645 feet in length; Vermon street, from Tremont street to Cabot street, about 801 feet in length, and Whittier Street, from Cabot street to Tremont street and from Tremont street to Columbus avenue, about 740 feet in length, were all paved, under contract, by John E. Burns & Co., with Mack brick blocks on a six (6) inch Portland cement concrete base, with cement grout joints, under a five (5) year maintenance guarantee. The contractor also did the excavating and regulating. All of the existing gravel sidewalks were paved with sidewalk bricks, under an order of the Board of Aldermen. The new straight edgestones, gránite paving blocks and flagging were furnished by the city at the South Yard and hauled by the contractor. The old gutter blocks were hauled by the contractor to the Dimock Street Yard. Part of the surplus excavated material was hauled by the contractor to Huntington avenue, part to St. Stephen street and the balance to Avenue Louis Pasteur. The former surface of all of these streets was macadam. That part of Linden Park street from Tremont street across Elmwood street, about 290 feet in length, was paved with special granite blocks on a six (6) inch Portland cement concrete base, with pitch and pebble joints.

ASSESSMENT STREETS.

The following streets have been constructed or are in the process of construction under the provisions of chapter 393 of the Acts of 1906 and the Acts in amendment or addition thereto:

Avenue Louis Pasteur, from Longwood avenue to the Fenway, is about 1,371 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to James Doherty, October 20, 1909. Work was begun October 28, 1909, and suspended December 24, 1909. This street is to be for the greater part 100 feet wide, with an eight (8) inch tar macadam roadway and three (3) foot vitrified brick gutters. The Longwood avenue end is to be constructed in the form of a circle of 93-foot radius and the roadway is to be of vitrified brick on a six (6) inch Portland cement concrete base, with pitch joints. The curbing is to be similar to that used by the Park Department. The sidewalks are to be 25 feet wide, consisting of a loam space 15 feet wide and crushed stone 10 feet wide. This loam space is widened at intervals to 20 feet to form pits for the planting of trees. At these points five (5) feet of the crushed stone walk will overlap the loam space. The excavation for the loam space has been made and the loam has been furnished and placed by the contractor. Work will be resumed early in the spring.

Benton street, from Columbus avenue to Tremont street, is about 351 feet in length. A contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to John McCourt & Co., June 2, 1909. Work was begun June 15, 1909, and completed July 10, 1909. It is a thirty-five (35) foot street with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, granite edgestone, flagging crosswalks and brick sidewalks six (6) feet in width. The crushed stone for the macadam, the granite blocks for the gutters, the edgestone and sidewalk bricks were furnished by the contractor. The new flagging was furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. Belfort street, from Sagamore street to Saxton street, is about 164 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street, with the exception of the artificial stone sidewalks, was awarded to Joseph B. O’Rourke & Co., June 5, 1909. Work was begun July 6, 1909, and completed October 4, 1909. It is a forty (40) foot street, with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestone and a seven (7) foot artificial stone sidewalk. All of the materials were furnished by the contractor. The contract for constructing the artificial stone sidewalks was awarded to Jeremiah J. Sullivan June 2, 1909. Work was begun July 13, 1909, and completed July 16, 1909. These sidewalks are laid under a five (5) year maintenance guarantee. The artificial stone sidewalks on a part of this street had been built previous to construction. They were found to be in good condition and were allowed to remain. Beaumont street, from Carruth street to Adams street, is about 1,706 feet in length. The work of constructing this street is being done by the department force. Work was begun November 19, 1909, and suspended December 24, 1909. It is a thirty-two (32) foot street and will be built with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestones and five and one-half (5%) foot artificial stone sidewalks. The edgestone has been set, the gutters paved and most of the roadway and sidewalks have been excavated to the proper sub-grade. Work will be resumed early in the spring. Carmen street, from Shafter street to Kilton street, is about 648 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street, with the exception of the artificial stone sidewalks, was awarded to John McCourt & Co. May 20, 1909. Work was begun August 19, 1909, and completed December 3, 1909. It is a forty (40) foot street with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestones, seven (7) foot brick sidewalks on the south side near Shafter street and the remainder of the sidewalks four and one-half (4%) foot artificial stone with a loam space. The paving blocks were furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. All the other materials were furnished by the contractor. The contract for constructing the artificial stone sidewalks was awarded to Warren Brothers Company May 20, 1909. Work was begun September 10, 1909, and completed October 29, 1909. These sidewalks are laid under a five (5) year maintenance guarantee. Corona street, from Bowdoin street to Geneva avenue, is

