Norwood annual report 1923-1927, Part 72

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1656


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Town Physician, Salary


200.00


6,100.00


10,084.05


16,184.05


Municipal Memorial Building


8,750.01


7,434.04


382.65


382.65


Committee on Memorial


382.65


301,017.00


70.76


301,087.76


Schools, Support of


301,087.76


12.87


134


11,455.00


1,326.65


12,781.65


Morrill Memorial Library


12,781.65


525.00


525.00


Memorial Day Observance


500.17


24.83


500.00


500.00


Band Concerts


500.00


1,750.00


699.50


2,449.50


Town Reports, Printing of


2,449.50


178,869.48


178,869.48


Electric Light Department


178,869.48


6,000.00


6,000.00


Land Purchase, Elec. Light Dept.


6,000.00


159.68


159.68


Land Purchase, Elec. Light Dept.


159.68


159.68


159.68


Land Purchase, Elec. Light Dept.


159.68


9,700.00


9,700.00


Electric Light Department


9,700.00


60,435.00


60,435.00


Water Department


58,911.27


1,523.73


6,030.00


6,030.00


Cemeteries, Maintenance of


5,909.19


120.81


3,349.00


3,349.00


Cemetery Improvement


3,328.29


20.71


347.73


347.73


Real Estate, 556 Washington St.


347.73


12.87


12.87


High School


29.32


29.32


Balch School


29.32


.


6,208.00 44,580.22 85,660.00


500.00 5,733.50 20,990.00 1,528.99


6,708.00 50,313.72 106,650.00 1,528.99


Insurance Premiums Interest Maturing Debt Accounts Payable 1925


7,082.76 51,686.04 106,650.00 1,175.14


$ 374.76 1,372.32


353.85


$794,095.29


$465,163.13


$1,259,258.42


$1,210,145.19


$19,199.84


$31,660.47


$1,747.08


NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Appropri ations by


Balance


Balance


Borrowing


Total


Accounts


Payments


Free


Reserve


$ 3,356.46 *271,783.09


$77,000.00


$ 3,356.46 348,783.09 1,500.00


School Land, Pleasant Street. New Senior High School


$ 3,260.00 305,858.40


$96.46


$42,914.69


School Land (Atwood)


1,500.00


Improvements Westwood Pumping Plant


4,406.26


6,658.97


* Transfer $7,000.00, Taxation $8,000.00, Balance from 1925 $256,783.09.


135


1,500.00 11,065.23


11,065.23


136


HIGHWAYS Construction


Payroll


Total


Brookfield Road


$1,176.38


Material and Other Supplies $ 259.90


$ 1,436.28


Cleveland Street


4.20


4.20


Cypress Street


1,231.70


415.06


1,646.76


Elm Street


456.95


120.63


577.58


Lincoln Street


521.85


125.71


647.56


Sycamore Street


1,160.85


241.97


1,402.82


Cottage Street


1.00


1.00


Pleasant Street and Dean Street


5.85


27.00


32.85


Winter and Bright Streets


168.40


80.51


248.91


Washington Street Curb


541.45


178.21


719.66


Nichols Street


2,079.21


2,528.02


4,607.23


Elliot Street


304.65


70.10


374.75


Lenox Street.


1,845.47


4,750.41


6,595.88


Broadway


1,044.45


3,139.45


4,183.90


Central Street, Day Street to Vernon


Street Extension


37.38


1,600.00


1,637.38


Walpole and Winter Streets


406.50


616.48


1,022.98


Railroad Avenue and Pleasant Street


364.13


288.48


652.61


Washington Street and Walnut Avenue


455.90


202.06


657.96


REPAIRS


Macadam Roads


5,422.14


4,904.53


10,326.67


Gravel Roads


1,902.42


677.86


2,580.28


Washouts


1,075.81


87.45


1,163.26


Sidewalks


365.57


380.41


745.98


Fences


528.90


350.19


879.09


Bridges


171.25


69.83


241.08


137


MACK TRUCK Maintenance


Gas, Oil and Grease


$ 666.51


Repairs


155.08


Accessories


15.96


Overhead, Manager's Office


120.00


Insurance


127.25


$1,084.80


This equipment was used on the accounts and the mainte-


nance account was credited $2.35 per hour for such use.


