Norwood annual report 1927-1929, Part 41

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1927
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1016


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22


Michael T. J. Burke


44


27 Mary J. Hobbs


76


28


Stillborn


30


Edmund Mankewich


1


9


29


Dec. 3 Hayward (M)


-


10% hrs.


John Klenberg


23


10


1


2


Arthur J. Wagner


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DEATHS REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF NORWOOD, 1929


Date


Name


Yrs.


Mos.


Days


Dec. 4


Frank Swanson


63


1


Thomas Chakris


34


5


Louise B. Curran


7


Alice L. Balboni


25


8


Morris Pearl


33


9


Barbara Collins


1


24


9


Mary Elizabeth Cook


9


1


14


10


Julia J. Coughlin


62


11


Charles F. Heyn


45


12


Celeste Magaletti


49


13


Louis Frederic Baer


36


9


14


Virginia Cobb


-


3


22


Mabelle I. Dixon


60


3


26


23


Sarah Louise Rhodes


82


24


Shirley G. Frank


-


14


25


Thomas H. Sullivan


67


29


William Ospwicz


36


29


Anthony Winskas


51


31


Ursula S. Ambrose


60


31


Herbert E. Dean


39


Total number of deaths


226


Of which deaths


141 were residents of Norwood who died in Town.


30 were residents of Norwood who died in other places. 55 were non-residents of Norwood who died in Norwood.


Total number of births Of which births 465


254 were residents of Norwood whose birth occurred in Norwood. 15 were residents of Norwood whose birth occurred in other towns. 196 were non-residents of Norwood whose birth occurred in Norwood.


18


9


Elizabeth MacDougall


71


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WHERE . THERE . IS .NO.VISION .THE . PEOPLE.PERISH


GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT


To the Board of Selectmen,


Gentlemen:


In editing and submitting the reports of our departments for the year just past, your manager has a difficult task. Municipal operation is so alike year after year that reports are apt to become routine and devoid of interest.


Regulations. This year has seen the issuance of the Board of Survey Rules as revised, the reprinting in pamphlet form of the Zoning By-Laws and the issuance of the Manual of Procedure for the Municipal Light De- partment. The last revision of the Police Manual is about ready for the press, and the Taxi Regulations have finally been agreed upon by all concerned. The Fire Limits have been enlarged and will be printed in the new Building Code. The Code of Orderly Procedure for all Depart- ments is soon to be a reality and likewise the Handbook on Permits and Licenses. The revision of the 1879 Cemetery Rules is also well underway. All these booklets are being printed in a pocket size with the thought in mind that when we codify our by-laws for the first time since 1908 we may have all our public documents in a uniform arrangement.


Tax by Installments. We were much pleased to receive word of the introduction in the legislature of a bill to make possible the payment in two installments of taxes in this state. The writer has suggested this at every opportunity because he has witnessed the great benefits in many states where this has been the practice for years. Such an arrangement will not only make tax paying so much easier for the citizens but will actually reduce taxes by decreasing the two and a half million dollars now paid by the taxpayers in the cities and towns of this Commonwealth every year in interest on loans to operate the municipalities through the ten months or more in which they now have to wait for taxes. It cannot be conceived that the opposition of those benefiting by the borrowing system will prevent the passage of the act.


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Charts. Accompanying these remarks are diagrams giving the vital data concerning our municipal systems. The writer drew these charts" when he was manager here twelve years ago, but they have not been kept up to date. We have now plotted in the gaps and have a valuable record of twenty years' operation, from which a fair guess can be made as to future possibilities. These charts and tables are presented for local annual comparisons only because the futility of comparing per capita costs at random with other communities can be quickly shown when we realize that with less than sixteen thousand population our police department costs us a thousand dollars a week and our schools a thousand dollars a day. These costs of $22.00 per capita for education and over $3.00 for police are caused by our exceptional school facilities in the former, and in the latter case by our location within five miles of the border of the fourth greatest center of population in this country. The annual expendi- ture of a million and a half dollars or the employment of over four hundred employees by a community our size in an isolated section of the country would be unheard of; but, our citizens would not be satisfied if we should cut the municipal service in any of our departments. For example, the total candle power of our street lights is equal to that of many cities more than double our size-but who would want a single light removed? We are indeed fortunate that our municipal utilities bring us an annual revenue of over $365,000. There is no question whatever that the electric and water systems alone could be sold for close to two million dollars, and yet have practically no debt.


