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Palmer and Wyman Streets are two side streets which should especially be given granolithic walks. These walks could be four feet wide and with four-foot loam space the streets would be in fine condition. Webster Street and Franklin Street I am planning to tar this spring and with these four streets as a nucleus this gen- eral idea could radiate.
The construction of Massachusetts Avenue between Winter and Teel Streets on the easterly side should be done in the spring, and as much as possible of the avenue resurfaced. As the Town is not
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ready to expend the necessary amount to construct a suitable per- manent pavement on Massachusetts Avenue, I should recommend that a tar macadam surface be constructed. This will last for a considerable time by giving it a light coating of tar every year and until the grade crossing is abolished through the Centre, the spend- ing of any great amount of money toward permanent pavement would hardly pay.
The whole surface of Massachusetts Avenue as no doubt the Town is well aware, is in a very poor condition, due to the clayey gravel with which it was made, and to the fact that it was impos- sible to do much work upon it until the black oil had been removed. This oil has nearly all been removed, and should recommend that as much as possible be expended upon the avenue toward resur- facing it in the spring, as the Town will allow. An approximate cost per square yard for resurfacing would be about fifty cents, while the construction work would cost about sixty cents, the cost depending upon the thickness of the work.
Pleasant Street should be tarred this year, and by doing a light surface work from Massachusetts Avenue to Irving Street, while from Irving Street to Bartlett is a little heavier work, it might be possible to complete the whole of the street this year.
On Summer Street I should recommend the widening of that part at Cutter's ledge. This part of the street is a very dangerous one, owing to its being so near to the railroad track. It has been with a great deal of difficulty that I was able to keep my horse in the roadway when being caught there by passing trains.
The general practice of using tarvia as both a dust layer and a road preservative, and to cover at least five new streets each year with the tar, I should strongly recommend.
In constructing new streets, the covering of the finished surface with tarvia should be figured in with the cost of the work.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT A. VESPER,
Superintendent of Streets.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.
To the Town of Arlington:
Owing to the excessive heat and lack of rain, the past season has been unusually severe on the cultivation of trees. The old Whittemore Elm at the lower end of Massachusetts Avenue, together with seventeen other trees of the same species, succumbed and had to be removed. While some of the trees had reached an advanced age, there is no question that in many cases their demise was hastened by the unfavorable conditions to which the trees on the highways are subjected, conditions which have been fully explained in previous reports.
GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS.
The infestation of the gypsy and brown-tail moths on the street trees is very slight. During the winter the nests were treated, and in the spring they were all thoroughly sprayed with arsenate of lead, so they suffered very little from the effects of either of these pests.
ELM LEAF BEETLE.
The infestation of the elm leaf beetle is general throughout the town, and is the cause of much annoyance. While there was no stripping from the ravages of this pest, it became necessary in certain sections where the infestation was extremely bad, to apply several applications of arsenate of lead by 'spraying.
LEOPARD MOTH.
Notwithstanding that all means known have been tried in com- batting the Leopard moth, the extermination, or even successful suppression of this, the most injurious and difficult pest we have to contend with, remains an unsolved problem. In a few very urgent cases the trees were polled back. That is, the entire crown was cut off, causing the loss of its original outline, together with robbing the tree of its natural beauty. While this, in a measure, proved effective in checking the pest, the treatment is of such a severe nature that from an æsthetic point of view, extensive
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operations of the method would seem justifiable only as a last resort.
TREE PLANTING.
One hundred and fifty young rock maple trees were planted on the highways in different sections of the town the past year. On account of the number of dead trees that would have to be removed, together with the new streets that are being developed and the many vacant spaces already existing on many streets I would advise that provision be made for the planting of two hun- dred young trees the coming year. Property owners desiring trees planted adjoining their property should file their request in writing with the Tree Warden as early as possible.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend that the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated for the maintenance of this department the ensuing year. This would provide for the removal of dead trees, the planting and care of young trees, and also allow for a certain amount of pruning on the old trees.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Tree Warden.
REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.
ARLINGTON, MASS., January 9, 1912.
