Hired for $300 per year. **Hired for $600 per year. The two buildings used as armories are Engine House No. 4, Bulfinch st., belonging to the City, and No. 130 Columbus ave., the latter occupied by four companies of Cadets, annual rent paid, $4,800. At 73 Tremont st., 13 rooms (viz., Nos. 730 to 742) are hired for the Law Department at annual rent of $9,350 and at 274 Boylston st., three rooms for Medical Examiner of Northern District at $900 per year. In charge of this department also are the following City scales: North scales, Haymarket square; South scales, City stables yard, Albany street; Roxbury scales, Eustis and Mall streets; Jamaica Plain scales, Centre street and Starr lane. The Department has charge of the "Grounds for Target Practice," viz., 53 acres in Woburn and 57 acres adjoining in Wilmington, Mass., purchased in 1902 for $25,000, as directed by a loan order of the City Council passed in 1901, for the use of militia companies belonging in Boston. These grounds are not in use. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. General offices, 504-506 City Hall Annex, fifth floor. [Ord. 1910, Chap. 9; Stat. 1910, Chaps. 553 and 571; Stat. 1911, Chap. 312; Ord. 1911, Chaps. 1 and 10; Stat. 1912, Chap. 348; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 28; Stat. 1914, Chap. 324; Ord. 1916, Chap. 3; Ord. 1917, Chap. 2; Ord. 1921, Chap. 3.] JOSEPH A. ROURKE, Commissioner. Salary $9,000. Term ends in 1926. BERNARD C. KELLEY, Secretary and Chief Clerk. Salary, $4,000. By Chapter 9, Ordinances of 1910, approved by the Mayor November 28, 1910, and taking effect February 1, 1911, the Department of Public Works was established, consisting of the Street, Water and Engineering Departments combined under a single executive head (viz., the Commissioner of Public Works), the latter authorized to create the necessary divisions of the department according to his judgment. The following three divisions were created by the Commissioner, viz., Bridge and Ferry Division, Highway Division and Sewer and Water Division, each in charge of a Division Engineer. The Commissioner of Public Works, who must be a civil engineer of recognized standing in his profession, has control over the construction of all streets and sewers, with discretionary power as to grades, materials and other particulars; over the construction, care and management of all bridges used as highways, of the ferries owned and operated by the City, and of the street lamps maintained by the City in highways, parkways and public grounds; over the cleaning, repairing and sprinkling of streets and the removal of house offal and refuse in the various districts of the City; over the maintenance and operation of all fixtures and appliances held by the City for purposes of water supply; and over the granting of permits to open, occupy, obstruct and use portions of streets. By authority of Chapter 571, Acts of 1910, the Commissioner of Public Works charges for permits issued, as per the following revised schedule in effect from April 1, 1920: 1. Openings in streets or sidewalks, 50 cents each. Limited to 100 linear feet on one permit. 2. Emergency permits, Class A (for the above purpose), 50 cents each. 3. Advertising by man wearing hat and coat lettered (annual permit), $5 (or $1 per month). 4. Cleaning snow from roofs (occupation of sidewalk and street while so doing), annual permit, $1 each. 5. Driving cattle through the streets (annual permit to driver), $5. 7. Moving buildings in streets, $5 per day; minimum charge, $10. 8. Erecting, altering or repairing buildings (occupation of street or sidewalk) 5 cents per square foot per month in the City Proper, bounded on the south by and including Berkeley and Dover streets; 3 cents per square foot per month in that part of the City south of limits above stated to and including Massachusetts ave.; and 2 cents per square foot per month in all other localities. 9. Painting or minor repairs, $1 each. 10. Feeding horses on streets (annual permit), $1 each. 14. Emergency permits, Class B, $1 each. 15. Special permits for periods and rates other than those in the preceding classes when, in the opinion of the Commissioner, such permits are requisite to the proper conduct of the permit system. All extensions will be considered renewals and charged for as new permits. BRIDGE AND FERRY DIVISION. Office, 602 City Hall Annex, sixth floor. JOHN E. CARTY, Division Engineer. Salary, $5,000. The Division Engineer of this division has charge of the design, construction and maintenance of the highway bridges within the limits of the City, whether constructed over navigable waters or railroads, also of the care and management of the ferries operated by the City. Work pertaining to the abolishment of grade crossings is attended to by this division, also special engineering work for other City departments. All drawtenders are appointed by and subject to the control of the Commissioner of Public Works. The following-named bridges are under the supervision of this division. 