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Two Great Books Groups meet regularly at the Main Library, and a spring and fall gathering of all Great Book Groups on the South Shore have been held at the North Branch. A series of four talks on investments was held during the autumn at the North Branch. The audience was small, but all who attended felt the series was worthwhile.
Many individuals gave books and magazines to the Tufts Library; more than three hundred were added to the book collection. A list of donors is appended to this report. The Weymouth Garden Club once again planted the flower beds at the North Weymouth Branch Library. The Weymouth Gardeners supplied many lovely flower arrangements, not only during Library Week, but throughout the year.
Relatively few staff changes occurred in 1959. Mrs. Edith Sanborn, Young Adult Librarian, resigned in June, and Miss Lorna Draper was pro- moted to succeed her. Miss Ardith Burns was appointed à junior assist- ant and Mrs. Ruth Roulston a half-time assistant at the North Weymouth Branch Library. Mrs. Joan Doscher resigned as librarian of the Lovell's Corner Station at the end of the year. I am grateful to the Staff and to the Trustees for their continuing interest in trying to provide the best library service possible.
Respectfully submitted, ELEANOR T. COONEY, Town Librarian
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GIFT OF BOOKS AND RECORDS TO THE TUFTS LIBRARY - 1959
The Trustees acknowledge gratefully gifts of books and phonograph records from the following persons :
Mrs. Grace M. Baldwin, Mrs. Richard Bartlett, Mr. James A. Burke, Jon. L. Byrne, Mr. Martin H. Casey, Mr. Oberline Clark, Mr. Ernest Cobb, Mrs. Eleanor Cooney, Miss Nancy Cooney, Miss Lorna Draper, Mr. Francis Drown, Miss Helen Flanagan, Mr. Herbert B. Hollis, L. A. King, Mrs. Cora La Montagne, F. E. McCoy, Mr. Angus MacLeod, Mrs. Angus MacLeod, Beatrice Macleod, Miss Elizabeth Metcalf, Mr. Robert L. Nicolas, Mrs. Arthur Reade, Mrs. Gladys Reade, Mrs. Henry Robitaille, Miss Anne Rom- ans, Sister Margaret Loretta, Everett Wallster, Mrs. Weigall, Mrs. Clara B. Wooten, Miss Clara E. Wooten, Mr. Paul J. Worcester.
Friends or relatives gave books in memory of the following people during 1959:
Master Stephen Salvucci, Mrs. Mary H. Briggs.
The Trustees also wish to take this opportunity to thank other public libraries and the various government departments for their publications and the following organizations:
Albert D. Lasker Foundation
American Foundation for the Blind
American Petroleum Institute
Arthur Schnabel Memorial Committee
Career Publishing Company
Church of Christ Scientists
Storyhouse
Jorgensen Publishing Company - Denmark
National Association of Travel Organizations
New England Mormon Mission
New England News
Peace Publications
Raytheon Company
Shukaki Camp Fire Girls
United States Pulp Producers Association
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY - 1959
Date of founding
1879
Population served (Federal Census, 1950)
32,695
(State Census, 1955)
42,747
Assessed valuation of the Town
$115,537,500.00
Total number of agencies consisting of:
Main Library
1
Branches
2
Deposit Stations
5
Schools
17
School collections
93
Number of days open during the year
286
Number of hours per week open for lending and reading
69
202
INCREASE
Adult
nile
Juve- Young Adult
Total
Number of volumes at beginning of year
55,339
30,431
6,323
92,093
Number of volumes added in 1959
2,720
3,270
802
6,792
Number of volumes withdrawn
981
605
116
1,702
Number of volumes December 31, 1959
57,078
33,096
7,009
97,183
Record Collection, December 31, 1959
599
353
952
Number of newspapers currently received
10
Number of periodicals currently received
