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32.45
13.00
12.00
3.00 6.09
60.45
General Overhead .
96.00
14.00
20.00
136.09
Pipe .
838.23
82.08
71.97
118.30
1,110.58
Fittings .
11.79
1.35
6.15
$ 98.38
117.67
Jute.
27.12
5.46
5.88
2.10
40.56
Sulphur .
25.50
6.00
31.50
Gas and Oil.
3.74
1.00
1.20
5.94
Brick and Cement.
2.10
33.50
73.10
1.60
110.30
Contract Work.
223.95
3.90
5.75
91
18.20
Castings .
139.38
96.29
235.67
$ 3,087.99
$ 381.39
$ 497.65
$ 190.66
$ 195.58
$ 4,353.27
'Less Material Used from 1921 Stock
104.56
$ 4,248.71
And Material Charged in Maintenance Expenditures
206.28
$ 4,042.43
108
223.95
Supplies .
7.64
WATER WORKS CONSTRUCTION
Service Ext.
Service Sales |Lenox Street
Street Mains Morse Street Neponset St.
Total
Payroll
446.48
1,344.54
CA 30.60
$ 803.87
$ 493.35
$ 3,118.84
Stable Expense.
94.26
114.61
4.20
28.75
42.70
284.52
Pipe
122.81
1,671.60
7.45
735.35
1,106.54
3,643.75
Fittings
282.58
606.09
113.61
288.62
1,290.90
Tools.
46.50
103.50
142.00
53.50
345.50
Lead and Jute
107.75
5.49
29.35
40.00
182.59
Overhead .
20.00
188.91
3.09
100.00
38.00
350.00
$ 1,012.63
$ 4,137.00
$ 164.44
$ 1,839.32
$ 2,062.71
$ 9,216.10
Berwick Road, Extension Reimbursement.
$ 500.00
Berwick Road, Setting Hydrant.
91.10
Meters.
18.89
Meters Purchased and Installed.
619.82
$ 10,445.91
Material Used from 1920 Stock
1,377.97
$ 9,067.94
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Balance Sheet-Comparative Statement of Years 1920 and 1921
Fixed Assets
1921
1920
$
3,477.00
$
3,477.00
Land (Real Estate Account)
15,887.94
16,324.78
Buildings (Real Estate Account)
56,136.93
63,550.67
Electric Plant
75,372.85
78,665.23
Street Lines
18,138.92
17,541.92
Conduits and Cables
27,390.74
29,198.95
Transformers
21,322.17
22,393.83
Meters
3,064.29
3,131.56
Street Fixtures
$ 220,790.84
$ 234,283.94
Current Assets
50.00
50.00
Cash (Petty Office)
436.03
3,740.89
Cash (Revenue)
159.68
159.68
Cash Non-revenue Reserved
24,380.37
28,672.82
Accounts Receivable Electric
106.53
269.14
Accounts Receivable Other
407.59
407.59
Tools Inventory
5,186.83
6,451.28
48.50
286.14
Insurance Unexpired
1,917.80
1,417.80
Auto Trucks
1,963.86
1,963.86
Office Furniture
Liabilities
Appropriations from Tax Levy
$ 12,551.59
12,551.59
For Note Payments.
19,400.00
19,400.00
Loans Repayment (i.e. Notes Paid from Earnings) .
57,908.00
44,408.00
Notes Payable December 31, 1921 .
79,500.00
81,000.00
Accounts Payable December 31, 1921 .
25,285.28
24,570.22
Interest Accrued but not Due December 31.
877.00
694.00
To Balances, Surpluses of Total Assets .
82,181.27
72,824.22
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0 977 7702 14
$ 277,703.14
$ 255,488.03
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$ 195,521.87
$ 182,623.81
Assets
Liabilities
1920
1921
For Construction . .
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Comparative Statement of Income and Expense, Years 1920 and 1921-Operating Account
Expense
1920 1921
Income
1921
1920
Revenue from :
Commercial Lighting.
$
66,737.14
$ 63,354.06
Commercial Power .
68,088.31
63,571.28
Municipal Power .
6,338.70
4,253.64
Power for Street Railways.
11,193.35
2,785.77
Lighting of Municipal Buildings.
1,408.09
1,743.75
Strect Lighting .
6,000.00
6,000.00
Rental of Polcs.