The Board of Park Commissioners respectfully submit the following report:
The care of the lawns in the different parks coming under the supervision of the Board was let out by contract, as has been the usual custom for the past few years. More attention was paid to Russell Park and more work done than has been the case for a number of years, and the results were very satisfactory. In this park an additional concrete walk was laid, part of the work being carried on by the School Committee. Two dead trees on Russell Park were replaced and all of those planted were given additional care and protection. Russell Park now has a complete system of concrete walks which will be found of great advantage to the very large number of school children and residents who make use of these walks. It is hoped, also, that the grass borders may be kept in much better shape.
At Menotomy Rocks Park the main walk running from Jason Street to Spring Street has been resurfaced at an expense of about. sixty dollars. The grass and flower plots at the entrance on. Jason Street have been regularly cared for.
There are a large number of dead and dying trees in this park,. and your Board have requested that the Gypsy Moth Depart- ment cut and sell this wood. Three thousand seedling pine trees. were planted during the spring, which, with those planted in. previous years, are now commencing to show a healthy and strong growth.
The Board voted that a commencement should be made toward carrying out the plans made by Messrs. Olmsted Bros. of Brook- line about ten years ago for developing Meadow Brook Park .. This will furnish a very desirable and handy place for disposing: of the large amount of material which will be removed from the. new portion of the cemetery. It is also in line with plans being formulated by the Committee in charge of the Sucker Brook Im-
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provement and the proposed boulevard from the West Medford bridge to Summer Street. £ With this proposed filling, one of the most unsightly spots in the Center of the town will be obliterated and a very attractive park made in its place.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. GANNETT, W. E. LLOYD, H. L. FROST, Park Commissioners.
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1911.
The first meeting of the Board was held on March 8, 1911, the" organization resulting in the election of William N. Winn as Chairman.
APPOINTMENTS.
At a meeting held April 4, 1911, Charles C. Lothrop was ap- pointed Clerk and Water Registrar, Thomas Roden was appointed Superintendent of the Water Division, and George E. Ahern was appointed Acting Superintendent of the Sewer Division, all ap- pointments holding for one year. Thirty-nine regular meetings were held during the year.
The following are the gross amounts expended under the direc- tion of the Board.
Highway Division
$31,890.09
Sewer Extensions
4,973.31
Sewer Maintenance
6,224.47
Water Extensions
6,482.06
Water Maintenance (includes interest, sinking fund
and Metropolitan Water Assessment)
61,533.01
Permanent Sidewalks
3,598.97
Improvement at Town Yard
273.07
Construction of Streets
8,557.52
Street Watering
4,330.15.
Total
$127,862.65
HIGHWAY DIVISION.
The work in the Highway Division for the past year has been general maintenance in character, the most expensive item being: care of and repairs on streets, the net cost being $8,955.86.
The gross cost of maintaining the stable and teams amounts to $9,168.40. There was received for use of horses outside of the De- partment $3,087.67, the amount charged the Department of $1.50
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per day per horse, equal $2,741.73, showing an excess cost of $3,339.00. This cost includes four heavy horses, one driving horse and wagon, and one tip cart.
The crusher has been operated for the purpose of crushing the stone taken from the various trenches. The total amount crushed was 1,410 tons. The average cost of all crushed stone used was $1.05 per ton.
The snow and ice expense for winter of 1910-1911 was about $2,500.00.
In addition to $4,300.00 appropriated for treatment for preven- tion of dust there was expended from the Highway appropriation $1,336.66, a total of $5,636.66.
The net amount expended on Highway was $24,093.81.
EXPENDITURES.
A financial statement, showing a summary of all expenditures and costs, is given in Table 1, while Table 2 shows detail of all special appropriations. Table 3 gives in detail the cost of perma- nent sidewalks and renewal of same. The total costs include all indirect expenses in the same manner as formerly.
The value of property controlled by this division, January 1, 1912, amounted to $16,143.55 classified as follows:
Horses and vehicles
$5,715.25
Machinery and large tools
8,305.70
Small tools
1,113.90
Office furniture
195.50
Material available for new work
813.20
Total
$16,143.55
Stock in charge of Highway Division, but owned by other de- partments.
Health Department
$1,952.40
Street Watering Department
1,861.70
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
There was appropriated for the construction of Highways, $9,000.00. Only $8,557.52 of this amount was expended. This saving was due, first: The fill on Magnolia Street was made with surplus material from the conduit trench on Massachusetts Avenue which was obtained at very small expense. Second, the estimated cost of constructing Norfolk Road included 300 feet of 10-inch
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cast-iron pipe and 8-inch akron pipe was laid, thereby saving about $0.70 per foot or $210.00.
