Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1932, Part 8

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Publication date: 1932
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Unaccounted For


850,221


982,054


131,833*


TOTAL


13,080,760


13,583,510


502,750*


+Increase


*Decrease


Decrease of income compared with 1931-9% plus or $6,356.98. Decrease in operating revenue 6% minus or $15,688.29. Decrease in maintenance cost 5% minus or $9,347.76. Cost of plant increase $57,910.04, this amount represents addition to plant at station, new line con- struction, meters, transformers, poles and wire, but does not include the amounts paid from depreciation for these accounts. This plant has cost $668,907.61 and is carried on the balance sheet for $594,965.68. The difference be- tween this amount and the original cost is $73,941.93. The balance sheet shows total assets $693,023.04 and liabilities $53,858.15. There is one item in the liabilities for $46,168.74 which represents appropriation for con- struction, which was made during the years between 1892


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and 1908. This amount should be returned to the town and when this is accomplished, this plant will not have cost the town one penny from the tax levy, or in other words will stand as having been paid for entirely from surplus earnings.


During the year we removed and reset 81-35 and 4- 40 Ft. poles, on the following streets.


1-35 Washington Street South Braintree


2-35 Pond Street


South Braintree


1-35 Columbus Avenue


South Braintree


2-35 Division Street


South Braintree


1-35 Peach Street


South Braintree South Braintree South Braintree


1-35 Plymouth Avenue


10-35 Elmwood Avenue


1-35 Vernon Street


South Braintree


1-35 Lakeview Avenue


South Braintree


1-40 Granite Street


South Braintree


1-35 Cavanaugh Street


Braintree Braintree


1-35 Elm Street


Braintree


1-35 Wyman Road


Braintree Braintree Braintree


1-35 Mt. Vernon Street


Braintree


4-35 West Street


Braintree Braintree


3-35 Monatiquot Avenue


Braintree


1-35 Hanson Avenue


Braintree


1-35 Wilson Avenue


Braintree


1-40 Elm Street


1-35 Venus Road


Braintree East Braintree


11-35 Hayward Street


East Braintree


1-35 Glenrose Avenue


East Braintree


1-35 Harbor Villa Avenue


East Braintree


8-35 Arborway Drive


East Braintree


2-35 Middle Street


1-35 Holmes Street


4-35 Cleveland Avenue


1-35 Vinton Avenue


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4-35 Liberty Street


2-35 Highland Avenue


1-35 Howard Street


1-35 Trefton Drive


4-35 May Street


East Braintree


East Braintree


East Braintree


East Braintree


East Braintree


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1-35 Pleasantview Avenue


1-35 Howard Court


East Braintree


1-35 Dewey Road


East Braintree


3-35 Mariette Avenue


East Braintree


1-40 Commercial Street


East Braintree


1-40 Hayward Street


East Braintree


85 Total Poles.


POLES NEW CONSTRUCTION-35 FEET


5 Grove Street


South Braintree


1 Hillview Road


South Braintree


1 Liberty Street


South Braintree


15 Woods Road


South Braintree


1 Washington Street


South Braintree Braintree


2 Middle Street


6 Railroad Street


Braintree:


2 Walnut Street


Braintree:


1 Robinson Avenue


Braintree


1 Circut Road


1 Bradley Road


1 Highland Avenue


1 Spencer Street


1 Primrose Street


2 Marietta Avenue


41 Total Poles.


Braintree Braintree. East Braintree.


East Braintree.


East Braintree.


East Braintree:


East Braintree


174


STREET LIGHTING FIXTURES Removed and Replaced


5 Washington Street


2 Pond Street


East Braintree


1 Pearl Street


East Braintree


3 Elmwood Avenue


East Braintree


3 Union Street


East Braintree


1 Wildwood Avenue


East Braintree


1 Lakeview Avenue


East Braintree


1 Fountain Street


East Braintree


1 Plymouth Street


East Braintree


2 Liberty Street


East Braintree


1 Hancock Street


East Braintree


4 School Street


Braintree


1 Middle Street


Braintree


2 Railroad Street


Braintree


1 Clark Street


Braintree


1 Elm Street


Braintree


1 Arnold Lane


Braintree


1 Cedar Street


Braintree


4 West Street


Braintree


2 Monatiquot Avenue


Braintree


1 Cedar Cliff Road


East Braintree


1 Mill Lane


East Braintree


1 Vernon Road


East Braintree


East Braintree


1 Commercial Street


East Braintree


1 Quincy Avenue


East Braintree


East Braintree


5 Hayward Street


1 Dewey Road 49 Total Renewals.


East Braintree


175


New Construction


Street Lights and Fixtures, authorized by Selectmen, installed in 1932 from March 2, to Dec. 9, 1932.