Citizen Interest. These facts are included here with the hope that some of our citizens may realize the magnitude of the task the Board of Select- men has to guide present operation as well as plan for the fast growing future of this community. We trust also that the realization of our un- usual condition will stimulate an increased interest in town affairs on the part of our thoughtful citizen-stockholders-to the end that they will ever strive to keep this thirty-five million dollar corporation of their's in the front rank of Massachusetts municipalities.


Improved Service. Last year we listed in short statements some one hundred and ten items of improved service or reductions in expense se- cured throughout our various departments. This year we have con- tinued these corrections but will not list them as we doubt whether such statements arc cither read or credited by the average citizen. We will, however, list some eight or more items which saved the taxpayers in the aggregate over eleven thousand dollars.


Securing carload price, tax refunds and elimination of shortages


on gasolene . $ 1,032.00


Reduction in water waste . 1,266.00


Pumping at Westwood instead of Ellis 986.00


Repairing formerly junked Electric Meters 950.00


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Cash Discounts for prompt payments 1,727.00


· Extra trade discounts on purchases . 1,112.00


Reduction by stone crushing .


1,125.00


Old telephone tolls collected .


295.00


Electric charges collected, previously overlooked


2,760.00


$11,253.00


Progress. For the first time in the history of the Cemetery Department, since any real work was done there, the department has finally been put on a self-supporting basis. This coming year no appropriation from taxes will be needed.


The Electric Department has been completely reorganized and the rotted and dangerous poles, undersized transformers and hazardous con- struction have all been renewed. The plant itself has been cleaned and repaired inside and out. Back bills unpaid for years, in the aggregate over $30,000 have been collected during the past year and a half; and for the first time in history we go into the new year with every November bill paid or service shut off. Many other matters too numerous to mention have been put on a business basis. Our recent recommendation for a 14% reduction in rates will mean a saving of $30,000 to our citizens annually in electric bills.


The Public Works Department has undergone such a change and system- izing that in many phases it is unrecognizable. Water bills uncollected for years totalling many thousands have now been collected.


The increases in equipment, personnel and performance of the Fire and Police Departments speak for themselves. It has been a great pleasure to hear the numerous compliments from visitors and citizens regarding the unfailing courtesy of our officers.


Loyal Employees. These changes would not have been possible if it had not been for the ever willing and efficient work of our entire organiza- tion. It is true that one or two changes had to be made and also that some department heads had to be forced to bring order out of chaos. The ends warranted the means however, and all is well that ends well. We may with pride report our stewardship as starting 1930 with all depart- ments in first class shape. May they long continue so.


Service. This year we inaugurated a new idea in securing the co-opera- tion of citizens in working with us towards improving the public service. Weekly we have had the telephone operator at the Municipal Building call a dozen different homes, each list taken at random from the telephone book. These people are asked to advise any needed correction or improve- ment in their particular neighborhood on sidewalks, streets, lighting, garbage collection, radio interference and similar municipal activities. The answers are tabulated and thus we receive a real picture of how our service is satisfying our citizen-bosses, who pay our salaries and who we are all faithfully trying to serve. We have yet to experience a single call


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which was not appreciated or on which any sarcastic "wise-cracks" were given us. We acknowledge our appreciation and shall continue to follow these service calls.


Conclusion. This letter of transmittal would not be complete unless sincerest thanks were extended to the Selectmen for their wonderful co- operation and understanding in all the endeavors of our department heads and co-workers of the municipal family.


