Official reports of the town of Wayland 1929-1930, Part 20

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 468


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REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


The Memorial Day Committee, composed of Veterans of the Civil, Spanish and World Wars, conducted the memorial services on the 30th of May in a manner be- fitting the memory of the departed heroes of the town. This was possible because of the patriotic interest of the citizens in honoring the sacred memory of the Nation's defenders.


The committee is very grateful for the wholehearted co-operation of the Police Department, Superintendent of Schools, Teachers and Pupils, Clergymen, Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts and the Natick Company of the National Guard.


The committee is of the opinion that all forms of sports and athletic contests, including the playing of golf, should be held in abeyance until after twelve (12) noon on Memorial Day.


Respectfully submitted,


PERCY H. STEELE, Chairman ARTHUR H. DUDLEY, Secretary


Thomas Murray John Cipoletta John Wright Thomas F. Frost


William Hardy Parker H. Groton


Llewellyn Flanders


Frank C. Moore


George B. Howe


Ernest Damon Joe Perodeau


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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS


At the Annual Town Meeting in March 1930. it was unanimously voted to observe the one hundreth and fiftieth anniversary of the separation of the town from Sudbury in 1780 and called East Sudbury, and name changed to Wayland in 1835: at the same time observing the Tercentenary of Massachusetts.


The following were elected to serve: Fred Wheeler, John Leavitt. Will Hunting. Warren Bishop, Percy H. Steele, Arthur Bullard. Arthur H. Dudley, Alfred W. Cutting. Nellie Rice Fiske, Emma D. Wellington. Susie K. Erwin. George Dickey. Ronald Campbell, John J. Erwin, John J. Rowan. John Wight. Alexander Holmes, Edward Damon. Sidney Loker. Thomas Ward, Alvin Neale, How- ard Parmenter.


At the first meeting the following were chosen: Chairman. Mrs. Nellie Rice-Fiske; Secretary, George Dickey: Treasurer, John J. Erwin.


Plans were discussed and entertainment arranged, which were varied and it was hoped would be of interest to all. The first on May 2nd. 1930 was an Historical gathering in the First Parish Church, with Ex-Attorney General Herbert Parker as guest speaker and Assistant District Attorney Warren Bishop. Mr. A. W. Cutting de- livered a most interesting Historical address. Music by Mr. and Mrs. Schleicher. The majority of those partici- pating were in Colonial attire. At 9:30 all went to the Town Hall for the Colonial Ball. Brigham's Orchestra ten pieces furnishing beautiful music.


On the afternoon of September 6th. the Boston & Maine Band gave a Concert on the playground in the Cen- tre, interspersed with speaking by prominent guests. A chorus of voices assembled from all parts of the town under the direction of Ernest Schleicher sang old time


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songs. At 8:30 P. M. the motion picture giving three centuries in America by Professor Albert Bushnell Hart was given in Town Hall.


Sunday, September 7th, several hundred assembled in the old North Cemetery to listen to an address by Rev. Mr. Browne, which covered the period of 300 years, the ministers of the town assisting as did Mr. Schleicher's Chorus.


The Committee sincerely regrets that only one His- torical Marker was placed. This was at the old ceme- tery. These were furnished free by the State and Way- land should have had several.


A dance on December 27, 1930 closed the festivities. The town voted $500 to carry out the work. All bills were signed by the Committee, submitted to Mrs. Small, Town Accountant, and checks drawn by Mr. McKenna, Town Treasurer. The Committee is pleased to report there is a small balance of six dollars and twenty cents ($6.20) left in the Treasury.


Respectfully submitted,


NELLIE RICE-FISKE, Chairman


January 23, 1931.


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REPORT OF THE WAYLAND WATER BOARD


The following table will show the quantity of water pumped from January 1, 1930 to January 1, 1931.