(Titles) 139
(Copies) 292
USE
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes of non-fiction loaned for home use
65,903
136,680
202,583
Number of volumes of fiction loaned for home use
86,965
72,136
159,101
Number of records loaned for home use
(included in non-fiction count)
2,483
211
2,694
152,868
208,816
361,684
Number of volumes loaned through school collections
47,542
Total number of loans
409,226
REGISTRATION REPORT FOR 1959
Number of borrowers registered to December 31, 1958 Number of borrowers registered in 1959
15,835
Tufts Library (Main)
Adult Juvenile
822
375
1197
North Weymouth
Adult
335
Juvenile
334
669
East Weymouth
Adult
266
Juvenile
335
610
Weymouth Heights
Adult
5
Juvenile
163
168
Lovell's Corner
Adult
12
Juvenile
89
101
203
Nash's Corner
Adult Juvenile
21
78
99
Pond Plain
Adult
24
Juvenile
182
206
Homestead
Adult
4
Juvenile
91
95
3,136
Total
Number of registrations expired in 1959
1,711
Number of registrations void through death or removal from Town
301
2,012
Total number of borrowers to December 31, 1959
16,959
CIRCULATION REPORT FOR 1959
Tufts Library (Main)
Adult
35,928
36,269
72,197
Juvenile
15,087
27,060
42,147
51,015
63,329
114,344
114,344
North Weymouth Branch
Adult
24,201
13,808
38,009
Juvenile
15,542
25,764
41,306
39,743
39,572
79,315
79,315
East Weymouth Branch
Adult
14,523
9.580
24,103
Juvenile
11,383
19,703
31,086
25,906
29,283
55,189
55,189
Weymouth Heights Station
Adult
827
480
1,307
Juvenile
3,306
8,332
11,638
4,133
8,812
12,945
12,945
Lovell's Corner Station
Adult
2,935
1,358
4,293
Juvenile
8,983
15,245
24,228
11,918
16,603
28,521
28,521
Nash's Corner Station
Adult
3,428
2,369
5,797
Juvenile
5,015
12,169
17,184
8,443
14,538
22,981
22,981
204
Pond Plain Station
Adult Juvenile
4,586
1,789
6,375
8,747
18,107
26,854
13,333
19,896
33,229
33,229
Homestead Station
Adult
537
250
787
Juvenile
4,073
10,300
14,373
4,610
10,550
15,160
15,160
Circulation from books loaned to schools
47,542
Grand Total
409,226
Pictures and maps
5,951
STATEMENT OF ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1959
The Tufts Library:
Salaries
$62,831.74
Janitor Service
5,104.15
Books, Periodicals, etc.
11,699.06
Service to Stations
322.25
Bindery
1,706.51
Fuel
792.51
Light
975.53
Maintenance
3,686.15
Operating Expenses
5,505.31
Convention Expenses
150.00
$ 92,773.21
North Weymouth Branch:
Salaries
$13,628.99
Janitor Service
3,966.78
Books, Periodicals, etc.
3,542.66
Fuel
375.90
Maintenance
1,268.53
Light
577.92
Transportation of Books
126.25
23,487.08
East Weymouth Branch:
Salaries
$ 7,430.19
Janitor Service
1,241.50
Books, Periodicals, etc.
2,984.60
Rent
1,800.00
Maintenance
561,46
Light
132.75
Transportation of Books
128.25
14,278.75
$130,538.99
Balance to Treasury
.31
$130,539.30
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Appropriation Account :
Appropriation March 2, 1959
$129,265.00
Income from Trust Funds :
Joseph E. Trask Fund
407.14
Augustus J. Richards Fund
162.92
Arthur E. Pratt Fund
101.25
Susannah Hunt Stetson Fund
84.38
William H. Pratt Fund
90.94
Tufts Fund - Books
124.75
Tufts Fund - Reading Room
124.75
Tirrell Donation
33.75
Walter G. Forsythe Fund
33.75
Alida M. Denton Fund
22.76
Charles Henry Pratt Fund
16.26
Mary Fifield King Fund
71.65
1,274.30
$130,539.30
WARREN F. ROULSTON Town Accountant
VETERANS GRAVES
February 8, 1960
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Weymouth, Massachusetts
The appropriation for Care of Veterans' Graves was expended in 1959 in accordance with State Law. Chapter 143, "An Act Relative to the Care of Veterans' Graves." Weymouth has had 40 Veteran deaths this year. I have tried to have Government supplied headstones put on as many graves as desired by the families of the deceased.
