Town of Arlington annual report 1916, Part 24

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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD


preliminary work and will give the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board authority and an appropriation to proceed with the plans. The fact that the town of Lexington is rapidly con- necting up with our present sewer may bring about a condition whereby our Massachusetts Avenue sewer will no longer be ade- quate to serve the district for which it was built. Under a former Act, the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board has authority, when this condition arrives, to proceed to build our Sucker Brook sewer. Under these conditions it seems that the Town may safely assume that work on the sewer will be started during the year 1917.


IMPROVEMENT OF SUCKER BROOK.


Sucker Brook from the Lexington line to the lower Mystic Lake should be improved. There are five basins or ponds which are no longer used for storing water for power purposes, and in these basins the water is allowed to flow over an extended area, thus forming unsightly pools which furnish breeding places for mos- quitoes. The banks of the brook have been allowed to cave in, thus in some places not only obstructing the flow of the water but making new channels for the brook.


In view of the fact that the brook is mostly located in private land and is therefore generally under no public control, its regu- lation is a difficult matter and the only feasible method seems to be through a taking of the land necessary for its straightening and improvement. Such a taking might be made for sewer purposes, the land taken to be adjoining the taking which will probably be made for the new metropolitan sewer and the two takings could be used for a walk or drive.


This Board recommends that the Board of Public Works be authorized to make studies of the above project and to co-operate with the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board.


SCHOOL PROBLEMS.


The various school problems to which the Board alluded in its report of last year are now in the hands of Committees. Pending the report of those Committees the Board makes no further suggestions at this time.


The Board does not desire to make any extended recommenda-


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tions in regard to future development. Taking into consideration the increased expenditures called for every year it is of the opinion that those improvements now under consideration and construc- tion should be completed before embarking on any large new improvement.


HENRY W. HAYES, HARRY G. PORTER, JAMES P. PARMENTER, CYRUS E. DALLIN, ROBERT W. POND, JACOB BITZER, Secretary.


REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.


I herewith submit my report as Tree Warden for the year ending December 31, 1916.


The remarkable development of foliage which has characterized shade trees this season has not been observed for some years. The foliage has not only been unusually abundant but there has been also a healthy coloration and the development of unusually large leaves. The heavy snowfall during the winter and the ex- tensive showers occurring in the spring and early summer were sadly needed by vegetation in general. A season characterized by this weather and a high humidity is also favorable to the development of certain fungi. The Maple Leaf Spot, "Gleo- sporium," which attacks the leaf petioles and veins, causing a wilt- ing of the foliage, has been decidedly more common than usual and, as a preventive this spring, I would advise that all hard maples be sprayed early with Bordeaux Mixture.


PLANTING.


Three hundred and sixty-four trees were planted on accepted streets, and guards were placed around all but fifty of them. Those trees that were left unprotected were more or less mutilated by the mischievousness of boys and horses and in some cases broken off close to the sidewalk. Owing to the advance in wire I was unable to furnish all the trees with guards. In all cases of mutila- tion of trees, where I could place the blame, I compelled the guilty ones to settle the damages. The total amount collected by the Town for damages was $175.


INSECTS.


The Leopard Moth is still with us and as I have stated in previous reports it is the most difficult and destructive pest that we have. Wherever we have found its presence we have treated it in conjunction with our trimming work. The scarcity of the Elm Leaf Beetle has been very noticeable during the past


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two seasons, however the punctured leaves in some localities have indicated its presence and a few egg clusters have been observed.


TRIMMING.


A large amount of trimming was done this year, owing to the ever-increasing amount of dead and dangerous limbs caused by the Leopard Moth. This work is slow, costly, and dangerous but for the safeguard of the Town it should be done.


REMOVAL OF TREES.


During the year, nineteen large dead trees, one large live tree on which there was a hearing, and thirteen small trees were removed. The causes of the loss of our trees are the at- tacks of the Leopard Moth, escaping gas, and lack of nutrition due to our improved method of building streets. With a tarvia street and a concrete sidewalk it is impossible for any moisture or nutrition to get to the roots of our large trees.