The longer the writer serves municipalities the more he agrees with the Director of Public Works at Philadelphia when he ended his annual report some twenty-five years ago by quoting Abraham Lincoln where he said- "If what I do turns out all right, what they have said against me will not count; but if what I do turns out wrong ten angels swearing I was right will make no difference."


Most respectfully submitted,


C. a. Binghamo


January 24th, 1930.


Town Manager.


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TOWN OF NORWOOD


RECREATION ~ $ 4300 - 0 4/10 % FORESTRY ~ $ 5460 - 05/10%


STREET LIGHTS -$ 9520 - 09/10%


LIBRARY


$ 17970 - 17/10%


FIRE


$ 29057 - 2 9/10%


WELFARE


$ 29245- 29/10%


HEALTH


$ 33460- 3 3/10%


POLICE


$ 54252 - 5 4/10%


GENERAL GOVERNMENT-$ 82045 - 8 1%%


FEBRUARY 1, 1930


TOWN MANAGER'S OFFICE


SCALE- ONE INCH TO $ 30000


DEPARTMENTS SELF-SUPPORTING


WATER, LIGHT AND CEMETERY


FOR THE YEAR 1929 RECEIPTS NOT DEDUCTED


COSTS OF OPERATING VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS


DOLLARS


DEBT AND INTEREST-$ 184.767-184/10%


STREETS, SEWERS, DRAINS,{ $ 206,056-205/10% PARKS AND SIDEWALKS


SCHOOLS ~ $351,146-349/10%


10037


SCALE


3000


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12000


14000


16000


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7 Million


10M


16 Million


22 Million


28 Million


9


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24


27


VALUATION - Shown thus $30


TAX- RATE - Shown thus


1909


1912


1915


1918


Post war period


1921


Valuation


Tax-Rate


1924


Population


1927


1930


adjacent to a Metropolitan area


a progressive, growing community. Impossible to estimate tax rate for


Estimated Future valuations


Estimated Future Population


POPULATION ~VALUATION - TAX-RATE


0


2


4


6


2 10


12


14 16 .18


MILES OF PAVING ~ Shown thus -


0


S


10


15


20


25


30 35


40


45


MILES OF OILED STREETS - Shown thus


40000 50000 30,000 20,000 0 5000 10000


60.000


SQ. YDS. GRANOLITHIC WALKS ~ Shown thus


O 20000


60000


100000


140000 180000


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1909


1912


Miles


of


----- TONed Streets KS


1918


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HIGHWAY


1921


CHART


1924


Annual Expenditures


1927


1930


class pavino increases


Coiled streets will decrease as first


SCALE


vare horas of Gramos Lic Walks. 4


----


1915


Miles of Paving .


SCALE


O


500


1000


1500


2000


2500


3000


3500


SEWER


CONNECTIONS ~ Shown thus


10


12


14


16


13


20


22


24


26


28


30. 32


34


36


38


MILES


OF


MAINS - Shown thus -


110000


120000 130000


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170000


190000


210000


230000


250000


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DEBT ~ Shown thus


0


1000


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ANNUAL


MAINTENANCE - Shown thus


1909


1912


1


Miles


1915


of Mains


1918


SEWER


1921


Debt


DATA


Annual Maintenance


1927


PORUOg


Annual Maintenance


1930


Sewer.


maintenance because of entrance.


Impossible. Future Connections (Estimated) in 1931, into South Metropolitan to estimate future


Future (Estimated) Miles of Servers Needed


1936


\years and runs out in 1947


$7000 for 2 years, $5000 for 8


Annual Debt $ 9000 for 5 years,


7900


--


-


-


-


1


1933


Sewer Connections


Bonded


1924


8


SCALE


0 100


200


300


400


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600


700


800


900


STREET


LAMPS -


Shown thus


0 600


1200


1800


2400


3000


3600


4200


4,800


NUMBER OF METERS - Shown thus -


0 15000


30000


60000


90000


120000


NUMBER OF LAMPS - Shown thus


-


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500


1000


1500


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0 1000000


Z Million


4 Million


6 Million


8 Million "


KILOWATTS BOUGHT-Shown thus


1909


1912


1915


street


ELECTRIC


1918


--


H.P. Motors


Kilowatts Bought


LIGHT DATA


1924


Number of


Number of


1927


Lamps Meters


-- - 1930


Estimated Future HP. Motors.


