 28
Nails . . . . . . . 3 55
Columbus-avenue bridge (over Boston &
Albany Railroad).
Sheathed both roadways, repaired sidewalks and
guard rail.
Carpenters
Lumber
Nails .
Ironwork
Cornwall-street bridge (over Stony brook).
Sheathed the bridge.
Carpenters $15 00
Lumber 47 99
Nails 2 36
$75
34
95
77
5
51
7
21
18 08
380 87
248 07
115 84
183 83
65 35
Carried fonoard, $4,034 90
Street Department — Bridge Division. Ill
Brought forward, $4,034 90
Cottage Farm bridge (over Boston & Albany
Railroad at Commonwealth avenue).
Carpenters $22 00
Lumber 25 30
Nails . . . , . . * 10 11
Use of telephone, etc. ... 3 70
61 11
Cottage-street (foot) bridge (over flats, East
Boston).
Bridge-tender ..... $747 36
Ice 6 00
Dartmouth-street bridge (over Boston &
Albany, and Providence Division of New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad).
Patched sheathing, paid for smoke fenders erected
in 1895, and which were removed this year, also
removed wooden ornaments.
Carpenters $20 00
Painters
Lumber
Nails ....
Erecting smoke fenders
Removing smoke fenders
Dorchester-street bridge (over New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Plymouth
Division).
Repaired sheathing, and cleaned ironwork under
southerly sidewalk, and painted same two coats.
Painters $28 13
Paint stock 9 40
Repairing sheathing by Railroad Co. . 2 64
2
50
4
93
93
362
14
30
90
Elmwood-street bridge (over Stony brook).
Sheathed the bridge.
Carpenters $7 38
Lumber 17 49
Nails 1 20
Ferdinand-street bridge (over Boston &
Albany Railroad).
Sheathed roadway, patched deck and sheathing
and painted bridge.
Carpenters $48 25
Painters 73 65
753 36
421 40
40 17
26 07
Carried forward, $121 90 $5,337 01
112 City Document No. 29.
Brought forward, $121 90 $5,337 01
Nails 5 15
Paint stock 21 68
148 73
[Lumber to be paid for in 1897,]
Hyde Park-avenue bridge (over Stony
Brook).
Sheathed bridge, repaired fence and sheathing.
Carpenters |16 18
Lumber 16 42
Nails 1 92
Irvington street (foot) bridge (over New
York,- New Haven & Hartford Railroad,
Providence Division).
Cleaned bridge and painted same two coats.
[Part of stock taken from yard.]
Painters ......
Paint stock . . . . .
Jamaica street (culvert).
Patched sheathing.
CarjDcnters ......
Lumber ......
Nails
Keyes-street bridge (over Stony brook).
Sheathed the bridge, afterwards patched the
same.
Carpenters $16 00
Lumber 19 97
Nails 2 27
$29
38
3
96
$1
25
5
28
23
Leyden-street bridge (over Boston, Revere
Beach & Lynn Railroad).
Patched deck and sheathing.
Carpenters $25 97
Lumber 60 47
Nails 4 50
Linden Park-street bridge (over Stony
brook).
Sheathed bridge, patched deck and sheathing.
Cai'penters ...... $65 33
Lumber 62 69
Nails 4 25
34 47
33 34
6 76
38 24
90 94
132 27
Oarried forward, $5,821 76
Street Department — Bridge Division.
113
Sr ought forward,
Longwood-avenue bridge (from Roxbury to
Brookline).
Repaired deck and sheathing at five different
times, afterwards laid new sheathing and re-
paired sidewalk.
Carpenters $106 00
Lumber 131 92
Nails 11 82
Teaming ...... 1 50
Massachusetts-avenue bridge (over Boston
&> Albany Railroad).
Sheathed the roadways.
Carpenters
Lumber
Nails
142 75
106 10
10 80
Massachusetts-avenue bridge (over New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,
Providence Division).
Sheathed the roadways and painted bridge.
Painters
231 57
Lumber
67 88
Nails .
5 80
Paint stock
24 96
Teaming
1 50
Roxbury Crossing (foot) bridge (over New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,
Providence Division).
Removed the bridge July 13, 1896.
Carpenters |21 00
Removing trusses . . . . 73 03
Teaming . 10 00
Shawmut avenue
Albany Railroad).
Carpenter's .
Lumber
Nails ....
bridge (over Boston &
17 50
6 85
94
Swett-street bridge (west of New England
Railroad),
Patched sheathing and repaired sidewalk.
Carpenters |18 00
Carried forward^
,821 76
251 24
159 65
355 96
104 03
15 29
118 00 66,707 93
114
City Document No. 29.
JBr ought forward^
Lumber
Nulls ....
Swett=street bridge
Railroad).
Repaired sidewalk.
Carpenters
$18 00
41 59
. . 2 42
(east of New England
West Newton=street bridge (over New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence
Division).
Sheathed bridge.
Carpenters '$34 25
Lumber 72 31
Nails 4 50
Teaming 4 50
West Rutland square (foot) bridge (over
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,
Providence Division).
Painted bridge.
Painters $63 86
Paint stock 19 86
Repairing tools . . . . . 3 85
Williams=street bridge (over Stony brook).
Patched sheathing.
Carpenters ...... $3 00
Lumber 15 64
Nails 1 11
Sundry expenditures on Inland Bridges
Labor, on snow .
Labor, cleaning bridges
Sand, for slipi^ery walks
Teaming sweepings
Carpenters, sundry repairs
Car fares, mechanics, sundry bridges
$640
34
567
58
40
25
55
00
59
92
80
00
,707 93
62 01
1 25
115 56
87 07
19 75
1,443 09
Total expended on Inland Bridges
$8,436 66
Street Department — Bridge Divisioisr.
115
RECAPITULATION.
Table shovnng expendUxvres on the Inland Bridges for the Year
Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 81, 1897.
Name of Bridge.
Albany street
Allston
Ashland street
Beacon street (over
Beacon street (over
B. & A. Railroad)
outlet) .
Berkeley street (over B. & A. Railroad)
Berkeley street (over Providence Division)
Berwick park
Bolton street
Boylston avenue .
Boylston street
Broadway (over B. & A. Railroad)
Brookline avenue .
Byron street
Central avenue
Cohasset street (culvert)
Columbus avenue .
Cornwall street
Cottage Farm
Cottage street
Dartmouth street .
Dorchester street .
Elmwood street
Ferdinand street .
Hyde Park avenue
Irvington street
Jamaica street (culvert)
Keyes street
Leyden street
Linden Park street
Longwood avenue
Massachusetts avenue (over B. & A. Railroad)
Massachusetts avenue (over Providence Division)
Roxbury Crossing
Shawmut avenue .
Swett street (west)
Swett street (east)
West Newton street
West Rutland square
Williams street
Sundry expenditures
Repairs, Labor,
Liimber, Ironwork,
and Painting.
11,740
41
26
07
11
32
211
34
3
94
224
07
539
20
183
31
1
25
43
19
7
00
31
76
18
08
380
87
248
07
115
84
183
83
65
35
61
11
753
36
421
40
40
17
26
07
148
73
34
47
33
34
6
76
38
24
. ' 90
94
132
27
251
24
159
65
355
96
104
03
15
29
62
01
1
25
115
56
87
07
19
75
1,443
09
Total
5,436 66
116
City Document No. 29.
REGITLAR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES AT NORTH
AND SOUTH YARDS.
North Yakd, District No. 1.
Warre7i Bridge.
Messengers
Watchman .
Tools for carpenters .
Gas ....
Repairing steam apparatus
Telephone . .
Kerosene oil
Water
Ice ....
Plumbing
Red flags
Shovels
Hardware
Small supplies
L,003 72
714 00
63 70
23 07
17 83
156 00
14 00
20 00
6 00
2 50
13 25
5
7
15
85
19
03
Stable,
District
No. 1.
Warren Bridge.
Teamster $780
00
Hostler
575
75
Stable boy .
122
50
Feed ....
340
10
New buggy-
185
00
Repairing wagon
16
30
Repairing sleigh .
26
75
Repairing harness
12
00
Horseshoeing
63
00
Veterinary service
23
00 •
Horse- clipping
9
00
Fur robes .
30
92
Blanket, whip, and we
ight
5
25
Insect powder
7
50
Small supplies
17
08
2,214 15
.
Total expended, North Yard and Stable
$4,276 29
South Yard, District No. 2.
No. 45 Foundry Street.
Messengers $1,288
56
Watchman .
742
00
Carried forward.,
$2,030 56
Street Department — Bridge Division. 117
Brought forward
12,030 66
Yard and stock boys .... 740 50
Tools for carpenters
68 18
Tools for painters
166 44
Telephone .
156 00
Hardware .
6 70
Cordage
11 92
Coal .
18 60
Water
10 00
Red flags
Ice . .
23 25
6 00
New stove and pipe
24 00
Shovels
16 47
Ice choppers
4 65
Street horses
12 83
Small supplies
54 46
Stable, District No. 2.
No. 6Jf Dorchester Avenue.
Teamster .....
1792 50
Hostler . , . . .
750 00
Stable boy .....
649 25
Feed . . . . .
449 49
Repairing wagons
212 55
Repairing buggies . . .
179 85
Repairing sleighs
86 25
Repairing vehicles by Sanitary Division
400 60
Rent of stable ....
600 00
Coal
18 60
Veterinary service
189 43
Two new harnesses
113 00
Repairing harnesses
69 15
Clipping horses ....
38 00
Horseshoeing ....
333 75
Horse hire .....
13 85
Use of buggy ....
57 50
Second-hand buggy
100 00
New sleigh . . . . .
150 00
New buggy ....
250 00
Bay mare . .
195 00
Bay gelding ....
130 00
Fur robes .....
37 07
Blanket, whip, and weight .
7 88
Small supplies ....
107 15
5,350 56
Total expended. South Yard and Stable
5,930 37
^9,280 93
118
City Document No. 29.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Ik Charge of Bridge Division.
Charles=river bridge, draw, remodelling, etc.
(Boston to Charlestown).
Repaired deck and piling under paved roadway,
sheathed the draw twice, put in truck and re-
paired fence.
Carpenters 1291 08
Spruce 247 46
Oak 39 13
Bolts, nuts, etc 14 18
W. H. Ellis, repairing planking under
roadway, etc, ..... 1,925 27
Total expended Jan. 31, 1897
Balance .....
Appropriation .....
Chelsea bridge (North) rebuilding draw, etc.
(over North channel. Mystic river).
Made general repairs and additions to racks, shafts
pinions, gears, etc., of the draw, preparatory to
the use of electric motor, and made extensive
repairs upon the waterway.
Contract with Augustus Bellevue & Co. :
Eighth and final estimate . $4,561 80
Extra work done . . 255 48
14,817 28
Setting rack, trolley-posts, etc., and re-
pairing float stage, fence and north
pier ......
Castings, rack, boxes, shafts, pinions,
etc. ......
Castings for counterbalance weights
Inspector
Repairing motor ....
Installing motor, etc. .
Melting lead for ballast
Two mitre gears
Two spare axles with wheels
Painting track stringers
Express .....
Carpenters, on waterway
Lumber, on waterway
Repairing machinery .
Resetting buoy . . . .
548 02
934
77
59
00
92
00
103
88
279
74
6
60
50
00
136
00
126
84
3
90
513
00
142
42
23
40
165
00
$2,517 12
407 04
$2,924 16
Carried fortvard,
^,001 85
Street Department — Bridge Divisioisr. 119
Brought forioard,
Ringbolts, repairing latches, etc.
Car fares .....
•$8,001 85
39 00
25 00
Elastic paint mixture .
47 25
Painting ten signs
118 00
88,231
Total expended Jan. 31, 1897 .
.
10
Balance
.
5,030
54
Appropriation
.
$13,2(31
64
Gold=street bridge (over New England Rail-
road).
Paid New England Railroad Company
for flagmen while bridge was being
placed in position .... $28 25
Total expended Jan. 31, 1897 ....
Balance ........
Appropriation . . .
Meridian-street bridge, reconstructing draw
(from East Boston to Chelsea).
Rebuilt trusses of the draw, and repaired spur-
shores, piles, girder caps, and fender-guard. Put
in new deck on draw, sheathed the same, re-
paired waterway, pier, fence, concrete sidewalk,
machinery and float stage, reset buoy and painted
bridge and fence.
Carpenters
Painters
Spruce
Hard pine
Oak .
Nails .
Bolts, straps, plates, wedges, etc.
Repairing machinery ...
Repairing rack pinions, gear, etc.
Laddez's, rope, grindstones, wrenches
etc
Lead, oil, turpentine and japan .
Car fares .....
Contract with W. H. Ellis> rebuilding
trusses of the draw .
Driving piles, repairing fender-guard
etc. ......
Resetting buoy, chain, etc. .
Carried forward^
11,852 96
1,631 36
790
712
23
69
289
52
75
64
79
80
73
12
50
54
128
100
87
90
00
2,025 96
731
125
18
00
S28 25
18,569 33
$18,597 58
18,664 69
120 City Document No. 29.
Brought forward, $8,664 69
Repairing float stage . . . . 31 08
Inspector 276 00
Repairing concrete sidewalk . . 870 10
Contract with Lockwood Manufactur-
ing Co., for dynamo and macliinery, 1,585 00
Total expended Jan. 31, 1897 .... $11,426 87
Balance 2,833 61
Appropriation $14,260 48
Reconstruction of Essex-street bridge (from
Brighton to Cambridge).
[Work not completed.]
Contract with Wm. S. Rendle, making
repairs, first approximate estimate, $4,688 70
Specifications ..... 31 10
Advertising 25 63
Inspector 224 00
Total expended Jan. 31, 1897 .... $4,969 43
Balance 1,530 57
Appropriation . . . ' . . . $6,500 00
Amounts Chaeged to Special Appropbiations in Charge
OF OTHER Divisions.
Paid New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company for the construction of railroad bridge
over Geneva avenue, Dorchester, at Shawmut
Branch.
Charged to " Laying-Out and Construction of
Highways" . . . . . . . $14,026 58
Winthrop bridge (from Breed's Island to Win-
throp) .
Repaired damage to bridge caused by ice and the
tide ; also sheathed the bridge.
Contract with J. N. Hayes & Co., mak-
ing repairs, driving piles, etc. . . $1,519 92
Inspector 144 00
Carpenters 105 26
Lumber 253 02
Charged to Saratoga street, filling solid old bridge, $2,022 20
Street Department — Bridge Division. 121
Huntington avenue bridge (over Boston &
Albany Rairoad).
Stripped the bridge, flattened the curve on top of
roadway and sidewalk girders and stringers, put
in new deck on roadway, and sidewalks of hard
pine, laid new asphalt sidewalks, sheathed the
bridge, built new fence, and cleaned all iron
and painted same with two coats of red lead.
Painters $1,510 86
Paint, oil-mixer, red lead, oil, etc. . 241 29
Repairing painters' tools . . . 18
Contract with Wm. L. Miller, stone-
work, hard pine roadways, sidewalks,
etc. .......
Contract with Boston Bridge Works,
work on girders ....
Contract with Boston Asphalt Co., as-
phalt sidewalks . , .
Services of flagman ....
Car fares ......
Repairing sheathing, carpen-
ters .....
Lumber ....
Teaming ....
39 49
4,358
2,646
635
117
25
80
00
99
25
00
00
^11
23
5
25
24
00
Contract with Wm. L. Miller, removing archway
at Chestnut-Hill Reservoir ....
Charged to Blue Hill and other avenues
Cottage Farm Bridge (over Boston
Railroad at Commonwealth avenue)
Completed new bridge
Advertising
Portland cement
Hard brick .
Hollow brick
Sand .
Bolts (150)
Inspector
Covering steel beams with lead
Pieces stone (16)
Contract with Metropolitan Construc-
tion Co. laying brick arches and con-
crete filling .....
Contract with A. C. Richmond, plac-
ing 124 steel beams
Carried forward,
& Albany
$55
75
2,968
40
47
25
20
00
405
00
20
42
330
00
1,647
00
227
96
3,041
48
1,900
00
110,663
26
19,592 68
874 00
10,466 68
122 City Document No. 29.
Brought forward, $10,663 26
Repairing old bridge, carpen-
ters $51 63
Lumber . . . . 117 26
168 89
T3ailding temporary fence, car-
penters .... $53 25
Lumber . . . . 46 35
99 60
Charged to Commonwealth avenue (old appropria-
tion) $10,931 75
Cottage Farm bridge (over Boston & Albany
Railroad at Commonwealth avenue).
Completed new bridge.
Sand, gravel and screenings . . $611 60
Hollow brick and skews . . . 756 00
Portland cement . . . . . 1,917 60
Rods (616) 87 20
Contract with Metropolitan Construc-
tion Co., laying brick arches and
concrete filling, southerly section . 2,243 15
Contract with E. B. Badger & Son,
covering 91 steel beams with lead . 955 50
Contract with A. C. Richmond, exten-
sion of abutment, resetting parapet
stone and placing filling back of
abutment 2,937 38
Contract with Boston Bridge Works,
steel superstructure, southerly sec-
tion 2,400 00
Contract with Boston Asphalt Com-
pany Sicilian rock asphalt, northerly
roadway ...... 1,751 68
Sicilian rock asphalt, southerly road-
way 1,707 86
Artificial stone sidewalk and curbing, 864 85
Setting stone bearing blocks, resetting
parapet, northerly abutment, recut-
ting stone for beams and removing
old parapet ..... 276 28
Charged to Commonwealth avenue (new
appropriation) ...... $16,509 10
Public Landing, Jeffries Point (East Boston).
Built new landing.
Carpenters ^180 00
Carried forward, $180 00
Street Department — Bridge Divisioi:^. 123
Brought forioard, $180 00
Lumber 89 38
Two old masts 70 00
Nails 2 26
Bolts, hinges, clamps, etc. . ' . . 76 02
Charged to Street Improvements, Wards 1
and 2 $-417 66
[Part
of
appropria-
11,792
18
617
70
635
50
133
00
152
98
8
09
45
50
197
20
Public Landing, Jeffries' Point (East Bos-
ton).
Bailt new landing.
Putting in foundation, placing old ferry drop on
same and driving guide piles for float.
Charged to Street Improvements, New Ward 2. $300 00
Broadway Bridge (over Fort Point chan-
nel).
Removed deck, sheathing and sidewalk, put in
new beams of hard pine, and deck of kyanized
spruce, sheathed the draw with spruce, laid
sidewalks of hard pine, built two new sets of
stairs, from draw to pier, of hard pine, boxed
around trusses with cypress. Painted centre,
chords and iron beams with red lead, also
painted fence and draw-house,
mechanics labor charged to regular
tion.]
(Work not completed.)
Carpenters ......
Painters ......
Kyanized spruce .....
Spruce ......
Hard pine ......
Surveying kyanized spruce .
Iron clamps, bolts, wedges, dogs and
repairing painters' hangers
Repairing iron fence ....
Charged to Street Improvements, New Ward 13, $3,582 15
Savin Hill-avenue bridge (over New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Plymouth
Division).
Paid New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company for making repairs, city's part or two-
fifths $43 72
Charged to Street Improvements, Ward 20 . . $43 72
124 City Document No. 29.
Everett-street bridge (over Boston & Albany-
Railroad).
Sheathed the bridge.
Carpenters 1108 38
Lumber ...... 827 36
Teaming 20 00
Cottage Farm bridge (over Boston & Albany
Railroad at Commonwealth avenue).
Completed new bridge.
Inspector . . . . . . |415 00
Sand and screenings .... 308 80
Portland cement . . . . 881 25
Pier column . . . . . 44 00
Contract with A. C. Richmond, remov-
ing old bridge and placing 91 beams, 1,400 00
Contract with Cape Ann Granite Co.
for parapet and bearing courses,
southerly section .... 2.125 00
S455 74
5,174 05
Charged to Street Improvements, Ward 25 . . $5,629 79
Paid award of Committee on Claims to
John P. Donovan, for personal in-
juries received Dec. 3, 1895, on Mt.
Washington-avenue bridge . • $150 00
Paid execution of court to James O.
Stone, for personal injuries received
June 4, 1894, on Broadway bridge,
over Boston & Albany Railroad . 1,201 35
Paid execution of court to Nathaniel
P. Doane et al., for damage to tug
"Nellie," Nov. 18, 1893, at Chelsea
(North) bridge .... 3,062 59
Charged to Reserved Fund . . $4,413 94
Steebt Department — Bridge Division. 125
LIST OF BOSTON BRIDGES.
I. — Bridges wholly supported by Boston.
[In the list those marked with an asterisk (*) are over navigable
waters, apd are each provided with a draw.]
In charge of Bridge Division.
Allston, over Boston & Albany Railroad at Cambridge street,
Brighton.
Ashland street, over N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad, Providence
Division, "West Roxbury.
Athens street, over New England Railroad.
Baker street, at Brook farm. West Roxbury.
Beacon street, over outlet to Back Bay Fens.
Beacon street, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Berkeley street, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Berkeley street, over N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad, Providence
Division.
Berwick-park (foot) bridge, over N". Y., N. H. & H. Railroad,
Providence Division.
Blakemore street, over N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad, Providence
Division.
Bolton street, over New England Railroad.
Boylston avenue, over Stony brook. West Roxbury.
Boylston street, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
*Broadway, over Fort-Point channel.
Broadway, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Brookline avenue, over Boston &, Albany Railroad.
Byron street, over Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad.
*Charles river, from Boston to Charlestown.
*Chelsea (South), over south channel. Mystic river.
*Chelsea street, from East Boston to Chelsea.
Columbus avenue, over Boston & Albany Railroad,
^Commercial Point, or Tenean, Dorchester,
*Congres8 street, over Fort- Point channel,
Cornwall street, over Stony brook, West Roxbury.
Cottage Farm, over Boston & Albany Railroad, at Commonwealth
avenue.
Cottage-street foot-bridge, over flats, East Boston.
Dartmouth street, over Boston & Albany, and Providence Division
of N, Y., N. H, & H, Railroad.
*Dover street, over Fort- Point channel.
Elmwood street (private way), over Stony brook, Roxbury.
*Federal street, over Fort-Point channel.
Ferdinand street, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Florence street, over Stony brook. West Roxbury.
Gold-street foot-bridge, over New England Railroad.
126 City Document No. 29.
Huntington avenue, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Hyde Park avenue, over Stony brook, West Roxbury.
Irvington-street foot bridge, over N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad,
Providence Division.
Keyes street, over Stony brook. West Roxbury,
*L street, over reserved channel at junction of Congress and L
streets.
Leyden street, over Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad.
Linden Park street, over Stony brook, Roxbury.
^Maiden, from Charlestown to Everett.
Massachusetts avenue, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Massachusetts avenue, over N. Y,, N. H. & H. Railroad, Provi-
dence Division.
*Meridian street, from East Boston to Chelsea.
*Mt. Washington avenue, over Fort-Point channel
Shawmut avenue, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Swett street, east of New England Railroad.
Swett street, west of New England Railroad.
Texas street, over Stony brook, Roxbury.
* Warren, from Boston to Charlestown.
West Newton street, over N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad, Provi-
dence Division.
West Rutland-square foot-bridge, over N. Y., N. H. & H. Rail-
road, Providence Division.
Williams street, over Stony brook, West Roxbury.
Winthrop, from Breed's Island to Winthrop.
J)i charge of I^ ark Department.
Agassiz, in Back Bay Fens.
Arborway, over Stony brook.
Audubon road, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Bernierstreet (foot-bridge), in the River way.
Boylston-street, in Back Bay Fens.
Bridle path, in the Riverway, over Muddy river.
*Ca8tle-island (foot bridge), from Marine park. South Boston, to
Castle Island.
Charlesgate, Back Bay Fens, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Circuit drive, over Scarboro' pond, in Franklin Park.
Commonwealth avenue, in Back Bay Fens.
EUicott arch, in Franklin park.
Fen, Back Bay Fens.
Forest Hills entrance, in Franklin park,
Leverett-pond (foot-bridge), in Leverett park,
Neptune road, over Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad,
Scarboro' pond (foot-bridge), in Franklin park.
Stony brook, Back Bay Fens,
Jn charge of Public Grounds Department.
Public Garden (foot-bridge).
Street Department — Bridge Divisioisr. 127
II. — Bridges of which Boston supports the Part
WITHIN ITS Limits.
In charge of Bridge Division.
*Cambridge street, from Brighton to Cambridge.
Central avenue, from Dorchester to Milton.
*Chelsea (North), from Charlestown to Chelsea.
*Essex street, from Brighton to Cambridge.
*GraDite, from Dorchester to Milton.
fLongwood avenue, from Roxbury to Brookline.
Mattapan, from Dorchester to Milton.
Milton, from Dorchester to Milton.
*Neponset, from Dorchester to Quincy.
"^North Beacon street, from Brighton to Watertown.
*North Harvard street, from Brighton to Cambridge.
Spring street, from West Roxbury to Dedhara.
* Western avenue, from Brighton to Cambridge.
* Western avenue, from Brighton to Watertown.
In charge of lark Department.
Bellevue street, in the Riverway, over Muddy river.
Bernier-street (foot-bridge), in the Riverwaj^, over Muddy river.
Brookline avenue, in the Riverway, over Muddy river.
Tremont street, in the Riverway, over Muddy river.
III. — Bridges of avhich Boston pays a Part of the
Cost of Maintenance.
Ii charge of Bridge Dimsion.
Albany street, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Chelsea bridge, over Boston & Maine Railroad.
Dorchester street, over N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad, Plymouth
Division,
Everett street, over Boston & Albany Railroad, Brighton.
West Fourth street, over N. Y,. N. H. & H. Railroad, Plymouth
Division.
In charge of Commissioners of Cambridge Bridges.
*Canal, from Boston to Cambridge.
*Harvard, from Boston to Cambridge,
*Prison Point, from Charlestown to Cambridge.
*West Boston, from Boston to Cambridge.
lY. — Bridges supported by Railroad Corporations.
1st. — Boston & Albany Railroad,
Harrison avenue.
Market street, Brighton.
Tremont street.
Washington street.
tTo be rebuilt and maintained by Park Departments of Boston and Brookline by Act
of Legislature.
128 City Document No. 29.
2d. — Boston & Maine Railroad^ Eastern Division.
Mystic aveniie.
Main street,
3d. — Boston <& Maine Railroad, Western Division.
Mystic avenue.
Main street.
_^tJi, — Boston., Revere Beach S Lynn Railroad.
Everett street.
5th. — -Neio England Railroad.
Dorchester avenue.
Harvard street, Dorchester.
Morton " "
Norfolk " "
Norfolk " "
Silver street.
Washington street, Dorchester.
West Broadway.
West Fifth street.
West Fourth street.
West Second street.
West Sixth street.
West Third street.
Qth. — Neio York., New Haven S Hartford Railroad, Plymouth
Division.
Adams street.
Ashmont street and Dorchester avenue.
Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Freeport street.
Savin Hill avenue.
7th. — New York, New Haven c& Hartford Railroad, Provi-
dence Division.
Beach street, West Roxbury.
Bellevue street, West Roxbury.
Canterbury street, West Roxbury.
Centre and Mt. Vernon streets, West Roxbury.
Dudley avenue. West Roxbury.
Park street, West Roxbury.
Street Depaetjvient — Bridge Division. 129
Recapitulation of Bridges.
I. Number wholly supported by Boston :
In charge of Bridge Division ... 54
In charge of Park Department . . 17
In charge of Public Grounds Department 1
II. Number of which Boston supports the part
within its limits :
In charge of Bridge Division ... 14
In charge of Park Department . . 4
III. Number of which Boston pays a part of
the cost of maintenance :
In charge of Bridge Division . .
In charge of Commissioners of Cambridge
Bridges ......
72
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IV. Number supported by railroad corporations :
1. Boston & Albany . , . . 4
2. Boston & Maine, Eastern Division . 2
3. " " Western Division . 2
4. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn. . 1
5. New England 13
6. New York, New Haven & Hartford,
Plymouth Division . . . 5
7. New York, New Haven & Hartford,
Providence Division ... 6
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Total number 132
130
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Public Landiis^g-Places.
The following public landing-places have been built by the
city, and are maintained and controlled by the Street Depart-
ment : —
Charles-river Bridge. — Size, 40 x 60. Built in 1890. Moored
from city's property.
Essex- street Bridge. — Size, 9x23. Built in 1890. Moored
from city's property.
East Boston, Puhlic Landing. — Size, 18 x 30. Built in 1893.
Moored at dock of East Boston Dry Dock Company. Dock and
flats leased at $250 per year.
Commercial WJuirf. — ^xzQ, 30x50. Built by M. F. Sulli-
van ; contract dated Jan. 1, 1892 Moored at dock of Commer-
cial Wharf Corporation. Dock and flats leased Nov. 30, 1891,
at $1,000 per year.
Federal-street Bridge. — Size, 20 x 30. Built by M. F. Sulli-
van, Oct, 26, 1892. Moored from city's property.
Cable -Houses ajjd Boxes.
The following is a list of cable-houses and boxes on bridges in
charge of this division : —
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company:
Charles-river bridge, 2 houses, 1 unused box.
Chelsea [South] bridge, 1 house.
Congress-street bridge, 2 houses.
Dover-street bridge, 2 houses or boxes.
Chelsea [NorthJ bridge, 1 box.
Chelsea-street bridge, 1 box.
Maiden bridge, 4 boxes.
Meridian-street bridge, 2 boxes.
Neponset bridge, 2 boxes on poles.
Warren bridge, 2 boxes.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company :
Federal- street bridge, 1 house.
Merchants' Telegraph Company :
Congress-street bridge, 2 boxes.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company :
Congress-street bridge, 2 houses.
]\[alden bridge, 2 boxes.
Warren bridge, 2 boxes.
Boston Electric Light Company :
Congress-street bridge, 2 boxes.
West End Street Railway Company :
Cambridge-street bridge, 1 house.
Dover-street bridge, 1 house, 1 box.
Federal-street bridge, 2 houses.
Maiden bridge, 2 houses.
Warren bridge, 2 houses.
132 City Document No. 29.
Lynn & Boston Railroad Company:
Chelsea [North] bridge, 4 boxes.
Chelsea [South] bridge, 8 boxes.
Boston Police Department :
Chelsea [South] bridge, 1 box.
Maiden bridge, 2 boxes.
Boston Fire Department:
Chelsea [North] bridge, 1 box.
Dover- street bridge, 1 house, 1 box.
Meridian-street bridge, 2 boxes.
Warren bridge, 2 boxes.
On Warren bridge there are also five small boxes; the owners
of the same are unknown.
Street Department — Bridge Divisioisr.
133
statement of Traffic on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1896, between the
Hours of 6 A.M. and 7 P.M.
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Table showing the widths of Openings for Vessels in all Bridges
provided with Draws in the City of Boston, Jan. 31, 1897.
Name of Bridge.
Boston & Maine R.R., Eastern
Division ,
Boston & Maine R.E., Eastern
Division
Boston & Maine E..E. (freight),
Southern Division
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Canal (or Craigie's)
Charles river
Chelsea (south channel)
Chelsea (north channel)
Chelsea st. (East Boston side)..
Chelsea street (Chelsea side).. .
Commercial point (or Tenean).
Congress street (Boston side)...
" (South Boston side)
Dover street ,
Essex street
Federal street
Fitchburg RR
Fitchburg R.R. (for teaming
freight)
Grand Junction R.R ,
Granite
Location.
Boston to Charlestown
Over Miller's river
Boston to East Cam-
bridge
Boston to Charlestown..
Over Miller's river
Over Fort Point channel
Brighton to Cambridge..
Boston to East Cam-
bridge
Boston to Charlestown..
Charlestown to Chelsea.
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East Boston to Chelsea.
Dorchester
Over Fort Point channel
Brighton to Cambridge
Over Fort Point channel
Boston to Charlestown..
II II
Brighton to Cambridge
East Boston to Chelsea..
Dorchester to Milton..
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Table showing Width of Openings, etc. — Concluded.
Name of Bridge.
Location.
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Brighton to Cambridge.
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Table showing Width of Bridges, kind of Roadways, Sidewalks,
etc., on Tide=water Bridges, Jan. 31, 1897.
Name of Bridge.
Broadway
Cambridge street
Canal
Charles river
Chelsea, North
South
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Comnaercial point
Congress street
Dover st. (over water)
Essex street
Federal street
Granite
Harvard
L street
Maiden
Meridian street
Mt. Washington ave . .
Neponset
North Reacon street. . .
North Harvard street. .
Prison Point
"Warren. ^
Western ave. to Cam-
bridge
Western ave. to Water-
town
Winthrop
West Boston
Ft. In.
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40 0
64 0
50 0
49 0
50 3
30 0
abont
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60 0
60 0
31 0
69 0
30 2
69 4
60 0
40 0
50 0
61 0
30 0
31 0
28 2
50 0
80 0
33 2
33 0
24 2
50 0
Roadway.
Ft. In.
40 0
32 2
48 0
34 0
40 0
41 2
23 2
about
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44 0
40 0
22 8
49 0
24 4
51 0
44 0
32 0
36 0
39 6
23 10
25 2
26 7
36 0
60 0
26 3
24 2
19 10
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Kind of
roadway.
Plank
Paved
Plank
Paved
Plank
Paved
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Paved
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Plank
Paved
Sidewalks.
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8 0
8 0
6 0
8 0
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5 0
9 2
8 0
7 0
7 0
10 9
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10 0
6 0
8 0
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Kind of walks.
Coal-tar concrete.
Plank.
Brick.
Coal-tar concrete
and iJlank.
Plank.
Coal-tar concrete.
Asphalt.
Plank.
Asphalt.
Plank.
Asphalt.
Coal-tar concrete.
Plank.
Coal-tar concrete.
Plank.
Brick.
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APPENDIX B.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF FERRY
DIVISION.
North Ferry, East Boston, Feb. 1, 1897-
Mr. Benj. W. Wells, Superintendent of Streets :
Dear Sir: I respectfully submit the annual report of the
expenditures, income, and operations of the Ferry Division of
the Street Department for the financial year ending Jan. 31,
1897.
Respectfully yours,
William F. McClellak,
Deputy Superintendent.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Regular AppROPRiATioisrs.
Appropriation for year ending Jan. 31, 1897 . $218,000 00
Transfers for an illuminated clock at North Ferry,
Boston side, viz. :
From special appropriation for
awning . . ... . 1257 06
From special appropriation for
South Drop, South Ferry,
Boston side ..... 96 09 353 15
Total appropriation . . $218,353 15
Amount of expenditures . . 1217,999 95
Amount for illuminated clock at
North Ferry .... 353 15
Amount transferred to Street
Cleaning Division ... 05
. 1218,353 15
Objects op Expenditure.
Salaries and wages, running expenses . . . 1130,091 68
Salaries and wages, repairs ..... 16,172 74
Fuel . 29,803 55
Current expenses ....... 19,028 49
Carried forward, 1195,096 46
142
City Document No. 29.
Brought forioard, ■
Supplies for running expenses
Supplies for repairs
Repairs on boats ....
Repairs on buildings, piers and drops
Tools and fixtures
Incidental expenditures .
Damages to persons and property
Transfer to Street Cleaning Division
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Ferry, East Boston .
Less amount transferred to regu-
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clock . . . . .
Special AppEOPRiATioisrs.
11,000 00
257 06
$742 94
Appropriation authorized for new
ferry landing . $500,000 00
Amount issued .....
Total available special appropriations
30,000 00
J42 94
Objects oe Expenditure.
Special Appropriations.
Awning at North Ferry, East Boston .
John M. Brooks, contract for building two tanks
for drops . •
William McKie, contract for building one ferry
drop ......•••
William McKie, contract for building second ferry
drop .........
W. H. Ellis & Co., contract for repairing middle
pier, Boston landing. South Ferry
Charles I. Albee, contract for one special hoisting
motor, with all appliances for hauling teams up
ferry drop . . • • • •
Sundry bills . . ...
Total expenditures, special appropriations
Balance unexpended ......
$742
94
3,500
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4,165
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4,122
50
1,802
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838
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143
Total appropriations
1218,353 15
30,742 94
1249,096 09
241,057 70
18,038 39
Total expenditures .....
Balance unexpended of special appropriations
Income.
Cash Receipts from Feb. 1, 1896, to Feb. 1, 1897.
At office of City Collector :
For rent ......
re-imbursed damages .
free ferries July 4, 1896
sales of foot-passes
" " team tickets .
At Ferry Division office :
For old material sold
For sales of foot-passes
For sales of team tickets .
From Tollmen :
For 11,703,349 foot-passengers at Ic.
team tickets ....
From Gatemen :
For 248,080 foot-passengers at Ic. .
teams .....
Total receipts for the year
Statement Showing Receipts at each Ferry.
North Ferry.
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12,572 00
700 00
25 00
432 00
77-50
37 85
856 70
533 00
117,033 49
27,442 00
2,480 80
14,889 18
. $167,079 52
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Foot-passengers,
at 1 cent.
Team Tickets.
Total.
No. 2
" 3
$11,813 05
11,401 27
11,798 21
11,359 45
11,722 71
11,797 16
12,399 88
$1,807 00
1,891 50
2,069 00
1,777 50
1,902 00
1,812 50
1,652 00
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13,292 77
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13,867 21
13,136 95
13,624 71
13,609 66
14,051 88
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" 9
" 10
" 13
$82,291 73
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$12,911 50
$95,203 23
From Gatemen :
For 141,516 foot-passengers at Ic.
For teams ....
81,415
5,792
16
36
Total at North Ferry
$7,207 52
102,410 75
144
City Documekt No. 29.
South Ferry.
From Tollmen.
Foot-passengers,
at 1 cent.
Team Tickets.
Total.
No. 1
$8,127 56
7,920 18
8,386 82
8,049 66
1,012 80
1,244 74
$3,423 00
3,401 00
3,653 50
3,686 00
94 50
272 50
$11,550 56
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12,040 32
11,735 66
1,107 30
1,517 24
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$34,741 76
$14,530 50
$49,272 26
From Gatemen :
For 106,564 foot-passengers, at Ic. . Sl,065 64
For teams 9,096 82
Total at South Ferry ....
North and South Ferries, as above
Tickets at office of City Collector
Tickets at office of Ferry Division
Eent
Damages, old material and free ferries, July 4
Total receipts for year 1896
Cash Statement.
From Feb. 1, 1896, to Feb. 1, 1897.
Dr.
To cash received
Cr.
By amount paid City Collector . _ $167,056 74
By amount rejected money . . 11 39
By balance on hand . . . 11 39
$10,162 46
$59,434 72
$161,845 47
509 50
1,389 70
2,572 00
762 85
1167,079 52
$167,079 52
$167,079 52
Statement of the Receipts.
From April i, 1870 (date of purchase hy the City of Boston
of the East Boston Ferries), to Feb. /, 1897.
Cash received for tolls from April
1, 1870, to Feb. 1, 1893 . . $3,779,486 03
Carried forward,
13,779,486 03
Street Department — Ferry Division.
3,779,486 03
149,388 61
145
Brought forioard,
Cash received for tolls from Feb
1, 1893, to Feb. 1, 1894 .
Cash received for tolls from Feb
1, 1894, to Feb. 1, 1895 .
Cash received for tolls from Feb
1, 1895, to Feb. 1, 1896 .
Cash received for tolls from Feb
1, 1896, to Feb. 1, 1897 .
Cash received for rent
Cash received for old boats .
Cash received for old material, etc
Total receipts for 26 years 10 months
152,950 04
166,307 33
163,769 67
$42,371
15,246
9,061
30
71
98
14,411,901 68
66,679 99
1,478,581 67
Cash Statement.
From April 1, 1870, to Jan. 31, 1897.
Dr.
To receipts from all sources
Cr.
By amount paid City Collector
By cash with tollmen and gate-
men as capital ....
By counterfeit and rejected money
in 26 years and 10 months
By balance on hand
EXPBNDITUKES.
From Ilarch 4, 1857, to April 1, 1870.
Amount charged to the East Boston ferries by Auditor pre-
vious to purchase :
For avenues . . $250,000 00
For repairs . . 65,815 68
.
97
14,478,581
67
,477,897
608
00
64
11
31
39
14,478,581
67
For ferry property, purchased
April 1, 1870 ....
From April 1, 1870, to Feb. 1, 1893,
From Feb. 1, 1893, to Feb. 1, 1894,
$315,815 68
276,375 00
5,214,551 71
249,370 65
1592,190 68
Carried forward.
),463,922 36 $592,190 68
146
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward, 5,463,922 36
FromFeb. 1,1894, to Feb. 1,1895, 224,441 04
From Feb. 1,1895, to Feb. 1,1896, 221,813 94
FromFeb. 1,1896, to Feb. 1,1897, 241,057 70
Deduct.
Amount paid to City Treasury .
1592,190 68
6,151,235 04
16,743,425 72
4,477,897 97
Net cost of ferries to city to date, not including
interest on loans . . . . . . $2,265,527 75
Statement Showing the Actual Standing op Ferry
Division, Steeet Department, with the City op Boston,
Feb. 1, 1897.
Dr.
Amount paid previous to April 1, 1870
Amount paid from April 1, 1870, to Feb. 1, 1897
as follows :
Seven new ferry steamers .
New piers, buildings and drops
Fuel
Repairs of all kinds
Salaries and wages
Tools and fixtui-es
Land from Lincoln wharf in 1887
Land from Batteiy wharf in 1893
All other expenses
Cr.
By amount paid the city for income
" amount charged to ferry property for avenues
that were laid out as streets, August, 1880
and which should be credited to this division
" paving avenues .....
" amount received for rents previous to Jan. 1
1881, by Department of Public Buildings
and should be credited to this division
" estimated value of seven ferry
steamers .... $188,175 53
" less 6 per cent for depreciation, 11,290 53
Carried forward,
$592,190 68
371,956 04
379,818 35
916,232 60
664,539 28
2,939,147 12
12,877 44
5,562 52
10,000 00
851,101 69
^6,743,425 72
t,477,897 97
250,000 00
11,530 84
60,277 56
176,885 00
4,976,591 37
Street Department — Ferry Division.
147
JBro^igh t forioard^
14,976,591 37
By estimated value of real estate
and franchise as per last re-
port $627,600 00
" added for improvement daring
year 21,900 OC
649,500 00
" value of awning, N orth ferry, East Boston
742 94
" new ferry landing, not yet charged off .
61 61
" land from Lincoln wharf
5,562 52
" land from Battery wharf . , . .
10,000 00
" estimated value of tools and fixtures
6,000 00
" estimated value of fuel on hand
5,798 52
" estimated value of supplies for maintenance
361 91
" estimated value of supplies for repairs .
8,092 90
" amount expended on Eastern- avenue wharf
1,499 46
" cash with employees as capital
608 00
" cash on hand
11 39
" transfer to Street-Cleaning Division
05
" profit and loss for 26 years 10 months .
. 1,083,595 05
16,743,425 72
Statement Showiistg the DiFFEEEisrcE op Travel on the
Ferries from Feb. 1, 1896, to Feb. 1, 1897.
North. South.
Foot passengers, at 1 cent each . . 8,229,173 3,474,176
Foot passengers by ticket , . 82,871 47,267
One-horse teams
Two-horse teams
Three- horse teams
Four-horse teams
Two-horse carriages and hacks .
Two- cent toll (at gate) handcarts, etc
Four-cent toll .
Six-cent toll
Seven-cent toll .
Eight-cent toll .
Ten-cent toll
Thirteen- cent toll
Fifteen-cent toll
Twenty-cent toll
Thirty-cent toll
Free teams
Free foot .
8,312,044
3,521,443
218,078
203,144
76,254
122,600
3,403
4,547
4,623
9,165
5,238
2,672
4,175
4,146
118,729
188,527
3,608
4,781
2
3
7,865
12,587
454
886
471
643
31
28
1
8
8
3,824
1,407
32,086
910
148
City Document No. 29.
Total Travel on both Ferries from Jan. 1, 1891, to Feb. 1, 1897.
One-horse teams
Two-horse teams
Three-horse teams
Four-horse teams
Two-horse carriages and hacks,
Two-cent tolls for hand-carts,
etc
Drag-wheels, etc
Foot-passengers
(13 mos.)
1891.
727,170
228,287
4,639
14,273
19,189
7,196
62
11,686,505
From Feb.
1, 1892, to
Feb. 1.
1893.
689,978
219,354
6,547
13,180
17,598
6,633
85
11,095,832
From Feb,
1,1893, to
Feb. 1,
1894.
665,967
202,323
7,573
16,641
16,340
6,259
88
10,988,027
5,726
57
11,281,321
From Feb.
1, 1895, to
Feb. 1,
1896.
676,294
248,291
9,095
16,939
10,349
7,059
101
11,929,790
From Feb. i, 1896, to Feb. 1, 1897.
Foot passengers, at 1 cent
and ticket
Two-cent tolls
eac]
1, tol
[ and
gate
>
12,081,567
8,321
Four- cent tolls
307,256
Six- cent tolls
8,389
Seven-cent tolls .
5
Eight-cent tolls .
Ten-cent tolls
20,452
1,340
Thirteen-cent tolls
1,114
Fifteen-cent tolls .
59
Twenty-cent tolls.
Thirty-cent tolls ,
One-horse pleasure carriages
1
16
61,170
Two-horse pleasure carriages
One-horse teams ....
7,910
365,052
Two-horse teams .
198,854
Three-horse teams
7,950
Four-horse teams .
13,788
Free teams .
5,231
Free foot ....
32,996
Ticket Statement.
Foot-passes outstanding Feb
Foot-passes sold during the
.1,1
year
896 .
•
187,777
128,870
Foot-passes delivered on requisitions to other
divisions ........
Received and destroyed during this year
Outstanding Feb. 1, 1897 .
7,200
323,847
130,138
193,709
Street Depaetjment — Ferhy Division.
149
Team Tickets.
1-Horse.
2-Horse.
S-Horse.
4-Horse.
Outstanding Feb. 1, 1896
51,533
367,888
2,080
30,135
199,968
304
1,986
7,974
4,344
14,380
Delivered on requisitions
Kereived and destroyed diiring
421,501
365,052
230,407
198,854
9,960
7,950
18,724
13,788
Outstandin"' Feb. 1, 1897
56,449
31,553
2,010
4,936
Pleasure Carriage Tickets.
1 -Horse.
2-Horse.
Outstanding Feb. 1, 1896
14,129
62,500
760
2,828
7,860
Received and destroyed during tlie year
77,389
61,170
10,688
7,910
Outstanding Feb. 1, 1897
16,219
2,778
150 City Document No. 29.
APPENDIX C.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
PAVING DIVISION.
Room 44, City Hall, Boston, Feb. 1, 1897.
Mr. Benj. W. Wells, Superintendent of Streets:
Dear Sir: I respectfully submit my annual report of the ex-
penditures and income of the Paving Division of the Street
Department for the financial year ending Jan. 31, 1897, showing
the nature of the work, the number and variety of permits
issued, and the details of expenditures involved in paving, mac-
adamizing, and regulating the various streets.
Respectfully yours,
John L. Kelly,
Deputy Sitperintendent.
The following table shows the amount expended for main-
tenance of the Paving Division and from special appropriations
derived from loans for the last six (6) years, not including the
cost of street- watering, to be found on another page : —
Waintenaiice. Specials. Totals.
1891 (13 months) ..$872,936 40 $1,014,324 26 $1,887,260 66
1892 915,460 99 962,889 09 1,878,350 08
1893 745,681 52 707,801 49 1,453,483 01
1894 715,608 62 839,713 78 1,555,322 40
1895 ; 683,899 42 823,011 70 1,506,911 12
1896 628,675 46 1,755,176 71 2,383,852 17
There was appropriated for the maintenance of this division
during the year the sum of $630,000.
The large amount of money expended under special appropri-
ations in 1896 was due to the construction of the street surfaces
on the boulevards, a large part of which was done this year.
The Paving Division has charge of the following work : —
The maintenance of street surfaces and sidewalks.
The jDlacing of street signs.
The numbering of buildings.
The issuing of permits to open or occupy the streets, or for
such other purpose as may be required under the ordinances.
The removal of snow and ice from the streets, gutters and
plank walks.
The cleaning of streets in the outlying sections of the city not
covered by the Street-Cleaning Division.
Street Department — Paving Division. 151
The division is in charge of a deputy superintendent, with
office in City Hall, and with a clerical force under the direction
of a chief clerk.
The outdoor working force of the division is divided into ten
districts, each in charge of a foreman, as follows : —
No, 1, South Boston.
No. 2, East Boston.
No. 3, Charlestown.
No. 4, Brighton.
No. 5, West Koxbury.
No. 6, Dorchester.
No. 7, Roxbury.
Nos. 8, 9, 10, City Proper.
The Permit Office is an important branch of the work of the
division, and is in charge of a clerk, the outdoor force of inspec-
tors being under a Superintendent of Inspectors. During the
past year 11,239 permits for street openings were issued, and
229y7jf miles of trench opened. The importance of the work of
this office can be readily seen from the fact that dependent on
its vigilance is the proper maintenance of the surfaces of streets
where openings have been made. In case of trench openings, an
inspector is assigned on the work, and his time charged to the
corporation. Service and repair openings are regularly in-
spected, and, in case of settlement or improper paving, the com-
panies are notified ; and if work is not properly attended to, the
department replaces the pavement, and a bill is sent to the com-
pany responsible for the defect.
The inspectors also look after the permits for the occupancy
of streets for building purposes, and see to it that proper fences
and walks are placed as called for by the permit.
In addition to street permits, there were issued by this di-
vision permits for various other purposes to the number of
16,882.
No opening in the street can be made except by permit.
These permits are collected by the police, and returned to the
office. A change was instituted this year in the method of re-
turning emergency permits. Formerly, in case of gas leak,
water break or other causes requiring immediate action, the
companies were allowed to make the opening, showing a general
emergency permit to the police, and making their own returns
to the office. This year a form of emergency permit was issued,
for which the companies pay, and, in case of opening, give up to
the police a permit with date and location filled in by them-
selves. In this way, the openings are better regulated, and
there is no possibility of a street being disturbed without
authority.
The work of placing street signs has this year been very con-
siderably increased from the fact that, owing to the redistricting
152 City Document No. 29.
of the city wards, many of the signs bearing the ward numbers
required to be changed.
The cost of the removal of snow and ice is charged to the
regular maintenance appropriation. I believe it would be ad-
visable that a separate appropriation be made for this work, so
that a comparison made from year to year of the cost of the
maintenance of the streets would have some value. Under the
present system, a comparison of figui-es is of little value, as
the item for the removal of snow may vary many thousands of
dollars from one year to another.
At the present time the department is running with a smaller
appropriation for maintenance than at any time since the con-
solidated department was organized, although there is a greater
amount of streets to be cared for. The practice of appropriating
$25,000 for each ward for so-called ward improvements — mean-
ing work of a more or less permanent nature — is in some
respects an improper one, for the reason that, without regard to
the size or character of the ward, the amount appropriated is
the game ; and with the small maintenance appropriation and
the large amount of work oftentimes to be done in one ward
with $25,000, it is not possible to do the work in the most
thorough and economical manner. Macadam streets, in districts
where conditions have so changed that the maintenance of a
macadam roadway is exceedingly expensive, are reconstructed
of the same material, for the reason that sufficient funds for
granite or asphalt paving are not available. Thus the cost in a
series of years is excessive.
A large loan should be authorized for thoroughly repaving
certain sections of the city, and the tax-payers would be the
great gainers in the end. In cities where the residential
portions are almost exclusively asphalted, the maintenance cost
is comparatively small ; whereas in Boston, the residential
sections of the city, even to the very edge of the downtown dis-
trict being macadam, the condition is always more or less
unsatisfactory, and the expense of maintenance comparatively
enormous. If the ordinances were enforced with regard to heavy
loads on teams, and the wagons were compelled to have a
broader tire, the life of our macadam roads would be somewhat
longer.
Great attention has been given this year to the stone-crushing
plants, and two new ones have been established and paid for out
of the regular maintenance money. This is an important feature
of the Paving Division work, and from the city crushers nearly
all the stone required on the streets is furnished. This insures a
good quality of stone at a reasonable price, and makes it possible
to maintain the labor of the division on a permanent basis, as in
winter a large portion of the force can be worked in the ledges
and are immediately available for snow and street-cleaning
work. The labor force of the division for the year 1896 has
been in the neighborhood of 900 men constantly employed.
Steeet Department — Paving Division. 153
Certain of the stables are in need of repairs and additions, as
a larger proportion of the teaming might be done with city teams
if accommodations were provided for the horses.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Regular AppEOPRiATioisr.
Appropriation for 1896-97 . . . . $630,000 00
Amount collected by City Collector for repairs
made by Paving Division for different com-
panies, etc 2,472 85
Amount of expenditures from
Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 31, 1897, $628,675 46
Transferred to Street Cleaning
Division 2,961 85
Transferred to Boston and Cam-
bridge bridges . . . 835 54
,472 85
$632,472 85
154
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Special AppeopeiationSj Paving and Street Improvements.
Amounts of balances 1895-96, less
transfers $328,437 53
Amount of appropriations,! 896-9 7 869,690 40
$1,198,127 93
Amount of expenditures 877,095 90
Balance unexpended 1321,032 03
Total Expenditures.
Maintenance appropriation ..... |628,675 46
Special appropriations . . . . . . 877,095 90
Laying out and construction of highways . . 174,961 88
Blue Hill and other avenues .... 703,118 93
Grand total 12,383,852 17
Income.
Statement showing the amount of bills deposited with the City
Collector from Feb. 1, 1896, on account of the Paving Division :
Edgestone and sidewalk assessments . . . $14,348 33
Miscellaneous 2,615 85
116,964 18
The amount paid into the city treasury during the year on
account of the Paving Division is as follows :
Sidewalk construction assessments (law of 1892), $38,256 89
Edgestone and sidewalk assessments (law of
1893), 114,127 46
Miscellaneous $2,615 85
$55,000 20
156
City Document No. 29.
2,878
38
421
21
8,330
36
2,518
54
3,249
20
6,863
79
11,008
61
718
59
1,702
08
11,871
36
7,976
38
5,946
88
$93,606
68
SCHEDULE A.
Expenditures. (Details.)
Salaries of Paving Division office, Feb. 1, 1896,
to Jan. 31, 1897 $13,348 74
Salaries of Permit Office, Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 31,
1897 16,772 56
Salaries of engineers, Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 31,
1897
Advertising in and subscribing for daily papers
Horses, carts and harnesses
Printing and stationery ....
Repairing stables, sheds, etc.
Stock and supplies not included elsewhere .
Sundries .......
Street signs and numbering
Telephones, expenses of ... .
Tools, cost of keeping the same in repair, etc.
Construction of Centre- street crusher .
Construction of Bleiler's crusher
SCHEDULE B.
Executions of Court, etc.
Bennett, William H., settlement of claim .
Casey, Michael, personal injuries
Clarke, Cordelia B., personal injuries .
White, Sophie E., personal injuries
SCHEDULE C.
The following schedule shows the expenditure from the main-
tenance appropriation of this division in excess of special appro-
priations :
Bennington and Walley streets.
In excess of special appropriation .... |856 70
Bigelow street, between Faneuil and Brooks streets.
In excess of special appropriation . . . 6,356 36
Washington street, between Fairbanks street and
Oak square.
In excess of special appropriation .... 10,485 53
Carried forward
$17,698 59
Street Department — Paving Division. 157
Brought forward 117,698 59
Elmira street, between Murdock and Aetna streets.
In excess of special appropriation .... 696 30
Leicester street, between Washington and Surrey
streets.
In excess of special appropriation . . . 488 40
Rockland street, between Washington and Chest-
nut Hill avenue.
In excess of special appropriation ....
Canterbury street.
In excess of special appropriation ....
Center street, between Spring street and Dedham
line
In excess of special appropriation ....
Howland street, entire length.
In excess of special appropriation . . . •
Sycamore street.
In excess of special appropriation ....
Walk Hill street, Harvard street to Mt. Hope Ceme-
tery.
In excess of special appropriation ....
Corey street between Weld and Montview streets.
In excess of special appropriation ....
Lamartine street, between Green and Paul Gore
streets.
In excess of special appropriation . . . . 55 13
Boylston street, between Washington street to
Boylston avenue.
In excess of special appropriation .... 285 29
Creighton street.
In excess of special appropriation .... 454 17
Weld street, between Arnold and Ruskin streets.
In excess of special appropriation .... 763 86
Norfolk street, between Elizabeth and Walk Hill
streets.
In excess of special appropriation . . . . 219 36
Island street.
In excess of special appropriation .... 536 53
Massachusetts avenue, between Swett and Albany
streets.
In excess of special appropriation .... 186 58
652
10
613
50
1,299
07
995
56
245
90
139
20
229
07
Carried forward . . . . . . $25,558 61
158
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward
Eustis street.
In excess of special appropriation .
Magazine street.
In excess of special appropriation .
Fellows street.
In excess of special appropriation .
Sherman street.
In excess of special appropriation .
Howland street.
In excess of special appropriation .
St. Botolph street, Irvington street and Massacha
setts avenue.
In excess of special appropriation .
Boylston and Exeter streets.
In excess of special appropriation .
Beacon street, Massachusetts aveune to Commom
wealth avenue.
In excess of special appropriation .
Brookline avenue.
In excess of special appropriation .
Arlington street, between Boylston and Marlboro
streets.
In excess of special appropriation ....
Dartmouth street, between Copley square and New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
In excess of special appropriation ....
Berkeley street, between Boylston and Beacon
streets.
In excess of special appropriation ....
Yarmouth street.
In excess of special appropriation ....
. $25,558
61
537
74
137
31
107
00
246
52
274
L-
35
. 1,613
25
. 4,460
55
. 1,986
88
173
36
165 24
159 67
903 64
173 83
5,447 95
SCHEDULE D.
New Work.
Clarendon street, Boylston street to Beacon street, macadam-
ized, edgestones reset, sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid, gut-
ters repaved.
Labor . $1,202 90
Teaming . 1,261 50
Carried forward
$2,464 40
Street Department — Paying Division. 150
Brought fortoard ....
$2,464 40
Steam roller
200 00
Flagging
163 28
Gravel and sand .....
238 06
Stone .......
1,756 65
$8,422 69
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES MADE UNDER SPECIAL
APPROPRIA TIONS.
Bennington and Walley streets, filled, plank sidewalks laid.
Labor .
Teaming
Filling .
Gravel .
Lumber
Nails
Advertising
$2,419
04
1,347
00
7,876
80
1,568
93
233
30
17
61
7
20
Amount of appropriation for Benning-
ton and Walley streets . . . $11,924 90
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 1 .... 688 28
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 856 70
113,469 88
$13,469 88
Centre street, Dorchester, reconstruction (work unfinished).
Labor .........
Teaming ........
Advertising ........
$545 10
316 00
6 00
$867 10
Columbus avenue, Massachusetts avenue to Northampton
street, asphalted. Area 1,327 square yards.
Labor
Teaming
Gravel .
Sand
Paving .
Amount paid to J. J. Sullivan :
3,624 square yards excavation, at 25 cents
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
1,327.4 square yards asphalt, at $2.90 .
Amount of special appropriation
$1,179 90
358 00
175 10
480 40
151 14
906 00
3,849 46
$7,100 00
$7,100 00
160
City Document No. 29.
Commonwealth avenue, construction
Labor, including engineering and inspection
Teaming
Stone .
Gravel ,
Filling .
Loam
85,315 gutter blocks
250 feet flagging .
682 4-12 feet straight edgestone
340 7-12 feet circular edgestone
23 large corners .
Carting edgestone
Fuel
Lumber ....
Hardware, nails, hammers and shovels
Steam drills .
Repairing engine and boiler
Metal coating
Oil ... .
Water for crusher
Repairing crusher platform
Executions of Court
Steam rolling
Planing machine
Use of engine
Watering cart
Sundries
Amount paid to James Grant & Co.
603 square yards block paving laid
1,894 square yards barrel paving laid
892 feet edgestone set .
23 square yards crossings laid
ction.
114,094 80
16,848
50
30,086
09
5,933
00
774
50
5,859
60
3,369
94
145
74
423
16
442
76
128
80
13
40
757
61
433
24
134
67
123
79
289
81
87
50
123
44
26
60
60
00
. 14,631
69
1,637
00
120
00
39
75
100
00
70
36
. 1150
75
. 662
90
71
36
5
75
Less 9 days' use of steam roller, at $15.00
76
135 00
755 76
Work done by Bridge Division
Work done by Sewer Division
^97,511 51
32,732 90
226 92
,471 33
Congress and L streets.
Work done by the Sewer Division
$7,608 17
Street Depautment — Paving Division. 161
Eleanor and Ridgemont streets, Ward 25, resurfaced, side-
walks built.
Labor $98 10
Advertising . . . . . . . . 12 75
1110 85
Elmira street, Ward 25, graded and macadamized.
Length,
340 feet; area, 982 square yards.
Labor ... ......
1440 60
Teaming ........
148 00
Filling
291 00
Gravel . . . . . . . .
113 90
Advertising ........
6 50
Stone . . . .
696 30
Amount of appropriation for Elmira
street $1,000 00
Amount paid out of Paving Division , 696 30
11,696 30
$1,696 30
Franklin street, Ward 25 (work unfinished).
Labor ........
Teaming .......
Advertising .......
$73
60
12
00
13
88
$99
48
Hanover street, between Charter and
asphalted, area, 923 square yards.
Length, 315 feet.
Labor
Teaming
Gravel and sand
75 ft. edgestone and 2 small corners
25,000 paving bricks
Flagging
Blocks
Pebbles
Paving
Masonry
Templets
Advertising
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co
923.4 square yards Sicilian rock asphalt on con
Crete base, including granite block brows, at
Carried forioard ....
Tileston streets,
1946 75
585 00
190 88
53 20
237 50
10 44
77 18
81 11
161 16
42 00
16 28
16 25
$3.00 2,770 20
),187 95
162
City Document No. 29.
Broiight forward .
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co.
Amount of appropriation for Hanover
street $3,827 66
Amount paid out of Street Improvements,
Ward 6 1,221 78
,187 95
138 51
i,049 44
85,049 44
Leicester street, between Washington and Surrey streets,
graded, macadamized, sidewalks built. Length, 413 feet ; area,
1,193 square yards.
Labor
$1,063 85
Teaming ....
•674 00
Gravel ....
69 70
Steam drilling
70 50
Advertising ....
12 75
Stone
567 60
Steam roller , . . .
30 00
Amount of appropriation for Leicester
street 12,000 00
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 488 40
,488 40
J,488 40
McLellan street, Old road to White street, macadamized.
sidewalks built, four catch basins built
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Steam roller
Lumber
Advertising
Work done by the Sewer Division
$745 20
1,018 00
114 84
1,195 59
140 00
62 31
8 00
5,283 94
772 90
$4,056 84
Orleans street, Maverick street to Gove street, repaved.
Length, 258 feet; area, 917 square yards.
Labor . $857 90
Flagging 144 00
Carried forward
$1,001 90
QUINCY STREET, CH ARLESTOWN - SHOWI NG ARTIFICIAL STONE
RETAINING WALLS, STEPS AND PLATFORMS.
Street Department — Paving Division. 163
JBrouglit forioard
Crossing blocks
Teaming
Stone
Gravel .
Advertising .
Amount paid to Ward & Coniin :
243 feet edgestone set .
1,392.9 square yards block paving laid
197.3 » « brick "
Amount of appropriation for Orleans
street $2,578 80
Amount paid out of street improve-
ments. Ward 2 567 93
$1,001 90
540 00
499 00
340 00
357 65
5 00
. $19 44
. 348 23
35 51
403 18
$3,146 73
5,146 73
Quincy street, Ward 4, laying out and construction, including
granolithic stone steps. (Now St. Martin street.)
Labor .
Teaming
Stone
Gravel .
Masonry
Sundries
Advertising
Amount paid to Simpson Bros. :
Constructing artificial stone retaining
vralls, steps and platform , . . |2,803 00
20 cubic feet concrete, at 36 cents . 7 20
10 square feet surfacing, at 10 cents . 1 00
Saratoga street, filling solid old bridge.
Work done by the Bridge Division
Sydney street, Ward 20, reconstructing.
Labor .......
Teaming ......
Paving .......
Advertising ......
,437 76
603 00
275 80
183 38
31 83
71 21
5 00
2,811 20
18,419
18
12,022
20
$200
188
38
10
10
00
30
00
$436
40
164
City Document No. 29.
Talbot avenue, Dorchester avenue to Washington street.
Labor |638 94
Teaming
Gravel .
Paving .
Blocks .
Stone .
Steam roller
Building wall
Work done by the Sewer Division
518 24
191 40
53 30
64 85
307 55
40 00
250 00
2,064 28
107 34
J,171 62
Tremont street, between Lenox street and Roxbury
paving. (Work unfinished.)
Labor .....
Teaming ....
Gravel .....
Sand .....
67,164 large granite blocks .
15,000 paving bricks
150 feet flagging .
Advertising .
Amount paid to Jones & Meehan :
1,753 square yards block paving, at 25
cents $438
806 feet edgstone set, at 8 cents . . 64
683 square yards brick paving, at 18
cents 122
58 square yards flagging crossings, at
25 cents 14
crossing.
$2,009 95
2,194 00
873 25
305 25
3,239 99
146 25
87 00
5 40
25
48
94
50
640 17
),601 26
Wall street, between Causeway and Minot streets, paved with
large granite blocks on a gravel base with pitch joints, edge-
stone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, flagging crossings relaid.
Length,
653 feet ;
area 1,488 square yards.
Labor .
$1,149 80
Teaming
.
843 50
Gravel .
• «
286 41
Sand
85 50
233.8 feet flagging
134 94
Carried forward
$2,500 15
Street Department — Paving Division. 165
Brought fonoard .
$2,500 15
27,365 large granite blocks .