CONCLUSION.


In order to complete the planting of trees on streets that were started last year and to put trees on streets that applications have been received for, it would require over 300 trees to be planted on the following streets: Palmer, Wyman, Marathon, Cleveland, Thorndike, Magnolia, Melrose, Egerton Road, Harlow, Everett, Grafton, and Raleigh Streets. I would recommend that $1250 be appropriated this year for planting and purchase of 300 trees and for the removal of dead and dangerous trees and for the general care of existing trees.


The following shows the receipts and expenses, also the nature and location of work done by this department the past year:


Receipts.


Appropriation


$1,250.00


Received for damages


175.00


Received for private work


143.26


$1,558.26


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Expenditures.


Team and auto hire


$216.34


Labor


698.97


618.11


Supplies Unexpended balance


34.84


$1,558.26


Nature


Location


Labor


Team


Trimming


Parmenter School


$1.56


$0.94


Memorial Hall Grounds


2.81


.94


Grand Army Hall


.62


24


Hospital Woods


1.25


1.00


Street trees


169.58


60.09


Private


137.13


8.88


Remove


Street trees


182.26


55.46


Planting


Street trees


98.64


53.75


Guards


Street trees


30.31


20.16


Storm damage


Street trees


11.87


4.00


Fertilizing


Street trees


28.75


3.75


Burn brush


2.50


3.50


Sharpen and repairing


Storehouse


24.19


Lost time


7.50


3.62


Totals


$698.97


$216.33


TREES REMOVED.


Location


No. and Specie


Teel Street


1 large maple 1 red maple


Massachusetts Avenue


2 elms and 1 maple 1 red maple


Lake Street


1 elm and 1 maple


Mt. Vernon Street


1 linden


Bartlett Avenue


1 red maple


Summer Street


5 elms


Whittemore street


1 beech


Lowell Street


1 large maple


Westminster Avenue


1 elm


Broadway


1 elm


Draper Avenue


1 elm


13 small trees


Total 33 trees.


Tanager Street


Academy Street


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TREES PLANTED.


Sawin Street


9 poplars


Henderson Street


23 poplars


Teel Street


18 poplars


Draper Avenue


18 maples


Maple Street


3 maples


Academy Street


7 maples


Milton Street


23 maples


Varnum Street


22 maples


Marathon Street


7 maples


Massachusetts Avenue


16 maples


Woodland Street


12 maples


Cliff Street


22 maples


Florence Avenue


4 maples


Bartlett Avenue


6 maples


Elmore Street


6 maples


Brantwood Road


3 maples


Harvard Street


8 maples


Melrose Street


19 maples


Windsor Street


28 maples


Windemere Avenue


2 maples


Norfolk Road


4 maples


Mt. Vernon Street


4 maples


Trowbridge Street


45 lindens


Orvis Road


20 lindens


Freeman Street


18 lindens


Everett Street


1 lindens


Harlow Street


1 lindens


Amsden Street


15 lindens


Total 364.


Respectfully submitted,


DANIEL M. DALEY, Tree Warden.


REPORT OF BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.


The Board of Park Commissioners respectfully submits the following report:


For several years past the amounts appropriated for the use of the Board have been little more than sufficient to cover the ex- pense of a general supervision of the parks under its care; con- sequently, very little has been done in the way of improvements. For the next year the Board has asked for an increase in the amount appropriated, in order to make many needed improve- ments.


At Menotomy Rocks Park, in 1914, a number of white pine trees were set out; a large proportion of these trees are alive and making good growth, but more trees of different varieties should be planted this year to take the place of those destroyed by the brown-tail and gypsy moths, and the moth hunters.


The pathway, for two hundred feet or more, should be thickly graveled, and the culvert over the brook should be thoroughly repaired; also the underbrush, which has grown rapidly, should be cut out in several sections of the park.


Meadow Brook Park is still in process of evolution. Quite an area at the entrance and on the easterly side of the brook has. been filled roughly to grade, but a large part of the park is still in its natural state, a swampy meadow, and until this is filled and brought up to grade very little can be done to beautify it.


