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"In order to protect the proposed well from possible future pollution, we recom- mend that the Town should acquire by purchase whatever land is necessary to give the Town full control over all the area within 100 feet of the well. We further recommend that the Town should take steps to insure that there will be no future building or other source of pollution within 400 feet of the well."
All of the above reports indicate that the Town should take steps to secure legislation to permit the Town of Norwood to establish a permanent source of water from gravel packed wells in the vicinity of Buckmaster Pond in Westwood. We should also take steps to secure or control the area around the proposed gravel packed well.
The following work was put out on advertised bids and done by various con- tractors. This work required construction plans, estimates of cost, specifications, contract documents, supervision, final quantities and miscellaneous engineering services.
Highways
Lenox Street Relocation
Construction of Lenox Street relocation between Nahatan Street and Guild Street including the moving of two houses to a new location on Plimpton Avenue, highway grading, 6 inch bituminous macadam surfacing on a 12 inch gravel base, granite curbing, granolithic sidewalks, grass plots and drainage.
Access Road at Norwood Airport
The work was done under the authority of the Norwood Airport Commission and was a Federal, State and Town aid project. The work consisted of a road run- ning from Neponset Street near Cross Street to the Boston Providence Pike near its intersection with Neponset Street. It also included the roadway to the administration building and a parking area at the taxiway. The construction was an oiled gravel surfacing with the necessary drainage.
Pleasant Street
This work was a Chapter 90 Construction job in cooperation with the Massa- chusetts Department of Public Works between Dean Street and Lenox Avenue and included a 4" bituminous macadam surface on a 12 inch gravel base, drainage and the installation of 63 house connections from the sewer and water mains.
Drainage Construction
Richland Road - Lincoln Street - Lewis Avenue - Pleasant Street - Provi- dence Pike - Plantingfield Brook between Neponset Street and Washington Street.
Sewer Construction
Walpole Street at Endicott Street - Pleasant Street at Morse Street.
Fales Avenue.
Completion of Northeast Trunk Line Sewer.
Construction of 100 sewer services to various houses.
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REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Building Repairs and Waterproofing
Buckmaster Pond Filters repaired with reinforcing rods and Gunite.
Balch School - outside walls repointed and waterproofed.
Shattuck School -outside walls repointed and waterproofed. Memorial Library - outside walls repointed and waterproofed.
Municipal Building Memorial Hall - outside walls repointed and waterproofed. Reroofing Junior High School.
Water Construction
Tamworth Road -- Nahatan Street - Earle Street - Stone Circle - Edgehill Road - Glendale Road - Lancaster Lane - Savin Avenue Extension - Richland Road - Fales Avenue.
Including street main and service connections to houses. Installation of 24" gravel packed well at Ellis Station including main to pumping station and brick well house.
Bituminous Concrete Sidewalks:
Winslow Avenue
Howard Street
Philbrick Street School Street
Hawthorne Street
First Street
Lincoln Street
Broadway
Weld Avenue
Maple Street Second Street Rock Street Andrew Street
Cedar Street Gay Street
Granolithic Sidewalks:
Hill Street Brookfield Road Nahatan Street
Park Street Winfield Street
Curbing:
Nahatan Street
Walpole Street
Miscellaneous Contracts
1. Parking area adjacent to Municipal Building.
2. Reinforced concrete transformer vault at Cottage Street.
3. Hawes Brook Swimming Pool.
The following is a partial list of other miscellaneous work done throughout the year:
1. Board of Survey layouts for the following streets were checked and estimates furnished for street construction, drainage and water main extensions:
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
Woodland Road Richland Road Brierwood Lane Hill Street Ext. Eaton Road Cranmore Road Veterans Housing Road Lasalle Road Hickory Road Lancaster Lane
Forbes Avenue
Codman Road
Prescott Road
Tamworth Road
Spruce Road Roosevelt Avenue Ext.
Cameron Road
Madelyn Road Belnap Road
2. Central Street - Surveys started for the establishment of exterior lines and widening between Nahatan Street and Railroad Avenue.
