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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)
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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
10000
12000
14000
16000
POPULATION - Shown thus
7 Million
10M
16 Million
22 Million
28 Million
9
12
15
18
21
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
ANNUAL EXPENDITURES - Shown thus. -
1909
1912
Miles
of
----- TONed Streets KS
1918
-
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
150000
170000
190000
210000
230000
250000
BONDED
DEBT ~ Shown thus
0
1000
2000
3000
4,000
5000
6000
7000
8000
10000
12000
14000
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
500
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
-
O
500
1000
1500
2,000
3000
4000
H. P. MOTORS - Shown thus
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
BONDED
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
50
5Z
175
200
250
300
400 MILES OF MAINS ~ Shown thus 350
450
500
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
.
0€
-
NUMBER OF HYDRANTS - Shown thus 400 Million 500Million
Gallone Pumped
Number Abandoned services not
0 10000 Z0000
40000
60000
80000
100.000
120000
INCOME FROM WATER RATES - Shown thus
0 5000
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
OPERATING
EXPENSE ~ Shown thus
0 18000 36000
72000
108000
144000
BONDED
DEBT ~ Shown thus
250000
300000
400000
500000
600000
70000
80000
१००००
PLANT INVESTMENT - Shown thus
1909
1
Bonded Debt
Income
1912
Plant Investment from water rates.
1915
-
WATER
1918
Operating
Expense
1921
FINANCES
1924
1927
Debt.
1930
1933
with Metropolitan supply
May beforced to connect
Estimated Future Income.
Estimated Future Investment
SCALE
-
expuog
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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