HomeMy WebLinkAbout521 Report by Howland Holmes concerning the drain at Waltham Street and Main Street, no dateStreet Drain
"A drain across Waltham
st, at its junction with main St."
Considerable part of the year
this place is very bad for foot or
carriage travel. I have occupied
my present house forty years, and
much complaint has been made
all the time, 34 years since it was
so objectionable theat the Selectmen
put in a surface drain to obviate
the difficulty, but it failed to meet
expectation, and after a trial of several
years, it was taken away as a nuisance.
During all this time the only practicable
way that I have ever heard
suggested is to lay a drain below the
frost, not less than four feet deep to
Vine Brook with grates or strainers
and catch basins at proper distances,
the first being at the north or upper
corner of Waltham Street.
As to the size of the pipe, as I said at
our last town meeting. it should not
be less than 12 inches in diameter, and
many think it should be 15' inches, especially
to accomodate the upper section
of this drain which will soon be necessary
to put in from our common down to
Waltham street.
The distance to Vine Brook is 600 ft,
and a 15' pipe would cost 62 cents pr
foot, or $372 to the brook. Digging the
trench and laying the pipe would
cost about $228. One catch basin
would be absolutely necessary, and two
others would be desirable Catch basins
or strainers laid in brick and cement
with strong iron caps would cost
from $30 to $40 each
The whole outlay, I think would
not exceed $700-
Howland Holmes
one of the "Pipe drain" Com.