PEN AL INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENT. The following property is in charge of the Penal Institutions Commissioner: HOUSE OF CORRECTION, DEER ISLAND, containing about 134 acres of upland, about fifty acres of flats, on which are the large brick building, New House of Correction now nearing completion, cell building and dynamo building, a brick and wooden building for women, a farmhouse, brick workshop, and receiving-house, laundry, bakery, and engineer’s house, piggery, two large barns, hospital and other buildings, steamboat wharf and another landing place, stone-sheds, farming utensils, live-stock, merchandise, provisions, tools, etc., required for carrying on the House of Correction at Deer Island. STEAMER “J. PUTNAM BRADLEE.” — This boat is 340 tons burden, 140 feet long, 26 feet 3 inches beam, 45 feet breadth over all, 8 feet 6 inches deep, and was built at Greenpoint, L.I., in 1875. Cost, including outfit, $43,836.19. f This boat is used for conveying prisoners, passengers, provisions, etc., to and from the city to the Deer, Rainsford, and Long Island Institutions. ISLANDS. APPLE ISLAND, containing nine and one-half acres, purchased in 1867 for $3,750. DEER ISLAND, containing about 134 acres of upland and about fifty acres of flats. GALLOP's ISLAND, containing about sixteen acres, was purchased in 1860 for $6,600. GREAT BREWSTER ISLAND, in the town of Hull, containing about sixteen acres, purchased in 1848 for $4,000. LONG ISLAND, taken by an order of the City Council, approved January 3, 1885, containing about 182 acres. RAINSFORD ISLAND (with buildings thereon), purchased in 1871 of the Commonwealth at a cost of $40,000, containing eleven acres. See property in charge of Penal Institutions Commissioner, Board of Health and Street Commissioners. LAMP DEPARTMENT. The Superintendent of Lamps has charge of 9,122 Welsbach gas lamps, 1,771 common naphtha lamps, 3,670 arc lamps, 122 fire-alarm lamps, 55 Ritson lamps, 508 Welsbach naphtha and 3 incandescent lamps, besides posts and brackets, 1 horse, two top buggies, 1 Open buggy, 1 sleigh and 2 single harnesses. Repair-shop, No. 690 Albany street, built in 1874; the lot contains 8,000 square feet, let to Rising Sun Street Lighting Company. LAND AND BUILDINGS. In charge of the Board of Street Commissioners: CITY PROPER: - Sq. ft. Harrison avenue, land between Brookline and Newton streets, 4,740 CHARLESTOWN: Rutherford avenue, land on northeast side o to te * 29,445 SOUTH BOSTON: Gold street, land on southwest side, between A street and the New England Railroad . & $ to {o $ te 1,100 ROXBURY: Sq. ft. Ritchie street, land opposite the Marcella-street Home . to 22,716 Thornton street, Thornton-street Primary School estate . 6,644 DORCHESTER: Gibson street, land on north side . to e * e to 74,600 42,000 square feet rented to Sewer Division of Street Department at $400 a year. 32,600 square feet rented to Water Department at $300 a year. Baker's court, old lock-up estate . e & so & & 1,580 King's mill-pond, so-called, being that part of the bed of Tenean creek, or Smelt brook, between Mill, Exchange, * - Park, and Adams streets and Neponset avenue, about . 470,386 Southern avenue, land on south side, between Bernard street and Elmhurst street io * * e e © & s 4,335 WEST ROXBURY: Moreland street, land e to s o e * so e e 30,421 Thomas street, Thomas-street Primary School estate . io 10,954 BRIGHTON: Western avenue, marsh, northeast of Western avenue and northwest of North Harvard street e to & e e 10,890 Parkman street, land on southwest side of e to * * 5,000 ISLANDs, ETC. : Great Brewster Island, Boston Harbor, about 16 acres. Apple Island, Boston Harbor, about 9% acres. Summer and Pleasant streets, in town of Everett, old gravel pits . & e § so {o so o to e e * 20,700 LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. In the Public Library on Dartmouth street, and its branches in East Boston, South Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, Brighton, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, South End, and West End Districts, there are about 835,896 bound volumes, besides manuscripts, pamphlets, statuary and paintings. The Tosti engravings embrace, some in frames, 5,100 in bound volumes, and several hundred in portfolios. The collection of photographs of works