1,320 08
15,000 paving bricks
142 50
Advertising
8 00
Masonry
51 50
Amount paid to Dennis J. Kiley & Co. :
1,255 feet edgestone set, at 8 cents . |100 40
532 square yards brick paving, at 18
cents . 95 76
90.7 square yards round paving, at 25
cents ....... 22 67
1,488 square yards block paving pitch
joints, at 90 cents .... 1,339 20
Amount of appropriation for Wall street, ^5,000 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 8 .... 580 26
1,558 03
$5,580 26
$5,580 26
STREET IMPROVEMENTS — OLD WARDS.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARDS 1 AND 2.
Bennington street (uncompleted work from 1895).
Labor
$250 00
Bremen street, between Maverick and Sumner streets, paved
with large granite blocks, brick sidewalks laid, edgestone re-
set. Length, 500 feet ; area, 2,053 square yards.
Labor 11,281 10
Teaming 547 00
Gravel 748 99
43,850 large paving blocks 2,115 32
12,000 paving bricks 114 00
Wharfage 97 40
Advertising ........ 14 75
Amount paid to Charles L. Ward :
494.6 feet edgestone set . . . $39 57
2,053 square yards block paving . . 513 25
485.8 square vards brick paving . . 87 44
640 26
•
$5,558 82
166
City Document No. 29.
Saratoga street, between Meridian
macadamized, gutters paved, crossings
repaved. Length, 3,425 ; area, 11,417
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Filling .
Sand
Stone •
9,195 large paving blocks
108,800 paving bricks .
2,260 feet flagging
Advertising .
Steam roller
Amount paid to Ward & Conlin
4.161.5 feet edgestone set
479.9 square yards block paving .
1,390 square yards round paving .
618.9 square yards excavation
4.815.6 square yards brick paving laid
Amount paid to P. J. Attridge :
2,715 feet edgestone set
268.1 square yards crossings laid .
889.4 square yards round stone paving
285.3 square yards excavation
2,956.8 square yards brick paving laid
and Chelsea streets,
relaid, brick sidewalks
square yards.
$4,204 40
4,285 00
2,298 13
208 95
1,120 65
8,507 85
491 53
1,033 75
1,363 41
28 65
343 33
$624 23
167 97
486 50
61 89
1,107 59
2,448 18
1407 25
93 84
311 29
28 53
6s0 06
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 1 and 2 . . .19,589 52
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 1 18,265 28
Sumner street, repaired.
Labor ,
Teaming
Gravel .
Advertising .
Walley street, repaired.
Gravel ....
Teaming
Work done by the Bridge Division
1,520 97
$27,854 80
J7,854 80
1274
58
19
50
69
45
6
60
$370
13
145
82
65
00
1110
82
1417
66
Street Department — Paving Division.
167
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 3.
Corey street, repaired.
Gravel .........
Teaming ........
$33 82
35 00
168 82
Decatur street, Bunker Hill street to Medford street, macad-
amized, gutters paved, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid,
new and old crosswalks laid. Length, 1,185 feet ; area, 3,428
square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
28,500 paving brick
804 feet flagging
Crossing blocks
Advertising .
Sundries
Amount paid to P. Brennan & Co.
2,997 feet edgestone set
1,399 square yards block paving .
1,888 square yards brick paving .
12,109 10
639 00
702 38
871 76
270 75
583 35
58 50
10 00
5 57
$239 76
349 75
339 84
929 35
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 3 (old) . . . |5,804 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 3 (new) . . .375 76
,179 76
^6,179 76
Prospect street, between Chelsea and Tremont streets, ma-
cadamized, gutters paved, edgestone set, brick sidewalks re-
laid, new and old crosswalks laid. Length, 692 feet; area,
1,999 square yards.
Labor $1,085 60
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
125.2 feet flagging
Advertising .
15,000 paving brick
502
00
472
29
624
77
72
62
5
00
142
50
Carried forward
$2,904 78
168
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward .
Amount paid to P. Brennan & Co. :
1,916/^ feet edgestone set
746 square yards block paving
1,231 square yards brick paving
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 3 (old) .... -S2,331 47
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 3 (new) . . . 1,179 46
$2
,904
78
1174
22
204
20
227
73
606
15
5,510 93
1,510 93
Tremont street, between Monument square and Chel-iea
street, macadamized, gutters paved, edgestone set, brick
sidewalks relaid, new and old crossings laid. Length, 1,021
feet; area, 2,668 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel ,
Stone .
300 feet flagging
17,500 paving brick
Sundries
m dries ....
Amount paid to Dennis Haley
2,111.3 feet edgestone set
919 square yards block paving
1,298 square yards brick paving
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 3 (old) . . . 84,187 28
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 3 (new) . . . 233 72
609 50
615 88
933 23
174 00
166 25
32 35
& Co. :
1168
90
229
75
233
Q4
632 29
$4,421 00
Work done by the Sewer Division
$4,421 00
$615 24
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 4.
Essex street, between Main street and Rutherford avenue,
macadamized (in part), gutters paved, edgestone set, brick
sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 794 feet ; area,
2,661 square yards.
Labor $404 80
Teaming 80 50
Carried fonoard
$485 30
$485
30
207
01
23
75
$80
73
107
50
123
84
312
07
Street Depaetinient — Paving Division. 169
Brought forward .
Gravel ......
2,500 paving brick
Amount paid to Joiin Turner & Co.
1,009.2 feet edgestone set
430 square yards block paving
688 square yards brick paving
11,028 13
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 4 (old) . . . $556 33
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 4 (new) . . .471 80
11,028 13
Medford street, between Pearl and Quincy streets, repaved
(in part), edgestone set, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings re-
laid. Length, 1,591 feet; area. 7,071 square yards.
Labor ......
Teaming .....
Gravel ......
16,000 paving brick
Amount paid to P. Brennan & Co. :
1,230.6 feet edgestone set
841 square yards block paving
1,239.4 square yards brick paving
Masonry . , . . .
$1,715 38
Amount paid out of Street Imj)rove-
ments. Ward 4 (old) . . . $1,086 83
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 4 (new) . . . 628 55
.^ $1,715 38
$613 43
, ,
75 00
,
217 98
152 00
$134 78
232 85
248 34
41 00
fi5fi 97
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 5.
Main street, between City square and Miller street, paved
with large granite blocks, edgestone set and reset, new brick
sidewalks laid, new crossings laid. Length, 1,900 feet; area,
8,440 square yards.
Labor $4,217 40
Teaming 1,418 00
Gravel 1,946 25
2,180 feet edgestone 1,536 59
Carried forward $9,118 24
170
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward .
190,507 large paving blocks
75,000 paving brick
1,601 feet flagging
Sand
Masonry
Sundries
Amount paid to John Turner &
4,309.7 feet edgestone set
11,901 square yards block paving
64.2 square yards round paving
3,750.1 square yards brick paving
153 feet track lowered .
Co.
$9,118 24
10,233 93
712 50
928 58
119 00
120 76
19 19
1391 49
3,041 00
16 05
680 52
137 70
$4,266 76
Credit by 164,182 second hand blocks, 1,641 82
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 5 (old) .... $4,754 35
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 5 (new) . . . 19,122 79
Washington street, repaired.
Labor .....
Teaming ....
Gravel .....
AdverUsinor ....
2,624 94
$23,877 14
$23,877
14
$232
63
69
7
30
00
20
00
1371
50
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARDS 9 AND 10.
Chestnut street, between Charles street and Charles river,
paved with large granite blocks, edgestone reset, flagging
crossings relaid, brick sidewalks relaid. Length, 818 feet ;
area, 2,725 square yards.
Labor
$1,320 50
Teaming .....
1,433 00
Gravel ......
360 00
Sand .
101 40
40 small corners ....
134 00
192.5 feet edgestone
119 35
405 feet flagging ....
240 70
Carried forward
5,708 95
Street Department — Paving Division. 171
brought forioard .
54,061 large paving blocks .
15,000 paving brick
Lumber ....
Masonry ....
Advertising ....
Amount paid to James Grant & Co. :
1,507 feet edgestone set . . . $120
2,688 square yards block paving laid . 672
716 square yards brick paving laid . 128 88
7.8 square yards brick paving herring
bone on edge .... 3 35
$3,708 95
2,607 90
142 50
7 96
101 50
15 45
56
00
924 79
$7,509 05
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 9 and 10 . . . $5,257 29
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 11 .... 2,251 76
$7,509 05
Parkman street, between North Grove and North Russell
streets, resurfaced.
Labor . . $269 10
Stone 264 25
Gravel 59 60
$592 95
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 12.
Beach street, between Harrison avenue and Washington
streets, paved with large granite blocks on a concrete base
with pitch joints, edgestone reset, sidewalks relaid. Length,
483 feet; area, 1,878 squai-e yards.
Labor $378 75
Teaming 1,295 00
Gravel , 215 43
74 feet edgestone ...... 45 88
216 feet flagging 128 27
52,946 large granite blocks 2,537 01
20,000 paving brick 195 00
Templets 12 20
Masonry . ' 98 00
Cement 11 00
Amount paid to J. B. O'Rourke :
1,302 square yards paving barred up and
roadway excavated .... $325 50
Carried forioard
$325 50 $4,916 54
172
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward ....
295 cubic yards American cement con-
crete base ......
1,852.6 square yards granite block pav-
ing, pitch joints ....
595 feet edgestone reset
431 square yards brick paving relaid
18 square yards block paving gravel
joints . . . . . .
Extra work, as ordered ....
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 (old) . . .|;6,113 44
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 7 (new) . . . 2,485 38
$325 50
$4,910 54
1,475 00
1,667 34
89 25
99 13
4 50
21 56
3,682 28
^,598 82
$8,598 82
Chauncy street, between Summer and Essex streets, paved
with large granite blocks on a concrete base with pitch joints,
edgestone reset, sidewalks relaid. Length, • 872 feet ; area,
2,325 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming
Gravel ....
57,652 large granite blocks
71.5 feet edgestone
8,200 paving brick
377 feet flagging
Templets
Masonry
Advertising
Lumber .
Cement .
Amount paid to Metropolitan Construction Co
2,050 square yards pavement barred up and
roadway excavated ....
428.4 cubic yards American cement con-
crete base ......
2,570.2 square yards granite block pav-
ing, pitch joints ....
223 feet edgestone reset
147 square yards brick sidewalks relaid,
87 square yards granite block paving,
gravel joints .....
Carried forward
)Vl 50
2,142 00
$792
09
1,442
50
210
82
2,781
13
48
07
79
95
219
78
4
40
84
00
31
14
15
81
11
00
2,313 18
33 45
33 81
21 75
5,056 69
.
$10,777 38
Street Department — Paving Division. 173
Brought forward ......
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 (old) . . . $8,208 09
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 6 (new) . , . 474 49
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 7 (new) . . . 2,094 80
^0,777 38
,777 38
Essex street, repaired.
11,696 large paving blocks
1564 21
Harvard street, between Hudson street and Harrison avenue,
paved with large blocks ; and between Harrison avenue and
Washington street, paved with small blocks, edgestone re-
set, sidewalks relaid. Length, 751 feet ; area, 1,416 square
yards.
Labor $1,478 12
Teaming
Gravel ....
436.1 feet flagging
28.1 feet circular edgestone
12,200 paving brick
14,500 granite paving blocks
Masonry
1,021 00
262 26
257 36
36 51
122 00
699 48
357 00
>4,233 73
Pine street, between Washington street and Harrison avenue,
asphalted, edgestone reset and sidewalks relaid. Length,
419 feet ; area, 570 square yards.
Labor $626 95
Teaming 578 00
Gravel 54 70
225 small blocks 9 23
6,400 paving brick 64 00
335 feet edgestone 207 70
57 feet flagging . . ... . . 33 18
Masonry 147 00
Templets ........ 15 60
Advertising . 23 63
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving Co. :
567.5 square yards Trinidad lake asphalt with
binder and cement concrete base, at $3 . . 1,702 50
$3,462 49
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving Co., 85 13
Carried forioard
S3,377 36
174
City Document No. 29.
brought forvKird ......
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 .... $3,327 15
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 7 . . . . . 50 21
5,377 36
Amount i-eta
under contract
nts Ward 13.
ined from
in 1895
A street,
ird street
area, 1912
<(|)U,<J » 1
Whitmore street.
Co. for work done
Boston Asphalt
62 70
Street Improveme
Labor
Teaming
Paving
Advertising .
repaved.
1108
18
140
26
10
00
50
65
293
25
C street, between First and T
gutters paved. Length, 506 feet
Labor
Teaming ....
Gravel .....
Stone .....
Advertising ....
h
5
s, macadamiz
square yards
372
314
47
455
26
ed,
60
50
93
43
23
$1,216
69
D street, between First and Third streets, paved with
large granite blocks, edgestone set and reset, brick sidewalks
laid, flagging crossings laid and relaid. Length, 506 feet ;
area, 1,912 square yards.
Labor
,
11,864 91
Teaming .....
864 00
Gravel
560 75
510 feet flagging ....
39,229 large granite blocks .
Wharfage on blocks ...
319 06
1,892 41
103 20
10,000 paving brick . . . .
354 3-12 feet edgestone and 2 small c(
)rners
97 50
226 33
Advertising . . . . .
40 48
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co.:
2.091.5 square yards block paving
1.017.6 feet edgestone set .
561.6 square yards brick paving .
138.3 square yards flagging crossings .
1522
81
101
34
88
41
09
58
739 96
Carried forioard
$6,708 60
Street Department — Paving Division.
175
Brovght forward $6,708 60
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 18 (old) . . . $5,436 93
Amount paid out of Street Improv-
ments. Ward 13 (new) . . 1,271 67
16,708 60
Dorchester avenue, between First street and N. Y., N.
H. «& H. R. R. crossing, paved witli large granite blocks,
brick sidewalks relaid, flagging crossings
Length 2,125 feet; area, 9,445 square yards.
14,993 05
edgestone reset,
laid and relaid,
Labor
Teaming ....
Gravel and sand .
902 feet flagging .
63,000 paving brick
148,062 large paving blocks
Wharfage ....
Advertising ' .
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co.
6,716. 4 square yards block paving
3,267 feet edgestone, set
2,977.7 square yards brick paving
463.3 square yards flagging laid
36.9 square yards block paving laid
11,679 10
261 36
535 99
115 83
9 23
3,470
1,446
523
614
7,142
674
36
50
87
16
25
50
75
50
25.2 square yards brick paving herring bone 9 07
2,610 58
,512 16
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 13 (old) . ' . $11,605 10
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 13 (new). . . 9,907 06
$21,512 16
Dove street, between E and Dorchester streets, macad-
amized, gutters repaved, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks re-
laid. Length, 1,255 feet; area, 1,841 square yards.
Labor ......
Teaming .....
Gravel .....
Stone ......
10.000 paving brick
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co. :
2,522.1 feet edgestone set
64.1 square yards block paving
573.7 square yards round paving .
612.2 square yards brick paving ,
$1,202 90
.
389 50
,
87 20
332 61
97 50
$201 77
16 03
143 43
110 20
171 1«?
Carried forvmrd
12,581 14
176
City Document No. 29.
brought foriowrd ......
Amount paid out of Street Improvements,
Ward 13 (old) .... $2,144 38
Amount paid out of Street Improvements,
Ward 14 436 76
$2,581 14
2,581 14
Work done by tbe Sewer Division
$241 60
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARDS 14 AND 15.
Bellflow^er street, between Dorcbester avenue and Boston
street, macadamized, edgestone set, gutters paved, crossings
laid, brick sidewalks laid. Length, 691 feet ; area, 1,996
square yards.
Labor $1,337 91
Teaming
Filling . .
Stone .
1,318.3 feet edgestone
102.2 feet flagging
Paving
Advertising .
Amount paid to John McMorrow :
Building retaining walls as per agreement
413
00
1,064
35
553
02
817
35
59
27
238
48
29
63
519
00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 14 and 15 . . . $4,135 62
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 15 (old) . . .891 39
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 16 (new) ... 5 00
$5,032 01
$5,032 01
East Eighth street, between Old Harbor and Mercer streets,
paved between the tracks with large granite blocks. Length,
500 feet ; area, 778 square yards.
Labor .....
Teaming ....
12,420 large paving blocks .
1,500 paving brick
Advertising ....
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co.
704 square yards block paving . . $176 00
440 square yards paving barred out, dug
out, laid, and gravel furnished . . 308 00
- 484 00
$274 54
132 50
599 14
14 78
31 50
Carried forward
$1,536 46
Street Depaetmext
Paving Divisiox. 177
Sl,536 46
Brought forward ......
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 14 and 15 . . .$1,228 46
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 15 (new) . . .308 00
$1,536 46
East Sixth street, between L and IST streets, paved with large
granite blocks, edgestone set and reset, brick sidewalks laid
and relaid, crossings laid and relaid. Length, 1,141 feet;
area, 4,310 square yards.
Labor $2,019 60
Teaming ....
Gravel .....
•300 feet flagging .
10,500 paving brick
Lime .....
Crossing blocks
255 feet edgestone
69,225 large paving blocks .
Wharfage ....
Advertising
Sundries ....
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co.
2,709 square yards block paving
2,081 feet edgestone set
1,277 square yards brick paving
24 square yards flagging laid
534 square yards paving barred out, dug
out, teamed, laid and gravel furnished
$677 25
166 48
229 86
6 00
480 60
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 14 and 15 .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 14 (new)
$8,785 17
299 95
866
00
400
58
174
00
102
38
90
231
50
158
10
3,339
42
217
60
8
25
6
60
1,560 19
),085 12
— $9,085 12
K street, between East Sixth and East Eighth street, asphalted,
paved between tracks with large granite blocks, edgestone set,
brick sidewalks laid, flagging crossings laid. Length, 567
feet; area, 1,083 square yards.
Labor $1,449 75
Teaming 488 00
280 feet flagging 162 40
14,500 paving brick 141 38
Carried forward
$2,241 53
178
City Document No. 29.
brought forioard .
13,890 large granite blocks .
Stone ......
Advertising .....
Sundries .....
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co. :
286 square yards paving barred out, dug
out, teamed, laid and gravel furnished,
356 square yards block paving
1,133 feet edgestone set
976 square yards brick paving
103 square yards flagging crossings
$2,241 53
670 04
465 16
6 00
4 96
$257 40
89 00
90 64
175 68
25 75
fi«« A7
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
1,082.7 square yards Sicilian rock asphalt with con-
crete base .......
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co.
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 14 and 15 . . . -$3,868 86
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 14 (new) ... 1,700 15
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 15 (new) . . . 1,542 85
3,248 10
$7,274 26
162 40
$7,111 86
^lll
Rawson street, between Dorchester avenue and Boston street,
macadamized, edgestone set, gutters paved. Length, 475 feet ;
area, 1,372 square yards.
Labor
$688 10
Teaming .......
360 54
Gravel
191 78
Stone
. " 558 79
893^2^ feet edgestone and 6 small corners
573-86
15,000 gutter blocks
300 00
Paving ........
156 60
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 14 and 15 . .$1,065 73
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 16 (new) . . . 1,763 94
i,829 67
J,829 67
Street Department — Pavestg Division.
179
Swett street, Massachusetts avenue to railroad bridge, macad-
amized, plank and gravel sidewalks laid. Length, 2,224 feet ;
area, 9,884 square yards.
luauuiL ....
Teaming
1,963 00
Gravel ....
991 37
Stone ....
5,136 02
Steam roller
340 00
Masonry
. . . 24 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 14 and 15 . . . $2,749 21
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 20 (old) . . . 6,429 68
$9,178 89
$9,178 89
Vale street, between Burnham street and water front, macadam-
ized. Length, 400 feet; area, 1,155 square yards.
Teaming $10 00
Gravel . 31 00
Stone . 136 50
Work done by the Sewer Division
$177 50
$5,310 32
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 16.
Compton street, Shawmut avenue to Washington street, side-
Labor
$230
00
Teaming . . . . . .
348
00
Gravel and sand
134
19
4,875 large granite blocks
. . 318
83
55 feet flagging
44
00
12,300 paving brick ....
123 00
Masonry
84
00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 16 (old) . . , $1,092 13
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 9 (new) . . . 189 89
L,282 02
$1,282 02
180
City Document No. 29.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARDS 17 AND 18.
Albany street, between Concord street and Massachusetts
avenue, repaved, edgestone reset, gravel walks laid. Length,
690 feet; area, 4,140 square yards.
Labor ^319 00
Teaming 12 00
Gravel 86 62
400 second quality blocks . . . . . 12 00
300 paving brick 3 00
Masonry 63 00
Amount paid to Doherty & Connors :
2,300 square yards block paving laid . $805 00
393 feet edgestone set . . . . 31 44
130 square yards brick paving laid . 23 40
49 square yards flagging crossings . 17 15
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving
Co., 450.35 square yards Trinidad
asphalt . . . .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 17 and 18 . . . $1,085 49
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 (new) . . . 1,412 99
Fabin street.
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co., for
work done under contract in 1895
876 99
1,125 87
;2,498 48
sidewalks.
East Lenox street, new
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel ....
550 large granite blocks
675 paving brick .
$207 15
48 16
37 21
30 25
6 75
$329 52
$92 27
Fellows street, macadamized. Length, 1,061 feet; area,
3,065 square yards.
Labor $175 38
Teaming 541 00
Stone 2,451 95
Advertising ........ 7 50
Carried forward
$3,175 83
Street Department — Paving Division.
181
Brought forward ....
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 17 and 18 .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 (new)
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 17 (new)
Amount paid out of Paving Division
$3,175 83
1862 13
1,713 20
493
107
50
00
$3,175 83
Flagg street, between Washington and Reed streets, macad-
amized, edgestone reset, sidewalks relaid.
Labor .......
Teaming ......
Gravel .......
Stone .......
100 feet edgestone and two small corners
5,000 paving brick ....
Masonry ......
Advertising ......
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 17 and 18 . . $1,653 75
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 . . . .292 05
Harrison avenue.
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving
Co., for work done under contract in 1895
Pembroke street (unfinished work from 1895)
Labor ......
Teaming .....
Gravel
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 17 and 18 .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 (new)
West Canton street (unfinished work from 1895)
Masonry .....
Teaming .....
$457
22
762
96
82-
05
348
62
68
70
47
50
168
00
10
75
$1,945 80
$1,945 80
$245 39
1895).
$73 60
590 00
29 64
$665 64
27 60
$693 24
$693 24
$119 00
12 00
om 1895).
$131 00
182
City Document No. 29.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARDS 19 AND 22.
Bay State road.
Gravel |187 55
Teaming 54 00
$241 55
Beacon street, Massacliusetts avenue to Commonwealth avenue,
macadamized, gutters paved, edgestone reset, crossings laid
and relaid, sidewalks relaid. Length, 1,750 feet ; area, 8,944
square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand
Stone
Steam roller .
11,500 paving brick
200.3 feet flagging
Advertising .
Amount paid to James Grant & Co. :
2,600 feet edgestone set
1,496 square yards block paving laid
989 square yards brick paving laid
123 square yards brick paving laid, her
ring bone .....
4.8 square yards brick paving laid, her
ring bone, on edge
1256 43
1,653 50
710 05
2,726 59
150 00
112 50
116 17
26 70
$390
OO
523
60
227
47
50 43
2 64
21
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 19 and 22 . . . $4,596 99
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 11 (new) . . .412
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 1,936
Boylston street (unfinished work from 1895).
Gravel ........
Calumet street (unfinished work from 1895).
Stone ........
Lawn street (unfinished work from 1895).
Gravel ........
Stone . .
1,194 14
^6,946 08
$6,946
08
$86
80
$360
00
$265
60
60
00
1325
60
Street Departiment — Paves^g Division".
183
Marlborough street, between Massachusetts avenue and Park-
way, macadamized, edgestone reset, gutters repaved, sidewalks
relaid. Length, 647 feet ; area, 2,444 square yards.
Labor ......
166 70
Teaming
731 42
Gravel
286 08
Stone ......
992 32
Steam roller .....
60 00
200 feet flagging ....
116 00
Amount paid to James Grant & Co. :
827 feet edgestone set .
. $124 05
443 square yards block paving
. 155 05
447 square yards brick paving
. 102 81
.S81 Q1
82,634 43
Parker street (unfinished work from
1895).
Gravel
•
$55 80
Roxbury street, between Washington street and Shawm ut
avenue, repaved with large granite blocks ; between Shaw-
mut avenue and Cabot street, macadamized, gutters repaved,
brick sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, paved
350 feet; area, 1,633 square yards. Length, macadamized
2,651 feet; area, 13,685 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand
Stone .
Steam roller .
301.3 feet flagging
18,650 paving brick
51 feet edgestone and two small corners
20,000 large granite blocks .
Masonry .....
Amount paid to Austin Ford & Son :
3,303 feet edgestone set
2,917 square yards block paving .
2,278 square yards brick paving
12,517 25
3,765 50
2,298 75
2,445 48
40 00
174 76
201 05
51 72
964 80
29 20
1264 24
729 25
410 04
1,403 53
$13,892 04
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 19 and 22 . . . $6,188 28
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 18 (new) ■. . . 7,703 76
Westland avenue (unfinished work from 1895).
Stone . . . . . . . . .
113,892 04
11,367 77
184
City Document No. 29.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 20.
Newcomb street, macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone
reset, brick sidewalks relaid.
Length, 611 feet;
area, 1,289
square yards.
Labor
1345 95
Teaming ....
545 50
Gravel .....
883 95
Stone .....
464 45
3,000 paving brick
29 25
Paving ....
251 97
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 20 (old) . . |1,636 82
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 17 (new) . . .884 25
Quincy street (unfinished work from 1895).
Teaming ........
Gravel .........
Stone ...
Steam roller ........
J,521 07
$2,521 07
Shirley street roadway and sidewalks gravelled.
Gravel . . . .
Filling
Work done by the Sewer Division
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 24.
Alban street (entire length), excavated, filled, subgraded,
macadamized, sidewalks built. Length, 1,358 feet; area, 3,948
square yards.
$20
308
717
240
00
00
35
00
$1,285
35
$2,846
390
00
00
$3,236
00
$301
51
±uuuvr . . ......
Teaming .
887 00
Gravel
282 48
Stone
903 24
Steam roller
240 00
Masonry .......
34 50
Artificial stone sidewalk . . .
30 66
Paving ........
9 00
$3,201 54
Street Department — Paving Division. 185
Bicknell street (unfinished work from 1895).
Teaming .......
Gravel ........
$124 00
88 20
$212 20
Bradshaw street, between Glenway and Bicknell streets,
macadamized, gutters paved, sidewalks surfaced, two catch
basins built. Length, 450 feet; area, 1,300 square yards.
Labor $593 98
Teaming 730 50
Gravel 119 10
Stone 305 00
Steam roller 70 00
Paving 155 50
Morton street (unfinished work from 1895).
Teaming .......
Gravel .......
$1,974 08
$310 00
8 40
$318 40
$1,824 38
Work done by the Sewer Division
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 25.
Washington street, between Commonwealth avenue and Oak
square, widened, macadamized, gutters paved, sidewalks
built.
Labor $209 48
Teaming 1,148 00
Gravel 2,356 20
Stone 8,738 99
Steam roller , 210 00
Amount paid to James Grant & Co. :
5,300 feet edgstone set . . . . $424 00
45.1 square yards block paving . . 11 28
1,787 square yards round stone paving . 446 75
882 03
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 25 (old) . . . $2,119 67
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 25 (new) . . .939 50
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 10,485 53
J,544 70
$13,544 70
186
City Docuimeistt No. 29.
Western avenue, between Western-avenue bridge and Mar-
ket street, resurfaced, plank walks repaired, crossings laid
and relaid. Length.
Labor $384 10
Teaming
Stone .
97.6 feet flagging
Paving .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 25 (old) . . . $388 07
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 25 (new) . . . 646 56
484 00
37 30
58 56
20 67
$984 63
^
Winship street (unfinished work from 1895).
Stone . . .
Gravel
11,478 63
17 00
Work done by the Bridge Division
$1,495 63
8455 74
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, NEW WARDS.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 1.
Blackinton and Leyden streets, gravelled, new edgestone
and gutters built, sidewalks gravelled. Area, 728 square
yards.
Labor .........
Teaming ........
Gravel .........
Stone screenings .......
Edgestone
Byron street, between Pope and Bennington streets, gravelled,
crossings paved. Length, 1,164 feet; area, 4,397 square
yards.
Labor ........
Teaming .......
Gravel ........
Stone screenings ......
$554
30
159
94
180
29
40
80
6
40
1941
73
$368
00
406
00
1,683
70
34
85
$2,492
55
Street Department — Paving Division. 187
Chelsea street.
Teaming
Sand
Gravel .
Cowper street.
Gravel .
Stone screenings
Shelby street.
Teaming
Gravel
$72
26
44
00
82
70
$143
52
147
25
68
50
$73
18
$15
17
50
88
133
38
Wordsworth street, between Bennington street and cemetery,
resurfaced. Length, 350 feet ; area, 1,322 square yards.
Labor $98 90
Teaming 16 00
Gravel 298 00
Stone screenings ....... 147 05
$559 95
Work done by the Sewer Division
L,653 97
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 2.
Havre street, between Maverick and Meridian streets, macad-
amized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks re-
laid. Length, 613 feet ; area, 2,316 square yards.
Labor
Teaming ....
Gravel
Stone .....
10,000 paving brick
Amount paid to Ward & Conlin
1,080.3 feet edgestone set
523.9 square yards block paving .
985.7 square yards brick paving .
. $162
. 183
. 226
05
37
71
$496 80
477 62
497 66
135 94
95 00
572 13
$2,275 15
188
City Document No. 29.
Haynes street macadamized, gutters paved, brick sidewalks
relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 642 feet; area, 1,480 square
yards.
Labor .....
Teaming ....
Gravel ....
Stone .....
23,000 paving brick
881 gutter blocks .
Amount paid to Ward & Conlin
1,303.5 feet edgestone set. .
471.1 square yards block paving
700.3 square yards brick paving
575
391
102
222
25
18
63
87
41
50
06
1104
117
126
28
78
05
— 348 11
12,581
76
ed to new
$278 30
234 00
47 68
1,346 38
$1,906
36
$177
237
10
00
$414
10
Marion and Bremen streets, filled and resurfaced
grade. Area 1,200 square yards.
Labor ........
Teaming .......
Gravel ........
Stone ........
Maverick Street, repaired.
Labor ....
Teaming
Sumner Street, between Orleans and Webster streets, mac-
adamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks
relaid, crossings relaid. Length 2,259 feet; area 9,789 square
yards.
Labor . .
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
Stone .
Steam roller .
Cement
80,000 paving bricks
Advertising .
Amount paid to Ward & Conlin :
4,893.1 feet edgestones set .
2,032.9 square yards block paving
3,537 square yards round stone paving
1,800.3 square yards brick paving
20.5 square yards hexagonal paving
$10,451 73
$2,815 62
1,865 00
1,552 42
890 33
415 00
23 00
760 00
17 25
. $391 45
. 508 23
. 884 25
. 324 05
5 13
2,113 11
Street Depaetment — Pavin^g Divisioi^. 189
Webster Street, between Orleans and Sumner streets, mac-
adamized ; between Orleans street and B, & M. R.R, repaved,
edgestones reset, gutters repaved, brick sidewalks relaid.
Length, macadam 2,315 feet; paving 210 feet; area, mac-
adam 7,460 square yards ; paving 1,093 square yards.
Labor ......
11,735 52
Teaming .....
1,320 00
Gravel and sand ....
1,740 79
Stone
1,328 18
Steam roller
351 66
5,220 granite blocks . .
273 58
765 feet flagging ....
478 70
63,750 paving bricks .
605 62
Advertising
7 40
Amount paid to Ward & Conlin :
5,136.1 feet edgestone set
. 1410 Si
)
841.6 square yards block paving .
210 4C
)
1,611.3 square yards round paving
402 82
5,756.4 square yards brick paving
. 1,036 15
Extra work as ordered .
15 5C
2,075 77
$9,917 22
Work done by the Bridge Division
•
$300 00
Work done by the Sewer Division
1869 67
STREET IMPROVEMENT
S, WARD 3.
Ferrin street (entire length), macadamized, gutters paved,
edgestones set, brick sidewalks laid.
crossings
laid or relaid.
Length, 1,121 feet; area, 2,330 squar
e yards.
Labor ......
, ^
11,566 20
Teaming .....
473 50
Gravel
739 32
Stone
955 30
19,000 paving brick
180 50
326 feet flagging ....
189 08
10.6 feet edgestone and 2 small corners
14 55
Masonry .....
9 65
Cement
3 30
Advertising .....
9 75
Lumber .....
16 00
Amount paid to Healey & O'Hara :
2,883 feet edgestone set
1230 64
1,033 square yards round paving .
258 25
1,313 square yards brick paving .
236 34
725 23
$4,882 38
1 29
190 City Document No. 29.
Work done by the Sewer Division
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 4.
Alford street, from end of block paving to Everett line,
macadamized, plank walk laid, fence built. Length, 2,114
feet ; area, 7,249 square yards.
Labor 11,201 75
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Nails .
Lumber
452 00
442 88
1,036 21
19 08
293 16
$3,445 08
Beach street (entire length), macadamized, gutters paved,
edgestone set, brick sidewalks laid, crossings relaid, gravel
sidewalks built. Length, 337 feet ; area, 665 square yards.
Labor $147 20
Teaming 50 50
Gravel 29 41
11
Walker street (entire length), macadamized, gutters paved,
edgestone set, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid. Length,
755 feet; area, 1,526 square yards.
Labor . .
$1,016 60
Teaming
364 50
Gravel .......
522 16
Stone
574 49
Edgestone
13 04
82 feet flagging ....
69 70
20,000 paving bricks
190 00
Masonry
26 01
Advertising .....
28 88
Amount paid to P. Brennan & Co. :
2,285 feet edgestone set
$342
7.5
283 square yards block paving
99
01
728 square yards round paving
. 254
8(
1,306 square yards brick paving .
300
3^
Extra work as ordered .
. 134
0(
)
$1,130 98
$3,936 36
Work done by the Sewer Division
.
$2,821 71
Street Department — Paving Division.
191
City Square, repaved
yards.
238 feet edgestone set .
834 square yards block p
edgestone reset,
aving
Area,
834 square
$19 04
208 50
$227 54
Park Square, rep
crossings laid an
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
250 feet flagging .
Paving .
aved, edgestone
d relaid. Area,
rese
351
t, brick sidewalks relaid,
square yards.
$216 20
76 00
58 82
145 00
99 78
$595 80
Stacey street (entire length), paved with old granite blocks,
edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, gravel sidewalks built.
Length, 492 feet ; area, 820 square yards.
Labor $894 70
Teaming
Gravel .
Sundries
Advertising .
Amount paid to Healey & O'Hara :
907.7 feet edgestone set
925 square yards block paving
81 square yards brick paving
, ,
255 00
266 42
, ,
30 00
•
5 00
$72 62
231 25
14 58
R1S d.?>
1,769 57
Union street, between Lynde and Washington streets, macad-
amized, gutters paved, edgestone set, crossings laid. Length,
84 feet; area, 215 square yards.
Labor ......... $264 50
Teaming . 68 40
Gravel 74 39
Flagging . 68 85
Edgestone ........ 7 20
Paving 60 87
$544 21
192
City Document No. 29.
Warren Avenue, between City square and railroad tracks, re-
paved, edgestone reset, crossings laid and relaid. Length, 200
feet ; area, 1,330 square yards.
Labor $591 10
Teaming 9 00
Gravel 242 20
350 feet flagging 203 00
$1,045 80
Warren street, between Winthrop and Soley streets (unfin-
ished work from 1895).
Teaming $102 00
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
365,3 square yards Sicilian rock asphalt with con-
crete base $1,095 90
Less amount paid in 1895 . . . 714 16
381 74
Work done by the Sewer Division
$483 74
$678 53
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 6.
Batterymarch street, between Milk and Kilby square,
asphalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings
relaid.
Labor .
Teaming
Edgestone
Paving .
Templets
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving Co. :
428.9 square yards Trinidad lake asphalt with con
Crete base and binder ....
$414 00
194 00
19 47
17 57
11 20
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
$1,286 70
$1,942 94
64 33
1,878 61
City Hall avenue, between School street and Court square,
paved with asphalt blocks on a gravel base, brick sidewalks
relaid. Length, 196 feet ; area, 271 square yards.
Labor $346 80
Gravel and sand 55 90
Electric lights 14 45
Carried forward
$417 15
Street Department — Paving Divisioisr.
193
Brought forioard |417 15
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co. :
262.5 square yards asphalt blocks fur-
nished and laid $787 50
7.3 square yards brick paving, herring-
bone 1 82
789 32
$1,206 47
Devonshire street, between Dock square and State street,
paved with large granite blocks on a concrete base with pitch
joints, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings laid.
Length, 303 feet ; area, 1,155 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
23,975 large granite blocks
226.1 feet flagging
70 feet edgestone
6,000 paving bricks
Electric lights
Masonry
Templets
Amount paid to J. B. O'Rourke & Co.
187.5 cubic yards American cement con-
crete base ......
1,130 square yards block paving, pitch
joints ......
247 feet edgestone reset
198 square yards brick paving relaid
159 square yards block paving relaid
159 square yards barring and excavating
$1,271 75
1,169 50
200 10
1,156 55
131 14
43 40
57 00
19 95
3 50
37 24
$937 50
1,017
19
35
55
15
00
76
64
65
90
$2,081 45
Less 13 double loads screened
gravel ....
$19 37
Less 60 single loads screened
gravel
45 00
6^1 37
2,017 08
$6,107 21
Garden Court street, between Fleet street and North square,
paved with large granite blocks, edgestone reset, brick side-
walks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 230 feet; area, 358
square yards.
Labor ......... |462 91
Teaming 338 50
Carried forioard
$801 41
194
City Document No. 29.
Brought forioard .
Gravel and sand .
8,910 large granite blocks
8,000 paving brick
80 feet edgestone .
Masonry
Paving ....
$801
41
141
85
429
82
76
00
49
60
14
00
187
95
11,700
63
North street, between Blackstone street and Merchants row,
paved with large granite blocks on a concrete base with pitch
joints, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings re-
laid. Length, 162 feet; area, 648 square yards
Labor
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
150 feet flagging .
16 feet circular edgestone
11,945 large granite blocks
Templets
Amount paid to Metropolitan Construction Co
618.7 square yards block paving, pitch
joints ......
52 feet edgestone set .
37 square yards brick paving
108.1 cubic yards American cement,
concrete base . . . .
618.7 square yards paving removed and
excavated ......
109 square yards barring and preparing
bed .......
$449 50
574 50
86 63
90 00
20 80
567 48
38 45
1556 83
7 80
8 51
515 50
154 68
54 50
1,297 82
$3,125 18
North square, between No, 20 and North street, paved with
small blocks, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings
relaid. Area, 350 square yards
Labor
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
2,500 paving brick
Advertising .
Paying .
^182
111
66
23
96
65
00
25
75
20
15
$488 00
Street Department — Paving Division.
195
North Margin street.
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving
Co., for work done in 1895 ....
$173 51
North Market street, repaved.
Labor
$800 15
Teaming ......
22 50
Gravel .......
38 00
Blocks .......
16 50
Cement ......
132 50
1509 65
Prince street, between Hanover street and North square,
paved with large granite blocks, edgestone reset, brick side-
walks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 140 feet. Area, 218
square yards.
Labor ......... $389 85
Teaming 330 50
Gravel 73 05
Edgestone 26 04
Flagging . 19 72
Brick 38 00
Blocks 349 74
Masonry 10 50
Paving 123 48
11,360 88
Stillman street, between Charlestown and Endicott streets,
asphalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings
relaid. Length, 202 feet; area, 600 square yards.
Labor
1769 35
Teaming
Gravel and sand .....
470 00
254 13
Edgestone
Flagging
14,300 gutter blocks ....
43 90
15 60
564 85
Brick
85 50
Advertising ......
10 34
Amount paid to Dennis J. Kiley & Co.
478 feet edgestone set ...
138
24
748 square yards block paving
237 square yards brick paving
187
42
00
66
267 90
$2,481 57
196
City Document No. 29,
Tileston street.
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving
Co., for work done under contract in 1895
^19 54
Water street, between Broad street and Kilby square,
asphalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalk relaid, crossings
relaid. Length, 252 feet ; area, 654 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
321 feet edgestone
12.2 feet circular edgestone
10,000 paving brick
50 feet flagging
Templets
Advertising
Amount paid to J. B. O'Rourke & Co.
159.3 square yards block paving .
Amount paid to D. J. Kiley & Co. :
539 feet edgestone set ....
335 square yards brick paving
11 square yards crossings laid
16 square yards block paving
S782 11
337 50
34 55
199 02
15 87
95 00
29 00
28 85
7 60
143
12
63
90
2
75
4
00
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving Co. :
657.8 square yards Trinidad lake asphalt with
American cement, concrete base
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving
Co
Work done by the Sewer Division
143 37
113 77
1,973 40
53,760 04
98 67
^3,661 37
$289 47
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 7.
Corning street, between Shawmut avenue and Washington
streets, asphalted.
Labor $11 75
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving Co. :
680.8 square yards Trinidad asphalt on existing
concrete base ....... 1,361 60
Carried forward
,373 35
Street Department — Paving Division.
197
JBrought forward ......
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving Co.:
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 7 $1,293 52
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 9 11 75
Edinboro' street.
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving Co.,
for work done under contract in 1895
L,373 35
68 08
L,305 27
Sl,305 27
^36 17
Milk street, between Oliver and India streets, paved with large
granite blocks on a concrete base with pitch joints, edgestone
reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 556
feet; area, 1,870 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
11,000 paving brick
755 feet flagging .
75 feet edgestone .
24,445 large paving blocks
Templets
Masonry
Advertising .
Amount paid to Jones &> Meehan :
325.47 cubic yards American cement,
concrete base ..... $1,627 35
1,996 square yards granite block paving,
pitch joints .....
444 feet edgestone reset
288.5 square yards bi-ick sidewalks
relaid .......
590.5 square yards block gravel, gravel
joints ......
$2,191 16
1,567 00
351 62
104 50
437 90
46 50
1,179 23
38 33
24 50
3 10
1,796
85
40
52
51 93
147 63
3,658 83
$9,602 67
Ohio street, between Washington street and Shawmut avenue,
asphalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid. Length,
343 feet ; area, 268 square yards.
Labor $256 65
Teaming . . 110 50
Carried forward
$367 15
198
City Document No. 29,
Brought forward .....
$367 15
Gravel ........
10 78
2,300 paving bricks .....
23 00
Templets
7 85
Masonry
154 00
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
263.7 square yards Sicilian rock asphalt
with cement, concrete base
791 10
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co.
West street.
Amount retained from H. Gore & Co., for work
done under contract in 1895 ....
$1,353 88
39 56
$1,314 32
$147 26
Winter street, between Washington and Tremont streets,
paved with large granite blocks on a concrete base with pitch
joints, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid. Length, 503
feet ; area, 1,146 square yards.
Labor ......
Teaming .....
Gravel ......
25,860 large granite blocks .
336 feet flagging ....
131 feet edgestone and 1 large corner
Cement . . .
Lumber .....
Masonry .....
Templets .....
Advertising .....
19,000 paving brick
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co. :
185.3 cubic yards American cement,
concrete base ..... $926 50
1,141.4 square yards block paving with
pitch joints ..... 1,027 26
292 feet edgestone reset
181 square yards brick sidewalks relaid,
53.5 square yards block paving, gravel
joints ......
Extra work as ordered . . .
2,175 49
;6,995 90
1,231
00
150
08
1,810
20
194
88
86
82
22
00
91
88
210
00
9
60
21
00
185
25
23
36
32
58
13
38
152
41
Work done by the Sewer Division
77
Street Department — Pavestg Division.
199
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 8.
Ashland street, between Chambers and Leverett streets, paved
with gutter blocks, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid,
crossings relaid. Length, 210 feet ; area, 523 square yards.
Labor $590 60
Teaming
Gravel .
15,100 gutter blocks
56 feet flagging
6,000 paving brick
35 feet edgestone .
Masonry
Paving
531
00
141
00
596
45
32
48
57
00
21
70
24
60
236
28
>,231 01
Barton street
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co., for
work done under contract in 1895
41
Cotting street, between Leverett and Lowell streets, paved
with small blocks, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid,
crossings relaid.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
100.2 feet flagging
15,470 gutter-blocks
7,000 paving brick
35 feet edgestone .
Paving .
603
52
451
50
123
68
58
11
611
07
66
50
21
70
256 41
$1,292 49
Lowell street, between Causeway and Brighton streets, paved
with large blocks on a gravel base with pitch- joints, edge-
stone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid. Length,
1,139 feet; area, 5,545 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming ...
Gravel and sand .
92,662 large granite blocks
424 feet flagging .
218.2 feet edgestone
27 -^-^ feet circular edgestone
40,000 paving brick
Masonry
Carried forward .
2,768 50
689 67
4,417 57
249 42
135 28
36 77
380 00
87 50
.
. $12,804 36
200
City Document No. 29.
Kiley & Co.
Brought forward
Cement
Advertising .
Sundries
Amount paid to D. J.
5,752 squai-e yards block paving, pitch-
joints ......
1,933 feet edgestone set . . .
1,272 square yards brick paving .
86 square yards block paving, gravel-
joints ......
Extra work, as ordered . . . .
Milton street repaired.
Labor ....
^2,804 36
16 50
• 26 64
4 67
,176 80
154 64
228 96
21 50
40 25
Work done by the Sewer Division
5,622 15
18,474 32
$324 30
$382 05
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 9.
Acton street work unfinished.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
Flagging
2,050 paving brick
Masonry
Advertising .
$273 50
267 00
21 20
16 82
20 50
189 00
9 50
$797 52
East Dedham street, between Harrison avenue and Washing-
ton street, macadamized, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks
relaid, gutters paved. Length, 512 feet ; area, 1,934 square
yards.
Labor 1174 80
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Steam roller
185 feet edgestone
320 feet flagging .
17,500 paving brick
450 large blocks .
Carried forioard
1,315
320
777
10
114
185
174
24
00
63
15
00
70
60
45
75
5,097 08
Street Department — Paving Division.
201
JBrought forioard .
Cement .....
Masonry
Advertising ....
Amount paid to Jones & Meehan
1,023.7 feet edgestone set .
721 square yards block paving
803.2 square yaids brick paving .
,
$3,097
08
22
00
,
315
00
•
•
5
40
$153
56
2.52
35
184
74
590
65
14,030
13
Hamburg street, between Mystic street and Harrison avenue,
asphalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid. Length,
383 feet ; area, 596 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming
Gravel ....
59 feet edgestone .
59 feet flagging
150 large blocks .
6,300 paving bricks
Masonry
Templets
Advertising .
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co.
5,864 square yards Sicilian rock asphalt with Amer
ican cement concrete base
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co.
$351
10
295
22
17
16
36
58
34
22
8
25
63
00
196
00
7
80
12
00
1,759 20
^2,780 53
87 96
^2,692 57
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 9 $2,680 57
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 17 and 18 . . . 12 00
2,692 57
Laconia street, between Harrison avenue and Washington
street, asphalted, edgestone set, brick sidewalks relaid. Length,
330 feet; area, 725 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming
Gravel ....
350 feet edgestone
31 j-\ feet circular edgestone
Carried forward . . . .. . . $2,441 58
$1,247
65
844
50
91
70
217
00
40
73
202
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward
140 feet flagging .
750 blocks .
9,750 paving brick
Templets
Masonry
Advertising .
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving Co. :
686.76 square yards Trinidad lake asphalt with
binder and concrete base . . . . .
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving Co,
J,441 58
81 20
30 04
97 50
21 60
273 00
17 50
2,060 28
$5,022 70
103 01
14,919 69
en streets,
, Leng
th,
$310
50
310
00
14
27
8
08
11
66
14
50
43
00
147
00
9
80
1,251 60
Meander street, between East Dedham and Maid
asphalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid
307 feet ; area, 460 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming . .
Gravel ....
175 large blocks .
Edgestone
Flagging .
4,300 paving brick
Masonry
Advertising .
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co
417.2 square yards Sicilian rock asphalt with
American cement, concrete base
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co,
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 9 $2
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Wards 17 and 18 .
Mystic street, between Maiden and East Brookline streets,
asphalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid. Length,
636 feet ; area, 890 square yards.
Labor $843 75
Teaming . . 530 81
Gravel . 46 81
,
$2,120 41
62 58
$2,057 83
,048 03
9 80
$2,057 83
Carried forward
1,421 37
Steeet Department — Paving Division.
203
Brought forvmrd ....
245 feet edgestone and 4 small corners
150 feet flagging .
400 large blocks .
5,050 paving brick
Masonry
Templets
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
803.7 square yards Sicilian rock as-
halt with American cement concrete
base .
11.9 cabic yards concrete base
2,411 10
59 50
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co.
L,421 37
165 30
87 00
19 30
50 50
210 00
7 80
2,470 60
$4,431 87
123 53
$4,308 34
Norwich street, between Mystic and Meander streets, as-
phalted, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid. Length, 221
feet ; area, 344 square yards.
Labor ,
$303 15
Teaming
262 50
Gravel .
14 28
35 feet edgestone .
21 70
30 feet flagging
17 40
4,050 paving brick
40 50
150 large blocks .
8 25
Masonry
140 00
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
339.4 square yards
Sicilian rock asphalt with Ame
r-
ican cement concrete base
1,018 20
$1,825
50
98
91
$1,775
07
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co. .
Taylor street, between D wight and Milford streets, asphalted,
edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid. Length, 196 feet;
area, 262 square yards.
Labor $91 15
Teaming
400 paving brick .
Gravel and sand .
Masonry
Carried forward
58
50
4
00
6
00
102
00
$261 65
204
City Document No. 29.
I^rought forward . .
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
257.2 square yards Sicilian rook asphalt on existing
concrete base .......
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Co,
Union Park street, between Harrison avenue and Washing-
ton street, macadamized, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks
relaid. Length, 460 feet; area, 1,007 square yards.
1485 30
392 00
50 25
206 33
9 28
104 32
245 00
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Flagging
10,700 paving brick
Masonry
L,492 48
Work done by the Sewer Division
$912 21
STREET IMPROVEMENTS WARD 10.
Boylston street, between Dartmouth street and B. & A. R.R.
bridge (southerly side), edgestone set, gutters paved, fence
built, and
Exeter street, between Huntington
street, filled, macadamized.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Filling .
Stone .
Steam roller
1,071 feet edgestone
Hardware
Lumber
Amount paid to William Higgins
1,302 feet edgestone set
800 feet edgestone reset
532 square yards block paving
267 square yards block paviog
Carried forioard
avenue
and Boylston
12,655 32
1,734 50
896 78
479 70
4,771 47
10 00
664 02
19 77
299 88
1104 le
'
120 00
133 OC
■
93 4£
450 61
^
. $11,982 05
Steeet Department — Paving Divisioisr.
205
.1,982 05
Uroitght forvKird ......
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 10 ... . 13,698 91
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 11 . . . . 3,822 59
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 4,460 55
_ $11,982 05
Columbus avenue.
Amount retained from H. Gore & Co., for work
done under contract in 1895 .... $719 00
Dartmouth street, between Copley square and N. Y,, N. H. &
H. R.R., macadamized, edgestone relaid, gutters repaved,
brick sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 467 feet;
area 1,764 square yards.
Labor $170 20
Teaming 237 00
Gravel 117 59
Stone 88 27
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 10 .... |324 40
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 11 .... 128 99
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 159 67
$618 06
Holyoke street, macadamized, edgestone re
t^KJi-KJ \J\J
set, brick sidewalks
relaid. Length, 460 feet ; area, 1,688 square yards.
Labor 1302 00
Teaming ......
673 00
Gravel
190 11
Stone .......
356 78
Steam roller
25 00
2,000 paving bricks ....
20 00
Masonry
98 00
Advertising ......
18 00
$1,682 89
St. Botolph street, between Irvington street and Massachu-
setts avenue, macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone set
and reset, brick sidewalks laid and relaid, crossings laid and
relaid. Length, 2,257 feet; area, 8,526 square yards.
Labor $895 85
Teaming . . . . . . . . 4,186 90
Carried forward
),082 75
206
City Document No. 29.
Brought forioard
Gravel and sand .
Stone
Steam roller
Loam and sods
23,250 paving brick
6 large corners
300 feet flagging .
Advertising .
Amount paid to James Grant & Co. :
5,682.9 feet edgestone set
2,668.5 square yards block paving
610 feet fence curb set ....
3,493 square yards brick paving ,
108 square yards brick paving, herring-
bone ........
12.7 square yards brick paving, cement
joints ......
Extra work resetting iron fence and rais-
ing coal chutes .....
$5,082 75
4,249 66
3,226 00
200 00
111 00
357 75
33 60
174 00
9 00
$852 4J
:
933 9^
■
122 OO
803 3S
49 68
6 35
115 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 10 . . . . $14,713 35
Amount paid out of Paving Division, 1,613 25
2,882 84
$16,326 60
$16,326 60
Yarmouth street, macadamized, edgestone reset, brick side-
walks relaid. Length, 464 feet ; area, 1,753 square yards.
Labor |280 60
Teaming ........ 175 00
Stone 472 85
Masonry 7 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 10 . • . . 1761 62
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 173 83
$935 45
$935 45
Work done by the Sewer Division
11,024 82
STKEET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 11.
Arlington street, between Boylston and Marlborough streets,
macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick side-
walks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 1,064 feet; area, 5,911
square yards.
Steeet Department — Paving Division. 207
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
4,600 gutter blocks
289 feet flagging .
10,000 paving bricks
Stone .
Steam roller .
Advertising .
Amount paid to James Grant & Co.
1,334.8 square yards block paving
2,064.5 feet edgestone set
3,120 square yards brick paving .
171 square yards flagging crossings
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 11 ... . 110,347 68
Amount paid out of Paving Division 165 24
$1,160 67
3,361 00
1,792 96
181 70
167 62
135 00
1,961 03
190 00
8 63
. $467 le
i
. 309 68
. 717 60
59 8£
)
1,554 31
),512 92
$10,512 92
Berkeley street, between Boylston and Beacon streets, mac-
adamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks
relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 1,325 feet; area, 5,889 square
yards.
Labor .
$914 70
Teaming ......
1,646 00
Gravel
424 81
Stone
577 12
Steam roller ......
110 00
2,000 paving brick . . . .
20 00
Amount paid to James Grant & Co. :
714 feet edgestone set .
157
12
649 square yards block paving
194
25
651 square yards brick paving
117
IS
368 55
tJ\JiJ *J%J
14,061 18
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 11 . .
13,157
54
Amount paid out of Paving Division
903
64
$4,061 18
Brimmer street.
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
for work done under contract in 1895
$490 80
208
City Document No. 29.
Brookline avenue.
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Advertising .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 11
Amount paid out of Paving Division
Charles street.
Amount retained from H. Gore & Co. for work
done under contract in 1895 ....
•
$258 50
133 76
39 60
9 00
$440 86
1267 50
173 36
$440 86
$25 49
Mt. Vernon street, between Charles and Willow streets, 125
square yards, repaved ; 1,543 square yards macadamized,
edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, crossings relaid.
Labor .
. . . a
$891
25
Teaming
. . .
454
50
Gravel .
.....
79
95
8,000 paving
brick
76
00
Masonry
10
50
$1,512
20
Pinckney street.
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
for work done under contract in 1895
$106 50
Work done by the Sewer Division
$752 37
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 12.
East Brookline street, between Harrison avenue and Wash-
ington street, macadamized, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks
relaid, gutters repaved. Length, 567 feet ; area, 2,142 square
yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
50 feet flagging
20,640 paving bricks
Stone .
Steam roller .
Masonry
$702
62
979
50
273
92
29
00
201
24
683
28
60
00
294
00
Carried forward
i23 56
Stebet Department — Paving Division. 209
^Brought forward ......
Amount paid to Jones and Meehan :
1,010 feet edgestone set ... $80 80
444 squai-e yards block paving . . Ill 00
931 square yards brick paving . . 167 58
},223 56
1359 38
3,582 94
Massachusetts avenue, between Huntington avenue and St.
Botolpli street, macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone
reset, brick sidewalks relaid. Length, 259 feet; area, 1,727
square vards.
Labor , "' . . |154 65
Teaming
Gravel and sand
Stone
Loam and sods
Paving .
66 00
128 58
295 77
158 12
244 12
$1,047 24
Reed street, between Northampton and Hunneman streets,
macadamized. Length, 1,205 feet ; area, 3,036 square yards.
Labor 1273 42
Teaming 738 50
Stone 1,405 98
$2,417 85
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 . . . .$1,775 20
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 17 . . . . 642 65
$2,417 85
West Brookline street, between Tremont and Washington
streets, macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick
sidewalks relaid. Length, 1,035 feet
area, 3,680 square yards.
Labor ......
$309 38
Teaming .....
1,812 80
Gravel and sand ....
628 25
275 feet flagging . .
159 50
159 feet edgestone and 8 small corners
100 58
48,705 paving bricks
478 99
Stone . . . . . .
1,485 78
Steam roller . . . . .
175 00
Masonry
511 00
Cement . . . . .
11 00
Advertising
7 60
Carried forward
$5,679 88
210
City Document No. 29.
684 88
Brought forward . . . . . . $5,679 88
Amount paid to Chas. E. Barnes :
1,473 feet edgestone set
433 square yards block paving
729 square yards brick paving
194 square yards brick paving, herring
bone ......
171 square yards excavation .
Amount paid to Jones & Meehan :
2,364.3 feet edgestone set
1,127 square yards block paving .
95.8 square yards round paving
1,738.8 square yards brick paving .
34.4 square yards brick paving, herring-
bone on edge . . . , . 18 92
Work done by the Sewer Division
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 13.
Athens street.
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt Company
for work done under contract in 1895
. $265
14
. 151
55
. 167
67
83
42
17
10
. 1354
65
. 394
45
33
53
. 399
92
$7,566
23
1408
90
Work done by the Bridge Division
$121 27
13,582 15
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 14.
L street, between Ninth street and Broadway, macadamized,
gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick sidewalks relaid, cross-
ings laid. Length, 1,753 feet; area, 6,622 square yards.
Labor . .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
332 feet flagging
15,000 paving bricks
Advertising .
Amount paid to William Higgins:
2,079.4 feet edgestone set
169.2 square yards block paving .
902 square yards round paving
1,584.8 square yards brick paving .
84.5 square yards brick paving, herring
bone ......
$2,639 25
755 50
274 00
1,812 81
192 56
146 25
35 25
. $166 35
42 30
. 225 50
. 285 27
30 42
749 84
$6,605 46
Street Depaetment — Paves^g Divisioisr. 211
Work done by the Sewer Division . . . |797 14
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 15.
East Fifth street, between G and H streets, macadamized.
Labor 1385 25
Teaming 106 00
Gravel ......... 75 00
Stone 320 63
East Fourth street, between Linden and G streets, mac-
ea, 646 square yards.
adamized. Length, 171 feet; ar
Labor .
Teaming
Stone .
Flagging
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 15 .... $703 32
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 14 .... 56 00
$271 40
141 50
287 26
59 16
1759 32
1759 32
G street, between Dorchester and Fifth streets, macadamized.
Length, 886 feet ; area, 3,336 square yards.
Labor .........
Teaming ........
Stone . . ... . . . . .
Advertising ........
1724
50
484
50
533
54
8
40
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 15 .... $1,174 29
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 14 .... 576 65
L,750 94
11,750 94
Old Harbor street, between Thomas park and Dorchester
street, macadamized. Length, 520 feet ; area, 1,964 square
yards.
Labor $271 40
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Advertising
442 00
112 00
575 11
18 00
L,418 51
212
City Docuivient No. 29.
Telegraph street, between Thomas park and Dorchester
street, macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, cross-
ings relaid, brick sidewalks relaid. Length, 926 feet ; area,
3,070 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
15,000 paving brick
Amount paid to J. B. O'Rourke
1,686.6 feet edgestone set
50.5 square yards block paving
709.1 square yards round paving
1,363.9 square yards brick paving
22.5 square yards brick paving, herring
bone ......
17
248
313
99
68
19
70
9 23
1577
121
118
654
146
16
30
50
41
95
25
00
841 79
5,258 24
Thomas park, between Old Harbor and Atlantic streets,
macadamized. Length, 300 feet ; area, 1,000 square yards.
Labor 1239 20
Teaming 27 00
Gravel ' . . . 78 00
Stone 517 35
$861 55
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 16.
East Cottage street, between N. Y. & N. E. R.R. and Dor-
chester avenue, macadamized, sidewalks gravelled, crossings
laid. Length, 3,290 feet ; area, 10,200 square yards.
Labor $956 80
517 50
455 40
3,142 76
240 00
116 00
24 00
36 54
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Steam roller .
200 feet flagging
Advertising .
Paving .
),489 00
Dean street, between Howard avenue and Judson street,
macadamized, gutters paved, edgestone laid, brick sidewalks
laid. Length, 533 feet ; area, 1,094 square yards.
Street Department — Paving Division.
213
Labor
.
,
$133
40
Teaming ....
.
.
648
67
Gravel and sand .
,
441
45
Stone
.
,
.
595
81
Amount paid to Chas. E. Barnes :
1,081 feet edgestone set
,
1194
58
24 square yards block paving
.
9
60
367 square yards round paving
146
80
154 square yards brick paving
43
12
6 days, paver
$30
00
24 days, labor
48
00
60 days, quarrying
150
00
80 days, grading and cleaning
lip
160
00
20 days, foreman .
60
00
18 days, stonecutter
90
00
12i days, mason .
42
00
29 days, watchman
58
00
$638
00
Plus 15 per cent
95
70
733
70
Dynamite and explosives
t tJtJ
25
1 \J
00
1,152
80
ou
$2,972
13
Fairbury street, between Blue Hill avenue and Rand street.
macadamized.
Labor .
Teaming
Stone .
Building wall
retaining- wall built.
$142
60
324
00
21
00
68
04
$555
64
Ley land street, between East Cottage street and Burgess
street, macadamized, sidewalks built, one catch-basin built.
Length, 715 feet; area, 2,065 square yards.
Labor
$414 00
Teaming .....
421 00
Gravel
42 24
Stone ......
1,282 09
Advertising . , . .
17 40
Steam-roller .....
100 00
$2,276 73
214
City Document No. 29.
Monadnock street, between Dudley and Bird streets, macad-
amized. (Work unfinished.) Length, 1,429 feet ; area, 4,129
square yards.
Labor $193 20
Teaming 29 00
Stone 215 94
Steam-roller 50 00
14
"Work done by the Sewer Division
$1,716 59
152 square yards flagging laid
Extra work as ordered :
20 days, foreman, cleaning up
and loading teams
122| days, labor, cleaning up
and loading teams
20 days, mason, cementing
joints ....
59 days, labor, grading
1|^ days, putting in retaining
plank ....
f days, fixing manholes .
27 days, paver, repaying gut-
ters and sidewalks
Carried forward .
$721
501
617
80
10
21
14 28
5
53
23
20
$60 00
244 88
70
00
118
00
2
67
2
33
135
00
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 17.
Eustis street, between Dearborn and Magazine streets,
macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick side
walks relaid, crossings relaid. Length, 1,976 feet ; area, 5,762
square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand .
Stone .
Steam roller .
48,000 paving brick
Advertising .
Amount paid to Chas. E. Barnes :
4,010 feet edgestone set
1,431.7 square yards block paving
2,683.5 square yards brick paving
33.2 square yards brick paving, herring
bone ......
9.5 square yards brick paving, herring
bone on edge
1,519
1,467
2,405
210
468
44
95
00
90
33
00
00
40
$632 88 $1,912 82
),518 58
Street Department
Brought foricard .
16 days paver, tender, gut-
ters and sidewalks
27 days, paver laborer, gutters
and sidewalks .
23 days, stonecutter
92 days, labor, barring and
ramming ....
13 days, watchman, lighting
Add 15 per cent .
«TT — Paving Division. ^
il5
$632
88 $1,912
82
$6,518
58
36
00
54
115
00
00
184
26
00
00
05
$3,117
$1,047
157
88
17
1 '^05
S7
19,636 45
Amount paid out of Street improve-
ments. Ward 17 ... . $8,320 84
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 .... 777 87
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 537 74
$9,636 45
Island street, between Hampden and Magazine streets, mac-
adamized. Length, 708 feet; area, 2,045 square yards.
Labor $165 60
Teaming 222 00
Stone and stone screenings ..... 1,820 53
Advertising 8 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 17 ... . $1,679 60
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 536 53
J,216 13
2,216 13
Magazine street, between Norfolk avenue and Swett street,
graded, gutters paved. Length, 2,096 feet; area, 6,055 square
yards.
Labor $1,051 10
Teaming 968 50
Gravel . 97 02
Stone 65 31
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 17 ... . $1,426 62
$2,181 93
Carried forward . . . .$1,426 62 $2,181 93
216
City Docuinient No. 29.
Brought forward .... |1,426 62 ^2,181 93
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 .... 618 00
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 137 31
12,181 93
Marshfield street, resurfaced. Length, 837 feet; area 2,419
square yards.
Labor . . . . $438 15
Teaming 212 00
Gravel and sand 267 40
Paving . 92 16
L,009 71
Massachusetts avenue, between Swett and Albany streets,
paved with large granite blocks, edgestone set, gravel side-
walks built. Length, 519 feet ; area, 3,575 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming
Gravel ....
850 feet flagging ,
44,538 large paving blocks
2,875 asphalt blocks
734 feet edgestone, 4 large and two small corners
10,500 paving bricks
Lumber
Masonry
Rent
Sundries
Advertising
Amount paid to Doherty & Connors :
3,811 square yards block paving . . $952 75
1,065 feet edgestone set . . . 85 20
124 square yards flagging laid . . 31 00
$1,926
69
1,077
19
2,072
30
493
00
1,918
75
115
00
s 484
18
102
50
46
21
42
00
80
00
12
00
18
00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 17 ... . $8,609 64
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 12 . . . . 660 55
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 186 58
Pontine street, sidewalks made.
