Norwood annual report 1945-1947, Part 33

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1008


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September 10 - Resignation of Francis W. Smith as General Manager submitted to be effective October 15, 1946.


October 22 - Warrant signed for State Election November 5, 1946. Voted that polls be open from 7 A.M. to 8 P. M.


November 19 - Warrant signed for special town meeting December 2, 1946.


November 26 - Conference with teachers' club salary committee with reference to special town meeting dealing with increase in teachers' salaries.


Throughout the year all persons desiring a hearing or conference with the Board with respect to complaints or grievances were given full opportunity to be heard and the matter complained of given due consideration.


Conclusion


The foregoing report is intended merely to indicate in part the many and varied activities of your Selectmen during the year 1946.


The list of persons qualified for Jury service as prepared by the Selectmen follows as an addendum of this report.


Respectfully submitted,


HARRY B. BUTTERS, Chairman, H. WILLIAM ANDERSON, CLEMENT A. RILEY, MICHAEL J. CURRAN, CHARLES F. HOLMAN,


Selectmen of Norwood.


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LIST OF JURORS


LIST OF PERSONS QUALIFIED FOR JURY SERVICE (INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF NORWOOD) AS PREPARED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN ON JUNE 19, 1946


Name


Address


Occupation


Abely, George W.


17 Margaret Street


Machinist


Alden, Horatio H.


22 Howard Street


Sales Manager


Anthony, John J.


43 Florence Avenue


Printer


Badger, Knight A., Jr.


41 Saunders Road


Dairyman


Barker, John C.


142 Cottage Street


Clerk


Barr, Oliver J., Jr.


111 Maple Street


Printer


Barrett, Daniel H.


73 Casey Street


Tanner


Barry, Eugene S.


87 Saunders Road


Superintendent


Barry, William J.


67 Nichols Street


Pressman


Beasley, Milton R.


123 Fisher Street


Superintendent


Benson, Paul A.


131 Winslow Avenue


Inspector


Bilson, Albert C.


35 Wheelock Avenue


Undertaker


Blasenak, John F.


6 Maple Street


Foreman


Bonney, Ellwyn F.


14 Phillips Avenue


Plant Manager


Bowers, J. Chester


98 Vernon Street


Clerk


Brown, Robert


128 Nichols Street


Administrator


Buell, Arthur C.


302 Prospect Street


Foreman


Bunker, James H., Jr.


114 Lincoln Street


Shipper


Burtt, Fred K.


205 Walpole Street


Pharmacist


Cady, Daniel


148 Cottage Street


Mill Hand


Callahan, Daniel E.


91 Saunders Road


Salesman


Carlson, Ernest W.


11 West Street


Printer


Carlson, Gunnar E.


71 Cypress Street


Type Setter


Carlson, Lawrence R.


108 Winslow Avenue


Clerk


Carter, Walter S.


108 Nichols Street


Salesman


Chamberlain, Eli L.


19 Everett Avenue


Sales Manager


Chandler, William E.


30 Rosemary Street


Assessor


Charland, Alfred L.


18 Morse Avenue


Printer


Clancy, Michael J., Jr.


68 Hill Street


Insurance Agent


Clem, Frank S.


1322 Washington Street


Color Mixer


Clinch, John G.


36 Fifth Street


Clerk


Collins, Daniel


21 Summit Avenue


Retired


Connolly, Joseph W.


231 Prospect Street


Plumber


Connolly, Stephen F.


288 Railroad Avenue


Clerk


Connolly, Matthew B.


1 Oxford Road


Clerk


Copeland, Herbert L.


397 Washington Street


Proofreader


Costello, Edward T.


10 Parkway


Chemist


Coughlin, John T.


244 Central Street


Laborer


Coughlin, Neil F.


70 Mountain Avenue


Mechanic


Coughlin, Timothy A.


21 Sycamore Street


Bookbinder


Crimmins, William M.


43 Plimpton Avenue


Clerk


Crites, Castle C.


27 Marion Avenue


Engineer


Crosby, Richard G.


27 Harding Road


Supervisor


Crowley, John P.


56 Elm Street


Machinist


Curran, Paul B.


29 Curran Avenue


Cleanser


Dalton, Edmund G., Jr.


157 Walnut Avenue


Wool Merchant


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Persons Qualified for Jury Service - Continued


Name


Address


Occupation


DeRoma, Anthony C.