Belknap and Magnolia Streets were finished with a tar surface.
PERMANENT SIDEWALKS.
Seven hundred and fourteen feet of edgestone were set and 1767 square yards of brick and granolithic sidewalks were laid at an expense of $3,391.28 as shown in the accompanying table. The cost of brick walk per yard was about $1.40 and about $0.93 per foot for edgestone.
SEWER DIVISION.
During the year 3,681.8 feet of 8-10-12-inch sewer has been built at an expense of $4,525.24. The cost of finishing the plans on work done in 1910 was $499.39, making the total expense for new sewers $5,024.63. The sewer assessments on sewers built in 1911 amount to $4,128.47, nearly equal to the cost of the work.
In addition 645 feet of 8-inch sewer was laid in private lands at the expense of Ellen L. Bartlett.
Ninety-five house connections have been made with the main sewer at a total cost of $2,623.28. In addition five house connec- tions have been extended to other buildings on the same premises, three have been taken up and laid deeper to enable fixtures to be located in the cellar, the cost of all the above work being paid by the owner. Several house connections have been partially relaid to remove roots of trees at a cost to the Department of $131.52.
The necessary flushing and cleaning of the system has been done.
A detailed statement giving costs of sewers built in 1911, in- cluding particular sewers, is shown in Table 4. A summary of all expenditures is shown in Table 5. Table 6 shows the cost of the system, also the amount of assessment on same to date.
The value of property in this Division on January 1, 1912, was as follows:
Horses and vehicles
$125.00
Machinery and large tools
440.00
Small tools
237.55
Office furniture
537.60
Material available for new work
323.32
Total
$1,663.47
TABLE I. DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSE .- HIGHWAY DIVISION.
EXPENSE.
Labor
Engi- neering
Bills
Receipts
Credits
Cost
Direct
Appor- tioned
Teams
Crushed Stone
Roller
Gravel
Stock
Aggre- gate
Care and repair of streets . .
$4,090 69
$15 04
$2,139 60
$6,245 33
$753 29
$983 32
$944 68
$67 40
$46 80
$117 85
$9,158 67
$202 81
$8,955 86
Care and repair of sidewalks
1,685 76
7 57
927 23
2,620 56
320 57
430 18
380 10
60 80
80 79
3,893 00
6 00
3,887 00
Construction and repair of storm drains.
518 85
45 43
101 16
665 44
103 50
35 11
2 00
287 73
1,093 78
1,093 78
Care and repair of catch-basins
1,507 60
13 78
1,521 38
276 49
139 47
20 80
1,958 14
1,958 14
Crusher operation . .
586 04
1 74
585 86
1,173 64
107 81
172 28
1,453 73
*630 00
Steam roller, maintenance and supplies .
36 35
41 34
77 69
6 68
84 37
84 37
Stable and teaming .
1,695 66
7,160 28
8,855 94
300 99
6 38
5 09
9,168 40
2,741 73
3,339 00
Street signs
88 87
264 87
353 74
16 29
7 80
377 83
377 83
Street watering
1,184 81
24 86
1,209 67
217 30
182 83
1,609 80
273 14
1,336 60
Care and repair of crosswalks
200 17
200 17
36 71
25 14
2 10
1 60
9 29
275 01
275 01
Paved gutters.
147 76
1 13
5 25
154 14
27 31
3 30
40
3 85
189 00
189 00
Expended on highways .
637 05
403 33
342 12
1,382 50
95 39
370 97
342 30
54 00
891 34
3,568 75
3,420 65
148 10
Stock
435 47
10 29
1,995 09
2,440 85
81 74
170 80
2,693 39
2,510 19
*183 20
Total
$14,098 92
$489 75
$13,822 84
$28,411 51 $2,580 48
$2,741 73
$1,669 18 $499 65 $165 60
$1,427 74 $37,495 89
$6,995 13
$6,075 65
$24,425 11
1,283 84
5 22
221 40
1,510 46
236 41
214 15
11 00
1,972 02
4 86
1,967 16
Snow and ice expense.
24,093 81
Work outside of division
432 25
*Stock on hand January, 1912.
-
3,087 67
823 73
TABLE II. DETAIL OF STREET CONSTRUCTION.