3. Plans for land transfer for Public Works Building including plan of Winslow Bros. & Smith Co. land on Central Street and Railroad Avenue.
4. Plans and estimates for traffic lights at Washington Street and Hoyle Street.
5. Plans for widening Pleasant Street at Neponset Street.
6. Locating and posting tree removal notices.
7. House locations, measurements and calculation on 1949 new buildings for the Assessors, 190 new buildings, or remodeled, 40 garages and 7 factory additions.
8. Plotting 1949 land transfers on assessors' maps.
9. Plans and descriptions for tax sales.
10. Plans and staking out new burial sections at cemetery.
11. Plotting 1948 burials on individual lot plans.
12. Making particular sewer and water estimates to new houses and renewals to . old houses.
13. Pole locations on various streets for the Light Department.
14. Plans and descriptions for Zoning changes.
15. Neponset River problems including conferences with Bird & Son, Inc., and various State Departments.
16. Placing and report of master meter checking water usage complaints.
17. Making various reports to the different State Departments.
The demands for engineering services are still increasing and it will be necessary to increase the Engineering Department force to keep up with these demands.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT W. THOMPSON, Town Engineer.
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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Mr. Edward C. Monahan, General Manager.
Dear Sir:
I submit herewith a report of the activities and operations of the Municipal Light Department for the year ending December 31, 1949.
The Light Department, with the cooperation of the Engineering Department, have started the survey of the underground system in South Norwood as proposed by the Town Officials. We have installed and put into operation a new vault in the Common as part of our program for improving the upper Norwood business district underground system.
The Light Department personnel in 1949 installed the new street lighting system in South Norwood, also the area between South Norwood and Guild Street. This was part of the new lighting program as approved by the Town Officials. We anticipate completing the new street lighting program in upper Norwood by early summer of this year.
For the year of 1949, the distribution lines and the department as a whole did not suffer too severely from weather conditions, as our outages were held to a low minimum for a period of the year.
The department is in the process of installing five new fire alarm boxes that were ordered in 1949. The Chief, a Fire Alarm system Engineer, and myself are in the process of making a complete survey of the existing fire alarm circuits as to how they would work in coordination with an advanced system which is necessary due to the large building program that Norwood is experiencing. There is no doubt that this will consist of adding more boxes than we have normally added each year, and will no doubt improve the call system not only as to the limited amount of blasts but also to the exact location.
The Light Department purchased a new 30 foot Ladder Truck which has been put into service. The increase in height of ladder was due to the new mounting height recommended by lighting engineers.
In the early part of 1949 we continued the program to replace old poles which did not meet with the safety requirements but had to abandon this somewhat due to the great demand of new line extensions because of the increase of new homes being built.
We have installed the aerial cable as an express feeder to the Ellis Avenue area to cope with the rapid increase in power demand in that area. This cable will be put into operation the early part of February.
Meetings of the Municipal Light Association were attended during 1949.
The other activities of this department have been briefly and accurately written up by each division head and are submitted as part of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH W. PRICE, Superintendent, Municipal Light Department.
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
19
18
Amount of Electric Energy purchased yearly from 1916 to 1949 inclusive.
17 16 15
14
13
12 11 10.
Millions of K. W.H.
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1948
Cost per Kilowatt Hour.
.0025
.005
.0075
.01
. 0125 .015
.0175
.02
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1948
Boston Edison Company.
Energy purchased from the
Average annual Kilowatt cost of
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
REPORT OF THE LINE FOREMAN
Joseph W. Price, Superintendent,
Municipal Light Department.
I am pleased to submit a report of the activities of the Line Crew of the Light Department for the year ending December 31, 1949.
Our work was consistent with last year; setting poles, trimming trees, and re- placing old arms. An increase in new secondary service work was noted, due to the many new homes under construction. New construction work this past year was very heavy. We experienced little line trouble caused by stormy weather.
Our broken street lights continue to remain quite a problem. When it is possible, we send a man out each day to replace them. A Troubleman in our de- partment would certainly eliminate my having to break up my Line Crew to answer calls and having to send a man out to replace the broken street lights.