The newly acquired park on the top of Turkey Hill, although at present apparently a waste of rocks, will, in the judgment of the Board, become in time a very popular resort for the residents of the Town. A beginning should at once be made in the planting of trees and followed every year until this hill is covered, as it was once, with a heavy growth of wood.


· The several triangles and spaces under our care have begun to show signs of neglect, and much labor will need to be expended in order to bring them into harmony with our beautiful civic center.


WILLIAM E. LLOYD, GORHAM H. DAVIS, WILLIAM W. CROSBY.


399


REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


The Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1916.


At the Town Meeting held on March 6, 1916, Arthur Birch was elected a member of the Board vice Philip Eberhardt, whose term of office then expired. The Board organized on March 13, with the choice of Henry S. Adams as Chairman.


Mr. Adams resigned as Chairman on October 2 and Mr. Birch was elected to that office.


APPOINTMENTS.


At a meeting held March 13, 1916, Harold N. Willis was ap- pointed Clerk of the Board. On March 29, Herbert S. Clark was appointed Superintendent in charge of Highways, Sewer and Water, George E. Ahern, Assistant Superintendent, and Harold N. Willis, Water Registrar and Bookkeeper. These ap- pointments were from April 1, 1916.


MEETINGS.


The regular meetings are held each Monday evening. During the year the Board held fifty-two regular and three special meetings.


The following are the net expenditures made under the direction of the Board:


Highway Division


$44,998.34


Sewer Extensions


21,632.39


Sewer Maintenance


1,988.05


Water Extensions


9,941.52


Water Maintenance (includes interest, sinking fund


and Metropolitan Water Assessment)


65,650.40


New Street Construction


22,188.47


Appleton Street


1.29


Street Watering


5,000.00


Storm Drains


2,500.00


Summer Street Extension Construction


18,937.94


Snow and Ice


8,068.61


$200,907.01


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HIGHWAY DIVISION.


In the spring of the year it became apparent that with the appropriation available it would be inadvisable to reconstruct or resurface any streets and no work of this kind was attempted. The activities of the department were confined to patching, repairing, top surfacing and cleaning the streets; $16,467.98 was spent on this class of work.


The sidewalks of the Town received more than ordinary atten- tion, $3,816.05 being spent in improving the condition of gravel walks and $2,582.64 on the construction of tar sidewalks.


Catch basins were systematically cleaned and the condition of the storm drains looked into.


Summer Street Extension was completed to the rough grade from Summer Street, near the corner of Brattle, to the Lexington line, $18,937.94 being expended from a special appropriation made for this purpose and $3,932.21 from the regular Highway appro- priation.


Thirteen streets were accepted by the Town at the March meeting, 1916, eleven of which streets were completed and a certain amount of work done on the other two at a cost of $22,188.47.


The value of the property controlled by the Highway Division, January 1, 1917, amounted to $27,098.16, classified as follows:


Horses, vehicles, machinery and tools $20,635.17


Buildings and appurtenances 3,100.00


Material available for new work 3,362.99


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HIGHWAY DIVISION


TABLE 1 Appropriation for 1916 Total net expenditure Cash balance January 1, 1917


$45,005.97 44,998.34


$7.63


Net Expense


Care and repair of streets


$10,221.84


Care and repair of sidewalks. .


3,816.05


Construction, care and repair of storm drains and catch basins.


1,560.31


Prevention of dust (tar treatment) .


6,246.14


Stable and teaming


1,088.53


Street signs.


407.81


Tools and equipment.


3,187.97


Construction of tar sidewalks


2,582.64


Steam roller, maintenance and supplies .


144.92*


Construction of Summer Street Extension.


3,932.21


Removal of ledge on Summer Street. .


1,124.85


Materials purchased during year but not used.


1,989.89


Work outside of division .


100.05*


Garage at Mill Street .


556.91


¡General expense .


8,528.16


Total .


$44,998.34


*Credits.