Number


Candle P.


Streets


1


100


6


100


15


100


1


100


5


100


1


100


Washington & Pond St.,


South Braintree


2


100


Wildwood Rd., South Braintree


1


100


Common Street, Braintree


1


100


1


100


May Street, Braintree Shaw Avenue, Braintree


1


1000


Washington Street, Braintree Circut Road, Braintree


1


100


2


100


Walnut Street, Braintree


1


100


1


100


6


100


1


100


1


100


1


100


1


100


2


100


1


100


1


100


1


100


Hunt Avenue, Braintree Dickerman Lane, Braintree Brookside Road, East Braintree Trefton Drive, East Braintree Adolph Road, East Braintree. Holden Road, East Braintree Howard Court, East Braintree Trefton Drive, East Braintree Audobon Road, East Braintree Arborway Drive, East Braintree:


Veranda Road, East Braintree


55


Total


Franklin St., South Braintree Jefferson Rd., South Braintree Liberty & Grove St., S. Braintree Hobart Ave., South Braintree Kind Hill Rd., South Braintree


176


STREET SERIES & TRAFFIC LAMPS, Burned out and Replaced at COST


Number


C. P.


Cost


2201


100


1244.12


64


250


68.48


9


400


12.15


12


750


30.00


12


1000


27.72


2298


Total


Traffic and Police


33


60


6.60


11


300


9.90


13


500


28.08


2355


$1,427.05


On December 31, 1932 we had in use 4922 meters or an increase over December 31, 1931 of 82 active services.


Our lines were increased by the following amounts of wire.


#6


55,473


#4


33,964


#0


850


Two Conductor


Cable #8


2,228


92,515


We had in use at the end of the year 2,459,983 feet of wire, equal to 466 miles of wire on approximately 75 miles of street.


The following table shows the distribution of income


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over the several classes of accounts which we supply and the kilowatts used.


Income


Power Sales


1932 $114,046.74


1931 $137,832.79


Loss


23,786.05


Kilowatts Used


7,042,620


7,949,067


Loss


906,447


Domestic Light & Power


Sales


148,990.53


138,160.67


Gain


10,829.86


Kilowatts


3,514,861


3,282,986


Gain


231,875


Municipal Power


$4920.36


$4696.58


Gain


223.78


Kilowatts


373,126


394,657


Decrease


21,531


Income


Municipal Light


2037.30


2155.51


Loss


118.21


Kilowatts


93,652


82,377


Gain


11,275


Municipal Street Lighting


12,356.25


15,193.92


Loss


2,837.67


Kilowatts Used


776,451


442,955


Gain


333,496


Total Cash


$282,351.18


$298,039.47


Total Kilowatts


11,800,710


12,152,042


I desire to express my appreciation to all the employees of the Department and to the Municipal Light Board for their generous help and co-operation during the past year. Respectfully submitted, FRED B. LAWRENCE,


January 31, 1933.


Manager.


