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Con- structior
Total
Mainte- nance
House Connection
Total
Grand Totals
Merrimac Boiler Works
164.55
164.55
164.55
W. H. Coleman
57.90
57.90
57.90
August Mitz
42.02
42.02
42.02
Frank E. Davis
64.62
64.62
64.62
J. H. Campion
60.68
60.68
60.68
F. L. Cole
18.00
18.00
18.00
Worthington Pump Co.
3768.77
3768.77
3768.77
M. T. Walsh
7.85
7.85
7.85
Treat Hardware Company
23.43
23.43
23.43
Andrew Wilson
35.21
35.21
35.21
Sam Smith Mch. Co.
1.50
1.50
1.50
John L. Morrison
55.40
55.40
55.40
Vacuum Oil Co.
634.58
634.58
634.58
Standard Oil Co.
28.75
28.75
28.75
Sinclair Oil Co.
1635.87
1635.87
1635.87
Andover Coal Co.
1883.43
1883.43
1883.43
Cross Coal Co.
600.50
600.50
600.50
Helen Tweede !!
20.00
20.00
20.00
Rumsey Pump Co.
101.70
101.70
101.70
C. S. Buchan
16.80
16.80
16.80
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$19748.36 $6535. 21 $26283 .57 $2442. 15
$1150.27
$3592.42$ 29875.99
HIGHWAYS AND PARKS
To the Board of Public Works.
GENTLEMEN :- I most respectfully submit the seventh annual report of the Highway Department for the year ending December 31, 1919, containing a brief summary of the principal work per- formed by the Highway Department, and recommendations for maintenance for 1920. This department has charge of the con- struction, alteration, repairs, maintenance and management of streets, sidewalks, and bridges, as well as the blanketing and oiling of streets.
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Starting January 1, 1919, we used all the ashes that it was possible to obtain from the Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass .; also, a great deal was hauled by our own teams from Phillips Academy. Salem Street, mentioned in my last report, was completed to Jenkins Corner, as well as several other places. There was hauled and spread during 1919:
60 loads on the River Road
14 6
" Brundrette Avenue
10 66 " Wildwood Road
14
" Highland Road
39
" Highland Road (team)
38 66 " Gardner Avenue
8 $6 " Wolcott Avenue
19
" Abbot Street
9 “ " Rattlesnake Hill Road
66
" Shawsheen Road
23 And many other places where it took from two to three loads. In all during 1919 there was spent for ashes used on roads $2700; what ashes were hauled from Phillips Academy were given to us. We are still taking all we can get this winter, being under contract with the Pacific Mills until April 1, 1920.
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STREET CLEANING
Clean streets are a good advertisement for a town. To give a town this benefit, to attract the right kind of permanent resi- dents, what better can you have than clean streets. And as the center of the town is now practically all tarvia roads, or blanketed with same, I recommend one more man for cleaning purposes. Gutters and catch-basins have been cleaned as usual.
SIDEWALKS
New sidewalks were built on Florence Street, Maple Avenue, and Cuba Street, as well as necessary driveways to property where driveways were in evidence, Many gutters were repaired, and crossings. Blanketing was done on walks on Essex Street, Bartlet Street, and Chestnut Street.
Curbing was set on Red Spring Road from Smith & Dove's dry-shed to connect with curbing at top of hill. Curbing was also laid on Stevens Street and Shawsheen Road.
BLANKETING AND OILING
During 1919 very nearly all tarvia roads were treated with a coat of Tarvia B; there was spent on this work for tarvia alone, $4500.00. The cost of this work where patching is necessary is about four cents per square yard ; where only a coat of tarvia and sand is required it cost only about two cents per square yard,- or with patching, about $400.00 per mile, while where no patching is needed it may be done for $175 to $200, according to amount used. There was only one load of oil used this year.
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
New streets were built on Maple Avenue, Florence Street, a portion of Wolcott Avenue, and Lowell Street. This work was all done by town labor and hired teams.
Maple Avenue, 3400 square yards of tarvia-bound road, catch- basin and drains repaired, cost, $6806.95.
Florence Street, 1400 square yards of tarvia-bound road, one catch-basin and necessary piping corner of Elm Street and Florence Street, $2134.31.
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Wolcott Avenue, 1050 square yards of tarvia-bound road, at a cost of $1252.33; or on new construction work, including drains and necessary catch-basins on these streets, there was spent $10,193.59, and 5850 square yards of tarvia-bound road, or an average cost of $1.64 per square yard for the three jobs.
LOWELL STREET
This, as you know, was done by the State, County, and Town, $5000.00' being appropriated by each. Work was started on August 19th and completed on November 19th for the year, there being done in this length of time 3400 feet of 18-foot road, or 6800 square yards, being 200 yards more than was done in 1918 fór same amount, with a balance of five cars of stone left to start 1920 work. This work cost $14,958.42, divided as follows :-
Labor and teams
$6432.82
Stone
2948.87
Freight
1377.27
Asphalt
1758.60
Gravel and sand
125.25
Fence, culverts, and painting
530.03
Water Department
204.45
Highway Department
1488.95
Miscellaneous
92.18
$14958.42
There still remain about two miles to be done on this road, and at the present rate we are advancing it surely will take three years more before the Tewksbury line is reached. This is a very bad piece of road, as in the spring and fall when the frost is coming out there are complaints all the time.