322.45
Expense
$
679.98 95,693.60
$ 269.67 102,581.72
Repairs Electric Plant Electric Current Purchased
4,717.38
8,005.21
Care of Lights, Meters, etc.
2,225.62
1,356.32
Maintenance of Tools and Equipment
1,232.07
1,011.59
Street Lamps, Renewals of
250.62
175.28
Incandescent Lamps, Commercial Renewals
4,125.02
6,816.99
Repairs, Street Lines
104.91
267.63
Repairs, Meters and Transformers
2,785.46
2,983.24
Salary of Manager
510.11
27.30
Repairs of Buildings
2,192.60
1,493.24
General Office Expense
57.32
79.78
State Commission Assessment
1,204.98
1,081.86
26,251.08
33,615.76
Insurance (Compensation and Liability) Surplus Income in Excess of Expense Charges
$
142,030.95
$ 159,765.59
$ 159,765.59
$ 142,030.95
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Income
1920
1921
Surplus Balances as of January 1.
Gains in Operating Account.
33,615.76
Gains in Sales of Appliances
555.61
Gain in Stock Inventory
479.68
Real Estate Rentals.
403.00
272.00
Premium Receipts . .
15.00
Accrued Interest Receipt
46.00
Depreciation charged off at three per cent on:
€A
485.00
578.00
1,147.00
1,990.00
Electric Plant
2,558.00
2,675.00
Street Lines
627.00
641.00
Conduit
455.00
958.00
Transformers
684.00
757.00
Meters
134.00
81.00
Street Fixtures
$
6,090.00
7,680.00 500.00
Autos, Depreciation
73.20
Loss on Stock Inventory
3,705.65
4,063.00
Interest Paid and Accrued
13,050.00
13,500.00
Loans Repayment (Notes Paid from Earnings of this Year)
72,824.22
S2,181.27
Surplus Balances
$ 95,743.07
$ 107,924.27
$ 107,924.27
$
95,743.07
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Comparative Statement of Loss and Gain for Years 1920 and 1921
1921 72,824.22
1920 68,184.40 26,251.08 1,020.59
Real Estate (Buildings only)
PLANT ACCOUNT
January 1, 1921 Original Cost
January 1, 1921 Depreciated to
Additions for Year
Depreciation Credits
Depreciated Value December 31, 1921
3,477.00
20,324.74
Buildings
15,887.94
$ 1,014.84
$ 578.00
16,324.78
68,336.94
Electric Plant.
56,136.93
9,403.74
1,990.00
63,550.67
103,398.44
Street Lines.
75,372.85
5,967.38
2,675.00
78,665.23
20,615.93
Conduits.
18,138.92
44.00
641.00
17,541.92
32,025.22
Transformers.
27,390.74
2,766.21
958.00
29,198.95
27,659.24
Meters .
21,322.17
1,828.66
757.00
22,393.83
4,841.68
Street Fixtures.
3,064.29
148.27
81.00
3,131.56
$ 280,679.19
$ 220,790.84
$ 21,173.10
$ 7,680.00
$ 234,283.94
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$
3,447.00
Land.
$ 3,477.00
ELECTRIC LIGHT DATA
Overhead System
1919
1920
1921
Transmission Lines in Miles. .
79.2
85.9
87.2
Distribution Lines in Miles
86.5
93.6
102.1
Street Lighting Lines in Miles .
75.6
76
77.1
Poles in Publie Ways (Wood) .
1511
1547
1505
Poles Elsewhere (Wood)
49
51
51
Jointly Owned (Wood and Steel) .
387
387
442
Conduit Feet of .
15987
15987
16087
Cables in Conduits, Feet of . .
21714
21714
21714
Motors
Number Connected
246
255
303
Rated Capacity in Horsepower
2452
3540
4121
Consumers
Using Electricity for Lighting.
2171
2421
2605
Using Electricity for Power Only
2
1
1
Using Electricity for Both Light and Power
45
47
47
Street Lamps
Number in Use .
709
714
754
Total Hours of, During Past Year.
4003
4006
3995.5
Electric Current Purchased Kilo-Watt Hours.
3803645
4776000
5442000
Electrie Current Supplied for Street Lighting K. W. H.
210070
212030
222819
Electrie Current Supplied for Municipal Power.