Teaming ....
Screenings ....
Carried forward .
1,068 95
^9,456 77
$9,456
77
$10
58
00
50
$68 50
Street Department — Pavestg Dr'ision. 217
Brought forward
Gravel and sand .
Paving .
Work done by the Sewer Division
$68 50
204 70
50 67
$328 87
11,609 32
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 18.
Linden Park street, between Tremont and Cabot streets,
macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, brick side-
walks relaid.
Labor ......
$220 80
Teaming .....
1,125 00
Gravel and sand ....
1,225 95
Stone
568 50
12,000 paving bricks
117 00
Advertising .....
10 40
Amount paid to Chas. E. Barnes :
2,496 feet edgestone set
. $449
28
706 square yards block paving
. 247
10
408 square yards round paving .
. 142
8U
1,046 square yards brick
. 240
58
1 079 76
$4,347 41
Tremont street (at Cabot street),
repaved.
Gravel and sand ....
$190 10
Paving
298 55
$488 65
Washington street, between Roxbury and Eustis streets, re-
paved, crossings reset. Length, 1,200 feet ; area, 5,333 square
yards.
Labor ......
Teaming .....
Gravel and sand ....
Amount paid to Chas. E. Barnes :
112 feet, edgestone set
5,374 square yards block paving .
99 square yards brick paving
.
$173 70
, ,
518 00
•
1,039 85
$20 16
1,880 90
22 77
Carried forward
L,923 83 11,781 05
218
City Documeint No. 29.
Brought forward
Extra work as ordered, resetting cross-
ings, loading and unloading teams,
cleaning up, etc.
40 days, foreman . . S126 00
36 days, paver
18 days, rammer
56 days, laborer .
140 days, laborer
41 days, stonecutter
46 days, watchman
Furnishing electric lights
$1,923 83 $1,731 05
180
40
112
280
205
92
10
00
50
00
00
00
00
00
Add 15 per cent
$1,045 50
156 83
1,202 33
Work done by the Sewer Division
3,126 16
54,857 21
$920 49
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 19.
Smith street, between Parker street and Huntington avenue,
macadamized, gutters paved, edgestone reset, brick side-
walks relaid. Length, 1,750 feet ; area, 5,055 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand ,
Stone .
Steam roller
20,000 paving brick
127 feet flagging .
350 gutter blocks
Masonry
Advertising .
Amount paid to Thomas O'Leary :
3,300,1 feet edgestone set
637.2 square yards block paving .
1,041 square yards round paving .
1890.6 square yards brick paving .
Wait street, repaired.
Labor .
Teaming
Work done by the Sewer Division
^ ,
$821 41
1,528 00
1,653 60
2,304 33
160 00
195 00
73 66
19 25
14 00
19 50
. $264 01
. 159 30
. 260 25
. 340 31
1,023 87
17,812 62
$23 00
86 00
$109 00
•
$1,500 20
Street Department — Paving Division. 219
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 20.
Blue Hill avenue, between Warren and Savin streets, resur
faced.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel
Stone .
Steam roller
$167 20
304 50
227 60
582 83
20 00
$1,302 13
Charles street, between Ditson street and Geneva avenue, and
between Ditson street and Dorchester avenue, macadamized,
sidewalks repaired. Length, 1,390 feet ; area, 4,015 square
yards.
Labor . $1,200 60
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Advertising
994 00
142 56
640 32
9 20
i,986 68
Faulkner street, between Dorchester avenue and Freeman
street, macadamized. Length, 509 feet ; area, 1,301 square
yards.
Labor $142 60
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Advertising
155 00
104 28
586 54
27 00
$1,015 42
Freeport street, between Dorchester avenue and Pleasant
street, macadamized, gutters repaved, edgestone reset, cross-
ings relaid, brick sidewalks relaid. Length, 750 feet ; area,
3,300 square yards.
Labor 11,065 40
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Steam roller
230 feet flagging
510
00
432
96
1,632
19
130
00
133
40
Carried forioard
$3,903 95
220
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward .
Amount paid to James Dolan & Co.:
1,416 feet edgestone set
88.5 square yards block paving
672.4 square yards round paving .
$113
168
28
13
10
83,903 95
303 51
$4,207 46
Geneva avenue, between Bowdoin and Columbia streets, mac-
adamized, edgestone set. Length, 2,062 feet; area, 5,536
square yards.
Labor .
Teaming . -
Gravel .
Stone .
153^^ feet edgestone
Paving .
$818
55
593
70
314
16
2,005
57
199
35
31
26
Length, 319 feet
area, 922 square yards.
S3,962
57
ts, macad-
$110 40
85 48
38 28
560 18
$794
34
Hartland street, between Sydney and|Saxton streets, macad
amized.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Mayfield street, between Pleasant and Bakersfield streets,
macadamized, gutters paved. Length, 407 feet; area, 1,174
square yards.
Labor 1262 20
Teaming 270 00
Gravel . 105 60
Stone 404 90
Paving 93 81
Advertising ....... 10 60
L,147 11
Romsey street, between Dorchester avenue and Sydney street,
macadamized, filled, gutters paved, sidewalks repaired.
Length, 1,546 feet ; area, 4,466 square yards.
Labor $648 60
Teaming 413 50
Carried forward
$1,062 10
Street Depabtment — Paving Division.
221
Brought forward ....
Gravel
Stone .......
Steam-roller ......
Paving . ....'.
$1,062 10
198 00
1,216 64
110 00
111 41
Sagamore street, resurfaced.
Gravel
Stone .......
$2,698 15
$22 44
528 04
1550 48
Salcombe street, between Stoughton street and Gushing ave-
nue, excavated, filled, edgestone set, gutters paved, sidewalks
constructed, 4 catch-basins built. Length, 735 feet; area,
1,961 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Lumber
Advertising .
Amount paid to James Dolan :
1,481 feet edgestone set
494.1 square yards block paving
1783 37
645 69
195 36
238 34
17 50
9 00
. $222
15
. 172
94
395 09
12,284 35
School street, between Harvard and Washington streets, re-
surfaced.
Labor .........
Teaming . .
Gravel . , . . . . . . .
Stone .........
$41
40
60
00
52
80
228
32
1382
52
Washington street, between Bowdoin street and Talbot ave-
nue, resurfaced. Length, 3,300 feet ; area, 14,667 square
yards; between Brent and Ashmont streets (northerly side),
and opposite estate of Dorchester Baptist Temperance Church,,
widened, excavated, filled, sub-graded, rock cutting, edge-
stone set, gutters paved, brick sidewalks laid ; corner Walton
and Roslin streets. Length, 1,236 feet; area, 1,785 square
222
City Document No. 29.
yards ; between Brent and Ashmont streets
Telford base, macadamized. Length, 1,236
square yards ; corner Brent and Washington
wall constructed.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand
Stone
100 feet flagging
270y\ feet edgestone
92y*^ feet circular edgestone
Crossing blocks
Powder and fuse .
Laying steps
Paving
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 20 $2,422 93
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 24 .... 4,700 81
(one-half street),
feet ; area, 5,493
streets, retaining-
$2,346 83
1,934 28
420 39
1,536 67
58 00
189 24
120 02
250 00
32 79
76 00
159 52
r,123 74
$7,123 74
Work done by the Bridge Division
Work done by the Sewer Division
$43 72
$1,202 14
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 21.
Crawford street, macadamized. Length, 3,560 feet; area,
10,285 square yards.
juauur .....
Teaming ....
1,890 59
Gravel .....
923 55
Stone .....
2,407 88
Paving .....
73 32
Advertising ....
7 40
$6,641 73
Holborn street, macadamized, gutters relaid. Length, 1,185
feet ; area, 3,423 square yards.
Labor $174 80
Teaming 477 00
Gravel 330 50
$982 30
Street Departiment — Paving Division.
223
Howland street, between Humboldt and Elm Hill
macadamized, edgestone reset, gutters repaved, brick
laid. Length, 2,022 feet ; area, 5,842 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel and sand
Stone .
Steam-roller .
Edgestone
Amount paid to Austin Ford & Son :
63.2 feet edgestone set . . . . $9 48
21 square yards block paving . . 7 35
102 square yards brick paving . . 23 46
Amount paid to John McCourt
1,072 feet edgestone set
527.4 square yards block paving
770.9 square yards brick j^aving
$192 96
184 59
177 31
sidewalks
1778
55
1,099
69
575
65
921
98
10
00
26
64
40 29
554 86
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 21 .... $3,733 21
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 274 35
May wood street (unfinished work from 1895).
Teaming ........
Gravel . . . . . ...
Paving ........
t,007 56
$4,007 56
$177 50
106 75
34 48
$318 73
Ruthven street, macadamized. Length, 2,287 feet; area,
7,582 square yards.
Labor $266 80
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Paving .
967 88
336 80
448 50
84 91
2,104 89
Sherman street, macadamized, gutters paved, crossings laid.
Length, 1,238 feet; area, 3,165 square yards.
Labor $278 30
Teaming 610 00
Carried forward
$888 30
224
City Document No. 29.
Mrought forioard
Gravel and sand .
Stone .
180 feet flagging .
600 gutter blocks .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 21 . . . .
Amount paid out of Paving Division .
1,562 78
246 52
$888 30
218 90
569 35
104 40
28 35
$1,809 30
$1,809 30
Walnut avenue, macadamized. Length, 5,572 feet; area,
21,976 square yards.
Labor
Teaming
Gravel and sand
Stone .
Steam roller .
Paving .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 21 ... . $3,820 59
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 . . . . 190 90
$407 70
955 50
588 25
1,943 61
60 00
56 43
$4,011 49
Work done by the Sewer Division
$4,011 49
$1,262 36
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 22.
Bickford street, edgestone set, sidewalks gravelled.
Labor .,.....••
Teaming
Gravel .........
Paving .........
$43 70
374 50
84 00
98 64
$600 84
Boylston street, between Washington street and Boylston
avenue, macadamized. Length, 1,292 feet ; area, 3,732 square
yards.
Labor $234 60
Teaming 220 67
Gravel : • 94 45
Stone 285 29
Carried forward
$835 01
Stebet Depabtmbnt — Paving Division.
225
Brought forwcvrd
Paving
Advertising .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22
Amount paid out of Paving Division
Bromley park, crossings laid.
Labor .......
150 feet flagging .....
Paving .......
Bromley street, repaired.
Teaming
Sand and gravel .
50 feet flagging
Burroughs street, sidewalks repaired.
Stone dust . . . . . .
$835 01
872 34
7 60
$929 66
285 29
$1,214 95
$1,214 95
$18 80
92 22
43 23
•
$149 25
$87 00
78 50
29 00
$194 50
. .
$88 75
Creighton street, between Day and Sunnyside streets, mac-
adamized, gutters paved, crossings laid, edgestone set
Length, 825 feet; area, 2,383 square yards
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel
Stone .
Steam roller
304 feet flagging
Amount paid to Chas. E. Barnes
412 feet edgestone set
26.8 square yards block paving
509 square yards barrel gutters paved
$74 16
9 38
229 05
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 ... . $4,816 21
Amount paid out of Paving Division 454 17
Green street, sidewalks repaired.
Stone dust . . . . .
$291 38
1,052 65
843 50
1,953 94
140 00
176 32
312 59
$4,770 38
1,770 38
$142 50
226
City Document No. 29.
Lamartine street, between Green and Paul Gore streets, mac-
adamized, edgestone reset, gutters repaved, crossings relaid.
ea, 6,673 square yards.
Length, 2,608 feet ; ar
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Steam roller
70 feet flagging
Advertising .
Amount paid to James Dolan
53 square yards block paving
49 days, pavers
43 days, rammers .
90 days, tenders .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 . . . . $3,876 41
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 55 13
$18
55
220
50
107
50
202
50
$565 22
1,080 50
316 25
1,345 87
20 00
40 25
14 40
549 05
$3,931 54
13,931 54
Work done by the Sewer Division
$811 96
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 23.
Ashfield street, repaired.
Teaming ........
Gravel .........
$135 00
378 00
$513 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 .... $135 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 . . . . 378 00
$513 00
Baker street, between Centre and Spring streets, resurfaced.
Length, 2,250 feet ; area, 6,500 square yards.
Labor $135 15
Teaming 76 50
Gravel 206 10
Stone 1,346 36
$1,764 11
Street Department — Paving Division.
227
Canterbury street, between Morton street and Ashland street,
resurfaced. Length, 8,340 feet ; area, 21,300 square yards.
Labor $1,076 40
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Paving .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 ... . $6,522 25
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 ... . 1,117 50
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 613 50
2,292 00
2,873 60
1,920 00
91 25
$8,253 25
$8,253 25
fientre street, between Spring street and Dedtam line, resur-
faced. Length, 7,846 feet; area, 30,002 square yards.
Labor . 11,660 95
Teaming
Gravel and sand
Filling .
Stone .
Steam roller .
Paving .
Sundries
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 $6,080 15
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 ... . 3,164 35
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 1,299 07
971
02
492
20
2,173
00
4,959
01
50
00
211
78
25
61
),543 57
),543 57
Conway street, repaired.
Teaming . .
Gravel ....
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 . . . . $150 00
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 . . . . 274 75
1150 00
274 75
$424 75
$424 75
228
City Document No. 29.
Corey street, between Weld and Montview streets, resurfaced.
Length, 1,300 feet; area, 3,756 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Paving ,
$124
20
209
00
66
60
1,260
34
147
70
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 ... . $547 50
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 . . .. 1,031 27
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 229 07
$1,807 84
Fairview street, resurfaced.
Labor .....
Teaming ....
Gravel .....
L,807 84
$78 20
217 50
260 75
$556 45
Hastings street, between Centre and Montview streets, resur-
faced, gutters paved. Length, 1,152 feet; area, 3,329 square
yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Steam roller
Paving .
Advertising
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 ... .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 .
$660 10
820 00
357 30
1,178 57
110 00
252 50
28 20
$3,406 67
,239 67
167 00
$3,406 67
Hewlett street, between Centre and Walter streets, resur-
faced. Length, 1,677 feet; area, 4,880 square yards.
Labor $523 40
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Steam roller
Advertising
Carried forward .
530 50
124 20
873 56
50 00
6 00
$2,107 66
Steeet Department
Mrought forvmrd .
Amount paid out of Street Improve
ments, Ward 23 ... .
Amount paid out of Paving Division
Pavestg Division. 229
$2,107 66
L,112 10
995 56
^107 66
Hyde Park avenue, between Forest Hills and Mt. Hope
streets, resurfaced.
Stone ......... 11,388 14
Teaming ........ 9 50
Gravel 16 20
$1,413 84
Morton street, between Washington and Harvard streets, re-
surfaced. Length, 7,740 feet; area, 24,444 square yards.
Labor 1836 12
Teaming 1,339 50
Gravel 359 10
Stone 7,486 49
),021 21
Keyes street, between Forest Hills street and railroad, re-
surfaced. Length, 1,920 feet; area, 5,547 square yards.
Labor $177 70
Teaming 428 50
Gravel 51 30
Stone 1,193 00
L,850 50
Ruskin street, between Corey and Weld streets. Length, 545
feet; area, 1,574 square yards.
Labor ....
Teaming . . .
Gravel
Rock excavating .
Paving .
Sycamore street, repaired.
Teaming ...
Gravel . . . . ,
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward- 23 ... .
Amount paid out of Paving Division .
173 60
209 00
45 00
150 75
171 85
S650 20
$225 00
153 90
$378 90
$133 00
245 90
_ $378 90
230
City Document No. 29.
Temple street, between Ivory and Mt. Yernon streets, resur-
faced. Length, 2,300 feet; area, 7,645 square yards.
Labor $377 20
Teaming 526 00
Gravel 39 60
Stone 508 14
feet; area, 4,306 square yards.
Labor .....
Teaming ....
Stone
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 ... .
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 ... .
Walk Hill street, between Harvard street and Mt. Hope
Cemetery entrance, resurfaced. Length, 1,000 feet; area,
2,889 square yards.
Labor .........
Teaming ........
Stone
Gravel .........
$1,450 94
faced. Ler
gth, 1,442
•
$581 90
347 50
42 08
$971 48
$800 90
170 58
$971 48
$239
20
530
50
502
50
343
20
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 ... . $769 70
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 .... 706 50
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 139 20
$1,615 40
$1,615 40
Washington street, Lagrange street to Dedham line, repaired.
Length, 7,415 feet; area, 32,846 square yards.
Labor $2,796 73
Teaming
Gravel .
138 feet flagging
Stone
Steam roller
Advertising .
Carried forward
2,373
554
13
40
80
04
5,705
90
30
00
4
50
$11,604
10
Streitt Dbpartiment — Paying Division. 231
JBroiight forxoard .
Amount paid to James Dolan :
65 days, paver
51 days, rammer .
108 days, tender .
372.3 feet edgestone set
124.5 square yards block paving
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 . . . . $8,787 86
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 ... . 3,540 15
$12,328 01
Weld street, between Arnold and Raskin streets, resurfaced.
Length, 1,600 feet; area, 3,556 square yards.
Labor S161 00
Teaming . 610 50
Stone 3,122 97
•
•
Sll,604
10
, S292
50
. 127
50
. 243
00
29
78
31
13
723
01
112,328
01
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 23 .... 81,673 06
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 22 ... . 1,457 55
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 763 86
$3,894 47
},894 47
Work done by the Sewer Division . . . $2,341 56
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 24.
Adams street, between Dorchester avenue and O. C. R.R., re-
surfaced.
Labor . . ... . . . .
Teaming ........
Stone . .
Ashraont street, between Adams and Wrentbam streets, re-
surfaced, gutters paved, sidewalks gravelled. Length, 990
feet ; area, 3,080 square yards.
Labor $220 80
Teaming 219 00
Gravel . 93 72
Paving 81 55
$615 07
232
City Document No. 29.
Norfolk street, between Morton and Walk Hill streets, mac-
adamized, sidewalks constructed. Length, 2,392 feet; area,
7,973 square yards.
Labor |1,037 71
Teaming
Gravel .
Stone .
Drain pipe
Lumber
Advertising
1,980
00
680
30
4,421
80
40
80
15
81
6
80
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 24 ... . $7,963 92
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 219 36
^83 28
$8,183 28
Oakland street, between River street and N. Y. & N. E. R.R.,
constructed, excavated, filled, rock-cutting, sub-graded, mac-
adamized. Length 1,290 feet ; area 4,300 square yards.
Labor $1,353 43
Teaming 720 50
Gravel 274 56
Stone 1,104 73
13,453 22
Work done by the Sewer Division
$7,904 94
STREET IMPROVEMENTS, WARD 25.
Bigelow^ street, betAveen Faneuil and Brooks streets, sub-
graded, gutters paved, crossings laid, sidewalks built. Length,
3,010 feet ; area, 9,336 square yards.
Labor .
Teaming
Gravel
Stone .
Flagging
Gutter blocks
Amount paid to James Grant & Co :
163 feet edgestone set .
8,035.8 square yards block paving
$13 04
758 95
12,338 33
2,888 00
4,586 60
160 05
39 12
7 90
771 99
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 25 ... . $4,435 63
Amount paid out of Paving Division . 6,35 366
3,791 99
$10,791 99
Street Department — Paving Division".
233
Linden street, between Brighton and Commonwealth avenues,
resurfaced, edgestone set, gutters paved. Length, 630 feet ;
area, 1,820 square yards.
Labor . $103 26
Teaming 62 50
Gravel 42 50
Stone 199 80
$408 06
Market street, between Western avenue and Washington
street, resurfaced, crossings laid and relaid. Length, 4,963
Labor .....
$189 75
Teaming ....
419 50
Gravel .....
166 60
Stone .....
326 17
Flagging ....
43 50
Paving .....
23 75
$1,169 27
Reedsdaie street, between Brighton and Commonwealth ave-
nues, resurfaced. Length, 621 feet; area, 2,070 square yards.
Teaming $112 50
Gravel . 47 60
Stone ' . 246 45
Steamroller 50 00
$456 55
Rockland street, between Washington street and Chestnut
Hill avenue, macadamized. Length, 680 feet ; area, 1,889
square yards.
Labor $148 35
Teaming . . 174 00
Gravel 42 50
Stone 435 60
Amount paid out of Street Improve-
ments, Ward 25 ... .
Amount paid out of Paving Division
Tremont street, repaired.
Labor ....
Teaming
Stone ....
$148 35
652 10
$800 45
$800 45
$80 50
50 00
28 05
Work done by the Sewer Division
$158 55
$500 00
234
City Document No. 29.
BLUE HILL AND OTHER- AVENUES.
Blue Hill avenue, construction.
Labor, including engineering and inspection
Teaming .....
290,810 gutter blocks .
I,751y9^ feet edgestone .
12 small corners .
7 large corners ....
1,31 7 j3^ feet circular edgestone
Gravel ......
Stone ......
Steam roller . . . . .
Lumber .....
Hardware, tools, etc.
Fuel
Printing .....
Advertising .....
Rent of office ....
Wharfage on blocks
Shanties, carting and furnishing .
Engineer's expenses . . .
Sundries .....
Amount paid to J. McDonald (Section 1)
3,728.72 cubic yards rock excavation, at
11.35 f5,033 77
2,030.84 cubic yards rock hauled, at 25
cents 507 71
Less amount paid in 1895
),541 48
459 00
Amount paid to Davern & Cronin (Sections
2 and 3) :
6,989.36 cubic yards sub-grading, at 44
cents $3,075 32
5,995.30 square yards Telford base
hauled and placed, at 20 cents . 1,199 06
5,995 square yards macadam hauled and
placed, at 6 cents .... 359 70
585.9 square yards granite block gutters
furnished and laid, at $2.50 . . 1,464 75
1,428 cubic yards loam hauled and
placed, at 30 cents . . . . 428 40
627.6 feet edgestone furnished and set,
at $1.75 1,098 30
$22,416 42
4,139 72
11,486 99
1,074 93
40 20
39 20
1,713 09
223 08
17,486 61
313 75
432 57
18 85
37 15
152 34
248 18
204 00
504 60
372 59
437 36
166 91
5,082 48
Carried forivard
. $7,625 53 $66,591 02
Street Depaetment — Pavestg Divisiois. 235
Brought forward .... $7,625 53 $66,591 02
4,081.9 square yards gravel sidewalks
furnished and laid, at 15 cents . . 612 29
45.5 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $5.00 . . 227 50
2,091.8 cubic yards ledge excavation, at
12.00 4,183 60
Removing treea, etc. . . . . 10 00
17 covers reset, at $3.00 . . . 51 00
356 square yards old gutters relaid, at
$1.00 356 00 .
2,103.8 feet edgestone (old, reset), at
$1.25 2,629 75
Extra work as ordered : filling and
grading settlement in gas and sewer
trenches:
2^ days, foreman, at $3.00 . $8 31
29 days labor, at $1.75 . . 50 75
2 days double team, at $5.00 10 00
1^ days single team, at 13.00 4 50
Fence at park — stock and
labor 5 00
8 double loads gravel, at $1.70 13 60
$135 71
Plus 15 per cent . . . 20 36
156 07
),851 74
Credit by lOi days steam road roller, at
$15.00 153 75
$15,697 99
Less amount paid in 1895 . . . 2,927 74
Amount paid to Collins & Ham (parts of Sec-
tions 3, 4 and 5) :
12,481.46 cubic yards earth excavation,
at 99 cents ... . $12,356 65
54 cubic yards rock excavation, at 50
cents ...... 27 00
Removing trees, etc. . . . . 50 00
Amount paid to Collins & Ham (parts of Sec-
tions 3, 4 and 5) :
23,867 cubic yards earth excavation, at
37^ cents $8,950 13
12,770 25
12,433 65
Carried forward . . . $8,950 13 $91,794 92
236 City Document No. 29.
Brought forward . . . .$8,950 13 $91,794 92
27 cubic yards boulders broken and
piled, at 37^ cents . . . . 10 13
70 cubic yards extra haul, at 20 cents . 14 00
1,594 cubic yards loam rehauled, etc.,
at 44 cents 701 36
Removing trees, etc. . . . . 100 00
$9,775 62
Less amount paid in 1895 . . . 2,709 38
Amount paid Collins & Ham (Sections
6 and 7 and parts of 5 and 8) :
9,870.6 cubic yards earth excavation, at
42 cents $4,145 65
77 cubic yards stone broken and hauled,
at 75 cents 57 75
17,495.5 cubic yards rock excavation, at
90 cents 15,745 95
Removing trees, etc 75 00
Amount paid to J. D. Gennaro (Sections 9 and
10, and 8 and 11 :
22,605.37 cubic yards earth excavation,
at 33 cents $7,572 80
221.80 cubic yards rock excavation, at
$1.10 243 98
Removing trees, etc 25 00
17,841 78
Less amount paid in 1895 . . . 939 68
Amount paid to H. P, ISTawn (Sections 11, 12 and 13)
31,879 cubic yards earth excavation, at
34 cents $10,838 86
105.5 cubic yards rock excavation, at
11.30 137 15
Removing trees, etc 50 00
2 days labor, removing trees, at 11.75 ;
plus 15 per cent .... 4 03
$11,030 04
Less amount paid in 1895 . . . 1,097 35
Amount paid to Davern & Cronin (Sections 14 and
15):
3,517 cubic yards earth excavation, at
44 cents 11,547 48
7,066 24
20,024 35
6,902 10
9,932 69
Carried forward . . . . $1,547 48 $135,720 30
Steeet Department — Paving Division. 237
Brought forward . . . 11,547 48 $135,720 30
9,322 cubic yards rock excavation, at
$1.00 ...... 9,322 00
Removing trees, etc 25 00
236 cubic yards stone, broken and
hauled, at 60 cents . . . 141 60
11,036 08
Amount paid to D. E. Lynch (between Washing-
ton and Seaver streets) :
2,661.7 cubic yards sub-grading, at 40
cents ...... 11,064 68
8,714.5 square yards Telford base
hauled and placed, at 31 cents . 2,701 50
9.346.5 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 15 cents . . , 1,401 98
1,928 square yards block gutters laid,
at 65 cents . . . . . 1,253 20
2.492.6 feet edgestone set, at 29 cents . 722 85
2,576 square yards gravel sidewalks
furnished and laid, at 30 cents . 772 80
34.8 square yards flagging crossings fur-
nished and laid, at $4.50 . . 156 60
20 cubic yards ledge excavation, at
$1.75 35 00
25 covers reset, at $3.00. ... 75 00
32.8 square yards crossings (old,relaid),
at $1.50 49 20
Amount paid to Doherty & Connors
(Lauriat avenue to Walk Hill street):
1,433 cubic yards sub- grading, at 27
cents $386 91
10,564 square yards Telford base,
hauled and placed, at 14 cents . 1,478 96
10,663 square yards macadam (unfin-
ished), at 24 cents . . . 2,559 12
3,102 square yards block gutters,
hauled and laid, at 55 cents . . 1,706 10
3,123 square yards loam, hauled and
placed, at 10 cents . . . . 312 30
260 feet edgestone, hauled and set, at
25 cents ...... 65 00
3,420 square yards gravel sidewalks,
furnished and laid, at 20 cents . 684 00
71.06 square yards flagging crossings,
at $4.35 ..... 809 11
621 cubic yards gravel furnished, at
60 cents 372 60
8,232 81
Carried forward . . . $7,874 10 $154,989 19
238 City Document No. 29.
Brought fonoard . . . 17,874 10 $154,989 19
952 feet 6-inch drain furnished and
laid, at 51 cents
26 covers reset, at $8.00
Less 3,762 cubic yards filling taken to
Lauriat avenue ....
Amount paid to H. P. Nawn (Canter-
bury street to Lauriat avenue) :
1,219 cubic yards sub-grading, at 40
cents ......
11,436.5 square yards Telford base, fur-
nished and placed, at 40 cents .
600 square yards Telford base hauled
and placed, at 15 cents
11,689 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 39^ cents .
3,719.7 square yards block gutters
hauled and placed, at 61 cents
3,826 square yards loam hauled and
placed, at 9 cents ....
2,388 feet edgestone hauled and set,
at 20 cents .....
94.3 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at 14.50 .
50.5 cubic yards grav«l, furnished, at
11.00
48 covers reset, at $3.00
Amount retained from Davern & Cro-
nin .......
Amount retained from D. E. Lynch .
Amount retained from Doherty & Con-
ners ......
Amount retained from H. P. Nawn
©olumbus avenue, constructing:
Labor, including engineering and inspection
Teaming .....
134,344 gutter blocks .
7,91 6^1^^ feet edgestone .
Carried forward . . . . . . $62,443 42
485 52
78 00
18,437 62
1,279 08
7 1 58 54
$487 60
I J 1 UO 0'±
4,574 60
90 00
4,617 16
2,269 02
344 34
477 60
424 35
50 50
144 00
13,479 17
$175,626 90
$784 90
1,234 92
1,265 64
2,021 88
5 307 34
tJ.tJXJ 1 %J^
$170,319 56
jction
127,774 29
24,154 29
5,606 76
4,908 08
Street Department — Pavestg Division.
239
Mrought forward .
967 feet circular edgestone
22 small corners .
6 large corners
2,401 feet flagging
676,000 paving brick
Filling .
Gravel .
Sand
Stone .
Steam roller .
Lumber
Hardware, tools, etc.
Fuel .
Printing
Advertising .
Shanty and furnishing
Repairs at Police Station No. 10
Repairs at New England Hospital
Tearing down buildings
Engineer's expenses
Sundries
Amount paid to Turnbull & Ryan :
Furnishing materials and building bulkhead .
Amount paid to Neal & Preble :
Alterations on fence and moving flag-staff, as per
estimate ; digging and filling in trench for water-
pipe, and repairing paving in yard of George
Putnam School $1,336 00
156 hours labor, at 32 cents .
52 hours, mason, at 50 cents
350 paving brick ....
i barrel cement ....
1 load sand . . .
Amount paid to Philip Doherty :
16,474 feet edgestone set
6,545 square yards brick paving laid
910 square yards flagging crossings
8 square yards gutters paved
76 days labor, at S1.75 . . $133
Plus 15 per cent ... 19
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co. :
2,875 asphalt blocks
4,528 square yards block paving laid
733.2 square yards brick paving laid
49
26
4
92
00
90
87
75
907
6^
.
8,50
84
163
80
2
00
00
95
—
152
95
$316 25
.
1,132
00
131
98
^62,443 42
1,257 10
73 70
33 60
1,392 58
6,471 37
14,973 00
2,494 00
3,043 70
3,709 10
30 00
125 45
111 50
1 17
17 50
223 70
88 55
345 67
364 07
330 00
523 69
84 00
727 00
1,419 44
2,077 19
Carried forward
$1,580 23 $102,360 50
240 City Document No. 29.
Brought forward . . .* . $1,580 23 $102,3.60 50
1,333 feet edgestone set . . . 106 64
209 square yards flagging crossings laid, 52 25
1.739 12
Amount paid to Joseph D. Gennaro :
11,634 cubic yards earth excavation, at
32 cents ...... $3,722 88
2,540 cubic yards rock excavation, at
$1.29 . . . . . . 3,276 60
Removing trees, etc. . . . . 25 00
7,024 48
Amount paid to Neil McBride :
10,986.7 cubic yards gravel filling, at 99 cents . 10,876 83
Amount paid to Collins & Ham :
5,400 cubic yards sub-grading, at 45
cents $2,430 00
7,61 8 square yards Telford base hauled
and placed, at 15^ cents . . . 1,161 75
7,816 square yards macadam hauled and
placed, at 5^ cents .... 429 88
1,330 square yards block gutters laid, at
30 cents 399 00
3,555 feet edgestone set, at 14 cents . 497 70
3,526 square yards brick sidewalks laid,
at 53 cents 1,868 78
19 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 30 cents . . 5 70
260.8 square yards flagging crossings,
furnished and laid, at $5.25 . . 1,369 20
2^ cubic yards ledge excavation, at $1.75, 4 08
204 cubic yards gravel furnished, at 50
cents 102 00
Removing trees, etc. .... 325 00
16 covers reset, at $3.00 . . . 48 00
80 square yards gutters (old, relaid), at
30 cents 24 00
8,665 09
Amount paid to Barber Asphalt Paving Co. :
20,433.6 square yards Trinidad lake
asphalt pavement with concrete base
and binder, at $2.90 . . . $59,257 44
866,6 cubic yards concrete base (extra
depth), at $5.00 . . . . 4,333 00
Extra work making extra excavations
and truing sub-grade of roadways :
80 hours, foreman, at 50 cents, $40 00
Carried forward . . $40 00 163,590 44 $130,666 02
Street Department — Pavii^g Division. 241
Brought forioard . . $40 00 $63,590 44 $130,666 02
1,205^- hours labor, at 20 cents, 241 10
18 hours, water boy, at 10 cents, 1 80
Add 15 per cent
$282 90
42 44
325 34
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
5,323 square yards Sicilian rock asphalt with Ameri-
can cement concrete base, at $2.90
Amount retained from Collins & Ham . $433 25
Amount retained from Barber Asphalt
Paving Co ^ . 3,388 26
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt
Co 771 84
Commonwealth avenue, construction.
Labor, including engineering and inspection
Teaming
191,693 gutter blocks
Gravel .
Advertising .
Fuel .
Printing
Stone .
Steam roller .
Engineer's expense
Sundries
Amount paid to H. P
198.2 cubic yards rock excavation, at $1.75 .
Amount paid to Neil McBride :
10,300 cubic yards earth excavation, at
33 cents $3,399 00
6,365 cubic yards rock excavation, at
$1.29 . . . ■ . . . 8,210 85
Removing trees, etc. . . . . 50 00
896.3 tons stone, broken and hauled, at
65 cents 582 60
Nawn
63,915 78
15,436 70
$210,018 50
Less payments made in 1895
Carried forioard
$12,242 45
. 755 23
4,593 35
,425 15
^5,815 47
1,937 50
7,571 88
52 70
138 83
8 08
45 49
5,251 92
300 00
128 56
11 20
346 85
11,487 22
133,095 70
242
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward ......
Amount paid to John A. Whitte-
luore's Sons :
4,700 cubic yards sub-grading, at 25
cents $1,175 00
22,218 square yards Telford base placed,
etc., at 15 cents 3,332 70
22,750 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 15 cents . . . 3,412 50
6,650 square yards block gutters hauled
and laid, at 69 cents .... 4,588 50
13,208 square yards loam, hauled and
placed, at 9 cents .... 1,188 72
7,250 square yards gravel sidewalks,
furnished and laid, at 18 cents . . 1,305 00
340 cubic yards ledge excavation, at
$1.00 340 00
955 cubic yards loam hauled and stored
at 20 cents . . . . . 191 00
3,135 tons stone, broken and hauled to
crusher, at 30 cents .... 940 50
$33,095 70
Amount paid to John A. Whitte-
more's Sons:
621 cubic yards wall, at $12.50 . .$1,552 50
20 cubic yards ledge excavation, at $1.00 20 00
279 cubic yards earth excavation, at 30
cents 83 70
— 16,473 92
Work done by the Bridge Division
Amount retained from John A. Whittemore's Sons,
Huntington avenue, construction.
Labor, including engineering and inspection
Teaming .....
261,849 gutter blocks .
20,674^1 feet edgestone
10,193 feet special edgestone
l,146j52 feet circular edgestone
106i|^ feet special circular edgestone
27 small corners ....
41 large corners ....
Carried forward . . .
1,656
20
$51,225
874
82
00
$52,099
2,471
82
09
$49,628
73
144,703 75
33,760 81
10,590 90
12,818 33
3,975 27
1,490 38
283 11
92 95
228 60
$107,944 10
Street Department — Paving Division.
243
Brought forward
239 feet flagging .
914 crossing blocks
526,960 paving brick
Gravel .
Filling .
Loam and sods
Sand
Cement
Stone
Steam roller .
Lumber
Fuel .
Advertising ,
Shanty, and furnishing
Printing
Hardware, tools, etc.
Engineer's expenses
Sundries
Amount paid to William Scollans :
9,746 cubic yards gravel filling, at 79f
cents .....
Less amount paid in 1895
$7,772 44
4,067 25
Amount paid to Metropolitan Construction Co. :
4,396 cubic yards filling, at 65 cents
Amount paid to Donovan & Brock :
Labor and stock, moving fence and wall at Martin
School, and taking down, moving and erecting
new frame and step block for flag-pole
Amount paid to Jas. Grant & Co., paving
intersecting streets :
781.8 feet edgestone set ... $117
284.9 square yards block paving . . 99
1,376.5 square yards brick paving . 316
342.2 square yards fence curb set . . 68
at
27
72
60
44
Amount paid to Boston Asphalt Co. :
16,393.8 square yards Sicilian rock
asphalt with American cement con-
;107,944 10
139 40
457 00
5,104 60
5,335 67
5,606 00
294 54
3,730 00
33 00
32,104 85
880 00
450 82
14 66
235 69
91 93
31 59
345 77
250 65
36 92
3,705 19
2,857 40
2,102 68
602 03
Crete base, at $2 90
. $47,542 02
21.7 cubic yards ex- concrete base,
at
$5.00
108 50
Al 6^0 'i'>
Amount paid to Chas. E. Barnes :
-■ - rr i j\)0\} O Ai
2,100.9 feet edgestone set
. 1205 27
670 square yards brick paving
. 120 60
945.6 square yards gutter paving .
. 253 45
499.5 square yards crossings laid .
. 124 87
Carried forward .
$704 19 $220,004 96
244
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward
,
451 days, foreman .
.1272 66
100|- days, pavers .
. 503 87
45|- days, helper
. 113 87
2851 days, labor
. 570 22
$704 19 $220,004 96
Plus 15 per cent
,460 62
219 09
1,679 71
. 132
40
. 424
62
. 599
34
32
00
. 398
15
. 419
07
. 538
95
17
50
. 521
80
. 186
00
Amount paid to J. B. O'Rourke :
162 square yards block paving
7,077 feet edgestone set
4,281 square yards brick paving
160 square yards flagging crossings
1,219 square yards gutters paved .
3,106 feet edgestone set
2,614 square yards brick paving
70 square yards flagging crossings .
2,609 feet coping reset .
62 coal holes reset
Amount paid to Doherty & Connors :
12,053 cubic yards sub-grading, at 39
cents H700 67
17,144 square yards Telford base hauled
and placed, at 21 cents . . . 3,600 24
17,822 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 25 cents . . . 4,455 50
3,235 square yards gutters laid, at 45
cents 1,455 75
10,095 feet edgestone set, at 23 cents . 2,321 85
9,172 square yards brick sidewalks laid,
at 44 cents 4,035 08
393 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 25 cents . . 98 25
385.6 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $4.50 . . 1,735 20
7 cubic yards ledge excavation, at $1.75 12 25
Removing trees, stumps, etc. . . 255 00
33 covers reset, at $3.00 . . . 99 00
158 square yards crossings (old, relaid),
at $1.50 237 00
Extra work as ordered :
19 double loads loam furnished
and placed, at 87 cents . $16 53
2,383 90
3,169 83
Carried forward
$16 53 $23,006 39 $225,558 69
Street Department — Paving Division. 245
Brought forioard . . $16 53 123,006 39 |225,558 69
45 days labor, culling bricks, at
$1.75 78 75
$95 28
Plus 15 per cent . . . 14 29
109 57
1,939
50
5,448
07
4,415
00
2,049
18
1,480
02
1,096
05
349
86
2,747
70
3,231
00
Amount paid to H. Gore & Co. :
7,758 cubic yards sub- grading, at 25
cents ......
22,237 square yards Telford base hauled
and placed, at 24^ cents
22,641 square yards m'acadam hauled
and placed, at 19i cents .
4,182 square yards block gutters laid, at
49 cents ......
8,706 feet edgestone set, at 17 cents
7,307 feet edgestone set, at 15 cents
833 square yards brick sidewalks laid,
at 42 cents .....
9,159 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 30 cents ,
718 square yards flagging crossings fur-
nished and laid, at $4.50
21 cubic yards gravel furnished, at 75
cents . . . . . . 15 75
Extra work rebuilding catch-basins
and manholes :
43| days, mason, at $4.50 . $197 25
43| days, mason tender, at
$2.25 98 63
21|- days labor, at $1.75 . . 36 94
33^ barrels American cement,
at $1.10 . . . . 36 85
9,255 bricks, at $9.00 . . 83 30
6 double loads sand, at $1.75 . 10 50
Resetting and re join ting
edgestone :
22|- days, stone cutter, at $4.00 89 33
Resurfacing street, regrad-
ing water-works trench,
and extra excavations :
4'^^^ days, foreman, at $5.00
37f days labor, at $1.75
4^ days, double team, at $5,00
Transplanting :
1 day, foreman
24
17
65
14
20
55
5
00
23,115 96
Carried forward . . $667 66 $22,772 13 $248,674 65
246
City Document No. 29.
£rougJit forvmrd .
5 days labor, at $1.75
f day double team, at $5.00 .
2 double loads loam, at $1.75 .
Hauling crushed stone :
64| days, double team, at $5.00
1| days, single team, at $3.00 .
Resetting edgestone, resur-
facing sidewalks and
loaming :
5-1 days, foreman, at $5.00
26f days labor, at $1.75
I day, double team, at $5.00 .
45 double loads loam, at $1.75 .
6 single loads loam, at 87^
cents ....
Taking down fence and cut-
ting through fence at
Chutes :
^-^ days, foreman, at $5.00
9 8^^ days labor, at $1.75
Breaking Telford base,
38 days labor, at $1.75
Rolling at place where scales
were located | day, steam
roller, at $15.00
Plus 15 per cent
$667 66 $22,772 13 $248,674 65
8 75
1 11
3 50
320 28
5 00
25 28
46 67
2 78
78 75
5 25
3 61
17 40
66 50
13 33
L,265 87
189 88
1,455 75
,227 88
Work done by the Bridge Division
Amount retained from Boston Asphalt
Co $2,382 53
Amount retained from Doherty &
Connors 1,155 80
Amount retained from H. Gore & Co. . 1,211 39
$272,902 53
9.592 68
1,495 21
4,749 72
177,745 49
Street Department — Pavixg Division.
247
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES UNDER
SPE CIAL A PPR OPRIA TIONS.
Total Amount Expended.
Bennington and Walley streets
Centre street (Dorchester)
Columbus avenue
Commonwealth avenue
Congress and L streets
Eleanor and Ridgemont streets
Elmira street
Franklin street
Hanover street
Leicester street
McLellan street
Orleans street
Quincy street
Saratoga street
Sydney street
Talbot avenue
Tremont street
Wall street .
Street Improvements, Old Wards.
Street Improvements, Wards 1 and 2 :
Bennington street
Bremen street .
Saratoga street .
Sumner street .
Walley street .
Bridges
Street Improvements, Ward
Corey street
Decatur street .
Prospect street .
Tremont street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Essex street
Medford street .
Street Improvements, Ward
Main street
Washington street
Street Improvements, Wards 9 and 10
Chestnut street .
Parkman street .
Carried forward
$13,469
867
88
10
7,100
130,471
7,608
110
00
33
17
85
1,696
30
99
48
5,049
2,488
44
40
4,056
3,146
84
73
8,419
2,022
486
18
20
40
2,171
9,501
5,580
62
26
26
250
00
5,558
82
27,854
80
370
13
110
82
417
66
68
82
6,179
3,510
4,421
615
76
93
00
24
1,028
1,715
13
38
23,877
371
14
50
7,509
05
592
95
,747 57
248
City Document No. 29.
brought forward .
Street Improvements, Ward 12 :
Beach street
Chauncy street .
Essex street
Harvard street .
Pine street
Whitmore street
Street Improvements, Ward 13
A street
C street
D street
Dorchester avenue
Dove street
Sew^ers
Street Improvements, Wards 14 and 15
Bellflower street
East Eighth street
East Sixth street
K street
Rawson street .
Swett street
Vale street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 16
Compton street .
Street Improvements, Wards 17 and 18
Albany street .
East Lenox street
Fabin street
Fellows street .
Flagg street
Harrison avenue
Pembroke street
West Canton street
Street Improvements, Wards 19 and 22
Bay State road
Beacon street .
Boylston street .
Calumet street .
Lawn street
Marlborough street
Parker street
Roxbury street .
Westland avenue
Street Improvements, Ward 20
Newcomb street
Quincy street .
Carried forioard
1288,747 57
8,598
82
10,777
38
564
21
4,233
73
• 3,377
36
62
70
293
25
1,216
69
6,708
60
21,512
16
2,581
14
241
60
5,032
01
1,536
46
9,085
12
7,111
86
2,829
67
9,178
89
177
50
5,310
32
1,282
02
2,498
48
329
52
92
27
3.175
83
1,945
80
245
39
693
24
131
00
241
55
6,946
08
86
80
360
00
325
60
2,634
43
55
80
13,892
04
1,367
77
2,521
07
1,285
35
$429,287 08
Street Department — Paving Division.
249
JBrought forioard .
Shirley steet
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 24 :
Alban street
Bicknell street .
Bradshaw street
Morton street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 25
Washington street
Western avenue
Win ship street .
Bridges
Street Improvements, New Wards
Street Improvements, Ward 1 ;
Blackinton and Leyden streets
Byron street
Chelsea street .
Cowper street .
Shelby street
Wordsworth street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Havre street
Haynes street .
Marion and Bremen streets
Maverick street
Sumner street .
Webster street .
Bridges
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Ferrin street
Sewer Division ,
Street Improvements, Ward
Alford street
Beach street
Walker street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
City square
Park street
Stacey street
Union street
Warren avenue .
Warren street .
Sewers
Carried forward .
$429,287
08
3,236
00
301
51
3,201
54
212
20
1,974
08
318
40
1,824
38
18,544
70
984
63
1,495
63
455
74
941
78
2,492
55
143
52
78
18
83
88
559
95
1,658
97
2,275
15
2,581
76
1,906
86
414
10
10,451
73
9,917
22
800
00
869
67
4,882
38
556
29
3,445
08
227
11
3,936
86
2,821
71
227
54
595
80
1,769
57
544
21
1,045
30
483
74
678
58
$512,663
78
250
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward .
Street Iiuprovements, Ward 6:
Batterymarch street
City Hall avenue
Devonshire street
Garden Court street
North street and North square
North Margin street
North Market street
Prince street
Stillman street .
Tileston street .
Water street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Corning street .
Edinboro' street
Milk street
Ohio street
West street
Winter street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Ashland street
Barton street
Cotting street
Lowell street
Milton street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 9
Acton street
East Dedham street
Hamburg street
Laconia street
Meander street
Mystic street
Norwich street
Taylor street
Union Park street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 10
Boylston and Exeter streets
Columbus avenue
Dartmouth street
Holyoke street .
St, Botolph street
Yarmouth street
Sewers
Carried forioard
1512,663
78
1,878
61
1,206
47
6,107
21
1,700
63
3,613
18
173
51
509
65
1,360
88
2,481
57
19
54
3,661
37
289
47
1,305
27
136
17
9,602
67
1,314
32
147
26
6,995
90
879
77
2,231
01
96
41
2,192
49
18,474
32
324
30
382
05
797
52
4,030
13
2,692
57
4,919
69
2,057
83
4,308
34
1,775
07
750
33
1,492
48
912
21
11,982
05
719
00
613
06
1,682
89
16,326
60
935
45
1,024
82
,767 85
Street Depaetmekt — Pavestg Divisiok.
251
brought forioard .
Street Improvements, Ward 11
Arlington street
Berkeley street .
Brimmer street .
Brookline avenue
Charles street .
Mt. Vernon street
Pinckney street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 12
East Brookline street
Massachusetts avenue
Reed street
West Brookline street
Sewer Division .
Street Improvements, Ward 13
Athens street .
Bridges
Street Improvements, Ward 14
L street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 15
East Fifth street
East Fourth street
G street
Old Harbor street
Telegraph street
Thomas Park .
Street Improvements, Ward 16
East Cottage street
Dean street
Fairbury street .
Leyland street .
Monadnock street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 17
Eustis street
Island street
Magazine street
Marshfield street
Massachusetts avenue
Pontine street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 1\
Linden Park street
Tremont street .
Washington street
Sewers
Carried forward .
,767 85
10,512 92
4,061
18
490
80
440
86
25
49
1,512
106
20
50
752
37
3,582
1,047
2,417
7,566
408
94
24
85
23
90
121
27
3,582
15
6,605
797
46
14
886
88
759
32
1,750
1,418
3,258
94
51
24
861
55
5,489
2,972
00
13
555
64
2,276
73
488
14
1,716
59
9,636
2,216
2,181
45
13
93
1,009
9,456
323
71
77
87
1,609
32
4,347
488
41
65
4,857
21
920
49
$740,280
96
252
City Doctjivient No. 29.
Brought forward .
Street Improvements, Ward
Smith street
"Wait street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Blue Hill avenue
Charles street .
Faulkner street
Freeport street .
Geneva avenue .
Hartland street .
Mayfield street .
Romsey street .
Sagamore street
Salcombe street
School street
Washington street
Bridges
Sewers ' .
Street Improvements, Ward
Crawford street
Holborn street ,
Howland street
Maywood street
Kuthven street
Sherman street
Walnut avenue
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Bickford street .
Boylston street .
Bromley park .
Bromley street .
Burroughs street
Creighton street
Green street
Lamartine street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward
Ashfield street .
Baker street
Canterbury street
Centre street
Conway street .
Corey street
Fairview street
Hastings street .
Carried forward
19
20
21
22
23
1740,280
96
7,812
62
109
00
1,500
20
1,302
2,986
13
68
1,015
4,207
3,962
794
42
46
57
34
1,147
2,698
550
11
15
48
2,284
382
35
52
7,123
43
74
72
1,202
14
6,641
982
73
30
4,007
56
318
73
2,104
1,809
89
30
4,011
49
1,262
36
600
84
1,214
95
149
25
194
50
88
75
4,770
142
38
50
3,931
811
54
96
513
00
1,764
8,258
10,543
11
25
57
424
75
1,807
556
84
45
3,406
67
$839,716 26
Street Department — Paving Division.
253
brought forioard
Hewlett street .
Hyde Park avenue
Morton street .
New Keyes street
Ruskin street .
Sycamore street
Temple street .
Vermont avenue
Walk Hill street
Washington street
Weld street
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 24
Adams street .
Ashmont street .
Norfolk street .
Oakland street .
Sewers
Street Improvements, Ward 25
Bigelow street .
Linden street .
Market street .
Reedsdale street
Rockland street
Tremont street .
Sewers
Less amount paid out of appropriation for Paving
Division .......
89,716
26
2,107
1,413
66
84
10,021
1,850
21
50
650
20
378
90
1,450
94
971
48
1,615
40
12,328
01
3,894
2,341
47
56
362
04
615
07
8,183
3,453
28
22
7,904
94
10,791
99
408
06
1,169
27
456
55
800
45
158
55
500
00
$913,543 85
36,447 95
$877,095 90
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES FOR
HILL AND OTHER AVENUES.
BLUE
Blue Hill avenue .
Columbus aventie .
Commonwealth avenue
Huntington avenue
$170,319 56
205,425 15
49,628 73
277,745 49
$703,118 93
254
City Document No. 29.
SUMMAR T OF EXPENDITURES— LA YING 0 UT
AND CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS.
Total Amount Expended.
Abbottsford street
Audubon road
Bay State road
Boylston street
Brighton avenue
Clinton street
Fenelon street
Geneva avenue
Granby street
Greenbrier street
Harvard avenue
Harvard street
Ivy street
Josephine street
Kenmore street
Lauriat avenue
Morse street .
Newbury street
Norway street
Norway street
Parker street
Peterborough street
Ruggles street
St. Alphonsus street
St. Germain street
Sherborn street
Turner street
Vancouver street .
Wilder street
H777
42
9,299
55
7,722
79
11,516
65
51,243
19
6,942
71
1,915
66
17,249
19
4,737
01
5,317
10
2,498
39
1,224
39
366
12
3,210
79
48
71
16,577
13
2,086
09
66
70
152
86
1,308
01
1,192
51
5,869
98
5,017
34
7,276
14
251
92
210
71
1,834
49
1,643
12
3,405
21
OUT AND
CONSTRUCTION
$174,961
88
LA YING
OF HIGH-
WAYS.
Abbotsford street, between Walnut avenue and Harold street.
Labor .
• • •
, ,
1428
34
1,184t-V feet
edgestone .
734
54
38 iV feet cii
cular edgestone
49
49
2 small corners
6
70
11,600 large
gutter blocks
458
20
Stone .
.
1,144
61
Carried forward
,821 88
Street Department — Paving Division.
255
Brought forward ....
Steam roller ......
Catch basin stone .....
Advertising ......
Amount paid to Quimby & Ferguson :
997 cubic yards sub- grading, at 38 cents,
1,357 square yards macadam hauled and
placed, at 26 cents ....
427 square yards granite block gutters
hauled and laid, at 83 cents
1,233 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
24 cents ......
818 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 26 cents
27.3 square yards flagging crossings fur-
nished and laid, at $4.25 .
121.4 cubic yards ledge excavation, at
$2.00
4 covers reset, at 13.00 .
Extra work lowering catch-basins :
22 hours, mason, at 42 cents $9 24
22 hours, tender, at 20 cents 4 40
1 hour, stonecutter . . 50
2 barrels cement, at $1.50 . 3 00
2 single loads sand, at $1.00 . 2 00
Plus 15 per cent
119 14
2 87
$378 86
352 82
354 41
295 92
212 68
116 03
242 80
12 00
22 01
Credited by 9 J days steam roller, at
L,987 53
123 50
^2,821 88
123 50
16 00
45 21
1,864 03
Amount retained from Quimby & Ferguson
1,870 62
93 20
t,777 42
Audubon road, Beacon street across Ivy street,
Labor .....
Stone .....
Advertising ....
13,000 gutter blocks ,
42 ly^^ feet straight edgestone
41 2^^ feet circular edgestone
Sundi'ies ....
1422 15
1,878 80
136 75
513 50
261 28
536 47
27 46
Carried forward
5,776 41
256
City Docuiniekt No. 29.
Brought forward, ...... $3,776 41
Amount paid to William Scollans :
568 cubic yards sub-grading, at 25 cents, $142 00
2,669 square yards Telford base hauled
and placed, at 37 cents . . . 987 53
3,330 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 31 cents . . . 1,032 30
438 square yards block gutters hauled
and laid, at 85 cents .... 372 30
385 square yards loam furnished and
placed, at 40 cents .... 154 00
877 feet edgestone hauled and set, at 30
cents 263 10
953 square yards brick paving furnished
and laid, at 95 cents .... 905 35
1,493 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $4.25 . . 634 53
1,539 cubic yards gravel furnished, at
75 cents 1,154 25
7 covers reset, at $3.00 . . . 21 00
2.4 square yards brick sidewalks (old,
relaid),at 55 cents . . . 1 32
Extra work as ordered :
7 days, stonecutter, at $3.50 . $24 50
78 days labor, at $1.75 . . 136 50
Plus 15 per cent
$161 00
24 15
Credit by 3 days steam road roller, at
$13.00
185 15
$5,852 83
39 00
Less amount retained from William Scollans
Bay State road, between Sherborn and Granby streets
Labor ....
Stone .■ . . .
Advertising .
l,499y®2 feet edgestone .
62|| feet circular edgestone
Sundries
Carried forvmrd .
5,813
83
$9,590
290
24
69
$9,299
55
2,590
35
43
50
929
80
81
68
8
51
t,091 22
Street Department — Paving Division.
257
Brought forumrd .
Amo.unt paid to Quimby & Ferguson :
192.5 cubic yards sub-grading, at 38
cents ......
2,586 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 27 cents .
517 square yards granite block gutters
furnished and laid, at $2.10
1,582 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
22 cents ......
1,898 square yards gravel sidewalks
furnished and laid, at 27 cents
1,502 cubic yards gravel furnished, at
78 cents
11 covers reset, at $3.00
11 square yards gutters (old, relaid), at
60 cents .....
Extra work repaving gutters and brick
sidewalks :
19 hours, paver, at 40 cents .
19 hours, tender, at 20 cents
9 hours labor, at 17 cents
3 double loads sand, at $1.57,
Plus 15 per cent
1,091 22
$7
60
3
80
1
53
4
71
$17
64
2
65
$73
15
698
22
1,085
70
348
04
512
46
1,171
33
66
00
6 60
20 29
$3,949 02
Credit by 20 days (clause M. of contract),
at $10.00 200 00
Less amount retained from Quimby & Ferguson,
3,749 02
17,840 24
117 45
$7,722 79
Boylston street, between Boylston road and Brookline
avenue :
Labor ......
Advertising .....
42,650 gutter blocks .
4,342^^2" feet edgestone .
2l4i| feet circular edgestone
Teaming , . . . .
Fuel ......
86
98
1,684
68
. ■ . 2,737
53
279
39
955
32
2
33
Carried forward
r,258 18
258
City Document No. 29.
Brought forioard |7,258 18
Amount paid to Neil McBride :
2,187 cubic yards sub-grading, at 20
cents $437 40
9,630 square yards macadam hauled and
placed, at 14 cents .... 1,348 20
1,246 square yards block gutters laid, at
20 cents 249 20
4,157 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
20 cents 831 40
67 square yards flagging crossings fur-
nished and laid, at $5.00 . . .335 00
1,967 cubic yards gravel furnished, at
80 cents 1,573 60
Hauling crushed stone as per agree-
ment:
434 double loads crushed stone, at 25
cents 108 50
190 double loads crushed stone, at 66|-
cents 126 67
Less amount retained from Neil McBride
5,009 97
$12,268 15
751 50
$11,516 65
Brighton avenue, Commonwealth avenue to Cambridge street.
Labor .....
5,747 3% feet edgestone
496 feet circular edgestone .
18 large and 6 small corners
Stone .....
Concrete sidewalks
Lumber ....
Amount paid to Doherty & Connors (section
between Commonwealth avenue and Harvard
avenue) :
9,241 cubic yards sub-grading, at 31
cents $2,864 71
9,643 square yards Telford base hauled
and placed, at 39 cents . . . 3,760 77
9,643 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 33 cents . . . 3,182 19
3,028.4 square yards block gutters fur-
nished and laid, at $2.00 . . . 6,056 80
4,043 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
31 cents 1,253 33
Carried forward
$17,117 80
12,391 71
3,563 60
644 87
120 90
12,447 78
110 00
114 25
),393 11
Street Department — Paving- Division. 259
Brought forward . . . $17,117 80 $19,393 11
3,706 square yards gravel sidewalks
furnished and laid, at 31 cents . 1,148 86
124.7 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $4.50 . . 561 15
Removing trees, etc. .... 450 00
36 covers reset, at $3.00 . . .108 00
37 square yards block gutters (old, re-
laid), at 50 cents . . . . 18 50
70 square yards crosswalks (old, relaid),
at $1.00 70 00
Extra work as ordered :
26f days labor, at $1.75 . $46 67
7 days, double team, at $5.00 35 00
If days, steam roller, at
$15.00 . . . . 23 33
Plus 15 per cent
Removing house .
652 tons crushed stone hauled, at 10
cents
$105 00
15 75
120 75
d, at 10
100 00
65 20
$19,760 26
1,557 71
Less amount paid in 1895
Amount paid to Doherty & Connors (section
between Harvard avenue and Cambridge
street) :
6,534 cubic yards suB grading, at 35
cents $2,286 90
8,526 square yards Telford base, at 41
cents 3,495 66
8,526 square yards macadam, at 35
cents 2,984 10
2,158 square yards block gutters, at
$2.05 4,423 90
2,999 feet edgestone set, at 33 cents . 989 67
2,688 square yards gravel sidewalks, at
35 cents 940 80
136.5 square yards flagging crossings,
at $4.65 634 73
Removing trees, etc. .... 150 00
25 covers reset, at $3.00 . . . 75 00
88 square yards gutters (old, relaid), at
55 cents ...... 48 40
99 square yards flagging crossings, at
11.15 113 85
18,202 55
Carried forward . . . $16,143 01 $37,595 66
260
City Document No. 29.
Srought forioard .
Extra work as ordered :
21 days labor, at $1.75 ,
13 days, double team, at $5.00,
2^ days, steam roller, at
$15.00 ....
Plus 15 per cent
5,143 01 $37,595 66
136 75
65 00
41 67
$143 42
21 51
557 tons crushed stone hauled, at 10
cents . .
Less amount paid in 1895
Amount retained on Section 1
Amount retained on Section 2
Clinton street.
Labor ....
Tearing down buildings
53^?^ feet circular edgestone
Advertising .
Teaming
Masonry
Gravel and sand
Lumber
23,175 large paving blocks
428 feet flagging .
18,000 paving bricks .
Amount paid to Dennis J. Kiley & Co.
482 feet edgestone set, at 8 cents .
999 square yards block paving (new), at
25 cents
859 square yards block paving (old), at
25 cents ......
98 square yards granite flagging laid, at
25 cents ......
422 square yards brick paving, at 18
cents ......
Extra labor, night and Sun-
day work . . . . $81 00
Add 15 per cent . . 12 15
164 93
55 70
$16,363 64
. 909 92
15,453 72
$53,049 38
$988 01
818 18
1,806 19
$51,243 19
$1,839 40
643 05
69 77
27 60
1,607 50
42 00
439 98
39 54
, ,
1,117 96
, ,
248 24
,
171 00
$38 56
249 75
214 75
24 50
75 96
93 15
696 67
$6,942 71
Street Department — Paving Division.
261
$259 45
5
92
98
15
396
80
46
80
203
43
287
27
at 28
Fenelon street, between Washington and Merrill streets.
Labor .....
Teaming ....
Advertising ....
640 feet edgestone
36 feet circular edgestone
5,150 gutter blocks
Stone .....
Amount paid to D. E. Lynch :
224.6 cubic yards sub-grading,
cents ......
650 square yards macadam hauled and
placed, at 12 cents ....
246.5 square yards block gutters hauled
and laid, at 65 cents ....
668 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
23 cents
428 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 22 cents
20.2 square yards flagging crossings^ at
14.50
^ cubic yard ledge excavation, at $1.75
1 cover reset .....
€.7 square yards gutters (old, relaid), at
65 cents ......
2.3 square yards crossings laid, at 11.00
$62 89
78 00
160 23
153 64
94 16
90 90
3 00
36
30
Less amount retained from D. E. Lynch
650 36
L,948 18
32 52
L,915 66
Geneva avenue, between Westville street and Dorchester
avenue.
Labor $1,319 20
Advertising ........ 55 88
Fuel 1 17
3,850 gutter blocks 152 08
679.7 feet edgestone ...... 421 41
Amount paid to Finneran and O'Hearn :
800 cubic yards sub-grading, at 32 cents, $256 00
1,975 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 15 cents . . . 296 25
445 square yards block gutters laid, at
27 cents 120 15
1,125 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
16 cents 180 00
Carried forward
$852 40 $1,949 74
262
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward .... $852 40
547 square yards gravel sidewalks, at
22 cents 120 34
120 square yards flagging crossings, at
$4.30 516 00
5 cubic yards ledge excavation, at $1.75 8 75
[,949 74
Less amount retained from Finneran & O'Hearn,
Work done by the Bridge Division
Qranby street, between Commonwealth avenue
river.
Labor .
Teaming
716 y3_. feet edgestone
Stone .
Cap-stone wall
Iron fence on sea wall
Advertising .
Amount paid to Quimby & Ferguson :
373 cubic yards sub-grading, at 38 cents, $141 74
1,718 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 27 cents .
358 square yards block gutters fur-
nished and laid, at $2.10
855 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
22 cents ......
680 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 27 cents .
102.6 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $4.10 .
110 cubic yards gravel, at 78 cents
4 covers reset, at $3.00
14 square yards gutters (old, relaid),at
60 cents ......
1,497
49
$3,447
224
23
62
$3,222
14,026
61
58
$17,249
19
and Charles
$322
02
30
50
444
07
1,376
10
320
00
110
00
41
26'
463 86
751 80
188 10
183 60
420
66
85
80
12
00
8
40
Credit by 659.25 feet edgestone, hauled
by city
$2,255 96
52 74
Less amount retained from Quimby & Ferguson
2,203 22
54,847 17
110 16
t,737 01
Street Department — Paving Division.
263
Greenbrier street, between Bowdoin and
Labor .....
Stone . . . .
Advertising ....
1,304 /^ feet edgestone
103 j^-^ feet circular edgestone
Amount paid to Quimby & Ferguson :
1,317 cubic yards sub-grading, at 32
cents $421 44
1,546 square yards macadam hauled and
placed, at 22 cents .... 340 12
524.7 square yards block gutters fur-
nished and laid, at $2.15 . . 1,128 11
1,579 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
24 cents 378 96
970 square yards gravel sidewalks, at
22 cents 213 40
45.2 square yards flagging crossings fur-
nished and laid, at $4.25 . . .192 10
Removing trees, etc. . . . . 25 00
11 covers reset, at $3.00 . . . 33 00
35 square yards gutters (old, relaid),
at 65 cents . . . . . 22 75
Extra work, puddling and filling
trench, cutting edgestone and re-
building sewer manhole :
12 hours, stonecutter, at 50
Bloomfield streets.
$451 15
1,217 79
47 25
808 94
134 77
cents ....
1 day, mason
20 hours labor, at 20 cents .
6 hours, single team, at $3.00,
6 hours, 2-horse roller, at
$5.00- ....
2 barrels cement, at $1.50
Sand .....
$6
4
4
2
3
3
1
00
20
00
00
33
00
10
27 17
15 00
-•guson .
, Add 15 per cent
Pulling down shed
$23 63
3 54
mby & Fei
2,797 05
Less amount retained from Qui
$5,456 95
139 85
$5,317 10
264
City Document No. 29.
Harvard Avenue, Commonwealth avenue to Brookline line.