BALLARD VALE
Cleaning gutters, catch-basins, dragging, and scraping roads, covering sidewalks with dust, and many small repairs is all that has been done in this section during the past year. Spent in the Ballard Vale section, covering labor, teams and material, $2540.01. This was all maintenance, no new work.
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RECOMMENDATION FOR 1920 MAINTENANCE
Labor and teams
$12000.00
Sand and gravel
500.00
Blanketing streets
3000.00
Sidewalks
1500.00
Gravel and ashes
3500.00
Snow
1500.00
Drains
500.00
Bridges
500.00
Team and car
900.00
Miscellaneous
1100.00
$25000.00
PARK DEPARTMENT
Taking care of parks, playstead, and Boulders, as well as burn- ing leaves, together with the recaping of sidewalls and some pointing of side-walls, was the only work done during 1919. Appropriation March, 1919 $1200.00
Expenditure 1273.79
Overdrawn 73.79
I would recommend for 1920, $1200.00.
Respectfully submitted, F. L. COLE, Superintendent
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation March, 1919:
Highway Department
$25000.00
Construction
10000.00
Lowell Street
5000.00
County
4986. 12
State
4986. 12
Special curbing
609.00
Credits
3348.31
Railway Tax
4596.83
$58526.38
Total expenditure :
Maintenance
$28518.88
Construction
9511.89
Sidewalks
3779.15
Lowell Street
14958.42
Tools, drains, snow
931.15
Bridges
196.52
57896.01
Balance
630.37
$58526. 38 $58,526.38
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HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES, 1919
NAMES
Mainte- nance
Con- struction
Side- walks
Lowell Street
Tools Drains Snow
A. V. Bridge and Bridges
Totals
Payrolls, Labor and Teams
$12263.66
3403.09
$6432.81
$ 90.83
$22190.39
John I .. Morrison
62.40
8.75
26.75
97.90
Essex Trap Rock Co., stone
188.78
2290.92
2289.47
4769.17
Winchester Trap Rock Co., stone
288.01
43.35
331.36
Holland Trap Rock Co., stone
194.82
73.20
268.02
General Crushed Stone Co., stone
586.20
586.20
Barrett Mfg. Co., tarvia
4542.63
2080.28
1758.60
8381.51
J. E. Pitman
152.84
25.37
450.21
Boston & Maine
737.87
929.73
67.14
1377.27
3112.01
J. H. Campion
35
.70
1.05
Philip L. Hardy, labor and material
117.28
24.95
193.63
5525.76
5861.62
Burnham Motor Co.
317.53
300.00
617.53
Andover Coal Co.
47.88
104.03
151.91
John Franklin
158.00
215.00
373.00
E. H. Hall, labor and supplies
980.62
143.08
22.54
1146.24
Joseph Cole, inspector
475.00
475.00
Advertising
50.74
50.74
Arthur L. Little, testing
22.50
22.50
New England Culvert Co., pipe
404.80
519.75
C. M. White, culverts
108.00
108.00
W. I. Morse, tools and supplies
53.52
62.70
438.88
Highway Department
1488.95
1488.95
Buchan & McNally
3.63
9.72
13.35
Raymond Buchan
144.62
20.20
164.82
Water Dept., coal and supplies
204.45
204.45
Fred Kress, gravel
61.05
61.05
Herbert Lewis, gravel
28.35
28.35
D. Ozoonian, gravel
35.85
35.85
Buffalo Roller Co.
9.30
9.30
Roy M. Haynes
87
2.10
2.97
H. J. Stanchfield
27.00
10.50
37.50
W. F. Duffee & Co. .
287.25
3044.66
3331.91
114.95
322.66
272.00
Robert W. Franz
15.00
15.00
W. M. Wood, special curbing
609.00
609.00
John Shea, grain
228.46
228.46
W. H. Coleman
57.65
57.65
Dr. Winchester
11.00
11.00
John C. Collins
442.00
442.00
Gray & Kendall
13.78
13.78
Lawrence Gas Company
2.92
2.92
John W. Richardson
6.00
6.00
H. Bruckman, grain
78.52
78.52
P. J. Daly, grain
77.00
77.00
Pacific Mills, ashes
2661.37
2661.37
Anderson & Bowman
132.00
132.00
Fire Dept., horses, rent, labor
1391.35
1391.35
Dyer Supply Co.
4.00
4.00
American Express Company
33.23
33.23
H. J. Dallman & Co.
13.71
13.71
H. A. Prescott
134.35
134.35
A. M. Colby
3.35
3.35
Patrick Dowd
12.00
12.00
Clinton Wire Cloth Co.
