Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-12
St. Com. Rowe S
Annual Report.

Reporting the work on the city
streets. Sumner w. Rove, street com
missioner, sums up what his depart
ment has doae, during the past year
The Appropriation for streets was $13-
600, and Waterville received from the
town of Oakland for the use OF steam
roller and from Winslow for plank
ing the bridge. $6Sd The amount of
the warrants drawn was S13 $50. So
leaving 4 balance of $685. An item
that should be credited to Mr. Rowe's
department was the paying of $500 of
back salary to the former street COM
missioner Howard Morse As the city
treasurer deducted this from Mr.
Rowe's appropriation. this makes the
actual expenditures for the depart
ment's work. $500 less than the amount
above given.
The appropriation for sewers was
$1,000; sundry credits, %95; charged to
miscellaneous account, $S1.17; total
S127617; for new sidewalks the appro-
priation made was 800. credits. $685.:
charged to miscellaneous account
5000; total. $l07S.45.
in opening, Mr. Rowe states that he
has made strong effort to practice
economy in the use of the citys mon
ely in his department and is pleased to
report that he has succeeded.
The year was commenced by clean
ing all the catch basins and manholes
all over the city. New ones have been
constructed on Canatas avenue, Park
and Maple streets one each, ana one
at the corner OF Gray and Sumner
streets. Manholes have been built on
Merchants court and High street 9th
er manholes and catch basins have
been made in other parts of the city.
Hayden brook. beginning at the mouth
eff Hayden brook sewer, as far as
Drummond avenue, has been cleaned
out, the bushes having been cut and
the banks cleaned of filth.
The following streets We're turn
pi6ed, after careful deliberation on
the needs of each: Sturtevant, Drum
mond avenue. Eastern avenue, Webb
road, upper Maine street from crotch
OF Ridge road to Mountain View farm,
Main street from North to Hillside
avenue, College avenue to Columbus
avenue, Harold, Greenwood Myrtle.
Hiehwood Campbell, Oakland road
II Jill ~NSiaPAt " lilA1s iApiiA oil tStilA bil
North street to Marston's bridge.
Mountain road and River road Mud
has been scraped from Water street
from Boshans store and hauled away
The work on the State road, the past
year. was done from College avenue
from the upper railroad crossing, 2600
feet northerlE. The appropriation was
$1,000; from the State. $3.50. The balance
undrawn amounts to $l2.e4.
A total of PA loads of gravel was
taken from the different pits during the
past year, besides numerous loads of
craven and filing taken from the city
pit Much of this gravel was used on
the new gravel sidewalks, and the rest
was used on the following streets:
Bridge, Lockwood, Winter. Silver, Wa
ter, the whole length of Collins street,
Chaplin from Railroad to Tieonic.
Several bridges and eulverts We're re-
paired, this year. as follows: Two on
Mason road, one on College avenue, two
on upper Main street, double planltns
on Emerson stream bridge,S two culvefts
on Boutelle avenue with iron pipe, eul-
vert on High street, built over bridge
on High street and one at the corner of
High and Drummond avenue; built cul-
vert on Gilman street, two on the Range
way, and two ON the second Rangeway,
two culyerts on Burleigh street, new
planks on Brook street bridge, two eul-
verts on Webb road, repaired Cedar
bridge, driveway pipes laid on upper
Main street, Greenwood street, Appleton
street, Gilman and Prospect streets +;
built over two culverts on Drummond
avenue over Spring brook; built three
culverts on River road, one on Eight
Rod road, seven planked driveways on
upper Main street, also two wide planked
driveways on Main street, seven planked
spouts on Boutelle avenue, large euivert