Town annual report of Swampscott 1961, Part 5

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1961
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 128


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TOTAL CHARITIES


276,027.06


SCHOOLS


School - Wages


1,004,633.42


Office Expense


16,477.89


Travel


1,675.64


Building Expense


70,085.70


Supplies


87,383.42


Insurance


1,411.23


Travel Out of State


923.23


Lunch


64,020.80


Athletic


8,808.95


New Junior High


17,175.76


Federal National Defense


2,837.67


Federal Aid Projects


4,306.72


Adult Education


660.00


TOTAL SCHOOLS


1,280,400.43


LIBRARY


Library - Wages Office Expense Building Expense


36,158.18


1,374.60


3,269.64


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2,727.17


1,580.00


500.00


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Travel


Materials Travel Out of State Travel in Town TOTAL LIBRARY


30.00 7,124.76 143.57


.96


48,101.71


UNCLASSIFIED


Legion Building Lease


1,750.00


Town Reports


2,302.63


Memorial Day


1,491.27


Fourth of July


1,423.26


Veterans' Day


199.00


Citizen's Traffic Committee


45.35


Hadley Play Recreation Committee


55.53


U. S. Subsidy, Sewer Project


19,550.00


Machon School Study Committee


37.60


U. S. Subsidy, Incinerator


17,500.00


Conservation Committee


15.00


Stabilization Fund


10,000.00


Warrants Payable


19,044.13


TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED


73,413.77


DEBT


Interest


80,029.57


Principal


269,000.00


Anticipation of Revenue


800,000.00


TOTAL DEBT


1,149,029.57


TRUST FUNDS


LIBRARY


Morse


189.35


Whittle


27.52


Ingalls


45.00


Various


218.74


Phillips Medal Trust


68.76


Cemetery


87.56


TOTAL TRUST


636.93


AGENCY


Withholding Tax


Federal


268,113.06


State


23,632.66


County Tax


121,802.40


Tuberculosis Hospital


28,593.94


State Audit


2,713.60


State Retirement


2,119.25


Parks


34,585.13


Dog Licenses


1,203.75


TOTAL AGENCY


482,763.79


REFUNDS


Deducted from Expenditures


3,387.91


Real Estate, etc.


21,798.74


TOTAL REFUNDS


25,186.65


TOTAL EXPENDITURES


4,797,963.61


CASH ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1960


849,069.28


5,647,032.89


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BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1961


I. MURRAY ADAMS, Town Accountant


Cash


849,069.28 215.00


Petty Cash


Warrants Payable 1962


38,121,02


1957 Poll


2.00


1957 Personal


279.00


1957 Real Estate


192.20


1958 Poll


2,00


1958 Personal


818.40


1958 Real Estate


905.68


1959 Poll


46.00


1959 Personal


1,138.50


1959 Real Estate


3,717.59


1960 Poll


44.00


1960 Personal


1,598.00


1960 Real Estate


8,513.08


1961 Poll


246.00


1961 Personal


5,720.10


1961 Real Estate


99,074.05


1957 Excise


1,014.84


1958 Excise


2,425.55


1959 Excise


1,763.22


1960 Excise


3,467.44


1961 Excise


28,807.97


Unapportioned Sewer


1,094.40


1957 Sewers


421.77


1958 Sewers


39.55


1959 Sewers


858.44


1961 Sewers


243.58


Apportioned Sewers Paid in Advance


200.50


Unapportioned Sidewalks


104.41


1957 Committed Interest


16.87


1958 Committed Interest


12.66


1959 Committed Interest


35.86


1961 Committed Interest


51.89


Tax Titles


9,758.72


Tax Possessions


1,863.31


Estate of Deceased Persons


5.030.12


A/R Health


2,096.43


Welfare


64.75


A.D.C.