- Estimated Future Lario Load Estimated Future Street Lights Estimated Future Meters


Lamps


.


1921


SCALE


45000


95000


145000


195000


INCOME -


Shown thus


15000


65000


115000


165000


OPERATING


EXPENSE ~ Shown thus


10000


20000


40000


60000


80000


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DEST ~ Shown thus


100000


200000


300000


450000


PLANT INVESTMENT ~ Shown thus --


1909


-----


1912


Plant Investment


operating Expense


1915


ELECTRIC


1918


Bonded Debt


LIGHT FINANCES


1921


1924


1927


CACTUSIT WORTH T. ara going Concern Probably Double Actual Cost Record)


1930


Electric Debt Entirely Paid off in 1929


Future Estimated Operating Expenses


Future Estimated Income


--


Future Estimated Plant Investment


1933


Income-


.


SCALE


1200


1600


2000


2400


2800


37.00


3600


3800


NUMBER OF SERVICES ~ Shown thus


24


26 28 50


34


36 38


40


42


44


46


48


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175


200


250


300


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450


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50Million 100Million


200 Million


300Million


GALLONS . PUMPED - Shown thus -


1909


1912


Miles


1915


of Mains


Number of


1918


·


WATER


1921


Hydrants


DATA


1924


---


of services


1927


.


1930


increase of population"


" waste will be offset by


Even with thorough_inspection, reduction


Estimated Future Services.


Estimated Future Hydrants


Estimated Future Mileage of Water Mains


.


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NUMBER OF HYDRANTS - Shown thus 400 Million 500Million


Gallone Pumped


Number Abandoned services not


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100.000


120000


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0 5000


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20000


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40000


50000


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EXPENSE ~ Shown thus


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72000


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250000


300000


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1909


1


Bonded Debt


Income


1912


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1915


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1918


Operating


Expense


1921


FINANCES


1924


1927


Debt.


1930


1933


with Metropolitan supply


May beforced to connect


Estimated Future Income.


Estimated Future Investment


SCALE


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ORGANIZATION CHART MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT NORWOOD, MASS.


TOWN MANAGER C.A.BINGHAM


TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT


SUPERINTENDENT F. S. BARTON


.


COOPERATING


OFFICE AND COMPLAINT DIV.


PLANT AND OPERATING DIV.


CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE DIV.


INSPECTION AND METER DIV.


READING AND BILLING DIV.


WM. MULHERON IN CHARGE


H.C.BABCOCK IN CHARGE


CYRUS C. CHURCH IN CHARGE


R.F. FARDY IN CHARGE


CHARLES P STONE IN CHARGE


G.T. CHISHOLM


M.P. CONNOLLY


M. P. CONNOLLY


J.M CLAPP


CREW NO.1


M.J. RENAGHAN STOCK-KEEPER


CREW NO.2


ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED


MARTIN NAUGHTON


TEMPORARY LABORERS


JOHN F BLASENAK


E.G. McCARTIN


S.E. CONNOLLY


J.E. PENDAGASTJR


MARY DE COSTA


F.T. GRADY GEO. SPEAR W.CHERRY


H.MORRISON C.DENEHY J.WISKAS


WM. SCHOPPEE P.AUGUSTINE


M.KEOHANE P.SIMONS


H.M. KING


EARL SAUMSEIGLE


MARCH 15, 1929


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MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Mr. C. A. Bingham, Town Manager.


General Remarks


One of the accompanying photographs shows the new addition built for new switches and regulating equipment to take care of our increasing business, and give better service to our customers.


