67. Corner Washington and Common streets. 71. Corner Warren avenue and Berkeley street. 79. Corner of Dover and Albany streets. 84. South City Stables. SOUTH BOSTON. 121. Corner A and First streets. 123. Corner Broadway and Dorchester avenue. 125. Norway Iron Works, Dorchester avenue. 126. Corner Second and E streets. 127. Corner Eighth and E streets. 128. Washington Village (Hose House No. 10). 129. Corner Sixth and B Streets. 131. Corner G and Eighth streets. 132. Corner Broadway and Dorchester street. 134. Corner of Fifth and D streets. 135. Corner Eighth and K streets. 136. Corner First and K streets. 137. Fourth street, between K and L (Steamer House No. 2). 138. House of Correction (Gate). 141. Boston Wharf. 145. Corner P and Fourth streets. 151. Old Ferry house. EAST BOSTON. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson streets. 153. Corner Webster and Orleans streets. 154. Corner Maverick and Meridian streets. 156. Corner Sumner and Border streets. 157. Corner Decatur and Liverpool streets. 161. Grand Junction Yard. 162. Corner Bennington street and Central square. 163. Corner Chelsea and Marion streets. 164. Simpson's Wharf, Marginal street. 165. Corner Marion and Trenton streets. 167. Forge Works, Maverick street. 171. Porter's Wharf, Border street. 172. Pottery Works, 146 Condor street. 173. Corner Glendon and Eagle streets. 174. Corner Brooks and Saratoga streets. 175. Corner Chelsea and Saratoga streets. 176. Sanborne's Tube Works, Saratoga street. 178. Corner Moore and Saratoga streets. ROXBURY. 212. Corner Albany and Hampden streets. 213. Corner Norfolk avenue and Hampden street. 214. Corner Washington and Arnold streets. 215. Corner Tremont and Cabot streets. 216. Corner Ruggles and Parker streets. 217. Corner Ruggles and Tremont streets. 218. Corner Ruggles street and Shawmut avenue. 219. Longwood avenue (Carpet Factory). 231. Hook and Ladder No. 4 (Eustis street). 232. Corner Eustis and Dearborn streets. 234. Corner Dudley street and Blue Hill avenue. 235. Corner Warren and Dudley (Eng. No. 12). 236. Corner Cabot and Culvert (Eng. No. 13). 237. Corner Dudley and Putnam streets. 241. Corner Warren street and Walnut avenue. 242. Corner Clifford street and Blue Hill avenue. 243. Centre street (Engine No. 14). 245. Junction Washington and Tremont streets. 246. Longwood. 247. Corner Tremont and Francis streets. 251. Corner Highland and Cedar streets. 252. Corner Dale street and Shawmut avenue. 253. Corner Warren street and Blue Hill avenue. 254. Corner Pynchon and Heath streets. 256. School-house, Heath street. 257. Corner Townsend and Warren streets. DORCHESTER. 312. Corner Boston and Mount Vernon streets. 313. Corner Dorchester avenue and Pond street. 314. Engine House 21, Boston street. 315. Corner Stoughton and Cottage streets. 316. Police Station 11, Commercial, opp. Hancock streets. 317. Corner Bird and Ceylon streets. 321. Savin Hill. 323. Glover's Corner. 324. Corner Green and Bowdoin streets. 325. Field's Corner. 326. Harrison square. 327. Harris School-house, Adams street, opp. Centre. 341. Corner Commercial and Mill streets. 342. Corner Neponset avenue and Minot street. 343. Corner Water and Walnut streets. 345. Corner Adams and Granite streets. 346. Corner Dorchester avenue and Codman street. 347. Corner Washington street and Warren place. 351. Corner Washington and River streets. 352. Corner River and Cedar streets. 353. Engine House 19, Norfolk street. 357. Engine House 18, Harvard street. 361. Corner Harvard street and Blue Hill avenue. THE MERIDIAN BELLS. Forty-two bells and fifty-five gongs, at their various locations on churches and school-houses, and in engine-houses, are struck from the Fire-alarm Office precisely at noon, every day. Care is taken to secure the utmost accuracy in the time, for which purpose a chronometer is used, and compared with the time of Cambridge Observatory as often as necessary. HARBOR DEPARTMENT. JOHN T. GARDNER, Harbor Master, Office, Eastern Depot Wharf. Salary, $1,800. [Chosen by concurrent vote annually, "if expedient." Statutes 1847, c. 234. Ord. p. 292.] Franklin Winchester, Assistant, to take charge of the Roxbury Canal. UNITED STATES HARBOR COMMISSION. At the suggestion of His Honor, Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr., Mayor of the city, in 1859, the City Council ordered a scientific survey of Boston harbor to be made; and, in accordance with the unanimous vote of the City Council, Gen. Joseph G. Totten, of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, Prof. A. D. Bache,† of the U. Upon the decease of Gen. Totten, in 1864, Gen. Richard Delafield, of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, was selected in his place. + Died in 1867. S. Coast Survey, and Commander Charles H. Davis, of the U. S. Navy, were specially detailed by the U. S. Government as a Commission to make the proposed survey of said harbor. The results of these surveys will be found in City Doc. 97, for 1860; City Doc. 12 for 1861; City Doc. 62, for 1862; City Doc. 35, for 1863; City Doc. 33, for 1864; City Doc, 28, for 1865; and City Doc. 50, for 1866. STATE HARBOR COMMISSION. Office, City Hall, School street. By statutes of 1866, ch. 149, the Governor was authorized to appoint before the first day of July, 1866, five competent persons, to hold their offices for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from July 1, 1866, they and their successors to have the general care and supervision of all the harbors, tide-waters and flats in the Commonwealth (except the Back Bay lands), and to prescribe harbor lines, etc. This Commission was duly appointed, and now consists of the following persons: William T. Grammer, of Woburn, for five years. John N. Marshall, of Lowell, for four years. Darwin E. Ware, of Boston, three years. F. W. Lincoln, jr., of Boston, two years. Josiah Quincy, of Boston, Chairman, one year. ISLANDS. The following islands in the Harbor of Boston belong to the city, viz: — 1. Deer Island. Containing 134 acres upland and 50 acres of flats, conveyed to the inhabitants of Boston, March 4, 1634-5. 2. Thompson's Island. Annexed to Boston by act of March 15, 1834. 3. Great Brewster Island. Containing 16 acres, was purchased in 1848 for $4,000. |