Average Gallons


Gallons per capita per day


Month


per day


January


182,500


69


February


175,000


66.2


March


130,500


49.3


April


147,000


55.5


May


215,000


81.4


June


212,000


80


July


259,500


98


August


348,000


131.5


September


253,000


95.6


October


186,000


70.3


November


194,000


73.4


December


179,500


67.9


Average for year 1930


207,000


79.4


Based on estimate connected population of 2,641: Note - In the Town of Reading where the population is 9,446 persons and 971/2% of the services are metered the daily consumption is 38 gallons percapita.


The maximum pumping rate was reached on July 3 when 440,000 gallons were pumped. The present system of 30 wells will yield 450 gallons per min. At this rate or 27,000 gallons per hour, a pumping period of eight hours, therefore supplies 216,000 gallons, a 12 hour period 324,- 000 gallons; a 16 hour period 432,000 gallons and a 24 hour period continuous pumping 648,000 gallons. The pumping records for July and August indicate that 16 hours for pumping hos been required on several days.


It is evident that pumping periods from 12 to 16 hours are to be expected frequently during the summer unless additional wells are provided or consumption is decreased.


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If at this time a serious fire should occur the results might be very disastrous due to the shortage of water. Therefore the Board recommends the installation of a me- ter system, to try and eliminate the waste and excessive use of water that exists at the present time.


The storage room and work room are inadequate at the present time at the station; barrels of oil and sup- plies have to be stored in corners and elsewhere, leaving very little room in which to work on the engines and pumps when necessary.


The Board recommends the building of an addition to the present building to take care of the over crowded conditions that now exist at the station.


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REPORT TO THE WAYYLAND WATER BOARD


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Wayland :


The Board organized with Walter S. Bigwood, chair- man; Alfred C. Damon, secretary and collector; A. A. Lamarine reappointed superintendent; Louis Pettigrew, appointed engineer.


Owing to the low level and the peculiar taste, caused by vegetable matter growing in the Resevoir, it was de- cided to continue the use of Wayland water in Cochituate.


This procedure developed a serious problem, namely : The difficulty in supplying the demand for water as shown by the increase in period required for pumping.


The Board consulted a reliable Engineering Com- pany who divided the problem into the following head- ings:


1st-Is the station delivering water at the rate ob- tained when the system as first installed ?


2nd-Should the period of pumping be increased or the well sytem be extended ?


3rd-Should possible waste be controlled and decreas- ed through the use of meters?


After a careful investigation the following con- clusions were drawn:


1st-The Pumping Station can deliver water, at the rate obtained when the water works was installed.


2nd-Under the present conditions, the well system should be extended, the exact time of extension being de- pendent upon the success of methods for control of water.


3rd-The service should be metered.


There are now 821 connections to the water system, including those in Cochituate Village, and that the esti- mate number of consumers is approximately 90% of the population or about 2,641 persons.


WALTER S. BIGWOOD ALFRED C. DAMON JAMES BOLTON.


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SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS REPORT


To Board of Water Commissioners:


New Services installed 40


Old Services renewed 5


Old Services repaired 18


Service pipe installed; 3,071 feet, 1-in .; 77 feet 2-in .; 30 feet 11/4-in .; 30 feet 6-in.


Main extensions by Water Works Department: Edge- wood Road 206 feet, 2-in .; Hammond Avenue 220 feet, 4-in; High Street, 108 feet 4-in.


Main extension by contract: Glezen Road, 1,603 feet, 6-in .; Glezen Road 1088 feet, 6-in .; Lincoln Road, 1,716 feet 6-in.


Main Gates installed : 3 6-in; 1 4-in.


Hydrants installed: 4 6-in.


Hydrant Gates installed: 4 6-n.


Meters installed: 9.


Total meters installed to date: 21.


Pumping Station :


Monthly amount of water pumped in gallons: Janu- ary 5,6662,667; February 4,905,620; March 4,051,656; April 4,418,827; May 6,686,551; June 6,357,44; July 8,025, 867; August 10,708,830 ; September 7,584,752 ; Octo- ber 5,755,775; November 5,815,289; December 5,560.101.


ALFRED A. LAMARINE, Superintendent.