1.- BRIDGES MAINTAINED WHOLLY BY THE CITY.1 [In the list those marked with an asterisk (*) are over navigable waters, and are each provided with a draw.] ALLSTON, Over Boston & Albany Railroad, at Cambridge street, Brighton. B STREET (FOOT-BRIDGE), over Neponset river, Hyde Park. BEACON STREET, over outlet to Back Bay Fens. BEACON STREET, over Boston & Albany Railroad. BENNINGTON STREET, over Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad. 1 For other bridges, maintained wholly by the City, sce Park Department. BERKELEY STREET, over Boston & Albany Railroad. BLAKEMORE STREET, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division, W. Roxbury. BOYLSTON STREET, over Boston & Albany Railroad. BRADDOCK PARK (Foot-Bridge) over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division. BROADWAY, Over Boston & Albany Railroad. *BROADWAY, over Fort Point channel. BROOKLINE AVENUE, over Boston & Albany Railroad. BROOKS STREET, Brighton. BYRON STREET, Over Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad. CHARLESGATE, over Ipswich street. * CHARLESTOWN, from Boston to Charlestown. CHELSEA SOUTH, over South channel, Mystic river. CHELSEA STREET, from East Boston to Chelsea. COLUMBUS AVENUE, over Boston & Albany Railroad. COMMERCIAL POINT, or TENEAN, over Tenean creek, Dorchester. DANA AVENUE, over Neponset river, Hyde Park. FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, over Neponset river, Hyde Park. FLORENCE STREET, over Stony brook, West Roxbury. GAINSBOROUGH STREET (FOOT-BRIDGE), over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division. GLENWOOD AVENUE EAST (FOOT-BRIDGE), over Neponset river, Hyde Park. GLENWOOD AVENUE WEST, Over Mother brook, Hyde Park. GOVE STREET (FOOT-BRIDGE), East Boston, over Boston & Albany Railroad. HUNTINGTON AVENUE, Back Bay, over Boston & Albany Railroad. HUNTINGTON AVENUE, over Stony brook, Hyde Park. HYDE PARK AVENUE, over Mother brook (at woolen mill), Hyde Park. HYDE PARK AVENUE, over Stony brook, West Roxbury. HYDE PARK AVENUE, over Stony brook (near Clarendon Hills R. R. Station), Hyde Park. IPSWICH STREET, over waterway. IRVINGTON STREET (FOOT-BRIDGE), over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division. JONES AVENUE (foot-bridge), over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Midland Division. ⚫MALDEN, from Charlestown to Everett. MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, over Boston & Albany Railroad. MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division. *MERIDIAN STREET, from East Boston to Chelsea. METROPOLITAN AVENUE, at Clarendon Hills R. R. Station, Hyde Park. NEWBURN STREET, over Stony brook, Hyde Park. * NORTHERN AVENUE, over Fort Point channel. SHAWMUT AVENUE, over Boston & Albany Railroad and New York, * SUMMER STREET, over Fort Point channel. * SUMMER STREET, over Reserved channel, South Boston. TOLLGATE WAY (FOOT-BRIDGE), over N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Providence Division, from Washington st. to Hyde Park ave., Forest Hills. WALWORTH STREET, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division, West Roxbury. * WARREN, from Boston to Charlestown. WEST NEWTON STREET, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division. WEST RIVER STREET, over Mother brook, Hyde Park. WEST RUTLAND SQUARE (FOOT-BRIDGE), over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division. WORDSWORTH STREET (FOOT-BRIDGE), East Boston, over Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad. II. BRIDGES OF WHICH BOSTON MAINTAINS THE PART WITHIN ITS LIMITS. CENTRAL AVENUE, from Dorchester to Milton. * CHELSEA NORTH, from Charlestown to Chelsea. PAUL'S BRIDGE, over Neponset river, Hyde Park. III. BRIDGES WHOSE COST OF MAINTENANCE IS PARTLY PAID BY BOSTON. ALBANY STREET, over Boston & Albany Railroad (over freight tracks). ASHMONT STREET and DORCHESTER AVENUE, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Old Colony Division. AUSTIN STREET, Charlestown, over Boston & Maine Railroad. BABSON STREET, Mattapan, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Midland Division. BELGRADE AVENUE, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Providence Division, West Roxbury. BENNINGTON STREET, East Boston, over Boston & Albany Railroad. BLUE HILL AVENUE, Mattapan, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Midland Division. BOSTON STREET, over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Old Colony Division. BROADWAY, South End, over the Subway. |