179 Nichols Street


Merchant


Dolaher, James J.


519 Nahatan Street


Laborer


Dowd, Charles E.


176 Fulton Street


Clerk


Doyle, John J.


15 Cross Street


Crane Operator


Dray, John


10 Catalpa Road


Clerk


Dresser, Harry A.


5 Hoyle Street


Master Mechanic


Duffy, Thomas C.


68 Mylod Street


Accountant


Duncan, Francis J.


267 Railroad Avenue


Pressman


Dyer, Michael E.


16 Hoyle Street


Pressman


Earner, Michael J.


82 Casey Street


Beltman


Eckhardt, Edson J.


512 Walpole Street


Proprietor


Elwell, Arthur W., Jr.


23 Elliot Street


Instructor


Eppich, Edward A.


5 Victoria Circle


Salesman


Eppich, Frederick E.


35 Wilson Street


Bee Keeper


Everburg, William A.


19 Saunders Road


Draftsman


Farioli, Edward J.


68 Walnut Avenue


Clerk


Fisher, Oliver J.


133 Winslow Avenue


Personal Manager


Flaherty, James T.


126 Cottage Street 86 Winter Street


Salesman


Folan, John E.


73 Winslow Avenue


Foreman


Foley, Coleman J.


12 Cypress Street


Electrotyper


Foley, Thomas J.


450 Nahatan Street


Insurance Agent


Frederickson, Uno F.


10 Harding Road


Supervisor


Fulton, James R.


568 Pleasant Street


Foreman


Gabriel, Gustave O.


67 Cypress Street


Consultant Eng.


Gifford, Frederick W.


18 Clark Street


Chemist Assembler


Godkin, John H.


7 .Rockhill Street Clerk


Griffin, Charles W.


2 Charles Street


Engineer


Groh, Arthur J.


328 Railroad Avenue


Tanner


Harris, Raymond A.


19 Florence Avenue


Supervisor


Hauck, Arthur P.


56 Winslow Avenue


Music Supt.


Hauck, Ferdinand


24 Everett Avenue


Salesman


Hayden, Thomas H.


70 Bond Street


Real Estate


Hayes, Francis M.


39 Cottage Street


Fireman


Hayes, James


70 Mountain Avenue


Feeder


Hayes, Walter P.


337 Nahatan Street 40 Nichols Street


Bookbinder


Hobbs, James W.


176 Walpole Street


Pressman


Hockheim, Henry W.


131 Neponset Street


Manager


Holton, Adolphus J.


108 Cottage Street


Mech. Engr.


Howland, Herbert V.


40 Florence Avenue


Supervisor


Hullstrom, David H. Hurley, John G. Jefferson, Allen A.


30 Dean Street


145 Bond Street


R. R. Worker Salesman


Johnson, Carl A.


64 Rosemary Street


Auto Dealer


Johnson, John E.


16 Bellevue Avenue Bookbinder


Jones, William M.


111 Walnut Avenue


Carpenter


Joseph, Nicholas


84 Chapel Street


Laborer


Sales Manager


Folan, John P.


Glaser, Frederick E.


7 Grant Avenue


Bus Driver


Hill, Arthur G.


91 Elliot Street


Clerk


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Persons Qualified for Jury Service - Continued


Name


Address


Occupation


Kelly, Ambrose J.


79 Nichols Street


Machinist


Kelter, Edward J.


50 Davis Avenue


Mill Worker


King, Bartley, Jr.


88 Vernon Street


Rate Setter


LeBlanc, Harold H.


111 Gay Street


Clerk


Long, Edmund T.


357 Washington Street


Telephone Worker


Lovell, Joseph M.


74 Elm Street


Deputy Collector


Lunden, Eugene B.


63 Howard Street


Engineer


Mansen, Eric C.


5 Prospect Street


Coater


Mauritz, Howard J.


321 Railroad Avenue


Manager


McCall, Peter J.


2 Parkway


Foreman


McCarthy, Daniel J.


51 Rock Street


Undertaker


McDavitt, Charles J.


32 Everett Avenue


Editor


McDonough, John


482 Washington Street


Tanner


McGarry, John J.


359 Nahatan Street


Merchant


Mckeown, James P.


122 Fulton Street


Bus Driver


McManus, John W.


