USA > Massachusetts > Hampden County > Longmeadow > Town annual reports of the officers of Longmeadow Massachusetts for the year ending 1956 > Part 11
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14
1,500.00
TOTAL ACCRUED INCOME $4,072.69
$4,309.76
1956
Mortgage Interest
$88.12
Bond Interest
37.50
Savings Account Interest
211.45
Income during 1956
$337.07
$4,409.76
Disbursed (aid)
- 100.00
Total Accrued Income, December 31, 1956 $4,309.76 $4,309.76
TOTAL ASSETS OF FUND, as of December 31, 1956 $9,306.33 One request for aid was met by the Trustees in 1956.
The Fund has increased moderately and is in a sound position, ready to aid the people of Longmeadow who are in need, in accord- ance with the will of William Goldthwait, its founder.
Respectfully submitted, JANE B. SWETT EUGENE M. BUSHONG HICHARD A. BOOTH Trustees of the William Goldthwait Fund
174
Report of the Richard Salter Storrs Library
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF LONGMEADOW :
There are many intangible factors that must be considered in any reckoning of a library's influence in its community.
An examination of the library's activity over the past year demonstrates the fact that figures and statistics are only a small part of the story. However, they do help to make clear what goes on behind the scenes.
No one can measure the influence that good reading has had, or is having, on our children particularly. We have endeavored to have carefully selected books for their use both for recreational reading and relation to their school needs. Adult books are also purchased with the idea of satisfying the greatest number of tastes, both cultural and ephemeral. The perennial problem of all libraries everywhere is to supply the necessary book at the time it is needed. We are at all times glad to receive requests for books which we do not have and to secure them if it is possible. However, no town library can be expected to possess the facilities of a large library such as Springfield.
The library has been remembered by many people during the year, gifts of books and magazines have been presented, and some have been added to "The Memory Shelf", in lieu of sending flow- ers to deceased friends. The library also received a bequest from Mrs. Mabel Buxton, the income of which is to be used to purchase books in memory of her mother, Mrs. Everett Allen. Many people still in town remember her with great respect and admiration.
In September, Robert S. Kneeland having been elected to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Frank S. Hatch, turned over his office to the present incumbent, Alan S. Lincoln, who assumed the presidency of the library association at that time.
Now, to report on the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1956.
We have accessioned 1662 new books; 610 fiction, 451 non- fiction and 601 juvenile.
We have withdrawn 2146 books. Some of these, duplicate copies etc., and a set of encyclopedias were given to the Wolf Swamp School for use in their library.
Converse Street School has on loan approximately 500 books, with a few also in Norway Street School.
We have mended 866 books and rebound 29. More careful handling would eliminate a great deal of this work.
Fourteen hundred and seventy-three overdue notices were sent out and 201 for reserved books.
175
We subscribe to 76 magazines, 7 juvenile and 69 adult, and the periodical circulation figures attest to their popularity.
We have had ten exhibitions this year, including the Long -. meadow Gardeners annual flower show which is always well at- tended. They have also presented us with a splendidly illustrated garden book, their first towards a garden corner such as the Springfield Garden Club has provided for the City Library.
Following is our circulation report.
Adult fiction
21,911
Adult non-fiction
9,276
Adult periodicals 4,034 1
Juvenile fiction
17,760
Juvenile non-fiction
4,994
Juvenile periodicals
381
The total for the year 58,356 books circulated.
The high school now being in Longmeadow has brought us an increased amount of activity, and the library has become a meeting place of high school students, not always bent on research material. We hope to work out a program to better meet the needs of all concerned.
We have been working for many months in preparation for the installation of a charging machine which will be in use shortly. The entire school population has been re-registered and new cards are ready to be issued, 1568 in the elementary and Junior high and 342 in the high school. I would like to thank Mr. Herrschaft, the various principals and the teachers who were all so co-operative in helping this endeavor. In fact, the friendly co-operation of the school department and the library has always been gratifying.
This new method of book charging is being widely adopted and we hope will be an asset to our system. Until the old and new system is integrated, the process is slowed, but please bear with us until you and we become familiar with it.
We have at the present time 3550 active borrowers and we urge each of you who have not reregistered to do so soon.
In "Book Week" we were visited by classes from all the ele- mentary and junior high schools, a total of 966 visited us during that period. Book Week affords the teacher, the parent, and the child an opportunity to see what the library owns in the recently published children's books.