Trouble with our Fire Signal Wires, also Police and Water Signal was at a minimum.
I would appreciate having two or three more linemen in our department to- gether with a small line truck. This would help us immensely to catch up on our work and also to keep up with the setting of new poles and running wire for the new construction that is now under progress over the Town.
At this time I wish to thank the Line Crew for their fine cooperation they have given me and also the rest of the Light Department personnel.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. BLASENAK,
Line Foreman.
Statistical Report
Wooden Poles Set
Wooden Poles Removed
Size
Number
Size
Number
30 ft.
I
35 ft.
16
35 ft.
90
40 ft.
21
40 ft.
22
45 ft.
2
45 ft.
2
55 ft.
1
55 ft.
I
-
116 40
Replacement on Public Streets
40
Extension on Public Streets
54
Extension on Private Property
22
116
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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Secondary Wire
Size
Feet Installed
Feet Removed
8
2,500
6
2,060
200
4
20,656
2
400
1
820
4/0
800
Primary Wire
Feet
Feet
Size
Installed
Removed
8
400
6
6,925
4
4,000
Street Light Wire
Feet
Feet Removed
Size
Installed
8
7,400
6
5,400
Street Lighting Fixtures
Lumens
Size
Installed
175
3
1000
26
2500
9
38 Ornamental globes and bulbs were broken by stones or air guns.
This is approximately 15 percent more than last year. We also had two stand- ards damaged by automobiles.
Under the New Street Lighting Program, we installed 42 Mercury Lamps and ·removed 72 old style lamps and fixtures in South Norwood. On Washington Street, we installed 36 Mercury Lamps and removed 47 old style lamp fixtures. We will install new fixtures along the remainder of Washington Street immediately upon receiving the rest of the material.
Distribution Transformers
Number
Size
Total
Installed
KVA
KVA
7
5
35
1
71/2
71/2
2
10
20
9
15
135
1
25
25
1
371/2
371/2
6
75
450
710
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
Number
Size
Removed
KVA
Total KVA
I
21/2
21/2
1
3
3
5
5
25
I
10
10
2
15
30
I
25
25
3
75
225
3201/2
We had 1-25 K.V.A. and 1-75 K.V.A. burned out. Secondary Services Installed
Overhead Underground 6 - 3 Wire Services
3-3 Wire 3 Phase
3-4 Wire 3 Phase
173 - 3 Wire Services
1-2 Wire Service
50 Services were changed from 2 Wire to 3 Wire.
36 Temporary Services were installed.
METER AND INSPECTION DIVISION
Joseph W. Price, Superintendent, Municipal Light Department.
1. Wiring Permits Applied For 627
2. New Meters Installed 273
3. Meter Replacements 175
4. Meters Discontinued 30
5. Meters Discarded 110
6. Complaints Investigated for the Billing Department 141
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH J. O'BRIEN, Deputy Wire Inspector.
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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF CHIEF OPERATOR
Mr. Joseph W. Price, Supt.,
Municipal Light Department.
I herewith submit my report for the year 1949:
Purchased Energy
Short Street Sub-Station
3,907,072 K.W.
Central Street Station
15,138,553 K.W.
Total 19,045,625 K.W.
Increase for the year 1949 572,683 K.W.
Average cost per KWH for the year 1949.
$.0135
Statistics
K.W. used for the year 1949 Station Power & Lighting 22,720 K.W.
K.W. used for the year 1949 Fire Alarm Building ........ 2,360 K.W.
Street Lights were illuminated approximately 3,956 hours and 19 minutes, using 692,719 K.W.H.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. CLAPP, Chief Operator.
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
REPORT OF CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Mr. Edward C. Monahan, General Manager, Town of Norwood, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
Following is the annual report of the Cemetery Department for 1949:
The department took care of 198 burials during the year of which one was in the Old Cemetery. Foundations were built for 83 monuments.
Work was continued in Section 47, preparing it for burial purposes by removing large boulders and bringing it to grade.