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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


During the year 1930 fourteen hundred dollars ($1400) was received to establish Perpetual Care Funds, as follows:


$100 from Samuel Russell to establish the Samuel Russell Fund.


$200 from Herbert M. Cory to establish the Florence M. Cory Fund.


$100 from Ida M. Loker to establish the Ida M. Loker Fund.


$100 from Emma Hersey to establish the Emma Her- sey Fund.


$100 from Effie M. Scottt to establish the Effie M. Scottt Fund.


$200 bequeathed under the will of 'David P. W. Loker to establish the David P. W. Loker Fund.


$150 from Jesse W. Jennison to establish the Jesse W. Jexnison Fund.


$200 from Frank E. Swan and Hergert W. Swan to establish the N. C. Griffin and T. H. Griffin Fund.


$250 bequeathed under the will of Mary D. Fairbank to establish the Mary D. Fairbank Fund.


The above donations added to the money previous- ly given, make a total of $16,125 now under investment the income from which is to be used for the perpetual care of certain burial lots in the Wayland Cemeteries.


The large depression in the North end of the Lake View Cemetery was completely filled in, making about 46 new burial lots available. The appearance of the Cemetery has been greatly improved by this work.


Due to the fact that all money received from the sale of burial lots is available for improvement of the Cemeteries the Cemetery Commissioners have been able to cut out a large amount of dead wood from the trees in the Lake View Cemetery and do a great deal of brush


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cleaning in the North Cemetery.


The Commissioners feel that the appointment of Charles L. Fullick, as Superintendent of all Cemeteries in Wayland, has been fully justified by the splendid re- sults shown.


For the financial condition of the Cemetery Com- missioners see report of the Town Accountant for the year 1930.


Respectfully submitted,


J. MADISON BENT HOWARD W. PARMENTER WILLIAM READ.


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TOWN OF WAYLAND, MASS.


REPORT OF INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS 1930.


Wayland, Mass.,


January 31, 1931.


Introduction


This committee was appointed by virtue of a vote of a special town meeting held November 19, 1930, to inves- tigate the needs of a new High School Building in Way- land, Mass., to recommend a suitable site for the same and to submit estimates as to the approximate cost of such building, said committee to report at the next annual Town Meeting.


The entire subject has been carefully studied, and the results of your committee's findings are herewith ap- pended.


The School Committee has furnished this committee a schedule showing the program of studies in use in the present building. The School Committee stated that every room in the present building was in use for prac- tically every period of every school day.


Your Committee was given the program of studies and it carefully layed out a chart showing the period use of every room for every day in the week. It was found that the statement of the School Committee was sub- stantially correct and that every room in the present high school is in actual use for practically every period of every school day.


From the reports of the school population prepared by Prof. Davis and published last year there has been an increase in pupils in the high school of 100 per cent in the last ten years, and Prof. Davis stated; "that with the same growth of the town we may expect about 200 pupils


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in the high school by 1939." In the opinion of your com- mittee there is no question that the Town of Wayland will have a greater growth in population in the next ten years than in the past ten years.


This committee is of the opinion that new high school facilities are urgently required.


This committee feels that right now is a very favor- able time to construct buildings due to present market conditions in the building trades.


Present High School Building


On the first floor of the present high school building are four regular class rooms, used for grade school pur- poses, and two small rooms, one used as a store room and one for a teachers' room.


On the second floor, which is used entirely by the high school pupils, are two regular class rooms, a type- writing room, and the office of the principal.


On the third floor under the roof are two rooms, one for the chemical laboratory and one for domestic science.


In the basement are located the heater room, toilets, manual training room and wardrobe.


Grade School Accommodations


The present building, in so far as grade school ac- comodations are concerned, is inadequate to take care of the grade school pupils that should be assigned to this building, and if the recommended addition is voted by the citizens, one additional room on the first floor will become available for grade school purposes and this will be suf- ficient to take care of future growth for a number of years.


Present High School Accommodations


The space now being utilized for high school accom- modation is entirely inadequate for the present enrollment and the rooms provided for some of its activities are un- suitable for their purpose, and are merely makeshifts.