Teaming . $45 00
Stone 2,287 74
Amount retained from William ScoUans for work
done under contract in 1895 .... 165 65
$2,498 39
Harvard street, west of Blue Hill avenue.
Labor .......
Advertising ......
Amount paid to James McDonald :
1,337.36 cubic yards excavation, at 83 cents
Amount retained from James McDonald
$129 25
25 13
1,110 01
$1,264 39
40 00
$1,224 39
Ivy street, St. Mary's street to Mountfort street.
Amount retained from James Grant & Co., for
work done under contract in 1895
$366 12
$21 34
233 58
897 00
29 10
47 04
159 53
485 10
12 00
$384 70
506 96
128 28
445 57
51 05
Josephine street, between Geneva avenue and Ditson streets
Labor .....
Stone .....
98 A feet circular edgestone .
Artificial stone sidewalk
Advertising ....
Amount paid to J. J. Nawn :
97 cubic yards sub- grading, at 22 cents
1,374 square yards macadam, hauled
and placed, at 17 cents .
460 square yards granite block gutters,
furnished and laid, at $1.95
145.5 feet edgestone, hauled and set, at
20 cents .......
156.8 square yards gravel sidewalks,
furnished and laid, at 30 cents .
37.1 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $4.30 .
539 cubic yards gravel, at 90 cents
4 covers reset, at $3.00 ....
Extra work furnishing lumber and
banking sidewalks :
100 feet B. & M. lumber, at
- $17.00 . . . . $1 70
Carried forward
II 70 $1,884 64
L,516 56
Brought forward .
day labor ....
$1 70 $1
1 75
884 69
$1,516 56
Plus 15 per cent
$3 45
52
J. Nawn
$3 97
1,888 66
Less amount retained from J.
$3,405 22
194 43
13,210 79
Kenmore street, between Commonwealth avenue and Newbury
street.
Amount retained from Doberty & Connors, for work done
under contract in 1895
Lauriat avenue, Blue Hill avenue to Tucker street.
Labor .....
5,279y\ feet edgestone
488 ^2 feet circular edgestone
16 small and 2 large corners
64,250 gutter blocks
Stone .....
Filling
Advertising ....
Amount paid to Doberty & Connors :
2,300 cubic yards sub-grad-
ing, at 29 cents . . . .
6,000 square yards macadam, hauled
and placed, at 20 cents .
1,460 square yards block gutters hauled
and laid, at 54 cents ....
4,800 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
25 cents ......
3,100 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 20 cents
169 square yards flagging crossings,
furnished and laid, at $4.50
95 cubic yards ledge excavation, at $1.75
37 cubic yards gravel furnished, at 61
cents .
14 covers reset, at $3.00
$48 71
$989 00
3,273 33
635 11
64 80
2,537 87
3,063 49
1,279 08
87 74
00
1,200 00
788 40
1,200 00
620 00
760 50
166 25
22 57
42 00
Less amount retained from Doherty & Connors
5,466
72
$17,397
820
14
01
$16,577
13
266
City Document No. 29.
between Washington street and Bowdoin
Morse street,
avenue.
Labor ....
Teaming . . :
Stone ....
645 feet edgestone
46 ji^ feet circular edgestone
7,250 gutter blocks
Advertising .
Printing
Amount paid to D. E. Lynch :
305 cubic yards sub-grading, at 28 cents,
733 square yards macadam hauled and
placed, at 14 cents . . . .
238 square yards block gutters hauled
and laid, at 65 cents . . . .
700 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
12 cents ......
400 square yards gravel sidewalks fur-
nished and laid, at 22 cents
22.2 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at 14.50
4 covers reset, at 13.00
23 square yards gutters (old, relaid), at
65 cents .
Amount retained from D. E. Lynch
$272 45
10 75
394 22
399 90
59 96
286 37
49 95
3 00
$85 40
102 62
154 70
84 00
88 00
99
12
90
00
14 95
641 57
12,118 17
32 08
$2,086 09
Newbury street, Charlesgate west to Brookline avenue.
Amount retained from F. H. Cowin for work done
under contract in 1894 ..... $66 70
Norway street, Falmouth street to Massachusetts avenue.
Amount retained from Quimby & Ferguson for
work done under contract in 1894 . . . $152 86
Norway street, Massachusetts avenue to Parker street.
Labor 133 75
Filling 1,274 26
L,308 01
Stjreet Department — ^ Paving Division. 267
Parker street, Huntington avenue to Westland avenue.
11,192 51
Amount retained from Doherty & O'Leary for
work done under contract in 1895
Peterborough street, Audubon road to Fairhaven street
Labor ........
Printing .......
Sundries .......
Amount paid to Boston and Albany P.P. Co.
11,880 cubic yards filling, at 51 cents
Amount retained from Boston & Albany P.P. Co.,
Ruggles street, Parker street to Back Bay Fens.
Labor .........
Piinting ........
7,496 cubic yards filling, at 65 cents
St. Alphonsus street, Tremont street to Calumet street.
treet.
$652
25
59
55
8
20
6,058
80
16,778
80
908
82
$5,869
98
157
74
87
20
4,872
40
$5,017
34
Labor .....
fStone .....
15,615 gutter blocks
l,379y^^ feet straight edgestone
70j^*2 feet circular edgestone
1 large corner
Repairing fence .
Advertising
Amount paid to Quimby & Ferguson :
847 cubic yards sub-grading, at 38 cents, $321
2,297 gquare yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 27 cents.
576 square yards block gutters hauled
and laid, at 82 cents
1,525 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
24 cents ......
1,152 square yards gravel sidewalks
furnished and laid, at 22 cents .
22.3 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $4.25
$753 17
1,468 74
616 79
855 39
91 43
5 60
20 83
36 00
620 19
472 32
866 00
253 44
94 78
Carried forward
$2,128 59
^3,847 95
268 City Document No. 29.
Brought forward . . . $2,128 59 $3,847 95
232 cubic yards ledge excavation, at
11.80 417 60
8 covers reset, at $3.00 . . . 24 00
Retaining walls, fences, etc. . . . 787 00
24 square yards flagging (old, relaid),at
$1.25 30 00
Extra work as ordered :
187.4 feet capstone for wall.
at 75 cents
$140
55
47 square yards brick side-
walks, at 50 cents .
23
50
19 double loads binding-
gravel, at $1.50
28
50
1192
55
Plus 15 per cent
28
88
— 221 43
$3,608 62
$7,456 57
Less amount retained from Quimby & Ferguson, 180 43
r,276 14
St. Germain street, Massachusetts avenue to Dalton street.
Amount retained from Quimby & Ferguson for
work done under contract in 1895 . . . 1251 95
Sherborn street, Commonwealth avenue to Dalton street.
Amount retained from Doherty & Connors for
work done under contract in 1895 . . . $210 71
Turner street.
Labor .........
Teaming ........
2,380 cubic yards filling .....
Vancouver street, Huntington avenue to Ruggles street.
Labor " $40 13
Filling 1,602 99
11,643 12
$548
■ 96
1,190
49
00
00
11,834
49
Street Department — Paving Division.
269
$671
14
8
28
627
86
441
41
523
28
22
32
48
75
Wilder street, Washington street to Geneva avenue.
Labor ....
Teaming
Stone ....
11,175 gutter blocks
844 feet edgestone
17^^ feet circular edgestone
Advertising .
Amount paid to Finneran & O'Hearn :
1,201 cubic yards sub-grading, at 23
cents ......
1,235 square yards macadam hauled
and placed, at 15 cents
375 square yards block gutters hauled
and placed, at 60 cents
874 feet edgestone hauled and set, at
20 cents ......
22.7 square yards flagging crossings
furnished and laid, at $5.00
1.7 cubic yards ledge excavation, at
$1.75
6 covers reset, at $3.00 ....
Extra work rebuilding catch-basin :
3 days mason work, at $4.50 . $13 50
1 barrel cement .
I barrel sand
100 paving bricks .
Carting. ....
142 feet edgestone reset
97 square yards gutters re-
paved ....
II square yards brick side-
walks ....
68^ tons screenings hauled,
1 day, double team
4|- days labor resurfacing
sidewalks ....
;276 23
185 25
225 00
174 80
113 50
2 98
18 00
Plus 15 per cent
1
00
50
1
25
50
17
04
33
95
1
76
23
98
5
00
7
88
$106
36
15
95
122 31
Less amount retained from Finneran & O'Hearn .
1,118 07
53,461 11
55 90
5,405 21
270
City Document No. 29.
NEW EDGESTONE.
The following tables show the amount of new edgestone set
during the year : —
City Proper.
Wards 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 and 18, in 'whole or in part.
(^Paving Districts JVos. 8 and 10.)
Lin. ft.
East Lenox street .....
323
Fellows street .....
88
Flagg street
106
Laconia street
381
Massachusetts avenue ....
760
Sundry streets in small quantities
39
1,697
ROXBURT.
Wards 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22, in whole or in part.
{Paving District No. 7.)
Abbotsford street
Alleghany street
Atherton street
Batchelder street
Bickford street
Cobden street
Centre street
Columbus avenue
Crawford street
Creighton street
Dean street .
Dennis street
Dudley street
Egleston street
Elmore street
Fairland street
Fellows street
Fenno street
George street
Georgia street
Glenwood street
Harold street
Heath street
Holborn street
Howland street
Hunneman street
Lin. ft.
1,233
55
51
60
328
95
305
8,983
149
256
1,037
84
140
87
203
116
57
159
111
394
108
67
110
50
312
143
Carried forward
14,693
Steeet Department — Paving Division.
271
Brought forioarcl
.
.
14,693
Hatchings street . . . . .
137
Kensington street
71
Langdon street
154
Logan street
64
Marcella street
52
Marshfield street .
328
Newcomb street .
60
Northampton street
77
Parker street
124
Paul Gore street .
176
Pontine street
60
Reed street .
120
Ruthven street
100
St. Alphonsus street
1,454
Savin street .
213
Southwood street .
527
Thornton street .
80
Townsend street .
246
"Walnut avenue
129
Williams street
61
Winthrop street .
214
Whiting street
499
Sundry streets in small quantities
472
20,111
South Boston.
Wards 13, 14, 15 and 16, in whole or in part.
District JVo. 1.)
Bellflower street .
Buttonwood street
D street
East Fifth street .
East Second street
East Seventh street
East Sixth street .
East Third street
K street
L street
Lark street .
N street
Rawson street
Sundry streets in small quantities
(^Paving
Lin. ft.
1,311
63
359
175
50
188
255
83
50
250
50
61
890
70
3,855
272
City Docuiviekt No. 29.
East Bostok.
Wards 1 and 2. {Paving District No. 2.)
Blaokinton street
Falcon street
Leyden street
London street
Morris street
Paris street .
Sundry streets in small quantities
Lin. ft.
130
142
246
74
75
99
41
807
Dorchester,
Wards 16, 20 and 24, in lohole or in part. {Paving District
JVo. 6.)
Lin. ft.
Adams street 124
Algonquin street .
194
Allston street
100
Armandine street
564
Barrington street
120
Bellevne street
277
Bird street .
65
Blue Hill avenue .
3,787
Bowdoin street
197
Brookford street
72
Centre street
50
Danube street
201
Dewey street
651
Dorchester avenue
233
Draper court
105
Edwin street
163
Eldon street
80
Erie street .
252
Fenelon street
668
Geneva avenue
882
Greenbrier street
1,579
Hartland street
190
Howard avenue
197
Ingleside street
208
Josephine street
100
Lauriat avenue
4,800
Morse street
693
Park street .
402
Robinson street
104
Richmond street
200
Carried forward
17,258
Street Department — Paving DivisiOiSr.
273
Brought forioard
Rosedale street
Roslin street
Sagamore street
Salcombe street
Sydney street
Talbot avenue
Washington street
"Welles avenue
Westville street
Wheatland avenue
Wilder street
Sundry streets in small quantities
Lin. ft.
17,258
52
272
53
1,417
100
207
537
155
132
87
877
220
21,367
West Roxburt.
'Wards 22 and 23^ in whole or in part. (^Paving District No. 5.)
Lin. ft.
Ashland street ....... 75
Birch street .
78
Boylston street
514
Cheshire street
60
Clive street .
171
Cohasset street
100
Corey street .
86
Forest Hills street
225
Florence street
99
Hyde Park avenue
67
Keyes street
156
Mt. Vernon street
102
Peter Parley street
292
South street ,
79
Washington street
348
Sundry streets in small quantities
46
2,498
Back Bay.
Wards 10, 11 and 19, in lohole or in part. {Paving District
No. 9.)
Lin. ft.
Audubon road ....... 834
Bay State road ....... 1,562
Beacon street ....... 70
Boylston street . . . . . . . 5,629
Carried forioard
8,095
274
City Document No. 29.
Brought foncard
Dundee street
Falmouth street .
Granby street
Huntington avenue
Marlboro' street
Norway street
Scotia street .
Sundry streets in small quantities
Lin. ft.
8,095
70
177
716
32,405
200
116
60
78
Ward 25.
Brighton avenue .
Commonwealth avenue
Linden street
Reedsdale street .
Bkighton.
(^Paving District No. ^.)
41,917
Lin. ft.
7,042
1,230
125
110
CHAELEST0W]Sr.
Wards 3, 4 <^^^<^ 3- {Paving District No.
St. Martin street
Union street
8,507
Lin. ft.
645
146
791
Recapitulation".
City proper ,
Roxbury
South Boston
East Boston .
Dorchester .
West Roxbury
Back Bay
Brighton
Charlestown .
Lin. ft.
1,697
20,111
3,855
807
21,367
2,498
41,917
8,507
791
101,550
Street Department — PAvma Division. 275
Edgestones and Sidewalks.
Kew Edgestones. {First setting.) Lin. Ft.
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
Totals.
A
O
S
u
1
a
1
o
P3
,g
'3
o
w
d
o
o
M
d
o
s>
a
o
2,227
2,804
8,236
9,222
1,118
1,916
2,990
1,697
22,693
25,506
14,979
39,324
17,053
20,111
11,724
9,631
4,372
521
2,097
3,855
4,131
11,238
1,969
816
1,146
807
18,138
36,859
10,587
6,544
15,205
21,367
4,617
9,970
4,795
1,568
8,319
2,498
2,032
9,001
3,981
1,323
4,191
8,607
694
668
791
41,917
25,179
139,666
32,203
20,107
108,700
31,767
29,035
7,184
41,917
73,798
114,231
41,804
52,706
51,669
101,550
435,758
iVifi'TF BRICK SIDEWALKS.
The following tables show the number of square yards of
brick sidewalks laid during the year : —
City Proper.
Wards 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 and 18, in whole or in ]jart.
{^Paving Districts Nos. 8 and 10.)
Sq. yds.
Albany street ....,,
103
East Dedham street .....
75
East Lenox street
170
East Newton street .....
67
Fellows street ......
60
Flagg street ......
100
Harrison avenue ......
140
Massachusetts avenue . . . . .
200
Northampton street . . • . .
75
Sundry streets in small quantities
54
1,044
ROXBURT.
Wards 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22, in whole or in part. (Paving
District, iVb. 7.)
Bower street
Camden street
Sq. yds.
73
53
Carried forward
126
276
City Document No. 29.
Carried forward
Centre street
Cedar street .
Cobden street
Columbus avenue .
Dean street .
Dennis street
Dudley street
Egleston street
Elm Hill avenue .
Farnham street
Fenno street .
Glenwood street .
Georgia street
Howland street
Humboldt avenue .
Hunneman street .
Hutchings street .
Howland street
Langdon street
Lamont street
Lambert street
Moreland street
Northampton street
Oakland street
Parker street
Paul Gore street .
Pontine street
Reed street .
Regent street
Roxbury street
Rockland street .
St. Alphonsus street
South wood street .
Walnut avenue
Whiting street
Windsor street
Woodward avenue
Sundry gtreets in small quantities
South Boston.
Wards 13, 14-, 15 and 16, in lohole or in part.
District No. 1.)
Bellflower street .
Broadway
Sq. yds.
126
172
166
50
11,500
128
113
193
66
88
52
182
62
333
226
152
100
98
226
67
75
65
50
53
57
112
128
66
75
60
111
70
51
154
96
104
57
50
363
15,897
[Paving
Sq. yds.
100
50
Brought forioard .
150
Street Depabtment — Paving Division.
Brought forward
Buttonwood street
D street
Dorchester avenue
East Eighth street
East Fifth street .
East Second street
East Seventh street
East Sixth street
East Third street
Emerson street
II street
Harvest street
Howell street
L street
N street
Washburn street
Sundry streets in small quantities
East Boston.
Wards 1 and 2. {Paviyig District No. 2.)
Border street .......
Morris street .......
Paris street ........
Sundry streets in small quantities
27T-
Sq. yds.
150
184
85
156
177
186
50
160
68
127
50
236
120
143
210
52
98
62
2,314
Sq. yds.
85
54
70
172
381
DOECHESTER.
Wards 16, 20 and 2^, in lohole or in part
No. 6.)
Alban street .
Armandine street
Bird street .
Brookford street
Buttonwood street
Blue Hill avenue
Dewey street
Dorchester avenue
Erie street .
Mt. Vernon street
Stoughton sti-eet
Talbot avenue
Washington street
Welles avenue
Sundry streets in small quantities
{^Paving District
Sq. yds.
178
333
50
55
100
99
275
251
57
269
110
214
375
110
140
2,616
*278
City Document No. 29.
Wbst RoxBURr.
Wards 22 and 23, in lohole or in part. {Pamng District
iVo. 5.)
Sq. yds.
Boylston street ....... 164
Centre street
Green street .....
Keyes street
Sundry streets in small quantities
70
70
77
161
542
Back Bat.
Wards 10^ 11 and 19, in lohole or in part.
{Paving Dis-
trict 1^0. 9.)
Beacon street
Falmouth street
Sq. yds.
200
138
Huntington avenue .....
Norway street . . . .
Newbury street
Parker street ......
St. Botolph street
4,380
70
100
50
135
5,073
Chaelestown.
Wards 3, 4 and 5. (Paving District No. 3.)
Beach street
Sprague street
Union street
Walnut street
Sq. yds.
85
68
80
55
288
Recapitulation.
City Proper .
Roxbury
South Boston
East Boston .
Dorchester .
West Roxbury
Back Bay
Charlestown .
Sq. yds.
1,044
15,897
2,314
381
2,616
542
5,073
288
28,155
Street Department — Paving Division.
279
New Brick Sidewalks.
First laying. Square yards.
Year.
a
ft
2
>>
5
1
d
_o
o
pq
3
O
EC
a
o
o
fq
o
0
u
.a
o
ID
a
o
-4->
'u
M
o ■
6
o
3
o
1891
3,881
10,423
964
1,537
4,103
1,044
9,098
20,231
5,912
11,533
6,-246
15,897
3,628
4,484
751
2,706
1.946
2,314
2,176
12,847
2,197
2,115
1,151
381
1,478
10,462
2,412
453
2,146
2,616
967
2,905
350
834
1,734
542
377
1,068
2,908
120
3,451
175
437
408
288
5,073
21,725
65,871
12 761
1892
1893
1894
19,615
20,632
28,155
1895
1896
Totals.
21,952
68,917
15,819
20,867
19,567
7,332
4,353
4,879
5,073
168,759
PROPERTY IN CHARGE OF THE DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF PAYING DIVISION
Buildings and wharf on Albany street, opposite Sharon street.
The building is of brick and wood, and covers some 8,000
square feet of land, and is divided into a shed for storage, black-
smith's and carpenter's shops, tool-room and stable. The total
contents of the lot, including wharf and building, are 63,180
square feet.
Fort- Hill wharf, containing 21,054 square feet, placed in
charge of the Paving Department May 18, 1874, to be used for
the landing and storage of paving-blocks and gravel until such
time as said wharf shall be wanted for the extension of Oliver
street. The greater part of said wharf is occupied by the Sani-
tary Division as a garbage-dump, and the building thereon is
leased to a tenant.
Lot on Chelsea, Marion and Paris streets. East Boston, con-
taining 43,550 square feet. Part of this lot used by the Sewer
Division.
Ledge lot on Washington street, corner Dimock street, Rox-
bury, containing 134,671 square feet. Upon this lot are build-
ings containing a steam-engine and stone- crusher.
Highland-street Stable lot. Upon this lot is a large brick
stable, erected in 1873, and occupied by the Sanitary and Pav-
ing Divisions ; also a brick building used as a blacksmith's shop,
and a shed for the storage of tools, etc.
Ledge lot on Codman street, Dorchester, containing 299,000
squai-e feet, was purchased in 1870. Upon this lot is a shed
containing a steam-engine and stone- crusher ; also a stable and
tool-house.
280 City Document No. 29.
On the Almshouse lot, Hancock street, Dorchester, there are
two stables ; also a shed and tool-house.
Ledge lot on Magnolia street and Bird place, Dorchester, con-
taining 81,068 square feet. This lot was purchased by the town
of Dorchester in 1867.
Downer-avenue lot, Dorchester, containing 35,300 square feet.
On Child street. West Roxbury, a lot of land containing
43,024 square feet, upon which are a stable and shed, black-
smith's shop, and tool-house.
Gravel lot in the town of Milton, on Brush Hill road, contain-
ing 64,523 square feet, hired by the town of Dorchester for nine
hundred and ninety-nine years.
Gravel lot on Morton street, Ward 28, containing about one-
thiid of an acre, purchased by the town of West Roxbury in
1870, used for storage purposes.
Ledge and gravel lot, rear of Union street, containing about
37,000 square feet, purchased by the town of Brighton. This
lot is at present leased.
Ledge lot on Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton, containing
about thirteen acres, upon which are an office, engine-house,
stable and crusher jjlant.
On Medford street, Charlestown, a wharf lot, foot of Elm
street, containing 8,000 feet, upon which are sheds, office,
stable, etc.
In South Boston, corner of H and Ninth streets, stable, car-
riage-house, shed, tool-house and office on leased land.
On Hereford street, a yard with shed, tool-house and office.
Wharf, known as Atkin's wharf, 521 Commercial street, pur-
chased in 1887 for 824,000, containing 22,558 square feet, having
on it an office and stable.
On Kenney street, Roxbury, buildings containing engines,
stone-crushers, tools, etc., on leased land.
On Centre street. West Roxbury, buildings containing engines,
stone-crushers, tools, etc., on leased land.
On Rosseter street, Dorchester, buildings containing engines,
stone-crushers, tools, etc., on leased land.
On Heath street, Roxbury, buildings containing engines,
stone- crushers, tools, etc., on leased land.
On Revere street, wharf for storing paving blocks, etc.
Street Department — Paving Division.
281
Streets Laid Out or Extended.
Date.
Dec. 29
May 6
Nov. 21
July 10
May 1
.July 10
*June 2
Oct. 12
July 10
*N'ov. 18
Dec. 12
Feb. 15
Oct. 12
Xov. 2
June 2
July 10
Nov. 16
.Jan. 2
May 29
June 10
June 30
May 11
Street.
Abbotsford st.
Atlielwold St. .
Atberton st. . .
Cliamberrn st.
Edwin st
Elizabeth st. . .
Fenelon st. . . .
Fullerton st. . .
Gaylord st. . . .
EUet St. . .
Judson St.
Laconia st. . . .
Leicester st. . .
Leonard st. . . .
Morse st
Norway st. . . .
Peterboro' st. .
Pontine st. . . .
Eeed st
Ruggles st. . . .
St. Botolph St.
St. Martin st. .
Location.
From Harold st. to Crawford st. ,
Roxbury
From School st. to Kilton st.,
Dorchester
From Amory st. to Lamartine st. ,
Roxbury ....
From Harvard st. to Algonquin
st. , Dorchester
From Dorchester av. to Shawmut
park, Dorchester
From Norfolk st. to Astoria st. ,
Dorchester ,
(Formerly Burbank st.) from
Washington st. to Merrill st.,
Dorchester
(Formerly Miner st.) from Brook
line av. to Fairhaven st., Back
' Bay
(Formerly Cook st.) from Wash-
ington st. to Chamberlain st. ,
Dorchester
From Adams st. to Dorchester
av. , Dorchester
Over part of a private way known
as Dromey av. to Brookford st.,
Roxbury and Dorchester
(Formerly Ashland pi.) from
Washington st. to Harrison av. ,
City Proper
From Bennett st, to Washington
st. , Brighton
From Duncan st. to Clayton st.,
Dorchester
From Washington st. to Bowdoin
av. , Dorchester
(Formerly Caledonia st.) from
Massachusetts av. to Parker st..
Back Bay
From Boylston road to Audubon
road, Back Bay
From Batchelder st. to Clifton
St., Dorchester
From Thorndike st. to Hunne-
man st.. City Proper and Rox. .
From Parker st. to Back Bay
Fens, Roxbury
From Massachusetts av. to Gains-
borough St., Back Bay
(Formerly Quincy st.) from Bun-
ker Hill St. to Medford st.,
Charlestown
Carried forward
Length,
Lin. ft.
60.00
1,031.00
650.23
459.60
1,168.00
280.43
308.74
447.04
433.97
425.28
217.00
307.75
764.57
430.14
316.41
683.48
1,840.73
383.00
854.98
945.21
566.86
513.46
12,587.88
City Document No. 29.
streets Laid Out or Extended — Concluded.
Date.
Nov.
Sept.
11,
May
20,
May
29,
July
10,
July
10,
Oct.
29,
Tappan st
Union st
Vancouver st. .
Whiting st
Wilder st
Wolcott St. . . .
Woodward pk,
Location.
Brought forward
From South st., W. Koxbury. . . .
From Washington st. to Lynde
st. , Charlestovfn
From Huntington av. to Kuggles
st. , extended to the Back Bay
Fens, Roxbury
(Formerly Homer pi.) from More-
land St. to Winthrop st., Eox. . .
FrOm Washington st. to Geneva
av., Dorchester
From Columbia st. to Erie st.
Dorchester
From Howard av. to Folsom st.
Dorchester
Length,
Lin. It.
12,587.88
446.51
70.21
253.94
320.00
523.29
672 64
403.18
15,277.65
Streets Widened and Relocated.
Date.
July
Sept.
Nov.
May
Dec.
Nov.
Oct.
May
Jan.
Oct.
10,
n,
27,
9,
24.
21,
19,
23,
21,
29,
Street.
Clinton st
Centre st
McLellan st. . .
Prentiss st.. . .
Eiver st
Ruggles st. . . .
State st
Tremont st. . .
Washington st
Washington st
Location.
From Fulton st. to Commercial
St., City Proper
From Washington st. to Reming-
ton St. , Dorchester
Between Erie st. and Blue Hill
av , Dorchester
On southwesterly side at N. Y. ,
N. H. & H. R.R., Roxbury
Between Oakland st. and Blue
av. , Dorchester
At corner of Columbus av. , Rox. .
At corner of Devonshire st
Between Columbus av. and Lin-
den Park st
Between Dale st. and Circuit st.,
Roxbury
Between Brent st. and Welles av.,
Dorchester
Sq. ft.
4,887
28,242
97
3,027
408
46
124
1,647
38,478
Steeet Department — Paving Division. 283
streets Discontinued.
Date.
Street.
Location.
Sq. ft.
Oct. 19,
State st
Windsor st
At corner of Congress sq., City
Pi'oper
59
Feb. 4,
Portions northwesterly and south-
easterly of the extension of
Columbus av., Roxbury
2,235
2,294
Streets Ordered to Be Constructed.
Date.
Street.
Location.
Aug.
7,
Athelwold st
From School st. to Kilton st. Dorchester.
July
10,
Chamberlain st. . .
From Harvard st. to Algonquin st., Dor.
u
Elizabeth st
From- Norfolk st. to Astoria st., Dor.
Nov.
18,
2,
Ellet st
From Adams st. to Dorchester av.. Dor.
June
Fenelon st
(Formerly Burbank st.) from Washington
st. to Merrill st., Dorchester.
Oct.
12,
FuUerton st
(Formerly Miner st.) from Brooklineav. to
Fairhaven st.. Back Bay.
July
10,
G-aylord st
(Formerly Cook st.) from Washington st,
to Chamberlain st., Dorchester,
June
2,
10,
Morse st
From Washington st, to Bowdoin av., Dor.
July
Norway st
(Formerly Caledonia st.) from Massachu-
setts av, to Parker st.. Back Bay.
Nov.
16,
Peterboro ' st
From Boylston road to Audubon road,
Back Bay.
June
10,
Ruggles st:
From Parker st, to Back Bay Fens, Back Bay.
Jan.
29,
Turner st
From Haviland st, to Astor st., Back Bay,
May
20,
Vancouver st, . . .
From Huntington av. to Pvuggles st. , ex-
tended to the Back Bay Fens, Ptoxbury.
July
10,
Wilder st
1^'rom Washington st. to Geneva av.. Dor.
u
a
Wolcott st
From Columbia st. to Erie st. , Qor.
Names of Streets Changed.
Date.
Street.
Location.
March 4,
Back st
Now Harvard st , Dorchester and West
Bread st
March 4,
Now Franklin st. , City Proper
Now Batterymarch st. , City Proper
March 4,
Hamilton
The records of the Street Commissioners for the year 1896,
show the following results : —
Streets laid out or extended .
Streets widened and relocated
Streets discontinued
Increase in mileage
15,277.65 lin, feet
38,477 sq. feet
2,294 sq. feet
2.89 + miles.
284
City Document No. 29.
Permit Office.
Permits have been issued from the Permit OfSce during the
year ending Jan. 31, 1897, as follows : —
Steeet Openings.
Name.
Permits.
Openings.
Feet.
American Telegraph Co. .
4
24
72
Boston Electric Light Co.
438
584
61,977
Boston Fire Department .
48
90
3,541
Boston Gaslight Co. .
667
657
46,476
Boston & Albany K.E. Co.
6
6
240
Boston Lamp Department
44
44
421
Boston Low Tension Wire Asso-
ciation . .
39
39
4,501
Boston & Maine R.K. Co.
12
12
1,000
Boston Park Department .
6
6
295
Boston Sewer Division
165
155
29,929
Boston Transit Commission
15
15
265
Boston Water Department East-
ern Division
3,347
3,347
162,175
Boston Water Department Mys-
tic Division ....
279
279
7,643
Broolcline Gaslight Co.
812
812
36,604
Charlestown Gaslight Co. .
64
64
5,338
Church Creen Light & Power
Co
6
6
1,490
Dorchester Gaslight Co.
488
488
36,268
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
559
559
42,995
East Boston Gaslight Co. .
145
145
7,978
Jamaica Plain Gaslight Co.
228
228
17,762
Lynn & Boston R.E. Co. .
3
3
1,900
Metropolitan Sewerage Commis-
sion
9
9
830
Metropolitan Construction Co. .
7
7
12,350
l^ew England Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co., of Mass.
389
1,393
50,101
New England Telegraph Co.
1
1
3
N. Y.,N. H. &H. R.E. Co. .
4
4
130
N. Y. & I^. E. E.E. Co. .
4
4
2,650
N'orfolk Suburban Street E.E.
Co
6
6
295
Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
15
38
1,244
Quincy Market Cold Storage Co.
24
24
5,215
Eoxbury Gaslight Co.
270
270
37,522
South Boston Gaslight Co.
248
248
10,865
Union Freight E.E. Co. .
4
4
364
West End Street Eailway Co.
416
1,608
302,295
Western Union Telegraph Co. .
35
560
5,612
West Eoxbury & Eoslindale
Street E.E. Co. .
11
764
44,550
Miscellaneous ....
2,432
2,433
109,587
Totals
11,289
15,017
1,055,171
Street Department — Paving Divisioisr.
285
There were also 2,075 openings made between Feb. 1, 1896
and Jan. 1, 1897, on emergency permits issued Jan. 1, 1896.
On Jan. 1, 1897, the new form of emergency permits went
into effect, and there were 215 openings to Feb. 1, 1897.
These openings as near as can be ascertained averaged about
6 feet each, making 13,740 feet.
Making the total length of openings about 229.7 miles.
Permits other than for opening streets have been issued as
follows : —
Advertising, by man wearing hat and coat lettered
Clearing snow from roof .....
Driving cattle .......
Distributing sand ......
Erecting projections (illuminated signs, etc.) .
Erecting, repaiiiug and removing awnings
Erecting and repairing buildings
Feeding horses on the street ....
Moving buildings ......
Occupying sidewalk for loading and unloading goods
Pedlers, four different classes ....
Placing signs flat on buildings ....
Eaising and lowering safes, machinery, etc.
Special for various purposes ....
"Watering carts ......
Total
29
63
3
9
310
4,264
7,216
1,064
42
15
877
2,138
522
230
110
16,882
Total number permits for street openings
Total number permits for all other purposes
Grand total ......
11,289
16,882
28,171
There have been 60 applications for permits to sell fruit from
windows, doorways and areas, and for occupying sidewalks for
loading or unloading goods, and these were referred to the
Board of Police for report as to location, etc., and their recom-
mendation has been carefully considered in the issuance of
these permits.
Previous to April 25, 1896, there were 18,390 notices sent to
the various foremen directing them to repair defects in the
streets, which had been reported by the police or others ; also
1,074 to private parties to repair work improperly done, where
permits had been granted to open the streets, and to owners of
estates where coal-holes, sidewalk-lights, etc., were defective.
After that date the Superintendent of Inspectors assumed charge
of the Inspectors, and 3,884 notices were sent to private indi-
viduals and 135 claims for damages investigated.
286
City Document No. 29.
Four hundred and sixty-one notices have been sent to depart-
ments, and others, regarding proposed street improvements.
Three hundred and eighty-three new bonds were filed this
year, and these with all bonds previously filed are now being
investigated by a clerk specially detailed.
Street-Numbering.
Numbers have been assigned to the estates in the different
districts as follows : —
City Proper
Dorchester
Roxbury
W. Roxbury
Brighton
South Boston
Charlestown
East Boston
8 whole
18 whole
8 whole
4 whole
1 whole
2 whole
1 whole
streets,
streets,
streets,
streets,
streets,
streets,
street,
and 63 parts
and 73 parts
and 46 parts
and 33 parts
and 25 parts
and 32 parts
and 11 parts
18 parts
of streets
of streets
of streets
of streets
of streets
of streets
of streets
of streets
Total . . 42 whole streets, and 301 parts of streets
About 5,000 figures were required for this work.
Steeet Department — Sanitary Division. 287
APPENDIX D.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
SANITARY DIVISION.
Rooms 917 to 920, Tremont Building,
Boston, Feb. 1, 1897.
Benj. W. Wells, Esq., Superintendent of Streets:
Dear Sir : — I respectfully submit the annual report of the ex-
penditures, income, and operation of the Sanitary Division of the
Street Department for the financial year ending Jan. 31, 1897.
Yours respectfully,
Patrick O'Shea,
Deputy Superintendent.
The work of the Sanitary Division includes the removal of house-
offal and the removal of house and store dirt and ashes, accumu-
lated from the burning of materials for heating buildings and for
domestic purposes.
The following table shows the amounts expended for the main-
tenance of the Sanitary Division for the past five (5) years : —
1892 ....
$469,370 74
1893 ....
481,300 63
1894 ....
467,459 02
1895 ....
432,778 52
1896 ....
476,807 34
Comparative Table Showing Net Cost of Maintenance of the
Sanitary Division to the City of Boston.
Expended. Income. Net cost to City.
1892 $469,370 74 $36,426 16 $432,944 58
1893 481,300 63 32,056 27 449,244 36
1894 467,459 02 42,320 55 425,638 47
1895 432,778 52 42,985 53 389,792 99
1896 477,241 54 36,146 77 441,094 77
The present system of disposal of offal and garbage in this city is
expensive and unsatisfactory, and early action should be taken
looking to the introduction of more modern and sanitary methods.
Cremation or reduction process works, properly located, and. con-
structed and operated with due care, could be established with
advantage to the general public, and without offence to the indi-
vidual.
288
City Document No. 29.
The City Government should make a sufficient appropriation to
accomplish this object.
But few complaints have been received concerning the failure of
the division to promptly remove offal and ashes ; investigation of
these has usually shown that either offal has not been properly sep-
arated from ashes or other refuse, as is insisted upon by the
department, or else that the receptacles were deposited in some
inaccessible place, or were larger than the ordinances provide and
the regulations of the department permit.
In order that householders might understand these regulations,
and that the work be not unnecessarily delayed, the following cir-
cular was issued : —
CITY OF BOSTON.
Notice to Housekeepers and Tenants.
Housekeepers and other occupants of dwellings are requested to plac
their house and cellar dirt and sweepings in the streets opposite their prem-
ises between the hours of sunrise and 2 o'clock, P.M., of the following days:
Monday, May 4 ; Tuesday, May 5 ; Wednesday, May 6 ; Thursday, May 7 ;
Friday, May 8; when they will be removed by the city carts. After which
times no i^erson will be allowed to place any dirt, ashes, tilth or rubbish of
any kind whatever, in any of the ways, streets or places of the city, without
a permit from the Superintendent of Streets.
Dirt of any kind not to be placed in the streets on Satvirday.
Benj. W. "Wells,
Swperintendent of Streets.
City Hall, Boston, 1896.
Special Notice.
On and after above-named days, ashes, etc., in order to be removed by
city carts, must be j)laced in receptacles not larger than an ordinaV.-y flour
barrel, and in a position on a level with the grade of the adjoining sidewalk.
Vault filth, offal, bricks and mortar, gravel and earth, garden rakings and
shrubbery, are not included in the above, and will not be removed by the
city if ijlaced in the streets.
Note.— This circular, printed in English, Hebrew, and Italian, was posted in prom-
inent places by the regular bill-posting companies, and for a week was also carried
on the sides of all the wagons and carts owned by this division.
During the past year the shops of the division at the South Yard
have been continued. These are now established with competent
mechanics upon the same basis as any journeyman shop in the city,
and the repairs and some constructive work of this and other
divisions has been done cheaply and well. They consist of a wheel-
wright and blacksmith shop, paint shop, harness shop, and horse-
shoeing shop, and a statement of the work performed will be found
later in Appendix
The following table shows the number of loads of offal collected
and removed in the last five (5) years : —
Amount of House offal Eemoved.
Year.
No. of Loads
1892
46,343
1893
51,415
1894
50,637
1895
51,327
1896 . . . . ■ .
56,402
Stbbet Department — Sanitary Division. 289
Each load of offal is equivalent to fifty-seven (57) cubic feet and
has a maximum weight of one and one-half (1^) tons at certain
seasons of the year.
The above table does not include previous to the year 1893 the
amount collected by contract in East Boston and Brighton, which
amouQted to about 5,100 loads per year. Of the amount (56,402
loads) collected during the year 1896, 3,786 were collected by the
East Boston contractor, 1,362 were collected by the Brighton con-
tractor, and 4,707 were collected by the Dorchester contractor, and
703 loads were collected by the West Roxbury contractor, leaving
45,844 loads collected by city teams.
The collection of this material is attended to in winter by an aver-
age regular force of 75 city offal carts and 171 men, and on contract
work 17 offal carts and 34 men; making a total of 92 offal carts and
205 men. At different times, and especiallj^ in summer, an approxi-
mate extra force of 21 teams and 42 men are employed.
The disposal has been made during the year in the following man-
ner : The offal from the markets, and offal that is decayed, is put on
board a scow and towed to sea ; the offal of Charlestown is taken to
the yard at Maiden bridge and there disposed of to farmers ; the offal
of East Boston is collected by contractors, and is removed to Revere ;
the offal of the City Proper and South Boston is conveyed to the
yard at the South End, and disposed of to farmers, who remove it
daily ; the offal of Roxbury and a part of AVest Roxbury is conveyed
to the yard on Highland street, and disposed of to farmers ; a portion
of the collections of West Roxbury is collected by contract and
removed to jSTeedham ; the offal of Brighton is collected by contract
and disposed of outside of the district ; the offal in Dorchester, col-
lected by the contractor who sells it to farmers from his own offal-
sheds near Commercial Point.
Collection and Disposal of Offal.
Year.
Total amount
collected.
Amount sold.
Amount dumped
on scow and
towed to sea or
wasted.
Per cent wasted
to total
collection.
Amount of
receipts
from sales.
18921
1893 2
1894 3
1895*
1896 5
46,343 loads.
46,276 "
42,082 '<
41,480 "
45,844 "
30,773 loads.
30,824 "
37,057 "
36,620 "
35,549 "
15,570 loads.
15,363
5,025
4,860
10,295
33 per cent.
30 " "
12 " "
12 "
22 "
$21,282 82
20,790 03
26,262 40
27,874 47
21,187 76
12 Twelve months. Above table does not include contracts in East Boston and
Brighton.
3 In East Boston, 3,720 loads; Brighton, 1,539 loads; Dorchester, 3,296 loads; total,
8,555 loads,— collected during 1894 are not included in above table. For 1891 and 1892,
East Boston and Brighton were estimated at 5,100 loads.
* In East Boston, 3,732 loads ; Brighton, 1,419 loads; Dorchester 4,179 loads; "West
Roxbury, 517 loads; total, 9,847 loads, — collected during 1895, not included in above
table.
sin East Boston, 3,78Q loads; Brighton, 1,362 loads; Dorchester, 4,707 loads; West
Eoxbury, 703 loads ; total, 10,558 loads, — collected during 1896 not included in above
table.
290
City Document No. 29.
The following table shows in convenient form the full force
engaged in the collection of offal alone throughout the entire city : —
The Force Employed.
City Force.
Hired
teams.
CONTRACTOKS' TEAMS.
TotaL
E. Boston.
Brighton.
Dorch'ter.
W.Roxbury.
4
5
1
68
72
3
1
5
Inspectors
OfEal Clerks....
7
7
1
1
1
8
1
Teamsters
Helpers
6
6
2
2
7
7
2
2
92
96
3
Totals
153
14
13
5
15
5
205
Kemoval of Ashes and House Dirt.
The removal of ashes, house and store dirt, has been attended to
during the year by a minimum force of 250 men and 105 city carts,
also by 6 carts with an East Boston contractor, 5 carts with a South
Boston contractor, 10 carts with a Dorchester contractor, and 3
carts with a West Eoxbury contractor. At different times, and
espe(iially during the winter months, an additional force of 43 teams
and 86 men are employed.
This work shows a constant increase from year to year, as will be
seen in the following table, and is an indication of the actual growth
of the city : —
Amount
of
Ashes
, House and Store
Dirt
Removed.
Year.
No. of Loads.
1892
303,878
1893
320,571
1894
326,798
1895
336,886
1896
363,975
Each load of ashes contains about 44 cubic feet.
Street Depaetment — Sanitary Division. 291
ia this coUectiou throughout the entire city : —
The Force Employed.
Hired
Teams.
CONTEACTOBS
Teams.
City Force.
d
2
o
M
CO
0)
.a
_ a
IS
o
o
«
1
3
Total.
7
9
6
105
107
16
1
8
Inspectors
1
1
1
12
6
43
43
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
3
3
172
174
16
Total
250
86
11
11
10
13
7
388
Comparative Statement of Number of Loads of Ashes Collected
during 1 6 Weeks of the Summer and 1 6 Weeks of the Winter.
Summer.
Loads.
Winter.
Loads.
Difference
tor Winter.
Apr. 30, 1892, to Aug. 19, 1892
82,034
Oct. 30, 1892, to reh. 12, 1893
106,772
24,7S8
" 29,1893, " " 18,1893
91,721
" 28, 1893, " " 16, 1894
106,851
15,130
" 27, 1894, " " 16, 1894
88,865
" 25, 1894, " " 7, 1895
116,915
28,050
" 26, 1895, " " 15, 1895
94,671
" 18, 1895, " " 6, 1896
121,873
27,202
" 30, 1896, " " 13, 1896
101,185
" 16, 1896, " Jan. 28, 1897
117,214
16,079
Final Disposition of all material collected from Feb. 1, 1896, to
Feb. 1, 1897, together with the portion of street sweepings and cess-
pool dirt, disposed of for other divisions by the Sanitary Division is
shown in the following table: —
Amount
collected.
Deposited
on low
lands.
Towed
to fea.
Collected
by con-
tractors.
Sold to
farmers.
Loads.
Loads.
Loads.
Loads.
Loads.
Ashes, house and store dirt.
363,975
56,402
36,072
1,011
220,907
102,491
7,910
36,072
1,011
40,577
no 558
37,754
Cesspool dirt
!
457,460
220,907
147,484
51,135 ! 37,754
1 This amount is included in the amount collected, 56,402. Of the 10,558 loads, 3,786
were collected in East Boston, 1,362 in Brighton, 4,707 in Dorchester, and 703 ia West
Roxbury.
292 City Document No. 29.
The total expenditures of the division, including work
done for other divisions and paid for by them, was . ^508,443 23
Less amount so repaid ...... 31,201 69
$477,241 54
Cash paid and bills rendered to City Collector . . 36,146 77
l^et cost of maintenance of Sanitary Division, Feb. 1,
1896, to Jan. 31, 1897 S441,094 77
Details of expenditures, income, and operation will be found iu
Appendix D.
FINAl^CIAL STATEMENT.
Amount of appropriation . . . .143.5,000 00
Transferred from Soldiers' Eelief Fund 11,000 00
Transferred from Police Department . 29,330 39
Transferred from Surplus Kevenue . 1,911 15
Total amount appropriation ..... S477,241 54
Total amount expended 477,241 54
Income.
Amount of moneys deposited and bills presented to the City
Collector for collection for material sold and work performed by the
Sanitary Division of the Street Department during the year ending
Jan. 31, 1897.
Moneys deposited with City Collector.
From sale of house offal . . . $21,187 76
From letting of scow privileges . . 696 35
$21,884 11
Bills deposited with the City Collector.
For the removal of engine ashes . $12,642 66
For the sale of manure . . . 591 60
For the letting of scow privileges . 28 40
For the letting of Fort Hill Wharf . 1,000 00
$14,262 66
.$36,146 77
Amount collected by the City Collector . . . $27,735 68
Street Department — Sanitary Division. 293
Objects of Expenditures.
Items.
For salaries of Deputy Super-
intendent and clerks in office,
For labor in collecting and re-
moving house dirt and ashes,
For labor in collecting and re
moving house offal
For labor of foremen
For labor of sub-foremen and
inspectors collecting house
dirt and ashes
For labor of sub-foremen and
inspectors collecting house
offal
For labor of men employed in
stables and yards
For holidays (allowed time)
For labor, stock, and tools used
in blacksmith shop
For labor, stock, and tools used
in vfheelwright shop
For labor, stock, and tools used
in harness-shop
For labor, stock, and tools used
in paint shop
For labor, stock, and tools used
in horseshoeing shop
For labor, rental, tovrage, etc.,
on account of dumping-scovr,
For shoeing horses (outside
shops)
For extra teams collecting
ashes and house dirt
For extra teams collecting
house offal
For grain used in stables . . .
For hay and straw used in
stables
For horses
For repairs on stables and
sheds
For fuel, gas, and electric
lights
For veterinary services and
medicine for horses
For printing, stationery, and
advertising
For water rates
For ash stock, consisting of
cart-covers, baskets, etc
For offal stock, consisting of
buckets, etc
Carried forward.
Total amount
expended.
$9,707 70
135,815 71
87,034 11
7,438 97
10,696 29
7,111 30
20,210 15
17,307 56
6,512 72
5,137 57
5,246 71
6,274 42
6,052 18
18,795 40
2,412 37
66,004 74
5,289 00
14,660 16
17,018 86
7,031 00
2,010 59
1,788 52
2,370 09
1,807 40
854 60
377 55
399 35
35,365 02
Amount paid
toy other
Divisions.
Amounts charged
to the
Sanitary Division
75 09
8 00
16,653 00
1,117 50
3,783 32
4,588 59
2,611 00
242 06
14 00
156 00
$29,248 56
$9,707 70
135,815 71
87,034 11
7,438 97
10,696 29
7,111 30
20,210 15
17,307 58
6,512 72
5,062 48
5,246 71
6,274 42
6,052 18
18,795 40
2,404 37
49,351 74
4,171 50
10,876 84
12,430 27
4,420 00
2,010 59
1,788 52
2,370 09
1,565 34
840 60
221 55
399 85
1436,116 46
294
City Document No. 29.
Items.
Brought fortoard
For stable stock, consisting of
curry combs, brushes, etc.
For collecting house dirt and
ashes in East Boston
For collecting house dirt and
ashes in South Boston, west
of Dorchester st
For collecting house dirt and
ashes in Dorchester, south of
Park, School, and Harvard
sts
For collecting house dirt and
ashes in Dorchester, north
of Park, School, and Har-
vard sts
For collecting house dirt and
ashes in West Koxbury,
south of Pond, May, Arbor-
vpay, and Morton sts
For collecting house offal in
East Boston
For collecting house offal in
Brighton
For collecting house offal m
JL' part of West Roxbury ....
For collecting house offal in
Dorchester
For incidental expenses
Telephone
Travelling expenses .
Board of horses
Rent of stables
Goddard buggy
Miscellaneous sup-
plies for office
Miscellaneous sup-
plies for stable ....
Damage by city team,
Use of horses
Newspapers
$657 04
817 80
610 05
600 00
390 00
284 08
29 03
20 25
13 45
6 50
$3,428 20
Paid by Street-Cleaning Di
vision
Paid by Paving Division
Paid by Sewer Division
Paid by Bridge Division. .
Paid by Street-Watering
vision
Paid by Central Office
Paid by County of Suffolk
Paid by City Engineer ....
Paid by Ferry Division . . ,
Di-
Total amount
expended.
$465,365 02
1,693 26
7,400 00
1,496 25
3,985 00
4,387 50
1,700 00
8,000 00
2,000 00
1,488 00
7,500 00
3,428 20
$508,443 23
$508,443 23
Amount paid
l3y other
Divisions.
),248 56
13 18
608 33
323 75
365 62
625 00
17 25
$31,201 69
$31,201 69
Amounts charged
to the
Sanitary Division
$436,116 46
1,680 08
6,791 67
1,496 25
3,661 25
4,021 88
1,700 00
8,000 00
2,000 00
1,488 00
6,875 00
3,410 95
$477,241 54
22,740 49
3,947 40
2,043 40
400 60
398 50
108 30
1,442 00
71 00
50 00
$508,443 23
Street Department — Sanitary Division. 295
Total Cost for Removal of House=dirt, Ashes and House-offal.
House-dirt and Ashes Account.
Expended for labor, as per pay-rolls . . $146,512 00
Expended for stock, etc., per ledger account, 154,714 55
Expended on contracts, South Boston . . 1,496 25
Expended on contracts, Dorchester . . 8,372 50
Expended on contracts. East Boston . . 7,400 00
Expended on contract, part of West Roxbury, 1,700 00
$320,195 30
House-offal Account.
Expended for labor, as per pay-rolls
Expended for stock, etc., as per ledger ac-
count ........
Expended on contract. East Boston
Expended on contract, Brighton .
Expended on contract, Dorchester
Expended on contract. West Roxbury .
Salaries
Incidentals
$94,145 41
61,978 52
8,000 00
2,000 00
7,500 00
2,000 00
$9,707 70
3,428 30
Total
175,111 93
13,136 00
,443 23
Comparative Table showing the Cost of Collecting Ashes and Offal and De=
livering same at various Dumps.
Cost per cart-load, including administration expenses . . $1 14
" " " minus '• " . . 1 10
" " " of ashes, hired teams, and contracts . 59
" " " " " labor, hired teams, and contracts, 88
" " " " offal, " " " " " 3 10
" " " " " hired teams, and contracts . . 1 85
" " dumping-boat load to transport garbage to sea . 55 94
" " cart-load " " " " " . 13
Amount expended for the Collection of House=dirt, Ashes and House=offal,
Labor, Hired Teams and Contracts.
Districts.
1 — South Boston
2 — East Boston
3 — Charlestown
4 — Brighton
5 — West Roxbury
6 — Dorchester
7 — Roxbury
3,9 — South End and Back Bay
10 — West and North End
Totals
Expended for Collectiuo
Ashes.
$16,603 74
7,681 25
14,581 15
6,279 50
13,938 75
8,839 00
39,416 50
73,270 79
50,874 81
Offal.
$8,334 00
8,270 75
6,530 11
2,362 50
6,587 50
7,939 50
21,819 59
52,001 91
4,576 55
$231,485 49 $118,422 41
296
City Document No. 29.
D. 0' Sullivan.
W. F. Hedrington,
Matthew E. ISTawn,
John McShane . . .
Ash Contracts.
SI, 496 25 for territory, South Boston, west of Dor-
chester street.
7,400 00 " " in East Boston.
1,700 00 " " " West Eoxbury, south of
Pond street.
4,387 50 " " " Dorchester, north of Park
and School streets.
3,985 00 " " " Dorchester, south of Park
and School streets.
Thomas Mulligan.
George T. Barnes.
John McShane. . . .
D. B. Morrill 2,000 00 "
Offal, Contracts.
^8,000 00 for territory in East Boston.
1,488 00 " " " West Roxbury.
7,500 00 " " " Dorchester.
" Brighton.
Expenses of Dumping Boats.
Amount expended for towing by department tow-
boat $5,786 34
Amount expended for towing by hired tow-boat, 1,082 00
Amount expended for Eepairs on boats
" " " " " wharf
1,2.34 56
309 26
Amount expended for Labor, Captain . . . $1,750 00
" " " " crews and dumpers, 4,513 63
Amount expended for Dredging
" " " Canvass dust protectors
16,868 34
4,543 82
6,263 63
350 00
453 25
Incidentals.
Amount expended for Disinfectants
" " " Manilla rope, blocks, etc.
" " " Telephone, salt, etc.
" " " Dories
" " " Kerosene oil
" " " Coal ....
" " " Ferry tolls, etc. .
Number of trips to sea by department tow-boat
" " " hired tow-boat
$110 72
63 30
76 87
41 08
5 04
12 87
6 48
316 36
$18,795 40
309
27
336
Cost per trip, $55.94.
Number of cart loads of garbage carried to sea, 147,484.
Cost per cart load, 13 cents.
Street Department — SAisriTARY Division. 297
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House dirt and
106,755
88,669
57,839
21,031
9,802
25,240
11,112
23,099
20,928
363,975
House offal
24,053
2,244
10,325
2,665
1,362
4,092
3,786
4,707
3,030
56,402
Total
130,808
90,913
67,664
23,696
11,164
29,332
14,898
27,806
23,958
420,377
Disposition of Material Collected.
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31,911
20,603
15,948
15,410
13,063
10,903
10,661
10,030
7,958
7,382
6,539
6,394
5,725
5,232
4,813
4,691
4,543
3,612
3,523
2,836
2,666
2,492
31,911
20,603
15,948
First St., East Cambridge, J. T.
Scully
Ward St., Sewall-Day Co
Norfolk ave., J. J. Xawn
15,410
Mill pond, Cliarlestown, City
Park Departinent
13,063
Huntington ave., J. C. Gal-
lagher
10,903
10,661
10,030
7,958
Vale St., Choate Burnham
estate
Centre st., Ovpen Nawn
431 Medford st., City Park De-
partment
Harold st., J. Stone
7,382
First St., cor. Congress, State
of Massachusetts
6,539
6,394
5,725
Williams st., Mrs. Carey
Parker st. , Mr. Bowers
Swett St., J. C. Cobb
5,232
May St., Seaverns estate
4,813
Devon st., Frank Foster
4,691
Maverick st., E. Boston Land
Company
4,543
3,612
3,523
Ninth & H sts., Thomas Hills,
Proctor St., Mr. Brown
Brighton ave., A. Timmins . . .
2,836
2,666
Prescott St., E. Boston Land
Company
Massachusetts ave., L. A.
Brown
2,492
Brought forvKird
196,935
196,935
298
City Document No. 29,
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Where Dumped.
Loads of House
dirt and Aslies.
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196,935
2,357
2,279
2,128
2,057
2,042
2,009
20,362
31,315
102,491
196,935
2,357
Congress st.. State of Massa-
cliusetts
Condor st., Jolm Hayes
Brookline ave., Jas. H. Barry,
Harold st., Harris estate
2,279
2,128
2,057
2,042
2,009
20,362
31,315
147,484
37,934
3,786
Shirley st., Star Brewery
Cottage St., Dorchester His-
torical Society
Various places, city teams ....
Various places, contracts
At sea by scows
1,011
7,910
37,934
3,786
1,362
4,707
703
36,072
Sold to farmers
E. Boston, by Thos. Mulligan,
Brighton, by D. B. Morrill. . . .
1,362
Dorchester, by John McShane,
W. Koxbury, by G. T. Barnes,
4,707
703
Totals
363,975
56,402
36,072
1,011
457,460
Account of the Number of Loads of Material Collected from Jan. 31
to Feb. 1, 1897.
1892,
Tears.
Ashes.
Offal.
Total loads.
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
303,878
320,571
326,798
336,886
363,975
46,343
51,415
50,637
51,327
2 56,402
350,221
371,986
377,435
388,213
420,377
1 Dennis O'SuUivan, West South Boston, collected 2,402 Loads
William F. Hedrington, East Boston, collected 11,112 "
John H. McShane, North Dorchester, collected 13,447 "
John H. McShane, South Dorchester, collected 9,652 "
Matthew E. Nawn, part of West Roxbury, collected . . 3,964 "
40,577 "
2 Thomas Mulligan, East Boston, collected 3,786 Loads
David B. Morrill, Brighton, collected .^ 1,362 "
John McShane, Dorchester, collected 4,707 "
George T. Barnes, part of West Eoxbiu y, collected 703 "
10,,55S "
Street Department — Sanitary Division. 299
Material Collected, Cost of Hired Teams, including Contracts.
South Yard
West Yard
Roxbury Yard
Charlestown Yard
Brighton Yard
South Boston, Yard
South Boston, east of Dor
Chester st, O'Sullivan
contract
"West Roxbury by Roxbury
Yard
West Roxbury, south of
Pond and Morton sts.,
ashes, M. E. Nawn; offal,
George Barnes
East Boston, ashes, W. F.
Hedrington ; offal, T. Mul-
ligan
Dorchester, ashes, south of
Park, Scliool and Harvard
sts., John McShane
Dorchester, ashes, north of
Park, School and Harvard
sts., John McShane
Dorchester, offal, John Mc-
Shane
NuMBEK OF Loads.
Ashes. Offal. Total
35,009
18,910
22,971
2,353
5,606
11.404
2 2,402
5,106
B 3,964
1 11,112
* 9,652
3 13,447
141,936
596
5
1,043
317
' 1,362
79
475
8 703
0 3,786
9 4,707
13,073
35,605
18,915
24,014
2,670
6,968
11,483
2,402
5,581
4,667
14,898
9,652
13,447
4,707
155,009
Ajiount Expended.
Ashes. Offal. Total
$23,898 24
11,791 00
15,811 00
1,760 00
3,502 50
5,644 50
1,496 25
3,417 50
1,700 00
7,400 00
3,985 00
4,387 50
$84,793 49
$842 50
12 50
2,367 50
696 50
2,000 00
297 50
1,072 50
1,488 00
8,000 00
7,500 00
$24,277 00
$24,740 74
11,803 50
18,178 50
2,456 50
5,502 50
5,942 00
1,496 25
4,490 00
3,188 00
15,400 00
3,985 00
4,387 50
7,500 00
$109,070 49
Ashes.
1 Hedrington $7,300 00
2 O'Sullivan 5,985 00
s McShane 4,2.37 50
* McShane 3,885 00
6 Nawn 1,700 00
Contracts.
Offal.
e Mulligan $8,000 00
'Morrill 2,000 00
8 Barnes 1,488 00
" McShane 7,500 00
Division of Amount Expended.
Hired Teams.
Contractors.
Total.
$65,824 74
5,289 00
$18,968 75
18,988 00
$84,793 49
Offal
24,277 00
Total
$71,113 74
$37,956 75
$109,070 49
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The money received from the sales of house-offal is deposited
monthly with the City Collector, and then credited to the sinking
fund of the city of Boston.
House Dirt and Ashes.
la the collection of house dirt and ashes there are employed 383
men and 200 carts. This material is removed from hotels, tenement-
houses and stores daily; from dwelling-houses once a week.
The City Ordinances of 1892 (chapter 36) require that house dirt
and ashes shall be kept in an easily accessible place for their removal,
the men being obliged to enter the yards and remove the receptacles
to the sidewalks, where their contents are dumped into the carts.
The receptacles are then placed in their original position. The ma-
terial is disposed of, if possible on low lands, being used for filling,
and is also dumped on scows, to be carried to sea. Of the amount
collected last year, 28 per cent was disposed of ia this manner,
viz., carried to sea.
There are five sections of the city let out by contract for the col-
lection of house dirt and ashes. Both Dorchester contracts are held
by JohnMcShane; East Boston, by Wm. F. Hedrington; and a part of
West Koxbury by Matthew E. Nawn. xlt the expiration of one of
the South Boston ash contracts — that one held by Dennis O'Sulli-
van, west of Dorchester street, the work was continued by day labor,
as a yard had been established on Ninth street, corner of Vale; all of
the teams for the collection of ashes and offal in this section are
located there, in order that the work be done by day labor.
House Offal.
There are employed in the removal of house offal 205 men and 93
wagons. The offal is removed from dwelling-houses twice a week
during the summer months, and once a week during the winter; from
hotels, markets and restaurants it is removed daily. The men are
required to enter yards, collect the offal, empty into wagons and
deliver at the depots, located as follows: One on Albany street, one
on Highland street, Roxbury, and one at the Almshouse, Charles-
town; also to the dumping-boats located at Fort Hill wharf on
Atlantic avenue.
The offal is largely sold to farmers of adjoining towns, the remain-
der is dumjDed on the scows and carried to sea. About fourteen
per cent of the quantity collected during the past year has been dis-
posed of in this manner. The Dorchester contractor disposes of the
offal at present in the same manner as the city itself, by sale to
farmers.
At present there are four sections of the city let out by contract
for the collection of house offal: East Boston, by Thomas Mulligan;
Dorchester District, by John McShane; Brighton District, by D. B.
Morrill, and a portion of West Roxbury, by George T. Barnes.
The cash revenue received from the sale of house-offal for the
past five years has been as follows: —
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
$21,282 82
20,790 03
26,262 40
27,374 47
21,884 11
302
City Doctjme^tt No. 29.
Division Repair-shops.
Located at the South End yards, situated at No. 650 Albany street.
At these shops all of the repairs on carriages, carts, wagons, etc.,
are made, together with the painting of the same; all harnesses are
repaired and many made, and a portion of the horseshoeing done.
The mechanics in these shops are engaged also in making repairs
on the vehicles, etc., sent by the different divisions of the Street
Department; all street signs are painted for the Paving Division, and
a certain amount of the horseshoeino: is done for the several divi-
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Wheelwright and Blacksmiths' Shops.
Cost to maintain during the past year, the sum of $11,650.29 of
which amount $6,461.77 was expended for labor, and $5,188.52 for
stock. The carts, wagons and other vehicles of the division were
properly overhauled, when in need of repairs, and the entire lot of
ash and offal sleds were put in proper working order. Of the above
amount expended in maintaining these shops, the following amounts
were charged of£ to the several divisions, and others for repairing,
altering and putting in good condition their carts, wagons, watering-
carts, sleds, etc.: —
Paving Division
Sewer Division .
Street Cleaning Division
Bridge Division ■
Street Watering Division
Perry Division
Central Office .
County of Suffolk
This leaves a net cost of $8,013.03 for the repairs and construction
of all work of this character for the Sanitary Division.
There are employed in these shops three wheelwrights, four
blacksmiths and three helpers.
Paint Shop.
Cost to maintain $6,274.42 of which amount $5,008.64 was ex-
pended on labor and $1,265.78 on stock. The work done by this
shop was the painting and lettering of that which was either built
or repaired in the wheelwright and blacksmiths' shops, together with
1,170 different styled signs that were painted for the Paving Division.
Of the above amount expended for maintaining this shop, the fol-
lowing amounts were paid by the several divisions of the department
for painting carts, wagons, buggies, signs, etc.: —
Paving Division
Sewer Division
Street Cleaning Division
Bridge Division
Street AVatering Division
Central Office .
County of Suffolk
238
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542
50
82
45
214
86
52
70
140
47
$2,889 58
Street Department — Sanitary Division.
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Leaving the balance ^3,384.84, as the cost of this work for the
Sanitar}^ Division.
This shop employs four painters and three helpers.
Harness Shop.
Cost to maintain, ^5,246.71, of which amount ^3,028. 00 was
expended for labor and S2,218.71 on stock; part of the work sent to
the blacksmith and wheelwright shops was always repaired here, such
as Goddard and Concord buggies, leather seats to wagons, etc.,
together with all the new pieces of harness made for the several
divisions. The entire lot of old and new harness owned by the Sau-
itar}^ Division has dunng the year been overhauled, repaired and
oiled at this shop. Of the above amount paid out for maintaining
this shop, the amounts charged to the several divisions of the depart-
t lor work done were as follows : —
Paving Division ....
$286 96
Sewer Division .....
415 24
Street Cleaning Division . .
430 51
Bridge Division ....
38 47
Street Watering Division .
8 37
Central Office .....
29 14
County of Suffolk ....
38 96
$1,247 65
Leaving balance, 83,999.06, as the net cost of work done for the
Sanitary Division.
This shop employs four hai'ness-makers and helpers.
HOKSESHOEING ShOP.
Cost to maintain during the past year .^6,062.18, of which amount
$4,421.96 was expended for labor, and $1,630.22 for stock. All of
the horses at the South yard, together with the Street Cleaning
Division horses stabled there, as also some of the horses located in
the different stables of this Division, and of other divisions of this
department, are shod at this shop, and for which the several divisions
were charged the following amounts: —
Paving Division
Sewer Division .
Street Cleaning Division
Street Watering Division
Central Office .
County of Suffolk
$195 71
442
68
1,541
55
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13
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48
75
$2,244 04
i, 808. 14 as cost to the Sanitary Division for
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These shops employ six horseshoers and helpers.
304
stock
Labor
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Cost o{ Horseshoeing.
$1,630 22
4,421 96
Division
Sliops.