It is my privilege and desire to express my sincere thanks to the library directors, the town office personnel, the police and school department and to the Springfield newspapers for their kind co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
RUTH E. OLDFIELD Librarian
176
Report of the Police Department
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
Gentlemen :
I take pleasure in submitting herewith the thirty-seventh annual report of the Police Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1956.
ORGANIZATION
The regular force at the present consists of a Chief, three Sergeants, eleven patrolmen, one Reserve Officer, thirteen school traffic officers and seven special officers. In addition to the regular force, the Department has an Auxiliary police force of 70 members organized under Civilian Defense for emergency duty.
ROSTER OF THE REGULAR DEPARTMENT
CHIEF GEORGE A. YARSLEY, JR.
SERGEANTS
JOHN METZLER ALBERT G. ROBITAILLE DONALD H. ABRAHAM PATROLMEN
FREDERICK C. VOLLMAR JOHN G. BARKMAN
EARL G. WARREN
JOHN S. DONALDSON, JR.
JOHN F. SILANSKY ROMEO W. HUOT
FREDERICK J. WARREN RICHARD H. HOWE
RENE A. DESMARAIS EDWARD F. RICHARDS EDSON R. DORMAN, JR.
RESERVE OFFICER ALVIN G. HOLMES
SCHOOL TRAFFIC OFFICERS
MORRIS ABRAHAM JOSEPH BIANCHI
ROBERT J. BURGESS
NICHOLAS CHIUSANO
CLINTON D. FRAME HOWARD C. JOHNSON PERCY F. LAMING JOHN LAUER HARRY O'NEIL JOSEPH F. SARAD
N. HAROLD TUCKER
HENRY A. WILSON
GEORGE A. YARSLEY, SR.
177
SPECIAL OFFICERS
WILLIAM ALVORD EVERETT EASTMAN
DONALD V. SMITH
ROBERT G. BRECK ALFRED ROBITAILLE CHARLES F. ST. LAWRENCE DANIEL J. VIGNONE
OFFENCES
Absent without Leave 1
1
All night parking
8
Allowing improper person to operate Assault and battery
7
Breach of the Peace
9
Breaking and entering and larceny
5
Breaking and entering and larceny at night
1
Carrying a dirk knife
1
Carrying a pistol without a permit
2
Committing an unnatural act
6
Delinquency per attempted B. & E. to commit Larceny
2
Delinquency per reason of Breach of Peace
4
Delinquency per breaking and entering & larceny
2
Delinquency per reason of Lewdness
1
Delinquency per malicious destruction of personal property
2
Delinquency per reason of Oper. w/o Authority
1
Delinquency per reason of being Runaway
3 90
Escapee
2
Failing to dim headlights
1
Failing to keep right
92
Failing to license dog
2
Illegal operation
2
Impeded operation
1
Indecent assault on a female minor
1
Indecent exposure
1
Insane
2
Larceny
1
Larceny under $100
2
Lewdness
3
Malicious destruction of personal property
4
Non-support
2
Operating after license suspended
4
Operating to endanger
9
Operating under the influence
40
Operating uninsured motor vehicle
I
1
1
I
3
Operating unregistered motor vehicle
4
Operating without authority
5
Operating without a license
15
I
I
Operating without license in possession
8
I
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
I
1
1
1
1
I
1
I
1
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
1 I I I I
1
1 I I
I
I
I
1
I 1 I
1
178
1
1
1
1
1
I
I
Drunkenness
I
5
1 4 1 3
40
17 30
5
1
6
4
14
820
12
519 289
820
765 55
774 820 46
820
21 12
787
82(
7
24
93
567
11
26
1
1
I
I
1
1
I
1
1
I
1
I
1
I
1
1
1
I
I
I
I
I
1
I
I
I
I
1
1
I
I
1
1
I
1
1
1
I
I
I
1
I
1
1
Throwing rubbish on roadside
Vagrancy
Violation of Rules of the Road Violation of probation
Total
Warrants
Without warrants
Total
Total
Total
Total
Person
Property
Public
Acquitted
Dismissed
Filed
Fined
House of Correction
House of Correction (susp.)