Although a surprising area of grass had already shown signs of recovery last fall, the full amount of damage by the severe drought we had last summer probably will not be known until next spring.
All gravel walks in the Cemetery were edged and topped with crushed stone. It was possible to do a thorough job this year because there was not so much grass to mow, on account of the dry weather.
The question of expansion was taken up at the Town meeting in December thru an article proposing the use of part of the Public Garden. It was voted instead that a committee be appointed to study the problem of expansion. The report of this committee is to be made at the annual Town meeting in 1951.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS J. D'ESPINOSA, Superintendent.
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Mr. Edward C. Monahan, General Manager, Norwood, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I hereby submit the report of the Police Department relative to the personnel, organization, arrests, disposition of cases and miscellaneous duties performed during the year ending December 31, 1949.
PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION
Chief Thomas C. Lydon
Lieutenant Patrick J. Coyne
Mark F. Folan
Sergeants Thomas H. McNulty
James M. Murphy
Patrolmen
Henry F. Breen
George W. Sanborn
John S. Conroy
Valentine W. Balutis
John J. Nee
Uno C. Carlson
John H. Kelly
William E. Lydon
Francis T. Riley
James F. Lyden
William F. Mullane
David V. DeCosta
William C. Jankowski
Richard J. Towne
James E. Quinn
William J. Flaherty
Martin J. McNulty
Albert M. Bishop
Special Police Officers
Frank L. Walsh
Joseph F. Paquette
Edward P. Murphy
Joseph G. Breen
Arthur J. Groh
Michael T. O'Dea
Arrests
Aiding a Prisoner to Escape
1 Assault and Battery
15
Assault and Battery on a Police Officer
1
Attaching Registration Plates without Authority
1 Being Concerned in a Lottery 3
Breaking and Entering
8
Collecting Junk without a License
2
Disturbing the Peace
13
1
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
Drunkenness
64
Illegitimacy
3
Larceny
11
Leaving Scene of Accident
5
Lewdness
3
Malicious Damage to Property
1
Mental Patients
6
Motor Law Violation
6
Neglect of family
11
Non-Support
13
Operating to Endanger
1
Operating under the Influence of Liquor
9
Operating Negligently
2
Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle
1
Operating an Unregistered Motor Vehicle
1
Operating without a License
8
Promoting a Lottery
8
Receiving Stolen Property
1
Registering Bets
5
Runaway Boys
7
Runaway Girls
1
Safekeeping
2
Using a Motor Vehicle without Authority
2
Vagrancy
5
Violation of Parole
1
Violation of Probation
2
Disposition of Cases
Committed to House of Correction
7
Committed to State Farm
3
Committed to State Hospital
5
Committed to Youth Service Board
2
Continued Cases
37
Delivered to other Departments
21
Dismissed
5
Filed
22
Fined
49
Not Guilty
7
Probated
20
Released
37
Suspended Sentence
11
Miscellaneous Duties
Accidents reported and investigated.
255
Accidental death
3
Ambulance calls attended
317
Buildings found open and secured
555
Cases investigated
794
Defective street lights reported
206
Defective streets reported
36
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Defective water pipes reported
14
Disturbances suppressed without arrest 64
Dogs killed by Police
2
Funeral escorts
140
Lodgers at Police Station
28
Lost children returned to parents
20
Mental patients cared for
6
Missing persons reported
4
Money escorts 552
Sick and injured assisted
44
Suicides reported
4
Summonses served 167
17
Vacant homes checked
60
The members of the Norwood Police Department are always willing and anxious to become better informed in the advanced methods of police procedure.
It is my intention in the future if possible, to conduct classes that police officers may be more fully informed in police procedure and criminal law.
I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edward C. Monahan, General Manager of the Town of Norwood and all departments of the town for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS C. LYDON, Chief of Police, Norwood, Mass.