Street
Location
Length
Brick
Bags of Cement
Pipe
Feet
Frames and
Grates
Block
Feet Edgestone
Tons Crushed
Stone
Sand
Gravel
Materials
Roller
Teaming and
Use of Tools
Cost of
Labor
Engineering
Total Cost
Appropriation
Balance
Belknap St., Linwood St. to land of Lyons Belknap St. and Marion Rd. through land of Lyons ..
520
77.26
1
$89 53 $31 67
$86 67
$250 54
$458 41
430
31.35
1
5 22
31 12| 349 42
$1 77 8 30
88 86
Harvard St., from Appleton St.
685
9,530
727 92
Magnolia St., from Mass. Ave. to Lake Ave ....
1040
729 19
6 17
1,175 55
Norfolk Rd., from Jason St. to near Pleasant St. Wellington St., near Spy Pond.
860 37,500 125
135 1,077 21 97
4 14,320
1578
232.67
87
99
38 11 270 49 26 56 2,705 95 245 92
67 70 80 00
12 64 99 71 345 93 532 36
2,272 61
58 69 3 03
457 27
8,557 52
$9,000 00
$442 48
1
6,800
16
81 133
25
5,649 61
3,500
41 55
166 77
Granite Paving
TABLE III. PERMANENT SIDEWALKS.
Edgestone
Brick
Cost
Kind
Length
Square yards
Labor
Engineering
Teaming and
Use of Tools
Sundries
Straight
Curved
Cost
Quantity
Cost
Total Cost
Foot
Sq. yard
Appleton Street.
E
9.5
$7 66
$0 76
5.4
4.1
$5 70
$14 12 $1 49
Gray Street.
E
79.8
28 43
$0 51
4 71
$2 00
79.8
46 40
82 05 1 03
Jason Street.
Tar
10 70
10 70
Lakeview . .
G
48.48
50
1 02
15
26 66
Lewis Avenue.
E
96.0
20 20
5 73
7 68
96.0
55 68
89 29
93
Marion Road.
G
.
986.07
469 96
12 42
184 60
68 78
46.2
3 Сог.
26 68
48805
$653 21
1,415 65
1 43
Massachusetts Avenue.
B
16.5
100.5
53 17
51
8 03
8 00
16.5
10 20
4690
60 97
140 88
1 40
Massachusetts Avenue
B-E
75.0
47.05
62 35
4 59
12 60
71.9
2c. 5.3
64 68
2140
27 82
175 04
3 69
Massachusetts Avenue.
E
37.2
10 53
2 47
17.2
20.0
23 86
36 86
99
Mystic Street.
E-B
17.0
5.4
10 60
1 81
1 00
7.0
10.0
11 06
250
3 25
27 72
5 13
Old Mystic Street.
E
333.0
85 61
3 57
15 66
9 75
311.6
21.4
195 31
11770
153 01
333 56
1 36
Robbins Road .
B
184.00
63 74
8 48
6 00
8600
111 80
190 02
1 03
Total.
935 77
35 25
274 48
241 04
439 57
1,010 06
Renewal of tar walks
455 11
Total cost.
3,391 28
Stock sold . .
161 78
Stock on hand January 1, 1912.
61.5
71.7
45 91
45 91
Grand Total
3,598 97
Appropriation and credits
3,651 39
Balance on hand .
52 42
.
82 05
82 05
55
Massachusetts Avenue
B
50.0
.
·
·
245.12
123 02
6 90
27 53
23 10
Paul Revere Road
B
309 90
93
2,936 17
935 77
35 25
274 48
696 15
439 57
1,010 06
12445
161 78
.
28 33
$0 58
149.17
. . .
B stands for Brick walk. C stands for Cement. E stands for Edgestone.
*
455 11
3 00
TABLE IV. SEWER EXTENSIONS .- SEWER DIVISION.
Castings
Feet of Pipe
Branehe s
Length
Size
Brick
Drop
M.H.
L.H.
15-inch
8-inch
6-inch
5-inch
8x5 inches
6x5 inches
8x8 inches
Bends
5 inches
Cost of Materials
Labor
Engineering
Sundries
Teaming
Total Direct
Apportioned
Expense
Total Cost
per foot
Finishing sewers construct- ed 1910 and assessment plans.
$25 26 $452 19 $21 94
$499 39
Elder Terrace .
87.4
8
90
4
$21 65
96 84
13 72
1 73
$2 25
136 19
$10 50
146 69
$1 68
Elmore Street.
