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MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
HIGH SCHOOL INCOME FUND. 1914.
Balance from 1913, Accumulated Income $2,559.33
Receipts.
From Nathan Pratt High School Fund $975.80 .
From Interest on Savings Bank Deposit 112.23
1,088.03 1
$3,647.36
Payments.
Reimbursements to Town Treasurer for
payments approved by Trustees in accordance with terms of the Trust
906.14
$2,741.22
Investments.
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank,
Book No. 4063
$2,741.22
GEORGE HILL, WILLIAM G. PECK, HENRY HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM E. WOOD,
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
Trustees.
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WILLIAM CUTTER SCHOOL FUND 1914.
Principal of Fund $5,354.00
Receipts.
Interest on Parmenter School Bonds
$200.00
Interest on Deposit in Savings Bank
16.30
216.30
$5,570.30
Expenditures.
Paid Town Treasurer for disbursements per order of School Committee 216.30
$5,354.00
Investments.
Five Town of Arlington Parmenter School Bonds, Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, payable one in each consecutive year beginning January 1, 1917
$5,000.00
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 15102 354.00
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$5,354.00
FRANK V. NOYES, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, MYRON TAYLOR, Trustees Ex-Officio.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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MARTHA M. W. RUSSELL SCHOOL FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund $5,327.86
Receipts.
Interest on Two Locke School Addition Loan Notes
$200.00
Interest on Savings Bank Deposit
15.22
215.22
$5,543.08
Payments.
Paid Town Treasurer for disbursements as per order of School Committee
215.22
$5,327.86
Investments.
Two Locke School Addition Loan Notes, dated December 31, 1908, due in 1920 and 1921, 4% $5,000.00 1
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 9373 327.86
$5,327.86
FRANK V. NOYES, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, MYRON TAYLOR, Trustees Ex-Officic.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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E. NELSON BLAKE, JR., MEMORIAL FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund
Accumulated Income
$2,500.00 205.15
$2,705.15
Receipts.
Interest on Savings Bank Deposit
109.28
Expenditures.
Paid to Town Treasurer
95.41
$2,719.02
Investments.
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Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 12541
$2,719.02
WILLIAM G. PECK, GEORGE HILL, HENRY HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM E. WOOD, Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, ยท Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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$2,814.43 . . .
MARY CUTTER POOR WIDOWS' FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund
$613.11
Receipts.
Dividend on Savings Bank Deposit
24.76
Payments.
$637.87
Transferred to Income Poor Widows' Fund
24.76
$613.11
Investments.
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 15105
$613.11
FRANK V. NOYES, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, Trustees Ex-Officio.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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MARTHA M. W. RUSSELL POOR WIDOWS' FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund $1,704.23
Receipts.
Interest on Summer Street Loan of 1908
$40.00
Interest on Savings Bank deposit 28.44
68.44
$1,772.67
Payments.
i'ransferred to Income of Poor Widows' Fund 68.44
$1,704.23
Investments.
One Town of Arlington Summer Street Loan of 1908, dated December 31, 1908, due December 31, 1915 $1,000.00
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 439 704.23
$1,704.23
FRANK V. NOYES, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, Trustees Ex-Officio.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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NATHAN PRATT POOR WIDOWS' FUND. 1914. 1
Principal of Fund $5,000.00
Receipts.
Interest on Water Bond of 1905
200.00
$5,200.00
Payments.
Accrued interest on investments $5.00
Transferred to Income Poor Widows'
Fund 195.00
200.00
$5,000.00
Investments.
Four Town of Arlington Water Bonds of 1905, $1000 each, due serially, com- mencing December 15, 1915. Interest 4 % semi-annual $4,000.00
One Street Loan of 1914, due November
1, 1922. Interest 4 % semi-annual 1,000.00
$5,000.00
GEORGE HILL, WILLIAM G. PECK, HENRY HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM E. WOOD, Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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EDWIN S. FARMER POOR WIDOWS' FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund
$5,000.00
Receipts.
Interest on Town Tax Note
200.00
$5,200.00
Payments.
Accrued interest on investment $35.25
Transferred to Income Poor Widows'
Fund 164.75
200.00
$5.000.00
Investments.
Four Summer Street Loan of 1914, dated November 1, 1914, due as follows:
No. 1, for $1700 November 1, 1915
No. 3, for $1000 November 1, 1917
No. 4, for $1000 November 1, 1918 No. 5, for $1000 November 1, 1919
$4,700.00
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank 300.00
$5,000.00
WILLIAM G. PECK, GEORGE HILL, HENRY HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM E. WOOD, Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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EDWIN S. FARMER RELIEF FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund
$5,000.00
Receipts.