253639
242006
261845
Electrie Current Sold Consumer for:
Metered Lighting Service .
890907
980270
1007422
Metered Power Service.
1736262
2383136
2356913
Metered Power for Street Railways.
87140
401870
Kilo-watt Hours Unaccounted for.
714767
861428
691601
Maximum Station Load . .
1515
1840
1800
Norwood, Mass., December 31, 1921.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of sales of F. S. Barton, as Collector of the Municipal Light Plant, and the records of his collections. It appears from said records that he has collected and deposited with the Town Treasurer the sum of $163,837.08, and that the foregoing is a true statement of the condition of said department as shown by the books thereof.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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115
CRUSHED STONE PRODUCTION COST
Payroll, Operating Crusher
$ 9,534.66
Payroll, Repairs of Crusher
159.20
Stable Expenses
153.45
Electric Power
293.98
Explosives
350.26
Repairs of Machinery
Drills
92.79
Crusher
330.70
Steel
219.44
Tools, Replacements
55.28
Lumber
83.12
Hardware Supplies
84.28
Coal
37.73
Oil, Grease and Waste
113.26
Overhead Expense
656.49
Other Expense
68.00
Telephone Service
25.90
$ 12,258.47
New Building Dynamite House
430.00
Cost of Operating
$ 12,258.47
Credit by Explosives Sold
13.61
Net Cost
$ 12,244.86
Output of Finished Crushed Stone for Year, in Tons
7,087.68 1.73
Cost per Ton
Crushed Stone on Hand January 1, 1921
582 tons
Crushed Stone Sold
40.79
Stone on Hand December 31, 1921
693 tons
Plant in operation from April 23 continuously up to November 19, 1921.
$ 12,688.49
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PUBLIC WORKS OVERHEAD EXPENSE
Salary of Superintendent
207.00
Timekeeper, Wages Clerk
900.00
Heating and Lighting
1,098.90
Auto, Maintenance and Repairs
63.84
Telephone Service
75.03
Other Expense
$ 5,015.71
Pro-Rated as per Payroll Charges to:
$ 206.83
Sewer Maintenance
10.69
Sewer Construction
146.99
Sewers, Particular
101.49
Main Drain Maintenance
101.54
Main Drain Construction
512.76
Sewer Construction, Adams Street
219.98
Sewer Construction, Marion Avenue
17.85
Sewer Construction, Hill Street
353.46
Construction at Neponset River
38.67
Ash Removal
328.53
Highway, Repairs
124.82
Treating Streets
499.54
Crusher Operation
165.56
Removal of Snow and Ice
69.64
Granolithic Sidewalks at Large
137.78
Granolithic Sidewalks Prepayment
12.88
Parks
204.86
Macadam Pavement
1,018.48
Water Department
78.03
Water Supply
83.50
High School Grounds, Grading of
$ 5,015.71
581.83
Highway, Maintenance and Equipment
$ 2,500.00
180.94
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REMARKS OF THE TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT
To the Selectmen of Norwood,
Hon. Frank G. Allen, Chairman.
Gentlemen :----
I herewith submit the foregoing as the Annual Statement of the Financial Report of Receipts and Payments of the Town of Norwood and the ab- stracts of the records of Town Meetings, together with the records of Vital Statistics reported for the year 1921.
Financial Report - Treasurer and Collector. The accounts of Harold W. Gay as Treasurer and Collector of Taxes have been examined and agree with the Accountant's Books and Records as shown. All statements of uncollected accounts have been verified as to detail items; in addition veri- fication of all outstanding taxes and assessments was made as of June 1, 1921, by mailing notices to all persons against whom unpaid charges for either taxes or special assessments appeared on the books of the Collector as of that date.
I find that the cash on hand December 31, 1921, of Harold W. Gay as Treasurer and Collector equals an amount as shown in the Accountant's statement that his cash balance on December 31, 1921, was $54,710.22.
It appears that the Sinking Fund Investments which were appropriated at the last Annual Town Meeting were not transferred to General Revenue Cash and are still in the Sinking Fund Investment Account. These funds should be transferred forthwith.