426.2
8
2475
29
2
399
17
133 05
310 59
42 98
2 08
5 64
494 34
34 96
529 30
1 24
Florence Avenue. .
137.6
8
1075
15
1
138
| 4
57 37
86 73
11 75
3 20
2 25
161 30
8 96
170 26
1 24
Gloucester Street.
737.0
8
4800
75
4
690
31
254 23
838 69
35 72
22 65
19 50 1,170 79
86 70
1,257 49
1 71
Harvard Street.
330.0
8
700
20
1
291
18
84 26
138 25
11 00
5 25
5 06
243 82
14 70
258 52
78
79 67
127 49
27 33
40
2 82
237 71
15 28
252 99
74
287.4
8
1600
24
1
2
264
10
1
94 38
123 29
18 76
40
3 94
240 77
13 44
254 21
88
252.3
8
1300
25
1
1
258
7
1
70 80
211 74
30 28
3 15
8 17
324 14
23 86
348 00
1 38
Tufts Street.
412.0
8
1075
19
1
369
20
1
96 52
164 06
19 68
50
5
63
286 39
18 12
304 51
74
Westminster Avenue.
186.3
6
450
16
1
160
10
44 87
53 27
26 17
4 22
4 68
133 21
7 46
140 67
77
Windsor Street .
227.4
8
1745
16
1
1
219
7
1
7
91 76
193 94
28 51
3 85
3 10
321 16
21 74
342 90
1 51
Wyman Terrace.
257.2
8
2750
49
2
236
8
6
137 06
264 32
24 11
6 29
7 88
439 66
28 76
468 42
1 82
Total.
1,165 62
2,634 47
742 20
75 66
70 92
4,688 87
284 48
4,973 35
Appropriation and credits Balance. .
5,024 63
51 28
8
8
750
19
1
1
321
10
2
Trowbridge Street.
Lombard Ter. and Road. Spring Valley.
341.4
Bags Cement
Cost
4
2
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TABLE V. DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSE .- SEWER DIVISION.
EXPENSE.
Labor
Engi- neering
Bills
Direct
Appor- tioned
Stock
Teams
Aggre- gate
Receipts
Credits
Cost
Sewer Extensions (see Table IV)
$2,634 47
$742 20
$75 66
$3,452 33 $284 48
$1,165 62
$70 92
$4,973 35
$24 63
$4,948 72
Assessment Plans (Old)
50 68
50 68
Maintenance of Pump, Brattle Street.
102 45
52 20
154 65
13 93
1 30
169 88
169 88
Cleaning Sewers .
340 61
55 68
70 17
466 46
53 89
520 35
520 35
Flushing Sewers
17 00
21 39
38 39
2 31
40 70
40 70
Repairing Sewers .
6 25
24 46
30 71
85
11 47
43 03
43 03
Maintenance of Particular Sewers
97 07
11 31
13 76
122 14
14 73
9 04
145 91
14 39
131 52
Trenches, care of
1 39
77 25
78 64
19
78 83
78 83
Total Maintenance. .
$564 77
66 99
309 91
941 67
85 90
21 81
1,049 38
14 39
1,034 99
Construction of Particular Sewers.
1,572 61
153 53
102 15
1,828 29
234 81
560 28
2,623 38
2,570 89
52 49
Work done outside of division
388 54
47 82
8 50
444 86
59 34
1,655 10
2,159 30
2,312 10
$152 80
Stock. .
31 50
8 59
2,155 34
2,195 43
5 45
*359 53
2,560 41
2,237 19
323 22
Grand Total
$2,557 42
$276 93
$2,575 90
$5,410 25 $385 50
$2,596 72
$8,392 47
$4,897 38
2,237 19
$1,257 90
*Value of stock on hand January 1, 1911. tProfit.
50 68
50 68
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SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS.
(In form recommended by Sanitary Section of Boston Society Civil Engineers.)
For the year ending December 31, 1911.
GENERAL.
Population by census of 1910, 11,187.
Total area of city or town, 5.5 square miles.
Area served by sewerage system, 2 square miles.
COLLECTION SYSTEM.
For sewage only 31.2 miles, includes 3.47 miles Metropolitan sewer.
For sewage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 8 miles.
Method of disposal: sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.
COLLECTION.
Mains. (Everything but house and catch-basin connection.)