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OPERATING EXPENSES


OPERATING


601 Superintendence and Labor $15,681.58


606 Boiler Fuel 29,396.23


607 Water for Steam 792.15


608 Lubricants 139.26


609 Miscellaneous Expenses 1,957.20


$47,966.42


MAINTENANCE


611 Station Structure 126.03


612 Boiler Plant 1,947.39


614 Turbo-Generator Units 14,719.22


613 Maintenance of Steam Engines 20.42


615 Electric Generating Equipment 1,056.00


616 Maint. of Accessory Electric Equipment 576.69


634 Electric Energy Purchased 69,949.69


$88,395.44


TRANSMISSION AND OPERATION OPERATING


638 Transmission and Dist. of Lines 4,231.03


639 Supplies and Expenses 367.51


640 Inspect & Test Meters 1,198.91


641 Remove & Reset Meters 1,091.98


642 Remove & Reset Transformers 167.09


$7,056.52


MAINTENANCE


646 Transformer Station 67.90


647 Transmission and Dis. of Lines 15,758.58


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648 Underground Conduits


00 650 Maintenance of Consumer's meters 897.68


651 Maintenance of Transformers 593.50


$17,317.66


UTILIZATION


OPERATION


654 Street Lights $ 761.72


655 Municipal Street Lamps, Expenses 1,414.70


$2,176.42


MAINTENANCE


657 Street Lamps 1,385.62


659 Consumer's Installations 5,560.30


6,945.92


GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES


660 Office, Commercial Salary


$11,379.35


664 Advertising


162.63


666 Salaries, Municipal Light Board and Manager 5,300.00


667 Salaries, General Office


3,780.84


668 Office Expenses


3,636.07


669 General Office Rents


1,423.68


671 Insurance


3,813.04


675 Transportation


1,485.92


677 Maintenance of General Structure 2.00


678 Depreciation


20,464.76


679 Misc. General Expenses


1,539.80


$52,988.09


GRAND TOTAL


$222,846.47*


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PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT


401 Credit Balance Jan. 1, 1932 $446,751.94


402 Credit Balance transferred from Income 59,412.95


-$506,164.89


TOTAL


$506,164.89


INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS


Land


$8,965.00


Structures


77,132.84


Boiler Plant Equipment


102,978.40


Prime Movers & Auxiliaries


64,307.61


Tubo Generator Units


4,588.97


Electric Steam


71,707.27


Poles and Overhead Construction


110,070.02


Underground Conduits


15,732.82


Consumers' Meters


46,127.31


Line Transformers


56,928.54


-$558,538.78


UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT


Street Lighting Equipment


$21,191.99


21,191.99


GENERAL EQUIPMENT


Office Equipment


$8,224.73


Transportation Equipment 5,362.38


Laboratory Equipment


1,647.80


TOTAL PLANT INVESTMENT


$15,234.91 $594,965.68


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ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUE COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC


501 Light and Power


$148,480.63


501 Power


114,046.74


Flat Rates to Private


Consumers 509.90


$263,037.27


MUNICIPAL REVENUE


505 Light and Power


$6,957.66


505 Street Lighting


12,356.25


$19,313.91


TOTAL REVENUE


$282,351.18


INCOME STATEMENT


500 Operating Revenues


$282,351.18


600 Operating Expenses


222,846.47


$59,504.71


564 Interest Income


1,418.89


209-B Merchandise & Jobbing


286.34


$1,705.23


551 Taxes


88.24


550 Miscl. Deductions


1,708.75


$1,796.99


$59,412.95


BALANCE SHEET-Assets


INVESTMENT Plant Investment $595,965.68


$594,965.68


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CURRENT ASSETS :


Cash Operating Fund $8,353.09


Cash Depreciation Fund


34,594.36


$42,947.45


ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE


207 Consumers' Light &


Material


$15,002.11


207 Consumers' Power & Material 13,133.28


207 Municipal Light, Power &


Material


836.46


$28,971.85


INVENTORIES


Material and Supplies


$22,519.09


$22,519.09


205 Special Deposit


$1,317.61


218 Unadjusted Debit


$1,317.61


PREPAID ACCOUNTS


Prepaid Insurance


$2,301.36


TOTAL


$2,301.36 $693,023.04


LIABILITIES


Appropriations for Construction


$46,168.74


$46,168.74


CURRENT LIABILITIES


ACCOUNTS PAYABLE


$6,371.80


$6,371.80


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APPROPRIATE SURPLUS:


Loans Repayment


$133,000.00


Profit and Loss


506,164.89 1,317.61


Special Deposit


$640,482.50


TOTAL


$693,023.04


OPERATION FUND Debit


Balance December 31, 1931


$5,428.42


Receipts Consumers


277,179.51


Street Lighting


12,356.25


Interest Income


162.90


$295,127.08


Credit


Bills Payable


$10,202.97


Transferred to Depreciation


20,464.76


Plant Extension


112,019.59


Operation


144,086.67


Balance Dec. 31, 1932


8,353.09


$295,127.08


DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT Debit


January 1, 1932, Balance


$66,983.16


Transferred from Income


20,464.76


Interest


1,255.99


$88,703.91


Credit


Amount withdrawn for plant equip- ment


$54,109.55


December 31, 1932, Balance


34,594.36


$88,703.91


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OPERATION FUND


Balance on hand December 31, 1932 $8,353.09


$8,353.09


AUDITOR'S REPORT


We have examined the accounts of Fred B. Lawrence, Manager of the Braintree Electric Light Department, and approve same. Cash received and paid to Town Treas- urer as per cashbook $289,535.76 received and $289,- 535.76 paid to Town Treasurer.


We have examined the inventories in the report and compared same with stock on hand and approve them as rendered.


ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, DEC. 31, 1932 $6,371.80


ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE


Consumers' Light & Material


$15,002.11


Consumers' Power & Material 13,133.28


Municipal Power & Material 836.46


TOTAL


$28,971.85 RALPH W. ARNOLD, HERBERT W. CURTIS, THOMAS J. HENSHON, Auditors 1932.


January


TOWN OF BRAINTREE


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER


January 12, 1933.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Gentlemen:


I herewith respectfully submit the report of the Engi- neering Department for the year 1932.


Although the appropriations of some departments were somewhat curtailed this year, the work that has been done was of such a character that considerable engineering work was required, and in my report I shall endeavor to explain the work done for the various departments.


In 1931 the Town appropriated $4,000.00 to complete the survey of the Town which had been started by private engineers. This work was completed on April 1, 1932, by this department; a set of blueprints showing the area surveyed, was delivered to the Assessors' Office, together with a list giving the owner of each parcel of land shown on the prints. The assessors now have a set of plans (270 in number) covering the entire Town. Some of these plans were made as far back as 1928 and there have been a great many sub-divisions of property since the plans were made. During the year this department has checked over all the deeds and divisions that have been recorded, and we have made all the changes necessary on the assessors' plans. We have also checked up all the build- ings in the Town and found that there were a great many old buildings as well as new buildings not shown on these plans. We have located 328 garages, 174 houses and 153 other buildings, and are now plotting them on the asses- sors' plans as well as on the original tracings that are kept in the vault. Considerable time has been spent during the year for the assessors in tracing out old deeds and making plans and special surveys.


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This department has searched titles, interviewed owners, prepared plans and legal documents necessary for the securing of several easements for drainage, and the land takings in connection with street layouts, etc., for the Selectmen. We have also made surveys and plans neces- sary for the leasing of the gravel pit. This department is also responsible for the recording of all legal documents and plans at the Registry of Deeds. In some towns this work is handled by the Town Counsel.


We have had numerous requests for house numbers, which have received prompt attention.


PLANNING BOARD


The Town Planning Board, of which I am a member, now use the Engineering Department as their headquar- ters. At their request I have supervised the work of the unemployed engineers that they have borrowed from the Emergency Planning and Research Bureau of Boston. (For complete data see Planning Board Report.)


PARK DEPARTMENT


At the request of the members of the Park Department, we have laid out and given grades for a tennis court and fences in French's Common and a new ball field in Watson Park.


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


We have been called upon by the School Department several times to make surveys of school property and run lines for fences. This department also prepared plans and made arrangements for the purchase of additional land on Cleveland Avenue near the Penniman School.


WATER DEPARTMENT


At the request of the Water Department, we have made


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surveys in the vicinity of Great Pond and also for a pro- posed connection between Farm River and Sunset Lake. We have also relocated practically all the main water gates in the Town and made the necessary changes on the plans.


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


At the request of the Light Department we have staked out locations for 121 poles to be set or reset by them.


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


During the early spring considerable time was spent in furnishing lines and grades for the widening and con- struction of Hayward Street between Commercial Street and Howard Street and installing of a surface water drain from Shaw Street to Howard Street.


Lines and grades were furnished for the construction of 5,761 linear feet of surface water drainage on the follow- ing streets:


Autumn Street. Easement off Edgehill Road.


Arborway Drive. Easement off Pond Street.


