The Portland daily press., 1877-03-05
CITY REPORTS.
City Civil Enxineer,s ReDorf.

The City Civil Engineer, Mr.. w. 4. Good
win, reports that the lines of Spring, Neal and
Clifford streets, west of Thomas street: the
northerly side line of Congress street. below
Weymouth, and the southerly side line oppu-
site Weymouth; and the lines of Congress and
Grove streets at their juncture, have been
changed In compensation for the lot taken
into the street at the junction of Congress-
Vaughan, Grove and Cumberland streets, an
area of equal value was conveyed by the city to
the damaged esta to at the intersection of the
easterly line of the City Aims House lands
with the northerly line of Congress street. That
| part of Arsenal street which forms direct
| continuation of Bracket street has had its
name and record changed to Bracket street.
The easterly side line of Pearl street, between
Federal and Newbury, has been changed three
feet westerly.
1t is suggested as the monuments have been
displaced on the boundary line between the city
and the town of Deering, that joint survey
be made by the city and town. and the legal
decennial FORMULATION of boundaries, which
has not been made since 1865, be made as soon
| as possible.
Grades have been adopted for the extension
of Cumberland and Grant streets, and special
sidewalk grade on Commercial street.
Levels have been run, and continuous or par
tlal profles made for q streets, and grades for
building purposes, curbstones, etc., given in 65
instances
The following new streets, or extensions.
have been made during the year: Grant, Sheri-
| dan, Charles and Marston.
| A retaining wall has been built on the east
| ery side of Cross street. The Fore street stone
wall and substantial ro ilir havo
at cost of $9,999.30. The appropriation was
| $4,000.
The re-vauation of the city has been carried
on the past year; the determination of proprie-
torship was delegated to Mr.. JOG n T. hull, and
the surveys to the engineer
For the REMEMBERING of the Streets plans
have been made of Boyd, Cotton, Deering, EN-
cry, Hampshire, Market, Mayo, Plum. Spruce,
bers OF Deering and Plum streets need not be
changed, and those of Emery should not till the
question OF change of name of part of it is
settled.
In Evergreen Cemetery, surveys and plans of
lots from No. 483 to 669 in section @, to 60 in
section o, lots in section A on the northeast
corner OF Garden, Valley and Fountain avenues
have been made The plans have been bound
in two folio volumes
Plans of streets in Deering pasture, from
Vaughan street to Fore River; boundaries and
contour lines OF city and other lands between
Western Promenade and the river: work at
southeasterly corner of Western Cemetery;
lines, areas, etc, of many streets at their inter-
section, and from one to another; of market
house, have been made.
Sewer Report.
William A. Goodwin, superintendent of sew
ers, has concluded his annual report The fol-
lowing sewers have been built during the year:
Congress and Chestnut streets, Portland and
Hanover streets, Bracket street, Mayo and
Cumberland, Cumberland and State, Congress
and Mellen streets, Portland street West End,
Marston street. The following sewers have been
extended:-Bracket street. Congress street from
Locust to Franklin street, Hanover in Back
Cove, State street between Deerng and Cum
berland, surface drain from Western Prone
made to Danforth street. A very beneficial
drain has been built on the City Farm in the
valley of the Creek abating the evil of stag
nant pool and increasing the area of arabic
land.
The superintendent makes several valuable
suggestions in regard to the need of sanitary
measures. He points out the danger arising
from allowing sewers to discharge their con.
tents on the flats in Back Cove at low water.
Methods of remedy are given. Special mention
of the condition of the Emery street sewer is
made, and remedy proposed. The material
for sewer pipes is discussed at some length.
The report bears strongly on subsoil drainage
and general sanitary improvement
The report closes with a few remarks upon
the methods of sewer assessments. This year
there has been change and the city in several
instances has ipaid more than it's one-third.
The report says that sewer assessment must
always be burden, but every precauton should
be taken to prevent its being hardship. I'm
der the present law sewer assessment may
amount to virtual confiscaton Of the assessed
estate. Such law therefore is of questionable
utility.
The following figures give the expenditures