$6,052 18
Outside
Stiops.
2,412 37
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727
233
112
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246
785
2,533
Average cost per slioe, 45 cents.
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the Several Divisions of the Street Department at the Harness Shop of the
Sanitary Division.
Harness and parts of har-
ness repaired
New parts of harness made,
New harness made
Concord buggies repaired . .
Goddard buggies repaired . .
Box buggies repaired
Express wagons repaired. . .
Water carts repaired
Sleighs repaired
Pungs repaired
Horses numbered
Saddle pads made
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Sweat collars made
Poultice boots made
Interfering boots made
Muzzles made
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Buffalo robes repaired
Prison wagons repaired ....
Covers oiled
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Calking boots made
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Cushions for office chairs.
New strings of bells made
Shoe-boil boots made ....
New halters made
Eubber boots for Concord
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White, Street and Ward (sanded).
Gold, Street.
White, Street.
Gold, Street Double Face.
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White, Private Way.
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" IST® Dumping Allowed.
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" This is not a Public Dump. Police Take
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" ISTo Admittance Except on Business.
Gold, Swett street to South Boston.
" Massachusetts avenue to Dorchester.
" Marlboro street. jSTo Heavy Teaming
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" ISTo Dumping Allowed Here.
JSTo Dumping Allowed. (Sanitary.)
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Plant and Property in Charge of the Sanitary Division.
South City Stables, Shops and Sheds.
Situated on Albany street, opposite N'ewton street. The lot be-
longed to the city before being used for this purpose, and contains
90,780 feet.
The stable and buildings connected therewith are brick. There
are also on the premises five wooden sheds, used for storing wagons,
etc. The stable is two stories high, with French roof, and has
accommodations for 100 horses. Twenty-three horses are kept in
sheds. Total original cost, exclusive of land, $79,089.23.
Connected with stables are blacksmith, wheelwright, painters and
harness-makers shops, in which the wagons, carts, harnesses, etc.,
used by the department, are constructed and kept in repair.
Offal Depot.
Erected in 1864, on the wharf fronting on Albany street, opposite
Brookline street, on the other side of the dock from that used by the
Paving Division. The lot which the building occupies, and the
yard attached to the same contains 39,511 feet, and belonged to the
city before being used for this purpose. Total original cost of build-
ing, S18,678.89. This building is used for the deposit of house-offal
daily collected in the city carts, and from which it is thence conveyed
without the city limits by purchasers.
West Stable and Sheds.
The stable is a brick building, a story and a half high, 128 feet by
60, located on ITorth Grove street, built in 1860, with suitable out-
buildings attached to the same. It has accommodations for 83
horses, in stables and sheds. The lot contains about 45,152 square
feet.
Highland Stable.
With accommodations for 68 horses, on the old Almshouse lot,
Highland street, containing 81,082 square feet. A part of this stable
and adjoining lot is used by the Paving Division. There is on this
lot a brick stable, which cost $88,594.13. On this lot is an offal-
shed, erected in 1875, at a cost of $1,160.12.
Charlestow7i Stable.
With accommodations for 25 horses, is situated on Eutherford
avenue; lot contains 17,300 square feet of land; stable built in
1875, cost $5,083.07; sheds and outbuildings built in 1879.
Fort Hill Wharf.
Containing 21,054 square feet, placed in charge of the Sanitary
Division, used as a dumping station for the city's garbage and refuse,
and as a landing place for scows, which convey this stuff to sea.
There are two dumping-boats, known as the Barney dumping-scows,
and these are in continual use for the above purpose, and are towed
to sea by the Street Department steam tug boat " Cormorant." The
tug boat is also used by the Sewer Division.
A portion of this wharf is used by the Street Cleaning Division as
a locker for push patrol-carts, etc. ; a part is in charge of the Paving
Division, and a portion occupied by a tenant.
314
City Document No. 29.
Gibson Street Plant.
Containing 42,000 square feet, and situated in Dorchester district,
which has been used and occupied by the New England Construc-
tion Company for the treatment and disposition of offal, and which
is now closed.
Number of Carts and Wagons Collecting House=dirt
OfEal wagons owned by the Sanitary Division
" " in use " Thomas Mulligan, East Boston
" u u c; David B. Morrill, Brighton
" " " " " John McShane, Dorchester
" " " " "• George T. Barnes, West Koxbury
Ash carts owned by the Sanitary Division
" " in use " Wm. F. Hedrington, East Boston
" " " " M. E. Nawn, West Eoxbury .
" " " " " John McShane, Dorchester . .
Market wagons owned by the Sanitary Division ,
Ashes, and Offal.
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During the fall of 1892, 24 offal-wagons were measured and contents
weighed for the purpose of obtaining the capacity of wagons and the
weight of offal per cart load. Their capacity averaged 3|J cord feet, or
56.25 cubic feet, and the weight averaged 3,115 lbs. A cord equals 128
cubic feet, or 7,091 lbs. Price per cord for offal, §4.00.
Oeganizatiox.
1 Deputy Superintendent.
3 clerks.
6 foremen.
1 captain of scows.
11 sub-foremen.
14 inspectors.
27 mechanics.
7 tallymen or aids.
5 watchmen.
5 feeders.
. 7 messengers.
6 stablemen.
18 yardmen.
19 dumpers.
. 6 dumping-boat men.
210 ash-cart drivers and helpers.
140 offal-cart drivers and helpers.
Total, 486 employees.
Street Department — Sewer Division. 315
APPENDIX E.
REPORT OF THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE SEWER DIVISION.
Probate Building, 28 Court Square,
Boston, Feb. 1, 1897.
Mr. Benjamin W. Weli.s, Superintendent of Streets:
Dear Sir : I respectfully submit report of expenses, income, and
operations of the Sewer Division for the financial year ending Jan.
31, 1897; together with a statement of the present condition of the
sewers and the other property in the charge of this division; the
work done this year, and what should be done in the near future
that the eflficiency of the sewerage system of the city of Boston may
be improved and maintained in projier condition.
Respectfully yours,
Charles E. Cutter,
Deputy Superintendent.
The Sewer Division has charge of the following work:
1. Construction and maintenance of all sewers and catch-basins.
2. Completion and maintenance of the Main Drainage Works.
3. Construction and maintenance of the channels of Stony brook.
4. Construction and maintenance of street culverts and surface
drains.
6. Preparation of plans, and the engineering and supervision
required on the construction and maintenance of all work connected
wiih the division.
6. Investigation of complaints in regard to defective sewerage
and surface drainage.
7. Granting of permits for all connections to be made with the
common sewers, and the custody of bonds filed by drain layers
authorized to make such connections.
8. Levying of assessments on estates benefited by the construc-
tion of sewers.
Organization.
The department is in charge of a deputy, who is also engineer of
the Main Drainage Works which are connected with this division.
The engineering of this division is in charge of a chief eogineer,
who has supervision of the engineering and construction, and he has
three assistant engineers in chai'ge of the three divisions of the
city; a chief draughtsmaa, a chief inspector, who has charge of
the inspectors on contract and release work.
316 City Document No. 29.
The chief engineer is held accountable for all work that comes
under his supervision, all plans and estimates for new sewers and
rebuilding of old sewers, and for all storm or relief sewers, surface
drains, street culverts, and the connections between the common
sewer and the intercepting system of the city or State.
In preparing these plans or estimates, it is often necessary to make
forecasts of probable increases of population for long periods in the
future, to avoid on the one hand spending an unnecessary amount
of money at the present time, and on the other hand the building of
sewers which will prove too small in the immediate future.
On the designing of enlarged channels for surface water, the same
principles apjDly ; a forecast of the probable development of the dis-
trict has to be made for a reasonable period of time to determine the
probable flood discharge, for which provision should be made, as
this increases largely with the development. The duties of this divi-
sion are not confined simply to actual work of construction, as the
studies that ai'e necessary for future work, or immediate work that
money cannot be furnished for at present, have to be worked out in
this division. It not only means a study which is different from
other cities in this country, but it means a scientific adjustment of
the present requirements with those of the future.
In the low parts of the city the sewers have to be designed for
storage purposes during periods of high tides, as on most all the
new made land parts of the city the average run of cellars is much
below the possible high tides. The average tides of Boston are
about grade 10, but at the same time we have to figure on the possi-
ble high tides which are apt to go to grade 14, and are known to
have gone to grade 15. This makes a very complicated study, and
especially in designing the connections with the interceptor, because
in case of high tides or floodings the interceptor shuts oif , the water
discharging through the outlets to the sea.
Also in designing sewers for the new territories which are to be
developed, the division does not feel that it would be wise to design
large sewers that would accommodate the future indefinitely; but
they are designed so that they can be used for twenty or twenty-five
years, and the amount of money that would be expended between
that and the largest system saved to the city. The interest on this
amount would often equal the original cost of the sewer, so that it
might be actually cheaper at the end of twenty-five years to destroy
the sewer built, and rebuild the size required at that time.
The clerical force is in charge of a chief clerk, who has charge of
the finances, making of assessments, the granting of permits, the
custody of bonds filed by drain layers, and the making and filing of
plans showing the connections that are made of the whole sewerage
system and house connections.
The city is divided into seven districts, each district being assigned
to a foreman, who has charge of all the construction and mainte-
nance work in his district.
The Main Drainage Works consist of the main sewer from its
connection with the Metropolitan system at Gainsboro' street and
Huntington avenue to the pumping station at Cow Pasture, the
pumping station tunnel across the bay, the tunnel and its connec-
tion with the reservoirs at Moon Island, the reservoirs and outfall at
this place, together with the regulators, connections, and branch
interceptors of the common sewers with this system.
Street Department — Sewer Division. 317
The care and maintenance of this system is in charge of three fore-
men, one of whom has charge of the pumjoing station and work at Cow
Pasture, one has charge of the reservoirs and outfalls at Moon
Island, and one has charge of the main drain, the gates and con-
nections on the main drain and the interceptors ; also of the regu-
lators and connections in East Boston and Charlestown with the
IS'orth Metropolitan system.
The workings of the Main Drainage System have been under dis-
cussion for the last year, as can be seen by the Superintendent's
report. The history of the Main Drainage will be found later on in
this report.
There is also connected with this division the tow boat "Cormo-
rant," which is used for the towing of sludge from the pumping
station at Cow Pasture. When not employed in this work, it does
the towing of garbage scows for the Sanitary Division.
Stony brook is in charge of a foreman who looks after the main-
tenance of the brook. During the present year, during the recon-
struction of the channels of Stony brook, we have a separate force
under a resident engineer.
There are at j^resent about eight hundred (800) men employed in the
Sewer Division. The work of this division for the last year has been
very extensive, more men being employed, and moi'e money expended
for the construction of sewers than in any previous year in the history
of the division.
Owing to the growth of the city, especially the suburban districts,
the work of this division has increased rapidly in the last few years,
and the demands on the division are more and more; but notwith-
standing this it is impossible to obtain the money necessary for the
proper maintenance of the division. The City Council does not
furnish this division with the i^roportionate increase of appropria-
tion for maintaining the ever-increasing mileage of sewers ; and
if the City Council is not able to furnish the necessary money to
maintain, clean and flush the sewers and clean the catch-basins, the
only remedy is to make the division a self supporting one, provide it
with an income, and put it on the same basis as the Water Depart-
ment.
The following table shows the maintenace appropriation of this
division for the past five (5) years:
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
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350,000 00
320,000 00
300,000 00
280,000 00
Some of the difficulties and problems considered by this division
are the following : There is a great deal of trouble in this division
on account of sewer assessments, as it is very hard to convince an
abutter, who happens to have a trunk sewer constructed in front of
his house, and is assessed at perhaps $2 or $2.50 per front foot,
and receives only the benefit of sewerage for a couple of persons,
that there is anything equitable in assessing the estate at this rate,
when another abutter on a side street where only a pipe sewer is
built, is only assessed perhaps $1.15 or .fl.25 per front foot, and
yet furnished with drainage for ten or a dozen persons. This is a
hard problem to solve, but the city of Boston in the last fifty years
318 City Document No. 29.
has tried all conceivable laws for assessment, both by area and front
foot, yet none have been found to be satisfactory.
The question of surface drainage in the outlying districts: The
surface drainage of Boston is in such a condition, in the outlying
districts, especially, that it became a problem for extensive study
during the past year. This subject will be discussed later on.
The need of proper ventilation of the sewers. An article on this
subject will be found later on.
The legal grade of cellars: The building laws o£ the city of
Boston give a man the right to build his cellar at grade 12, when
the tide frequently rises above this. 'No cellar should be built in
Boston lower than grade 14.
The grade of sewers in the residential portions of the city: The
sewers are hardly ever built lower than eight or nine feet from the
surface of the street. This will furnish all proper drainage for the
common run of cellars ; but as the residential portions of the city
change to the business portion, the cellars are put in deeper, and
there is no law to stop it, and then the parties apply for a low-grade
sewer. In reconstructing these sewers to fit the low grade, gener-
ally twenty or thirty estates are passed, and the parties rtceiving no
actual benefit are assessed, and they generally object to paying for
the benefit of some individual above them. I think there should
be a law fixing the legal depth of cellars below the grade of the
street in front of the premises, and when cellars are put in at a
greater depth than that prescribed by law, and the sewer is rebuilt
to accommodate these low cellars, it should be paid for by the parties
benefited.
The work that is done by drain-layers: The aim of this division
has been to build tight sewers for house drainage, so as to prevent
ground water from finding its way into the sewer system and
increasing the volume of pumpage; generally these sewers run in the
centre of the street. A party applies for a house-connection which
may be anywhere from twenty to forty feet in length. The house-
connection is put in by a drain-layer, over whom this division has no
control except in making the connection where it joins the sewer.
Of course, everybody is anxious to put it in as cheaply as possible,
and in doing this they are very apt to put in a leaky connection. I
think that this division ought to make all connections up to the house,
charging the individual for so doing.
In connection with the above, we should have the right to compel
stables, factories, or other parties that use a sewer, and use material
and matter that is detrimental to the sewers, to put in catch-basins
or settling-tanks to settle this debris before it enters our sewers.
This division should have the right to have inspectors enter build-
ings and inspect the quality of the sewage that they discharge into
our sewers.
During the last year the City Council authorized a number of
loans for sewer construction, thereby enabling this division to pro-
ceed with work that had been contemplated for a long time as
follows: The starting of the Canal-street sewer system, which is
going to relieve the North End; the Shamrock-street outlets, which
will relieve the interceptor at this point and prevent the flooding of
cellars in this neighborhood.
■ The large outlet which discharges into the South bay, known as
the B and Seventh-streets outlet, and is the beginning of the relief
STONY BROOK CONDUIT-SHOWING ROCK EXCAVATION NEAR
HOG BRIDGE.
Street Department — Sewer Division. 319
for the sewer system of the lower end of South Boston. In con-
junction with this it will be necessary for the government to provide
money to extend this system up Dorchester avenue, from B to Dor-
chester streets. This, with the building of the sewers in D, Dorr,
Dexter, and EUery streets, will furnish relief for this neighborhood;
the Guild row relief sewer and the rebuilding of the Dorchester
brook from Norfolk avenue to George street.
The pumping-plant, known as the Lyons-street pumping station,
is now in working order. This furnishes relief for what is known as
the Lauriat-avemie and Forest-avenue system of sewers, and it en-
ables the people in this district to get proper drainage.
Connections with the Metropolitan system in Charlestown and
East Boston.
The overflow on Congress street, from Atlantic avenue to the
Fort Point channel, has been constructed to take the place of the
old Pearl-street overflow, which was cut off by the filling in of
Russia wharf dock.
South Boston.
The rebuilding of the B and Seventh-streets overflow outlet, now
about two-thirds completed, will afford relief to the sewers in a large
part of Wards 13 and 14, which, on account of the insufficient size
of the outlet, were flooded at every heavy storm. Many of the
sewers in the area drained by this outlet are, however, in very jDoor
condition, or of too small size; and those in the following streets
should be rebuilt as soon as money can be provided: —
B steeet, between Dorchester avenue and Fou)-th street.
Gold street, between B and C streets.
Gold street, between C and D streets.
Silver street, between C and D streets.
Silver street, between B and C streets.
Silver street, between Dorchester and G streets.
West Fourth street, between C and E streets.
West Fifth street, between B and F streets.
West Sixth street, between B and D streets.
West Seventh street, between B and D streets.
West Eighth street, between D and E streets.
The sewers in the following streets are also in very poor condi-
tion, and liable to cause trouble at any time: —
Athens street, between E and Dorchester streets.
Bolton street, between B and D streets.
Bolton street, between D and E streets.
Bolton street, between E and Dorchester streets.
Dove street, between F and Dorchester streets.
D street, between Second street and Bi'oadway.
East Fourth street, between Dorchester and E streets.
East Fourth street, between O and P streets.
East Second street, between K and L streets.
East Fifth street, between H and K streets.
Jenkins street.
A sewer is needed in Dorchester avenue, between B and D streets,
and the sewer in Dorchester avenue between D and Dorchester
320 City DocuMEisrT No. 29.
streets should be rebuilt. This will enable the overflow from D
street, and from all sewers draining into Dorchester avenue, north
of Dorchester street, to discharge by means of the B and Seventh
streets overflow, which was designed large enough for that purpose.
The D-street sewer, which is now in very poor condition between
Dorchester avenue and Eighth street, can then be rebuilt in such a
manner as to do away with the flooding of the street under the Old
Colony Railroad, which occurs whenever heavy rain falls at high
tide.
The sewers in Dexter and Ellery streets are in a ruinous state.
Complaints are constantly received regarding the condition of these
sewers, which have settled and become so distorted that the clean-
ing rods cannot be pushed through from one manhole to the next.
In its present condition the sewer is nothing but an elongated cess-
pool. Temporary relief can be obtained by a frequent flushing, but
not until the completion of the sewer in Dorchester avenue above
mentioned, can any permanent relief be obtained.
The sewer in Mercer street should be rebuilt of a larger size, and
thus prevent the flooding of cellars in that locality.
A sewer is badly needed in Dorr street to do away with the
nuisance existing in that neighborhood.
The Kemp-street outlet is almost useless in its present state; the
arch and side walls having fallen in for several hundred feet. The en-
tire structure should be rebuilt at once, of sufficient size to serve as
an overflow for the South Boston Interceptor, which has no proper
overflow when the regulator at the main sewer is closed.
It is a question whether it is advisable to build this overflow large
enough to act as an outlet for the Dorchester brook sewer, when it
becomes necessary to extend the latter, but with our present knowl-
edge of the extent to which South bay will be filled in, it seems at
this time unwise to expend the extra amount necessary to make the
Kemp-street outlet answer this purpose.
There are many sewers in South Boston where the manholes are
so far apart that the cleaning rods cannot reach the entire distance
between them; also many cases where there is no manhole at the
upper end of the sewer, and therefore no means of flushing in a
satisfactory manner. Money should be provided to remedy these
defects.
Work done during the year.
Two thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight (2,898) linear feet
of sewers were built by the city by day labor; nine hundred and
seventy-nine (979) linear feet were built by private parties and re-
leased to the city.
East Boston.
The work of connecting sewers in this district with the Metro-
politan sewer system was begun last August, and is being carried on
with all possible despatch. The original estimate for the connec-
tions with this system was forty-seven thousand dollars ($47,000),
twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000) of which were provided last
year. It will be necessary for the City Council to authorize the
other twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000), so that this work can
be carried on with despatch and finished this summer.
Street Department — Sewer Division. 321
The house sewage system of East Boston depends wholly on the
Metropolitan sewer system for outlets, and in designing the inter-
cepting system the necessary branches to make the connections with
the different drainage areas and their interceptors were not in all
cases put in, and there are a number of areas lor which, as yet, no
provisions have been made.
I wish to call your attention to a few of the defects of the present
system .
The interceptor on the west side of East Boston was built at an
unnecessarily high elevation, its end at Condor and Meridian streets
being at grade 13.2, and as the abutters had a right to build their cel-
lars at grade 12, the existing houses on Meridian street, between
Condor street and Chelsea bridge, cannot be drained in a satisfactory
manner.
No intercepting sewer has been built by the Metropolitan Sewerage
Commission to take the outlets at Eagle square and Glendon and
Putnam streets, bordering on Chelsea creek. This ought to be con-
structed immediately for the relief of this district.
On the south side of the island is a considerable area sewered on
the combined system, and draining through the Moore-street outlet.
No means have been provided by the Metropolitan Sewerage Com-
mission for dealing with the sewage from this area. Money should
be provided for building this system of sewers immediately.
The Act under which the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission was
created, namely, chapter 439 of the Acts of 1889, states in sect. 3:
"Said Board shall construct . . . which systems shall be in
substantial accordance with the plans reported and recommended by
the Slate Board of Health in its report to the Legislature of 1889."
In the report alluded to, which is Senate Document No. 2, it is stated
on page 105 that " Breed's Island and the portions of East Boston
north-east of Swift street now have no sewers except in Moore street
and a street crossing it. In the whole of this territory it is proposed
to exclude storm water from the sewers."
This statement was correct as far as Breed's Island was concerned,
but the area drained by Moore-stx'eet outlet had at the time this re-
port was made about five thousand (5,000) linear feet of sewers, or
about one-third the total amount it will contain when the area is
fully developed.
These sewers were all designed on the combined system, and since
1889 all extensions have been made on the same plan. There seems
to be no good reason for changing to the separate system, and yet
with this area practically under the combined system at the time the
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission designed their sewers, they now
inform us that we must have separate drainage for our surface water,
and that we cannot drain even roof water into their sewers. It
seems as though the city and the Commonwealth ought to revise
these statements, and compel the Metropolitan Sewerage Commis-
sion to provide a branch interceptor for the present system of this
district, and all future construction should be on the separate system.
At Orient Heights thei-e is an area of about 300 acres of low-lying
territory, to drain which it will be necessary to build a low-level
sewer, from twenty to thirty feet deep, and about one and one-half
miles in length, extending back to the East Boston pumping station
of the Metropolitan sewerage system at Chelsea and Addison streets.
This should have been built by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commis-
322 City Document No. 29.
sion at the time of construction of the main sewer, and they ought
to be compelled to build this immediately, so that we could enjoy the
benelits of connection with this portion of the Metropolitan system
for which we are paying at the present time, or we should receive an
abatement on account of not receiving any service for this portion of
East Boston. Numerous petitions have been received during the
year for sewers in this district, which cannot be built until this low-
level sewer is constructed.
At the present time the amount of money paid by the city to the
State for pumping the sewage on the North Metropolitan system, is
based on population for the maintenance item, and on valuation for
the item representing interest and sinking fund; and as we are pay-
ing our proportionate part for the whole of East Boston on this basis,
you can see by the above statements that we are not being used
in a fair manner, as the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission has
failed to provide us with the necessary outlets to drain this territory.
The following sewer outlets, which are now in a very dilapidated
condition, should be rebuilt. They will be used for storm-water
overtlows, when the areas which they now drain are connected with
the Metropolitan sewer: Jeffries street, Sumner street, Putnam street
and Porter street. Outlet at Dock 13 should be extended about four
hundred and fifty feet.
The Porter-street outlet is in a particularly bad state, and as the
open space between the B., R. B. & L. R.E. and the sea wall, about
two hundred feet south-westerly, is being filled in, the overflow from
this outlet in time of storm will be retained in the basin, formed by
the railroad. Wood Island Park, Bremen and Maverick streets. The
outlet should be extended to the open water beyond the sea Avail.
The time is not far distant when it will be necessary to take some
action regarding the drainage of the land owned by the East Boston
Company, between Bremen street and the B., E. B. & L. R. R. Com-
pany. Streets have been built on this tract for some years and
several houses have been erected. Considerable study has been given
to developing a proper system of drainage for this tract, and a well-
considered scheme has been evolved.
In view of the fact that a large amount of water will be encoun-
tered in building these sewers, it would be to the advantage of the
city to build them, and assess the cost on the owners of the land
rather than to have them built by the owners and released to the
city.
A sewer should be built in Chelsea street, between Curtis street
and the bridge. This Avill afford an opportunity to drain Pope,
Chaucer and Curtis streets, which are badly in need of sewers.
Sewers are also needed in Wordsworth street, between Saratoga and
Pope streets, and in Ashley avenue, between Bennington and Breed
streets.
Worh done during 1896.
Connections have been made with the Metropolitan sewerage
system at Meridian street, near Condor, Bremen street, near Porter,
and Border street, near Decatur. Twenty-nine hundred and ninety-
seven (2,997) linear feet of sewers were built by the city by contract
and day labor.
Street Department — Sewee, Divisioisr. 323
Charlestowk.
The work of connecting the city sewers with the Metropolitan
sewerage system has been begun, and is being carried on as rapidly
as possible. In order to complete this wox-k during the coming year,
nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000) will be required in addition to
the amount now on hand.
The Beacham-street district, bounded by Main and Alford streets,
Mystic river and the city of Somerville, should be connected with the
Metropolitan sewer system. The existing sewers in this district can
be used for storm- water outlets; and pipe sewers, to carry house
drainage only, should be laid to connect with the Metropolitan sys-
tem. About six thousand (6,000) feet of pipe sewers will be re-
quired for this; and in those streets where there are at i^resent no
sewers, about three thousand (3,000) feet of surface drain will be
needed.
Complaints are made every year regarding the backing up of
sewage in the Cambridge-street sewer. This is due partly to the
small size and flat gradient of the sewer itself and partly to the in-
sutiicient size of the outlet in Beach street. The outlet should be
built of proper size, and also the sewer as far as the junction of Per-
kins and Kingston streets.
The sewer in Rutherford avenue, between Dunstable and Beacham
streets, is in a very defective state, and requires rebuilding.
During every heavy storm the sewers in the vicinity of Tibbetts
townway and Eutherford avenue have given trouble. This is
caused by the fact that the Rutherford-avenue outlet is too small,
and the sewers in Tibbetts townway and adjacent streets are not
only too small but are in a tumble-down condition. The trouble can
be partially remedied by rebuilding the sewers in Tibbetts town-
way, Lyndeboro' and Middlesex streets, and a part of Essex street.
A complete removal of the trouble will necessitate building a large
storm-water outlet, parallel wiili the present Rutherford-avenue
outlet. Estimates of cost for this have been prepared.
There are at present some twenty (20) streets in Charlestown
which contain about eight thousand (8,000) feet of slate, wood and
brick sewers. These were built many years before the annexation
of Charlestown and are of a type long since condemned by experts
in sewer design. Money should be provided for replacing these with
pipe or brick sewers as may be required.
Work done during 1896.
One thousand and thirty (1,030) linear feet of sewers have been
built by the city, and the connections with the Metropolitan system
have been made at Alford street and at Chelsea near Vine street, all
by day labor.
Brighton.
Sewers have been called for in the tract owned by the Westmin-
ster Land Company, south of Union street and east of Chestnut
Hill avenue. These streets will drain partly into Commonwealth
avenue, at points where at present there are no sewers or surface
drains and where the avenue has not yet been constructed to more
than one-half its full width. The remainder will drain into Chestnut
Hill avenue. This latter part presents some features for considera-
tion.
324 City Document No. 29.
If we build sewers on the combined system we carry into the exist-
ing sewers in time of storm, an amount of water which they are
totall}^ unable to carry on account of their insufficient size. If we
build on a separate system, connecting the surface drains with the
brook, which rises near Union street, we meet with a similar diffi-
culty, since the brook itself is taken into the sewer in Shepard street.
The remedy for the latter evil is discussed in another part of this
report.
Sewers should be built during the coming season in the streets
laid out by the Aberdeen Land Company, between Commonwealth
avenue and the town of Brookline. As these drain into a part of
the town of Brookline, where the sewers are on a separate system, it
will be necessary to design our sewers on the same plan.
Two brooks flow through this territory, which have for part of
their lengths been taken into covered channels, and can be used as
outlets for the surface water system.
As mentioned in previous reports, a sewer should be built from
Buffalo street to Everett street to take the drainage of the stock
yards into the Everett street sewer, instead of allowing it to enter
the brook as at present.
Work done during 1896.
The sewers and surface drains for the Commonwealth-avenue
boulevard have been completed, and the outlet to Lake street is
under contract.
House sewers and surface drains have been built in ISTorth Harvard
street, between the Metropolitan sewer system and the Charles river,
and in Holmes avenue, between Harvard avenue and Warren street.
Twenty-two thousand four hundred and sixty-six (22,466) linear
feet of sewers and surface drains have been built by the city under
contract or by day labor. Two thousand and sixty-nine (2,069) linear
feet have been built by private parties.
West Koxbury.
The West Roxbury low level sewer will be completed to Boyl-
ston station during the coming year. Estimates have been made for
extending it from that point as far as the Hyde Park line. This
extension is very necessary in order to obtain di'ainage for a number
of streets which are at too low a grade to be accommodated in any
other manner.
Sewers are very much needed in the following streets in the Mt.
Hope district : Florence, Sycamore, Brook, Sherwood, Ridge and
Garden streets and Prospect and Brown avenues. The outlet for
these will be through a projected street into the Washington-street
sewer, near the junction of South and Washington streets. These
sewers are designed on the separate system; the surface water to be
taken into the brooks in the vicinity.
The Neponset valley intercepting sewef now being constructed by
the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission will be nearly, or quite com-
pleted during the coming season, and will afford an outlet for the
drainage of about sixteen hundred (1,600) acres, lying south of the
city of ISTewton and east of Charles river. As the Neponset valley
Street Department — Sewer Divisioisr. 325
sewer is designed to carry only house sewage and will have no over-
flows it will be necessary to design, on a separate system, all sewers
draining into it; and all storm water must be rigidly excluded. This
can be easily accomplished, as no sewers are yet built in this area.
As the East Boston and West Eoxbury low level sewers will be
built with the idea of excluding storm water altogether, an ordi-
nance should be passed, forbidding under heavy penalties, all house
owners from entering roof water into the house drains or sewers,
and ordering all roof water to be entered into the surface drains.
It will of course be necessary for the city to provide surface drains
throughout the whole length of the streets for this purpose.
A sj-stem of sewers should be begun during the comino- season
in that part of the district in the neighborhood of Spring street,
as a considerable quantity of sewage at present flows into the
Spring-street brook, and thence finds its way to Charles river, enter-
ing above the points where several cities and towns obtain their
water supply.
A system of surface drains will very soon be required for Hewlett
and Arundel streets and the vicinity.
Bordering on Hyde Park and bounded on the west by Stony brook
reservation, is a tract of about three hundred and sixty (360) acres
which drains naturally into Hyde Park.
In the studies made by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission it
was intended ; to drain about half this area into what is called the
Clarendon Hills branch of the Metropolitan system. 'No provision
was made for the remainder; but to drain it in any other way than
by means of this branch would put the city of Boston to laro-e
unnecessary expense.
A conference was held in January between the Deputy Superin-
tendent of the Sewer Division, the Metropolitan Sewerage Commis-
sioners and the chairman of the Hyde Park Sewer Commission re-
garding the advisability of building this branch at an early date;
but no definite agreement was made. It appears to be the intention
of the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission to leave this branch to be
built by the town of Hyde Park, and as that part of the town is not
developed to any great extent there will be no necessity to build a
sewer there for some time to come. As, however, the area lying in
Boston is partially developed, and has one school-house, accommodat-
ing some 500 scholars, it would seem that means for connecting
with the Metropolitan system should be provided by the building of
this branch under the supervision of the Metropolitan Sewerage
Commission; otherwise, if the area is not drained until the building
of this branch is necessitated by the requirements of Hyde Park or
until the high level sewer, so called, is built, the residents of this
part of West Roxbury cannot have proper drainage for a period of
at least four years, and probably more.
Wo7'k done during 1896.
Fifteen thousand nine hundred and thirty-six (15,9.36) linear
feet of sewers, surface drains and culverts were built by the city by
contract and day labor, and ten thousand two hundred and forty-two
(10,242) linear feet of sewers and surface drains were built by pri-
vate parties and released to the city.
326 City Document No. 29.
DORCHESTEE.
In discussing the drainage of Dorchester there are several consid-
erations to be taken into account, both of the natural formation of the
territor}', and of the history of the work that has been already done.
As regards the natural formation of the territory, the district is
now made up of valleys, gently rising from the surface of Dor-
chester bay and the !N'eponset river, for a large part of the way and
at the upper end rising more abruptly to the dividing ridges eighty
and one hundred feet above tide water.
The western third of the district, however, is peculiar in this
respect, in that it forms the head waters of a branch of Stony brook,
draining naturally in a westerly direction by Forest Hills and
Jamaica Plain to Old Koxbury and the Back Bay.
The ground on these head waters of Stony brook is swampy, and
about fifly feet above tide water. Owing to the great distance to be
traversed in following down the natural but sluggish slope of Stony
brook, and owing to the fact that the territory to be traversed in
that direction is almost unsettled, and not calling for any drainage
at present, it becomes almost necessary to carry the drainage of both
house and surface water easterly through the dividing ridge into
Dorchester bay.
As to the history of what has been already done :
When Dorchester was annexed, twenty-five years ago, it was
practically entirely destitute of any system of sewerage, although
parts of it were as thickly settled and as long inhabited, as were
many parts of the older Boston (including Eoxbury), which had
been sewered for a generation or more.
With the small appropriations available for a remote suburb, it
became necessary to spread comparatively little money over a large
area. Probably the only solution practicable was the one of build-
ing a combined system of sewers, capable, in addition to the house
sewage, of taking a considerable amount of storm water, say per-
haps on an average not far from one-tenth of the expected rainfall.
This system worked very Avell in the infancy of things, and has
continued to work fairly well in most places tip to the present time.
But the growth of this suburb has been so rapid of late years, the
number of new streets laid out so large, and the standard of street
comfort held by the average citizens so much elevated, that it is
evident that such a system cannot be continued indefinitely in the
future; in fact, that the time has already come in many places when
a change must be made.
Each suburb now vies with its neighbor for the cleanest and
smoothest streets, and the quickest removal of surface water during
storms. The number of catch-basins has greatly increased; and
while this does not mean that more rain will fall on a given territory
than before, it means that more of it must find its way to the
sewers, when formerly it spread itself over unsettled territory and
vacant lots.
To illustrate how inadequate the old sewers in Dorchester must be
to carry off all the storm water (an inadequacy which they share
generally with combined sewers as built in most cities and towns of
this and other countries) I will give a few specimen figures as to
the probable rainfall to be expected in several localities in Dorches-
ter, and also of the amounts capable of being handled by the exist-
ing combined sewers.
Street Department — Sewer Divisioisr.
32T
Dorchester.
Name of Sewbk.
Demand at
1-3 inch
Rainfall
cubic feet
Demand at
2-3 inch
Rainfall
cubic feet
Demand at
1-iDch
Rainfall
cubic feet
Present
Capacity
cubic feet
per sec.
per sec.
per sec.
per sec.
Crescent-avenue Sewer.
Spring Garden street
57
11
Imj) roved sewer
60
10
Pleasant Street. Glover's Corner, and
Hancock-street Seiver.
Dorchester avenue, at Creek street . . .
75
216
37
Dorchester avenue, where it empties. .
49
Shamrock-street Sewer.
Dorchester avenue, at Linden street . .
24
39
48
S
23
Dorchester ave., at Shamrock street . .
Zi
Talbot-avenue Sewer and Outlet.
Blue Hill avenue
97
193
290
31
108
292
216
584
324
876
20
2i
Centre-street Sewer.
Shawmut Branch Railroad
317
330
633
660
950
990
41
Centre street, at Dorchester avenue. . .
15
Dorchester avenue, at Centre street. . .
331
662
994
47
Dorchester avenue, at Dix street
338
676
1,014
53
Dorchester avenue and Gibson street..
416
832
1,248
30
Gibson street, at Adams street
476
952
1,428
34
Adams street, at Park street
476
952
1,428
39
Park street, at Clayton street
478
956
1,434
1,479
30
Clayton street, at Greenwich place
493
986
30
Neponset-avenue Sewer.
Neponset avenue, cor. Taylor street . . .
16
32
48
17
Oranite-avemie Sewer.
147
156
294
312
441
468
15
25
It will be seen from these figures that the limit of availability of
the existing sewers for storm water would be very soon reached, if
indeed it has not already in many cases been exceeded.
1 Below Washington street the areas include the whole of that part of the Stony-
brook valley draining into Talbot avenue.
328 City Document No. 29.
There would be practically two remedies for this state of things.
One would be to rebuild, at an immense increase of size, and at
great inconvenience, the present combined system; making it large
enough to take all the storm water of the future.
There are many reasons why this cannot well be done.
One is that the cellars or the private drains from them are gen-
erally quite near the level of the existing sewers; consequently, if
the size of the sewers was to be doubled or quadrupled, or even
more, the new sewer would have to be sunk entirely below the level
of the old one in order to avoid flooding the cellars. This would
very much increase the expense.
Another is the general inconvenience to, and partial interruption
of, the old house service, while rebuilding it anew.
A third is (now that all house sewage is intercepted and pumped
out to Moon Island) the increased difficulty of separating the storm
water and house sewage in time of flood, leading to pollution at the
overflows, even with costly and cumbrous appliances for its attempted
prevention.
For these, and many other reasons of a professional nature, it is
considered impracticable to enlarge the present combined systems
for the wants of the future; and recourse must be had to a separate
system of storm sewers, or as they may be better called, surface
drains.
It will be seen from the preceding table that the existing sewers
will accommodate but a relatively small percentage of the surface
water ; probably generall}^ not more than five per cent to fifty per
cent, or an average of twenty-five per cent.
The capacity of the existing sewers can of course be very closely
calculated by well appi'oved methods ; for the purjjose of this
report, however, they have been hastily taken at an approximate
value.
The amounts of storm water coming from each district, on the
other hand, can never be absolutely calculated in advance. It may
be known how many inches of rain have fallen on a given territory
in the largest storm of which we have any record ; but this division
can never be sure that it would not be exceeded by some future
storm. The exceptional " great " storms which do such great dam-
age occur twice or three times in a century.
Even if this division was sure of the maximum future amount of
rainfall there would be no means of absolutely deciding how much
of this will reach the mouth of a sewer or surface drain in any given
time ; this depending on the slope, roughness, and other qualities of
the ground. Various observations have been taken to try and de-
termine the effect of these various factors ; the conclusions reached
by the Swiss engineer, Bourkli-Zeigier, have met with wide accept-
ance. His estimate of the jDercentage of rainfall reaching any
one point at one time varies from ninety-five per cent on small
tracts of a few acres, with a sharp slope, to ten per cent on level
tracts of several square miles. His estimates for tracts of medium
size and slope, such as we find in Dorchester, would vary from
thirty to sixty per cent, usually we might say about fifty per cent.
As the rainfall for short periods is at the rate of as much as from
two to three inches an hour, it does not seem extravagant to use an
inch of rain per acre per hour as the maximum for computing the sizes
of surface drains.
Street Depaetivient — Sewer Divisro]^. 329
It happens, curiously enough, that one inch of rainfall per hour
gives almost exactly one cubic foot per second per acre, which is the
maximum used in the foregoing table.
It would seem, therefore, that beside the advantage of cutting off
all the sewage from the shores of the harbor, which now runs on to
them during storms, that we must inevitably be driven to the use of
surface drains for the water from the catch-basins, because the ex-
isting combined sewers are only adequate to take one-tenth, one-fifth,
or one-half of it, as the case may be.
It has always been considered a part of the scheme for intercept-
ing the sewers of Boston that a " high-level " sewer would be built,
which would intercept the sewage from the high streets in the in-
terior of the suburbs, and carry it direct by gravity to Moon Island,
without the expense of pumping it up.
The engineers of the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission have made
a study for such a sewer for Dorchester, which would include about
950 acres of the west part of Dorchester, or about one-third of the
whole district.
Of course, it would be essential to the working of such a sewer
(the size of which must be quite limited) that the house-seAvage
must be separated from the rain-water. This separation would be
physically possible by means of overflows into the brooks, but in
order to avoid all possibility of nuisance, it would seem to be better
that a new set of surface drains should be made, to take the water
from any catch-basins that now go into the combined sewers, and
that all new sewers within this high-level district should be built on
the separate principle.
The system, then, which is looked forward to for Dorchester is a
separate system of surface drains, large enough to take all of the
storm-water that experience and theory combined lead us to expect
from the areas they serve. The existing sewers to be retained for
house-sewage, and also for such moderate quantities of storm-water
as they can easily carry, and will serve to keep them clean.
All new sewers for house drainage in this way will be constructed
of small pipes, usually of ten, twelve, or fifteen inches in diameter.
The surface drains would often have to be of brick or concrete,
often ranging from two to five feet in diameter, and even larger in
exceptional cases, and near tide water.
The surface drainage problem for Dorchester will be found fully
discussed in the article on Surface Drainage.
The subject of new house sewers for immediate use in Dorchester
is a very complicated one. The district has grown so rapidly that
the division has not been able to furnish the amount of sewers that
have been called for, so that the vicious system of allowing the
abutter to build release sewers has been carried on to quite an extent
in this district. This, in my opinion, is a bad system, which will be
discussed later on.
To take up some cases where house sewers are required, in geo-
graphical order from north to south, the first case is an outlet from
Wesley and Savin Hill avenues on the north side of Savin Hill.
This has been petitioned for for several j-ears, and is much needed
to remedy unsanitary conditions, and to complete the drainage of
that whole district, which is otherwise well supplied.
Another case of house sewers needed at the present moment is that
of those in what is called the Forest-avenue district; in streets which
330 City Document No. 29.
liave been long settled, and suffering for want of sewers, but wbich
it has only been possible to sewer properly since tlie completion of
the Lyons-street pumping station. These streets, embracing Morton,
Selden, Fuller, Capen, Evans, Maxwell, Corbett, !N'elsou and other
streets in that immediate neighborhood, should be sewered as soon
as practicable during the coming season, as it has long been a
pressing necesssity.
The pumping station at Lyons street has been designed with a
liberal factor of safety, so as to be capable of pumping up, not only
the legitimate amount of house sewage due to the future probable
number of inhabitants, but also a moderate amount of leakage, or of
other storm water accidentally finding its way into the house sewers.
But for an outlet it has to depend at present on the old sewer in
Talbot avenue, which was not designed to meet any such emergency,
and which would prove of much too limited capacity in case the
amount pumped at Lyons street should seriously increase. I would
state that this plant at Lyons street is only designed for a temporary
relief, as eventually the only remedy for this district will be the con-
struction of a large tunnel sewer through the dividing ridge to
Dorchester bay, allowing the sewage to flow by gravity to the
Dorchester Interceptor.
WorTc done during 1896.
Forty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-three (43,453) linear
feet of sewers and surface drains were built by the city by contract
and day labor; and thirteen thousand six hundred and twenty-eight
(13,628) linear feet by private parties and released to the city.
Box BURY.
If the scheme to fill in the South bay is carried out as contem-
plated, it will be necessary to extend the Dorchester-brook sewer.
The route for the extension of this sewer is not as yet decided, as
much depends upon when and how much of the bay is filled. If it
is filled as far as Dover street, it would be better to run the sewer to
Kemp street. South Boston, where it will join a proposed overflow
sewer for that district, of almost equal size as itself, and from that
point a sewer large enough to take the flow of both sewers will be
carried to Dorchester bay. This route may be adopted even if the
filling is only carried as far as the present Harbor Commissioners'
line. The expense of this work, on account of its great size, makes
it necessary to give this subject careful study, and it is also necessary
to have a better understanding of what is to be done by the parties
owning the territory before adopting a route for this sewer.
The district bounded by Swett street, Dorchester brook, ISTorfolk
avenue and Gerard street, is one of the low districts in which (if
the combined system of sewers is built) there is going to be the same
old trouble about flooding. The few sewers that are now built,
which have been started on the combined plan, can be converted into
surface drains. Few houses are built and connected with the
sewers, but as streets have recently been laid out and built through
this territory, more houses will be Ibuilt and more sewers called for.
As the main interceptor runs through this district, it is easily
reached with house sewers from all parts of the district. The
sewer in Magazine street, which is situated in this district, is still
Street Department — Sewer Division. 331
discliargiuf? sewage on the flats at Massachusetts avenue. This
state of things must continue until a sewer is built to the Dorchester-
brook sewer. If the above suggestion for the district is to be
carried out, a pipe connection could be made with the interceptor at
Massachusetts avenue, and an overflow sewer built in Massachusetts
avenue to the Dorchester-brook sewer, connecting below the tide
gates. This will be the surface drain when the system is completed.
This is comparatively a new district. After the experience this
division has had it seems unwise to keep on building a system of
sewers (because the first cost is cheaper) that is almost sure to cause
trouble in storms, to say nothing of forever pumping the surface
water.
The sev/ers in Yeoman, Chadwick, Hampden and Albany streets
are in the same condition as mentioned in former reports. These
sewers are on the combined system, in a district the topography of
which makes the small size of the sewers in the low land more evi-
dent. The sewers in the high land, on account of their steep grades,
rapidly discharge the rain water into the sewers of the low laud. If
the tide is up during a severe rain, the sewers in the low land are
immediately filled, and on account of the great amount of water from
the high lands, are often filled above the level of the tide before it
can escape.
One remedy for the trouble is to rebuild the old sewers to a larger
size, or to build new sewers along the side of the present sewers, old
and new sewers combined to have the desired capacity.
The other remedy is to run a pipe sewer from the interceptor in
Massachusetts avenue to drain the cellars in the low district, the
present sewers to carry the storm water of the low land, and both
storm water and sewage of the high land. This would be an ideal
system for the district, one from which absolute freedom from flood-
ing would be insured, but, on account of the great expense, may not
be adopted.
The sewers in Parker street, between Westland avenue and Boyl-
ston street, in Haviland street, and in passageway north of Ilaviland
street, between Parker street and Massachusetts avenue, should be
rebuilt.
The sewer in Boylston street, between the Parkway and Parker
street, is badly settled, and should be rebuilt.
Sewers are needed on the sides of Stony brook to take sewage
out of the brook between Huntington avenue and Elmwood street, as
mentioned in former reports.
The ownership of the Muddy-river conduit was transferred from
the Park Department to this division in 1895. This is a wood and
concrete affair, 9 feet x H feet, in a dilapidated condition, and if not
rebuilt will be in danger of collapsing. As this structure is about
1,600 feet long, and at a grade of one foot below city base, the
expense of rebuibling will be large.
An overflow sewer to connect with the Muddy-river conduit is an
essential part of the system of sewers, of which the sewer in Vila
street is the main. This is not yet built, but will have to be before
many sewers receiving surface water can be added to the system.
The sewer inprivate street, north of Dale street, between Wakul-
lah street and Kockland street, and in Hewes street, has caused a
great deal of trouble. This is an ancient structure with plank bot-
tom, stone sides, and brick arch. It is too small for the amount it
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has to carry; therefore, at times, running under a head which forces
the water out through the sides into the neighboring cellars. To
remedy this, it will be necessary to start about 1,100 feet down stream,
and rebuild with a larger size and flatter grade as far as Walnut
avenue.
About 2,200 feet further up stream is the Sherman-street district,
which has been troubled a great deal by the small size of the sewers
between Sherman street and Walnut avenue. To relieve this district
it will be necessary to continue the proposed new sewer, mentioned
above, as far as Warren street. This subject was discussed in the
annual report for 1892.
The sewer in Columbus avenue, between Stony brook and the
new Dimock street, being about completed, the proposed sewer in
Dimock street, Notre Dame street and passageway to Washington
street, should be built. The people in this district have been
patiently waiting for a long time, and now that means of relief are
about to be provided, it should be pushed ahead as rapidly as
possible.
The surface drain built in 1895, in Huntington avenue, from
Muddy river to Heath street, should be extended up Heath street as
far as South Huntington avenue. Parties owning property in that
neighborhood are about to build streets and sewers. The city will
require sewers on the separate system, and unless the surface drain
is carried up Heath street, there will be no outlet available for their
surface drains.
The sewers in the Hammond-street district, the condition of which
has been noted in former reports, have not yet been rebuilt.
The Harrison-avenue sewer, from N'orthampton street to Eustis
street, which is in a deplorable condition, has been neglected year
after j'ear. It is now to be rebuilt, and work will commence at once.
The following is a list of defective sewers requiring rebuilding :
Davenport sti'eet, Columbus avenue to Tremont street.
Walpole street, Columbus avenue to Tremont street.
George street, Clarence street to Dorchester brook.
Geoi'ge street, Gerard to Magazine street.
Haskins street, Yeruon to Ruggles street.
Orchard street, off Yeoman street.
Winslow street, Palmer to Eustis street.
Marshfield street, Batchelder street to Norfolk avenue.
Hunneman street. Brown street to Harrison avenue.
Newcomb street. Reed street to Harrison avenue.
Lenox street, Sanford. place to Harrison avenue.
Halleck street, Euggles to Ward street.
The district bounded by Centre street, Day street, Parker Hill
and Columbus avenue, is made up of a somewhat level country on
the south, and the south side of Parker Hill on the north. The
trunk sewer for this district is the Old Heath and Minden-street
sewer. This sewer is large enough to take cai-e of the level section;
but as there are no sewers and catch-basins on the south side of
Parker Hill the rain-water rushes down the side of the hill to the
sewers in the low land, causing a great deal of flooding. The first
step was to put in a relief sewer through Old Heath street. This
has been built this year; but the full benefit will not be felt until
sewers and basins on the south side of Parker Hill are built.
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As the owners have begun to develop the land this year, one new
street having been built and a sewer laid there, there is a good pros-
pect for a demand for sewers, which, when built, will end the
troubles that have so long existed.
One short piece of sewer should be built immediately between the
manhole on Heath street, at Wensley street, and the manhole on new
relief sewer at Parker street and Heath street.
The sewers in Shawmut avenue, Eoxbury street and Guild row,
Burke street, Dorchester brook, Clapp to George street, are under
construction by day labor; and the sewers in Euggles street, Parker
street tO Back Bay Pens, Vancouver street, Ruggles street to
Huntington avenue, PuUerton street, Columbus avenue, Kitchie to
Dimock street are under construction by contract,
TFbrfc done in 1896.
Twenty-one thousand and eighty-three (21,083) linear feet of
sewers and surface drains were built by the city by contract and day
labor, and five thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight (5,788)
linear feet by private parties and released to the city.
City Proper.
The sewers in the South Cove district are now in a fair way of
general overhauling. The final decision of the Boston Tei'minal
Company to build the new Union Station with its tracks over many
of the sewers of the district, makes it necessary to commence this
work at once. The principal sewers within their taking are the east
side interceptor and common sewer in Federal street, and the Mt.
"Washington avenue and Harvard-street sewers. The two latter,
with the Pederal-street sewer, below Kneeland street, are the over-
flow sewers for the storm water of the district. The proposed de-
pressed tracks for suburban traffic are designed at a grade which will
cut off these sewers, making it necessary to lower all three sewers
from the depressed tracks to their ends at the channel. As this
would bring the sewer below low tide, the expense of this work would
be very large. Another serious consideration is that the Federal-
street sewer, northerly from the depressed tracks, is built of wood,
and eventually, though perhaps not for many years, will have to be
rebuilt. As this sewer will then lie under many of the tracks, cross-
ing at an acute angle, the work of rebuilding will be an inconvenience
to the railroad and an expense to the city well nigh incalculable. It
was, no doubt, these considerations that led the Terminal Company
to suggest that the intercepting sewer be rebuilt around their station
between East and Beach streets; and that the Harvard street,
Federal street, and Mt. Washington-avenue overflow sewers be com-
bined in one large sewer to be built in Mt. Washington avenue.
All other sewers, regulators, tide-gates, etc., (with the exception of
the main interceptor south of Beach street, which they propose to
leave intact) lying within their taking, are to be abandoned by the
city. The sewer in Federal street, between Kneeland street and
Essex street, is to be replaced by a new sewer in the new Cove street,
between the same limits.
The changes in the sewer system required by the Terminal Com-
pany now offer the opportunity so long delayed, but so much needed,
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of completing the design of 1888-89; that is, to give the Beach-
street sewer direct or open connection with the interceptor, first
shifting tlie district regulator at Dover street to a point on tlie inter-
ceptor in new Cove street, near Essex street, and building the neces-
sary regulators at Oswego and Kneeland streets. The regulator at
Harvard street will not then be needed; that sewer being abandoned
south of Harvard street and connected with the ivneeland-street
sewer by a sewer through South street.
Measurements taken during the heavy rains of .January 21, on the
interceptor at Beach street, showed a difference of six feet in the
level of the water at this point and the water in the interceptor on
Massachusetts avenue and Albany street; when the district regulator
is shifted the water in the interceptor at Beach street will be
lowered several feet during a storm of the severity of that of Jan-
uary 2 1 .
It will be seen at once what an advantage this will be to the Beach-
street district, as in all heavy rains the interceptor, being cut off at
Dover street, is immediately filled up, and the Beach-street sewer is
obliged to discharge against the tide. Moving the regulators from
within the taking of the Terminal Company will require the exten-
sion of branches from the interceptor to Cove street, at Kneeland
street and Beach street. This will be the commencement of what
is the only practical solution of the sewerage question for districts
situated as this is. The main sewers are chiefly wooden boxes, cut
off from the interceptor in heavy rains, therefore filling up to the
level of the tide, which has many times risen to grades 13 and 14,
while cellars connected with the sewers are legally allowed to be
built at grade 12. The result is evident, unless every drain is pro-
vided with a back-water trap, and that must not fail to Avork.
The branches of the interceptor mentioned above should be built
at such a grade that they can be extended all over the district and
converted into house sewers, discharging directly into the interceptor.
The old sewers can then be disconnected from the interceptor,
and used as surface drains only. This, though the most expensive
scheme on the start (it requiring another sewer or, perhaps, surface
drain in streets where there are now good sewers on the combined
system) will in the end be the cheapest, not only on account of the
freedom from danger of flooding and making low land more desir-
able for business purposes, but also by taking from the pumps, that
are now overburdened, all surface water and leakage, discharging it
directly into the sea.
"Work was started on the rebuilding of the sewers in Tyler street,
between Beach and Curve streets, and was completed between
Kneeland and Curve streets; the balance between Beach and Knee- ,
land streets has not been rebuilt. Instead of completing this work
as designed, on the combined system, the low-level house sewer pro-
posed in Kneeland street at new Union Station, should be continued
up Kneeland street, and a branch built up Tyler street, the old sewer
then converted into a storm sewer; this to be one of the first
steps towards carrying out the system proposed for this district, and
could be carried into the Church-street district, giving the relief so
much needed in that district.
Work has been started on the Canal-slreet relief sewer. This is
perhaps the most important of the many heirlooms that have been
handed down from year to year. The original line for the upper
NEW SEWER IN CENTRAL STREET, CANAL-STREET RELIEF SEWER.
Street Department — Sewer Division. 335
part of this sewer was from Blackstone street, across Haymarket
square to Canal street, and through that street to Causeway street.
For this work a loan of i$100,000 was asked.
The proposed route of the subway cut through this line at Hay-
market square, and the line was shifted to Haverhill and Causeway
streets to Canal street. Later when the subway plans were devel-
oped, it was found that the structure would occupy so much of Hav-
erhill street that there would be no room for a sewer of the size
required, and the lines were again shifted to Charlestown, Beverly
and Causeway streets to Canal street; this change will necessarily
increase the expense of the work over the cost of the line as origi-
nally proposed. To commence this work a loan of S25,000 has been
made, which will build up the sewer to about State street. This
work should not stop at this point; every effort should be made to
push it along to its completion.
The excavation for the subway has already cut off the sewer in
Haymarket square, and a temporary siphon has been built. The
building of the subway has caused the destruction of many
of the sewers along its route. In all cases they have been replaced
on the sides of the streets in a manner satisfactory to this
division, the work being inspected by one of the inspectors of this
division.
Large buildings with deep cellars are growing up near the sta-
tions of the subway, and wherever practicable the grade of the
sewers which the Transit Commission is building, to take the place
of the old sewers, destroyed by the building of the subway, has been
lowered to give the best drainage possible to these deep cellars.
The proposed sewer on the north side of Hanover street, between
Portland and Sudbury streets, and the proposed sewer on Tremont
row, will be built at grades considerably lower than those proposed
by the Transit Commission, which were substantially the same as
the grades of the old sewers, but in these cases the Transit Com-
mission has taken the ground that they have no right to build a
sewer any better than the old one which it is designed to replace,
and, if any additional expense is to be incurred to obtain better
drainage, that the Street Department must pay the difference ia
cost. Although this division does not concur in their view, it has
nevertheless agreed to bear the additional expense in the case of
the sewers above mentioned.
It was foreseen, previous to the building of the subway on Tre-
mont street, between Pemberton square and Beacon street, that a
deep sewer should be built in connection with the work of the sub-
way, on account of the extreme difficulty of ever building it after
the subway was completed; and this division used its utmost efforts
to induce the Transit Commission to build this sewer at a grade low
enough to drain out the deep cellars in this locality by gravity. The
Transit Commissioners refused to accede to the request of this divi-
sion, and the discussion was prolonged to such an extent that the
subway was practically completed without the low-grade sewer hav-
ing been built. This is particularly unfortunate from the fact that
there is no other way of approaching those buildings with a low
sewer except through Tremont street, on account of the high grade
of the land in the rear of these blocks. If a low-grade sewer is ever
built in this locality it would be an exceedingly interesting and
expensive undertaking. Until such a sewer is built the owners of
336 City Document No. 29.
these expensive buildings will be compelled to maintain some form
of pumping-plant to raise their sewage into the existing sewer,
which is quite shallow.
The connections with the interceptor for the Church-street, Dover-
street and Dedham-street districts are direct or open connections,
the flow of rain water being taken in without regulators. On ac-
count of the many floodings in this district this was deemed advisa-
ble; but the amount of rain-water to be pumped depends only upon
the amount that falls and the height of the tide, and must go on
forever under the present system. The present sewers in these
districts should be cut off from the interceptor, and converted into
storm sewers and small tight house-sewers at a good depth should
be connected with the interceptor. This would be a serious under-
taking, on account of the amount of money required and the engi-
neering difficulties to be encountered; but when completed, not only
would these districts feel the benefit, but other districts situated
above the district regulator would also feel the benefit, as from the
decrease in the amount of water poured into the east side inter-
ceptor, the sewage would not rise to the cut-off line of the regulator
nearly so quickly; thus the sewer situated above the district regu-
lator would be helped out. They are now cut off during every hard
rain, and fill up to the height of the tide, flooding out cellars.
The surface drainage of the Back Bay should be attended to. The
sewers of the Back Bay districts are on the combined system. The
trunk sewers, which run in a northerly direction, lie in Berkeley,
Dartmouth, Fairfield and Hereford streets. The lateral sewers,
running east and west, are in the passageways, thereby making it
necessary to have only surface drains in the streets running east
and west, and in Arlington, Clarendon, Exeter and Gloucester
streets, running north and south. It was stated last year that to
complete the surface drainage of the Back Bay would require 133
catch-basins and about 7,000 linear feet pipe surface drains or
sewers.
The result will be a very complete surface system ; but in all
cases the storm water would still be drained into a combined system
of sewers. The combined system is the cheapest of all sewer
systems to construct, and for a district in which the cellars are at or
above grade 15 is a very good system, as far as the danger of flood-
ing cellars is concerned; but for this, in which the cellars are about
grade 12, it seems to be only a matter of favorable circumstances
when every cellar may be flooded, for when the storm water has
raised the level of the water in the interceptor to a certain height,
the regulators on the above-mentioned four trunk sewers, close the
connections with the interceptor, and the storm water in the trunk
and lateral sewers must rise to a height above the level of the tide
before it can force open the tide gates and escape to the sea. The
predicted tides for 1897 show, in a number of cases, that the tide will
rise to grade 11.6. In a heavy easterly storm, the tide may be
forced one foot or more higher. The combination of rain storm
and high tide has happened, and floodings have occurred, as this
division is well aware.
The only way to insure absolute safety for this district is to
separate the storm water from the house sewage, and although this
would be very expensive, when the value of property that may be
destroyed in a flood is considered, it may be advisable to attempt it.
Street Department — Sewer Division. 337
The present trunk sewers are large enough to carry the storm
water. They could be converted into storm sewers. Pipe sewers
could be built from the interceptor along the side of the present
trunk sewers and connected with the present sewers in the passage-
ways, which would then be house sewers. Shallow surface drains
could be laid in the passageways, taking the flow from the catch-
basins and discharging it into the existing trunk sewers. Similar
surface drains could be carried where they do not already exist, up
streets that are j^arallel with the passageways, reaching all parts of
the district.
The regulators and connections between the interceptor and
trunk sewers could then be removed, and a district regulator placed
on the interceptor, just above Brimmer street.
On the water side of Beacon street one hundred and fifty-nine
(159) houses and forty-five (45) stables discharge drainage itito
Charles river. In 1892 a sewer was designed to drain these houses,
which was to be built in Back street. The outlet in Hereford street
was to run into Beacon street, and, as about that time that part of
Beacon street was to be asphalted, it was decided to build the out-
let across Beacon street. The work was carried to this point and
stopped, as at that time there was a proposition to build a boulevard
one hundred (100) feet wide back of the houses. As it would be
very much cheaper to build a sewer one hundred feet from the
water than to build it against an old sea wall in ground made of
clam shells and ashes, and in which tide water rises in many cases
as high as the tide itself, it was decided to delay the construction of
the sewer until something more definite was learned about the
boulevard. As the building of the boulevard seems to be as far in
the future as ever, and the houses still drain into the river, I would
suggest that the construction of the sewer be no longer delayed.
The sewers in Prince street, between Salem street and Bennet
avenue, and in the Eliot school-yard to Tileston street, and in Tiles-
ton street, between Salem and Hanover streets, should be rebuilt.
This system of sewers is in poor condition, and when rebuilt their
grade should be lowered, as the present system is too shallow.
The sewer in Hull street, an old wood, stone and brick affair,
should be rebuilt. This sewer was in bad condition in 1892, but on
account of the very steep slope on which it is built, and the exceed-
ingly hard nature of the ground in which it is built, it has
managed to continue to flow. This sewer is likely to be choked up
at any time.
A very large number of sewers in the city proper, especially in
the South Cove district, have settled, and are defective. The follow-
ing list will give an idea of the extent to which the city will be called
upon to rebuild sewers in the near future ; the rebuilding of a large
proportion of these cannot and should not be much longer post-
poned if the appropriation can possibly be secured, as the cleaning
of them is a continual expense.
Brighton street, from Milton to Leverett street.
Wall street, from Minot to Causeway street.
Wiget street, from I^orth Margin to Salem street.
Haverhill street, from Traverse to Causeway street.
Nashua street, from Minot to Causeway street.
India street, from Central street to India square.
338 City Document No. 29.
Milton street, from Brighton to Spring street.
Leverett street, from Causeway to Green street.
Chatham street, from Commercial street to Merchants' row.
Bread street, from India to Broad street.
Stillman street, from Charlestown to Salem street.
Way street, from Harrison avenue to Albany street.
East street, from Cove to Lincoln street.
Edinboro' street, from Essex to Beach street.
South street, from Beach to Kneeland street.
Winchester street, from Church street to Edgerly place.
Appleton street, from Tremont to Berkeley street.
Albany street, from Genesee to Troy street.
Oak street, from Albany to Hudson street.
Warren avenue, from Dartmouth to Clarendon street.
Passageway between Concord street and Worcester square.
St. Charles, Guy, Piedmont, Ferdinand and Kirkland streets are
badly settled, and need either partial or complete rebuilding.
Work done during 1896.
The filling in of the dock into which the Pearl-street district
sewer overflowed made it necessary to remove the overflow sewer.
A sewer was built in Atlantic avenue and Congiess street, pitching
toward Pearl street, where it is connected with the interceptor. At
the outer or seaward end of the sewer, tide gates were built. This
sewer does the work of two sewers, in dry weather carrying sewage
to the interceptor, and in rain storms flowing up hill, forcing open
the tide gates, and discharging storm water into the sea. This seems
to be a very desirable design to adopt when the interceptor is situ-
ated back from the shore line.
The old leaky wooden sewers in Endicott street, between Cause-
way and Thacher streets, between Endicott and I^Torth Margin streets,
have been replaced with tight brick sewers.
The sewerage system for the markets, that has been so long in a
most deplorable condition, has been rebuilt, and is now in satisfac-
tory working order.
The Falmouth and INorwa^^-street sewers that have been in so
much danger of collapsing for a number of years have been rebuilt.
Sewers in Webster avenue and Unity street, and Beacon street,,
west of Charlesgate West, are under construction by day labor.
Six thousand one hundred and forty-five (6,145) linear feet of
sewers and surface drains were built by the cily by contract and day
labor, and five thousand five hundred and thirty-seven (5,637) linear
feet by private parties and released to the city.
Surface Drainage.
The problem of surface drainage for the city of Boston has been
exhaustively discussed in the annual reports for a number of years,
but yet a few words more upon the subject, together with some
statements of the amount of work it will be necessary to do, may
not be amiss.
There are two different aspects in which the problem of surface
drainage presents itself; the first is that of providing outlets for
new catch-basins other than the old existing house sewers. Surface
Street Depaet]ment — Seaver Division. 339
drains for this purpose might often be of no very great length, say
300 to 600 feet, and twelve, fifteen, and eighteen-inch pipe. But in
that case they would have to empty into the existing water-courses
where those cross the streets through culverts.
The second aspect of surface drainage is that concerned with the
keeping open and preservation of these same water-courses; or of
substituting for them, when more convenient, large drains in the
neighboring streets. It may often be a question whether it will
be cheaper, wiser and better every way, to preserve the old brook
channel, or to make one in a parallel street. Each case must be
decided on its own merits. But as the old stream always runs in
the lowest ground, it is better to preserve the old channel, unless it
has been so far obliterated as to render it impracticable.