The domestic science room and laboratory are locat- ed on the third floor under the roof. They are not of sufficient size. They are poorly ventilated, and they are so situated as to be a menace to life in case of fire. These third floor rooms should be abandoned at the earliest possible moment.


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In order to provide necessary space for the commer- cial department and study room, located on the second floor, two rooms were built taking part of the old assembly hall. One of these rooms takes in the second floor cor- ridor, thus blocking off the passage between the rooms on the north and the south sides of the building. This handicaps good administration and, in case of fire, pre- vents exit from the building in the manner the State In- spectors usually require.


The space devoted to these two activities should be altered, putting back the assembly hall into practically its original shape. The assembly hall is a very neces- sary feature in the program of the modern high school.


The present high school enrollment is 105 pupils, and is the maximum number which the high school portion of the existing building can possibly accommodate. This is more than could be accommodated if a higher standard of high school program were in use.


It is the opinion of the School Committee and your Investigating Committee, supported by the educational survey prepared by Dr. Jesse B. Davis, that the high school enrollment will increase to 200 in the near future. In view of this, and on account of the crowded condition of the present building, both your School Committee and your Investigating Committee recommend that additional accommodations be provided, which shall have in view a future enrollment of at least 230 pupils.


We have considered various ways of providing in- creased accommodations, one of these being the erection of a new high school building. Another is building an addition to the present high school.


Suggestions


(1). An addition to present high school. Reasons for this suggestion may be briefly set forth as follows:


1. Accommodations for 230 high school pupils can be secured in this manner for a less cost than by any other proposed plan.


2. The building of this addition would help relieve the crowded conditions in the grade schools. .


3. The building and its gymnasium would be adja- cent to the playground.


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4. The additional land required may be obtained at a fair cost to the town.


5. A centralized heating plant can be installed and cost of additional custodian service be eliminated.


6. The addition will assure the complete separation of grade and high school pupils.


Description Of Proposed Addition.


The recommended addition to the present high school contemplates certain changes in the present building. All rooms on the third floor now used for school purposes will be abandoned. The assembly hall will be restored to its former size on the second floor and will be available for the grade school, high school and for community pur- poses. The second floor north room will be devoted to grades. This, with the five grade rooms on the first floor will provide six rooms for grade pupils, which will relieve the crowded condition in the Cochituate School., On the first floor there will be a complete first grade department, with its large work and play room, special toilet, ward- robe and store room.


The main addition is to be made on the south end of the present building and will follow the present con- struction. This addition will be modern in every respect and will have on the second floor five regular class rooms, a combination physical and chemical laboratory of proper size, and a large room for the commercial department.


On the first floor is a complete, proper size domestic science department and a store room. Extending to the south and entered from the main corridor is a regula- tion size gymnasium with adequate showers, dressing rooms and lockers for both boys and girls. This gymna- sium will receive light and air from two sides and will have an independent entrance from the south side, so ar- ranged that it may be used evenings by the community.


The gymnasium will have the duplicate use of lunch room, a small kitchen being provided sufficiently equipped to serve the customary school lunch.


Toilets are provided on each floor, independent of the present grade school toilet rooms. High school pupils' clothing will be cared for by means of metal lockers ar- ranged along the walls of the corridors.


The useless and expensive basement has been elim-


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inated in the addition except for the boys' shower and locker rooom, which is placed under the domestic science department and has a second entrance directly from the playground.


The exterior of the addition has been designed to har- monize with the present building.


The high school portion of the building when com- pleted will accommodate 230 pupils, and can be erected including all changes in the present building at a cost of approximately $85,000.00 not including equipment or architects' fees.


New High School


The committee has also considered the desirability of building a new school either in Cochituate or Wayland; has had line cuts prepared which appear in this report showing the proposed new building, also floor plans of same, together with drawings showing its location on a proposed site in Cochituate.


