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REGULATIONS.

The baths are open daily, from June 1 to September 30, as follows:

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All the bath-houses are closed by the Superintendents at 10 o'clock P. M., on week days, and 9 o'clock A. M. on Sundays.

Female

Each bather provides his own towels and soap. bathers are required to furnish suitable bathing-dresses. Those desiring towels can obtain them of the Superintendent, at three cents each.

Boys and girls under fifteen years of age are not admitted to the bathing-houses after 6 o'clock, P.M.; and the decision of the Superintendent against admission is final.

Each Superintendent has full charge of his premises, and authority to withhold the facilities from all not conforming to these rules; and he is required to render every assistance to applicants for baths, who, in case of insult or deprivation of privileges otherwise than as provided for in these rules, can appeal to the Chairman of the Bathing Committee.

No smoking, profanity, or noisy conversation is allowed on the premises; and any person guilty of defacing the dressing-rooms, fences or tanks, by writing, marking or cutting, will be excluded from the baths, or arrested, according to the nature of the offence.

All questions of priority in bathing, or of use of dressing-rooms, must be referred to the Superintendent, whose decision shall be final.

A police officer is in constant attendance at each bathhouse for the purpose of preserving order and enforcing these regulations, in concurrence with the Superintendent.

BRIDGES.

[Ord. pp. 76, 178, and July 13, 1874.]

The several bridges within the limits of the city, whether constructed over navigable streams or railroads, are under the control of the Board of Aldermen, and are subject immediately to the care and inspection of the City Engineer, who is required to examine and report annually upon their conditions and requirements. [See City Doc. No. 24 for 1876.]

The bridges over navigable streams are placed in the care of superintendents, who are elected annually by the City Council, or Board of Aldermen. The superintendents attend to the opening and closing of the draws, the removal of snow and ice from the foot-paths, and the prevention of trespasses on said bridges. For these duties they receive such compensation as the City Council from time to time determine.

BRIDGES WHOLLY SUPPORTED BY THE CITY.

ALBANY STREET, over the Roxbury canal. Superintendent, Franklin Winchester. Salary, $800. [Appointed by Harbor Committee, and paid from appropriation for Harbor.]

ASHLAND STREET, in Ward 23, over Boston and Providence Railroad.

ATHENS STREET, over New York and New England Railroad.

BERKELEY STREET, over Boston and Albany Railroad.

BERKELEY STREET, over Boston and Providence Railroad. BROADWAY, Over Fort Point channel. Superintendent, John

C. Poole. Salary, $3,200, including $800 for an Engineer, and $1,200 for two assistants.

BROOKLINE AVENUE, over Muddy river, Ward 22.

CHARLES RIVER, over Charles river from Boston to Charlestown. Superintendent, Joel R. Bolan. Salary, $1,500, and use of house on bridge, and a horse to open and close the draw.

CHELSEA STREET, from East Boston to Chelsea. Superintendent, Edward T. Stowers. Salary, $300.

COLUMBUS AVENUE, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
COMMERCIAL POINT, in Dorchester.

CONGRESS STREET, over Fort Point channel to A street,
South Boston. Superintendent, Matthew J. Callahan.
Salary, $3,000, including $750 for an Engineer, and
$1,150 for two assistants.

DARTMOUTH STREET, over Boston and Albany, and Boston and Providence Railroads.

DORCHESTER STREET, over the Old Colony Railroad.

Dover street, over Fort Point channel. Superintendent, Angus Nelson. Salary, $1,400, and use of house on bridge.

FEDERAL STREET, over Fort Point channel. Superintendent, Jacob Norris. Salary, $3,000, and use of building on the bridge, and two horses, at the city's expense, to open and close the draw.

FERDINAND STREET, over the Boston and Albany Railroad. HUNTINGTON AVENUE, over the Boston and Albany Railroad. MALDEN BRIDGE, over Mystic river, from Charlestown to Everett. Superintendent, John Howard. Salary, $1,000. [Stat. 1874, c. 139.]