Highway Town Square


$ 860.10


Highway Repairs ·


176.25


Sewer Maintenance


7.05


School Department


7.05


Highway Maintenance


51.70


Drain Construction


141.00


Parks


14.10


Highway Construction


1,898.80


Water Department


50.53


Public Works Overhead


18.80


Granolithic Sidewalks


61.10


Town Square Parks


39.95


Cemetery Maintenance


42.30


Sewer Construction


2.35


Armory


9.40


Snow and Ice


408.90


Police Department


2.35


Board of Health


4.70


$3,796.43


This equipment was purchased May 1, 1926, at a cost of $4,800.00. Thc operating credits in the sum of $3,796.43 were carried as not available for . expenditure and returned to E and D account, December 31, 1926, as a surplus balance $2,711.63.


TOWN OF NORWOOD, BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1926 REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities


Accounts Receivable


Outstanding Revenue Loans


$150,000.00


Taxes 1926


$120,036.19


Overlay 1926


1,658.56


1925


22,693.84


1925


2,461.15


1924


3,243.81


1924


623.45


1923


172.04


Supplemental Taxes


114.21


$146,145.88


Tailings


244.64


Special Assessments


155,102.01


Moth


211.84


Reserve Accounts


Betterment


206.75


Special Assessments


418.59


Deferred Assessments


13,965.38


138


Sewer


13,965.38


Departmental Revenues


13,965.38


Electric Light Department, Cash


6,224.89


Departmental Accounts


Cemetery


2,177.66


Water


17,943.54


Sewer


6,451.92


Electric Light


55,253.13


Premiums and Accrued Interest


947.34


Cemetery


2,759.50


Receipts Available for - Special


21.40


(verdrafts


Soldiers' Exemptions


228.18


16,792.73


Water


17,153.99


Special Appropriation Balances


Overlay 1923


316.12


Highway Construction


4,910.34


Winslow Park


1.00


1921


68.82


Memorial Park


870.83


Interest


1,372.32


Municipal Memorial Building


7,434.04


.


418.59


Deferred Assessments


14,384.97


75,956.17


" Purposes Reserve Account Payable


969.52


1922


142.30


Insurance Tax Titles


374.76 112.23


Committee on Memorial Land Purchase, Electric Light


382.65


6,000.00


Cash


19,768.72 86,016.02


19,598.86


Reserve for Departmental Accounts Receivable


75,956.17


$281,834.14


Excess and Deficiency Surplus


60,436.01


$342,270.75


$342,270.75


NON REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities


Cash


$ 49,976.17


Appropriation


New Senior High School


$ 42,924.69


Authorized and not Incurred


259,000.00


Memorial Building


259,000.00


Improvement of Water Supply


6,658.97


Washington Streeet Widening


195.60


Neponset Street


48.98


Highway Takings


55.74


Balch School Additions


29.32


Junior High Additions


12.87


$308,976.17


$308,976.17


139


Appropriation by Borrowing


205,878.57


BALANCE SHEET TRUST ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities


Cash in Banks


Deposits for Service


$ 2,094.67


General Fund


$ 5,013.16


Perpetual Care Trust Funds


23,026.60


Special Funds N. T. S. D. 14449


6,819.18


Premiums on Securities


342.21


Special Fund N. T. S. D. 9054


2,150.32


Alice H. Plimpton, Trust Fund


57,369.18


Securities


High School English Fund


500.00


Alice H. Plimpton Fund


50,550.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund


18,300.00


High School English Funds


500.00


/


$83,332.66


$83,332.66


140


141


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE


Trust Fund


Receipts for year 1926


Balance January 1, 1926


$21,901.60


Lot No.


340


Towan, Annie F. and Appleby, Alden A.


$125.00


1076


Dyer, Mary


125.00


593


Mahoney, J. Frank


125.00


1043


Pendergast, James E., Ex.