Interest on Tax Note No. 57
$200.00
Interest on deposit in Savings Bank
2.00
202.00
$5,202.00
Payments.
Accrued Interest on investments
$34.17
Town Treasurer for Disbursements
27.00
61.17
$5,140.83
Investments.
Two Water Loan Notes of 1914, dated November 1, 1914, due No. 104 Novem- ber 1, 1918, and No. 105 November 1, 1919, $2000 each $4,000.00
One Summer Street Loan of 1914 No. 10, due November 1, 1924 1,000.00
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank
140.83
$5,140.83
WILLIAM G. PECK, GEORGE HILL, HENRY HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM E. WOOD, Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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NATHAN PRATT LIBRARY FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund $10,000.00 -
Receipts.
Interest on Town of Arlington Water Bonds $120.00
Interest on Water Pipe Renewal Loan
Notes, June 30 and December 31 200.00
Dividend on Savings Bank, Book No. 18683 84.00
404.00
$10,404.00
Payments.
Paid Town of Arlington on request of Trustees of Robbins Library $389.00
Paid accrued interest on investments 15.00
404.00
$10,000.00
Investments.
One Town of Arlington Water Bond, due October 1, 1928, No. 132 $1,000.00
Three Water Pipe Renewal Loan Notes, dated December 31, 1908, due one each December 31, 1917, 1918, 1919 3,000.00 Two Water Pipe Renewal Loan Notes of 1907, dated December 1, 1907, pay- able one December 1, 1919, and one December 1, 1920 2,000.00
Two Water Loan Bonds of 1910, dated December 1, 1910, due one December 1, 1919, and one December 1, 1920 2,000.00
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Two Summer Street Loan of 1914 Coupon Bonds, dated November 1, 1914, due one November 1, 1920, and one November 1, 1921 $2,000.00
$10,000.00
GEORGE HILL, WILLIAM G. PECK, HENRY HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM E. WOOD, Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
HENRY MOTT LIBRARY FUND.
1914.
Principal of Fund
$5,200.00
Receipts.
Interest on Parmenter School Bonds, July
$60.00
Interest on Parmenter School Bonds, January 1, 1915
40.00
Interest on Playground Loan of 1914
20.00
Interest on Savings Bank deposit
90.08
210.08
$5,410.08
Payments. .
Accrued interest on investment
$15.00
Paid Town Treasurer 195.08
210.08
$5,200.00
Investments.
Two Parmenter School Bonds, due No. 10 in 1915, and No. 11 in 1916 $2,000.00
One Playground Loan of 1914, due June 30, 1918 1,000.00
Two Summer Street Loan of 1914, No. 8 due November 1, 1922, and No. 9 due November 1, 1923
2,000.00
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank 200.00
$5,200.00
SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, JAMES P. PARMENTER, ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON, CHARLES A. KEEGAN, CYRUS E. DALLIN, WILLIAM A. MULLER,
Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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TIMOTHY WELLINGTON FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund
$100.00
Receipts.
Dividend on Savings Bank deposit
4.04
$104.04
Expenditures.
Paid Town Treasurer for Library Purposes
4.04
$100.00
Investments.
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank,
Book No. 15103
$100.00
SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, JAMES P. PARMENTER, ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON, CHARLES A. KEEGAN,
CYRUS E. DALLIN, WILLIAM A. MULLER,
Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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CITIZEN-SOLDIERS' FUND. 1914.
Balance from 1913
$461.78
Receipts.
Dividend on Savings Bank deposit
18.64
$480.42
Expenditures.
Paid Town Treasurer for disbursement
28.00
$452.42
Investments.
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank,
Book No. 15104
$452.42
FRANK V. NOYES, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, . Trustees Ex-Officio.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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JULIA FILLEBROWN FUND. 1914.
Principal of Fund
Accumulated Income
$100.00 55.00
$155.00
Receipts.
Dividend on Savings Bank deposit
6.26
$161.26
Investments.
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank,
Book No. 15840
$161.26
FRANK V. NOYES, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, Trustees Ex-Officio.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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INCOME POOR WIDOWS' FUND. 1914.
Balance from 1913
$1,287.20
Receipts.