I have enjoyed the full co-operation of the superintendents of the larger cemeteries and your Honorable Board.
Yours respectfully, WILLIAM A. CONNELL Veterans' Graves Officer
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Annual Report
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Public Works Department
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WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
1959
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Board of Public Works
Joseph M. Nover. Jr., Chairman Allan R. Mckinnon, Vice-Chairman John E. McCaffrey, Clerk Robert G. Ahlstedt George E. Lane
George F. Brady
Everett J. McIntosh
Superintendent of Public Works
Arthur J. Bilodeau Telephone: EDgewater 7-1440 - EDgewater 5-5470
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
December 23, 1959
To: Citizens, Town of Weymouth
From: Department of Public Works
Subject: Second Annual Report
Prior to the making up of the 1960 Public Works Budget, the Board reaffirmed its overall objectives; namely,
1. "Hold the line" on expenditures
2. Further consolidate the use of all working forces
3. Further centralize all Public Works purchasing
4. To utilize town-owned equipment as near full-time as possible
5. Increase efficiency in planning and completion of Division work projects
6. Adhere to all planned and projected programs
Under a no-hire, no-fire policy, Public Works salary budgets have not advanced appreciably despite adjustments in the salary and wage plan and a 3% cost-of-living increase in 1959. In fact, the Highway Division Budget showed a decrease even though the work increased due to the con- tinuing expansion of our town.
Weymouth is now maintaining an annual $1,000,000 Public Works Cap- ital Outlay Program with $500,000 for a sewerage system; $300,000 for Highway reconstruction and $220,000 for a drainage system. Based on present income, the necesaary, progressive and ambitius program can be maintained for the required period for completion. Only increased costs of contracts and materials need have any substantial effects upon annual expenditures.
A steady, but constant building of a drainage system in the Mill River, Back River, Great Pond, Whitman's Pond, Swamp River, Wessa- gussett and Phillips Creek Areas will be carried out, in accordance with expert advice and direction of all our well qualified engineering consul tants, to eliminate serious dangers of major flooding in the town.
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With these major objectives in actual construction and engineering, the Board of Public Works is also maintaining realistic consideration of our present real estate tax burden and future increases in other town expenditures.
The Board of Public Works feels that the following report of the work accomplished in 1959 and the proposais for 1960 show that we have kept faith with our objectives and with the citizens of the town.
Public Works Department
Condensed Report For 1959 - Proposed 1960 Program
1959
1960
Remarks
I. Total Department Budgets
$1,582,424.40
$1,580,799.58
-0.1%
II. Master Highways Constructed 6,250 l.f.
10,200 l.f.
+63%
III. Sewer Program
1958
1959
Remarks
Common Sewer
16,017 l.f.
17,766 1.f.
+10.9%
House Connections
213
321
+50.7%
IV. Master Drainage Program
1. State approval for participation received-Contract in 1960 for cumulative 1958-1959 funds-$440,000.
2. Mill River 1959 Project to be constructed early 1960.
V. Wessagussett Beach
a. 700' Wessagusett Road (Class A) constructed with drainage installed for entire area.
b. 350' Stone Groin, 600' Sea Wall and 30,000 cubic yards of sand resulting in approximately 1,000 ft. of tidal beach for recreational purposes of town citizens.
c. 9500 cubic yards of fill placed in land purchased for beach parking hauled from Green St. construction at no cost to the town. Town grading costs approximately $750.00
- Parking area doubled.