1. Lineal feet pipe
For sewage only 164,683 ft.
For surface water only
41,566 ft. 1,675 ft.
2. Lineal feet extended during year 3,682 ft.
3. Number of inverted siphons 2
4. Number of manholes 640
5. Method of flushing. Water service at manholes end of lateral lines. .
6. Method of cleaning. By special brush drawn from manhole to manhole.
7. Number of automatic flushing tanks, 0.
8. Number of direct connections with water mains for flushing, 71.
9. Number of flushings of entire system during year, 3.
10. Cost of flushing per mile, $0.43 estimated.
11. Cost of cleaning per mile, $1.67 estimated.
12. Number of stoppages, 0.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
14. Miles of permanent undermains, 3.
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HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
1. By whom made, Sewer Division Board of Public Works.
2. Sizes, 5, 6, and 8 inches.
3. Number made during year, 95.
4. Lineal feet laid during year, 5681.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 15.26.
7. Average cost per foot, connections made during year, $0.57.
8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Department, 9.
CATCH-BASINS.
1. Number, including inlets, 377.
2. Number cleaned, 360.
3. Average amount material removed per basin, 3 cubic yards.
4. Cost of removing material per cubic yard, $0.90.
5. Cost of removing material per catch-basin per year, $5.00.
DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE.
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 9500.
2. Number of buildings connected, 1400.
3. Daily discharge for year
4. Daily discharge for each user
5. Daily quantity of factory waste
6. Daily leakage into sewers
7. Daily leakage per mile of sewer
8. Are quantities given under 3 to 7 esti- mated or measured.
Note: See Metro- politan Sewer- age Board Report.
FINANCIAL .- CONSTRUCTION.
Receipts.
Bonds issued
House connections
$5,000.00 2,570.89
Balance
1.21
$7,572.10
Expenditures.
Collection works:
(a) mains,
$4,948.72
(b) house connections,
2,623.38
$7,572 10
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MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. Receipts.
Appropriation
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Expenditures.
Repairs
$43.03
Cleaning sewers
520.35
Flushing sewers
40.70
Unclassified expenses
430.91
Balance
165.01
$1,200.00
GENERAL.
Total cost of works to date, $292,000.00.
Bonded debt at date, $130,500.00.
Value of sinking fund at date, general.
Average rate of interest on bonds, 4 per cent.
Proportion of cost of system assessed on abutters, 45 per cent. Yearly assessment for maintenance, none.
Method of assessing abutters and rate of assessment, 28 cents per lineal foot frontage and 52-100 cent per square foot area within 100 feet of street line.
TABLE VI. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Sewer Division Statement, January 1, 1912.
Total Assessment levied to January 1, Cr. 1912,
$163,617.80
Assessments abated, $2,244.96
Assessments levied on cemeteries and
Town property and deemed not col- lectable,
2,900.32
Assessments on church property, etc., deemed uncollectable,
1,404.99
Assessments levied on sewers built by Metropolitan Sewer Commission and to be paid to the Commonwealth, 4,315.45
Assessments not collectable by reason of expiration of liens, 617.53
11,483.25
Net assessments to January 1, 1912,
$152,134.55
Dr.
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Appropriation for Henderson Street Dis- trict sewers,
$10,500.00 100,000.00
Bond issued 1869 for sewer construction, Sale of main sewer to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, less collectable assess- ments, 42,400.13
Appropriation for construction, care and maintenance for years 1903 to 1911, in- clusive,
47,113.21
Amount expended for sewer construction and maintenance (including Hender- son Street District sewers) as per Town Treasurer's balance, January 1, 1912, $311,950.95 Balance from appropriations and assess- ments to date, 40,196.94
$352,147.89
$352,147.89
WATER DIVISION. EXTENSION OF MAINS.
In all there have been laid 1,499 feet of ten-inch, 60 feet of eight- inch, and 5,061 feet of six-inch pipe, to extend the high and low service systems, at a total cost of $6,482.06. It was intended to lay a six-inch water main in Arnold Street from Williams Street to Hibbert Street and to cut off the Hibbert Street main near the boundary line between Lexington and Arlington but as cold weather came on it was postponed until spring.
MAINS.
The length and sizes of cement-lined and iron pipe in use January 1, 1912, together with the number of hydrants and gates on both the high and low service systems, are shown in the following table :
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