Municipal Light Department. Throughout the year each month the accounts of Frederick S. Barton as to sales and collections have been ex- amined and I find that he has deposited with the Town Treasurer all collec- tions shown in the sales account of this department.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. The collection of Harry M. Kingas Sealer of Weights and Measures, have been examined and he has deposited with the Treasurer all fees which appear to have been collected by his department.
Vital Statistics. The report of the Vital Statistics records show that the work in this department is increasing each year, particularly with refer- ence to birth records. A canvass of the births for the year 1921 appears to show that the reported registration was more than ninety-nine per cent of the actual number of births as determined by the canvass. While the expense connected with this work has materially increased in the last two years, it appears that the results obtained justified the expenditure of the money.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
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GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT
The Board of Selectmen,
January 1, 1921.
Honorable Frank G. Allen, Chairman,
Norwood, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report for the year 1921.
All of the work contemplated in the budget has been completed and at the close of the year we find the departments in a generally better condition than they were a year ago.
Recommendations presented by me for street improvements, water supply and investigation, sewer extensions, etc. were generally adopted, and I believe that the results have fully justified the recommendations.
The following brief summary will give you some idea of the achievements of the various departments under my jurisdiction.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Mr. Edwin T. McDowell, Superintendent
Water Division
Following your recommendation last spring, the annual Town Meeting appropriated funds for the purpose of increasing our water supply and for installing an additional pumping unit at the Ellis Station.
The work of driving and connecting the wells has been completed and the pump with the necessary motor has been installed.
Proposals for driving wells, laying the suction pipe and connecting with the system, and for furnishing a new pump and motor were invited by advertisement in compliance with the by-laws.
In response two bids for driving the wells and twenty-one bids for furnishing and installing the pump were received as follows:
Driven Wells
B. F. Smith Co., Inc., Boston, Mass.
Item No. 1. For driving two and one half inch pipe wells and removing same if directed by the Engineer.
Item No. 2. For driving two and one half inch open end wells.
Item No. 3. For driving two and one half inch pipe wells with strainers.
Item No. 4. For driving two and one half inch pipe wells, the difference in length driven and left in the ground.
Item No. 5. For connections including all fittings.
Item No. 6. For trenching laying pipe and back filling. Eight inch pipe.
Item No. 7. Ten inch pipe.
Edward F. Hughes, Watertown, Mass.
Item No. 1. As above.
Item No. 2. As above.
Item No. 3. As above.
Item No. 4. As above.
Item No. 5. As above. Item No. 6. As above. Item No. 7. As above.
$1.89 per vertical foot $2.52 per vertical foot $2.78 per vertical foot
$1.89 per vertical foot $59.57 each
$7.08 per lincar foot $7.29 per linear foot
$1.80 per vertical foot $3.00 per vertical foot $3.30 per vertical foot $1.20 per vertical foot $113.42 each $11.27 each $12.91 each
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Pump and Motors
Bidder Hayes Pump & Mch'y Co.
Pump
Size
Motor
Price bid
Blake
92 x 18
General
$13,522.00
Blake
9} x 18
Westinghouse
13,605.00
Blake
9} x 18
Westinghouse
13,873.00
Blake
92 x 18
General
14,196.00
Blake
122 x 18
General
14,847.00
Blake
122 x 18
Westinghouse
14,930.00
Blake
123 x 18
Westinghouse
15,198.00
Blake
122 x 18
General
15,521.00
Worthington Pump & Mch'y Co.
Deane
10} x 12
General
14,178.00
Deane
15
x 12
General
15,725.00
Rumsey Pump Co., Ltd.
Rumsey
11
× 13}
General
14,135.00
Rumsey
15
× 16
General
17,235.00
Rumsey
13
× 16
General
21,950.00
F. A. Mazzur & Co.
Deane
10} x 12
General
15,640.00
Deane
13
× 18
General
18,090.00
Goulds
14
× 16
General
16,650.00
Deane
15
x 12
General
17,090.00
Goulds
12
x 14
General
17,000.00
Walworth-English-Fleet Co.
Goulds
144 x 16
General
15,682.00
Charles J. Jager Co.
Penn
6" cent.
General
14,080.00
Power Equipment Co.
De Laval
6" cent.
General
6,653.00
The bids for driving the wells were considerably higher than the pre- liminary estimate, but after consulting with practically every contractor in this line of work in this section of the State it was decided to award the contract to the B. F. Smith Co., Inc. of Boston, the lowest bidder. Under this contract forty-three new wells were added to the system fur- nishing about half a million gallons of water per day.