VI. New floats constructed and installed at Wessagussett Beach.
VII. Addition to Lake St. bathouse constructed.
VIII. Lake St. Beach fenced.
IX. 500,000 gallon reservoir tank (Prestressed Concrete) at Great Hill.
X. Accepted Streets Constructed by Highway Division 4,170 l.f.
1958
1959
Remarks
5,720 l.f.
+37 %
XI. Local Drainage Installed by Highway Division 5,365 l.f.
XII. Water Division Construction Reinforcing Mains New Services
1958
1959
Remarks
8,200 l.f. 14,188 l.f.
+73 %
130 ea.
188 ea.
+44.6%
XIII. Sidewalk & Curbing Construction
6,410 l.f.
8,460 l.f.
+32.9%
XIV. Town Nursery Enlarged
XV. Tree Planting
constructed
184 trees
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XVI. House on North St. demolished, and road widened by Highway Division
XVII. Swamp (dangerous bog hole) filled for School Department behind Homestead School with fill from Front St. construction at no cost to the town.
XVIII. Traffic Painting - Town wide coverage.
XIX. Equipment - Purchase put on a rotating basis from a complete amortization study.
XX. Concrete steps taken to attract Industry to Weymouth without cost to Town. See Item 6 - Pg. (16)
BUDGET BREAKDOWN AND ARTICLES
I. FINANCIAL STATEMENT DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
1959 Appropriation
Proposed - 1960
A. Public Works Office
$ 38,330.00
$ 41,275.00
B. Engineering Division
46,510.00
47,331.75
C. Park Maintenance Division
40,879.00
40,134.45
D. Sewer Division
511,536.40
497,678.00
E. Highway Division
352,737.00
374,511.70
F. Tree Division
53,298.00
58,193.80
G. Water Division
433,809.00
444,429.88
H. Equipment Account
97,800.00
77,245.00
* Special Account Traffic
7,525.00
Decrease of 0.1%
$1,582.424.40
$1,580,799.58
Decrease in 1960 Proposed Total Budget of $1,624.82
*1959 Town Meeting transferred traffic painting and sign mainten- ance from Police to Public Works-$7,525.00 was appropriated for the additional duties and materials: Said expenses are included in 1960 Proposed Highway Division Budget.
It is to be noted that the Total Budget requirements for the Year 1960, including proposed personnel changes, automatic step raises, increased bond retirement in Water Division, additional expense of traffic painting and other set increases, show in the final analysis after financial consoli- dation, a decrease of 0.1%.
Personnel Portion of Total Budget 1959 Appropriation
Proposed - 1960
A. Public Works Office
$ 24,062.00
$ 27,430.00
B. Engineering Division
41,600.00
41,211.75
C. Park Maintenance Division
30,579.00
31,234.45
D. Sewer Division
103,636.40
104,586.20
E. Highway Division
259,237.00
275,011.70
F. Tree Division
42,298.00
44,843.80
G. Water Division
190,685.00
186,757.88
$692,097.40
$711,075.78
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Increase of $18,978.38 Increase of 2.74%
1959 Appropriation
Proposed - 1960
A. Public Works Office
$ 14,268.00
$ 13,845.00
B. Engineering Division
4,910.00
6,120.00
C. Park Maintenance Division
10,300.00
8,900.00
D. Sewer Division
407,900.00
393,091.80
E. Highway Division
93,500.00
99,500.00
F. Tree Division
11,000.00
13,350.00
G. Water Division
243,124.00
257,672.00
H. Equipment Account
97,800.00
77,245.00
* Special Account Traffic 7,525.00
$890,327.00
$869,723.80
Decrease of $20,603.20 2.31% decrease
1. Increase in personnel portion of budget is mainly in the Highway Division. This does not reflect an increase in permanent per- sonnel which would indebt the town with future pensions, sick leave and holiday fringe benefits. It proposes overtime in cer- tain areas.
a) Overtime for street sweeping. It is proposed to put the two town sweepers on two nights a week and Saturdays, rather than purchase an additional machine necessitating an additional permanent operator.
b) Overtime (Saturday work) for drainage and street con- struction during the limited construction season.
c) Overtime for mechanical crew to eliminate "down time" for equipment.