Suspension of motor vehicle license
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
Mr. Edward C. Monahan,
General Manager,
Town of Norwood,
Norwood, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The following is the report of the Building Inspector for the year 1949:
No. of Permits Issued
Estimated Cost
New Buildings
Dwellings
176
$2,055,345.00
Factories-Commercial
12
311,350.00
Garages -- Commercial
3
25,520.00
Garages-Private
36
24,565.00
Minor Out Buildings
2
400.00
229
$2,417,180.00
Additions and Alterations
Dwellings
67
$57,830.00
Factories-Commerical
21
87,950.00
Repairs of fire damage
2
7,500.00
Buildings razed
2
92
153,280.00
Total
321
$2,570,460.00
One hundred and seventy-six (176) permits were issued for dwellings; one permit was issued for fifty-one (51) units at the Veterans Housing Project making two hundred and twenty-six (226) buildings with accommodations for two hundred and fifty-two (252) family units.
Very truly yours,
HENRY J. CRONAN, Building Inspector.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of Norwood:
The Board of Assessors herewith submit their annual report for the year 1949 together with the statement showing comparison of tax rate recapitulations for the years 1948 and 1949.
A table showing the comparison of valuations, tax rates, and taxes assessed over the past years is attached herewith as a supplemental report.
Organization
On March 29, 1949, William J. Dalton was reappointed as an assessor by the Selectmen and approved by Henry F. Long, Commissioner of Corporations and Taxa- tion, to serve for the term of three years, expiring April 1, 1952.
Tax Rate for the Year 1949
On May 4, 1949, the Board of Assessors voted that the tax rate for the year 1949 be determined at $37.80 per each one thousand dollars of valuation, a decrease of $0.20 from the 1948 tax rate of $38.00.
Financial Report
The financial statement of the department will be found in the report of the Town Accountant.
Appellate Tax Board Cases
No appeals were pending before the Appellate Tax Board on January 1, 1949, and no new appeals were taken before the Board during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. FLAHERTY, WILLIAM J. DALTON, RICHARD D. NORTHROP, Board of Assessors.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES OF POLLS, PROPERTY, AND TAXES
Assessed under Date of May 1, for the Following Years: 1872, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905 Assessed unde Date of April 1, for the Following Years: 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930
Assessed under Date of January 1, for the Following Years: 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
Year
No. of
Male Polls
Valuation of Personal
Estate
Valuation
of Real
Estate
Total
Assessed
Rate per $1,000.00
Total Taxes
Assessed
Horses
Cows
Cattle
Swine
Sheep
Fowl
Dwelling Houses
of Land
Assessed
1949
5,590
$1,421,950
$25,563,030
$26,984,980
$37.80
$1,031,212.24
7
173
14
3,100
3,070
5,129
1948
5,581
1,316,100
24,581,650
25,897,750
38.00
995,276.50
2
197
35
3,100
2,987
5,121
1947
5,665
1,258,950
23,655,750
24,914,700
37.00
933,173.90
8
156
33
2,100
2,937
5,039
1946
5,545
1,153,400
23,462,450
24,615,850
40.90
1,017,897.78
8
189
6
2,100
2,905
5,004
1945
5,502
1,080,800
23,354,150
24,434,950
31.50
780,714.40
6
192
6
2,200
2,909
5,000
1944
5,388
1,059,500
23,404,600
24,464,100
33.00
818,091.30
9
165
44
4,500
2,909
5,000
1943
5,422
1,051,400
23,449,300
24,500,700
32.00
794,866.40
6
166
56
4,750
2,909
5,000
1942
5,263
1,078,700
22,806,260
23,884,960
34.90
844,120.15
14
175
38
3,500
2,861
5,505
1941
5,290
1,012,500
22,286,050
23,298,550
31,90
753,803.75
14
185
21
3,550
2,774
5,515
1940
5,232
1,008,350
22,048,760
23,057,110
33.40
780,571.47
12
191
11
3,450
2,736
5,550
1935
4,989
2,913,090
21,464,450
24,377.540
32.60
804,685.83
38
155
8
14
3,382
2,552
5,091.5
1930
4,678
3,770,169
23,262,712
27,032,881
29.00
793,309.56
42
198
7
9
2,540
2,510
6,096
1925
4,497
4,477,510
19,612,360
24,089,870
26.50
647,383.68
114
193
81
7
2,369
2,203
6,096
1920
3,716
4,158,640
14,488,848
18,647,488
18.00
354,234.78
147
335
15
86
9
1,438
1,904
6,096
1915
3,296
5,528,300
11,460,934
16,989,234
12.80
224,054.57
283
375
10
85
1
4,325
1,759
6,096
1910
2,545
5,614,895
8,418,385
14,033,280
9.20
134,196.17
370
358
17
70
14
375
1,286
6,130
1905
2,070
1,167,405
4,254,265
5,421,670
17.40
98,477.05
360
375
10
40
300
1,160
6,135
1900
1,670
892,595
3,584,214
4,476,809
18.00
83,922.56
397
328
10
20
1
890
1,069
6,151
1895
1,410
684,795
2,673,970
3,358,765
16.90
59,583.00
358
408
5
202
920
810
6,162
1890
1,096
513,473
2,051,085
2,564,558
16.60
45,398.36
300
410
17
84
...
