Annual Report of the Superintendent of Streets, for the Year 1889 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Annual Report of the Superintendent of Streets, for the Year 1889 (Classic Reprint) written by Boston Superintendent of Streets and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Superintendent of Streets, for the Year 1889 It was with a view to laying better pavements, as well as for other obvious reasons, that the Superintendent sent in his estimates for the year's work at the necessary figure of of which sum the City Council allowed him but which was about less than the amount he had asked for to keep the highways simply in repair. To even the ordinary citizen it must be very apparent, that expensive and extensive Work was not to be thought of under the circumstances. The question of better pavements must, nevertheless, be met - the sooner, the better for the city. Travel has in creased amazingly, and our ordinary side streets, even, show unusual wear and tear. The merchant is clamoring for re lief from the rough and dangerous cobblestone, and prays for the substitution of the square-block pavement. Such ave nues of travel, as Warren street, Dudley street, Blue Hill avenue, Dorchester avenue, Centre street and Huntington avenue, and every macadamized street, through which the horse-cars run, should be paved with granite blocks. The Street Department should be treated consistently with these views; for, unless it receives appropriations commensurate with its vast and increasing needs, the streets of our great and growing city will cease to be pointed to with public pride. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.