36 Everett Avenue


Clerk


Metcalf, Francis E.


139 Lincoln Street


Asst. Treasurer


Miller, Walter M.


53 Oak Road


Factory Worker


Milliken, Vaughn D.


28 Everett Avenue


Salesman


Montheith, Walter H. Morse, Claude T.


35 Plimpton Avenue


Sta. Fireman


Mulcahy, Thomas


79 Winslow Avenue


Tanner


Murphy, Edmund F.


165 Bond Street


Salesman


Murray, Albert L.


9 Sunset Avenue


Paper Maker


Mutch, James R.


27 Oak Road


Mason


Nash, Jeremiah M. Newman, George W. Nugent, Michael


14 West Street


Station Agent


O'Connell, Wilfred E.


14 Clark Street


Clerk


O'Connor, Daniel F.


25 Oak Road


Bookkeeper


O'Connor, Joseph T.


30 Chickering Road


Foreman


O'Malley, John P.


235 Prospect Street


Typesetter


O'Neil, James E.


50 Walnut Avenue


Chauffeur


Phillips, Mathew G.


128 Winslow Avenue 8 Highland Street


Foreman


Quann, Edward D. Jr.


77 Elliot Street


Clerk


Readel, Howard W.


52 Rosemary Street


Inspector


Riley, Clement A. Ritchie, Harold E.


13 Phillips Avenue


Clerk


Ruscitti, Anthony J.


28 North Avenue


Machinist


Sameski, Michael J.


98 Monroe Street


Watchman


Sansone, Anthony B.


4 West Street


Auto Dealer


Scherer, Louis J.


19 Highland Street


Bookbinder


Schroeder, John A. T.


83 Wilson Street


Exporter


Singleton, Herbert L.


93 Cottage Street


Merchant


Slavin, E. Stanton


155 Winslow Avenue


Coach


Smith, Robert F.


30 Adams Street Electrotyper


Snow, Harry F.


23 Cottage Street Retired


Sodergren, Benjamin


14 Marion Avenue


Accountant


215 Vernon Street


Druggist


129 Winter Street


Traffic Manager


Foreman


Pierpont, Arnold C.


178 Winter Street


Chauffeur


129 Walpole Street


Traffic Manager


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Persons Qualified for Jury Service - Continued


Name


Address


Occupation


Stepanowich, Joseph J.


21 Folan Avenue


Machine Tender


Stimpson, Frederick H.


17 Berwick Place


Manager


Swift, Alonzo F. Jr.


2 Elm Street


Foreman


Tammelin, Joel W.


44 Walnut Avenue


Laborer


Tarr, M. Edgar


31 Marion Avenue


Architect


Tobin, Russell J.


24 Rock Street


Foreman


Thornton, Thomas P.


373 Railroad Avenue


Retired


Thompson, Edward H.


9 Gardner Road


Civil Engineer


Tracey, Harold M.


59 Adams Street


Checker


Upham, William G.


15 Marion Avenue


Architect


Oservich, Henry R.


449 Pleasant Street


Clerk


Wallace, Thomas C.


269 Walpole Street


Superintendent


Walker, James F.


2 Walkhill Road


Foreman


Warnke, John J. Welch, John P.


435 Washington Street


Merchant


West, Harold W.


305 Winter Street


Accountant


Wheatley, Arthur E.


296 Walpole Street


Foreman


Wiggin, Herbert A.


171 Vernon Street


Engineer


Woodberry, Gordon F.


413 Prospect Street


Architect


Woodworth, Ernest S.


72 Gay Street


Manager


Zettler, Howard N.


44 Florence Avenue


Office Manager


Ziergiebel, Carl A., Jr.


10 Crescent Avenue


Clerk


78 Bond Street


Superintendent


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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL


REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL


The Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:


I herewith submit in summarized form my report of the activities of the law de- partment for the year 1946. A detailed report, showing the nature of the service rendered to the various departments, which could be readily submitted, would indi- cate the frequency with which advice has been sought of this department and the complexity of the problems presented, but would serve no other useful purpose. I, therefore, feel that a general report in summarized form should be submitted.


The large number of special town meetings held during the year necessitated the expenditure of considerable time in the preparation of articles for the warrant and motions to be offered thereunder.


The frequent amendment of the laws applicable to municipal affairs bring re- quests for interpretation of the amending statutes, which require constant study of the new legislation in its relation to our activities in order to competently advise those changed with the conduct of our town government.


