The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-29
Annual Eeper. Of the City Engineer.

annual report OF the CITY engineer.
The annual reports of the city officers are
now in order. They will be presented at the
last meeting of tie City Council Monday even
ing. Mr.. w. A. Goodwin, City Engineer, has
completed his annual report. From it we CLEAN
the following abstract:
The easterly side line of Green street, between
kenDebec street and Back Cove creek, has been
located 21.75 feet easterly of the former line,
and parallel with it, making Green street four
rods wider between those points. Sherman
street has been made fifty.iive feet wide; Grant
street widened to sixty feet; lines have been
determined, monuments Set on the following
streets: Cleaves aud Oxford State and Cum
befland, West and Promenade, Clark and West,
North and Montreal, ST. John north of Port.
land, St. John and Portland, st. John and
Congress, st. John south of Congress, Con-
gress and Gilman, Portland and Carter. Tying
and Commercial, Congress and Ellsworth, Is
land Avenue Peaks Island. The Tires of
Spring, Clifford and Neal streets, above Thorn
as, have been re-run and plotted, and report
quickly submitted. Lines for building pur-
poses have been given by instrumental obser-
walton in 63 instances.
No change of grade involving pecuniary dam
age has been made during the year. The change
of grade of High, State and Mellen streets at
points of intersection with Sherman street,
virtually changed the grade of the latter and
necessity ior its speedy grading having arisen,
profile of its new centre and side line has
been made and new grade adopted with the
entire approval of all parties. Continuous or
partial prohles for or illustrative of surface or
sewer grades have been made as follows: On
Madison, Fore, Hancock, Franklin, Centre,
Exchange, Commercial, Forest, Neal, Congress,
MILK, York, School, Quebec, Middle, Hamp-
shire, Green, India, State, Cumberland, Port
land, Mellen, Weymouth. Summer, Clark,
Grove, proposed street between Grove and
Weymouth, Douglass, Claeves, Prospect, Casco,
Hanover Salem and Sherman streets Also at
Evergreen Cemetery and Maine General Hos
pital for drainage, Berlin Mills and CONNER
clal docks for sewer purposes, with cross Sec
tional profiles or gravel pits on Vaughan, Mel
len and State streets. Grades for building pur
poses, ETC., have been given in "a instances.
Douglass street has been laid out 80 feet
wide, 700 feet easterly from the boundary line
between Portland and Deering.
Attention is respectfully called to the subject
gears, as may be of value to the city, to such
an extent as may secure them from reverSiOn
by reason of non occupancy.
Clark street bridge has been completed salts
York street, and the passage-way from the foot
of the bridge to State street. At behring's
bridge, the southerly abutment at Back Cove
creek has been extended easterly, with a sub
stantial stone wall on a foundation of pile and
crib-work, to the newly established line on
Green street, and similar wall built on that
line to its intersection with the northerly side
line of the Marginal Way. The enclosed space
has been substantially bridged, and the old
bridge east of the railroad track, supplied with
several new stringers and replanked. The
town of Deering finished its part of the bridge
in like manner. The filling of the Marginal
Way was extended 8 feet at grade beyond the
line of the street SO as to avoid the construction
OF an expensive wall across what will eventual
ly be graded street. Deposits of ashes and
or nf hnr tfohI 1sa1 Ios
for this locality. With this in view, rip. rap
protection was not deemed advisable and the
temporary railing on the street line was SO fit.
ted as to be removable for the passage of carts.
All desirable details were not completed owing
to expenditure of appropriations. A sidewalk
and permanent railing should be constructed
on the wall, and crosswalk therefrom to Ken
nebec street, thence to Green street,
The sea-wall on the line of Commercial
street at the head of Custom House dock has
been torn down and rebuilt and fitted with
substantial railing.
A reservoir with granite walls, close timber
covering, and brick man-holes, has been sunk
on Vaughan street just southerly of Pine Wa
ter was struck at depth of feet. The reser-
voir is IL feet deep and with 10 feet of water
contains some $4,000 gallons.
Island Avenue, Peaks Island, has been
graded. east of the brick school house, % feet
vice and furnished with suitable watercOurse
cnlverts. The culvert near the Bay View
House has been repaired, extended with stone
and covered with earth embankment. A small
stone watercourse has been built near the same
place.
careful inspection of Tukey's bridge has
been made and approximation reached as to
the condition of the caps and stringers. The
result was thorough repair, equal to re-
newal of halt the bridge. The mooring dol
phin, carried away by the ice, has been sub
staniialiy rebuilt.
Remembering plans has been completed for
Bracket, Centre, Chestnut, Cross, Danforth,
Elm, Federal, Franklin, Free, India, Lincoln,
Myrtle, Pleasant, Preble, Smith, Washington,
Wimot and York streets. Measurements and
plans of other streets are in progress.
Two new plans of Evergreen Cemetery have
beer made, each comprising seven sheets of
uniform size and backed with cloth for bind
ing. One is for the City Treasurer, the other
for the Superintendent Of the Cemetery. All
lots sold on the newly laid out territory have
been plotted and numbered on the plans.
Plans have been made for new running and
tracing Danforth street; tracing Junction Clark
and York streets; North school-house lot, with
plans OF details of new fence, grading, &c.;
Custom House lot and adjacent street lines:
behring's bridge and ditto; timber foundations
Deering bridge; Vaughn street reservoir; Con-
gress street from Maine Central crossing to
Deerlng line; proposed street between Grove
and Weymouth; Douglass street from Congress
pie, showing encroachments: Centre street
schoolhouse lot; Bracket, from Summer to
Com mercial; County Jail property; bell tower;
rock for Iolled plans; chapel for Evergreen
Cemetery; fourteen sheets cemetery plans: IS
sheets REMEMBERING plans, and II sheets sewer
plans.
The report closes with list of Office proper
erty, and cordial recommendation of the as
sistants employed in the office.