ESTIMATE OF DAMAGES CCCASIONED BY THE WIDENING OF SHAWMUT AVENUE THE SAME FROM CASTLE TO TREMONT STREET, 1870. CITY OF BOSTON. In Board of Aldermen, Aug. 29, 1870. THE Joint Standing Committee on Water beg leave to report, that their attention has been called by the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department to the inadequate supply of water for fire purposes at East Boston; and they find upon investigation that it will be necessary to substitute for the present six-inch pipes, in certain of the principal streets, a twelve-inch pipe. This change would have been recommended before, had it not been supposed that the additional pressure which would be obtained from the introduction of the Mystic water would be sufficient to meet the requirements of the fire department; but the recent fires in that section of the city have shown that a sufficient supply of water can be obtained only by enlarging the diameter of the pipes, and that the safety of a large amount of property depends upon its being done without delay. The following communication from the City Engineer gives the details of the proposed changes and the expense. OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL, WALTER E. HAWES, ESQ., Chairman Committee on Water. The districts which have had the most trouble, and are most liable to extensive conflagrations are, 1st, the district extending from Sumner street on the southwest, to Central square on the |