Income for year ending December 31, 1914 Martha M. W. Russell Poor Widows' Fund
$68.44
Mary Cutter Poor Widows' Fund
24.76
Nathan Pratt Poor Widows' Fund
195.00
E. S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund
164.75
Interest on Savings Bank deposit
55.31
508.26
Payments.
$1,795.46
Paid Town Treasurer for Disbursements
497.84
$1,297.62
Investments.
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book No. 17209
$1,297.62
FRANK V. NOYES, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works here- with present to the citizens of the Town the eleventh annual re- port of the Board for the year ending December 31, 1914.
The Board met on the evening of March 2, 1914, all the members of the Board of Public Works having been re-elected, and Messrs. Frank V. Noyes, Thomas J. Donnelly and Willis P. Howard hav- ing been elected the Board of Selectmen. The Board organized as follows:
Chairman, Frank V. Noyes; Clerk, Thomas J. Robinson.
The Board meets in the office of the Selectmen every Monday evening at eight o'clock.
The Joint Board is composed of the three members of the Board of Selectmen and the three members of the Board of Public Works. The duties and powers of the Board are indicated by Section 5 of Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1904, creating the Board, and of which the following is a copy:
"SECTION 5. Upon the election of said Board of Public Works all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Selectmen in said Town, now existing or hereafter created by law, relating to highways, Town ways, the laying out and discontinuance of ways, bridges, sidewalks, guide posts, monuments at the termini and angles of roads, public squares, playgrounds, shade trees, sewers, drains, street watering, street lighting, the assessment of damages and betterments, water pipes, gas pipes, conduits, poles, wires, street railways, the granting of locations, rights or licenses for structures upon, under or over highways, or other ways, shall be exercised, enjoyed, performed and incurred by a Board consisting of the Selectmen and the Board of Public Works created by this Act, sitting jointly as the Board of Survey."
The Act establishing this Board was accepted by the Town Feb- ruary 8, 1904, and the operation of the Board appears to have given general satisfaction.
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POLICY OF THE BOARD.
The following votes indicating the policy of the Board have been passed:
(a) Width of Streets. At a meeting held October 14, 1907, it was
Voted, That it was the sense of the Board of Survey not to approve of plans for the laying out or construction of streets less than forty feet wide.
(b) Crosswalks. At a meeting held October 28, 1907, it was
Voted, That whenever a sidewalk is changed by the construc- tion of a new street the sidewalk, including the new crosswalk, must be relaid in as good and permanent a form as before the change, the cost to be a charge against the party constructing the street. In case the Town desires a higher cost walk than existed before the change was made the additional cost must be made by the Town in case of permanent sidewalks only.
(c) Rough Grading of Private Streets. At a meeting held De- cember 9, 1907, it was
Voted, That after January 1, 1908, no water or sewer pipes shall be laid in streets approved by the Board of Survey until such streets, including sidewalks, have been brought to subgrade satisfactory to the Town Engineer.
(d) Voted, That all new permanent sidewalks laid in Massa- chusetts Avenue and Broadway shall be of brick.
(e) Voted, That no granolithic sidewalks be laid on streets where the grade exceeds five (5) per cent.
APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments were made by the Board for the year ending April 1, 1915:
Town Counsel, Philip A. Hendrick; Superintendent of Public Works, Herbert S. Clark; Town Engineer, George E. Ahern; Superintendent of Wires, Reuben W. LeBaron.
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TERRITORY AND LAYING OUT OF NEW STREETS.
Continuing the policy of this and previous Boards in the de- velopment of new territory for residential purposes the Board has approved only such plans and layouts as will serve the
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interests of all the Town, and have insisted that all such plans and layouts conform to the requirements of the Board of Survey Act.
The development of land and laying out of new streets is a problem that the Board has very carefully considered, as the re- maining undeveloped land in our Town is none too large in ex- tent, and the improvements made should be with the double purpose in view of beautifying our Town, and not adding materi- ally to the cost of construction and maintenance. The number of new streets accepted by the Town has been greater than in previ- ous years, but in practically every case these streets have been very largely built upon and the Town has already derived revenue from the taxes levied on the property.
During the year the Board has laid out as public ways and recom- mended to the Town for acceptance the following streets:
Millet Street Extension; Summer Street Extension; Windsor Street, 576 feet northeasterly from Massachusetts Avenue.
For plans approved and streets constructed, see report of Town Engineer.
STREET CAR TRAFFIC.
