MALDEN BRIDGE. Expenditures from February 1, 1902, to January 31, 1903: Bridge to to © * $12,312 38 — — $18,284 84 Expended previous to 1902 . g so © 118,652 09 Expenditures from February 1, 1902, to J anuary 31, 1903: Piers (Terminal Co.'s yard) . $21,275 33 Rent of land (Terminal Co.'s yard) e & to & 10,120 00 Engineering and inspection . 9,921 73 Six piers . g e e 1,664 51 Printing e & so so 134 33 Advertising . so to e 72 90 Cement testing . e & 60 00 Southerly approach e io 31 26 smomomo om-o-o-o $43,280 06 Expended previous to 1902 . e e e 79,363 53 $122,643 59 BRIDGES. The annual inspection of all highway and foot-bridges has been made, together with special examinations when notified by the Superintendent of Streets of the progress of repairs. The management of all the bridges and draws between Cambridge and Boston, by the Acts of 1898, chapter 467, is vested in a board of two commissioners, which has charge of the following eight bridges, viz.: Cambridge street, Canal, Essex street, Harvard, North Harvard street, Prison Point, West Boston, and Western avenue to Cambridge; one-half the cost of the maintenance of these bridges is paid by each of these cities. Af In the list of bridges those marked with a star (*) are over navigable waters, and are each provided with a draw, the openings in which are shown in a table in Appendix A. The width of the openings have been measured for this report. I. — BRIDGES WHOLLY SUPPORTED BY BOSTON. Agassiz road, in the Fens. * Congress street, over Fort Point channel. Winthrop, from Breed’s Island to Winthrop. II. — BRIDGES OF WHICH BOSTON SUPPORTS THE PART WITHIN ITS LIMITS. Bellevue street, in the Riverway, over Muddy river. Bernier-street foot-bridge, in the Riverway, over Muddy I'l Wel’. Brookline avenue, in the Riverway, over Muddy river. Central avenue, from Dorchester to Milton. * Chelsea bridge, North, over North channel Mystic river. * Granite bridge, from Dorchester to Milton. Huntington avenue, in the Riverway, over Muddy river. Longwood avenue, in the riverway, over Muddy river and Boston & Albany Railroad. Milton bridge, from Dorchester to Milton. * Neponset bridge, from Dorchester to Quincy. * North Beacon street, from Brighton to Watertown. Spring street, from West Roxbury to Dedham. * Western avenue, from Brighton to Watertown. III. — BRIDGES OF WHICH BosTON PAYS A PART OF THF, COST OF MAINTENANCE. Albany street, over Boston & Albany Railroad freight tracks. Ashmont street and Dorchester avenue, over Old Colony Division, N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. Blue Hill avenue, over Midland Division, N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R., Dorchester. & *. Boston street, over Old Colony Division, N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. * Cambridge street, from Brighton to Cambridge. Cambridge street, over Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany Railroads. **. * Canal bridge, from Boston to Cambridge. Chelsea bridge, over the Boston & Maine Railroad. Dorchester avenue, over Old Colony Division, N.Y., N. H. & H. R.R. Dorchester street, over Old Colony Division, N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. * Essex street, from Brighton to Cambridge. Everett street, over Boston & Albany Railroad, Brighton. * Harvard bridge, from Boston to Cambridge. Harvard street, over Midland Division, N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R., Dorchester. Norfolk street, over Midland Division, N.Y., N. H. & H. R.R., Dorchester. * North Harvard street, from Brighton to Cambridge. Oakland street, over Midland Division, N.Y., N. H. & H. R.R., Dorchester. Perkins street, over Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany Railroads. * Prison-point bridge, Charlestown to Cambridge. Southampton street, over Old Colony Division, N.Y., N. H. & H. R.R. Summer street, over freight tracks, N.Y., N. H. & H. R.R. * West Boston temporary bridge, from Boston to Cambridge. West Fourth street, over Old Colony Division, N.Y., N. H. & H. R.R. * Western avenue, from Brighton to Cambridge. IV. — BRIDGES SUPPORTED BY RAILROAD CORPORATIONs. 1st. — Boston & Albany R. R. Albany street, over passenger tracks. Washington street. 2d. — Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany Railroads. Main street. 3d. — Boston & Maine R.R., Eastern Division. Wauwatosa avenue, East Boston. 4th. — Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn R. R. Everett street. 6th. – New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R., Midland Division. Broadway. Dorchester avenue. Fifth street. Fourth street. Morton street, Dorchester. |