921.61


O.A.A. (Cities and Towns)


643.54


Vets Services


68.56


Schools


1,402.07


Parks


320.00


Old Age Recovery


31,739.07


Water Rates


17,493.37


Services


1,464.11


Liens 1957


26.94


Liens 1958


86.52


Liens 1959


118.10


Liens 1960


135.80


Liens 1961


2,685.08


Overlay 1956


90.56


1957


1958


479.40 2,949.74


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1959


1,038.46 156.40


1960 1961


21,934.02


Overlay Reserve


44,690.54


Cemetery Receipts Reserved for Appro


9,334.38


Reserve for Petty Cash


215.00


Water Available Surplus


20,000.61


Phillips Medal Fund


55.32


Cemetery Trust Fund


1,302.80


Library Trust Funds - Morse


20.40


Thomson


40.70


Whittle


73.18


Ingalls


83.84


Trust Fund Transactions


98.96


Amount carried forward


1,057,604.28


171,138.98


Amount brought forward


1,057,604.28


171,138.98


A/R State aid to highways


15,541.56


County aid to highways


7,770.78


State and County Highway Aid


26,590.78


1961 Reservations


1,408.36


1961 County Tax


3,177.55


Dog Licenses due County


12.25


Federal Withholding Tax


22,643.78


State Withholding Tax


6,153.51


Tailings


301.73


Excise Revenue


37,479.02


Special Assessment Revenue


3,079.93


Tax Title Revenue


9,758.72


Tax Possession Revenue


1,863.31


Departmental Revenue


5,516.96


Water Revenue


22,009.92


Estate of Deceased Persons Revenue


5,030.12


Surplus Revenue


336,321.22


Tax Title Study - Selectmen


750.00


Voting Machines


12,832.00


Police Patrol Cars


1,072.27


Radio Equipment


326.30


New Fire Station


7,397.06


Civil Defense - Protection


.84


Chapter 718


10.00


Chapter 90


22,788.48


Sidewalk Replacement


2,928.14


Continuous Sidewalks


5,197.95


Administration Building Parking Lot


2,914.09


Aspen Road


2,236.77


Bates Road


6,600.00


Harrison Avenue


1,625.98


Millett Road


2,164.63


Monument Avenue


2,300.00


Roy Street


3,000.00


Walker and Paradise Roads


2,850.00


Fuller Avenue


10,417.47


Sewers 1956


1,339.70


Sewers 1961


18,341.73


Marshall Brook


4,491.82


Cemetery Improvements


9,309.27


Water Loan


270,386.99


U. S. Grant O.A.A. Administration


7,256.58


O.A.A. Assistance


46,007.67


A.D.C. Administration


408.81


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A.D.C. Assistance


6,773.38


D.A. Administration


2,859.71


D.A. Assistance


2,865.33


M.A. Administration M.A.A. Assistance


1,470.99


9,152.76


J. Coughlin Claim


500.00


School Lunch


771.56


Athletic Account


12.05


New Junior High Building


814.91


Federal Aided Projects


193.28


Adult Education


90.00


Machon School Study


5,000.00


High School Study


2,000.00


Chick Estate Eminent Domain


1.00


Federal Education National Defense


1,257.74


Citizen's Traffic Committee


204.65


Hadley Play Area


44.47


V.F.W. Lease


2.00


Machon School Study Committee


62.40


Ocean Avenue Study


2,500.00


Conservation Committee


85.00


Incinerator Eminent Domain


1.00


Transportation Study Committee


100.00


Bond Premiums


2,462.48


1,108,791.01


1,108,791.01


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Collector of Taxes


DANIEL W. WORMWOOD, JR., Collector of Taxes In account with the Town of Swampscott - 1961


DR.


Real Estate


$2,242,486.45


Sewer Assessments


2,608.24


Sidewalk Assessments


116.49


Water Liens


8,424.95


Committed Interest


710.54


Personal Property


153,636.78


Poll


8,282.00


Excise


333,749.39


Water Rates


130,673.05


Water Service


16,334.37


Water Rent


1,500.00


Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments


920.72


Unapportioned Sewer Assessments


1,344.86


Department Accounts Receivable


6,392.36


Estate of Deceased Persons


2,333.88


Apportioned Sewers Paid in Advance Refunds


16,209.66


Collectors' Cost


1,935.69


2,928,528.08


CR.