125.00


228


Taplin, Lewis E., Est. of


100.00


Eppich, John, Est. of


150.00


G 803-8


Brennan, Agnes


50.00


217


Hunt, Nettie


100.00


G 260


Rorrie, Thomas


25.00


9


Evans, Frank H.


100.00


566


Phelan, Walter S.


100.00


1,125.00


$23,086.60


142


CEMETERY TRUST FUND AND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH FUND


List of Securities:


Fourth Liberty Loan


C 00619597


$ 50.00


C 00619596


50.00


Second Liberty Loan


A 02019796


100.00


A 02019795


100.00


A 02019794


100.00


First Liberty Loan


C 00325153


100.00


C 00325154


100.00


Fourth Liberty_Loan


01648542


50.00


First Liberty Loan


E 00425990


100.00


C 00167243


500.00


E 00167125


500.00


A 00167221


500.00


Fourth Liberty Loan


1475295


100.00


1475296


100.00


1475298


100.00


90407


1,000.00


90408


1,000.00


90409


1,000.00


90410


1,000.00


90411


1,000 00


90112


1,000.00


90413


1,000.00


90414


1,000.00


90415


1,000.00


90416


1,000.00


111637


500.00


111638


500.00


516942


100.00


516943


100.00


516944


100.00


516945


100.00


Fourth Liberty Loan


336399


1,000.00


336400


1,000.00


First Liberty Loan


166303


100.00


166304


100.00


49834


1,000.00


$18,300.00


Deposit Norwood Trust Company, Book 9054 and General Cash, Town Treasury --


$ 4,726.60


$23,026.60


543


50.00


Third Liberty Loan


336401


1,000.00


143


ALICE H. PLIMPTON BEQUEST


Morrill Memorial Library Trust Fund


Funds as shown, Report of 1925, on hand


December 31, 1925


Income for year


Interest on Securities


2,348.65


$57,369.18


INVESTMENTS


85


$ 1,000.00


City of Omaha, Nebraska Sewer Bonds, Nos.


83


1,000.00


. Maturing April 1, 1927, 42%


82


1,000.00


81


1,000.00


16


1,000.00


17


1,000.00


City of Woonsocket, R. I., Bonds, Nos.


18


1,000.00


19


1,000.00


20


1,000.00


22


1,000.00


23


1,000.00


City of Lynchburg, Va., Water Bonds, Nos. Maturing August 1, 1941, 42%


24


1,000.00


25


1,000.00


26


1,000.00


48288


5,000.00


108985


10,000.00


2925


10,000.00


1287316


50.00


215615


500.00


Fourth Liberty Loan


K 00004790


10,000.00


$50,550.00


Deposit Norwood Trust Co. Book 14449


6,819.18


Savings Department, December 31, 1926


$57,369.18


84


1,000.00


Maturing November 1, 1935, 4%


Third Liberty Loan U. S. Gold Bonds Nos. 41%


$55,020.53


144


WATER DEPARTMENT


WATER RATES


Uncollected January 1, 1926


$10,432.38


Commitments for Year


67,221.10


77,653.48


Collections for Year


$59,665.09


Abatements


44.85


59,709.94


Payments as Shown in Accountant's Report


General Maintenance


40,972.71


Interest on Department


4,787.50


Debt Paid


12,000.00


57,760.21


Additions to Plant


16,533.17


Sales Accounts


1,405.39


17,938.56


$75,698.77


Received from Water Rates


59,665.09


Received from Hydrant Rental


7,500.00


Received from Sales of Service


5,741.99


Material


596.63


73,503.71


Revenue Deficit


$ 2,195.06


Total Gallons of Water Pumped


493,814,375


Cost per Thousand Gallons


.14


145


PUBLIC WORKS OVERHEAD COSTS


Payroll


$ 5,733.33


Superintendent Salary


3,130.00


Clerk


1,200.00


Tools and Equipment


871.45


Eleetrie Serviee


46.59


Heat


160.17


Auto Maintenance


Dodge (Purehase)


