Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27


ws:--Bridge street (front of Bridge
street block: pleasant street (north end);
Court street above Sewall; South Chest
nut. south Of wyman street; North
Chestnut, east side completed; Northern
avenue opposite Edwards Mills and OPP
posite junction of Washington street; ap<
proaches to NJ. C. r. r. on Winthrop and
Bridge streets; Chapel street, east side
between Weston and Green streets, also
west side south of Weston street; West
ern avenue south side between Melville
and Chapel streets, and several other
pieces which are either in the process of
construction or not yet begun, besides
considerable repair work. The old plank
walks on Bond street, Mill street and Mt
Vernon avenue, which had become dam
gerous have been torn out and replaced
by gravel walks. Granolithic walks nave
been laid under the usual custom OF abut-
ting property paying one-half the cost.
as follows: Sewall and Weston streets
around property of Willis Partridge; cor
ner of SewaIl and Winthrop streets
around property of Fred G. Kinsman;
!! chapel street in front of property of DR..
Frederick; Sewall street in front of prop
throp street and winthrop court around
new Y. NJ. C. A. building; State street
west side between winthrop and Oak
streets, and winthrop street id front of
Lithgow library. This is the first year
that any considerable amount of this type
OF walk has been laid outside of Water
street.
This practice Is being encouraged by
the city and when the abutters so desire
to improve the city and their own prop
erty under the above conditions this type
of walk is adopted.
Highway Special
The special work of this year has con-
sisted solely of the relaying of the stone
block paving on Upper Water street and
Market square. This type of construction
seems to be the most permanent ever
adopted In Augusta and Is recognized by
| Engineers in all parts of the country as
the most desirable type of pavement I'M
der heavy traffic. This work was done
| by contract by the Hassam Paving Co.
| of Worcester, Mass, whose work of last
year proved so satisfactory. This pave
ment cost but 81 1-2c. per square yard and
is certainly the most economical that
could have been adopted.
state-Aid Highway
Because of the selection of the Bog
road as a part of the system of trunk
lines of State road the West River road
was chosen for State-aid work. Conse-
quently the work was begun at Monroe
street at the top of Sand hill and extend
ed northerly a distance of three-fourths
of mile Gravel construction was used
throughout, the travel way being built
| 16 feet in width with 3-foot shoulders,
| making a total width of % feet between
cutters. For the first 1900 feet the "
drain type of construction was used be-
cause of the presence of clay and under
ground waters which caused mud holes
in spring.
Sewers
The largest piece of sewer construction
| of the year was the Northern avenue
sewer through one of the oldest parts of
our city but which had never received
| this important service. 1t extends from
Kendall to Jefferson streets, distance
of 1150 feet. In connection with this work
there were built three catch basins which
makes 1t possible to take care of the sur
face water at more frequent intervals,
thereby saving much wash to the street.
There were formerly no catch basins for
a distance Of nearly one-half mile, In
which distance the run-off would gain
great momentum and nothing could with
stand the rush of water, a condition
which is now greatly relieved.
| A sewer 637 feet in length was also
constructed on Sewall street from the
outlet of Haines pond, SO called. to the
Wade street sewer This was necessitat-
ed by the construction of three new
houses on the east side of Sewall street
on the property upon which this water
had previously been dumped
| A short sewer 235 feet in length was
also constructed on Cushman street from
Lincoln street northerlys
A piece of sewer at the outlet of the
Water street sewer into Bond brook was
constructed. 1t was really piece OF