NEW ADDITION TO ELECTRIC PLANT


In another section we have the street light regulators and circuit switches of latest and safest type to operate through to voltage regulators. These regulators keep our voltage constant within two percent variation. From the regulators the current passes through the cables that feed each circuit for the different sections of the town.


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In the room near the office is the remote control panel where all instru- ments are installed. From this panel board all switching is controlled in the switch room.


Lead cable was run from the station to Guild Street and a new street light circuit was run to South Norwood. Sixty-three white way lights of the Novalux type were installed on ornamental brackets. This makes one of the best lighted sections of the town. We also ran another primary circuit to this section in order to maintain the best possible service for this


NEW REGULATING EQUIPMENT


growing section. Norwood now has a continuous whiteway system of two and a half miles covered with lights on both sides of the street about a hundred feet apart.


Due to additions made of larger lamps on several street lighting circuits, an extra circuit was run from the station to take care of the extra load.


During the year 9 miles of wire were added to the street light circuits, and 7 miles were added to the primary circuits. We also made additions to the secondary lighting circuits by adding a third wire to the two wire


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circuits. This allows much more capacity to meet our present day de- mands for the use of many appliances for heating, cooking, oil burners, radios, etc. This insures the customer first class service. About 10 miles of different sizes of wire was used in this work.


While we added but 59 poles to our lines on new locations yet we re- placed 489 poles on our lines. With hundreds of new cross arms and secondary brackets installed we have our lines in fine shape. During 1930 we will replace the last of the old poles which were set 23 years ago. The treated poles we are using now should last 30 years or more.


LAMP DATE


Total number lamps Dec. 31, 1928-108.836; Dec. 31, 1929-113.825. Total number meters Dec. 31, 1928-4.332; Dec. 31, 1929-4.410. Total H. P. of motors Dec. 31, 1928-4.042; Dec. 31, 1929-4.103.


The number and candle power of each and total candle power of street lights are as follows:


Traffic & F. A. 40 & 60


60 C. P.


250 C. P.


400 C. P.


600 C. P.


1000 C. P.


1500 C. P.


Totals


135


7,280


528


31,680


139


34,750


181


72,400


82


49,200


23


23,000


2


3,000


Total lamps 1090


Total candle


power


221,310


Note: With 231 additional lamps we have increased the candle power on the streets 38%. Intensity of lighting is 5000 C. P. per mile of street.


The street lights burned 4.009 hours 10 minutes during the year.


OFFICE SYSTEM


During the early part of 1929 we acquired a new steel cabinet which holds the records of the following :


Active service meter cards which are complete for the entire 23 districts. In-Active service cards which show the name, meter number, street


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number and the date that this service was discontinued either for vacancy or non-payment of electric current consumed, with balances, if any.


A new protection-Guarantee Deposit Cards showing the name of the consumer, street number, meter number and the amount of the deposit acquired. 1085 totalling $7032 to date.


Guarantee Deposit refunds are paid to customers that have requested their service to be discontinued and have moved out of town. 177 such have been returned totalling $956 from which the amount due the Town was first deducted.


ENTRANCE MADE ATTRACTIVE


Meter Applications signed by each customer applying for service whether a new service or old.


Pole records giving us the size, kind, route number and when set. Like- wise information as to Joint Ownership agreements with other companies. (Numerous duplicate pole lines have been eliminated.)


In the stock room bins were installed for storeing and quicker handling of our stock. We have plans and estimates for a new and larger fire-proof


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stoek room in our budget. With a new stock room and all wooden build- ings removed, our plant will be complete and nothing should be needed in the way of additions for several years to come. With the new fenee around our grounds and grassed over both inside and out our plant stands second to none in this seetion of the country.


Visitors are not only weleome, but are courteously requested to inspect the plant.


GENERATOR FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO STREET RAILWAY


ELECTRICAL INSPECTION


· 1. About one hundred defected meters have been repaired at an average eost of two dollars ($2.00) each, and have been restored to service. (Sav- ing $950 under price of new meters.)