Bids for Pump
As was the case in the bids for the wells, the bids for furnishing the pump were higher than estimated; in fact, they secmed to the Manager to be so high that they were rejected, and we sought to secure a pump by direct negotiations with the several pump manufacturers, with the result that the F. A. Mazzur Co. agreed to furnish a duplicate of the Goulds pump, which has been doing very good work at the Ellis Station for the past ten years for the sum of $10,180 and a contract was made with the Westinghouse Electric Co., for furnishing the motor for $2789, the town to install the motor. These combined contracts resulted in a saving of $3700 over the original bids received for identically the same machinery. As I have stated, the work has been completed, and I feel that my recommendations have been fully justified by the result obtained, for without the additional water we got from the new wells we would have been "hard put" to supply the ordinary requirements throughout the extended dry period during the fall, when many of the old wells failed to yield and the water in Buckmaster Pond was at a very low level.
Quality of Water Improved
Soon after we began to draw water from the new wells complaints were received that it was injurious to piping and plumbing, and in order to ascer- tain if there was any foundation for the complaint, the State Board of Health was requested to make an investigation to determine to what cxtent, if any, the water was detrimental to piping. The report of the Board's engineer, after analyzing samples of the water, was to the cffect that the water was actually much better than the water was from the old wells, that it was in no way injurious and that there was no justifiable cause for the complaints.
Water Waste Discovered
An appropriation was also made to conduct a water waste survey of the entire supply system as recommended a year ago. The survey was
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conducted during the summer and many leaks were discovered in mains, services and hydrants which would never have been found otherwise. Altogether forty leaks, representing a daily loss of more than a quarter of a million gallons, were located and repaired, amply repaying us for the eost of the survey in addition to conserving our already limited supply.
Water Rates Revised
After making a study of our water rates which have been in effeet for the past six years, I recommended changing the schedule and that new rates be established in conformity with the method recommended by the New England Water Works Association. The recommendation was adopted and the new rates were put into effect July 1st. Under the new schedule the rate to the average domestie consumer is reduced approximately 8 percent and to the large consumers it is increased about 10 percent. The change will result in a slight inerease in revenue for the department and place the rates on a more equitable basis.
New Services
Thirty-seven new serviees were added and six renewals made during the year.
Old Wells Repaired
One half (50) of the old wells at the Ellis station were pulled up, eleaned and redriven with new strainers. Many of these pulled up were found to be absolutely useless, the strainers being completely clogged by corroded matter, so that no water could possibly pass into the wells. The beneficial effect of renewing the wells was reflected in the operation of the pump. We hope to be able to replace the remaining old strainers next year.
With these improvements and with the new pump and wells we expect to be able to secure most of our water from the Ellis station and avoid the necessity of operating the more expensive station at Buckmaster Pond, although of course this is eontingent on the amount of rainfall we have throughout the year.
HIGHWAY DIVISION
Continuing the policy of 1919 and 1920 we again petitioned the State and County to contribute toward the construction of Neponset Street, and were successful in securing $10,000, which with the $10,000 appro- priated by the Annual Town Meeting enabled us to build a mile of bitu- minous macadam from Washington Street to a point about 900 feet beyond Pleasant Street.
The work this year was done by our own men and resulted in a net saving to the Town of about 20 percent (on the basis of contracts for similar work let by the State at the time we started work), and in addition gave employinent to men who would otherwise have been without work during the period of business depression. This probably obviated the necessity of, at least, some of them seeking assistance from the Town. About four fifths of a mile remains to be surfaced to complete Neponset Street from Washington Street to the Canton line.
Other surfacing was done on Pleasant Street between Cross Street and East Cross Street, on Washington Strect between Dean and Tremont (a strip ten feet wide to complete the roadway to the curb), Walpole Street between Fisher Street and the State highway, and Washington Street between Press Avenue and Douglass Avenue.
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Permanent Sidewalks
Granolithic sidewalks were laid in the following places:
Street
Location
Square Yards
Walpole E. side Winter St. to Walnut Ave.
515
Washington
E. side Nahatan St. North 162
Washington
E. side Nahatan St. to Norwood Square 207
Washington
E. side Nor. Auto Sta. to Day St.
414
Washington E. side Day St. to Guild St.