The history of the water-courses in the suburbs of Boston, that
is, in Dorchester, West Roxbury and Brighton, would be a curious
one. In many cases it seems as if the residents had regarded them
as nuisances which could be removed by simply filling them up;
forgetting that the same amount of rain must fall on any territory,
no matter how highly improved, as has always fallen from the crea-
tion of this continent. This rain, of course, must be disposed of by
artificial means if the natural means have been destroyed.
The course, therefore, that se&ms best for the city of Boston to
pursue about surface drainage would be two-fold.
1. The city should, in the majority of cases where new catch
basins are built, empty them into short surface drains leading to the
nearest culvert or brook channel.
2. The city should take charge of straightening and deepening
the channels of the brooks between the streets. In a great many
cases this can be done by means of open channels; bi'ick, stone, or
concrete culverts being built of the proper size and at the proper
depth, where the brooks cross the streets. In this way the
" regime" of the stream will be fixed beyond the possibility of un-
authorized change, while the expense of covered channels for the
whole length of the brooks will be postponed for many years, until it
is forced by dense settlement.
The following tables, hastily prepared, give an approximate bird's-
eye view of the surface drains which would be required in the
principal valleys of Dorchester, West Roxbury, and Brighton during
the next ten years. This is meant only as an illustration of the
size and importance of the subject. It is impossible to predict in
advance just which or how many of these surface drains will be re-
quired first; this would depend on a number of uncertain circum-
stances, the priority of settlement, the number of inhabitants, and
many other circumstances, only known as they appear from time to
time.
340
City Document No. 29,
General Scheme for Surface Drains in Dorciiester District.
[Approximate.]
District.
Dorchester brook
Crescent-avenue brook
Sidney and Soudan-streets brook
Wesley-avenue and Sidney-street brook .
Midland-street brook
Dorchester avenue, between Savin-Hill and
Roach -street brook
Glover' s-corner brook
Clayton and Greenwich- streets brook
Ashland and Capen-streets brook
Preston and Mills-streets brook
Elm- street brook
Park street at Harrison-square brook
Park, Dickens and Adams-streets «brook..
Tenean brook or Smelt brook
Tenean street, near Freeport-street brook . .
Neponset brook
Taylor-street brook
Davenport brook
Richmond and Adams-streets brook
Central- avenue brook
Idaho-street brook
Brook, 750 feet west of last above
Brook, 2,250 feet west of last above
Brook, 300 feet west of last above
Mattapan brook
Oakland-street brook
Stony brook
Grand total.
Length of
Surface Drain
needed in next
ten years.
Linear Feet.
9,000
1,000
650
1,600
700
3,000
1,500
3,000
400
1,000
1,000
400
1,000
30,000
1,500
4,000
500
6,000
3,000
800
1,500
3,000
500
500
13,000
2,500
7,500
Approximate
Cost.
120,000 00
2,500 00
1,450 00
4,000 00
1,000 00
6,000 00
4,000 00
6,000 00
600 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
600 00
2,000 00
72,000 00
2,500 00
6,000 00
1,000 00
9,000 00
800 00
1,200 00
3,000 00
6,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
27,000 00
5,000 00
22,000 00
$209,650 00
Street Department — Sewer Division.
341
General Scheme for Surface Drains in West Roxbury.
[Approximate.]
DISTEICT.
Goldsmith brook
Arundel street branch of Roslindale branch
of Stony brook
Hewlitt and Farquhar streets branch of
Stony brook
Spring-street brook
Eoslindale branch of Stony brook .
Montview and Kirk -streets brook .
Grand total
Length of
Surface Drain
needed in next
ten years.
Linear Feet.
Approximate
Cost.
2,155
$21,095 00
3,990
24,925 00
2,010
12,940 00
7,060
28,207 00
3,500
35,920 00
1,200
4,200 00
$127,287 00
General Scheme for Surface Drains in Brighton.
[Approximate.]
District.
Length of
Surface Drain
needed in next
ten years.
Linear Feet.
Approximate
Cost.
Faneuil-valley brook
6,525
1,480
1,800
2,400
1,700
800
2,150
10,525
$53,768 75
10,712 50
12,600 00
21,500 00
24,400 00
5,800 00
17,225 00
152,956 25
Oak-square branch of Faneuil-valley brook.
Market-street branch of Faneuil-valley
brook
Holmes-avenue brook
Salt-creek brook
Brook across Commonwealth avenue, be-
tween Kinross and Sutherland roads
Brook, from Chiswick road to Common-
wealth avenue, and down Strathmore
road ,
Brook, from Shepard street to Western
avenue
Grand total
$298,962 50
342 City Document No. 29.
Taking up the various principal valleys in Dorchester, somewhat
in their order, from north to south, and then from east to west, I
will begin with the west branch of Dorchester bx'ook.
This rises in Washington street near Grove Hall, and runs down
just east of Blue Hill avenue, crossing Lawrence avenue and Quincy
street, and running through the old William Gray estate, near
Howard avenue, joining the easterly branch, near Durginville.
The city is now building a separate system of sewers in the
territory between Geneva and Lawrence avenues ; house-sewer,
12-inch pipe; surface drain, from 3 to 4|- feet diameter. Below
Lawrence avenue there is onlj- a combined system, sewer and brook
being in one channel, a good deal of which is of a capacity of about
50 to 70 cubic feet per second. The area above Lawrence avenue is
about 180 acres. The area of the whole brook is about 430 acres.
It is evident that if storm water is to be admitted more freely at the
upper end (which must happen as the settlement increases) some
new outlet must be found for the storm water below, or flooding of
low cellars will result.
The largest size of the existing old combined sewer is 4 feet X 4
feet 6 inches, cross sectional area, 15 square feet; the largest size of
the surface drain needed for this valley would probably be about 11
feet ; cross sectional area 95 square feet.
The easterly branch of Dorchester brook rises on Mount Bowdoin,
near the New England Eailroad, and follows the general route of that
railroad to Dudley street, and then through Humphreys street to
the other branch at Durginville.
This valley, like the preceding, is supplied by combined systems;
that is, the brook and sewer are all one. The size of the sewer at
Columbia-street crossing is about 42 inches X 36 inches; area above
this point 70 acres. Total area of the brook, 225 acres; largest
size of existing sewer, 5 feet, with cross sectional area of 20 square
feet. Probable largest size of surface drain required, 6 feet 3
inches, with cross sectional area of 30 square feet.
The inadequacy of the existing sewer for the storm water is
already shown, at the Quincy-street crossing under the bridge, where
it is reported that the street has had two feet of water in it during
storms.
The next valley of interest is at Crescent avenue. Area of valley
above Dorchester avenue, 40 acres; size of combined sewer below
Dorchester avenue, 3 feet; capacity, 30 cubic feet per second and less.
This is a place where the culvert under Dorchester avenue has
been obstructed, and much complaint has been made from the flow-
age in the neighborhood of Pond and East Cottage streets. Prob-
ably the only substantial relief for this district will be had in the
building of additional surface drains, to supplement the existing
combined sewer.
We now come to the valley of Hancock and Freeport streets,
emptying at Glover's corner. There has been more or less com-
plaint of flooded cellars and surface water, particularly from the
neighborhood of Trull street, and also of Draper's court. No
permanent relief or improvement can be obtained here without a
system of surface drains.
We now come to the valley of what is called at its lower end,
where tide flows, " Tenean creek," and in its upper part, "Smelt
brook."
Street Department — Sewer Division. 343
This brook is divided into two sections. The northern part rises
at Washington street, near Olney, and flows down b}"^ Geneva avenue
to the " clay pits," so called, and from there through the sewer yard
to Park and Mill streets. The south branch rises on Washington
street above Carlisle street, and flows down across Melbourne street
and Dorchester avenue, by the way of Lonsdale and Edwin streets,
crossing King, Centre, Dix, Parkmau, and Gibson streets, to the
sewer yard, where it joins the other branch.
With regard to the first named or north branch, the city has
already built a liberal surface drain in Geneva avenue and Westville
street, as well as culverts under Josephine and Charles streets, also a
wooden channel, 6 X 6, in what is called the " old garbage yard."
It would be well to complete this work as soon as practicable, at
least to the extent of building culverts under the remaining streets,
and deepening and straightening the channels between culverts.
On the south branch of this brook there is much swampy terri-
tory, and there are many new streets laid out and built upon in the
square formed by Dorchester avenue. King, Adams, and Ashmont
streets. On one of these new streets, Lonsdale street, also across
Dorchester avenue, new culverts have been built of the proper size.
'No other scientific improvement of the channel has been made, but
on the contrary it has been diverted through small pipes to suit the
convenience of land owners. Some petitions have been sent in,
asking the city to build a system of drainage for this whole territory.
The least to be done is to straighten the line between existing cul-
verts. Below this square, culverts have been built across King,
■Centre, Dix, Parkmau, and Gibson streets.
Between the outlet of the last named at Commercial point and
USTeponset there are some small outlets, mostly tidal and draining, but
little area. The only one needing mention here is one crossing .
Tenean street, 300 feet north of Fulton street, where the old
wooden culvert has broken in, and should be rebuilt, either in wood
or in better material.
We now come to a somewhat extensive stream called Davenport
"brook, which rises on Codman hill, also on the edge of Lower Mills
Village, and also near Armandine street, and fiows down, one branch
through the Churchill meadow and Codman street, the other
branch from Armandine, through Bailey and Van Winkle streets, to
join the other, near the corner of Adams and Minot streets, from
which point they flow by Marsh street to the Neponset river.
On the north branch of this brook, in Armandine, Ashmont,
Bailey and Puller streets, the condition of things is bad. Private
parties have apparently fought the brook as if it were an enemy, and
liave so abused it as to put it clean out of sight; except in times of
freshet, when it asserts itself bj filling cellars, spreading over low
lands, and sending the neighboring citizens into this division to ask
for protection against malaria and diphtheria. (There doubtless
being on this brook, as on most others, sink drains and water-closets
emptying into the stream.)
On the south branch of this brook, leading from the rear part of
Lower Mills Village, there is not so much complaint, as the locality
is not so much settled. There is, however, some zymotic disease,
calling for sewerage facilities; and there is an excellent chance to
improve the sluggish, swampy brook channel now, while the terri-
tory is still unsettled.
344 City Document No. 29.
The next brook along the ISTeponset river is the Mattapan brook,
which rises at Capeu and Selden streets, and flows along by the
Forest-avenue station and the 'New England Railroad to Mattapan
station on that railroad, whence it follows nearly the line of Blue
Hill avenue, crossing it very obliquely to the Neponset river at Mat-
tapan square.
Between the New England railroad and the N"eponset river, this
brook would so much affect the proposed widening of Blue Hill
avenue (running in it a good deal of the way) that some scheme for
its improvement in that part would have to be incorporated into the
widening. The upper part of the brook is so extremely fiat and
swampy that it would very soon be a menace to the health of that
rapidly-growing neighborhood, and ought to be straightened and
deepened as a measure of sanitar}' precaution. There are on this
brook probably 150 acres of swampy land, flowed every winter and
spring, out of a total of 300 acres.
The last brook on the Neponset river is the Oakland brook, which
rises on Oakland street, near Calvary Cemetei-y, flows northward in
front of Mount Hope Cemetery, turns and runs eastward, then south-
eastward, parallel with Walk Hill street ; thence southerly, cross-
ing Oakland street, and crossing the New England Railroad, near
Rugby station, where it receives a large branch from the town of
Hyde Park, and crossing River street makes its way into the Nepon-
set river.
This brook has recently been studied by this division, in connec-
tion with the " Board of Survey " squares, being prepared for filing
by the surveyors of the Street Commissioners' Department. Almost
the whol6 valley of this brook is in a dense forest; but evidently the
time when it will come into market in competition with its immedi-
ate neighbors is not far off, and it would be a great blessing to its
future inhabitants if a scheme for improving the channel of the brook
could be carried out in advance of the building of streets and houses.
We now come to the westerly quarter of Dorchester, which lies
in the valley of Stony brook. This territory in its northerly part is
high and rolling, sloping gently from Mount Bowdoin and Grove
Hall to Talbot avenue. This portion of it needs very soon a good
many lengths of surface drain, but no very extensive system at
present, until the brooks are improved lower down. But south of
Talbot avenue the condition of things is very different. There is a
territory centring at Lauriat avenue and Dorchester station on the
New England Railroad, which is natui'ally very swampy, and which
has been settled up in advance of any system of drainage. The
wants of the inhabitants here for house sewerage will soon be met
by the comiDletion of the new pumping station, by which their house
sewage will be pumped over through Talbot avenue and the Centre-
street tunnel to Dorchester bay. But this can evidently do abso-
lutely nothing towards the surface drainage of the land; that is,
towards relieving it from the rain water of 800 acres, brought down
from Mount Bowdoin and Franklin Park, and diffusing itself over
acres of swampy land. The natural course of the water from this
territory is by the "Canterbury branch" of Stony brook, which
crosses Blue Hill avenue, near Chapman avenue; thence crossing
Harvard, Morton, and Walk Hill streets, passes just eastward of
Canterbury street, to join the main stream of Stony brook, which
flows from there by Forest Hills and Roxbury stations to the Back
Street Department — Sewer Division. 346
Bay. But this course from Dorchester to the Back Bay is very long
and flat. From the new pump house, near Dorchester station, by
the route of the most convenient streets to Dorchester bay, near
Harrison square, is about 2| miles. From the same pump house by
the valley of Stony brook to its outlet at Beacon street, near Charles
street, is about 5^ miles. There is practically the same fall of 50
feet to high tide in either direction. This implies an average slope
of about 9 feet to the mile towards the Back Bay, and an average
slope of about 22 feet to the mile to Dorchester bay. But in the latter
case, inasmuch as the intervening ridge is about 40 feet above the
point of starting, the utilization of this route would probablj^ be by a
tunnel, passing at a flat grade 60 or 60 feet below the summit, and then
by a channel having a quick descent to the waters of Dorchester bay.
l^To doubt the drainage of this section of Stony brook in Dorches-
ter, as well as of quite a tract lying on the brook in West Roxbury,
could be most speedily and effectually handled by means of such a
tunnel, were it made large enough. The cost, however, would be
considerable; it has been variously estimated at from S250,000 to
$300,000 which has probably prevented it from being favorably con-
sidered up to the present time. There would be various advantages,
however, connected with this tunnel, for the disposition of house
sewage, which will be touched on later.
If it should prove that the time is not ripe for such a tunnel, a
comparatively inexpensive relief for the surface drainage of the
Lauriat-avenue and Chapman-avenue region can be obtained by
deepening the open channel of the Canterbury branch of Stony
brook down to the main brook, a distance of about 10,000 feet.
(The main brook at this point was straightened and deepened to the
established grade by the town of West Roxbury previous to annexa-
tion.) This is an improvement, by the way, which ought to be
made at an early date for purjDoses of general sanitation and agricul-
tural improvement.
Meanwhile, the existing state of things near Lauriat avenue is
about as bad as anywhere in the city of Boston. This large brook,
for the reception of which the city has built culverts across Lauriat
avenue, 6 feet square, has been interrupted at many points by
private streets with only 15 and 18-inch pipes provided for culverts.
West Roxbury.
GoldsmitlVs 'brook.
The two branches of this brook rise near the line between West
Roxbury and Brookline, and flowing down on opposite sides of Moss
hill come together near Goldsmith street. From this point to Wood-
man street, a distance of about 400 feet, there is at present an open
channel which needs widening and deepening. From Woodman
street, across private land to Jamaica street, there is a culvert of
about 15 square feet cross-sectional area, which should be increased
to at least 30.
From Jamaica street to the easterly side of South street, a dis-
tance of about 600 feet, the present channel is large enough to sat-
isfy the probable needs for the next ten years.
At South street the area naturally drained by the brook is about
650 acres, and the sewers at present built in this area receive more
or less storm water which properly should be taken directly to the
brook.
346 City DocumejS't No. 29.
From South street to Call street, a distance of about 950 feet, the
channel of the brook is, for the greater part of the distance, in a most
deplorable condition. The yards and cellars are flooded during
heavy storms and, except for a very small part of the way, no pre-
tence is made of providing a sufficient channel, or of confining the
brook within proper bounds.
Under Call street and the iN". Y., IST. H. & H. E.R., Providence
Division, the channel is of sufficient size, but from the railroad to
Washington street, a distance of about 450 feet, there is an open
channel, of shallow depth, which seems to be a receptacle for all
sorts of rubbish, and in warm weather is a menace to the health of
the residents in this locality.
From Washington street to Stony brook is a large well-built cul-
vert constructed by the city in 1895.
Arimdel-street hrcmch of JRoslindale branch of Stony brooh.
This brook drains a considerable area of swampy land bounded by
Walter, Weld and Selwyn streets, containing about 40 acres. The
main brook runs across Selwyn, Knoll, Arundel, Mozart, Hewlett,
Parquhar and South streets, and the Ills'. Y., N. H. & H. R.E.., and
Birch street, below which point it requires no attention at present.
At South and Hewlett streets are culverts of sufficient size.
Under the other streets the culverts are much too small and should
be rebuilt at a very early date.
The channel in other places, except where it crosses streets, re-
quires deepening and widening.
Hewlett and Farquhar-streets branch.
This branch rises a little above Centre street, between Hewlett
and Farquhar streets, and joins the Arundel-street branch about 250
feet from Walter street.
The culvert under Centre street is at present in a tumble-down
condition, through which the water trickles without any pretence of
free flow, and on the up-stream side stands in a large pool during
wet weather.
Between Centre and Hewlett streets is, for part of the way, an
open channel, and for the remainder of the distance a 6-inch pipe.
The care of the water, after the culvert under Centre street is re-
built, will require a .30-inch pipe. This will connect with the 30-inch
pipe under Hewlett street, built in 1896.
From Hewlett street to Selwyn street there is an open channel
which, for some three or four years to come, will probably require
no attention. Within ten years, however, it will be necessary to
make this into a walled channel.
At Selwyn street the brook was taken a few years ago by private
parties into a 15-inch pipe, and carried up Selwyn street to Hewlett
street, and thence down Hewlett street to the main branch, near
Walter street. This 15-inch pipe has a capacity of about 3^ cubic
feet per second, and will in a few years be called upon to carry some
40 cubic feet per second, thus necessitating the rebuilding of the
channel between the limits given above.
The area drained by these two brooks contains at present over 100
houses. There is a sewer in Hewlett street, and sewers nearly com-
pleted in Mozart, Selwyn and Arundel streets; also a demand for
sewers in other streets in this area.
Street Department — Sewer Division. 347
There is every reason to suppose that the usual attempt will be
made by the property owners to fill in the brooks where they cross
their land, particularly as these brooks in the summer time carry
very little water. As the sewers in this vicinity are all designed on
the separate system, they are utterly inadequate to care for any sur-
face water from the streets.
Spring-street brook, heticeen Charles river and head waters of the
brook near Bellevue street.
This brook at present receives the sewage from quite a number of
houses lying in the area between Centre, Spring and Baker streets.
The sewers to be built in this area in the near future will connect
with the Metropolitan sewer, now in process of construction, and are
designed to carry only house sewage. This brook, therefore, will
be an outlet for surface drainage for quite a large territory, and it is,
therefore, of great importance that the channel be preserved in good
condition, and when improvement is necessary that the improve-
ments be built of proper size.
From the river to Baker street, a distance of about 3,500 feet, it
is proposed to have an open channel, part being with sloping earth
sides, and part with walled sides.
From Baker street to Centre street will be required a brick chan-
nel, containing from 12|^ to 23^ square feet cross-sectional area. The
existing culverts vary from 1 to 6 square feet in cross-sectional area.
From Centre street up, an open channel will answer for some
time to come.
Boslindale branch of Stony brook, from Washington street to Central
station.
This brook has been abused much less than any of those above
mentioned, probably owing to the fact that building operations have
begun in this territory within only a few years. It will require a
wider and deeper channel, with proper culverts under the various
streets, as the area becomes settled.
Brook from Montvieio street, near Kirk street, to Centre street, near
Corey street.
This case is the worst that has been brought to notice in AVest
Boxbury. At Centre street the brook has been taken into the sur-
face drain in that street, and from Montview street nearly, or quite
to Centre street, the channel is practically obliterated. For some
little distance down from Montview street, however, there is a blind
•drain which replaced the brook, and the location of which, I am
informed, can be easily determined in wet weather.
This blind drain does not operate to any extent, and as the surface
of the ground at the outlet to the culvert under Montview street has
been filled in to a height somewhat above the water line of the cul-
vert, the water instead of running off becomes stagnant.
A request was made by the West Eoxbury Improvement Society
that the culvert be abandoned, and the basins connected with it be
connected with the sewer in the street.
The sewers in the neighborhood are on the separate system and
should receive no storm water whatever.
The above request is a fair sample of what always comes to pass if
owners of land are allowed to interfere with natural water courses.
348 City Document No. 29.
Brighton.
Faneuil Valley 'brooTc, from upper culvert at Lake street, to
Wool pond, near North Beacon street.
Culverts of size sufficient to answer for many years were built in
1891, under Lake street, at the two points where this brook crosses it.
Between these points it is probable that no change will be made in
the brook until the streets laid out by the Street Commission on the
east side of Lake street are constructed, some of which cross this
brook. Culverts under the streets will then be necessary, and the
brook in the land between the streets will require walled sides. In
this area the brook will receive all the surface water from the
streets.
From the lower culvert, under Lake street, to Hobart street, the
conditions are the same as above.
There are culverts under Washington, Fairbanks Oakland, and
Faneuil streets built by the city, of proper size, but at Hobart street
the culvert will require to be much larger than at present.
From Hobart street to Wool pond the brook is carried part of the
way in an open-walled channel, and part of the way in a covered
channel. Neither of these is of sufficient capacity to last for many
years, except at Parsons street, where there is a culvert of proper
size.
Oak-square branch of Faneuil Valley hrooTc, from Brooks pond
to Oak square.
Under Brackett street and at Faneuil and Brooks streets, at the
junction of the two streets, culverts of about 25 square feet cross-
sectional area are needed in place of the very small culverts at
present in use.
In the private land between the streets the channel should be
deepened and widened and the sides protected by stone walls.
At Oak square this brook receives all the surface water from Tre-
mont and ISTonantum streets, and a large part of Washington street,
northwest of Oak square.
Brook from Market street, near Faneuil street, to outlet near North
Beacon street.
The upper part of this brook, near Market street, has been filled
in within two years. The lower part is in a covered channel of in-
sufficient size. The middle part of the brook is open, and receives
water from the hills in the vicinity.
There has been complaint by the owner of the land that in time
of storm, or when the snow melted in the spring, that his land was
flooded on account of the outlet being obstructed.
The upper and lower part of this brook should be taken into a 3-
foot 6-inch circular brick conduit, and the middle part improved
for the present by building an open channel, with walled sides.
Holmes-avenue hrook, from Harvard avenue to culvert, under
Commonwealth avenue, near Griggs street.
Culverts have been built in 1896 under Holmes avenue, at the
two crossings of this brook. Owing to the proximity of Common-
wealth avenue, and the fact that streets running perpendicular to
Street Department — Sewer Division. 349
Holmes avenue have recently been completed in the town of Brook-
line, the line between which town and Boston is only about 250 feet
from Holmes avenue, it seems probable that the land abutting on
this street will soon be developed. On this account the proper thing
to do is to take the brook into a brick conduit, which will vary from
16 to 24 square feet in cross-sectional area.
Salt Creek brook, between Boston & Albany Bailroad and Com-
monwealth avenue.
This brook is the outlet for all the surface water falling on Com-
monwealth avenue, between Pleasant street and the summit south-
west of Warren street, as well as for all the streets already built or to
be built between the avenue and the southerly limits of the drain-
age area which lies in the town of Brookline. It is also the outlet
for several branches lying wholly or in part in Brookline. This
brook should be widened and deepened, with stone-wall sides, from
the railroad up to the northerly line of Commonwealth avenue.
From that point, for a distance of about 100 feet under the avenue,
a new culvert was built in 1892, but in the southerly 60 feet of the
avenue the old culvert of inadequate size and poor condition remains.
From the southerly side of the avenue a new culvert, following
about the course of the brook, was built by private parties in 1893.
It lies in private land, and is too small in size and of poor con-
struction.
The last two mentioned should be rebuilt, thus aifording an ade-
quate outlet for the present concrete conduit in Commonwealth
avenue.
Brook across Commonwealth avenue, between Kinross and Suther-
land roads.
There is at present a culvert under the avenue and under Suther-
land road which is not in very good condition, but will probably
answer until the avenue is built to its full width. Below the avenue
the brook should be taken into a brick conduit and carried down to
connect with the brick drain built by private parties when the land
along the lower part of the brook was developed.
The land in this vicinity is of considerable value, and as the sew-
ers all drain into Brookline territory, and must be on the separate
system, it is of importance that the brook be preserved to carry the
surface water.
Brook from Chiswick road through prioate land to Commonwealth
avenue, thence across the avenue and down Strathmove road to
connect with existing channel at Engleuoood avenue.
This brook should be taken into a channel of proper size, as it will
receive the surface water from streets covering considerable terri-
tory. The upper 650 feet of this brook lies in private land, and as it
contains water only a few months in the year, and the land in this
vicinity is being rapidly developed, means should at once be taken
to preserve the channel. The remainder of the brook is carried in
streets by small pipes and tumble-down stone drains to a brick con-
duit, built by private parties, and extending into the town of Brook-
line. It will require a channel containing about 1^ square feet cross-
sectional area.
350 City Document No. 29.
Shepard-street hrooh^from Shannon street to Western avenue.
The present condition of this water course is a source of annoy-
ance to the property owners in various parts of this drainage area,
and will become more so as the territory increases in population.
The brook rises near Union and Shannon streets, and formerly
flowed across Shannon, Shepard, Washington and other streets to
Western avenue, and thence to the Charles river. The condition
of the brook at this time is as follows:
It is carried across Shannon street in a 24-inch pipe, laid by the
city, from a point near its source to about half-way between Shannon
and Shepard streets, where it empties into the open channel. A
short distance below it is taken into a 15-inch pipe, built by private
parties several years ago, and carried to Shepard street, at which
point it is taken into the Shepard-street sewer. As the sewer in
Shepard street has a capacity of only 4 cubic feet per second, and
the water delivered by the brook at this point may, in time of aver-
age storm, amount to 15 or 20 cubic feet per second, it is not
at all remarkable that some of the cellars and yards in this vicinity
are flooded during storms.
From Shepard street to the West End car-house, near Washington
street, the channel of the brook is obliterated; but the channel under
the car-house still remains. From that point to Sparhawk street,
the old, covered stone channel is in existence. Its location is known
approximately, but not its size or condition. The catch-basins at
the junction of Cambridge and Washington streets, which formerly
emptied into the brook at this point, are now running into the sewer
in Washington street, and in time of storm assist in overcrowding
this sewer and flooding the cellars in the vicinity. From Sparhawk
street to Murdock street the brook is entirely wiped out.
From Murdock street to IsTorth Beacon street, the channel remains;
but at North Beacon street the brook was several years ago taken
into the sewer at the earnest solicitation of one of the large property
owners of Brighton. As the sewer was never designed to carry any
such quantity of water as is brought to it by the brook, and is en-
tirely inadequate for such purposes, the natural result has been that
the sewer, in time of storm, is greatly overtaxed, and cellars along the
valley of the brook are often flooded. It is perhaps a case of poetic
justice that the man who was chiefly instrumental in having the
brook taken into the sewer in order that it might be removed from
his land farther down, has been one of the greatest sufferers from
the overcrowding of the sewer. To restore the brook to this point
will require a conduit, varying from 24 inches to 5 feet 6 inches in
diameter.
From ISTorth Beacon street, nearly to Everett street, the channel is
entirely obliterated; and, although there is a short length of open
channel near Everett street, it has no outlet. From ISTorth Beacon
street to Everett street would require a conduit of about 40 square
feet cross-sectional area.
From the easterly side of Everett street to North Harvard street,
the brook is carried in a covered channel, laid by private parties,
consisting of wooden culverts and earthenware pipes, which vary in
capacity from 3 to 8 cubic feet per second. If we consider
only the area between Everett and Franklin streets, the quantity
that will be brought to these pipes when the land is a little more
developed will be at least 40 cubic feet per second. If we
Street Department — Sewer Division. 351
consider the entire drainage area of the brook down lo this point it
will ultimately amount to 260 cubic feet per second. As the
territory between Lincoln street and North Harvard street is sewered
on the separate system, the necessity of providing an adequate out-
let for surface water can readily be seen.
From a little beyond North Harvard street to Western avenue,
and thence to the Charles river, there is an open channel which
would only require deepening and widening, with perhaps walled
sides.
It will be seen by the above report on surface drains that thi&
division has made a very careful study of this, both on an engineer-
ing and scientific basis. This is a subject that has caused a great
deal of trouble to the division, but the trouble in the past is nothing
to what the trouble will be in the future, unless some remedy is
given. The city has re^^orted a bill to the Legislature for the relief
of surface drainaee.
352 City Document No. 29.
MAIN DRAINAGE.
In the early history of Boston, when any citizen, or number of cit-
izens, deemed it necessary to have a sewer to drain tlieir cellars or
lands, they proceeded without reference to the town government to
construct and control a sewer to discharge by gravity on the most
direct route to the tide water, of such size and materials as they
saw fit.
With the increased importance of the town government, no drain
was allowed to be laid or repaired without permission of the select-
men; but even then drains of all sorts, sizes and shapes were laid,
sometimes more than one in a street, side by side, or one above the
other, with no plans to show their location or the position of those
previously laid.
Until it became a city, in 1823, and took control of all the sewers,
new and old, the greater part of Boston was sewered in this way.
Fourteen years later a " Superintendent of Sewers" was appointed
to have entire charge of the sewers.
While Boston was a small city, situated on hilly land, with good
slopes on all sides toward the water, allowing the sewers a grade
that prevented any accumulation of deposits, the amount of sew-
age, insignificant when compared with the immense volume of sea
water, caused little annoyance b}'' the method of sewage disposal
in use.
The increasing population and growth of the city, the territorial
enlargement being for the most part hj reclaiming the tidal marshes
and flats, requiring the extension of sewers on slight, and, in some
cases, level grades to the tide water, brought the evils of the sewer-
age sj'stem, or lack of system, into public notice.
The flood tide in closing the tide gates at the sewer outlets pre-
vented the escape of the sewage, and forced the sewers to act for the
greater part of twelve hours as stagnant, elongated cesspools, whose
efficiency was being lessened daily by amassing deposits too solid to
be removed by the feeble current produced by the ebbing of the
tide. During high tide a heavy rain would surcharge the sewers,
flood the cellars, and force the sewage itself into the houses.
Such an unbearable stench arose from the deposits putrifying in
the sewers and in the catch-basins, constructed on the sewer lines,
that all ventilating openings were sealed. In event of the wind
blowing into the sewer, or the rising sewage, dammed by the flood
tide, compressing the air, the foul sewer gas was forced up the badly
constructed drains into the houses.
The sewage discharged from the seventy independent outlets dur-
ing the latter part of the ebb, returning on the flood, was deposited,
not only on the flats about the sewer outlets, but also far inland,
there to decompose and fill the atmosphere with vile, penetrating
odors that hung over the city from end to end.
The air was so polluted, especially in the neighborhood of the
marsh lands, that houses were closed, and their occupants left the
city; business was blocked, and laborers were obliged to quit work;
Street Department — Sewer DivisiOiSr. 353
public atteution was aroused, and complaints were received daily.
To quote from a report of the city Board of Health : " Large terri-
tories have been at once and frequently enveloped in an atmosphere
of stench so strong as to arouse the sleeping, terrify the weak, and
nauseate and exasperate everybody."
The nuisance became so intolerable that an Act, to provide for a
commissioQ to be paid by the city of Boston, on the subject of
drainage and water supply for the city of Boston and vicinity, was
passed in a special session of the State Legislature (chap. 360,
Acts of 1872). On the ground that the expense should be shared
by the other cities and towns interested, Boston refused to comply
with the terms of the Act.
Time passed, and although the complaints of the citizens became
louder, the adjacent towns manifested no desire to co-operate with
Boston in constructing a comprehensive Metropolitan sewerage
system. The city, however, deciding to proceed alone, began by
passing the following order in the City Council:
" Ordered: That the Committee on Sewers be requested to ex-
amine into the present system of sewerage in this city, and report
to the City Council whether any improvement of the present sewer-
age facilities is necessarj^ for the protection of the public health."
The Committee on Sewers reported that the sewerage system was
very satisfactory, and that no improvements were needed.
In spite oE the favorable report of the Committee on Sewers the
question of improving the sanitary condition was again and again
brought before public attention by the City Board of Health and by
progressive citizens, with the result that early in 1875 His Honor,
Mayor Samuel C. Cobb, appointed E. S. Chesborough, City En-
gineer of Chicago, Moses Lane, City Engineer of Milwaukee, and
Charles F. Folsom, M.D., Secretary of the Massachusetts State
Board of Health, as a commission to thoroughly investigate the
sewerage of Boston, and the best method and scheme of sewage
disposal for the future.
The carefully prepared, far-seeing report of this commission
justified the anticipation of their ability to cope with the great
question involved. In brief, they advised the construction of two
trunk intercepting sewers, one designed to include the part of Boston
and the adjoining territory lying to the north of the Charles river,
to discharge at Point Shirley; the other, designed to drain, until
the population was greatly increased, all the territory lying between
the Charles river. Mother brook, Neponset river and the sea, an
area of about 67.8 square miles; the sewage to flow by gravity
to a pumping station at Dorchester bay, there to be raised about 30
feet, and then flow through a siphon, under the JSTeponset river to
Moon Island. The sewage from both lines was to be stored in
large masonry reservoirs, constructed near the points of discharge,
and run out during the first two or three hours after high water.
The reservoir at Moon Island was designed tu store about 2.5,000,000
gallons of sewage, representing somewhat more than twice the
amount then discharged in six hours. The outfall sewer was to be
able to carry 445 cubic feet per second, or over 280,000,000 gallons
per day. This was the am-)unt of sewage calculated to be received
from a population of 1,000,000, allowing 150 gallons per day per in-
habitant and an amount of storm water equal to one-fourth of an
inch of rainfall per twenty-four hours. They appi-ehended that in
354 City Document No. 29.
ten or fifteen years the population would increase so that the build-
ing of a high-level sewer to drain the greater part of the territory-
above grade 40, about 46 square miles, would be advisable and
economical, as the sewage from that district would then be dis-
chai-ged by gravity into the reservoir at Moon Island, and greatly
relieve the work at the pumping station.
The commissioners' report embodied in substance the principal
features of the main drainage systems as they exist to-day, and are
proposed for the future.
The adoption of the commissioners' plan, so far as it applied to
the territory south of the Charles river, the portion of the city
where improved sewerage was the most urgent, was recommended
by the special committee to examine the report. A joint special
committee to take charge of the construction of the proposed im-
proved sewerage system to be built under the direction of the City
Engineer was appointed.
Extensive float experiments were made at Spectacle, Thompson's,
Castle and Moon Islands, to determine the force and direction of the
tidal currents, and the most fitting site for discharging the sewage.
Moon Island was found to be by far the most favorable for the
reservoir and outfall work. The studies prosecuted to determine
the location of the pumping station showed a good clay foundation
at the Cow Pasture at Old Harbor Point. These and some other
alterations, as building a tunnel under Dorchester bay, change of
location of part of the main sewer, etc., were found advisable after
an accurate survey of the proposed route had been accomplished;
but the principal features of the original scheme, a main sewer with
branch interceptors traversing the low coast line of the city, a
pumping station, an outlet sewer, with a siphon under the ISTeponset
river, and reservoirs for storing the sewage during the flood tide,
were incorporated in the plan. The work began in July, 1876, was
pushed rapidly forward, and the first contract let during 1877.
Owing to the unexpected difficulties encountered, and to the rise
in price of labor and materials between the letting and finishing of
the contracts, a large part of the main sewer was built below cost,
and several of the contractors failed. Many difficulties were over-
come, and problems new to engineering science were solved. A
number of the old sewers, some of which were working satis-
factorily, bad to be rebuilt to accommodate the new grade.
As it was desirable to relieve the city from the evils of the old
sewerage system as soon as possible, the new works were put into
operation on Jan. 1, 1884, although considerable work remained to
be done. The total cost of the improved sewerage to Jan. 1, 1888,
was $5,000,000.
The solution of the sewerage problem for the towns adjoining
Boston by large intercepting sewers to carry the sewage to pumping
stations, there to be raised to such a height that it would flow by
gravity into the sea, the intercepting sewer on the north side for
Cambridge, Everett, Maiden, Chelsea, Winthrop, Somerville, etc.,
to discharge at Point Shirley, reservoirs storing the sewage during
flood tide, a high-level sewer to drain the territory 40 feet above
the low water plane, when the capacity of the main intercepting
sewer of the district between the Charles and IS'eponset rivers
should be exceeded, was embodied in the report of the commission
of 1875.
Street DepaeTxAjent — Sewer DivisiOiT. 355
Improved plans, including an additional trunk line skirting the
southern boundary of the city, designed to relieve the country in
the ISTeponset-river valley, were subsequently made by the City
Engineer.
The building of a sewerage system for the cities and towns north
of the Charles river was taken in hand by the State, which
appointed the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners in
1889, under whose jurisdiction the work was carried on and com-
pleted in 1895.
Interceptors receiving sewage from Melrose, Maiden, Somerville,
"VVoburn, Arlington, etc., unite in a large main sewer passing through
Everett, Chelsea, East Boston and Winthrop to Deer Island, where
it continuously discharges its contents into the sea. The reservoirs
recommended in the original report of 1875 have not as yet been
built.
The construction of this system, as well as the annual interest on
the first cost, is borne by the municipalities and towns benefited
according to the ratio of the valuation of each municipality or town
to the total valuation of the tributary territory, and the annual cost of
maintaining and operating the works is divided among those cities
and towns according to the ratio of the population of each city and
town to the total population of the tributary territory.
East Boston and Charlestown lie wholly within the system north
of the Charles river, and by valuation Boston paid in 1896 on their
account, 22 per cent of the cost of construction of the entire system,
and of the interest on the cost, and 22.82 per cent of the annual
cost for maintenance and operation.
In 1889 the work of extending the Boston main drainage from
Huntington avenue and Parker street up the valley of the Charles
river tp the Waltham line, to abate the nuisance caused by emptying
the sewage of Waltham, Watertown, Newton, Brighton, and Brook-
line into the Charles river, was placed in the hands of the Metro-
politan Sewerage Commissioners. The building of the sewer was
begun in 1890, and connections were allowed to all of the above
towns in the spring of 1892.
The system outlined by the City Engineer for the Keponset-
river valley, including Milton, Hyde Park, Dedham, parts of West
Koxbury, Dorchester, Newton and Brookline, lying within that
water-shed, was partially built by Boston, and later taken up by the
Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners, who have prac-
tically completed the main sewer nearly to the West Koxbury line
at the time of writing.
The sewage from the Metropolitan sewers in the Charles and
Neponset-river valleys, together with sewage from the Boston and
Dorchester main drainage works, is raised at the Dorchester
pumping station a distance of 35 feet, allowing it to flow without
further pumping through the tunnel under Dorchester bay to the
reservoirs at Moon Island, where it is stored until one hour after the
beginning of the ebb tide.
As the sewage from the Charles system was discharged at Gains-
borough street into the original main city sewer, and flowed from
thence to the sea by Boston's disposal works, it was necessary to
contract with Boston for disposing of this additional amount of
sewage. Conferences were held between the city and State oflScials,
resulting in certain arbitrary sums being paid annually to Boston
356 City Document No. 29.
up to the year 1896, although these amounts were considerably less
than what the city would have received had the amounts been deter-
mined on the lines laid down by the Apportionment Commission of
1890. That commission determined the per cent of the interest and
cost of construction and of annual cost of maintenance of the sewers
built by the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners that
each city and town should pay for a period of five years. In 1895
when a new Apportionment Commission was appointed to determine
the amounts to be paid by the several cities and towns in the Metro-
politan sewerage district, it became necessary for the city of Boston
to make a new settlement of the amount which should be paid for
disposing of the sewage from the Charles and J^^eponset branches of
the Metropolitan sewerage systems for a period of five years (1896-
1900, inclusive).. In January, 1895, negotiations began between the
city olficials and tbe Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners.
Figures were made by the Superintendent of Streets, basing the
amount to be paid Boston on the ratio of the amount of sewage con-
tributed by the surrounding cities and towns to the amount of sew-
age contributed by Boston. Exception to those figures was taken by
the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission in a letter dated Jan. 11,
1896, but in place of a computation on ihe same basis as that adopted
by the Superintendent of Streets, changed to correspond with their
criticisms, they forwarded a table showing that if their sewerage
system was combined with the system of Boston, and the expenses
of construction and interest borne according to the ratio of the
respective valuations, and the expenses for maintenance borne
according to the ratio of respective populations, that the total yearly
cost to them for the Charles-river sewerage would be S62,000, and
as their expenses, exclusive of any sum paid Boston, were then
about 131,000 per year, they intimated that Boston should charge
them not more than the difference (.$31,000) between their existing
expenses and their expenses under any combination which they
could get the authority of the Legislature to form, irrespective of
what it cost the city of Boston to dispose of their sewage.
As the Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners were not willing to
accept the amounts proposed by Boston, the Superintendent of
Streets, Mr. B. T. Wheeler, forwarded them a letter, which they
received, oifering to leave the amount to be paid Boston to three dis-
interested men, viz.: F. P. Stearns, E. C. Clarke, Joseph P. Davis,
and to abide by their decision. No acknowledgment of this pro-
posal was made.
Without further correspondence with Boston, the Metropolitan
Sewerage Commission recommended to the Legislature " that the
main trunk sewer of the Boston main drainage system, from
the point at Gainsborough street, in Huntington avenue where the
Charles-river S3'stem now connects with the main drainage system,
to its outlet of discharge at Moon Island, the pumping station, stor-
age basins, and discharge plant and sewers, should be taken, con-
trolled and operated by the Commonwealth."
On the election of the Hon. Josiah Quincy to the mayoralty of
Boston, the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission addressed a letter
to him, stating their readiness to secure a settlement of the amounts
to be paid Boston for disposing of the sewage from the Charles-
river system. At a conference with the Sewerage Commissioners,
it was decided that the engineering departments of the contracting
Street Department — Sewer Division. 357
parlies should compute the amount of sewage contributed by the
Charles-river system in order to determine the division of expenses.
Accordingly studies were begun by the Metropolitan Sewerage Com-
mission and the Boston Street Department. While these studies
were in progress, the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission submitted
a bill to the Chairman of the Committee on MetroiDolitan Affairs
authorizing the Commonwealth to acquire the Boston main drain-
age system by purchase or otherwise. At a hearing appointed by
that committee, a verbal agreement was made by the city of Boston
with the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners to accept
the provisional amount of $27,000 for disposing of the sewage from
the cities and towns in the Charles-river system after it entered the
Boston main sewer at Gainsborough street, Boston, during the year
1896; it being understood that any amount should be jiaid to the
city of Boston or to the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commis-
sioners according to the balance shown by the computations then
being made by the engineering departments.
Meanwhile the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners,
in their report of 1896, requested the Legislature to pass an Act as
before requested, authorizing the Commonwealth to take the Boston
main drainage system.
A study of the sewage contributed and anticipated from the
Charles-river system for sixteen years (1895 to 1910, inclusive) was
first made. This involved an extended investigation of the popula-
tion, water consumption and sewage of Waltham, Watertown, ifew-
ton, Brookline, Brighton, and the part of Boston above Gainsbor-
ough street. Whenever possible, the population for 1895 was
obtained from advance sheets of the State census. After the second
count and pubUcation of the census, these figures were revised. In
determining the water consumption, use was made of the best data
possessed by the Metropolitan Water Board, the Boston Water
Board, and the State Board of Health.
As it was expected that the IsTeponset-river system would be in
operation by Jan. 1, 1898, a study of the cities and towns in
that system was also conducted. Milton, Hyde Park, Dedham, part
of West Roxbury, and part of Dorchester came properly within that
system. The city of Quincy lies almost wholly without that water-
shed and connects its sewerage with the Boston system, at a point
below the tunnel at Squantum Head. Quincy uses, therefore, only
the portion of the Boston sewerage system from Squantum to the
sea, consisting of the outfall sewer, the reservoirs and the outlet
sewer. Although Quincy does not lie within the Metropolitan sew-
erage district, yet in view of the connection with the Boston system
and its possible absorption by the State Commission, a study of its
population, water consumption and sewage was made.
The final figures adopted by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commis-
sion and the Boston Street Department for the Charles and Hepon-
set valleys are as follows: —
358
City Document No. 29.
Population and Water Consumption of the Charles=river ValJey
System.
DlSTKICT.
Year.
Population.
Average Daily
Water
Consumption,
per capita.
Gallons.
Total Daily
Water
Consumption.
Gallons.
Waltham ....
Watertown .
Newton ......
Brighton .
Brookline .
Part of Boston.
Charles-river District . .
f 1895
J 1900
] 1905
[1910
fl895
j 1900
] 1905
[l910
fl895
j 1900
} 1905
tl910
fl895
j 1900
"^1 1905
^1910
ri895
j 1900
1 1905
[l910
fl895
j 1900
\ 1905
^1910
fl895
J 1900
] 1905
L1910
20,876
23,600
28,300
34,000
7,788
9,300
11,200
13,400
27,590
33,700
41,100
50,100
15,001
19,500
24,500
30,700
16,164
20 2C0
25,000
31,000
10,790
16,500
22,500
30,000
98,209
122,800
152,600
189,200
59
70
75
80
40
54
58
62
65
70
75
80
70
72
74
76
81
88
91
94
81
86
91
67
74
79
83
1,222,000
1,652,000
2,122,000
2,720,000
312,000
502,000
. 650,000
831,000
1,802,000
2,359,000
3,082,000
4,008,000
1,050,000
1,404,000
1,813,000
2,333,000
1,308 000
1,778,000
2,275,000
2,914,000
874,000
1,419,000
2,048,000
2,850,000
6,568,000
9,114,000
11,990,000
15,656,000
Street Department — Sewer Division.
359
Population and Water Consumption of the Neponset=river
Valley System.
District.
Year.
Milton .
Hyde Park.
Dedham
Part of W. Roxbury..
Part of Dorchester .
Neponset-river valley,
fl895
J 1900
i 1905
[l910
f 189.5
J 1900
] 1905
[l910
fl895
J 1900
i 1905
[l910
ri895
j 1900
1 1905
^1910
fl895
J 1900
] 1905
[.1910
ri895
J 1900
] 1905
tl910
Population.
5,518
6,900
8,600
10,700
11,826
14,100
16,600
19,600
7,211
8,000
9,500
12,000
2,030
4.000
8,000
13,000
7,343
13,000
18,000
24,000
33,928
46,000
60,700
79,000
Average Daily
Water
Consumption
per capita.
Gallons.
24
45
50
55
41
45
50
55
57
60
63
60
63
66
69
60
63
66
69
47
54
59
63
Total Daily
Water
Consumption.
Gallons.
133,000
311,000
430,000
589,000
482,000
635,000
830,000
1,078,000
411,000
480,000
599,000
792,000
122,000
252,000
528,000
897,000
441,000
819,000
1,118,000
1,656,000
1,589,000
2.497,000
3,575,000
5,012,000
360
City Document No. 29.
The leakage, as determined by this division, was found to be
about Iwenty-tAvo gallons per capita per day, making the total
amount of sewage from the Metropolitan sewer system as follows : —
Sewage from the Gliarles-river Valley System.
Year.
Population.
Average daily
sewage per
capita.
Total daily sew-
age discharge.
Gallons.
1895 .
1900
98.209
122,800
152,600
189,200
89
96
101
105
8,729,000
11,816,000
15,347,000
19,819,000
1905
1910.....
Sewage from, the Neponset-valley System.
1895
1900
1905
]910
33,928
46,000
60,700
79,300
2,3.35,000
3,509,000
4,910,000
6,750,000
The sewage contributed by Boston to the pumping station, together
with that from the Metropolitan sewer system and the waste sea
water from the manufactories constituted the total amount of sewage
to be cared for.
The annual expense of disposing of the sewage was found to be
$1,465 per million gallons discharged daily.
Owing to the probable admission of the ISTeponset-river system in
1898 the maintenance account was divided into two i^arts : tirst,
from 1895 to 1898; second, from 1898 to 1910.
The division of the expenses for disposal, according to the ratios
of the respective populations for the period from 1895 to 1898 are
given herewith.
District.
Charles-river system
I
Boston, excluding East Boston f
Charlestown and Boston in
C. R. V. and W. Roxbury in N. R. V. [
Tributary to Dorchester pumpin
station
Year.
Popu-
lation.
Sewage.
By Popu-
lation.
Per cent.
1895
98,209
8,729,000
20.27
1896
103,127
9,346,000
20.77
1897
108,045
9,964,000
21.25
1895
386,200
50,592,000
79.73
1896
393,220
51,509,000
79.23
1897
400,240
52,431,000
78.75
1895
484,409
62,621,000
100.00
1896
496,347
64,155,000
100.00
1897
508,285
65,695,000
100.00
Mainte-
nance.
Payment.
$18,600
19,i500
20,500
73,100
74,500
75,800
91,700
94,000
96,300
Note. — Total sewage includes 3,300,000 gallons waste sea water.
Street Department — Sewer Divisioisr.
361
On the admission of the ISTeponset system in 1893, a porlion
of the Boston territory will pass under the jurisdiction of the
Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners. The division of expenses
for disposal during the period of 1898 to 1910, inclusive, is as
follows: —
District.
Charles-river valley...
and
Neponset-river vaUey.
Boston, excluding East Boston,
Charlestown, and parts in C. R.
andN.R. V
Tributary to Dorchester pumping
station
Year.
1898
1899
1900
1905
1910
1898
1899
1900
1905
1910
1898
1899
1900
1905
1910
Popu-
lation.
154,133
161,465
168,800
213,300
268,.500
396,521
402,409
408,300
435,700
466,100
550,654
563,874
577,100
649,000
734.600
Sewage.
13,620,600
14,472,800
15,325,000
20,257,000
26,569,000
51,944,000
52,716,000
53,487,000
57,512,000
61,991,000
68,865,000
70,489,000
72,112,000
81,069,000
91,860,000
By Popu-
lation.
Per cent.
27.29
28.64
29.25
32.88
36.55
72.01
71.36
70.75
67.12
63.45
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Mainte-
nance.
Payment.
$28,000
29,000
31,000
39,000
49,000
73,000
74,000
75,000
80,000
86,000
101,000
103,000
106,000
119,000
135,000
Note. — Total sewage includes 3,300,000 gallons waste sea water.
The total cost of that part of the Boston improved sewerage sys-
tem which is utilized in disposing of the sewage from the tributary
territory in question, comprises the original cost, together with the
interest on the cost, up to the date when the city began to use said
system. The interest on the total cost, at four per centum per an-
num, was apportioned between the Charles and I^eponset-river dis-
tricts and the city of Boston according to the ratio of their respective
valuations in agreement with the award of the Apportionment Com-
mission.
As far as known, no forecast of the growth of the valuation of the
various cities and towns has been made heretofore.
These valuation studies, ranging from the year 1861 to 1910, pre-
sented many difficulties and consumed considerable time. As far as
possible the property valuations as set forth in the "Aggregate of
Polls, Property, Taxes, etc.," as annually compiled by the Common-
wealth, were used. The actual valuation of the portions of Boston
tributary to the Metropolitan sewer system were deduced from a care-
ful inspection of the assessors' books of the city of Boston.
The cost of that portion of the Boston main drainage works used
by the Charles-river system was $4,743,000; the interest upon which,
borne according to the ratios of valuation, would be: —
362
City Document No. 29.
Interest-1 895=1 898.
District.
Tear.
Valuation.
Per cent.
Interest.
Payment.
Charles-river valley
Boston, excluding East Boston and
Charlestown portions, in C. R. V.
and W. Roxbury, in N. R. V
Tributary to Dorchester pumping sta-
1895
1895
1895
$183,884,413
841,135,048
1,025,019,461
17.94
82.06
$34,000
156,000
190,000
The cost of the Dorchester interceptor, omitting the portion
between Granite brids^e and Central avenue, which the State pro-
poses to buy, whicli drains the ISTeponset system, would bring the
total cist of the Boston drainage works used by the Charles and
Neponset-river systems to $5,134,000, the interest upon which
should be borne as follows: —
Interest— 1898=1910.
District.
Year
Valuation.
Per cent.
Interest.
Payment.
Charles -river and Neponset-river val
leys
Boston, excluding parts in C.R. &N.R,
valleys, East Boston and Charles
town
Tributary to Dorchester pumping sta
tion
1898
1900
1905
1910
1898
1900
1905
1910
1898
1900
1905
1910
$232,
284,
341,
400,
832,
986,
1,065,
1,162,
1,064,
1,271
1,406
1,562
226,534
400,000
000,000
000,000
445,348
,900,000
,800,000
,200,000
,671,882
,300,000
,800,000
,200,000
21.78
22.35
24.24
25.61
78.22
77.65
75.76
74.39
$45,000
46,000
50,000
53,000
160,000
159,000
155,000
152,000
205,000
205,000
205,000
205,000
In a letter to the Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners, dated
Jan, 25, 1897, containing the above tables and a detailed account of
their derivation, the Street Department stated that the amounts due
Boston for disposing of the sewage from the Charles and oSTeponset
systems, consisting of their proportionate share of the annual in-
terest and the cost of maintenance and operation, were: —
Tor 1896 $53,500 For 1900 $77,000
" 1897 54,000 " 1905 89,000
" 1898 73,000 " 1910 102,000
" 1899 ..... 74,000
Street Department — Sewer Diyisiok. 363
No acknowledgment of tlie receipt of this letter has been made to
the Street Department.
The first hearing before the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs
on the bill of the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners to
authorize the Commonwealth to take the part of the Boston main
drainage works used by the Stale is set for an early date in the en-
suing month. The officials of the city will strenuously oppose the
taking of this plant by the State, for the reasons that have been
enumerated previously in this report.
During the past year this division has been able to make large and
extensive repairs on the pumping-station through the generosity of
the government authorizing special loans for that purpose.
During the ensuing year this division will advocate the extension
of the storage reservoirs at Moon Island, the increasing of the pres-
ent pumping powers of the pumps that are at present in the station,
and also of the designing of a 60,000,000 high-duty pump. With
these additions made to the works, the city will then be in condition
to handle its sewerage and that of the Metropolitan district for a
number of years. In all probability the pumping plant at Cow
Pasture, with these additions, will be as large as this plant will ever
need to be, as it will then have a capacity of over 200,000,000 gallons
a day. The city should proceed with the designing and construct-
ing of what is known as the high level sewers, which were advo-
cated at the time that this plant was put in, so as to relieve the pumps.
Yentilation of Sewers.
The subject of the ventilation of our sewer system is one that has
received considerable attention in the past, but no practicable scheme
has yet been evolved. A plan was at one time proposed for drawing
out the foul air from the sewers by means of a large fan, or fans, sit-
uated at or near the outlets of the systems; but it is evident that this
plan would not be practicable, because the fan would be supplied
with air which would rush in through the perforations in the covers
of the manholes on the system nearest to the point where the fan
was located, and little or no effect would be felt in the sewer system
at points more distant. jSTow, these distant points, that is, the sum-
mits of the system, are precisely the points where ventilation is most
needed.
At the present time the perforations in the manhole covers are
depended upon to keep the sewers ventilated, and in the summer
time this system works fairly well, the only complaint being from
some very particular persons, who observe the perforated manhole
cover opposite their dwelling, and imagine they are exposed to in-
fectious diseases from the emanations from the sewer. These per-
sons are usually quieted by replacing the perforated cover by a closed
cover, and the majority of citizens make no complaints.
There are, however, a few cases in which citizens suffer serious
annoyance, where their dwellings are situated near the highest points
or terminals of the sewer system upon steep hillsides, because at
these places, owing to the steepness of the grade of the sewer, more
foul air is probably thrown out at the extreme upper manhole, and
less out of the others along the line of the sewer, than is the case
in more level country where the sewers are laid on flatter grades.
But, however satisfactorily the system may work in the summer
time, it is a total failure in the winter, when the perforations in the
manhole covers are completely sealed by snow and ice. At such
times the system is entirely unventilated, and when, owing to a
364 City Document No. 29.
sudden rain or thaw, the sewers are quickly filled with water, and
their gaseous contents consequently expelled, the latter are un-
doubtedly forced into the houses through the traps.
It is, therefore, very desirable that a better system should be de-
vised for ventilating the sewers, and one which will work at all
seasons of the year. Some channel for the egress of the foul air
should be provided at all the terminal points, or so called " dead
ends," of the sewer system, for the reasons which have been just
mentioned. Now it is evident that no opening can be left in the
surface of the street, neither can any column or shaft be erected in
the middle of the street, where the sewers are usually situated.
The only location in the street which seems to be available is the
same as is usually occupied by electric light or trolley poles; namely,
the strip just back of the curbstone on the sidewalk. I recommend
that tall iron columns or poles should be erected in these locations,
just back of the curbstone, which columns should be hollow and
lai'ge enough to go above the roofs of the surrounding buildings;
these high columns or shafts to be connected by a pipe with the
sewers, and thereby always afford a free outlet for the foul air of the
sewers. The objection to this is, of course, that they would not be
ornamental, but they might be used for some other purposes, as, for
instance, the support of electric arc lights, and therefore be ren-
dered not quite so objectionable or conspicuous. In the residential
districts of the city these would not be excessively high; and in the
business portion, where the high buildings are situated, it might be
possible to make connections with high chimneys, by permission of
the owners or by paying for the privilege, which would serve the
same purpose.
Financial Statement.
Sewer assessments have been made by this division for the year
ending Jan. 31, 1897, in accordance with chap. 402 of the Acts of
1892, and amendments thereto, to the amount of ^193,078. 28, and
the bills have been deposited for collection with the Cily Collector.
Bills for sewer assessments, amounting to $4,317.71, have also
been deposited for collection, representing those estates assessed
under chap. 456 of the Acts of 1889, and amendments thereto,
which have made connection with the public sewers during the year,
making the total amount of assessments deposited for collection
$197,395.99.
There remains on the books of this division, at 5 per cent inter-
est, $28,546.64, representing the assessments under the Acts of
1889, and amendments thereto, for those estates which have not
been connected with the sewers for which they were assessed, and
bills for which will be deposited for collection as the connections are
made. This sum represents 21.5 per cent of the total assessments
made under those Acts.
Entrance fees to the amount of $3,196.21 have been collected from
estates upon which no sewer assessment was ever paid, in accord-
ance with chap. 36, sect. 10, of the Revised Ordinances.
Permits have been issued to licensed drain-layers to make 2,631
connections with the public sewers, and the work done under these
permits has been inspected, and a record of same made on the-
plans of this division.
The following tables and statements will show the amount of
money expended and work done by this division during the year: —
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Stony-brook Channel.
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Office and engineers, salaries 10,246 35
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Land damages 2,278 75
Miscellaneous 898 80
3,209 21
Miscellaneous.
Office expenses, including salaries of Deputy Superintendent,
clerks and draftsmen, stationery, drawing materials, etc. . $24,891 88
Engineering expenses, including salaries of engineers, instru-
ments, etc 58,778 70
Current expenses of yards and lockers 23,927 07
Current expenses of stables, including cost of
horses, vehicles, harnesses, etc $34,369 25
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24,956 25
Repairing sewers 7,146 44
Cleaning and flushing sewers 8,211 19
Cleaning catch-basins 29,528 11
Repairing streets ■ 286 62
Building, repairing and cleaning culverts and surface drains,
not included in the Stony-brook system 16,792 35
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Carried forward $198,584 42
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House connections 4,965 19
Djmages and claims 619 87
Holidays 8,962 07
Travelling and incidental expenses 5,552 87
Repairs of department buildings, stables and yards . . . 579 97
Engines and boilers and repairs 231 18
General repairs . 1,230 74
Smoke inspection 1,312 00
Balances on old contracts 724 60
Hardware, tools and blacksmithing not included elsewhere . 8,790 01
Rubber goods, not included elsewhere ..... 1,275 88
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Congress and L streets
McLellan street .
Talbot avenue
Street Improvements, Ward 1
2
3, old
3, new
4, new
5, new
6
7
8
9
10
11
12, new
13, old
U
Wards 14 and 15
Ward 16, new
"17
" 18
" 19
" 20, old
" 20, new
"21
" 22
" 23
" 24, old
" 24, new
" 25
ivision, including the foU
repairing culverts, surface
$226 92
7.608 17
772 90
107 34
1,653 97
869 67
615 24
556 29
2,821 71
678 53
289 47
879 77
382 05
912 21
1,024 82
752 37
408 90
241 60
797 14
5,310 32
1,716 59
1.609 32
920 49
1,500 20
301 51
1,202 14
1,262 36
811 96
2,341 56
1,824 38
7,904 94
500 00
$48,804 84
RECAPITULATION.
New Sewers.
South Boston .
. $36,270
44
East Boston .
28,322
79
Charlestown .
6,772
40
Brighton
76,851
03
West Roxbury
Dorchester
57,259
153,260
53
69
Roxbury
City Proper .
152,272
72,178
20
01
$583,187 09
Carried forward
$583,187 09
Street Department — Sewer Division.
401
Srough t forward
,187 09
Catch-Basins
South Boston .
• • • •
$4,611
05
East Boston .
2,438
36
Charlestown .
3,345
62
Brighton
1,609
89
West Roxbury
1,434
74
Dorchester
4,612
00
Roxbury
6,724
08
City Proper .
6,085
48
30 861 29
Improved Sewerage Maintenance .
103,439 38
Pumping Station,
Chapman avenue
14,176 17
Stony Brook, Maintenance .
16,900 16
Stony Brook Construction .
98,209 21
Miscellaneous
%
228,027 13
1,074,800 36
Summary of Sewer Construction for the Twelve Months
ending Jan. 31, 1897.
District.
City
East Boston. . .
Charlestown . .
South Boston .
Roxbury
West Roxbury
Dorchester . . .
Brighton
Total
Built by the
City by Con-
tract or Day
Labor.
Feet.
6,145.24
2,997.41
1,029.88
2,897.55
21,083.43
15,936.22
43,452.77
22,465.75
116,008.25
Built by
Private
Parties.
Feet.
5,536.68
979.05
5,787.58
9,825.98
13,627.79
2,068.84
37,825.92
Total length
built during
the 12 months
ending Jan.
31, 1897.
Feet.
11,681.92
2,997.41
1,029.88
3,876.60
26,871.01
25,762.20
57.080.56
24,534.59
153,734.17
122 catch-basins, built by contract.
50 drop inlets, built by contract.
168 catch-basins, built by day labor.
381 catch-basins, repaired by day labor.
6 drop inlets, built by day labor.
16 manholes built,
262 manholes repaired.
557,311 linear feet sewers flushed.
423.55 cubic yards material removed from sewers.
402
City Document No. 29.
6,041 cateh-basins cleaned.
20,327|^ cubic yards material removed from catch-basins.
474 feet culverts built.
There are now 444.47 miles of sewers in charge of the Sewer
Division.
The amount expended by this division during the twelve
months ending Jan. 31, 1897, including the amount spent under
special appropriations, was $1,074,800.36.
Schedule of Sewers built to date in the City of Boston.
DISTEICTS.
Total length
built during
12 months
ending Jan.
31, 1897.
Feet.
Length rebuilt
during
12 months
ending Jan.
31, 1897.
Feet.
Additional length for 12
months ending Jan.
31, 1897.
Feet.
Miles,
City
11,681.92
2,997.41
1,029.88
3,876.60
26,871.01
25,762.20
57,080.56
24,534.49
5,997.00
5,684.92
2,997.41
922.28
1,105.32
23,436.28
25,762.20
57,080.56
24,299.47
1.08
.57
Charlestown
South Boston
Koxbury
107.60
2,771.28
3,434.73
.17
.21
4.44
West Eoxbury
4.88
10.81
Brighton
235.12
4.60
Total
153,834.17
12,545.73
141,288.44
26.76
Length built previous to Jan. 31, 1896.
Total
Length of Intercepting Sewer .
393.52
420.28
24.11
Total.
444.39
Street Department — Sewer Division.
403
Rainfall. — Albany Street Yard.
Date.
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1.67
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2.81
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27
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30
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31
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Totals
2.84
6.91
1.53
1.42
2.58
2.01
1.65
7.11
2.05
3.70
1.49
1.72
Note. — Total inches for twelve months from Feb. 1, 1896, to Jan. 31,1897, inclu-
sive, 35.01.
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405
Pumping Station^
Record of sludge received and removed for twelve montlis end-
ing Jan. 31, 1897.
Received. Removed.
February 412 cubic yards. 170 cubic yards.
March 374 " " 360
April 416 " " 425
May 683 " " 595
June 545 " " 680
July ...... 721 " " ,510
August 829 " " 850
September 417 "" " 510
October ...... 653 " " 590
November 635 " " 365
December 297 " " ••■■
January 449 " " • ■ ■ •
Total 6,431
5,055
Sent down the harbor 360 cubic yards of filth hoist screenings
from September 2 to December 9.
Property in Charge of the Sewer Division.
Sewer yard, with buildings, at 678 Albany street, South End.
Sewer yard, with building, on North Grove street. West End.
Sewer yard, on Gibson street, Dorchester, with buildings.
This is Gibson School-fund land. The buildings were erected by
the Sewer Department.
Small lot of land on Stony brook, corner of Centre street,
Roxbury.
Gatehouse on Stony brook, Pynchon street, Roxbury, built in
1889.-
Sewer yard, with buildings, on Rutherford avenue, Charles-
town.
Sewer yard, with buildings, corner Paris and Marion streets,
East Boston.
Sewer yard, with buildings on East Chester park, near Albany
street, South End.
Sewer yard, with buildings, on Western avenue, Brighton.
Sewer yard, with buildings, on Revere street. West End.
Sewer yard, with buildings, H and Ninth streets. South Boston.
