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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
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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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