Much of the service was in the nature of advice to the various departments together with recommendations and suggestions dealing with the legal aspects of their prob- lems. The scope of this work was wide, embracing practically every phase of muni- cipal activity. Upon request therefor written opinions were submitted. The following departments were served: Selectmen, School Committee, Superintendent of Schools, Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Finance Commission, Board of Health, Board of Assessors, Board of Public Welfare, Planning Board, General Manager, Town Clerk and Accountant, Clerk of Selectmen, Inspector of Buildings, Contributory Retirement Board and Board of Registrars of Voters.


In addition service was rendered through court appearances, attendance at hear- ings and conferences and drafting of various instruments of conveyance and other papers.


Litigation and Claims


Barrett vs. Norwood: Claim for personal injuries due to alleged defective condi- tion of highway. This claim was settled by compromise without litigation upon approval given.


McDowell vs. Norwood: Claim for personal injuries due to alleged defective condi- tion of highway. Settled by compromise without litigation upon approval given.


Tax Appeals


Bendix Aviation Corporation, Appellant vs. Board of Assessors of the Town of Nor- wood, Appellee: Appeal to Appellate Tax Board for alleged refusal to abate taxes. Pending.


In addition to the above attention was given to the drafting and approval of notices of hearings, forms of votes, licenses, permits and various miscellaneous matters.


I wish to express my appreciation to the various town officers and departments for the uniform courtesy and co-operation extended to me throughout the year.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANCIS C. FOLEY, Town Counsel.


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REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER


The Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I hereby transmit the detail reports of the various departments over which the General Manager has administrative control. These reports are compiled for the purpose of giving the people a general idea of some of the most important activities of the various departments.


The new equipment that was ordered during the past two years is now beginning to show signs of being delivered, and as it is delivered, we believe that a greater degree of efficiency will be obtained in the operation of the various departments needing this equipment.


Respectifully submitted, ALBERT W. THOMPSON, Acting General Manager.


REPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT


Mr. Albert W. Thompson, Acting General Manager :


Dear Sir:


Following is a brief summary of the activities of the Purchasing Department for the year ending December 31, 1946:


Requisitions Received 1621


Orders Issued . 1716


Total Amount of Invoices $495,869.96


Total Cash Discounts $2,026.86


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN C. BARKER, Principal Clerk.


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS


REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS


I herewith submit my report as Town Engineer and Director of Public Works.


Engineering Department


The engineering department had the usual varied amount of work to do and worked in close cooperation with the public works department. The most important items of work done by the department are listed as follows:


Highways


Preliminary plans for Lenox Street Relocation West Border Road Layouts


Morse Street Bridge and highway plans


Sidewalks


Plans, lines, grades and contract documents for the following sidewalks:


Bituminous Sidewalks


Prospect Street Dean Street Lenox Avenue


Mountain Avenue Cleveland Street Washington Street


St. George Avenue


Granolithic Sidewalks


Gardner Road Nahatan Street


Central Street Broadway


Monroe Street and Cross Street


Sewer Construction


Plans, lines, grades and contract documents: Wilson Street Gay Street Estimating sewer service connections


West Border Road Veterans' Road


Drain Construction


Plans, lines and grades:


Austin Street


Grant Avenue


Nahatan Street


Mylod Street Contract Documents Lenox Street Contract Documents Neponset Street Contract Documents


Between Lenox Avenue and Cross Street Contract Documents


Water


Making various tests at Ellis Station. Plans for check valves and piping at Ellis Station. Monthly levels of water at Ellis Station and Westwood Station.


Checking house meters with master meter. Chapel Court plans and contract documents. Gay Street plans and contract documents. Installing various meters at Ellis Station.


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Miscellaneous


Locating and posting tree removals.


Plans for alterations at West School, Junior High School and Callahan School. House locations, measurements and calculations of 1946.


New building construction for the Assessors.


Checking and cleaning chlorine feeding equipment at Westwood Station and Hawes Brook Swimming Pool.


Pole location plans for Light Department.


Marking taxi parking locations.


Locating and staking victory garden plots.


Printing and placing names on Honor Roll.


Plans for sales of Town owned land and tax sales parcels.


Zoning map brought up to date.


Plans for new burial sections at cemetery.