+Office, $582.98; salaries, $2,002.50; automobiles, $2,210.85; pensions, $200.20; holidays, Saturday afternoons and vacations, $3,383.41; miscellaneous, $148.22.


Material on hand January 1, 1916 $1,373.10


Material purchased during year but not used 1,989.89


Material on hand January 1, 1917 available for new work $3,362.99


715.73


Unpaid bills due division


$4,078.72


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TABLE 2 Appropriation for 1916 Total expenditure


$23,268.00


22,188.47


CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS Unexpended balance


$1,079.53


Name


Expenditures


Albemarle Street .


$59.10


Florence Avenue.


655.50


Egerton Road


1,060.65


Grafton Street.


2,437.26


Newcomb Street


2,495.19


Raleigh Street .


1,298.47


Randolph Street.


2,690.16


Thorndike Street .


2,363.49


Wyman Terrace.


2,922.00


Falmouth Road


Langley Road


6,059.82


Upland Road


Miscellaneous


146.83


Total


$22,188.47


STREET WATERING AND TREATMENT FOR PREVENTION OF DUST


Appropriation for 1916 Expenditure


$5,000.00


With water


$100.84


With oil


3,734.94


With tar


1,164.22


$5,000.00


APPLETON STREET ALTERATION OR CONSTRUCTION FROM WA-


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Expenditure


1.29


CHUSETT AVENUE TO LEXING- TON LINE


Balance


$2,498.71


5,000.00


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TABLE 3


STORM DRAINS


Appropriation for 1916 Expenditure


$2,500.00 2,500.00


SUMMER STREET EXTENSION Appropriation for 1916 CONSTRUCTION Cash on hand January 1, 1916 5,437.94


$13,500.00


Available for 1916 $18,937.94 Expenditure 18,937.94*


*In addition to the $18,937.94, above noted, $8,562.06 was expended in 1915 and $3,932.21 in 1916 charged against the Highway Division, making the total expenditure for the Construction of Summer Street Extension, from Summer Street near corner of Brattle Street, to the Lexington Line, $31,432.21. Land takings and land damages not included.


Appropriation for 1916


$7,000.00


Expenditure


8,068.61


SNOW AND ICE


Overdraft


$1,068.61


SEWER DIVISION.


As forecasted by the Board in its report for the year 1915, the necessity and demands for sewer extensions this year were much greater than usual. Twelve thousand, one hundred and ninety- five feet of main sewer were laid at a total cost of $17,936.06, and reference to tables 4 and 5 will show the details of construction and maintenance.


One hundred and ninety-nine house connections have been made with the mains at a total cost of $4,753.56, cost per foot, 51 cents.


The total cost of maintenance for the year was $1,988.05.


The value of property controlled by the Sewer Division, January 1, 1917, amounts to $4,922.64, as follows:


Tools and equipment


$990.53


Buildings and appurtenances


400.00


Two pumping plants


1,900.00


Material available for new work


1,632.11


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TABLE 4.


Appropriation for 1916 Net expenditure


$25,750.00 21,632.39


SEWER CONSTRUCTION.


Cash balance January 1, 1917


$4,117.61


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in feet


Net : Cost


Cost per foot


Alpine Street (Park Avenue Extension northerly)


8


223


$533.16


$2.39


Amherst Street (River Street to Rawson Road)


8


570


517.25


91


Amsden Street (old end northerly)


8


389


630.25


1.62


Appleton Street (Oakland Avenue westerly)


8


183


350.78


1.92


Bowdoin Street (River Street to Rawson Road)


8


570


515.58


.90


Brantwood and Kensington Roads (old end to old end) .


8


203


341.07


1.68


Daniels Street (Mass. Avenue to near Appleton Street).


8


405


693.94|


1.71


Highland Avenue (Temple Street to Gray Street) .


10


281


499.87


1.78


Lakehill Avenue (Lake Street northerly)


8


603


811.94


1.35


Lombard Road (old end westerly)


8


170


173.43


1.02


Massachusetts Avenue (Lake Street to old end)


8


370


254.97


.69


Massachusetts Avenue (old end westerly to Daniels Street)


8


190


298.40


1.57


Massachusetts Avenue (old end easterly)


8


175


243.54


1.40


Peirce Street (old end westerly)


8


53


128.84


2.43


Rawson Road (Amherst Street to Bowdoin Street)


8


220


202.23


.92


Scituate Street (Gloucester Street southerly).


