II. — BRIDGES OF WEHICH BOSTON MAINTAINS THE PART WITHIN ITS IIMITS, CENTRAL Avenue, from Dorchester to Milton. III. — BRIDGES, WHOSE COST OF MAINTENANCE IS PARTLY PAID BY BOSTON. ALBANY STREET, over Bostbn and Albany Railroad. IV. — BRIDGES MAINTAINED BY RAILROAD CORPORATIONS. 1. — By the Boston and Albany Railroad. 2. — By the Boston and Maine Railroad, Eastern Division. |MAIN STREET. NOTE. – There are eight bridges in the care of the Boston and Cambridge Bridge Commissioners. See page 95. 3. – By the Boston and Maine Railroad, Western Division. MAIN STREET. 4. — By the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad. EVERETT STREET. 5. – By the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Midland 6. – By the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Plymouth Division. ADAMS STREET. FREEPORT STREET. SAVIN HILL AVENUE. 7. — By the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Providence RECAIPITULATION. I. Number maintained wholly by Boston . o o o e 59 II. Number of which Boston maintains the part within its limits, 9 III. Number of those whose cost of maintenance is partly paid by Boston . so e & © © p 11 IV. Number maintained by railroad corporations: 1. Boston and Albany © e o 4 2. Boston and Maine, Eastern Division 2 3. Boston and Maine, Western Division . 2 4. Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn . e o to e 1 5. New York, New Haven and Hartford, Midland Division e e © e e o o © & 11 6. New York, New Haven and Hartford, Plymouth Division e o e e o to o t (e 3 7. New York, New Haven and Hartford, Providence Division e e o o e e o o & 17 Total number to d e e o {o © * . 119 FERRY I)IVISION. The Deputy Superintendent of this division has the care and management of the ferries owned by the City, makes necessary repairs on all ferry-boats, slips, drops, tanks and buildings used for ferry purposes, and pays all moneys received from tolls and other sources to the City Collector. By Chapter 449, Acts of 1895, the Department was placed in charge of the Superintendent of Streets. PAVING I)IVISION. DARIUS M. PAYSON, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,500. The Deputy Superintendent of this division has charge of the construction and maintenance of all highways, the placing of street signs and numbering of buildings, the notification of all departments and persons authorized to place structures in streets when the division contemplates the construction or resurfacing of streets, the issuing of permits to open, occupy and obstruct portions of streets, the removal of snow and ice from the streets, gutters and all plank sidewalks. SANITARY DIVISION. The Deputy Superintendent of this Division has charge of the removal and disposal of house offal, ashes, waste, and rubbish, and other refuse from yards and areas, and the care of the City teams, dumpingboats, and stables used for these purposes; also the care and maintenance of shops for the construction and repair of the rolling stock of the Street Department, horse-shoeing shops and street sign painting. SEWER DIVISION. * GUY C. EMERSON, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,500. The Sewer Division has charge of the preparation of plans for sewerage works, the construction and maintenance of all drainage works, including the investigation of complaints in regard to defective drainage, the granting of permits for sewer connections and the preparation of plans for the assessment of the cost of sewer construction; also the examination of the plans of other corporations proposing to construct works in public streets, with reference to their probable interference with sewerage works. STREET-CI,EANING DIVISION. FRANK C. SHEPHERD, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $3,000. The Deputy Superintendent of this Division has charge of keeping the highways clean and in good sanitary condition; removing all street sweepings, sweeping crossings, shovelling snow from the sidewalks in front of public buildings and around public grounds; and the care of the City teams, stables, and other property used for these purposes. STREET-WATERING DIVISION. FREDERICK HAMMOND, Deputy Superintendent. Salary, $2,500. The Deputy Superintendent of this Division has charge of the watering of streets within the City limits; the supervision of the inspection force, regulation of the manner of doing the work; also the care of the City water-carts and horses, the hire of private carts, location and care of water-posts, and the care of all other apparatus pertaining to street-watering. STREET LAYING—OUT DEPARTMENT. [Pub. Stat., Chap. 49, §§ 84–86; Stat. 1870, Chap. 337; Stat. 1888, SALEM D. CHARLES, Chairman. COMMISSIONERS. JAMEs A. GALLIVAN. Term ends in 1904. Salary, $4,000. The Street Laying-Out Department is under the charge of the Board of Street Commissioners. One member of the Board is chosen by popular vote at the annual municipal election to serve for a term of three years from the first Monday in January. By Section 23, Chapter 449, Acts of 1895, the duties and powers of the Board of Survey were transferred to the Board of Street Commissioners. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. $6,000. The City Treasurer has the care and custody of the current funds of the City, of all moneys, properties, and securities placed in his charge by any statute or ordinance, or by any gift, devise, bequest, or deposit; he pays all drafts and all checks and other orders directed to him from the Auditing Department for the payment of bills and demands against the City; he pays all executions against the City when duly certified as correct by an officer of the Law Department, even if the appropriation to which the execution is chargeable is not sufficient. He pays the principal and interest of the City debt, as the same becomes due. He receives and invests all trust funds of the City, and holds the income thereof subject to expenditure for the purposes designated in the gift. He disposes of the balance remaining at the end of each financial year as the City Council may direct. The City Treasurer is also County Treasurer and Treasurer of the Sinking-Funds Commissioners. The Treasurer publishes reports yearly. Since 1882 he has published monthly statements. |