Fountain Street. Easement off School Street.


Haywood Street. Easement off West Street.


Pond Street.


Lines and grades were furnished for the construction of 3,916 linear feet of curbing on the following streets :


Commercial Street. Lakeview Avenue.


Hayward Street. Hobart Street. Hobart Avenue.


Monatiquot Avenue. Robinson Avenue. Brow Avenue.


Sampson Avenue.


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Lines and grades were furnished for the construction of 16,100 linear feet of sidewalks on the following streets :


STREET


FROM


TO


Arborway Drive


Arthur St.


Spencer St.


Central Avenue


Tremont St.


Franklin St.


Cleveland Avenue


Union St.


Harrison Ave.


Commercial St.


Mill Lane


Faxon St.


Commercial St.


Front St.


Dobson Road


Hobart Street


Front St.


Oakland St.


Hobart Avenue


Tremont St.


Hollingsworth Ave.


Hollingsworth Ave.


Hobart St.


Academy St.


Jersey Avenue


River St.


Hunt Avenue


Lakeview Avenue


Washington St.


Franklin St.


Monatiquot Ave.


Washington St.


Oak Street


Pond Street


Glendale Rd.


the river


Quincy Avenue


Arborway Drive


Cities Service


Robinson Ave.


Washington St.


Mt. Vernon St.


Sampson Ave.


Sherbrook Ave.


Washington St. the end


Washington St.


Elm Street


Common St.


Washington St.


Central Ave.


Hobart Avenue


During the year this department set 127 stone bounds on the following streets :


Arborway Drive 1 Monatiquot Avenue 6


Cleveland Avenue 4 New Gravel Pit 6


Commercial Street 7 Pond Street 1


Elmwood Avenue 6


Quincy Avenue


4


Hayward Street 17 Robinson Avenue 6


Hobart Street


2 Sherbrook Avenue 1


Jersey Avenue


6 'Stetson Street


2


Lakeview Avenue


4 Walnut Street 2


Liberty Street


47 Washington Street 5


During the year traffic counts were made by this depart- ment for the committee appointed to investigate the


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Highway Department. We also furnished them with ยท several plans.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Account


Appropriation


Expended $3,000.00


Balance


Town Engineer


$3,000.00


Labor


6,059.00


6,052.35


$ 6.65


Services in 1931.


113.19


113.19


Expenses and Supplies.


950.00


911.96


38.04


Transportation


300.00


299.81


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Searching Titles, Re-


cording Plans, etc .. .


500.00


498.23


1.77


$10,922.19


$10,875.54


$46.65


Town Survey (balance


from 1931)


1,128.35


1,127.55


.80


Balance


$47.45


Before closing my report I wish to express my apprecia- tion for the splendid cooperation that I have received during the year from the Selectmen, the Finance Commit- tee and my associates in all Town Departments.


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE N. WATSON,


Town Engineer.


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


Highway Department OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE FROM


December 31, 1931 to December 31, 1932


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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MADE TO THE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


C. B. Breed M. AM. SOC. C. E. Consulting Engineer 6 Beacon Street, Boston


December 29, 1932.


Mr. Samuel M. Ellsworth, Chairman, Citizens' Committee to Investigate the Highway Department, Braintree, Massachusetts,


Dear Sir:


Complying with your directions given in letter dated May 20, 1932, I have made as complete a study of Brain- tree Highway Department as I could for the limited appro- priation available. Because of the interest, however, acquired in making these studies, I have actually given more than twice the personal time agreed upon, for which additional time no compensation is expected.


In accordance with the suggestion of your Committee, constructive criticism of the current work of the Depart- ment was given particular attention. Herewith is sub- mitted my report, which, though not as complete as I would have desired, will I hope be of constructive value.


Very truly yours, (Signed)


C. B. BREED.


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SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION


Your directions to me were briefly as follows :


(a) Advise the Department with regard to the installa- tion of a practical cost accounting system.


(b) Look into past policies and practices of the Depart- ment.


(c) Consider the existing organization and methods.


(d) Suggest ways by which the functioning of the Depart- ment might be improved.


(e) Establish a construction program for the next few years.


(f) Consider the unemployment problem as it affects the Department.


