Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending .. . A. (tOULd, Assistant on M. Bacon, Transitman. W. E. Watkins, Rodman. Bids and Contracts. — Bids for the steel-work wereopened March 9, 1895, and contract was signed March for construction were opened March 20, 1895 ; contractwas signed March 23. Condition of Worh, August 15, 1895. — The open inclinewas completed with the exception of a few cubic 3ards ofgranite in the side-walls. Ninety-six feet of the two-track subway had been com-pleted and, in addition, 42 feet of masonry invert, 24 f
Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending .. . A. (tOULd, Assistant on M. Bacon, Transitman. W. E. Watkins, Rodman. Bids and Contracts. — Bids for the steel-work wereopened March 9, 1895, and contract was signed March for construction were opened March 20, 1895 ; contractwas signed March 23. Condition of Worh, August 15, 1895. — The open inclinewas completed with the exception of a few cubic 3ards ofgranite in the side-walls. Ninety-six feet of the two-track subway had been com-pleted and, in addition, 42 feet of masonry invert, 24 feetof side-walls, 42 feet of steel structure, about 30 feet ofexcavation near Charles street, about 20 feet of excavationnear old Public Library building, and about 400 feet oftrench excavated 14 feet deep along Boylston-street mall. Of the four-trnck subway, from the end opposite Weststreet, a trench 190 feet long and 10 feet wide had been ex-cavated to grade along the line of the easterly side-wall; asimilar trench 130 feet long was excavated alono; the line of. PLATE 6.— SECTION 1, BOSTON COMMON, BOYLSTON-STREETMALL. ERECTION OF STEEL-WORK OPPOSITEBOYLSTON PLACE. October 28, 1895.
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