612.85


Traetor


302.15


Loader


187.72


Dodge Maintenance


708.04


Telephone Serviee


217.98


Storeyard Expense


658.47


Other


267.27


$14,096.62


Statement for Allocation of Charges for


General Overhead


Publie Works Overhead


Town Office Building


$ 17.78


Police Department


44.01


Fire Department


71.14


Moth Suppression


34.90


Trees


21.31


Sewer Maintenance


202.04


$ 1,150.99


Sewer, Partieular


25.69


410.12


Drains, Maintenance


6.99


197.02


Sewer Construction


172.92


928.69


Drains Construction


197.09


1,313,75


Ash Removal


8.63


108.79


Highway Maintenance


153.98


2,957.01


Highways, Repairs


76.12


907.07


Treating Streets


83.05


116.35


Crusher


4.32


70.17


Highway Construction ·


110.56


1,111.04


Town Square, Highway


221.86


1,521.31


Granolithic Sidewalks


81.49


222.41


Town Square Park Improvement


21.03


130.54


Parks


18.26


238.01


Light Department


770.80


Water Department


648.39


2,390.49


Cemetery Maintenance


70.50


Cemetery Improvement


32.29


Improvement Water System


62.00


227.86


Maek Truck Maintenance


25.00


95.00


$3,182.15


$14,096.62


146


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Operating Revenues


Metered Sales to Consumers


$168,393.20


Metered Sales to Street Railways


11,303.69


Municipal Revenues:


6,800.00


Street Lighting Other


16,821.43


Rent of Property used in Operation


497.65


Total Operating Revenues


203,815.97


Income Statement


Operating Revenues


203,318.32


Operating Expense Chargeable Thereto


135,240.69


68,077.63


Taxes Assignable Deducted


8,441.05


Rent Income


497.65


Interest Income


513.20


Other Income


103.61


Gross Income


60,751.04


Deductions from Gross Income:


1,063.83


59,687.21


Profit and Loss Credits


Balance January 1, 1926


172,965.85


Credit from Income Account


59,687.21


232,653.06


Debits


Deductions from Surplus: Notes Paid


7,000.00


Transferred to Town Treasury:


January 1, 1926, Town By-Laws, Art. 3, Sec. 6


17,221.86


December 31, 1926, Town By-Laws, Art. 3, Sec. 6


20,000.00


Profit and Loss Credit Balance, December 31, 1926


188,431.20


$232,653.06


Interest on Debt


59,636.58


147


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Operating Expenses


Electric Energy


$ 85,725.85


Increase $5,007.36


Decrease


Transformer Station, Labor


5,301.50


$ 19.20


1


Transmission Lines, Labor


3,432.55


525.95


Inspecting Meters


13.75


5.50


Removing and Resetting Meters


261.20


118.01


Station Structures, Maintenance of


31.55


3.89


Station Equipment, Maintenance of


1,369.34


1,316.28


Transmission Lines, Maintenance of


6,268.60


433.81


Underground Conduits, Maintenance of


12.59


12.05


Consumers' Meters, Maintenance of


76.08


51.71


Transformers, Maintenance of


787.82


369.92


Municipal Street Lamps, Labor


494.73


29.79


Municipal Street Lamps, Supplies


804.66


55.82


Commercial Lamps


328.01


328.01


Maintenance of Commercial Lighting Equipment


S2.09


133.57


Maintenance of Consumers' Installa- tion


72.75


26.96


Salary of Manager


3,500.00


300.00


Office Clerks and Meter Readers


6,777.50


329.07


Office Supplies and Expense


1,717.41


1,142.91


Insurance


3,233.82


688.89


Transportation Expense


1,106.89


436.81


Inventory Adjustments


688.85


661.26


Depreciation


9,700.00


600.00


Miscellaneous General Expense


3,453.15


1,665.76


Total


135,240.69


Payment to the Town in lieu of Taxes


8,400.00


To State, as Assessment


41.05


$143,681.74


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Comparative Balance Sheet


Assets


Balance Jan. 1, 1926


Balance Dec. 31, 1926


Increase


Decreasc


$241,150.65 Plant Account. .