Plotting all 1946 burials in individual burial lots.


Plotting all 1946 land transfers on Assessors' Maps.


Locations for gas main locations.


Taking Neponset River samples for State Department of Health.


Various conferences with State and Local Health Departments, State Depart- ment of Public Works and County Commissioners.


Information for various private engineers, contractors, builders and plumbers on water and sewer locations and elevations for service connections.


The Engineering Department has spent a considerable amount of time at the Ellis Pumping Station to improve the water situation. This work was a continuation of the work done in 1945 and consisted of making pumping tests of the various driven wells and supervising the cleaning and repairing of these wells. We intend to con- tinue this work in 1947 until all the wells are producing a reasonable amount of water.


We cleaned 127 wells and repaired 11 wells during the year 1946.


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Highway Department Maintenance


The usual catch basin and street cleaning was done this year. The new street sweeper was delivered in the late fall and was placed into operation at once and we are well pleased with the results. With this sweeper, we believe that the streets can be cleaned much earlier than in previous years. The winter of 1945-1946 was a hard year on street pavements so that considerable patching was necessary.


Street Oiling


The following streets were oiled with SC-5 (85%) road oil and covered with } inch stone. The work was done by contract.


Lenox Street Prospect Street


Nahatan Street to Rock Street


Washington Street to Winter Street


Garfield Avenue


Pleasant Street to Hill Street


Pleasant Street


State Highway to Nahatan Street


Cottage Street


Washington Street to Broadway


Nahatan Street


Central Street Guild Street Broadway


Washington Street to Broadway Railroad Avenue to Guild Street Linden Street to Broadway Nahatan Street to Guild Street


Winter Street


Washington Street to Walpole Street


Total SC-5 (85%) road oil Total Stone


20,726 gallons 863.7 tons


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The following streets were oiled with 65% road oil and covered with sand:


Carpenter Street


Earle Street to Neponset Street


Earle Street


Carpenter Street to End


Bullard Street


Winter Street to Vernon Street


Beacon Street


Walpole Street to Bullard Beacon Street to End


Everett Street


Washington Street to End


Sumner Street


Pleasant Street to Union Street


Cedar Street


Chapel Street to Railroad Avenue


Quincy Avenue


Cedar Street to End


Savin Avenue


Chapel Street to Cedar Street


Melville Avenue


Savin Avenue to End


Mylod Street


Washington Street to Walpole Line


North Avenue


Nahatan Street to End


Vernon Street


Washington Street to End Savin Avenue to End


Washington Street


Prospect Street to Westwood Line


Maple Street


Nahatan Street to Winter Street


Total 65% road oil


16,318 gallons 945.15 tons


Sewer Department


Walpole Street.


751.9 feet 10"


Wilson Street


1,273 feet 10"-476 ft. 8"


West Border Road


777 feet of 12 inch


Gay Street


112 feet of 8 inch


Veterans Road 651 feet of 10 inch The various trunk lines were cleaned as well as several plugged house connections. Total number of new connections added this year 69


Total number of connections


2,553


Total miles of sewer mains


38.84


Parks and Playgrounds


All parks and playgrounds were mowed and the shrubbery around the various buildings were kept trimmed throughout the summer season.


The various baseball diamonds were graded, new loam added, rolled and mowed as needed. A new 24-foot high backstop was constructed at the Civic Field.


All skating rinks were cleaned and put into shape.


Endean Swimming Pool was cleaned, sand added and town water used for filling the pool. Over 5,000,000 gallons of Town water was used at this pool. The build- ing at the pool was repaired and cleaned several times.


The Civic tennis courts were regraded and stone dust added during the early spring.


Forestry Department


The usual moth control and spraying work was done as well as the spraying of private orchards and shrubs. All private work was billed to the owners. Con- siderable tree removal was also done this year.


Maintenance and Control of Traffic


All street signs, traffic lines, markers, slow signs, crosswalks, taxi and bus stop lines were painted during the year.


Johnson Court


Total sand


Beacon Avenue


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Water Department


We have cleaned and tested the wells at Ellis Station with our own forces. The filters at Ellis and Westwood have been cleaned several times during the year.


Water meters have been hard to get the past year and repairs to old meters have been held up due to the difficulty in getting repair parts. When new meters are more plentiful, we will continue the policy of replacing the oldest of the meters.


