Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners (1913) . ystem of lighting of the park-way has been changed from Welsbach naphtha lamps to electricincandescent Tungsten lamps. Underground conduits were laidfor the wires for this system, and the work was done by theCambridge Electric Light Company at its own expense. Thelighting has been improved and the cost diminished. Revere Beach Parkway. — A portion of northerly roadway,between Second Street and Vine Street, Everett, a length of1,700 feet, has been resurfaced with bituminous macadam. Asection about 700 feet in length, west of Maiden
Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners (1913) . ystem of lighting of the park-way has been changed from Welsbach naphtha lamps to electricincandescent Tungsten lamps. Underground conduits were laidfor the wires for this system, and the work was done by theCambridge Electric Light Company at its own expense. Thelighting has been improved and the cost diminished. Revere Beach Parkway. — A portion of northerly roadway,between Second Street and Vine Street, Everett, a length of1,700 feet, has been resurfaced with bituminous macadam. Asection about 700 feet in length, west of Maiden River Bridge,Medford, and a section 400 feet in length, at the junction withthe State Highway at Revere, have also been resurfaced withbituminous macadam. Reservations. Blue Hills Reservation. — A topographical survey and maphave been made of the section from Administration Road toUnquity Road, in the rear of the administration buildings. Preliminary estimates have been made of cost of wideningand changes of lines and grades of some of the most important. 1914.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 48. 49 of the reservation roads, to make them safe for automobiletraffic. Charles River Reservation, Lower Basin. — During Febru-ary, 1913, the large gates of the ship-lock were repaired andpainted. This work requires the closing of the lock to trafficfor about one month, and arrangements were made to do it atthe same time as the work of repairs to the drawbridges of theBoston & Maine Eailroad Company, just below the lock, wasin progress. Their work required the closing of the bridges towater traffic, and therefore nothing would come to the lock. Thework on the gates was done by the forces employed for theoperation of the locks and bridges, with the assistance of paint-ers furnished by a contractor. On account of the extremelysevere conditions to which these gates are subjected, it willprobably be necessary to repaint them once each year, at least. The ship-lock has been pumped out three ti
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