Cash Paid on Real Estate


2,121,086.55


Cash Paid on Sewer Assessment


2,364.66


Cash Paid on Sidewalk Assessments


116.49


Cash Paid on Water Liens


5,795.67


Cash Paid on Committed Interest


650.97


Cash Paid on Personal Property


143,865.48


Cash Paid or Polls


6,964.00


Cash Paid on Excise


307,327.46


Cash Paid on Water Rates


129,215.25


Cash Paid on Water Service


15,570.31


Cash Paid on Water Rent


1,500.00


Cash Paid on Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessment


829.18


Cash Paid on Unapportioned Sewer Assessment


1,204.15


Cash Paid on Departmental Accounts Receivable


6,126.95


Cash Paid on Apportioned Sewers in Advance


140.65


Cash Paid on Collectors' Cost


1,935.69


Abatements on Real Estate


43,918.87


Abatements on Personal Property


4,767.90


Abatements on Poll


1,084.00


Abatements on Excise


21,090.12


Abatements on Water Rates


417.90


Abatements on Water Services


24.56


Uncollected Real Estate


85,530.95


Uncollected Sewer Assessments


243.58


Uncollected Water Liens


2,629.28


Uncollected Committed Interest


59.57


Uncollected Personal Property


5,141.40


Uncollected Poll


250.00


Uncollected Excise


13,327.95


Uncollected Water Rates


1,049.50


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868.65


Town of Swampscott


Uncollected Water Service


739.50


Uncollected Departmental Accounts Receivable


265.41


Uncollected Estates Deceased Persons


2,333.88


Uncollected Sidewalk


91.54


Uncollected Sewer


140.71


Uncollected Apportioned Sewer in Advance


728.00


$2,928,528.08


DEBT STATEMENT


Interest Rate % Amount Outstanding


PUBLIC WORKS


Outfall Sewer 48


2.00


$ 90,000.00


Sewer 55


1.6


10,000.00


Sewer 56


2.7


15,000.00


Sewer 59


3.5


13,000.00


Water 54


1.6


25,000.00


Water 58


2.75


10,000.00


Water 60


3.00


260,000.00


$ 423,000.00


SCHOOLS


Clark 50*


1.75


135,000.00


Clark 50


1.5


54,000.00


Clark 51


1.75


35,000.00


Stanley 53


2.0


320,000.00


Hadley 56


2.25


63,000.00


Junior High 58*


3.00


1,375,000.00


1,982,000.00


MISCELLANEOUS


Library Addition 55


1.7


35,000.00


Fire Station 59


3.25


170,000.00


205,000.00


TOTAL


$2,610,000.00


*Issue outside debt limit


3-29-61 Authorized loan of $20,000.00 to purchase voting machines.


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Treasurer's Report


ROBERT G. BYRNE, Treasurer


In account with the Town of Swampscott for year ending December 31, 1961:


Balance on Hand, January 1, 1961 $ 899,325.93


Receipts and Income from all sources during 1961 4,747,706.96


Less Warrants Paid


4,797,963.61


Balance on Hand, December 31, 1961


$


849,069.28


STATEMENT


INDICATING BORROWING CAPACITY AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1961:


Valuation, 1959, less abatements


$ 37,880,263.00


Valuation, 1960, less abatements


38,974,941.00


Valuation, 1961, less abatements


41,095,801.00


Total Valuation


$117,951,005.00


Average Valuation


39,317,001.00


Five Per Cent (5%) of Average Valuation


1,965,850.00


Less Outstanding Debt Issued Inside Debt Limit


805,000.00


Borrowing Capacity as of December 31, 1961 $ 1,160,850.00


TRUST FUNDS


The following is a list of Trust Funds held by the Town Treasurer as Cus- todian of all Funds and Securities of the Town as provided for in Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915, indicating balances as of December 31, 1961:


Phillips Medal Fund $2,568.48


Joanna Morse Library Fund


5,196.00


Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund


2,000.00


Mary L. Thomson Library Fund


1,000.00


Cemetery Gifts and Bequeaths Fund


6,527.28


Emma Y. Stocker Cemetery Fund


517.90


Hattie F. Sherman Cemetery Fund


500.00


Manuel Ross Scholarship Fund


87.33


Perpetual Care of Cemetery Fund


6,388.47


Clara F. Ingalls Fund


1,706.00


Benjamin G. Ingalls Fund


1,706.00


Grace T. Peterson Cemetery Fund


1,979.66


*High School Alumni Fund


5,146.34


*This is not a Trust Fund as defined by law but is held by the Town Treasurer in behalf of the Alumni Fund Committee.


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$ 5,647,032.89


Town of Swampscott


Board of Public Works


FRANCIS N. LANG, Chairman ALFRED N. FRAZIER, Chairman


GEORGE J. BURKE


ROGER A. WILLIAMS, JR. PAUL A. POLISSON, Superintendent


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AUSTIN D. Mosco, Administrative Assistant and Secretary


GEORGE H. MELCHER, Town Engineer TIMOTHY J. RYAN, Highway Supt.