WATER STATISTICS Monthly Consumption in Gallons


Month


Total Gallons


Ellis


Buckmaster Pond


January


42,545,000


31,610,000


10,935,000


February


39,023,000


30,280,000


8,743,000


March


40,992,000


21,100,000


19,892,000


April


37,526,000


28,240,000


9,286,000


May


42,267,000


31,005,000


11,262,000


June


43,742,000


33,865,000


9,877,000


July


48,096,000


27,680,000


20,416,000


August


44,321,000


19,185,000


25,136,000


September


43,200,000


28,845,000


14,355,000


October


45,382,000


33,220,000


12,162,000


November


41,758,000


30,380,000


11,378,000


December


43,690,000


31,105,000


12,585,000


Totals


512,542,000


346,515,000


166,027,000


Greatest Amount Pumped or Used


Day - July 1


Gallons


1,969,000


Greatest Amount Pumped or Used in Any Week


Week - June 25-July 1


Gallons


12,127,000


Gallons supplied to distributing mains during the year .


512,542,000


Gallons passed through service meters during the year .


329,488,016


Miles of mains at end of year


54.6


Total number of services at end of year


3,168


Number of services in use at end of year


3,107


Number of meters in use at end of year


3,107


Meter replaced during 1946


376


Total area of land used for water supply purposes


141.9 acres


Gallons of Water Pumped in Previous Years


1937


403,070,000


1942


411,815,000


1938


374,733,000


1943


430,120,000


1939


432,095,000


1944


468,481,000


1940


426,512,000


1945


469,699,000


1941


398,110,000


1946.


512,542,000


Refuse Removal


The year 1946 was the first full year of refuse removal. The collections were made the first full week of each month and the total number of loads of refuse for


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the year amounted to 917. We hired from one to two outside trucks in addition to our own trucks. We still have difficulty in picking up barrels of refuse over the 100- pound limit and also find some people still placing garbage in their barrels.


Town Yard Building and Equipment


During the past year we have placed contracts for additional trucks but due to conditions, we will not receive them until the beginning of the second quarter of 1947. We have received the new rolling steel doors for the buildings at the West- wood Pumping Station and the Ellis Pumping Station and as soon as we are able to install them, we will be able to house some of our equipment at these points, thus enabling us to get this equipment under cover. Due to excessive costs, I do not be- lieve we should construct a new yard during the year 1947 but we must have a new yard building in 1948 as I do not believe the present one will last much longer.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT W. THOMPSON, Director of Public Works and Engineering.


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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Mr. Albert W. Thompson, Acting Town Manager.


Dear Sir:


I wish to submit the following report of the activities and operation of the Muni- cipal Light Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.


The past year there has been very little new construction completed but we anti- cipate doing more rebuilding of our distribution lines to a more efficient standard. The necessary new materials are becoming more available and we are expecting the delivery of our new truck within a matter of days. Our working schedule during the past year has been somewhat on the same standard as the years previous. We have added one first class lineman and two groundmen to our staff.


During the past year we experienced one serious outage in South Norwood and since we transferred half of that particular feeder over to a 4160 Volt system, this has somewhat temporarily cleared up the trouble in that area although we anticipate changing the balance of the system to that operating voltage. Feeder No. 7 which supplies a large portion of the northern end of Norwood, also our Ellis Pumping Station, we transferred half of this electrical load to a new position No. 3 in our station as to eliminate the anticipated troubles at Christmas time due to an over- loaded condition upon that particular feeder.


The sales of electric energy to the average private consumer have been increasing for the past year and we anticipate a larger sale due to the availability of more domestic electric appliances.


Other activities and statistical information of the department is attached and submitted as a part of this report.


Respectfully submitted,


J. W. PRICE, Superintendent.


INSPECTION AND METER DIVISION


During the year 1946, 122 new meters were installed.


143 Meters were replaced.


13 Meters were discontinued.


76 Meters were discarded.


136 Complaints were investigated for the Billing Division.


303 Applications for wiring permits were made.


8 Electric ranges were installed.


9 Hot water heaters were installed.


Respectfully submitted,


JOSEPH J. O'BRIEN, Deputy Wire Inspector.


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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF CHIEF OPERATOR


I herewith submit my report for the year 1946.


Purchased Energy for 1946


Short St. Sub-Station 5,333,189 KW. Central St. Station 11,819,000 KW.




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