2. A meter raek has been built in the basement and meters are properly tested and steneiled, and two separate records are kept when meters are installed on our lines.


3. Meters are properly eutout for vacancies, thereby eliminating any ehance of eustomers being billed for current not used by them.


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4. Strict care is being taken that all applicants make necessary deposit before current is turned on, insuring thousands of dollars for Town previ- ously lost when persons left town owing light bills.


5. The utmost care is taken on giving meter locations for the safety and convenience of meter readers or others in the department who may have occasion to inspect, test or remove meter.


STREET LIGHT REGULATORS


6. Approximately twenty-five meters have been relocated, because of inconvenience and hazardous conditions. In each case the customer stood the expense of necessary changes in wiring.


7. There have been approximately eight meters relocated by the de- partment at our own expense where it appeared that the department was at fault in their original location.


8. The greatest care is taken that large meters with a constant are properly listed in order that there will not be a chance of constants being dropped for any length of time as has been our experience in the past,


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1929 MAXIMUM PEAK LOAD CHART


Dec.


Nov.


Oct.


Sept


Aug.


linfouluund


July


Stone crusher


June


May


April


Mar.


Feb


Jan.


1929


Dec


1928


KWH 2000


1800


1700


600


1500


1929 AVERAGE PURCHASE OF CURRENT


Dec


Nov.


Oct.


Sept.


Aug.


July


June


May


Apr.


Mar.


Feb.


Jan.


Thousand


KWH.


23


22


21


20


19


18


17


Daylight Saving -


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when over $4000 had to be collected for current not billed in previous years.


9. Our meters are 100% sealed.


10. Broken seals are reported to us by the meter readers, through the Billing Division, and are immediately investigated.


11. Customer's complaints are promptly investigated and a report given them either directly or through the Billing Division.


12. 416 applications have been issued for new work this year.


13. There has been a decided improvement in the class of wiring in the past year by all contractors doing work in the Town. This is due greatly to the fact that we have had the cooperation of all contractors local and otherwise, and it has been necessary in only one case to request the services of the State Examiners of Electricians, at which time they promptly straightened out the difficulty to our entire satisfaction.


14. Care is being taken that secondaries and transformers are not over- loaded, by checking capacity of the transformer before large loads are added, thus eliminating low voltage which is an inconvenience to customers.


15. Out of approximately 4500 active meters on our lines we are pleased to report that only two meters have been tampered with in such a manner as to prove that there had been a substantial current theft. In these cases we obtained convictions in local District Court.


16. All wiring required to be strictly in conformance with code of National Board of Fire Underwriters.


FIRE ALARM


During the past year seven boxes of the latest type were added. The system is now in very good working order. We have a small section of the old iron wire to remove soon, then all wires will be in fine condition.


The equipment at the fire station is very old and should be replaced with new, larger and more recent types, just as soon as a suitable room can be furnished. This must be done before more circuits can be added.


With installation of a quick acting transformer the men at the station can receive the alarm, and get out in one third the time as by the present whistle. This means much, as each minute saved getting to a fire counts.


Every box was recently gone over and put in first class condition, and with new station equipment in another year the system should be on par with any.


Respectfully submitted,


FRED S. BARTON, Superintendent.


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PUBLIC WORKS CENTRAL YARD AND SHOPS-JANUARY 1, 1930


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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS


Mr. C. A. Bingham, Town Manager,


Norwood, Massachusetts.


Dear Sir:


I beg to submit my report as Public Works Superintendent for the past year, 1929, as follows:


Service has been the watchword throughout the ycar in the Public Works Department. Night or day every effort was made to give the citizens of Norwood an efficient and progressive administration. The morale of the workmen connected with the department and the courtesy every employee endeavored to give the citizens helped in a great measure to bring about this result.


Improvements made at the Town Yard have helped to handle materials in a morc economical manner. The systematic storage of tools and equip- ment has aided in getting the workmen to the various jobs fully equipped and with the greatest dispatch, also, the loss of tools has been extremely negligible.




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