2. Decrease in total budget is resultant from various decreases in operational portions of division budgets.
a) Consolidation of administrative expenses
b) Consolidation of purchasing materials and supplies
II. MASTER PROGRAMS PROPOSED FOR 1960:
A. General Highway Program Proposed for 1960
Funds *1959 Highway funds committed $ 50,000.00
1958 - 1959 Chapter 90 108,000.00
1960 Chapter 90 (estimate) 58,000.00
1960 General Highway Estimate 250,000.00
$466,000.00
*To be held and carried over to 1960 Program
1. Pleasant St. 1959 - 1960 construction,
from and including Columbian Sq. to Elm St.
*Bid (Rufo Construction) $179,000.00
Town bills 5% (State estimate) 8,500.00
Contingencies - 10%
17,900.00
*Contract in progress
$205,400.00
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2. Pleasant St. - Elm to Expressway (town contract) 77,000.00
3. Commercial St. - railroad to railroad (Chapter 90) 80,000.00
4. Broad St. - Foye Ave. to Spring St. (town contract) 90,000.00
$452,400.00
1959 (Est.) deficit and possible land damages
25,000.00
477,400.00
Above balance
466,000.00
Deficit
$ 11,400.00
Above deficit may be balanced out by favorable bids, reasonable land damages and economical design. The following charted data is offered to show an analysis of the proposed Master Highway Program. The High- ways included in the analysis were judged as main thoroughfares by sev- eral factors: traffic counts, indicated those roads used by the most people; shopping areas; churches; schools, density of population and the overall pattern of the flow of town traffic. The roads listed will change in time as dictated by population growth and habits. The Engineering Division will continually study and revise as public safety and need dictates. The Weymouth Police Department has cooperated fully and has aided Public Works with this study immeasurably.
Footage
Miles
* Total Master Highway
(Primary-Excl. State Routes)
146,000
27.65
Construction Prior 1957
13,950
2.64
Balance
132,050
25.01
Construction 1957
2,450
.46
Balance
129,600
24.55
Construction 1958
13,300
2.51
Balance
116,300
22.04
Construction 1959
6,250
1.18
Balance
110,050
20.85
Proposed 1960
10,200
1.92
Balance
99,850
18.93
* Winter Street has been added to Program since Expressway Opening ..
Base Master Highway Program
146,000 L.F.
27.65 Miles
Road Constructed Total remaining
35,950 L.F.
6.80 Miles
110,050 L.F.
20.85 Miles
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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH MASTER HIGHWAY PROGRAM
Location
Traffic Count
Date
Prior
1957
1958
1959
Prop. 1960
Future
Total
1. COMMERCIAL STREET
*
Washington St. to R. R.
5102
1959
900
R. R. to R. R
5077
1959
1400
* R. R. to Pierce Rd.
900
Pierce Rd. to Church St.
3000
500
Church St. to North St. 1687 1959
1300
** North St. to Unicorn Ave.
2500
*** Unicorn Ave. to East St.
2900
** East St. to Broad St.
1300
* 100% Sewered
** Part Sewered
*** Possible with New High Sch.
2. GREEN STREET
* North St. to Sunrise Dr.
1893
1959
3600
* Sunrise Dr. to Shaw St.
1845
1959
2000
Shaw St. to Bridge St. 1903
1959
** 1000
6,600
* 100% Sewered
** Class B. Temp. for Development
Total Forward
900
900
6600
3500
1400
8000
21,300
216
14,700
Location
Traffic Count
Date
Prior
1957
1958
1959
Prop. 1960
Future
Total
Total Forward
900
900
6600
3500
1400
8000
21,300
3. ACADEMY AVENUE
* Broad St. to Sutton St.
1550
** Sutton to Middle St.
1500
3,050
* 100% Sewered
** No Sewer (Town Hall Trunk)
4. CHURCH STREET
* Commercial St. to North St. 3003
1350
No Sewer
1350
5. BROAD STREET
* Front St. to Foye Ave. 6930
1959
2450
* Foye Ave. to Spring St.