Pending
179
Operating without Massachusetts inspection sticker Operating without registration in possession
I
I
1
I
1
1
1
I
1
1
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
1
DISPOSITIONS
I
1
1
ARRESTS
1
1
CRIMES AGAINST
I
1
I
Parking in fire exit
Parking in restricted zone
Passing red light
Passing school bus
Passing stop sign
Runaway Speeding
Female Male
Non-residents
Residents
I
I
I
1 I
I
İ
1
I
1
1
1
1
I
1
1
I
1
Summonsed
6
340
8 39
Probation Released
To Boston Police Dept.
To Concord Reformatory To Hartford Detention Home To Hartford Welfare Dept. To Lynn, Mass. Police Dept. To Massachusetts Reformatory
To Northampton State Hospital To Parents
To Springfield Police
To State Farm (suspended)
To West Springfield Police Dept. To Youth Service Board To Youth Service Board (susp.) Warnings
Total
Ambulance calls
Articles reported lost or stolen
Articles recovered
Automobile accidents
Automobiles recovered
Buildings open and secured Complaints investigated
Homes vacant and cared for
Notice of motor vehicle defective equipment Notice to clear snow from sidewalks
Referred to Reg. Motor Vehicles for action Street Lights reported out
Summonses for other departments
Warnings for parking violations
Amount of fines ordered paid
Amount of fines paid the Town
I
I
I
I
1
1
1
I
1
1
1
I
I
I
I
1
1
I
1
1
1
1
I
I
1
1
1
I
I
I
1
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
1
I
I
1
I
I
1
I
1
I
1
I
I
I
I
1
1
I
I
I
I
GENERAL
104
85
83
109
82 1615
2115
126
41
71
222
331 537
174
29
Total
180
0 80
109
$7,568.00 $1,902.00
I
1
1
I
I
1
1
1
I
I
1
1
1
ACCIDENTS
Property Damage
I
1
I
I
I
I
1
I
1
I
I
I
3
820
5 8
1 4
2
2 3 1 5
1 2
1 1
2
1
I
Person Injury
Fatal Accidents
Warnings for motor vehicle violations
To Sherborn Reformatory (susp.)
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SUMMARY-1956
TIME
OPERATOR
VEHICLE
INJURIES
A. M.
P. M.
LOCATION
AGE
Number Accidents
12:01- 3:00
3:01- 6:00
6:01- 9:00
9:01-12:00
12:01- 3:00
3:01- 6:00
6:01- 9:00
9:01-12:00
Unknown
Local
Other Mass.
Out of State
16-24
25-44
45-64
65 & Over
Passenger car
Truck
Bus
Taxi
Other
Injured
Injured
Injured
Personal Inj. Accid.
Property Dam. Accid.
. JANUARY
13
0 1
2
3
1
2
3
1 0
11
10
2
5
7
9
2
22
1
0
0
3
2
1
0
112
FEBRUARY
13
1 0
1
3
2
3
2
1 | 0
10
8
3
6
9 60
21
1 005
2
5
2
11
MARCH
9
0 0 14
1 0 2 1
0
9
4
4
3
4 |10 | 0
14
3
1 0 0
01 0 1
8
APRIL
4
0 0010
2
1 0 0
0
6
0
2
4 0
0
4
2 001
.
0000
4
MAY
9
2 00 1
1
4
1
0 0
3
8
5
2
8
5
0
10
4 1 0 3
1 001
1001
2
JULY
8
0 1 1
0
3
3
0
0
0
3
5
5
2
8
2
1
12
1
0 03
2
0
1
3
5
AUGUST
7
1
000
3
0
2 1
0
4
6
4
6
4
2
0
12
2 0
0 1
1
1
0
2
5
SEPTEMBER
6
002
0
3
1
0 0
0
2
3
4
3
2
3
1
8
1 003
1
1
1
3
3
OCTOBER
7
0 0 1 2
0 0 0 1
1
23 00
3
8
4
4
7
4
0
14
39
61 0 0
4
8
1
1
9
14
TOTAL
109
2
10
18
23
26
16
7
1
64
87
46
56
73
59
6
172
23
2
24
25
13
3
29
80
181
200 2
7
JUNE
3
0 0000
2
1
0 0
2
1
2
2
1
2
0
3
5
2
13
1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
00 1 0 430 4
3
DECEMBER
23
2 0
2
3
6
7
0
2
1
14
22
8
18
15
11
0
4
5
3
6
3
1
0
1
2
0
6
NOVEMBER
7
MONTH
OPER.
PASS.
PED.