about 1,001 feet in length. The contract for constructing the artificial stone sidewalks was awarded to Jeremiah J. Sullivan September 3, 1908. Work was begun October 28, 1908, and suspended December 19, 1908. Work was resumed April 13, 1909, and completed May 11, 1909. These sidewalks were laid under a ten (10) year maintenance guarantee. Covington street, from East Eighth street to Columbia road, is about 266 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to Joseph B. O’Rourke & Co. June 5, 1909. Work was begun on October 25, 1909, and suspended December 24, 1909. It is a fifty-four (54) foot street, with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestones and seven (7) foot brick sidewalks. The paving blocks were furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. All the other materials were furnished by the contractor. This street has been completed with the exception of the macadam roadway. The crushed stone has been placed in the roadway and partially rolled. Work will be resumed early in the spring. Cottage terrace, from East Cottage street to Marshfield street, is about 642 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to James Doherty June 18, 1909. Work was begun June 23, 1909, and completed July 31, 1909. It is a forty (40) foot street with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, with three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestone and seven (7) foot brick sidewalks. The straight edgestone and granite paving blocks were furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. All the other materials were furnished by the contractor. Doris street, from Dorchester avenue to Auckland street, is about 297 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to Joseph B. O'Rourke & Co. July 15, 1909. Work was begun September 2, 1909, and completed October 4, 1909. It is a thirty (30) foot street with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks and five (5) foot artificial stone sidewalks. The granite paving blocks and flagging were furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. All the other materials were furnished by the contractor. The artificial stone sidewalks were built previous to the present construction. Dayton street, from Nixon street to the Shawmut branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, is about 229 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street and the contract for constructing the artificial stone sidewalks were awarded to James Doherty June 18, 1909. Work under the macadam contract was begun June 29, 1909, and completed July 29, 1909; under the sidewalk contract work was begun July 14, 1909, and completed July 27, 1909. It is a forty (40) foot street with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestone and seven (7) foot artificial stone sidewalks. The granite paving blocks, flagging and edgestone were furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. The artificial stone sidewalks, on a part of the street, had beef built previous to construction. They were found to be in good condition and were allowed to remain. Dighton street, extended to Chestnut Hill avenue, is about 305 feet in length. The work of constructing this street is being done by the department force. Work was begun December 14, 1909, and suspended December 24, 1909. It is a fifty (50) foot street and will be built with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestone and eight (8) foot artificial stone sidewalks. The work done this year consisted of excavating and grading. Work will be resumed early in the spring. Evergreen street, from South Huntington avenue about 443 feet easterly, is about 456 feet in length. The contract for grading this street was awarded to Mark H. Lynch December 11, 1908. Work was begun December 16, 1908, and completed March 6, 1909. The contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to James H. McCarthy September 29, 1909. Work was begun October 11, 1909, and completed December 13, 1909. It is a forty-one (41) foot street, with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestone and seven (7) foot crushed stone sidewalks. The edgestone and flagging were furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. All the other materials were furnished by the contractor. Fletcher street, from Centre street to South street, is about 1,510 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street, with the exception of the artificial stone sidewalks, was awarded to James Doherty September 14, 1909. Work was begun September 17, 1909, and completed November 18, 1909. The contract for constructing the artificial stone sidewalks was also awarded to James Doherty September 17, 1909. Work was begun September 30, 1909, and completed November 16, 1909. It is a forty (40) foot street, with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks and granite edgestone. The sidewalks, seven (7) feet in width, consist of a seeded loam space two and one-half (2%) feet wide and artificial stone four and one-half (4) feet wide. The crushed stone for the macadam, granite blocks for the gutters and the loam for the loam spaces were furnished by the contractor. The edgestone was furnished by the city, part on the line of the work and part being hauled by the contractor. The flagging was furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. The old paving blocks, cobbles and crossing blocks were hauled to the Child Street Yard by the contractor. The artificial stone sidewalks were laid under a five (5) year maintenance guarantee. Underdrains were laid connecting the cinder foundation of the walks with the catch-basins, the object being to prevent the accumulation of water at the low end of the walks and a consequent upheaval which might be occasioned by the action of frost in the ground. Hyde Park avenue, from about 300 feet north of Ashland street to the Hyde Park line, is about 2,224 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to the West Roxbury Trap Rock Company September 14, 1909. Work was begun September 20, 1909, and suspended December 24, 1909. Work done on this street this year consisted principally of placing filling, but this work has been, to a great extent, necessarily interfered with by the laying of underground pipes. Marbury terrace, from Amory street to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, is about 346 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street was awarded to James Doherty October 18, 1909. Work was begun November 15, 1909, and suspended December 6, 1909. It is a forty (40) foot street and is to have a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestone and artificial stone sidewalks seven (7) feet in width. The edgestone has been set, the gutters paved and the cinder foundation for the artificial stone sidewalks placed. The edgestone was furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. The paving blocks for the gutters and the cinders for the sidewalks were furnished by the contractor. Work will be resumed early in the spring. Melbourne street, from Centre street across Brent street, is 574 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street, with the exception of the artificial stone sidewalks, was awarded to Thomas Croke & Co. July 23, 1909. Work was begun August 3, 1909, and completed November 17, 1909. It is a forty (40) foot street, with a six (6) inch macadam roadway, three (3) foot granite block gutters, flagging crosswalks, granite edgestone and seven (7) foot artificial stone sidewalks. The edgestone, flagging and paving blocks were furnished by the city and hauled by the contractor. All the other materials were furnished by the contractor. The contract for constructing the artificial stone sidewalks was awarded to Jeremiah J. Sullivan July 16, 1909. Work was begun August 17, 1909, and completed September 13, 1909. These sidewalks were laid under a five (5) year maintenance guarantee. Millet street, from Harvard street to Athelwold street, is about 331 feet in length. The contract for constructing the surface of this street, with the exception of the artificial stone sidewalks, was awarded to James Doherty September 30, 1909. Work was begun October 8, 1909, and completed November 16, 1909. The contract for constructing the artificial stone sidewalks was also awarded to James Doherty September 30, 1909. Work was begun November 2, 1909, and completed