12.80
12.80
H. M. Eames, hay
205.58
205.58
J. H. Richardson, hay
218.46
218.46
Curry Bros., supplies
112.60
112.60
New England Sand & Gravel Co., sand
189.61
189.61
Smith & Dove
1.66
1.66
C. A. Hill
14.16
14.16
H. E. Fletcher, curbing
1639.02
1639.02
Alden Spearer, oil
159.00
159.00
Poor & Riley
5.68
5.68
G. W. Horne, roofing
2.80
2.80
Bride Grimes Company
8.54
8.54
Frank E. Dodge
4.50
4.50
Hamilton Brown & Co.
34.20
34.20
Shattuck Farm, sand
9.11
9.11
J. I .. Harvey .
25.80
25.80
Various Parties, sand and gravel
85.44
85.44
TOTALS
$28518.88 $9511.89 $3779. 15 $14958.42
$931.15
$6289.00 $63988.49
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS JANUARY 1, 1920
Year
Received from water rates
Net cost of maintenance pumping
Cost of
by total mainte- nance
by cost of pumping
Received No. of service per million Gallons pumped pipes in in use gallons
meters
No. of h'd'nts
Miles of main pipe
1889
Work commenced
46
16
1890
$ 3106 38
2999 99
1776 21
24,911,445
309
80
163
20.50
1891
5349 32
3399 93
1806 93
52 85
27 97
82 81
64,595,597
462
122
165
21.50
1892
5977 41
3491 22
2185 83
40 77
25 53
68 42
85,618,190
542
171
174
22.37
1893
7647 95
3792 56
2408 2
36 42
23 13
73 46
104,123,285
601
204
178
23.50
1894
8378 44
4514 47
3354 04
38 31
28 47
71 27
117.847,305
654
237
178
23.53
1895
8434 15
4380 13
3151 33
37 32
26 87
71 81
117,354,950
706
278
180
24.00
1896
9052 31
4627 53
2557 61
37 47
20 71
78 79
123,476,542
752
326
184
24.12
1897
*8011 87
4336 58
2383 71
37 67
20 71
69 61
115,094,527
789
486
184
24.16
1898
7792 40
3662 43
2196 31
32 33
19 38
68 78
113,287,775
819
571
193
24.91
1899
9376 29
4471 04
2656 42
31 21
19 24
65 45
143,260,253
845
616
194
25.12
1900
10668 57
4915 23
3158 50
33 07
21 25
71 78
148,618,935
876
641
196
25.83
1901
*8941 83
7955 34
3430 35
45 44
19 59
51 00
175,062,920
897
670
196
25.84
1902
11805 21
5787 44
3035 47
40 59
25 63
100 01
118 031,451
934
701
205
29.69
1903
11563 79
7389 44
2922 36
55 52
21 96
133,085,521
958
722
219
30.17
1904
11818 53
6378 96
3004 34
44 25
20 84
144,164,563
981
757
221
30.49
1905
12409 79
7228 82
3426 98
44 03
20 87
75 60
164,150,879
1013
791
223
30.95
1906
13516 47
8121 39
3054 09
45 39
17 29
76 48
176,717,579
1036
813
224
31.03
1907
17267 86
8112 47
4825 63
33 34
19 94
75 48
242,025,757
1060
848
227
31.35
1908
14908 89
7419 65
3750 29
39 52
19 97
79 41
187,750,372
1101
884
257
35.22
1909
16407 21
7499 95
3967 72
36 96
19 55
81 16
202,885,685
1147
926
273
38.07
1910
17613 66
8378 32
4234 61
36 50
18 50
76 93
228,939,882
1187
977
290
40.81
1911
18515 99
7974 79
3584
62
39 21
17 62
91 03
203,401,371
1245
1023
321
44.34
1912
19687 47
8117 57
3583 45
39 58
17 48
95 99
205,097,460
1304
1081
344
46.99
1913
22739 88
8412 89
4471 18
36 84
19 58
96 58
228,344,927
1353
1146
351
47.70
1914
19614 00
10306 80
4434 65
43 86
18 86
83 47
234,973,550
1405
1195
364
49.64
1915
22451 01
9982 98
4464 45
42 49
18 55
93 32
+240,599,178
1465
1262
369
50.08
1916
23496 87
11998 60
4842 20
46 67
21 91
94 02
+220'945,880
1492
1290
377
51.19
1917
24780 82
11538 26
5460 42
52 95
25 06
113 72
+217,894,123
1503
1311
377
51.19
1918
27053 04
15838 48
10092 80
58 93
37 56
100 67
+268,733,008
1470
1328
378
51.19
1919
23864 58
18257 99
7093 30
83 64
37 72
91 46
+218,279,797
1521
1370
378
51.19
.
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*Regulations and rates changed.
tNo allowance for slipage.
Cost per million gal'ns
use
6 months
.
86 89
81 98
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