698
6,200.5
1885
880
447,014
1,618,928
2,065,942
13.00
28,618.09
271
420
7
129
....
511
6,216
1880
650
456,635
1,338,793
1,795,428
11.80
22,486.32
240
382
....
..
1
415
6,231
1875
551
448,633
1,343,867
1,792,500
11.80
22,195.81
198
365
405
...
....
320
6,275
TOWN OF NORWOOD
132
1872
472
518,540
1,100,016
1,618,556
11.40
19,397.79
185
354
6,255.5
Valuation
Acres
7
Other Neat
COMPARISON OF TAX RATE RECAPITULATIONS OF YEARS 1948 AND 1949
Appropriations by Taxation and from Available Funds
1948 $2,042,351.52 384.90
1949 $2,248,953.11 4.00
Increase $206,601.59
Decrease $
Overlay Deficits
380.90
State Parks and Reservations Tax
1,311.02
1,868.84
557.82
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
2,437.13
2,437.13
State Examination of Retirement System
107.72
440.75
333.03
Metropolitan Sewerage-South System
23,059.93
21,989.96
1,069.97
County Tax and Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
50,358.91
61,420.39
11,061.48
Overlay
12,216.37
11,333.29
883.08
Gross Amount to be Raised
$2,132,227.50
$2,348,447.47
$218,553.92
$ 2,333.95
Estimated Income Tax
$ 118,906.57
$ 92,653.89
$
$26,352.68
Estimated Corporation Tax
152,968.05
175,218.05
22,250.00
Estimated Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
42,000.00
55,000.00
13,000.00
Poll Tax
11,162.00
11,180.00
18.00
Other Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
823,076.38
994,363.26
171,286.88
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$1,148,113.00
$1,328,415.20
$206,554.88
$26,352.68
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation of Property
984,114.50
$1,020,032.27*
Assessed Valuation 1948, $25,897,750.00 at $38.00
$ 984,114.50
Assessed Valuation 1949, $26,984,980.00 at $37.80
$1,020,032.27*
*Includes gain of $0.03 on account of fractional divisions of tax rate.
REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Mr. Edward C. Monahan, General Manager, Norwood, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit the annual report of the Department of Weights and Measures for the year 1949.
It is a pleasure for me to state that in carrying out the duties of Sealer for my first full past year, I do so believe that equity did prevail in sales of commodities or service involving the use of weighing or measuring devices in determining their values. During the course of mechanical and supervisional inspections, I found no justfiable perpetration of fraud.
One complaint was registered in regard to a quantity of coal purchased from an out of town dealer. Investigation proved the coal delivered was weighed on an approved and sealed scale and of a sworn weight. The buyer and seller were present at and when the delivered questionable coal quantity was determined by the Sealer and a State Inspector of Standards and was found to be equitable.
Two local merchants will be privileged to hearings in the near future with the State Commissioner of Standards, in regard to questionable practices resulting from inpsections.
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