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Amount appropriated
From "Reserve"
$400.00 47.80
$447.80
Amount disbursed
$447.80
The financial report of the Board appears in the report of the Town Accountant.
The Town Officials and citizens have been very helpful this year and we thank them for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
ROGER E. ELA, Chairman, ELMER W. BIGWOOD, Clerk, JOHN E. LINNEHAN.
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REPORT OF THE WAYLAND WATER BOARD
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Wayland :
The Board organized with Walter Bigwood, Chairman ; Alfred C. Damon, Secretary and Collector ; Alfred A. Lamarine was reappointed Superintendent, and Charles Potvin appointed Engineer.
At the request of the Selectmen, the $1,000 appropriated at a Special Town Meeting for the construction of a road to the Reeves Hill Standpipe was turned over to the Selectmen so that the work could be done as a W. P. A. project. Construction was not undertaken in 1938.
In accordance with Article 31 of the last regular Town Meeting, a new well was constructed this summer at Baldwin's Pond. Specifications were submitted to, and bids asked, from the three contractors in this region familiar with this type of work. Only one bid was received, from Roy S. Deng of Chelmsford who constructed a similar but smaller well at Bald- win's Pond in 1933. The total cost of constructing, testing and connecting the well to the existing system was $3,881.16. It was completed in July, and samples of water were analyzed by the State Department of Public Health and a private laboratory. The water was found to be of excellent quality. The well is 54 feet deep and 18 inches in diameter, and is the so-called "gravel- walled" type. Wells of this type have been recently constructed in Wellesley and Needham. Framingham has just constructed several in Saxonville to replace its present surface water supply.
Under test the well yielded approximately 960 gallons per minute with a draft of 20 feet ; a higher yield could be obtained with a pump of greater draft.
The construction of this well increases the total available supply to a possible 1,500 G. P. M. The maximum pumping capacity of the station, however, is but 900 G. P. M .; without allowing for any reserve equipment for an emergency. Your Board has asked the Finance Committee to grant them enough money to engage engineering services for a study to increase the pumping capacity, now taxed to the limit during dry seasons.
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Your Board has sponsored a W. P. A. project for the mod- ernization of the plans and records of the Water Department. Plans will be prepared of all mains, and hydrant, valve and ser- vice locations. Card files will be set up, in which a complete record of all construction and maintenance will be readily accessible.
In an effort to collect delinquent water rates, your Board met weekly during the summer. Delinquent consumers were summoned by due notice to appear at these meetings and arrange for payment of rates owed. While considerable delinquent bills were thus collected-mostly on a partial payment basis-the amount of time and clerical work necessary to enforce the pay- ment of rates by this method placed an unreasonable load upon upon the Board and its Superintendent. To avoid this, your Board is contemplating the placing of legally recorded liens on properties where water rates are delinquent. Like tax liens, water liens are placed on the tax bill and are collected by the Tax Collector, with a fee charged for recording and removing the lien. This method of collection avoids the customary un- pleasantness of shutting off water, at the same time guarantee- ing the water rates due the Town.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER S. BIGWOOD, Chairman, ALFRED C. DAMON, Clerk, GEORGE BOGREN.
Report of the Superintendent of Water Works
The work during the past year consisted mostly of new service installations, renewals and repairs. House services on Draper Road were connected to large main. Twenty-five ser- vices on Dudley Road were connected to new main as were also sixteen services on Edgewood Road. The water main on Pem- berton Road was lowered under drain pipes at Shawmut and Bradford Streets. Two gate valves were installed on Pemberton Road near Shawmut Street. A damaged gate valve at corner of Connecticut Path and State Road was replaced. Four main taps were made at the following places : at Loker Street for 8-inch extension on Commonwealth Road. At Elementary School,
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Wayland, for new 6-inch supply pipe. At pumping station for 8-inch pipe to new well. On West Plain Street for new hydrant.
These jobs were done with the assistance of the Natick and Framingham Water Departments as it requires a special machine for this work. All street hydrants with exception of new instal- lations were painted. The hydrant on French Avenue was moved away from street end. A blow-off was installed on Con- cord Road at culvert near Sherman's Bridge Road. The stand- pipe roof was given one coat of red lead and one coat of alum- inum. The inside walls of pumping station were painted. Very little overtime pumping was needed on account of heavy summer rains. The new well was put into service June 24. It has re- duced the load on the pumping station resulting in less wear and cost of upkeep. It is now possible for the first time to run the pumps to capacity without damage to the wells.
SERVICES
New installations 17
Old services renewed-main to property 54
Services repaired 5
Total services recorded December 31 1,020
Main Extensions :
Commonwealth Road W. P. A. 1,392 ft. 8-inch pipe, 32 ft. 6-inch pipe.
Pumping station, 80 ft. 8-inch pipe for new well.
Hydrants :
New installations :
Commonwealth Road W. P. A. 3; West Plain Street 1; broken by auto 1; valves repaired 6; drains cleared 3; moved 2. Total hydrants December 31: Street 175; private 6.
Leaks :
Service pipes 6; gate valve packing 4; main 1.
Pumping Station :
Amount of water pumped in gallons :
1938
104,738,360
1937
107,747.065
1936
124,624,856
1935
107,418,766
ALFRED A. LAMARINE, Superintendent Wayland Water Works.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
The following report is respectfully submitted by your Cemetery Commissioners.
