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Identifier: annualreportofbo11895bost (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission
Subjects: Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission Local transit
Publisher: Boston : Rockwell and Churchill
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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vement of the other. Protection against Percolation. Percolation can be readily found in the best-knownmasonry tunnels, and other similar structures, in thiscountry and in Europe, where they go through wet ground.As an additional precaution to keep the walls of the subwaydry, its outside surface will be plastered or covered withasphalt. It is intended further to provide in wet groundsmall channels near this outer surface, to allow such wateras does get through the outer surface to find its way readilyto the subway drain-pipes without penetrating farther intothe masonry. Construction. The portion of this report relating to construction on Sec-tion 1 is in the main compiled from the reports of assistants. Location of Section 1. —Inclined open entrance to subwayin Public Garden between Church street and Charles street;2-track subway under Charles street and Boylston-street mallof Boston Common to a point about 160 feet from Tremontstreet, and 4-track subway under Tremont-street mall of
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First Annual Report. 45 Boston Common from a point about 110 feet north of Masonstreet, to a point near the southerly line of West street. Contractors for Construction. — Jones and Meehan,Jamaica Plain, Mass. Mr. Meehan, of this firm, is thesuperintendent. Contractors for Steel Work. — The Pennsylvania SteelCo., Steelton, Penn. City Assistants: F. B. Edwards, Assistant Engineer. — In charge of lines,grades, and estimates. Guy C. Emerson, Assistant Engineer. — In charge ofinspection and construction. E. E. Young, Assistant Engineer. — Inspecting pile-driving, etc. William Park. —Inspecting masonry. A. W. Parker. —Inspecting steel work. G. M. Bacon, Transitman. George H. Foss, Jr. — Looking after details of grading. Bids and Contracts. — Bids for the steel work wereopened March 9, 1895, and the contract was signed on the23d of the same month. Bids for construction were openedMarch 20, 1895, and the contract was signed three dayslater. /Structures.—The incline is an o

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