5374 1959
2000
* Spring St. to Essex St.
1000
** Essex St. to Central Sq.
3200
** Central Sq to Jackson Sq.
4100
(Lower)
12,750
* 100% Sewered
Part Sewered
6. EVANS STREET
* Bridge St. to Pearl St.
6433 1959
3300
* 100% Sewered
3,300
Total Forward
900
2450
12350
3500
3400
19150
41,750
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Prop. Location
Traffic Count
Date
Prior
1957
1958
1959
1960
Future
Total
Total Forward
900
2450
12350
3500
3400
19150
41,750
7. NECK STREET
* Bridge St. to Shaw St.
1686
1959
***
950
* Shaw St. to North St.
1532
1959
1300
** Bridge St. to River St.
3000
* 100% Sewered
** No Sewer
*** Class B. Temp. for Development.
8. PLEASANT STREET
Main St. (Rte. 18) to Columbian Sq 1350
218
* Rte. 128 to Elm St.
3534
1959
2500
* Elm St. to Rosemary Lane
3496
1959
1800
** N. Expressway to Lovell's Cor.
3520
1959
3200
**
Lovell's Corner to Water St.
6100
*** Water St. to Broad St.
1100
* 100% Sewered
18,450
** No Sewer
*** Part Sewer 1959
9. , MIDDLE STREET
* Commercial St. to Central Sq. 8556
1959
2900
* Central Sq to Lake St.
8061
1959
3400
* Lake St. to Washington St.
7820
1959
3100
Totals Forward
2250
2450
13300
3500
10200
43250
65,450
Columbian Sq. to Rte. 128
3659
1959
2500
5,250
Prop. Location
Traffic Count
Date
Prior
1957
1958
1959
1960
Future
Total
Totals Forward
2250
2450
13300
3500
10200
43250
65,450
* Washington St. to Main St.
5224
1959
1400
4400
* No Sewer
15,200
10. WINTER STREET
Main St. to Washington St. 1448 1959
2800
2800
11. WESSAGUSSET ROAD (Beach)
* Massasoit Rd. to North St.
750
No sewer planned (in parking lot future)
750
12. NORTH STREET
Wessagusset Rd. to Bridge St.
2400
219
* Bridge St. to Commercial St.
6000
* Partial Sewered
13. PEARL STREET
Sea St. to North St.
3000
* No Sewer
3,000
14. NORTON STREET
Pearl St. to North St.
2600
* Partly Sewered
2,600
15. FRONT STREET
* Washington St. to Summer St. 4216 1959
2000
* Summer St. to Kingman St. 3027
1959
1000
Total Forward
3650
2450
13300
6250
10200
65450
98,200
8,400
Prop. Location
Traffic Count
Date
Prior
1957
1958
1959
1960
Future
Total
Total Forward
3650
2450
13300
6250
10200
65450
98,200
** Kingman St. to Winter St.
2512
1959
5200
** Winter St. to West St.
1629
1959
4100
* 100% Sewered
** No Sewer
16. SUMMER STREET
* Front St. to Welland Rd. 2326 1958
2000
* * Welland Rd. to Expressway
3400
** Expressway to West St. 1032 1958
4100
* 100% Sewered
** No Sewer
17. WEST STREET
* Braintree Line to Sunny Plain 2600
2200
* No Sewer
** No Sewer but available
18. UNION STREET
* Rockland line to May Terrace
5700
** May Terrace to Columbian Sq.
2500
8,200
* No Sewer
** Partial Sewered
Total Forward
11950
2450
13300
6350
10200
88950
133,000
** Sunny Plain to Main St.
4,800
220
9,500
12,300
Prop. Location
Traffic Count
Date
Prior
1957
1958
1959
1960
Future
Total
Total Forward
11950
2450
13300
6250
10200
88950
133,000
19. COLUMBIAN STREET
* Rte. 128 to Main St.