The street car traffic has been more satisfactory from the stand- point of operating and avoidance of congestion and annoyance than for a number of years. The congestion at Arlington Center, so often complained of in the past, has been entirely remedied, and the Medford Hillside cars are now the only cars to shift, and this shifting is done on Massachusetts Avenue, near Medford Street, and the cars are supposed to return immediately, thus avoiding any stopping of cars on Massachusetts Avenue. The Board has received some complaints, particularly from the citi- zens residing in the east section of the Town, on account of the accommodations between Harvard Square and that section of the Town, on both inbound and outbound cars. The Board has taken this matter up with the officials of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, and a number of conferences have been held. The matter is now under consideration, looking toward a solution of the difficulty, that will eventually give all our citizens the best possible service, without returning to the old method of congest- ing our streets by allowing street cars to stand therein. It is
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hoped that this new plan will be in operation in the early spring of 1915.
STREET LIGHTING.
The proper lighting of our streets within the appropriation al- lowed by the Town, is a proposition with which the Board must contend, and which the average citizen does not realize when mak- ing the appropriation and voting. for the acceptance of new streets. It should be borne in mind that such acceptance means that the Town must light these streets necessitating a larger appropriation each year for street lighting. During the year twenty-seven 40 c. p., one 100 c. p. and two arc lights were in- stalled on the streets as ordered by the Board. Four 40 c. p. incandescents and two arc lights were removed, leaving the total number of lights installed during the year twenty-four, as against sixteen for the year 1913.
The Superintendent of Wires reports on all applications re- ceived by the Board, after investigating the matter and determin- ing whether a light should be installed or the location of the exist- ing lights changed.
The total number of lights in service on December 31, 1914, is as follows:
Incandescent lights, 40 c. p.
328
Incandescent lights, 60 c. p. 14
Incandescent lights, 80 c. p.
4
Incandescent lights, 100 c. p.
2
Incandescent lights, 120 c. p., all night
7
Arc lights, 425 watts
78
Total
433
ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTS.
Thirty-four 60 watt burning until 12 p.m.
Four 100 watt burning all night.
The appropriation of 1914 was $11,000 and the amount expended was $10,979.23.
There seems to be a growing demand on the part of our citizens that our street lights should be burned all night. If the Town votes to do this an additional appropriation of about $2,400 will be necessary.
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WIDENING OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE.
In accordance with the report of last year, relative to the widen- ing of Massachusetts Avenue, between Water Street and Central Street, the Board petitioned the County Commissioners, as ordered by vote of the Town, for a relocation of Massachusetts Avenue, between these points. Hearings were given and the matter taken under advisement by the Commissioners. While a difference of opinion existed as to whether the widening should be five or ten feet, the Board has been unofficially informed that the Com- missioners have decided upon a ten-foot widening. The decree has not, however, as yet been received. If this ten-foot widening is decreed, an appropriation will be necessary to carry out the work.
PERMANENT SIDEWALKS.
The amount appropriated for the construction of permanent sidewalks for the year was $4000, part of which sum was for ex- tensions carried out under the Sidewalk Act, Section 43 of Chapter 49 of the Revised Laws. This is the same amount which was appropriated in 1913, and some applications where the sidewalks were necessary the Board were unable to grant, owing to the in- sufficiency of the appropriation. With the large number of new streets to be voted on by the Town the coming year, and the certainty of applications being received from residents of these streets, it would seem that the appropriation for 1915 would need to be much larger than this year. The policy of the Board has been to install permanent sidewalks whenever petitioned for when the appropriation made for the purpose will allow.
CONGESTION OF CAR'S AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.
Owing to the fact that the conditions reported last year, of the congestion of Massachusetts Avenue at Arlington Heights, due to the interchange of passengers by the Boston Elevated Railway Company and the Lexington & Boston Railway Company had not been improved, the Board appeared before the Public Service Commission, at a hearing assigned, and at which both companies were represented. After full consideration of the matter an arrangement was made by which the Boston Elevated Railway Company was to furnish one of their own special police officers and the Lexington & Boston Company was to employ and pay
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for one of the Arlington police officers, both to be stationed at. the Arlington Heights Car Barns, to regulate traffic.
SUMMER STREET EXTENSION.