1
0
6
1
Property damage :
Automobile and Automobile
65
Automobile and Fixed Object
15
Total
80
Personal Injury :
Automobile and Automobile
20
Automobile and Bicycle
2
Automobile and Fixed Object
4
Automobile and Pedestrian
2
Automobile and Train
1
Total
29
Persons Injured :
No Doctor
11
To Doctor
12
To Hospital
18
Total
41
1
1
1
1
1
I
I
I
1
I
I
1
1
I
İ
Your Police Department has successfully completed another year of ever expanding operation. The activities recorded within this annual report are a reflection of the increased tempo of pro- tective service provided to the residents of our community.
During the year the Town was honored by receiving three traffic safety awards. It received Honorable Mention in the Na- tional Pedestrian Protection Contest, National Safety Council Honor Roll Award for completing the year 1955 without a traffic fatality and the Massachusetts Highway Safety Committee award in recognition of exemplary co-operation and support. I am indeed proud to report that Longmeadow has just completed the year of 1956 without a fatal motor vehicle accident.
Accident statistics within this report record an increase in the total number of accidents in 1956. The number of personal injury accidents, however, reflects the lowest total in the past three years. These facts also reflect a large increase in the number of accidents in the winter months. We earnestly solicit the co-operation of the local citizenry in slowing down when the streets are slippery. Obedience to this basic traffic safety rule will be most helpful in keeping our traffic safety record at a minimum.
I again call your attention to the dangerous situation that exists at the East Side of the Green in front of the Longmeadow Junior High and Center Schools. It is recommended that Long- meadow Street (East Side of Green) from Williams Street to Longfellow Drive be widened. This would allow one additional
182
1
traffic lane to flow and relieve the congestion which is particularly prevalent at school opening and dismissal periods.
The department is handling an ever increasing amount of in- vestigations, traffic violations, vacant home services and preventive procedures. The high efficiency of the department cannot be main- tained without additional personnel. I am, therefore, asking that one additional regular officer be appointed in 1957.
The two room quarters which the Police Department has oc- cupied in the basement of the Town Hall since 1932 are wholly outmoded. We find it practically impossible to properly carry on our activities because of lack of facilities. I am recommending that serious consideration be given to the building of a new police sta- tion within the next year.
I express my gratitude for the faithful and constant assistance exerted by the members of the Department. The co-operation of all other departments in the Town Government is another valuable asset to us.
Again I express my sincerest appreciation to the Board of Selectmen for their continued friendly co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. YARSLEY, JR. Chief of Police
183
Report of the Fire Department
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN : Gentlemen :
I wish to submit the thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1956.
ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF ENGINEERS
ROBERT G. BRECK
STANLEY L. KING
EDGAR J. LAKE
CHIEF ROBERT G. BRECK
DEPUTY CHIEF DONALD E. KEITH
CAPTAIN CHAUNCEY M. HIBBARD
ENGINEMEN
WILLIAM G. BAER
RAYMOND H. BEAN
STANLEY L. KING EDGAR J. LAKE JOHN H. MAYER
CHESTER P. BOND
ALFRED N. CHAPMAN RICHARD J. PASSINEAU RAYMOND J. CLARK ALLEN B. POMEROY CARL G. DAWSON JAMES J. WARD CAMPBELL N. HAMER FRED M. WARREN HARRY N. HOWE GERALD E. WIGHT
FOREST FIRE WARDEN ROBERT G. BRECK
DEPUTIES
WILLIAM G. BAER CHAUNCEY M. HIBBARD
DONALD E. KEITH ALLEN B. POMEROY
184
115
Total number of calls for 1956.
DISTRIBUTION
Grass and Leaf Fires
78
House and Building Fires
26
Chimney Fires
5
Auto Fires
6
Total
115
I
I
1
1
I
1
1
1
1
At the last Annual Town Meeting an appropriation was ap- proved to purchase a New Aerial Ladder Truck, to replace the old Truck which had been in service for twenty-one years.
Your Board of Engineers gave careful and thoughtful con- sideration to the purchasing of the new Maxim Aerial Ladder Fire Truck which was delivered to the Town of Longmeadow in Septem- ber, 1956. The Board feels this new piece of equipment was neces- sary to bring the Department up to top efficiency.