EDWARD F. BURKE, Sewer Supt. CHESTER E. BRADLEY, Water Supt.


ARTHUR E. HARDY, Cemetery Supt. FREDERICK C. BURK, Park Supt.


The Board of Public Works herewith submits its sixth annual report to the citizens of the Town of Swampscott for the year 1961.


Mr. Francis N. Lang was unanimously elected Chairman for 1961 at the meeting of the Board held after Town Meeting. He served as Chairman until September 30, 1961 when he resigned from the Board. At a joint convention of the Board of Selectmen and the two remaining members of the Board of Public Works, Mr. George J. Burke was elected to the Board to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Lang. At a meeting of the Board of Public Works held on October 19, 1961, Mr. Alfred N. Frazier was elected Chairman.


The Department of Public Works for administrative purposes are divided into six service divisions. A general report of each division's activity follows with a summary of accomplishments completes the 1961 report.


CEMETERY DIVISION


This Division has four employees, and with assistance from other Divisions, especially before Memorial Day, the Cemetery is maintained, and the Town can well be pleased with a job well done.


The completion of an undeveloped area, to the left of the Veterans Lot, into a rock garden has beautified this section and many complimentary remarks have been received on the appearance.


There were 85 interments from December 6, 1960 to December 27, 1961. All receipts for interments, lot sales, liners, foundations, etc., were paid to the Town Treasurer.


The section of the Cemetery developed in 1956 has all been sold and the section developed in 1960 was opened in February, 1961, this section should last about two years. A large new area is being developed containing about 700 lots. The drainage of about 1000 lineal feet of various size pipes from 36-inch to 24- inch with catch basins and manholes has been installed in this area, with the existing gravel fill leveled off in preparation for the fine gravel fill to be placed in the spring of 1962. Loam has been purchased for placing on the lots to be developed. Bituminous concrete roads will be constructed and a granite wall will be built on Essex Street. Diseased and rotted trees have been removed. The stone wall of the Chapel should be pointed in 1962. A new 3-stall garage should be constructed to replace the old office building in the old section of the cemetery.


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ENGINEERING DIVISION


This Division has four permanent employees and two Northeastern students.


Engineering services furnished by this Division for the year 1961 included land surveying, preparations of record plans, writing descriptions of properties and easements, correcting maps for the Assessor's Department in accordance with land transfers as received from the Registry of Deeds, computation of assessments quantities, cost estimating, designing of various works and structures, preparation of contracts including specifications and drawings, laying out and supervising the work on various construction projects, and the furnishing of engineering data to private engineers, surveyors, attorneys and the general public. The apportionment of these services is shown in the following table:


DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION


MAN HOURS


PER CENT


Highway Division


3853


35.85


Water Division


1937


18.03


Cemetery Division


1250


11.63


Sewer Division


1048


9.75


*Engineering Division


740


6.89


Selectmen


666


6.20


Assessors Department


274


2.55


School Department


264


2.46


Private Citizens


162


1.51


Finance Committee


138


1.28


Beach Committee


109


1.01


Planning Board


78


0.73


Park Division


73


0.68


Police Department


72


0.67


Housing Authority


38


0.35


Town Counsel


37


0.34


Welfare Department


4


0.04


Board of Appeals


2


0.02


Board of Health


1


0.01


Totals


10746


100.00


* Includes administration and work not chargeable to a particular division or department.


Because projects requiring engineering services are usually described in the annual reports of the various divisions and departments concerned, no listing of such projects is repeated here.


HIGHWAY DIVISION


This Division has twenty-two employees, and from this Division assistance is given to the other Divisions requiring added personnel for short periods of time and for special priority projects.


As voted by the Annual Town Meeting various streets were reconstructed with bituminous concrete, granite curbs and granite corner curbs installed, bitumi- nous concrete curbs placed.


Other streets were seal coated with asphalt and pea stone, and gravel streets were oiled and sand covered.


Under general maintenance all catch basins were cleaned in the spring and fall, streets and sidewalks were swept, patched, plowed, sanded and repaired. Beaches were cleaned, drains flushed and repaired.


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In the fall the leaf machine does a remarkable job of cleaning up leaves.


Traffic lines and signs were replaced by this Division for the Police Depart- ment, and cross walks on Humphrey Street were again painted a solid traffic green for the safety of the pedestrians.