of art numbers at present about 15,467. OVERSEEING OF THE POOR DEPARTMENT. In charge of the Board of Overseers of the Poor: CHARITY BUILDING, located at the corner of Chardon and Hawkins streets, is occupied by the Overseers of the Poor, the Soldiers’ Relief Department, and the following charitable societies: Boston Provident Association, Industrial Aid Society, Boston Sewing Circle, German Aid Society, Ladies' Coöperative Visiting Society, the Associated Charities, West End Branch of the Hofmoeopathic Medical Dispensary, the Federation of Jewish Charities, Boston Children's Aid Society, and St. Vincent de Paul Society. A physician of the Board of Health also occupies a room in this building. TEMPORARY HOME FOR THE DESTITUTE is located at the corner of Chardon and Bowker streets. This building and the one above mentioned were erected on a lot, the contents of which are 19,962 square feet. The total cost of these buildings, with the land and the boilerhouse in the rear, was $210,494.38 LODGE FOR WAYFARERs, in the old Mayhew School building, No. 30 Hawkins street, lot containing 9,625 square feet. PARK STATISTICS TO JANUARY 31, 1903. Year Of COST TO DATE. Length Length Lepth Area of PARIKS. Taking Area. of Drive- Of OI Ponds and to e e Land. Construction. Total. Ways. Walks. Rides. Rivers. MAIN PARK SYSTEM : Commonwealth avenue. ..., | 1894..........l................ $109,450 36 $109,450 36 30 a CreS. . . . . . 2.8 miles | 4.13 miles *Fens to 4 to so to E to to a to o o to g it is a to so to to o te 1879. . . . . . . . . . $596,254 49 2,138,674 08 2,734,928 57 115 “ . . . . . . 4 {{ 6.7 “ 1.1 miles 28 acres : RiverWay................. 1890. . . . . . . . . . 457,457 53 667,371 20 1,124,828 73 40 “. . . . . . . 1.4 “ 2.8 “ 1.2 “ § { *f Olmstead Park. . . . . . . . . . . . 1890 and 1892 1,081,947 60 726,782 94 1,808,730 54 | 180 “ . . . . . . 2.7 “ 5.8 “ 1.6 “ 77 “ * ArborWay.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1892. . . . . . . . . . 245,584 25 380,441 96 626,026 21 || 36 “ ...... 3.4 “ 1.25 “ 1.4 “ * Arnold Arboretum ........ 1882 and 1895 79,343 65 380,352 44 459,696 09 || 223 “ . . . . . . 3.4 “ 5.65 “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 acre * West §§ Parkway ... 1894.......... 135,265 29 21,183 19 156,448 48 150 “. . . . . . . 2.8 “ 4.3 “ 2.4 “ * Franklin Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1883 and 1884 1,551,196 63 2,375,143 30 3,926,339 93 527 “ . . . . . . 7.3 “ 14.5 “ 1 mile 7.4 acres MARINE PARK SYSTEM: Columbia Road ............. 1899.......... 396,371 07 332,776 83 729,147 90 * Dorchesterway............ 1892. . . . . . . . . . 63,735 54 65,187 12 128,922 66 94 “ land § 6 & 6 3. 200 “ fats | ** 4.5 1890, 1892 Strand Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # and $ . 566,446 17 339,340 20 905,786 37 1 * Marine Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1883. . . . . . . . . . 232,912 57 | 1,052,726 88 1,285,698 90 |}; , ; }| 0.5 mile | 1.3 “ ............ 4.4 “ * 21 “ land T Castle Island .............. 1890. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,685 55 32,685 55 { ; : late * WOOD ISLAND PARK . . . . . . . 1882 and 1891 132,800 00 248,717 21 351,517 21 || 1: ... ...}| 0.8 “ 2.1 “ * CHARLES BANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1883. . . . . . . . . . 373,916 99 313,229 88 687,146 87 10 “ land. ............ 1.5 “ * TRINITY TRIANGLE. . . . . . . . . 1885. . . . . . . . . . 30,000 00 |... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000 00 0.12 a.Cre, * CHARLESTOWN HEIGHTS. ... 1891. . . . . . . . . . 50,538 02 102,991 38 158,529 40 |} : ****{|............ 0.4 mile. * C H A R L E S T O WN PLAY- 14 “ land GROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891. . . . . . . . . . 172,923 31 15,392 01 188,315 32 4 “ flats ( ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 0.6 “ * DORCHESTER PARK,........ 1891 and 1903 63,955 37 11,529 97 75,485 34 26 “ * FRANKLIN FIELD ........... 1892. . . . . . . . . . 157,341 22 91,085 72 248,426 94 || 77 “ { { *NORTH END REACH. . . . . . . . . 1898. . . . . . . . . . 328,364 44 169,262 27 497,626 T1 |{ }" . . * COPP'S HILL TERRACES.... | 1893. . . . . . . . . . 90,858 19 31,980 96 122,839 15 0.6 acre. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.11 “ *Chestnut HILL PARK.....|};"|. 