In October a fire exhibit and demonstration of all fire equip- ment of the Town of Longmeadow was held at the Bliss Road Ball Park by the commissioners and firemen. The Demonstration proved to be instructive and interesting to everyone attending the exhibit.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Call Men for their fine work and loyal support this past year, also the Board of Select- men, Police Department, citizens and all other departments that have assisted in any way.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT G. BRECK Fire Chief Forest Fire Warden
185
Report of the Superintendent of Streets
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
The Superintendent of Streets respectfully submits the fol- lowing report covering the activities of the Street Department for the year ending December 31, 1956.
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Appropriated $20,800.00 Expended $20,784.74 Balance $15.26
Expenditures from this appropriation cover the cost of repair of earth and gravel roads, repair of fences, bridges and culverts, street cleaning, mowing brush on outlying roads and removal of leaves in the fall.
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
Appropriated $15,000.00
Additional 4,000.00
Total $19,000.00 Expended $18,993.93 Balance $6.07
The unusual storms of March and April were responsible for the added expenditures for snow and ice removal. There was a total fall of 84 inches of snow for the 1955-1956 season. Special attention is now given to Longmeadow Street, Laurel Street, Bliss Road, Converse Street, Williams Street, Maple Road, Shaker Road and Hazardville Road because of the heavy school traffic on these streets.
TAR ROADS
Appropriated $13,800.00 Expended $13,508.64 Balance $291.36
All bituminous surfaced streets have been kept in good repair throughout the year and the following named streets have been re- surfaced with asphalt emulsion covered with 1/4 inch crushed stone.
Briarcliffe Road Allen Road west
1100 feet
Viola Road
Briarcliff Road north 160 feet
Parkside Street
Williams Street to Shaker Road 900 feet
Booth Road
Longmeadow Street east 250 feet
Bliss Road
Grassy Gutter Road to Williams Street 2800 feet
186
Pondside Road Forest Glen Road Western Drive Englewood Road Laurel Street
Birnie Road to Bark Haul Road 2700 feet
Longmeadow Street East 1850 feet
Longmeadow Street West 1600 feet
Longmeadow Street West
2100 feet
Converse Street to Forest Glen Road 1700 feet
Ellington Street
Longmeadow Street East
1600 feet
Mill Road
Longmeadow Street East 1150 feet
Libbey Parking Lot
Off Williams Street
ROADSIDE CARE
Appropriated $5,500.00 Expended $4,742.91 Balance $757.01
This appropriation covers the cost of mowing, raking and re- moval of grass on the tree-belts twice during the summer and the collection of waste paper and other rubbish along the roadside as needed.
ENGINEERING
Appropriated $9,000.00 Expended $8,999.24 Balance $ .76
Preliminary surveys, investigations, field and office engineer- ing for the highway, sewer, water and other Town Departments are charged to this account. Services in connection with actual construction work are charged to various projects.
Our engineering staff headed by Robert T. Bitters has done an outstanding job this year and are to be commended.
STREET SIGNS
Appropriated
Additional
$600.00 200.00
Total
$800.00
Expended $796.42 Balance $3.58
This appropriation is expended for modern signs to replace the old signs that are difficult to read at night. It is a continua- tion of the program started in 1950. All signs on new streets and all damaged street signs repaired are also from this appropriation.
Additional funds are asked for this appropriation that we may install more new signs where necessary in 1957.
NEW SIDEWALKS
Appropriated $3,500.00 Expended $1,542.22 Balance $1,957.78
The contract for new sidewalk construction during the year
187
1956 was awarded to the low bidders, Kibbe and Condon, of Long- meadow, Mass.
New sidewalks were constructed in the following locations, one-half the cost being borne by the property owners. Property owners have the right to either pay their share in cash or pay on a betterment basis.
44
Barrington Road
50
Bellevue Avenue
114
Colton Place
189, 190
Englewood Road
97
Greenacre Avenue
66
Longfellow Drive
763
Longmeadow Street
122, 132, 138
Maple Road
22
Warren Terrace
46
Westmoreland Avenue
Because of the special sidewalk program which entailed build- ing walks on Hazardville Road, Burbank Road, Wolf Swamp Road and Shaker Road the contractor was not able to build all individual walk requests. We hope to be able to finish these walks in 1957.
SIDEWALK REPAIRS
Appropriated $2,500.00 Expended $792.11 Balance $1,707.89
All sidewalks on public ways were inspected during the Spring and repaired where minor repairs would suffice. Where major repairs would be necessary or replacement advisable, new sidewalks should be constructed under the new sidewalk program.