8


219


309.40


1.41


Surry Road (Daniels Street westerly)


8


390


1,022.49


2.62


Section No. 13.


*Farrington Street (Rangeley Road westerly)


8


279


*Glen Avenue (Walnut Avenue westerly)


8


476


*Hamlet Street (Franklin Street to Medford Street)


8


427


*Medford Street (Hamlet Street to Parallel Street) .


8


428


*Orchard Terrace (Medford Street to Webcowett Road


8


395


*Pearl Avenue (Walnut Avenue northwesterly)


10


611


*Rangeley Road (Glen Avenue southerly)


8


519


*Drop Manhole (corner Franklin and Hamlet Streets) .


4,437.44


1.42


Section No. 14


*Arnold Street (Hibbert Street to Lancaster Road)


12


360


*Arnold Street (Lancaster Road to Williams Street)


8


244


*Cross Road (Hibbert Strect to Sylvia Street)


8


290


*Hibbert Street (Town line to Arnold Street)


12


125


*Hibbert Street (Arnold Street to opposite No. 123)


8


958


*Private lands (Mass. Avenue to Woodbury Street)


12


193


*Sylvia Street (Town line to Rublee Street)


8


754


*Williams Street (Arnold Street to Smith Street)


8


686


*Woodbury Street (Private land to Hibbert Street).


12


236


5,959.59


$1.79


ĮLake Street (from railroad crossing to Lakehill Avenue)


2.35


¿Thorndike Street (from Lake Avenue to railroad).


9.54


Total.


$17,936.06


§General Expense .


Work done for private parties .


16.35


Material purchased during year but not used.


1,211.69


Tools and equipment.


247.82


Total.


$3,696.33


Grand totals


12,195


$21,632.39


*Done by contract.


+Final payment of $938.38 not yet made.


¿No actual construction work done.


§Office, $235.34; salarics, $934.99; miscellaneous, $682.33; holidays, Saturday afternoons and vacations, $425.87.


TCredit.


Material on hand January 1, 1916.


$420.42 1,211.69


Material purchased during ycar but not used.


Material on hand January 1, 1917, available for new work .


$1,632.11


314.85


Unpaid bills due division .


$1,946.96


437.58


Particular Sewers


2,278.53


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TABLE 5


Appropriation for 1916 Net expenditure


$2,200.00


1,988.05


SEWER DIVISION MAINTENANCE


Cash balance January 1, 1917 $211.95


Net Expense


Repairs on sewer mains .


$7.35


Brattle Street sewer pump.


306.52


Grove Street sewer pump. .


363.66


Care and repair of particular sewers.


187.67


Cleaning and flushing sewers .


837.69


Work done for private parties


4.51


*General expense.


280.65


Total.


$1,988.05


*Office, $25; yard, $13.64; tools and equipment, $241.01; miscellaneous, $1. Unpaid bills due division, $24.40.


SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS


GENERAL.


Population by census of 1915, 14,860.


Total area of city or town, 5.5 square miles.


Area served by sewerage system, 3 square miles.


COLLECTION SYSTEM.


For sewage only, 37.8 miles, includes 3.47 miles Metropolitan sewer.


For sewage and surface water, 0 miles.


For surface water only, 9.8 miles.


Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.


COLLECTION.


Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connection.)


For Sewage


For Surface


only Water only


1. Lineal feet pipe


199,608 feet


51,769 feet


2. Lineal feet extended during year 12,195 feet


2,638 feet


3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.


4. Number of manholes, 788.


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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, 34.


9. Number of flushings of entire system during year, 1.


10. Cost of flushing per mile, $12.20.


11. Cost of clean ng per mile, $12.20.


12. Number of stoppages, 1.


13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.