During the year the matter of Summer Street Extension has been considered and many conferences held, both with the citi- zens of this Town and the officials of adjoining towns, looking toward the extension of this street from Medford Street to the Lexington line. In the latter part of the year the matter was brought before the Town and an appropriation was made of $10,700 for land takings for this purpose. Part of these takings were made by the Park Commissioners of the land known as the Russell Estate on Mystic Street, and the contiguous land to Mystic Street. The officials of the towns lying north of us are working in conjunction with this Board to bring about the estab- lishment of this extension, which would mean the making of a State highway of Summer Street Extension, which, connecting with Maple Street in Lexington and a Parkway from Medford Street to Mystic Street will give a continuous automobile road from Concord and beyond to Boston.
The Board has been in conference with the Town Counsel, the Representative from this District and the officials of other towns, and bills have been drawn to be presented to the incoming Legis- lature, asking for an appropriation to either the Highway Com- mission or the Metropolitan Park Commission, for the construc- tion of the Parkway.
While the Board hopes for favorable action by the Legislature on these bills, the financial condition of the State is such that there is some doubt whether the petitions will be granted this term.
FRANK V. NOYES, HENRY W. HAYES,
THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HENRY S. ADAMS,
WILLIS P. HOWARD, PHILIP EBERHARDT,
Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works:
Gentlemen: The report of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1914, is hereby respectfully submitted.
The work of the Engineering Department consists in furnishing all the Town departments and committees with such information, plans, designs, estimates and data of an engineering nature as they may require on work being done or contemplated; also keeping careful notes, measurements and locations of new work, additions, changes and extensions, as they may occur, and properly recording the same for future reference by maps, plans or profiles.
In addition there has been a large amount of general work performed for boards and individuals. All engineering expense is charged to the department or board for which work was done and is classified as follows:
Highway Division: Comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, and all other engineering work relating to the department, $795.08
Sewer Division: Comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments and all engineer- ing work relating to sewers,
252.99
Water Division: Comprising lines, grades, locations, and plans of mains, gates, hydrants and services, and other matters relating to the water department,
436.58
Sidewalks: Comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, costs and assessments, 48.18
Topographical Surveys: Comprising Summer Street Ex- tension surveys, taking plans and estimates, 922.45
New High School Site: Comprising grading plans, etc. 11.50
Assessors trinagulation survey and land plans, 261.92
Board of Survey: Comprising plans, etc., 212.21
Six streets have been constructed under the Street Betterment Act during the year, namely: Davis Avenue, Harlow Street,
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from Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street; Everett Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway; Grafton Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to Raleigh Street; Trowbridge Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to Waldo Road, and Varnum Street, a total length of 4873 feet at a total cost of $7997.39.
Lines and grades were given for these streets and stone bounds set at all the corners to define and preserve the true lines. Cir- cular curb stones were set at all the corners of these new streets.
A storm drain 430 feet in length was laid, and two catch basins built in Harlow Street and connected with the Massa- chusetts Avenue main drain.
During the year a total length of 5358 feet of new main sewers were constructed and 152 connections were made.
Sewer assessment surveys of the 1914 work are all completed and all house connections located and shown on plans.
Lines and grades have been given for laying 8315 feet of water mains, and record plans made showing the location of new mains, hydrants, gates, etc., laid during the year.
A survey and plan were made showing land taken for the ex- tension of Millett Street from Rockland Avenue easterly to the land of the Symmes' Arlington Hospital, and stone bounds set to permanently mark the land taken.
A careful survey and study were made of Summer Street Ex- tension, from the junction of Summer Street and Brattle Street to the Lexington town line, and to Lowell Street in Lexington. Various routes were studied with the purpose of securing one that would be most economical to build, of easy grades and best develop the territory through which it passes. The route which was found to fulfill these conditions and adopted by the Board of Survey, and later accepted by the Town, begins at the junction of Brattle Street and Summer Street, thence through land owned by Thomas Kenney, Patrick F. Toye, heirs of Thomas Tierney, David Irwin, Neil McIntosh, Jr., and heirs of Edwin S. Farmer, to Forest Street at a point nearly opposite Bow Street. From Forest Street it passes through the land of Jennie M. Varney and others, north of Crescent Hill, and follows the lines of the old turnpike to the junction of Jefferson Avenue and the Lexington boundary line.
The lines of Summer Street, from Mystic Street to Brattle
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street, and its extension to the Lexington boundary were defi- nitely fixed on the ground by setting stone bounds at all angles and curves in the lines. This work required the setting of sixty- two (62) stone bounds. Plans showing the land to be taken for this street are completed and signed by the Board and are soon to be recorded at the Registry of Deeds and the land taken as authorized by vote of the Town.
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