$279,853.27


$38,702.62


5,748.15


General Equipment.


4,748.15


$ 1,000.00


Current Assets


148.


17,271.86


Cash General .


50.00


17,221.86


159.68


Cash Special. .


6,000.00


5,840.32


39,644.97


Accounts Receivable.


55,253.13


15,608.16


6,709.98


Material and Supplies.


8,279.65


1,569.67


3,307.09


Other Current Assets.


4,239.08


931.99


Reserve Funds


32,015.95 Depreciation Fund Cash. .


6,224.89


25,791.06


Prepaid Accounts


4,378.79


Insurance


2,805.91


1,572.88


350,387.12


Total .


367,454.08


Net Change


Investments


Liabilities


24,000.00 Notes Payable ...


17,000.00


7,000.00


7,890.84


Accounts Payable .


9,558.62


1,667.78


170.84


Interest Accrued . .


104.67


145,359.59


Loans Repayment.


152,359.59


7,000.00


172,965.85


Profit and Loss Credit.


188,431.20


$350,387.12


$367,454.08


149


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Plant and System Statistics


1922


1923


1924


1925


1926


Overhead System:


Transmission Lines in Miles


-


Distribution Lines in Miles


of Wire.


279.3


286.7


299


321.75


331


Street Lighting Lines in Miles


Poles in Public Ways (Wood).


1,536


1,554


1,575


1,645


1,632


Poles Elsewhere (Wood) ..


64


65


70


70


97


Jointly Owned (Wood and Steel)


442


442


442


442


442


Conduit, Feet of . .


16,087


16,087


16,087


16,087


21,982


Cables in Conduits, Feet of . .


21,714


21,714


21,714


21,714


34,295


Consumers:


Using Electricity for Lighting . .


2,827


3,133


3,342


3,671


3,900


Using Electricity for Power Only .


1


1


1


1


3


Using Electricity for Both Light and Power


49


49


80


105


107


Street Lamps:


Number in Use . .


718


718


730


867


Total Hours of, During Year .


3,974


4,005.5


4,001.35


3,996.15


777 4,000.20


Electric Energy :


Purchased Kilowatt Hours. .


935,000


5,745,000


5,758,000


5,999,000 264,771


6,594,000


Supplied for Street Lighting. .


213,000


228,237


249,488


273,802


150


Supplied for Municipal Power.


437,324


430,262


512,565


472,052


634,673


Supplied for Metered Lighting.


1,137,591


1,339,099


1,441,955


1,577,766


2,025,358


Supplied for Metered Power . .


2,325,480


2,572,603


2,010,107


1,986,934


1,933,188


Supplied for Street Railways ..


413,374


459,078


456,826


469,584


519,127


Kilowatt Hours Unaceounted for


953,669


780,261


303,834


802,786


Maximum Station Load.


1,890


1,840


1,800


1,940


2,075


151


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Plant Investment Statement. (Schedule B)


Original Cost to Dec. 31, 1926


Book Value Jan. 1, 1926


Additions


Depreciation


Book Value Dec. 31, 1926


$ 3,636.68


Land ...


$ 3,477.00


$% 159.68


$ 3,636.68


20,324.74


Structures . .


16,324.78


16,324.78


99,614.96


Transformer Station Equipment ...


65,289.52


18,839.17


2,850.00


81,278.69


119,971.40


Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Construction


72,470.73


7,795.46


3,900.00


76,366.19


22,282.71


Underground Conduits.


10,426.82


8,781.88


o


19,208.70


8,887.22


Underground Conductor


6,761.58


2,125.64


8,887.22


39,983.17


Consumers' Meters.


28,423.64


1,848.54


1,500.00


28,772.18


33,840.16


Line Transformers.


21,051.64


5,259.25


1,150.00


25,160.89


5,575.40


Meter Installation. .


5,326.50


248.90


5,575.40


6,013.98


Transformer Installation .


5,258.76


755.22


6,013.98


11,342.68


Street Lighting Equipment.


