Grade heights were furnished engineers and architects for thirty-three estates. Twenty-four plans of streets were made for sidewalk assessments on request of the Paving Division. Data was also furnished the Paving Division for sidewalk assessments on eighteen estates. Estimates for grade, land and building damages and cost of construction were furnished the Street Commissioners on twenty-five streets. The lines and grades of the following twenty-four streets, for which the Street Commissioners were petitioned for authority to open as private ways were examined and reported upon : Baker avenue, Dorchester. Bodwell street to Quincy street. Carnegie street, South Boston. From Dorchester avenue, westerlw. coulo park, Dorchester. From Bowdoin street, northwesterly. Denton road, Brighton. Braintree street to Cambridge street. Digby street, South Boston. Summer street to Fargo street. JDonkin terrace, Dorchester. Savin Hill avenue to Springdale Street. Edna street, West Roxbury. Metropolitan avenue to Ethel -- Street. Elder street eactension, Dorchester. From Columbia road, northwesterly. Jollery street eactension, South Boston. From Carnegie street, southerly. Jomery road, Brighton. Denton road to Cambridge street. Ethel street, West Roxbury. Edna street to Augustus avenue. Fargo place, South Boston. Fargo street to Inman street. Plano street eactension, Brighton. Extension to Cambridge Street. JHollis street, Brighton. Cambridge street to Emery road. Inman place, South Boston. Fargo street to Inman street. Inman street, South Boston. D street to Fargo street. Lombard way, Dorchester. From Dorchester avenue, easterly. Lombard way, Dorchester. Extension to Auckland street. Parker Hill terrace, Roxbury. From Parker Hill avenue. Penniman road, Brighton. Braintree street to Hano street extension. Sanderson place, Brighton. From Faneuil street, southwesterly. Tebroc street, Dorchester. Bowdoin street to Levant street. Vista street, West Roxbury. Edna street to Augustus avenue. Wellington road, Dorchester. Magnolia street to Magnolia Street. One hundred and twelve plans and profiles, representing a total length of thirteen miles, showing buildings, property owners, names, established grades, areas of land taken, or to be taken, for street widenings or relocations, public alleys, etc., were completed for the Street Laying-Out Department. Important among which may be mentioned Dorchester street, from East Eighth street to Andrew square, at South Boston; Tileston avenue and Mattapan street, at Dorchester; Brandon street, Belgrade avenue, Hyde Park avenue and Spring street, at West Roxbury, and Hunnewell avenue and Wallingford road, at Brighton. Plans have been made of eleven passageways for the purpose of laying them out as public alleys. One hundred and thirteen plans have been made for the purpose of assessing benefits occasioned by the laying out and construction of new streets. A plan of the House of Correction property at South Boston was made for the Institutions Department, which was used in connection with the sale of the same. Plans of the Granary Burying-ground on Tremont street and the Swift-street Cemetery, at East Boston, were made for the Cemetery Commission. Plans have been made for the Schoolhouse Commission of property to be taken for school purposes as follows, viz., Norman street, corner of South Margin street, new site for school-house; Prince street, addition to the Hancock School site ; North Bennet street and Tileston street, addition to Ware School site; Eutaw street, addition to the Chapman School site; West Fourth street, addition to the Bigelow School site; East Fourth street, L street, and Emerson street, addition to Primary School site; South street, corner of Farquhar street, addition to Longfellow School site. Plans have been made for the Park Department of a playground at East Boston, bounded by Cottage street, Gove street and Lubec street, and of addition, extending the same to Frankfort street; also of the Forest Hills playground on Washington street, at West Roxbury. Plans made of other public property include a bath-house lot on North Bennet street, and the city wharf on Medford street at Charlestown. As a result of the perambulation of the boundary line in 1901, additional stone monuments have been set upon the lines between Boston and Newton, upon the Boston and Brookline line, and upon the line between Boston and Hyde Park, all of which were ordered by the Attorney-General. In connection with the Surveying Division there have been 1,733 titles examined, 1,546 deeds and 261 plans copied from the Registry of Deeds. The following list gives the number of orders attended to for property owners, builders, and the various city departments, from February 1, 1902, to February 1, 1903; Street lines given . e © © go o © . 418 Street grades given e e o o o Q . 265 Street Department, Paving Division e © © . 2,266 Street Department, Sewer Division e o o . 1,383 Buildings Department . e e to Q o . 179 Public Buildings Department . e e & o © 28 Public Grounds Department . © e o o o 1 Law Department G o e © o o e 91 Street Commissioners . e © e o o . 377 Engineering Department o o © to © . 193 Park Department . o o e e © o o 8 : Board of Health . so City Hospital Department Police Department Fire Department Cemetery Department o Institutions Department o . . © & to 12 School Committee © e • e e e to 10 Schoolhouse Commission © o o o © e 18 Water Department o o e o o o e 3 Total . e e o o e c o . 5,266 Twenty-nine hundred and sixty-nine blue prints have been made during the year. List of plans made for sewerage works during the year ending January 31, 1903: EAST BOSTON. Farrington avenue. — Rear of lots. ROXBURY. DORCHESTER. Dorchester avenue. — Rear of St. Gregory’s Church to Ruggles lace. mo avenue and Sheridan Street. Freeport street brook. — Additional taking between Dorchester and Pleasant street. Wrentham Park outlet. — Northam Park and Barnes Street to Welles avenue. Oakland brook. — From River street to New England Railroad. Normandy street eactension. — From Stanwood street to Wilder WEST RoxBURY. Roslindale branch Stony brook. — From Washington street to BRIGHTON. Foster-street outlet.— From Foster street to Rogers park. The following list gives the sewerage works staked out during the year ending January 31, 1903; EAST BOSTON. JFarrington avenue. — Rear of lots. SOUTH BosTON. Q street outlet. — From Q street to harbor. ROxBURY. Wensley street eactension. DORCHESTER. JFreeport-street brook. — From High street to Bowdoin street. Freeport-street 67°ook. — From Dorchester avenue to Pleasant Street. Avondale place. — From Richmond street to Ruggles place JDavenport brook. — From Bailey street to Van Winkle street. Tenean creek. — From Centre street to Wainwright street. Dorchester avenue. — Rear of St. Gregory's church to Ruggles place. Bighland avenue and Sheridan street. — Rear of and between. WEST ROXBURY. JRoslindale branch. — From Washington street to Cohasset Street. BRIGHTON. Street around Wool pond. and Albany Railroad. JFaneuil Valley brook. — From Seminary to Rogers park. JFoster street outlet. — From Foster street to Rogers park. The following table gives the comparative annual amounts of paving work measured by the Surveying Division of the Engineering Department for nine years: |