310
Washington
E. side Sansone's Store
40
Washington E. side N. Corner Heaton Ave.,
95
Washington
E. side N. Corner St. to George Ave.,
48
Washington
W. side N. of Cedar St.
83
St. George Ave.
N. side Washington St. East
56
High School
Parkway
225
High School
Grounds
1117
Total
3272
Oiling
Approximately fifty percent more oiling was done than in the preceeding year when it was necessary to curtail work of this nature owing to the high cost and scarcity of road oils. The streets are in such condition now that it should not be necessary to do so much of this work in 1922. The amount of patching necessary to keep our streets in a smooth condition grows each year with increasing traffic, both in weight and volume.
Gravel Roads
Our gravel highways were scraped and shaped with the road machine, (as much as time and conditions would permit) in the spring and in some instances oil was applied.
The duration of the period in which the roads are in the right condition to do this work effectively is so short that it is impossible to get over all of our gravel streets with one machine. I hope to be able to purchase another machine before we begin work next year.
Streets
A new road drag has been built by the department which will help to maintain this class of roads in a better condition than has been the case in the past.
Snow Removal
$4300 was required to pay for the removal of snow and sanding walks. Nearly all of this work was done in the months of January, February and March.
Bridges
Very little work in the nature of repairs was required on bridges during the past year, but if the extension at the Bird's Mill continues it will be necessary to replace either the Water Street or Morse Street bridge (prob- ably the latter) at an early date. The present structures are of wood and are not safe for the heavy traffic which it is natural to expect will be re- quired to use, at least, one of these streets to reach the Mill mentioned.
Stone Crusher
The stone crusher was operated during the most of the season. Our 7000 tons of stone were produced at an average cost of $1.73 per ton, which may seem excessive, but when the convenience of having stone of any
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desired size on hand, at any time needed, and the fact that we have paid our laborers twenty-five percent higher wages than did contractors and at the same time delivered the stone on the work cheaper than it could have been bought outside is considered, the cost is not exorbitant.
SEWER DIVISION
The uncompleted sewers in Railroad Avenue and Adams Street were finished early in the year and additional sewers were extended in the following streets:
Adams Street,-1,235 ft. of 8 in. Vitrified Pipe. Bright Street,-280 ft. of 8 in. Vitrified Pipe.
Hill Street,-460 ft. of 8 in. Vitrified Pipe.
Marion Avenue,-709 ft. of 8 in. Vitrified Pipe. Pleasant Street,-1,046 ft. of 18 in. Cast Iron Pipe. Washington Street,-161 ft. of 6 in. Vitrified Pipe.
The auxiliary syphon, built under the Neponset River at the Morrill Ink works this year, has apparently relieved the congestion which caused sewer manholes in several streets to overflow during the spring months, and with the original syphon is of sufficient capacity to accommodate a city of thirty thousand population.
Filter Beds
We were obliged to resurface one of the filter beds with more than a foot of new gravel and the other beds were cleaned as often as was necessary to maintain their efficiency.
Drains
Surface water, that is street drainage, sewers were constructed in the following streets and have relieved conditions concerning which many complaints have been received in the past:
Eliot Street,-500 ft. of 15 in. Vitrified Pipe 190 ft. of 12 in. Vitrified Pipe-10 Catch Basins. 245 ft. of 10 in. Vitrified Pipe
Fulton Street,-258 ft. of 8 in. Vitrified Pipe-1 Catch Basin.
Prospect Street,-36 ft. of 8 in. Vitrified Pipe-1 Catch Basin. Talbot Lot,-36 ft. of 27 in. Vitrified Pipe.
Washington Street,-265 ft. of 8 in. Vitrified Pipe-3 Catch Basins.
Much more work of this nature remains to be done if we are to properly remove this cause for complaint.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Mr. George A. Smith, Superintendent
This department has made plans and prepared the estimates of cost for all public work done in 1921 and contemplated for 1922, as well as giving the lines and grades for all work executed, kept record of all water and sewer connections and posted the locations on the record plans on file in the offices. Surveys and plans of land taken for water supply have been prepared and maps for the board of assessors have been drawn.
$ Plans of localities where auto accidents have occurred have been made for the Police Department in case criminal proceeding should be brought.
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