6,339.68


2,588.88


300.00


8,628.56


$371,473.10


Total Plant Investment.


$241,150.65


$48,402.62


$9,700.00


$279,853.27


152


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153


PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNT


School Property, Land and Buildings


Balch


$146,500.00


Beacon


30,025.00


East


10,400.00


Everett


39,000.00


Guild


42,650.00


New High


510,600.00


Junior High


381,882.00


Shattuck


53,000.00


West


8,600.00


Winslow


55,300.00


School Site, Pleasant Street


8,260.00


Furnishings


54,900.00


$1,341,117.00


Morrill Memorial Library


92,088.00


Central Fire Station


20,100.00


Fire Station No. 2


1,300.00


Fire Apparatus


17,895.34


Fire Alarm System


5,740.00


45,035.34


Water Works


582,000.00


Sewerage System


506,000.00


Crusher Plant


7,300.00


Store Yard


9,246.60


Gravel Pit Lot


1,000.00


Cemeteries


52,135.26


Real Estate


9,500.00


Electric Light Plant


385,000.00


Park Lands


56,400.00


Town Office Lot


24,500.00


Town Office Building


7,300.00


Other Personal Property


53,900.00


1,694,281.86


Total Public Property


3,172,522.20


Outstanding Debt


1,110,000.00


Surplus in Public Property over Fixed Debt


$2,062,522.20


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REMARKS OF THE TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT


To the Selectmen of Norwood.


Thomas B. Mulvehill, 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 for the year 1926.


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.


I find that the cash on hand December 31, 1926, 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, 1926, was $141,096.35.


Municipal Light Department. Throughout the year each month ac- counts of Frederic S. Barton as to sales and collections have been examined and I find that he has deposited with the Town Treasurer all collections shown in the sales account of this department.


Sealer of Weights and Measures. The collections of Harry M. King as Sealer of Weights and Measures have been examined, and he had de- posited with the Treasurer all fees which appear to have been collected by his department.


Morrill Memorial Library. Alice H. Plimpton Trust Fund. I have examined the securities in the possession of Harold W. Gay, as Treasurer of the Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library and find that the securities and cash on hand represent the amount set forth in this report; namely, $57,369.18.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES E. PENDERGAST,


Town Clerk and Accountant.


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GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT


To the Board of Selectmen, Norwood, Massachusetts.


January 26, 1927.


Gentlemen:


I submit the following report of the General Manager for. the year 1926, which report covers the more important work done by the various depart- ments under my direction.


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT John E. Colburn, Superintendent


Highway Division


This division may be considered in two parts-the maintenance section and the construction section.


Maintenance work consisted of cleaning, oiling, patching, sanding, re- moving snow, and other incidental work in connection with the streets and sidewalks.


Due to the large snowfall during the past winter, with the resulting wear and pounding from heavy trucks, many of the streets, and particularly those of gravel surface, became badly rutted and the surface left in a rough, uneven condition. It was, therefore, necessary to do considerable patch- ing, which in itself was a large item in the cost of maintenance.


During the carly months of the year a large amount of brush was cut from the sides of the roadways. A comparatively small amount expended for this work makes a very good showing in the appearance of the out- lying streets, and eliminates in a measure obstructed corners.


Early in the spring all the streets were given a thorough cleaning, and as occasion demanded certain streets were cleaned at intervals throughout the year. In this way we have been able to keep the streets fairly free from rubbish and leaves.


Construction


The following construction work (with the exception of Walpole Street, which was done by Contractors under the supervision of the State Depart- . ment of Public Works) was executed by our own forces.


Concrete Construction


Walpole Street-from Washington Street to Chapel Street.


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Bituminous Macadam Construction


Broadway-East Vernon Street to Nahatan Street.


Central Street-Day Street to Lyman Place.


Cottage Street-Washington. Street to Broadway.


Nahatan Street-Washington Street to Broadway.


Lenox Street-Rock Street northerly to end of 45' layout.


Bituminous Gravel Construction


Cypress Street.


Elm Street-from Lincoln Street to northerly end of layout.