Four perpetual care gifts have been received during the year ; totalling $750.00 as follows :
April 14. Gift from Cornetia J. Bent, to establish the "Myron Bent Fund" for the perpetual care of lot No. 60, sec- tion B, Lakeview Cemetery. $200.00
June 25. Gift from A. O. Burke, to establish the "Burke Fund" for perpetual care of lot No. 46, section C, Lakeview Cemetery. $150.00
November 19. Gift from William H. Fay, Executor, to establish the "L. Anna Dudley Fund" for the perpetual care of lot No. 211, North Cemetery. $150.00
December 10. Gift from Laura M. Moore, to establish the "George M. Moore Fund" for perpetual care and decoration of lot No. 18, section B, Lakeview Cemetery. $250.00
These sums have been paid to the Town Treasurer for in- vestment, making the total funds invested in trust, $22,375.00; the income from which is restricted to the care of the lots designated in the various gifts.
Your Commissioners would urge the owners of lots to con- sider the desirability of assuring, by means of perpetual care funds, that their lots will have continuing care through future years.
Twenty-nine lot owners have paid for the annual care of their lots, a total of $107.00.
Five cemetery lots have been sold, all in Lakeview Ceme- tery ; creating a fund of $125.00 to be used for general improve- ment in 1939. At present rate all lots in the cemetery will soon be sold.
Work on the tomb at Lakeview Cemetery has been com- pleted in a very satisfactory manner.
The hill road above the soldiers' lot was completely rebuilt
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for about 225 feet and coated with asphalt to avoid the yearly expense of repair caused by its washing out.
The fences on both sides of the North Cemetery were destroyed by the falling trees and will have to be replaced ; and the fencing at the back line of Lakeview Cemetery is gone be- yond, and a new fence should be built.
The hurricane wrought in the North Cemetery a disaster which seemed at first to be utterly beyond repair. Reviewing the conditions after the wreckage was cleared away leads to the belief that, in the end, the cemetery will benefit rather than lose. Most of the fallen pines had passed their prime; many would soon have had to be removed, involving a heavy expense; and skill would have been required to take them down with as little damage as was done by the hurricane.
Credit for a big job well done must be given to the W. P. A. workers who, under an emergency project, have cleared away the almost hopeless tangle of fallen trees.
Much still remains to be done in 1939. For part of this, another W. P. A. project is expected. Considerable firewood has been turned over to the Welfare Department.
ARTHUR W. BRADSHAW, Chairman. GERTRUDE I. M. PARMENTER, WARREN D. VALENTINE, Clerk.
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INDEX
Assessors' Report 142
Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds, Report of 136
Board of Fire Engineers, Report of the 148
Board of Health, Report of the 152
Board of Public Welfare, Report of the 156
Board of Selectmen, Report of the
91
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of
208
Chief of Police, Report of the
147
District Vote for Representative
78
Finance Committee, Report of the
23
Finance Committee's Budget for 1939 25
Highway Department, Report of the 155
Inspector of Animals, Report of 154
Library Trustees, Report of the 190
Treasurer's Report 191
Librarian's Report 193
List of New Books 195
Middlesex County Extension Service, Report of 160
Milk Inspector, Report of the
153
Moth Department, Report of the 149
Officers of the Town of Wayland
3
Old Age Assistance, Report of 157
Results of Town Elections, March 7, 1938 64
Results of State Primary, September 20, 1938 68
Results of State Election, November 8, 1938 73
School Department Report :
School Directory 164
School Committee, Report of the 165
Financial Statement 1938 173
Superintendent of Schools, Report of the 176
High School Principal, Report of the 179
School Physician, Report of the 180
School Nurse, Report of the 181
Supervisor of Attendance, Report of the 182
Census Returns, October 1, 1938 183
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1938 185
Current Registration 186
Graduates 1938-Wayland High School 187
Elementary Class Roll 187
Organization of Teaching Staff, January 3, 1939 ·188
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of the
150
Soldiers' Relief Agent, Report of the 159
Tax Collector, Report of the
137
Town Accountant, Report of the
96
Receipts Itemized
96
Expenditures Itemized 100
1938 Receipts. Summary 117
1938 Expenditures. Summary 118
Tax Balances, December 31, 1938 118
Reserve Fund 1938 119
Water Accounts Receivable
120
Trust Funds 1938 121
Estimated Receipts 1938 122
Excess and Deficiency 1938 123
Net Funded Debt 123
Statement 124
Town Clerk's Report :
Births 79
Marriages 83
Deaths 86
Dog Licenses-1938 88 Jury List for 1938 89
126
Town Treasurer, Report of
151
Tree Warden, Report of the
Votes Enacted at the Annual Town Meeting,
March 9, 1938 37
Votes Enacted at the Special Town Meeting,
January 19, 1938 35
Votes Enacted at the Special Town Meeting, December 14, 1938 61
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
10
Wayland Board of Park Commissioners, Report of the 203
Wayland District Nurse, Report of 154
Wayland Planning Board, Report of the 145
Wayland Water Board, Report of the 205
·Superintendent of Water Works, Report of the 206
Works Progress Administration 93
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