The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-04
Ci,y civil Euainea,,..

The report of City Civil Engineer VIM. A
Goodwin Is even more full and exhanst;,a
than that of former years. 1t covers 27 psges
OF closely written manuscript. Following is a
brief abstract:
Few changes of line or grade of streets have
been made during the year, aud none involvo
Ing peculiarly damage. The renott oivas q
detailed account of the SURVEYS. nlans etc
made during the past year. Under the head
OF puonc grounds an Interesting account is
given OF the various improvements that have
taken place. On the e lstsrn promenade 80
elm trees have been planted. Reference Is
made to the gift OF Payscn Tucker. e o-t ha
B. antiful granite monument comlne lucrative
Of first 81 ttler Cleeves. In the Oaks a cov,r
band stand has been built aud the dr,vew..
improved. The city lots classed under the
head OF uDproductive real estate have been i'm
constant demand. aud 16 have bean sold
during the year. The revauation plans.
which, at the date OF the last annual re- corr.
were 10 process of reproduction by the nbotc.
photographic method, have since been rom.
pleted, and 100 copies OF each of the SO MANS.
which we're required to show the whole area of
the CITY, have been received. The following
sewers have been built during the wear: Adams
street sewer, Bowdoia hSfeet sewer Ia
fsNett street sewer, Monument aud
Sheridan street sewer, Oxford street sewer.
Pleasant street sever, aud St. John street
sewer. Accompanying each Of these sewers is
H.. "A
of repairs, culverts, etc il given in d, tail
The expense OF the new sewers was $3 I15 so.
repairs OF old sewers, Including dredging, 81. :
672 56; cuveris new. rebuilt and repaired.
$5S950; total. So 377.75; estimates and amir,
pri4lioD, $4,000.
The sewer channels at the oatfalls n R,ck
Bay have besu faithfully cleared and cared fer
from April 9th to November Both by a man
coDsta.t ls employed fer that purpose at an ex-
pense of $500. This Constant supervision far
a hua off ofaA
Improvement Ia the shore OF that bay.
The Commercial street sewer Especial APP
prop-i +tion) throughout its easerly aud west
erly DIVISIONS IS OF egg shape, built of brick
wit inveri sides and crown of the uniform
thickness of eight inches, the invert lai on a
bed Of concrete from four to eight inches
thick, enclosed in frames of scautlng IS 10 "a
feet long and is inches wide. The 8, ciions
| from Centre TO Uuion street and from Pur-
land pier to Market street are 3x4h feet in di-
mension, each having sectional area OF 10 A
| square feet; the SCI tions from Union and Mar
ket streets to outfall chamber 34k5 feet,
with respective area Of 1877 feet, being Ok
feet deep ct Ceutre STREET 104 feet at Portland
pier and 1l34 at the on I'll Damhole The
cost of this sewer was $40 9S7 .S3; estimate,
wi ,242 IA; appropriation, $2l 900; amount OF
assessments receivable, 81 ,077,95 This sewer
y doing all that was expec cd of it. The out.
dow isconstant, though with varying rates of
velocity, at all stages of the tide, the height of
the Centre street head being about 100 feet,
aud that at Market street IS feet.
The report closes by giving an enumeration
OF inBtruments and Office furniture, aud an al
lusion to the faithful work performed the past
year by William s. Edwards, first assistant.
and BY George Fernald, second assistant.
Portland Dispensary.
Following is an abstract of the work of the
dispensary for the past year:
From Feb "a, 1888 to Feb. "a, 1884, 532 have
received treatment, viz: At the rooms, 489: at
Office of he physicians, SO; at home OF pa
tients, 4; two hundred aud sixty children
attending public schools have been vacciuated
at the rooms of the dispensary, most of them
recently under the contract with the city II @
general object of the association Is to provice
medical advice and medicine for those only
who are unable to pay for the same. Durmg
the past year less work has been done than ia
former years.