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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
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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
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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
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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
Town Engineer for the year 1932
F
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Printed by Order of the Town
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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
BRA
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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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