Lincoln Street-Cypress Street to Sycamore Street.


Sycamore Street.


(Above all in the Everett Heights Development.)


Brookfield Road.


Completion of work commenced in 1925 of Nichols Street and Elliot Street in vicinity of Senior High School.


Land was acquired and the corners improved by constructing the streets on a radius at the following locations:


Northeasterly corner Winter and Bright Streets.


Southwesterly corner Walpole and Winter Streets.


Northwesterly corner Washington Street and Walnut Avenue.


Northwesterly corner Pleasant Street and Railroad Avenue.


Land was also acquired at the southwesterly corner of Pleasant Street and Dean Street. Due to pressure of other work this job was not under- taken during 1926, but will be the coming season.


Granolithic Sidewalks


3252.36 square yards of granolithic sidewalk were laid by contract. This work included sections on:


Washington Street, east side, between Nahatan Street and Railroad Avenue.


Washington Street, east side, from Nahatan Street to Cottage Street.


Washington Street, east side, from end of existing granolithic walk at Hose No. 2 to Dean Street.


Walpole Street, east side, from Walnut Avenue to Chapel Street.


Phillips Avenue, north side, at Walpole Street.


Central Street, east side, at Fire Station.


Central Street, east side, from Nahatan Street southerly.


Nahatan Street, south side, from Central Street casterly.


Sturtevant Avenue, north side, from Washington Street casterly.


· Cottage Street, south side, at Norwood Buick Co.


Street Oiling


22.5 miles of streets, or a total of 242,700 square yards, of street surface were oiled, sanded, and left in good condition.


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Snow Removal


The snowfall for the year was extremely heavy. During the carly winter months two storms, within a week of each other, caused a large amount of work and expense to the department. During these two storms, it was impossible to keep the sidewalks cleared, but the streets were thor- oughly plowed throughout the town.


In December the fall from two storms alone-amounted to nearly two feet in depth, all of which was plowed from both streets and sidewalks.


The length of time required to open the streets during and after a storm, depends upon the severity of the storm and weather conditions. It is safe to say, however, that within forty-eight hours after a storm commences the streets throughout the entire town have been opened, with the ex- ception of a possible few, such as dead ends, etc.


Taking into consideration the mileage of streets (about 50), the time required for plowing after a heavy storm, about two days, does not seem excessive. If, however, there is a demand or necessity for opening them in a shorter period, more equipment must be furnished.


At present our equipment for this work consists of a truck with plow attachment which is loaned to the Town by the State Department of Public Works on condition that it be used for clearing the State Highways within the town limits first. After this has been done, the truck is used on other streets. The expense of operating the truck is paid by the Town. Arrangement is made with O'Brien Bros. for the use of their tractor-plow and for a truck with plow attachment. Another truck with plow is also available and used.


Ash Removal


The custom of collecting ashes and rubbish from householders has been continued as usual; the householders paying for this service by the purchase of tickets. While the fee paid by the householders does not cover the entire cost of the work, we feel the service rendered justifies the small loss. That the practice is of appreciable benefit, and, on the whole, satisfactory seems evident, inasmuch as the number of customers increases from year to year.


Crusher


Practically all the stone of good quality has been removed from the quarry, and no attempt was made to blast any during the year.


The crusher was operated a short period during the latter part of the summer in order to crush a small amount of stone which had been blasted from the quarry during the previous year-a total of about eight hundred tons.


Early in the summer proposals were received for furnishing crushed stone, same to be delivered on the job. The two lowest bidders, The New England Crushed Stone Co., and The West Roxbury Trap Rock Co., sub- mitted the same price-$2.50 per ton-and the contract was divided be-


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tween them. They furnished stone of good quality, and both gave ex- cellent service. The stone purchased was used largely in connection with the Town Square development.


SEWER DIVISION


Main sewers were constructed during the year as follows: Beech Street-Vernon Street to Winter Street 800 ft.


Central Street-3 sections between Nahatan Street and Day . ' Street 628 ft. 8"


Chapel Street-Winslow Avenue to Walpole Street 949 ft. · S"




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