PUBLIC SERVICE STATION
Appropriated
Additional
$25,710.00 96.53
Total
$25,806.53
Expended $25,771.14
Balance $35.39
Expenditures from this account were for the following pur- poses : Heating, lighting and repainting the Service Station Build- ings; station foreman, mechanic's and caretaker's wages; gasoline, oil and repairs for the Street and Water Department vehicles. All equipment has been kept in good repair throughout the year.
188
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 90 NEW CONSTRUCTION 1955 CONVERSE STREET
Original Appropriation 1955
Expended
Town
$7,250.00
1955
$3.74
County
7,250.00
1956
24,839.05
State
14,500.00
Total
$29,000.00
$24,842.79 Balance $4,157.21
This appropriation was carried over from 1955. The work was completed by the Enfield Construction Co., low bidders, and con- sisted of draining and resurfacing Converse Street from Park Drive to Dickinson Street. Final payments have not been made to the contractor, pending receipt of the final estimate from the state.
CHAPTER 90 NEW CONSTRUCTION 1956 WILLIAMS STREET
Appropriated by Town $5,000.00
Appropriated by County
5,000.00
Appropriated by State
10,000.00
Total
$20,000.00
Expended $15,769.21 Balance $4,230.79
This appropriation was approved for sorely needed storm drainage on Williams Street, from Lynnwood Drive to Grassy Gutter Road. All work was completed with Town forces and ap- proved by the State.
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE 1955, WILLIAMS STREET
STATION 57+-50 to 63+-10
Expended
Appropriated by Town
$2,500.00
Appropriated by County
2,500.00
1955 $3,315.84
Appropriated by State
2,500.00
1956 4,182.84
Total
$7,500.00
$7,498.68
Balance $1.32
These funds were available for storm drainage work in Will- iams Street in the Grassy Gutter Road area. All work was com- pleted by Town forces with the approval of the State and County.
189
WOLF SWAMP ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Available from 1955 $26,406.00
Expended $23,341.65 Balance $3,064.35
This appropriation was held over from 1955. The grading, draining and paving of the roadway were completed for the open- ing of school in September 1956. Sidewalks were completed in October 1956. The balance is being held over into 1957 to complete the seeding of tree-belts and installing curbing at the entrance to Shaker Road.
WILLIAMS STREET SIDEWALK, 6 feet wide
Available from 1955 $8,379.11
Expended $2,180.15 Balance $6,198.96
This work was also a carry-over from 1955. All loam was fur- nished by the Town at no cost except handling and all seeding was done by the Town at a considerable saving. Betterments have been assessed against abutting properties for five-twelves of the cost of the construction from Laurel Street to Grassy Gutter Road. A con- siderable saving was realized on this job because all borrow for fill and all loam was furnished from other Town construction by the Street Department at no cost.
BURBANK ROAD SIDEWALK
Appropriated $4,800.00 Expended $2,908.74 Balance $1,891.26
This work was completed by Kibbe and Condon Company, Contractors, who were low bidders. Betterments have been assessed to abutting owners for one-half the cost. There is now a continuous walk on the west side from Converse Street to Bliss Road.
LAUREL STREET REPAVING
Appropriated $24,800.00 Expended Nil Balance $24,800.00
Because of the increased traffic on Laurel Street, partly caused by through traffic from Converse Street to Shaker Road, we were able to induce the State and County officials to consider Laurel Street for Chapter 90 Improvement. The State has allowed us $28,000.00 worth of work for 1957. We will request the Town to transfer $7,000.00 from this account to be used with $7,000.00 from the County and $14,000.00 from the State to do $28,000.00 worth of work in 1957. It is our intention to widen Laurel Street paving five feet on each side and resurface the paving with Type 1.
190
HAZARDVILLE ROAD SIDEWALK
Appropriated $8,000.00 Expended $6,267.96 Balance $1,732.04
These funds were for sidewalk construction from Maple Road to Shaker Road on the east side of Hazardville Road. All sidewalk construction is complete and betterments have been assessed for one-half the cost. These funds are being held over for further seed- ing of the tree belts and curbing the intersection of Hazardville Road with Shaker Road. All work was done by Kibbe and Condon Company, Inc., low bidders.
FERNCROFT STREET IMPROVEMENT
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.