Sewer yard, with buildings, Childs and South streets. West
Roxbury.
406
City Document No. 29.
Summary of Sewer Construction for Five Years previous to
Feb. 1, 1897.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1896.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Built by City
by contract
or day labor.
Built by pri-
vate parties.
71,318.46
22,566.73
66,400.85
22,837.09
90,802.77
24,877.05
139,200.09
36,287.35
116,008.25
37,825.92
Total number
of feet built,
93,885.19
89,237.94
115,679.82
175,487.44
153,834.17
Details of Cost and Construction
are given of the following sewers which have been constructed
during the year at a cost exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000)
each :
Adams, between K
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe .
Water
Miscellaneous
ng and Lonsdale Streets.
$1,440 76
658 75
249 60
138 30
27 09
149 00
60 07
59 62
66 74
^2,849 93
Size and Length of Sewer.
116.23 feet 30 in. x 36 in., brick.
Alford Street Connection with Metropolitan Sewer.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drainpipe .
"Water
Miscellaneous
50 76
39 60
18 23
80 40
223 00
96 70
94 79
22 50
57 63
$2,384 13
Street Department — Sewer Division.
407
Size and Length of Sewer
225 feet 15 in. pipe.
1 sump manhole.
1 tide-o-ate manhole.
Allston Square, between Commonwealth Avenue and
Allston Street.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
L'on castings
Explosives
Teaming
Drain pipe
Water
Miscellaneous
!,541 73
109 92
29 90
47 44
33 00
49 00
268 91
94 81
58 44
1,233 15
Size and Lertgth of Sewer,
l'2b.bl feet 10 in.
222.60 feet 12 in.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe
Water
Miscellaneous
pipe,
pipe.
Audubon Road.
!,831 82
139 20
46 85
47 80
401 50
141 57
300 76
89 70
8 10
$5,007 30
Size and Length of Sewer.
897.
06 feet 12 in., pipe.
B
and Seventh
Streets
Ove
rflow.
Labor .
Bricks
Cement
Teaming
Lumber
. . . ' .
$10,164 60
1,161 00
668 25
423 50
1,432 90
Carried forward .
$13,850 25
408
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward
. $13,850
25
Pipe
12
96
Hire of machinery
745
70
Carpentry .....
498
75
W. S. Kendle, contractor
762
77
Advertising and printing
61
08
Miscellaneous ....
426
08
Gravel and filling
2,117
99
$18,475
58
Size and Length of Sewer.
480 feet 6 x 6 ft., circular brick.
Beach Street, between Harrison Avenue and Washing-
ton Street.
Labor
$3,065 93
Bricks
545 35
Cement
143 00
Sand and gravel .
83 60
Iron castings
6 00
Teaming
611 00
Lumber
7 65
Drain pipe .
8 67
Hire of machinery
242 01
Carpentry .
30 07
Water
39 69
Miscellaneous
21 46
$4,804 43
Size and Length of Sewer.
396.90 feet, 2ft. 6 in. x 3 feet, brick.
Beech Street, between Anawan and Newburgh Streets.
Labor $1,700 69
Bricks . . . . . . . . 124 73
Cement 60 95
Sand and gravel ....... 10 80
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Water
Miscellaneous
67
65
155
00
16
64
638
23
164
64
49
35
$2,988
68
Street Depabtment — Sewer Division.
409
Size and Length of Sewer,
200.45 feet 15 in., pipe.
1,445.99 feet 12 in., pipe.
Labor
VC:iIU
c, .:7c
CL. 1
11,019 58
Cement
223 15
Iron castings
251 68
Teaming
49 00
Drain Pipe . . ,
2,371 15
Stone
8 27
D. E, Lynch, contractor
7,580 43
$11,503 26
Size and Length of Sewer.
398.63 feet 24 in., pipe.
113.79 feet 18 in., pipe.
27 feet 15 in., pipe.
498.16 feet 12 in., pipe.
438 feet 6 in., pipe, house drain.
59.80 feet 18 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
112.20 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
212.90 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
141.80 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
14 catch-basins.
2 drop inlets.
1.42 feet 24 in., pipe culvert.
Blue Hill Avenue Sect. 2 and part Sect. 3
Labor
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Pipe ....
J. P. O'Connell, contractor
Advertising.
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
1,092.50 feet 12 in., pipe.
116.60 feet 18 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
243 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
154.70 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
596.20 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
113 feet, pipe, culvert.
6 catch-basins.
2 drop inlets.
$902 99
135 95
164 67
26 50
884 10
6,147 16
41 33
17 15
^8,319 85
410
City Document No. 29.
Blue Hill Avenue Sect. 7.
Labor
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe .
Advertising and printing
Stone
J. P. O'Connell, contractor
Size and Length of Sewer.
295.70 feet 12 in., pipe.
287.16 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
64.66 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
3 catch-basins.
2 drop inlets.
Blue Hill Avenue, Sect. 10.
Labor
D. O'Connell, contractor
Miscellaneous
Built in 1895.
Blue Hill Avenue, Sect. 13.
Labor
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipes
Advertising and printing
T. H. Connelly, contractor
Size and Length of Sewer.
1,934.77 feet 12., pipe sewer.
40.52 feet 20 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
400.80 feet 18 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
457.90 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
266.42 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
167.65 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
8 catch-basins.
5 drop inlets.
$331 27
40 25
82 35
10 00
168 81
90 50
9 50
1,734 79
52,467 47
$14 65
3,985 35
359 27
K,359 27
$408 35
80 50
123 95
15 00
1,116 60
111
3,347
29
19
$5,202 88
Street Department — Sewer Division.
411
Blue Hill Avenue, Sect, 14.
Labor .....
1308 05
Cement .....
46 00
Iron castings ....
81 88
Teaming .....
2 25
Drain pipe .....
546 82
Advertising and printing .
67 88
J. Dolan, contractor .
2,331 25
$3,384 13
Size and Length of Sewer.
944.88 feet 12 in
78.55 feet 15 in.,
, pipe sewer.
pipe catch-basin drain.
313.20 feet 18 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
25.43 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
69.21 feet 10 in., pipe catcli-basin drain.
2 catch-basins.
2 drop inlets.
Blue Hill Avenue, Sect. 15.
Labor
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe
J. Dolan, contractor
Advertising and printing
Size and Length of Sewer.
143.10 feet 18 in., pipe.
429.06 feet 15 in., pipe.
845.15 feet 12 in., pipe.
136.40 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
447.05 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
162.63 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
6 catch-basins.
2 drop inlets.
$547 92
97 75
110 48
5 00
671 65
5,242 41
81 60
^6,756 81
Blue Hill Avenue, Sect. 16.
Labor
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming;
$212 20
100 25
25 77
5 00
Carried forward .
$343 22
412
City Document No. 29.
Brought forward
Drain pipe ,
Advertising and printing
J. P. O'Connell, contractor
$343 22
787 02
130 37
1,936 62
53,197 23
Size and Length of Sewer.
362.77 feet 18 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
422.10 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
136.35 feet 30 in., pipe culvert.
2 catch-basins.
4 drop inlets.
Border Street, near Decatur, connection with Metropol=
itan Sewer.
Labor
Gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe .
Miscellaneous
^2,242 47
7 45
25 90
81 00
11 51
7 09
^2,375 42
Size and Length of Sewer.
26 feet 15 in., pipe.
1 sump manhole.
1 regulator manhole.
1 overflow and tide-gate manhole.
Boylston Street, between Brookline Avenue and Back
Bay Fens.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Advertising and printing
Stone ....
H. P. Nawn, contractor
J. H. O'Donnell, contractor
$1,279 42
1,337 61
1,340 75
318 99
116 50
18 33
2,095 44
90 01
182 00
12,973 64
1,711 33
$21,464 02
Street Department — Sewer Division.
413
Size and Length of Seioer.
17.10 feet 30 in., catcli-basin drain.
618.30 feet 24 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
789.90 feet 18 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
263,50 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
219.60 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
, pipe catch-basin drain.
i in. X 3 ft. 6 in., brick.
iron pipe.
15.85 feet tide gate manhole and connection.
13 catch-basins.
11 drop inlets.
515.10 feet 10 in
796.78 feet 2 ft
19.67 feet 16 in
Central Street, between Atlantic Avenue and India
Street.
Labor
Cement
Sand and gravel .
Iron castings
$5,413 54
52 80
38 30
15 00
Teaming
Lumber
817 50
403 13
Drain pipe .
Hire of machinery
Carpentry .
Miscellaneous
178 45
150 50
129 59
297 56
$7,496 37
Size and Length of Sewer.
218 feet 5 ft. X 5 ft., 3^ in., brick.
Central Street, between Boylston Street and Boylston
Terrace.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand
Iron castings
Explosives
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe
Rock excavation
Water
Miscellaneous
^2,210 11
32 30
15 90
4 25
16 95
73 49
322 75
33 50
114 53
550 50
34 99
183 64
1,592 91
414 City Document No. 29.
Size and Length of Sewer.
349.90 feet 12 in., pipe.
Chapman Avenue and Private Land.
Labor
Bricks
$13,958 05
143 40
Cement
136 70
Sand and Gravel
41 55
Iron castings
50 55
Explosives .
124 70
Teaming
563 00
Lumber
864 90
Drain pipe .
Hire of macMner
Miscellaneous
r
6,935 62
386 33
562 81
$23,767 61
Size and Length of Sewer.
33.40 feet 24 in..
brick.
674 feet 24 in., pipe.
909.84 feet 24 in., pipe
44 feet 18 in., pipe.
Chelsea and Vine Streets,
Metropolitan Sewer Connection.
Labor
$1,991
79
Bricks
80
60
Cement
46
20
Sand .
8
00
Iron castings
6
20
Teaming
24
00
Lumber
31
40
Drain pipe .
21
93
Carpentry .
93
66
Miscellaneous
12
83
$2,316
61
Size and Length of Sewer.
120.76 feet 4 ft. x 4 ft. 3-in., brick.
24.02 feet 18-in., pipe.
24.40 feet 12-in., pipe.
Chestnut Hill Avenue, between Beacon Street and
Commonwealth Avenue.
Labor $283 61
Cement 64 90
Carried forward.
$348 51
Street Department — Sewer Divisioisr.
415
Brought forward
$348 51
Iron castings ....
61 26
Teaming .....
6 00
Drain pipe .....
37 83
F. A. Snow, contractor
2,432 15
Miscellaneous ....
5 17
$2,890 92
Size and Length of Sewer.
315 feet 10 in., pipe.
481 feet 18 in., catch-basin drain.
Columbus Avenue, Sect
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand .
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe
Quimby & Ferguson, contractors
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
4 feet 10-in., pipe catch-basin drain.
200 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
240 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
2 drop inlets.
$582 72
230 82
75 40
9 65
11 93
53 00
185 00
1,645 67
22 36
i,816 55
Columbus Avenue, Sect
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe .
Quimby & Ferguson, contractors
Miscellaneous
$591 57
948 88
457 30
159 08
77 00
1,914 83
3,675 97
7 61
^832 24
416
City Document No. 29.
Size and Length of Sewer.
229.35 feet 15-in., pipe catch-basin drain.
27.50 feet 12-in., pipe catch-basin drain.
256.85 feet 10-in., pipe catch-basin drain.
43.65 feet 18-in., pipe sewer.
.80 feet 2 ft. 6 in. x 3-ft., brick.
10 catch-basins.
3 drop inlets.
Columbus
Avenue,
Sect
3.
Labor
Bricks
$1,735 65
1,426 99
Cement
1,103 40
Iron castings
532 37
Teaming
43 00
Drain pipe .
Advertising and
J. P. O'Connell,
printing
contractor
2,113 50
55 75
9,808 49
Miscellaneous
•
76 04
$16,895 19
Size and Length of Sewer.
10.80 feet 3 ft., circular brick.
278.50 feet 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 8^ in., brick.
267.75 feet 2 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft., brick.
11.20 feet 2 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 4 in., brick.
173.27 feet 24 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
172.87 feet 15 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
308.73 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
339.50 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
15.86 feet 8 in., pipe house drain.
61.75 feet 6 in., pipe house drain.
853.50 feet 18 in., pipe sewer.
173.23 feet 18 in., pipe sewer.
493.40 feet 15 in., pipe sewer.
1,338.49 feet 12 in., pipe sewer.
25.06 feet 12 in., iron pipe.
13 catch-basins.
3 drop inlets.
708 feet concreting invert in old conduit.
Columbus Avenue, Sect. 8.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
11
687 55
189 75
Carried forward .
.,366 41
Street Department — Sewer Division.
417
Brought forward
$1,366 41
Iron castings .....
136 34
Drain pipe ......
302 90
Printing and advertising
104 66
Thomas O'Leary, contractor
1,835 66
Miscellaneous .....
4 45
$3,750 42
Size and Length of Seimr.
239 feet 3 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 10 in., brick.
316 feet 2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 6 in., brick.
1,085 feet 12 in., pipe.
5 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
39 feet 6 in., house drain.
1 catch-basin.
Columbus Avenue, Sect. 9.
Labor ....
Joseph P. O'Connell, contractor
Miscellaneous
$107 64
3,392 25
154 67
$3,654 56
Size and Length of Sewer.
6 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
22 feet 8 in., pipe house drain.
Commonwealth Avenue, Sect. 5, between Chestnut Hill
Avenue and Newton line.
Labor
Cement
Iron castings
Drain pipe .
F. A. vSnow, contractor
Advertisins;
$178 72
40 25
57 09
211 07
2,048 40
48 38
^2,583 91
Size and Length of Sewer,
487.63 feet 10 in., pipe.
77.50 feet 10 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
199 feet 12 in., pipe catch-basin drain.
2 catch-basins.
2 drop inlets.
418
City Document No. 29.
Congress Street, between Atlantic Avenue and Sea Wall.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Pipe .
Hire of machinery
Carpentry .
"Water
Miscellaneous
t,743 53
466 66
314 60
236 69
120 38
846 25
320 10
59 68
278 66
75 54
41 43
162 33
^665 85
Size and Length of Sevier,
409.13 feet 2 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft., brick.
8.67 feet in tide gate manhQie.
D Street, between W. First and W. Second Streets.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Hire of machinery
Carpentry .
Miscellaneous
!,418 05
471 22
119 95
197 93
13 25
235 50
129 07
38 67
148 00
349 50
81 11
t,202 25
Size and Length of Sewer.
62.73 feet 2 ft. x 3 ft., brick,
33.63 feet 4 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in., brick.
244.42 feet 4 ft. x 4 ft. 3 in., brick.
D Street and Dorchester Avenue. Dorr=Street Outlet, so
called.
Labor , $3,476 55
Bricks 105 68
Cement 82 19
Sand and gravel ....... 68 49
Carried forward
;,732 91
Street Department — Sewer Divisioisr,
419
Brought forward
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Hire of macliinery
Pile driving
Carpentry .
Miscellaneous
^ize and Length of Sewer.
31.43 feet 2 ft. 6 in., circular brick.
76.64 feet 3 ft. 3 in., circular brick.
591.84 feet 3 ft. x 4 ft., wood.
,732
91
11
25
383
50
996
46
8
23
48
00
262
50
256
30
100
20
i,799 35
Dorchester Avenue, between Washington and Richmond
Streets.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Explosives .
Teaming
Drain pipe
Paving
Hire of machinery
Water
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
640.41 feet 12-in, pipe.
},887 48
66 95
27 65
77 94
36 20
102 89
125 50
405 36
111 00
340 00
64 04
164 30
c,409 31
Dorchester-=brook Sewer, between Norfolk Avenue and
George Street.
Labor . . . . . . . . $11,128 28
1,136 22
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
630 30
984 75
27 30
1,126 00
Carried forward
$15,032 85
420
City Document jSTo. 29.
JBrovgJit fortoard
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Carpentry .
Hire of machinery
Miscellaneous
$15,032 85
795 31
152 24
412 82
399 50
678 97
$17,471 69
Size and Length of Sewer.
541 feet 8 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft., brick.
Dundee Street, between Dalton Street and Massachusetts
Avenue.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Water
Miscellaneous
$1,345 21
60 13
24 20
41 30
30 70
242 50
110 68
229 46
68 34
31 34
$2,183 86
Size and Length of Seicer.
683.65 feet 12-in., pipe.
Endicott and Thacher Streets
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Limiber
Drain pipe .
Hire of machinery
Carpentry .
Paving
Water
Miscellaneous
$5,988 51
843 14
520 30
363 95
15 15
1,330 00
489 51
143 91
845 00
175 96
544 73
67 40
366 27
$11,693 83
ROCK EXCAVATION FOR WHEEL PITS, CHAPMAN AVENUE
PUMPING STATION.
Street Department — Sewer Division.
421
Size and Length of Sewer.
498.80 feet 2 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft., brick.
175.24 feet 2 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft., brick.
Etna Street, between North Beacon and Elmira Streets.
Labor
$1,617 03
Bricks
124 00
Cement
40 25
Sand .
1 80
Iron castings
48 96
Teaming
68 50
Drain pipe .
357 39
Water
97 02
Miscellaneous
17 17
$2,372 12
Size and Length of Sewer.
970.20 feet 12-in., pipe.
Falmouth and Norway Streets
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe
Hire of machinery
Carpentry .
Pile driving
Water
Miscellaneous
$5,795 36
371 15
244 20
207 37
4 20
918 50
597 26
129 94
183 00
104 78
440 30
37 18
219 11
$9,252 35
Size and Length of Sewer.
238.97 feet 2 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 3 in., brick.
.127.84 feet 2 ft. x 2 ft. 7 in., brick.
Forest Avenue Main, 5ect. 1 (Willowwood Street and
Ballou Avenue.)
Labor $600 48
Cement '. . . . . . , . 51 75
Iron castings . . , . , , . 82 10
Carried forward ,
^34 33
422
City Document No. 29.
^Brought forward
Teaming ......
Drain pipe .
Printing and advertising
T. H. Connolly, contractor
$734 33
12 50
954 34
72 24
2,906 00
$4,679 41
8ize and £.ength of Sewer.
865.49 feet 18-in., pipe.
494 feet 15-in., pipe.
Geneva Avenue and Park Street
Labor. ....
$152 13
Cement . . • .
285 15
Iron castings
68 52
Team
2 50
Drain pipe ....
309 18
Advertising and printing
84 25
Stone . . . . .
18 00
J. P. O'Connell, contractor
752 40
D. F. O'Connell, contractor
2,925 35
$4,597 48
Size and Length of Sewer.
591.48 feet 12-in., pipe.
244.60 feet 15-in., pipe.
621 feet 6-in., pipe.
3 catch-basins.
Gerard Street, between Massachusetts Avenue and
Norfolk Avenue.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand .
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Hire of machinery
Water
Miscellaneous
,421 58
377 42
103 50
73 80
28 23
298 50
63 45
210 01
407 50
170 90
93 36
;,248 25
Street Depabtment — Sewer Division.
423
Size mid Length of Sewer.
106.59 feet lo-in., pipe.
Hobart Street, between Brooks
and
Faneuil Streets.
Labor ... ...
$634 45
Bricks .....
44 05
Cement ....
42 45
Iron castings ....
60 04
Catcli-basin stone
44 00
Teaming ....
17 00
Drain pipe
875 90
T. J. Young & Co., contractors .
2,362 24
Miscellaneous
2 64
$4,082 77
Size and Length of Sewer.
350.01 feet 12-in., pipe.
817.56 feet 12-in., pipe.
261.23 feet 15-in., pipe.
Holmes Avenue.
Labor
$4,111 34
Brick .
248 50
Cement
355 50
Sand and gravel
217 20
Iron castings
63 14
Teaming
223 50
Lumber
28 35
Drain pipe .
1,457 38
Carpentry .
69 52
Water
182 35
Miscellaneous
33 02
$6,989 80
Size and Length of Sewer.
378.20 feet 10-in., pipe.
794.89 feet 15-in., pipe.
650.42 feet 18-in., pipe.
600 feet 12-in., pipe, catch-basin drain.
250 feet 18-in., pipe, catch-basin drain.
64.32 feet 18-in., pipe, culvert.
50.05 feet 5 ft. 4 in x 3 ft. 4-in., concrete culvert.
55.85 feet 5 ft. x 6 ft., concrete culvert.
424
City Document No. 29.
■ lUIILllI^LUll
Labor
Bricks
lUC,
^CWLl
$3,721 02
732 19
Cement
307 75
Sand ....
140 23
Iron castings
296 30
Team ....
576 00
Lumber
70 12
Drain pipe .
H. P. Nawn, contractor
181 26
2,974 72
Hire of machinery
Carpentry .
Miscellaneous
188 00
245 74
268 94
$9,702 27
Size and Length of Sewer.
261 feet 8-in., pipe house drain.
Hyde Park Avenue, between Walk Hill Street and 1,040
feet Southerly.
$1,415 25
74 98
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Iron casting
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe
Water
Miscellaneous
23 00
49 80
223 50
69 90
348 00
104 09
36 96
$2,345 48
Size and Length of Sewer.
1,040.94 feet, 12-in., pipe.
Jamaicaway, between Castleton
and
Perk
ins Streets.
Labor $1,005 53
Bricks
98 00
Cement
42 00
Iron castings
50 38
Teaming . . .
664 00
Lumber
140 60
Drain pipe .
410 32
Water
112 45
Miscellaneous
204 98
$2,728 26
Street Department — Sewer Division.
425
Size and Length of Sewer.
282.27 feet 12-in., pipe.
Kearsarge Avenue, between Warren Street and Win
throp Street.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand .
Iron castings
Explosives
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe
Paving-
Water
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Setoer.
402.40 feet 12-in., pipe.
$1,530
71
45
58
30
75
8
10
25
80
138
59
661
00
7
74
152
41
12
25
39
99
188
98
$2,841 90
Lauriat Avenue.
Labor .....
Cemeut .....
$1,094 12
. . 827 10
Teaming .....
Luinber .....
59 00
35 96
Drain pipe ....
H. P. Nawn, contractor
Miscellaneous ....
586 48
9,558 56
32 70
$12,193 92
Size and Length of Sewer.
678.12 feet 15-in., pii^e.
1,841.14 feet 12-in., pipe.
125.15 feet 10-in., pipe.
29.02 feet 18-in., pipe.
2,570 feet 6-in., pipe house drain.
69.49 feet 8 ft. x 8 ft., stone culvert.
61.80 feet 8 ft. x 6 ft. 8-in., stone culvert.
52.42 feet 4 ft. x 4 ft., stone culvert.
58.50 feet 24-in., pipe culvert.
6 catch-basins.
5 drop inlets.
426
City Docctment No. 29.
Leyden Street and Private Land
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Pipe
Hire of machinery
Water
Pile driving
Miscellaneous
$10,187 31
793 90
485 00
380 87
110 59
826 00
263 82
1,962 41
798 00
230 47
310 40
743 80
S17,092 57
Size and Length of Sewer.
200.40 feet 15-in., pipe.
472.30 feet 18-in., pipe.
518.68 feet 24-in., pipe.
502.80 feet 12-in., pipe.
373.58 feet 30-in. x 36-in., brick.
Liverpool Street, between Decatur and Central Square.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
J. Ettridge, contractor
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
610 feet 18-in., pipe.
$1,249 36
19 13
32 45
26 46
20 72
103 50
31 16
392 00
345 92
21 18
$2,241 88
Lyons Street and Franklin Field.
Labor
$2,555 81
Bricks
190 53
Cement
206 30
Sand
26 25
Iron castings
253 91
Explosives
32 38
Team
286 00
Drain pipe .
6,921 38
Miscellaneous
668 43
$11,140 99
Street Department — Sewer Division.
427
Size and Length of Sewers,
1,109.36 feet SO-in., pipe.
38.63 feet 30 -in., iron pipe.
36.73 feet 30-iu., brick.
Mt. Vernon Avenue, between Rockland Street
Labor ........
Cement ...
Drain pipe ........
T. J. Young & Co., contractors .....
and End.
$139 10
11 50
146 51
1,822 26
$2,119 37
Size and Length of Sewer.
420.90 feet 12-in., pipe.
Munroe Street, between Walnut Avenue and existing
Sewer.
Labor . . . - $2,014 97
Bricks 36 50
Cement . . . . . . . . 16 50
Iron castings ....... 25 10
Teaming 279 25
Explosives ... . . . . . . 100 53
Drain pipe ........ 85 80
Water 50 14
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . 16837
Size and L^ength of Sewer.
243.96 feet 12-in., pipe.
^2,777 16
Newton Street and Private Land.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand
Teaming
Drain pipe
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
525.42 feet 15-in., pipe.
245 feet 12-in., pipe.
199.58 feet 18-in., pipe.
297 feet 20-in., double thick pipe.
$3,102 97
67 00
18 20
9 00
103 00
694 50
14 73
$4,009 40
428
City Document No. 29.
Northampton Street, between Albany an
Streets.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron casting
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Carpentry .
Paving
Water
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Seioer.
278.70 feet 2 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft., brick.
772 feet 20-in. pipe.
$6,596
74
386
12
212
35
122
11
38
82
816
50
712
72
97
62
103
76
155
30
29
00
196
36
1,467 40
North Harvard Street
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand .
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe
Water
Hire of engine
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
700.03 feet 12-in., pipe.
349.79 feet 15-in. pipe.
1,035.05 feet 18-in., pipe.
514.25 feet 24-in., pipe.
498.40 feet 18-in., pipe catch-basin drain.
1449.34 feet 24-in., pipe catch-basin drain.
Old Heath and Parker Streets.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
^5,355 31
201 24
135 30
35 10
144 28
316 50
164 74
5,273 76
259 93
182 20
95 81
12,164 17
H,339 49
1,086 11
392 50
Carried forward
15,818 10
Street Department — Sewer Divisioir. 429
Brought forioard
Sand and gravel
Iron casting-
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe
Carpentry
Water
Miscellaneous
;5,818 10
104 75
46 65
1,190 50
124 62
379 51
153 63
90 00
43 15
57,950 91
Size and Length of Sewer.
729.15 feet 3 ft.X3 ft. 2}i in., brick.
180.48 feet 24-in., pipe.
Parkway, between Pond Street and Dorchester Avenue.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Explosives .
Teaming
Drain pipe .
Water
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Seioer.
430.97 feet 12-in., pipe.
$1,192 08
34 47
22 20
120 04
32 39
830 00
350 44
295 76
60 34
$2,437 72
Pierce Farm Sewer, West Roxbury.
Labor
$13,678 05
Bricks
512 60
Cement
230 20
Sand and gravel
1,095 55
Iron castings
300 21
Teaming
15 56
Lumber
472 44
Drain pipe .
3,240 31
Rubble stone
181 25
Water
666 89
Hire of machinery
194 00
Miscellaneous
635 84
$22,763 34
430
City Document No. 29.
Size and Length of Sewer.
5,190.96 feet 15-in., pipe.
862.96 feet 12-in., pipe.
Private Land, between Lawrence Avenue and Stan-
wood Street.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gr
Iron casting
Explosives
Teaming
Lumber
Pipe .
Carpentry
Masonry
Miscellaneous
avel
$5,362 58
1,241 10
552 10
308 85
26 25
15 43
608 00
108 18
661 75
294 27
948 00
43 98
$10,170 49
Size mid Length of Sewer
1,300 feet 15-in., pipe.
48 feet 12-in,, pipe.
Private Land, Mozart, Selwyn and Arundel Streets.
Labor $4,259 06
Bricks
Cement
Iron castings
Explosives .
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Miscellaneous
116 08
28 46
36 35
15 21
315 00
43 99
741 86
132 98
i,688 99
Size and Length of Sewer.
967 feet 18-in., pipe.
Private Land, Parkman, Brooks and Bigelow Streets.
Labor $7,227 73
Bricks 958 50
Cement 287 80
Carried forward .
5,474 03
Street Department — Sewer Division.
431
Brought forioard
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Carpentry .
Water
Hire of machinery
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
124.82 feet 2 ft. 4-in. X 3 ft. 6-in., brick.
395.74 feet 12-in., pipe.
870.50 feet 18-in., pipe.
757.21 feet 20-in., pipe.
$8,474 03
104 40
129 05
442 50
133 63
2,785 70
15 06
325 25
668 50
723 68
$13,801 80
Porter Street at Bremen Street. Connection with Metro-
politan Sewer.
Labor
$2,235 07
Bricks
179 35
Cement
-
158 40
Sand and gravel .
30 78
Regulator castings
231 08
Teaming
203 50
Lumber
249 31
Pipe .
23 08
Hire of engine
24 00
Miscellaneous
233 29
13,567 S&
Size and Length of Sewer.
6 feet 2 4-in., pipe.
8 feet 20-in., iron pipe.
1 sump manhole.
1 regulator manhole.
Rockland Street, between Mt. Vernon Street and Mt.
Vernon Avenue.
Labor ....,,.. $127 44
Iron castings
Teaming - .
T. J. Young & Co., contractors
Water ....
17 98
3 00
1,750 73
119 86
!,019 01
432
City Document No. 29.
Size and Length of Sewer.
289.49 feet 12-in., pipe.
Ruggles Street, between Parker Street and Back Bay
Fens.
Labor ....
$781 62
Bricks ....
102 00
Cement ....
157 75
Iron castings
51 90
Drain pipe ....
66 42
Advertising and printing
85 76
D. E. Lynch, contractor
3,971 59
Miscellaneous
1 89
$5,218 93
Size and Length of Sewer.
756 feet 2 ft. 6 in. X 3 ft., brick.
Shawmut Park, Edwin and Templeton Streets.
Labor
$3,310 60
Bricks
184 06
Cement
83 95
Sand and gravel
57 15
Iron castings
101 25
Teaming
96 00
Lumber
32 01
Drain pipe .
1,738 05
Water
390 46
Miscellaneous
76 08
$6,069 61
Size and Length of Seioer.
392.89 feet 18-in., pipe.
432.05 feet 15-in., pipe.
2,603.87 feet 12-in., pipe.
Shawmut Avenue, Roxbury Street and Guild Row.
Labor $9,475 50
Bricks 1,112 34
Cement 386 00
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Carried forward
222
00
16
60
1,629
25
284
77
13
43
$13,139
89
Street Department — Sewer Division.
433
Brought forward
Hire of^achinery
Carpentry .
Paving
Miscellaneous.
-3,139 89
283 64
373 69
141 67
258 73
L4,197 62
Size and Length of Sewer.
823 feet 3 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in., brick.
16 feet 2 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 3 in., brick.
Tyler Street, between Oak and Curve, and Kneeland
and Harvard Streets
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Hire of machinery
Carpentry .
Piles .
Water
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Sewer.
325.95 feet 2 ft.X3 ft., brick.
288.97 feet 2 ft.X3 ft., brick.
19.80 feet 20-in., iron pipe.
$12,004 79
1,223 67
501 50
698 47
54 71
3,304 00
1,397 17
242 16
838 99
48 91
151 25
74 62
712 68
$21,252 92
Walk Hill and Bourne Streets, between Patten Street
and Hyde Park Avenue.
Labor
$3,609 96
Bricks
95 00
Cement
28 75
Iron castings
32 60
Explosives .
46 59
Teaming
142 50
Lumber
135 94
Drain pipe .
408 29
Miscellaneous
101 10
$4,600 73
434
City Document No. 29.
Size and Length of Sewer.
578 feet 15-iu., pipe. *
Washington Street, between Lower Mills and Fairmount
Street.
$3,025 50
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe .
Water
Miscellaneous
Explosives .
Size and Length of Sewer.
442.49 feet 15 -in., pipe.
1,279.59 feet 12-in., pipe.
Wensley Street, between New Heath and
Avenue.
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Iron castings
Teaming
Lumber
Drain pipe .
Water
Miscellaneous
170 63
55 20
26 22
64 69
167 00
623 39
172 20
97 00
16 92
.,418 75
Bickford
$2,004
66
63
03
22
47
15
00
31
05
241
25
46
15
227
54
69
99
22
23
$2,743 37
Size and Length of Sewer.
434.92 feet 12-in., pipe.
264.98 feet 10-in., pipe.
Western Avenue, between 180 feet West of Everett and
Waverley Streets.
Labor . . ... . . . $4,465 56
Bricks . . ... ... 803 15
Cement 359 85
Carried fortvdrd .
),628 56
Street Department — Sewer Divisioisr.
435
Hr ought forioard
$5,628 56
Sand ....
19 80
Teaming
291 00
Lnmber
128 42
Drain pipe .
54 16
Hire of machinery
172 00
Carpentry .
85 97
Water
124 20
Miscellaneous
171 70
$6,675 81
Size and Length of Sewer.
279.38 feet 15-in., pipe.
682.10 feet 3 ft. x 3 ft. 2 in., brick.
280.53 feet 2 ft. 6 in., circular brick.
West Roxbury Low-level Sewer.
(In private land between Amory street and 400 feet south of
Boylston.)
Labor
Bricks
Cement
Sand and gravel
Teaming
Lumber
N.y., N. H. & H. R.R. Co
Carpentry .
"Water
Miscellaneous
Size and Length of Seiuer,
159 feet 2 ft. x 3 ft, 6 in., brick.
^,391 28
212 02
116 90
98 60
143 00
224 77
2,292 73
38 46
15 90
52 09
H,585 75
West Second Street, between E and D Streets.
Labor
$1,261 20
Bricks
204 93
Cement
118 80
Sand and gravel .
149 33
Teaming
208 00
Lumber
47 76
Paving
105 25
Hire of machinery
164 00
Carpentry .
102 51
Water
23 03
Miscellaneous
21 86
$2,406 67
436
City Document No. 29.
Size and Length of Sewer.
230.38 feet 2 ft. x 3 ft., brick.
Wolcott Street.
Labor
Cement
Iron castings
Teaming
Drain pipe .
Advertising and printing
C. B. Stone
J. P. O'Connell, contractor
Size and Length of Seioer.
301 feet 6 -in., pipe house drain.
234.95 feet 30-in., pipe catch-basin drain.
, pipe catch-basin drain.
, pipe catch-basin drain.
pipe catch-basin drain.
152.15 feet 24-in
372.60 feet 12-in
52.18 feet 10-in.,
3 catch-basins.
2 drop inlets.
69 00
61 96
2 50
1,258 50
82 62
38 50
1,208 33
^2,870 89
Street Department — Street Cleaning Division. 437
APPENDIX F.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STREET CLEANING
DIVISION OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
923 Trbmont Building, Boston, Feb. 1, 1897.
Bekjamin W. Wells, Esq., Superintendent of Streets :
Deae Sir : I respectfully submit the annual report of the
expenditures and income of the Street Cleaning Division of the
Street Department for the financial year ending Jan. 31, 1897.
I assumed charge of the Street Cleaning Division of the Street
Department on March 1, 1896, which was one month after
the beginning of the financial year. The district lines of
the Division were changed in 1895 with a less number of dis-
tricts than had been originally established and covering less
territory ; that is to say, that the change was not intended to
cover the Brighton and Dorchester Districts, the scope of the
push-cart patrol system being continued about the same.
District No. 1, South Boston, — formerly West End.
Districts No, 2 and No. 3, East Boston and Charlestown, —
formerly North End, and South End respectively.
District No. 7, Roxbury, remaining as before.
District No. 8, South End and city proper, — formerly South
End and Back Bay.
District No. 9, Back Bay, — formerly Charlestown and East
Boston.
District No. 10, West End and North End, — formerly called
No. 1 and No. 2, practically remaining the same.
All of the headquarters of the respective districts are at the
Sanitary Division stables and yards, with the exception of Dis-
trict No. 1, South Boston, where the stable is directly under
control of the Division. The push-cart system headquarters are
at the dumping scow on Atlantic avenue and are also separated
from the Sanitary Division. I would respectfully recommend
that any change that may be contemplated for any reorganization
or enlargement of the office and yard facilities of this Division be
considered in such a manner that the Street Cleaning Division
stables and offices of the different districts be so arranged that
they may be entirely separated from those of any other Division.
The Charlestown force, covering the Charlestown and East
Boston districts, is obliged to care for the streets of East Boston,
giving two days a week for that purpose. It is not only taking
438 City Document No. 29.
away from Charlestown the care that it should receive, but it is
not giving the East Boston District the necessary attention ; and
I respectfully recommend that some action be taken as regards
the establishment of a separate street cleaning district in East
Boston.
Equipment.
The principal part of the equipment of the Division consists
of double and single sweeping machines, dirt carts, water carts,
cart horses, machine horses, single and double harnesses, rubbish
wagons, waste barrels, push carts and barrels and a snow-
plough, which has been tried during the winter, and will probably
be purchased.
The dirt carts are in bad shape, many of them needing exten-
sive repairs, and some entirely unfitted for use. The time has
come when a tight cart must be used. Since the Division
was organized, it has been using exclusively the old-style ash
cart, which seems to me no longer fully useful for the work on
account of being leaky. I am about ready to place on the
street a cart, built on somewhat different lines than the one now
in vogue. The cart is made in a somewhat heavier manner, but
the remodelling has been confined wholly to the tail-boards,
with a view to making the carts nearly water-tight ; this cart
will be given a thorough test as regards water-tight properties.
I respectfully and earnestly recommend that twenty new dirt
carts be purchased during the year.
The various double and single machines and the water carts
have undergone extensive repairs during the past year, so that I
am able to say that the machines, at least, are in better condition
than ever before.
The harnesses, although old, are in very fair shape. No new
harnesses have been purchased during the year.
The Division maintains a blacksmith and carpenter shop in
the South yard of the Sanitary Division. Here the machines,
carts, push-carts, etc., are repaired.
Violation of Citt Obdinances.
The greatest drawback to street cleaning that we have in
this city to-day is the constant and unrestrained violation of the
City Ordinances in relation to throwing rubbish and waste
material into the streets. With a good and effective street
cleaning organization as we have to-day, and with a determined
and constant co-operation of the Police Department of the city,
we ought to be able to preserve a state of cleanliness that
would be reasonably acceptable to the public. If it should
prove impossible, for any reason, to secure such co-operation, it
might be practicable — and it would certainly be worth the experi-
ment— to have special oflScers or inspectors appointed, who should
be invested with all the authority of the police to enforce these
Street Department — Street Cleaning Division. 439
sanitary ordinances. As we have not had the power of acting
directly ourselves, I have instructed my foremen throughout the
city to act as inspectors and to make formal complaints to the
captains of the various precincts. In this way, at least, I hope
to be able to bring to the attention of the police authorities all
persons who are violating the City Ordinances.
Crowded Sections.
I would call to your attention certain sections of the city
which, so far as street cleaning is concerned, do not become any
better. At the North and West Ends there is a large foreign
population, and, although we have now to contend with* streets
travelled more than formerly, with an increased population and
in a small crowded area, peopled by entirely new and in many
cases ignorant classes, the Street Cleaning force has not been
materially increased since the organization of the Division.
Subway.
The operations of the Transit Commission during the past
year have made our work extremely laborious and expensive, on
account of the large amount of teaming of materials used in the
construction, not to mention the dirt that has been excavated
and carted away. The work on the subway being along the prin-
cipal thoroughfares, we have endeavored to maintain the same
standard of efficiency, in spite of the many annoyances and dis-
turbances occasioned by this important work. While there has
been some disposition, on the part of the Transit Commission,
to remove the excess of dirt occasioned by the operations, there
has not at all times been a satisfactory amount of painstaking on
the part of the contractors.
Push-Cart System.
The push-cart system has been managed effectively and
efficiently during the past year. The force has been increased
by the addition of nine new routes, covering the newly- paved
portion of Huntington and Columbus avenues, the Salem street
section at the North End and the Genesee street section at the
South End. Beacon street has been patrolled from Charles to
Tremont street, and we have also placed a man in charge of all
the crossings at Copley square. We have also adopted a uniform
cap and badge, and are now contemplating the semi-uniforming
of the push-cart patrolmen,
I will endeavor during the coming year to still further extend
the system, and also to make some minor changes that I believe
will render the force more efficient, such as the addition of an
extra barrel to all the men and the shortening of some of the
routes, in order that the sections covered may be kept in a more
cleanly condition.
440 City Document No. 29.
Daring the past year the barrels have been kept in a much
neater condition ; both carts and barrels being constantly re-
painted. I would recommend that some facilities be afforded
at the dock for the cleaning of the barrels and carts used in the
push-cart system.
Paper Nuisance.
In the outlying districts, where the streets are mostly of
macadam, the paper nuisance shows to the greatest disadvan-
tage. Macadam streets are cleaned only once a week, and unless
a paper patrol is maintained, it would seem at times as if they
were totally neglected. My idea is to map out routes, so that
all macadam streets north of Massachusetts avenue, and also in
South Boston, Charlestown and Roxbury will be covered or
patrolled every day by teams, which will be required to gather
up only waste papers, jDieces of wood, and other such unsightly
matter that may be blown or cast into the streets.
Snow Work.
During the past winter we have maintained, in addition to our
regular force, an emergency force, which had the care of all cross-
ings in one of the down-town sections, namely, between Kneeland
and State streets, and Atlantic avenue and Tremont street.
This work has also been extended in a measure around the
market section, and the thoroughfares leading from the centre
of the city to the Union Station. The work of the emergency
and the regular force has been to keep the crossings free from
snow, slush and water at all times ; it has proved very effective,
and has almost wholly put a stop to the incessant complaints
that the Division was in the habit of hearing in previous winter
seasons.
Dumps.
Boston is at a great disadvantage, especially in the city
proper, as regards its dumping facilities. Although we have an
extensive wharf front for the placing of dumping scows, the
city maintains but one. In New York City there are nine-
teen dumping-stations equipped with one or more scows. A
dumping- station should be maintained at the North End or along
the line of the Charles river. At the present time, long hauls
are necessary, and result in an increased expenditure for carting.
At the South End and Back Bay we are still able to hold a few
good places on the low lands ; but the time will soon come when
even these will be filled, and then it will be necessary to find
new dumps, either along the water front or farther back in the
suburban localities.
Civil Service.
At the present time, there is a large percentage of old men
employed by this Division, and the Veterans' Preference Act
makes it hard to draw into the service the best and most
Street Department — Street Cleaning Division. 441
desirable. Men of fifty years and upward are not fitted for the
energetic and arduous duties of this Division. It would seem
that this Division of the Street Department, like the Police and
Fire Departments, should have an age limit, and that a con-
siderably lower one than fifty years, or else should not be
handicapped by the workings of the Veterans' Preference Act
as regards the appointment of its force. Appointments and
promotions have been made wholly with regard to fitness, ability
and merit, and no discharges have been made without first a fair
consideration and only for good and sufiicient cause. It has
been my constant aim to conform to the Civil Service rules and
requirements.
Relations of the Street Cleaning Division to the
Paving Division.
I would respectfully call to your attention, that during the
past year — part of the time in the ppring — the Paving Division
was employed in shaping the macadam street surfaces and scrap-
ing the gutters; and I would, consequently, suggest the impor-
tance of showing, in connection with the work of this Division,
the number of cart loads of waste and dirt taken from the mac-
adamized streets of the city by the Paving Division.
Good and successful pavements are essential for good and
successful street cleaning.
The many poor and uneven pavements throughout the city
proper make the work of the Street Cleaning Division much
hai'der, especially in streets where there are railroad tracks. The
tendency of pavements for many years in Europe, and for half a
generation in America, has been toward smoother surfaces and
fewer joints. Macadam and Telford streets are not desirable
within the truly city limits ; the wear of heavy traffic and the
effect of wet, dry and freezing weather disintegrate them rapidly.
Under more than the lightest traffic, Telford and macadam can-
not compete in economy, if maintained with proper care, with
granite, asphalt, or even wood pavements. Smooth and durable
pavements upon the streets would encourage efforts to clean
them, and the entire neighborhood is influenced to a better
appearance. Streets in the tenement and similar quarters should
be laid with asphalt, as the surface of such pavements, being with-
out joint, is easily cleaned, and could also be flushed or washed
free from germs of all kinds by each rainfall.
Conclusion.
Realizing that the push-cart system is one of the most ef-
fective means of keeping our streets clean, I have endeavored to
enlarge it, and have done so consistently with my appropriation.
With streets cleaned every twenty-four hours by machinery,
and patrolled every day by push-carts, a reasonable state of
cleanliness can be expected.
442
City Document No. 29.
I cannot conclude this report until I have expressed my appre-
ciation of the good work of the clerks, the foremen and sub-fore-
men of this Division. Their co-operation and support have been
at all times cordial and earnest, without which I am free to say
it would have been impossible to show the work I here submit.
Respectfully submitted,
Joshua Atwood, 3d.,
Deputy Superintendent.
Financial Statement.
Amount of appropriation
Transferred from Central Office .
Transferred from Bridge Division
Transferred from Ferry Division .
Transferred from Paving Division
Transferred from Sewer Division .
Transferred from Surplus Revenue, 1896-97
Total amount of appropriation
Total amount of expenditures
1300,000 00
218 15
906 87
05
2,961 85
2,172 94
4,006 53
S310,266 39
$310,266 39
Objects of Expendituees.
Superintendence.
Salary of Deputy Superintendent
$3,000 00
Office pay-rolls . .
4,210 90
Stationery
161 54
Printing
545 77
Board of horses .....
612 32
Telephone service ....
271 65
Total cost of superintendence
18,802 18
Cleaning Streets.
Including the Cost of S%oeeping^ Loading^ and Memovcd of
Street Dirt.
District 1. South Boston
District 2-3. East Boston and Charlestown
District 7. Roxbury . .
District 8. South End . . . ,
District 9. Back Bay . . . ,
District 10. West End and North End
$16,531 62
13,942 11
16,349 50
53,280 47
6,566 18
39,012 79
Total cost of cleaning streets
$145,682 67
Street Department — Street Cleaning Division. 443
Cleaning Gutters.
Including Cost of Sioeeping, Loading, and Removal of
Street Dirt.
District 1. South Boston .... $2,862 72
District 2-3. East Boston and Charlestown . 3,569 34
District 7. Roxbury 6,425 16
District 8. South End 3,334 90
District 9. Back Bay 3,960 33
District 10. West End and North End . . 1,229 92
Total cost of cleaning gutters
Total length of gutters cleaned, 2,819.94 miles.
Average cost per mile (including dump), $7.74.
Cost oe Maintaining Dumps.
District 1. South Boston
District 2-3. East Boston and Charlestown
District 7. Roxbury ....
District 8. South End ....
District 9. Back Bay ....
District 10. West End and North End .
Total cost of dumps ....
$21,382 37
$498 00
568 00
1,289 74
439 95
1,124 32
?3,920 01
Removing Snow.
Including Labor on Crossings^ hi Streets, Carting of Snow, etc.
District 1. South Boston
$2,862 94
District 2-3. East Boston and Charlestown
2,326 03
District 7. Roxbury ....
5,964 70
District 8. South End ....
9,918 29
District 9. Back Bay ....
779 82
District 10. West End and North End
6,439 08
Total cost ......
. $28,290 06
Miscellaneous Work.
This shows the cost of such work as may not be characterized
the same in all districts.
Including Miscellaneous Work, Sweeinng and Carting of
Leaves, etc.
District 1. South Boston . . . .
1195 82
District 2-3. East Boston and Charlestown
6 30
District 7. Roxbury . . . . .
278 50
District 8. South End
271 95
District 9. Back Bay . . . . .
7 35
District 10. West End and North End
192 38
Total cost
$932 30
444 (^iTY Document No. 29.
Cleaning Crossings.
Including Cost of Manual and Machine Labor.
Cost of cleaning crossings $1,382 84
Removing snow by patrol ..... 2,463 60
Total cost ....... 13,846 44
Patrolling by Districts.
This Includes the Cost of Piching up and Removal of Refuse
Paijers^ etc.^from the Streets.
Cost of paper patrol 11,697 95
Push-cart Patrol System.
Superintendence, inspection, etc. .... $2,137 98
Push-carts, including labor and teaming . . 29,483 55
$31,621 53
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Stable and Yard Expenses.
Including the cost of the Soicth End^ West Und, Hoxhury,
South Boston and Gharlestown stables, as folloios :
Superintendence of stables ....
Labor, including the cost of feeders, hostlers
broom-makers, blacksmiths, carpenters, watch
men, yardmen, messenger, etc
Cart and carriage repairs
Harness repairs
Horse- shoeing
Sweeping- machine repairs
Stable and shed repairs
Street car tickets and ferry passes
Tool repairs .....
Veterinary services and medicine .
Total
Stock Accoitnt.
Broom stock purchased
Carts and carriages purchased
Harnesses and horse furnishings purchased
Horses purchased .....
Tools purchased .....
Waste barrels .....
Patrol stock and maintenance of same .
Total
Miscellaneous.
Holidays . . . ■* .
Scow (cost of disposal at sea of 36,072 loads of
$1,219 53
20,100
71
4,796
16
1,014
19
3,103
14
2,635
35
302
78
806
00
101
05
1,268
19
),347 10
4,705
15
530
00
297
70
1,835
00
537
32
175
00
1,211
23
),291 40
1,562 46
street-dirt) . . . ,
4,794 97
Sundries
2,353 56
Committee on claims, vote of
1,500 00
Total
. $20,210 99
General Recapitulation
OF Expenses.
Superintendence . . . . .
18,802 18
Cleaning streets
. 145,682 67
Cleaning gutters . . . . .
21,382 37
Maintaining dumps
3,920 01
Removal of snow and ice
28,290 86
Miscellaneous work
932 30
Cleaning crossings
3,846 44
Paper patrol in business districts .
1,697 95
Carried forward . . . .
. 1214,554 78
Street Department — Street Cleaning Division. 447
Brought forward ,
Patrol system, push-carts
Stable and yard expenses
Stock account
Miscellaneous
$214,554 78
31,621 53
35,347 10
9,291 40
20,210 99
$311,025 80
Note. — Of the above amotmt, the sum of $759.41 was paid by other departments
and divisions, on account of wovk. done, etc., maliing the net expenses of this division,
as shown in the financial statement, §310,266.39.
Income ,
Amount of the bills deposited with the City Collector during
the financial year ending Jan. 31, 1897, $5,833.08.
Table showing the Cost per Mile of Cleaning the Streets in
each District, exclusive of Supervision and other Expenses.
Districts.
Miles of
Streets
Cleaned.
Cost of
Cleaning.
Pro Rata Cost
of Dumps.
Total Cost.
Cost per
Mile.
1
2-3
7
990.46
1,046.47
655.01
5,280.72
676.08
3,430.82
$16,531 62
13,942 11
16,349 50
53,280 47
6,566 18
39,012 79
$424 49
452 21
$16,956 11
14,395 32
16,349 50
54,494 20
6,846 60
40,102 73
$17 11
13 75
24 96
8
9
10
1,213 73
274 42
1,089 94
10 31
10 11
11 68
12,079.56
$145,682 67
$3,455 79
$149,138 46
Average cost per mile of cleaning streets in six districts, ex-
clusive of supervision, etc., 112.34.
Table showing the Cost per Mile of Cleaning the Streets in each
District, including Supervision, Labor, Yard and
Stable fcxpenses.
Dis-
tricts.
Miles of
Streets
Cleaned.
Cost of
Cleaniug
Streets.
62% of the
Total Cost
of
Supervision.
73% of the
Toiai Coat of
Yard and
Stable
Expenses.
Total
Expense.
Total
Cost
per
Mile.
1 . .
2-3 .
'7. .
8 . .
9 . .
10. .
990.46
1,046.47
655.01
5,280.72
676.08
3,430.82
$16,956 11
14,395 32
16,349 50
54,494 20
6,840 60
40,102 73
$620 48
526 76
598 27
1,994 08
250 32
1,467 44
$2,933 69
2,490 63
2,828 74
9,428 38
1,183 53
6,938 41
$20,510 28
17,412 71
19,776 51
65,916 66
8,274 45
48,508 58
$20 70
16 62
30 19
12 48
12 23
14 13
12,079.56
$149,138 46
$5,457 35
$25,803 38
$180,399 19
Average cost per mile of cleaning the streets in six districts,
including supervision, etc., $14.93.
448 City Document No. 29.
Table showing the Number of Loads of Street Dirt Removed.
DiSTKICTS.
Kumber of
Loads of Dirt
Removed.
Cost per load of
cleaning streets
and removing
to dumps, in-
cluding Fore-
man's auperin-
tendence.
1
2-3
7
8
9 ...... .
10
15,751
11,692
21,240
29,396
6,502
21,411
$1 23
1 49
1 07
1 92
1 61
1 87
105,992
1,616
5,353
Eemoved by paper patrol
Barrel loads.
Removed by push-cart, patrol system .
Removed by district push-carts .
58,986
2,692
Totals
112,961
61,678
Total number of cart loads removed 112,961
Total number of barrel loads removed 61,678
36,072 loads of the above dirt (or 31 per cent) were delivered
at the dumping scow, the towing of which to sea cost 15 cents per
load. In addition to the above, 28,819 single loads and 3,688
double loads of street scrapings were removed from the streets
by the Paving Division.
Public Waste Barrels.
Total number of waste barrels emptied
Force Employed.
Deputy Superintendent .....
Clerk
Messengers ........
Employees in the division not including the above
Entire force ......
Average force employed during the year
26,346
1
1
3
321
326
316
Street Department — Street Watering Division. 449
APPENDIX G.
REPORT OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREET
WATERING DIVISION.
, 742 Tremont Building,
Boston, Feb. 1, 1897.
Mr. Benj. W. Wells, Sitperintendent of Streets :
Deae Sir : I herewith respectfully submit the annual report
of the expenditures, income and operations of the Street Water-
ing Division, for the financial year ending Jan. 31, 1897.
The street watering season of 1 896 has been a remarkable
one in many ways. It was one of the most trying from a
weather standpoint, and this, coupled with the fact that the ap-
propriation was smaller by many thousands than heretofore,
makes the results attained highly satisfactory. While express-
ing satisfaction with the work accomplished during the year, the
division does not wish to give its approval to continued small
appropriations for street watering purposes. The growth of the
city, and the open character of our winters, necessarily lengthen-
ing the season, make it imperative that a substantial increase
should be made in the amount assigned for this work.
The season began the 25th of March, and carts were employed
in parts of the city proper as late as the 4th of December.
Some were really needed during days in January, but the ther-
mometer was so low that ice formed as soon as water was
thrown from the carts, which were called out to relieve the dust
nuisance. It is decidedly dangerous to horse travel to attempt
to water streets when the temperature is below freezing, and
there seems to be no method by which the dust can be over-
come, except, perhaps, by frequent sweeping and scraping.
The construction of the subway has been the occasion of
much dust, and consequent public complaint. The best possible
effort has been made to keep the dust down along Tremont
and the other streets used by the Transit Commissioners, but
when the weather becomes cold it is a nuisance that frequent
sweeping cannot altogether abate.
As Blue Hill, Huntington, and Commonwealth avenues near
completion it becomes necessary to provide for their care.
The present force of carts has been given more miles of
streets than efficiency should require, and an increase must be
made to water the avenues mentioned. It is also the opinion of
450 City Document No. 29.
the division that an auxiliary force should be maintained to use
in emergency cases and on exceptional days when the regular
number of carts is inadequate. Fully seven extra carts are
needed for regular work during the coming season. They are
required by the natural growth of the city, the acquisition of the
above avenues, and the reduction of some of the overworked
routes.
The auxiliary force should be maintained as follows : South
Boston, 2 carts; East Boston, 2 carts; Charlestown, 1 cart;
Brighton, 3 carts; West Roxbury, 4 carts; Dorchester, 4 carts;
Roxbury, 4 carts ; city proper, 5 carts ; total, 25. This force
would be very valuable during an unusually dry spell, and in case
of negligence on the part of any of the regular force could be
called upon to displace them. To discipline a cart-owner, where,
there are only enough carts to do the work, is like punishing
the division ; for the force is made so much less, no carts as a rule
being available to do the work of the negligent one. In con-
nection with providing this auxiliary force it may be well to ask,
will the contractors invest in a plant which insures so little
profit as a watering cart ? This is the one great impediment in
providing the force.
During an average season some 202,160,000 gallons of water
are used for street watering. This tremendous use of fresh
water must, as years go on, be prevented by the use of salt
water. The systematic and gradual construction of salt water
mains is the only solution to the introduction of salt water, and
this has already been s-uggested in connection with the use of
salt water for tire purposes. To use salt water now by the old
pumping-stations would entail a very large expense, and is im-
practicable. Attention is called to this matter here to show the
necessity of providing for some method of saving the fresh
water, and it is needless to state that salt water for watering
streets is superior to it.
The expense of the division last year was $71,211.81, the
smallest in its history. It may be considered the lowest figure
at which our 305 miles of macadam streets can be watered.
The efiiciency and method of the department has reached the
highest degree of excellence ; and in the future the expenses may
be expected to show an increase commensurate with the growth
of the city.
The trial of watering streets by electric watering cars has
proved such a success that it should be one of the earliest efforts
of the department to make the West End Stieet Railway Com-
pany water the streets through which its tracks run. If this is
accomplished the increase demanded for the regular force could
be provided from the carts removed from the streets on which
the West End Street Railway Company will operate its cars.
Nothing is risked in saying that not only could the division do
this, but it could also give extra watering service throughout the
city.
Street Department — Street Watering Division. 451
The following sums have been expended for street watering
during the past six (6) years :
1891
. $104,263 62
1894
$87,169 08
1892
94,507 80
1895
76,424 70
1893
99,430 16
1896
71,211 81
The income during the last year was $952.50.
Respectfully submitted,
ThOS. J. FlNNEKAX,
Deputy Superintendent Street Watering Division.
Financial Statement.
Amount of appropriation . . . 170,000 00
Transferred from Sewer Division . 1,211 81
Total amount of appropriation . . $71,211 81
Total amount of expenditures . . $71,211 81
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Income.
The ^ division watered in front of 127 school-houses, 9 poHce
stations and 37 engine-liouses. The charges against the Board
of Police and Fire Department have been paid, but the School
Committee, as usual, ignores its debt.
The following sums were charged for street watering, and bills
for the same deposited with the City Collector during the financier
year ending Jan. 31, 1897 : —
Fire Department ....
. $470 40
Board of Police ....
. 136 85
Homoeopathic Hospital .
. 105 00
Louisburg Square
. 100 00
Fairfax and Beaumont streets
75 00
Marcella-street Home .
. 28 00
State House grounds
25 00
Boston Dispensary
12 25
' Total
. $952 50
The bill against the School Committee amounts to $3,466.54.
Summary of Day Work paid for by the City.
No.
District.
No. Carts.
No. Miles
Covered.
Average per
Cart.
1 . .
South Boston
9
23.0.5
2.56
East Boston
8
21.63
2.70
Charlestown
7
15.00
2.14
Brighton
13
32.6.5
2.51
0
West Roxbury
18
61.06
3.39
6
Dorchester .
19
63.31
3.33
7
Roxbury
19
54.19
2.85
8
Back Bay
10
15.93
1.59
9
Beacon Hill .
2
4.25
2.12
10
South End .
7
14.36
2.05
Totals
112
305.41
2.72
The above summary shows that 112 carts watered 305.41
miles of macadam sti'eets this year. Last year the same num-
ber of carts watered 301.92 miles of streets. The cost of
the watering exclusive of supervision was $184 per mile, or
$56,333.25, against $214 per mile last year and an expense of
$64,532.75, The work this year, as last, was done entirely by
day work under the immediate control of the division. The
abolition of the contract work and substitution of day work has
given street watering service at the lowest possible cost, and
hereafter with the growth of the city and the open character
of our winters the expense may be expected to increase.
4.54:
City Document No. 29.
Attention should be directed to the fact that the appropria-
tion is now so small that only the absolute necessities of the ser-
vice are provided for, and little or no freedom is allowed for
unusual conditions. Streets outside of the City Proper are
watered twice a day and this is sufficient for the majority of
them, but there are many on which the traffic is so great that
they should be watered three and four times. Provisions are
now made whereby all important highways are watered at least
three times, but in some sections the force and expense will not
permit of this really necessary arrangement.
Our citizens are continually demanding increased service, and
no work done by any other branch of the department is more
appreciated than that of street watering.
Work done by Contractors at the Expense of the Abutters.
Districts.
Contractors.
Carts.
Miles.
City Proper .
City Proper .
City Proper .
City Proper .
East Boston .
Charlestown
Eoxbury and South Boston
Eoxbury
Daniel Clark .
Potter Bros. .
Proctor Bros. & Co
C. Nute & Son
J. J. Fitzpatrick
W. H. Quigley
H. P. Cook & Co.
Gilligan Bros.
4
5
5
1
1
1
3
1
4.4.5
8.75
7.25
2.73
2.00
2.00
7.78
1.25
Totals ....
21
36.21
The above table gives the work done by contractors for the
abutters on paved streets. The work is substantially the same
as last year. Nothwithstanding how many times explained it
always seems necessary to state for a large number that the
division waters only macadam streets.
While upon this subject it is perhaps well to point out that
the method of watering paved streets is not altogether satisfac-
tory, inasmuch as some receive service they do not, or are not
willing to pay for. There is no compulsion about the watering
of paved streets, and where A desires it done B may not be
willing to pay for his share. Such conditions frequently arise,
and the contractor refuses to water except where he is assured
a profit for his work.
From a careful investigation it would appear that the watering
of all paved streets could be done by the division for $50,000.
It needs no argument to prove that the watering could be done
better under day than contract work, and there are many parts
of the city not now watered because of the expense, where this
privilege would be a great benefit to the health of the people
living in the congested communities.
Street Departjnient — Street Watering Divrsrox. 455
In connection with the suggestion that the city water the
paved streets free of cost to the abutter it should be urged that
the division still feels that the West End Street Railway Com-
pany ought not to be relieved by any such arrangement of its
manifest duty to water its tracks. If the West End took care of
the t-treets through which it runs its cars the expense would be
very much reduced; but $125,000, it may be safely stated, will
water every accepted street, paved and macadam, within the
city limits. This matter is respectfully set forth for your con-
sideration.
Work done by the Contractors Free of Cost to the City.
Name.
Carts.
Miles.
Daniel Clark
Potter Bros. .
Proctor Bros. & Co
0. Nute & Son
n. p. Cook & Co
Gilligan Bros.
1
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0.86
1.12
1.75
0.21
1.09
0.54
Totals
OS
5.. 57
The amount of work done by the contractors in return for
their franchises remains the same as last year. Most of this
gratuitous service is done in sections, where it would be exceed-
ingly difficult to operate a day cart under the control of the
division, as there is not enough work to keep one cart employed
all the time. An expense of $2,000 is saved the division by this
watering.
Distribution of Carts showing Entire Amount of Work done.
No.
District.
Hired
Carts.
Contractors'
Carts.
Total.
Miles.
1 . .
South Boston . . ,
9
1
10
2.T.9S
2 ,
East Boston ,
8
1
9
23.63
3 .
Charlestown .
7
1
8
J7.00
4 .
Brighton . .
13
13
32.65
5 .
West Roxbury
18
18
61.06
6 .
Dorchester .
19
.
19
63.31
7 .
Roxbury . ,
19
3
22
60 2t
8, 9, 10|City Proper ,
19
15
34
57.72
Free watering
• •
Bf
3f
5.57
Totals
112
2^1
136f
347.16
456
City Document No. 29.
Water=Posts or Stand- Pipes.
During the year three new stand-pipes were erected and three
relocated for the benefit of the service. Five hydrants were
established to test street sprinkling with electric cars.
The location is shown by districts : —
Districts.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1896.
Electric
Hydrants.
Incr.
South Boston .
2.3
25
27
27
28
28
East Boston .
16
23
28
82
33
34
Charlestown .
19
19
20
20
20
20
Brighton . .
25
39
42
44
44
44
West Roxbury,
50
59
60
65
66
67
1
Dorchester . .
61
72
75
82
82
S3
1
Roxbury . .
53
60
65
68
68
68
City Proper
24
42
45
48
52-
53
5
1
Total . .
271
339
362
386
393
396
5
3
Note. — An increase of 125 stand-pipes since 1891.
The use of bicycles by the men having charge of the watering
in the various sections continues to give highly satisfactory results
in the matter of efficiency.
Mr. J. W. Smith, the Local Forecast Official, still obliges us
with daily weather reports of great value.
The Water Department continues its assistance in the matter
of meeting our requirements in the repair of stand-pipes and the
use of water.
Street, Department — Engineering Dr^sion. 457
APPENDIX H.
City of Boston, Engineering Department,
50 City Hall, Jan. 31, 1897,
Mr. Bek.tamijst W. Wells, Superintendent of Streets :
SiK : I herewith submit the following report of the work done
under my direction for the Street Department during the year
1896.
Blue Hill Avenue.
The work on this avenue from Grove Hall to Walk Hill street
a distance of 2.21 miles is in a forward state. It is substantially
completed from Grove Hall to the principal entrances to Frank-
lin Park, and the remaining portion was so far advanced, that
one fairly good roadway for the entire length under construction
was in use during the winter. During the year the excavation
or rough grading has been completed, the work on the sewers,
water and gaspipes has been carried forward nearly to com-
pletion and about one-half the work of roadway construction
done. The avenue to Walk Hill street should be completed
during the working season of 1897.
The construction of the remaining part of the avenue from
Walk Hill street to Mattapan, a distance of .65 mile has not
3'et been ordered.
The total amount of excavation made has been as follows : —
Earth 136,984.53 cubic yards-
Rock 33,913.59 "
Total 170,898.12 "
There has been a large surplus of excavated material, and
after completing the filling required, the remainder has been
disposed of as follows : —
Delivered on Lauriat avenue (haul about 0.46 mile), 7,524 cu.yds.
" Geneva » ( " " 1.67 " ), 6,083 «
" " Columbus avenue between Dimock
street and West Walnut Park (haul about 1.60
miles) 7,899 "
Delivered on Talbot avenue (haul about 0.17 mile), 5,000 "
Total .26,506 "
In addition to the above, large and unmeasured quantities of
filling have been delivered on Franklin Field, Franklin Park, and
458 City Document No. 29.
on Blue Hill avenue beyond Walk Hill street. On the section
nearest Grove Hall, the surplus, amounting to 3,291 cubic yards,
was disposed of by the contractor under the contract. A large
part of the rock excavated was of such inferior quality as to be
only suitable for filling. From the cut near Walk Hill street,
however, suitable stone was found, and enough was saved to
furnish stock for Telford base for about 16,000 square yards or
about 1.07 miles of one roadway.