This proposed building is brick, of fire resisting con- struction, comparing very favorably with other buildings of this type in this vicinity and similar in construction to the present Cochituate Grammar School.


Heard Lot, Wayland


The Committee has considered several sites and has decided on three to recommend to the voters-one in Wayland known as the "Heard Property" located diagon- ally across the street from the present high school build- ing and close to the present playground. This proposi- tion taking about four acres and relocating the private way now entering the property directly opposite the pre- sent high schoool.


Car Barn Lot, Cochituate


In Cochituate the so-called "Car Barn Lot" located opposite the Legion Hall. This property has been offered to the town by the present owners, the Boston & Middle- sex Street Railway Co., for the assessed valuation $7500.


This property contains ample area for. present and estimated future school requirements, is centrally located and might be favorably considered with possibilities of beautifying this section.


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Bradford Street Lot, Ccohituate


We have also favorably considered the "School House Lot" on Bradford Street and as this land is owned by the Town the selection of this land would eliminate the cost of purchasing a site.


The Bradford Street location has the following ad- vantages :


This lot is of ample size and a building could be erect- ed here in close proximity to and facing the playground, making an ideal setting as seen from the Plain Street and Main Street angles. It is estimated that the proposed building would take care of the high school requirements of the town for many years, and at the end of that time additions could be made to contain more class rooms and other school space and possibly join the present Cochitu- ate Grammar School, making what might be termed an ideal school plant. A building could be erected on this plot without entailing any expense due to bearing soil and hydraulic conditions. We have been informed by the school authorities that it is a distinct advantage to have a school so situated that there shall be a minimum of traffic noise and we feel that this location would meet the requirement.


The School Committee has also advised us that at the present time 75% of the pupils attending High School come from Cochituate and that if the building were erect- ed in Cochituate the cost of transportation would not be increased and in all probability would be reduced. It is very apparent that Cochituate is the center of school po- pulation and very likely to be for some time.


New High School


The new high school as planned contemplates a build- ing to be built in units. The class room unit, the gymna- sium unit and auditorium unit being three distinct units, which may be built unit by unit or all at one time.


The first floor of the class room section contains five class rooms, principal's and teachers' rooms, and toilets. The second floor, a commercial department, library and study hall, domestic science department and laboratory with its preparation and store rooms.


At the left of the class room section, connected to the school unit and entered from the school corridor, is a


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community assembly hall capable of seating 450 persons, with stage, ante-rooms, check rooms, etc. This hall will have a main entrance for the public direct from the out- side, so that it would be unnecessary to open the school to hold community activities in the hall.


At the right is planned a regulation size gymnasium with adequate shower and locker accommodations. Bal- conies for spectators are provided which accommodate 300 persons. This unit is planned that the community may utilize the advantages of the gymnasium. Indeped- ent entrances have been arranged so that it would be un- necessary to open the school to allow the use of the gym- nasium.


Adequate provision has been made for future addi- tions to this school plant as shown by the illustrated plan.


The class room section can be erected for approxi- mately $90,000.00 with no equipment or architects' fee.


In this report and in the recommendations contained herein, your School Committee, Selectmen, and the under- signed members of your Investigating Committee unani- mously join.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR BULLARD, Chairman WILLIAM JOSEPH AHEARN, Sec'y. WILLIAM J. SCOTLAND CORNELIUS J. MAGUIRE WILLIAM S. LOVELL PAUL B. DAVIS FRANK I. COOPER


The Committee voted the following resolution at the meeting held January 31, 1931.


Resolved that :


The Committee at this time wishes to express their sincere thanks to our member Mr. F. I. Cooper for his services and the expert services of his organization in studying the conditions, making drawings, etc., which same would have been impossible without a substantial appropriation to take care of these expert advices. This


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Committee has been materially assisted and wishes to publicly acknowledge these facts.


ARTHUR BULLARD, Chairman WILLIAM JOSEPH AHEARN, Sec'y. WILLIAM J. SCOTLAND CORNELIUS J. MAGUIRE WILLIAM S. LOVELL PAUL B. DAVIS


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