(g) Give brief consideration to the drainage problem.


On May 23rd and on several days during the summer and fall I visited the different projects under way both alone and with the Superintendent of the Highway Department, and had several conferences with Mr. Auster- berry and one with the Chairman of the Selectmen and with some of the members of your Committee.


(a) Cost Accounting System


A cost accounting system had already been started by the Department, on April 29th. Advice was given with respect to it, all of which was adopted.


In connection with this work an inventory of all of the equipment was made, the date it was acquired, its original cost, and its depreciated value as of May, 1932. Then the hourly value was computed for each piece of equipment and that value used in charging equipment each day


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against the particular job upon which it was used. At the beginning of each new year these values should be ad- justed to the depreciated condition of the equipment. Complete account of the cost of repairs, consumption of gasoline and oil for each truck is now being kept.


The system was soon developed into a thoroughly practical and useful set of accounts from which the cost of the different steps as well as for the whole project were clearly available. It is now logically laid out, is simple in form and application, and sufficiently complete to give val- uable information.


This is an important step in the right direction. The cost facts will be of considerable value in estimating future work and in comparing costs of different projects and of different years. Another real value lies in the fact that everyone in the organization knows that costs are being kept and that their performance is being measured, with the result that adverse criticism may follow if their work does not progress as it should. Daily records of this sort give an immediate picture of the expenditures and permit of prompt examination into any work that may show unfavorable cost results. Wastes are thereby dis- covered early and corrected before they reach any consid- erable amount. This practice has been pursued during the current year.


The cost accounting system should be continued : it will conserve the Town's money. From time to time modifica- tions in the system may have to be made to fit conditions, but in the main it is now well suited to the current work.


(b) Past Policies and Practices of the Department


Bad and inappropriate management of the past has been viewed as "water over the dam." The main effort has been devoted to insuring good management for the current and for future work of the Department.


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Relative to past practices I have had to rely upon the word of others. The practice of devoting funds appro- priated for a specific project to other work is obviously unbusinesslike and inappropriate. This policy does not now prevail.


Competitive bidding that is really not competitive I am told has prevailed. The basis for contracts should be sub- mitted on specifications which do not exclude any qualified bidder and such contracts should be let to the lowest bidder unless the rejected proposals are from firms lack- ing in financial strength, experience, plant or reputation.


(c) Existing Organization and Methods


The present organization of the Department seems to be adequate.


As regards methods of construction I have had occasion to offer criticism of certain details of the current construc- tion, most, if not all of which, has been adopted. These are technical in character and matters pertaining to con- struction practice, and will not be enumerated here.


The Department is a small enough organization to be simple in structure. Its work can be under the eye of one man, the Superintendent, as it is today. There are nor- mally 18 men, including 3 foremen, who report directly to the Superintendent, who keeps in daily touch with all of the work of his department. The employment of a clerk to keep the cost accounting system has given the Superin- tendent more opportunity than heretofore to be out on the street where the work is going on, for there are many minor matter that a man clerk, properly qualified to fulfill. the duties of this position, can attend to personally with- out reference to the Superintendent.


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The work of the Department naturally falls into the fol- lowing six classes :


1. New construction of roadways and sidewalks.


2. Tar surfacing of roadways.


3. Street cleaning.


4. Snow removal from roadways and sidewalks, and sanding.


5. Miscellaneous activities, such as maintaining drains and constructing new drains, catch basins, bridges, traffic signals.


6. Special assignments for the unemployed and for welfare work.


1. New construction jobs are each under the direct charge of a foreman who reports directly to the Superin- tendent who visits each job once or oftener each day.


2. Tar surfacing and sanding is handled by a foreman especially trained in this work. This is usually completed during the months of May and June. At other times that foreman is engaged directing other work of the Depart- ment.


3. Street cleaning is done by gangs working under a foreman. In the spring the streets are cleared of rubbish that has accumulated during the winter, and in the fall leaves are carted away.


4. Snow is ploughed from sidewalks and roadways of all the streets at every storm that requires snow removal. The men are ordered out day or night by the Superin- tendent when in his judgment they must start to keep ahead of the accumulating snow. These men not infre- quently have to work day and night during the storm.




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