2100
** Main St. to Columbian Sq.
1500
3,600
* Sewer Available
* 100% Sewered
20. POND STREET
* Main St. to Main St.
7400
* Main St. to Abington line
2000
No Sewer
9,400
221
Totals
13,950
2450
13300
6250
10200
99950
146,000
B. Sewer Program Proposed 1960
1. So. Weymouth Development from trunk line
Common Particular
$64,000.00 6,000.00
Total
$70,000.00
2. Trouble Areas Available to Sewers:
a) Dana Rd.
Common
Particular
$ 6,000.00 3,500.00
b) Knollwood Circle
Common
20,000.00
Particular
12,600.00
c) Weyham Rd.
Common
11,500.00
Particular
5,600.00
d) Fuller Rd.
Common
18,000.00
Particular
6,650.00
Total
83,850.00
3. Idlewell (Section II of III)
Common
20,000.00
Particular
4,000.00
Soper Ave. Area (Section I of II)
Common
20,000.00
Particular
6,000.00
Total
50,000.00
4. Proposed North High School Area Wharf St. to Cowing Meadow
Common Particular
53,860.00
5,200.00
Cowing Meadow to Town Hall Area
Common
46,200.00
Particular
3,250.00
Total
108,510.00
Construction Grand Total
$312,360.00
Several observations can be made of the Sewer Program 1960
a) For three years the South Weymouth Trunk has been progressing steadily without apparent benefit. In 1960, it will be completed into a heavily populated and commercial area - an area with serious sanitary problems and poor drainage conditions. With 1960, this section of South Weymouth will enter the sewerage system and will have the facility of expanding in that area yearly along with other sections of the town.
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b) Since the inception of Public Works, the phrase "The sewer is blank feet away from my house on such-and-such a street. It's been there for 4 to 6 years; I have to pump my cesspool out sev- eral times a year. When am I going to get sewered?" has been one of the banes of the office. A concentrated study on local areas easily available to sewerage was made in 1959. There are many short streets and local neighborhoods which can be connected to the many extremities of the sewer system at small individual cost but at a total cost of $647,000. With the continued cooperation of the Board of Health, it is the intent of Public Works to include some of these areas in its program each year, limited only by a practical and workable budget. In a period of time, this list of areas will be reduced in the order of health necessity.
c) A firm objective of Public Works will continue - installation of all curb connections as the common sewer is constructed, elimin- ating the sporadic construction within a given street year after year.
d) A continued coordination of sewer construction with a projected highway program in view.
e) A primary concern of Public Works is to serve the Town of Wey- mouth within a yearly budget that is reasonable to the general taxpayer.
C. Drainage Program Proposed 1960
1. Weymouth Back River (Flood flow conduit from Whitman Pond to Back River) 50% State aid - approved) $110.000.00
2. Supplementary Drainage Phillips Creek - (Fore River at Pearl st. to North, to Rinaldo Rd .; cut through Naval Ammunition Re- serve, draining pond and area at Doris Drive - Hinston Rd. Area 90,000.00
$200,000.00
Following the 1955 hurricane, the Town of Weymouth accepted a terse and concise report of master drainage necessary to the town, from the consulting firm, Metcalf & Eddy. Included in that report is an esti- mate of approximately $2,000,000 of classified URGENT drainage. The most urgent is the project Weymouth Back River," a five year pro- gram ($1,200,000), qualified for state aid 50% (Chapter 91).
If the town limits its efforts to this project alone, all other areas will be dormant.
Public Works recommends a 10 year program of approximately $200,000 per year; $110,000 earmarked the first five years on the Back River Project and an additional $90,000 on other urgent drainage. In this light, the town is operating under a considered and coordinated program to complete all dangerous areas in a 10-year program.
As stated in the Metcalf & Eddy Report :- "The urgency or danger will increase and the amount and necessity of the areas will increase in time, and with expansion of development within the Town of
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