Many new bituminous concrete sidewalks were constructed under the Con- tinuous Sidewalk Program and other old bituminous concrete sidewalks were re- surfaced under the Sidewalk Replacement Fund.


The additional summer employees that are procured from the eligible civil service list are high school and college students. These employees are used in various capacities such as wheeling bituminous concrete, assisting in curb laying, cutting grass, beach cleaning, etc. This past summer all regular Public Works Employees, except an emergency crew, were given the first two weeks in July as vacations, and with the summer help assisting the emergency crew, all maintenance work continued as usual. All major construction projects were suspended for this period.


PARK DIVISION


This Division has twelve employees.


Going into the new year with ice from Christmas week, good ice was main- tained at the hockey rink for twenty-eight (28) days and at Abbott Park for slightly less, due to flooding conditions that requires the frost to penetrate deeply into the ground before water can be applied. Snow removal is also more difficult at Abbott Park. The assignment of one of the division men to be a skating partolman kept the skaters from the hockey players. A time switch installed on the floodlight allowed for longer night skating.


Throughout the winter season the men and equipment worked with the High- way Division on snow plowing and snow removal.


Servicing spring football, track, baseball and tennis, followed by the planting of flower beds and the general cleanup of shrub beds, grass maintenance, and beach cleaning.


The summer season extra men were added to care for the cleaning of beaches, life guards, a beach policeman, parking space attendants and help for the various fifty-six (56) acres of parks. A new large tractor drawn aerifier was added to the equipment and all athletic fields were spiked, thus allowing a deeper penetration of grass roots. The result was gratifying by stronger turf in the stadium. New football regulations required the widening of the goal posts so the entire field was relocated.


The fine new pier, having been accepted by the Public Works Board, was placed under the Park Division for maintenance. It was patrolled by regular policemen.


The Division lost by death its foreman, Mr. Frank Buonanduci, who served the Town for thirty years.


SHADE TREES: A total of 208 shade trees were planted, continuing as in past years. Flowering hawthornes, flowering cherries, sugar maples, and tailored


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trees were used. Vandalism and accidents caused a fall replacement of ten sugar maples. All dangerous and diseased trees were removed and their stumps eliminated by our stump cutter. Large protruding roots were either eliminated or flattened for new sidewalk construction.


Fifty-one (51) elm trees, the result of the Dutch Elm disease, were removed. Other elms were sprayed at least twice with D.D.T., Malathion and Sevin. Many of the finer elms were sprayed with a liquid fertilizer.


During the spraying season all hawthornes were sprayed with applications of Ferbam, Zineb, Malathion and Sevin. The work of the solitary leaf miner and the twig pruner caused great trouble with oak trees. The annual yard to yard spraying was carried out for a ten-week period.


SEWER DIVISION


This Division has four employees and they are responsible for the maintenance and repairs of all Main Sewers. They also clean all brooks and maintain the operation and up-keep of the motorized equipment at the Sewer Pumping Station.


The following work was completed in 1961:


(a) Particular Sewers inspected


28 House connections


(b) Main Sewers rodded and inspected 280 Streets


(c) Main Sewers cleaned and flushed 220 Streets


(d) Loose manhole covers sealed 32 Manholes


(e) Sewer lines excavated and repaired


12 Streets


(f) Sewage pumpings for 1961 427,490,000 Gallons


The men of this Division assist in the construction of new roads, raising man- hole rings and covers, and the new construction of drains, manholes and catch basins.


A new tide gate was installed in the Marshall Street Drain. The construction and installation was completed by the personnel of this Division with the assist- ance of the Engineering Division.


The wooden culvert at Preston Beach, which was demolished by high tides and storms, was temporarily repaired with reinforced cement concrete pipe until a permanent reinforced cement concrete culvert is constructed.


All this work was made possible without interference with the Sewer Mainte- nance by additional help from the Summer Help Program.


With the purchase of the new four-wheel drive jeep, the personnel assists in road plowing, thereby eliminating hiring a truck from a private contractor.


A stand-by operation to attend the motorized equipment in the Pumping Station, is in effect as a twenty-four hour surveillance must be maintained during week-ends and holidays. This must be carried on to operate the equipment during excessive rain storms and proper operation of the sewer system.


The combined operation of the chlorinator and the Division Chamber relieved the pollution in Stacey Brook. The cost of operating the Chlorinator is assumed on a cooperative basis by the Town and the City of Lynn.