The total cost of excavation including its delivery as above
indicated has been as follows : —
Earth, 136,984.53 cubic yards .... $57,603 44
Average cost per cubic yard .... 0.4205
Rock, 33,913.59 cubic yards .... 35,620 87
Average cost per cubic yard .... 1 05
Most of the work remaining to be done is under contract and
partially completed. There remains one section of roadway,
from Glenway street to Canterbury street, which can be put
under contract on the completion of the sewer, gas and water-
pipe work. The construction of a retaining-wall next Franklin
Park must follow the completion of the above-named section of
roadway, as its site is now occupied by the temporary roadway.
The Street railroad has been rebuilt from Grove Hall, and
extended 0.95 mile to Harvard street.
The grade established for Blue Hill avenue caused a cut of
about 11 feet at the entrance to Back street (now Harvard
street) and a temporary connection was made between them ;
this was done by contract and is not yet entirely completed.
The cost will be about |1,110.
At McLellan street the difference in grade was about 10.5
feet and excavation for a connection has been in progress by the
Street Department during the winter ; at other intersections,
where there are only slight differences in grade, connections will
be made by the contractors.
Columbus- Avenue Extension.
Colambus avenue, from Northampton street to the Roxbury
crossing, has been substantially completed. It has an asphalt
roadway, from curb to curb, 54 feet in width, with a double-
track street railway. The rails used are full grooved, with both
tread and guard on a level with the asphalt surface.
From Northampton street to the southerly line of Terry
street, a distance of 3,276 feet, the surface is Trinidad asphalt,
laid by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, the concrete base
is generally 6 inches in thickness, but for a part of the length
over the deepest mud the thickness was increased to 10 inches.
The remainder of the work, 884 feet in length, was laid on a
6 inch concrete base by the Boston Asphalt Company, with im-
ported Sicilian natural rock asphalt. The preparation of the
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roadbed was made by the regular force of the Street Depart-
ment, large quantities of unsuitable material was removed, and
10,987 cubic yards of gravel was delivered by contract and used
for grading. A steam-roller was kept in use upon it for several
months, and while settlement is apparent in places, the general
result is better than could have been reasonably expected, when
the very bad character of the ground is taken into account. The
edgestone were set and the brick sidewalks laid under the super-
vision of the Street Department. The price ^aid for asphalt,
including a 6 inch base of American cement concrete, was $2.90
per square yard for both sections. The section of the avenue
from Massachusetts avenue to Northampton street was surfaced
with Trinidad asphalt, so that Columbus avenue now has a con-
tinuous asphalt surface from the Boston & Albany R.R. bridge
to the Roxbury crossing, a distance of 1.5 miles.
The section of the avenue between Roxbury crossing and
Stony brook, near Ritchie street, is occupied at present by the
contractors for the new conduit for Stony brook, and the sur-
facing of the street can only be commenced upon the com-
pletion of this work, and of the work upon the other sewers, gas
and water pipes.
The section between Ritchie street and West Walnut park
can be put under contract upon the completion of the under-
ground pipe work, which is in a forward state. The remaining
section of the avenue, extending from West Walnut park to
Walnut avenue, is nearly completed. It is a Telford macadam
roadway with edgestones and brick sidewalks. It was let in one
contract. The surplus excavated material was used upon the
adjoining section, and the work was carried far enough before it
was closed by the weather, to allow the roadway to be kept open
during the winter.
It is expected that the avenue can be completed during the
working season of 1897.
Huntington Avenue.
This avenue extends from Copley square to the Brookline line,
a length of 2.25 miles. From Copley square to Francis street,
a distance of 1.75 miles, it is 100 feet in width, and is built with
a central reserved space 25 feet wide for street cars, two road-
ways each 25 feet wide and two sidewalks each 12^ feet wide.
The remainder of the avenue is 80 feet in width, with one road-
way 54 feet in width, with a double track street railway in the
centre, built in the usual manner without a special reservation.
The sidewalks are each 13 feet wide. Beginning at Copley
square the first section .13 of a mile long, to the Boston & Albany
R.R. bridge, has Telford macadam roadways and brick sidewalks.
This section was built by the regular force of the Street Depart-
ment. The bridge over the railroad was stripped, cleaned,
painted and newly floored above the iron girders . One new girder
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was added to carry a new 42-inc]i water pipe, and in rebuilding,
the surface of the bridge was rectified to correspond with the
revised grade and cross section of the avenue.
From the bridge to Gainsborough street, a distance of .57 of
a mile, the roadways are laid with natural rock asphalt, on a 6-
inch American cement concrete base. The grading was done by
the regular force of the Street Department. The edgestones and
brick sidewalks were laid by contract with materials furnished
by the department. The asphalt including base was laid by the
Boston Asphalt Company and cost $2.90 per square yard. The
intersection at Massachusetts avenue which has double street
railroad tracks on each avenue, connected by eight curves, is
paved with granite blocks on gravel. The next section, from
G-ainsborough to Longwood avenue .78 of a mile in length has
Telford macadam roadways and gravel sidewalks ; it was built by
H. Gore & Co. with materials principally furnished by the Street
Department. The remainder of the avenue, .74 of a mile in
length has Telford macadam roadways and was built by Dohertj^
& Connors, with materials furnished by the Street Department.
A few details remain to be completed upon this avenue and the
work done upon it late in the season will require some further
attention early in the spring.
The reserved space upon which the street cars run has been
loamed, with the intention of seeding it to grass ; this work has
been done by the West End Street Railway Company which has
also done similar work upon Commonwealth-avenue extension and
Blue Hill avenue.
Brighton Avenue,
This avenue extends from Commonwealth avenue to Union
square, Allston, a length of .67 of a mile. It is 100 feet wide,
with a central loamed reservation 25 feet wide, for street cars, two
roadways, the northerly one 30 feet wide, and the southerly one
25 feet wide, and two sidewalks, each 10 feet wide. The road-
ways are built of Telford macadam, with 10-inch base and 6-inch
cracked stone covering, with block stone gutters, edgestones and
gravel sidewalks.
The work was done by Doherty & Connors, with materials
(except gutter blocks and flagging) furnished by the Street De-
partment. The surplus excavated material was deposited on
Commonwealth avenue, near Cottage-Farm bridge. The work
of building has been completed, with the exception of repairing
such defects as may develop during the winter.
Commonwealth-Avenue Extension.
The extension of Commonwealth avenue to the Newton line
has been so far completed as to be in use during the winter.
Some work is yet to be done, and work done late in the season
will require attention in the spring. The avenue has been in use
Street Department — Engineering Division. 461
since September. The work of excavation under Neil McBride's
contract, let in 1895, was completed early in the year, and large
quantities of excellent stone for Telford base and for crushing,
including a quantity of the finest trap rock, was quarried and
stored on adjoining land, and enough to supply the city's crusher
was delivered daily at the Chestnut Hill avenue crusher, near by.
Substantiall}^ enough stone was quarried and saved to build the
roadways and furnish a foundation for the sidewalks. The work
of building the avenue was let to John A. Whittemore's Sous, in
May, 1896. Block stone for gutters was furnished by the Street
Department, and the contractors hauled the stone previously
quarried and not required for Telford base to the crusher, and
drew crushed stone from the stock there as required. The road-
ways are built with an 8-inch Telford base and 4-inch crushed
stone surface, block stone gutters, without edgestones, and gravel
sidewalks, with broken stone foundation.
The width of the avenue at this section is 120 feet. The
northerly roadway is 25 feet wide, the southerly roadway 40 feet
wide, the reserved and loamed space for street cars is 25 feet
wide, and the two sidewalks are each 15 feet wide.
The stone arch which marked the entrance to the Chestnut Hill
Driveway was taken down and stored on the grounds of the Water
Department by William Miller, at the contract price of $874.
The face wall on the Water Department front on the avenue was
rebuilt in its new position at a cost of $1,684.10. The contracts
of both McBride and Whittemore are not yet settled.
The construction of this section completes the connection
between Commonwealth avenue in Boston, and Commonwealth
avenue in Newton, making a continuous wide avenue extending
from the Public Garden in Boston to Charles river on the further
boundary of the city of Newton, a distance of 11.14 miles, 5.59
miles of this avenue being in Boston, and 5.55 miles in Newton.
The table showing lengths and areas of paving on accepted
streets has been brought up to Feb. 1, 1897.
Street paving has been supervised in all cases where requested.
All paving laid on the before-mentioned avenues is included in
the quantities given. All granite paving laid on concrete base
has been laid with pitch and pebble joints.
Block stone pavement, on a concrete base, laid with pitch and
pebble joints, 9,308.9 square yards.
Block stone pavement, on a gravel base, laid with pitch and
pebble joints, 5,752 square yards.
Block stone pavement, on a gravel base, laid with gravel
joints, 29,046.7 square yards.
Trinidad sheet asphalt, with a binder course of asphaltic
cement concrete on an American cement concrete base, 24,782.76
square yards, at a cost of $2.90 per square yard for large areas,
and $3 per square yard for small areas, not including the
preparation of the roadbed.
Sicilian rock asphalt on an American cement concrete base,
26,717.2 square yards, at an average cost of about $2.90 per
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square yard for large areas, and $3. per square yard for small
areas, not including the preparation of the roadbed.
Edgestones set, 107,833 linear feet; gutter paving laid and
relaid, 44,823.3 square yards; brick sidewalks laid, 49,314.2
square yards; gravel sidewalks constructed, 43,888.3 square
yards; flagging crosswalks laid, 6,044.16 square yards.
All asphalt paving is laid with a maintenance guarantee for
five years.
Acton street, "Washington street to Bradford street, was
paved with 2}j inches of Sicilian rock asphalt, on a 6-inch
American cement concrete base, by the Boston Asphalt Company.
The roadway was subgraded, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks
and flagging crosswalks relaid by the Street Department. The
former surface was macadam, with cobble-stone gutters. One
new catch-basin was bviilt on Bradford street, and one square
granite catch-basin frame was removed and a cast-iron D frame
substituted.
Batterymarch street, Milk street to Liberty square, was
paved with 2 inches of Trinidad lake asphalt, with l-^-iuch bitu-
minous concrete binder, on a 6-inch American cement concrete
base, by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. The old pave-
ment was removed and the roadway subgraded by the Paving
Division. Edgestones were reset, brick sidewalks and flagging
crosswalks relaid by D. J. Kelley. Two square granite catch-
basin frames were removed and cast-iron D frames substituted.
Former pavement, old granite blocks.
Beach street, Washington street, across Harrison avenue,
was paved with large granite blocks on a 6-inch American cement
concrete base, with pitch and pebble joints, including tracks of
the West End Street Railway Company. The old pavement was
barred out and loaded, roadway subgraded, concrete base and
paving laid, the edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging
crosswalks were relaid by J. B. O'Rourke. The Street Department
furnished teams for carting away old paving blocks and surplus
material. The West End Street Railway Company, by agree-
ment, paid for the portion within its tracks. Former pavement,
old granite blocks.
Chauncy street. Summer street to Essex street, was paved
with large granite blocks on a 6-inch American cement concrete
base, with pitch and pebble joints, including the tracks of the
West End Street Railway Company. The old pavement was
barred out and loaded, roadways graded, concrete base and
paving laid, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging cross-
walks relaid by the Metropolitan Construction Company. The
Street Department furnished teams for carting away old granite
blocks and surplus material. The West End Street Railway Com-
pany, by agreement, paid for the portion within its tracks.
Former pavement, old granite blocks.
Corning street, ShaAvmut avenue to Washington street, was
resurfaced with Trinidad lake asphalt by the Barber Asphalt
Street Department — Engesteering Division. 463
Paving Company. This work was done by the burning process,
which consists in heating the old surface of the asphalt, scraping
off the dead asphalt, and applj^ing a new wearing surface. The
price paid for this work was $2. per square yard.
CoJumbus avenue, Massachusetts avenue to Northampton
street, was paved by the Barber -Asphalt Paving Company with
2 inches of Trinidad lake asphalt, with 1^ inches bituminous
concrete binder, on a 6-inch American cement concrete base.
The roadway was subgraded by J. J. Sullivan ; edgestones were
reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by Philip
Doherty. Former surface was macadam with block gutters.
Devonshire street, State street to Dock square, was paved
with large granite blocks on a 6-inch American cement concrete
base, with pitch and pebble joints, including tracks of the West
End Street Railway Company. The old pavement was removed
and roadway subgraded by the Street Department. Concrete base
and paving laid, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging
crosswalks relaid by J. B. O'Rourke. The West End Street Rail-
way Compan}^, by agreement, paid for the portion within its
tracks. At the Dock-square end of the street, about 100 square
yards were repaved on a gravel base temporarily, so that the
Boston Transit Commission might readily make certain gas pipe
connections. Former pavement, old granite blocks on a gravel
base.
Hamburg street, Mystic sti^eet to Harrison avenue, was paved
with 2^ inches of Sicilian rock asphalt on a 6-inch American
cement concrete base, by the Boston Asphalt Company. The road-
way was subgraded, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging
crosswalks relaid, by the Street Department. Former surface
was macadam, with cobble gutters. Two square granite catch-
basin frames were removed, and cast-iron D frames substituted.
Hanover street, Tileston street to Charter street, and across
Charter street on the north side, was paved with 2^ inches of
Sicilian rock asphalt on a 6 -inch American cement concrete base,
by the Boston Asphalt Company. The old pavement was re-
moved and roadway subgraded by the Street Department. Edge-
stones were reset, iDrick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid
by H. Gore & Co. One square granite catch-basin frame was
removed and a cast-iron D frame substituted. Former pavement
was old granite blocks on a gravel base.
K street. East Sixth street to East Eighth street, not includ-
ing tracks of the West End Street Railway Company, was paved
with 2^ inches of Sicilian rock asphalt on a 6-inch American
cement concrete base by the Boston Asphalt Company. The
roadway was subgraded by the Street Department. Edgestones
reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by H. Gore
& Co. Former surface was macadam with cobble-stone gutters.
The laying of the concrete base and asphalt surface was super-
vised by the Street Department.
Laconia street, Washington street to Harrison avenue, was
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paved with 2 inches of Trinidad Lalte asphalt on li-inch bituminous
concrete binder, on a 6-incli American cement concrete base, by
the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. This street was formerly
a private way, with brick sidewalks on either side, and a park-
way in the centre with two rows of trees,; the usual cross section
for a street of this width was modified so as to preserve the best
of the trees in the northerly row. The roadway was subgraded,
edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks laid by
the Street Department. Two new catch-basins were built.
Lowell street, Causeway street to Brighton street (including
tracks of the West End Street Railway Company and Union
Freight Railroad Company) , was paved with large granite blocks
on a gravel base and bed, with pitch and pebble joints. The old
pavement was removed and the roadway subgraded by the Street
Department. Block paving was laid, edgestones reset, brick side-
walks and flagging crosswalks relaid by D. J. Kiley & Co. By
agreement, the West End Street Railway Company and the
Union Freight Railroad Company paid for the portion within
their tracks. Three granite catch-basin frames were removed
and cast-iron D frames substituted. Former pavement, old gran-
ite blocks on a gravel base.
Meander street, Maiden street to East Dedham street, was
paved with 2^ inches of Sicilian rock asphalt on a 6-inch Ameri-
can cement concrete base, by the Boston Asphalt Company, The
roadway was subgraded, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and
flagging crosswalks relaid by the Street Department. Two square
granite catch-basin frames were removed and cast-iron D frames
substituted. Former pavement, cobble stones on gravel base.
Milk street, Oliver street to India street, was paved with
large granite blocks on a 6-inch American cement concrete
base. The old pavement was removed and roadway subgraded
by the Street Department. Concrete base and paving was laid,
edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid
by Jones & Meehan. Four square granite catch-basin frames
were removed and cast-iron D frames substituted. Former pave-
ment, old granite blocks on a gravel base.
Mystic street, Maiden street to East Brookline street, was
paved with 2^ inches of Sicilian rock asphalt, on a 6-inch
American cement concrete base by the Boston Asphalt Company.
The old pavement was removed, roadway subgraded, edgestones
reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by the
Paving Division. Four new catch-basins were built. Former
pavement was 12-inch square granite blocks on gravel base,
between Maiden and East Canton streets, and macadam between
East Canton and East Brookline streets.
North street. Merchants row to Blackstone street, was paved
with large granite blocks on a 6-inch American cement concrete
base, with pitch and pebble joints. The old pavement was barred
out and loaded, roaclway subgraded, concrete base and paving
laid, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks
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relaid by tlie Metropolitan Construction Company. The Street
Department furnislied teams for carting away old blocks and
surplus excavation. Two granite catch-basin frames were
removed and cast-iron D frames substituted. Former pavement,
old granite blocks on a gravel base.
Norwich street, Mystic street to Meander street, was paved
with 2^ inches of Sicilian rock asphalt on a 6-inch American
cement concrete base by the Boston Asphalt Company. The old
pavement was removed and roadway subgraded, edgestones reset,
and brick sidewalks relaid by the Street Department. Two
square granite catch-basin frames were removed and cast-iron D
frames substituted. Former pavement, cobble stones on gravel
base. ,
Ohio street, Washington street to Shawmut avenue, was paved
with 2i inches of Sicilian rock asphalt on a 6-iuch American
cement concrete base by the Boston Asphalt Company. The old
pavement was removed and roadway subgraded, edgestones reset,
brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by the Street
Department. Former pavement, old granite blocks on gravel
base.
Pine street, Washington street to Harrison avenue, was paved
with 2 inches of Trinidad Lake asphalt, with li inches bitumi-
nous concrete binder on a 6-inch American cement concrete base
by the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. The roadways were
subgraded, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flag'ging cross-
walks relaid by the Street Department. One new catch-basin
was built, and one square granite catch basin frame was removed
and a cast-iron D frame substituted. Former pavement was
macadam with block gutters.
St. Martin street. Bunker Hill street to Medford street, is
about 533 feet long, with a diiference in level between the above-
named streets of 55 feet ; from Medford street it rises at the rate
of 14.34 feet per 100 for 170 feet; from this point five flights
of artificial stone steps and platforms, 61 feet long and rising
25.8 feet, were built by Simpson Bros., at a cost of $2,811.20.
Iron hand rails and fences were built by G-. T. McLauthlin &
Co., at a cost of $310. The excavation was made and founda-
tions prepared by the Street Department. The portion of the
street 170 feet from Medford street is to be constructed with a
macadam roadway, granite block gutters, edgestones and brick
sidewalks. The work of constructing the street was not very
far advanced at the end of the working season.
Taylor street, Dwight street to Milford street, was paved
with Sicilian rock asphalt on the existing concrete base, by the
Boston Asphalt Company. Two granite catch-basin frames were
removed and cast-iron D frames substituted. Former pavement
was Trinidad lake asphalt. The laying of the asphalt was super-
vised by the Street Department.
Water street. Liberty square to Broad street, was paved
with 2 inches Trinidad Lake asphalt, with 1^ inches bituminous
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concrete biBcler, on a 6-inch American cement concrete base by
the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. The old pavement was
removed and roadway subgraded by the Street Department.
Edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid
by D. J. Kiley. Former pavement, old granite blocks on a
gravel base.
Winter street, Tremont street to Washington street, was
paved with special cut granite blocks on a 6 -inch American
cement concrete base, with pitch and pebble joints. The old
pavement was removed and roadway subgraded by the Street
Department. Concrete base and paving laid, edgestones reset,
brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by H. Gore &
Co. Former paveigent, old granite blocks on a gravel base.
New Streets.
The following streets were constructed under chapter 323 of
the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts of 1891, and Acts
in amendment thereof or in addition thereto : —
Abbotsford street, Walnut avenue to Harold street, is about
599 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to Quimby & Ferguson. Work was begun
June 16, 1896, and completed Aug. 29, 1896, at a total cost
of $1,864.03. It is a 6-iuch macadam road with gravel side-
walks. Crushed stone, gutter blocks and edgestones were fur-
nished by the city and hauled to the site of the work by the
contractors. Flagging for crosswaUis was furnished by the
contractors.
Audubon road, Beacon street across Ivy street, is about 315
feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to William ScoUans. Work was begun June
29, 1896, and completed Sept. 10, 1896, at a total cost of
$5,813.83. This street is 100 feet wide ; it has a 60 foot roadway,
two brick sidewalks 10 feet wide, and a planting space on either
side between the sidewalk and roadway. The roadway is Telford
macadam (8 inches and 4 inches respectively) with granite block
gutters. Telford stone, crushed stone, edgestone and gutter
blocks were furnished by the city and hauled to the site of the
work by the contractor. Bricks, loam and flagging for cross-
walks were furnished by the contractor.
Bay State road, Sherborn street to Granby street, is about
795 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to Quimby & Ferguson. Work was begun
May 4, 1896, and completed Sept. 11, 1896, at a cost of
$3,749.02. It is a 6-inch macadam road with gravel sidewalks.
Crushed stone and edgestones were furnished by the city and
hauled to the site of the work by the contractor. Cutter blocks
and flagging for crosswalks were furnished by the contractor.
Boylston street extension, Boylston road to Brookline
avenue, is about 2,070 feet long. The work of filling to sub-
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grade was Ibegnn in 1894, and completed on April 27, 1895, at a
cost of $47,819.37. The contractor was John O'Brien. A con-
tract for constrncting the surface of this street was awarded to
Neil McBride. Work was begun Oct. 20, 1896, and is still in-
complete. It is a 6-inch macadam road, with gravel sidewalks.
Crushed stone and edgestones are furnished by the city and
hauled to the site of the work by the contractor. Gutter blocks
are furnished and delivered on the street by the city. Flagging
for crosswalks was furnished by the contractor. Before the cold
weather stopped work the contractor had set all the edgestones,
paved the gutters and placed nearly all the crushed stone. Dur-
ing the winter, as the weather permitted, he has been hauling in
gravel to fill out the slopes.
Clinton street, Fultoa street to Commercial street, is about
187 feet long. This street was widened 30 feet on the northerly
side ; it is now 70 feet wide. For taking down a building at the
corner of Fulton street and removing old area and party walls,
the sum of $643.05 was paid to A. A. Elston & Co. The old
pavement was barred out and roadway subgraded by the Street
Department. The order for construction required granite block
paving on a concrete base, with pitch joints, but, as it is intended
to build part of an outfall sewer in the street, the roadway was
paved temporarily with granite blocks on a gravel base. The
granite block paving was laid, edgestones set, brick sidewalks
and flagging crosswalks relaid by Dennis J. Kiley & Co.
Fenelon street, Washington street to Merrill street, is about
324 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to Daniel E. Lynch. Work was begun Oct.
19, 1896, and was continued as long as the weather permitted;
it is very nearly completed. The street has a 6 -inch macadam
road, with gravel sidewalks. Crushed stone, gutter blocks and
edgestones were furnished by the city, and hauled to the site of
the work by the contractor. Flagging for crosswalks was fur-
nished by the contractor.
Geneva avenue, West\'ille street to Dorchester avenue, is
about 2,137 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of
this street was awarded to Finneran & O'Hearn. Work was com-
menced Nov. 13, 1896, and was continued as long as the weather
permitted. It is a 6-inch macadam road, with gravel sidewalks.
Crushed stone and edgestones are furnished by the city, and
hauled to the site of the work by the contractor ; gutter blocks
are furnished and delivered on the street by the city ; flagging
for crosswalks is furnished by the contractor. The street is
practically finished for a distance of about 600 feet.
Qranby street. Commonwealth avenue to Charles river, is
about 439 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface
of this street was awarded to Quimby & Ferguson, Work was
begun May 8, 1896, and completed Sept. 11, 1896, at a cost of
$2,203.22. It is a 6-inch macadam road, with gravel sidewalks.
Crushed stone and edgestones were furnished by the city, and
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hauled to the site of the work by the contractor ; gutter blocks
and flagging for crosswalks were furnished by the contractor. A
contract for furnishing and setting a cap stone on the sea wall at
Charles river was awarded to Trumbull & Eyan ; capstone, 64
feet long, cost $320.00. Another contract for furnishing and
erecting an iron fence on the above capstone was awarded George
T. McLauthlin & Co. for $110.00.
Greenbrier street, Bowdoin street to Bloomfield street, is
about 700 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface
of this street was awarded to Qaimby & Ferguson. Work was
begun June 16, 1896, and completed Oct. 8, 1896, at a cost of
$2,797.05. It is a 6-inch macadam road with gravel sidewalks.
Crushed stone and edgestones were furnished by the city and
hauled to the site of the work by the contractor ; gutter blocks
and flagging for crosswalks were furnished by the contractor.
Josephine street, Geneva avenue to Ditson street, is about
627 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to J. J. Nawn. Work was begun June 4,
1896, and completed Oct. 16, 1896, at a cost of $1,888.66. It
is a 4-inch macadam road. Gravel sidewalks were ordered to
be built, but on account of a petition from the abutters, a gran-
olithic sidewalk and edgestone was laid, except in front of two
lots. Crushed stone and edgestones were furnished by the city
and hauled to the site of the work by the contractor. Gutter
blocks and flagging for crosswalks were furnished by the con-
tractor
Lauriat avenue. Blue Hill avenue to Tucker sti-eet, is about
3,160 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of
this street was awarded to Doherty & Connors ; work was begun
Oct. 5, 1896, and was continued as long as the weather permitted.
It is a 6 -inch macadam road with gravel sidewalks. Crushed
stone, gutter blocks and edgestones are furnished by the city
and hauled to the site of the work by the contractor ; flagging for
crosswalks is furnished by the contractor. This street is practi-
cally finished for a distance of about 1,950 feet.
Morse street, Washington street to Bowdoin avenue, is about
223 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to Daniel E. Lynch. Work was begun Oct.
12, 1896, and was continued as long as the weather permitted ; it
is nearly completed. This street has a 6-inch macadam road
with gravel sidewalks. Crushed stone, gutter blocks and edge-
stones were furnished by the city and hauled to the site of the
work by the contractor ; flagging for crosswalks was furnished
by the contractor.
St. Alphonsus street, Tremont street to Calumet street, is
about 720 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface
of this street was awarded to Quimby & Ferguson. Work was
begun June 24, 1896, and completed Oct. 10, 1896, at a cost of
$3,608.62 It is a 6-inch macadam road with gravel sidewalks.
Crushed stone, gutter blocks and edgestones were furnished by
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the city and hauled to the site of the work by the contractor ;
flagging for crosswalks was furnished by the contractor. The
above contract includes building about 187 feet of retaining-wall,
average height about 7.5 feet.
Wilder street, Washington street to Geneva avenue, is about
539 feet long. The contract for constructing the surface of this
street was awarded to Finneran & O'Hearn. Work was begun
Oct. 5, 1896, and was practically finished Nov. 28, 1896 ; a small
amount of work remains to be done to finish the surface of the
roadway. It is a 6-inch macadam roadway. Gravel sidewalks
were ordered to be built, but at the request of the owner of
abutting land they were omitted, so as to allow him to lay gran-
olithic next season. Crushed stone, gutter blocks and edge-
stones were furnished by the city and hauled to the site of the
work by the contractor ; flagging for crosswalks was furnished by
the contractor.
Streets were filled to subgrade, by the Metropolitan Construc-
tion Company, as follows : —
Norway street, from Massachusetts avenue to Parker street,
2,541 cubic yards, at 50 cents = $1,270.50.
Ruggles street, from Parker street to Back Bay Feus, 7,496
cubic yards, at 65 cents = $4,872.40
Turner street, from Haviland to Astor streets, 2,380 cubic
yards, at 50 cents = $1,190.'
Vancouver street, from Huntington avenue to Ruggles street,
1,444.6 cubic yards, at 65 cents" = $938.99.
Peterborough street, Bo^dston road to Audubon road, is
about 1,833 feet long. A contract for filling this street to sub-
grade was made with the Boston & Albany Railroad Company, on
Oct, 30, 1896, at the rate of 51 cents per cubic yard measured
in the cut. Work was begun under this contract Dec. 2, 1896.
Grading Street Railway Tracks.
The grades for tracks in the following streets have been de-
termined. On streets marked * the surveys were made and levels
taken by the companies.
( West End Street Railway.')
Aiford street, from Maiden Bridge to the Everett line.
Amory street, Roxbury, from Centre street to the car house.
Beach street, from Washington street across Harrison ave-
nue.
Beacon street, from Massachusetts avenue to Deerfield
street.
Blue Hill Avenue, from Washington street to 1,200 feet
south of Back street.
Centre street, Roxbury, at Linwood street.
Centre street, Roxbury, from Columbus-avenue extension to
near Wise street.
470 City Docume:n^t No. 29.
Chauncy street, from Summer street to Essex street.
* Chestnut Hill avenue, from Commonwealth avenue to
Sutherland road.
Columbus avenue, from Massachusetts avenue to Roxbury
Crossing.
Columbus avenue, from West Walnut Park to Washington
street.
Commonwealth-avenue extension, from Chestnut Hill
avenue to the Newton line.
Devonshire street, from State street to Dock square.
Dorchester avenue, from West First street to West Seventh
street.
East Eighth street, from Dorchester street to Mercer street.
East Sixth street,' from L street to N street.
Essex street, from Washington street to Harrison avenue.
Hanover street, from Tileston street to Charter street.
Huntington avenue, from Dartmouth street to the Brookline
line.
K street, from East Sixth street to East Eighth street.
Main street, Charlestown, from City square to Pleasant
street.
Main street, Charlestown, from Wood street to School
street.
* Market street, Brighton, from Western avenue to Wash-
ington street.
* Massachusetts avenue, from Boylston street to Hunting-
ton avenue.
* Roxbury street, from Pyuchou street to Eliot square.
Sumner street, East Boston, from Orleans street to Web-
ster street.
Tremont street, from Columbus avenue to Vernon street.
Tremont street, Brighton, from Oak square to Newton
line.
Washington street, from Elm street to Haymarket square, f
Washington street, Roxbury, from Vernon street to War-
ren street.
* Western avenue, from Charles river in Cambridge to
Market street.
West Fourth street, at Dorchester avenue.
( West Roxhicry and Roslindale Street Raihoay Company.^
* Beech street, from Centre street to Belgrade avenue.
* Brandon street, from Amherst street to South street.
* Centre street, from Beech street to Alaric street.
* South street, from Brandon street to Washington street.
* Washington street, from Forest Hill station to the Ded-
ham line.
t Survey by tlie Boston Transit Commission.
Street Department — ENGmEERixG Division. 471
Total length of single track grades, 29.4 miles.
Surveys and plans were made for work upon the following
streets and grades and lines given. The work of construction
was supervised by the Street Department : —
Albany street, from Massachusetts avenue toward East Con-
cord street, was repaved with granite blocks on a gravel base, on
account of the paving of Massachusetts avenue, between Albany
street and Swett street, and raising it to the established grade.
The old paving was barred out and bed prepared by the Street
Department. The roadway was repaved, edgestones reset, brick
sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by Doherty & Connors.
Arlington street, from Boylston street to Marlborough street,
was resurfaced with macadam by the Street Department. Gutters
relaid, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks
relaid by James Grant & Co.
Ashland street, from Chambers street to Leverett street, was
paved with large granite blocks on a gravel base. The old
pavement was removed and roadway subgraded by the Street
Department. Granite block paving was laid, edgestones reset,
brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by D. J. Kiley.
Former pavement was cobble stones.
City Hall avenue, a footway from School street to Court
square, was paved with Hastings asphalt blocks on a gravel bed,
blocks were laid on their broadest faces by H. Gore & Co. The
old pavement was removed, walk subgraded and bed furnished
and placed by the Paving Division. Blocks were furnished by
H. Gore & Co. Former surface was brick on gravel base.
Commonw^ealth avenue, from Cottage-Farm bridge to
Warren street. Lines and grades were given and work measured,
east and west of Cottage-Farm bridge and between Harvard
avenue and Allston street.
D street, from West First street to West Third street, was
paved with large granite blocks on a gravel base. The roadway
was subgraded by the Paving Division. Granite block paving
was laid, edgestones reset, brick sidewalks and flagging cross-
walks relaid by H. Gore & Co. Former surface was macadam.
Dorchester avenue, from West First street to West Sef enth
street, was repaved with large granite blocks on a gravel base.
The old pavement was removed and roadway subgraded by the
Street Department. Granite block paving was laid, edgestones
reset, brick sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by H. Gore
& Co. Former pavement, old granite blocks on granite base.
East Eighth street, from Dorchester street to Mercer street
(on southerly side between edgestone and car track), was paved
with large granite blocks on a gravel base. The old pavement
was removed and roadway subgraded by the Street Depart-
ment. Granite block paving was laid by H. Gore & Co. Former
pavement was old granite blocks on gravel base.
East Sixth street, from L street to N street, was paved with
large granite blocks on a gravel base. The roadway was sub-
472 City Document No. 29.
graded in part by the Street Department and in part by H. Gore
& Co. G-ranite block paving was laid, edgestones reset, brick
sidewalks and flagging crosswalks relaid by H. Gore & Co.
Former surface was macadam with cobble-stone gutters.
Eustis street, from Hampden street to Magazine street, v/as
resurfaced with macadam by the Street Department. Cobble-
stone gutters were relaid, edgestones reset, and brick sidewalks
relaid (including excavation) by C. E. Barnes.
Massachusetts avenue, from Albany street to Swett street,
was paved with large granite blocks on a gravel base. The I'oad-
way was subgraded b}'- the Street Department. Granite block
paving was laid, edgestones set and flagging crosswalks laid by
Doherty & Connors. Five new catch-basins were built. Former
surface was macadam.
Tremont street, from Columbus avenue to Prentiss street
(on northerly side), was repaved with large granite blocks on a
gravel base. The old pavement was removed and roadway sub-
graded by the Street Department. Granite block paving, brick
sidewalks and flagging crosswalks were relaid, and edgestones
reset by Jones & Meehan. Former pavement was old granite
blocks on gravel base.
Miscellaneous Work.
Chestnut Hill Reservoir Archway. Specifications were
prepared, and a contract made with W. L. Miller for taking down
this archway. All stones were lettered and numbered, and a plan
showing such numbering is on file in the office of the City Engi-
neer. Cost of work was $874.
Commonwealth=avenue Speedway. A plan and details
for swing-gates for either end of the speedway was made.
Commonwealth=avenue ledge. Plans of cross sections of
ledge, for measurement of stone removed. This stone was used
in the construction of Brighton avenue, Bay State road, Granby,
Boylston and other streets ; also plan of ledge showing outlines
Oct. 1, 1895, and Dec. 5, 1896, and positions of camera when
photographs of the face of the ledge were taken Dec. 10 and 11,
1896.
Boylston street, from Exeter street to Hereford street. Plan
and estimate for fence.
Hawthorn gravel bank (Brookline), plan and cross sections
of bank for gravel xised in filling Columbus-avenue extension and
Huntingtou-avenue widening,
Livermore gravel bank (Roxbury), plan and cross sections
of bank for gravel used in filling Columbus-avenue extension.
Ruggles street, under bridge of Providence Di%dsion, New
York, New Haven & Hartford R.R. Plans, elevations, sections
and details of elevated sidewalk.
Surveys, plans and estimates for improving and paving the
followino- streets have been made : —
Street Department — EisraiNEEEmG Division. 473
Alford street (Cbaiiestown), from Maiden bridge to the
Everett line.
Essex street, from Sontli street to Federal street.
Milk street, from Pearl street to Kilby street.
Washington street, from Marvin street to Warren street,
Essex=street bridge. A contract was made Oct. 14, 1896,
with William S. Rendle for rebuilding the upper part of this
bridge and doing other work in connection therewith. The
total cost of the work was 17,038.95.
Meridian=street bridge. Specifications were made for re-
building the trusses of the draw, and a contract for doing the
work was made April 11 with W. H. Ellis & Co.; the timber
used in the trusses was furnished by the city. The cost of tlie
contract work was $2,025.96.
Winthrop bridge. The sidewalk and sidewalk bulkhead
were rebuilt for about three-quarters of their length, and repairs
were made to ten bents of piles; the work was done by J. N.
Hayes & Co., and was completed March 10, 1896, at a cost for
contract work of $1,519.92.
liuntington=avenue bridge. (Over Boston & Albany
R.R.) During the past year the flooring of the bridge has been
entirely rebuilt and made to conform to the new grade; parapets
were raised and new asphalt sidewalks built. The old girder on
the centre line of the westerly sidewalk was moved to the
easterly sidewalk and two new plate girders put in under the
westerly sidewalk. This change was made necessary because of
the new 42-inch water-pipe which was carried across the bridge
on the westerly side. The girders were built by the Boston
Bridge Works under a contract dated ISTov. 9, 1895, and the
work of moving the old girder was done by the same company ;
the total cost being $2,646.99. The contract for the woodwork
and for the changes in stonework was made with W. L. Miller,
dated April 11, 1896, and amounted to $3,097.28. The side-
walks were built by the Boston Asphalt Company, at a cost of
$635.25. The cleaning and painting of the girders was done
by the Bridge Division of the Street Department.
Cottage=Farm bridge. During the early part of the year the
northerly roadway was completed; the 20-inch steel beams being
placed in position by A. C. Richmond ; the bricks, the skewbacks
and concrete being furnished by the city, and put in place by the
Metropolitan Construction Co. A Sicilian rock asphalt wear-
ing surface was put on the roadway by the Boston Asphalt Co.
On the completion of the northerly roadway travel was
turned on that side of the bridge July 9, and the old wooden
bridge and the two iron girders supporting the water and gas
pipes were removed.
ISTew parapets and bearing blocks were furnished by the Cape
Ann Granite Co., and set in position on the old bridge seats on
the southerly section of the bridge.
Slight extensions were made to the easterly end of the north
474 City Document No. 29.
abutment and middle pier, the work being done by A. C. Rich-
mond.
The 20inch steel beams were furnished by Page, Newell &
Co., and placed in position by A. C. Richmond. The lead cover-
ings for the steel beams were furnished by E. B. Badger & Sons.
The bricks, skewbacks and concrete arches between the beams
were set by the Metropolitan Construction Co., the materials being
furnished by the city. The asphalt surface was put on by the
Boston Asphalt Co.
The two iron girders on the easterly side of the bridge, and the
sidewalk floor beams connected to them were furnished in place
by the Boston Bridge Works.
Granolithic sidewalks were laid on this section of the bridge
by Simpson Brothers, of Boston.
A central way between the car tracks, ISi feet wide and 5
inches above the roadway was built, upon which are j)laced two
gaspipes and one waterpipe.
Travel was turned over this part of the bridge late in the fall
and the bridge is practically completed with the exception of the
sidewalk on the northerly section, and the placing of fence rails
on the main girders.
East Boston Ferries.
A report was made Aug. 5, 1896, on the condition of the slips,
drops and tanks of the East Boston Ferries.
South Ferry, Boston side. Plans and specifi3ations were
made for repairing the outer end of the middle pier, and the
work was done by W. H. Ellis & Co., under contract dated Oct.
8, 1896, at a cost of $1,802.15.
New drops. A contract was made Sept. 16, 1896, with
William McKie, to build three new drops to replace three old
ones ; the old drops to be the property of the contractor, the
tanks and machinery to remain the property of the city. The
contract price was $14,718; they were placed at the northerly
landing of the North Ferry, East Boston side ; at the northerly
landing of the South Ferry, Boston side, and at the southerly
landing of the North Ferry, Boston side. These drops were
respectively put in use at the following dates : November 23,
Dec. 7, 1896, and Jan. 26, 1897.
New tanks. Two new tanks were built by J. M. Brooks,
and were used under the new drops at the East Boston landing
of the North ferry, and at the Boston landing of the South ferry.
The contract price was $8,500.
Awning at the North Ferry, East Boston. Plans and
specifications were made for an awning over the sidewalk in
front of the head-house at the North Feriy, East Boston ; the
work was done by W. H. Ellis & Co., at a cost for contract
work of $698.64.
Yours respectfully,
William Jackson,
City Engineer.
Steeet Department — Smoke Inspectiok. 475
APPENDIX I.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SMOKE INSPECTOR.
28 Court Square, Boston, Feb. 1, 1897.
Benj. W. Wells, Esq., Superintendent of Streets :
SiE : I herewith submit a report for the year ending Jan.
31, 1897, of the work done under chapter .389, Acts of 1895,
entitled, "An Act to Abate the Smoke ISTuisance in the city of
Boston."
This law has been in operation since July, 1895, and those
who have not followed the matter closely are not aware of the
progress which has been made by its enforcement. Reforms
have been accomplished, particularly in the business section, not
alone by the adoption of smoke devices, but by a more care-
ful method of stoking, and in some cases a change of fuel.
If smoke could be abated only by entailing an added expense,
it would no doubt be found difficut to enforce the law ; but a de-
vice used for the suppression of smoke, not only abates the
smoke nuisance, but invariably shows an absolute economy of
fuel, as it promotes combustion, and prevents before they can
be utilized the escape of valuable gases for heating purposes to
produce steam.
Following the passage of this law in 1895, a large number of
owners or representatives of boiler plants who were likely to
become amenable to the law, were waited upon and informed that
this department intended to strictly enforce the regulations
authorized by its provisions. The enactment clause of the law
relating to the emission of smoke for more than five minutes
being particulai-ly called to their attention.
The observers, of which there are two, were instructed to keep
a close watch, particularly in the business section, and to take
short observations of 1, 2 and 3 firings. The necessity for a
constant watch in the business section may be accounted for by
the fact, that even the emission of a small quantity of smoke,
due to various causes, destroys, for the time-being, valuable prop-
erty.
When a chimney was found emitting an unwarranted amount
of smoke the owner's attention was at once called to it, and im-
mediate action suggested.
Some of these required time and patience, particularly where
devices were attached, owing to the delays occasioned in the
476 City Docujnient No. 29.
selection of a proper smoke preventer. Generally we have found
a disposition to abate the existing evil.
These short observations have been taken by the observers as
they go over the several districts from day to day, and serve to
keep the office informed of the condition of the various plants
throughout the city.
Other observations have been made at the request of boiler-
plant owners, who, having equipped their plant with a smoke
consuming device, desired the city to inform them if the same
was acceptable and complying with the law. These latter obser-
vations, lasting from eight to nine hours, with reports, are on file.
When a request for inspection is received from a boiler-plant
owner, arrangements are made to take two observations, aver-
aging from eight to nine hours, so as to cover the actual working
time of the boilers.
The first observation is taken without the knowledge of any
one connected with the plant, to show the results when the
plant is being run under every day conditions. Another obser-
vation is later taken, the owners being previously notified ; this
affords them an opportunity to be exceedingly careful in their
stoking and manipulation of the device.
It would seem that with a knowledge of the fact that the
chimney is being watched, and with the stoker using his best
efforts to show the best possible results, that this would obtain
in this latter set of observations; but it is frequently the case,
that the observation, taken without their knowledge, shows the
better results.
These observations show the interval in minutes and seconds
of the various grades of smoke; also the interval of clear stack.
This is followed by a summary, showing the total time of the
observation, total time of the various grades of smoke and also
the percentage. A report accompanies these observations show-
ing the number of boilers connected with the plant, the amount
and nature of the work exacted from the same, the coal con-
sumption, etc., to complete which takes from five to seven days.
A better idea may be obtained from the table herewith given.
This shows an observation taken without the knowledge of any
one connected with the plant, the boilers being equipped with a
smoke preventer. A summary is also given of the observation
taken with their knowledge on the same plant.
Street Department — Smoke Inspection. 477
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2.08.45
.30
2.09.00
.15
2.09.00
1.10
2.10.10
'i'lo'.ss'
"'.45'
2.11.20
.25
2.11.45
.25
2.11.45
9.35
2.21.20
2.21.35
.15
2.22.00
.25
2.22.00
1.45
478
City Document No. 29.
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2.23.45
2.24.10
.25
2.24.20
.10
2.24.20
3.10
2.27.30
2.28.20
.50
2.28.30
.10
2.28.30
2 35
2.31.05
2.31.10
.05
2.31.20
.10
2.32.00
.40
2.32.00
13.20
2.45.20
2.46.10
2.46.45
.50
.05
2.46.10
2.46.45
.10
2 46.20
2.46.25
.05
2.46.40
.15
9.25
2.56.10
2.46..50
.40
2.57.10
.20
2..57.20
.10
2..57.20
.50
2.58.10
2.58.40
.30
2.59.10
.30
2..59.10
2.59.25
.15
2.59.35
.10
2.59.45
.10
2.,'i9.45
1.45
3 01 30
3.01.40
3.05.20
.10
.25
3.02.00
3.05.30
.20
.10
3.02.00
3.05.30
2.50
3.04.50
3.04.55
.05
8.30
3.14.00
3.14.30
.30
3.14.30
3.14.45
.15
3.14.50
.05
3.15.00
.10
3.15.00
1.05
3.16.05
3.16.30
.25
3.16.40
.10
3.16.40
5.50
3.22.30
3.22.50
.20
3.23.10
.20
3.23.10
.30
3.23.40
3.23..50
.10
3.24.00
.10
3.24.10
.10
3.24.10
.20
3.24.30
3.25.00
.30
3.25.10
.10
3.25.10
8.26.15
1.05
3.26.30
.15
3.26.45
.15
3.26.45
2.40
3.29.25
3.29.40
.15
3.29.55
.15
3.30.10
.15
3.30.10
2.40
3.32.50
3.33.00
.10
3.33.10
.10
3. .33. 30
.20
3.33.30
2.40
3.36.10
3.36.40
. .30
3.36.50
.10
3.36.50
3.10
3.40.00
3.40.10
.10
3.40.30
.20
3.40.45
.15
3.40.45
2.15
3.43.00
3.43.10
.10
3.43.20
.10
3.43.30
.10
3.43.30
10.50
3.54.20
3..55.00
.40
3.55.15
.15
3..55.15
8.15
4.03.30
4.03.40
.10
4.03.45
.05
4.03.50
.05
4.03.50
14.20
4.18.10
4.18..55
.45
4.19.10
.15
4.19.10
5.20
4.24.30
4.25.10
.40
4.25..50
.40
4.25.50
3.30
4.29.20
4.29.25
.05
4.29.40
.15
4.29.50
.10
4.29.50
4.15
4.34.05
4.34.20
.15
4..34.20
4.34.35
.15
4.34.45
.10
4.35.10
.25
4..35.10
1.45
4.36.55
4.37.20
.25
4. .37. 45
.25
4.38.10
. .25
4.38.10
.20
4.38.30
4.39.05
.35
4.39.30
.25
4.39.45
.15
4.39.45
2.35
4.42.20
15.55
4.42.45
.25
4.43.10
.25
32.10
4.43.10
38.50
7.11.15
Sumjnary.
Dark or Thick
Gray.
Light.
Very Light.
Clear.
Time
m. s.
15 55
3.1
m. s.
38 50
7.5
m. s.
32 10
6.2
h. m. s.
7 11 15
83.2
Total time of observation
" time of smoke
" smoke ....
Dark or thick gray smoke .
Total number of firings, etc.
Average time between each firing
H. M. s.
8 38 10
1 26 55
16.8 per cent
3.1 «
101
5 minutes.
Street DEPAET]\rENT — Smoke Inspectio2^. 479
/Summary of Observation taken ivith their Knowledye.
Time
Per cent .
Dark or Thick
Gray.
m. 8.
20 55
4.0
Light.
m. s.
47 15
9.1
Very Light.
m. s.
38 50
7.5
Clear.
h. m. s.
6 51 50
79.4
H,
Total time of observation
" time of smoke
" smoke
Dark or thick gray smoke
Total number of firings, etc.
Average time between each firing
M. s.
8 38 50
1 47 0
20.6 per cent.
4. "
135
4 minutes.
I had, during the past two years, occasion to call and see the
owners or managers of a large number of boiler plants through-
out the city, and while it may seem strange, yet it is a fact, that
quite a large number know little or nothing concerning their
boiler plant, dejsending almost entirely on their engineer; and
the engineer seeing the necessity for a change which would be
beneficial, makes recommendations which are immediately set
aside, if involving any expense.
When owners of steam plants fully realize that the maintain-
ing of a smoke nuisance entails an actual money loss, then, and
only then, will suggestions from those in charge be considered.
There are a number of boiler plants in this city where the
boilers at times are being worked far beyond their rated
caj^acity, and emitting smoke to the detriment of their neigh-
bors. These parties do little, if any, damage to their own
property, but the smoke and soot are entering the doors and
windows of neighbors, destroying goods, the value of which
would aggregate many thousands of dollars.
While these plants are not flagrantly violating the law, and
the department has frequently called their attention to the neces-
sity of a change, and as their neighbors refuse to complain, the
owner as a rule is unwilling to go to any expense, especially if
he sees a chimney near by, that in his judgment smokes worse.
The engineer is well aware of these conditions, but finds
himself handicapped, on account of refusal of owner to properly
equip the plant.
When a recommendation is received from an engineer to
equip a plant with a device such as will increase the boiler
capacity, the first cost is in most cases considered excessive ; but
i£ owners would only estimate the financial returns, aside from
the knowledge, that as public- spirited citizens each had done his
480 City Document No. 29.
share, not alone towards complying with the law, but also
towards reducing his smoke emission to a minimum, better
general results would follow in the ready adoption of it.
Cases have been found where the smoke nuisance is due to bad
or careless stoking ; it is essential therefore, that the best class
of stokers be employed, as a poor fireman will be found not only
dangerous, but also very expensive.
Up to the present time it has been the established policy of
this ofRce not to recommend devices. At the same time, the
owners of plants are entitled to our advice and experience to
protect themselves against the adoption of worthless devices.
For this reason the endeavor is made to keep informed in regard
to all devices, not alone as to temporary results so far as smoke
is concerned, but also as to the permanency of the same.
In the selection of a smoke preventer, the conditions of the
plant to be equipped and the type of boiler to be used, must be
carefully considered, and any capable engineer can solve the
problem after an examination of the various types, a list of
which is readily furnished on application, and the advice given
to examine those in operation first of all. In general, each one
must decide what his peculiar local conditions call for.
Among those who have equipped their plant with smoke pre-
venters during the past year may be mentioned the following: —
Boston " Herald," Washington street.
Jordan, Marsh & Co., Washington street.
Shepard, Norwell & Co., Winter street.
Hathaway Building, Atlantic avenue.
Carter Building, Water street.
New England Building, Summer street.
Church Green Electric Lighting Co., Sullivan place.
C. A. Millen Co., Charlestown street.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad have adopted
the use of smokeless coal at the repair shops at the foot of Sars-
field street, and also at their steam-heating plants on Rogers
avenue. Several smaller plants have adopted the use of hard coal,
while many others are using a mixture of screenings with soft
coal, all with good results.
Coal Iiipoetatiosis.
Some attention has been given to the grades of coal commonly
in use, and, as it seemed to be doubtful if sulphurous mines
could be safely utilized in the city limits, some inquiry was made
as to how far Dominion coal was being adopted.
The following table shows the number of tons and value of
importations of Nova Scotia coal recorded at the port of Boston
for the year ending Jan. 31, 1897, the main portion of which is
used outside the city limits : —
Street Department — Smoke Inspection. 481
Month.
Tons.
Value.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September . . . .
October
November . . . .
December
January, 1897.
Total-
1,670
2,126
2,800
4,333
1,1S8
7,877
10,841
8,066
10,793
2,064
4,890
$3,006
3,827
5,040
7,779
2,138
14,181
19,514
13,105
17,090
3,092
8,519
56,648
&97,311
Boiler Applications.
With a view of providing against future smoke nuisances the
department found it necessary to insist that all new boilers
erected in the city be properly equipped, if soft coal was to
be used. This was done with the co-operation of the building
department, and during the past year .331 applications have been
received and disposed of as follows : —
Hot- water heaters, furnaces, etc.
Signed to use hard coal .
Adopted smoke devices .
Screenings and soft coal mixed
Applications withdrawn
Oil engines .
Gas engine
Engine .
Board of Appeal
Duplicate
Unsigned
245
35
31
9
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
Total
381
482 City Document No. 29.
In order that parties signing to use hard coal may be made to
live up to their agreement, frequent visits to the plants are
made, as a few cases have been found violating the same.
Plants equipped with devices are also visited with a view of
seeing that the same are properly manipulated and not shut off,
as all devices are more or less at the mercy of the stoker.
Special Reports.
The following special repoi'ts have been made from time to
time : —
February 6. Report with observations on plant of the F. L.
Ames estate, corner Lincoln and Tufts streets.
February 21. Report on complaint against the Bogart Steam
Laundry, 205 Florence street, Roslindale.
March 27. Report with observations on plant of Jordan,
Marsh & Co., Avon street.
April 14. Report on complaint against Houghton & Dutton,
Tremont street.
April 21. Report with observations on plant of Mr. G. D.
Hill, 13 Randolph street.
May 4. Report with observations on plant of Shepard, Nor-
well & Co., Winter street.
May 4. Report of complaint against house chimney attached
to L of estate, 22 Kingston street, Charlestown.
June 19. Report with observations on plant of the Boston
" Herald," Williams court.
June 22. Report on complaint against Messrs. Krey & Co.,
11 Province court.
July 3. Report on complaint against Minot estate, 113 Dev-
onshire street.
August 3. Report on complaint against Merello's bakery,
1260 Washington street.
August 6. Report on complaint against Monks' estate, 35
Congress street.
August 12. Report on complaint against Fox's bakery, corner
Edgeworth and Ferrin streets, Charlestown.
September 4. Report on complaint against Alfred Mudge &
Son, 24 Franklin street.
September 22. Report on complaint against Roessle and
Pfaff's breweries, Pynchon street.
October 1. Report with observations on plant of the Charles
A. Millen Company, 28 Beverly street.
October 6. Report with observations on plant of the Hatha-
way building, G20 Atlantic avenue.
October 8. Report on complaint against the Church Green
Electric Lighting Company, Sullivan place.
October 22. Report with observations on the New England
building, 180 Summer street.
Street Department — Smoke Inspection. 483
November 5. Report on complaint against the Homceopathic
Hospital, Albany street.
November 10. Report on complaint against the repair shop
of the N. Y., N. II. & H. R.R., foot of Sarsfield street.
November 18. Report with observations on plant of Swain,
Earle & Co., 67 Commercial street.
November 23. Report on complaint against the Minot estate,
J. S. Pushee & Sons, lessees, 9-13 Randolph street.
November 24. Report with observations on plant of the
Church Green Electric Lighting Company, Sullivan place.
December 7. Report with observations on plant of the Star
brewery, Shirley street.
December 17. Report on complaint against Osgood & Hart,
Sherman square, Charlestown.
Summary.
The following is a brief summary of the work for the year
ending Jan. 31, 1897 : —
Number of boiler permits acted upon .... 331
Number agreeing to burn hard coal .... 280
Number adopting smoke devices . . . . . 31
Number of short observations taken .... 285
Number of observations lasting from 5 to 9 hours . 44
Number of special reports made . , . . . . 26
General Summary.
It would be somewhat difficult to indicate by statistics, how-
ever carefully gathered, the extent of the work done by this
office since its organization in August, 1893, but the following
figures are given as possessing public interest : —
Number of boiler plants inspected
Number found equipped with smoke devices .
Number since equipped ......
Number of short observations taken
Number of observations lasting from 5 to 9 hours
Number of new boiler permits acted upon
Number agreeing to burn hard coal
Number of new boilers equipped with smoke devices
325
16
59
601
108
549
449
62
In addition to the above, a large number of plants are burn-
ing hard coal screenings mixed with soft coal, and some to avoid
any further trouble preferred to burn hard coal entirely.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas F. Kelley,
Chief Inspector,
484
City Document No. 29.
APPENDIX J.
FORMER SUPERINTENDENTS AND DOCUMENT
NUMBERS OF ANNUAL REPORTS.
Bridge Department before 1891.
Previous to 1886, under charge of City Engineer.
Bartholomew M. Young
James H. Nugent
1886 to 1889
1889 to 1891
Bridge Department before 1891.
Name of Document.
For
Pub.
No. of
Year.
Year.
Doc.
Annual Report
1886
1887
29
i( 11.
1887
1888
26
U tl
1888
1889
29
ii il
1889
1890
22
U ii
1890
1891
*
* Published in Annual Keport, Executive Department, Part I., City Document
No. 1, 1891.
Paving Department before 1891.
Name.
Year.
Enoch Patterson, Supt.
Streets and Drains ....
1827 to 1831
Zephaniah Sampson, "
u u u
1831 to 1846
Thomas Hunting, Superintendent
1846 to 1853
Alfred T. Turner,
1853 to 1864
Charles Harris,
1864 to 1883
Nehemiah T. Merritt,
1883
James J. Flynn,
1883
Charles Harris,
1884
Michael Meehan,
1884 to 1886
John W. McDonald,
1886 to 1889
J. Edwin Jones,
1889 to 1891
Street Department.
485
Paving Department before 1891.
Name of Document.
For
Year.
Pub.
Year.
No. of
Doc.
Quarterly Report
1851
6
i( ii
1851
29
Annual Report .
1851
1852
2
1852
1853
6
1853
1854
6
1854
1855
5
1855
1856
3
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
3
3
5
6
5
4
3
3
7
1865
1866
1867
1866
1867 ■
1868
3
6
9
1868
1869
14
1869
1870
1870
1871
13
12
1871
1872
16
1872
1873
21
1873
1874
1874
1875
25
27
1875
1876
1876
1877
80
38
1877
1878
29
1878
1879
24
1879
1880
24
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
48
51
47
46
97
30
16
1887
1888
1889
1888
1889
1890
23
30
19
1890
1891
*
* Published in Annual Report, Executive Department, Part II., City Document
No. 1, 1891.
486
City Document No. 29.
Sewer Department before 1891.
Name.
Year.
Enoch Patterson, Superintendent
Zephaniah Sampson "
Charles B. Wells
Simeon B. Smith "
William H. Bradley "
Horace A. Moses "
Thomas J. Young "
Seth Perkins '"
Charles Morton "
1827 to 1831
1831 to 18.37
1837 to 1856
18.56 to 1863
1863 to 1883
1883 to 1885
1885 to 1887
1887 to 1889
1889 to 1891
Sewer Department before 1891.
Piib.
No.
Name of Document.
For 1 ear.
Year.
Doc.
Annual Report ......
1859
1861
11
i u
1860
1861
12
1861
1862
12
1862
1863
13
1863
1864
11
1864
1865
5
1865
1866
6
1866
1867
8
1867
1868
13
1868
1869
11
1869
1870
3
1870
1871
11
1871
1872
10
1872
1873
13
1873
1874
12
1874
1875
17
1875
1876
11
1876
1877
13
1877
1878
15
1878
1879
11
1879
1880
16
1880
1881
19
1881
1882
18
1882
1883
16
1883
1884 \
43
1884
1885/
1885
1886
58
1886
1887
69
1887
1888
81
1888
1889
129
1889
1890
14
1890
1891
*
* Published in Annual Report, Executive Department, Part II., City Document
No. 1, 1891.
Street Depabtmekt.
487
Health Department before 1891.
SanitarT/.
Year.
Ezra ForrisLall, Superintendent
Joseph W. Coburn, "
Ezra Forristall, "
George W. Forristall, "
1853 to 1854
1854 to 1855
1855 to 1869
1869 to 1890
Health Department before 1891.
Sanitary.
Pub.
No. of
Name of Document.
"i ear.
Year.
Doc.
Annual Eeport
1853
1854
7
U I
1854
1855
6
(( 1
1855
1856
1856
1857
4
4
(1 1
1857
1858
4
(1 1
1858
1859
4
1( <
1859
1860
1860
1861
5
6
1861
186^
1862
1863
5 ■
5
1( c
3863
1864
4
H 4
1864
1865
1865
1866
4
8
" '
1866
1867
1867
1868
7
8
U 1
1868
1869
1869
1870
12
4
U i
1870
1871
10
U 1
1871
1872
1872
1873
17
40
Annual Repot from 1873 to 1884, inclu-
sive; the Superintendent's report was
embodied in the Eeport of the Board of
Health
1885
1886
45
Annual Report
u "
a (1
1886
1887
1888
1889
1887
1888
1889
1890
22
16
23
21
11 ((
1890
1891
«
* Published in Annual Report, Executive Department, Part II., City Document
No. 1, 1891.
488
City Document No. 29.
Commissioners of Cambridge Bridges before 1891,
(West Boston, Canal, and Prison Point. )
TSame.
Yeak.
Frederick W. Lincoln, Commissioner for Boston
Ezra Parmenter, Commissioner for Cambridge .
William J. Marvin, Commissioner for Cambridge
May 22, 1R71, to
March, 1891.
June 14, 1871, to
Jan. 31, 1883.
March 28, 1883, to
present time.
Note.— Harvard Bridge added in 1892.
Commissioners of Cambridge Bridges before 1891.
(West Boston, Canal, and Prison Point.)
Name of Document.
For
Pub.
No. of
Year.
Year.
Doc.
Annual Repoit
1871
1872
19
1872
1873
12
1873
1874
16
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
23
20
12
10
8
1879
1880
12
1880
1881
8
1881
1882
15
1882
1883
15
1883
1884
1884
1885
19
8
1885
1886
1886
1887
12
19
1887
1888
1888
1889
25
22
1889
1890
20
1890
1891
*
* Published in Annual Report, Executive Department, Part I., City Document
No. 1, 1891.
Ferry Department before 1895.
Name.
Year.
Board of Ferry Directors ....
William J. Burke, Superintendent .
Thomas Kellough " . .
1870
1891
May 1, 1895.
1891
May 1, 1895.
July 1, 1895.
Street Department.
489
Ferry Department before 1895.
Name of Document.
For
Year.
Pub.
Year.
No. of
Doc.
Annual Report
1870
1871
41
1871
1872-
55
1872
1873
1873
1874
81
42
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
65
51
53
49
60
1879
1880
1881
1880
1881
1882
74
77
72
18.^2
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
93
76
72
28
12
10
3
4
»
12
1892
1893
11
1893
1894
11
1894
1895
11
* Published in Anniial Report, Executive Department, Part I., City Document
No. 1, 1891.
Street Department since 1891.
Superintendent.
Henry H. Carter, Member of American Society Civil Engineers.
Resigned Dec. 8, 1894.
Charles R. Cutter, Acting Superintendent from Dec. 8, 1894, to Jan. 14, 1895,
Member of the Boston Society Civil Engineers.
Bertrand T. Wheeler, Sux>erintendent from Jan. 14, 1895, to Feb. 4, 1896.
Member of the Boston Society Civil Engineers.
Benjamin W. Wells, Superintendent from Feb. 4, 1896, to the present time.
Executive Engineer.
Henry B. Wood, Member American Society Civil Engineers.
Engineer of Construction.
Nathan S. Brock, from March 1 to June 1, 1896.
Member of the Boston Society Civil Engineers,
490
City Document No. 29.
Bridge Division. — John A. McLaughlin, Deputy S^qjerlntendent until Jime 1,
1896.
Bridge Division. — John P. Wise, Deputy Superintendent from June 1, 1895,
to Feb. 14, 1896.
Bridge Division. — William H. CarbeiTy, Deputy Superintendent from Feb. 14,
1896, to the present time.
Ferry Division. — Thomas Kellough, Deputy Superintendent from, Jidy 1, 1895,
to Feb. 14, 1896.
Ferrt Division. — William F. McLellan, Deputy Superintendent from Feb. 14,
1896, to the present time.
Paving Division. — Charles R. Cutter, Dex>uty Superintendent until Jan. 24, 1895-
Paving Division. — Darius N. Payson, Deputy Superintendent from Jan. 24, 1895,
to March 1, 1896.
Paving Division. — John L. Kelley, Deputy Superintendent from March 1, 1896,
to the present time.
Sanitary Division. — George W. Forristall,i Deputy Superintendent.
Sanitary Division. — Philip A. Jackson, Acting Deputy Superintendent from Jan.
16, 1894, to Feb. 1, 1895.
Sanitary Division. — Charles A. Young, Deputy Superintendent frotn Feb. 1, 1895,
to March 1, 1896.
Sanitary Division. — Patrick O'Shea, Deputy Superintendent from March 1, 1896,
to the present time.
Sewer Division. — Henry W. Sanborn, Deputy Superintendent until July 10, 1896.
Member Philadelphia Society Civil Engineers.
Sewer Division.— Charles R. Cutter, Deputy Superintendent from Jul p 10, 1896, to
the present time.
Member of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers.
Street Cleaning Division. — Philip A. Jackson, Deputy Sujoerinteyident until
March 22, 1895.
Street Cleaning Division. — Benjamin M. Cram, Deputy Superintendent from
March 22, 1895, to March 1, 1896.
Street Cleaning Division. — Joshua Atwood, 3d, Dej^uty Superintendent front
March 1, 1896, to the present time.
Member of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers.
Street Watering Division. — M. Edwin Libby, Deputy Superintendent from
March 6, 1895, to March 1, 1896.
Street Watering Division. — Thomas J. Pinneran, Deputy Superintendent from,
March 1, 1896, to the present time.
Boston and Cambridge Bridges. — Henry H. Carter, ex offl.eio. Commissioner
for Boston, until Dec. 8, 1894.
Charles R. Cutter, Acting, from Dec. 8, 1894,
to Jan. 14, 1895.
Bertrand T. Wheeler, from Jan. 14, 1895, to
Feb. 4, 1896.
Benjamin W. Wells, from Feb. 14, 1896, to the
present time.
WiUiam J. Marvin, Commissioner for Cam-
bridge.
iDied Jan. 12,1894.
Street Department.
Name of Document.
For
Year.
Pub.
Year.
No. of
Doc.
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1892
1892
1893
36
34
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1893
1894
34
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1894
189")
34
44 44 64 44 44
1895
1896
29
44
1896
1897
29
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