85,193 54 5,112 24 90,305 78 55.4 acres. 1.4 mile *NORTH BRIGHTON PLAYGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1894. . . . . . . . . . 22,107 12 10,503 27 32,610 39 14 & 6 NEPONSET PLAYGROUND .... 1896. . . . . . . . . . 24,804 39 11, 18935 35,993 74 18 { % Carried forward... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,939,377 38 $9,633,109 76 || $16,572,487 14 2,329.82 acres. 34.2 miles 55.64 miles | 8.7 miles | 125.4 acres PARK STATISTICS TO JANUARY 31, 1903. – Concluded. Length Length Length Area. Of * The lands in these parks and playgrounds have been paid for in full. ; An additional area of 18 acres is within the limits of the town of Brookline. § Transferred by order of the City Council from Public Grounds Department. | Transferred to Street Department. 1 Forty-nine acres transferred from Water Department. the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board. 2 Originally dedicated for a square by David Sears. g . . Twenty-five thousand four hundred and seventy square feet transferred from Public Grounds Department. f An additional area of 16} acres is within the limits of the town of Brookline. TI Custody given to City by Act of Congress. 3 Transferred from School Department. Original cost of Rogers Park land, $30,000. POLICE DEPARTMENT. The following property is in charge of the Board of Police, and kept for the use of the department : POLICE STATION HOUSES. Location. Notest Remarks. No. 1........ Hanover Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,188 || Rebuilt, 1870. Additions to and rebuilding, 1890. 2. . . . . . . . Court Square. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,029 3. . . . . . . . Joy Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,100 4. . . . . . . . La Grange street. . . . . . . . . . . 5,150 5. . . . . . . . East Dedham Street. . . . . . . . 3,303 || Addition built in 1884. 6. . . . . . . . West Broadway............ 4,253 Enlarged and rebuilt, 1879. 7... . . . . . Meridian street. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,773 8. . . . . . . . Commercial Street......... to 5,323 || Harbor Police-station. 9. . . . . Dudley Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,797 10.... . . . . Columbus avenue......... d 6,380 11. . . . . . . . Adams st., Dorchester Dist. 7,500 | Court-room and branch of follo Library in this buildng. Sub-station...] Morton street.............. 12,693 P *:::: I'S Washington Street. . . . . . . . . 11,640 | Bank building, Dorchester quarte Branch, Public Library in Sub-station... Richmond St., Lower Mills, this building. Sub-station...| Blue Hill ave., Mattapan... Sub-station... Walnut Street, Neponset... 1,476 No. 12........ IEast Fourth, near K street, 7,217 13. . . . . . . . Seaverns avenue........... 9,701 || Municipal Court, W. Roxbury District, in this building. Sub-station...| Washington St., Roslindale, Sub-station... Centre st., West Roxbury. . 1,628 || In old engine-house. No. 14. . . . . . . . Washington street, Brighton District............... 13,431 || Municipal Court and Wardroom 25 in this building; also stable for Police Department. 15. . . . . . . . Corner Harvard Street and City Square. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . Old City Hall, Charlestown. 16. . . . . . . . Boylston street, near Hereford Street..... . . . . . . . . . . 10,486 Furniture contained in 16 police stations, 15 patrol stables and the City Prison, with 2,700 police clubs, 1,400 belts, 1,339 revolvers, 1,342 badges, etc. At the police headquarters are kept the books, papers, and records of the department, a Rogues' Gallery, containing 15,980 portraits of as many notorious criminals. The police steamer “Guardian '' and police steam launches “Patrol” and “‘Watchman,” which are fully equipped for police or fire duty, and are kept constantly in active service. They are manned by officers of the Police Department. Ninety-one horses and equipments, 10 police ambulances, 5 wagons, 12 buggies, 2 repair wagons, 2 vans for House of Detention, 4 police vans, 18 patrol wagons, 12 patrol pungs, and 11 sleighs. Telephones, connecting all the stations with Headquarters, 37 Pemberton square. A police signal system, comprising 450 street signal-boxes and 15 receiving desks, 13 stable calls, with batteries, wires, and fixtures. POUND. Ashley avenue, East Boston. |