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WATER DIVISION


This Division has eight employees.


During the year 1961, the following work has been accomplished by this Division: 66 service leaks repaired, 22 services renewed, 41 new services installed, 15 services cleaned out, 15 services renewed from the main to the sidewalk, 4 services renewed from the sidewalk to the meter, 75 service boxes repaired, 20 frozen services thawed, 5 frozen meters repaired, 90 meter leaks repaired, 260 meters turned on and off, 3 hydrants repaired, 3 broken hydrants replaced, 3 hydrants relocated.


Breaks were repaired in two of our larger mains.


In the streets under construction all the old iron services were renewed from the main to the sidewalk, the service boxes and gate boxes were brought to grade and a constant vigilance was kept during construction to insure that these struc- tures were maintained in good order.


180 lineal feet of 6" cast iron cement lined main was installed in Hanley Road.


243 lineal feet of 12" and 8" cast iron cement lined mains were extended in Parsons Drive.


Meters were read quarterly.


Hydrants were flushed in the spring and inspected and winterized in the late fall.


We are continuing to make progress in the improvements to the system. A new regulating valve has been installed in New Ocean Street, at the beginning of our supply from the M.D.C. system. A telemetering device has been installed at the standpipe in conjunction with the new regulator in order that a more constant head may be maintained in the standpipe for the purpose of sustaining a more constant pressure in the system.


The installation of 280 lineal feet of 10" cast iron cement lined pipe in Den- nison Avenue from the 12" main in Salem Street to the 10" main in Humphrey Street has been completed.


In Ryan Place the 2" main has been replaced with 366 lineal feet of 6" cast iron cement lined pipe.


The installation of a 10" cast iron cement lined main from the 10" main in Humphrey Street, through Forest Avenue, tying in Witman Road and eventually connecting into the 10" main in Forest Avenue near Laurel Road is in progress.


The installation of the above new water mains are in accordance with the plan to improve the water distribution system in the Town of Swampscott.


Assistance was given by this Division in snow removal, road building, curb laying and New Cemetery Development.


PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE


This Division has two mechanics and they are responsible for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of all the motorized equipment in the Public Works Depart-


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ment. A preventive maintenance program has been put into operation, and this has checked many large repair jobs on the equipment.


The mechanics have completely overhauled six (6) four-wheel drive jeeps and replaced all worn parts, also new liners were installed in the bodies. Engines were overhauled in the two older dump trucks, the sno-go had a new shute installed and needed repairs made to other parts of the truck unit. The Public Works De- partment has 47 pieces of mechanized equipment which require repairs, oil changes, lubrication and tune up and the two mechanics have done an outstanding job of keeping all this equipment operating.


SUMMARY OF MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS ACCOMPLISHMENTS


In accordance with the vote of the Annual Town Meeting the following Pub- lic Works projects were completed:


Article 11 - 1961 -Cotinuous Sidewalk Program


Francis Road


Lawrence Road


Paradise Road Morton Road


Article 53 - 1961 - Sidewalk Replacement Program


Humphrey Street - from Salem Street to Marblehead Line Puritan Road - from Robin Lane to Little's Point Road Banks Road


Bellevue Road


Clarke Road Millett Road


Ocean View Road


Bay View Drive


Grant Road


Cedar Hill Terrace


Redington Street Sheridan Road


Howland Park Suffolk Avenue


Article 38 - 1960 - Construct New Section of Cemetery


1000 lineal feet of drains installed from 42-inch to 24-inch pipe. Catch basins and manhole constructed.


Area partially graded.


Article 55 - 1961 -- New Public Works Equipment (2) - 1961 Ford Dump Trucks replaced (2) 1956 Trucks


(2) - 1961 Jeeps replaced (2) 1954 Pick-up Trucks (1) - 1961 Station Wagon replaced (1) 1957 Station Wagon


Chapter 90 - 1961 -- Reconstruct Puritan Road from Robin Lane to Little's Point Road


This section of Puritan Road completes the full depth construction of the entire length of Puritan Road. New drainage was installed, 4400 lineal feet of granite curb installed and one-half mile of roadway constructed with bituminous concrete, and one mile of bituminous concrete sidewalks were constructed on this section of Puritan Road. This was a tremendous project needed for many years.


Chapter 90 - 1961 - Reconstructed Humphrey Street from Salem Street to Mar- blehead Line




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