14. Miles of permanent undermains, 3.1.


HOUSE CONNECTIONS.


1. By whom made, Sewer Division, Board of Public Works.


2. Sizes, 5, 6 and 8 inches.


3. Number made during year, 199.


4. Lineal feet laid during year, 9446.


5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.


6. Total miles in use, 22.54.


7. Average cost per foot, connections made during year, 51 cents.


8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of department, 31.


CATCH BASINS.


1. Number, including inlets, 437.


2. Number cleaned, 1240.


3. Average amount material removed per basin, 3 cubic yards.


4. Cost of removing material per cubic yard, 42 cents.


5. Cost of removing material per catch basin per year, $3.74.


DISCHARGE OF SEWER.


1. Estimated population using sewer system, 13,500.


2. Number of buildings connected, 2245.


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 sewers.


8. Are quantities given under three to seven estimated or measured


NOTE: See Metro- politan Sewerage Board Report.


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GENERAL.


Total cost of collecting mains, $342,281.06.


Bonded debt at date, $132,500.


Value of sinking fund at date, $29,388.07.


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, as fixed by Acts of 1896, Chap. 282, is 28 cents per lineal foot frontage and 52-100 cents per square foot for area within 100 feet of street line.


FINANCIAL - CONSTRUCTION.


Receipts.


Appropriation from public funds


$9,750.00


From notes issued


16,000.00


Stock on hand January 1, 1916


420.42


House Connections


4,753.56


$30,923.98


Expenditures.


Mains


$17,936.06


House Connections


4,505.74


General Expense


2,278.53


Stock on hand January 1, 1917


1,632.11


Work done for private parties


16.35


Tools and equipment


437.58


Balance, cash on hand January 1, 1917


4,117.61


$30,923.98


MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION


Receipts.


Appropriation from public funds


$2,200.00


Expenditures.


Repairs


$195.02


Brattle Street Sewer Pump


306.52


Grove Street Sewer Pump


363.66


Cleaning and flushing sewers


837.69


Work for private parties


4.51


General Expense


280.65


Balance, cash on hand January 1, 1917


211.95


$2,200.00


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WATER DIVISION.


Seven thousand and fifty-five feet of water mains were laid during the year at a total cost of $9,391.71 and connected with the Metropolitan system. Details of this construction can be found in table 6.


The value of the property controlled by the Water Division. January 1, 1917, amounts to $11,061.94, of which $5,079.78 is invested in building equipment and tools, and $5,982.16 in material available for new work.


SERVICES.


Two hundred and nineteen new services have been added during the year and seventeen services abandoned. There are for all purposes, 1641 services on the low, 1357 on the high and 12 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 22 services for municipal buildings included in the above and 11 for street-watering standpipes and 34 for sewer-flushing pur- poses. On January 1, 1917, 111 services were temporarily out of use. Seven services inside the street line were replaced with cement-lined pipe at the expense of owners.


METERS.


One hundred and ninety meters were set on services installed during 1915 and 1916. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1917, is 2955.


1


Low SERVICE SYSTEM


HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM.


RESERVOIR SYSTEM.


Size


Cement-lined Pipe.


Cast-iron Pipe.


Cast-iron Pipe.


Cement and Cast-iron Pipe.


Inch


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


12


. .


10


. .


..


.


11,210


17,002


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· .. .


·


.


6


634


57,784


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·


.


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4


2,320


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. . . .


. .


. . . .


. . . .


2


.


.


. .


. . .


Total


2,954


3


5


109,626


206


191


132,613


261


241


13,125


12


12


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


270


8


.


.


...


.


. . .


. . . .


17,685


1,576


78,476


1,129


. . . .


·


11,794


1,497


1,620


608


8,530


6,791


17,345


.


22,047


·


· .


·


. .


410


TABLE 6.


Appropriation for 1916


$15,000.00


Cash on hand January 1, 1916 2,977.01


Available for Water Extensions $17,977.01 Net expenditure 9,941.52


Cash balance January 1, 1917 $8,035.49


WATER EXTENSIONS


TO EXTEND THE HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM




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