MERIDIAN STREET, from East Boston to Chelsea. Superintendent, Reuben B. Wendell. Salary, $1,000.

MILLDAM, over sluices from Back Bay basins.

MOUNT WASHINGTON AVENUE, over Fort Point channel. Superintendent, George H. Davis. Salary, $2,000. NEWTON STREET, over Boston and Providence Railroad. PUBLIC GARDEN FOOT-BRIDGE, over Public Garden pond.

SHAWMUT-AVENUE BRIDGE, Over Boston and Albany Railroad.

WARREN BRIDGE, over Charles river, from Boston to Charlestown. Superintendent, Charles H. Marple. Salary, $1,500, and use of the house on bridge.

WINTHROP BRIDGE, from Breed's Island to Winthrop.

The foregoing superintendents, with the exception first noted, are elected by the City Council. [Ord. July 13, 1874.]

BRIDGES OF WHICH BOSTON SUPPORTS THE PARTS WITHIN ITS LIMITS.

CAMBRIDGE STREET, over Charles river, from Brighton to Cambridge. Superintendent, William Norton. Salary for care of this bridge, Western avenue bridge and North Harvard street bridge (below), $700 per annum. CHELSEA BRIDGE, over Mystic river, from Charlestown to Chelsea. Superintendent, Daniel S. Lawrence. Salary, $85 per month. [Stats. 1868, chap. 312.]

COTTAGE FARM BRIDGE, over Charles river, from Boston to Cambridge. Superintendent, Francis Caverly. Salary, $300 per annum, and ten cents for each vessel passing the draw. [Stats. 1871, c. 220.]

GRANITE BRIDGE, over Neponset river, from Dorchester to Milton. Superintendent, Albert O. Hawes.

$250.

LONGWOOD AVENUE, from Ward 22 to Brookline.
MATTAPAN BRIDGE, from Ward 24 to Milton.

MILTON BRIDGE, from Dorchester to Milton.

Salary,

NEPONSET BRIDGE, over Neponset river, from Dorchester to Quincy. Superintendent, John Glavin. Salary, $300. NORTH BEACON STREET, from Brighton to Watertown. Superintendent,

NORTH HARVARD STREET, from Brighton to Cambridge.

Superintendent, William Norton. [See Cambridge-street bridge (above).]

PRISON POINT, over Miller's river, from Charlestown to Cambridge. Superintendent, Nathaniel E. Story. Salary, $200. [Stats. 1870, chap. 300.]

SPRING STREET, from West Roxbury to Dedham.
WESTERN AVENUE, from Brighton to Cambridge.

Superin

tendent, William Norton. [See Cambridge-street bridge (above).]

WESTERN AVENUE, from Brighton to Watertown. Superintendents, Messrs. O. F. Knox and M. W. Angier. Sal

ary, $1.00 for each vessel passing the draw.

The foregoing superintendents are appointed annually by the Board of Aldermen. [Ord. July 13, 1874.]

BRIDGES OF WHICH BOSTON PAYS A PART OF THE COST OF MAINTENANCE.

ALBANY STREET, over Boston and Albany Railroad.
CANAL,* over Charles river, from Boston to Cambridge.
Superintendent, Cyrus Bruce. Salary, $52.50 per month
for himself and assistant.

WEST BOSTON BRIDGE,* Over Charles river, from Boston to Cambridge. Superintendent, Charles W. Blaney. Salary, $63.33 per month for himself and engineer.

All other bridges within the limits of this city are supported wholly by the several railroad corporations whose tracks are located under them.

* These bridges are under the care of commissioners, one of whom is appointed annually, in the month of March, by the Mayor and Aldermen of Cambridge, and one by the Mayor and Aldermen of Boston. The commissioners at the present time are Frederick W. Lincoln of Boston, and Ezra Parmenter of Cambridge. Salary, $500 each. [Stat. 1870, c. 302. Ord. May 19, 1871.]

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